MOKNING 'ENTERPRISE, SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 1913
At the Portland
Last Car Leaves
Scene from the great Western
week, commencing Sunday.
"TEXAS" AT THE BAKER
The Baker Players to be Seen In
Famous Western Play Next" Week
Everybody loves the real breezy
and exciting Western play, and for
that reason Manager Geo. L. Baker of
the Baker players manages to present
one about every four or five weeks.
They never fail to nit the mark, and
this time it will be Mauldin Feigl's
well known "Texas," that will be the
offering beginning next Sunday mat
inee for the week. The title almost
tells the tale, at least there is only
one thought connected with "Texas,"
and that is cowboys, cattle and
ranges.
And about all the characters in the
play are of this type too, with a few
women thrown in, and a party of Eng
lish people showing the great contract
between the lives of England's nobility
and the raw Texan cattle ranger.
Buck Head Ranch is owned by Colonel
West and he has a daughter named
after the state in which she was born.
There is a love affair between little
"Texas" and a handsome foreman of
the adioining ranch, which a certain
English lady greatly disturbs for a
while, but when a greaser bad man
puts a bullet into the foreman he
needs nursing, it is then that little
"Texas" has her inning.
There is a whole raft of cowboys
who get mixed up in the plot and
great characters they are, some of
them havine little affairs of their nwn
which create no little amusement, but
the serious side of the story concerns
the attempt of an English lord to get
posession of Buck Head Ranch, and
leave the Wests ruined and homeless,
which same might have been success
ful but for a lucky accident. It is
all a big breezy and exciting play, and
will be splendidly portraye3 by the
popular stock company. Matinees will
be given Wednesday and Saturday,
and the bargain night Monday.
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Mabel Wilber, prima donna In "The Merry Widow,'' to be prsened at
the Heilig Theatre, Portland, April 20, 21, 2 and 23. This famous pro
duction by Henry W. Savage of Frank Lehar's musical comedy will be
given for four nights, commencing Sunday, wlh a special price matinee on
Wednesday. During this engagement the 5,000th Performance of the
sparkling play wil be presented, and appropriate sounvenirs Will be given
away, ;
For Oregon City at Midnight
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"Texas," to be presented at the
"THE MERRY WIDOW"
PLAYED 5,000 TIMES
Portland will have the pleasures of
seeing the five thousandth perform
ance in America of Henry W. Savage's
unapproachable musical triumph, "The
Merry Widow," on Sunday night, April
20th, when it comes to the Heilig
theatre, Eleventh and Morrison Sts.,
for an engagement which will termin
ate on Wednesday April 23rd.
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Mr. Savage determined to make this
year's tour of "The Merry Widow"' an
enormous all-star revival, and accord
ingly has not only given the piece new
scenery, new and magnificent cos
tumes, but has sent with it no less
than five players for the leading roles,
who have been playing their respec
tive parts ever since "The Merry Wid
ow" was first produced in America,
all of them having passed well beyond
their two thousandth performance.
To celebrate the five thousandth
time in America, every dadv. in the
audience on Sunday night will be pre
sented with an appropriate souvenir.
Miss M.abel Wilber will play tne
title role, Charles Meakins will be the
dashing Princve Danilo, Oscar Figman
the sauve and wiley old diplomat, Bar
on PoDoff, Arthur Wooley the ludi
crous Mr. Nish, F. J. McCarthy the
blubbering Novokovich and Olga. Roll
er, a bueatiful young Viennese prima
donna brough by Mr. Savage to this
country, will sing the part of Natalie.
Adjectives are inadequate to de
scribe the beauty of the girls of the
chorus. As one of the San Francisco
newspapers said two weks ago, "There
may be prettier girls somewhere, but
we have never seen them."
The' best of the musicians whom
Mr. Savage, assembled last year for
his grand opera production, "The Girl
of the Golden West," will play "The
Merry Widow" score.
There will be a matinee at special
prices on Wednesday afternoon. Sale
of seats opens Friday morning, April
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18th. Night prices 50c to $2.00; mat
inee, 50c to $1.50.
DERTHICK CLUB CONCERT
Portland Soloists to Appear Monday
at Congregational Church
The Derthick club, the leading musi
cal organization of Oregon City, has
announced next Monday evening as
the date for its concert at the Con
gregational church. The programmie
will be given by Mrs. Lulu Dahl Miller,
controlto; Mr. Stuart McGuire, bari
tone, and MSss Carmel Sullivan, ac
companist. Miss Sadye Evelyn Ford,
of this city, will be the accompanist.
This will be a real musical treat and
the public should not miss itv Tie
tickets are 50 cents, and there are no
reserved seats.
HAS GIBSON COME BACK?
Veteran Pittsburgh Catcher Showing
Old Time Form in Early Games.
Who s;iys they do not come back?
Well, they do. Look at George Gibson,
the Pittsburgh Pirates' veteran catch
er. Last season it was thought that he
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I'.EOUGE 1BS(N. VETEKAN 1'ITTSHnBGH
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bad se'i his best pkiyinjj days; that in
a year or two more he would be in the
minors
In the spring practice games George
handled tbi- pitchers a well if not bet
ter than he did In his best days He
now plays with lots of snap and pegs
with deadly aim. Manager Clarke is.
highly pleased with the showing of the
veteran. Two years ago Gibson was
considered the hest catcher in the coun
try Breitenstein to Umpire Again.
The veteran Theodore Breitenstein
will umpire in the S ntliern league this
year
CLACKAjMAS SOUTHERN
(MEETING IS CALLED
There will be an important meeting
of stockholders of the Clackamas
Southern railroad in the Commercial
club rooms Monday evening at 8
o'clock. Matters with which every
local stockholder of the road should
be acquainted wil be taken up, and
it is hoped that all will attend. Re
ports on the forthcoming extension of
the road, and on the installation of a
service t0 Beaver - Creek will be
among the matters taken up.
AUTO TRIP POPULAR
Over 50 plates have been reserved
for the big Clackamas County Auto
mobile club banquet which will take
place in the Wednesday evening in
the club house of the Portland Auto
mobile club on the Sandy river.; It
is a twenty-mile ride from Oregon
City to the club house, and the start
will be made from the Commercial
club at six o'clock.
All persons wishing to attend
should notify one' of the members of
the committee which is composed of
M. D. Latourette, William Logus and
Charles Risely. All reservations
must be made not later than Monday,
COUNCIL iMEETINGON
FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON
Mayor Jones has called a special
meeting of the city council for half
past four Monday afternoon. Mat
ters pertaining to Booster day festiv
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ities will be taken up, as well as some
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LEGISLATIVE WORK
Members of Meade Post. G. A. R.
held an, interesting meeting Saturday
afternoon, at which the Hon. W. A.
Dimmick delivered the. principal ad
dress. Mr. Dimmick was asked, to
tell the old soldiers of the work done
by the past legislature, and after hear
ing his comprehensive account,, the
veterans came to the conclusion that
their interests had been well looked
after. In the course of his remarks
Mr. Dimmick also spoke of the plan
to hold a great national 'ilebration
on the Field of Gettysburg "in July,
and while discussing this, threw many
interesting sidelights upon the great
struggle.
Preliminary arrangements were al
so made at the meeting for the send
ing back to the Gettysburg celebra
tion of three of the local members,
thought this matter will be taken up
further at a later meeting. It was al
so decided to hold the Memorial Sun
day services this year in the Catholic
church.
The post has also decided to care
for Dr. Piffer, a former army surgeon
living near Oregon City, and who at
present is in very poor health. He
will be sent to a hospital until his
health betters, and brother veterans
will look out for his interests.
POLICE FIND CITY
IN BEST OF SHAPE
Since the licence of three Oregon
City's sallons was revoked tSe first
of April, the town has become almost
a model city as far as the police court
is concerned. The first of the pres
ent month the city council refused to
reissue licenses to three of the six
teen saloons of the town. These three
saloons were said to have broken the
laws in regard to selling liquor to
drunken men and to minors.
During the month of March, the city
police arrested 32 men on the charge
of being drunk. During the first 19
days of April, but three men have
been arrested for drunkeness. Chief
of Police Shaw states that there' has
been a wonderful improvement in the
town since the closing of the saloons.
Mr. Shaw stated that there was one
of the saloons that was closed that
was a constant source o trouble, and
that the police could not always se
cure direct evidence against it.
It is thought by many that the clos
ing of the three saloons has been re
sponsible for less drunkeness in two
ways. The saloons were not strict,
and many drunks came from them,
and the closing of the three saloons
has made other saloonmen, who might
have violated the liquor laws, much
more careful.
MAN SEEKS WORK;
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Worrying lest her husiband has met
with foul play, Mrs. Ralph Wildeman
has asked Sheriff Mass to try and lo
cate Ralph Wildeman, 24 years of .age,
a traction engineer, who left Oregon
City on March 19, to go to Esk, Sas
catchewan, Canada, to take a position
and from whom she has not heard
since. Mr. Wildeman was last seen
in Portland, at half past six on the
evening of the day he departed, when
he boarded a train for Spokane, en
route to his new work.
Mrs. Wildeman has written to his
Canadian address several times, and
has communicated with the fiii for
whom he was going to work, but has
been unable to obtain any trace of (her
husband. Two young children and
twin babies are here with the mother,
who is staying at the home ' of G.
Kelm, awaiting some word from her
spouse.
Wildeman is described as being
about "5 feet 6 inches in height, heav
ily built, of light complexion, with
light hair and a smooth shaven face.
Sheriff Mass will send out an alarm
for the man.
ROSE SHOW PLANS
TO BE DISCUSSED
To complete plans for the aVnual
rose show, there will be a meeting
of the Oregon City Rose asociation on
April 29. It is likely that at this time
June 7 will be fixed as the date of
the display of blooms in this city.
WhilB by many the date is regarded
as somewhat early for the best de
velopment of the flowers, the fact
that the Portland Rose show opens on
June 9, and continues for the week,
has made it seem best to have the
local exhibit earlier than usual.
The proposal to postpone the local
display until the week following the
Portland show wil be discussed, but
it is not believed that the members of
the home organization will care to
put off their own event until such a
late date. Rose bushes are already
budding well, and there is every indi
cation that there wttl be a plentiful
supply of blooms for exhibition pur
poses. "DEAR DAD
At last we've reacted ' the promised
land,
Where crops were never know to
fail;
With plenty of money at our com
mand and pluck and health
We have prosperity "by the tail."
Better leave that dreary place,
That old sun-baked, wind-swept
land;
Find here Nature's smiling face and
mammoth crops;
With rain and sunshine hand in
hand.
When you seek our Oregon home,
Come by the route called "Never
fail," .
Where live the people who neve
roam happy, contented,
Say, Dad, this is no fairy tale.
Dear dad, and mother, come out soon;
Here we always have plenty of rain:
The grass always green, flowers in
bloom.
Come soon, dear dad!
Your happy children,
Jack, Baby and Jane."
The poetry given above is a bona
fide letter sent back East to her
friends by a woman who has recently
come to the Willamette Valley to
make her home.
The- letter shows how a stranger
sees Oregon, and the spirit of hopeful
energy which possesses the new ar
rival on Oregon soil. Some time ago
an article appeared in one of the
weekly publications which told of the
buoyancy "of spirit which possesses
one in the Western Country. There
is a lightness of atmosphere, a purity
of air, and a sense of freedom which
one does not experience in a land
where the humidity of atmosphere
causes depression of spirit. . One
isn't afraid to take hold of a new ven
ture, for while success for one rea
son or another does not attend every
attempt, one is always ready to gath
er oneself together, and start afresh.
The spirit of the West Advancing
civilization not "out , distanced by the
older effete civilization of the East,
has not yet bereft the West of that
wonderful spirit. It is in the very air
we breathe, that spirit of achievement;
and the man who was afraid of his
own shadow back East (metaphorical
ly speaking) will out here take up a
new line-will venture will work for
success without the fatigue and the
sense of failure, and the depression
he has known.
There is a life-giving quality in the
air and the blood courses through
one's veins, and one isn't afraid but
is ready to meet opportunity half way.
THE NEW COMER.
The new comer wishing to locate
a home in Clackamas County should
never be too hasty, but should inspect
the land, to learn whether it is suited
to the tastes and requirements of his
family andthe industry which he ex
pects to engage in.
-If he does not find just what he
wants in one part of the County it will
pay. to look further as conditions and
soil are so diversified in Clackamas
County, that no long search will be
necessary. The land along the rivers,
the bench land, the hill land, each
have their own special . qualification,
and yet all grow the some good crop,
the same stock, and poultry, and en
vironments because of roads, are
much the same.
Once located you will find yourself
among hospitable and sociable neigh
bors, whose delight it is to be of ser
vice to the newcomer. A warm wel
come into thev churches, schools,
granges, improvement clubs and oth
er organizations and societies awaits
every new citizen who comes to Clack
amas County with the honest purpose
of making a home.
Hundreds of families have located
in Clackamas County in the past few
years and by following these precau
tions have located happily and are
prospering.
Portland Railway, Light & Power Company
' Beaver Building, Main Street
Get this idea of rough, high-prodf7stfong whiskey
out of your head or. it will get you play the
devil with your nerves ruin your digestion.
Why punish yourself.
Cyrus Noble, pure, old and palatable
bottled at drinking strength.
Sold everywhere and costs no more thaa
any other good whiskey.
W. J. Van Schuyver & Co., General Agents, Portland, Oregon.
NO SPECIAL LUCK
' NEEDED IN OREGON
There is said to be a special Provi
dence which takes care of children
and fools, but there is no special Prov
idence in Oregon which looks after the
lazy man, and if he has been enjoy
ing this rather doubtful blessing, he
had better remain where he is, unless
he wants to wake up, brace up and
be a man, then we want him out here
to help develop the country. If he
keeps his eyes open and his hands and
brain ready to grasp opportunity,
'which is better than all the special
Providences which have a little way
ofdeserting you at critical moments,
he can make good here.
There has been a story going the
rounds of Eastern papers, started by
a letter purported to have been writ
ten by a man who had cotne out here,
ana wno naan t made his fortune in
la few months. He roundly and bit
j terly denounced anything and every
j thing Western. It is probable that it
isn't the first time in his career he
i has become disgusted with his condi
tion, and ijnless he met with some
peculiar personal misfortune, there
was no reason for his failure here,
except himself. This is a wonderful
country for-individual endeavor, and
there are such varied avenues for spe
cializing, and so many fields for work
that it would seem that every man
could find some work in which he
could make a success. , But mark you
the words, endeavor and effort and
work and success follows.
Clackamas County is full of men
who write it that way, or rather who
have lived it that way. In one walk
of life or another they may be found.
The manager of the largest mill of it3
kind in the world, situated in Oregon
City didn't reach that position through
an intervention of Providence or
through luck. He started as office
boy and worked, and though he is
still a young man is one of the sub
stantial and prominent citizens, and
a most public spirited man. An agri
cultural and horticultural authority in
the county and State began without
knowledge of farming after he had
grown to manhood, but Providence
had nothing to do with it. He stud
ied nature and he made his own suc
cess he worked. The young German
The Superiority of ElectricToast
to the charred, or brittle, or soggy kind made in the
tedious old-fashioned way, is relatively the same as the
superiority of grilled steak to fried steak.
For one-tenth of a cent a slice the General
Electric Radiant Toaster makes Perfect Toast faster
than you can cat it. It is Perfect Toast because the
radiant heat forces the necessary chemical change
in the bread. This insures delicious golden Toast that
fairly melts in your mouth.
You can operate the General Electric Radiant Toaster on die
finest damask table cloth. Its neat porcelain base and cheerful
glowing coils add grace and charm to any table.
This little toaster is on display at our store in the Bea
ver Building on Main Street.
who took his brood of youngsters out
onto an uncleared bit of Clackamas
County land and in 8 years has hewn
a farm out of the forest and is count
ed a success, didn't look to Provi
dence. He just worked. A man who
had been a dray man in one of the
middle West states, came out here
and bought ten acres. He cleared
and planted this to the very best ber-.
ries and small fruits between the.ro ws
of trees he set out. He brought his
knowledge of business tovbear in the
manner in which he set about to mar
ket the products of his place. He
had studied the best methods of pro
ducing, and sold only the highest qual
ity of the very best that could be pro
duced, and today he has an offer for
histen acres which seems mighty
high, but he doesn't take it, for he
is making more by far than he could
reinvest for it pays him even at the
high figure offered to keep his old
plant, and not start again. But what
has brought him his success?
There is a man in Clackamas Coun
ty who has made a success of raising
stock. His has been a greater than
a financial success and it has been
that too but he raises the best of its
kind, and is so proud of his success
that he has spent much of his means
to tell others about the rich -rewards
in this particular branch of animal
husbandry.
And one could go into every neigh
borhood in the County and find not
one but many who are not sitting'
down nor going back East to tell about
their failures, but who are so busy
making their way along the high road
to success that they haven't time to
be failures.
Opportunity! This is the land of
opportunity, and opportunity is look
ing for you. But you have to meet
her half way, and you have to carry
your share of her burden, or she won't
walk with you here any more than she
will any place.
Opportunities are as many as they
ever were, for we have more needs
than we ever had, and some one has
to supply the needs. Just because our
hind sight is better than our foresight
is no reason why we should feel that
all the opportunities are gone. We
can see what has been and there have
been lots of things, but we must try
to see what is, and so be ready when
opportunity meets us on the road,
just as th9 men who have been suc
cesses, were ready.