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WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866.
VOL. V. No. 122.
OREGON CITy, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY. 27, 1913
Per Week, Ten Cents.
"TAKING A DARE"
IS NEARLY FATAL
LLOYD BAXTER HAS CLOSE CALL
WITH DEATH WHEN SWIM
MING WITH HIS CHUMS
YOUTH GOES DOWN FOR SEW TIME
Crew of Goverment Dredge Hasten
to Rescue of Lad and Pull Him
From River Just as Cur
rent Seizes Body
."Taking a dare" nearly cost Lloyd
Baxter his Jife Friday evening of last
week, when in order to show his
"bravery" before his playmates hs
waded out into deep water in the Wil
lamette, near the mouth of Abernathy
Creek, and was only saved from
drowning by the quick work of mem
bers of the crew of the government
dredge Mathloma.
Baxter and several of his compan
ions were cooling off in the river af
ter the hot day Friday, andrgot to
doing "stunts." One thing led to an
other, and finally the yoftngsters got
to daring each other to go out to a
certain point in the river. It was
while this was being done that some
body dared young Baxter to "go two
steps further."
The boy took the dare, but his sec
ond step carried him off the sharply
shelving bank, where the current had
cut it away, and precipitated him in
to deep water. The lad plunged un
der water with a gasp, and when he
next rose to the surface he was sev
eral feet out in the current. He
screamed for help,and sank again
still screaming. His companions on
the bank and in the shallow water
were powerless to go to his aid, so
joined their cries with his.
The government dredge Mathloma
was lying a littile way down stream,
and several of her crew were whiling
away time on deck. They heard the
cries of the boys, and knowing at
once what was wrong, sprang into a
uuttu ituu puimu lux tuts sput wiicr
t young Baxter had disappeared for
the second time. As the youth's head
came above the water again, one of
the dredges grasped his hair, and
holding him until he could get a firm
grip upon his wriggling body, pulled
the lad to safety.
The boy was taken ashore and
rolled in blankets, and Dr. Strickland
caKed. It took the physician some
moments to restore the boy to con
sciousness, and after that he was
hurriedly dressed and taken to his
home. The other boys lost all inter
est in bathing, following the accident,
and hastily left the dredge crew in
possession of the water.
March of Progress Seals Doom of the Famous Old
Astor House, Shelter of Celebrities Since 1337.
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ARCHBISHOP PRAISES CIVIL WAR'S HEROES
AT MEMORIAL SERVICES OF MEADE POST
PhuLos by Amencaii Press Absociation.
The hotel which hns sheltered more notable persons thtiu any other in America will pass out of existence May
29, when the doors of the famous old Astor House In New York city are closed for good. The cornerstone of the ho
tel was laid In 1834 on ground once occupied by the colonial homestead of Rufus King, at one time minister to Eng
land. The building was finished three years later. On the steps of the AstoP House Louis Kossuth bade farewell to
America, and from there the Grand Duke Alexis and the late King Edward, then Prince of Wales, bowed to the
crowds. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Charles Dickens and Washington Irving were guests there, and Edgar Allan Poe
used to drop in at the Astor House office in search of news when he was editing Graham's Magazine in 1841. An
drew JncKson. P. T. Barnum, Jenny Lind, James Fenimore Cooper, John Burroughs and Walt WThitman were other
celebrities who iived at or occasionally frequented the Astor House. With the pussing of the old hotel will go Head
Waller Kauffuian. who has been tlre forty-four years aDd knew many of the celebrated guests. In this Illustration
is shown ii photograph of the Astor House as it is today. In the insert Is a photograph of .Kauffman.
Declaring that while warfare was
a, shocking waste of human life and
energy, some wars were necessary to
advance the scheme of the world, the
Most Reverend Alexander Christie,
archbishop of the diocese of Oregon
City, delivered a stirring address bo
members of Meade Post, G. A. R., and
the Meade Relief Corps, who attended
St. John's Catholic church in a body
Sunday for memorial service. The
post turned out for ' the ceremony
about 50 strong, and was escorted to
the church by children of the Mc
Loughlin Institute and a detachment
of the Catholic Knights of America.
High mass was sung for the mem
orial service, and special music was
fendered by the choir under the di
rection of B. T. McBain. The church
was fittingly decorated, and through
out the service the honored battle
flags of Meade Post were held b7 the
color bearers.
Archbishop Christie's discourse
was spoken of by those present as
one of the finest eulogies of the
soldier ever pronounced in this city.
Deploring war in the abstract, the
Archbishop nevertheless cited cer
tain wars that had been justified by
their "noble purpose, and spoke of the
Civil War as such a conflict) a war
that had apparently been the only
means of preserving the union intact,
and which, in its later results, had
cemented still more firmly the bonds
of brotherhood and patriotism be
tween the north and the south. Fol
lowing this opening His Reverence
spoke of the heroic deeds of the war,
The classified ad columns of The
Enterprise satisfy your wants.
Wanted!
Girls and Women
To operate sewing machines
in garment factory.
OREGON CITY WOOLEN MILL
"Blame the Wife"
(Biograph)
"Fighting Chance"
(Vitagraph)
SCHOOL YEAR ENDS
III MUCH ACTIVITY
'The closing of the school year is to
be marked by much activity the lat
ter part of this week, and throughout
all of next. week. Starting Friday
and Saturday will be the city school
exhibit, held in the gymnasium build
ing at the Barclay school grounds, at
which will be displayed the regular
work of the manual training and do
mestic science classes. This exhibit
will be open Friday from 1 to 5 and.
from 7 to 9 p. m., and on Saturday
from 9 to 12 in the morning, and for
the same periods as Friday in the af
ternoon and evening.
Saturday night the high school
seniors will present their play, "The
Merchant of Venice Up-to-datp," in
Shively's opera house. Sunday even
ing the baccalaureate sermon for the
graduating class at the high school
will be preached in the Presbyterian
church by F. J. S. Tooze.
Wednesday the high school seniors
will observe the annual ceremony of
planting a class tree in the high
school grounds. Friday morning, in
the high school auditorium, the grad
uating exercises of tjb.e 8th grade,
Barclay school, will be held. In the
afternoon the graduation of the 8th
grade Eastham school class will be
ho'.d in the same hall.
Friday evening the commencement
exercises of the high school will be
held in Shively's theatre, the ' pupils
having charge of the entire program,
with the exception of the presentation
of diplomas, which will bs made bv
school board.
M TEACHERS
ARE RE-ELECTED
ONLY SEVEN INSTRUCTORS OUT,
MOST OF THESE TAKE HIGH
ER SALARIED PLACES
HIGH SCHOOL FORCE LEFT INTACT
Remaining Vacancies ' to be Filled
Later in Week From Host of
Applicants Who Seek
Positions Here
HONOR MOLALLA STUDENTS
"An Innocent
Informer"
(Edison)
'Daylight Burglar'
(Biograph)
Personal merit and fitness for of
fice in the student body at the Ora-
gon Agricultural College ruled the
i spring election, barring politics. The
! officers am President, C. A. Dick-sy,
; Molalla; Barometer editor, A. F. Ma-
ager, L. J. Allen, Cove; president of
oratory and d abate, C. L. Hill, Berea,
Ky.; secretary of oratory and debate,
O. B. Haynes, Pasadena, Cal.; 1st.
vice-president, R. M. Howard, Cor
vallie; 2nd, Otto Ballhorn, Ham
mond ; 3rd, F. McCabe, Portland ; sec
retary, Katherine Warner, Portland;
athletic auditor, Everett May, Salem;
senior on buard of athletic control,
James Evendon, Warrenfon, and
treasurer, L. 'P. Gambee, Corvallis.
Entsrprise classified pds pay.
Seven grade teachers in the Ore
gon City public schools will retire
with the end of the year in June.
Some of them have already been
elected to higher salaried positions,
others will permanently retire from
the- w6rk. Those who did not apply
for re-election in the city schools are.
Mrs. Eslalla Salisbury,' Miss Beulah
Hess, Miss Margaret Gilman, Miss
Bessie Vick, Miss Harriet Bamber,
Miss Marjorie Caufield and Miss
Agnes Harris. The latter was given
one year's leave of absence at her
own request.
The beard of education Monday
night re-elected all of the teachers in
the grades and in the high school
that applied for positions for next:
year. All of the" members of the
faculty of the high school were re
elected, and there are still to - be
chosen six teachers to fill grade va
cancies, and instructors in domestic
science and art, drawing and music.
Peter D. FOrbes, the manual training
instructor, was re-elected and Miss
Anna Smith, who has been away on
a year's leave of absence, was elected
(Continued on Page 4.)
SUNDAY BASEBALL GAMES
Portland 2-6, Venice 3-1.
Los Angeles 2-22, Oakland 1-7.
Sacramenti, 6, San Francisco 4.
Standings.
Los Angeles 596
Oakland 538
Venice 500
San Francisco '. 463
Sacramento 457
Portland .438
FLOOD THREATENS
ALONG WILLAMETTE
Phophecies. of a' sharp rise in the
Willamette have been made by Unit
ed States weather bureau officials,
and as a results preparations are be
ing made all along the banks of the
stream below the Oregon City dam to
protect property. In a bulletin is
sued late Monday afternoon it was
stated that the river would reach a
stjage of 18.5 feet by Friday at Port
land. What will happen after that
date ha3 not as yet been figured out.
The river is expected to rise at least
a- foot a day, however, until further
warnings are issued.
While tihis first main rise of the
river will not effect Oregon City
greatly, . the increase of the stream
is being closely watched here. The
present freshet is caused by backwa
ter from the Columbia, which has
been greatly swelled the past week
by the melting of snows along the
banks of itjs tributaries on the east
ern slope of the Cascades. The warm
weather of the past four days has al
so started a great deal of snow from
the western slope of the mountains,
and this is making its presence shown
in the rapid rise of the Clackamas
and other rivers. Since Saturday the
Clackamas has come up over a foot,
and is still rising.
RUMOR SEEMS UNFOUNDED
Persistent rumors were in circula
tion Monday that the police Saturday
night, had made arrests for two viola
tions of the saloon laws, and that as
a result two mora of Oregon City's
fast-disappearing 'thirst parlors"
would probably be closed, - by the
council. How the rumors started is
not known, but all city officials were
unanimous Monday in declaring that
no violations had been reported to
them. Members of the night police
force say they noted no irregularities
Saturday night.
WOODMEN ELECT LEADERS
Members of Willamette Falls Camp
No. 184, Woodmen of the World, have
elected officers for the coming years
as follows:
Consul commander, J. G. Banke;
advisor lieutenant, M. R. Snidow;
escort, Frank Oliver; watchman, C.
A. Andrus; sentry, L. D. Garmine;
manager, Otto Erickson and musi
cian, Leo Burdon.
of the self-sacrifice of the men and
women who heard their country's
call and who fought and strove for
what they believed to be the right.
Tuesday afternoon members of
Meade Post will visit McLoughlin In
stitute, where Comrade Cline will be
the chief speaker of the day, recount
ing for the children the story of the
great battle of Vicksburg, and tellmg
them the lessons of patriotism tought
by the war. The other features of
the school visit will be the recitation
of war-time poems by members of
the post, and stirring martial music
by the drum corps.
Owing to the remodelling of St.
John's church, masses will be held
this week every morning except Tues
day at 6:30 a. m., so that workmen
may have a chance to commence their
activities on time.
SURPRISE PARTY GIVEN
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Henningsen
were surprised Friday evening by
members of the Knights and Ladies
of Security, the occasion being a fare
well to them preliminary to Mr. Hen
ningsen's departure for Floriston,
Cal., where he goes to accept the su
perintendcy of the Crown-Columbia
mill there. Mrs. Ross and Miss Hat
tie Wilson were also honored guests
of the occasion. Following refresh
ments and a social hour, the depart
ing guests were presented with souv
enir spoons as a token of the esteem
in which they have been held by their
inenas in this community.
GRASSHOPPERS
COVER 90 MILES
AMARILLO, Tex., May 26. Travel
ing northeastward, a column of grass-'
hoppers five miles wide and 18 miles
long is reported in Northeastern New
Mexico today. Reports that the mil
lions of grasshoppers seem to spread
as they travel and also the appear
ance of smaller bodies of grasshop
pers in sections of West Texas have
caused fear of a general grasshopper
pest in the Sout,hwest, especially in
Texas, Western Oklahoma and New
Mexico.
The New Mexico column today is
between Elida and Texline.
It is reported they are entirely de
nuding the land of grass, as well as
destroying all kinds of foliage. Stock,
especially sheep, have been left in a
starving condition by lack of pastur
age after the grasshoppers passed.
Government, state and railroad ex
perts have combined to fight the
grasshoppers.
SMITH BOUND OVER
W. S- Smith, an employee on the
waterfront, who was arrested last
week for committing an unnatural
crime, was Monday bound over to
the grand jury in $500 bail. A boy, a
ward of the juvenile court, who was
arrested at the same time, was sent
to the state corrective school by
Juvenile Judge Beatie.
ams ireDartmen
t More
On account of the backward season we
have put on sale
Hart Schaffner 8c 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
551 a an Suits
The classified ad columns of The
Enterprise satisfy your wants.
M
ams DeDartmen
Oregon City's Busy Store
t Store
"Secret Marriage"
(Kalem)
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 IV2
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.
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