$ i $JJ$sjsss$.
THE WEATHER
t OREGON CITY Showers andS
cooler Thursday. Winds mostly $
8 westerly. $
$ Oregon Showers Thursday and$.
$ cooler Interior west portion. West- $
Serly winds S
" S Washington Fair Thursday. $
8 CLACKAMAS COUNTY 8
8 FAIR
8 CAN BY, OR.
SEPT. 24, 25, 26, 27. S
- ' .
sS-SS$SSs3.$s
WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866
VOL. V. No. 106.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1913
Per Week, Ten Cents.
TARIFF BILL'S
CAUSE HALTS
THE FIRST LONG PANTS.
D JURY IRE
WILL RISE HERE
E"
HUGE CAR
SHOPS
COUNCIL HEARS
APRIL REPORTS
GRA
ROUSED BY
m
REPUBLICAN MANEUVER BLOCKS
PLANS OF UNDERWOOD'S
SUPPORTERS JN HOUSE
SPECTATORS WERE DISAPPOINTED
Expected Democratic Triumph is
Postponed by Parliamentary
Move on Part of Mann In
come Tax Amended r
WASHINGTON, - May 7 After all
of the fireworks preparatory to the
passage of the Underwood bill in the
House had been set off, Republican
parliamentary maneuver blocked pro
gress by the Democratic majority
and the House was forced to adjourn
until tomorrow with the bill still
pending. '
When the valedictory . speeches 011
the bill had been delivered and
crowded floor and gallaries were pre
pared for the final action. Republi
can Leader Mann replied to Majority
Leader Underwood's opposition to a
roll call on the Republican amend
ment proposing a tariff commission
by declaring he would demand the
reading of the "enrolled bills."
It was impossible for the enrolling
clerk to complete the enrollment of
the bill before tomorrow afternoon
and amid the dissatisfied mutterings
of the members who had waited
through the evening in the expecta
tion of a final vote, Representative
Underwood moved that the House ad
journ until 2 o'clock tomorrow after
noon when the vote on the bill will
be taken.
In the closing hours of the session
tKe ways and means committee
amended the income tax section of
the bill so as to exempt from its
provisions the citizens of Porto Rico
and the Philippines.
E
The answer of the Pacific Tele
phone & Telegraph company to the
complaint of the special council com
mittee on telephone rates, filed with
the state railroad commission, has
been received by Messrs. William
Beard, F. J. Tooze and W. A. Long,
and explains the company's stand in
charging certain of its local sub
scribers $1.25 a month for the serv
ice that other subscribers are charg
ed $1.50.
The company sets forth that the
$1.50 a month rate on four-party lines
was established December 1, J911,
and that because at that time the
company had subscribers who had
prior to that date been paying but
$1.25 a month, it did not believe it
fair or wise to arbitrarily increase
their rate to the higher standard. The
defendant company further alleges
that $1.25 is not a sufficient rate, and
that as old subscribers are taking
new contracts, the higher rate is be
ing charged them.
In regard to allegations that some
patrons are paying less than $1.25 a
month or more than $1.50, the com
pany denies specific knowledge. In
closing its answer the telephone com
pany asks for an order establishing
$1.50 per month as a standard and
reasonable rate for four-party tele
phone service in Oregon City.
Advertisements in The Enterprise
brings results.
That "Low Cost
of Living"
It would be interesting to
know how much less it costs
one family to live than another
of like means and requirements.
It is quite certain that all
households do not possess equal
intelligence and economy in
their buying.
A finely organized business
house, through its trained pur
chasing department knows with
exactness where to buy and
what to buy and when to buy.
This newspaper knows the last
word about the vast quantities
of paper and ink and every
thing else it buys. We would
close up shop pretty quickly if
we bought without absolute in
formation to guide us.
THE ENTERPRISE, through
its advertising columns, offers
every individual and every fam
ily the opportunity to practise
the same exactness and efficien
cy in making their disburse
ments. THE ENTERPRISE ad
vertising is the very pulse of
human activity. Study it. Be
informed by it. And you will
learn the secret of economy
and the low cost of living.
Wanted!
Girls and Women
To operate sewing machines
In garment factory.
OREGON CITY W.OOLEN MILL
I
DECISION OF PORTLAND, EUGENE
& EASTERN R. R. TO BUILD
ACROSS RIVER OUT
PLANT TO EMPLOY OVER 1500 MEN
Modern Railroad Repair and " Con
struction Headquarters Pledged
for Plateau Near Span from
Heart of Oregon City
Much excitement has been caused
about Oregon City during the last
few days by the rumor that the Port
land, Eugene & Eastern railroad has
definitely announced that its mam
mouth car shops will be located in
West Oregon City.
The Portland Daily Examiner states
that the announcement was made of
the -new car barns the first part of
the 'week. It says the temporary car
shops will be located..on the com
pany's property at. Beaverton, but
that the permanent shops will be lo
cated near Bolton.
It has been known in this city for
some time that the car shops would
be located in West Oregon City, at a
distance about midway between the
suspension bridge and the town of
Bolton. Twenty-four acres have been
set aside for the shops, but it was not
thought the new industry would be
on anything like a3 big a plan as is
now planned.
The main car shops, machine shops,
repair shops and paint shops will be
located at this point on the main
line of the railroad, which will have
a four-track system into Portland.
The plant will cost upward of $1,000,
000, and will employ between 1500
and 2000 men when it is completed
and in operation. The plant will be
by far the largest and most modern
of its kind in the Northwest.
Being situated on the main line of
the main line of the company's sys
tem and in the heart of the North
west, it is considered that a better
location could not have been chosen
for the shops. The land on which
they will be located is almost level
and lies on a plateau about 150 feet
above the river. The fact that the
present car barns are located at
Beaverton will not in any way effect
the erection of the Oregon City
shops. As soon as the local plant is
erected, the Beaverton shops will be
moved to this city. The buildings
which will be erected at Oregon City
will all be of an entirely fireproof and
permanent nature, being of steel,
brick and concrete.
The shops, if erected here, will be
a wonderful boon to Oregon City, em
ploying at least 1500 men. This num
ber of employees will bring about
G500 people into this city and the
west side, who will be directly de
pendent upon the shops for a living.
They will also be a strong incentive
for other manufactories and indus
tries to come into this portion of the
county. It will be imposible to start
work upon the proposed shops until
work is well underway upon the Port
land, Eugene & Eastern line.
CITY MAY SECURE
WATER AT Y
M. J. Lee, prominent Canby capital
ist, has made an announcement to
the city that he can furnish it pure
water from Canby at minimum cost.
Mr. Lee, who is at present furnishing
Canby with good water from deep
wells near that town, says that good
water can be brought into Oregon
City from the same wells in quantit
ies which would furnish the city
with a .good supply for many years to
come.
His plan is to use the existing wells
which he has on his property near
Canby, and to drive a new well if the
supply from one is not sufficient. He
states in this way he can secure any
quantity of water, which the city
requires. From the wells to Oregon
City a pipe line 16 inches in diameter
and nine miles long would be laid by
Mr. Lee, and the water could be de
livered direct into the city resevoir
at Mountain View. From this place
it could be distributed about the city
in the present mains.
Mr. Lee says that he has the prop
osition already financed, and should
the city act favorable upon .the sub
ject he could begin at once laying the
main to Oregon City, and would in
several months be able to furnish It
with good water.
He would ask the city to pay over
to the company furnishing the water
50 per cent of the gross revenue paid
to the water department by the con
sumers. He would also ask a 25
years' franchise to furnish the city
with water, allowing the city at the
end of each five years to take over
his plant, if they should so desire.
This could be doneby merely paying
the company the "valuation, which
might be fixed by a board of exam
iners. -
PROBE ,MEET CHANGED
Meeting of the special joint com
mittee that is investigating charges
against the county court, previously
announced for the county court room
at 9:39 a. m. Saturday morning, has
been changed to Woodmen's hall at
ten o'clock. At this meeting the com
mittee will make its report upon com
plaints received at the last gathering
The change has been made to better
accomodate those interested in the
proceedings.
SALEM. Precautions taken by
Sheriff Esch Wednesday night block
ed a jail break when Frank Redfield,
a prisoner, a number of saws and files
were found.
LOOT OF DRAKE
EAGERLY SOUGHT
I. W. RIVERS, WILLAMETTE FARM
ER, SURE HE HAS CLUE TO
PRECIOUS STONES
HAS ALREADY FOUND MARKED CAVE
Prophecy of Gypsy Fortune Teller
Party Fulfilled, and all Need
ed Now is Financial Aid
for Final Expedition
I. W. Rivers, a prominent Willam
ette rancher, declares that he has re
ceived knowledge and inspiration
from mysterious sources which have
told him of the exact location of the
famous treasures buried by Admiral
Francis Drake, who 'roved the Pacific
as a pirate several centuries ago. Mir.
Rivers states that several years ago
he and his wife visited a Gypsy for
tune teller, and that she informed
both of them that Mr. Rivers was to
find the wonderful trasure of the bold
pirate chief tan, buried .on the Oregon
coast. .
In describing the exact location,
she said the treasure would be found
in a cave in a enormous rock, which
is a prominent feature of the coast
scenery. Inside of the cave a cross
and a horse shoe would be first found
and then as the seeker went further
into the depths of the cavern a log
would be discovered. At the end of
this log the treasure was to be found.
Mr. Rivers, accompanied by his
wife, who has since died, made the
trip to Little Nestucka Beach last
year. 'The rock, cave, horse shoe,
cross and log were all easily found,
but when it came to uncovering, the
treasure, Mr. River made a mistake
and dug at the wrong end of the log.
This he states is as the Gypsy told
him he would do. She said he would
make two trips to the coast before
the treasure would be uncovered.
Mr. Rivers, who is a wood carver,
says that he will sell some of his
work in order to make money to fin
ance his second trip. He is also de
sirous of getting Portland capitalists
interested in his proposition, and
states that he is going to form a com
pany. He is absolutely sure the treasure
will be found, and says that he will
take four of the seven boxes, which
the gypsy told him are beneath the
sands, away with him. The other
three boxes will be again buried. He
states the treasure, which consists
of gold, diamonds and other valuable
stones, will be brought to the valley
and a dividend of the company will
be declared. .
PORTLAND. A committee of 100
citizens has been named to suggest
candidates for the commision form oi
government so that undesirable of
fice seekers will not be elected.
BERLIN. German steamship lines
are preparing for a gigantic immi
grant traffic to the Pacific coast up
on the opening of the Panama canal.
Steininger's 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. ;
'
. : ,
YOUNG MAN IS NAMED
AS EXPERT ON RATES
JOHN H. MARBLE
New member of the interstate com
merce commission, succeeding Frank
lin K. Lane.
"MAD DOG" PANIC
EXCITES FARMERS
Excitement in regard to hydropho
bia cases seems to have been respon
sible for reports of the disease in sev
eral sections of the county where the
authorities have so far found no in
dications of the malady. County
Veterinarian W. S. Eddy, Wednesday
night declared postively that he
knew of but two places where defin
ite diagnosis had . been made, I and
added that at present there were but
four animals that he had been able
to find who were probably inoculated.
These animals are two heifers and a
hog at Buckman's place on Rock
Creek, and the case of a dog at Sun
nyside,' near--Clackamas station.
A ten-year-old girl, bitten some
days ago by a dog that has since
been Wiled, has been sent to Port
land for Pasteur treatment, and all
animals believed to have been infect
ed by animals suffering from the
malady are now securely penned and
under observation. Two herds of
cattle on Rock Creek are also quar
antined, though there is no definite
indication that any of the animals
are suffering from bites.
Further investigation of the out
break seems to indicate that the
trouble was brought into the county
by a spaniel that came from Portland.
This spaniel has been killed. From it
the infection spread to other dogs,
and to possibly a coyote, and thence
to the heifers and the hog. The dif
ficulty of obtaining exact information
in regard to the cases owing to the
general alarm produced among people
by the news that here was actually
some rabies in the county is hamper
ing the work of Dr. Eddy.
There is no indication of trouble in
the Oak Grove or Courtney localities,
as was at first reported. Most of the
cases seem to be confined to the
Clackamas valley proper, and it is
"believed that under the strict quar
antine now- being maintained among
animals infected or suspected of in
I fection no further outbreaks will be
i reported.
BALANCED ROCK
ENACE TO LIFE
HUGE BOULDER OVERHANGINS S.
P. TRACKS NOW SO LOOSE
IT CAN BE SHAKEN
RAILROAD COMPANY IS NOTIFIED
Other Danger Spots Along Face of
Bluffs Also Marked, and Re
moval of Threatening
Masses Expected
Residents living on the bluff near
the upper portion of Ninth street,
and directly beneath the bluff at that
street, have become somewnat alarm
ed over the report that several huge
boulders at the edge of tile blulf have
become loosened and are about to
tall from their resting place to the
railroad track and roadway below.
One rock in particular, at the end of
Ninth street, has become so loose
from the constant jarring of the
trains tuat it now moves visibly ev
ery time an engine passes. The rock
weighs about eight tons, and should
it fall it would roll down upon the
Singer hill road and then upon the
Soutuern Pacific tracks. Several oth
er rocks at the edge have likewise be
come loosened and may go crashing
down at any time. All of these rocks
would roll upon the railroad tracks
and several of them would probably
go on through into houses near the
bluff.. The city authorities have been
notified as to the condition, and in
turn the Southern Pacific has been
notified, so that something will prob
ably be done on the matter in sev
eral days.
About eight years ago a large
boulder weighing about five tons
was jarred loose by the trains and
rolled down upon the railroad tracks
just after a train had passed. If the
rock had fallen while the train was
passing there would undoubtedly have
been a serious wreck. Fear is ex
pressed by railroad men that one of
the threatening boulders may become
loosened when the Shasta limited is
passing, and as this train merely hes
itates here for mail, may cause a bad
smash-up.
The great boulder near the end of
Ninth street is about 12 feet square
on its cuter face, and is reported by
residents of the neghborhood to be
so delicately balanced on the ende of
the cliff that it can be rocked by the
pressure of a foot. Each time a train
passes smaller stones and pebbles
that lie beneath it drop out of their
lodging place and roll down the face
of the bluff, and it is only a question
of time when the support of the big
chunk of basalt will be jarred away
and the rock itself precipitated to the
tracks below.
It is supposed that the boulders,
which are really sections of the face
of the bluff, have been loosened by
the action of water in the cleavages
of the rock wall, and that their fur
ther loosening has been brought about
by the vibrations from the heavy
trains now hauled over the main line
of the Southern Pacific. Engineers
on the road have been cautioned to
keep a sharp lookout for boulders on
the tracks at all points where the
line skirts the rock wall of the river
canyon; but even an engineer's vigil
ance might not be sufficient tC dodge
such a chunk as the,loosened boulder
near Ninth street if the big stone
started down before an approaching
train. ' -
POLICE DEPARTMENT SPENDS
$23, TURNS IN $15 TO
GENERAL FUND
SEVENTH STREET WORK YET DRAGS
Street Committee Will Make One
More Effort to Procure Agree
ment of Property Holders
for Improvement
Council meeting Wednesday night
was largely taken up with reports of
the various municipal departments
for the month of April, rountine fi
nancial matters, and a further dis
cussion of several pending improve
ments. A report of the special park
committee was also submitted, in
which it was recommended that the
city secure the services of Howard E.
Reid as landscape expert for the
beautifying of city park.
Chief of Police Shaw reported 13
arrests for the month of April, and
13 prosecutions.- During the 30 days
ending on the last of April, 84 ho
boes were given shelter for the night,
and 118 meals were served prisoners
at a total cost of $23.60. Fines
amounting to $155 were collected
through police court, and one pris
oner served time in jail. The finan
cial aspect of the report leaves the
police department well on the right
side of the ledger for the month.
The city recorder's report showed
that aside from the police court fines,
the general fund had received $3,250
from saloon licenses, $47.50 from pool
room licenses, $32 from dog licenses,
and $62.50 from other sources. The
ale of one dog from the pound helped
to swell this fund. For the cemetery
fund there was received $105, and
from sewer districts and various im
provement districts sufficient more
to make the grand total of receipts
for the month $6,925.58.
Estimates for various improve
ments were furnished by the city en
gineer's office as follows: Mionroe
street sewer work between Ninth and
Eeleventh streets, $376.47; special im
provements and sidewalking at city
park, $283.70; ;hard surfacing and
other improvements on High street,
$26,819.
A letter was submitted from City
Engineer C. S. Noble calling the
council's attention to the fact that
the first concrete crosswalk put down
by the city two years ago was still in
excellent condition, and had needed i
no repairs. Mr. Noble sugested that
the council order all crosswalks laid
hereafter to be of concrete, with the
same specifications as the initial one.
A letter from Cataract Hose com
pany called the council's attention to
needed repairs and improvements in
the fire station of the company and
also to new equipment. The matter
was referred to the fire committee
for investigation.
Seventh street'- improvement took
up much of the council's time once
again. The matter was started when
the city engineer was requested to
draw up plans and specifications for
the sidewalking and curbing of the
thoroughfare, and the resurfacing of
the street portion proper as far as
High street. The question as to
whether, sewer construction was to
be done first or not brought out con
siderable difference of opinion, and
a number of councilmen and property
owners spoke. Patching the present
surface of the street was advocated,
resurfacing the street by blocks was
suggested, and several changes in
the sewer plan were also taken up.
The discussion soon became general
and embraced other sections of the
city, as well as conditions on Seventh
street. Finally a move was made to
bring affairs to a focus by1 referring
the matter once again to the street
committee, with orders for a final re
port and action at the special meet
ing May 21.
In the course of the discussion it
was suggested by Mr. Howell, one of
the interested property owners,, that
the city could save considerable mon
ey by constructing small drains or
sewers to cary off surface water from
the various hill streets, and running
these drains direct to the river, he
said, would relieve the sanitary sew
ers of a large burden of sand-filled
water, and would make it easier to
flush the streets for cleansing pur
poses. In connection with this sug
gestion City Engineer Noble sug
gested that if the council would order
catch-basins constructed at each in
tersection of streets, . conditions
would be further bettered. Later, he
said, these catch basins could be con
nected with any sewer system that
might be adopted.
Try the classified ad column in
The Enterprise for quick results.
. For
Farms and City Property
In and Around IViolalla
Call on
W. A. Beck Co.
Molalla
Exclusive Agents for Gregory Addition, Kaylor
Addition and Harless Adition to Molalla.
v
REPORTED ATTEMPT AT BRIB
ERY IN GAULT MURDER
TRIAL TO BE, PROBED
COUNTY OFFICIALS MUCH ANGERED
Story Printed in Portland Paper Sub
ject of Consideration by Inquis
itors and District Attor
ney Seek Facts
A "fake story'' sent to the Oregon :
Daily Journal, Portland, by one of its
Oregon City correspondents, will in. .'
all probability be the basis of an in- i
vestigation by the grand jury of
Clackamas county. The article, -which
was printed in Monday's edi
tion of Tne Journal, set forth that
"one of the jurymen, who did not
! want his name mentioned" had been
approached during the trial of Glenn
Gault for first degree murder, and
had been promised a bribe if he
would hold out for the prosecution.
Subsequent inquiry, both by county
officials, members of the circuit court
staff, and others, failed to reveal any
basis for the article. In a private in
terview the correspondent who sent
in the story named one of the jurors '
as "the man he thought had been ap
proached," and Sheriff E. T. Mass
later questioned this juror, who de-'
nied all knowledge of any such offer
ing or attempted offering of a bribe.
Deputy District Attorney Stipp has
taken the matter up, and Wednesday
night said that he thought the mat
ter ought to be investigated .by the
grand jury, which is now in session.
"If any bribe was offered," said Mt.
Stipp, "it-was the duty of the juror
.approached to. report the matter to .
the court. If no bribe was offered,
and the report is purely a fak'e, it
seems to me that the author of the
story has been guilty of something
closely akin to contempt of court.
The story casts a reflection upon the
court, the jury and the prosecution
in the case, and I strongly feel that '
the matter ought to be investigated.
I will take the case up with the grand
jury, and I think they will probably
be interested in it."
The juror who was implicated in
the matter by the statements of the
correspondent after the article ap
peared is very indignant that use of "
his name should have been made,
even in informal discussion of the
bribery story, and feels that his rep
utation has been impeached. The
juror in question is a man of excel
lent standing in the community, and
nobody places any credence in the
report that he would listen even to
what might have been a poor attempt ,
at a practical joke, and not report the
proceeding to the court.
After investigating the report
The Enterprise became impressed
with the fact that there was practical
ly no basis of truth to the story, and
printed its conclusions to this effect.
Action of The Enterprise in denying
the report has received favorable
comment from county officers, the
jurors in the case, and the circuit
court. Under the circumstances,
however, the grand jury is said to be
strongly in favor of going to the bot
tom of the matter, and possibly ad
vising punishment for the author of
the cannard.
BANKRUPTS TO SETTLE
Referee in bankruptcy Hickssheld
a further hearing in the case of M.
Barde and Levitt in Portland Wednes
day, and the bankrupts increased
their offer of settlement from 40
cents to 45 cents on the aollar. While
only a minority of creditors agreed
to accept this, the minority represent
ed a majority of the claims against
the two men and against their firm,
and this rate will probably be the
final order in the case. There will
be another hearing on May 15.
X. L. CLUB TO MEET
The X-L club, of Gladstone, will
hold its next social meeting Saturday
afternoon at the home of . Mrs. W. F.
Schooley, owing to t!he fact ' that
eight grade examinations will make
it impossible to meet in the school
house. The subject for discussion
will be "Co-operative Work in the
Schools." The purchase of further
playground space for the school will
also be taken up. It is hoped that
there will be a full attendance.
Two Good Houses for Rent
Owner prefers to rent by the year.
Dwellings are within one and a half
blocks of Gladstone station, in good
repair, modern, fine lawn and garden
space. See Cross, GLADSTONE
REALTY ASSOCIATION, Gladstone.