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WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866.
VOL. V. No. 10
OREGON CITY, OREGON, SUNDAY, JAN. 12, 1913
Per Week, 10 Cents
LEGISLATURE OPENStWEST SIDE A CITY
HONDAY MORNING
:57th SESSION MAY LEAD TO BIT
TER SCRAP OVER SALEM
INSTITUTIONS
CLACKAMAS MEN ALL ARE READY,
Lawmakers Hope for Pure Business
Session, but Governor, West's j
"Honor System" Will i
be 40-day Target
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Jan.
11. (Special.) The stage is set for
the 27th legislative assembly, which
convenes here Monday and is only
awaiting the actors. Only a few stvag
lers have drifted into the captal dur
the past few Jays, the bulk of them
having passed their time in Portland
preparing for the 40 days' session.
The sole effort of those legislators
who have been interviewed here dur
ing the few weeks as they have drift
ed through the capital for various
reasons, will be along the line of ex
pediting business and making this as
sembly an example which will be
hard for future legislatures to follow.
With the organization practically
outlined, the selection of a United
States senator out of the way with
a few minutes' work, and the govern
or ready to read his message, prob
ably Monday afternoon, the business
of the session will start immediately.
There seems to be but once chance
of a big fight developing over any
thing but the needed legislation. This
is found in the possibility of the leg
islature opening up a quarrel over the
State School for the Feeble-Minded
and the Oregon State Training School,
which has been the center of the cal
cium here for the past several days.
The hurried adjustment of the trou
bles yesterday would indicate that the
board is desirous of hushing up the
troubles so that they will not receive
an airing in the session.
Remembrance of the bitter and ac
rimonious debates which stirred the
t preceeding session over the State In
sane asylum question stand out too
vividly for the board to wish to liae
them reopened on the other institu-
tions.
U has been intimated, however, that
-I resolutions asking for an investigation
of these conditions will, be introduc
ed. Much will hinge on the question
of the "honor" policy of the Govern
v or. This has been installed in a some-
what embryo stage at the Oregon
' Training school and has also figured
in some bitterness which arose be
tween Governor West and Superin
tendent Smith, of the Feeble-Minded
school many weeks ago. The trouble
in a measure was revived with the re
cent talk of investigation and charges
. againstSmith.
If there if a big fight on any par
ticular question aside from the reg
ular legislation and appropriation
bills, it is prophesied that it will de
velop oh the Govenor's "honor sys
tem." FREE TEXT BOOKS
FOR SCHOOL "KIDS"
Free text books for all public school
children in the primary and grammar
grades in this state is the aim of a
bill being prepared by Senator I. N.
Day for presentation to the legisla
ture. The bill wiu be introduced as
a result of the popular demand for
free books, says the Telegram.
The bill is patterned largely after
the free text book law of West Vir
ginia, which has been in operation
with much success for several years.
The plan is to create a commission
to select all the text books used in
the public schools and purchase them
at wholsesale. The state superinten
dent of public instruction shall be
secretary of the commission and the
secretary of state custodian of the
books.
RED LIGHT NOW -CALLS
POLICEMEN
The police signal system has been
fully completed during the past few
days, both on the hill and in the
downtown districts, and the author-
. ities desire the citizens when calling
4 for policemen, would carry out their
regulations, as nearly as possible, if
they wish to secure the best service.
Parties wishing to call an officer
in the hill district, should call central,
giving clearly both name and address.
The operator -.will immediately turn
on the red light, which will be seen
by the hill officer. The policeman
will call central from the nearest ac
cessible telephone, take down the ad
dress, and get "on the job ' as quickly
as possible.
Downtown residents will follow the
same .procedure. Central will flash
the red light on Main Street, and the
calls will be answered at once by the
officers.
MORE FROSTS AND SNOW
IN SUNNY CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 11.
-' More snow fell today in the mountain
ranges of Southern California. Fore-
casts of a heavy frost in the morning
caused citrus growers who had not
suffered a total loss in the recent cold
wave to resume smudging tor save
the remainder of their crops.
As the temperature was fairly high
tonight, it was not believed any great
' damage could be done.
A sleet storm was reparted tonight
from Phoenix, Ariz. .
SAYS
WOODRUFF
P. E. & E. PUBLICITY MAN HINTS
BIG LINE WILL BE OPERATED
JANUARY 1, 1914.
1 00 PASSENGER TRAINS TO RUN DAILY
Panic of 1893 Thwarted Gigantic Plans
for "through" Line Now
, About to be com
pleted
,'By Mark Woodruff.
Just a few minutes'' conversation
with any old timer around Oregon
City will adduce the information that
it was the panic of 1893 that delayed
the electrification of the transporta
tion lines of the Willamette Valley for
15 years, giving Los Angeles and
Southern California seven years'
start of Western Oregon in turning
immigration to the land of irrigation
rather'Than that where moisture
reaches the soil in the good old way.
Likewise there will be a few opinions
of the cause of that financial disturu
ance that do not in any manner con
cur with statements from Wall Street
and the White House concerning an
act of providence. And the same ora
cles who are credited with knowing
the unwritten history of Oregon de
clare that it was the scare among
financial men of that year which
cheated Oregon City of its opportun
ity of becoming the headquarters of a
power system that was to furnish
"juice" for the Oregon coast, as well
as the city where would center a tre
mendous interurban electric system.
It was in 1892 that the Portland
General Electric Company and H. W.
Goode, its president, brought out C.
A. Miller, an engineer, from Iowa and
instructed him to get busy on the loca
tion of an electrical railroad to oper
ate between Oregon City and Port
land. As soon as the engineer had.
built that line he was to carry an
extension to the South, and after en
tering the Willamette Valley agricul
tural district Miller was to survey
branch lines to every section of the
great garden spot. In fact it was
practically the same scheme that Rob
ert E. Strahorn, president of the
Portland, Eugene & Eastern Railway
Company, is materializing today.
The only difference is that Portland
is the chief Northern terminal, with
Oregon City one of the most import
ant cities along its lines. Some track
was built in 1S92, a large general of
fice and headquarters building, with
depot facilities on the ground floor,
constructed on the west bank of the
Willamette river (opposite Oregon
City) and 2,000 acres of land wer
purchased by the company, all held
under the general title of the William
ette Falls Railway Company. The
big depot and headquarters building
is standing there today, and of re
cent years has been utilized for the
entire railway force of four persons.
The land where a town was to have
Deen laid out as West Oregon City
has never been improved and has
passed to other hands. All on ac
count of the panic of 1893, according
to the old residenters.
Things were moving along swim
ingly with the Willamette Falls Rail
way when financial - Hades broke
loose in 1893. The electrical road
construction was attracting attention
from transportation men and Coast
visitors from all over t he country.
Two splendid passenger cars had been
built at Philadelphia from special
plans furnished by Chief Engineer
Miller and their progress across the
country for delivery at Oregon City
was traced by press dispatches to all
the newspapers. They were declared
by railroad men to be 20 years ahead
of their time in comfort and conven
iences, and no big official ever came to
Portland without making ' a special
visit to Oregon City to look over the
cars. They are there today, have
traveled .976,000 miles between Wil
lamette Falls and Oregon City and are
better than any reconstructed horse
car in operation on any city line.
Then came the panic. Money stop
ped coming West for boosting this
enterprise, and it began to look as if
the entire investment would be a Joss
and that all plans for the future must
be abandoned.
But right there the qualities which
enabled Engineer Miller to find the
first coal measure of Centerville, Iowa,
and open it up so that farmers of the
neighborhood could purchase theit
winter fuel from himself and brother,
caused him to begin figuring on haul
ing wflod over his few miles of rail
road to supply the mills at Oregon
City. The Portland General Electric
Company owned a fine body of timber
at Willamette Falls, and in some way
Wizard Miller and President Goode
managed to get a line of railroad to
it. Flat cars were built at Miller's
tiny ltitle shop, and those fine motor
cars were put ahead of strings of cars
loaded with wood. In ten years he
delivered 300,000 cars of wood to the
electric generating plant under the
famous falls at Oregon City, and the
bills of the company were not only
paid, but some dividends declared.
By 1898 the woodpile was exhaust
ed, and the tw0 geniuses who could
find nothing else to haul over their
electric railroad began to figure on
the scrap heap for their line and equip
ment. Then President Goode thought
of building a town on the land from
which their cordwood had been taken.
Engineer Miller had discovered a
great spring on the tract. It flowed
20,000 gallons of pure, cold liquid
every hour. The spring was equipped
with a pump and a town was survey
ed. It is now Willamette. Many of
the employes of the mills opposite
Oregon City purchased tracts of land
on installments and settled down for
life. The company established pas
senger train service over its line and
then when its old president brought
the merger of electrical interests of
this part of the state the Willamette
Falls company passed to the control
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Rev. Henry Noble Courden, D. D., the
blind Chaplain of the House of Rep
resentatives. SARGENT ESTATE
VALUED AT $4,000
Anna Sargent has been appointed ,
executrix of the estate of C. C. Sar-1
gent by County Judge Beatie. The
estate is valued at $4,000. The will j
has been admitted to probate. Eliza-;
beth Harger's estate, valued at $1,000 ;
has been admitted to probate. Emma
L. Alspaugh has been appointed guard-!
lan of Ella Katherine Lockerby, heir
ess of an estate valued at $2,743.17.
Judge Beatie named T. E. Carrico
guardian of Earl Thos Carrico and
Floyd Huston Oarricd, heirs of an
estate valued at $1,700.
WIFE DESERTED JUST
Alleging that her husband treated
her cruelly' and finally deserted her
Marie Chatfield Saturday filed suit
for divorce against Chester W. Chat
field. They were married in Salem
October 21, 1911. The plaintiff says
that just before her child, now eight
months of age was born, her hus
band left her and she was compelled
to obtain employment in order to
make a living for herself and child
ren. She asks $25 a month for the
support of her children.
AUDITORIUM PLANS ARE
RAPIDLY CONSUMNATING
PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 11. One of
the finest auditoriums in America
will be erected in the near future ou
the Market block, Third and Market
and Second and Clay streets. The
seating capacity will be 10,000, ' and
the structure will be built of terra
cotta and light brick, on the arena
style. The stage will seat 600 per
sons. Rest-rooms, smoking rooms,
full kitchen and banquet equipment,
ballroom, and sliding floors will be
features of the gigantic, structure. ';.
PERPETRATED BY WALT MFDOUCALLv
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EARL LATOURETTE
TO BE BENEDICT
MISS RUTH STIEWER WILL BE
COME BRIDE' OF OREGON
CITY MAN
ANNOUNCEMENT MADE IN PORTLAND
Reception Given by Bride-Elect's
Mother is Attended by Fifty
Friends of Bethothed
Couple
One of the most interesting engage
ments to many announced recently
was that of Miss Ruth Elizabeth
Stiewer, of Portland, to Earl Cornel
ius Latourette, of this city. The an
nouncement was made Friiday at' the
home of Miss Stiewer's mother Mrs.
W." W. Stiewer, 693 Halsey. Street,
where about fifty guests called be
tween 4 and 6 o'clock. As the guests
entered the house they were present
ed with small yellow envelopes, at
tached to which was a "Lady Illing
ton" rose, and inclosed were the
cards of the young couple. From here
the guests passed to the receiving
line where stood Miss Ruth Stiewer,
Mrs. W. W. Stiewer and Mrs. C: D.
Latourette. In the dining room Mrs.
Jay Bowerman and Mrs. Kinster serv
ed tea and ices. They were assist
ed by the Misses Susan Stiewer, Ed
ith Sheeny, Kathleen Furnish, V'Ono
Guthrie, Helen Krousse and Jessie
Beckwith. Doctor Wilder's orchestra
played in the library behind a screen
of palms.
The decorations were beautiful and
artistic. In the reception room were
great masses of lavender chrysanthe
mums and orchids, while in the li
brary were tulips and daffodils. In
the dining room were "Richmond"
and "Lady Ollington" roses in an im
mense basket on the tale.
Miss Stiewer is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. W. Stiewer. Mr. Stiewer
is an eastern Oregon banker,, and is
a sister of Miss Susan and Ruth
Stiewer. She received her education
at the Portland Academy and at Miss
Clintock's school in Boston. She is
a member of the Delta Iota Chi soro
rity and is very popular among the
younger set of Portland where her
blonde type of beauty is much admir
ed. Mr. Latourette is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. D. Latourette and is a grad
uate of the Oregon City high school,
the Lincoln high school in Portland,
and the University of Oregon, where
he was graduated In 1912. Mr. Lat
ourette who was prominent in ath
letics and a star member of the Kanoa
Sigma fraternity. At present he is
studying law and expects to be ad
mitted to the bar next June. The
wedding probably will take place in
September.
UMBRELLA MENDER BECOMES
JOHN BARLEYCORN DISCIPLE
Declaring that he had come to Ore
gon City to mend umbrellas, but when
found by Night Policeman Henry
cooke too intoxicated to know an um
brella from a parachute, Walter
Brown was arrested Friday evening
and placed in the city, bastile.
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COPTRIOHT CLIN6Q1N3T. WA6H
Col. Spencer Crosby, Military Aide to
President Taft
FRUIT EXPERTS SPEAK
TO ESTACADA CROWD
' H. M. Williamson, secretary of the
state board of agriculture; O. C. Good
rich, horticultural commissioner of
the first district and O. E. Freytag,
fruit inspector of Clackamas County,
addressed an audience of more than
350 persons at Estaqada Saturday on
fruit culture and how to combat the
various diseases and pests that at
tack the orchards. Mr. Williamson
announced that Clackamas County
had become the fourth county in the
state in fruit production, and said if
the present rate of progress were con
tinued it would soon land near the
top. Diseased branches of trees were
exhibited and the growers were in
stducteo to effect cures in such cases.
Mr. Freytag spoke on the different
phases of horticulture. The residents
of the Estacada section promised to
have a fine exhibit at the next state
and county fairs.
LAND ADJOINING GOLF
The suit of Hendee Bros, against
the Waverly Association, Henrietta
Ellison Failing, Mary Forbash Fail
ing, Emily Failing Cabell, Thomas
Kerr and Andrew Kerr, involving a
strip of land 6n, the south side of the
vvaveriy goir nnKs is being neara Dy
Circuit Judge Eakin. The plaintiffs,
who are represented by J. E. Hedges,
contend that the strip of land belongs
to them. They also ask $400 damages
for alleged wrongful holding of the
property by the defendants. The de
fendants are represented by R. W.
Montague and W. L. Brewster, of
Portland. - '
Couple Gets License.
A license to marry was issued Sat -
urday . to Marion Krape and F. S.
Ewry, of 32.4 First Street, Portland. -
OFFICERS APPROVE
SUPERVISOR LAW
CLACKAMAS COUNTY DIRECTORS
GO ON RECORD BY VOTE
OF 34 TO 9
ALDERMAN MAKES STIRRING PLEA
Convention Unanimously Approves
Plan to Increase Salary of
County Superintendent
Gary
State Superintendent of Public In
struction Alderman made a stirring
address before the School Officers'
convention in the Commercial Club
rooms Saturday afternoon, his subject
being "What can be done for the
rural school?'" He recommended
several measures, but gave especial
empha3is to the value of supervision.
He assumed a large share of respon
sibility for the passage of the sup
ervisory law, and pointed out the
many ways in which this law had
benefitted and may continue to ben
efit the rural schools. Most frequent
ly, he said, the untrained teacher is
elected to teach in the rural school.
His problems are much more diffi
cult in many respects than those of
the city teacher. The country teacher
L. R. Alderman, State Superintendent
of Public Instruction, who address
ed school officers here.
has a long and complicated program
of classes; has poor equipment; is
isolated and without the ties of fel
low teachers; is required to do a
year's work in six 6r seven months,
and is limited in means and public
support, he declared. Mr. Alderman
said the supervisor system . can do a
great deal of good under such condi
tions by way of directing the teach
er, improving the environment of the
school, conferring with the directors
and helping to salve many problems
of- instruction and management.
"Supervision of city schools," said
the speaker, "in Oregon costs $2.50
a pupil each year. Supervision of
rural schools costs 50 cents a pupil
a year. Does this indicate equal op
portunity for country boy and city
boy? If democracy means anything
it means equality of opportunity. Sa
lem spent $6,500 for supervising 72
teachers, while Marion County spent
$1,000 for supervising 200 teachers.
In the United tSates $22 a year is
spent on the education of the city
pupil while $13 is spent upon the rur
al pupil. Many schools in Oregon
have been improved 50 per cent by
supervision.
Numerous cases were cited by Mr.
Alderman where supervision had im
proved the rural schools. Upon tak
ing a vote it was found that 34 offi
cers present favored supervision
while nine opposed it.
Interesting addresses were made by
County Superintendent Gary, Ex- Rep
resentative Carter, Supervisor Mar
garet Curran, Mr. Richards, Mr. Mc
Loughlin, Emilie C. Shaw, Robert
Ginther, Mr. Richards and others.
The convention opened at 10 A.
M. and closed late in the afteruoon.
The attendance of officers and teach
ers was large and the interest great.
There was not time enough for a full
discussion of the several subjects
presented. A petition is being sign
ed by large numebrs of voters calling
upon the legislature to increase the
salary of the superintendent of Clack
amas County. This county is one of
the largest in population, ' territory
and wealth, and yet this salary ranks
among the poorest in the state, be
ing only $1,000. Twenty-five teach
ers in the county receive a higher
monthly salary than does the super
intendent under whom they work.
The plan to increase the salary was
unanimously approved. It was shown
that large amounts of money have
been squandered upon agents who sell
worthless apparatus for higher prices.
It was urged that the directors should
confer with supervisors and teachers
before spending public money for such
equipment.
Superintendent Alderman made a
stirring plea for practical instruction
in the courses of study.
. "Oregon, Washington and Idaho,"
he said, "spent $18,000,000 upon pork.
This pork ought to have been produc
ed within the territory consuming it,
and the money saved. Oregon spent
$1,000,000 upon eggs that should have
cost her nothing but a little work at
home. Instruction in agriculture and
home economics will reverse these
disgraceful conditions. The rural pu
pil should be justly treated, properly
instructed and remain on the farm."
1 Boost your city by booatlng your
daily paper. The Enterprise - should
. be In every home. - - - , .:
STEAMBOAT RUTH
HITS BABECHED
CARGO OF PAPER VALUED AT
$12,000 IS ALMOSTTOTAL
loss r '
WHEEL AND HULL ARE SUBMERGED
Craft, Badly Damaged, Will be Repair
ed at Once Vessel Wreck
ed in Clackamas
Rapids
Witji her wheel under water and
two-thirds of her hull submerged, the
Steafeier Ruth, with a cargo of $12,
000 .worth of paper is beached near
Gladstone. The loss to the paper is
about 90 per cent and the steamer is
hadly damaged. The Ruth, which is
the property of the Willamette Nevi
gation Company, about 8 o'clock Sat
urday morning struck a gravel bar at
the Willamette rapids tearing a hola
in her ht'll. Her captain, Fred Heg
(Continued on page 2.)
At The Grand
A Real Novelty
Tint Welch
The Most Twisted M;an on
Earth, Acrobatic Song and
Dance Commedian.
lull. Tell!
Ina'll Lain
You'll Scream!
Most Phenominai Posturist
and Flexible Acrobat in the
World.
The Holly Sisters
Singing and Dancing Act
A Letter to the Princess
Being the fifth story of what
happened to Mary, Produced in
Collaboration with the Ladie3
World.
Mr. Maurice Costello
In
Six O'clock
At six, the fatal moment, the
sad ending of all his anxiety
is averted. Rejoicing takes the
place of mourning.
A Question of Age
Don't Worry about youj age.
Put on your shoes Come to
the Grand and enjoy yourself.