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VOL. V. No. 12
CLACKAMAS MEN
GET GOOD PLACES
GILL MEMBER OF COMMITTEES
ON CLAIMS, FISHERIES AND
HIGHWAYS
SCHUEBEUTO AID REVISION OF LAWS
Schnoerr Appointed on Agriculture,
Health and Public Morals and
The Public Lands
Committees
SALEM, Jan. i4. James D. Abbott,
of Multnomah, is chairman of the
ways and means committee of the
House rt Representatives. Multno
mah County also drew another im
portant assignment in the appoint
or J. T. Latourette to the chairman
ship of the judiciary committee.
Westerlund of Jackson, one of the
leading orchardists of the Rogue Riv
er Valley, is chairman of the commit
tee on horticulture. Reams, of Jack
son, is chairman of the committee on
railroads. The chairmanship of the
committee on printing, likely to be
important by reason of the proposal
to repeal the law placing the printer
on a flat salary, passed in 1911, went
to Eaton of Lane.
Speaker McArthur gave the impor
tant chairmanships of expositions and
fairs, judiciary, labor industries, res
olutions and ways and means to Mult
nomah County. Multnomah gets 12
chairmanships out of the 41.
The important chairmanships going
to outside counties are: Assessment
and taxation, banking, education, fish
eries, game, insurance, irrigation,
railroads, revision of laws and roads
and highways.
Democrats were given the chairman
ships on the committee on agricul
ture, forestry and conservation, game
and railroads. All other chairman
ships go to the - Republicans. No
member has more than one chairman
ship nor more than four committee
places.
Clackamas County representatives
are on the following committees:
agriculture, Schnoerr; claims, Gill;
fisheries, Gill; forestry and conser
vation, Schuebel; health and public
morals, Schnoerr; medicine, phar
macy and dentistry, Schuebel; pub
lic lands, Schnoerr; revision of laws,
Schuebel; roads and highways, Gill.
With his chief tooth drawn
in advance Allen Eaton carried
his fight for reform of the
rules to the floor of the . house
this morning, and after an acrimon
ious debate of an hour and a quar
ter was defeated on every point.
Following a more or less sultry
session with the committee on rules
last night, Eaton announced when he
rose to speak that he would not at
tempt at this time to precipitate a
fight on his plan to put the speaker's
committing appointing power into the
hands of a special committee on com
mittees. He said that for the sake
of harmony he would put only three
. (Continued oa page 3)
One Or Two Generations Ago
Most Farm Animals Roamed At
Large But We Have Gradually
Found That This Did Not Pay
The barn yard fowls have been the last to feel the effects of bus
iness methods on the farm but at last they have to . get in their
place (in the poultry yard) and stay there.
The farmer who reads the magazines knows that today many a
chicken farm of a few acres pays a bigger profit than a big farm
did a few years ago. Every farmer keeps chickens because it
pays and it will pay lots better and the farm will look better if
they are kept in the poultry yard.
They are about the most profitable animals on the farm and it
takes less space and less expense to keep them.
Enough of our poultry fencing to keep your fowls properly
will cost very little and will be the best investment you ever
made on the farm. Ask for prices. "
TRAM
Furniture and Hardware
COUNTY
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OPPOSE ENGINEER
RESOLUTION INDORSING EXPERT
TO ACT IN ADVISORY CA
PACITY LOST
ENABLING ACT IS GIVEN APPROVAL
Legislature Urged to Amend Law to
Permit Closing Estates in
90 Days When Pos
sible PORTLAND, Jan. 14. (Special.)
A resolution indorsing the proposed
oppointment of a state highway en
gineer to act in an advisory capacity
to the various county courts of the
state in road construction was decis
ively beaten at the first session in the
courthouse today of the third annual
convention of the county judges and
county commissioners of Oregon.
Another resolution calling upon the
legislature to pass an enabling act
permitting counties to bond up to . 2
per cent of their assessed valuation
a constitutional amendment to which
effect was carried by the voters at
the general election on November 5,
was carried.
A third motion was successful em
powering the president, County Judge
Cleeton, of Multnomah, to appoint a
committee of three to visit Salem and
urge upon the legislature, which is
now in session, the adoption of the
enabling act referred to. Judge Clee
ton said tonight that the committee
probably would consist . of County
Judge Thompson, of Lane- County,
County Judge Judd, of Clatsop, and
County Commissioner Seever, of Jack
son. At the instance of Lionel R. Web
ster, ex-county judge of Multnomah,
a resolution was approved, calling
upon the legislature to amend the
law so as to permit of the closing of
estates in 90 days if possible. The
present limit is six months with the
result that many estates remain open
for months after all necessary bus
iness in connection with them has
been transacted.
W. H. Mattoon, commissioner, (is
the only Clackamas County man reg
istered. '
MRS.SHEAHAN TO BE
DRIED TOMORROW
The funeral of Mrs. William Shea
han, who died Sunday evening of ty
phoid fever, will be held at St. John's
Catholic Church tomorrow " morning
at 10 o'clock, Rev. A. Hillebrand offi
ciating. Final arrangements will be
made today when Mrs. Sheahan's sis
ter, Mrs. Edward Sheahan, of Pow
ell River B. C, arrives. The follow
ing men, friends of the family, will
be pall bearers: T. W. Sullivan, Dr.
Sommer, J. P. Lovett, Dr. L. L. Pick
ens, Mat Michaels and P. T. McBain.
BUSC1
WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866.
OREGON CITY,
Mrs. Maud Ballington Booth, head of
the Volunters of America and Pres
ident cf the Association of Women
Workers.
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DEFERS MAKING PLEA
Arthur J. Burns, proprietor of the
Milwaukie Tavern, who was arrested
Monday night by Sheriff Mass, was
arraigned before Corcuit Judge Camp
bell Tuesday afternoon. He is ex-,
pected to make a plea the latter part
of the week. Senaca Fqutsand George
C. Brownell have been retained by
the defendant.
William Lilly, of Parkplace, was in
dicted on a charge of attempted crim
inal assault upon - his 16 year old
daughter, Hazel. He pleaded not
guilty. A true bill was returned
against Charles Bennett, who is ac
cused of stealing $15, a diamond ring
valued at $25 and a watch chain val
ued at $2.50 from LaFlayette Pace.
Albert McFarland was indicted on a
charge of passing a forged check for
$12.50 on William Gardner.
Glen E. Gault, the 16 (year old boy,
who surrendered in Portland several
weeks ago, declaring that he murder
ed his stepfather, D. M. Lietzel, near
Scotts Mills two years ago, was in
dicted on a charge of homicide. The
boy killed his stepfather by striking
him on the head with an ax. G. W.
Taylor, of Sandy, was indicted on a
charge of being criminally intimate
with an adopted daughter. A true
bill was returned against Victor
Folmsbee, charged with horse steal
ing. BEAVERS BUILD LAKE
ON NELSON FARM
On the farm of James Nelson near
Liberal' are several beavers. Mr. Nel
son's place, which is on the banks of
the Molalla Kiver about a mile from
Liberal, is- largely composed of sandy
loam and other river material and
near the river there is a slough run
ning through it At the end of this
slough the beavers have built a dam
somposed of sections of . trees and
mud. Behind this is a small lake.
There are about fifteen beavers on the
farm.
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OREGON, WEDNESDAY,
OLD-LAWS MUST
GO, SAYS D1MICK
SALEM, Jan. 14. . (Special.) Ex
pressing the opinion that if the legis
lature should wipe out about one
third of the provisions of the code
and adjourn, it would do the state of
Oregon the greatest kindness within
its power, W. A. Dimick, Senator
from Clackamas suited his action to
Lis word by introducing three bills
to abolish as many laws.
Senate bill 7, by Dimick, repeals the
act establishing and maintaining the
Naval Militia of the state, He asserts
that if it should pass Adjutant-General
Finzer and George S. Shepherd,
being numbered with opposing fac
tions, should come together and sing
a requiem, and the navy department
be memorialized as a fitting after
math to send the cruiser Boston to
a pumi miuway Deiween the Aleutian i
Islands and Shanghai and sink it. j
By the provisions of Senate bill No. j
8, Dimick would have county educa-1
tional boards and school supervisors
abolished. His ground is that the
laws causes confusion, that the offi-1
ces are unnecessary and that in Clack-'
amas County alone there are one i
superintendent and three supervis-'
ors "the equivalent of four super
intendents." i
Section . 5648 of the codes, provid-.
ing for county veterinarians, is swat-:
ted by the Clackamas legislator 1
through the medium of Senate bill 9. '
He asserts that the law means merely
that each county wastes $400 a year. ;
"If I 'have a sick cow I will get a
veterinarian and pay him," comment-1
ed Dimick. "What is a county vet-!
erinarian good for except to draw his '
salary, anyhow?
TO FIGHT
REMOVAL OF CAR LINE
That the residents of Oree-nn C.ltv
and CanemaS; will fight the proposed
pian oi tne i-oriiana Railway, Light
& Power Comnanv tn
tracks in Canemah is assured.
The company has petitioned the
railway commission for authority
to remove its tracks and dis
continue service of ; the street car
line on the street car line south of
the Southern Pacific Railwav cross
ing. The action follows the receipt to
a complaint rorwarded to the com
mission which alleged that the ser
vice of the street car linA in that
town was insufficient and inadequate.
it is aamittea oy tne company that
the line is sadly in need of repair,
but the company- contends that the
line has always been "operated at a
great financial loss. It is declared
that the improvements would cost
$6,000. The company alleges it would
rather remove the tracks, than put
down new ones. . . .
Rev. Smith to Preach.
Rev. E. A. Smith will liold services
at Willamette tonight. Next week
there will be a united campaign of
evangelism at Willamette in which
Dr. Ford, Dr. Rugg, Dr. Milliken and
E. A. Smith, and others will take
part. Mr. Smith, county missionary,
will preach at Highland Sunday morn
ing and at Henrici -school house at
3 P. M., and at Willamette at 7:30 P.
M. - .
JAN. 15, 1913.
c: :A
Antonin
Dubost, President of the
French Senate and a probable suc
cessor to President Fallieres of the
French Republic.
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PROGRESSIVE LEGISLATION IS
PRAISED BY PRESIDENT,
ELECT IN MESSAGE
STATf INSPECTION IS ADVOCATED
Corporation Laws, Says Governor,
Should be Amended at Once
in Interest of
People
s TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 14. The
one hundred and thirty seventh New
Jersey legislature convened here at
neon today, most of the opening ses
sion being devoted to the reading of
the message which Governor Wood
row Wilson will send to the legisla
ture The legislature is overwhelmingly
Democratic, insuring the election of
former Congressman Hughes as Unit
ed States senator.
Governor Wilson's message bitterly
arraigned the state laws fostering
trusts. He" praised the progressive
legislation enacted by the last legis
lature, and urged the present session
to keep abreast of advanced methods.
"The corporation laws of the state
notoriously stand in need of altera
tion,"1 said the governor. "They are
manifestly inconsistent with the pol
icy of the federal government and
with the interests of the people iu
the all important matter of monopoly,
to which the attention of the whoie
nation is so earnestly directed. Tne
laws of New Jersey as they stand,
so far from checking monopoly, act
ually encourage it. They explicitly
permit every corporation formed in
New Jersey, for example to purchase,
hold, assign, and dispose or it as it
pleases tne securities of any and ali
other corporations of this or any other
state and to exercise at pleasure the
lull rignts of ownership in them, in
cluding tne right to vote as stock
holders. This is nothing less than an
explicit license of holding companies.
Tliis is the very method of forming
vast combinations and creating mo
nopoly, against which the whole
country has set its face, and I am
sure that the people of New Jersey
ao not llissent irom the common judg
ment that our law must prevent these
taings and prevent them effectually.
' It is our duty and our present op
portunity to amend the statutes of
Lue state in this matter not only, but
also in such a way as to provide some
responsible official supervision f the
wnole process of incorporation and
provide, in addition, salutary checks
upon unwarranted and fictitious in
creases of capital and the issuance
of securities not based upon actual
bona fide valuation. The honesty and
soundness of business alike depend
upon safeguards. No legitimate bus
iness will be injured or harmfully re
stricted by them. These are matters
which affect the honor and good faith
of the state. We should' act upon
tiiem at once and with clear purpose.
War to be Resumed.
LONDON, Jan. 14. Unless unfor
seen events should change the cur
rent of- affairs, war in the near East
will be resumed within a week.
The allies, convinced that the Turks
merely are drifting, without a fixed
policy, have determined t '.nd the
seemingly fruitless debates and wire
pulling by resuming military opera
tions where they were left off more
than a month ago.
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McBAIN SAYS IT HAS UNDONE
5 YEAR'S WORK OF COMMER
CIAL CLUB
SAMPLE IS OFFERED FOR ANALYSIS
Committee Is Appointed to Further - .
Scheme of Having Cluster
Lights on Main
Street
Declaring that the impure water of
Oregon City and the consequent ty- '
phoid fever epidemic had undone the
five year's work of the Promotion De-.
partment of the Oregon City Com
mercial Club, B. T.' McBain, mill
manager of the Willamette Pulp & ,
Paper Company, and chairman of the
special water committee of the Live
Wires, created a mild sensation at
the. luncheon of the Live Wires Tues- -day.
"The hypoclorite system .that has
just been adopted to better water .
conditions at the filters is a step in
the right directioin," said Mr. McBain,
"but it is only a step, and it should r
be followed up, with a thorough inves
tigation of the various sources of
supply."'
Mr. McBain advised the citizens of
Oregon City to continue the boiling -of
water, even after the hypoclorite
plant is installed, for the danger will
be minimized, but not wholly remov
ed. He was followed by T. W. Sulli
van, also a member of the water com.
mittee, who -talked to the members
of the Live Wires along more tech
nical lines. He said this is not the
right time of year to make proper -in,vestigagation,
which should be done
in the summer months, on account of
climate and soil condition, and 'he
made the broad inference that an of
fer on the part of a Portland engineer
to make an investigation of the pure
water sources for $200 is not worthy
of consideration. ' Both members of
the committee referred feelingly to
the recent death of Mrs. William
Sbeahan, the latest victim of the ty
phoid epidemic. Mr. Sheahan was
appointed a member of the " Live
Wire water committee a week ago,
at a time when his wife was believed
to be recovering.
M. J. Brown exhibited a specimen'
of city water, taken Tuesday morning
from a faucet in the Weinhard Build
ing. The water indicates the pres-
ence of some foreign substance and
was referred to F. A. Olmsted, chem-. .
ist of the Willamette Pulp & Paper
Co., for examination, and report.
Turning from the consideration of
the water question to a pleasenter
subject, Main Trunk Line H. E. Cross
appointed A. A. Price, L. Adams and
W. A. Huntley a committee to fur
ther the project of placing cluster -lights
along both sides of Main Street. -
The Live Wires adopted F. A. Olm
sted's resolution recommending to '
the state legislature an annual appro
priation of $25,000 for the work of
tha Cfota Tliiroo it nf Minao
Dr. C. H. Meissner, Charles W. Ris
ley and George J. Hall were admitted
to ihembership jn the organization.
The meeting following Tuesday's
luncheon was one of the most inter
esting ever held by the Live Wires
and indicates a purpose on the part
of the members to carry through the -program
submitted by them to Mr.'
Cross.
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