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OREGON CITY, OREGON
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Aug. 17 In American History.
1785 Jonathan Trumbull. Revolution
ary patriot, died; born 1710.
1780 David Crockett, soldier, hunter
and pioneer, born in Tennessee:
killed in the Alamo March 0. 1S:!0.
1909 La wrence Bacher. artist noted
for his etchings, died in Lawrence
Park. N. V : born 1S5N
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
(From noon today to noon tomorrow.)
Sun sets n-X4. rises 5:13 Evening
stars: Mercury. Venus. Mare. Jupiter
Morning star: Saturn.
ENGLAND AND THE CANAL
England protests against the action
of Congress in insisting that Ameri
can vessels engaged in the coasting
trade shall be exempt from tolls in
passing through the Panama Canal.
Threats are made in London that
England will retaliate by refusing to
take part in the Panama Canal Ex
position, which takes place in San
Francisco in 1915. Canada also says
that it may hold aloof from that fair.
Canada's prinicpal objections to the
m In
Country Is
Man
No
Longer
Goes;
He Is
Sent
By
Rev. 'ALGERNON
S. CRAPSEY.
It Tii
IN this as in all civilized countries vagrancy is a crime, and yet,
like all naughty things, it is nice. To wander care free, going
by this road or that or by no road at all, eating what one finds,
sleeping where one can this is the very abandon of life.
IN LOSING THIS FREEDOM OF THE VAGRANT, MAN HAS PAID
DEAR FOR WHAT HE CALLS HIS CIVILIZATION." HE NO LONGER
GOES ANYWHERE; HE IS SENT.
Packed in railway and trolley cars, sentenced to sit CRAMPED
FOE HOURS IN OWE PLACE, hunched like a bale of merchan
dise, he is hurled through space from his point of departure to his
point of arrival.
Through the windows of the box in which one is confined one has
glimpses of wooded hill3 and running waters, such as make one chafe
against the confines of one's traveling prison and long for the freedom
of the vagrant. YOUR TRAMP IS YOUR ONLY FREE MAN.
His is the freedom of the road and of the woods. He has reverted to
type. lie BELONGS TO NATURE.
Whenever a civilized man attempts to enter into tliis life lie can
do it only as an amateur, not as a professional.
I attempted the vocation of a vagrant.- I tasted a few of its joys,
but always felt awkward and out of place. Instead of being carried
from place to place I walked, and WALKING IN THESE MOD
ERN DAYS AND IN THIS MODERN COUNTRY IS A LOST
ART and is often considered foolish, sometimes even 4 crime.
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hill in the shape which it has, after
being acted on by both branches of
Congress, is to the provision which
bars vessels which are owned by the
railway companies from using the
canal after. a certain date. England's
charge is that the favor for American
coasting" vessels is a violation of the
spirit of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty of
1901.
Congress refuses to be impressed
by the opposition from Great Britain
and the Dominion. Some of the Canad
ian transcontinental railways own
seagoing vessels which will be hit by
the canal bill in the shape which it
is as it goes to the president. But
the vessels owned by the American
railways, and they outnumber those
of Canada, are also barred. No dis
tinction is made between the ships of
the two countries. The interdict on
the American vessels is precisely the
same as that on their Canadian rivals.
There is an intimation from Wash
ington, indeed, that our own railway
interests "coached" the Canadians in
making their protest. They are back
ing the Canadians in this fight. Our
transcontinental roads opposed the
canal in the first place and for years
delayed the selection of a site for it,
but at last they were beaten.
As the average American views the
subject, the arguments on England's
side, even though voiced by such as-
Mute men as Senators Root and Bur
ton, are rather weak. By the Hay
Pauncefote treaty we are pledged to
give equality of privilege to the ves
sels of all nations in using the canal,
but that promise is interpreted by
most of our statesman, including the
president and the secretary of state,
as applying to foreign countries only.
We can not discriminate as between
England and Germany, France and
Japan, but we can exact some favors
for our own local shipping if we wish.
It is known that this position was
taken by John Hay, one of the fram
ers of the treaty of 1901. It is the
position which is taken by Senator
Lodge and three-fourth of the mem
bers of each branch of Congress. The
United States is building the canal at
a cost which will reach $400,000,000
at least. No other country pays a
a Lost Art
Remain
Packed
In Trains
For
- Hours
Clergyman
Socialist
"Bill in the shape which it has, afterlcent of this expense. The canal runsir5BI fj ErillJJ III I PORTLAND MAN, SUING,
MOBNIXG ENTEBPRISE SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1912
The Umpire's Job Requires a Certain Amount of Tact
cent of this expense. The canal runs
through territory of which we have
a perpetual lease, and over which we
exercise perpetual sovereignty. The
fifty miles traversed by the canal is
part of the coast line of the United
States. Our . side of this controversy
looks strong to us. If we should be
impelled to submit the matter to The
Hague Court we would probably win.
Dancing
(By Rev. H. Mau, Pastor of Lutheran
Church.)
One day a young student called on
Martin Luther at Wittenberg, Ger
many, in order to ask the reformer's
advice whether he could attend a
dance without committing a sin.
Luther took the student to the door
and asked him to look through the
keyhole into the adjoining room. An
innocent scene presented itself to him
Luther's small children had their arms
around each other and were dancing,
laughing happily, evidently in high
est spirits. After the student had
watched that innocent game for a
while he looked to the reformer with
a questioning air. Then says Luther:
"If you can dance with as innocent a
heart as these little children can there
will be no harm for you in dancing."
This answer of Luther certainly
hits the point. Dancing in itself is
certainly no sin, but whether it is not
made a sin, by most who indulge in
it, is a question, which many a sin
cere person will answer in the affirm
ative. Such is the case with many
things, which are employed as means
of amusement and gratification. They
are very often not "in themselves" a
sin but are but too often made a sin
by persons, who either are apt to de
file, at least in thought, anything that
is pure and innocent in itself, or by
overdoing an in itself harmless thing,
make such enjoyments or gratifica
tions immoral and therefore a sin.
The great reformer, Martin Luther,
certainly had a sober and logical view
of all these things, and one of the
most important elements of his teach
ings was, that the church in her serv
ants should not impose upon the peo
ple all kinds of laws and regulations
in matters for which the Bible has
neither a commandment nor an inter
diction, things which the theologians
call, "adiaphora," meaning things
neither commanded nor forbidden in
themselves by the Bible.
It would be a good thing if some of
the modern branches of the Christian
church would take a lesson from Lu
ther in this respect. The Apostle
Paul, the greatest interpreter of the
principles laid down by Jesus Christ,
speaks of this subject quite clearly
in his writings. Anybody interested
in this subject is referred to the fol
lowing passages: Matthew 15, 11.
Mark 7, 15. Matthew 15, 20. Roman's
14, 17. I. Corinthians 2, 16-21. Ro
mans 14, 5-6. Collossians 2, 16. Ro
mans 14, 7-8.
According to true Christian princi
ple however, we may deny ourselves
certain of those things, which are in
themselves adiaphora, doing so for
some reason or another, and we are
then using our Christian liberty.
Much more could be said on this
subject, but this will suffice for the
present.
LA FOLLETTE TO
FIGHT IN PARTY
(Continued from page 1)
more vigorously than its predecessor;
but the time to have applied the Sher
man anti-trust law effectively was in
the infancy of these trusts, when
there were only 149.
"I don't believe that the man who
was President at the time of all times
in the history of the Sherman anti
trust law when it could have been
made potential in deterring trust or
ganization I do not think that the
man who was President then is the
man to find the way out now." -
Then turning to Senator Stone, Sen
ator La Follette inquired.
"Does that answer the Senator from
Missouri?"
""That does fairly well," responded
Senator Stone, dryly.
REBELS TORTURE
AMERICAN TO DEATH
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 16 Tortured
to death by Mexican rebels and then
beheaded ,was the fate of Rowan Ay
res, an American engineer, as report
ed here today to the American ambas
sador. The headless body of Ayres
was found near Morella ,the capital
of the state of Michoacan.
If you saw It In the Enterprise it's
so. -
"JEAN VALJEAN" IN
COUNCIL CONFESSES
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 16. Jean
Valjean in real life was disclosed here
today when William Burke, elected a
City Councilman on the reform ticket,
heade by Mayor Blankenburg last
Fall, resigned his seat and told how,
under the name of Benjamin H. Tripp
he had served a long term in the Mas
sachusetts state prison, after a career
of crime in New York. Coming to
this city in 1907, after completing his
sentence in the Massachusetts pris
on, Burke earned an honest living as
a wood carver, a trade he had learned
in jail. Taking an active interest in
reform politics, he was prevailed up
on to accept the nomination to Coun
cil. Shortly after his election he was re
cognized by ' a fellow, convict and
backmailed until, driven to despera
tion, he determined to resign and tell
his own story.
According to Burke's story, appear
ing in a newspaper today, under his
signature, for years before he became
a convict at Boston he had led the
life of a thief, a picpocket and porch
climber. When he was arresteds prev
ious to his conviction at Boston, he
was called the "Prince of Flatwork
ers." He says he started in life as a street
waif on the East Side of New York,
selling newspapers. He was hanging
around the corners of the East Side
when he began life of a crook, which
he now, in his 43d year, has confessed
to.
"Gopher men," the species of crooks
who confine themselves to cracking
and robbing safes, were the first of
the underworld he fell in with. They
used him, so his story runs, to visit
establishments where they thought a
safe might be worth rifling.
Then he drifted in with a gang of
"moll-buzzers," that class of thieves
who, he explains, are pickpockets who
make a specialty of snatching wo
men's handbags.
After this, Burke says, he went
West with several "yeggmen," and in
Chicago, Kansas City and San Fran
cisco, in the '80s, he was the associ
ate of desperate thieves.
Upon returning to New York he be
came a gambler and then a sneak
thief. Later he went to Boston,
where, after robbing many houses, he
was caught and convicted. Judge
Bond sentenced him on December 16,
1896, to not less than seven years. Up
on his release he settled in this city
where he worked at his newly learn
ed trade and saved enough money to
buy a little cigar store. He is mar
ried and has a little girl.
Burke insists he has done nothing
wrong since the gates of Charlestown
prison swung open for him, and he
stepped into the world.
SENATE SUSTAINS
TAFT STEEL VETO
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. The sen
ate defeated the motion to pass the
steel bill over President Taft's veto.
The senate's vote on the passing of
the steel bill over the president's ve
to was 32 to iJ. Advocates of the
measure were unable even to muster
a majority.
By a vote of 48 for to 18 against, the
senate this afternoon adopted the con
ference report on the Panama 'canal
bill. It is generally believed that sim
ilar action will be taken in the house.
Then the bill, which provides that
American ships engaged in foreign
trade must pay full tolls and bars rail
road owned ships from the canal, will
go to the president for signature. The
conference report also provided that
American vessels engaged in coast
wise trade should be allowed free pas
sage. T,
SHOT AT, HARRIES
(Continued from page 1)
terious murders that had ever been
committed in Pregon baffled the po
lice authorities for more than a week
until Sheriff Stevens of Multnomah
County, learned that Roberts, an ex
convict, had been working for a farm
er, who lived near the scene of the
crime. Roberts was finally traced to
his mother's home near Oregon City.
Buckshot the same as that with
which the young men were shot was
found in his possession. The wadding
in shells which he possessed contain
ed the same mark as those found by
Sheriff Mass at the scene of the shoot
ing. Bruce D. Stewart when ordered hf
the highwayman to stop the car put
on more power thinking the man was
joking. After the shooting he ran
the car about a half mile nearer Port
land and obtained a physician.
PORTLAND MAN, SUING,
SAYS WIFE NAGGED
James Goodfellow Friday filed suit
for a divorce against Lena Goodfel
low, alleging cruelty. They were mar
ried in Portland August 17, 1907, and
the plaintiff avers that his wife has
a jealous disposition. He declares
she has nagged him and made life
disagreeable.
In His Turn.
Willie Engaged to Jack? Then you
won't marry Harry, after all? Eunice
Not after all. but tnavbe after Jack.
Wants, For Sale, Etc
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MISCELLANEOUS.
HOW would you like to talk with
1400 people about that bargain you
have in Real Estate. Use the Enter
prise. F. 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.
FOR RENT
FOR RENT: One Modern 6-room
house on Taylor street, also one 5
room house on Fifth street. Close in.
Apply Geo. Randall, 801, Fifth and Jef
ferson streets, 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 3502, Home
B 110
INSURANCE
FOR THE BEST INSURANCE
. always get
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GEO. W. H. MILLER, Local Agent.
Tel. Pacific 1771. Home A64
FOR SALE
FOR SALE: A good surrey and dou
ble harness at a bargain. Inquire
at Enterprise office.
FOR SALE: Good Medium farm
team, well matched. Harness and
. wagon. Call 719 Ninth street.
FOR SALE: Launch, first class con
dition, 'i H. P. Fairbanks-Morse En
gine. AddressA. C. care Enter
prise. FOR SALE OR TRADE: Will trade
j for improved place near Portland,
; 48 room house, sleeping and house-
! keeping, furnished, money-maker,
! splendid location. Call or write
i 3921 E. Burnside Portland.
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
MUST SELL 5 level lots on Six
teenth street, cheap, on terms. L.
H. care Enterprise.
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.
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, Weinhard Building.
HOMESEEKERS TAKE NOTICE
Here is your Opportunity
A red hot bargain, one acre square, all
fenced, and every inch under culti
vation. Small house, woodshed,
several cords wood, light house
keeping outfit, and only 15 minutes
walk from Oregon City, must sell or
trade. Phone Farmers 19x1.
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Causes. Inventors assisted and pat
ents obtained in all countries. Man
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NOTICES
Summons
In the Circuit (Tburt of the State of
Oregon, for the County of Clacka
mas. Roy E. Van Wormer, plaintiff vs.
Alta E. Van Wormer, defendant.
To Alta E. Van Wormer, defend
dant. In the name of the State of Ore-
gon: You are hereby required to ap
pear and answer the complaint fil
ed against you in the above entitled
suit on or before the 24th day of
August, 1912. The same being six
weeks from the day of the first pub
lication of this summons, and if you
fail to answer for want thereof, the
plaintiff will apply to the court for
the relief demanded in his com
plaint, to-wit: for a decree dissolv
ing the bonds of matrimony hereto
fore and now existing between the
plaintiff and yourself.
This summons is published In pur
suance to an order of the Hon. J.
U. Campbell, presiding Judge of the
Circuit Court made on the 12th day
of July, 1912,- the same to be pub
lished in the Oregon City Daily En
terprise, first publication July 13th,
1912, last publication August 24th
1912.
ARTHUR BERRIDGE,
Summons for Publication
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon for Clackamas County.
May M. Farmer, Plaintiff, vs. J. B.
Farmer, Defendant.
To J. B. Farmer, above named de
fendant: ,
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
court and cause, on or before the
9th day of September, 1912, and if
you fail so to appear or answer, the
plaintiff for want thereof will apply
to the court for the relief prayed
for in the complaint, which is that
the marriage now existing between
you and the plaintiff be forever dis
solved, and that she be permitted to
resume her maiden name of May
M. Davis This summons is served
upon you by order of the Hon. J. U.
Campbell, judge of the above entit
led court, which order is dated July
26th, 1912. The date of tne first
publication of this summons is July
27, 1912, and the last date is Septem
ber 7, 1912.
FRANK SCHLEGEL,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Notice of Final Settlement
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed as administratrix of the Es
tate of Francis Marion Naught, de
ceased, has filed her final account
in the County Court of the State of
Oregon for the County of Clacka
mas, and that Monday, the 2nd day
of September, 1912, at the hour of
ten o'clock in the forenoon of said
day in the court-room of said court
has been appointed by the said
court as the time and place for hear
ing objections thereto and the set
tlement thereof.
Dated August 2d, 1912.
JOSIE KUTCH,
Administratrix of the Estate of
Francis Marion Naught, deceased.
GORDON E. HAYES, Attorney.
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 and place were fixed
by the order of the said City Coun
cil of Oregon City, Oregon.
L. STIPP, Recorder.
Every Successful Man
offers practical testimony to the value of a bank account.
If you have one, you know its value better than we can
tell you.
THE BANK OF OREGON CITY
BBT"" OLDEST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY
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 "HOP"
Notice of Acceptance of Sewer Con
struction Notice is hereby given that the City
Engineer of Oregon City, Oregon
has filed certificate of the comple
tion and approval of. the work 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
.he 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 appear 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. 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 be 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 fhe successful bid
der to enter into a contract for said
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.
Thi3 notice is published pursuant
to an order of the City Council, of
Oregon City, made and entered at
a regular meeting thereof held od
the 7th day of August, 1912.
L. STIPP. Recorder.
F. J. MYER, Cashier.