THE WEATHER. &
Oregon City Showers today;
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VOL. Ill No. 120
OHIO RETURNS GIVE
ROOSEVELT LEAD
TAFT CARRIES SOUTHERN PART
OF STATE, BUT COLONEL
SWEEPS NORTH .
HARMON HAS APPARENT PLURALITY
La Foliette Gets Vote That Astonishes
And Bryan And Clark Are ,
Given Support Count
Is Slow
I
COLUMBUS, O., May 21. On the
face of the early returns in Ohio's
first Presidential preference primary
today. Colonel Roosevelt led the Re
publican ticket over President Taft
and Governor Harmon, of Ohio, led
Governor Wilson of New Jersey, on
the Democratic ticket by a fair mar
gin. These returns, however were given
on a basis of complete figures from
rmlv nrprinrts nut. nf a tnta.l nf
5192. These gave Roosevelt dele
gates 59,054 and Taft delegates 41,
435, a majority of 17,619 for the
Roosevelt men.
Only on the Democratic ticket does
the count represent a direct Presi
dential preference vote. On the Re
publican ticket the vote computed is
the total outcome of ballots cast in
the precincts counted for delegates to
the National convention pledged to
Colonel Roosevelt or President Taft.
President Taft appeared to have
carried Cincinnati by a large margin,
and also Toledo and Dayton, among
the larger cities. This was more than
offset by the vote given Colonel
Roosevelt in the north and in Colum
bus and other cities.
The Roosevelt lead in the north
end of the state, it seemed, would
give ths ex-President an advantage
which Mr. Taft could not overcome
by his vote in the south end, includ
ing Cincinnati and the rural districts.
Senator La Foliette received a larger
vote than state politicians had pre
dicted, getting a considerable fraction
of the vote cast in the northern end
of the state, including Cleveland.
" Governor Wilson, like Roosevelt,
received his biggest vote in Cleve
land and the surrounding counties.
Governor Harmon polled a heavy
vote in Columbus, the capital, and al
so in his home city, Cincinnati. Har
mon's campaigin managers, despite
the early figures declared that their
candidate had carried the state
through the heavy vote for him they
expected in the country districts.
Governor Harmon's chief strength,
they say, had- been in Cleveland,
where Mayor Baker had waged a
strong fight against Harmon. Mayor
Baker, however, in a statement, in
sisted that Governor Wilson had cor
ried Ohio by a vote of two to one.
Both Champ Clark and Mr. Bryan,
although their names were not on the
preference ballot and they were not
represented by a delegate .received
several scattering votes, which when
final returns are in, may affect the
outcome of the Wilson-Harmon race.
GEORGE MARLEY'S
George Marley, fifty years of age,
one of the best known men in Ore
gon City, was seriously injured early
today at the mills of the Hawley
Pulp & Paper Company. Both of his
hands were caught in a calender which
he was feeding, and his fingers were
mangled, several of them being torn
from his hand. Henry Henningsen,
Night Superintendent, hurried the in
jured man to the office of Dr. Strick
land. Dr. Strickland was assisted by
Dr. Meissner in attending to the in
jured man. Mr. Marley has lived in
Oregon City many years. His wife
died several years ago. He has sev
eral children.
PEDESTRIAN MINISTER TO
TELL OF FUNNY EXPERIENCES
Rev. E. A. Smith will canvass Will
amette Wednesday afternoon and in
the evening he will conduct the ser
vices telling of some of his exeprien
ces. He has travelled more than a
thousand miles since the beginning of
the year in his work and has had
some amusing experiences.
RURAL NAIL CARRIER'S
AUTO STUCK IN ID
TVnnlr Whitemfln a mirnl mflil fnr.
rier, who recently turned his faithful
horses, "Pet" and "Peggy," out to
pasture for their summer's outing, I
and has since that time been making
his rounds in an. automobile, had the
misfortune of getting "mired" Mon-'
day, and it was necessary to contin- j
ue his work on foot His family in
this city were much concerned over !
his delay, but he made his appearance '
about 10 o'clock foot sore and tired.
Tuesday morning he took "Peggy" on ;
the trip and brought his machine .
back with him, fastening it to the
rear of his mail wagon. Whiteman
says that a horse is about as good as
an automobile, and some times bet
ter. He can always depend on his
horses even if the' roads are almost
impassable in some places. He will
"continue to work out his road tax.
The section where Whiteman had the
accident Monday had not ben reached
before by the driver with his shovel
and hoe when he started working his
road tax a week ago, and he intends
to leave every morning from this city
on time and care for these bad roadr
so that he may use his automolrle
the remainder of the summer.
DEAD EELS TO BE
TAKEN FROM RIVER
SANITARY ASSOCIATION AND
LIVE WIRES TO ABROGATE
NUISANCE
COUNCIL WILL BE ASKED TO AID
Good Roads Bills Are Discussed At
Luncheon, W. S. U'Ren Ex
. plaining Attitude Of
State Grange
The stench of dead eels will be
eliminated from Oregon City if the
plans proposed at the Tuesday lunch
eon of the Live Wires are matured.
The Williamette River Sanitary As
sociation has been formed with Earl
C. Bronaugh, president; John Hamp
ton, vice-president and Frank Dayton
secretary-treasurer. All of these gen
tlemen have estates along the river
between Oregon City and Portland
and they are endeavoring to raise
$200 by subscription -to place in the
hands of Master Fish Warden Clan
ton. With this fund the Fish and
Game Commission will station a pa
trol of one or two men at Willamette
during the period covered by extreme
back water and dead low water, when
the eels in great numbers die rapid
ly. The Fish and Game Commission
expects to secure young live eels as
food for salmon and to remove the
dead eels before the stench becomes
nauseating. The Live Wires appoint
ed a committee to aid in procuring
$100 or more from this end of the
line, where the nostrils of the public
are first affected. It is possible that
the city council may be induced to
make a small appropriation, as well
as the Oregon City Lodge, of Elks, in
view" of the fact that thousands of
visitors will come to visit the city dur-,
ing the session of the Elke Grand
Lodge. The Willamette Pulp & Pa
per Company has headed the list with
a generous subscription.
The Live Wires devoted no little
time Tuesday to a discussion of the
merits of the various good roads bills
that have been proposed. W. S.
U'Ren, who was present at the State
Grange meeting, told of the differen
ces of opinion between the officers of
the Grange and Governor West and
said he believed they were too far
apart to get together on this ques
tion. He said the main difference was
that the Grange desired to have the
laterals improved first and the main
trunk lines afterward, and they re
sisted the proposed improvement of
the trunk roads ahead of the branch
es for the reason that the Grangers
are of the opinion that there will be
but one bond issue and after the
trunk lines are improved the road
construction and improvement under
the same system may be terminated
before the laterals are improved.
Mayor Dimick said he had made a
close study of the Grange road bills
and believes in them. He gave them
his hearty indorsement and said there
is nothing in them to prohibit county
courts from improving trunk lines
first whenever it is deemed exped
ient. The various road bills were referred
to the Live Wires legislative commit
tee to study and report upon and they
will be taken up at a later meeting.
It was expected that the question
of Public Baths and Swimming' Pool
would be brought before the Live
Wires at Tuesdday's meting, but the
time was consumed and this matter
will come up next week.
PHOTO ONOERWOOO UNDUWOOD. N. Y
Countess of Warwick, Who Was the
leader of English society in King
Edward's time, but is now known
as the Socialist Countess. She is
visiting the United States.
HENRICI SCHOOL HAS
FINE CLOSING PROGRAM
'I' h e closing exercises of the Hen
rici school were held Saturday night
at the school house, and was In the
form of a basket social, when bask
ets containing luncheons were sold,
the proceeds amounting to $35. Ice
cream and cake were sold during the
evening and an excellent program
that had been arranged by the tacher,
Miss Nellie Miller, and taken part in
by the pupils of the school, was given
during the evening. The interior of
the school wets prettily decorated
with evergreens and flowers. There
was a large attendance.
MRS BROWN HOSTESS
- OF FAIRFAX CLUB
Mrs. M. J. Brown entertained the
Fairfax Club Monday evening. Her
home was beautifully decorated and
refreshments were served. The fol
lowing were present: Mesdames Lena
Charman, C. D. Latourette, Rosina
Fouts, E. S. Follansbee, E. T. Avison,
E. T. Fields, A. B. Wilmot, Brightbill,
Evans and Miss Gertrude Thompson.
WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 13 6 6
OREGON CITT,
v PERPETRATED BY WALT MFDOUCALLv
YOUVE BEEN
DRINKING-
GEORGE W. WILSON IS GRANTED
DIVORCE HERE FROM
MRS. V. M. WILSON
JEALOUSY OF CLIENTS IS ALLEGED
Defendant, Who Is Daughter Of Mult
nomah County Official
; Gets $1,000 Through
Compromise
George W Wilson, an attorney ol
Portland, and Mrs. Vera Marie Wil
son, a daughter of County Clerk
Fields, of Multnomah County, were the
principals in a divorce suit instituted
August 4 in Clackamas County, and
in which a decree has just been hand
ed down by Circuit Judge Campbell.
.They were married November 25,
1907, in New York, and Wilson avers
that shortly after their marriage his
wife became cross, sulky and crabbed
and would not speak to him for days
at a time; that she refused to allow
him to sleep in the same bed with her
and that she declined to caress and
love him and professed that she had
no love or affection for him. Wilson
says she neglected her household
duties, refused to sew buttons .on his
clothes, clean his clothes and1 mend
his stocking. She is said to have re
ferred to him as a. dog in the pres
ence of his relatives, and he says her
nagging made him miserable and he
became ill and unable to eat.
Wilson declares he is an attorney
and as such be had occasion to have
female clients in his office, but by
reason, of his wife's jealous disposi
tion, she refused to allow any women
to come to his office.
The suit was settled witltut a con
test, Mrs. Wilson accepting $1000 in
lieu of property rights. The care of
their lS-months-old son, George Lind
sey Wilson, is divided, being given to
Wilson and his divorced wife in al
ternate years. Mrs. Wilson is to re
ceive from Wilson $25 a month dur-
J ing the years that she has the custody
ot tneir cnua.
John C. Shillock appeared for Wil
son, but Mrs. Wilson was not repre
sented by an attorney. She came to
Oregon City and accepted service soon
after the suit was filed.
PRESBYTERIAN BAZAAR
IS GIVEN THIS EVENING
The committees of the Ladies' Aid
Society of the Presbyterian church,
which will have charge of the bazaar
to be given at the church parlors this
evening are as follows: Refreshments,
Mrs. W. J. Wilson, Mrs. E. L. Shaw,
Mrs. George Howell, Sale of Fancy
Articles and Aprons Mrs. L. A. Pace,
Mrs. George Ely, Mrs. G. J. Howell,
Mrs. J. W. Jones and Mrs. George Eb
erly. . -
REV. EDWARDS TO DELIVER
MEMORIAL SERMON SUNDAY
The Rev. George Nelson Edwards,
pastor of the Congregational church,
will deliver the memorial address in
the church next Sunday morning.
Members of Meade Post, Grand Army
of the Republic and the Women's Re
lief Corps will be In attendance.
PORTLAND LAWYER
SAYS WIFE SULKED
OREGON, . WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1912.
tee twmsip
OFC0URSE,THIS NEVER REALLY HAPPENS!
H P l - TT -v- a rL . Ji
j tmVtgooS A fOTff, Wilk ("ackU r
CANDIDATES READY ! RICH MINER'S WIFE
FOR FINAL EFFORT!
$784 FORD TOURING CAR ANDlMRS. MINNIE TAYLOR ASKS
$100 TO. BE AWARDED IN
JUSf( TWO WEEKS
RACE INTERESTING THROUGHOUT
All Ballots Must Be Deposited By 7
O'Clock On Evening Of June
5 When Judges Make
v Count
STANDING OF'CANDIDATES
3 Ruby McCord 191,200
3 Joseph Sheahan .47.200 3
$ Kent Wilson 33600 $
$ John Brown 15,000
$ John Weber 6,800 S
S John Haleston -. 6,000 &
8 A. G. Kindler . . . 7,200 8
sesss3ssssgsssis
The biggest contest ever conducted
in Clackamas County by a newspaper
will close in two weeks. Several
months ago the Morning and Weekly
Enterprise offered a $784 Ford tour
continued on page 2.)
A watch is intended
BOMS'
day. Unless it does this accurately, it is worse
than useless, for it is like the man you can not
depend upon.
Many a man hasjtwenty.five or thirty dol
lars tied up in a watch, which is worthless,
when, if he would invest a dollar or two for
having it repaired, he would get the full value
out of it.
Often a watch which does not keep proper
time needs regulating for which we make no
charge. If it needs repairing our charges are
more than reasonable. OUR WORK IS GUAR
TEED. Burmeister & Andresen
Oregon City Jewelers
l I
SEEKING ALIMONY
$2,500 MONTHLY AND $5,000
LAWYER'S FEES
MOTION IS TO BE ARGUED FRIDAY
Plaintiff Avers That Defendant Is
Worth More Than Million
Dollars Suit Pending
In California
Mrs. Minnie Taylor, wife of Char
les Davenport Taylor, ' millionaire
mine owner, through her attorneys
Tuesday made a motion for $2,500
monthly alimony, counsel fees and
court costs during the pendency of
i the. suit instituted by her husband for
the annulment of their marriage. Not
I ice was served on Brownell & Stone,
I attorneys for the plaintiff, that the
j motion would be argued at 10 o'clock
' next Friday morning. The defendant
. will further ask that the plaintiff be
required to deposit $7,000 with the
j county clerk to pay the costs of te
(Continued on page 3)
to tell you the time of
Suspension Bridge Corner
SE
E
ELECTS TEACHERS
ALL INSTRUCTORS WHO FILED
' APPLICATIONS ARE AGAIN
CHOSEN
TWELVE VACANCIES TO BE FILLED
Superintendent Tooze And Principals
Freel And Bowland To Re- -mairv
Applications
Are Received
Every teacher in the Oregon City
schools who filed an application was
reelected at a special meeting of the
Board of Education Tuesday night.
Because of the lateness of the hour,
however, the Board did not fill any
of the twelve vacancies in the corps,
but will take this up as soon as more
definite information relative to the
qualifications of some of the appli
cants is obtained.
F. J. Tooze, who has been superin
tendent of the city schools for the
last three years, was reelected Tues
day night, as were A. O. Freel, prin
cipal of the Barclay building and N.
W. Bowland, principal of the East
ham building.
In the high school H. F. Pfingsten,
Mrs. Pearl C. Cartlidge and Miss Ev
elyn Todd were reelected, leaving
three vacancies. Three instructors
did not apply, Sigurd Anker, princip
al;. Miss Lulu Kuns, commercial and
science, and Miss Edith Baker, Latin,
German and History.
The following grade teachers were
reelected :
Mrs. Estalla Salisbury, Mrs. Gussie
L. Hull, Nieta Harding, Ola Mickey,
Katherine Montgomery, Queene Ad
ams, Marjorie Caufield, Anna T.
Smith.
Peter D. Forbes was reelected in
structor in the manual training de
partment and Miss Lulu Porter was
chosen instructor in domestic science
and art. Miss Effle McDaniell, in
structor in drawing, was not an ap
plicant, and will give all of her time
to the St. Johns schools next year.
The percentage of grade teachers
not filing applications was greater
this year than ever before, and the
following grade vacancies have oc
curred due to the retirement of these
instructors :
Barclay Building First, Mrs. Hel
en Grisez; Fourth, Ruth Notz; sixth,
Viola Peddicord; third and fourth
(in high school building,) Miss Mary
Scott.
Eastham Building First, Chirsta
bel Jewett; third, Maude Mason;
fifth and sixth;, Ethel Park; fourth,
Marcia Romig; sixth and seventh,
Roma Stafford.
TEACHERS RE-ELECTED
BY GLADSTONE BOARD
The Gladstone school district Tues
day night re-elected its entire corps
of teachers. The principal, Brenton
Vedder, will receive $100 per month,
and the grade teachers will be paid
$60. Mrs-Eya S. Henderson was elect
ed primary . teacher and Ethel E.
Sharpe, Nellie Riebhoff and Laura
Purcell grade teachers. M. Johns
was elected janitor at a salary of $40
a month.
BOYS TO TEST PLANE
MADE BY THEM SOON
York Hammond, sixteen years of
age, and Frank Nelson, seventeen
years of age, who have built a biplane
similar to the Wright machine, ex
pect to fly in it in a few days. Be
fore installing the motor the lads
will try out the biplane as a glider,
starting on the side of a steep hill.
The machine is twenty-seven feet
wide twenty-four feet long and. six and
cne-half feet high. It has pneumatic
tire wheels, and all the other devices
used on the Wright flyer. The boys
are confident they will have no trou
ble making flights, and declare they
have not the slightest fear. Although
they worked on the biplane three
months, they kept their plans secret
from everyone but William Nelson, in
a large room over whose blacksmith
shop the craft was built. William
Nelson is the father of the Nelson
lad. Hammond who is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. T. S. Hammond, was born
in Molalla and has lived in Oregon
City four years. Nelson was bof in
Oklahoma and came here with his
parents six years ago.
WOMAN'S CLUB ELECTS
OFFICERS TOMORROW
A fine program has been prepared
for the meeFing of the Woman's Club
tomorrow afternoon. The annual elec
tion of officers will be held and "TEe
Flora and Fauna of Oregon" will be
the subject ;to be discussed. Mrs.
George A. Harding will be the leader
and she will be assisted by Mrs. W.
A, White. Mrs. William Gardner will
be theh osfcss. Mrs. David Caufield,
president, urges all members to atend
the meeting. The club is arranging to
have a baby show the day of the Rose
Festival.
The-Enterprtso automoDile contest
is the most popular thing ever pulled
off in the Willamette Valley.
DUCATION
BOARD
The only daily newspaper .be-S
$ tween Portland and Salem; cir-
culates in every section of Clack- $
s amas County, with a population 3
s of 30,000. Are you an advertiser? 3
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Pee Week, 10 Cento
WATER BOARD AND
I
REPRESENTATIVES OF SEATTLE
FIRM LOSE FIGHT TO
OBTAIN $50,000 ISSUE
: BID IS F
Exciting Colloquy Follows In Which
Secretary Hedges Speaks
Plainly Bank Not
After Bonds
At an exciting session of the water
board Tuesday afternoon all bids" for
$50,000 5 per cent bonds, but Morris
Bros., of Portland, were rejected. The
members of the board declined to
say whether the bid of the Portland
firm would be accepted, and it is pos
sible that other bids will be asked.
G. A. Haskell and G. F .Falley, rep
resenting Carstens & Earles, of Se
attle, made a determined fight for the
contract. They asserted that their
bid was the highest and under the
law they were entitled to the con
tract. Carstens & Earles - bid $1183
above par, and Morris Bros, bid
$857.50 above par. Both firms agreed
to furnish blank bonds and pay ac
crued interests. The proposals were
opened at a meeting of the board
Monday evening, but action was de
ferred until Tuesday. J. E. Hedges,
secretary of the board, said Messrs.
Haskell and Falley circulated a re
nnrt nhnnt the c.itv that the issue
would be awarded to the bank of Ore
gon City, of which C. H. Cauneia,
president of the board, is an officer,
Mr Pmifielfl denied that the bank de
sired the bonds "saying it had made
a bid at par to keep the Donas irom
selling below par and injuring the
rrpilit of the city.' Messrs. Haskell
and Falley denied the assertion of
Mr. Hedges and a heated colloquy 101
lowed in which the lie was passed
several times. In fact it looKea ior
a iniTiiitR that there might be a fist
icuff. Mayor Dimick and Councilman
Holman were present, but did not
take part In tne conversation. iuc
vote to reject all bids but that of
Morris Bros, was unanimous.
Mr Wprlefis announced that the bid
of Carstens & Earles was rejected be
cause of the conditio imposea. n
was intimated after the meeting that
the board believed the Seattle firm
desired to use the bonds for specula
te purposes, and if it were found a
profit could not be made out of them
before they were issued, upon recom
mendation of their attorney, accord
ing the provisions of the proposal,
they could refuse to accept the issue.
Messrs Haskell and Falley said
that they would file suit for a re
straining order enjoining the board
from issuing the bonds to any of the
bidders but Carstens & Earles.
L
WILL START MONDAY
' The annual school exhibition of the
Oregon City schools will beheld in the
Barclay building beginning next Mon
day afternoon. Superintendent Tooze
announced Tuesday evening that the
exhibition would be even superior to
the one held last year which attract
ed so much favorable comment.
Teachers will be in charge every aft
ernoon from 1 to 3:30 o'clock and in
the evenings from 7:30 until 9 o'clock.
Work of the pupil3 in manual train
ing, domestic science, art, drawing,
etc., will be exhibited.
MRS. DOUTHiT DIES
irrrn nnrniTiMi
Afl Lit UrLnAIIUil
Mrs. Dora Douthit, wife of John
Douthit, of this city, died at the Ore
gon City Hospital Monday evening,
at 9:30 o'lock, where she had been
taken to lihdergo an operation. Mrs.
Douthit underwent &n operation on
Saturday and another operation was
performed Monday morning. Mrs.
Douthit has been ill for several
weeks.
Mrs. Douthit was born in Butler
County, Iowa, April 7, 1874, and at
the time of her death was thirty-
Cl&uh J x a vrt " ' '
ond daughter of Mr .and Mrs. A. F.
Surfus, the former having passed
away in this city in 1888. She came
to Oregon with her parents 27 years
ago, and settled in Oregon City
where she has since made her home,
five years ago she married John Dou
thit, who survives her, and she also
is survived by two little children By
a former marriage, Ethel Younger
and Rennie Younger; two sisters,
Mrs. A. J. Ware, of Albion, Wash.,
and Mrs. Lillian Saunders, of PGrt
land; five brothers, William Surfus,
Edward Surfus, Charles Surfus, of
Oreon Citv: Roy Surfus. of Sell wood
and John Surfus, of Kellogg, Idaho1.
Mrs. Saiah Margaret Surfus, mother
of Mrs. Douthit, also survives and re
sides in Oregon City.
The interment will be in the Moun
tain View cemetery,, where a -brief
service will be held by Rev. J. R.
Landsborough, this being the request
of Mrs. Douthit. The remains are at
the home of Mrs. Surfus, and will be
taken from there this afternoon at 2
o'clock.
TOOZE TO DELIVER
BACCALAUREATE ADDRESS
Commencment week will open Sun
day evening witht he baccalaureate
address by Superintendent of City
Schools Tooze. The address will be
delivered in the Congregational chureh
and will start at 7:30 o'clock.
BOND MEN A
AR