3 THE WEATHER
Oregon City Showers today. S
Brisk Southerly winds. S
3 Oregon Rain, Brisk to high.S
Southwesterly winds. . J
$ Washington Rain. Brisk to
high southwesterly winds. $
$ Idaho Rain today. J
It is impossible to keep in touchy
with the news of this city and$
county unless you read the Morn-$
ing Enterprise. From all parts
of the state we receive letters say- 1
this is the newsiest and most at-$
tractive daily in Oregon represent-
ing a town of this size.
WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866.
VOL. V. No.. 75.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 1913.
Per Week, 10 Cents
THIRST NEW PERIL
OF FLOOD VICTIMS
SOON WILL
)U
IS
EXPERT FAVORS
IS
HONORED BY WEST
HURT IN RUNAWAY
BE OUT OF DEBT
COUNTY
HEDGES
NAMED
HARD
SURFACE
COUNTY ATTORNEY
PURE WATER NEEDED BY SUF
FERERS IN OHIO AND
INDIANA
UNDERTAKERS ARE CALLED 'GHOULS'
friedical Supplies Snort, Trainload Is
Being Rushed to Stricken
' Districts From Washington
DAYTON, O., March 29. The work
of rehabilitation began today as the
work of rescue approached its end.
The weather showed improvement, as
viewed by refugees, for it was warm
er and pleasant to frost and water
chilled bones, but the sanitary ex
pefts acepfced the rise in temperar
ture with mixed feelings, for the
cold had retarded the decomposing
of animal matter and refuse.
Secretary of War Garrison confer
red with various officials and heads
of the committees,- telegraphed Pres
ident. Wilson that the death lisst
would not reach 500 and otherwise
epitomized the situation, . and depart
ed for Cincinnati, after a flitting
view of the city from an automobile.
It is probable that he will go to Col
umbus tomorrow. W. E. Blackwell,
in charge of morgues, estimated the
death list at 250.
Members of the . citizens' relief
committees are apprehensive of a
water famine. It is believed there is
little chance that tue present supply
can be made to last until the water
mains are in use again.
R. H. Grant, head of the relief sup
plies committee, issued an appeal o
night to all cities in the country,
asking that as much bottled water
as possible ba shipped to Dayton
immediately. It is' especi;:ly d sir
ed that this water be pure, as it is
practically impossible to boil the wa
ter for drinking purposes.
Medical supplies were reported
woefully short by Major T. V. Du
puy, who is in charge of sanitary
work. Drugs here were largely de
stroyed and the medical chests of the
militia, as well as tile supplies sent
by other cities, have' in many in
stances heen delayed by washouts
and other mishaps of the flood. How
ever, a train load of supplies is ex
pected soon from Washington.
The activity of certain undertakers
called forth the wrath of Major Du
puy, who issued a statement in which
he called them "ghouls" for their
feverish activity in seeking out bod
ies, and it is alleged sometimes bury
ing them without making report to
the authorities. He declared that
they were "trying to work a little
hold-up ganfj on helpless friends and
relatives of those who have lost
their lives."
Wanted!
Now that the improvement of Front
Street, Milwaukie, at a cost of about
$10,000 has been petitioned, it is
urged here that the county should
improve the Milwaukie road to the
Multnomah County line at Sellwood.
The Milwaukie road is part of the
East Side Pacific Highway and con
nects with Front Street. There are
several bad places between Milwau
kie and Portland, including two steep
hills that may be graded. There is
much travel on this road into Port
land, and Milwaukie people want it
improved to the Multnomah County
line.
The indications are that there will
be no difficulty in filling up the vol
unteer fire department when the
council appoints the ' fire commission
ers and authorizes them to organize
the two companies. Many young
young men and some of the members
of the former volunteers will join
the two new companies, one at Cen
tral Milwaukie and one for Minthorne
district.
BIGGEST DANCE IS
GIVEN BY RED flh'l
The Oregon City Red Men gave
! one of the biggest dances at Busch's
Hall Saturday evening ever given in
' the city. At least 200 couples were
in attendance. Parson's Orchestra
furnished the music. The dance was
preceded by a big street parade in
which the Red Men, dressed like they
should have been to be called "Red
Men" attracted much attention. There
; also were several "Squaws" in the
parade. Gill Thomas, .Jack " Frost
and Theodore Morley were in charge
of the dance. The big street parade
which was planned for the afternoon
was abandoned because of the rain.
OREGON ROADS BAD,
A record breaking trip in an auto
mobile from Los Angeles to Oregon
City has been made by E. Keating,
Joseph Wagner, and J. H. Langley.
Starting from Los Angeles two weeks
ago they arrived in Oregon City Satur
day. They encountered inclement
weather all the way, but fortunately
their machine did not have any ser
ious trouble. Tirss were changed
occasionally. Mr. Keating said that
the roads in California were fairly
good, but the roads in Oregon
were almost impassible. The party
will remain in i Portland several
weeks and probably will return to
Los Angeles by automobile.
Girls and Women
To operate sewing machines
in garment factory.
OREGON CITY WOOLEN MILL
YOUNG PEOPLE TO HAVE
CHARGE OF SERVICES
The young people of the Presby
terian Church will have charge of
the fourth meeting of a series now
in progress. This evening at the
Presbyterian CSiurch the , president
of the Christian Endeavor Society
Roberta Schuebel, will speak on
the value of the society in the
church. Ruth Brightbill will speak
on mission study. Special music
has been prepared by the young peo
ple. Rev. J. R. Landsborough's
theme will le "Weaving Life's Web.
Home Queen Range
Low priced and dependable. Fully reinforced and strongly riv
eted. Nothing on the market to compare with it at this price.
Best cold rolled polished
sheet steel, riveted with cone
head rivets, reinforced at every
part, main top covers and cen
ters of selected pig iron, covers
have Boston rim rings, prevent
ing cracking, fire box is section
al and heavy to withstand all
reasonable uses, duplex grates
burn wood or coal, high closet
with balanced door, nickel plat
ed drop tea stand, nicket brack
ets, edges, panel, draft check,
etc., reservoir of heavy cast
iron, tank- enameled - white,
iven door nickel trimmsd and
provided with balance spring,
asbestos lined throughout, oven
braced with heavy gauge angle
irons, heavy cast iron base,
fire box has pouch feed..
Oven 16x18, 6 lids $26-50
Oven 14x18, 6 lidji, Cast Reservoir S27-50
ABOVE PRICES ARE CASH ONLY BUT WE WILL TAKE YOUR
OLD STOVE AS PART PAYMENT.
IFYairalc Bmsclh
MAIN STREET
Oregon City, - Oregon
ATTORNEY GENERAL AUTHORIZ
ES ACCEPTANCE OF COR
PORATION CHECKS
MINT DUE WILL PAY ALL BILLS
Investigators Next Saturday to Find
County One of Few in State
That Does Not Owe
Cent '
Clackamas County will be out of
debt in about two weeks for the first
time in its history. The county is
almost cut of debt -now, the collec
tion of about $40,000 from three cor
porations, which will be made next
week will make sufficient revenue to
liquidate all indebtedness. These
corporations several weeks ago ten-
tered checks for their taxes, but be
cause they did not contain the
amounts for special road taxes they
were returned by Sheriff Mass. The
sheriff wrote to A. M. Crawford, at
torney general, for advice and was
instructed to accept the checks. The
opinion of tiie attorney general In
part follows: '
"A taxpayer may pay the aggre
gate of the several taxes or assess
ment levied against any piece of
real property or against the person
al property charged against him, ex
cepting one or more of such taxes
or assessments, which for any pur
pose wishes to contest and is entit
led to rebate upon taxes paid."
the corporations havinsr tendered
the checks while the rebate was in
effect will be given the rebate as us
ual, bheriff Mass has notifie.1 thnm
that he will accept tha checks which
lormeriy. were retused. Among the
companies that tendered cherks fnr
all but the special road taxes was
the Southern Pacific Railroad, the
amount being ?2t,000. Sheriff Mass
announced that the companies would
De aeciared delmcments as tn tt
suecial road taxes under the bill
passed at the last session of the legislature.
A . mass meeting of citizens has
been called for next Sat.imlav -nioht
in this city to investigate the County
Louit ana other county offices. All
the officers are ready for the inves
tigation and the fact that the county
will soon be out of debt for the first
time in its existence' should interest
the taxpayers.
H. G. Starkweather, of Risely, who
was in Oregon City Saturday, an
nounced that he had received an
appointment from Governor West to
act as a commissioner from this state
to study European rural credits. He
is one of two appointees which the
Governor named in accordance with
the new lay which provides for the
sending of two delegates to Europe,
who "will study the system of cred
its in use in the European countries.
The other delegate from Oregon is
H. McPherson, of the Oregon Agri
cultural College. Mr. Starkweather
will leave this city about April 15
and will sail Tor Europe April 26. He
expects to return August 1. Dele
gates from most of the other states
also will leave New York April 2fi.
I
DIES IN PORTLAND
Mrs. C. A. Davenpdrt, long a resi
dent of this county, and for several
years a teacher in the high school
at Wheeling, W. Va., died at the Old
People's Home in Portland, early
Saturday. Her husband who died in
1886, in Buffalo County, Neb., was
principal of the Wheeling High School
tor a number of years.- Mrs. Daven
port s maiden name was Anna B.
Burnett and she was married in En
gland. The couple came to this
country soon after and settled in
Wheeling. JProm there they went to
Cincinnati 'and several years later
moved to Nebraska. Soon after her
husband's death, Mlrs. Davenport
came to this city to live with "her
son, C. A. Davenport, who is employ
ed at the Willamette Pulp & Paper
Cc's Mill. She was 85 years or age,
and was apparently in good health
until about two weeks ago when she
was stricken with erysipelas. Be
sides her son she is survived by the
following grandchildren, all of this
city: J. W. Davenport, T. B. Daven
port, E. E.- Davenport, Mrs. Hazel
Dunmire, Blanch Davenport, Buela
Davenport, Grace Davenport. The
funeral will be held at 2 o'clock this
afternoon at the Methodist Church
in this city, Dr. T. B. Ford officiat
ing. The interment-will be in Moun
tain View Cemetecy.
T. W. SULLIVAN SAYS IT WOULD
BE BEST PAVEMENT FOR
'. StVENTH
BRICK MIGHT BE USED IN CENTER
Streets of Seattle and Portland Prove
That City Could Not Make
Mistake on Recomen
T. W. Sullivan, chief engineer of
the Willamette Pulp & Paper Com
pany, said Saturday that hardsur
face upon Seventh Street would
prove satisfactory in every way.
Mr. Sullivan said that on the steep
portions of the street a strip of
brick could be laid in the middle of
the thoroughfare so as to give a
good footing for horses. On either
side of this a smoother surface
could be put down. Bricks can
be obtained that would 'give
a good footing for horses and insure
them from slipping. The bricks are
durable.
Mr. Sullivan further stated: "There
is absolutely no question that hard
surface can be laid upon Seventh
Street, even the steepest portions,
and prove perfectly satisfactory.
Beveled bricks can be placed on the
hillsides and horses will have a se
cure footing.
"This type of pavement has been
tried in other cities on hills with
(Continued on Page 3.)
Frederick Marschall, farmer and
breeder, of Clarkes, was seriously in
jured Friday afternoon in a runaway
accident on the Highland Road near
the home of A. R. Stevens. The
buggy was overturned and Mr. Mar
shall was thrown on his head. ' He
received a deep gash over his right
eye. The injured man was taken to
the home ofMr. Stevens where he
was attended by Dr. Guy Mount. He
was brought to Oregon City by Dr.
Mount for further treatment. He re
turned home Saturday.
NEAR FLOOD STAGE
Oregon City was deluged by rain
Friday night and all Saturday. The
small streams about he town were
swollen and the Willamette raised
Saturday afternoon at the rate of
nearly two inches an hour. This
rise was caused by the influx of wa
ter of small streams . near Oregon
City and the waters of the Clacka
mas, which are rising rapidly. WThen
the water reaches Oregon City from
up the river a much greater rise is
expected. However, it is not thought
i the river will exceed the flood stage.
MJuch of the snow in the foot hills
and mountains that fell during the
cold snap of last week is being melt
ed by the warm rains. The ther
mometer registered between 50 and
58 Saturday.'
OREGON CITY LAWYER GETS
OFFICE CREATED BY
LEGISLATURE
BEING A DEMOCRAT HE WINS PLUM
New Arrangement, It Is . Believed,
Will Expedite Work of Court
, Appointee served Two
Years in Office
ETOBE
LAID AT CAPITAL
"Five blocks along North Church
Street will be paved by Clark &
Henery Construction Company with
a four-inch concrete base and an inch
and a half asphalt-concrete wearing
surface, according to a decision of
the property owners along that
street last night," says the Salem
Statesman. "This will be the first
pavement of the knd laid in Salem,
and it is declared by city officials, in
places where it is used, to be a su
perior article, and will cost 1.30 a
yard less than any other pavement
laid in Salem. ,
The meeting in the council cham
ber placed Judge W. E. Slater in the
chair and made W. C. Winslow sec
retary. A vote as between Clark
& Henery pavement and plain con
crete resulted overwhelmingly in fa
vor of the former, and after some
considerable discussion the Clark &
Henery bid of $17,946.45 for the five
blocks was recommended to the
council as the lowest for that sort
of pavement. The two competitors
were the Ambrose-Birdsall Company,
$18,958.44, and the- Mjntague-0'Reilly
flnmnnnv ton 401 o- ,,
rwj r y-vui.on, - j
The Streets in Sajem are 99 feet
wide or 40 feet wider than the streets
in Orgon City. Consequently the
cost a block in Salem is much great
er than the cost would be in Oregon
City. There are more than 40 miles
of hardsurfaced streets in the Cap
ital City being laid this Spring.
DR. FORDADDRESSES
BIG MEETING TODAY
"Am I My Brother's Keeper", is a
question that comes . ringing dowri
through- the ages, and stirs men as
they face the social, industrial and
moral conditions of cosmopolitan
life. "No man can shun the respon
sibility which? inheres in hs relaton
to other men. No man can live unto
himself. Where is thy Brother?"
must be answered without evasion,
and Dr. T. B. Ford proposes to dis
cuss from the standpoint of the new
interpretation of Jesus PhHst hi
Christianity and the latest pronounce
ment of the Protestant churches of
Christ in America at 3 o'clock today
in the Woodman Hall. Away with
'dry bones' of the old grave yards
of antiquated creeds, and up with
the living questions that have to do
with the kingdom of this world, and
men in their awful struggle against
the forces that tend to enslave them,
and comDel them to erind !n thn
mills of insatiable greed, and their
wives and children to ,share with
them the privations incident thereto"
says Dr. rd. "
CLUB ORGANIZED
The Parent Tpaphem' A ccr,niaHrvn
........ - a r. - i I
vi v,meiiia.jj, was uigaiiizeu r nuay
afternoon by T. J. Gary, county school
superintendent, and Mrs. MUrgaret
Curran,. school supervisor. The meet
ing was held in the Canemah school
house. Mrs. Henry Jones was elect
ed president; Mrs. F. F. Stevens
vice president, and Mrs. Elmer Ma
ville secretary and treasurer, pro
gram was given by the pupils oythe
school. This consisted of music and
recitations, which were well rendered.
Rose Society to Meet.
The Rose Society will meet in the
Commercial Club parlors at 2:30
.o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. J.
H. Walker, president, urges all mem
bers to be presant.
If it nappened it is in tne Enterprise.,
ADVERTISING ?
TALKS NO. 28
?3SS8SS8SS"SJ
(By Ralph Kaye.)
Electricity is considered one of
the greatest discoveries of the age.
It first supplied power for the com
mercial industries. A natural out
come was the electrical appliances
that saved work and steps for the
housewife and hostess.
Whereas, before we had to toast
our toast over the stove, boil our
ocffee in; the kitchen, make a Welsh
rarebit in the kitchen after lighting
the fire in the kitchen stovew e can
now, by the aid of electricity, do all
these things right on the dining room
table without the hostess getting out
of her chair.'
In most every town or city of any
size, there is an electric store or
shop, where one may purchase' the
latest appliances for electrical use.
To my mind, the owner or proprietor
of an electrical appliance store has
an opportunity worth cultivation.
It is natural for people to "follow
the lines of least resistance". To the
electric appliance dealer I want to
ask whether you have, in your adver
tising, tried really to show people
what the goods you are offering really
mean in the matter of personal or
home routine. Do you just say "you
have received a shipment of Electric
Chafing dishes at so much each" or do
you tell your prospective buyers what
these chafing dishes will do in the
matter of economy and . labor and
time saving?
In the case of the . Electric Flat
Iron do you just say that ' your
irons are not heated over a "red hot
Stove", but all you do is to "turn a
button'?
Advertising is not stating glitter
ing generalities but personal "per
sonalities" of the goods you are of
fering. Play up the details that count,
from a human interest standpoint,
not from a general or technical-standpoint
A small claasined ad will rent that
vacant room.
There is only a few real choice business lots
left on the main streets close to the corners.
You had better hurry and come before it is
too late.
MOLALLA
Exclusive Agents for Gregory Addition, Kayler Addi
tion and Harless Addition to Molalla.
Governor West announced Satur
day that he had appointed Gilbert L.
Hedges, of this city, county attorney
of Clackamas County. Mr. Hedges
served as district atteorney for part
of a teri. under appointment, and is
thoroughly familiar with the duties
of the office. His salary will be $2,
100 a year. Former District Attor
ney Tongue will be the county attor
ney of Washington County, his sal
ary to be the same as that of Mr.
Hedges.
1:A
v.
Gilbert "Hedges, appointed District
Attorney of Clackamas County by
Governor West.
An act passed at the last session of
the legislature provides for county
attorneys. The object of the
law is to expedite court bus-
(Continued on Page 3.)
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tore
Children's Coats
of a very good assortment for Spring
All sizes and colors to' select from.
Prices
$3.50 to $7.00
New Dress Ginghams
Just opened. Suitable for ladies and
children's dresses. A good line for
this week. Per yard
10c
The big sale of Suits and
Spring Coats has now
begun. The goods are
showing up fine and our
assortment is so large and
prices so reasonable that
a choice is easily made
from one of three selec
tions $12.50 $18.50 $25
Youngand middle-aged ladies can
make a good choice of a fine
Spring Coat from a large assort
ment now on sale at $12.50
Spring Millinery
now here. Ladies' and Child
ren's hats, all new styles. You
can be suited here at most reas
onable prices come in and see
the new Hats.
Spring
Percales
2000 yds. navy gray,
red and light col
ors. Special, per
yard-
8c
Topsy
Hose
For Ladies and
Children black and
tan, . fast colors.
Special
121-2c