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WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 13
VOL,. V. No. 8i
OREGON CITY, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1913
Pee Week, 10 Cents
GRIFFITH NAM D
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FORMER OREGON CITY MAN TO '
BE PRESIDENT OF P. R., L.
& P. CO.
LIVE WIRES HIS FIRST INDORSERS
Honor Is Deserved by Man Who
Studied Law While Working in
Mills and Became Great
Advocate
Franklin T. Griffith, for years gen
eral attorney of the Portland Railway
Light & Power Company, and a res
ident of Oriigon City for years, Mon
day was elected by the board of di
rectors as vice-president, and will,
upon Julp 1, succeed B. S. Josselyn
as president. The selsction was made,
it is announced, for the purpose of
meeting the wishes of the commun
ity mat a local man ue appointed 10
direct the policias of the company,
when Mr. Josselyn retires. Formal
(.announcement of the choice was
made by C. M. Clark, of Philadelphia,
chairman of the board of directors,
at a luncheon at the Arlington Club
Monday. The Live Wires of Oregon
City was the first organization to in
dorse Mr. Griffith for head of the
company.
Mr. Griffith has been actively con
nected with the company since 1908,
and is thoroughly acquainted with
its properties and its relation to the
public. He has been a resident of
Oregon 22 years. He was born in
Minneapolis 43 years ago, and moved
with his parents to the Pacific Coast,
locating at Oakland, where he was
graduated from the high school in.
1S8G, and in 119 from the Oakland
Academy.
He was city attorney of Oregon
City in 1894, 1895, 1896, 1898 and
1899. He is a member of the Arling
ton, Commercial and Waverly Golf
Clubs of Portland, the Illihee of Sa
lem, and the Oregon City Commercial
Club. He was married in 1896 to
Miss Etta Pope, daughter of Thomas
Pope, hardware merchant of this
city, and the family resides at 679
Elliott Avenue, Portland.
"Upon several occasions in the re
cent past", said Mr. Clark',- "when
Mr. Josselyn has expressed a desire
to be relieved from the strain con
. nected with the position of president
of a large public utility company,
such as the Portland Railway, Light
& Power Company, I have consider
ed naturally the question of select
ing a Bunaum auucebsur. Aim prev
ious to coming to Portland on this
visit I had decided that F. T. Grif
fith was the best equipped man in
every way for the position. - Not
only on account of his great know
ledge of the. details of the business
of the company, but because of his
large acquaintance and standing in
tbe community. In all such cases it
is always my preferance to select
a local man where the proper mater
ial is available. This having been
my attitude and conclusions on com
ing to Portland, I have very natural
ly been very much gratified by the
letters and communications of all
kinds, both written and verbal, which
have come to me during the last ten
days, strongly indorsing M)r. Griffith
for the presidency unon the retire
ment of Mr. Joss.elyii. These in
dorsements from every community
served by the company, and from all
classes of paople, I believe exoress
the opinion of the -community at
larga. That knowledge will be very
gratifying for me to take back to
the Eastern stockholders of the com
pany, assuring them, as it does, that
we nave made a wise and propsr se
lection."
Mr. Griffith, befor.i coming here,
worked in the San Francisco offices
of the Willamette Pulp & Paper
Company, and, upon his arrival here
went to work for the same company.
He studied law as opportunity offer
ed and was admitted to the bar in
1894. E. F. Briggs, now a resident of
Brooklyn, N. Y., and Mr. Griffith
formed a partnership for the practice
of law. The firm was dissolved in
about a year and Mr. Griffith became
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Wanted!
Girls and Women
To operate sewing machines.
In garment factory.
OREGON CITY WOOLEN MILL
"From the
5000 Feet of Excellent Film
General Aciraciisson 25S cents
I advise you to come in the Afternoon if possible
CLARK RE-ELECTED
SPEAKER OF HOUSE
DEMOCRATS HAVE BIG MAJORITY
IN LOWER BRANCH OF
CONGRESS
SUFFRAGETTES PRESENT PETITIONS
Wilson Announces That He Will Read
His Own Message 100 New
Members Take Oath
of Office
WASHINGTON, April 7. The 63rd
Congress, the first in many years
with the followers of Thomas Jeffer
son in the majority, began business
at noon.
As Speaker Clark dropped his ga
vel, Majority Leader Underwooi
dropped the tariff revision bill into the
hopper and thereby officially "started
& business that promises to keep
Congress at work tnrough the Wash
ington "dog days" and well into Au
gust. The re-election of Speaker Clark
was the first business in the House.
He received 271 votes; James R.
Mann, of Illinois, Republican, receiv
ed 111 votes, and Victor Murdock, of
Kansas, Progressive, received IS
votes.
Four Progressive Republicans vot
ed for Republican Cooper of Wiscon
sin. Cooper voted for Representative
Nelson of Minnesota.
While the Legislators were finding
their new seats, a procession of wo
men suffragettes, representing every
Congressional district in the United
States, invaded the Capitol an,d pre
sented petitions demanding a consti
tutional amendment for equal sif
rage.
In the House the day's proceedings
were principally of organization. The
re-election of Speaker Clark was the
first business, after about 100 mem
bers had been sworn in. Most new
Senators, however, had been sworn
in on inauguration day.
The strict formality that has char
acterized the opening ' of Congress
for years was shattered when a young
man in the gallery of the Senate
tried to halt a recess of that body
by cries of "Mr. Chairman." The gal
leries were filled with women suffra
gettes, and for a time it was thought
the demonstration was part of the
suffragette advance upon Congress.
COPYRISHT HARRIS AND EWINQ. WASH
Champ Clark, of Missouri, re-elected
Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives. The man, who gave his name as
Georee B. Clemmer, cf Monrie, N. C.
v he was a "herald of the Prince
of Peace."
Vine-President Marshall called the ;
Senate to order and administered tue I
oath the cath to Senators-elect Sher-1
man of Illinois, and Goff, of , West j
Virginia.
The RepMica'-s had nominated
Representative Mann as their candi
date for Speaker and the Prores-
sives smvi nominaiea itepresentauve
Victor Murdock v. ith a f '11 ticket, fr
offices of tbe House. Speaker Clark,
however, was re-elected by. a decis
ive majority.
Women suffragettes descended on
Congress again today with petitions
for a constitutional amendment for
squal suffrage.
Aft?r a mass meeting in a down
town theatre tho petition bearers,
more than' 500 in number, marched
to the Capitol. At the foot of the
Capitol steps the marchers divided
one party going to the Senate side
and the other to the House. Both
eventually joined in the "rotunda,
where members of both branches
were bombarded with the petitions.
The bearers represented every Con
gressional district in the country.
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covered from the wreck of the battleship and given to patriotic so
cieties which ask for Maine reli cs.
KELSO ORGANIZES
NE1GHBERH00D CLUB
The "Kelso- Neighborhood Club' j
was organized Saturday . at Kelso, I
! near Cottrell, with a membership of j
15. P. C. Spooler v.a3 elected presi-
I d.ent; J. H. Revenue, vice president;. '
j Mrs. Robert .Tonsrud, secretary and j
I trsasurer; Miss Margaret Milan, li- t
urarian. ice CDject oi tne societ.
,-0 ,-oot k;i- ; :,i
aure and domestic science anl fie
upbuilding of the community ia all
lines. It is desired to enlist the lead
ing people of tie community. The
next meeting will be held April 13.
CHARGE AGAINST KERN
DISMISSED BY JUSTICE
A complaint that Peter Kern, for
merly the own; r of a saloon in this
city, had threatened to harm Alex
Lindgren, was dismissed by Justice
of t a Peace Sievers Monday at the
request of the complainant. Kern
was one of the Oregon Citv saloon
men to whom the city council refused
to issue a license at its last meeting.
If it
prise
Happened It Is m tne Enter-
- the Cross"
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WILSON TRIES TO
Ei JAP TROUBLE
EFFORT IS MADE BY PRESIDENT
TO AVERT DIPLOMATIC
TANGLE
COraCE IS HELD WITH LANE
Chief txecutive Sends Views to Cal
ifornia Legislators Laws With
out Discrimination are Fav
ored, by Wilson
j WASHINGTON," April 7. President
I Wilson sought today to avert a dip;
lomatic tauglo with Japan over the
! bill pending in the California Legis
' lature through which Japanese would
be prevented' from owning property
i in tat state.
"The Japanese government had fil
j ed formal protest with the State De
partment against what it considered
a proposed infringement of treaty
i obligations.
I The President conferred first with
Secretary Lane, of the Interior De
partment, who hails from California
and later with Senator Works and
Representative William Kent, of that
state. '
None would discuss the President's
attitude, but it is believed that the
took occasion informally to commun
icate his views to the California leg
islators. The President is Teported as be-
Uieving that if anti-alien legislation
is necessary it should be made to ap-
ply to all aliens, without discrimina-
4 tion. Such a bill, while it might elim -
fil
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m""7c l7c J"1 "'m12 days in-jail and Dyer five days.
ed out here, the question of its con-'
stitutionality - without invoking any j
foreien government in the case.
"We don't want any more race
problems in this country," was the
only comment Representative Kent
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INCOME TAX-BILL -GOES
TO CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, April 7. Included
in the Democratic tariff revision bill
introduced into Congress today is
an income tax section which would
require every resident of the United
States who earns more than $400 a
year to pay a tax of 1 per cent on
bis earnings in excess of the exemp
tion. This would not require the man
who earns only ?4000 to pay a tax; I
but it would demand that thV indiv- I
idual wi.o earned $4100 for .example,
pay into the government treasury an
annual tax of 1 per cent, of $1 on I
each $100.
Tb;i bill also would provide higher
rates of taxation for persons with
larger incomes, adding a surtax of
1 per cent additional on earnings la
excess of $20,000; 2 per cent addition
al on .earnings in excess of $50,000,
and 3 per cent additional on earnings I
in pyrssa of SI 00 000 i
Under the surtax- provisions the
man who earns - only $20,000 would
pay to t! e government each year at
the rate of 1 per cent on' $1,600
($4000 exempt), of $160. If he earns
$30,000 "he w'ould pay 1 per cent on
$16,000 still, and 2 per cent on $10,-!
000, thus making hi3 annual tax $350.-
The person with a $50,000 - income
would pay 1 per cent on $16,000 and
2 per cent on $30,000 a total of
$760. The man with an income of
$100,000 would pay 1 per cent on
$16,000, 2 per cent on $30,000- and 3
per cent on $50,000, bringing his' to
tal income tax to $3260
121 TEACHERS VOTE
FOR TRAINING SCHOOL
The county court and Superinten
dent of County ScLools . Gary have
canvassed the vote of the teachers of
the county regarding the substitution
of a training school for the annual
institute, he vote favored the train
ing school was 121 to 30. Mr. Gary
has made arrangements to conduct
t;ie school at Gladstone Fark the three
weeks preceeding Chautauqua. The
teachers who attend will be givren
tha privilege of renting tents at a
cost of $2 for the three weeks. That
there will be a large attendance is'
assured. ,
INTOXICATED HEN
GET JAIL SENTENCES
Theodore Rambo and James Dyer,
of Wichita, accused of threatening a a
Affipor n'Ori O" l v n ti a Vi 3 'i ?- i n tr in Tne.
t1-0 tha PeioQ a;Q,.Q, ,. iu.
, day Rambo was'given a 8entence of
, s (VI nnk. riPnutv ohPrifF tr od tn
arrest the men Sunday evening. They
were intoxicated and refused to be
arrested. Sheriff Mass was appealed
to and he" and Deputy Sheriff Eddy
went ot Wichita, and ordered the
men to submit to arrest. Then they
did not refuse to be arrested.
nrnn ta
START WORK TODAY
M. J. Brown, chairman of the com
mittee appointed by the chairman cf
the mass meeting of taxpayera Satvr
day to investigate the expenditures
of the county court, said IVpndaythaf
tie committee would meet today an!
organize. The other members of the
committee are Robert H. Setiuebel,
of Canby, and S. L. Castb, ef Cams.
"We don't know, as yet, how we
shall proceed," said Mr. Brown. "I
realize it will be a big job and it
may take us weeks to complete it.
It might be a good plan for the per
sons we represent to engage an ex
pert accountant, and the county offi
cials should have one as well."
E. C. Hackettr, ex-deputy sheriff,
has been engaged by the county court
to expert the books of the county.
He began the work last week.
JUSTICE OFFICIATES AT
TWO WEDDINGS MONDAY
Justice of "ths Yeace Sievers offi
ciated Monday at the weddings of
Anora M. Cosgrove and Edwin B.
Morris, of Wasco County and Grace
L. Finn and C. J. Parker, of-Portland.
PRO
Pa
In Molalla Valley is Hard to Beat
If you are looking for a farm we surely can suit
ycu. We have almost any kind of a Farm from
5 acres to 345 acres some with stock and im
plements, at the right prices.
W. A. Beck Co.
MOLALLA
Exclusive Agents for Gregory Addition, Kayler Addi
. tion and Harless Addition to Molalla.
St
ar Theater Program
TO DAY AND TOMORROW
TV0 ACTS OF VAUDEVILLE
" HARRY L0YD
Some Character Singer .
Yon will enjoy him. The
air. iioya.
BARNES AND ASHER
A Study in Burnt .Cork
Eccentric Dancing
Coon Shouting
Good Clean Comedy
There is not a tired mome nt in their act.
AND LOOK
Tonight 4 Reels of Pictures
In the Claws of the Leopord
A Fine 2 Reel Feature
Gaumont Production.'
'At Twelve O'clock'
Don't miss this. It is ano ther cne of those KEYSTONE Comedies.
The New Policeman
" A RWestic
A Change of Pictures Wednesday
AND FOR BOTH THE
2 Acts of Vaudeville
and
4 Reels of Pictures
The Admission is the Same '
5c. and 10c.
riimm im
SCARLET FEVER
T:-e comic opera "The New Minis
ter" whish was to have been given
i a week ago by the choir of the young
i people of the Gladstone Christian
Church y ill be given . Friday evening
: April 11. The entertainment was post-
poned on account of scarlet fever in
Gladstone. The school was closed and
: all public meetings, discontinued on
account cf the fever. Although there
i were only a few cases of the fever,
i the pople rff Gladstone did not wish
i to take any chances of having an
! epidemic. The Gladstone Church open
i ed Sunday and the schools opened
I Monday. The New Minister" will be
given in the Gladstone Hall. The -company,
which is composed of lo
cal people, is well drilled and prom
ises to rival experienced profession
als. Klebe Estate Admitted.
County Judge Beatie admitted to
probate Monday the estate of Lina
Klebe, which is valued at $500. Albert
Klebe was named administrator.
best compliments have been paid
.
Production.
5c. and 10c.