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WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866
VOL. V. No. 93.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 1913
Pee Week, Te- Cents.
CAN THEY SNEAK IN?
TREASURER TUFTS ERA OE RAILROAD
IN A PREDICEMENT ACTIVITY BEGINS
LODGINGS Fill
AUTOS IN PARADE
TO BE DECORATED
1ARS CONVENTION
AS COUNTY OFFICIAL, HE MUST j
RESIST GLADSTONE SUIT
THOUGH FAVORING IT
IS RESIDENT OF PLAINTIFF CITY
New Aspects of Test Case Over Dis-
tribution of Road faxes Add I
Complications to Situa
ation to be Faced
County Treasurer Tufts is "between
the devil and the deep sea'asih?
saying is. On Friday he was named
with the county as a defends it in
the suit filed by the city of Gladstone
for the recovery of nearly $3,000 of
unexpended road taxes collected in
Gladstone for the past two years. As
a county official he will naturally have
to resist this suit. But, as a resident
of the city of Gladstone himself, he
will favor the plaintiff. And in the
meantime he is not saying a great
.deal about the suit.
"As a county officer," said Mr.
Tufts on Saturday, -I shall natrally
talk with counsel about the case, and
will assist the county attorney in ev
ery way possible to defend the case.
I am not familiar with the law under
which the suit is brought, however,
and I cannot say what the line of
defense will be. It has been the cus
tom to apportion road funds collected
in incorporated towns between the
town and the county districts in the
ratio of .60 per cent to40 per cent, and
I think that has been the plan fol
lowed in regard to Gladstone."
Mr. Tufts then laid aside the man
tle of officialdom and spoke as a resi
dent of Gladstone.
"We have a lot of county roads in
Gladstone," he said, "and their up
keep is an expensive matter. Aside
from that we have much street im
provement to do, and while a large
part of the street work is paid for by
assesment on the abutting property
owners, nevertheless GladstV)e can
well use the money she has paid into
the road fund for this work. But
aside from the street work, there are
three main county roads in Gladstone,
and two of these lie immediately in
the city. The third road is bordered
by city property on one side only. To
keen these roads in good repair 're
quires a considerable sum of money,
and it seems to be but fair that the
citizens of Gladstone should Save the
direction of the expenditure r"vonev
collected from them for this purpose."
Justice of the Peace Siever. who is
also one of the attorneys filing the
fiit in behalf of Gladstone, said on
Saturday that he believed Gladstone
stood a verv fair chance of winning
its contentions.' He did not expect
anv immediate action on the case.
howOTer.
"The countv has ten davs in which
to answer tbe complaint." he said,
"and after that T suVmose trial will be
delaved bv demiirers and other such
moves. However, we are goihff to
fieht the fngp clears throueh'. and no
matter what the decision in the local
courts mav be. we will see that the
matter is taken to the supreme court,
so that we mav eet in authoritative
ruling in the matter."
A jnrmit ciassifll aff wtn rint that
vnrnnt room.
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OREGON CITY WOOLEN MILL
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PORTLAND, EUGENE & EASTERN
FILES CONDEMNATION SUITS
FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY
LAND NEAR OREGON CITY DESIRED
Harriman Electric System, Hill Lincs
and Clackamas Southern All
Resume Operation at
Same Time
Condemnation suits were filed Sat
urday by the Portland, Eugene &
Eastern railroad, the electric end of
the Harriman system, for right-of-way
in the neighborhood of Molalla. and
for portions of their line between
points on the Molalla survey and the
main line that is to run from Salem
to Albany and Eugene. The filing of
these suits, together with the filing
in the county recorder's office of sev
eral right-of-way deeds leads to the
impression here that the new electric
system is going soon t0 begin active
work in this locality.
The territory effected by the vari
ous filings lies on both sides of the
river at this point. As nearly as can
be judged from the deeds and suits so
far filed, it is the plan of the Port
land, Eugene & Eastern to cross the
Willamette from the west bank about
a mile and a half above this city, and
there branch ino two lines, one run
ning on towards Salem and to the
south, and the other branching east
ward into the Molalla territory.
Activity of the Harriman electric
lines at this time is regarded in the
city as being the signal for an ap
proaching era of development in
Clackamas county that will open up
for settlement a great deal of terri
tory of the very finest and most pro
ductive nature. The Portland, Eu
gene & Eastern, as the electric sub
sidiary system of the Southern Pa
cific is known, is now under the di
rection of Robert Strahorn. one of
the most enterprising and progressive
of modern railroad chiefs, and the
man who engineered and built the
network of feeders in Washi-Tton
known in general as the North Coast
system. Mr. Strahorn, once he takes
hold of a proposition, usually goes
ahead . steadily and earnestly; and
his development of territory lying
contiguous to Southern Pacific main
lines will be sure to be thorough.
, Construction work on the P., E. &
E. line into the richly timbered Mo
lalla country has lagged through the
winter, but indications are now thai
it will be hastened ahpad. In fact,
with the Hill electric system extend
ing east into the mountains from Sa
lem, with the P., E. & E. striking
eastward in the neighborhood of Can
bv and towards Molalla. and with the
Clackamas Southern resuming opera
tion to the eastward from Oregon
City, there will be no lack oj develop
ment in the lower Willamette valley
sections. Added to this the possibil
ity of another Hill line being extend
ed up the north shore of the Clack
amas, makes the outlook for nroeres
sive development in the district Jtrib
utary to Oregon City of the very
brightest.
The condemnation suits filed Sat
urday by the Portland, Eugene &
Eastern road are against John and
Isabel Christiansen, Charles N. and
Jane West, Charles E. West, Ml J.
Lee, W. B. Moore, A. Roberts, the
Canby Canal company, and the Can
by Canal Realty company.
ST.JOl'S' CATHOLIC CHURCH AS IT WILL
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St. John's Catholic church, erected
in 1845, at a cost of $30,000, is soon
to be remodelled,- and when the
change In the historic edifice i3 com
pleted, the building will appear from
the exterior as shown in the above
picture, which Is taken from the ar
chitectural drawings. The church,
the parish home of the Rev. Father
A. Hillebrand, has had a longhand in
teresting career. As first built it
was but 30 by 60 feet in ground area.
HEAVY MARKET FOR
Receipts for the weex have been:
cattle 1751, calves 28, hogs 3284, sheep
2292, horses 20.
Cattle cars were full and buyers had
a fine layout on and-for Tuesday
morning from the delaved Monday's
stock train. Business was active on
a somewhat weaker basis, but the av
erage beef quality was so good that
killers could not fail to give 8c or
better. Bulk sold Tuesday around 8c,
but the tendency downward was in
evidence Wednesday. A conservative
steer top for the remainder of the
week a least, is $8.00 and it is doubt
ful if buyers could be induced to bid
higher. The sentiment is decidedly
bearish and price basis is not firm.
Cow quality was ordinary, only one
head selling at $7.00 and ranging down
t0 $5.00, according to quality. Veal
market steady to firm at $9.90;
All the swine business was contract
ed Tuesday and Wednesday. Prices
fell on Tuesday when buyers, refused
to give over $9.15 for the best quality
light hogs. Wednesday's top was
$9.10 and weak. There is a downward
tendency to the swine market and op
erations are uncertain.
Not enough sheep and lambs to sat
isfy one good killer. Only -sheared
wethers and lamb squeezed ' through
the three thousand total unloaded.
All prices are firm and thefj is an
urgent demand for fat mutton.
WANTED
To Rent or Lease
Four to Six-Room Cottage
Unfurnished
D C. ROBBINS
Oregon Commission Co.
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Its high cost is to be accounted for
by the great expense required in
pioneer days to transport material
and erect a building of Such a nature.
In 1902 the building was enlarged so
that its dimensions were 30 b7 95
feet; and the present change Is to be
made by widening the transcept, so
that the building when remodelled
will measure 55 by 95 feet.
When this last alternation in the
edifice is made, the church will con
tain a beautiful memorial chapel
A.
r'''is Its - e.
IN WILL, MORGAN
NEW YORK, April 19. "I commit
my soul into the hands of my Savibr
in. full confidence that, having re
deemed it and washed it in his most
precious blood, he. will present it
faultless before the throne of my
Heavenly Father; and I entreat my
children to maintain and deTend, at all
hazard, and at any cost 6f personal
sacrifice, the blessed doctrine of the
complete stonement for sin through
the blood of Jesus Christ, once offer
ed, and through that, alone."
This is the extraordinary and strik
ing utterance which beings the last
will and testament of John Pierpont
Morgan, who died at Rome on March
31 last, whose body, heaped over w?th
flowers from the crowned heads of
Europe, was, a fortnight later, brought
Lback to his own land, and last Mon-
uay was uurue lu lis last, resuiig yiuc
at Hortford.
As to the amount of the estate,
which is one of the first question the
public naturally is asking, there is
nothing in the will to give any ac
curate idea, and the executors de
clare that no announcement will be
made ou this point until the appraisal
has been made for determining the
state inheritance tax.
The amount of trusts and bequests
named by specif ic . sums is under $20,
000,090, but the entire residue of the
estate is left to J. P. Morgan, Jr., who
is designated by his father to 'become
the chief heir, not only to his fortune,
but to his many charitable and artis
tic activities.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Marriage licenses have been issued
by the county clerk to Lelia Hardest?
and Oliver Bailey, of Oregon City;
and to Ruth Maplethorpe, of this city,
and Ray Keeth, of Estacada.
SOON APPEAR
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which will cover the graves of John
McLoughlin, the founder of Oregon
City, and his wife. These graves are
at present an interesting feature
of the church close, but lie so near
the present walls of the building that ,
the extension will make it necessary !
to take them within the edificeV The
memorial chapel, however, will be' a
fiting tribute to the honor and re-
spect in which the memory of the !
pioneer is held. -
ASSERTS
BELIEFS
Morris In Spokane Spokesman-Review
RARE LEGAL FORM
IS USED LOCALLY
Application for initial registration
of land under the torrens law, rarely
used in this country, but much simp
ler in form than the usual method of
quieting title, has been made by L.
A. Coldren, through W. A. Dimmick,
his attorney. The land at issue con
cists of 84.78 acres in the Elliott
Prairie country, and is valuedat about
$80 an acre. Through confusion of
previous deeds and mortgages on the
property title to it is now in doubt,
and as Coldren has a purchaser for
the land, he desires to clear up this
legal tangle. -
'The plaintiff in the action, asks
that the court order a reformation of
the deed executed by Mary and G. E.
Goddard, in which the land was
wrongly described, and asks the court
to decree that a mortgage held by
George Abernathy be declared merged
in a deed covering the land, and for
& decree declaring two other certain
mortgages released and satisfied as
paid, and for clear title to the prop
erty. In acting on the case the court will
order the recorder of the coi;ity to
issue a certificate of title to the prop
erty, and on this certificate, all en
cumbrances to the property will be
entered. The torrens laws is but sel
dom used in this country, though in
Eastern Oregon its use is quite com
mon. FOR CELEBRATION
Ore5on City merchants, Dusiness
men and citizens generally have re
sponded liberally in their support of
this year's annual stock .show and
Booster Day, and the Commerciclub
committees that have had the matter
in charge are much gratified at' the
willingness of all to do their share
in making the big event a success. All
that is row asked is fair weather, and
if this prevails, all concerned fell that
the big gala time will be well worth
the money and energy expended.
The following is a list of firms,
merchants and private individuals
who gave financial and other valu
able assistance to the work in hand.
To them will be largely due the cred
it for the success of this year's cele
bration, and to them the thanks of
the CoHimerial club are extended:
L. Adams, The First National Bank,
Bannon Co., Grand Theatre, The
Bank of Oregon City, E. B. An'derson,
Price Bros., Jones Drug Co., W. H.
Silcox, Willamette Pulp & Paper Co.,
H. L. Martin, Burmeiser & Anderson,
Fashion Livery Stable, H. H. Hughes,
u Rudonich, Portland Ry., L. & P.
Co., E. A. Brady, Huntley Bros. Co.,
M. E. Dunn, Miller & Parker, C. I.
Stafford, Wm. Hansen, Oregon Com
mission Co., J. E. Armstrong, Wilson
& Cook, L. A. Nobel, Elecric Hotel,
The Portland Flouring Mills Co.,
Olympia Beer Agency, The C. C.
Store, J. W. Cole, Wm. Trudell, Zak
Bros., W. B. Hunsaker, A. J. Knightly,
Arthur Davis, Tolpolar, Court House
Barber Shop, Oregon City Shoe Store,
Workingman's Store, Pope & Co., G.
H. Young, H. P. Brightbill, Frank
Barlow, Stone Harnee shop, Partlow.
Geo. A. Brown, H. Burgoyne, Frank
Busch, J. F. Hodge. D. C. Ely; Jack &
Albright, Farr Bros., Geo. Renflaway,
Geo. V. Ely, F. H. Cross, W. L. Little,
Hub Grocery, R. Petzold, C. Naegeli,
Oregon City Courier, Mann's Restau
rant, G. W. Bigham, Gambrinus Brew
ery, Larsoon & Co., Elk Horn Stable,
C. Krohn, F. J. Alldredge, E. L. Wal
ters, F. D. Cox, Bell theatre, W sin
hard Brewing Co.
Boost your city by Boosting -your
dally paper. The Enterprise should
be in every home.
Steininger's Auto Stage
TO MOLALLA AND RETURN
Leaves corner of 7th and Main
St. Oregon City, every day, ex
cept Sunday at 4.09 p. m. Get
tickets at Elliott's office, down
stairs.
COMMITTEE ON ACCOMODATIONS
MAKES GENERAL APPEAL
. FOR HOSPITALITY
RESTAURANT CAPACITY WORRIES
Over 300 Delegates Must Be Fed and
Housed, In Spite of Great Crowds
That Will Attend Booster
Day Celebration
Those in charge of the preliminary
arrangements of the State Sunday
School convention, which meets in
this city April 24, 25 and 26, are fac
ing a serious situation owing to the
lack of entertainment accomodation,
according to the Rev. E. A. Smitli.
Chairman of theNcomnrittee having
this branch of the preparation in
charge. Mr. Smith Saturday . issued
an appeal to all citizens of Oregon
City to throw their doors open to the
delegates who will be in attendance
at the convention, so that the reputa
tion rf the city for hospitality may
not suffer a setback.
"Unless oui- citizens open their
doors with a broader hospitality,"
said Mr. Smith, "there will be a great
deal of embarassment, both for -the
visiting delegates and for those who
have the housing of the guests of the
convention in charge. Last year Mc
Minnville splendidly and easily cared
for the convention delegates, and Mc
MSnnville has scarcely half as many
homes as has Oregon City.
"The committee on entertainment
begs that all who can and will enter
tain delegates, send their names and
residence addresses to me, or to Mrs.
S. P. Davis or Mrs. Luella Andrews.
This will aid us very much in caring
for t're "00 or so delegates and speak
ers that will be in attendance, and
who will have to be provided for.
There will probably be a total of over
400 delegates, here, but some of these
will return to their homes in nearby
communities after each day's session
of the convention.
"The committee is also having diffi
culty in making arangements for the
feeding of the delegates. While the
committee is only planning to provide
the morning meal for those in attend
ance, and while various churcn sup
pers and fellowship luncheons will
care for some of the other meals, it
is nevertheless true that restaurant
accomodations in the city will be
taxed to their utmost, and we would
appreciate aid In this line as well.
The conjunction of the annual Boost
er Day and stock show with the two
days of the convention, further com
plicates matters, for there will be
thousands . of other visitors in town
on the last two days of the week;
and it will be a gigantic task to see
that all are cared for.
"People of Oregon City, however,
are noted for their hospitality, and
we are relying upon them to come to
our aid in this time of. nee'd. Any
who can and will, aid the committee
in this inspect, should communicate
with us at the earliest possible mom
ent, so that all arrangements may be
completed before the initial days of
t'oe convention.'' ' '
TRYING TO WIN TRIP
Miss Ellen Roberts of Milwaukie,
has secured the exclusive right from
the "Pacific Northwest" t o canvass
this county" for subscriptions to that
paper. The Pacific Northwest Is a
farmers' paper and is conducting a
subscription campaign. A young lady
is appointed in every county in Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho, who, pro
viding she secures 300 subscritions,
is taken upon a five weeks' trip
through the East, including such cit
ies as Washington, New York and Chi
cago. Miss Roberts is the daughter
of Mrs. Ml fc. Roberts, who has been
a resident of this county many years.
AD WOLGAST LOSES LONG
AND GRUELLING BATTLE
SAN FRANCISCO, April 19. Ad
Wolga3t stayed 20 rounds in his 'mill
with "Harlem" Tommy Murphy in to
day's fight, and then lost the deci
sion to the New York lad. Murphy
had a shade the best of practically all
the rounds, but Wolgast's staying
power surprised the fans.
HERE IS ONE OF
in Clackamas County, consisting of 200 acres, one and one
half miles from Mtolalla, on Vcfi River front, with 115 acres In
cultivation, which can all be irrigated by gravity flow; 19
' snares of stock in the ditch goes with the place, there Is 45
acres In clover, 20 acres in corn, 25 acres in oats, 10 acres" in
potatoes, balance to be put into garden truck, such as toma
toes, celery and other garden stuff. A fine orchard, yielding
600 boxes of apples, besides pears, cherries, peaches, appri--cots,
plumbs last. year; also abundance of small fruit, there is 2
sets of buildings, one 8-room house with spring water piped
into the house, fine" barn and all necessary out-buildings, and
one o-room house and new barn and all necessary out-buildings.
With place goes all stock and implements, consisting of
choice mares, weight about 1450 pounds, 1 colt, 7 first-class
Jersey cows, 2 yearling Jersey -heifers, 3 Jersey heifer calves,
58 head of hogs, 1 registered boar. 75 chickens, 4 wagons, 1
surry, 1 binder, 2 good mowers 1 hay rake, 3 plows, 1 disk har
row, 2 drag harrows, 3 cultivators, 2 new cream separators,- 2
sets of double harness and one set of blacksmith tools.
This place has county road on three sides, and two rural
mail routes, and can be subdivided to great advantage.
It is the greatest snap on the market today, at only $150
per acre; everything included; two-thirds cash, the balance in
from three to 5 years at 6 per cent interest, if you have the
money and see this place," you will buy it.
W. A. Oeclc & Co.
MOLALLA
PRIZES TO BE OFFERED. FOR EN
TRIES IN GREAT PAGEANT OF
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
TWO BANDS WILL FURNISH MUSIC
Benches Along Curb Line Will Pro
vide Vantage Places From "
Which Women May View
Displays
Arrangements have about been
completed for another of the great
features of the annual Booster day
celebration to be held in conjunction
with the sfockshow, Friday and Sat
urday. Messrs. Sullivan, McBain and
Latourette, the committee in charge
of the big automobile parade, have
practically completed the list of en
tries in this pageant, and are now
preparing a list of prizes that will be
awarded the most beautifully decorat
ed cars. Automobile enthusiasts who
desire to enter this parade are re
quested to notify members of the
committee in charge at once, so that
Places may be reserved for them in
the line.
The parade will be started Saturday
afternoon at half hast two. and will
countermarch on Main street, from
Third to- Fourtheenth streets. Cars of
every kind, from smart little run
abouts to bis touring cars and auto
trucks will be entered, and it Is ex
pected that the disnlay will be a
notable indication of the advance
ment and prosTfss of Clackamas
county. Automobile owners of a
number of outlvine communities havo
arranged to enter teir cars in groups
and it is believed that there will be
much rivalrv in decoration between
these several subdivions in the par
ade. V
During the parade, as throughout all
the other features of the celebration.
tbPTP. wil be two fine bands playing
on the street.. These two croups, of
musicians, the Oregon City band and
the Redlands band, will add muchto
the eniovment of the day, and will
roateriallv aid in . entertaining the vis
itors while the parade is forming.
The committee In charge of street
arrangements has provided planking
in ample quantities for benches along ;
the curb, but merchants and propri
etors of business houses are request-'
ed to provide suitable and strong
boxes or stands on which this plank
ing may be placed, so that there will
be no doubt as to the security of the
resting places thus to be provf3ed for
the women and children who will oc
cupy them. With the merchants pro
viding boxes, and with, plenty of
planking on hand, there should fc no
dearth of available seats for the vis
itors and spectators.
Arrangements have also been com
pleted for the decorating and thor
ough cleaning of the stock display
barn, on Main street between Third
and Fourth streets. This building,,
which wll be the mecca of the great
er part of the crowds during the two
days of the stock show, will be in
itself a feature well worth visiting, if
the plans of the committee are car
ried out as now decided upon.
UNCLAIMED MAIL
The following is a list of unclaimed
letters at the Oregon City postofflce
for the week ending April 18, 1913.
Woman's list: Burns, Mrs. Alice;
Elmer, Olga; Noble, Mrs. Maud.
Mens' list: Burybordt, C; Dixon,
E. V.; Dodge, E. J.; Dudele, Paul;
Erickson, Mr.: Gilbert, Russel; Hay
ball, A.; Hoffman, S. H.; Keefer &
Alberts; Klinger, Charles: MytQti,
Frank; M. 33 (2); Olson, J. D.; Pet
rovich. Atanas: Robins, Wm.; Schiff
mann. Solon; Spring, W. F.;-Yasuto-mes,
Y.
A BEAUTIFUL LOT
Centrally located on improved
street, with sewer and water; a
bargain at $550; $50 down, bal
ance monthly.
E. P. ELLIOTT & SON
Seventh and Main St ;
THE BEST FARMS