THE WEATHER 3
OREGON CITY Fair Sunday. S
Northwesterly winds.
S-Oregon and Washington Fair
$-west Sunday; showers east por-t
Stion Sunday. Westerly winds.
$ Idaho Showers Sunday. , $
S-' EDW. A. BEALS, Forecaster. S
& CLACKAMAS COUNTY
FAIR
S CAN BY, OR.
S SEPT. 24, 25, 26, 27.
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WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866.
VOL. V. NO. -121.
-OREGON CITY, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 25, 1913
Per Week, Tex Cents.
NEW LAW COSTS
$4,000 A YEAR
FIELD DAY CUP
WILL STAY HERE
75-GALLON FLOW
30 DIE-50 HURT
AS PIER DROPS
al Month of May Inspires Many Pretty
Outdoor Celebrations Throughout the Land.
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WIDOW'S PENSIONS EFFECTIVE
: JUNE 5, WILL PROVE HEAVY'
DRAIN ON FUNDS
APPLICANTS BESIEGE JUVENILE JUDGE
Clackamas Hit Lightly as Compared
to Benton, Were Outlay :May
Seriously Cripple Finan
cial Stability
Bentcn county is worrying about
the widow's pension law, pased by
the last legislature, and which goes
into effect on June 5, Benton coun
ty officials have it figured out that
the new law will cost the tax-payers
from $800 to $1,000 per month, and
fear that it will bankrupt the county.
Clackamas county, on the other hand,
is not so'badly off, the supply of de
pendant widows with minor children
in their keeping being not so great
in these parts.
However, there are enough wom
en who will have to be cared for by
the county under the new law to
make a sizeable hole in the district
finances. Juvenile Judge Beatis, un
der whose jurisidiction applicants for
this relief come, estimates roughtly
that it "will cost Clackamas county bs"..
twean $4,000 and $6,090 a year to ful
fill the requirements of the new mea
sure, but says that a part of this
money will take the place of funds
now expended through the pauper
fund. The county at present is pay
ing $6,000 annually for the care of
paupers, but with the becoming effec
tive of the widow's pension law,, a
part of this expenditure will be di
verted to the other fund.
Judge Beatie will hold special ses
sion of the juvenile court June 2 and
3, to receive applications for relief
under the new law. Several dozen
women have already applied to the
county court for information in re
gard to the working of the law, and
after having been given a copy of its
provisions have been told to make
their regular application upon the
two days sat forth above.
The law provides that any widow
who is entirely dependent may draw
from the county funds the sum of
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Girls and Women
To operate sewing machines
In garment factory.
OREGON CITY WOOLEN MILL
OREGON CITY GETS PERMANENT
OWNERSHIP OF COUNTY
, TROPHY AT MEET
BARCLAY CAPTURES GRADE HONORS
Gladstone Girls Win Baseballl Game
from Oak Grove, While Teach
. ers and Pupils Tie Score
by Four-bagger
Oregon City high school won the
Clackamas County School league tro
phy for the third consseutive time at
the big field meet at Gladstone part
Saturday, thus securing permanent
right to the valuable prize; the. gram
mar school cup was captured by Bar
clay school; Gladstone girls won the
baseball game with Oak Grove, and
the ball game between the school
boys and their teachers came out a
tie. Such, in a nutshell, is the story
of the great annual track meet for
the year 1913. To this must be add
ed the fact that there was a tremen
dous and enthusiastic crowd on hand,
that everybody had a good time, and
that the affair was as big a success
as the day was fair and bright.
In the high school games of the
track meet, Oregon City hal but one
competitor, the team from Estacada
high school. When the scores for
the several events had been tallied
up, it was found that Oregon City had
72 points to the 23 gained by Esta
cada; and with this victory the coun
ty trophy that they have held tenta
tively for the past two pears became
theirs "for keeps." When the result
was announced, pandemonium broke
loose, and the Oregon City cohorts
went wild.
The baseball N game between the
teachers and the students was the
last feature of the day, and "was
worth waiting for. Both sides want
in to the sport with blood in their
eyes, and many an old score was re
called as the contestants lined up
against each other. The teachers
proved of better metal than the boys
had expected, however, and managed
to hold the youngsters just about as
well in hand on the diamond as they
had done throughout the year in the
classrooms. In fact the teachers had
a slight th-e better of it, and when
Professor Vedder, of the Gladstone
school, rapped out a home run and
tied the score 6 to 6, both sides
agreed to call it off.
The team that the teachers put in
the field follows: catcher, Gault, of
Gladstone; pitcher, Mulkey, of Slab
town; first bass, Adler, of- Oak
Grove.; second base, Cross, of Green
poin; shortstop, "che Portland mys
tery;1' third base, Supt, Gary; right
field, Searle, of Molalla; center field,
Freel, of Oregon City; left field. Ved
der, of Gladstone. Opposed to them
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Photo.-- iiV
GREAT VOLUME. OF WATER
HIT AFTER DRILL REACHES
FIRST ROCK LAYER
BORING TO CONTINUE TO 250 FEET
Underground Stream Tapped
- foot Level Under Stratum
Basalt Council Pleas
ed at Progress
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Amenc&ii Press Association
May. the month of festivals, has Insured many beautiful aud pleasure giving spectacles this year. .. A.uiung the
biauest May ceiebrmious was that iu Central park. New York, wher" 7.000 girls from the public schools danced
around May poles :! tin- nu. To make the scene more realistic seventy lambs were turned loose on the sward,
much to the delight of iimiiv children who never had seen shod creatures. In the upper part of this Illustration Is
a funeral view of the crowd around one of the May poles, taken when enthusiasm was highest Below are shown
some groups of children diincins In the center Is a photograph of Mrs. Lorlllard Spencer. one of the society wom
en who witiii-ssod tile hie i-clehration. . V
Reports made to the special pure
water committee of the city council
from the crew boring a test well on
the Ladd tract at Mount Pleasant ar :
to the effect that a heavy flow of wa
ter has been struck at a depth of 65
feet. Drilling will be continued un
til a djpth of 250 feet has bean
reached, . unless such a heavy flow is
struck before then that further drill
ing will be useless.
The strike of water was made Sat
urday morning, when the drill was
started, up again after a breakdowi
in the pipe-line" on Friday. Actual
drilling was started last Thursday
time previous to this being consum
ed in erecting the scaffolding and
tower for the drill outfit, and in con
necting up the machinery which de
livers a blow of 45,000 pounds force
upon the drill point. The first 14
feet, -cut was in earth, and following
this a stratum of 51 feet of black
basaltic rock was encountered. It
was in driving through this that the
drill was temporarily put out of com
mission. Saturday morning," when operations
were resumed, water was struck, and
made its presence apparent by gush
ing out through the drill tubing.. Tht
( diamond-point was at once withdrawn 1
and the water alowed to surge to the
surface. While the force was not
sufficient to make a "gusher," the wa
ter nevertheless showed at the top
of the pipe in a volume of flow of 7o
gallons per minute. It appeared to
be clear and pure, and tests of its
purity will be made. Drilling will be
resumed Monday.
The special water committee of the
council is much pleased at the show
ing so far made, and especially with
the expedition of the drillers in get
ting down to the 65-foot level wth so
little d elay,- considering the rock en
countered. If the same speed is con
tinued throughout operations, the
full depth of the test ought to be
reached in short order, and the avail
ability of the section for a source of
supply determined.
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, HAS
GHASTLY TRAGEDY AT GATH
ERING OF BRITONS
WILD PANIC FOLLOWS ACCIDENT
Auditorium at Water's Edge Col
lapses Under Weight of Crowd
Celebrating Empire Day
. in South
LONG BEACH, Cal., May 24. Too
frail to uphold the burden of nearly
10,000 human beings assembled for
the festivities of the British Empire
day celebration, the land end of the
big double decked pier in front of
the city auditorium collapsed today.
Hundreds of persons on the top deck
were dropped down on the heads of
other hundreds crowded on the deck
below. The lower deck then gave way
and all were dropped down a chute
of shattered woodwork to the tide
washed sands 25 feet below.
Thirty persons mostly women
were killed by the shivered timbers
or crushed to death by the falling
bodies. Fifty more were seriously
injured, while hysteria and paralyz
ing fright disabled scores.
A section of the auditorium also
went down in the crash and the de
bris from it was added to the wreck-,
age that fell on top of tae dead and
injured.
The victims were mostly subjects
and former subjects of Great Britain"
resident in Southern California.
The dead, many of whom were still,
to be identified tonight, are in the"
National Guard Armory.
was practically the regular team of
Oregon City high school.
The girls' baseball game between
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AT THE BELL
THEATRE TODAY
BEAVERS LOSE AGAIN
Venice 7, Portland 6.
Oakland 8, Los Angeles 5.
Sacramento 2, San Francisco 1.
The classified ad columns of The
Enterprise satisfy your wants.
5 ACRES TO EXCHANGE
All level and in high state of
cultivation; fine loam; good 6
room house, wood-shed, chicken
house, bearing fruit and berries,
good well water. This is 1
miles south of Oregon City on
the Pacific Highway, a fine ma-'
cadam road and sidewalk to
town. We will trade this beau
tiful home for a nice house and
lot in Oregon City even up.
Price $3,000.
E. P. ELLIOTT & SON
Andresen Building, Oregon City .
Oregon
FRANK RICH CO. and SUNSHINE GIRLS
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AT THE STAR THEATRE FOUR DAYS, COMMENCING THURSDAY MAY 29.
Big two-reel Feature Entitled
"THUS SAITH THE LORD"
A Huge Spectacle Feature
First Run
B
Reel 3 Big 101 Bison Feature
INDIAN DANCES AND
PASSTIMES
Reel 4 An Elaborate Comedy
Production
"THE TERRIBLE TURK"
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REMEMBER WE OPEN WITH
SIX PEOPLE IN A MUSI
v CAL COMEDY
MONDAY
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On account of the backward season we
have put on sale
LOCAL RAILROAD
NOT AFTER LAND
"Interesting if true, but not a
word of truth in it," is the way Grant j
B. Dimick, secretary of the Clack
amas Southern railroad, commented
upon the report in the Oregon Daily
Journal, of Portland, to the effect
that the Clackamas. Southern was
seeking a franchise through the city
of Milwaukie. The article went on
at considerable length to' inform the
public that the railroad wanted its
tracks on Front street, Milwaukie,
but that city officials desired them on
Main street.
"The Clackamas Southern has no
immediate intention of extending its
line beyond Oregon City," continued
Mr. Dimick. "We are going to de
vote all our attention to building the
line to the east, as originally out
lined, and we have all the trade and
traffic that we can accomodate wait
ing for us as the rails are extended.
Perhaps after the line is completed,
and the country is developed and set
tled, we will want our own inlet to
Portland, but at present we are sat
isfied to make Oregon City the term
inal of the line."
; Mr. Dimick would not hazzard a
guess as to what line, if any, was
seeking a franchise in Mjilwaukie.
Other people, familiar with railroad
plans in this section, said that if any
line at all was negotiating for a fran
chise in Milwaukie it might be the
projected East Side line of the Hill
system, which it is believed will be
built from East Portland through Mil
waukie or Woodstock, and thence up
the Clackamas valley on the north
ern side of the stream. No announce
ment of this work has yet been made
by President Young of the Hill lines
In Oregon, however. -.
Hart Schaff ner & Marx
' All Wool, High-Grade Menl
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 SuiSpeciaJg
Adams D
epartment
Oregon City's Busy Store
Store