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VOL. Y. No. 111.
LOCAL STREAMS
'Sr. 62
ALL RISE EARLY
CLACKAMAS AND WILLAMETTE
BOTH FEEL EFFECTS OF
COLUMBIA'S FLOOD
FRESHET iOUTLOOK IS THREATENING
Heavy Snow Still Remains Upon
Mountains, and Warm Weather
Will Bring Down Huge Vol
ume of Water
The annual May and June rise of
the Willamette river has begun. Dur
ing the past few days the river at
this place has risen several feet, and
indications point to a slow rise dur
ing the next several days. Should the
weather turn warm in the mountains
during the next few weeks, a rise of
rem eight to ten feet more can be
expected, but should it containue
clopdy and cool, the river will not
rise greatly and will probably re
main about stationery until the mid
dle part of June;
The high water in the Willamette
at this time of the year is always due
to the back water from the Columbia,
which is fed from the melting snows
of the Cascade, Blue, Selkirk and
Rocky mountains. If considerable
snow has fallen in the mountains dur
ing the winter, as is the case this
year, and cool weather continues un
turns warm, freshets are the result.
This causes the snow to go off in a
rush and the river rises unusually
high. The Willamette at such times
below the falls is clean and with very
little current, the high water merely
being caused from backwater.
Considerable snow has melted on
the Willamette wated-ehed during the
past two weeks, and as a result more
water is running down that stream
than is usual.
The Clackamas river has also ris
en very considerably during the last
two weeks, observers declaring that
the level of the stream is at least
three feet higher than for some time.
Cold weather in the mountains during
th nights last week so far has halted
a further rise, but it is believed that
as soonas the .temperature rises in
the higher altitudes, a great body of
water will be sent down from the
heavy snow-cap that now lies deep on
With heavy snow still lying as low
as the 2,000 foot level all along the
Columbia, and with a record fall in
the Cascades and on Mount Hood, in
dications are for exceptionally high
water in the lower Willamette valley
this spring.
Wanted!
Girls and Women
To operate sewing -machines
in garment factory.
OREGON CITY WOOLEN MILL
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WISHES TO CALL ATTENTION
"BRONCHO BILLY'S REASON"
A Western
MR. G. M.
AND TODAY WE HAVE
"BELINDA SPOILS A ROMANCE"
(COMEDY) THE FIRST OF THE BELINDA SERIES
Belinda spoils one love affair by trying to make another. The much
beloved young man outdistances Cupid by trolley.
"Between Orton Junction and Fallonville"
(ANOTHER DRAMA)
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THE MOST POPULAR CONCERT COMPANY IN . AMERICA
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3:30 P. M. AND 8:00 P. M. .
Remember the Date
DIRECT ACCOUNT
OF. WORK GIVEN
CHARLES SIMjMONS CORRECTS
DETAILS OF COMMITTEE OF
THREE'S REPORT
COURT HOUSE REPAIRS SUBJECT
Attention Called to Approval of
of : Plans By Grand Jury
After Thorough Inves
tigation To the Editor of the Enterprise,
Sir: I am obliged to correct a state
ment that was published in your pa
per May 10, with a report of the
committee to investigate the county
court, where it said that I had said
that I had the court house work a
month before work was started. I did
not say that I had the court house
work, and would like to state how
that story was circulated.
Mr. Lazelle came to me and wanted
him and I to go together and submit
figures on his plans, and the one that
I intended to submit to the county
court, and also that of Mr. Brown.
We did not know, at that time, that
these were all the plans that were to
be submitted, but that would give us
three chances to get the work. At
first Itold him that I would do this,
and then he began to talk as .though
the county court would not be fair
in the matter, and said he had an at
torey engaged to go after the court it
it did not do as he thought right.
I then told him that there was no
understanding, whatsoever between
the county court and me, but that I
had a good proposition to make to
the county court and that I would
have nothing jp-more to do with his
proposition. Mr. Mr. LaSalle was
present at the court court when I
talked to them about the plans I had
to submit, and, also now I thought the
work should be done. I told the coun
ty court that I did not think it the
best plan to let the work by contract,
as it was hardly ever satisfactory on
a job where so much repair work had
to be done, and that on one could be
gin to figure it anywhere near ac
curately, because no one knew until
they started the work the exact
amount of repair necessary to get
the building into a desirable condi
tion. I referred the county court-to the
difficulty they were having on the
high school building, then under con
struction, in spite of the fact that
some of the most able men of the
city were on the school board. I al
so told them that it wos going to cost
th(5m a great deal more money than
the contract price, and some of the
business men of the county was sure
to lose a great deal of money.
The county court, at that time, ask
ed Mr. LaSalle if he would entertain
the propostion if his plans be accept
ed to superintend the wortc on a cer
tain percent of the cost of the job. Mr.
LaSalle said that ne would. It hap
pened that none of the plans submit
ted met the approval of the court,
and they hired Mir. White to draw up
a set of plans that were satisfactory
(Continued on Page 4.)
TO PICTURES ON ITS PROGRAM
Drama With
ANDERSON.
of
Chicago
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WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866.
OREGON CITY,
What Would the
If They Met the
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Photo by American Press Association.
IV the mllittnt suffragettes had a chance to catch King George of England
and his daughter. Princess Mary, out riding like this it is very probable
there would be a big story for the papers. But it is not likely that they
will get anywhere near the king, for he is closely guarded wherever he
goes, even when out riding for exercise,as shown in the picture He has been
particularly well guarded since the recent renewal of the suffragette outbreaks.
Princess Mary is especially fond of riding and often accompanies her royal
father on, such canters. ' '
CITY QUITS; WINS
COURT ADVANTAGE
Suit charging George C. Yale with
"conspiring" with the mayor and city
council to hold office as assistant city
engineer, preferred by Henry Mel
drum, came up for trial before the
circuit court Teusday. City Attorney
William Stone represented Mr. Yale,
and put over an unexpected coup up
on the plaintiffs whea he filed a dis
claimer with ths court, thereby knock
ing out the trial.
""The opposing forces had on hand a
large number of witnesses, and it is
said were planning to get into the
court record considerable testimony
not favorable to the present city ad
ministration. Following the dis
claimer there was, of course, no trial
and no testimony, and the court or
dered an order prepared according to
the unexpected development in tno
case.
The suit was the outgrowth of fac
tional disputes at the time Myr. Yale
assumed office as city engineer. It
was shown at that time that he was
unqualified, under the charter, to
hold office, as he was not a resident
of the city. Suit was filed to oust
him, but Mr. Yale headed this action
off by promptly resigning. The coun
cil then appointed C. S. Noble city
engineer, and Mr. Yale was appointed
assistant city engineer. Following
this it was charged that this was
merely a ruse, and that the mayor
and council had agreed with the en
gineers that Mr. Noble was to have
the title of city engineer, but Mr.
Yale was to receive the salary. Pend
the present suit, Mr. Yale severed his
connection with city affairs and rs
turned to professional work in Port
land. The filing of the disclaimer by the
city at Tuesday's hearing not only
blocked, the trial and so saved the
city the expense of defending a case
that has now automatically settled it
self, but also made impossible the op
portunity for the washing of political
linen in the coifrt.
COMMERCIAL
PLANS ACTIVITIES
Invitations will be extended to a
large party of Oakland, Cal.. boosters,
who are coming north to attend the
Rose Festival in Portland, to stop en
route as the guests of the Oregon
City Commercial club. If the invita
tion is accepted the Oakland people
will be taken on an automobile tour
through the nearby agricultural dis
trict of the county. Opportunity will
also be afforded hem to view the
falls and the timber resources of this
section.
Members of the Commercial club
are also taking interest in the con
ference to be held in the office of the
state immigration commissioner in
Portland on Thursday, when 'discus
sion will be held as to methods best
suited to attract to this vicinity, and
to the state at large, as many German
agriculturists as possible. German
immigrants have proven good farmers
in many other communities, and it i3
believed that if a large number of
them can be brought to Oregon the
states development will be material
ly aided.
OREGON, WEDNESDAY,
Suffragettes Do
King Like This?
OILPLANT
IS BUILDINI
A company of which H. M. Platch
of this city is one of the principal
stockholders has been organized and
is at present building a fish-oil plant
on the river front. The concern,
known as the Columbia Fish-oil and
Fertilizer company, is installing ma
chinery in a large barge which can
be stationed at any point along the
river where material is at hand. The
plant will be taken to the Columbia
after tne machinery has been placed,
and will be stationed near Corbett.
All the waste matter from the fish
such as heads, fins, and tails, will be
used. Such fish as carp, chub and
suckers will also be used. Mr. Platch
states that the plant will not be com
pleted as soon as was at first expect
ed, owing to the fact that the floods
in the Middle West delayed the ar
rival of the machinery.
It is understood the plant will be
the first one on the Columbia river
to be engaged in the refining of fish
oil. Mr. Platch, who recently arrived in
this city from Minnesota and bought
the Oregon City Machine shop, has
opened a garage in the building re
cently vacated by the Pacific High
way garage and adjoining his ma-
chine shop.
Mr. Platch was forced to wait two
months before he could move his fam
ily into the city, owhig to the lack of
suitable dwelling houses for rent.
He stated that he was scarcely able
to find a neat and modern dwelling
in the town which was for rent.
RARE ROSES IN BLOOM
Mrs. M. E. Shaw, of Bolton, Tues
day sent to the exhibition rooms of
the Oregon City Commercial club a
large oouquet of Gold of Ophir roses,
the first out-door blooms she has
picked this season. The flowers were
perfect in form and coloring, and oth
ers from the same bushes will be on
view at the Oregon City and Portland
rose shows.
REV. SMITH TO PREACH
Rev. E. A. Smith will preach at Wil
lamette Wednesday evening, hist sub
ject being "Excuses." Mr. Logan
will conduct services at Logan later
in the week, speaking twice, morning
and evening.
NOTICE OF MEETING
s .
Notice of meeting of the Ore-
gon City Fire Department, all de-
partments, May 14th, 1913, at the
Fountain Hose house to pass res-
olutions of condolence and con-
sider the buying of a floral piece
for the late Chief McGinnis.
- By Order of the Chief,
MIKE LONG.
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Steiningers 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.
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MAY 14, 1913
LIVE WIRES GET
r
COMMITTEE OF MEMBERS WHO
INVESTIGATED COURT'S
ACTS GIVE SUMMARY
COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE JUSTIFIED
Complaints Carefully Reviewed and
Found to be Biased or Based
Upon Faulty Interpreta
tion of Evidence
Charges against the county court
of Clackamas county were clearly dis
proven Tuesday in a report made to
the Live Wires by O. D. Eby and
John W. Loder, who made a very
plain demonstration that they had
sought and obtained information up
on which they based their comprehen
sive" report. Mr. Eby, who read the
report, went to the bottom of all the
charges filed against the members of
tne court, and treated them fairly.
Following the presentation of the
jeport, which was ordered filed for
possible future reference, voluntary
statements were made by Mr Loder
and Dr. Hugh S. Mount commending
the contract for a timber cruise. Dr.
Mount said upon more than one mil
lion feet of standing timber had been
added to the taxable property of
Clackamas county on "his land alone
in the Molalla district, and Mr. Loder
referred to the practical value of the
cruise.
M. J. Brown, chairman of the mass
meeting committee, who asked for
the appointment of the Live Wire
committee and afterwards refused to
work wth them, heard the report in
silence and declined to comment up
on the invitation of L. Stipp, who was
in the chair.
"I made my report to the mass
meeting," said Brown.
The report of the committee, who
were, thanked for their labors, by the
Live Wires, follows:
Oregon City, Oregon.,
May 13, 1913.
To the Officers and Members of the
Live Wires of the Commercial Club
of Oregon City:
Gentlemen:
.We, your committee appointed to
assist M. J. Brown, Robert Sehuebel
and S. L. Cast.o appointed at Mass
Meeting, to investigate and make a
report upon the charge of extrava
gance and incompetency made against
the County Court of Clackamas Coun
ty, Oregon, beg leave to submit the
following report:
A few days after our appointment
the first joint meeting of the two com
mittees was held in tue office of John
W. Loder with all members present
at which meeting W. S. U'Rren, mem
ber of the Live Wires committee ask
ed to be excused from service on ac
count of pressure of business, which
request was granted. At this meet
ing a general plan of investigation was
discussed and it wa3 finally unani
mously agreed that a public joint
meeting of the committee should be
held at the Court House on Tuesday,
April 29, 1913, at 10 o'clock, A. M.,
for the purpose of receiving any in
formation in the possession of any
person relative to the charge made
and also any other matters relative
to the expenditure of County money
and we asked that such charges be
made in writing.
A notice of this meeting signed by
all of the committee was published
in the County papers and pursuant to
this notice a meeting was held at
which a number of citizens attended
some of whom made statements in
writing and others made verbal state
ments, declining to put the same in
writing.
In the matter of the charge made
by E. D. Olds that the County Court
paid approximately $1000.00 above
the market price for a Buffalo Pitts
steam roller, will say that this charge
was investigated by Robert Sehuebel
and M. J. Brown and that they re
ported to us in person that their in
vestigation had satisfied them beyond
a doubt, that the charge was not true
and that the price of $3250.00 paid for
such roller was the price at which
the same, is and has been selling and
that the difference in the prices quot
ed by Mr. Olds is explained by the
fact that the rollers sold at Seattle
and North Yakima were second hand
rollers. .This explanation is also con
firmed by Judge Beatie and we
take it for granted that this is the
fact.
In the matter of the charge made
by E. D. Olds that the County Court
let a contract for a bridge across Clear
Creek at Fischers Mill for the sum
of $2900.00 complete and then after
wards spent approximately $800.00 in
addition for concrete foundation and
other' things connected with the
bridge which M(r. Olds claims should
have been done by the contractors at
the jcontract price, we find the con
tract for said bridge recorded in Vol.
24, page 400, of the Journals of the
Commissioners Court and that the
contract shows that The Coast Bridge
Company was to furnish all of the
steel, ship it and haul it to the site
of the bridge and erect the bridge
and lay the floor and put up the rail
and paint the same, that the contract
says nothing about furnishing cement
or labor for the foundation or furn
ishing any timber or plank going in
to this bridge. In the absence of any
agreement on the part of Coast Bridge
Company to put in the foundation and
furnish timber and lumber, we can
arrive at no other construction of
the contract than that the same was
to be furnished by the County which
was dona and we therefore conclude
that this charge is not supported by
facts.
"in the matter of charges made by
E. D. Olds that the County Court has
paid exhorbitant prices for - steel
bridges and material, will say that the
only evidence we have on this point,
is the statement of Mr. Olds and al
so figures submitted by him from oth
er bridge companies, which figures are
given upon certain plans and speci
fications 'submitted to them -by Mr.
Olds, and we have no means of know-
PROB
REPORT
NEW NATIONAL LEADER
OF PATRIOTIC SOCIETY
Mrs. William Cummings Story, who
succeeds to presidency of Daughters
of American Revolution, and whose
leadership is expected to quell semi
political struggles that have for
years divided organizations into op
posing factions.
ing whether the plans and specifica
tions submitted by Mr. Olds were the
plans and specifications of the bridge
in question and we submit that the
only way to determine this matter
would be for an expert to take the
plans and specifications furnished "by
Mr. Olds and check them up with the
plans and specifications of the bridges
erected and in addition it would be
necessary for the expert to check the
bridge after its erection and see that
it conforms to the plans and specifi
cations furnished by the contractor
and it would then be . necessary for
the expert to figure out the weight of
the bridge as some of the figures fur
nished by Mr. Olds are on the basis
of so much per one hundred pounds.
This we have been unable to accomp
lish. In the matter of the charge made
by E. D. Olds and one, O. W. Sever
ance that Judge Beatie let the con
tract for the Fischer Mill Bridge with
out the knowledge of Commissioner
Mattoon we append herewith the affi
davit of said O. W. Severance relating
to the same and also the affidavit of
Commissioner Mattoon in which he
denies the statements attributed to
him by O. W. Severance.
Mr. E. D. Olds, Oak Grove, Oregon.
Dear Sir:
In compliance with your recent
request the .following is a state
ment rerative to the letting of the
Fischer Bridge.
I was at that time President of
the Columbia Bridge Co., who had
built the bridge across Milk
Creek at Mtulino during Judge
Dimick's administration.
After Judge Beatie's election
and in response to Mr. Mattoon's
request, I went to Oregon City
to join the Court on a trip to
Milwaukie to price a1 bridge for
that place. When I arrived in
Oregon City Mr. Mattoon told me
the Fisher bridge was out and
that we would go up there .and
measure for a bridge to replace
it.
But Judge Beatie tried to dis
courage my going by saying there 1
was no room iu the rig for me.
I iniormed tim that our conir
pany could afford to pay for a
rig and was treated very . coldly
during the trip, it being very eas
ily s6en that he favored the
Coast Bridge Co.'s representative.
That evening after our return
and after supper, I met the Judge
and the commissioners at the
Court House and asked him to let
me give him a price on the bridge
. but he replied that he didn't think
they would build the bridge at'
that 'time.
.Then I asked him to communi
cate with me at such a time as
theywere ready to build the
bridge, hat I might submit a price
He said, he would let me know but
in a few days I met Mr. Mattoon
and he told me the bridge had
been let to the Coast Bridge Co.
I asked him why they did not let
me know of the letting as they
had agreed to do and he said the
And later when I took the matter
. the Coast Bridge Co. before he
knew of it.
And later When I took the matter
up with Judge Beatie, he refused
to talk on the subject, saying he
was busy and had not time to
spare.
Yours truly,
O. W. SEVERANCE.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 1st day of November,
1912.
' CHAS. DONNELL.
Notary Public for Oregon.
(SEAL).
STATE OF OREGON, County of
Clackamas, ss.
I, W. M. Mattoon, being first du
ly sworn depose and say that I
am now a member of the board
of County Commissioners for
Clackamas County, State of Ore
gon, and have been for a number
of years, that I am the same Mr.
MUUoon referred to in an affidav
it made by one O. W. Severance
which said Affidavit was subscrib
ed and sworn to before one
Charles R. Donnell, Notary Public
for Oregon on November 1st, 1912.
In said Affidavit O. W. Severance
makes the following statement:
"He said he would let me know
(Continued on Page 4.)
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f- CHICAGO, ILL., AND NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK
CLACKAMAS COUNTY .
S FAIR
8 CANBY, OR.
SEPT. 24, 25, 26, 27.
Per Week, Ten Cents.
GUILTY
JURY'S VERDICT
NEGRO HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP.
HELD TO HAVE VIOLATED
WHITE SLAVERY ACT
FIGHTER RELEASED ON $10,000 BAIL
Maximum Penalty Under Conviction
is 35 Years in Jail, $70,000 -Fine,
or Both Appeal
to be Asked
CHICAGO, ' May 13. (Special)
Uncle Sam won the championship
from' Jack Johnson, negro heavy
weight champion, tonight, when it
took a jury in the federal court just
one hour to find Johnson guilty on all
seven counts of the indictment charg
ing him with violating the Mann anti-white
slavery act. The maximum
penalty under the verdict is 35v years
in jail, a fine of $70,000, or both.
Following the announcement of the
verdict, Johnson's attorneys gave no
tice of an appeal, and the negro was
released on a bond of $10,000.
Jack was charged with having fur-
nished Miss Schrieber with $75 with
which to come from Pittsburg to
Chicago. Miss Schrielber testified
that on her arrival here, Johnson fur
nished a flat which she said had been
devoted to immoral purposes. She al
so described trips around the coun
try which she said had been made -with
the prizefighter and at his ex
pense. This was in 1910, just before the
marriage of Johnson to Etta Duryea,
the divorced wife of an Eastern horse
man, She shot herself to death eight
months ago, leaving letters to her
mother indicating she had brooded
over her own downfall and Johnson's
neglect.
Two months later Johnson was ar
rested by Chicago police on the
charge of abducting- Lucile Cameron,
the 18-year-old daughter of Mrs. Cam-eron-Falconett
of Minneapolis, Minn.
Mis3 Cameron had been employed as
cashier at Johnson's restaurant.
These charges were dropped and
Johnson and the Cameron girl were
married.
LITTLE CHILD DIES
Mr and Mrs. Frank Grossmiller, of
Beaver Creek, are mourning the loss
of their infant son, who died last
Saturday at the home of Mrsfl May
field, Mrs. Grossmiller's mother.
Bursting of a heart- valve was the im
mediate cause of the little tot's
death. .
The funeral was held Monday at
Clark's church. Rev. E. A. Smith offi
ciating, assisted by the Rev. Vogt, of
the German Congregational church.
Friends did everything possible to
soften tne grief of the young parents.
5 Acres $130 down
5 acres all level and in high
state of cultivation; fine berry
or garden land. Located on
the main Salem road and Pa
cific Highway, 1 mile from
Oregon City; side walk from
town to the place. See this
beautiful tract of land and you
will buy. Price $1350, $130.00
down and $10 a month.
E. P. ELLIOTT & SON
Andresen Building, Oregon City
Oregon
CHILDREN ARE
Born Observers
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vates this faculty and
affords them endless
amusement besides.
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-for little folks or big. Simple
to operate thoroughly prac
tical in results.
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