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WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866
VOL. V. No. 59.
OREGON OITY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1913.
Per Week, 10 Cents
APPOINTEES OF
RAZZLE DIAZ-ZLE.
PUBLIC DOCK 1$
URGED BY CLUB
"WATER IS VILE;
SAYS SCHUEBEL
FOR GRANGE MEET
DELEGATES NAMED
WILSON
OPPOSED
REPUBLICANS INSIST THAT
NAMES BE ACTED UPON
BY COMMITTEE
DEMOCRATS ARE AGAINST NEILL
Tillman and Overman Say Report
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WASHINGTON, March 11. A hint
of opposition to President Wilson's
appointments came in an executive
session of the Senate today, when
Republican senators insisted that ap
pointments be acted upon by the sen
ate committee before being taken up
for confirmation. As a result, no ap
pointments were confirmed, although
those of Daniel C. Roper, Alexander
N. Dockery and James I. Blakeslee,
appointed, respectively, as first, third
and fourth Assistant Postmaster-Generals,
were ready for action.
Opposition also developed among
Democratic senators to the confirma
tion of Dr. C. P. Neill, who was reap
pointed by President Wilson as com
missioner of labor statistics. Neill's
chief opponents were Senators Till
man, of South Carolina, and Overman,
of North Carolina, who took umbrage
at a report Neill made in 1911 on the
conditions of labor and the character
of women and child laborers in the
Southern cotton manufacturing states.
A meeting of the committee on edu
cation and labor to consider the ap
pointment of Dr. Neill has been called
for Thursday by Chairman Borah.
Several Democratic senators have
asked that no action be taken on tne
Niell appointment until the senate
has been reorganized and the new
committee named. Senator Borah
said today that he would not take the
responsibility for such action, but
would submit Dr. Niell's appointment
to the committee as it now exists.
W. A. Beck, the prominent Molalla
realty dealer, is in this city for a
. few days and is registered at the
Electric Hotel. lie is the agent, for
Kayler and Gregory Additions to Mo
lalla and otates that the lots have
been selling well, and that within the
last two or three days he has sold
two lots in Kaylor Addition and three
lots in Gregory Addition. He says
Molalla is in a thriving condition and
that much building is going on and
more is planned for the coming Spring
and Summer. Work will be com
menced in a few days on the concrete
building to be erected for the Molalla
State Bank. Dr. Derby, and the Mo
lalla Pioneer are both preparing to
erect buildings on the lots bought by
them from Mr. Beck. Mr. Beck states
that the growth of that busy little
town is remarkable.
PREMIUF
Every lady attending
THE
Will Receive A Sou
venir Free
Wanted!
Girls and Women
To operate sewing machines
in garment factory. Oregon City
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MOLALLA P.S BOOM,
SAYS BROKER BECK
GRAND
COUNTY COURT URGED TO AP
PROPRIATE MONEY FOR DEM
ONSTRATION WORK ,
GARY PLEADS FOR JUVENILE FAIRS
State Grange Master Spence Tells
of Bills Passed by Legislature
that Will Aid Farm
ers The granges of this county at a
meeting in the county court room
Tuesday elected J. L. Jones and Mrs.
J. L. Jones, Abernethy Grange, Park
place; R. A. Whight, No. 40, Molalla;
Mrs. Hannah Mudgett, Highland
Grange, No. '261; M. B. Thomas, No.
392, Sandy and Mrs. O. A. Swallow,
No. 269, Maple Lane delegates to the
state convention to be held in Albany
the second Tuesday in May. The
meeting was presided over by J. D.
Chitwood, M. J. Lazelle being the sec
retary. Seventeen of the 18 granges
in the county were represented,
v A resolution, urging the county
court to appropriate funds for agri
cultural demonstration work in this
county as provided in a bill passed at
the last session of the legislature,
was adopted. The state will give a
sum equal to that appropriated by
the county. for the work. A demon
stration farm will be provided and
experts from the Oregon Agricultural
College will be in charge.
T. J. Gary, superintendent of
county schools, spoke upon the juve
nile fairs and urged that they be giv
en more consideration. C. E. Spence,
state grange master, said that among
the bills passed by the legislature
which would be of great benefit were
the compensation, minimum wage,
widows' pension and agricultural col
lege extension measures. George Ran
dall said thg agricultural extension
work would be of great advantage to
the farmers.
A. J. Lewis, of Maple Lane, said the
farmers were in more need of a bet
ter system of marketing their pro
ducts than of demonstration work.
Mrs. Mary S. Howard, of Mulino,
state secretary, and C. C. Borland,
state gatekeeper, were in attendance.
The meeting was attended by that
following: Molalla. No. 40 R. A.
Wright. . firs. S. Howard; Tualatin
No. 111. T. L. Lewis, H. A. Kruse and
Oliver Barnes; Warner No. 117, Fred
Chinn, M. J. Lazelle and George Ran
dall; Harding No. 122, H. S. Ander
son, L. Funk and Fred Gerber; Os
wego No. 175, C. .C. Borland and C.
Milom; Damascus No. 260, J. D. Chit
wood and A. Newell; Hihland No.
: 261, Mrs. Hannah Mudgett, George
Stevens and Edward Traylor; Spring
water No. 263, J. H. Shibley and J. T.
Moger; Milwaukie No. 26S, M. J. Han
son, H. G. Starkweather and C. B.
Hanson; Central No. 276. A. A. Spang
ler, E. F. Gunther.and C. E. Spence;
Maple Lane No. 296, O. A. Swallow,
Mrs. Splinter and A. J. Lewis; Eagle
Creek No. 2977 H. H. Hoffmeister, Ed
win Bates and Homer Georer; Clack
amas No. 298, L. D. Jones, Emery
Jones' and J. R. Landis; Molalla No.
210. H. J. Rastal, J. W. Thomas and
J. N. Harless; Garfield No. 317, H. D.
Trapn and M. M. Meade; Abernethy
No. 346, J. L. Jones and J. T. Apper
son; Sandy No. 392, M. V. Thomas,
Mrs. Maggie Edwards and James
Bell.
TO BE BIG
A1DT0 OREGON CiTY
That the celebration next Saturday
of the opening of the new -$250,000
bridge at Salem is of more than spec
ial interest to residents of Oregon
City is shown by the announcements
of the Portland, Eugene & Eastern
Railway Company of the immediate
construction of four other great steel
bridges in territory that will be avail
able to business men of this city.
The rivers spanned are the Willam
ette, at a point just north of Canby,
where $360,000 will be expended; it
will cost $97,000 to cross the Tualatin
between Oswego and Canby; $113,000
is to be paid for bridging the Molalla
and $35,000 for the new structure
over the Pudding River at a point
near Hubbard. All of these activi
ties are vital to Oregon City for the
reason that they open up a tremen
dous stretch of thickly populated
territory on the west side of the Wil
lamette, and those people can reach
Oregon City business men a little
more handily than they can get to
any otter town.
The new bridge at Salem will unite
the east and west sides near the
center of the valley and is to be us
ed by the main line of the P. E. & E.
which passes through West Oregon
City.
The Salem Board of Trade has ap
pointed committees and is arrang
ing to give the event proper recog
nition next Saturday, when all the
valley are invited to become guests
of the city. There will be music and
parades, a banquet to President Stra
horn, D. W. Campbell of the South
ern Pacific, and other railway officials.
The . city is being decorated and the
glad hand will be outstretched for
greeting all visitors. " A feature of
the parades will be the large floats
that will be seen. These will repre
sent all known methods of transpor
tation, from ox teams to interurban
electric cars.
An item of interest to Oregon City
and the Molalla Valley concerns the
completion of the P. E. & E. grade
from Canby to Molalla. Flagg &
Standifer, the contractors, are Just
adding the finishing touches to that
roadbed, and it is expected that rails
will be immediately put down."
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COPVMCHT A EW.NG. WASH.
Samuel Adams, Assistant Secretary
of the Interior. He is involved in
the investigation of the Reclamation
Service by the House of Represen
tatives. AUTO CLU
TRAFFIC ORDINANCE
If the plans of the Clackamas
County Automobile Club are carried I
out, Oregon City will have a new
traffic ordinance. At the annual meet
ing of the club held in the Commer
cial Club parlors Tuesday night, M.
D. Latourette, John F. Risley and W.
R. Logus were appointed a commit
tee to draft an ordinance for submis
sion to the city council. .
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
President Dr. H. S. Mount.
First Vice-President John F. Ris
ley. Second Vice-President H. G. Stark
weather. Secretary John Busch.
Treasuer M. D. Latourette.
Directors for two years E. J. Daul
ton, William Sheahan, H. S. Moody,
B. T. McBain, A. B. Buckles.
The following committees were nam
ed: Social runs M. D. Latourette, Wil
liam R. Logus, Charles W. Risley.
Good Roads H. G. Starkweather,
J. T. Apperson, Fred Hagdale, L. D.
Walker, B. T. McBain.
Finance T. W. Sullivan, C. Schue
bel. Emblem M. E. Park, R. C. Parker.
President Mount reported that the
county court had decided not to call
a general meeting of the road
supervisors this year, because of in
sufficient funds for the construction
of new roads.
The annual banquet was referred to
the committee on social runs, with
power to act. - The committee will
probably arrange for the affair to be
held at the Portland Automobile Club
House in the near future.
Rev. Smith to Preach.
The Wednesday evening gospel
meeting at Willamette is growing In
attendance and interest. Rev. E. A.
Smith will speak tonight on "The
Personal Power of Christ" Mr. Wit
tal, the Russian singer, will render a
solo. Mr. Smith will speak Sunday
at Highland, Alberta, and Henrlci
school house. The women, of the
grange at Logan are aiding the wo
men of the church to get up a social
to raise money for replastering the
church.
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prise.' .
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WILL BE BIGAMISTi
MRS. NORMILE SEEKS TO HAVE;
DECREE GRANTED 20 YEARS j
AGO, SET ASIDE I
EX-SEATTLE SAYOU LAWYER IN CASE i
Plaintiff and Defendant Have Remar
ried Since Divorce Was Grant
ed He Is Worth Quar
ter Million
Hiram Gill, former mayor of Seattle,
was counsel for defendant Tuesday
in a suit to set aside a divorce grant
ed in the Clackamas County Circuit
Court 20 years ago. Mary Normile,
through Attorneys Mark O'Neill, of
Portland, and J. E. Hedges, of this
city, is the plaintiff and Simon Nor
mile, a wealthy contractor of Seattle
is the defendant. The evidence, which
was heard by Circuit Judge Campbell,
showed that both plaintitf and defen
dant had remarried since the divorce
was granted.
The plaintiff alleges that the defen
dant left her in Leadville, Col., 20
years to go to Seattle, promising to
send for her and her daughter as soon
as he was financially able. She avers
that soon after he filed suit for di
vorce, he purposely and fraudulent
ly sent the paper containing the sum
mons to a urong address. The plain
tiff declared that she knew nothing
of the action for divorce until several
years after the decree was granted
and her former husband had remar
ried. Soon after she remarried.
Normile prospered in business and
is now said to be worth in the neigh
borhood of $300,000. The plaintiff de-1
clared that after her husband left J
her she was forced to make a living !
for herself and child, her husband
not sending her any money.
In case the decision is in favor of
the plaintiff she will have been the
wife of the defendant ever since he
left her, despite the fact that he- now :
has another wife and she another hus
band for several years. A victory
for her would not only convict he,r of
the crime of bigamy but would con
vict the defendant of the same crime.
C. D. Latourette, of this city, is as
sociated with Mr. Gill for the defense. ,
IS
QUARANTINE VICTIM
Clackamas County is virtually with
out an official-coroner, for although
W. J. Wilson, the county coroner, is
in Oregon City and in good health,
he is quarantined. Mr. Wilson's small
son, Ballard, became ill the latter
part of last week and Sunday a
physician was summoned. He prompt
ly pronounced the child Buffering
from smallpox and quarantined the
house and its occupants, Mr. Wilson
being in the house and exposed to
the disease was quarantined and will
be for several weeks. The only one
of the family who was not exposed
to the disease was Mr. Wilson's old
est son, Kent, who has not been at
the house since his brother became
111. The case is of a very light nature
as the boy . has heefl vaccinated.
There are about ten cases of the
distase in this city and the immed
iate neighborhood, but all of the cases
can be traced to the one or two orig
inal cases of the disease.- With two
exceptions all the cases are mild or
moderately mild. Elward Bailey has
had a rather severe case of the fever
but he ii now much improved.
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Senator John K. Shields, of Tennesee.
Succeeding the late Robert L. Tay
lor. HIGH SCHOOL BASKET BALL
TEAM DEFEATS STARS
The Molall? Stars Monday night
were defeated in a basketball game
by the Molal'a High School team, tae
score being 10 to 5. The lineup was
as follows: High School C. Vick, c;
L. Vick, p: E. Palfry. lb; B. Cole, 2
b; R. Engle, 3 b; H. Robbins, ss, and
R. Sawtell, r f. Stars U Adams c;
H. Cutting p; J. Schamel lb; H.
Frasier 2 b; J. Duncan 3 b; H. Moody
ss, and G. Scha3er r f.
Portland Girl Weds Here.
County Judge Beatie officiated late
Tuesday afternoon at the marriage of
R. J. Zivney. of Oswego, and Miss
Alice G. Buckwalg, of Portland. The
marriage license was obtained in Port
land. r
It's Time To Get
Ready For Easter
By John P.' Fallon
As the days grow longer and
Easter draws near thoughts
turn from cold-proof apparel
for wintry weather to the light
er and brighter new things for
Spring.
The spirit of Springtime
floods the stores. You can feel
its influence even when you sit
at home and read the . MORN
ING ENTERPRISE.
- Every one is talking of the
new styles and planning for
new hats, new suits and acces
ories. The advertisements are
particularly Interesting. They
tell of the newest; styles, the
fabrics and colors to be the
vogue, and the many novel and
becoming modes Fashion has
decreed for the season.'
Now is the time to prepare,
to take advantage of early se
lection, to secure your com
plete Easter outfit in advance
of the eleventh hour club.
Read the advertisements in
THE MORNING ENTERPRISE
closely and constantly every
morning. They will keep you .
posted. They will direct you to
the most reliable stores and en
able you to purchase your
Springtime apparel to best ad
COUNCIL WILL BE ASKED TO
MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR
ONE AT ONCE
MERCHANTS MEET WITH COMMITTEE
Consensus of Opinion Is That Dock
Should be Located in
North End of.
City
The city council will be asked to
take immediately action looking to the
establishment of. a free public dock
in Oregon City, following a meeting
of merchants Tuesday night at the
Commercial Club. Tne council will
be asked to take into consideration
the urgent need for a public dock
and to proceed to arrange for its con
struction and maintenance.
The meeting Tuesday nigiit was held
at the instance of the free dock com
mittee of the Live Wires, the mem
bers of which are B. T. McBain, M.
J. Brown and E. E. Brodie, and at the
conference many expressions of the
inadequacy of the city's present ship
ping facilities were forcibly comment
ed upon.
The point was brought out that
the city will be the gainer through
the increased trade of the farmers,
who would come here in large num
bers if better shipping facilities were
afforded tiiem.
There will be no suggestion made
to the council as to where the pro
posed dock should be located, al
though the concensus of opinion fav
ors tiie North end of the city, between
Eleventh and Thirteenth Streets, be
cause of the fact that the natural ad
vantages lie at these points.
The following were present at the
meeting: Councilman L. P. Horton,
James Roake, Oregon City Foundry;
Theodore Osmund, Hawley Pulp &
Paper Co.; C. C. Babcock, superinten
dent of streets; Dr, J. A. Van Brakle,
chairman of the civic improvement
committee of the Live Wires; Frank
Busch, M. J. Brown, Oregon City
Courier; F. C. Burk, R. L. Shepherd,
Portland Railway, Light & Power Co.;
Edward Schwab, Oregon City Manu
facturing Co.; C. S. Noble, city engi
neer; Jesse Hazcll, Northwestern As
sociation; ' B. T. McBain, Willamette
Pulp & Paper Co.; E. E." Brodie, Morn
ing Enterprise; A. L. Beatie, Oregon
Commission Co.; D. C. Williams, Wil
liams Bros. Transfer Co.; L. Adams,
A. C. Howland, Dillman & Howland.
m. d:s chauffeur -
FINED FORISreEDING
Edward Reed, chaffeur for Dr. A.
E. Rockey, a specialist of Portland,
was fined $25 Tuesday afternoon by
Recorder Stipp for auto speeding.
The young man came to this city to
take several friends riding. He went j
through Main Street at a rapid rate
of speed, Chief of Police Shaw de-1
claring at least 25 miles' an hour, and
soon found himself under arrest. He j
was taken at once to the recorder's
court where he entered a plea of not
guilty. Several witnesses, however,
testified that the young man had brok
en the speed limit and Recorder Stipp
said he would fine him at the rate of
$1 for every mile he was supposed to
have covered with his machine an
hour. Chief Shaw said he was confi
dent the chaffeur was going at a rate
of 25 miles an hour so the fine was
fixed at $25 although the young man
only' traversed about four miles of
the city's main thoroughfare.
BOYS FOUND GUILTY OF
BEATING MEN WITH ROCKS
Mitchell Story, Frank Sargon, Ar
thur Frees and Paul Rotter, all under
17 years of age, accused of throwing
rocks at Joseph and Antone Babich
.last Friday at Twelfth and Washing
ton Streets, were given a hearing by
County Judse Beatie Tuesday. The
charges against Story and Sargon
were disirissed. The others were
found guilty and sentence was sus
pended during good behavior. Evi
was introduced showing that the men
threw rocks at the boys. Judge Beatie
said he was unable to determine which
side started the trouble. The boys
were arrested by Policeman Griffith
on warrants sworn out by the men.
Wheeler Funeral Today.
The funeral of William Wheeler
will be held at the residence of his
parents at 3803 68th Street S. E.
Portland at 10:30 this morning.
345 acres 25 in cultivation, 20 acres slashed, balance
timber and pasture with water in every 40. This place will
make a fine Stock, Dairy or Fruit Ranch, only 1 1-2 miles
from Wilhoit Springs, 6 1-2 miles from Molalla. Price $40.00
per acre, $6,000.00 cash, "balance 3 to 5 years, 6 per cent.
W. A. Beck Sc Co.
MOLALLA
EXCLUSIVE AGENTS FOR
Gregory Add., Kayler Add. and Harless Add.
to Molalla .
VICTIM OF TYPHOID DECLARES
THAT IT IS NOT FIT TO
DRINK -
' 'PIER SUPPLY IS BEING SOUGHT
Civic Improvement Committee Reports
j that Work of Cleaning City
Is' Being Pushed
Rapidly
George Randall, one of the heaviest
property owners in Oregon City,
started something at the weekly lun
cheon of the Live Wires Tuesday
when he declared the city water was
not responsible for the recent epi
demic of typhoid fever. Within a
feew feet of him were C. Sclmebel and
R. L. Shepherd, both of whom nearly
lost their lives during the epidemic
and neither has made a complete re
covery. Mr. Schuebel was on his feet
in a twinkling and roasted the city
water supply to a brown turn.
"The water furnished the people
of Oregon City is vile," declared Mr.
Schuebel. "It is not fit to drink and
I do not believe it can be filtered into
purity. Its source is a great sewer,
carrying the refuse from one of the
largest valleys in the country. There
was a time, 25 years ago, before the .
vv uiauicLic v aiicj wao ou imi,iwj pop
ulated, that it was safe to drink this
water in its unfiltered state,, as 'the
none of the towns above Oregon City
had sewer systems, but now almost
every city along the banks of the
stream has its sewers running into
the river and what was a beautiful
mountain stream is now a mass of
polution.
"The water is dangerous to health.
I had samples taken from my own
faucets and analyzed, and I am of
the opinion that some of the water
sent away from here for analysis was
boiled before it left Oregon City.
"The time to act is now, so that
we may have pure water and take no
chances on another epidemic next
Fall."
F. J. Tooze, chairman of the pure
water committee of the city, and B.
T. McBain, chairman of the Live
Wire committee on pure water, ex
plained that the engineer employe
by the city has been working for some
time, seeking new sources of supply
and that he will have a report ready
in a short time. Mr. McBain stated
that the committee was looking for
ward to obtaining a permanent water
supply that would be sufficient for
the city's needs.
The civic improvement committee
presented the following report:
"Friday evening, March 7, a joint
meeting of tiie police and health com
mittee oi the council and the civic
improvement committee of the Live
Wires was held in the council cham
ber. It was decided tnat Uregon.
City could and should be cleaned up
and that all legitimate means would
be used in securing this result. Pub
lic sentiment is already being arous
ed to the fact that epidemic -illness
is largely spread and maintained by
unsanitary conditions and we are
sure that no individual owner will
long persist in refusing to remedy
conditions which are recognized as
a menace to community health. The
committee will hold joint meetings
of each month. Mr. John Albright
on the Wednesday following tae 15th
was elected to serve as chairman and
Mr. F. A. Olmsted to serve as secre
tary. ,
-"The county court has reported
favorably on the plan for a weekly
cleaning of the bridge across the
Willamette and are now engaged in
providing, proper equipment for that
purpose. The committee's plan for
obtaining a better and more efficient
lighting system of this same bridge
has been turned into the proper de
partment of the lighting company and
we hope" to have a favorable report
at an early date."
Don E. Meldrum was elected to
membership in the Live Wires. J. E.
Hedges made a brief report on the
enacted at the recent session of the
legislature.
Dr. Milliken to Preach.
The pastor of the First Baptist
Church will take as his topic at Pray
er Service "How Christ's Death Af
fects the World" this evening. "Can
we not run the attendance to one hun
dred and fifty this week?" asks Dr.
Milliken.
Boost your city by boosting your
daily paper. The Enterprise should
be In every home.