2 SCOOP THE CUB REPORTER TO XPLAM THEY MEAN BATTELS MORNING ENTERPRISE OREGON CITY, OREGON E. E. BRODIE, Editor and Publisher. "Entered as seoond-class matter Jan uary 9, 1911, at the post office at Oregon City, Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879." TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Tear, by mail $3.00 Six Months, by mail 1.50 Four Months, by mail 1.00 Per Week, by carrier 10 CITY OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER S83S3S&SS&8 3 THE MORNING ENTERPRISE 4 S is 011 sale at the following stores S every day: Huntley Bros. Drugs 3 & Main Street. S J. W. McAnulty. Cigars t Seventh and Main. $ E. B. Anderson Main, near Sixth. M. E. Dunn Confectionery $ Next door to P. O. S $ City Drug Store $ Electric Hotel. S Schoenborn Confectionery 8 Seventh and J. Q. Adams. - $ Aug. 10 In American History. 1814 William Lowndes Yancey, states man, born in Georgia; died 1S63. Commodore Hardy's British fleet of three men-of-war aud a bomb ship was repulsed by small force of Americans at Stouingtou, Conn. 1821 Missouri admitted to the Union. 18C1 Battle of Wilson's Creek and tragic death in action of General Nathaniel Lyon. U. S. A. .1885 James W. Marshall, discoverer of gold in California, died; born 18L2. 1890 John Boyle O'Reilly. Irish Amer ican poet, died; born 1844. 1908 Louise Chandler Moulton. au thor, died: born 1825. ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. (From noon today to noon tomorrow.) Sun sets 7:04. rises 5:06. Evening stars: Mercury. Venus. Mars, Jupiter Morning star: Saturn. CLACKAMAS PRODUCTS With all the rumors of boom and increased land values due to railroad activities, the soil of Clackamas con tinues in its regular line of work producing. We have a country, sec ond to none that will grow anything that can grow out of doors in other tropical climes. Ot course we must aid nature in its work and anyone thinking he can produce without do ing his part, is sure to fail, but with ordinary aid, Clackamas County farms show far above the average and when it comes to animals, dairy products, chickens and hogs where can you find a country to equal our possibilities. Hogs are as good as the proverbial gold mine and will always command high prices. Nature continues in its efforts to please and if we will but do our duty, we cannot lose. RAILROADS AND PROSPERITY There are so many railroad stories afloat these days that one would al , most be led to believe that our prin cipal crop this year is to be railroads Exaggeration Is the Besetting Sin of the Age By Professor JOHN WILLIAM BURGESS. Educator eXAGGE RATION IS THE BESETTING SIN OF THE AGE. The epirit of the age finds its expression in an unprece dented tendency toward OVERSTATEMENT, OVER i EXERTION, OVEREVERYTHLNG. In our travel we exaggerate our speed at the expense of life and those benefits which ought to come from journeying. In our daily lives WE EXAGGERATE LUXURY at the expense of reason and Bometimes of right Everywhere WE EXAGGERATE SHOW at the expense of comfort. In our colleges we exaggerate sport at the expense of discipline and scholarship. The spirit of exaggeration I have mentioned is not peculiar to the colleges. Were that the case then this would be a sad day for educa tion in this country. Exaggeration is the rule, not the exception. It is LIMITED TO NO SECTION, TO NO SPHERE, BUT BOUNDED ONLY BY THE FRONTIERS OF THE NATION. It is peculiarly American. It may be that its effects are saddest in the educational field. They seem so to me, but perhaps I lack per spective in my view of them. WHAT BY PUTTING- With two or three projected lines, the Clackamas Southern a surety, the Portland Railway, Light and Powe Company building on the West side-, the Southern Pacific either buying or building, the Hill people surveying, and other sniffing around, we are to be tied up in a net work of railroads which can only spell one thing, "Boom for our locality." Everything comes with railroad competition and every thing comes to him who waits. Oregon City has waited patiently and is be ing rewarded for its patience. Watch us grow. Portland residents with large lawns are complaining about the water rules making it necessary for all to irri gate their gardens at tne same hour. If the weather department continues to deal out April weather the balance of the year as it has so far this sum mer, there will be no need for irri gation. This is certainly an unusual year from weather and political points of view. FORUM OFTHE PEOPLE PARK IS DEFENDED Morning Enterprise, To the Editor: In Tuesday's pa per I notice a communication from "Observer," which reflects unfavorably upon the management of Clear Creek Park. We think "Observer' has a keener sense of observation than of justice. He should have called the at tintion of those in authority before rushing into prir,t. The present management wishes to cater to respectable feople only and will welcome any information that will help to keep away objectionable char acters. The people who are camped in the park say that they have not been di turbed by any one. A CAMPER. T VETOES WOOL BILL (Continued from page 1) out of employment of thousands of workmen." The bill sent to the White House im posed an ad volrem duty of 29 per cent on raw wool and on clothes of 49 per cent. Both rates, Mr. Taft held, were insufficient to protect the wool grower and the manufacturer. It was predicted today that the wool bill might be passed by the House ov er Mr. Taft's veto, but there was some doubt as. to its fate in the Senate. Re publican leaders were inclined to be lieve that it would fail of passage there, as it did 12 months ago. Enameling. The process known as enameling is of modern origin. On the contrary, it goes back to a venerable antiquity. Excellent enamel is still preserved on some of the bricks that have been found among the ruins of old Babylo nia and Assyria, which have been placed back as far as the seventh or eighth century B. C. Beautiful glazes were made by the Egyptians as early as the sixth dynasty. The Greeks and Romans were acquainted with the art of enameling, as the museums of the world clearly show. I V w iV J 1 4 r-rt lr. Di CtriimC I - ffr- LWX UU ANOX'M A FAN tetAM-NAH-AH-TAH'. -.SifeS MORNING ENTERPRISE SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1912 Lesson No. 16. The City Editor Puts the Jinx on Scoop now-we'ul uet" 1 THlSTENCe.BE-. the. bleachers, TOURE AT BAT andtVi AFAM (rlViNG-YOUTHE. Wants, For Sale, Etc Notices under these classified headings will be inserted at one cent a word, first insertion, half a cent additional inser-1 tions. One inch card, $2 per month; hair inch card, (4 lines J, $1 per month. Cash must accompany order unless one has an open account with the paper. No financial responsibility tor errors; wnere errors occur free corrected notice will be printed for patron. Minimum charge 15c. WANTED WANTED AGENT: Write Health & Accident Insurance. Oregon Sur ety & Casualty Co., 322 Board of Trade, Portland, Oregon. BOARD AND ROOM . Young married couple both employed, desire room and board in private "family with home privileges, no other boarders. Address "M" care Enterprise. WANTED: 2 or 3 high school boys or girls to work during vacation Address E. B. care Morning Enter prise. 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, designs and copyrights registered. Prelimin ary consultations without charge. 326 Worcester Bldg., Portland, Ore. Send for free booklets. REWARD FOR HORSE, LOST OR STOLEN I BROWN HORSE: Four points black, 7 or 8 years old; branded left shoulder T over S ; small wire .cut on throat; newly shod; rope burn on hind foot; tall and thin in flesh; Hambletonian Stock. Reward for return to Oregon Independent Pav ing Company, East Water and Sal moiuStreets, Portland, Oregon. MISCELLANEOUS. HOW would you like to talk with 1400 people about that bargain you have in Real Estate. Use the Enter prise. P. B. FINLEY, Taxidermist, Tanner and Furrier. Fur Rugs and Game Heads in Stock. Glass Eyes, 249 Columbia St., Portland, Ore. DRESSMAKING, Hairdressing and shampooing. Room 5, Willamette Building. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE, FRUIT-AND FARM LAND FOR SALE in all parts of Clackamas County. One acre tracts up. I carry some city property that you can buy at a good figure and on terms. S. O. Dillman, Room 1, Weinhard Building, Telephone Main 3771. FOR SALE: Or will rent to right party, furnished house, Address C. W. Evans, 407 Center Street, city. WOOD AND COAL. OREGON CITY WOOD AND FUEL CO., F. M. Bluhm. Wood and coal delivered to all parts of the city. SAWING A SPECIALTY. Phone your orders Pacific SS02, Home B 1)0 FOR SALE FOR SALE: Just as good as new, one 3 H. P. Gasoline Engine and one 5 H. P. Motor, cheap. D. A. Dreblow. CHEAP TWO lots 66x105 on improved street. in good location. Price $550 for both. Owner living away and must sell. Terms, see S. O. Dillman, Room 1, Weinhff-d Building. Sawed slab-wood for sale $1.00 a load, come quick while it lasts. Geo. Lam mers, Beaver Creek. FOR SALE OR TRADE: Will trade for improved place near Portland, 48 room house, sleeping and house keeping, furnished, money-maker, splendid location. Call or write 392J E. Burnside Portland. NOTICES Notice for Bids .... Notice is hereby given that sealed pro. posals will be received by the Com mittee on streets and public proper ty of the City Council of Oregon City at the office of the City Re corder of said city, until 4 o'clock p. m., Tuesday, August 20th, 1912. For the constructing of concrete re taining walls, the size and dimen sions of the walls shall be accord ing to the requirements of the com mittee on streets and public proper ty and the City Engineer. . Each bid must he accompanied by a certified check equal to the sum . of five per cent of the total amount of the bid, which sum shall be sub ject to forfeiture to Oregon City up on the failure of the successful bid der to enter into a contract for said "onvoo-oo-eooB BfACVCTO BOILER. W)RKS-XOU GOULDNT work, if called upon to do so, with in the time specified for the same. Bids must be definite for each kind of material used. Proposals must be made upon blanks furnished by Oregon City. Each proposal must state the time required for the completion of the said work, which work shall be done in strict accordance with the ordi nances of Oregon City and the char ter thereof, and the plans and speci fications governing such work . The right to reject any and all bids is hereby reserved to Oregon .City. . Thia notice is published pursuant to an order of the City Council, of Oregon City, made and entered at a regular meeting thereof held on the 7th day of August, 1912. L. STIPP, Recorder. Ordinance No. An Ordinance to provide for a Fire Alarm System for Oregon City, Ore gon and appropriating funds there fore. Oregon City does ordain as fol lows: Section 1. The Fire and Water Committee of the City Council of Oregon City, Oregon, is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be constructed, laid and put in oper ation a Fire Alarm System for Ore gon City to consist of a Steel Bell Tower set upon concrete piers and located upon some suitable place up on the Bluff to be selected by ' the Committee on Fire and Water and the Chief Engineer of the Fire De partment, and also a switch-board, mountings for same, Tower-bell striker to ring a 1200 pound bell, three noninterference Fire Alarm boxes, one battery rack equipped with necessary storage batteries to operate the system, two non-interference signal wheel transmitters, also line wire together with insu lators, pins and brackets for install ing two miles of line on poles which are already in place. The Fire Alarm System which is hereby provided to be installed, shall be installed with reference to Fire District provided for so as to serve the purpose of an efficient Alarm . System and shall be so ar ranged that when a Fire Alarm is turned in, the signal will indicate the exact location of the fire. Section 2. There is hereby appro priated out of the General Fund of Oregon City the sum of $2500.00 or so much there of as is necessary to construct, lay and equip the said system. Read first time and ordered pub lished at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 7th day of August, 1912. L. STIPP, Recorder. Ordinance No. An Ordinance establishing the grade of Thirteenth street,. Oregon City, Oregon, from the West line of J. Q. Adams street to the West line of Jackson street Oregon City does ordain as fol lows: Section 1. The grade of Thir teenth Street, Oregon City, Oregon, from the West line of J. Q. Adams street to the West line of Jackson street is hereby established at the following described grade, to-wit: Beginning at the West line of J. Q. Adams street at an elevation of 250.0 feet; thence level across J. Q. Adams street; running thence to the West line of Jackson street at an elevation of 263.25 feet. Read first time and ordered pub lished at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 7th day of August, 1912. L. STIPP, Recorder. Ordinance No. An Ordinance authorizing the pur chase "of twelve Fire Hydrants for the Fire Department of Oregon City and appropriating funds to pay for th,e same. Oregon City does ordain as fol lows: Section 1. The Fire and Water Committee of the Oregon City Coun cil i3 hereby authorized to purchase twelve Fire Hydrants for the Fire Department of Oregon City. Section 2. There is hereby appro priated out of the General Fund of Oregon City the sum of Three Hun dred and Fifty Dollars ($350.90) or so much thereof as may be neces sary to pay for said hydrants, and the Recorder is hereby authorized to draw a warrant on such fund to pay for such hydrants. Section 3. Whereas the hydrants now used by the Fire Department of Oregon City are insufficient and inadequate and in case a fire should break out in the city, the lives of the inhabitants would be endanger ed thereby, it is necessary for the -immediate protection of the health and safety of the people of Oregon City that the said hydrants should be provided, an emergency is here by declared, to exist, therefore, this ordinance shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its approval by the Mayor. Read first time and ordered pub lished at a regular meeting of the ' City Council held on th 7th day of August, 1912. L. STIPP, Recorder. 'Ordinance No. An Ordinance prohibiting the explo sion of fire crackers and making the same a misdemeanor. Oregon City does ordain as follows: (OR-OH-OU r0U UEARHT?PLAYBALL? IN A PERFUME FACTORY? XOU OU(rrtT TO BEL SWINGING- AT BOTTLES WITH A Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to set oft or explode any t fire crackers or other detonating I works of similar character within the coroporate limits of Oregon City, or to purchase or have in his possession any fire crackers or oth er detonating works of similar character,- for the purpose of setting off or exploding the same within the corporate limits of Oregon City. Section 2. It shall be unlawful for the parents, or guardian of any min or to give to such minor within the corporate limits of Oregon City, any fire crackers or detonating works of similar character, or in any manner connive with or assist such minor in obtaining any such fire crackers or detonating works at all. Every such parent or guardian who negligently permits a minor un der his charge to get or have in his possession any fire crackers or oth er detonating works, or who know ingly permits such minor to keep in his possession any fire crackers or detonating works, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Section 3. Any merchant or other person who shall give or sell to any person, whatsoever, any fire crack ers or other detonating works to be set off or exploded in Oregon City shall be deemed guilty of a "misdemeanor. Section 4. Any . person violating any of the provisions of thisordl: nanct shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $50.00 or by imprison ment not to exceed 25 days7 or by both a fine and imprisonment. Read first time and ordered pub lished at the regular meeting of the. council held on the 7th day of Aug. 1912. . L. STIPP,' Recorder. . Notice of Acceptance of Sewer Con struction Notice is hereby given that the City Engineer of Oregon City has filed his certificate of the completion and approval of the work done by the Oregon Engineering and Construc tion Company for the construction of sewer for an Extension to Sewer District No. 2, Oregon City, Oregon, on Monroe Street from Fourth to Spring street, and the City Coun cil will consider the acceptance thereof, and all the objections there to, at the Council Chamber, on the 4th day of September, 1912, at 8 o'clock p. m. Any owner of any property with in the assessment for said construc tion, or any agent of such owner, may at such time or any time prior thereto, appear and file objections to the acceptance of said construc tion, and such objections will be considered and all the merits con sidered by the Council at the above named time and place. This notice is published in pursu ance of an order of the City Council and the time arid place were fixed by the order of the said City Coun cil of Oregon City, Oregon. L. STIPP, Recorder. Notice of Acceptance of Sewer Con struction Notice is hereby given that the City FIFTY-FIR$T Oregon State F A Salem, Sept. 2 - 7, 1912 $18000 Offered in premiums on Livestock? Poultry, Agri cultural and other products Races, Dog Show, Shooting Tourna ment, Band concerts, Fireworks and Free Attractions. : : : Send for Premium list and entry blanks. Reduced rates on all railroads. For particulars address FRANK MEREDITH, Sec. Salem, Oregon. Dance Everybody is Going! Going! Where? To Busch's Hall Sat urday Night, Aug." 10, 1912. Music absolutely first class. I R - WHERE did! DlH-.' Engineer of Oregon City, Oregon has filed certificate of the comple tion and approval of the wrork done ' by Mr. Earl Alphin, Contractor, for the construction of the sewers on Monroe street .between Twelfth and Fourteenth streets, and the City Council will consider the acceptance thereof, and all objections thereto, at the Council Chamber on the 4th day of September, T912, at 8 o'clock p. m'. Any owner of .any property within the assessment district for the said construction, or any agent of such owner, may at such time or any time prior thereto, appear and file objec-, tions to the acceptance of said con-! struction, and such objections will ; be considered and all the merits , thereof determined by the Council . at the time and place above named. This notice is published in pursu-; ance of an order of the City Council and the time and place were fixed by the order of the said City Coun cil of Oregon City, Oregon. L. STIPP, Recorder. Summons In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, for the County of Clacka mas. Sadie Etter Libby, Plaintiff, vs, A. L. Libby. Defendant. To A.L. Libby, the above named deefndant: In the name of the State of Ore gon you are hereby required to ap pear and answer the complaint filed against you in the above entitled cause on or before the 23rd day of September, 1912, and if you fail to so aopear and answer, for want thereof the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief prayed for in her said complaint, to-wit: For a decree of divorce setting aside the marriage contract existing between herself and the defendant, and that she be restored to her for mer name, namely, which is Sadie Etter and that she have such other and further relief as may be meet with equity. This summons is published by the order of the Honorable J. U. Camp bell, Judge of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Clackamas County for the Fifth Judicial Dist rict, made and entered on the 9th day of August, 1912, 'and the time prescribed for the publication of this summons is six weeks begin ning Saturday, August 10, 1912, and ending with the issue of September 21 1912. W. B. GLEASON, Attorney for Plaintiff. 2-3 Mulkey Building, Portland, Ore gon. FOUND FOUND: On car that arrived in Oregon City at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon a pair of gold-rimmed spectacles. Owner may have glass es by applying at Morning Enter prise office and paying fox adver tisement. FOUND: Bunch of keys, inquire at Enterprise office, pay for this adver tisement and receive same. FOR RENT HOUSE FOR RENT, 7 rooms, un furnished, centrally located in Ore gon City. Ralph Miller at Adams' Department Store. FOR THE BEST INSURANCE always get Oregon Fire Relief Association of McMinnville GEO. W. H. MILLER, Local Agent. Tel. Pacific 1771. Home A64 Just a Precaution. "Why are you starting out with an umbrella on such a sunshiny day?" "I am bound for the art gallery." "But you cannot exhibit an umbrel la!" "Of course not But a notice on the catalogue says that one must leave his cane or umbrella outside before he can enter." Toronto World. The Lamp Wick. If a lamp wick cannot be moved eas ily in the holder draw out one or two threads. This J-r JesSS GrOT MEL is well prepared to furnish its customers the facilities and service which assure accuracy and promptness in the hand ling of their banking business. THE BANK OF OREGON CITY OLDEST BANK IN D. C. LATOURETTE, President. 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. By "HOB" (5r6T MEL SO RATTL&Ei X DOIHT KNOW WMATTM 1 : JPOlfSC5-! People's Power League Humbug (Morning Oregonian) U'Ren, McAllister, Cridge, Eggle ston and one or two other chosen dis ciples of revolution a fine asortment of upsetters and self-called reform ers hold a meeting in the name of the so-called People's Power League, and decide on some new and startling innovation in government and law. They are supported in their radical courses by the tolerance or indiffer ence of many respectable and well meaning citizens whose names are printed on all their official literature as officers or members of the league, but who know little or nothing about its operations and who trust too much to the right intent of the active spir its in the organization. Just now the People's Power Lea gue is the voice of U'Ren, and the hand of Fels; and always its guide, philosopher and friends has been the busy and versatile U'Ren. The free use of the names of its non-participating members has been the common practice of the league from its inception. Doubtless it was the duty of such persons to protest Some did, and dropped out. Others stayed, but left U'Ren and the inner circle to usurp the functions and mo nopolize the activities of the league. They carried their habit of imposture so far that they had the audicity to attach the signature of Mr. Ben. Sel ling as president to the U'Ren consti tutional amendment proposing a new form of state government and to the official documents advocating its ad option. Now Mr. Selling repudiates their action and exposes the fraud. U'Ren Cridge, Eggleston and the other min isters and sponsors of Felsdom, paid and unpaid, put forward the ingenious plea that Mr. Selling approved the measure and therefore they had a right to attach his signature. This is an excuse for a sneaking species of quasi-forgery that we hardly supposed even a hired single-taxer would have the nerve to offer. Mr. Selling makes it clear that he is i not for the bill, and he resents the j unwarranted appropriation of his ! name and influence. Naturally. It is high time for the public to understand the star-chamber methods of the hum bug People's Power League. CAUSE LOSS OF GAME SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9, (Special.) San Francisco won another game from Portland today. - The score was 4 to 2. Higginbotham allowed 10 hits and McCarry 11. Portland's four er rors were responsible for the loss of the game. The results Friday follow: Pacific Coast League Standings W. L. P.C. Vernon 73 48 .604 Los Angeles 69 51 .575 Oakland 69 53 .566 Portland 48 62 .436 San Francisco 50 71 .413 Sacramento 46 70 .397 At San Francisco San Francisco 4, Portland 2. At Los Angeles Vernon 3, Los An geles 1. At Sacramento Sacramento 6, Oak. land 4. National League Pittsburg 2, Brooklyn 1. St. Louis 4, New York 1. Chicago 9, Boston 7. American League Chicago 7, Philadelphia 6. Boston 6, Detroit 1. Cleveland 3, New York 1. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS W. K. Parker and wife to Jerome W. and Charles W. Howard, land in northwest quarter section 20, town ship 2 south, range 5 east, 4IT acres; $10. E. C. Eastman to New Era school, lots 3 and 4, block 4, Deal's addition to New Era. Bank CLACKAMAS COUNTY F. J. MYER, Cashier.