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VOL. IV No. 50
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L FIGHT OFF
ADMINISTRATION WILL OPPOSE
PLAN OF BRITISH WHO
ARE ANGRY
TWO SPECIAL TREATIES INVOLVED
One Binds Country To Submit To' The
Hague Any Differences That
May Relate To Inter
pretations WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. Although
the State Department will authorize
no statement to that effect, it is und
ersood the administration will de
cline) to permit the question of the
right of the United States to relieve
its own shipping from tolls in the
Panama Canal tq go to arbitration.
This position of the Government, it
is said, may not be developed fully for
some time.
While the British protest, delivered
yesterday, clearly intimated a purpose
to demand an arbitral decision in the
event thati a more careful study of
the Panama Canal toll-act brought
out the impression that it is in viola
tion of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, if
the usual course in diplomatic ex
change is followed, many arguments
and counter arguments must be sub
mitted on both sides before the re
sources of diplomacy would be ex
hausted, thus warranting a demand
for arbitration.
The British foundation for such a
demand rests upon the broad basis of
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DON'T
WAIT!
Until the last day
You
Will surely come
Why
Not come today and make room
for the crowd that is to follow
THE
CERVO
DUO
Is the finest musical act ever
engaged for the enjoyment of
the citizens of Oregon City and
vicinity.
Has the credit for giving its
patrons just what it advertises.
ARBITRATION
CANA
Hop Pickers Wanted
For T. A. Liveley & Co.'s Yard
4 miles from Salem 200 acres heavy hops, 50c a
box. Free tents, wood, etc. Dance hall, . store
and all conveniences on the ground. .
Train at 9 a. m. daily
Register at Gorbett's Office, Postoffice BIdg.,
Oregon City
Picking starts at once
JUVENILE
AMAZE
WORK OF CHILDREN THROUGH
OUT CLACKAMAS COUNTY
PRAISED
BABY SHOWS ARE BIG FEATURES
Fairs In Oregon City, Oswego, Mil'
waukie And Wilsonville Main
tain High Record Of
" " Other-Places
The Juvenile Fairs held at Oregon
City, Oswego, Milwaukie and Wilson
ville Thursday were among the most
successful held in the county. The
exhibits were exceedingly fine, and
those who viewed them spoke in the
highest terms of the work of the chil
dren, and of the interest that the par
ents had taken in their children's
work. The first fairs were held at
Sandy.. Estacada and Logan Tuesday,
on Wednesday in Molalla, Clarkes and
Canby.
Oregon City Commercial Club par
lors were the headquarters for the
Oregon City Juvenile Fair, which com
menced at 9 o'clock a. m. and contin
ued until 10 o'clock p. m. Long be
fore the hour of the commencement of
the fair many persons were present.
The baby show was one of the attrac
tive features") and Dr. Guy Mount, who
has been judge at the three days' ses
sion, was in attendance, and although
several of the babies had never seen
T. J. Gary, Superintendent of County
Schools, who had charge of Juve
nile Fairs.
the doctor before, they gave him pat
ronizing smiles in the hope that they
would be among the prize winners.
But the smiles "did not go" with Dr.
Mount, as he has followed the rules
of the fairs very strictly, and the
youngsters had to go through the try
ing ordeal in having the measure
ments taken besides the counting of
E. D. Ressler, or Oregon Agricultural
College, who spoke at Juvenile
Fairs.
the teeth, the shape of the ears, eyes,
nose and disposition. One youngster,
the son of very well known people of
Oregon City, decided that he was not
to be judged even by a physian,
but before the close of the show it fin
ally "gave in" after succeeding in
kicking off his shoes. He was one of
the most attractive babies that have
been judged by Dr. Mount, and the
latter was determined to have him in
the "ring" with the others, and at
last won out. The babies, who were
judged in the Oregon City Baby Show
were the following, Fred Glenn, Ruth
Waldring, Walter Leslie Waldring,
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OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1912
GORED BY BULL, HE
CRAWLS UNDER FENCE
Joe McDermott, who lives near the
Abernethy bridge? and whose business
is to keep cows from crossing the Ab
ernethy bridge in the northern part
of the city, had a narrow escape from
death by being gored by an infuriat
ed bull. McDermott seeing a cow in
the pasture caught in vines climbed
the fence and went to its assistance.
No sooner had he rescued the cow
than he saw the bull coming after
him. The man endeavored to escape
but before doing so he was thrown
heavily to the ground by the madden
ed animal and gored between the
shoulders -and also on the ankle. He
finally was able to crawl on his hands
and feet to the fence, where he es
caped by climbing beneath the boards.
Dr. Guy Mount was immediately call
ed to attend the injured man's bruises
and cuts, and there is now no danger
of blood poisoning setting in, althougn
the ankle and limb is badly swollen,
and McDermott is able to walk by
means of crutches.
The animal, which has been known
to some of the residents of that sec
tion is owned by two Italians resid
ing near the Abernethy bridge, and
there is no doubt this will keep the
people on a sharp lookout when they
pass through the field,' where the an
imal is kept.
Theodore Gary, Dorothy DeBok, Rob
ert William Henderson, and Chester !
Mead.
The pupils of the Gladstone, Jen
nings Lodge, Twilight, Willamette,
Parkplace, Maple Lane, Mount Pleas
ant, Jones Mill, Maple Lane made an
excellent showing as well as the Ore
gon City schools Many of the boys
and girls were .awarded prizes.
Among the exhibits that were not
iceable and attracted no little atten
tion wa3 the automobile made by Alon
Shewman, who was the youngest me
chanical exhibitor, and his work show
ed unusual ingenuity in the motor
wagon with detachable body, and
with an electric lamp, by which may
be seen the timepiece at "night by
working a push button connecting a
small light with the battery. Young
Shewman has a future before him in
this line. He was awarded first prize
for one of the mechanical pieces. He
is a member of the Concord school,
and is an unusual bright lad. He is
the son of Mr. and Mrs.. W. A. Shew
man, formerly of Oregon City.
Stanford Ely, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Ely, of this city, who is ele
ven years of age, will no doubt be
one of the prominent poultrymen of
the county when he grows older. He
has already had some experience in
raising some of the finest poultry that
has been raised in this city, and had
a sample at the fair Thursday, these
being of the White Wyandottes, and
received first prize for them.
The other exhibits were composed of
jellies, fruits, vegetables, needlework,
etc. In the vegetable exhibit Elmer
Shepherd had a collection of veget
ables that were above the average,
these consisting of squashhes, turnips,
cabbage, cucumbers, ' potatoes and
beans. Adolph Spiess, of Parkplace,
had a general exhibit of vegetables,
and the appearance of these showed
that the lad had worked diligently to
produce such a display. His potatoes,
corn and other vegetables, will ho
doubt be among those to be taken to
the state fair. He also had an excel
lent collections of asters. Willamette
made itself famous Thursday by the.
exhibit of the children of Mr. and Mrs.
George DeBok. Mr. DeBok donated
some of his land to the children to see
what .they could do in the line of rais
ing vegetables, as he himself has been
very successful in that line, . having
won many premiums at the county
and state fairs, and his children, Er
ma. Ethel, Thelma, Gordon, Winnie
and Herbert DeBok, assisted in mak
ing the Oregon City fair a success by
their excellent display of vegetables,
fruit, -as well as poultry, jellies, sweet
peas, needlework. Helen Painton, of
Jennings Lodge, had a good exhibit,
consisting of preserves and needle
work. Shirley and Myrta Swallow, of
the Maple Lane district, who have
won prizes heretofore at the county
fair, carried off several at this fair.
They had an excellent display.
George Randall was superintendent
and he was assisted by Miss Lilli
Schmidli, Mrs. A. Jolly, C. F. Ander
son and Professor B. Vedder. ;
The artistic arrangement of the cul
inary display, the vegetables, manual
training department, poultry and oth-
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COPYRIGHT MOFFETT. CHICAOO
Latest Picture of President Taft
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BIRTHS THAN DEATHS
That Claekamas is one of the
healthiest counties in the state is at
tested by the bulletin just issued by
the State Board of Health for April,
May and June. The number of births
greatly exceeds the number deaths.
There were thirty-five births and twenty-one
deaths in April. Two died of
tuberculosis and there was one case
of scarlet fever. There were forty
four births in May and twnty-two
deaths. In June there wer thirty-five
births and eight deaths. There were
two cases of typhoid.
ED. RECIER'S PACER
Ed Reckner's horse "Cap" Apperson
was second in the big racing event at
the Country Club Track, Portland,
Thursday. The horse has been in the
money in several events recently, and
if Sim Lindsey, its driver, had not
been injured Mr. Reckner is confident
it would have won ,the $1,000 prize
Thursday. In the first "heat EllaTen
rose, driven by Barnes, beat "Cap"
Apperson by a . few feet and in the sec
ond the Oregon City horse made even
a better showing. Lindsey will be un
able to drive the horse again this sea
son. "
GOVERNOR CLOSES
SLOT MACHINES
LAKEVIEW, Or., Aug. 29. Govern
or West's order to the various sheriff's
throughout the state to eliminate slot
machines and' other forms of gamb
ling has resulted in closing up this
line of industry in Lakeview and oth
er parts of Lake county.
The illegal sale of liquor in a dry
precinct was stopped when a large
party of the Central Oregon Develop
ment league members took a side trip
to New Pine Creek. Sheriff Warner
Snyder, together with Deputies Rine
hart and Arthur, went to the various
places that are run as near-beer joints
and called for various drinks that are
generally served over the bars in or
dinary saloons. They had no trouble
being served with what they called for
and arrested every proprietor in that
vicinity. As they pleaded ""guilty
when brought before Justice Farrell,
the county is richer by about $500.
2 DIE IN WRECK
LONDON, Aug. 29. Two lives were
lost and 40 persons were seriously in
jured in a collision between a crowd
ed business men's train and another
light passenger train, today at Vaux
hall station, on the Southwestern
Railway.
The force of the impact was so
great that several of cars were tele
scoped. '
HAVE long;
T FOR MINISTER
Eva Cook and Asa L. Cook, of Port
land, who obtained a license to marry
here Wednesday, had a difficult time
in finding someone to perform the cer
emony. For more than three hours
they searched for a judge, justice of
the peace, recorder or minister to of
ficiate, and, finally in disgust went to
Portland, where the ceremony was
performed. Circuit Judge Campbell,
County Judge Beatie, Justice of the
Peace Samson, and all the ministers,
but Rev. C. W. Robinson, rector of St.
Paul's Episcopal church, were out of
the city. Mr. Robinson declined to
officiate because on of the contract-
ins parties had been divorced.
Couple Get License
- A license to marry was - issued
Thursday to Caroline Matelevch and
Felix TJlsky.
HAS WON ITS OWN BATTLE
WITH THE COMPLETION OF OUR $20,000 WATER SYSTEM, NOTHING IS LEFT FOR THE
COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE OF GLADSTONE'S- PROGRESSIVE CITIZENS. HENCE
FORTH ALL FLOWERY WORD PICTURES, DREAMY DESCRIPTIONS, ETC., CONCERNING
GLADSTONE'S FUTURE ARE UNNECESSARY SO WE COME AT ONCE TO OUR POINT:
Between September 1 and November 1 we Will Sell
$10.00 Down; $5.00
Ranging In prices from $200.00 up to $400.00. Of course you have seen such offers before
but not on Gladstone property. Do you fully realize what you are getting when you buy
a residence site In Gladstone? Portland's speculating realty dealers, no doubt, would make
an equally generous offer on their UNDEVELOPED suburban tracts, and you would gobble it
up, depending wholly on the fickle God of Chance for improvements and developments.
Do you get the Idea? In Gladstone property EVERYTHING IS HERE ON THE GROUNDS
NOW I Understand? There is no "probability hitch," no "paper railroad" pending, or any
thing of that sort necessary before the town begins to develop. If you don't agree with
everyone that Is at all familiar with the beautiful little townsite on the Clackamas, that
Gladstone Is head and shoulders above all other suburban cities between Portland and Ore
gon City, and that, with telephones, electric lights, excellent half hour car service both
ways, a $20,000 WATER SYSTEM, and many other comforts that contribute to the making of
the ideal home, why, Just Jump on the Oregon City car, come to our Gladstone office, and
our agent will change your way of thinking in about six minutes. Why? Because ' we
have everything right where you can see it, touch it, or taste it if you will. We deal wholly
In actualities, not possibilities.
NOW LISTEN: Doesn't that offer look fair enough? Doesn't it look a little different than
that of the speculator who serves you "choice lots" from the silver platter of Prophecy?
Wholly unsolicited, eight different parties grasped this situation for themselves within the.
past week, and we gave them their pick of the two hundred lots to be sold. Understand, our
offer only holds until November 1, and on that day and date we will pull up the reins on both
Prices and Terms. Hadn't you better come Into our office in the Beaver Building at Oregon
City, Room 12; or our Gladstone office, opposite the postoffice, and talk the matter over?
REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION,
POLICE HUNT GIRL
lOSFATTHEATER
LUCIA WEST, SEVEN YEARS OF
AGE, DISAPPEARS EARLY
IN AFTERNOON
"SHOW FINE," SHE SAYS ON RETURN
Child Thought Kidnapped For Several
Hours Police Make Search
Of City And
Suburbs
Lucia West, the seven-year-old
daughter of Mrs .Ida West, who lives
on the hill disappeared at 3 o'clock
Thursday afternoon, and did not re
turn home until 9 o'clock in the eve
ning. The mother J of the little girl
was almost frantic and the police and
friends searched for several hours for
the child. It was thought for a time
that she had been kidnapped.
Policeman Frost and Bradley, when
they went on duty at 6 o'clock began
a systematic search for the. girl, but
were unable to obtain the slightest
trace of her. Lucia had disappead as
completely as if the earth had opened
and swallowed her.
When the police and Mrs. West's
friends were making a final search,
and when it seemed that the girl was
lost never to be found, she returned
home.
"The. picture show was fine," said
Lucia. "I. liked it so well I stayed
all afternoon and part of the night. I
would like to go often."
An investigation revealed that the
child had gone to a moving-picture
theatre immediately after leaving
home, and had remained there until
shortly before returning home.
SOCIALIST TO SPEAK
H. L. Hughes ,a prominent Social
ist, will deliver a lecture at Willam
ette Hall next Tuesday evening. The
lecture will be free. Mr. Hughes is
an authority on economics, and does
not use abuse in his arguments.
Husband Seeks Decree
Alleging that his wife abandoned him
October 10, 1909, H. A. McClintock
Thursday filed suit for divorce against
Jennie "McClrntock; ' They "were : mar
ried in Hazeldale, Pa., November 11,
1903.
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t tween Portland and Salem; clr-
$ culates In every section of Clack-
$ amas County, with a population
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Per Week, 10 Cents
WOMAN THREATENS
PRESIDENT'S LIFE
LUNATIC, DECLARING SHE IS
WIFE OF EXECUTIVE, ARREST
' ED "IN COLUMBUS
TWO KNIVES FOUND IN HER POCKETS
One Weapon Has Photograph Of Taft
On Handle Woman Found
Lurking On Upper Ho
tel Floor
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 29; Caro
line Beers, aged 40, who said she was
from Greenville Ohio, was arrested
by Pittsburg detectives at the South
ern Hotel while waiting for President
Taft with two long knives, found con
cealed in her clothing. The woman
said she was the wife of the President
. Mrs. Beers said she was going to
punish the President She had been
noticed yesterday afternoon waiting
around the hotel and told employes
that she was waiting for Mr. Taft
"I have the sacred knifo fnr Proa?.
dent Taft," she told a detective when
arrested.
The woman did not get near the
President, but was found and rushed
out of the hotel lust as the Presiden
tial party arrived. She was found in
one of the upper floors waiting near
the elevator on which it was expected
the President would go to his apart
ments. One of the knives found in her
clothing was a long keen-bladed af
fair, on the handle of which a picture
of President Taft had been photo
graphed. Mrs. Beers was well dressed.
A roll of $200 .was found in her cloth
ing. President Taft arrived in Columbus
this morning. He was accompanied
by his brother, Horace D. Taft, Vho
joined the Presiuential train at Bos
ton last night.
' Although it had been announced that
Mr. Taft's visit was purely social and
on account of the Columbus centen
nial, politicians from all over the
state flocked into the city, in appar
ent hope of a conference with the
President.
Judge Beatie Marries Couple
Oounty Judge Beatie"" "officiated
Thursday at the marriage ot Anna
Rich and J. Horwitz.
200 Choice Residence Lots
Per Month
H. E. CROSS, President.
If it happened it ' is In the Enter
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