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VOL. V. No. 105.
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SEE HOPES FADE
IRISH NATIONALISTS KILL SUF
. FRAGE BILL IN PARLIAMENT
BY VOTE OF 266 TO 219
CHANCES OF SECOND MEASURE NIL
Fear of Success of Home Rule Said to
Lie Behind Action of Sons of
Erin, Who Defeat Aim
of Militants
LONDON, May 6. The fate of the
woman's suffrage bill was sealed to
night by the votes of more than 50
Irish Nationalists, who voted against
it. The bill .which sought to enfran
chise 6,000,000 women, was rejected
by a majority of 47. The vote stood
266 to 219.
Whether there is any chance that
the present Parliament will pass a
bill of more limited character may be
doubted.
Probably the Nationalists fear that
if they allow a woman's franchise bill
to pass the second reading it will lead
to a parliamentary struggle which
not unlikely will end in dissolution of
Parliament before the Home Rule
bill becomes a law.
RABIES EPIDEMIC
HITS CLACKAMAS
What appears to be an epidemic of
rabies, though somewhat different
from the usual form of hydrophobia,
seems prevalent in certain sections
of Clackamas county, and County
Veterinarian W. S. Eddy Tuesday
night visited both Clackamas Station
and the Oak Grove locality, where
cases had been reported. The first
case developed at Clackamas Station,
when sometime ago a dog owned by
Li. Jones was bitten by a polecate and
soon developed what is commonly
Known as dumb hydrophobia.
A few days later the animal bit a
heifer, and the second creature soon
developed indications of having been
innoculated with the malady. The
Jones dog subsequently died, and Dr.
. Eddy procured the earcass and sent
it to the state bacteriological depart
ment for analysis and examination,
receiving a report that the dog un
doubtedly had rabies. Dr. Eddy at
once ordered a strict quarantine of all
animals that might have been bitten
by the beast, and requested residents
of the community to report to him at
once any indications of sickness
among dogs or cattle.
Monday he received a report from
Oak Grove that a young girl living
near Courntney had been bitten by a
dog, and that hydrophobia was feared.
On investigating Tuesday he was un
able to determine whether the animal
had marked symptoms of the disease
or not, and will watch the case care
fully. The cases so far reported to
him have made quick diagnosis diffi
cult, owing to the fact that the dogs
do not exhibit the ordinary indica
tions of the most virulent, from the
malady, but instead became morose
and apparently sleepy, sometimes dy
ing without any spasms or violence.
In this feature of the apparent epi
demic lies the greatest danger of a
spread of the disease. Dogs that may
have been bitten and inoculated by
sufferers from the malady are all be
ing closely watched, and many of
them are being kept penned up. Chil
dren have all been warned to keep
away from strange dogs, and not to
attempt to pet them; and it has been
suggested that any person having the
misfortune to be bitten by a dog,
whether the animal has been hereto
fore suspected or not, at once seek
the advice and treatment of a physi
cian. In the meantime Dr. Eddy is keep
ing as close watch upon the animals
in the county as is possible, so that
there may be no- spread of the dis
ease. WOMAN'S CLUB TO MEET
The Woman's club will hold a reg
ular meeting in the parlors of the
Commercial club Thursday afternoon.
The business meeting at 2:00 o'clock
will be followed by a social meeting
at 3:00 o'clock, which will be in
charge of Mrs. Mrs. Duncan Schank.
Mrs. Schank will give an interesting
talk upon "Railroad Commissions."
AH members are urged to be pres
ent. COAST LEAGUE SCORES
At Sacramento Portland 5, Sacra
mento 1.
At San Francisco Venice 3, Oak
land 2. (10 innings).
At Loa Angeles Los Angeles 4,
San Francisco 1.
Standing
'"Los Angeles 656
Venice 529
Oakland 469
San Francisco 457
Portland 448
Sacramento 432
Wanted!
Girls and Women
To operate sewing machines
in garment factory.
OREGON CITY WOOLEN MILL
l0MEN
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GAIETY PLANNED
FOURTH OF JULY GATHERING TO
BE UNIQUE AND STRIKING"
CELEBRATION OF DAY
SPECIAL COMMITTEES APPOINTED
Barbecue May be Feature, Aside from
Sports, Ball Game, Dance and
Oratorical Program in
Chatauqua Grounds
Members of the Gladstone Commer
cial club and the X-L club met in the
Commercial club rooms Monday night
to perfect joint organization for the
annual Fourth of July picnic and re
union, to be held in Gladstone park
this yaer. Committees were named
for the various" departments of the
work, and it was decided to have a
barbecue as an -additional A feature
this year if arrangements for one
could be satisfactorily made. Other
features of the celebration will con
sist of athletic games, contests of
various kinds, foot and obstacle
races, a baseball game between teams
representing two sides of the city, a
dance in the evening, and an oratori
cal program. Aside from being a
"safe and sane" celebration of the
Fourth, the affair is designed as a
general "get-together" day for Glad
stone people. All events will be free,
and medals will be awarded in the
contests.
The executive committee in charge
of the affair will be: H. E. Cross,
chairman; Mrs. F. B. Nelson, secre
tary; John Sievers, treasurer; Mrs.
William Johnson, Mrs. Dave Catto,
Mrs. W. F. Schooley, Mrs. L. A. Reed,
H. W. Strebig, .Tom Burns and Mr.
Barlow, directors.
The finance committee will have
John Sievers as chairman and will
be composed of T. C. Howell, H. H
Hall, T. E. Gault, W. H. Miller, Rich
ard Freytag, Tom Burns and Artnur
Paddock.
Charles F. Hagerman will be chair
man of the sports committee, and will
be assisted by Tom Burns, John
Sievers, Jay Mulkey, Barton Barlow,
Homer Hallowell, Ada Hulbert, Mrs.
F. P. Nelson, Lawrence Read, Frank
P. Nelson and Hugh Burdon.
Music will be in charge of a com
mittee composed of Joohn Strebig,
chairman; Thomas Burke, Mrs. Will
Johnson, Victor Gault, Mrs. Thos.
Burke and Mrs. Hayes. There will
be a fine chorus organized, and patri
otic and popular airs will be a fea
ture of the program. Possibly a brass
band will also be engaged.
Percy Cross will be chairman of
the invitation committee, and acting
with him will be Mrs. W. F. School 3y
Mrs. R. A. McGetchie, Will Burns'
Jolin Page, Frank P. Nelson, Charles
Sievers and Victor Gault.
The decoration committee will con
sist of T. C. Howell, chairman; W.
W. Leete, Mrs. Catto, Stella Cross,
Mrs. J. Schmidt, Mina Mulkey, Sam
Arnold, B. Vedder, Charles . Sievers,
Madge Hallowell, Lisle Gault, Hugh
Olds, Leonard Williams and Fred
Bailey.
Roy L. Dunn will be chairman of
the platform committee, and. will
have for his aides A. F. Parker, W.
Hammond, Dr. Hempstead, Mrs. T.
E. Gault and T. C. Howell. -
The entertainment committee,
which will have general supervision
of the various outdoor and set fea
tures, as well as of the frolics, will
be: F. S. Baker, chairman; Mr. Hold
ren, C. W. Parrish, Mrs. L. A. Read,
Richard Freytag, John Hallowell, F.
A. Burdon, J. C. Paddock, Ed. Har
rington, Patrick Harris! Oscar" Frey
tag, George "F. Nickerson, Mrfl Prae
gar, W. g. TJ'Ren, J. J. Burgee, R. A.
Gay, Louis- Sickler, W. E. Johnson,
Fred Smith, Ben Hayhurst and Mrs.
Will Goodwin.
The several committees will worK
hard between now and the date of
the celebration getting plans com
pleted, and frequent meetings will be
had to discuss such matters as may
be -suggested. It is noped to make
the annual feature out-of-the-ordinary
in many ways, and to provide for
Gladstone a gathering day that will
be distinctive from similar "town
days'" in the Northwest. The plans
received enthusiastic support at this
week's meeting.
I.D.
DAIRIES WARNING
"The statutes regulating the manu
facture and sale of butter provide for
the branding of creamery butter, but
not for the branding of dairy butter,
except that each roll or square must
be plainly marked '16 ounces, full
weight' or ' 32 ounces full weight.'
We find some dairy butter that is
not so marked, and we also find some
that is short weight," says J. D.
Mickle, state dairy commissioner.
"We would be glad to hold the
manufacturer responsible for the mis
branding and also for the short
weight but in the absence of any
name and address on the butter so as
to postively identify the manufactur
er we cannot do so. The following
ruling is therefore made: -
"All dairy butter offered or expos
ed for sale will be considered mis-
branded if it does not have plainly
marked on each roll or square the
words, 'dairy butter, 16 ounces full
weight," or '32 ounces full weight,'
and the name and address of the
manufacturer. Any person offering
or exposing for sale, dairy butter not
branded in compliance with this rul
ing will be prosecuted under the
statues provided for the branding of
food products."
WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866.
OREGON CITY,
AUTHOR OF INCOME TAX
, BILL RECENTLY RATIFIED
Representative Cordell Hull, of
Tennessee, and one of the leading
members of the ways and means com
mittee in the lower house.
LOCAL ATTORNEY
.AIDE TO CUPID
A certain well-known attorney in
Oregon City sent peace to two hearts
that beat as one for awhile, and which
now are beating separately. This at
torney helped the woman in the case
procure a divorce from her husband
sometime ago, and since the divorce
the couple has decided that they
made a mistake, and now desire to
wed again, and once more tread the
path of double harness and divided
woes. -
The decree issued, however, forbade
the marriage of either party to the
action within six months, and the two
have been much put out by this. This
week the former wife wrpte to her at
torney of her trouble, and Tuesday he
sent her a letter, informing her that
the decree, in regard to marrying
again, only concerned a marriage with
some other party, but that they could
remarry each other just as soon as
they saw fit.
The attorney is now intently list
ening for wedding bells.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Marriage licenses have been issued
by County Clerk Mulvey to Ruth
Maxie Gregson and Edward Siefer,
both of Boring, and to Constance
Hines and W. F. Perry, of White Sal
man, Wash.
SteiningerV Auto Stage
TO MOLALLA AND RETURN
Leaves corner of 7th and Main
St. Oregon City, every day, ex
cept Sunday at 4.00 p. m. Get
tickets at Elliott's office, down
stairs. -
IT WAS ALMOST A SECRET !
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MARRIED OH THE Lks X1LL eE'TrtE ! I ' 1 s5&?I'--!0GN,T PERKiNS GOING
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.OREGON, WEDNESDAY,
ALFALFA GROWS
WELL IN COUNTY
EASTERN WASHINGTON RECORD
IS BROKEN BY WILLAMETTE
MAN CUTS FIRST CROP
SEVEN ACRE YIELD 30 INCHES HIGH
Fred Archilles Sets Mark for Others
to Follow in Raising Nitrogen
ous Feed Seldom Found
East of Cascades
Fred Archilles, a progressive farm
er from Willamette, has just t com
pleted his first cutting of alfalfa from
a field of seven acres. Most of the
crop cut is 30 inches or more in
height ' and is well covered with
leaves. Alfalfa at this height is con
sidered a remarkable growth and it
is stated by O. E. Freytag, publicity
manager of the Oregon City Commer
cial club, .that the first crop of alfalfa
is not cut this early in the season,
even in such states as Colorado,
Washington and Utah. Mr. Archilles
hopes to harvest four crops from his
fields this season.
Part of Mr. Archilles' field is a
mixture of clover and alfalfa. From
this portion he will take several
crops and then turn the third or
fourth crop under and use it as a fer
tilizer. Mr. Archilles has a number
of fine swine upon his place to which
he feeds the alfalfa, and, several cows.
The land upon which the record
breaking crop was raised is not dif
ferent from much of the land at Wil
lamette and other portions of Clack
amas county, and it simply goes to
show what can be grown in this
county if the proper means are tak
en and the farmers exert an ordinary
amount of effort.
The alfalfa is a fine tts one would
wish to see, and is on exhibit at the
Commercial club exhibition rooms on
Main street. The stocks are a little
heavy as the stocks of all first crops
are, but the leaves and shoots could
not be better.
BIG LUMBER MILL TAKEN
OVER BY NEW OWNERSHIP
The recently organized Sandy Fir
Lumber company has purchased and
taken over the mill and timber of the
Straus Lumber . company. The in
corporators are: W. A. Proctor, Mar
tin Lennartz, John Straus and E.
Beers, Jr., in -addition to the timber
mentioned the holdings of Miss Clara
Meining, Theodore Fisher and John
Lormann were purchased, which
gives tlfe new company from 15,000,
000 to 20,000,000 feet near the site
of the present mill.
The mill purchased is one of the
largest in Clackamas county with a
capacity of 40,000 feet daily. Officers
of the new corporation are: Presi
dent, W. A. Proctor; vice-president,
Martin Lennartz; secretary, Fred
Proctor; general manager of logging,
E. Beers, Jr. All these are well
known lumbermen and have been in
the mill business In their section for
many years.
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MAY 7, 1913
NEW U
S. AMBASSADOR -
TO COURT OF ST. JAMES
Walter H. Page, editor and publish
er, who will represent the United
States at the most important of Old
World diplomatic post.
CHURCHMEN STIR
Members of the Congregational
Botherhood will meet in their rooms
on the evening of May 20 to hear a de
bate upon the question, "Resolved;
That Aliens Ineligible to Citizenship
Should be Allowed to Own or Lease
Agricultural Lands in Oregon." The
affirmative side of the question ' will
be defended by C. H. Dye, Rev. Geo.
Nelson Edwards and E. P. Carter.
That there will be a considerable
faction to support the negative is al
ready apparent, and so many people,
members of the brotherhood, and
others, have asked an opportunity to
express their views on the matter,
that the debaters for the negative
have not yet been selected. While
only bare announcement of the meet
ing has been made, there already has
developed a strong sentiment against
the favorable wording of the question,
as far as the aliens are concerned;
and it is quite likely that the meeting
will be the nucleus of pronounced ac
tion against alien land-leasing in this
locality.
It is also among the possibilities
that some member of the Japanese
association recently formed in the
valley' to promote a new trteaty giv
ing the Japanese citizenship rights.
may be on hand to enlighten the j
brotherhood' members on the manner ;
in which local Japanese view the :
"question. Started originally merely
as a' brotherhood debate, public inter-,
est in the question is causing it to de-:
velop into a matter of (general inter-1
est, at which a large attendance will
be likely.
If it happened It I in tne Enterprise.
QUERY
WEST SIDE iFOLK
FAVOR FREEDOM
OUT, OF 59 AT MEETING, 50 VOTE
FOR INCORPORATION TWO
CAST NO BALLOT
POSITION OF BIG MILLS OUTLINED
B. T. McBain Declares Corporations
Will ' not Antagonize Plan
Though Being Against
Increased Taxes
Voting 50 to 7 in favor of incor
poration of-the towns of Sunset City,
Willamette Heights, Bolton and West
Oregon City in a new municipality,
residents of the district effected met
in the parlors of the Commercial
club Oregon City Tuesday night to
further discuss the matter first seri
ously broached last week. There
were 59 qualified electors present all
told, most of whom were members o.f
the West Side Improvement club, but
two of them cast no ballot.
Much discussion of the matter was
had during the evening, and practical
ly every phase of the question was
reviewed on the floor. The same
general opinion seemed to prevail as
at the first meeting held, to the ef
fect that consolidation and incorpor
ation would be the best way to gain
needed utilities and improvement
without annexation to Oregon City
proper. Among those who spoke at
some length on the matter were B.
T. McBain, R. Lytle, J. L. Snidow, F.
Doty, Li. L. Porter, Dr. L. L. Pickens,
John Draper, K. McCarthy, J.
Michels, N. Nichols, P. J. Winkel
and M. Clancey.
To controvert any opinion, that , the
incorporation idea was being fostered
by the mills for selfish reasons, B. T.
McBain expressed and position of the
big corporations in the following
words:
. "It would be foolish for me to
state that the people I represent in
business are in favor of incorporation,
for such is not the case. They are
not eager to pay more taxes than at
present, and from which they would
receive no benefits; but if the West
Side people want to incorporate and
take in the mills and power plants,
the corporations cannot stop them.
They are not in favor of annexation
to any nearby cities, but in case, of
the incorporation of West Oregon
City, they would choose the lessor of
two evils."
Mr. McBain's words were taken to
mean by those present that the mills
would rather be included in a new in
corporated city. than in Oregon City
proper.
, In the course of the discussion the
exact boundaries of the proposed new
kiity were discussed. Limits includ
ing township 2 south, ranges one and
two, east, and the meander corner on
the west bank of the Willamette be
tween sections 31 and 36 seemed to
be generally favored. The special
committee of eleven that has the
drawing of plans for incorporation
ws continued, and will report at a
later meeting. No definite plan for
incorporation will be placed before
the voters of the district until the
first week in June, as a new law re
garding the incorporation of cities
passed at the last session of the
legislature does not go into effect
until then.
LA FRANCE TRIAL
TO BE HELD HERE?
That J. C. LaFrance, who was ar
rested in Coquille May 26, charged
defrauding insurance companies 'and
lodges out of $15,000 through substi
tution of a body found in the Clack
amas river for himself, may be. tried
in the Clackamas county courts is one
of the possible outcomes of inquiries
made in the matter by Sheriff E. T.
Mass and Coroner Wilson, who went
to Portland Sunday to talk the mat-
ter over with Multnomah county
authorities, and to interview the pris
oner. It may develop that as the
actual fraud i.self was perpetrated by
LaFrance in this county the case will
have to be heard here.
Another aspect of the case in which
the local officials ars interested is
where LaFrance obtained the body
that he used in his swindle. In an in
terview with the sheriff and coroner
Sunday he fs said to have told them
that he obtained it from an Indian
grave, but it is almost certain that the
corpse was not that of a red man.
Those who have investigated the
case have a clue as to the identity of
the body, and expect shortly to have
a complete line on LaFrance's ac
tions at the time he was preparing for
his crime.
For
Farms and City Property
In and Around IVJolalla
Call
W. A. Beck Sc Co.
Molalla
Exclusive Agents for Gregory Addition, Kaylor
Addition and Harless Adition to Molalla.
CLACKAMAS COUNTY &
3 FAIR
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, ? SEPT. 24, 25, 26, 27.
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SJ4$J33jJ35.J33
Per Week, Ten Cents.
CONCRETE HOME
FOR CITY HEADS
FOUR-STORY MUNICIPAL BUILD
ING PLANNED BY LIVE
WIRES COMMITTEE
RENTAL SPACE HELP ON EXPENSE
Local Boosters Also Endorse New
Bridge and Roadway to Glad
stone to Shorten Distance ,
on Road North
To . promote the construction of a
new bridge near the mouth of the
Clackamas river, with a road "connect
ing it with Oregon City is the plan
of the Live Wires of the Commercial
club, and Don E. Meldrum, Charles
T. Parker, Charles W. -Risley, W. A.
Huntley and O. D. Eby have been en
trusted with the work of carrying out
the plan. The appointment of this
committee follows an agitation that
has been carried on for more than
a year, and it has been due to the
fact that the people of Gladstone and
points near the Willamette river be
tween that town and Milwaukie have
been compelled to go in a roundabout
way to the Parkplace bridge to reach
Oregon City.
Judge Grant B. Dimick was named
as chairman of the committee to pro
mote the raising of- blooded stock,
and he made a neat speech telling of
the possibilities and advantages of
raising superior cattle and hogs. B.
T. McBain also talked along the
same line.
John W. Loder, chairman of the
city hall committee, made a brief re
port, urging the construction of a 4
story concrete building where -the
present city hall is located. Mr. Loder
suggested that the present structure
and the city jail be removed, and the
new jail be in the basement of the
building to be erected., . .
The ground floor could be used for
stores, the second floor for offices
for the city officials and others, the
third floor for the council chambe
and meeting rooms of the fire com
panies and the fourth floor for the
Commercial club, which would pay a
suitable rental. The plan would em
brace the installation of an elevator.
The report was filed and may be tak
en up and acted upon later.
ON POOL ROOM LAW
Thomas Kay, as he now calls him
self, special deputy and investigator
for Governor West, spent Tuesday .in
the wilds of Clackamas county look
ing for W. F. Flynn, a saloonman of
Wilsonville, for whom he had pro
cured a warrant in Justice Sievers'
court Monday for selling liquor on
Sunday. While the redoubtable Thom
as was thus engaged, Flynn had
traveled by various and devious
roads to Oregon City, and had gone,
unattended' to justice court, where""
he entered a plea ,of, not guilty, and
agreed to stand trial on May 14.
Somewhat tired and peeved, Spe
cial Deputy Kay returned to Wilson
ville late in the afternoon and gather
ed in John Lawrence, whom he
brought into justice court on the
charge of keeping his poolroom open
on Sunday, and on the second count
of permitting minors to be in the
place. Lawrence pleaded guilty and
paid a fine of $20, saying that he did
not know the law set the age limit
at 21, but thought it was 18. He cited
Portland poolrooms, that permit boys
of 18 and over to play, as examples
that had led him astray.
The question of the age at which
minors are barred from pool rooms
has never been settled before in this
I county. In the Lawrence
opinion was reauested of 1
case an
opinion was requested of Deputy Dis-
trict Attorney Livy Stipp, and after
carefully reading the law Mr. Stipp
Baid that the age specified was 21.
Many proprietors of pool halls have
been permitting boys over 18 to play
at their tables, and the decision will
come as rather a shock to them. The
fact that Portland police authorities
have permitted boys over 18 to fre
quent pool rooms may take Special
("Deputy and Investigator Kay on an-
other crusade of that city.
It is believed the decision in the
local case will cause Oregon City pool
rooms to bar all minors from such
places not through fear of Mr. Kay,
but because on their desire to obey
the law to the letter and to conduct
their resorts in an orderly manner.
A small classified ad win rent that
vacant room. ' "
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