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VOL. TV No. 143.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1912.
Per Week, 10 Cents
BRYAN LOOMS AS DEAD OUTLAW IS
CABINET MEMBER NOT SON OF MAYOR
McCOMBS SAYS HE AND PRESI- j EUGENE BUSINESS MAN SAYS
DENT-ELECT HAVE DISCUSS- MARKS ON CORPSE PROVE
ED N EBRASKAN
CAMPAIGN MANAGER SURE OF PLACE
FIRST REPORT FALSE
Days of Public Receptions in White
House Numbered Business
Keynote of Jersey
Man
SANTA ANA MAN'S STORY DOUBTED
J. D. Matlock, Formerly City Execu
tive of Eugene, Has Suffered
Much From Misdeeds of
Wayward Boy
PRINCETON, N. J., Dec. 18 President-elect
Wilson got down to Cab
inet making today, and almost in so
many words said tonight that William
P. McCombs, chairman of the Dem
ocratic National committee, would sit
at the big table after March L
McCombs on his part said William
J. Bryan had been discussed, But Mr.
Wilson, without denying that it was I
in connection with a cabinet position,
said he and McCombs had talked
over a meeting with Mr. Bryan in the
near future.
Mr. Wilson and Mr. McCombs put
in three hours in New York at cab
inet making and nobody knows to
night just how far they got.
"Will Mr. McCombs be one of the
men with you in Washington, helping
to run the Government?" Mr. Wilson
was asked tonight, on the Princeton
bound train.
"Of course he will," was the reply,
but farther than that he would not
talk about it.
Besides Mr. McCombs, the Governor
saw Senator Owen, of Oklahoma, and
Colonel E. M. House, of Houston,
Texas, and talked politics with them.
The days of public receptions in
the big east room of the White House
are numbered, and in the next admin
istration people will not be admitted
at the executive mansion merely for
the purpose of shaking hands or gaz
ing in curiosity at the president. President-elect
Wilson declared tonight
that he saw no use in spending time
just to receive people who had no
public business to transact.
TEE OlWlLlIf
PERPETRATED BY WALT MFDOUGALLv
TO
R. L. Holman, a prominent business
man of this city, who several days
ago received a letter from a widow
in Newark, N. J., asking him to find
her a husband, has been called on
again to aid Dan Cupid. The last ap
peal was made by a widow in Port
land, who writes Mr. Holman as fol
lows: "Some days ago I read an article
in the Oregonian of a letter received
from a widow in the east asking you
to find her a" husband. Now Mr. Hol
man, do you know there are some
few deserving widows products oi
our beautiful state. I am one who is
very tired of taking care of herself.
I am one who if thrown in a place
where I could meet gentlemen of my
own appearance and ideas, I could
no doubt meet someone 1 would care
for. They must be neat, of good hab
its, refined and good looking. Now if
you w ill kindly take the same interest
in a good, nice, respectable widow
of the west as you are showing the
one in the east, I can furnish the best
of references. I would like to find
someone who is looking for a good,
honorable lady.
"Address Box 1105 for further in
formation. I am 49, good looking, so
they say. Weigh 115.''
EUGENE, Or., Dec. 18. "From all
I can ascertain, the dead man at Santa
Ana is not Joe Matlock."
This statement by E. D. Matlock,
a Eugene business man, who says he
has been in touch with Joe Matlock,
his brother, fairly steadily for the
past year or two, militates against
the belief that the assailant of 14-year-old
Myrtle Huff, who shot four
pursuers before he was killed Monday
afternoon near Santa Ana, Cal., is the
son of J. D. Matlock, former mayor
of Eugene.
E. D. Matlock says his brother bears
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desperado has these marks he cannot j
be Joe Matlock. The only marks re-1
corded so far on the body at Santa
Ana are near the groin and were pro
nounced at first by the doctors as
being from an operation for appendi
citis. Both E. D. Matlock and J. D.
Matlock believe,: however, that the
fugitive member of the family has
never been operated upon.
The story of Dr. L. L. Whitson, of
Santa Ana, that young Matlock was
shot near the groin in Globe, Ariz.,
was told Mr. Matlock, but was not
credited by him. "I would have known
of such an injury had it happened as
stated," he declared.
Mr. Matlock does not personally
know Ira Jones, the Oregon logger
whose postoffice order receipts were
found in nthe pockets of the slain out
law. "There is such a man," he said,
"but he is no relation to us and I
have never seen him. Joe married a
girl named Inez Whitlock three years
or so ago, but he has no trother-in-law."
J. D. Matlock, father of Joe Mat
lock, feels badly over the situation,
just as he has always felt over the
career of this wayward son. He says
the son has been in the south for a
year or two and not in the northwest.
In 1902, Joe Matlock was arrested
on a charge of assaulting a young girl
and was put under $350 bail, which he
forfeited.
Seven years later he returned home,
thoroughly bad. He was arrested
several times for drunk and disorder
ly conduct and once for assaulting a
business man. On this occasion he j
cut through the roof of the city jail j
and was recaptured. Sentence was !
suspended on account of his father, j
then the city mayor. October 15,
1909, he was again arrested on a stat
utory charge, and after conviction,
pending an appeal, was released on
$500 bail, provided by his father and
his brother. He forfeited this bail,
! and has since stayed clear of Eugene.
IF THEY TALKED OF ANYTHING ELSE THEY'D GO SANE ? Tl
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SANTA COMES THIS
BRANCH
PHONES
EVE TO CLUB MEN BOUGHT BY PACIFIC
EVERY MEMBER OF ORGANIZA- MILWAUKIE AND OAK GROVE
TION WILL RECEIVE FINE j SYSTEMS ARE SOLD FOR
PRESENT ABOUT $15,000
PROGRAM AND LUNCHEON PLANNED TRANSFER WILL BE MADE JANUARY l
McBaln or Latourette May be Patron I Effort to Transfer Affiliations to
Saint Vaudeville Features Have Rival Company are Defeated
Been Arranged for Even- Perfect Service Is
'"9 ' Promised
The Commercial Club will be a
scene of animation tonight. There
the Christmas of men who do things
in Oregon City will be celebrated.
And while it will be a "grab bag"
proposition in the main it will be just
as enjoyable as any Christmas cele
bration could be. An unsuccessful
effort was made Wednesday evening
to learn the name of the member who
would represent Santa Claus. It is
hinted that the patron saint will be
the president of the club, B. T. Mc
Baln, and then it has been rumored
that the popular secretary, M. D. Lat
ourette will essay the role. However,
whoever he may be it is assured that
he will arrive amid the din of bells
and horns and will leave something
for everybody.
Secretary Latourette announced
Wednesday night that Santa would
arrive in the parlors of the Commer
cial Club at 8:30 o'clock this evening.
Mr. Latourette, assisted by "Squire"
McCarver, has begun the trimming of
the Christmas tree and this work will
be finished this afternoon, fine man
contributed 22 presents Wednesday
afternoon and another 15 so it may
be readily understood that the tree
will be loaded. There will be some
thing for each member and a great
time is promised for all this evening.
There will be vaudeville entertain
ment and special music. After the
entertainment a delicious luncheon
will be served. President McBain
urges all members to be present.
MAIL CARRIERS MEET.
The Clackamas County Carriers j
Association held a meeting December ;
15 at Milwaukie. Frana- Kraxberger,
of Aurora, the state president of the i
Association was present, also Mr. A. !
M. Kennedy, of Beaverton, Or. All the j
Clackamas County carriers are mem- i
bers with the exception of four. The j
next meeting will be held at Clack-
amas. Or., March 9.
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SANDY ELECTS OFFICTRS.
At the election held Tuesday in
Sandy T. E. Beckwith, Casper Junker
and Otto Meinig were elected alder
men and Lyman Davis, marshal. Many
women of Sandy voted at the election.
At the school census just completed
in the Sandy district it was shown
that there are 114 children of the
school age.
COUPLE MARRIED Bf
COUNTY JUDGE BEAT1E
Dr. Charles Littlefield and Wava
Ho.orook were married last week by
bounty Judge Beatie. Dr. Littlefield j
is a prominent physician in Seattle
and the bride is well known in society i
circles in the Sound city. The couple
left the cicy Wednesday, after visit
ing several of their friends in this
city.
The announcement was made Wed
nesday by the Pacific States Tele
phone & Telegraph Company that it
had acquired the Milwaukie and Oak
Grove telephone systems by purchase,
and will take over the operation of
both plants January 1.
Three hundred and eighty-four tele
phone subscribers are affected by the
deal, many of them being patrons on
phones in the Milwaukie exchange.
Arranging for the transfer for the
two properties, which are ujider sep
arate ownership and management,
were completed Wednesday. The
purchase price paid by the Pacific
Telephone & Telegraph Company was
said by W. J. Phillips, division com
mercial superintendent, to be a little
more than $15,000.
Both companies, which were organ
ized and owned by local men in each
town, have an operating agreement
with the Pacific Telephone & Tele
graph Company by which they get
direct connection with Portland.,
About four months ago, there was a
sharp disagreement over this service,
however, some of the local subscrib
ers being dissatisfied with arrange
ments, and efforts were made to
transfer their affiliations to the Home
Telephone Company.
It was found, it is said, that an
ironclad contract with the Bell people
made this impossible. The sale of
the properties is one result of the
disagreement.
"What difference, if any, we shall
make in operation have not yet been
decided," said Mr. Phillips. "These
exchanges are so close to Portland
that it wa,s desirable to have them
under one management. Though sep
apate exchanges, they are practically
tributary to Portland. Under present
arrangements free service i given
from Portland out, but toll is charged
on connections into Portland."
Boost your city by boosting your
daily paper. The Enterprise should
be in every home.
Elliott W.
Missouri.
Major, Governor-elect of
Congressman Jefferson M. Levy, of
Nev, York, owner of Monticello, Va.,
the home of Jefferson. Congress is
considering the purchase of Monti
cello, but Mr. Levy does not want
to sell.
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A small classified ad will rent that
vacant room.
Brotherhood to Have Banquet.
The Brotherhood of the Christian
Church of Gladstone will hold a ban
quet at Paddock Hall Friday evening.
Speakers have been engaged and an
interesting program arranged. Pat
terson's orchestra will furnish the
music.
STAR THEATRE
A good program of pic tures.
A MODERN ATLANTA
Comedy
HER EDUCATION
Western
A SUBSTITUTE HEIRESS
Comedy Drama
Vaudeville
CAVIL AND HOTES
A pleasing musical act. Straight and Comedy.
New pictures for Friday and Saturday
This Theatre is under new management,
extended to patrons.
Every courtesy
BOYS CAUGHT HERE BIG PULP MILL SOLD
TO LONDON SYNDICATE
Three Portland boys ran away from
home Wednesday night. They were i
dissatisfied with domestic conditions I
so they thought if they could reach
Oregon City they would be free of
parental control. They were captured
at 7:30 o'clock by Charles Cronin,
former chief si the fire department
of Oregon City and each one of the
lads declared he lived in Canby. Mr.
Cronin made an investigation. The
boys are Harold Frank, Raymond
Boerg and David Cadwell. Th'.y are
young and each one of them says
this is the first time he has ever ran
away from home. Chief of Police
Shaw will have them sent home today.
OF STAR THEATRE
The Star Theatre has been pur
chased outright by Lawrence Rucon
ich. George Simmons, formerly con
nected with tie Grand Theater, is
the retiring partner. It is understood
that Mr. Simmons received about
$3,500 for his interest in the play
house. Mr. Ruconich announced Wed
nesday evening that he had employed
Frank Murphy, who has been the pian
ist at the theater, as manager. Mr.
Murphy said he would produce only
the latest and best motion pictures,
and that he would give the best vaude
ville acts to be obtained in the north
west. Mrs. William Ruconich, wife
of the son of the proprietor, will have
charge of the ticket office.
SEATTLE, Dec. 18. I. Hamilton
Benn, of London, announced here to
day that a strong London sydicate
had taken over the holdings of the
Orean Falls Company, limited, a $6,
000,000 pulp mill, sawmill and town
site company which built a new plant
on the British Columoia mainland,
375 miles north of Vancouver.
Lester W. David, one of the organ
izers of the company, disposed of the
larger part of his holdings. Mr. Benn
who is president of the new company,
announced that there will be an entire
change of officers and directors and
that the new management will begin
the manufacture of pulp the first of
the year. The new plant at Ocean
Falls, which cost nearly $3,000,000,
wa opeiated a short time last August
but work was suspended during the
reorganization.
CANBY HOME IS
DESTROYED BY FIRE
RAILWAY BOOSTER
COMMITTEE IS NAMED
T. W. Sullivan, Main Trunk of the
Live Wires, has appointed M. D. Lat
ourette, B. T. McBain, E. E. Brodie,
M. J. Brown and W. A. Shewman a
committee to aid the work of building
the railroad proposed by the Clcka
mas Southern.
CANBY, Or., Dec. 17 Fire, origin
ating from an overheated stovepipe
destroyed the Butterfield residence
one of the picturesque houses of Can- j
Dy. me nouse was owned by J. H.
Southerland and occupied by F. J;
Wirf, neither of whom carried any in
surance. The house occupied the
highest point in Canbjj and was in
the center of a picturesque grove.
The contents of the lower floor were
saved.
The fire started on the second floor
while the family was at dinner. The
second floor was a mass of flames be
fore the bjaze was discovered. The
house was a big structure, built about
18 years ago. The loss is about $3000.
It you saw it In the Enterprise It's
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FOR
YOUNG AND OLD
Suggestions Today are Presents for
SISTER
Shopping Bag
Fancy Waist
Traveling Case
Manicure Set
Set of Furs
Winter Coat
Tailored Suit
Aviation Cap
Fancy Neckwear
Silk Hose
Fancy Hose
Kid Gloves
Sweater Coat
Sewing Basket
Laundry Bag
Kimono
Dress Shoes
Hdkf. and Glove Boxes
Silk for Waist
Dress Pattern
Silk Umbrella
Fur Top Slippers
Fancy Dishes
Sewing Machine
Dresser Scarfs
Rocking Chair
Box of Handkerchiefs
Little Sister
Dressed Doll
Teddy Bear
Set of Dishes
Toy Bed
Picture Blocks
Scrap Books
Poodle Dog
Toy Piano
Coat and Hood
Shoes and Stockings'
Fur Top Slippers
Fur Sets
(See Friday's paper for suggestions far Brother.)