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MORNING ENTERPRISE
OREGON CITY, OREGON
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CITY OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
THE MORNING ENTERPRISE
is on sale at the following stores
every day:
Huntley Bros. Drugs
Main Street.
J. W. McAnulty. Cigars
Seventh and Main.
E. B. Anderson
Main, near Sixth.
M.
E. Dunn Confectionery
Next door to P. O.
City Drug Store
Electric Hotel.
Schoenborn Confectionery
Seventh and J. Q. Adams.
June 13 !n American History.
178G Brevet Lieutenant General Win
field Scott, noted In the war of 1812
and Mexican war, born near Pe
tersburg. Va.; died 1866.
1898 The fifth army corps, under Gen
eral W". R. Shafter, sailed from
Tampa, Fla., for Santiago de Cuba.
1910-C. K. Hamilton In Curtiss bi
plane flew from Governors island,
to Philadelphia; time, 1 hour 36
minutes.
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
(From noon today to noon tomorrow.)
Sun sets 7:31, rises 4:28. Evening
Stars: Mars, Jupiter. Morning stars:
Venus. Mercury, Saturn.
MAIL SERVICE INADEQUATE
The mail service between Portland
and Oregon City is very poor, but this
cannot in any way be charged against
our part of the postoffice department.
Considering the equipment provided,
our service from the local office is as
good as can be expected, but when
letters are mailed in Portland address
ed to Oregon City and do not reach.
this city short of 24 to 48 hours there
is surely something radically wrong
with the office at Portland, with the
system generally, or with the South
ern Pacific or other mail carrying
lines.
Cazadero and other cities on the
line of the P. R. L. & P. Co. have an
electric service by special car and it
would seem that the business of our
office would warrant at least equal at
tention. Why not, Live Wires? All
you have to do it to petition our Con
gressmen to have a contract made
with the P. R. L. & P. Co. and they
will gladly give us two mails a day
direct to the door of our postoffice by
special car. If we are ever going to
get our ujst dues, there is no time
like now to commence.
PAPER MILL. EAST VS. WEST.
A press dispatch says that a num
ber -of large Eastern newspaper mills
have made a ten per cent advance in
wages. The $1.50 men being advanced
to f 1.65 and the $1.75 men to $1.90 for
an average of 12 hours.
No one in the mills here receives
less than an average of $2.00 for a
like "day, "while with the reward sys-
; terns in effect here most of the lower
paid help receive fifteen per cent bon
us, at least five days per, week, mak
ing their average wage about $2.62.
Another evidence of the Oregon
City prepperity claim, .tyid another
reason why our poverty percentage is
- so small.
What We Lose
Haven't a Merchant Marine
By LEWIS NIXON. Shipbuilder
OWING TO A LACK OF MERCHANT MARINE THE PEOPLE
OF THE UNITED STATES 'ARE DENIED MANY PRIVILEGES
AND BLESSINGS.
We CANNOT CARRY ON OR MAKE WAR
without the aid of foreign merchant vessels and colliers. We must ex
port hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of products in excess of our
imports TO KEEP OUT OF DEBT. WE, CONSTANTLY ARE
CONTRIBUTING TO THE WEALTH AND POWER OF
OTHER COUNTRIES, which is a non-American spirit We also
are losing from year to year the markets abroad to foreign com
petitors. " " ' ,
The Delegate Was Not Instructed
coHVEnt ffrcHiMMi gs : '
BARTON BRIDGE
To unite the districts of Logan and
Barton with Oregon City is the pres
ent theme for discussion. As some
one rightly said "Rome had the sys
tem: all roads lead to Rome," so it
should be here "All roads lead, to Ore
gon City" and with the roads coming
our way we can be sure of the busi
ness. Whether they lead to Oregon
City or not all parts of the county de
serve like treatment and if the time
is ripe the county commssioners will
grant the people of that section a
bridge of proper construction to take
careof the needs of the'rapidly grow
ing population.
CHAUTAUQUA
Harvey E. Cross, Secretary df the
Willamette Valley Chautauqua Asso
ciation for 17 of the past 19 years,
says he is tired of the job. An ad
vertisement is out for the rfght man.
The Enterprise thinks we already
have the right man in the right place.
Crosses are now popular with the la
dies, so the jeweler states and when
satisfactory to the ladies, the men
must fall in line.
The coming meet at Gladstone is
billed to be better than ever and con
sidering the dates are the same as the
Elk event in Portland, great crowds
should be in daily attendance and the
gate receipts likewise larger.
ELECTRIC PARADE
If at first you don't succeed try, try
again. So it is with the great elec
tric parade of the Rose Festival at
Portland. Water fell in torrents for
a number of hours up to 8 P. M. Mon
day then as usually happens after the
game is called on account of rain, the
rain man ran out of water supply and
there never was a more beautiful eve
ning to be out of doors barring the
dampness under foot.
The city was prettily and tastefully
decorated for the event and now ev
eryone knows who " placed cheap de
corations. Some were fast colors,
while others were faster and ran.
G.L HEDGES TO BE
FLAG DAY ORATOR
i
Gilbert L. Hedges will be the prin
cipal speaker at the flag day celebra
tion of the Oregon City Elks tomor
row evening. The exercises, which
will be held on the veranda of the new
home at Sixth and Water Streets, will
start at 7:30 o'clock, with Exalted Rut
er O'Malley in charge. After the
speeches a flag will be unfurled frqja
the top of the building which is near
ing completion. The exercises will be
in commemoration of the adoption of
the Stars- and Stripes by Congress.
Plutarch' Live.
"What are you . readlngr 'Plu
tarcD'8 Uvea.' " "Gee wnlzl How many
Old be have?" Pittsburgh Press.
COUNCIL LETS CONTRACTS FOR
SEWERS AND PAVEMENTS
At a meeting of the City Council in
executive session to consider the bids
for pavements and sewers contracts
were awarded to the Warren Con
struction Company, which will mean
an expenditure of $180,890.40 for civ
ic improvements and will give the
city about 60 blocfis paved with the
celebrated bitulithic pavement, says
the Tillamook Herald. Work will
have to commence three days after
the conract is signed, but it is, the in
tention of the Warren Construction
Company to push the work as rapidly
as possible, as the street pavement
cannot be done after the rainy season
sets in.'
This contract was let after careful
investigation of the merits of other
paving, and was awarded for bitulith
ic because of its proven worth, and
because it has withstood every test
of time and traffic under all climatic
conditions.
Because We
Baby Dromedary In London Zoo
And His Juvenile Admirers
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ONE of the most popular of the sighte of London is the zoo adjoining
Regent's park, which boasts one of the finest wild animal collections
in the world. Many of the beasts and birds are gifts of the royal
family, for King George and King Edward, like the presidents of the
United States particularly like the last but one have frequently been the
recipients of what would have proved "white elephants" if they had been
obliged to maintain them in private collections. One of the most recent ar
rivals at the zoological gardens is the baby 'dromedary, born of a mother in
captivity. The interesting infant is a great drawing card, particularly to the
Juvenile patrons of the gardens. It may be worth stating that the variety of
camel with one hump is called a dromedary, while two humps entitle their
possessor to the title of Bactrlan camel, so named from the country of its
origin, la Central Asia.
A FEMININE
PROPOSAL
By MARY D VINCENT
Margaret-Vincent bad a great man;
suitors that she, didn't want Tbeue
suitors were mostly fortune nunters.
and even It tbey were not there was
not one among tbem that sbe would
marry. Miss Vuw-ent bad attended
lectures at a college, and one of the
assistant professors or instructors Dad
caught her "fancy. That was wnen she
was seventeen, and an , Impression
made upoD a girilB heart at that age
Is liable to take a very strong root
At any rate, after graduation stie
managed to keep in toueb with him
But young Professor Twining of the
chair of botany, while ' be showed
friendliness, did not evince love.
Whether be felt it or not Miss Vincent
could not tell. All she knew was
that he never passed the bounds ot
a platonic friendship. She suspectpd
that what drew her suitors ber for
tune acted as a stumbling block to the
professor. She suspected at times that
he would like to make love to ber, but
having nothing but a small salary witb
which, to match ber half million of dol
lars refrained.
Professor Twining took great Inter
est in the customs of eastern people,
especially those of India, and natural
ly interested Miss Vincent in tbe same
subject So she read all tbe books sbe
could find about India and bow tbe
people there passed their daily lives
One item that she came upon interest
ed ber especially. It was this:
"In India a man often remains an
married longer than be would desire
simply because be cannot afford to pay
the sum the father of a desirable
daughter demands of his would be son
in-law. Widows, however, aie cbeap.
and a wily father who finds tils daugh
ter is getting on in years while suitors
tarry takes advantage of this fact. He
marries the girl to a bunch of Bowers,
which . he then throws into a well
Thus the lady becomes technically a
widow, and as socb she is a bargain in
the marriage market. Thus the Bower
widow is secured as a wife by a suitor
who would not have dared offer a small
sum for her before her so called mar
riage."
Now. it occurred to Miss Vincent that
Professor Twining, being familiar with
the habits of tbe people of India, bad
met with this same Information. It
struck her fancy to use It as a hint that
she would look kindly ona proposition
of" marriage in rase he felt disitosed to
make her one. It would certainly be a
delicate, way ot showing tier partiality
for bjm. Indeed, it would be tanta
mount to a proposal from her to him
She spent a good deal ot time onjur
ing up a way of indicating to rhe pro
fessor that she had become a dower
widow and finally went at It In this
way:
She invited the professor to come and
see ber under the pretext that she had
a new plant upon which she desired '
some information She wns at her
country plm-e. and her plants had been
removed from her conservatory to their
beds in ber spacious gardens When
Professor Twining called she took mm
out and showed hira the plant in que
tion. There was nothing eruliar about
it, and be wondered why she und
brought him lo ask niiu questions
about so ordinary a plant. " .
"I do so love my flowers!" she said.
"Do you know. I come out here alone
and chat with them. They say very
sweet things to nie.'
While she talked she plucked one
here and there, making up a bouquet
Tbe professor naturally supposed that
she was making It up tor Dun
"How do you love your flowers," De
asked a8 Bowers or as represents
fives?"
"My lover Is in tbem." was ber re
ply. "It Is be who says the, sweet
things, while the Bowers themselves
look at me so lanorently that bis
words seem more tender than tbey
would without the flowers. These that
1 bold in my hand are my husband "
"But if your husband is in tbe bou
quet you must have a new bouquet
and a new husband every day. By to
morrow these must be discarded. In
that case you will never be widowed."
There was no reply to tbis. Tbe.v
walked on, chatting in this vein, till
they came to a well. Leaning over it.
Miss Vincent threw her bouquet down
into it
Did be know the Indian custom?
And what would be do if he was
familiar with it? Would be see tbe
connection between ber act and tbe
eastern custom 't Bending over tbe
well, she dare not look up. . She saw
her face reflected In tbe water below,
and the sight made ber dread that
Twining should see it for it showed
agitation.
He came and leaned' over the well
beside ber. He did not see ber face,
but be saw its reflection - He not only
law the Image, but be bad long been
familiar with the custom of making a
girl a widow that she might be mar
.ed to a poor man
Margaret too, saw the reflection of
her face and felt bis band laid upon
her waist .
That is all there was of ft- thsff can
be told What were the words'tit-h
acceptance of" the proposal" Mrs. Twin
lng never nas told any one, thoujiti
she bas told ttie tory to her daugh
ters, who think their mother as a gin
must have beep very lovely and deli
cately sensitive And tbey think that
their father must have been just the
man to appreciate such a feminine
proposaL
POTATO MARKET
The market for potatoes is sagging
New crop is showing a lower price
and there is a diminished call for old
stock.
New potatoes are selling as low as
3c a pound, with the range as high
as 3c for sack lots. Boxes are extra.
There are greater offerings from
southern California, although the
stock from there is infected with dry
rot, and for that reason sales are not
as liberal as they were some time ago.
Outside of this the appearance of the
southern product is excellent-
While there continues a demand for
old potatoes with sales in a jobbing
was as high as $1.25 per cental, the
call is daily growing weaker. Pur
chases from the country have almost
ceased, because practically all local
handlers have their immediate re
quirements and purchase only from
hand to mouth as they need stuff.
Growers are becoming . frightened
and are even offering to consign sup
plies. The best cash offers available
do not range above 8590c per cent
al, but so little stuff is wanted that
it can be considered nominal.
Prevailing Oregon City prices are as
follows:
DRIED FRUIT8-(Buying) Prunes
on basis of 6 to 8 cents.
Fruits, Vegetables.
'-HIDES (Buying) Green hides, 7c
to 8c; salters 6c to 7c; dry hides 12c
to 14c; sheep pelts, 25c to 75c each.
Hay, Grain, Feed.
EGGS Oregon ranch eggs, 18c case
count; 20c condeled.
HAY (Buying) Timothy, $12 to
$15! clover, $8 to $9; oat hay, best,
$10 to $11; mixed, $9 to $11; alfalfa,
$1S to $16.50.
OATS (Buying) $37.50 to $38.50
wheat $1 bu.; .oil meal, selling $35;
Shady Brook dairy feed, $1.30 per 100
pounds.
FEED (Selling) Shorts, $28; bran
$26; process barley $41.50 per ton.
FLOUR $4.60 to $5.50.
POTATOES Best buying $1.00 to
$1.40 according to quality per hund
red. Butter. Poultry. Eoga.
POULTRY (Buying) Hens 13c to
14c; spring, 17c to20c, and roosters
8c. Stags 11c.
Butter (Buj.-g Ordinary conn-
try butter, 20c to 25c; fancy dairy,
i0c roll.
Livestock, Meats
lamba. 4c ami 6c.
BEEF (Live Weight) Steers, 5
and 6c; cows, 4c; bulls 3c
mttttton Sheen 3c to 3c.
VEAL Calves 10c to 12c dressed,
according to grade.
MOHAIR 33c to 35c.
CORRESPONDENCE
ELWOOD-
Elwood's crops and garden surely
look good. . . !
The school closed in this district
Monday with a good program and bas
ket social. " The program was well
rendered, after which Mr. C. E. Bur
fus auctioned ten baskets neting $11.
05 which will be used to purchase a
clock and repaint the interior of the
schoolhouse. We all appreciate Miss
Allen's interest in our district and
wish her a successful school year
wherever she may choose to- teach.
Miss Montie Cox and Miss Hazel Free
man served strawberries and cream.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Stahlnecker were
agreeably surprised by a visit from
their parents and brother, Mr. , and
Mrs. aftd Archie Stahinecker ,of Wil
sonviller They were pleased at the
prospects of the country now being
opened. " "- .
Elwood soil needs home seekers to
turn its loam into richness, then agri
culture as well as grazing will be
praised. Our little valley has been
compared witk Hood River. Can we
raise the standard in comparison to
that verdure valley? - if we can, we
may be proud, for Hood River valley
is world renowned.
Mr. Meihlke was ia Estacada Sat-,
urday. Mr. Cane who has been work
ing in Portland returned with Mr. Me
ihlke to spend a few weeks with his
family on "Sis homestead.
Miss Hazel Freeman and Otis Val
len, the two applicants for eighth
grade diplomas took the June exam
inations Friday under the supervision
of Mrs. Don Stahlnecker. Friends
wish them success.
C. E. Surtus is very busy with his
new planer and mill work.
Walter Cox had the good luck to
kill a coyote, which has been molest
ing their chickens for some time.
Mrs. Beardsley of Garfield spent
Tuesday and Wednesday night at Mrs.
Dan Stahlnecker's. She moved her
household goods from their home
stead to their five acre tract near
Garfield They intend to raise fruit
and chickens on their new five acre
tract'
Mrs. Hilda Bittner visited Mrs. C.
Bittner one day last week.
for Scoop
OUR BEST .FRIENDS.
Oui resi tnendj ai e not those
who make lite easy lot as. Our
bed hriend are those who put
courage, enetg and resolution into
oui hearts. F. R. Millei.
Wants, For Sale, Etc.
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will ka at tu mt a war.
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tims. um teb oua. II aar maarths bail
teak wri (4 Baasj n war noala.
Caaa nraat Moaumr araer aaJaaa an
has aa apen aoeoaiU with tha paper. N
enanatal mil IMIUr lax arrora; 5r
errara aeaax Iraa oorraataa ot M ht
ariaitad tor aatram. MlMKa chwaa IBe.
WANTED.
WANTED: People that are lovers of
curios to call at my store. I have
one of the best lines in the valley.
I will -buy or sell anything of value
Have a fine liae of second hand
furniture. Geo. Young.
WANTED: A team between 1100 and
1200, not over 8 yeara old. Apply
to S. C. Ross, Willamette, Oregon.
WANTED: Competent girl or wo
man for general housework and cook
ing, about ten minutes ride on Ore
gon City Car line. Telephones
Farmers 18X1. Good wages.
WANTED: Two or three rooms fur
nished for light housekeeping. In
quire E. E. Enterprise.
MISCELLANEOUS.
DRESSMAKING and all kinds of sew
ing, Mrs. C. A. Davenport, 1311 Main
Street, between 13th and 14th
streets.
WOOD AND COAL.
OREGON CITY WOOD AND FUEL
CO., F. M. Bluhm. Wood and coal
delivered to all parts ot the city.
SAWING A SPECIALTY. Phone
your orders Pacific SR02, Home
B 111
NOTICES
Notice of Administrator's Sale
Notice is hereby given that the und
ersigned, Administrator of the es
tate ot John Thomas, Deceased, by
virtue of an order of the County
Court of Clackamas County, Oregon
made and entered on the 5th day
of June, 1912, will from and after
the 6th day of July, 1912, sell at
private sale at the house on the
land herein described, all of the fol
lowing described real property be
longing to said estate; in Clacka
mas County, Oregon:
Beginning at a point three (3)
chains and fifty (50)" links South
and three (3) chains and twenty
fire (25) links West from the north
east corner of Section Thirty (30)
in Township One (1) South, Range
three (3) East of the Willamette
Meridian; thence running West for
ty (40) chains; thence South twenty-five
(25) chains; thence East for
ty (40) chains; thence North twen
ty-five (25) chains to the place of
beginning; containing one hundred
acres Of land, more or less.
The terms of said sale to be as
follows: The purchaser to assume
an existing mortgage . upon the
above described premises for the
sum of Nine Thousand Five Hun
dred ($9500.00) Dollars, and the bal
ance to be paid in cash.
ROBERT LIVINGSTONE,
Administrator of the Estate of John
Thomas, Deceased.
Dated June 6th, 1912:
Money In The Bank
is a strong foundation for plans to build on. Not all of
us can be rich, but all of us can better our conditions. Sav
ing steady and persistent will accomplish wonders.
THE BANK OF OREGON CITY
OLDEST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY
D. C. LATOTJRETTE, President F. J. MYER, Cashier.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF OREGON CITY, OREGON
CAPITAL $50,000.00
Transacts a General Banking Business. Open from "9 A. M. to 3 P. M.
PORTLAND OFFICE PHONES
Main 4314
A-2568
CLARENCE
Attorney
813 ELECTRIC BUILDING
JT. PL Mattley
NEW AND SECOND HAND FURNITURE
Stoves, Ranges, Tinware, Granitware, Shelf Hard
. - ware and Notions
BUY AND SELL FOR CASH 1010 Seventh Street
PATENTS
Peter Haberlin, Patent Attorney.
Counselor in Patent and Trade Mark.
Causes. Inventors assisted and pat
ents obtained in all countries. Man
ufacturers advised and infringment
litigation conducted. Expert re
ports. Briefs for counsel, Validity
searches. Trade marks designed and
protected. Labels, designes and.
copywrights registered. Prelimin
ary consultations without charge.
326 Worcester Bldg., Portland, Ore.
Send for free booklets. .
FOR SALE
FOR SALE: Brand new set of Mark
Twain's complete works. Good
print and well bound. 25 volumes.
Leaving city. Apply at Enterprise.
FOR SALE OR TRADE: For real es
tate or good automobile, two teams
of horess, inquire of C. T. Tooze,
room 2, Beaver building, Oregon
City.
FOR SALE: Combination "Globe
grain and vetch separator. Price
$40.00. Inquire of Daugherty Bros.
Molalla, Oregon.
FOR SALE REAL ESTATE.
FOR SALE: 5 room bungalow, bath
and modern conveniences. Inquire
G. B. Dimick, Oregon City.
Bland Acres
DDEAL ORCHARD, GARDEN AND
POULTRY TRACTS
Bland Acres is situated just west
from Oregon City, near the Will
amette River and on Electric Car
line.
The soil i otth Red Shot. Free .
nature, loose enough to work easy, .
yet contains enough percentage of
-clay to give it a good moisture re
taining capacity.
The property has a good eleva
tion, overlooking the Tualatin and
Willamette Valleys and slopes well
making tiling unnecessary.
We have had this soil examined
by an expert and he reports it
IDEAL for apples, Prunes, Cherries,
Grape, Berries andVegetables.
We are offerelng this land at $140
per acre and up, in tracts of 5 or
more acres and practically your
own terms.
Here is your opportunity to get
a Beautiful, Sightly Country home
and land that will raise anything.
Write or come in and .see us about
it v
The OREGON IRON & STEEL CO.
Phone Main 1410, 338 Sherlock Bldg..
Portland, Or.
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Directory
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Men's and Boys' Outfitters
4th and Morrison Streets Portland
Corner Entrance
We give S & H Green Trading stamps.
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