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VOL IV. No. 83.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1912.
Peb Week, 10 Cents
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JOHN S. CREECH ACQUITTED OF
SLAYING ABERDEEN -DETECTIVE
FELS MEN CANNOT
ANSWER SHIELDS
LEAGUE SECRETARY SHOWSHOW
SINGLE TAX WOULD HARM
STATE
JHE ROAST "BEEFING" OF OLD ENGLAND.
VERDICT REACHED ON FIFTH BALLOT HENRY CEORGE PLAN IS DESIRED
Jury Thanked By Half Hysterical Speaker Declares that Word "Grad-
Man Before He Falls
Helpless Into His
Chair
ABERDEEN, Oct. 8. John S.
Creech, wealthy lumberman of Aber
deen, was acquitted of the murder of
Detective Frank Welch, of Aberdeen,
on the fifth ballot, the jury coming in
at 8:3o o'clock after an absence of
three and one-half hours.
The first ballot was ten for acquit
tal and two for conviction of murder
in the second degree. The jury stcod
this way for three ballots, and on the
fourth ballot stood 11 to 1 for acquit
tal. On the fifth ballot all were unan-1
imous.
John Creech stood trembling and
with drawn face as the jury filed into
the courtroom. Then he sank into a
chair while the court asked the fore
man his verdict.
When the ans'.ver came Cresch ai- r
peared for a little while to be his
natural self, congratulating the attor
neys and then went up and thanked
the jurymen, shaking each by the
hand.
Then suddenly he collapsed and for
15 minutes he sat crying am laugh
ing by spells in his chair in a half
hysterical mood. The crowd which
thronged the courtroom was moved
deeply, and many men, besides the
women in attendance, cried audibly.
uated" Is Only Cloak to Hide
Behind for Time Being
It was declared Tuesday by per
sons who had heard Charles H.
Shields, secretary of the Oregon
Equal Taxation League, speak at Wil
lamette Hall Monday evening, that
the Seattle man made a convincing
argument against Single Tax.
Mr. Shields said at one time the
Single Taxers claimed that Oregon
would go for Single Tax, and that he
had then told them that if his assist
ance counted for anything, Oregon
should know the real facts of the case
before voting. He told of the orig
inal agitition of Single Tax thirty
three years ago by Henry George in
his book, "Progress and Poverty." He
said the aim of all Single Taxers was
the same as the aim of Henry George
the abolition of private property in
land. "You will see," he said "that
many Oregon Single Taxers attempt
to deny this but they have been
smoked out. Assistant Secretary
Cridge of the Graduated Single Tax
League and a Fels paid, Single Tax
writer says that Single Tax is not op
posed anywhere in Oregon. But Mr. ,
U'Ren, the Oregon paid agitator,
wrote to the Oregonian July 31 as fol
lows :
"The Single Taxers have presented
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RED SOX WIN FIRST!
OF WORLD SERIES
GIANTS LOSE MIGHTY PITCHERS'
BATTLE BY SCORE OF
4 TO 3
FINE APPLE DISPLAY
'RAFFLES'
AT
Tine Gran
TODAY
A distinguished citizen of this city has been chosen by the man
agement of the. Grand Theater o act as "Raffles." He is a very
good natured man of medium heighth, smiling face and smooth
shaven. If you see a man of this description he may be worth $10
to you. -
Everyone attending the show tonight and other nights until
"Raffles" is caught will receive a coupon which he must keep until
the next day if he cares to win the $10.
The conditions on which THE GRAND will pay the $10 are
You must hold a coupon showing that you attended the theater the
night before you recognized him. When you think you have
"Raffles" you must gay these hpnotizing words, "You are Raffles of
the Grand Theater," and at the same time produce your coupon of
tne 'night before. ?fl 1 S IfHilS !i
If he hands you the $10 then, you will know you've got the
right man. The words must be spoken in the right order or all
your trouble will be for naught.
"Raffles" will be on Main street part of his spare time Thurs
day, so be sure and save your coupons tonight.
George A. Harding, who has been
at Hood River, the guest of Charles
Albright, a former resident of Ore
gon City, returned to his home in
this city Monday evening. Mr. Hard
ing brought home! a fine sample of
apples that were grown in the- or
chard of Albright & Church. Mr.
Church is a son-in-law of Mr. Albright
and also a former resident of Ore
gon City. Mr. Harding has placed
the apples in; a window of his drug
store and they are attracting much
attention. Among the varieties are
the King, Ortley, Winter Banana,
Baldwin. Spitzburg, Pweequakee, and
Oregon Red. Albright & Church will
ship from 1500 boxes to 2000 boxes
this year and will receive the high
est market price paid for Hood Riv
er apples. They are without blemish
and would take a prize at any apple
show. Mr. Harding while at Hood
River had the pleasure of picking
some of the famous Hood River ap
ples. Mrs. Harding, who accompan
ied her husband to Hood River, will
remain there for several days.
JUDGE CAMPBELL GRANTS
FOUR DIVORCE DECREES
Circuit Judge Campbell has grant
ed decrees of divorce in the following
cases: G. L. Cousineau against Olive
A. Cousineau Neva Greig against
George O. Greig, plaintiff's name, Ne
ve Goodey, restored; Beatrice Laretta
Phillips against Royalton Sila Phil
lips and Sadie Etter Libby against
A. L. Libby, plaintiff's maiden name,
Sadie Etter, being restored. Anna
Hargrove seeka a decree of divorce
from Floyd Hargrove, alleging des;r-'
tion. They were married April 12,
1909. . Plaintiff asks the custody of
their child.
Boost your city by boosting your
daily paper. The Enterprise should
be in every home.
BE ON THE LOOKOUT THURSDAY
and if you see him be sure and say the right words at the right
time and to the right man.
"YOU ARE RAFFLES OF THE GRAND THEATER"
The second part of "What Happened to Mary" will be shown today.
MATEUR NIGHT
Electric Theatre
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10-12
POSITIVELY
OREGON CITY TALENT
Featuring Four Year Old
Baby Genevieve Burns"
The Gladstone City Council Tues
day evening grafted franchises for
twenty-five years to the Portland
Railway Light & Power Company," to
furnish light, the Home Telephone
Company and the Pacific States Tel
ephone & Telegraph Company. The
companies agreed to use the same
poles. The Portland Railway, Light
& Power Company will furnish &-
teen street lamps free of charge for
the first five years, twenty-five lamps
the second five years and thirty
lamps for the remainder of the time.
The telephone companies will pay
$100 a year for the franchises. It was
announced that the' minimum electric
light rate would be the same as that
in Portland. An ordinance, provid
ing for the improvement of Arlington
street was passed.
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THIEF TELLS COURT
Fred Clark, who admits that his
craving for whiekey caused him to
break into a Main street saloon, and
steal two bottles of liquor, pleaded
guilty in Circuit Jud.ge Campbell's
court Tuesday. Walter Howard, ac
cused of stealing jewely .from a man
with whom he roomed, pleaded guilty.
Ira Dennis Cornwall, indicted on a
charge in which Mollie Clark, an In
dian woman, also is implicated, plead
ed guilty. Julge Campbell announced
that he would sentence the men prob
ably today. Richard Baxter Linville,
of Newberg, pleaded not guilty toa
charge of forgery. The' men were in
dicted Tuesday morning, District At
torney Tongue having presented the
evidence to the grand jury. Mr.
Tongue will be in the city today and
probably tomorrow attending to his
legal duties.
E.D. OLDS DECLARED
OF
Circuit Judge Campbell has held
that B. D. Olds, of Oak Grove is the
owner of a spring in the road in front
of his property. Alfred L. Thompson,
V.' L. Clark and H. C. Krum, who own
property on the opposite side ot toe
road sought to prevent Olds from dig
ging a well in his yard, which it was
declared, would stop the spring. The
spring has been leased to Olds by
the County Court, and he had given
others the right to use it, and, finally,
it is claimed, the lease had been trans
ferred by him. Cross, & Hammond,
representing Olds, set up a claim that
the county court had no right to lease
the spring, and that it belonged vo
Olds, for it was directly in front of
his property.' Judge Campbell so
held.
AT THE
tar
An extra fine picture program
Daughter of the Spy
In two reels
Thi8 picture is one of roman
tic nature and lays no claim
to historical value, it is chock
full of excitement, and is sure ,
tp be viewed with great inter
est. Other subjects are
The Little Wanderer
This is a picture that will in
terest every mother
Nettie's Stepmother
Much overworked, loses her
patience with, the child and
scolds her. The little girl is
sick at heart and calls her dog
and starts through the woods
to find a new home. The rest
of the story will be told in the
film.
The Hermit
A rattling good comedy; deal
ing with camp life. A' young
man camping near' some girls
was so rude as to order them
io keep away as he did not de
sire to be sociable. Out of revenge-
the girls plan to visit
his tent that night disguised
as ghosts and give him a good
scare. Did they Well I
guess they did.
The usual good music by the
Star Orchestra. This program
will be shown today and tomor-
'SLIDE FOR LIFE' MAN
BURIED IN PORTLAND
Professor Walter Brown, who was
injured at the Clackamas County fair
grounds on th6 last day of the fair
by falling from a wire, died at the
Oregon City Hospital. The man was
sliding down the wire holding on by
his teeth when the trolley slipped,
participating him 40 feet below, dis
locating his back and causing inter
nal injuries. The young man was
brought to this city by C. F. M. Brown
of Logan. Mr. Brown remained with
him most of the time although a
stranger to the acrobat before the ac
cident at Canby. Internal injuries
caused his death. Mr. Brown's fath
er met the same fate as his son twenty-one
years ago when he was mak
ing the "slide for life" and fell 140
feet. "
Professor Brown was well known
in Portland, where, he had lived since
he was twelve years of age. He was
born at Des Moines, Iowa, twenty
five years ago and is survived by his
mother, Mrs. M. E. Zrown, who was
an actress of much fame, one sister,
Miss Pearl Brown and his widow.
The funeral was held at the Hol
man Undertaking parlors vin Portland
and was attended by many frriends
of the deceased. The floral offerings
were profuse.
JOE WOOD IS HERO OE STRUGGLE
Great Young Boston Twirler Has
McGraw's Men at Mercy as 40,
000 Breathless Fans
Look on
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New York 0 0 2 0 0 O'O 0 13
Hits ....1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 38
SUMMARY
Struck out By Wood 11, by
Tesreau 4, by Crandall 2. Bases
on balls Off Wood 2, off Tes
reau 4. Two base hits Hooper,
Yerkes, Wagner. Three base
hits Speaker. ' Double plays
Stahl to Wood. Sacrifice hits
Hooper, Cady. Hit by pitched
balls Meyers. Innings pitched
By Tesreau, 7. Base hits
Off Tesreau 5, runs 4. Umpires
Klem, Rigler, Evans and
O'Loughlln.
WIRES TO COMBAT
COUNTY
DIVIIO
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COMMITTEE TO MAKE THOROUGH
CAMPAIGN AGAINST SECESS
ION PLAN
POSTOEEICE IS CALLED UNSIGHTLY
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NEW YORK, Oct. 8. Joe Wood, of
Boston delivered today. Result: Bos
ton 4, New York 3.
By on of those very narrowest
squeaks which make baseball, Boston
finished under the wire today by an
eyelash length ahead of the Giants,
but the distance was sufficient. The
crowd was estimated at 40,000.
Big Jeff Tesreau, upon whom the
York had pinned hopes of winning
the jump-off game, delivered the best
he had in stock, and that was a
mighty fine - commodity for six in
nings, but in the seventh the terrif
ic strain under which the Ozark Giant
had been working took the spring
trom ms mighty right arm, and tne
Red Sox, who had been waiting and
expecting this very thing, connected
with his fading efforts for three runs,
chalked up on the basis of a pair of
singles and a brace of doubles. This
trid of tallies, taken together with
a lone run scored in the sixth inning,
did the business for Boston.
Young Joe Wood, making his ini
tial world's series bow, the same as
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Announcement Made That Lockg Will.
Soon Be Transferred Draper
Tells of Planting
Fish .
Effective organization of the com
mittee of the Live Wires of the Ore
gon City Commercial Club to fight .
the division of Clackamas County
was made Tuesday. The committee,
composed of J. E. Hedges, T. W. Sul
livan, M D. Latourette, E. E. Brodie
and Grant B. Dimick, has planned to
make a thorough campaign in the in
terest of keeping the county intact, '
in opposition to the movement to cut
off a generous slice for the formation
of the new county Cascade, of which
Estacada is to be the county seat.
District committeemen were appoint
ed in nearly every precinct and con
certed action will be taken to raise
funds and circulate literature through
the state, in order to reach every reg
istered voter prior to election day.
The Live Wires had an unusually
interesting session Tuesday, follow
ing its regular luncheon, appointing
F. J. Tooze, M. D. Latourette and
Frank Busch a committee to look
after the appearance of the front of
the postoffice building, which - can
hardly be termed as an ornament to
the city.
H. L. Young and John Sievers were
elected to membership. A resolution
was adopted commending the Clack
amas County Automobile Club for its
action in offering $150 in prizes to
road supervisors, for the best work
done on trunk highways during 1913.
T. W. Sullivan, Trunk Line, report
ed that the arrangements for the
transfer of the locks was progress
ing satisfactorily. He said work
would be started soon.
Harry Draper, of a committee nam
ed ,to obtain and plant ; mountain
trout reported that the work had been
accomplished.
R. G. PIERCE, FLORIST,
IN SERIOUS CONDITION
R. G. Pierce, the florist of Falls
View, who was striken with paralysis
at his home about six weeks ago, is
in a serious condition. Mr. Pierce
has many friends in this city, where
he has lived for many years.
Tiree Rare Value
In Gladstone Property
$250.00
WILL
SWING ANY
OF
THESE THREE
BARGAINS
$250.00
No. 1 Fine five-room, 2-story bungalow
within one-half block of car depot;
pretty; well kept place; $2300.00.
Only $250 down, balance at $25 per
month, or better.
No. 2 Six room house, 2 stories, well
lighted, good shape, 3 blocks from
car line; 2 lots; $1800, $250 cash will
swing this in fine shape and we will
duplicate the above monthly pay
ments offer of $25 on this buy, too.
No. 3 Five room bungalow, modern
conveniences; within 1-2 block of
the car line. This is a pretty little
home at a most generous offer. We
are asking only $1250 for this bar
gain. The place is worth $1500 at
tlje least. You can have it for $250
down and the balance at $25 per
month or we could do even better
than that if you wanted the place
real badly.
Our sale of Gladstone lots at terms of $1.25 per week for the finest
residence sites in the very heart of this beautiful townsite will continue
only until November 1. Better pick out your lots now for on that day
and date prices and terms will be changed. "
REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION, H. E. CROSS, Pres.
Gladstone Office Opposite P. O. . Phone 1952