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WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1868,
VOL. V. No. 119.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1913
Per Week, Ten Cents
AUTO CAPSIZES
IS
NOBODY
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FIVE WQMEN HAVE MIRACULOUS
ESCAPE FROM DEATH IN
ODD ACCIDENT
OREGON CITY MACHINE IS INVOLVED
Narrow Highway Makes it Impossible
for Cars to Pass, Hubs Lock
and Overturning of Ve
hicle is Result
Five young women of social prom
inence in Portland and neighboring
towns had a close brush with death
Thursday afternoon when an automo
bile owned by A. King Wilson, well
known Portland attorney, turned
turtle on the river road just north of
he limits of Oswego. All that saved
the occupants of the car from being
crush sd was the fact that the top
was up at the time of the accident,
and the steel ribs of the heavy hood
held the body of the car some IS
inches from theground, enabling the
young women to crawl to safety after
being hurled topsy-turvy with the
car into the ditch.
Those who escaped serious injury,
if not death, were Miss Verona Espey,
a sister-in-law of Mr. Wilson, Miss
Mary Wilson, Miss Julia Wilson, Miss
Lena Meyer and Miss Ruth Meyer.
The party of five had been attending
exercises at tht Oswego school, and
were returning to Mr. Wilson's sur
burban estate at Oswego at the time.
The car was being driven by Lester
Clmefelfcer, Mr. Wilsons chauffeur.
While nearing Oswego an automo
bile belonging to and driven by J. O.
Cook, proprietor of the Oregon City
Screen Plate works, came up behind.
Both cars were traveling at a fair
rate of speed, and as the road is nar
row at this portion there was no
room for both vehicles to pass at the
speed they were going. Two men
were in Mr. Cook's car, which was a
Buick. state license number 6776, and
as they seemed to be in haste, Cline
felter turned to "one side of the road
to let them pass. His car, a Paige
state license number 9746, had not
swung far enough to the right, ap
parently, or else Mr. Cook misjudg
ed the leeway offered him, for as his
car drew up even with that in which
the five young women were riding
the wheels locked.
A second later the Wilson car rose
from the road, and swinging clear
over, crashed down into the ditch by
the side of the roadway. The noise
of the car's fall was heard by Cook
and his party, as well as by a number
of other autoists in the immediate
DIVORCED WIFE
TO GET $11,165
JUDGE EAKIN SIGNS ORDER'. IN
LONG-DRAWN SUIT BE
TWEEN CALIFORNIANS
MINING MAN FINDS ROMANCE COSTLY
Woman First Met in Bay City Rest
aurant Awarded Heavy Finan
' cial Relief as Climax of -Extended
Litigation
(Continued on page 3)
Judge Eakin, sitting in the circuit
court, has signed an order requiring
Charles D. Taylor, a wealth mining
operator of San Francisco, to pay to
Mrs. Minnie N. Taylor, his divorced
wife, $2,509 attorney's fees, $3,000
for a surgical operation, and hospital
charges, which she has undergone
since the divorce was granted, and
$5,665 to cover her expenses in a
long-drawn out and bitterly contested
divorce suit that was first filed in the
Clackamas county courts in July,
1909.
The divorce, sought by Taylor, was
first granted upon default by Judge
Eakin oh September 19, 1910," follow
ing a complaint filed by the Californ
ian, who is reputed to be worth at
least $2,000,000, in which he set forth
that he had married the defendant in
Portland August 26, 1905, the cere
mony being performed by the Rev.
Wygoff. In his complaint Taylor
stated that he had first met his wife
in Jules Restaurant, in San Francis
co in 1905, and that he had at once
been attracted to her. He charged
that the woman had fraudulently rep
resented herself to him as a chaste
woman for the purpose of marrying
him, while she was, according to his
later discoveries an "intimate associ
ate of gamblers, pimps and men of
low and vicious habits." His com
plaint added that they had separated
November 5, 1909. Suit was filed hy
George C. Brownell.
Following the granting of the de
cree, M'rs. Taylor appeared in court
Jhrough her attorneys and set forth
that proper summons had not been
served upon her, and that the Oregon
court had no jurisdiction, as she was
a resident . of Santa Ana, California.
She asked that the decree be vacated,
and that she be permitted to file an
answer. In protesting agains this
Taylor filed many subsequent affida
vits and other papers, in which he as
serted that among other things he
had spent $40,000 on his wife, had
given her an estate worth $8,000 and
had provided her with a house, cost
ing not less than $5,000, and had also
provided her with an extended Euro
pean trip.
April 13, 1911, Mrs. Taylor asked
the court to grant her costs of her
fight against the divorce, and sucn
other relief as might be meet. Aug
ust 17, 1911, Judge Eakin ordered the
default opened and permitted the
wife to file an answer to the charges.
This she did, setting forth a general
denial, and asked for $7,000 attorney's
fees and $2,500 monthly alimony. De
cember 7, 1911, Judge Eakin allowed
Mrs. Taylor $509 attorney's fees.
Since that time the case has been
much in the courts, the wife filing a
cross-complaint, and the husband appealing.
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Loads dy daylight.
Price $6.00.
Films 20 cents.
Leather case, 75 cents.
Come in and let us show you
how it works.
BURMEISTER
& ANDRESEN
Oregon City Jewelers
OFFICERS CHOSEN
BY WOMAN'S CLUB
5 Acres $130 Down
5 acres all level and in high
state of cultivation; fine b3rry
or garden land. Located on
the main Salem road and Pa
cific Highway, 1 mile from
Oregon City; sidewalk 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
Annual election of the Woman's
club was held at the meeting in the
Commercial club parlors Thursday af
ternoon. Mrs. Linn Jones was select
ed president, Mrs. Mary Shanks, first,
vice-president; Mrs. Mary Randall,
second vice-president; Mrs. H. F.
Pf ingsten, corresponding secretary ;
Mrs. M. M. Charman, financial secre
tary, and Mrs. C. A. Nash, treasurer.
Following the election of officers
reports were received from a number
of committees. It was determined to
maintain a headquarters at Gladstone
park during the Chatauqua session,
with Mrs. Sidney Miller in charge. A
tent will be kept open by the organ
ization, in addition to the regular
headquarters of the Federated Wom
en's clubs.
The committee on the matter of
market inspection had not completed
its report and will meet in special ses
sion Friday to finish up its sugges
tions, and will then submit its recom
mendations to the city council.
At the meeting before this it was
the opinion of the body that the ref
erendum should not be invoked in the
matter of appropriations for the state
college and university.
H. Snowden Marshall May Curb
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AS RIVER RISES
RESIDENTS OF THIS COUNTY SEE
NO PERIL IN APPROACH
ING FLOOD SEASON
MULTNOMAH IS ALREADY SUFFERING
Warm Weather Will Cause Heavy
Losses Along River at Port
land, But Will Benefit
Crops on High Land
OVER $3 A SQUARE FOOT
FOR DOWNTOWN TRACT
IS OREGON CITY PRICE
MPORTANCE attaches to the appointment of H. SnowdeD Marshall as
Dnited States district attorney for New York, especially in view of the
announcement that the department of justice would let each district at
orney attend to direct prosecution of alleged violations of the Sherman
anti-trust act Many such prosecutions may be expected in the New York dis
trict Mr Marshall Is a young law partner of UnitSd States Senator James
A. O'Gorman of New York, who, however, is understood not to bave recom
mended the appointment Mr Marshall succeeds Henry A. Wise
June, the Month of
pje;
Weddings
The pleasaure of giving as
well as the joy of receiving de
pends greatly upon the' amount
of thought and personality use 1
in selecting a gift. In present
ing an appropriate, well-chosen
gift the idea of dollars and cents
value is secondary, as it prop
erly should be.
Now that June, the season of
many weddings, is approaching
it is well for those contemplat
ing the purchase of gifts to be
stir themselves and decide up
on what they will give.
THE ENTERPRISE advertis
ing columns offer many sugges
tions that are timely and valu
able. A careful reading will
doubtless solve the perplexing
question of "what to give."
Using THE ENTERPRISE ad
vertisements as a guide, one
not only makes sure of covering
a wide variety of possible gifts,
but also greatly simplifies the
actual purchasing and sending
.of presents.
ARTISANS AND FRIENDS
HAVE FESTIVE EVENING
Members of the United Artisans
gave an entertainment and dance in
Woodmen of the World hall Thurs
day evening that was well attended,
and which netted the organization
considerable profit over the expenses.
The early part of the time was de
voted to an exceptionally good pro-'
gram by Portland and Oregon City
talent, and following this the floor
was cleared for dancing. A general
good time was reported by all, and
the merriment lasted until well on
towards midnight, so loathe were all
to go home.
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Postal Telegraph & Cable Company
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CHICAGO, ILL, AND NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK
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IS SCENE OF BLAZE
Gladstone's need of a fire depart
ment was again demonstrated Wed
nesday afternoon, when the residence
of W. R. Dann caught fire from a de
fective flue. Neighbors saw the roof
blazing, and a bucket and ladder bri
gade was hastily formed, doing such
excellent w'ork that the fire was soon
put under control, and was finally ex
tinguished before much damage had
been done.
This is the second time recently in
which serious damage to Gladstone
buildings has been averted through
the quick work of citizens, who have
happened to be at their homes when
fire broke out. Both the fire in the
Dann residence, and the former blaze
in the Miller block, occurred in the
neighborhood of the noon hour, when
men of the community were at home
for dinner. This made it possible for
quick aid to be given in each instance.
Gladstone has a water system, but
no fire dydrants have been installed,
so work with a hose of sufficient size
for fire fighting purposes is out of
the question. An effort will be made
to get the city to purchase a chemical
extinguisher, and to have hydrants
placed at least in the more thickly
settled residence districts, where if
a bad fire once got under way, seri
ous damage would result. Now that
the streets are being graded and im
proved, the use of a chemical wagon
would be perfectly practical, and it
is believed by many of the citizens
that one ought to be purchased.
HIE FOLK
START CLEAN UP
Planning to make Milwaukie one
of the most attractive surburban
towns near Portland, residents of
that enterprising city are busy with
their usual early summer activities.
With the cessation of the spring rains
much improvemtnt work has been
put under way, and everywhere
houses are being given a fresh coat
of paint, sidewalks are being repairtd
and general clean-up activities pre
vail. Several residences are also be
ing erected and some of them would
be a credit to a city of much larger
size.
Nor are private improvements the
only ones which are being made.
There are several town improvements
being contemplated and it is expect
ed that definite announcement in re
gard to some of these will be mad 9
at the next meeting of ths council.
Perhaps the most important of these
contemplated improvements is the
hard surfacing or macadamizing of
Front stret. The plans and specifi
cations for the hard surfacing of this
street have already been completed
and the matter will be definitely set
tled at a special meeting of the coun
cil. This meeting will probably be
held the latter part of the week.
Considerable sentiment in favor of
a Commercial club has been aroused
among the business men during the
last few days and stveral pf them
have declared that an organization
would be formed within a very short
time. There have been two Commer
cial clubs in Milwaukie 'during tht
last 12 years, but for various reasons
they have been allowed to die. It is
thought that the time is now ripe for
such an organization, and it is ex
pected that the proposed club shall
become a lasting and beneficial insti
tution. The prospective membets
state that it shall be the purpose of
the cub to agitate all needed civic improvements.
What practically amount to flood
conditions are prevaling in the lower
WTillamette valley these days, and
people who live this side of the Mul
tnomah county line have the contour
of the land to thank for the fact that
they are out of danger of inundation,
and that their crops, now "growing
well, are in no jeopardy from high
water. The river at Portland is over
the lower docks, and is rising stead,
ily, while along the lowlands border
ing either bank for several miles
south of the city there is nothing to
be seen but the tops of shrubs and
the ant-infested trunks of trees.
From Milwaukie on up to Oregon
City, however, the present high wa
ter has done no damage at all, and
even if a heavy rise in the river
should follow with the warm weather,
only a few low-lying tracts, mostly
utilized by Japanese market and
truck gardeners, will suffer. Every
foot of rise in the river, however, will
mean much inconvenience and finan
cial loss to Multnomah county folk.
A journey by the interurban be
tween this city to Portland gives a
fair idea of conditions, though the
flooding of the west bank of the river
is not so readily seen. Houseboats
that line the lower river are all well
afloat, and the moorings of many of
(hem have been changed so that their
occupants can get to dry land. The
low-lying sloughland below Portland
is all under water, while that above
the metropolis is either flooded or a
mass of mud. At the Oaks the water
is so high that except from the lawns
there is no land in sight, and the big
swamp back of the amusament park
is a minature sea that will prove an
excellent breeding place for mo
squitoes and other pests. Afloat be
hind the place in a muddy pool is a
large sign that proclaims the opening
of the resort this week.
Conditions just the opposite, how
ever, prevail along the river in Clack
amas county. The high bluff along
the bank protects the land from flood
ing, save in one or two small places,
and the rains which have helped
swell the water in the stream have
.Ten thousand dollars was paid
for less than half a lot of Ore
gon City business property this
week, when J. W. Cole and wife
sold to Richard Petzold the north
erly 31 feet of lot 4, block 6, to
gether with the one-story build
ing thereon and an interest in
the party wall between
the property and the Masonic
temple, tor that sum. The lot
itself is 6G by 105 feet, so the
part sold is less than one-half.
The property is ismproved by
the building occupied by John
son's barber shop and the Falls
restaurant. The buy, even at the
price named in the deed, is con
sidered a good "one by local
realty men.
'
proved most beneficial to the agri
cultural activities of the section. All
kinds of crops ' are in good condition,
and fruit trees and bushes are par
ticularly thriving. Grape arbors are
in fine shape, and there is every in
dication that farmers and small
ranchers will receive good returns
on their crops. In fact the territory
between Oregon City and Milwaukie
is so green and prosperous looking
that it appears more like a model
farm than anything else. '
The warm weather of the last two
days has done considerable to aggra
vate river conditions, and the Colum
bia is rising rapidly and backing up
the Willamette as a result of the
melting snows that have been lying
on even the lower hills. The warm
weather is also bringing the Calck
amas river up, and this stream is add
ing its volume of water to the back
flood in the Willamettte. As a re
sult Multnomah county people who
live near the river expect record
high water; whila Portland cellars
will probably be flooded almost to
the famous high-water mark of years
ago. In the metropolis warehouse
interests are empting their lower
stories of stock so as to avoid dam
age, and along the docks every prep
aration is being made for extreme,
high water.
MIKADO IS ILL;
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fiLoun mrnniLo
ALL NEGOTIATIONS AREf SUSPENDED
sickness of japan's,rtler is
complication in Crisis
over alien, laws
WASAHINGTON, May 22 News
of the sudden serious illness of the
Emperor of Japan, received today in
Washington, was regarded with deep
concern by President Wilson and Sec
retary Bryan. It was declared' here
that the Emperor was suffering with
inflammation of the lungs and was in
a state of high fever, eight court
physicians being in constant attend
ance. The administration regards it as ex
tremely probable that the Emperor's '
illness will have the effect of delay
ing negotiations now in progress of
the California alient land law. Atten
tion in Tokio is diverted for the time
from the subject in question.
There were no developments today
in the negotiotions either at the State
Department or the Japanese embassy
the attitude being one of waiting for
the next word from Tokio. It.-, was.
learned that up to the present stag-e
no formal suggestion has come from
Japan that the American naturaliza
tion laws should be amended so as to
admit Japanese to citizenship in the
United States.
Boost your home town by reading
your home paper.
Wanted!
Girls and Women
To operate sewing machines
In garment factory.
OREGON CITY WOOLEN MILL
GRAND OPENING
Anderson's Confectionery Store
TODAY
suptuorS:j:$1000 Soda Fountain
WE WILL GIVE A CAP FREE TO EVERY BOY THAT CALLS AT
OUR STORE TODAY
108 Main Street
E. B. ANDERSON
At Ad
Department More
ams
On account of the backward season we
are going to put on sale
this morning
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DOGBITE IS COSTLY
Charles Screiber was fined $10 and
costs in Justice Sievers' court Thurs
day for having in his possession a
vicious dog. Complaint upon which
the arest was made was sworn to by
a young girl who had been bitten y
the animaL
SCHOOL TEACHERS
NOT YET ELECTED
Members of the school board met
Thursday evening to elect teachers
for the coming school year, but ow
ing to the absence of J. E. Hedges
from the city, action was postponed
until Monday, as it is desired to have
a full membership present when this
matter is taken up.
The board did, however, elect jan
itors "for the coming year, continuing
in office the; present holders of this
postion: ' W. W. Mars at the high
school, Fred Erickson. at the Barclay
school, and Hermann Vierman at the
Eastham schooL
Judging from present indications
there will be a large number of new
faces in the city schools next year,
as but few of the present teaching
force have sent in applications. Many
of the teachers are planning on leav
ing the city, quite a number are go
ing to get married, and still others
are going into different lines of work.
or are going to take courses of study.
Hart Schaf f ner & Marx
All Wool, High-Grade Men's
Suits, regular $22.50, $25.00
$27.50 and $30.00 Suits at
Special Sale
Price
Also 200 Suits regular $15.00, $16.50 and
$18.50 Suits, Special
Sale Price
Adams Department
Store
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