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WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1266
VOL. Ill No. 177
OREGON CITY, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1912
Per Week, 10 Cents
4 RESCUED BY
SINGLE TAX HIT
BY LEGISLATOR
DO YOUR DUTY, OFFICER.
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MEN ARE ELATED
DIES. SUDDENLY
COMPANY
BACK
MR
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DROWNED
WHEN LAUNCH STRIKES PORT
LAND MAN SWIMS TO SHORE
FOR BOAT
WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE SAVED
F. A. Lucas, After Exciting Race In
Bear River Straits, Wins
Launch Hits Fish
trap SOUTH BEND, Wash., July 29.
I. A. Lucas, 51, who lives, in Lake
county, California, and J. W. Rannels,
aged 52, 217 East Fourth street, Al
bany, Or., were drowned and five oth
ers, had remarkable escapes from
death when a launch in which they
were ridg struck a submerged fish
trap piling" In Bear River straits.
The rescue of two women and two
small children by F. A. Lucas, brother
of one of the drowned men and one
of the owners of the townsite, was as
heroic as it was sensational.
When the bow of the launch or dory
struck the piling the latter was shov
ed through the boat and extended
some distance above the gunwhale.
There the boat was held fast in the
stream.
Rennels and I. A. Lucas were seat
ed in the stern of the boat when it
struck and both were precipitated in
to the water, in the widest part of the
straits, two miles south of the. town
of Chetlo Harbor and away from any
available help. The two men began
to swim for a mudflat 250 feet away.
When about 50 feet from the mud flats
Rennels sank.
I. A. Lucas was a capital swimmer
and reached the mud flats. His appar
ent intention was to hasten to the
mill at Chetlo Harbor, some three
miles away, by a circuitous route, and
bring back a rowboat. After leaving
the mud flats theer was a slough, the
high tide filling it to about ten feet
at that time. Lucas" was hurrying
along when he suddenly.j)lunged over
a precipitous bank of the slough and
was drowned.
It is believed he was so exhausted
that he could not help himself, clothed
as he was in heavy clothing and log
ger's shoes. Both bodies were recover
ed at 4 o'clock this morning, the tide
however, having washed Lucas' body
back into the main channel.
As soon as the launch struck, and
F. A. Lucas, a brother, took in the
situation, he stripped himself, except
a white shirt. He swam to the mud
flats and waded in mud kneedeep to
the shore, then raced over the sharp
stones for three miles barefooted and
naked, scaling a bluff and climbing
through slashings to the mill, where
the rowboat was anchored.
It was then a pull of two miles back
to where the launch was pinioned
with its human freight. Steadily the
tide kept rising and each minute
brought the two women, Mrs. F. A.
Lucas and her sister, Mrs. H. C. Cour
ter, and her two children, Loleta 9,
and Kermit 7, of Portland nearer their
doom.
As the water rose the women boost
ed the children a little higher up on
the bow of the boat and later upon the
nose of the launch.
In the distance, two miles away,
they saw Lucas land safely upon the
wharf. Faster and faster he rowed
and faster and faster the tide kept
rising until it had submerged the wo
men and children to their necks,
when, exhausted and bleeding from
his terrible race over stones and
through slashings, Lucas reached the
imperiled women and children. They
were safely taken off and rturned to
Chetlo Harbor.
FAIR CROP YIELD
IS EXPECTED HERE
The crop conditions in Clackamas
County this year are more encourag
ing than for several years, and the
yield will be above the average. The
potato crop is the largest for years,
and the growers are anticipating an
average price. They say the hot
weather will cause a short crop in
California, and that the general supply
will not be larger than usual. There
is only a fair wheat yield ,the aphis
having done a great deal of damage.
The hay crop will be large although
rain did considerable damage. The
oat prospect is fine. The fruit crop
in general is fair, although there will
be a small prune yield. However,
growers of prunes are now much more
encouraged than they were two weeks
ago, and many of the orchards are
. expected to produce almost as much
fruit as last year. Plums and peaches
will be short, due to damage done by
a late frost
,. While the apple crop is fair, there
is great disappointment over the pros
pect. It was thought early that there
would be an unusually large yield.
HOMESTEAD BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE
WASHINGTON, July 29. The
House of Representatives today pass
ed the Borah bill, previously passed
by the senate, directing that patents
shall issue to homesteaders on Gov
ernment irrigation projects as soon as
they comply with the requirements of
the homestead law.
This will give them title after three
years instead -of waiting 10 and 15
years, as under the present law.
As the bill was passed the provision
requiring the payment of at least 40
per cent water charges as a condition
to receiving the patent was stricken
out.
The efforts of President Taft in be
half of this hill aided materially in
its passage.
F. M. GILL POINTS OUT HOW POOR
MAN WOULD BE
SUFFERER
CONFISCATION SIM TO RESULT
Writer Insists That Graduated Plan
Would Not Remedy Condi
tion Suggestion Is
Offered
ESTACADA, Or., July 29, (Editor of
the Enterprise.) Some months ago I
discussed single tax, pointing out that
it would increase the burden of tax
upon the citizen least able to pay and
decrease it upon the citizen most able
to pay. The article drew forth no re
ply at the time. The graduated single
tax amendment to the constitution is
the reply, for by soaking it to the fel
low who has more than $10,000 assess
ed to his credit they expect to de
crease the tax upon the man who is
assessed for less. It would work out
that way too. But let me call to your
attention that while all persons as
sessed less than $10,000 will pay less
than they now pay the inequality be
tween the man on an improved farm
and the man who is improving a new
farm will remain relatively the same
as under the Simon-pure single tax.
Each will pay less than now, but the
man on the income "producing farm
very much less than the man on the
sinking fund farm just being improv
ed. Mr. Parikson, who is one oi the
authors of the graduated single tax
amendment, told me it was the pur
pose of the men who framed it to
cause the large land holder to either
sell his large holdings in smaller par
cels or transfer the land to the state.
The state would then sell the land in
small tracts to home builders on long
time, low interest rates. The graduat
ed tax amendment then intends to
confiscate large holdings of property.
Confiscation of property without pay
ment of its value to its rightful owner
violates the commandment "Thou
shalt not steal," and is morally wrong
It matters not if the values are an
unearned increment Society from time
immemorial has recognized the right
of private property in this unearned
increment and has given its letters
patent therefor. I have no right to
go to your barn and take your horse
without your consent or the payment
for him to you of his community val
ue. If there were " one man and a
horse upon an isIalTd far out in the
Pacific ocean, the horse would have
no pecuniary value to the man be
cause there is no one to sell kjm to.
The land of the island would have no
value for the same reason. If a 100
men settle upon the island both horses
and land get a value. If a thousand
men settle upon it the land" will be
much more valuable and the value of
horses will remain about the same be
cause the number of horses may be
increased with the increase of popula
tion but the land will remain the same
Therefore if I take your horse with
out payment of its value I take a com
munity made value. If the state takes
my land without paying me its pres
ent community made value, it is just
as much theft as it would be for me
to take your horse without paying for
it. Hence confiscation is morally
wrong, and the graduated single tax
aims to produce a moral wrong be
cause it aims to confiscate property.
I have shown that it is easier to
get a monopoly in land than in other
things of value, by the illustration of
the land and the horse. The land
monopolist should be restrained, but
there is a right way and a wrong way
The graduated land tax and confisca
tion are the wrong way. In my opin
ion the state should exercise the right
of eminent domain and purchase the
lands held in idleness by land specu
lators at an appraised value. It should
then be sold to actual home builders
at a reasonable rate of interest on
small payments. Areas west of the
Cascade mountains should be restrict
ed to an acreage of not to exceed 500
acres to any one person. East of the
mountains each person should be lim
ited to 1,000 acres. Land should be
required to be kept in beneficial use,
or be subject to sale to some one who
will put it to beneficial use.
One of the unfair parts of the grad
uated land tax may be illustrated in
this way. The amendment says the
tax shall be levied "within the coun
ty." I may own $10,000 of assessable
property in each of the 34 counties of
the state, a total of $340,000 in the
state. I would pay no specific or
graduated tax on any $340,000 in the
various counties, but my brother may
own $340,000 of assessable" pftperty
in Clackamas County. He pays $8,
350 in graduated land tax. I pay noth
ing. We own the same amount of
property in Oregon". - Kindly show me
how this can be a square deal.
While I am writing on the subject
of taxation let me digress from the
main question to touch upon an argu
ment of the single taxers. It is claim
ed by the single taxer that the single
tax is a panacea for poverty. It is in
conceivable to me that it will assist
the poor by taking money out of their
pockets. Every man has a limited an
nual earning "power. Taxes are paid
in cash and are paid out of these an
nual, earnings. It doesn't make an)
difference to the man who pays the
tax whether it is paid upon the land
or the land value. It is just so much
money anyway. Theultimate aim of
the single taxer is communical "owner
ship of property, the state to own all
land, the people merely renters of the
state. Community ownership of prop
erty has been tried at various times
in history and has always been a fail
ure. There is no panacea for poverty.
Christ said ' the poor you have with
you always. The single taxer will find
this as true now as it was 2,000 years
ago and single tax will not change
(Continued on page 2)
'
Senator Newell Sanders, New United
States Senator from Tennessee, suc
ceeding the late Robert L. Taylor.
WILLAMETTE TO KEEP
STOCK OFF STREETS
A new stock ordinance became ef
fective in Willamette at noon Monday.
The ordinance prohibits the running
of horses, sheep, swine, goats, etc., at
large and provides that cows must
be kept in enclosures at night. Cows
may graze from 6 o'clock in the morn
ing until 8 o'clock in the evening. An
ordinance providing that thistles and
other obnoxious plants shall be re
moved from the streets and vacant
lots has been passed and will become
effective at ouce.
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FOR DEAD EMPEROR
TOKIO, July 30. Mutsuhito, Emper
or of Japan, died today at K:4? A. M.
Acute nephritis was given as the
cause of death.
The Crown Prince, Yo Shihito, has
succeeded to the throne. The emper
or had been unconscious since dawn
yesterday his heart continued to beat,
and he made occasional feeble move
ment with his hands yesterday after
noon. All the Imperial Princes who had
been near the Emperor's palace since
the beginning of the serious period of
his illness on July 19, were summon
ed to the sick chamber last evening
and remained there.
They were present at a noon exam
ination by the court physicians, who
found tnat his majesty's pulse was
very feeble. The beats had increased
to 146. The imperial patient's fingers
and toes had turned to a purple hue.
His respiration and temperature were
unchanged.
A further examination at 3 o'clock
showed his majesty unchanged.
At 10 o'clock last night the physi
cians' bulletin said the Emperor's
temperature had increased and that
his condition had become more ser
ious.
Prince Sadanru Fuchiml, the Emper
or's cousin, and three other Princes
left the palace for a- short rest at 6
o'clock last evening, but the Crown
Prince and most of the cabinet min
isters remained in a room adjoining
the sick chamber.
There is mourning throughout the
country.
The crowds outside continued to in
crease and numbered 10,000 persons.
DELIGHTFUL PARTY IS
GIVEN AT TERRILL HOME
A party was given at the home of
Charles Terrill, off Nob Hill, Saturday
evening. The evening was devoted to
dancing, and a most delightful time
was had by the sixteen couples In at
tendance. The music was fiurhished
by the Fletchner & Rocler orchestra.
Refreshments were served.
' Boost' your city by boosting your
daily paper. The Enterprise should
be in every home.
NOTED TEACHER IS
The Clackamas County Education
Board has elected Miss Vinetti Hewitt
a school supervisor, to succed Mrs.
Emily Shaw, who resigned to become
principal of the Wichita school. She
will be assigned the territory, which
Mrs. Shaw had. With the appoint
ment of Miss Hewitt the-list of super
visors is complete. Her term will ex
pire January 1, when Mrs. Elizabeth
C. Curren will be named. Miss Hew
itt was county superintendent of Lin
coln county four years, going from
there to Cheney where she had charge
of the rural work. Later she became
deputy state superintendent in Wash
ington, having charge of rural work,
with headquarters in Olympia.
Miss Hewitt is a specialist in pri
mary work having many methods
which primary teachers could use to
advantage. Because of her special
qualifications, County Superintendent
Gary has arranged to have her con
duct a school for primary work in this
city for one week beginning Septem
ber 2. No charge will be made for
the instruction and all teachers of pri
mary departments are urged to attend.
WELL KNOWN HERE
Captain Harry T. Williams, of one
of the companies of the Third Oregon
Regiment in the Second Battalion,
who refused to march back five miles
after "war" was declared over Sunday,
and, as a result may be court'mar
tialed, is manager of the Gladstone
Lumber Company and well-known in
Oregon City. He was one of the di
vision commanders in the recent pa
rade of the Elks in Portland, and has
been regarded as one of the most ca
pable men in the national guard in
this state.
All during the military movements
the Oregon troops had worked hard,
and it was not until the "war" was ov
er that the disagreement arose. The
Oregonians were attached to the vic
torious Red Army, and they claim that
during the maneuvers, they covered
approximately 60 miles, while another
report says it is only '30 miles, where
as the Blue Army moved about- 20
miles. Saturday morning the Oregon
ians were up at 3:30 leaving Oakville
to march to Gate. The battalion now
in trouble had to ford Black river three
times in water up to the waist, carry
ing equipment. They had to climb
mountains and go through heavy tim
ber and thick underbrush. Before the
troops reached Gate the movement
ceased, and the Oregonians were or
derd to retreat to Oakville. Sunday
morning another early start was made
the. battalion again being headed for
Gate, and they went beyond that
place, driving the Blue Army before
them. Then the Summer tactics clos
ed. Loaded with heavy equipment, the
Second battalion expected to go into
camp at Gate and entrain. ' General
Maus, however, ordered them to walk
back to Oakvill to get the train in
stead of waiting for the train to meet
the marchers at Gate, Two battalions
started to return, as ordered, but the
one which had struggled in the waters
of Black River and through the un
derbrush. in the timber, protested. It
was a hot day.
GUARDSMAN JAILED
FOR NON SUPPORT
David -LaCure, a member of Comp
any E, Portland, was arrested Monday
afternoon upon his arrival with the
troops from the maneuvers in Wash
ington, on a warrant sworn out by his
wife, charging non-support. The ar
rest was made by a Portland police
man upon the request of Sheriff Mass.
Sheriff Mass brought the man to this
city, and locked him up in the county
jail. LaCure told a story that aroused
some smypathy for him. He said that
he had been ill for sometime, and
that even -while in that condition he
had worked earning $1 a day. He
has three children. He will be given
a hearing before County Judge Beatie.
Wrisley Brown, Special assistant to
Attorney General, who had charge
of ifie impeachment case of the tov
erntfent against Judge Robert W.
Archbald of the Commerce Cjurt.
GLADSTONE VOTES TO
HAVE HIGH SCHOOL
The residents of Gladstone, at a
school meeting Monday evening, vo
ted to furnish high school educations
in that city.:: The vote was 46 to 40.
A room in the present school building
will be devoted to the high school
class for the present, and it is prob
able that another teacher will 1e em
ployed. iThe .first -proposition voted
upon was -whether the city should fur
nish high .' school educations, either
in the city, er by sending the pupils
to the Oregon City High School and
the city paying the tuitions, as has
been done heretofore. This was car
ried by a vote of 64 to 58. The city
has for sometime furnished the first
two year courses in high school in
struction. ESCAPE IN COLLISION
A collision of two automobiles, one
of which was driven by Dr. C. K Mels
sner and the other by a Mr. Staninger
of Molalla, occurred on Main street
near the court house Monday about 11
o'clock. The machine owned by Stan
inger ran into a telephone pole, the
front and other parts of the car be?
ing badly damaged.' "Dr. Meissner's
machine, was slightly damaged. No
one was hurt. There were1- three
young men in the car with Mr. Stan
inger. The accident was witnessed by
a large crowd.
MAN FINED $10 FOR
L. Glass, of Portland, was fined $10
by Recorder Stipp Monday for attack
ing J. C. Lewis, a conductor employ
ed by the Portland Railway, Light &
Power Company. Glass boarded a car
in Portland Saturday night anH paid
ten cents to ride to Lakewood. He
refused to get oft there, or pay addi
tional fare, and he was ejected. He,
however, got bacK on the .car paying
ten cents. Before the train reached
this city the passenger, according to
witnesses, declared that he would give
Lewis a beating. When he got off
the car at Sixth and Main-streets in
this city he invited the conductor to
fight him. Lewis jumped from the car
and knocked Glass down. Glass test
ified that the conductor struck him
with an-iron rod. Policemen Green
and Frost separated the men, and
placed them under arrest. Recorder
Stipp dismissed the charge against
Lewis.
A small classified ad will rent that
vacant room.
GUARDSMEN TELL OF HARDSHIPS
AND HOW "ENEMY" WAS
SURPRISED
LONG MARCHES ARE EASILY HADE
Oregon City Boys Aid In Saving
Red Armyr"By Arriving
With Plenty
Ammunition
Company L. Oregon National Guard,
after having done valiant work as, a
part of the victorious invading army
in the maneuvers in Washington, re
turned to Oregon City Monday after
noon. The men were sunburned and
somewhat footsore, but every man de
clared that he could imediately par
ticipate in another campaign, and
would be glad of an opportunity to do
so. The Oregon City boys distinguish
ed themselves throughout the maneu
vers. Captain E. L. Blanchard and W.
R. Logus complimented the members
of the company highly, and declared
it was remarkable that men who had
been used to so little outdoor life,
could stand the hardships of the cam
paign. The company, composed of forty
two oflcers and men left this city Ju
ly 2D, arriving at Montesano, Wash.,
where it camped that night. The next
day. the company marched 'to Elma,
a distance of eleven miles, and on the
third day reached Oakville. The Ore
gon City men had previously become
a part of the Red Army .which was to
try to take possession of Gray's Har
bor, which is not fortified, the object
being to show that an enemy could
land troops and by clever maneuver
ing probably capture Seattle and To
coma. The enemy - was located be
tween Oakville and Gates, and troops
were sent to intercept it. Colonel
Kenyon was in command of the in
vading army which was composed of
the Oregon National Guard, the Twenty-Fifth
United States Iiifantry ,two
troops of cavalry and two batteries
of artillery. Company L was -in the
detachment the first day of the battle
that won a signal victory. Bridges
having been blown up by the enemy,
it was decided the best way to strike
a telling blow would be to surprise
the enemy in the rear. Natives said
it would be impossible for the men to
cross a high range .of hills thickly
wooded, but the ; battalion made the
trip in one hour and ten minutes and
surprised the Blue Army while it was
at breakfast. The rout was complete.
In order to make the hazardous trip
the men started at 3 o'clock in the
morningjand fell upon the foe just at
day break.
-The second day of fighting the Ore
gon City men crossed Black river
three times, transporting their
ammunition across in canoes.
They reached a detachment that had
gone ahead just in time to furnish am
munition ;
SWIMMER, WHO
STARTS HERE, FAINTS
After swimming fourteen miles from
Oregon City to the Windemuth swim
ming baths just below Ross island, in
Portland, J. E. ("Jack") Cody, instruc
tor at the Portland swimming baths,
sank unconscious, under water.
He was rescued my Charles Fleck,
a friend who accompanied him in a
rowboat throughout the trip. Cody
was quickly revived and suffered no
ill effects from his experience.
The swim is the longest ever at
tempted in Portland. Cody was' in
the water eight hours and two min
utes, leaving Oregon City at 8 in the
morning and arriving at Portland 4:02
p. m.
John McMurray, - who will compete
in the annual quarter mile race of the
Portland Swimming association next
Frdiya evening, accompanied Cody, al
ternately swimming or resting in the
rowboat.
- The swimmers experienced much
difficulty owing to the in-coming tide
which caused an up river flow. Fleck
stated after the trip that at times
when he stopped rowing the boat
drifted upstream. The cold water al
so handicapped Cody considerably.
SOLDIER BOY JAILED
ON SERIOUS CHARGE
Carl Walling, nineteen years of age,
charged with contributing to the de
linquincy of Ottie Rambo, sixteen
years of age, was arrested Monday
afternoon by Policeman Frost. Wall
ing is a member of Company L, and
was arrested when the company ar
rived in this city from the maneuvers
in Washington. Policeman Frost ar
rested the girl last Thursday, and aft
er spending a night in jail, she made
charges against Walling and Henry
Walter. Walter was arrested the next
day and was released on $250 bail.
Walling also was released soon after
his arrest on bail for the same sum.
The girl is in the custody of the court
matron. County Judge Beatie will
give the young men hearings at 3
o'clock this afternoon. v
' Couple Gets License -v -
A license to marry was, issued Mon
day to Florence E. Howard and Harry
E. Root, of Hood River.
PROMINENT OREGON CITY
WOMAN VICTIM OF HEART
DISEASE
END COMES AT SISTER'S HOME
Husband And Children Are Sum
moned Deceased Member
Of Leading Organ
izations Mrs. Charles W. Evans, one of the
most prominent women of Oregon
City, died suddenly of heart disease at
the home of her sister, Mrs. E. J. Hall
Portland, Monday afternoon. Her
daughter Lucille was with her when
she was stricken. A physician was
summoned, but Mrs. Evans was dead
before he arrived. Her husband is
chief engineer of the Steamer N. R.
Lang, and her son, LeClaire, is em
ployed on another steamer operating
between Portland and Oregon City.
Mrs. Evans and her daurater went
to Portland Sunday moriirjrg to take
care of the home of MvsHall, 825
Hancock Street, Mrs. Hall and. a par
ty going on a vacation trip that day.
Although she had suffered from heart
trouble she was apparently as well as
usual when she left here,; and did not
complain until Monday.' She was
stricken at 5:30 o'clock and did not
regain consciousness.
Past Worthy Matron of the Order
of Eastern Star, a member of St.
Paul's Guild, and a member of sever
al social organizations no woman in
Oregon City had a wider circle of
friends than Mrs. Evans. She was a
favorite of all her friends and ac
quaintances, and had been foremost
in charitable and other work since
coming here eleven years ago with
her family. Besides her husband and
children, LeClaire, twenty-four years
of age; Lucile, eleven years of age;
Mrs. Evans is survived by a son, Ir
win, fifteen years of age, her sister
Mrs. Hall, and a brother, Arthur B.
Huston, of Wichita, Kan. Mrs. Evans
before her marriage was Miss Clara D.
Huston.
Mrs. Hall notified, here sister the
latter part of last week that she in
tended taking a trip with a party to
Chrystal Lake and asked her to take
care of her home while she was away.
Mrs. Evans consented and, had look
ed forward to a fine visit among her
friends in Portland.
Immediately after his wife's death
Mr. Evans was notified and he and
the other members of the family here
hurried to Portland. A message also
was sent to Mrs. Hall and her hus
band and they will return to Portland
at once.
The funeral arrangements will be
made today, and it is probable that
the services and interment will be in
this city.
100 SEE YOUNG MAN
PERISH IN LAKE
With more than 100 persons watch
ing him, but powerless to aid, Carl
Staurens, eighteen years of age, of
405 East Seventh street, Portland, was
drowned in Sucker . Lake, Oswego,
Sunday. The young man, accompan
ied by R. Knutson, went to tlffe laEe
in the afternoon to swim and Tffiid not
been in the water long before he was
seized with cramps. He screamed for
help, but before his companion reach
ed him he sank.
The body was recovered by J. Brady
a grappler of Portland. Coroner Wil
son viewed the body. The young
man's parents live in Norway. He has
an uncle, Rasmus Anderson, who live!
in Portland.
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Last chance to hear the REX
TRIO.
We also have new pictures.
SCENES OF THE TURKISH
WAR. (Showing the Intal
ians bombarding the Turkish
positions from both land and
sea. This picture was not pos
ed but was taken during the ac
tivities. This is without a doubt
the most realistic picture of
its kind ever shown in the city.
WHEN ROSES WITHER
One of Vitagraph's Best
Featuring Miss Maurice and
Mr. Maurice Costello.
MURRAY, THE MASHER
A good comedy by the Sells Co.'
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