MORNING ENTEBPBISE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1912.
A STUPID ,
, LAWYER
Br C D. ARK WRIGHT
1 am what Is culled a shyster law
yer. It isn't my fault that 1 rise no
higher In my profession; it is fate.
When I graduated from the law school
my ambition was to be some day chief
Justice of the United States. In two
months I was ready to accept the at
torney generalship. Then I fell in the
scale to covet a fair practice. And
now I am a shyster. 1 am the mean
est kind of n shyster. 1 devote my
time to Separating those whom God
has Joined together, not the higher,
but the lower classes. 1 have secured
B divorce for a fee of $5.
One flay a young couple came to my
office to get divided. Their ages were
the man nineteen, the girl eighteen.
He wore a threadbare coat that indi
cated he was or had been a street car
conductor.
"Mr. Lawyer," he said. "I suppose it
costs a lot to get a divorce. We had
to sell our furniture to raise the mon
ey. But we got $50 for it. Here It
Is."
He opened a pocketbook and took
out five dirty ten dollar bills. His
wife stood by looking like a young
thundercloud.
"What's the trouble?" I asked.
Both began to talk at once, each
abusing the other in a disconnected
way. I caught as much as 1 could of
what they said, but was unable to
gather the slightest cause for divorce
from either.
"That'll do." 1 said. "You," address
ing the husband, "have treated your
wife abominably. And you," to the
wife, "have done a number of things
you wouldn't have done had you been
older and more experienced. In order
to secure a divorce for you you must
act harmoniously, for legally the
grounds for an action on either side
are very weak. You must throw off
this antagonism long enough to form
with me a plan for separation. I shall
be busy for about an hour, and mean
while 1 wish you to sit down on that
sofa side by side and try to get back
to the days when you were courting.
Think about the first kiss, the putting
on of the engagement ring 1 see on
that round Soger. Then the wedding
and all that. If you keep thinking
about these things till I got through
some other cases we can all act togeth
er for a divorce."
They did as i told them to do, but
took seats as far apart as possible and
at first it looked as though nothing
would be gained. They sat thus, both
bolt upright for awhile, but I kept an
eye on tuein and saw that they were
trying to keep their minds on what I
bad indicated. In about half an hour
1 gathered up some papers and went
into another room. When 1 returned
half the distance between them had
been eliminated. Encouraged, I hunt
ed for a paper I had left on my table
and went out again. When I returned
the wife was wiping away tears. The
husband, judging from his expression,
was endeavoring to steel himself
against a reconciliation.
1 left the room again, telling them
that 1 would return in about fortv min
utes, when I should expect them io
have got rid of enough antagonism to
work together and with me to secure
the divorce. "I fear." 1 said to the
husband, "that yon. who are the more
at fault in this matter than your wife,
are nourishing the bitterness in you
and -will spoil it all."
With this 1 made another trip and
was gone an hour Then, returning, I
stood at the door listening, I heard
the husband saying that it had been
all his fault and the wife saying that
it had been all her fault, and they
were calling each other "dearie" and
"sweetheart" and a lot of other pet
names I entered the room suddenly
and found them locked in each other's
arms.
"Well." I said. "I've-come to a stop
ping place iu other business and am
now ready for you two"
They anise from the sofa, and the
husband said they'd been talking the
matter over and if I didn't mind the
disappointment they would try to get
on together for awhile longer. Taking
out his poi-ket IhioK. he offered to pay
me what tee I asked for taking up my
time, but I told him there would be'
no charge I asked him if he couldn't
put the money hack into his furniture,
and he said he thought tie could. At
any rate, he would try Before they
left me I ninilethem promise that it
they changed their minds and should
conclude, after aii t secure u divorce
they would give me the job. This they
promised to do as -mine compensation
for my "disappointment' .in not having
been employed already, tor they were
too stupid to see through the ruse that
had prevented a periinineiit. breach be
tween them.
"It's bard on vou. Mr. Lawyer, to ex
pect you were going to get a good fee
and then not get it. lint you'd ought
to have seen that a makeup iu order
to get the divorce was the same as
making up regular."
"Just so. my boy." I replied. "If
you come back here again for a di
vorce I won't be so tarnation stupid."
They never came back for a divorce,
but one day a prosperous looKing young
man came into my office and asked if
I remembered him. 1 sa'.d I did not, j
ana ne toia me tnar i wns tne lawyer
who "had euchred myself out of a
fee by" not moving quick enough. He
added that my stupidity nad been a
godsend to him. and he wanted me to
come and dine with, him hud his wife
I went and saw a bapov family.
BE FREE TO PUBLIC
The school directors, at meeting
Tuesday night, decided that no ad
mission fees would be charged to the
High school commencement exercises
this year For many years fees have
been charged. The exercises will be
held in the High school auditorium in
stead of the Shively Theatre as here
tofore. Three janitors were re-elected
as follows: W. W. ' Mars, High
School; Fred Erickson, Barclay
School and Herman Bierman, East
ham School. The janitors will re
ceive $50 a month .throughout the
year, and will be allowed vacations of
ten days each. Teachers for the com
ing year will he named by the board
at a meeting next Tuesday evening.
The annual school exhibition will be
held Friday and Saturday of this
week or the later part of next week.
Cookery
Notes
DR. FORD TO SPEAK
NF(
BITHIAHS TO GIVE
CONCERT TONIGHT
A fine treat is in store for the mus
ic loving peope of this- city this even
ing at 8o'clock in the First Methodist
Episcopal church. The Bithiahs have
arranged a fine program comprising
instrumental and vocal numbers of a
high order. Some of the best talent
of Oregon City, and some of the finest
soloists of Portand have been engag
ed. Dr. Ford assures the public that
the entertainment will be of high order.
How strong are you going in the
support of your candidate in the En
terprise automobile cTnteflt?
The time to read tne Morning En
terprise is at the breakfast table or
a little before.
When Dr. T. B. Ford opened the
series of open forum discussions in
the pupit of the Methodist church a
few weeks ago he announced that at
the close there would be no reply to
anything that any speaker said, but
that he would give his impressions of
the addresses.
The first series has closed and next
Sunday evening Dr. Ford will speak
on "My Impressions of the Addresses
delivered in the Open Forum Pulpit,"
and invites all who have spoken to
be present. His address will be one
of great interest for he will speak
with great frankness as" to necessary
concessions on the part of the church
and on the part of men. He believes
that church of today should command
the attention and support of men of
modern mind and in a modern church
for a modern world, a modern preach
er for a modern man. One of the
men who has spoken will preside Sun
day evening.
Luncheon JVIenu.
As an introduction to a dainty lunch
eon no better selection could be made
I than grapefruit cocktail, an appetizing
and refreshing development of this fa
vorite fruit. Left over chicken meat
j- can be transformed into a palatable
J dish and served as a creamed hash on
i toast" The new asparagus Is just as
good as it looks, especially in salad
form. French pastry completes ' the
menu:
Grapefruit Cocktails.
Chicken Hash on Toast.
Asparagus Tip Salad.
Pastries. - Tea.
One cupful of chicken meat (cold),
one cupful of white sauce, half a cup
ful of sweet greeu pepper," one and a
fourth teaspoonfuls of onion juice, four
slices of toast, trimmed and buttered.
Cut the chicken in quarter inch
cubes, chop the green pepper very tine,
add to the chicken and cook all in the
white sauce-uutil the chicken is heat
ed through (use double' boileri. Ar
range on the toast and serve very hot
Seventeenth Century Grocers.
Shopkeepers in the seventeenth cen
tury were subject to other restrictions
than those respecting prices. It was
enacted that "any person using the
trade or mystery of the grocer should
not either by "themselves or any third
party directly or indirectly, keep more
than one shop at the same time." Gro
cers were also forbidden te sell any
commodities except "raysons, currants,
sugar, spice, sope,. candle, molasses,
gunpowder, shot, match, tar, pitch,
rozen, tobacco and pipes, cotton wool,
cotton yarn, starch', blueing, rise, lin
seed oil, white and red lead, olives,
prunes, figs, Spanish white alabaster,
alum, almonds, brimstone, lampblack
and candle rushes." London Globe.
Scientific Marvel.
Perpetual motion is easy -enough
with a scandal that has once started.
New York Press.
Very Tiny.
' ""What a tiny foot you have! Why,
you could clean your shoes with a
toothbrush!" Fiiegentle P.latter.
With the Cook In the Kitchen.
Wafer-like slices of bread spread
with caviar sprinkled with lemon juice
and salt make tasty sandwiches.
Banging the oven door is responsible
for half the heavy bread aud cake
The door should be closed very gently.
For spring suppers sliced orauges aud
shredded cocoanut put into a dish in
alternate layers is appetizing.
Macaroni prepared in any of the van
ous ways in combination with cheese,
butter aud tomatoes is nourishing.
Shredded chocolate cocoanut. -which
is bought already prepared, makes a
tasty addition to different kinds ot
salad.
Meat loaf of chopped beet or veal
can be made more moist if three or
four tablespooufuls of cream are add
ed just before baking.
Cornstarch Pudding.
Take one pint of sweet milk, the
whites of. three eggs, two tablespoon
fuls of sugar and a pinch of salt. ' Put
the milk iu a kettle, ami when it
reaches the boiling poiut add the sugar
and the cornstarch, dissolved in a lit
tie milk. Lastly add the whites of the
eggs, whipped to a stiff froth. Beat
It and let it cook a few minutes. Set
two-thirds in a cool place, flavoring it
with vanilla. To the remaining one
third add half a cake of chocolate,
softened and mashed. Put a layer of
half the white pudding into the mold,
over this put a layer of chocolate aud
then the remainder of the white. One
half a cocoanut or pineapple may be
substituted for the chocolate.
Grapefruit Cocktail.
Cut a chilled grapefruit in halves
and nvitb a thin, sharp knife remove
the seeds and cut out each section of
fruit and serve the pulp with the
juice in dainty glasses Two teaspoon
fuls of sugar and one tablespoonful of
sherry may be added to each glass or
either, or but h may be omitted Ah
other method is to take- grapefruit
juice, lemon and orange in equal pro
portions. It is then sweetened to taste,
flavored with maraschino and diluted
just before serving with charged wa
ter and served in glasses with some
of the grapefruit pulp and a. maraschi
no cherry.
Kitchenettes.
If by any chance you have to use a
nice clean saucepan over a smoky fire
smear it over ou the outside with just
a little- grease iefore putting it on.
This prevents the smoke from hurting
it and if you will wash it afterward
in some good suds it will be as bright
as ever.
One of the best ways to have a little
meat go a long way is to make It into
a pie aud add potatoes or any other
left over vegetables, a hard boiled egg
or two cut into slices and a couple
of tomatoes. Serve some nice gravy
with it.
Japanese Rice.
A Japanese cock's way of preparing
boiled rice is to wash the rice carefully
and put a cupful of it into two eupfuls
of boiling water with a level teaspoon
ful of salt. Cook the rice rapidly, and
as soou as the water Is absorbed lift
the cover from It, set the dish contain
ing It on the back of the stove and let
It steam until it is dry. This Is the
way a Chinese cook always prepares
the rice which he serves with chop
suey.
Economical Dessert.
An angel cake that has been in the
house for a day or two Is turned into
a delectable dessert if it Is cut into
slices and spread with marshmallow
icing. Put the slices together and Ice
the top and sides of the loaf with reg
ular frosting and sprinkle the top with
landied cherries, rose petals or vio
lets. Surround with whipped cream
which has been beaten into ice cream.
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Mock Cherry Pie.
There is a mock cherry pie possible
at this season which in flavor is an
excellent counterfeit of its prototype.
Mix a cupful of boiling -water with a
cupful of cranberries, half a cupful of
chopped raisins, a cupful of sugar,
half a teaspoonful of salt, a little va
nilla and thwe level tabiespoonfuls of
flour. Bake hetwevn two crusts or
with a strapped top
WILLAMETTE SCHOOL
TO BE
Wilkinson & Tozier have been
awarded the contract for building an
addition to the Willamette school
building, and the work will be com
menced at once. The addition will be
similar to the present building there
being four new rooms added, making
m all eight rooms. It is probable
that there will""be several more teach
ers elected during the coming year,
as the population of Willamette has
been largely increased. These con
tractors are completing the bungalow
for Harry B. Cartlidge and wife,
which will be one of the most attrac
tive homes in Oregon City. It is lo
cated on Ninth and Washintgon
streets.
LOS ANGELES, May 14, (Special.)
Portland , led at the end of the
eighth inning today, but not at the
end of the ninth. The score was 4 to
3. Raleigh pitched better ball than
Koestner. The Beavers made 6 hits
and Vernon 9. Vernon made 3 er
rors and Portland 1. Portland scored
in the second, third and sevenths Ver
non made a score in the first and sec
ond and 2 In the ninth.
The results Tuesday follow:
At Los Angeles Vernon 4, Port
land 3.
At Sacramento Los Angeles 5,
Sacramento 4. "
At San Francisco Oakland 5, San
Francisco 4, (10 innings.)
Pacific Coast League Standings
W. L. Pet.
Oakland 25 14 .641
Vernon 22 15 .595
Los Angeles -.'..20 19 .513
San Francisco 17 21 .447
Sacramento 16 22 .421
Portland ..12 21 .364
Northwest League
At Portand Seattle 7, Portland 0.
At Seattle Tacoma 10, Spokane 7.
At Victoria Victoria 11, Vancouver
National League
St. Louis 6, Brooklyn 0.
Chicago 2, Philadelphia 0.
American League
Chicago 7, Philadelphia 0.
Detroit 5, New York 0. ,
Cleveland 3, Washington 2.
Boston 6, St. Louis 5.
HOTEL ARRIVALS
The following are meiatoroA of tha
Electric Hotel: C. H. Lane, Washing
ton, jj. (j. ; Mr. and Mrs. George Cal
houn, Portland; Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Wheat, Washington, D. C; A. Douthit
J. W. Duncan, Portland; James At
kins, A. Moore, Portland; Gus Nel
son, J. J. Halligan, J .T. Scott, Rose
burg Grand Hotel; T. V. Smith .Ore
gon City; W. W. Hoskins city; B.
Moorhead, Junction City; L. S. May
or, Portland; L. R. Ebert. Sacramento
Cal.; H. R. Gill, Portland; H. A. You
man, Portland.
FORESTER PLANS BIG
SAVING OF TIMBER
SALEM, Or., May 14. As the sec
ond fire season since the inaugura
tion of a state forestry department
approaches State Forester F. A. El
liott is preparing to issue a manual
of instructions to fire wardens and
rangers which, no doubt, will be the
means of greatly facilitating the
work of protecting the vast timber
resources of the state this season.
The manual is in the hands of the
printers and will be ready for distri
bution by next week.
For the purpose of impressing up
on the wardens the importance oL,
their work, State Forester Elliof
gives seven reasons why the statV"
appropriates money for the protection
of forests from fire. After asserting
that in 1911 the state lost less tim
ber by fire than during any previous
years for which there is a record, yet
the timber destroyed totalled approx
imately 87,.000,000 feet, which, figur
ed on the basis of dollars and costs,
amounted to a loss to the people of
the state . of more than $500,000.
"The records shows that -73 per
rent of these fires could havn heen
avoided if care had been taken by ev
erybody concerned .while only 27 per
cent were reported to have started
from unavoidable causes," says For
ester Elliot. "This means that ap
proximately $350,000 was lost to the
public through carelessness. A simi
lar loss would not be tolerated if it
fell directly upon the fruit, agricult
ural or stock industry. Why should
the state be indifferent to the econ
omic value of its timber industry?"
Preceding this, the state forester
says: "Oregon has more standing tim
ber than any other state in the union,
approximately 500,000,000,000 feet,
when manufactured into lumber, Ore
gon's timber will bring in at least
$6,000,000,000 of outside money, 80
per cent of which will be spent for
labor and supplies. Oregon is receiv
ing $60,000 annually for lumber and
timber products. The industry is
developing rapidly. Oregon timber
and the lumber industry pay approx
mately one third of the taxes of the
state.
"When timber is destroyed by fire,
the state loses directly the taxes
which the property would yield until
cut, and indirectly at least 80 per
cent of its manufactured value. For
every thousand feet of timber burned
the owner loses the value of the
stumpage, about $2, and the state the
amount expended for labor and sup
plies in manufacturing it into lumber,
about $8.
"In 1911, 842 fires were reported, of
which 613, or about 73 per cent, were
caused through carelessness. That a
majority of these fires were the re
sult of violations of the law by camp
ers, hunters, railroad companies, log
gers and ranchers, is beyond question.
This record should show a marked
improvement during the coming sea
son, and it should, therefore, be the
aim of every state fire warden to re
duce the number of avoidable fires
in his territory. The forest fire law
was enacted chiefly to assist in re
ducing the number of fires of tbF
kind"
" : V
Millworker Is Sentenced
Albert Hintz, a millwarker, arrest
ed on a charge of intoxication by E.
L. Shaw, was fined . $2.50 and given
a jail sentence of fifteen days by Re
corder Stipp Tuesday.
Watch the automobile contest.
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Working for the other fellow an J
Get Busy for Yourself
What can be won with a" little
work a fine prie every JO days
THE HUT
To what people are saying and
yot will see-how popular yot are
THEN GET IN AND WIN
Yours for the
asking
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To stimulate interest in the vonng ana rve each one a chance to profit by their
work we will give a prize every ten days. These prizes will not affect .the fina1
count in any way as all votes will count on
THE GRAND AUTOMOBILE
These prizes will be given to the one that hands n the largest number of votes
very ten days.
$100 In Gold
We will give $ 1 00 to the contestant who makes the second best
showing. If you don't think you can win the car get in and win
the $100. Just think; $100 for a few week's work in the even
ing ot before wotk.