4 SCOOP THE CUB REPORTER ( IM STIU DOING 55 fbOHT TMOSE. POOHKG I P) OU KISS STt)W ASSMENrS ! Vl ME AGAIN-.gp, v: J . ygu pascal',; jiA MORNING ENTERPRISE OREGON CITY, OREGON E. E. BRODIE, Editor and Publisher. "Entered as second-class matter Jan mry 9. 1911, at the post office at Oregon City. Oregon, under the Act of March 3. 187U." TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Tear, by mail JS.00 Six Months by mall 1.60 four Months, by mail 1.00 P"r We k. by carrier 10 CITY OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER i- s s s s s S $ J. THE MORNING ENTERPRISE Is on sale at the following stores every day. Huntley Bros. Drugs Main Street (. W. McAnulty. Cigars Seventh and Main. E. B. Anderson Main, near Sixth. M. E. Dunn Confectionery Next door to P. O. City Drug Store Electric Hotel. Schoenborn Confectionery Seventh and J. Q. Adams. Nov. 2 In American History. 1700 .TnniPH Knox Polk, eleventh pres tdent of the United States, horn: died 1K40 IRS!) North Diikotii and South thikntsi ndmitted to the Union 1!HI Fleet of over 100 Tnited States battleships, cruiser and iiuxlliary vessels reviewed toy the president at New York I ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. (From noon today to noon tomorrow. i Sun ets 4." rises Evening star: Merin. Venus Mars. Jupiter. Morning slur: Saturn Clackamas County has a Circuit Judge in the Fifth Judicial District composed of the counties of Clatsop, Clackamas and Washington. It is a reasonable argument for the election of Mr. Tongue that the District At torney should be elected from anoth er county in this district. His num ber on the official ballot is 64. DO YOU THINK IT WISE? There is a cry going up and down the land for the voters at the coming November election to vote No vTight down the line on all questions com ing before them on the ballot. It is said that there are so many measures offered that no voter can get right down to the merits of each, and that some of these measures are vicious hence vote No from first to last! In other words, to defeat a few crank measures, we are told we must defeat those which we know to be good, which our intell'enca tells us should be passed. We are urged to vote No on every thing tc display oar ir.-o'Hsonce when as a matter of fact, by such a vote we display our ignorance. Take just one measure--the ques tion of female suffrage. Every voter who has the legal rjuaiifioaMous of a citizen knows the question simply is, Shall the women be allowed to vote? If you think'1 they should, vote 300, Yes; if you think they should not vote, say so at the polls by voting 301, No. But to vote No simply be cause you do not know the arguments advanced would be simply to display your ignorance and go far towards showing that direct, ligislation IS a fizzle, a delusion and a fraud, which is far from, the case. Take the Malarkey Public Utilities measure passed by the last Legisla ture after the most careful scrutiny ever given by any legislative body in the state. This is a bill .extending the" powers of our Railway Commission over the street . railways and other public utilities corporations such as gas and electric light companies. This Is one of the best laws we have ever attempted to write on our statute books. It is founded on similar laws now satisfactorily operating in other states. It creates no new offices. It costs nothing save a email sum to pay clerical services. It is simply a law My Guarantee lcsbuCID PRICES and extra high ' uaPtv work in . ABSTRACTS, . LOANS, AND LAW. Also High Grade Insurance and Bonds E C Dvp 8th & Main Lj J, Lfji, S,W. Corner to regulate supervise and keep with in bounds the public utilities corpor ations of the state. Do you believe these corporations should be regulated and controlled by one central body? Then vote 314, Yes; if you think they should be al lowed to go unrestrained, to charge such rates for their services and give such accommodations as. they choose, THEN vote NO. But do not vote blindly just because the bill is on the ballot. And follow the same course with other measures; where you under stand them, vote as your conscience dictates a good citizen should vote; if there are any measures which you do not understand it may be well enough to pass such measures up en tirely, or even vote No. A lot of these bills were put on the ballot just to befuddle the voters. They were put on by enemies of the direct legislative doctrine, by men who do not believe in the initiative and referendum measures. If the vot ers cast their ballots without judg ment, defeating good laws and enact ing bad ones, or by blindly defeating all, the enemies of our Oregon system of law making will have cause to im pugn our intelligence and reflect upon our powers of self-government. We are interested in the Malarkey bill, a measure which anybody can un derstand by simply reading the title. And we say again, if you believe in curbing and controlling the public service corporations of the state, vote 314, Yes. AN OREGON MAN The record of Ben Selling, Republi can direct primary nominee for Unit ed States Senator, is that of a life long and consistant progressive and a true friend of the Oregon system. Sixteen years ago, as a member of the State Senate, Ben Selling was fighting for progressive laws when many of the near-progressives of to day were actively playing machine politics against which the people were rebelling. Mr. Selling is just as much a progressive today as he was then.. His record at all times has been en tirely consistent. Either as a legislator or as a pri vate citizen, Mr. Selling assisted in securing to the people of this state the direct primary law, initiative and referendum, recall, Australian ballot, corrupt practices act, Presidential preference primary and other meas ures of popular legislation which go to make up the Oregon system. He deserves the support of every progres sive and true friend of that system. Ben Selling is dinstinctly an Ore gon man. He has lived in Oregon for 50 years. His interests are in the state. He is intimately acquainted with its needs. He may be depended upon diligently and effectively ' to look after the interests of Oregon at Washington. He is pledged to secure for the state adequate appropriaitons for river and harbor improvements that the state may be in a position to derive its full share of the increas ed shipping that will follow the com pletion of the Panama Canal. The only claim made by the friends of Senator Bourne in support of his candidacy is the fact of his import ant committee places in the senate. But this is a spurious claim and Bourne's friends know it is. The or ganization of the committees of the United States Senate is determined at the opening of each , session by party caucus. Whether the Republi cans or the Democrats will have con trol of the next. Senate and the dom inant party will dictate the committee assignments. For these reasons, Bourne, if re-elected will be unable to hold his present committee appoint ments. If re-elected, Bourne will be returned to the Senate as an indepen dent or a "popular government" Sen ator. He will have no party identity. He will not be eligible to participate in either the Republican or the Dem: ocratic caucus. It re-elected, he will go back to Washington as the man who defeated tae 'Republican nojni nee. He will have no more standing and will have no better claim to con sideration in the organization of the committees than ETie lone Socialist member, Victor Berger, of Milwau kee Consequently, all this talk of ."commanding commtttee appoint ments" is mere Tmncombe, resorted tj by' Bonne's friends to bolster Up a mcless cause. Plainly speaking, its a!I bos'i. VOTE 319 X NO. The voters of Clackam?s County MORNING ENTERPRISE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1912. Scoop Interviews A Very Loving Couple should remember to vote 319 No next Tuesday. Your failure to vote this way may result in the carving in twain of Clackamas County to satis fy the aspirations of a few people liv ing at Estacada, who are determined to divide Clackamas County and cre ate the new county of Cascade. The vote may be close on this measure, for the Cascade County people have spent money like water. Where they got it, we don't know, but rumor has it that one of the biggest Portland corporations is defraying a large share of the expense of the Cascade County campaign. The people of Clackamas County have so far subscribed $817 to fight this division, but the amount is insuf ficient to make an effective campaign, anditteup to every voter in Clackamas County who believes the boundaries of the county should be preserved to mark his ballot 319 X NO. , Personalities have been injected into this campaign by some of the res idents of Estacada, who have criticis ed the count,v court for making an ap propriation of $143 to defray the cost of publishing the argument adverse to th measure in the State Official Pamphlet. The Enterprise proposes to get behind the county court and de fend it vigorously from unjust attack for- appropriating money to prevent this county from being split. The county court had a, perfect legal and moral right to appropriate money for this purpose in view of the well known and admitted fact that less than 300 residents of the entire county out of a registration of more than 7000 signed the petition to place the matter on the ballot. The necessary signa tures were obtained outside of Clack amas County, among people who can not possibly have any interest in the matter, ana the Estacada agitators will receive little sympathy from the taxpaying body of this county in their efforts to create a prejudice against the members of the court who acted for the best interests of Clackamas County as a whole and not for a few boomers of Eastern Clackamas. There is no fear for the defeat of the movement, where the true situa tion is known. A large majority of the people living in the boundaries of the proposed Cascade County are bit terly opposed to the measure, and have backed it with money. The res idents of Sandy,- Boring, Eagle Creek, Damascus and other communities in Eastern, Clackamas are almost a unit against county division, and it will be beaten decisively in Eastern Clacka mas, where the movement had its in ception. Vote 319 X NO and prove to the people of Oregon that CLACKAMAS IS OPPOSED TO THIS SELFISH DIVISION. FORUM OF PEOPLE MINISTER DISCUSSES MEASURE. OREGON CITY, Or., Nov. 1. (Ed itor of the Enterprise) As a new cit izen of Oregon, deeply interested in the initiative and referendum, I would like to call attention to two measures proposed which seem of especial im portance. The first is the amendment to t'ae constitution proposed which would require a majority of ail elect ors voting at any election to pass any amendment or measure. While this looks like simple justice at the first glance, a moment's thought will show that it is neither simple nor just. The right of the people to vote on a law creates a popular legislature to which every voter may belong, if he choos es. He becomes a member of this leg islature by voting on a certain meas ure. If he doesn't vote he says in ef fect, "Those wno are Interested or who understand this can decide it. I will not exercis any prerogative." Bills pass in the legislature by . the majority who vote on each particular bill, not by a majority of the entire membership. We choose a legislature of men ana entrust them with the re sponsibility of passing! laws for the state. The popular vote on a law or amendment gives an opportunity to every intertsted person in the state to vote on It. The actual vote, wheth er 25,000 or 40,0000 or 100,000 must in clude all those interested and intelli gent on the subject, if there are any left out it is tneir own fault. The to tal numoer voting on a given meas ure constitutes the legislature for that purpose and its majority express es the will of t ae people on that sub ject. Their decision is as democratic as any decision can be with the popu lar mind as it is at that voting and far more democratic than a small body of men in a representative leg islature. To require a majority of all electors voting at the election in or der to pass each measure means prac tically that almost no measures would be passed and kill the initiative and referendum. Thera are! few meas ures on which trie majority of the en in. slap CrtOD ) Qurr x tire electorate is prepared to vote affirmatively. The results of a major ity rule iu Oklahoma and in Oregon before 1900 show that it suspends the intiative which seven out of ten peo ple wish to exercise. Such a rule would mean that the decision of the seven must, be overruled by the ne glect of the three. Vote 311 and 323 No. I would like to add a word for the State University and the Agricultural College. The bill' to appropriate six tenths of a mill annually to the two in stitutions takes them out of politics and gives them a stable income in creasing no faster than the growth of the state demands. The bill re peals the $500,000 appropriated by the last , legislature and provides an income neaiV the same (a fittle lessi as the average income of thes'e insti tutions for the past ten years. Oregon ought to treat its schools generously and an institution for the higher edu cation to be of true service to . the state must not be hampered by a fluctuating income secured as a favor from each succeeding legislature. This millage tax has already proved successful in Washington. California, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois and Michisan and the universities are celebrated the country over and abroad for .the high class work they are doing. Why should Oregon ham per her university as it has been ham pered the past two years and make her colleges the football of politicians to the detriment of its youth? We shall do a public service by register ing a large and decised YES to 320. GEORGE NELSON EDWARDS. SPENCE ANSWERS COLVIG. OREGON CITY, Or., Nov. 1. (Ed itor of the Enterprise) In answer ing a letter from Mr. Mason of Hood River, Judge Colvig of Jackson Coun ty; makes some statements in the Oregonian of October 28, which I would be pleased to have him explain. In writing of the County Road Meet ing as provided in the Grange Bill, he says': ' I believe that such a con vention as proposed in the Grange Bill would, in these larger counties, end in a great wrangle between the contending interests of the many sep arate populous communities of the county." Will he explain why, if the "separate populous communities" are favorable to road improvement and a bond issue for that purpose, and, if Suggestive in Questions Sunday School Lessons We have frequently called attention to the suggestive Questions on the Sunday School Lessons which we are publishing each week arid to the prize proposition in connection with then We call attention to the matter again Your Questions : Answered : If you would like to have answered any particular question each or any week from "The Suggestive Questions on the Sunday School Lesson" by Rev. Dr. Linscott, send in your request to this office giving the date of the les son and the number of the question you wish answered. You may select any question except the one indicated that it may be answered in writing by members of the club. Dr. Linscott will answer the questions either In these columns or by -mail through this office. Don't forget to state what ben efit these "Suggestive Questions" are to you. Give your full name and ad dress. Send your letters to the Ques tion Editor of the Morning Enterprise. Questions for Nov. 3 (Copyright, 1911, by Rev. T. S. Lin scott, D. D.) The' Sign and the Laven. Mark viii: 11-26. Golden Text Jesus spake unto them saying, I am the light of the world; he -that followeth me shall n)t walk indarkness, but shall have ta-3 light of life. John viii: 12. (1) Verse 11 How do you ac count for the Tact that religious dif ferences generally stir much antag onism? (2) Why is it impossible to learn spiritual truth when in an antagonis tic frame of mind? (3) What caused the Sadducees and Pharisees, who hated each other, to unite in their hatred of Jesus? (4) What was the nature of the ' s'gn' they wanted? (5) Verses 12-13 What reason is there to believe that if Jesus had per formed ever so wonderful a "sign it would have made any difference in their attitude to him? (6) . Why did their request for a sign make Jesus feel so bad? (This is one of the questions which may be an swered in writing by members of the club.) TO CfXAWl, OP CLOSE AND tfcKE I 3l A PEEK AT THESE. LOVERS tins road meeting provides for the improvement . of tht principle roads in tnuse communities there should be much cause for wrangle, and will the county be likely to vote against the i proposition if the court states in the j order for a bond election where the ; roads are to be built, as the Judge suggests. If the needs of the separate 1 communities are recognized and pro- j vided for at this meeting, it is the in- tention of the Grange Bill that they , should be, as the whole country must , pay the bill, why should there" be any more cause for wrangle thant at the polls when the taxpayers ar? asked to vote bonds without assurance as to where the funds will be expended? It is evident that the Grange sys tem of selecting the roads to be built will be more satisfactory in large counties with separate populous communities tlian any other. I be lieve it will be impossible to carry a bond election for roads in the counties mentioned under any other system. The Grange Bill limits the amount of bonds a county may issue to 5 per cent of the assessed valuation. Un der that limitation Jackson County may issue bonds for $2000,000. Do you desire to issue more than that? Taera are some parts of the consti tuaional ameudment which is support ed by Mr. Colvig which need some ex planation. On page 206 of the official pamphlet is printed the so-callod "Home Rule Good Roaus Bill" which in fact does not give the voters as much power as the Grange Bill. The bill contains ' the following conflicting statements. "Debts for roads shall be incurred only on the approval of a majority of those voting on the question." About five lines further on ,we find these words: "When so authorized by a vote of a majority of the voters of the county." ! Was this a slip of the pen or was j it intentional? If) intentional, what is the purpose? 'A "majority of those voting on the question," and "A majority of the vot ers of the county," are usually two different quantities. What is the intention of the bill? C. E. SPENCE. E. L. McFarland, one of the best known young men in Oregon City, is seriously ill at the Oregon City Hospi tal. Mr. McFarland has been connect ed with the Clackamas rifle range for several months. and we extend to every boy and &rl who can read, and to every man and woman, a hearty invitation to take the reading and study of these Ques tions, and if possible to join the Bible reading club which is being conducted through the Morning Enterprise. (7) Was their opposition to Jesus honest or dishonest? Give your rea sons. . k8) Why did not tne wonderiui sigud" wmch jusus haa already per lornifcd satisfy them? ! V) wnicn cause is the more influ ! eniial in Keeping men lorm Christ to I aay, a iack or evidence ot tne truth oi j cniistianity or tne love of sin? Givc I juur reasons. j (10) Verse 14. If the ai3Ciple : ought to nave taken bread and did not j was tue forgetting a sinful act? i (11) Is it ever wrong to forget and, if so, under what circumstances? ' i (2) Verses 15-lfi As Jesus did not ! mean to reprove tnem for not taking I ' bread, wLether they were blamewor : thy or not, wny did their consciences ' accuse tnem of neglect? (13) Wnat does 'literal leaven do and iwnat did Jesus mean by '"Beware of 1 tie laven of the Pharisees and of the leaven of Herod?" ' ' i (14) Wr ought all who would be ; ' good to beware of pnarisaical hypoc-1 risy, ostention, pride, formalism and i ' placing the letter before the spirit ; !anuoi! Herodlan superstition, sensu-1 aiity and cruelty? ; (15) What should be the compelling ; spirit of every Christ man? '. (16) Verses 17-18 What part does 1 a clear conscience, an unselfish spirit and a tender heart play in undSrstand : mg the ways of God? (17) What error or sin were these apostles guilty of to merit this rebuke of Jesus? ' ' 18) Verses 19-21 When we do our" duty 4s there any need to fear for our bread and butter? Why? (19) How many times in your life! have you eaten all the food you nave had or could procure, and how many times have you had plenty of food left after every meal? Then why do you worry for the future? f20) Verses 22-26 Why do you think Jesus used different outward , methods in restoring sight to tne blind? (21) How many different types of conversion and of religious experience are there? Did you ever know any two exactly alike? (2) What analogy in there between this man's experience and when our spiritual eyes are first opened? Lesson) for Sunday, November 10, 1912. World's Temperance Sunday. Hosea vlL If it happened it Is In the Enterprise. s. I - .1 DICE. HAVE FINE HALLOWE'EN TheY. P. S. C. E. of the Baptist Church held a most enjoyable hallo we'en party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Krurnmel, of Bolton,. Thursday evening. Tiie rooms were appropri ately decorated and in arranging the decorations artistic taste was display ed. The evening was devoted to games and music, being followed by refreshments. Present were Miss Maud Moran, Miss Oca Renner, Miss Maybelle Huri stock, Miss Annie Conklin, Mies Ella Dempster, Miss Laura Purceil, Miss Isabel van Brakle, Miss Janey Lacey,, Miss Ruth Kunzman, Miss Daisy Coul son, Miss Nancy Lindquist, Miss Nell Lindquist, Miss Mary Lindquist, Miss Anna Johnson, Miss Marguerite Krurn mel, Miss Erma Draper, Miss Lillie Miller, Miss Ella Krurnmel, Mrs. Hub bell, Mr. and Mrs. Krurnmel, George Ott, George Bridges, Lewis Conklin, John Ross, W. C. Bucy, G. E. Edwards, Leo riurdon, Louis Krurnmel, Pearl Selby, George Ackley, Fletcher Migh ettes. Mollie Clark Jailed. Mollis Clark, an Indian, who has been arrested several times, was sen tenced to serve fifty days in jail on a charge of intoxication by Recorder Stipp; Friday. She was arrested by Policeman Cooke. Wants, For Sale, Etc Notices under these classified headings will be inserted at one cent a word, nut insertion, half a cent additional inser tions. One inch card. $2 per month; half tr - -air! M lines). SI per month. Casta must accompany order unless on has an open account with the papi'r. No financial responsibility for errors; where .rorf oocur free corrected notice will b printed for patron. Minimum charge 16c. RECEIVED Just received shipment Trojan Pow der, for sale by C. R. Livesay, Ore gon City, Route No. 6. FOR S.ALE I HAVE FOR SALE anywhere from 40 to 600 acres, separate tracts, will sell in not less than 40 acre tracts, or all of it. Will trade for town prop erty. Address Ferris Mayfield, Springwater, Route No. 1, or phone Beaver Creek. FOR SALE Choice Concord grapes 21 cents a pound, at vineyard near Risley Station. H. G. Stark weather. MUSICAL Mrs. Marie S. Schultze TEACHER OF PIANO AND VOICE CULTURE i Oregon City Telephone Main 3482 VIOLIN LESSONS Mr. Gustav Flechtner, from Liepzig, Germany, is prepared to accept a limited num ber of pupils. Mr. Flechtner may also be engaged for solo work or ensemble work. Address for term's etc., Gustave Flechtner, Oregon City Oregon. MISCELLANEOUS. VIOLINS Regraduated and Adjusted. Fine repairing of old violins a specialty. Bows refilled. FRANK H. BUSCH llth and Main Streets A Lesson in Prudence is the warning that your earning Power will not last forev er. Take heed to it and prepare for the days of idleness by saving while you have the power to earn. THE BANK OF OREGON CITY OLDEST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY D. C. LATpURETTE, President. F. J. MYER, Cashier THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OREGON CITY, OREGON CAPITAL $50,000.00 Transacts a General Banking Business. Open from 9 A. M. to ? M. By HOP VOU LITTLE, 1 J ! WANTED Female Help. ! V ANTED Girl for general house. work, telephone Main 1501. VIOLIN TAUGHT H. B. WEEKS, Teacher of Violin. Grand Theatre. WOOD AND CQAL. OREGON CITY WOOD AND FUEL CO, F. M. Bluhm. Wood and coal delivered to all parts of the city. SAWING A SPECIALTY. - Pbone your orders Pacific SB02, Horn BUt FOR RENT FOR RENT 3 unfurnished rooms. 144 18th Green Point. $12 a1 month. Call and see these. FOR RENT Furnished room, in quire A, B. care Enterprise. NOTICES Summons In the Circuit Court of the state of Oregon, for Clackamas County. Margaret Moor, Plaintiff, vs. JYank Moor. Defendant. To Frank Moor, above named Defendant: 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 entit led court and , cause, on or before the 11th day of November, 1912, being more than six weeks from the date of the first publication of this summons, and if you fail so to ap pear or answer the Plaintiff for want thereof will apply to the Court for the relief prayed for in the complaint, which is as follows: that the marriage contract now ex isting between you and the Plain tiff be forever . dissolved and the Plaintiff be granted a decree of di vorce, and for such other and fur ther relief as to the court may seem just and equitable. This summons is served upon you by publication by order of the Hon. J. U. Campbell, judge of the above entitled court, which order is dated the 27th day of September 1912, and the date of the first publication of this summons is the 28th day of September, 1912, and the last day of publication is the 3th day of November, 1912. FRANK SCHLEGEL, Attorney for Plaintiff. Summons. In the Circuit Court of the state of Oregon, for the county of Clacka mas. Mabel Smith, Plaintiff, , vs. Henry Smith (married under the name of Henry Day), Defendant. To Henry Smith the above nam ed defttidant: In the name of the state of Ore gon: You are hereby required to appear and answer the complaint filed against you in the above en titled suit within six weeks from the date of the first publication of this summons, that being the time prescribed in the order for publica tion, and if you fail so to answer, for want thereof, the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief de manded in plaintiff's complaint, to wit: For a decree of divorce forever dissolving the bonds of matrimony heretofore and now existing be tween plaintiff and defendant, anf for such other and further relief as to the court may seem equitable and proper. By order of the Honorable J. U Campbell, Circuit Judge of the above named county and state, duly made and entered on the 25th day of October, 1912, service of this summons is made upon you by publication thereof in the Morning Enterprise, and said order prescrib ed that said summons should be so publ'shed at least once a week for six successive weeks, and the date of the first publication thereof is. October 26th, 1912,. Last publica. tion December 7-, 1912. E. V. LITTLEFIEID,, GEO. O. MOWRY, Attorneys for Plaintiff,