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OREGON CITY, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1912.
Per Week, 10 Cents
VICE-PRESIDENT
BLIGHT OF SINGLE
ANOTHER ITJSTAKCE OF TRUE GREATNESS NOT BEING APPRECIATED AT HOME-
'LEY WILL BE
REPUBLICAN
IS SERIOUSLY ILL
TAX IS PROVED
GUEST OF CLUB
Dill
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JAMES S. SHERMAN'S CONDITION
ALARMS RELATIVES AND
FRIENDS
SHIELDS, IN DEBATE, READS LET
TER FROM RESIDENT OF
ALBERTA
CONGRESSMAN TO ADDRESS BIG
MEETING IN THIS CITY
TOMORROW
VOTERS ARE ENTHUSIASTIC AND
. CANDIDATES ASSURED OF
. SUPPORT
HA
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BIG BO
HIS PHYSICIANS GIVE LITTLE ROPE
Arteries are Hardening and Belief Is
Expressed that Distinguished Pa
tient Cannot Long Sur
vive .
UTICA, N. Y.. Oct 28. James H.
Sherman, vice-president of the Uni
States is seriously ill and steadily
failing in his home here.
COPYRIOHT HARRIS AND EWING. WASH
James S. Sherman, vice-president of
United States, who Is seriously ill.
While his1 physician, Dr. Fayette
H. Peck, believes there is no inu
late danger of death, yet the patient's
condition is such that it is a matter
of conjecture how much longer h
can withstand the ravages of the dis
ease with which he is afflicted.
Dr. Peck at 8 o'clock tonight made
the following statement:
"Mr. Sherman has been ill all of
year, due to the condition of the kid
neys, hardening of the arteries, and
softening of the muscles of the heart,
which are somewhat stretched. Mr.
Sherman had an attack in the Adrion
dacks at Big Moose Lake, and I ex-i-i
i rite. He got out of the
Fhr Moose and improved rapidly and
satisfactorily until the latter part ot
A'Tgrst. Since then "is condition has
. . . '. (1 and he has been
"For the last three weeks, since he
came back from (
went to rest, he has been dressed on
ly once ana that was a week ago Fri
day, when, against my protest, he
went to the polls to register.
"Mr. Sherman is now in the condi
tion whicn that sort of trouble leads
to and is very seriously ill, but tb
is, I believe, no immediate danger of
death."
CANE MAH AID SOCIETY
HAS QUILTING PARTY
The Aid Society of Canemah met
at the home of Mrs. Bingham Thurs
day. The afternoon was devoted to
quilting, and refreshments were serv
ed by the hostess. The society has
been doing good work, and all the
members are enthusiastic over the
work.
Those attending were Mrs. T. Fin
negan, president; Mrs. Walter Went
worth, vice-president; Mrs. Mary
Freeman, secretary; Mrs. Bingham,
treasurer; Mrs. Midlam, Frs. Julia
Frost, Mrs. Faust, Mrs. Bowers, Mrs.
Marw Howell.
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Mrs. Sarah Bard Field Ehrgott,
Colonel Robert Miller and George C.
Brownell addresed a large -crowd in
Miller's Hall at Gladstone Saturday
night on Woman Suffrage. Mrs. Ehr
gott declared that the movement was
gaining ground daily and she believ
ed the bill would win at the coming
election. Mr. Brownell called atten
tion to the fact that about 8,000,000
women were self-supporting in the
United States and said they should
be enfranchised in order to protect
themselves. He made a strong plea
for equal suffrage and his address
was applauded throughout. Colonel
Miller, as usual, won the crowd and
he advanced several new arguments
for the enfranchising of women.
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DISCOURAGED MAN WOULD SELL LAND
U'Ren Tells Salem Audience Differ
ence Between His Bill and George
Theory 1,500 Hear Tax Dis
cussed SALEM, Or., Oct. 28, (Special)
Before 1500 hundred persons Charles
H. Shields and W. S. U'Ren locked
horns for the fourth time over the sin
gle tax question that will come up be
fore the Oregon voters in the coming
election. Telling points, scored by
each debater, rendered a decision
difficult.
A sensation was created when Mr.
Shields told for the first time in the
series of debates, the names of men
who were furnishing money for his
campaign against the single tax bill.
"I organized the Oregon Equal Tax
ation League myself, said he, "and
the money for the campaign is fur
nished by a number of well known
Portland, business men." The Ladds
and Corbettrf, he said were among
them.
Mr. U'Ren explained the difference
between the present measure and the
original Henry George single tax theo
ry. He said the difference was in the
degree, that for the sake of conven
ience the whole theory was not em
bodied in the present bill. Mr. Shields
scored heavily with a letter from a
man in Alberta, telling of the drop in
land values since the adoption of a
partial single tax in that place and
of the writer's anxiety to leave there.
"The Henry George single tax theo
ry," said Mr. Shields, "frankly admit
ted the desire to destroy ownership
of land. Eventually this) graduated
land tax bill would do the same. It
is merely an entering wedge.
"It is a legalized robbery to lower
land values. It would rob the man who
has his money invested in real estate."
The Fels fund, he explained further
had spent no money in Oregon except
for the county home rule and the
single tax.
FARMERS OF BEAVER
CREEK ORGANIZE
The Beaver Creek local of the Farm
ers' Society of Equity was organized
Saturday evening at a meeting held
in the hall of W. E. Jones. The follow
ing are the officers and charter mem
bers: Fred Kamerath, president; S. P.
Londergan, vice-president; W. W.
Harris, secretary and treasurer; Wil
liam Thomas, J. E. Jones, O. H.
Hughes, H. Henrici, F. H. Henrici, W.
E. Jones, G. O. Egimann, Ben Fisher,
William Grisenthwaite, Edward Brien,
C. G. Pryce. William Daniel Peter
Bloom, B. Sanderson, Walter Owens,
William Lewellyn, E. L. Brown, Hal
Lindsley.
An open meeting will be held next
Saturday evening. All farmers are
urged to attend.
The members of the Congregational
Church Sunday passed favorably upon
the constitution and nlun of formine-
I a federation of the churches of the
! city. L. Adams, C. H. Dye and Mr.
uray were appointed a committee to
represent the congregation in the fed
eration. It is expected that the other
churches will approve the constitution
and appoint representatives. The ob
ject is a union of the churches for a
betterment of the moral conditions of
the city.
BROTHER-IN-LAW OF
.F. A. ELY DIES
Mrs. A. F. Ely received news Mon
day that her brotner-in-law, Norman
Judd, of Durand, 111., died- suddenly
on the morning of October 24 of bron
chial pneumonia. He was eighty-four
years of age. Mr. Judd has visited
the Ely family in this city, and while
here made many friends. He has three
nephews, Duane, George and Charles
Ely, and a niece, Clara Williams, of
this city. Mrs. Williams recently re
turned from Durand, where she was
a guest of her uncle. The remains
were interred at Durand.
Jeccb Gould Churchman, president of
Cornell University. He was recent
ly appointed United States minister
to Greece and Montenegro.
OREGON CITY MOOSE
TO MEET THIS EVENING
Oregon City Lodge No. 961, Loyal
Order of Moose, will meet this even
ing in it3 new hall. The lodge has
changed its meeting night from Thurs
day to Tuesday, many of the mem
bers being unabia to attend on Thurs
day,. The local lodge is growing rap
idly. An addition is to be built to the
lodge room, which was recently the
Elks' borne, where a club room will
be started and the boys will have a
place to spend the evenings. The
members will journey to Salem next
month, when the Salem lodge will
have a house warming. The Salem
lodge has just completed a fine home,
The building is five stories.
CONGRESS TO MEET
The Oregon Congress of Mothers
will hold a state conference at the
Presbyterian Church in Portland to
day and tomorrow. The session this
morning will be presided over by
Mrs. Robert Tate Sstate president.
City Superintendent of Schools Frank
Rigler and State SuDerintendent. of
Schools Alderman will speak. The
afternoon session will begin at 2
o'clock. Rabbi Wise will deliver an
address on "The Child's Paradise"
and Dr. Mae Cardwell will .talk on
"Prevention of Illness in Children."
The evening program will start at 8
o'clock, after which an! informal re
ception will be held.
The morning session Wednesday
will begin" "at 10 o'clock, and the pres
idents of the Parent-Teachers' Circles
will make reports. The afternoon
session will start at 2 o clock, when
Mrs. Herbert Armstrong, of South
Bend, Wash., will make an address
on "Posibilities of Parent-Teachers'
Circle," and the Portland librarian
will talk on the library work in the
school. Rev. Father O'Hara will give
a talk on "The Child's Future," and
an address will be made by Dr. George
Rebec, of the University of Oregon.
There will be musical selections at
all sessions. Governor West will ad
dress the congress Wednesday even
ing. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO
GIVE ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
tThe Athletic Association of the
High School will give a musical en
tertainment at the Star Theater to
night. Charles Beatie, John' Damm
bach, Lile Gault, Joe Sheahan and Lo
raine Ostrom will sine in the miln-
ette. There will be two other num
bers with twelve persons in each. The
High School orchestra of seven
will assist in the entertainment
Or ag ' J
NOYER REPUDIATES
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To whom it may concern: An 8
article appeared in the Oregon
City Courier of date October 25, '
1912, marked Paid Advertise- 3
ment" and purporting to be 3
$ signed by me. I did not author- $
ize the publication of said article
and did not pay for said publica- ?
tion. I make this statement in $
justice to myself and m friends.
3 P. S. NOYER.
Candidate for Representative. 8
MASS' EXPENDITURES
BY HACKETT
OREGON CITY. Oct. 28 l Editor
Morning Enterprise) I notice an ad
in your valuable paper, furnished by
Mass, wherein he claims to have is
sued 1000 more tax receipts in 1911,
man .Beatie did during 1910; but he
does not deny my statement that it
cost Clackamas county about. 2 nnn
to issue these extra receipts and there
lore n cost me taxpayers about $2 for
each receipt.
He further claims that he had ahont
20 more prisoners in jail than Beatie
aia; but he does not tell the people
that he charged the county 5.00 per
week for these same prisoners and
that this is charged up to the "jail ac
count" and not to "sheriff's account"
as he would have you believe and is
not included in the extra S2.000 in
crease. He further states that he had
more circuit court cases than Beatie
had. Well, what of it? Dont most
people know that about four-fifths of
the cases in Clackamas county are
divorce cases brought here from Mult-
noman county, and m nearly every
instance the defendant is waiting
near; by ready and anxious to be
served.
Plaintiff's attorney generally makes
the sheriff a present of some ' small
amount and it costs the county noth
ing, at any rate it should not.
He also mentions the fact that the
county is increasing in population and
oi course it would naturally! follow
that crime would increase.
Now in all candor, do von think
one year would make all this differ
ence?, Further, isn't the sheriff under
a salary and isn't he supposed to be
looking after criminals and m-otect-
ing the public?
He says, too, that he had two
"blind" murder cases, whatever he
means by that I'll leave to your read
ers. Where was Mass and what was
he doing when Sheriff Stevens of
Multnomah County came np and got
his man Roberts? The other murder
er is still at large and the pretension
set forth in Cowing's letter that the
state authorities prevented him,
(Mass) from bringing f the guilty
party to justice is all bosh as any tax
payer ought to know.
Again we say the expense of the
sheriff's office for 1918 was $4,375.06
and for 1911, is $6,314.58. There is no
justification for this whatsoever and
everybody knows it.
Respectfully submitted,
E. C. HACKETT.
SETTER SOLD AT AUCTION
BY SHAW AT GOOD PRICE
A handsome Llewellyn Setter that
was placed in the city pound at the
Walters Stable on Fifth and' Water
Streets, was sold at auction Monday
morning at 10 o'clock. The first bid
was $3 and others were $3.50, $4,
$4.50, $5, $5.50. The sale was in
charge of E. L. Shaw, who is desirous
of selling imDOunded d
than kill them. Richard Martin pur-
cnasea tne Liewiiyn setter.
Boost your ?ity by boosting your
daily paper. The Enterprise should
be in every home.
A:t.tr D. Calf, new executive head cf
the American Peace Society.
LIVE WIRES TO PROBE
BILLS AT LUNCHEON
. Bills to be voted upon at the com
ing election will be discussed at a
meeting of the Live Wires begining
at 6:30 o'clock this evening. Main
Trunk Sullivan urges all members to
be present. The discussion will fol
low an elaborate luncheon. Several
members of the organization have
been assigned measures to speak upon
and it probable after the speeches
questions will be asked by others
present. The object is for the mem
bers to have as much information as
possible regarding the bills so they
may vote with a thorough understand
ing of the measures.
MRS. WALLACE DIES
AFTER SHORT ILLNESS
Mrs Henry Wallace, one of te
prominent residents of Highland, af
ter an illness of two weeks, died Mon
day morning and the funeral services
will he held Tuesday morning at
11 o'clock. The interment will be in
the cemetery at Highland.
Mrs. Wallace was born in Germany,
and was married in that country.
She had lived in Clackamas County
for the past thirty years in the vicin
ity of Highland, and was held in the
highest esteem by all.
Mrs. Wallace is survived by her
husband, Henry Wallace, and four
children, ouis Wallace, William Wal
lace, Ernest Wallace, and Mrs. Rob
ert Bullard, all of Clackamas County.
C. E. NASH HAS BIG
CROP OF APPLES
C. E. Nash, who formerly was in
businesin this city, and who purchas
ed a farm at Winlock, Wash., about
a year ago, where he and his family
have since made their home, will re
turn to his home this week after vis
iting in this city. Mr. Nash has 840
acres of land, much of which is in
fruit and grain. He will have more
than 400 bushels of choice apples this
year. He sold his his apples last year
for $1.50 a bushel. The price will be
less this year. . A threshing crew fin
ished threshing Mr. Nash's grain last
Monday, and the yield will be from 30
toj 40 bushels to the acre. He has
about 200 acres of grain.
WIFE SEEKS DECREE.
Mollie Childress Monday filed suit
for a divorce against Clarence. Child
ress. They were married in Portland
July 23, 1903. The plaintiff alleges
her, husband abandoned her Septem
ber 15, 1911.
PLANS FOR FUTURE TO BE OUTLINED
Federal Building and Revision of Rur
al Routes in Stafford Country
i Will be Subjects
Discussed
Arrangements were completed Mon
day by the Commercial Club for the
entertainment of W. C. Hawley, can
didate for re-election to Congress, who
will arrive in Oregon City from Salem
at 3:09 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Hawley will be the guest of sev
eral members; of the club at dinner,
and will give a reception in the
parlors of the Commjercial Club in
the evening. He i& expected to de
liver an address outlining his plans
for the future in Congress. Congress
man Hawley will go to Canby Thurs
day morning, where- he will remain
until noon and then visit Barlowv Hub-
Dara ana woodburn.
Several local men are e?neteri to
make addresses at the reeentinn eiven
Mr. Hawley and the needs of the
county win De. fully outlined to him.
He will be urged, among other things,
to use hisl best efforts in obtaining
an appropriation for erecting a feder
al building in this city and to obtain
a revision of the rural routes in the
Stafford count.rv. The deeneninir of
the channel of the Willamette be
tween this city and Portland will al
so be discussed. Congressman Haw
ley was a truest of the Commercial
Club here about a year ago, and has
done what he could to nlii the tv
and county. An appropriation for a
federal building is i expected next
year.
HORSES PLUNGE INTO
WAG0N;2 ARE HURT
A team driven bv C. I. Bntier on
the Abernethy. passine a wa.e-nn in
which H. E. Muender and family were
riding swerved and jumped,1 on the
wagon. The younger boy of the
Muender family was thrown onto the
road and was injured about the face.
One of the girls suffered serious in
jury. The other members of the
ifamily escaped ,'Injury Butler was
accumpaniea Dy tt. u. xoung, manag
er .of the Portland Railway, Light &
Power Company here his wife and Mrs.
Butler. They were" returning to Ore
con Citv from a huntine trin The
norses Decame frightened at a log.
HORTON FILES PETITION.
L. P. Horton, who was appointed
councilman to fill the unexpired term
of F. C. Burke, who resigned, has
filed his petition for councilman at
the coming election in Ward No. 2.
Mr. Horton is now chairman of the
street committee.
TONIGHT
O.C.H.S.ENTERTAINMENT
AT
The Star
In addition to the Star's regular program the
High School students will give a big musical
performance featuring the High School Orches
tra of seven pieces.
Doors Open at
ADMISSION 10
Remember the
l B. TOME IS ONE OF SPEAKERS
Rally Held at Sandy "Saturday Encour
ages Nominees Meeting to be
at. Damascus To
morrow The Republican candidates for
county offices addressed a large ana
enthusiastic audience at Boring Mon
day evening. Those who snoke were
James F. Nelson, nominee for assess
or; E. C. Hacket, nominee for sheriff;-
E. P. Dedman, nominee for record
er; E. B. Tongue, nominee for district
attorney, and Chris Schuebel, nomi
nee for representative in the legisla
ture. There was a large attendance
I of women, and the speakers were giv
en rapt attention . and applauded
throughout their addresses. The
candidates were assured after the
meeting by representative citizens
that the Republican ticket would
have a large majority in that district.
One of the most enthusiastic rallies
held by the Republican candidates
was that at Sandy Saturday evening.
..ouut xza voters were present, and
! the loal band redrened several se
, lections. One of the largest delega
tions was from the Bull Run precinct
, It was the consensus of opinion that
j the Republicans of that section were
j better united this year than for sev
; era! years, and that the ticket would
I receive the largest vote since 1902.
The nominees will speak at Damas
I cus tomorrow evening, Mr. Tongue
maiung tne principal address.
THIEVESTRY AGAIN TO
ENTER SHEAHAN HOME
Thieves made an unsuccessful at
tempt to enter the home of William
Sheahan on Water Street Sunday
evening. The men were trying to
open . the front door when the noise
made of them was heard by one of
Mr. Sheahan's sons and a servant.
Night Policeman Green and Frost
were summoned, but before the ar
rival of the policemen, the men had
escaped. Two men tried to enter the'
Sheahan home about a week ago, but
were frightened away by Joseph
Sheahan, who heard them trying to
open a window.
JUDGE MARRIES COUPLE.
Mary Bissaca and Charles Rua, of
Lents, were married in this city Mon
dty, County Judge Beatie officiating.
A license te marry was issued to Eola
L. Coop and George W. Guttridge, of
Springwater.
A small classiried ad will rent that
vacant room.
Theatre
Seven o'clock
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