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VOL. Ill No. 108.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1912.
Pkb Week, 10 Cexts
WIS DISCUSS POLITICS
SCHUEBEL REFUTES
ES
M'BAIN DEFENDS PAPER MILLS
COMMERCIAL CLUB HEAD DE
CLARES AGITATION KEPT
CROWN FROM LOCAT
ING MILLS HERE
The Live Wires were turned into a
semi-political club Tuesday night
when C. Schuebel, candidate for the
legislature, obtained the floor for the
purpose of refuting some of the state
ments that were made at the last
meeting of the sizzling adjunct of the
Commercial Club.
"I do not think there is any man
in this room," said Mr. Schuebel "who
believes that I am a demogogue. I
never have tried to make a catch
proposition of the labor question, for
this is something I do not believe in.
I have always stood up for the better
ment of the laboring man's condition
along certain lines. I was not play
ing politics when I fought for prohi
bition in Clackamas County, nor when
I stood almost alone among the pro
fessional men for "open fronts" in sa
loons, nor when I fought single-handed
against the establishment of a buf
fe in the Commercial Club, and I am
convinced that the statement that the
new machine of the Crown Columbia
Paper Co. is to be installed at Camas,
Wash., because of the labor agitation
here is unqualifiedly false. "
"In Washington the same
agitation prevailed as it did here and
it will be heard even more strongly
than here. In Washington there is
an 8-hour law for women and minors.
The Washington labor laws are far
ahead of those of Oregon that there
is no comparison between them, and
labor is much better protected in
Washington than in this state. '
"I am going to the legislature if I
am alive and well and I am going to
do all in my power to pass a law to
better labor conditions. I do not think
it is" right for men to work seven days
a week. I do not want to do any
thing that is not fair to capital, but
I will do all in my power to give the
workingman a square deal.
"I believe Mr. McBain and Mr.
Sheahan have done all in their power
to assist in the betterment of condi
' tions, but the State of Oregon has
moss on its back so all-fired thick that
even the rain we have here don't
soak through. I never whip the dev
il around the stump and the state
ments that are made by officers of the
Crown Columbia Paper Co. are for the
sole purpose of creating prejudice. I
propose to introduce in the next leg
islature a bill that will put men on
a 60-hour a week basis."
In answer to a question by J. E.
Hedges, Mr. Schuebel declared he fav
ored a universal 8-hour law.
T. W. Sullivan said he knew that
the place for the new machine to go
is right here where the raw material
is manufactured. "To discriminate
against any especial jndustry by the
enactment of law that"1 would handi-
Beaeoi?
Jidbts
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Artist, Patriot
and Artisan,
will ever shine
as one cf the
Beacon Lights
of American
history.
His Heroism
is immortalized
in Verse his
Genius,in Ster
ling Silver.
Paul
Revere
Silversmith of the Colo
nial Period, lives today,
not only in the few old
pieces bearing his mark
and now treasured as
Colonial Heirlooms but
as well in the Paul Revere
Pattern in Towle Sterling,
which follows faithfully
the theme of designs fnr
silver decoration origi
nated by him. Its grace
ful lines, with the thread.
ing that forms its only
ornamentation, exemplify
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tho Period.
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and faultless design, we
commend the Paul Revere.
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selection, you may com
plete your set at once or
gradually.
An occasion for a just
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a table service in the
Paul Revere.
We carry a complete stock
of this and other Sterling Sil
ver patterns. - La Fayette,
Fairfax, Plymouth, etc
Burmeister & Andresen
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B. T. McBain, Commercial Club Head,
Who Insists That Political Agita
tion Is Hurting City.
cap them, would be a great mistake,"
said Mr. Sullivan. ' The companies
would suffer, ' but the communities
would be the greatest sufferers, but
if we should make our labor laws uni
versal, it would remove discrimination
and I would be perfectly satisfied."
B. T. McBain, speaking for the Will
amette Pulp & Paper Co., said there
is no man in his company who is forc
ed to work 365 days in a year.
"There is a period of about 210
days," he said, "during high water
when the mills must run seven days
a week because it is necessary to take
advantage of physical conditions to
keep the paper machines in operation
the remainder of the year. Our ma
chine men, that is the men in the ma
chine rooms, have 11 days off out of
14. All the millwright have one day
off each week, though not all of them
are off the same day.
"I insist the statement that the two
new machines now being installed at
the Powell River Company would
have come here, had it not been for
this unceasing agitation. Conditions
here are not unfavorable to working
men, as Mr. Schuebel would have you
believe. The average pay for our
shift men is $2.65 per day, and if -you
can find any other paper mill in the
United States where the average is
as high I would like to know it. But
it is perfectly true that the men
would not be getting these wages
with an 8-hour day."
Mr. McBain explained in detail the
plans of the Crown-Columbia Paper
Co. to install its new machine here,
an emphasized the statement that agi
tation was responsible for its transfer
to Camas. That company planned to
place towers on both sides of the riv
er and pump pulp from the East side
to the West side to the paper ma
chines. "Oregon City has had to suffer from
these ill-advised and mis-directed at
tacks," said the speaker, "for two
years ago the attack -was directed
against and was made on the local
mills.'
Mr. Hedges explained the results of
the attacks, by ridiculing the state
ments made in 1910 that men who
had been working in the mills for on
ly two or three months would come
across the bridge with the appearance
of old men."
"I will take my professional reputa
tion," exclaimed Mr. Hedges, "that an
8-hour law would be declared uncon
stitutional for the reason that the con
stitution of the United States protects
the right of the laborer to contract to
sell hi3 labor for 12 hours a day if
he wants to. There are certain lines
of work where the police power can
step in and protect us, where the lives
of the public are endangered by keep
ing men employed an unreasonable
length of time."
Mr. Eby poured oil on troubled wat
ers. He said the question of labor
and capital had always been with us,
and he did not think the Live Wires
could settle it.
It is considered doubtful that the
subject will be pursued farther by the
Live Wires at this time, as fruitless
discussion takes the time from mat
ters that are more within the scope
of that organization.
IS
HEAD OF CARRIERS
The rural mail carriers have organ
ized a branch of the Rural Mail Car
riers of the United States. There
was a good attendance from various
parts of the county, and much enthus
iasm was manifested, at the meeting.
Quarterly meetings will be held in
various places throughout the county.
After the meeting a banquet was
served by the wives of the carriers.
The following officers were elected:
President, C. A. Andrus, of Oregon
City, R. F. D. 3; firist vice-president,
W. E. Childs, of Boring; second vice
president, Warren Lee, of Canby; sec
retary, D. F. Whiteman, Oregon City,
R. F. D. 2; treasurer, W. T. Smith,
Oregon City, R. F. D. 1.
TWO WIVES START
SUITS FOR DIVORCE
Alleging that her husband aband
oned her April 15, 1912 while they
liirino- in aalora Patherme E.
Moyer Tuesday filed suit for divorce
against Vincent D. Moyer. iuej
were married in Conemaugh, Pennsyl
vania, April 19, 1885. Alice Lovell
sued Charles R. Lovell for a divorce,
oov;nr sn a mnnth nlimonv during
the pendency of the suit and $15 per
manent alimony. ine mereuauia
Trust Comnanv. of Portland,
is made a defendant the plaintiff al-
leging that ner nusDana anu ueriwu
t....f.nJ IqtiH tn the comnanv.
II tUJl!i 1 V.. VA 11.1' v '
i They were married in St. Paul, Minn.,
jNOvemoer o, iaui.
Watch the automobile contest.
THE TRUTHFUL MALE PARENT.
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HARD TODAY AND IMGONG J FEEL THE EFFECT OF C-Jfc - '
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J BETTER For
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4X7yV Q I'M LICKtNC YOU J WORK OFF MY G-ROUCH AS
iT i ih bigger than you and J wS S You're the only one i dare
V1 CAUSE I'M AvBULLY . -TACKLE;UNDERSTAND.UJ
SEE? ' ' "
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AUTOS ARE BIG
AID TO COUNTRY
PREDICTION REGARDING ' THEM
MADE SEVERAL YEARS AGO
COMES TRUE
HELP DEVELOPMENT LIKE RAILROADS
Portland Dealer Tells Story That
Should Interest Candidates
In Enterprise
- Race
S STANDING OF CANDIDATES S
Ruby McCord 149,200 $
s Joseph Sheahan 47,200 $
S Kent Wilson . .32,600 $
John Brown 15,000 S
S John Weber 6,800 S
$ John Haleston 6,000 &
A. G. Kindler 7,200 S
$$sse$sis.$isssssss
Apropos the big automobile contest
being conducted by the Morning and
Weekly Enterprise is the following
statement of C. C. Bobb, a dealer of
Portland :
"Several yeay.s ago one of the lead
ing automobile writers of the country
made the statement that in a compar
atively short time the ,J automobile
woud play a larger part in the affairs
of the world than had been accomp
lished by the tremendous and far
reaching utilities of the railroads..
This writer asserted that as the
railroads had lifted the present gen
eration to a higher, happier and
broader existence than that lived by
their fathers, so the automobile would
lift the younger people of the pres
ent generation to a higher plane of
living than we now enojy. The lift
of the automobile would be greater
than the lift of the railroads and our
children would take a higher step
above us than we had taken above
our fathers.
"The man. who made this assertion
was the happy owner of a valuable
and far-seeing imagination. His
words, written in the early stage of
the automobile industry, made a deep
impression upon me, for I was then
in the motor-car business as it has
since developed.
"The market will become flooded, it
was said. Men will tire of this, their
expensive toy, the fad will pass, and
factories, built with unseemly haste,
will echo to the silence and be left
unused. But as the years have sped
by and today we see the automobile
industry second to none in this coun
try, we have to acknowledge the truth
of the prediction."
TO PRESENT PLAY
"Down in Dixie" ia the title of a
play to be given by the students of
the Senior cass of the .Oregon City
High School May 29 at the Shively
Theatre. The play will be given under
the direction of Mrs. H. B. Cartlidge,
teacher of English of the Oregon City
High School. Mrs. Cartlidge has had
much experience in this line of work,
and there is no doubt that an excel
lent entertainment will be given by
the students under her supervision. --
tdoe iromsir
P ERP ETRAT ED BY WALT AYcDOUGALL v
CLARK WINS IN IFlSH PRESERVED
WILD CONVENTION FOR FAIR EXHIBIT
HEIFNER THROWS AWAY BADGE
WHEN WILSON'S FORCES
ARE BEATEN
CHARGES OE FRAUD ARE MADE
Riot Starts When Attempt Is Made
To Stampede Delegates At
Walla Walla For
Bryan
WALLA WALLA, Wash., May 7.
Clark managers stood off an attempt
to stampede the Democratic State
convention this afternoon for William
Jennings Bryan, voted an endorse
ment of the Speaker of the 'House,
put through their own slate of dele
gates, bound them by the unit rule
and programmed a formal endorse
ment of Clark's President candidacy
by the delegation.
Wilson made a poor showing and
failed to stop the rush to Clark by
ringing the changes on the magic
names of the Nebraska "Commoner."
It was the finish of a remarkable
politcial upset and one that Demo
cratic State Chairman C. G. Heifner,
Western manager of the Wilson cam
paign, refused to stay and witness.
Together with Mayor George F. Cot
terill and most of the other members
of the King County delegation, Heif
ner tore off his convention badge
when the convention by an over
whelming vote decided to seat the
two contesting King County delega
tions with half a vote apiece, and a
few minutes later walked out of the
hall.
Later in the day Heifner wrote and
gave out a bitter arraignment both
of the King County Cark leaders and
of the convention which seated them
Though Clark subsequently polled
455 votes in the convention, the real
test of Clark strength came when the
fight to seat the warring King Coun
ty delegations with half a vote apiece
was brought to a rollcall. On the
vote to seat the two King County del
egations, the Clark forces polled 333
delegates to 221 cast in opposition.
This vote showed that Clark still con
trol evetf if the so-called primary dele
gates are seated from King, for Clark
had 36 delgates in that set, while Wil
son would have added 106 to his otal.
W. W. WATENPAUGH
VICTIM OF PARALYSIS
W. W. Watenpaugh, one of the
prominent Oregon pioneers, and. .mem
ber of the Meade Post, Grand Army of
the Repblic was stricken with paraly
sis at his home at the head of Fifth
Street Friday, and his 'condition is
critical. Mr. Watenpaugh is helpless
and speechless.- He has always taken
an active interest in the work of the
Post, especially on Decoration Day
and at the encampments held by the
old settlers. He has resided in this
city for many years, where he is well
known.
Watch the automobile contest.
BUNGALOW TO BE BUILT BY
COUNTY AT SALEM WILL
BE ATTRACTIVE
MAMMOTH STURGEON SEEN AT FALLS
Messrs. Freytag And Eby Begin Ear
ly Collecting Exhibit Of
County For State
Fair
The Clackamas County Fair Com
mission with O. E. Freytag at the head
of it and assisted by O. D. Eby, is
arranging for the exhibit at the State
Fair in September. T. W. Sullivan
one of the well known architects of
this city, has kindly donated his ser
vices for drawing up of plans for the
exhibition bungalow which will be
made entirely of grasses and grains
from; Clackamas county. This build
ing will be m the big auditorium, and
will be a novel one. The interior as
well as the exterior will be of the
grain and grasses. The building will
be filled with the products of Clack
amas county, including the large salm
on, which wejre caught by Maxwell
Telford, Jr., of this city, and which
were bought by the commission from
the McDonald Fish market and placed
in a preservative by Mr. Freytag. A
large sturgeon, which was caught a
few days ago, and purchased by the
commission, has also been placed In
a large jar, and has attracted much
attention. A large salmon, weighing
fifty pounds, caugh by Charles Ely,
was to have been purchased from the
McDonald fish market for the pur
pose of placing on exhibit, but no jar
could be obtained in this city or in
Portland. The salman was too broad
and too long. It is said that there is
a sturgeon near the falls that has
been seen by many of the fishermen,
that weighs about 200 pounds. The
fish that have been prepared by Mr.
Freytag will be first taken to Port
land, where they will be placed in the
Chamber of Commerce building, aft
er which they will be taken to the
state fair and then to Chicago. From
that place they will be sent to many
of the land shows, thus advertising
Clackamas county. The picture of
the falls, with description of Clack
amas county will be placed on the ves
sel containg the large fish.
Miss Mahala Gill, a resident of Log
an, brought to the office of Mr. Frey
tag Monday a sample of rhubarb, this
being the third cutting this year, and
which is 18 inches in length, and is
a fine specimen of what that part of
the county can produce. This too is
for the state fair exhibit.
WOMAN'S CLUB TO
MEET TOMORROW AFTERNOON
The Woman's Club will meet in the
Oregon City Commercial Club parlors
Thursay afternoon.. This will be
Shakespeare Day and Mrs. L. E. Jones
will have charge of the afternoon's
program. There will be talent from
Portland.
-Files Suit For Land
Arthur Needham and Arthur Need
ham Tuesday sued John Huggard and
Ellen Huggard to recover possession
of lots Nos. 47 and 48 in Sellwood
Garden. It is alleged that the defend
ants wrongfully withold the property
PARTITION
iff
COPYRIGHT HARRIS A EW ING. WASH.
William Hayward, Secretary of the
-Republican National Committee.
TRIES IN VAIN TO AID
Roy Pelkey, of Teasel Creek, son
of Mr. and Mrs. M. Pelkey, prominent
Clackamas county residents, was
drowned near Molalla Monday after
noon, and the funeral services will
be held this afternoon, the interment
to be in the Adams cemetery.
Mr. Pelkey, who was twenty-one
years of age, was employed by the
Mortison Lumber Company, and was
working on a boom of logs when he
fell into the water, and was drowned
before help could be given. His broth
er, Eugene Pelgey, and Herbert Eng
le, who are employed by the sawmill
company, made heroic efforts to save
the' young man's life, and had nar
row escapes from drowning. The
body was recovered from the mill
pond about thirty minutes after the
accident.
- Mrs. Pelkey, the -young man's
mother is the daughter of W. R. and
Harriet Bagby .prominent Oregon pio
neers. C. W. Bagby of Oregon City,
is an uncle. Besides his parents Mr.
Pelkey is survived by three sisters,
Mrs. John Stuart, Mrs. Grace Davis,
Mrs. Henry Russell, and three broth
ers, Eugene, Charles and William
Pelkey.
BIG DAMAGE SUIT IS
SETTLED OUT OF COURT
The $25,000 damage suit of Kaud
Williams against the Hawley Pulp &
Paper Company was settled out of
court Tuesday and ; Judge Campbell
has dismissed the action. Mrs. Will
iams was the mother of Jesse Crippen
who was killed December 19, 1911,
while assisting in loading logs on a
car from a platform. A log rolled
down a chute on him, and it was al-
leged the accident was due to negli
gence. Attorneys Brownell & Stone
who represented the plaintiff declin
ed to give the terms of the settlement,
but it is undersood the plaintiff was
given a substantial sum.
STUMP BLOWING TEST
PLANNED BY JUDGE
Circuit Judge Campbell, who has
been wrestling with knotty legal prob
lems a greater part of his life has
discovered a diversion, which he
thinks will not only interest him, but
also hi3 friends. His Honor owns
one of the finest ranches in the coun
ty, and he has arranged a novel enter
tainment for next Friday afternoon
beginning at 2 o'clock. He has en
gaged George Harrington, an expert
stump blower, to demonstrate blow
ing stumps. He employs new meth
ods, whch have proved remarkably
successful. Judge Campbell invites
everyone interested in stump blowing
to attend the demonstration, and
many of the county officials, and oth
er residents of this city have prom
ised to attend. The ranch is at Beav
er Creek.
LOWELL BLANCHARD
HEADS COMPANY G
Company G, Coast Artilley Corps,
Monday evening and elevte Lieuten
ant Lowell Blanchard captain, Cap
tain Hidy resigned. Mr. Hidy has
been captain of the company for the
past year, and gave entire satisfac
tion. Lietenant Blanchard has been
a member of the company for the past
five years, having worked up to the
captaincy from private, and is a well
known Oregon City boy. There are
sixty-five members of Company G.
The company will accompany the oth
er' companies of the National Guard
on the regular summer encampment,
leaving about August 8. JThe" encamp
ment will probably be at i t. casey,
Wash.
. 2 Become Citizens
John . William Frost, of Gresham,
and August Osterback, of Boring, ob
tained their final naturalization pap
ers Monday.
PLAN
TEST VOTE AGAINST
IT 66T059
SPIRITED MEETING IS HELD HERE
EASTERN SECTION OF COUNTY
NOT IN ACCORD REGARDING
DIVISION FIGHT HOW
EVER, TO CONTINUE .
At what was probably the most
picturesque and exciting meeting ever
held in this city, representatives of
various parts of Clackamas County at
the Comercial Club Tuesday evening,
by a vote of sixty-six to fifty-nine
went an record as opposing county di
vision. The vote, however, being- on
ly a straw one may not have much ef
fect on the final outcome of the plan
of residents of the eastern section to
secede and form a new county to be
known as Cascade. One thing deve-
IrtriAfi o fliA a : i
"i' luecuug, uowever, mat
is regarded as significant the .lack
oi unanimity or opinion of the resi
dents of the section that would be
come the new county in case of di
vision. The entire tffeeting was character
ized by stirring and almost acrimon
ious aeDates, and it was frequently
charged by representatives of Esta
cada and surrounding territory that
they had not been treated fairly at
meetings to discuss the proposed par
tition held in Boring-and Sandy. One
speaker declared that they were told
in Boring that division would never
t agreed upon unless Boring would
be made the county seat of the new
county. Representatives of Estacada
while admitting that " they wanted
their city to be the county seat, said
they were willing that the matter
ouuuiu ue Bcmeu me proper way. it
was declared that if it had not been
intended to treat Boring fairly that
city would never have been included in
the map drawn of the proposed coun
ty. After B. T. McBain, president of
the Oregon City Commercial Club, ex
plained that a vote would be taken
to learn the sense of the meeting re
garding division,, many protests were
made, and it was charged that Esta
cada, having learned that there was to
be a "vote, had sent a large delegation
to the meeting, while others were
poorly represented. Mr. McBain ex
plained that the Live Wire Commit
tee had conceived the idea of having
a vote, but had not divulged the plan.
He said that all sections had been in
vited to be represented, with the idea
of learing how the county, as a a whole
felt about the partition plan.
Just before the vote was taken P.
T. Shelly, formerly of Hood River, but
now of Sandy, said conditions here
were not the same as they were in
Wasco County before the division
there. Wasco, he declared, was di
vided by the Cascade Mountains.
"After the division property which
I owned in Hood River County," said
Mr. Shelly, "wass assessed at four
times what it had been and taxes in
creased seventy-five per cent. The
Property in what became TTonrt River
County was so much more valuable
than that in other parts of Wasco
County that it was assessed ten times
as much, and the property owners
could not stand it."
After the ballots had been distrib
uted Dr. A. L. Beatie moved that the
votes be destroyed without being
counted. He said there had been a
difference of opinion expressed by
(Continued on page 4.)
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at ?uch abuse.
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Big Department Store
7andMain Ore. Citr