THE WEATHER $
OREGON CITY Fair Wednes
day. Northerly winds.
Oregon and Washington Fair4
Wednesday. Northwesterly winds.S
Idaho Showers Wednesday i &
, EDWARD A. BEALS, 5
District Forecaster?
S CLACKAMAS COUNTY
FAIR - ' &
CAN BY, OR.
? SEPT. 24, 25, 26, 27.
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WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866
VOL. V No. 117.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1913
Per Week, Ten Cents
MPS HARD HIT
IN HOT DEBATE
AUDIENCE THAT HEARS CONGRE
GATIONAL BROTHERHOOD
TALK UNCONVINCED
ArnEnAIIVt BUIIi WINS AND LUdtdlliABtAS CUH Mil IS Stilmtu
Popular Sentiment Against Land
Owning by Orientals Pronounc- .
ed Interesting Program
is Given
"Big brother night'' was observed
by the Mten's Brotherhood of the Con
gregational church Tuesday evening,
and a large audience listened to a
spirited debate upon the question:
"Resolved, that aliens ineligible to
citizenship should be permitted to
hold agricultural land in Oregon." In
the course of the debate some lively
oratory was heard, and at the close
thera was a curious tangle of de:
cisions, though the sentiment of the
, meeting was not for a moment in
doubt.
Messrs. Dye, Carter and the Rev.
George Nelson Edwards defended the
affirmative side of the argument,
while the negative was handled by
Gilbert Hedges, C. S. Noble, city en
gineer, and Max' Telford. Mr. .Tel
ford took the place on the platform
left open by the non-apperance of O.
E. Freytag, who went to Molalla with
the Commercial club boosters. At
the close of the debate a popular
vote was taken upon the merits of
the question, and was two to one in
favor of the negative. The judges,
Henry French, Kenneth Latourette
and J. W. Gray, however, ruled strict
ly upon the merits of the debate, and
awarded a unanimous deceision to the
affirmative.
Following this a vote of sentiment on
the matte.r was demanded,' and judges
and members of the audience alike
were almost unanimously in favor or
tne negative side ot tne question, and I
so put the Brotherhood on racord as
being opposed to the holding of agri
cultural lands by aliens ineligigle to
citizenship. While efforts were
mads in the debate to confine the dis
cussion solely to "aliens ineligible to
citizenship," the thoughts of all, and
the words of many, dealt mainly with
the Japanese; and in the. open dis
cussion of the matter that followed,
and which was shared by nearly ev
eryone present, the Japanese were
practically the sola topic. Feeling
against the holding of agricultural
land by the "yankees of the East''
was strongly manifest throughout the
evening.
At the close of the general discus
sion Kenneth Latourette, who has
. spent many years in the Orient, gave
an interesting informal talk upon the
habits, customs and ways of thought
(Continued on page 4)
B1THIAHS CLASS
IS
Misses Kathleen and Evadns Har
rison, of Monroe street, were hos
tesses for tha regular monthly meet
ing of the Bethiah class of tha Meth
odise Episcopal church Monday even
ing. The home was prettily decorat
ed for the occasion with cut flowers,
Scotch bloom, canterbury balls and
ferns.
The earlier part of the evening
was given over entirely to a business
session, after which formal matter3
ware forgotten, and the time passed
with games, music, and social chat.
Refreshments were ser.vsd by the
hostesses at the close of the meeting.
Tiiosa present were . the Misses
Nettie Kruse, Geneva Young, Grace
Cox, Wilma Myers,. Ruth Shaw, Aah
Hulburt, Mabel Myers. Annad Myers,
Nellie Swafford, Daisy Mollert, Alice
Gaiioy, Anna White, Sadye Ford, Ivy
Ford, lilyrtle Cross, Maude Booker,
Of Walla Walla, Mabel Morse, Mina
McDonald, Grace Austin, Annie Lunt,
Lilly Miller, Pauline Hiclrs and Mes
: dames Melva Bolle and Emma Johns
ton. '
The next meeting will be at the
' home of Miss Adah Hulbert.
i
Wanted!
Girls and Women
To operate sewing machines
In garment factory.
OREGON CITY WOOLEN MILL
Lot Bargain
Worth $800, wtll take $700
for quick sale. Located on
Mddison street;, street all im
proved. $275 cash; balance
$10 per month.
E. P. ELLIOTT & SON
Andresen Building, Oregon City
Oregon ..
Postal Telegraph & Cable Company
Moved to Masonic Building Commercial Club Entrance. Phone Pa
cific Main 269, Home A 132.
DIRECT WIRE TO SEATTLE, WASH, SAN FRANCISCO, CAl,
CHICAGO, ILL, AND NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK
AINSBERRY f REE
FOR TIME BEING
HOME TELEPHONE COMPANY
AIDS PAROLE BREAKER TO
RETURN TO WORK
New Developments in Oswego Riot
Case Are as. Surprising as
Those of Day of Prelim
inary Hearing ,
The Home Telephone company has
decided to bet $1,000 on the honesty
and integrity of J. C. Ainsberry, ar
rested Monday at Oswego for assault
ing Fred Ream with a 3 dangerous
weapon in the course of a strike riot,
and Tuesday afternoon they reclepos
ited in jusrice court'the $1,000 bail
which Ainsberry refused to accept
Monday, and a few hours later obtain
ed an order for his release on habeas
corpift proceedings.
This latter step was necessary be
cause the California authorities,
through Warden Hoyle, of San Quen
tin prison, had wired local officers to
hold Ainsberry as a parole breaker.
Sheriff E. T. Mass, in whose custody
the prisoner was, refused to release
him, even after the $1,000 hail' had
been deposited in cash, without a
court order: and so the habeas corpus
proceedings were started. -
Attorney J. E. Hedges asked the or
der, and pleaded the prisoner's case
before Judge Beatie. In his argument
Mr. Hedges set forth that Ainsberry
had been in San Quehtin prison un
der the name of Bert Lawson, that
whil a prisoner he had learned the
electrical trade, and had been paroled.
Refusal on his part to "take out a
card" in the electrical workers' union.
Mr. Hedges said, had brought the ill
will of the union upon him, and they
hounded him so in California that he
finally left the state 30 days before
his parole expired. This made him a
fugitive under the law, it was admit
ted. Since leaving California Ains
berry, it was shown, had done his
best to live an upright life, and had
finally settled in Lents, where he had
bought a little home, and was working
at his trade in ordar to complete pay
ment for it.
In .the trouble at Oswego It was
sajd that Ainsberry had not taken the
initiative, and had notused his re
volver until a peavie had been driven
through a wagon box in which he was
taking shelter. It was brought - to
the court's attenton that in the past
Oregon governors had been slow to
grant inquisition papers to California
officers for prisoners who had merely
broken their parole, unless the case
had aggravated features. With the
Home Telephone company depositing
$1,000 cash bail to cover the man's
apperance in justice court in the mat
ter of the riot, Attorney Hedges ask
ed that the California request ba de
nied, and that the prisoner be dis
charged. Deputy District Attorney Livy Stipp
appeared for the state to combat the
request for the habeas corpus order,
but aside from entering a formal ob
jection to its granting made no argu
ment. Affer orief consideration.
Judge Beatie ordered 'the prisoner's
dismissal, and that ha be turned over
to the custody of his bondsmen. Af
ter thanking the judge and court of
ficials, Ainsberry walked out of the
court room a free man, and returned
to his home in Lents.
Ainsberry, according to the pres
ent status of his case, is held merely
as a defendant in the case of the
shooting of Fred Ream. There is
$1,000 in cash deposited to assure
his appearance next Tuesday for
trial on this charge. Portland physi
cians who are attending Ream say
that he is recovering rapidly from
his wound, and that his hurts are but
superficial. As long as Ainsberry
remains in Clackamas county, tne
chances are that he will not be re
arrested as a purole breaker from
San Quentin, that matter having
been temporarily closed by Tuesday's
court actpn. If California officers
come lere to arrest him on this
charge, they will have to secure ex
tradition pap'ers, . and it is not be
lieved that these will be granted.
TO "ANNEX MILLS
TO WILLAMETTE
Citizens of Willamette met in mass
meeting Monday night to consider
the extension of the corporate limits
of their community so as to include
all of the mill property now lying
within the Willamette school district.
The step was taken in conjunction
with the campaign of other west side
communities for incorporation into a
separate city, and was designed pri
marily to protect the interests' of
Willamette from encroachment by
the proposed uniting of other towns.
The meeting was practically unan
imously in favor of taking the step,
and proceedings to make the change
will be put under way.
About two-fifths of fhe mill prop
erty, roughtly speaking, will ba in
volved in the extension of the" limits.
As in the case of the proposed incor
poration of other west side commun
ities, the mills will not combat the
plan, but will acquiesce in whatever
plans the citizens decde upon; pre-
fering to be included in a west side
I city to being made a part of Oregon
i City proper.
For FAST
SERVICE
Type of the Japanese Communities
- Seeks to Eliminate by Anti-Alien
fkx..1& KAkA - A
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Af.v-1 .. :
Kcitjiuis Hie Lulitormaiis do not like Hie Japanese ri v not so hard to hud if the -investigator i willing to
adopt the Californians' viewpoint. Here is shown a street scene in one of the poorer Japanese quarters of San Fran
cisco. The elimination of such communities as well as those in the country i3one of the things the California legisla-.
ture had in mind in drafting its drastic anti-a!ien laud bills. Those favoring the enactment and enforcement of the
anfi-nHMi laws admitted that the particular objects of their dislike were the Japanese. The people of California say
the orer class of Japanese, hartiij; ohtained a foothold in any community, drive all other people out gradually by
their ways of living and cheaper coini'iition .
OREGON CITY BOOSTERS WELCOME
MOLALLA CLUB TO FELLOWSHIP
Have You
Something to Sell
to the Public? -
If so, do you, tell the public
about it'
If you do how do you do it?
And wliaU sort of reputation
is back of the merchandise you
are offering?
The answers t these ques
tions may spell success or fail
ure to many a merchant.
From an intimate association
with a wide circle of concerns,
merchandising all the necessar
ies of life, we venture to say:
"The quickest and surest way
to reach the public is through
the columns of a dependable
daily newspaper like THE EN-'
TERPRISE one nat- has a
high standing in the commun
ity it serves, and has the confi
dence of it's readers.
"The most dependable arti
cles sold today are those to
which the manufacturer is not
afraid to attach his label that
is 'to say, his reputation.
"Retail merchants are now
joining hands with the manu
facturer, and the public is thus
doubly guaranteed against in
feriority. "The combination of manufac
turer and retailer plus good,
clean newspaper advertising
means success to them both
with the maximum of satisfac
tion to the. .purchaser."-
AT CITY SCHOOLS
Members of Meade Post, G. A. R.
and the Women's Relief Corps visit
ed the Eastham and tftjunt Pleasant
schools Tuesday, the former , in the
morning and the latter in the after
noon. About 15 members of the post
aud eight of the corps went out in
the morning, while in the afternoon
there were but a dozen all told.
At the Eastham school the children
greeted the veterans and the ladies
of the Relief Corps with a wall ar
ranged program and with patriotic
airs. Following this the members
of the visiting party made snort ad
dresses, telling entertainingly of in
cidents of the days of 1861-65, and
bringing home to the children tne
real meaning of the struggle for the
preservation of the union. At Mount
Pleasant there was no program on
the part of the school children, but
the anecdotes and addresses of the
visitors were listened to with the
closest of attention.
A feature of both meetings" was
the playing of martial music by the
post fife and drum corps, and ex
amples of drum signals and calls by
Comrade Grant. ., This last feature
proved most entertaining to the
youngsters and was heartily ap
plauded. ,
Calorina's Independence Day
CHARLOTTE, N. C, May 20. The
customary holiday was observed
throughout North Carolina today in
celebration of the anniversary of the
signing of the Mecklenburg declara
tion of independence a document said
to nave Deen promulgated here on
May 20, 1775, nealy a year in advance
of the declaration made by the repre-
' sentatives of the thirteen colonies at
Philadelphia.
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Over fifty members of the Oragon
City Commercial club and tneir
friends journeyed to Molalla Tuesday j
evening to pay a neighborly call up-;
on the members of the newly organ-!
ized Molalla, Commercial club, and to j
felicitate the youngest - organization ;
of the valley upon their community!
and its resources and development. '
The trip was made by automobiles, !
and as the roads had dried pretty
well after the recent rains, the ma-1
chines experienced but little difficulty !
in negotiating the distance in goocki
time. i
At M'olalla the Oregon City con-;
tingent was met by a large party of
citizens, who extended a hearty and .
noisy welcome to the visitors. They J
were answered with cheers and the
tooting and honking, of automobile
horns, and thus escorted the party
reached Tobin's hall, where the rep
resentatives of the two clubs met and
interchanged felicitations and good
cheer.
With J. H. Vernon, president of the
Molalla Commercial club presiding,
the Drosrram was then mit under way.
IfProminent Oregon City folk were ex
tended the courtesy of seats upon
the platform. Mr. Vernon welcomed
the visit'ors'with a few well-chosen
words, and said several very nice
things about the friendliness of the
county- seat, and expressed a wish for
even better relations in the future.
President B, T. McBain, chief
of the Oregon City Commercial club,
thanked the hosts of the evening for
their warm reception, and then spoke
about the possibilities of co-operation
between the two organizations for
the betterment of county . condtions
and the greater development of both
communities. He was followed by
Livy Stipp, main trunk of the Live
Wires, who urged all citizens of Mo
lalla to join the Commercial club,
pointing out the advantages so to be
gained, and the benefits that would
accrue from publicity. He also
touched lightly upon the social side
of Commercial club activity.
Judge Beatie spoke- on the . topic
nearest to the hearts of all, the need
of the county for better roads. After
telling of the efforts of the county to
do what it could under present cir
cumstances, he asserted that it would
take a tax upon 70 per cent of the
assessed valuation to provide suffi
cient funds to place all county roads
in first class shape. As a better
ment of present methods he advocat
ed the establishment of road districts
similar to school districts, thus mak
ing road expenses a local problem, in
which each community could deter
mine its own tax and spend its own
money.
Judge Grant B. Dimick enlived his
remarks with some of his inimitable
anecdotes, urged unty of action in de
velopment matters, told of the diffi
culties of railroad building, and made
an earnest plea for the purchase and
use of Oregon-made products. The
judge then got switched to his fa
vorite topic of livestock, and pleaded
for the bettering of animals in the
county. O. E. Freytag, publicity man
ager of the Oregon City Commercial
club, urged the people of Molalla to
devote energy to making their town
look attractive, so that visitors would
be favorably impressed by first sight.
Among others who spoke were S.
M. Ramsby, M. J. Lazelle, A. A.
Price, M. B. Latourette, G. J Taylor
and John W. Loder.
Members of the Oregon City Com
mercial club wno made the Molalla
trip were: Dr.- L. A. Mlirris, M. D.
Latourette, N. C. Hendricks, A. A.
Price, W. A. Huntley, E. R. Brown,
William Sheahan, F. A. Olmstsad, L.
S. Burdon, G. F. Johnson, B. J.
Staats, G. B. Dimick, C. A. Herman,
Dr. George Hoeye, H. Burdon, Harold
Swafford, Dr. A. Im Beatie. Theodore
Osmund, E. E. Brodie, J. E. Jack, W.
I L. Mulvey, C. W. Evans, R. B. Beatia,
' J. W. Loder, H. B. Cartlidge. E. I.
California
Legislation.
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Pope, H. L. Young, Jesse Hazell, Dr.
J. A. van Brakle, R. L. Shepherd,
I George Hankins, T. B. Fairclough, B.
' T. McBain. E. Kenneth Stanton? Don
' M J!:lr:an, Vance Edwards, Jo'Jn B.
Fairclough, C. A. Elliott, M. A. Elliott.
: J. Manning, M. J. Lazelle. Dr: L. G.
! Ice, E. L. Johnson, M. J. Cockrell, Dr.
! L. L. Pickens, T. P. Randall, E. P.
Elliott, O. E. Freytag, William Ham
niand, R. B. Cox, Geo. V. Ely, i.. H.
Kirchem, Ralph M-fller, Ed Roberts
and A. C. Warner. ;- .
MEETING OF SOUTH V
DAKOTA MERCHANTS
RED FIELD, S. D., May 20 With a
large and representative attendance,
the South Dakota Retail' Merchants
pnd Hardware Dealers' association
began its sixteenth annual conven
tion here today. Costs, credits, in
surance, freight rates and other sub
jects of common interest are to be
discussed during the three days' ses-
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kind. You may as well start right with
one of these fine new greys, some beau
tiful mixtures, both plain and fancy at
$20.00
Adams Department
Oregon City's Busy Store
TWO LETTERS
The Enterprise presents the following letters to its readers without
comment:
Oregon City, May 19.
Editor, The Enterprise:
In a recent issue of The Enterprise I read the following a part of an
editorial: - - -
The other day in conversation with" H. L. Hull, commander of
Meade Post, G. A. R. a conversation in which Sheriff E. T. Mass
also took a part this same Brown expressed his real opinions of
the agitation so carefully fostered against Judge Beatie and the
county commissioners:
"I wish I hadn t gone into the blame thing," said Brown. "But
now that I am in it, I suppose I've got to stick."
Replying to this, would state that I personally went to Commander H.
L. Hull, and he 'denied ever having made the statement to your paper, and
anyone who cares to further investigate may ask Sheriff Mass.
Regarding the matter of the road fund held up, if you will read the
sommittee's report to the mass meeting you will note it states 'that we
found Mr. Lazelle's complaint true "insofar as the mnoey is concerned."
To definitely determine whether or not the money was held up because the
majority of tha taxpayers wanted it held up would have necessitated can
vassing every voter in the district.
M. J. BROWN,
Oregon, City, Ore., May 20, 1913,
Editor, The Enterprise:
In reply to your question as to whether or not I ever denied to one
M. J Brown the substance of a conversation I had with him, and which
was published in your paper, I wish to formally state herein that I never
denied said conversation to Mr. Brown, nor did I deny to him that I had
repeated the conversation referred to is oneefimocOo.Nfr ?-..THTHT
repeated the conversation before a representative of your paper.
- The conversation referred to is one in which Brown expressed regret
at having entered the factional fight against the county court, and which
was the subject of editorial comment in your paper. I have- not danied
this matter to Brown, nor have I told him I would deny it if asked about it.
Respectfully yours,
II. I. HULL.
UPTON TO RAC
E
CUP
NEW YORK, Mfcty 20. Once more
America will defend the America's
cup. The classic yachting race was
assured for September, 1914, when
the New York Yacht club today sent
by cable an acceptance of Sir Thomas
Liptonls challenge.
The race will be sailed under the
present rules of the New York Tacht
club as to measurements, time allow
ance and racing conditions.-'
Sir Thomas lost no timg after the
receipt of the acceptance in laying
plans for building the finest challen
ger he has ever sent across the At
lantic. Another Alleged Trust on Trial
Buffalo, N. Y., May 20. The gov
ernment's case against the alleged
coaster brake trust, in which viola
tions of the Sherman act are charged,
was called for trial today in the fed
eral court of this city. Six corpora
tions and eighteen individuals are in
cluded among the defendants.
AGAl
FOR
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of good clothes and
good clothes economy the
minute you start for this
store. You'll see here
the kind of young
clothes you want.
Hart Schaffner & Marx
know how to make your
Ask for Red Premium Trading
PORTLAND STILL AT IT
At Los Angeles Portland 4, Venice
3.
At San Francisco Oakland 3, Los
Angeles 1.
At Sacramento San Francisco 2,'
Sacramento 1.
Standings.
Los Angeles .609
Oakland 543
San Francisco 490
, Venice .478
Portland 452
Sacarmento 415
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