MORNING ENTEBPRISE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1912
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Free to the boys
a football, air gun,
a watch or a pair
of skates with
every boy's suit of
$5.00 and up.
J. Levitt
Oregon City's Leading
- Clothier
A Paradox.
"Is he a wise and learned man ?'
"No."
"But he has such a ponderous way
of speaking."
"That's because he Is such an Intel
lectual lightweight"
LOCA BRIEFS
Dr. van Brakle, Osteopath, Mason
ic Building, Phone Main 399.
Leading styles in Ladies and Child
ren's dress Hats. Miss Goldsmith.
Melvin Green has gone to Canby,
where he will remain during the fair.
Dress making by the day. Phone
1974.
C. E. Smith, of Los Angeles, is in
this for a few days.
Lou Wallace of Shubel, was in this
city on business Tuesday.
W. J. Dyson, of Glenda.le, Wash.,
was in this city Monday and Tuesday
registering at the Electric Hotel.
Call on Miss Goldsmith for leading
styles and strongest values in Milli
nery. Eat at the M. E. Cafeteria at the
Grand Stand on the Fair Grounds dur
ing the Clackamas County Fair.
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Howard of Mul
ino, were in this city on business
Tuesday.
Messrs. MulvihilJ & Terrill have
rented the building opposite the Stre
big market and opened a lunch room.
A. L. Buckles will leave today for
Pendleton to attend the Round Up.
Mr. Buckles will be gone several days.
Mrs. S. S. Walker has gone to Can
by where she will camp during the
Fair and will be in charge of the do-mestia-
science department.
Mrs. O. D. Eby and two sons, who
have spending the past week at Mo
lalla, have returned to their home in
this city.
" G. Bannon left Tuesday morning
for Canby, where he will arrange his
display for the fair, which commences
today.
We Will Mall You $1.00
for each set of old False Teeth sent
us. Highest prices paid for old
Gold, Silver, old Watches, Broken
Jewelry and Precious Stones.
Money Sent by Return Mail.
PHILA. SMELTING & REFINING
COMPANY
ESTABLISHED 20 YEARS.
863 Chestnut St. Philadelphia, Pa.
TO DENTISTS
We buy your Gold Filings, Gold
Scrap, and Platinum. Highest pric
es paid.
SPIRELLA
CORSETS
Mrs. Adalyn Davis Spirella Corset
iere J SATURDAYS
Willamette Bldg., Room 4, Over
Harding Drug Store.
Ladies of Oregon City and Clack
amas County are urged to call
and see demonstration of the
most perfect fitting and easy
wearing corset made. Style,
comfort and durability.
Phone Main 3552
Mrs. Robert Cahill is seriously ill
Dr. Stuart being in attendance.
F. R. Charman, formerly a well
known resident of this city, visited
friends here Tuesday.
W. E. Dimick, formerly of this city,
and who was connected with the Lar
sen & Company store, was in this city
Sunday visiting friends.
Miss Vada Elliott has gone to Pen
dleon where she will attend the
Round Up, and be the guest og Miss
Lotta Livermore.
Josept Myers, of Coquella, Or., who
has been visiting his brother, W. W.
Myers, returned to his home Tues
day evening. Mr. Myers formerly
lived in this city.
Miss Edith Priebe and Miss Louise
Strohmeyer left Tuesday morning for
San Francisco by steamer, where
they will remain for about a month.
Mrs. J. L. Waldron left Wednesday
fnr ftinhv. where she will remain dur
ing the fair, and will be in charge of
the Ladies' Textile department.
Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Maupin left
Tuesday for their future home in San
Diego, California. Mr. and Mrs. Mau
pin mave been residing near Four
teenth and Jackson Streets.
L. Adams went to Canby Tuesday
afteraoon to arrange his display of
drygoods at thej fair building, and
was accompanied by Mr. Hampton,
who will be in charge of the exhibit.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Myers have
gone to Portland, where Mr. Myers
will engage in . the grocery business.
Miss Tillie Myers, of this city, will be
cashier in the Myers store and has
taken up her residence in that city.
Mrs. Robert Wilson, who has been
at Springwater for the past week,
where she has been the guest of her
sister, Mrs. Mason Warnock, has re
turned to this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Fortune are camp
ing at the fair grounds at Canby,
where Mr. Fortune will have charge
of the races. Mr. and Mrs. Fortune
recently returned from Wilhoit where
they have been spending several
weeks.
E. C. Dye has gone to Canby, where
he will remain durinsr the fair, heiner
in charge of the moving picture show
on the tair grounds. Mr. Bell, of this
city, is also interested in the show
and will change the Alms three times
a day. They are having a large struc
ture built on the grounds and this will
be lighted by electricity.
Miss Mary Silver left Sunday for
Mount Tngel, where she will com
mence her second year's course at
the Mount Angel Academy: She was
accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Ag
nes Silver, who returned to this city
Sunday evening. Waldo Silver left
last week for Mount Angel to attend
the Mount Angel College.
George DeBok, one of the promi
nent farmers of Clackamas County,
has a display of apples and oth
er fruits besides vegetables and can
ned goods that are being placed in
position at ttie fair. He will also enter
many vegetables in general display.
Other farmers of Clackamas County
will have fine displays.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lammereaux
and two children, of Shavertown, Pa.,
have arrived in Oregon City, where
they will make their future home.
They were accompanied by Mr. Lam
ereaux's sister, Miss Lamereaux, who
will also make her home in this city.
Mrs. Lamereaux was formerly Miss
Luva Randall of this city. They are
for the prsent visiting Mr. and Mrs.
T- P. Randall.
George Brown left this week for
Newport, where he will remain for
several weeks, and will look after the
interests of his fish market in this
city by sending some of the fish from
that place. Edward Brown, wno is
at Yoquian will assist his brother and
has already sent a large shipment to
the Brown market in this city, which
again started up for business this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. C- A. Nash and son,
Harold, and R. D. Wilson, who have
been hunting and fishing in the Ne
halem country, have returned to Ore.
gon City, arriving here Monday even
ing. Many fish were caught by Mr.
Wilson and other members of the par
ty, Mr. Wilson being the champion
fisherman, Harold Nash, the young
fisherman. The party killed five
deer, Harold Nash, the young son of
Mr. and Mrs. Nash, killing thee of
these- ,
C. C. Cole, of the Portland Railway,
Light & Power Company, wSs in the
city Monday and Tuesday on busi
ness. Mr. Cole is supervising the
erection of the four cluster light poles
which are being erected on Main
street in front of Frank Busch's
store. Other lights will be erected
on Main street in the near future, as
many of the merchants are planning
placing these lights in front of their
premises.
HOTEL ARRIVALS
The following are registered at the
Electric Hotel:
S. A. Cobb, city; R. Goodrich, Ta
coma; John Skans, Portland; Jack
Wedbey, Portland; W. J. Dysom, Glenf
dale, Ore.; W. B. Barnham andwife;
J. F. 'Smith and wife, Chicago; E.
Snyder; Chester Allyn; Alfred Guer
rier; J. A. Martin, J. Holtgreen, Van
couver, Wash.; W. Milton, Vancouv
er; Ray Warthen, Oregon City; E. J.
Frielinger and wife; C. E. Smith, Los
Angeles; James Bird; J. Taphan; J.
Dyson; J. F. Gaskill, Portland.
STATE TAX ROLL
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SALEM, Or., Sept. That the val
uation of the state tax roll for the
year will be .$900,000,000 is the esti
mate made by Tax Commissioner Ea
ton, who has just returned from a
tour in southern Oregon, where he
conferred with County Assessors rel
ative to tax work. Prior to that he
made a tour of eastern Oregon, and
his estimate is based -on information
gathered on the two trips.
"I find that the tax roll will not be
increased much," declared State Tax
Commissioner Eaton today, in com
menting on the situation "Upon in
formation at hand I estimate that
the tax roll will be about $900,000-
000 That of last year was $890,000,
000, and if my estimate is correct,
the roll of this year will exceed that
of last year by $10,000,000 The state
tax levy last year was 3.40 mills,
and this year it will hover around
1 1-8. There is a law on the statute
books providing that assessors shall
tax notes and mortgages, but I found
a number of assessors who are not
attempting to tax this class of prop
erty this year. This will result in
a decrease of the roll to a consider
able extent."
Among, other reasons which will
contribute to the decrease in the state
levy this year is that it will be made
prior to the meeting of the legisla
ture, and cannot include the appro
priations which will be made. That
of last year was made after the ad
journment of the legislature and in
cluded all appropriations made.
Tailored Hat for Fall
Wise is the woman who chooses
the always reliable . black and white
combination or its equally popular riv
al, navy blue, for the color of her first
fall hat. Later, if desired, a hat may
be chosen to match the fall suit, but
a hat in colors mentioned may be
worn with many and never fails to be
of service. Such a one is shown in
the drawing above, a close fitting
shape with brim rolled at the sides
and high square crown surrounded
by a fiat stiffened band of satin and
trimmed in front with a flat bow of
velvet holding two smart wings.
PRUNE MARKET SLOW;
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Leading prune handlers do not es
timate the production of prunes in
the Pacific northwest above 12,000,
000 to 15,000,000 pounds against a full
crop of perhaps 28,000,000 pounds.
California is credited this year with
a crop of about 200,000,000 pounds,
therefore the shortage in the Pacific
northwest sinks' into insignificance
when the' total output of the coast is
concerned.
Market for prunes at the present
time is slow. Buyers are taking hold
sparingly on the basis of l-2c for
35s to 40s and 6c for 40s to 45s,, The
former is practically the largest size
produced here this season.
There is an entire lack of demand
for prunes from the; east. Everone
there was badly stung on prunes last
season and none care to repeat the
performance this year. Mail advices
received by handlers indicate that the
retail trade is quite well stocked with
prunes carried over from last; year
and even the offering of supplies by
coast parties at materially reduced
values, fail to influence the buyers.
A cable from Europe stated that
buyers there were not anxious to take
hold of Pacific coast prunes this sea
son owing to the glutted trade.
Prevailing Oregon City prices are ag
follows:
DRIED FRUITS (Buying), Prunes
on basis 6 to 8 cents.
HIDES (Buying), Green hides 6e
to 7c; salters 7c; dry hides 12 c to
14c; sheep peltB 30c to 85c each.
EGGS Oregon ranch eggs 30c case
count; 24c candeled.
FEED (Selling), Shorts $27; bran
$25; process barley $38 per ton.
FLOUR $4.60 to 5.50.
POTATOES New, about 50c to 60c
per hundred.
POULTRY (Buying) Hens 11c;
spring 17c, and rooster 8c.
HAY (Buying), Clover at $9 and
$10; oat hay, best $10; mixed $10 to
$12; alfalfa $15 to $16.50; Idaho tim
othy $20; whole corn $40 cracked
$41; . ' -
OATS (Buying) $28; wheat 90c
bu.';oil meal selling about $55; Shay
Brook dairy feed $1.30 per hundred
pounds.
Butter, Poultry, Eggs.
BUTTER (Buying), Ordinary coun
try butter 25c and 30c; fancy dairy
80c role.
. " Livestock, Meats.
BEEF (Live Weight), Steers 5 l-2c
and 6 l-4c; cows 4 l-2c: frails 2 l-2c.
MUTTON Sheep 3c to 3 l-2c
VEAL Calves 10c to 12c dressed,
according to grade.
MOHAIR 33c to 35c.
. Fruits
PRUNES lc; apples 75c and $1;
peaches 40c and 50c; Damesn plums
2s lb.; crab apples 2c lb. ' - . ,
.VEGETABLES
ONIONS lc lb; peppers 7c lb; toma-
i toes 40c to 50c; corn 8c and 10c doz. -
The Avenger
By REGINALD D. HAVEN C
'Can you tell me, sir, where 1 can
find the man who killed young Trevor
In this place a few weeks ago?"
The inquirer was an elderly man past
fifty, who spoke in a modulated voice
that indicated the gentleman. He was
faultlessly dressed, and everything
about him betokened respectability and
prosperity. But in his eye was a look
well, it-was a look" of indescribable
melancholy. .
"You refer to Jim Hawkins, I 'spec',
sir," replied one of a group of men of
vhoni the inquiry was made.
"I don't know his name. I refer to
the man who shot and killed young
Trevor," replied the gentleman in the
same quiet voice.
"You'll probably find him at the An
telope saloon, sir. He's a gambler and
has picked up a scab. The Antelope is
that yaller building right over there.
But don't excite him. Even the sher
iff doesn't dare touch him."
"Thank you, gentlemen," and the
stranger started for the saloon.
Jim Hawkins was one of those des
peradoes who infested the wild west
In the days of its wilderness, especial
ly mining towns. Young Trevor, a
mining engineer, had gone to the place
to examine a mine, had been invited
by Hawkins to drink, had declined, and,
having persisted ' in declining, Haw
kins shot him dead. Something in the
old gentleman's appearance told the
men of whom he had made his Inqui
ries that his presence in the town had
connection with this murder. , It did
not occur to them that the mild man
nered man had come out to avenge
Trevor's death. Indeed, they didn't
know what he had come for. but curi
osity prompted them to follow him to
the Antelope saloon.
Approaching a table where Hawkins
had been pointed out to "him, he bent
down and said in that same soft voice:
"Excuse me, sir. for interrupting your
game. My name is Trevor. I have
come to Invite you to have something
with me at the bar."
Hawkins looked up, and it seemed
to him that the young man whose life
he had snuffed out stood before him.
only aged. It was as if" thirty years
had gone by and young Trevor had
come back to do by him as be had
done by Trevor.
The man bending over him showed
no sign of possessing a weapon, but
there was a self satisjjed look so far
as danger was concerned that was
more forceful than If he" had looked
down the barrel of a pistol. Hawkins
did not know whether the apparition
as he considered it could draw a
weapon if he had one quicker than
himself or not Something told him
that the hour of vengeance had come.
Under the influence of that melan
choly eye he arose from the table,
leaving there a pile of coins he had
won, and walked side by side with
the stranger to the bar.
"Barkeeper," said the newcomer,
"set a bottle of whisky before the gen
tleman and a glass."
The barkeeper filled the order while
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Hawkins said:
"I don't drink with no man who
don't drink with me.' '
"You are to drink not with the liv
ing, but with the dead. I am but a
messenger to do what can only be
done In the flesh."
"Whose messenger?"
"Reginald Trevor."
"Our
The stranger facing Hawkins leaned
his right elbow on the bar, supporting
his cheek with his right hand facing
the man he had invited to drink. This
brought the former's hand in close
proximity to the collar of his coat at
the back of his neck.
"Will you drink, sir?"
Hawkins looked as if he didn't know
what to do. He raised his hand to
take hold of the bottle standing on the
bar, and the hand trembled. Every
one of those looking on saw it and
knew that the stranger had deprived
Hawkins of his nerve. They knew it
from the fact that he was obeying the
stranger as well as by the trembling
of his hand. Hawkins poured out some
liquor, spilling much of it. Then he
slowlv placed it to his lips and took it
down at a gulp. ,
"Have another," said the stranger.
But the liquor bad brought back
Hawkins' courage.
"Not by a"-
The gentleman's hand thaf had been
supporting his cheek clutched at some
thing under his collar at the back of
his neck, and the broad blade of a
bowie knife glittered before Hawkins'
eyes. He started to put his hand to
his hip, . whereupon the stranger low
ered the knife to within an inch of
that part of Hawkins' neck that cov
ers the jugular vein.
"Drink!" said the stranger.
Hawkins' hand instead of continuing
to his hip grasped the bottle and
poured out another drink. " .
And so the stranger forced him to
take one drink after another till all
power was gone out of bim, when the
former turned to the lookers on and
said:
"Call the sheriff."
That official, who had not before
dared to lay a hand on Hawkins, dis
armed him and carried him to the jail.
"Give him the rope tomorrow morn
ing at 6." said the stranger. "He'll be
sober by that time."
And the next morning Hawkins was
swung off. But the stranger who had
captured him did not wait to see him
hanged. -
A Nice Distinction.
"What is your profession or trade?''
asked the lawyer of the witness.
"Well, I'm a kind of carpenter."
"A kind of carpenter, eh? What
kind of a carpenter?"
"They call me a jackleg."
"They do? Well, if they call you
that you probably are one. Will you
please explain to the jury the differ
ence between a jackleg carpenter and
a real carpenter?"
"I I can't tell the difference, but 1
can give an example."
"Well, sir. go ahead."
"If s the same difference as between
you and a real lawyer." St Paul Dis
patch. If it happened it Is in tne Enter-prise.
WHY PAY
"ncTE have a few sets of those 3 1 piece,
gold trimmed Dinner Sets Ieft. They
can be had $2.25 per set with a subscription.
If yot are already a subscriber, we will sell
you a set at cost. Come in and look them over;
you will be surprised at the quality.
The Morning Enterprise
CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT
SISTERS GET BULK
OF M'NANEY ESTATE
County Judge, Beatie admitted to
probate the estate of Peter McNaney
of Miwaukie, Bernard H. Kelly being
named executor. The testator willed
$300 to his mother, Mrs. Mary McNan
ey, and $300 to each of his brothers,
Patrick and Luke. He bequethed
the remainder to four sistes, Mrs.
Ann Powers, of Rochester N, Y.;
Mrs. Susan Doyle, of New York; Mrs.
Alice Guslaw, of Ontario, Can. and
Mrs. Bridget Nugent, of Centralia,
Wash. The estate is valued at $5,
000. The will of Mrs. Amelia Miller, of
Marion County, also was admitted to
probate. The testratrix left all her
property to her sister, Louise Miller,
and at her deatE it is to be divided
equally between her brother, George,
and sisters, Clearvalley Ziegler and
Cathrine Millers,
BASEBALL RESULTS
Pacific Coast League
At Portland Portland 1, San Fran
cisco 0.
At Los Angeles Vernon 6, Los An
geles 3.
At' San Francisco Oakland 3; Sac
ramento 1.
Northwestern League
At Seattle Seattle 6, Tacoma 3.
At Victoria Portland 3, Victoria 2.
At "Vancouver Vancouver 4, Spo
kane 1.
Gas Engines In H:.jh Altitudes.
A gas engine was erected several
thousand feet above sea level. The en
gine did not give the power expected
and it was concluded that the loss was
due to the altitude of the station. Upon
investigation of the theoretical and
practical considerations involved It was
found that there is a loss of about. 1
per cent of the indicated horsepower
for each 1.000 feet of increase iu eleva
tion. The effect with a low ratio of
compression is slightly less than with-
a high degree of compression. Science
Conspectus.
A Cutting Rebuke.
In some parts of Scotland 1t Is cus
tomary for a bride to bring -a dower to
her husband, do matter how little
One couple who had experienced the
strife of wedded bliss for some years
were having the usual row. when the
husband taunted the lady with the
paucity of worldly goods with which
she had endowed bim.
"Awa!" said he. "When ye marrit
me a' ye brought was a cask o' whisky
an' the auld Bible."
"Weel, Jock." was the response, "gin
ye had paid as muckle attention to the
book as ye did tae the whisky ye
would hae been a meenister o' the gos
pel the noo."
Boost your city by boosting your
daily paper. The Enterprise should
be in every home.
DOUBLE?
SOCIALISTS TO MAKE
CANVASS'OF COUNTY
W. W. Myers, Socialist candidate
for County Commissioner, announced
Tuesday that M. V. Thomas and other
candidates on the Socialist ticket,
would make at thorough canvass of
Clackamas County. He said that
candidates of other parties were in
vited to be present, and that a divis
ion of time would be granted if de
sired. The following itinerary has'
been arranged:
October 2, Hyland; October 3,
Clarks; October 4, Beaver Creek;
October 5, Mulino; October 6, Molal
la; October 8, Needy; October 9,
Macksburg; October 10, Barton; Oc
tober 11, Canby and October 12, Ma
ple Lane.
The speaking at all these places
will start at 7:30 o'clock in the evening-
Woman Seeks Board Money
Justice of the Peace Samson will
render, a decision today in the case of
J'. W. Woods, charged with having
left the home of Kate M. Ellis owing
her $11.50 for board. Woods declares
he paid the bill. x
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
COMMENDS GOVERNOR
The Congregational ' church at a
meeting recently adopted the follow
ing resolutions:"
Whereas: The Hon. Oswald West,
Governor of Oregon, has opened a
crusade against immorality and vice
in Portland and other parts of the
state and
Whereas: We, the members of the
Congregational Church of Oregon
City recognize the immense and dif
ficult task the governor has Under
taken and that he will "need the mor
al support of all good citizens,
Therefore be it Resolved: That
we extend the governor our heartfelt
wishes for the success of his efforts
in such a noble cause and that we as
sure him of our support and prayers
in such an undertaking and commend
him for his manly determination to
fight against such odds as all citizens
know are arrayed against him.
Resolved Further: That a copy of
this resolution be sent to Governor
West and the local newspapers-
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Jennie Welch to Cornelia Minsing
er, land in section 9, township 3
south, range 7 east; $100.
Otto and Sarah Shultz to John
Shultz and Erma Shultz, land in
Clackamas County; $10.
John C. Shultz and Erma Shultz to
Otto and Sarah Shultz, land in Clack
amas County; $10.
W. H. Congdon to Josephine Cong
don, land in section 36, township 1
south, range 3 east; $1.
John E. and Matilda Wetzler to
Riverside Lodge No. 179, I. O. O. F.,
land in Clackamas County; $1100.
F. D. Hopkins to Julias M. Johnson
1.3 acres of section 35, township 3
south, range 4 east; $235.
John W- and Grace Loder to A. Dull
lot 13, of block 3, West Gladstone;
$10. . s -
Northern Pociflc Railway Company
to Nehalem Investment Company,
land in section 12, township 8 south,
range 3 east; $1.-
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