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W E K L Y e N TE R P R I SC ESTABLISHED I 5 6
VOL. IV No. 142.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1912.
Per Week, 10 Cents
AIRMEN DIE SOON
AFTER STARTING
DISARMED.
RETAINING WALL TO
BE BUILT BY CITY
BEATIE INDORSED
OF ALL
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FRAGMENTS OF AEROPLANE AND
CLOTHING OF AVIATORS
FOUND
WING OF BIG MACHINE RECOVERED
Engine Thought to Have Been Cause
of Fatal Plunge of. Kearny
and Lawrence in
Ocean
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17. Frag
ments of a hydro-aeroplane and cloth
ing,', which were, washed . ashore and
promptly identified proved today that
Aviator Horace Kearny and his ire
porter compa'nibn, Chester Lawrence,
met disaster soon after they started
last Saturday, on their proposed flight
over the ocean to San- Francisco. -
The circvfmstances surrounding
their death probably . always Will' re
main a secret of the sea. They may
have died within, a few hours after
they- vanished, Saturday afternoon,
in the mists of Point Firmin, or they
may have clung to their fragile craft
all . through a stormy night and the
next day. But, judging from the posi
tion of the wreckage, which gave to
day the first definite clew to their
fate, they died a short distance from
the shore, and in all probability their
bodies dow rest in the tangled morass
of the kelp beds near Redondo Beach.
The wreckage of the hydro-tero-plane
was found at Fisherman's
Cove, four miles south of Redondo
Beach, by Paul Banzhaf and two com
panions, who conducted an independ
ent search. The wreckage consisted
of a five foot wing pontoon, which
was recovered Sunday floating five
miles off Redondo Beach, and a frag
ment of a wing tip. Near by the
searchers picked up a shirt and a
vest.
Charles Day, who built Kearny's
aeroplane, identified the pontoon and
the broken wing tip. Glenn Martin,
who undertook Sunday the dangerous
hydro-aeroplane . flight in search of
Kearny, declared that the vest was
part of the. clothing Lawrence wore
when he boarded the aeroplane with
Kearny for the ill-starred flight.
Hit OWN LAWYER,
IS RELEASED ON BAIL
William Lillie, of Parkplace, who
kidnapped his own daughter with
whom he has been accused of crim
inal intimacy, and walked with her
35 miles in one night to Washougal,
Wash., Tuesday obtained his release
from jail by clever argument. Lillie
was given a hearing before County
Judge Beatie, conducting his own de
fense. He aided his case materially,
and elicited testimony from physcians
which it was said might eventually
clear him. He had been held on a
bond of $3,000 and immediately after
the hearing Judge Beatie ordered the
charges changed to attempted assault
and reduced the bond to $2,000. Lillie
immediately provided the bond and
going to the sheriff's office obtained
the -shotgun, riflle and pistol which
Tie had when arrested. The shotgun
is the one with which he held Con
stable George Brown at bay. With
the guns thrown over his shoulders
and the pistol in handbag Lillie left
the courthouse declaring he was going
to his home and would await any in
vestigation the grand jury might
make.
ATHLETIC CLUS TO MEET.
The Athletic Club will meet at 7:30
oclock this evening in the gymnas
ium of the Congregational Church,
C. S. Botsford, of Reed College, to
take active charge o fthe class.
Boost your city by boosting your
iaily paper. The Enterprise should
be in every home.
ONE VVEEK TO
CHRISTMAS
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One little Santa Claus, lone as a
last penny ! ., . ; ;
Procrastination killed him and then
there wasn't any
Wfir Will There Be Any
Santa Claus For You If
You Don't Do That
Christmas Shop
. ping Today,
Positively the Last
Call!
Shop Now or Never.
CLACKAMAS i SOUTHERN, SUG
GESTED BY LIVE WIRES, SOON
TO BE OPERATED
RIVAL LINES AIDING ENTERPRISE
Enthusiastic Residents of City and
County by Determined Efforts
Have Made Railway
Possibility
The Enterprise desires to call the
attention of its readers to an under
taking which is being pushed and ac
complished by a large number of
sturdy, sober and, determined citizens
of Clackamas nd Marion Counties.
There is a stretch of country ranging
from Oregon City, through Maple
Lane, Beaver Creek, Muflino, Liberal,
Molalla, Yoderville, Monitor and
Mount Angel, that is unsurpassed for
its richness of soil and products, and
for years the people along this route
have been hoping for and wishing for
railroad facilities, which would bring
them nearer to the market centers
and insure them better prices for
their products, but in spite of their
hopes and wishes they have been
compelled year after year to haul
their products to market oftentimes
through the mud atreat expense.
. About two years ago a movement
was started through the Live Wires
of the Commercial Club and a com
mittee was appointed to look into the
matter of undertaking this enterprise
with local capital; the committee re
ported favorable and in a remarkably
short time money had been subscrib
ed and the work begun; as the work
advanced the farmers became inter
ested along the line or road and sub
scribed liberally for stock, with the
result that the ' work has been push
ed, until now fourteen miles of the
grade has been completed, enough
money and material have been sub
scribed to complete the grading and
bridges to Mount Angel and rails have
been arranged for the entire distance
ana are now being rapidly laid to
ward Beaver Creek.
On the tenth of this month such a
demonstration was had in Oregon
City over the driving of the golden
spike marking the beginning of the
laying of rails, as was probably never
before seen in Oregon or perhaps in
the history of the world; here was
the , spectacle of a body of business
men and farmers banded together in
the common fduse of building a rail
road without the assistance of great,
corporate interests, with 5000 people
in the streets of Oregon City witness
ing one of the grandest parades that
ever passed through the streets, con
sisting of automobiles, carriages and
men on foot, all carrying banners of
their respective localities, noticeable
among which was the delegation from
Mount Angel carrying a banner ad
vertising the fact that that little com
munity was sucscribing $30,000 toward
this road and could do more.
No wonder that the officials of the
Portland Railroad, Light & Power
Company were moved to send their
official car with seven of their offi
cials to do honor to the occasion and
to this band of honest, sturdy, deter
mined people. No wonder that the
Southern Pacific Railroad withdrew
its objections to the crossing of its
line and has now signified its inten
tion to be friendly toward this un
dertaking; the world Jpves a winner
and this band of sturdy people hav
ing won are entitled to the congrat
ulations of the people of Clackamas
County and of the state. . -. "
Let the work and undertaking now
go forward to completion and let those
who nave invested their money in
this undertakinng, reap the reward of
doubling their money invested which
they undoubtedly will do in a railroad
economically constructed and operat
ed through the country traversed by
the Clackamas Southern Railway
Company.
OREGON CITY GIVES
BIGGEST CANDY ORDER
That Oregon City has a "Sweet
tooth" has been proved conclusively j
in the past three weeks. A traveling
salesman of a Portland" candy firm
same here last election day, when the
women for the first time were exer
cising their voting privilege, and ob
tained orders for 4,600 founds of
chocolates, bon bons, etc. The candy
was delivered Tuesday, by a transfer
company, v the dray creaking under
the immense load. 1 The sale is a
record one for Oregon City, and the
only explanation that has been offer
ed , is that the dealers, seeing the
immense throngs ' of women at the
voting places, concluded that candy
would be in greater demand the com
ing Christmas than ever before. The
results show that their surmise was
correct for all the dealers report an
extraordinary- demand for candy.
However, the demand for toys, books,
jewelry and other articles used as'
Christmas presents Is just as great,
which goes to prove that Oregon
City's "sweet tooth" is based on pros
perous cpnditions. Other salesmen
say they never obtained larger, orders
for the Christmas trade than , they
have this year.
If you saw it in the Enterprise it's
tut
Prince Carol of Roumania, son of
Crown Prince' Ferdinand and a
grandson of Queen "Carmen Syl.
via." . -
WORKER DIES OF
TYPHOID-PNEUMONIA
Neris L. Allen, a mill warker, died
Tuesday morning from a complication
of diseases which resulted from ty
phoid fever. The deceased came to
Oregon City several months ago, with
his wife and ' little daughter, Lucile.
He had traveled over the country in
a covered wagon, and enduring many
hardships. Upon arricing in Oregon
City he obtained a position with the
Willamette Pulp & Paper Company.
He had worked for two months, when
he became ill of typhoid fever. The
case was a serious one at the start,
and pneumonia soon developed. A
few days later an abscess formed in his
ear, and severai days before his death
an abscess formed on his leg.
He was twenty nine years, nine
months and twenty four days of age,
and was born in Havana, Kan., where
his parents still live. His body will
be shipped to that town Wednesday
morning, where it will be intered.
The deceased is survived by his
widow, two brothers, Elmer and Hen
ry Allen, and five sisters, Mrs. Clara
B. Nicholson, Mrs.- Myrtle Hendrick
son, Minnie, Lillie and Annie Allen,
all but the widow and daughter
ing in Kansas. . '
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DEAD OUTLAW SON
OFF
SANTA ANA,. CaL, Dec. 17. The
young desperado who was killed yes
terday after slaying one and wound
ing three of the posse which battled
with him was identfied today aa
Joe Matlock, Jr., formerly oj Eugene,
Or. The identification was made by
Dr. Jj. L. Whitson, a dentist, who
tormerly lived in the Oregon town.
Dr. Whitson said that Matlock had
been arrested at Eugene three or four
years ago for a crime similar to that
w nich he attempted Sunday night,
but he left that vicinity after his re
lease on bail.
On a torn envelope in , the dead
mail s pocket was written the name
"H. L. Bowen," and, .according to the
dentist, Bowen was sheriff at Eu
gene when Matlock was arrested.
Sheriff Ruddock, of Orange County;
found a photograph of Matlock which
bad been cut out by the Eugene sher
iff at the time of Matlock's departure
and it bears strong resemblance to
the dead man. .
Matlock was a son of J. B. Mat
lock, a former mayor of Eugene;
The three deputies wounded by the
desperado were reported as doing
well today. The condition of Will
Prater, who was shot through ; the
head, is serious, but according to
physicians, he has a good chance for
recovery. , ' .
PEACE CONFERENCE HALTS,
LONDON, Dec.. 17. The peace con -
terence was interrupted today by a
complication resulting from the pol
icy of Greece in waging war and ne
gotiating peace simultaneously. The
Turkish delegation announced that it
was empowered to c6nfer only with
the three Balkan kingdoms.
SANTA'S
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COMMERCIAL. CLUB MEMBERS TO
GET JUST WHAT THEY
NEED MOST
COOKE HOPES FOR POSTMASTERSHIP
Dr. Beatie, Recently Grand Marshal
of Parade, Expects "Man On
Horseback" and Dimick a
Eig Railway
.Santa Claus, loaded as ,he . never
was before, will visit the Commercial
Club tomorrow night. He will have
presents for every member and even
more. Just who will represent the
great saint who comes around once
a year is. problematical and it would
be folly to hazard a guess. Albeit,
he will be one of the best Santas ever
known in- Oregon, and the tingling of
his departing bells will medley with
exclamations of his praise.
Santa Claus is going to visit the
Commercial Clup this year for the
same reason he visits homes where
there are good little boys and girls.
Tne Commercial Club members have
ueen good big boys all the year and
while there are no Commercial Club
Dig gins per se, ui. kjo.sl me yv umau o
Club meets in the parlors of the or
ganization, and that is just why the
big Commercial Club boys have been
good. So the good saint will come
on schedule time and will leave the
members just what they want. It was
intimated Tuesday evening that Santa
had sent a wireless message to B. T.
McBain, president that presents
might be awarded to a few of the
faithful as follows:
M. D. Latourette Gasoline for his
big touiinng car that has been out of
commission for at least six months,
or since the last trip the daring auto-
ist took in it to Mount Hood.
Henry O'Malley A brace of gold
fish.
John Faircloijgh A replica of Ogle
Mountain Mine.
Jo,hn Cooke A postmastership lo
cated one door to the north of Hard
ing s drugstore.
M. A. Magone A time clock so he
may keep time on his own plays in
tne ancient and honorable game of
checkers. '
R. L. Holman A gentle hint that
the other fellow his opponent at bil
liards is not the only man in the
game who complains of "hard luck."
G. L. Hedges A trombone to use
as a billiard cue so that his playing
conversation may be all the sweeter.
Dr. A. L. Beatie A man on horse-,
back. The doctor recently disported
as grand marshall of a famous pa
rade. Dr. Clyde Mount A perfect exam
ination paper submitted to the state
board of dental examiners.
F. J. Tooze A gentle reminder if
he would play a while and not try to
do five men's work he might remain
a valuable citizen of Oregon City for
many years to come.
Grant B. Dimick Just a toot, toot,
toot, which would clinch the Clacka
mas Southern. '
O. D. Eby A recipe for making pub
lic speeches without first blushing
and later proving he is a second De
mosthenese. - '
W. A. Huntley An ensomiu,m on the
way the jOregon City Board of School
directors does things. -
J.,E. Hedges A letter Informing
him that he was once the most elo
quent and efficient president the club
ever had.
Edgar Bates A phial of : typhoid
serum. '
Martha Hoyle's latest work on
how to cure Socialism, a malignant
disease which ' spread from Germany
to the United States and is now epi
demic in the office just in the rear
of Justice of the Peace Samson's court
room, -where W. W. Myers has his
headquarters. r i
Roscoe Morris Another Pomeran
ian Spitz, the equal of hW pet, "Ted."
William Stones Several more stu-
! dents for his Friendly Bible Class.
George Randall A suggestion as to
how to get the highest price for all
farm produce grown on his own farm.
MESSAu
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If "ft happened
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COPVRIQHT HARHIS AND IWINO WASH.
Dr. Rafael M. Arizaga, Minister from
Ecuador to the United States.
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PAST1HE' HOSTESS
The Pastime Club was delightfully
entertained Tuesday afternoon by
Mrs. Gus Wamblad." The afternoon
was spent in needle work and games,
a delicious luncheon being served by .
the hostess. Among those present
were Mrs. Z. Erickson,' Mrs. Tabor,
-MrfJ Le(j Miner Mrs Alex Gillj Mrs
E Qrant Mrg p Davidson, Mrs.
Charles Morn, Mrs. Anna Kruse, Mrs.
Sladen, Mrs. Ryan and Mrs. Hislop, '
of Portland. Tiie first prize in a guess
ing contest was won by Mrs. Grace
Harris, the consolation prize being
won byMrs. Ryan.
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Shoe and Stocking Sets
.Sweater and Legging Sets
Teddy Bear Blankets
Muff and Scarf Sets
Dresses and Coats
Red Top Shoes - m
Bonnets and Caps -Rompers
and Play Suits
Bootee, Mitten and Caps
FRANK BUSCH WILL PAY HALF
OF COST OF MAIN SEREET '
. WORK '
HYDRANTS TO BE FLUSHED MONTHLY
Postal Telephone & Telegraph Com
" "pany.Asks for Privilege of In
- stalling System in This
' , ' r City
The plans tendered by the Oregon
Engineering & Construction Company
for a retaining wall at the Frank
Busch property on the west side of
Main Street between Eleventh and
Twelfth Streets, were accepted by the
city council at a special meeting Tues
day evening. The plans had been ap
proved by Mr. Cunningham, an, 'Engi
neer of Portland, who 'was ' specially
employed to make a report on the
proposition. Mr. Busch will pay half
the cost of the improvement . which
will be in the neighborhood of $1200.
When the company which has the con
tract to hardsurface Main Street from
Moss Street to the Abernethy began
filling the street recently one of the
concrete retaining posts erected by
i Mr. Busch was pusned back several
j inches. Mr. Busch made complaint,
I inasmuch as he intends to erect one
of the handsomest bufldings in the
city on the site, with the result that
i t'ie Oregon Engineering & Construc
i tion Company was asked to bid on
' the proposed retaining wall, Mr.
! Cunningham being employed to pass
! The wall will be of reinforced con
! crete, and will be guaranteed to wi.th-
stand all pressure of earth and traffic
on the street. The vote of accept-
ar.ee was unanimous, the ' following
i councilmen being present: Horton,
Beard, Tooze, Roake and Holman.
I A resolution offered by Mr. Tooze,
: providing that the water commission
be required to flush all fire hydrants
i the chief of the fire department to be
i in charge, the. last three days of each
; month, was unanimously adopted.
; This will insure the fire department
' that the hydrants are in good condi-
' tion in case of a fire any time and will
keep " the mains leading to the hy
drants flushed. v
The Postal Telephone & Telephone
Company, desiring to enter Oregon
City with its system, the council was
asked to grant minor concessions. The
company asked that it be allowed the
privilege to suspend wires on two
poles of the Home Telephone Com
Npany so as to make connection with
fts office in the Beaver Building. The
matter was referred to the chairman
of the committee on streets.
3 Couples Get Licenses.
Licenses to marry have been issued
to Lillie B. Romspert and John Burgi;
Johanna Delude and Narcissa Delude
and Rcse M. Imper and Louis Geng-
HEADQUARTERS FOR
IP:
FOR
Suggestions Today are Presents
Teddy Bears
Rubber Dolls
Toy Dogs
Rubber Balls
Rubber Rattles
Gong Balls
Fancy Horns
Saving Bank
Rubber Animals
(See Thursday's' Paper-for Suggestion s
COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATION EN
THUSIASTIC IN SUPPORT OF
COUNTY JUDGE -
M'BAIN RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED
Speakers Laud. Clackamas Southern
Railway and Main Trunk Will
Name Committee to Aid
-' '-v. v Work
' That Clackamas County will do ev
erything in its power . to obtain th?
appointment as . United States Mar
shal of R. B. Beatie, county judge, .
was proved Tuesday when the Live
Wires at a luncheon unanimously in-'
dorsed the local man for the position.
Every member of the Commercial Or
ganization which has been probably
the greatest factor in developing the
resources of the city and county, was
enthusiastic in his applause when a
resolution indorsing the application
of Judge Beatie, was adopted.
B. T. McBain, president of the Com
mercial Club, in offering the resolu
tion, said that despite the fact he
was a Republican, and was aware
that many of the members of the or
ganization held to the same political
faith, he was confident no better man
could be found in the state -for the
office of United States Marshal than
Judge R. B. Beatie. unanimously in
dorsed by Live Wires "for United
States Marshalship. -
i Judge Beatie. He declared that it
was generally believed inasmuch as
the next administration would be
Democratic that Oregon would have a
Democrat for United States Marshal
and urged the residents of this county
to do everything in their power in
the interest of Judge Beatie. Judge
Beatie'j popularity, his work as sher-
! iff and county judge and the interest
) (Continued on page 2)
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Character Dolls
Nursery Bed
Dressing Baskets
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