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WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED X866
VOL. y. No. 104.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1D13
- Per Week, Ten Cents.
SUPREME COURT
FAVORS CONFERS
SENTENCES OF LABOR LEADERS
ARE-PRONOUNCED SEVERE,
ORDERED REDUCED
MITCHELL AND MORRISON FINED
President of American Federation
Must Serve 30 Days in Jail
for Contempt Court
Not Unanimous
WASHINGTON, May 5. Contempt,
of court judgments against Samuel
Gompers, John Mitchell arid Frank
Mlorrison, the labor leaders, for their
violation of a court's injunction in
the noted Buck Stove and Range case
were affirmed today by the District
Pnnrt f Annpalq hilt tho Iflil SP.n-
tences imposed were neld to have
been too severe, so the court reduced
Gompers' sentence from one year to
30 days and decreed that Mitcheel
and Morrison should . only be fined
$500 each. The lower court sentenced
Mitchell to nine'months and Morri
son to six.
The Supreme Court of the United
States undoubtedly will be asked
again to review the decision.
Unlike previous decisions in this
case which have been unanimously
against the labor leaders, the Court
of Appeals was divided.
at the
Willamette
Falls
and Rapids
Will be shown
again today
Along with
some more
New Pictures
Our
Vaudeville
Act
Is a Musical Act
of Quality
STROSS and
BECKER
Featuring
Trumpet, Double
Voiced Cornet,
Cello, Organ,
Viola, deGamba,
Etc!! Etc!!!
"We Deliver the Goods"
GRAND
The
Wanted!
Girls and Women
To operate sewing machines
In garment factory.
OREGON CITY WOOLEN MILL
SALMON
FISHING
COMMISSION PLAN ADOPTED BY
LESS THAN 47 PERCENT. OF
REGISTERED ELECTORS
POLITICAL CONDITIONS TANGLED
Primary is Nullified, and Candidates
Rush to Nominate Selves By
Petition Six Offices Are
Sought
Early returns on . the primary and
charter election in Portland, received
in Oregon City Sunday morning indi
cated that the proposal for commis
sion form of government had lost,
but the- complete returns show that
Portland adopted the new charter by
the narrow margin of 283 votes. It
is stated that there will be no con
testing of the result. The fact that
but 47 per cent of the voters register
ed cast ballots indicates that really
but little interest was manifest in
the change of form of municipal con
trol. Whether the result would have
.been different had a larger propor
tion of the electors gone to the polls
seems hard to say.
Adoption of the commission form
of government and the new charter
nullifies the primary election, and all
candidates under the commission
form will have to file their candidacy
by petition. As a result there is a
desperate scramble by candidates at
the late election, and -a host of pe
pition carriers are working on the
streets. Candidates will file for may
or, for auditor or for commissioner.
Many filed before the election, but it
is charged that these filings are il
legal, and that new petitions will
have to be drawn and filed.
As a result of the election there is
the greatest confusion in political
circles, and need of amending the
newly adopted charter has already
been found. As it stands, the charter
provides that all boards and commis
sions now standing shall be abolished
within six months; and one amend
ment that is generally felt necessary
will keep the present dock commis
sion intact. The commission charter
is to become effective July 1, and
el(4'ions for officers will be held in
June.
Mayor A. G. Rusnlight, who won re
nomination on the republican ticket
at the primaries, has already filed as
a candidate for mayor under the
commission form, as has Daniel
Kellaher, the East Side leader and
former state senator. H. R. Albee,
the Bull Moose mayoralty candidate,
and C. I. MeKenna, the democratic
standard bearer, have declared their
intention of filing. Al. L. Barbur,
city auditor, has also filed, while a
large number of the lesser fry, who
ran for councilmen at the primaries,
either have already filed petitions,.or
are making preparations so to do. .
Indications are that the commis
sion charter, at its first election, at
least, will give Portland one of the
longest ballots ever placed before its
voters. The number of candidates
for the six offices that it will be pos
'sible to attain will probably mount up
to nearly a hundred; and this general
ambition on the part of politicians, to
get on the hand-wagon is expected to
so split the vote that it will be pos
sible for most of the present "strong
men" to gain places in the5 city gov
ernment. Practically complete returns indi
cate several changes from the results
believed to have been attained Satur
day night. Perhaps the most note
worthy of these is the beating of
Judge Tazwell, of the municipal court,
by Fred L. Olson.
Among those who have filed as can
didates for one of the four commis
sionerships are Charles N, Ryan, L.
M. Lepper, W. C. Benbow, C. A. Bige
low. Mi. O. Collins, Ralph C. Clyde, J.
H. Nolta, W. B. Hollingsworth, L. G.
Carpenter, D. W. Ward, T. J. Ham
mer, George L. Baker and Tom N.
Monks.
DEATH CALLS PIONEER
OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY
The funeral of Mrs. C. E. Jones,
who died at Hubbard, Saturday was
held from the Miller church at the
Miller cemetery Sunday afternoon at
1:00 o'cloock. Mrs. Jonoes, who for
more than 30 years has been a resi
dent of this county, was a victim of
tuberculosis Mrs. Jones moved to
Hubbard about eight months . ago
from her ranch near Molalla. It was
on this ranch that she spent most of
her time since coming to Oregon.
She was 65 on January "22. Mrs.
JotiS;; leaves many friends in the
county who morn her death. She
was the mother of eight children, six
of whom are now living. They are:
Cyrus E. Judd, of Filer, Idaho;; O. H.
Judrl, of Helena, Mont., W. H. Judd,
of Helena, Mont.; Mrs. H. E. Reed,
of St. Johns, Ore.; L. H. Judd, of
Molalla, Orel! all by a former mar
riage; and Elmer Jones, of Molalla.
CLEAR CREEK TELEPHONE
OFFICIALS ARE SELECTED
Stockholders of the Clear Creek
Mutual Telephone company met Mon
day night and elected directors for
the ensuing year. A general over
hauling of the system was also order
ed, and it was voted to spend up to
$500 in putting the system in thor
oughly good condition. There was
considerable debate in regard to
coupling up with the Estacada and
Springwater lines, but as sentiment
was divided between the two lines,
the matter was laid over until anot
her meeting.
The election resulted as follows:
President, W. C. Kirchem; secretary
and treasurer, O. D. Robbins; direct
ors, W. C. Kirchem, A. M. Kirchem,
P. P. Wilson, L. S. Penny and Henry
Babler. - -
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WRITER OF FAIRY TALES
IS QUEEN IN REAL LIFE
Queen Elizabeth, of Roumania,
known better to the western world
as "Carmen Sylvia," writer of chil
dren's stories and novels.
DICKEY'S BRIDGE
IS SPAN OF DEATH
James Bird Lamb, 33 years old, was
drowned Saturday afternoon in the
Molalla river about two miles from
the town of Molalla. Lamb was re
turning home about 5 o'clock, and
had just started down a steep hill
leading to Dickey's bridge. In some
way his horses became frightened
and started to run away, and in their
dash towards the bridge they got off
of the road and went into the river.
Although Mr. Lamb was a good
swimmer, his body became entangled
beneath the wagon, and he was un
able to get free. The accident was
unobserved, but the unfortunate man
was seen beneath the water Sunday,
and a party was at once organized to
get it out. William Kallaham, after
some little difficulty, managed to ex
tricate it from the wagon bed, be
neath which it was pinned.
A peculiar feature of the accident
is the fact that Mr. Lamb had a
brother drowned in almost the same
place 28 years ago. The brother was
drowned while he was crossing a foot
log over the water.
William Bird Lamb leaves a wife
and two small children, two brothers
and a half brother, residing in Mo
lalla, a brother in Black Rock, Ore
gon, and a sister, Mrs. Erickson, at
Mulino.
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.
ASK SPORTSMEN
TO ASSIST STATE
GAjME WARDEN FINLEY PLANS
CAMPAIGN FOR PROPIGATION
OF GAME FISH AND BIRDS
PUBLIC SENTIMENT TO BE FORMED
Railroads Volunteer Assistance In
Work, and Will Aid in Distribut
ing Stock From Various
" Hatcheries
Special effort is being made by
State Game Warden William L. Fin
ley to organize the soprtsmen in ev
ery community throughout the state.
In many places, organizations have
been formed and good results have
been secured.
"In order to carry out the work
that has been outlined by the state
board of fish and, game commission
ers, and to have our fields and for
ests abound in game and our streams
stocked with fish, it is very necessary
that we have the active assistance of
sportsmen in different parts of the
state," says Mr. Finley.
"The object of these sportsmen's
clubs is to assist the commission in
planting trout and other game fish in
the various creeks and rivers, and to
release different . varieties of game
birds which are now being raised at
the state game farm in places where
they will thrive and do well. We in
tend to do this distributing ' of fish
and game birds through the sports
men's organizations."
The new fish-distributing car "Rain
bow" has been built at a cost of $7,
000. This car is specially equipped
with a large number of cans and an
air-pump and necessary apparatus so
that trout fry can be taken from .he
hatcheries and delivered in any part
of the state where the railroad runs.
From these railroad points the sports
men are to take the fish in wagons,
automobiles or other conveyances to
the streams to be stocked.
The various railroads in the state I
have offered free transportation for !
the firsh-distributing car, which is a j
considerable saving to the game pro-1
tection fund. T. J. Craig, who has '
fish distribution in charge, will be-;
gin taking out trout from Central
Hatchery at Bonneville, tae latter
part of next month.. Applications for
.trout or game birds should be made
immediately through the sportsmen's
organization in each community. '
Another object of having the sports
men organized is to secure a better
sentiment in certain localities in fa
vor of game protection. It Is impossi
ble to secure the enforcement of
game laws unless the citizens of any
locality are in favor of such enforce
ment. It is planned to. have at least one or
several such organizations in every
county in the state. A general con
vention of sportsmen is to be held
next October or November, at which
time delegates will assemble from all
over the state. An active campaign .
will be begun to make Oregon one of ,
grounds in the country. It is . con
tended that this will be an attractive
advertisement and a drawing card for
SENATORIAL CHANGES
LEAVE WARREN ALONE
COPYRIGHT HARRIS AND EWING. WASH.
Senator Frances E. Warren, of
Wyoming, wftio wa re-elected in
spite of general turning against mem
bers of "the old guard" at Washing
ton. a desirable class of tourists who iave
money to spend and money to invest.
Game protection and game propaga
tion is a business proposition, not
only for the man who lives in the city,
but for tne farmer, the -fruit grower
and the timberman.
CITY C. C.
TEAM DOES WELL
. The first try-out of the Oregon City
Commercial club baseball team was
successful in every way. The team
played Mt. Pleasant in Canemah park
Sunday afternoon, and Manager
Holesclaw, of the Oregon City team,
says that he is greatly pleased at the
showing made by the boys, some of
whom played in mid-season form. The
game was a short one, and was call
ed at 4:00 o'clock.
The batteries for Oregoon City
were Long and Smith, those for Mt.
Pleasant were Rawland and Miller.
If the weather is permissable, another
game will be played next Sunday with
West Oregon City.
WHliam Tellford, who was former
ly with the Tri-city league, has join
ed the team as second baseman. His
presence will serve as a bracer. Most
of the men who turned out Sunday
were members of the famous 1911
championship team, so a good team
during the coming season is assured.
The West Oregon City" team stack
ed up against the Molalla outfit Sun
day afternoon, and went down to de
feat by a score of 7 to 3. Butler, who
pitched for the west side boys, blew
up in the sixth inning, and it was af
ter that the heavy scoring occurred.
A small classified ad win rnt that
vacant rooax.
PRECINCT LINES
IN ODD TANGLE
LEGISLATION OF LAST SESSION
MAKES LEGAL VOTING AN
IMPOSSIBILITY
KtUfclKAIPl lUiuLlll
County Officials in Quandary, and no
Relief Comes from Attorney
General When Way Out
- of Trouble Asked
Whether or not citizens of Clack
amas county will be able to vote
legally before next year is a question
that is worrying County Clerk Mul
vey and other oofficials these days.
The trouble lies with a law passed by
the last legislature, which provides
that no precinct is to' contain over 300
voters, and that changes in precincts
are to be made in or after the De
cember immediately preceding an
election. The only exception to this
provision is in years where there is
a presidential election, when it is
provided that precinct lines may be
redrawn in the preceding July.
It was hoped that precinct changes
might be made in July , of this year,
but on request of Mr. Mulvey the at
torney general looked the matter up,
and rendered an opinion that as this
was not a year for presidential elec
tion, that provision of the law would
not apply. As to how voters should
register and cast their ballots this
year, the -attorney general did not
say.
If voters are registered from the
precincts as lines are drawn at pres
ent, the law will not be complied
with, for many of the precincts con
tain oyer 300 voters. In fact, with
the women having the franchise,
practically every precinct in the
county exceeds the legal number of
voters. This opens the way for a
contest on any election held under
present conditions, should a' defeated
or digruntled candidate desire to
raise the question.
If the county court redistricts the
precincts, so as to comply with the
provisions of the law, another point
is open to challenge the fact that no
provision is made for redistricting
before next December. Thus, no
matter what is done, it seems that
election affairs are in a bad tangle,
and opportunity for legal contention
arises.
County officials are going to take
the matter up shortly and endeavor
to reach some decision in the matter.
In all probability the matter will be
taken up with; the state authorities,
and an effort made to patch things
up in some manner so that voters
may be cast with precincts as they
are at present. While this seems to
be the general forecast of what will
be done, there is no certainty about
the matter, however; and county offi
cers are daily being beseiged by qus
tions on the matter by voters who
want to register.
TO BE HASTENED
An effort will be made ct the meet
ing of the city council next Wednes
day night to got some definite plan
of action put under way with regard
to improvement of Seventh street
and other municipal betterments on
the hill. While a great deal of work
is now pending final settlement,
there has been more than usual de
lay owing to the absence of a quorum
at several . set meetings. Summer
weather now seems to be at hand,
and the time for out-door work will
hereafter be constantly lessening; so
it is the desire of the administration
to get all possible work under way at
theearliest moment
"I hope we can get the Seventh
street matter, and the matter of the
new trunk sewer, settled at this
week's meeting," said Mayor L. E.
Jones, in speaking about the coming
meeting. "These matters have drag
ged along too much, and while no
body has been to blame for the delay,
we are now at a stage when some
thing ought to be done. Much of the
delay has been caused by the differ
ence of opinion among property own
ers, and sometimes I believe it might
be as well for all concerned if the
council would determine what it
wants to do, start in doing it, and
then let the people fight it if the
plans do not meet with their approv
al. This would get action in the sev
eral matters, anyway,, and action is
what we need just now. I trust that
several of these pending matters will
be put in provess of grogression Wed
nesday when the council meets."
WANTED!
1000 TO 2000 ACRES IN ONE BODY OR NEARLY SO NOT
OVER $35.00 PER ACRE. WHAT HAVE YOU TO OFFER?
W. A. Beck
Molalla
Exclusive Agents for Gregory Addition, Kaylor
Addition and Harless Adition to Molalla.
ATHLETIC FIELD
IS URGfNT NEED
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS MAY PETI-
S
LIBRARY PARK BLOCK
lINulK ipift 10 Bt BIG TOE
Lack of Local Training Grounds Ham
pers Oregon City' Lads Who En
ter Outside Vleets to Up
hold City Record
Inasmuch as the city high school
has no athletic field where pupils can
train for the various competitions,
games and field-days of school life,
a plan is underway to petition the
city council for permission to build a
cinder path about the border of the
I park block around the new library,
ivi nic uoc ui luc.paib lLocli, u til
ing certain hours of the day, as a
training field for the students. The
matter is still in but formulative
shape, but will shortly be taken up
in detail with the city government.
Those advocating the plan believe
that a cinder path could be built at
a minimum cost, and that it would in
no way interfere with the use of the
park for pleasure purposes. In fact,
it is said, that the high school boys
themselves could be entrusted with
the work, and that they would gladly
give as much of their own time to the
construction of the track as might be
needed. Cinders could probably be
obtained from the raUroad company
at a very low figure, or might be pro
cured from a more local source. This
detail will be settled later, when per- -mission
for the track is procured.
Placing a track about the outside
of the park would not detract in any
way from the beauty of the spot, and
the track itself might be used as a
! walk or path. Owing to the fact that
the park space is almost, a block
square, the corners of the track
would not have to be banked very
much, and a course could be con
structed that would provide approxi
mately 20 or 24 laps to the mile. The
use of the lawns for other athletic
training would in no way spoil the
grass, and would be of great benefit
to the school boys.
The lack of proper. training grounds .
has greatly handicapped the loocal
athletes in getting ready for compe
titions with other school:. Prelim
inary work for the meet at Vancou
ver, Wash., last week, had to be
done on the country roads and in va
cant lots, and having the track team
scattered in this way made the super
vision of the athletic instructor diffi
cult. Also, the more or less incom
plete training thus received nurt tne
team sent from Oregon City, and
probably cutdown their honors con
siderably. The forthcoming meet at
Eugene, which the local high school
track team has entered, will prob
ably be similarly handicapped for the
same reason.
Interest in athletics is high at the
school, and as a scholarship require
ment is enforced on all members of
the track team and ball nine, the
athletic work is also an impetus to
general excellency at the school. No
boy who does not attain an average
of 75 per cent in all studies is per
mitted to enter any of the contests;
and the school directors are planning
shortly to provide a deportment aver
age of 85 per cent as an added re
quirement. Quality First
Then Advertise
If you start out to buy any
given article and are offered
the 'choice of one that is well
known through advertising and
one that you never heard of,
you will instinctively choose
the one that you know about.
You feel secure in selecting an
article that will stand up and
justify generous publicity.
You are right. A manufac
turer or a merchant cannot af
ford to lend his name to any
thing that is Inferior in qaulity
or not up to the standards of
value.
If an article has real merit it
is worth talking about. If it
hasnt merit it doesn't pay to
tell "people that it has.
If you make hats or shoes or
whatnot and they are good aad
honest and posses unusual qual
ities, tell the public, and the
public will support you. If not,
go back to your factory or your
store and bring your merchan
dise up to a standard that will
justify the public's confidence.