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CLACKAMAS COUNTY;
FAIR
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SEPT. 24, 25, 26, 27.
WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866
VOL. -V. No. 130.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1913.
Per Week, Ten Cents.
1913 ROSE SHOW
WRONG BAIT.
COUNCIL ORDERS
MORE DRILLING
TO BE BEST EVER
RACING CLASSIC
ICANEMAH NAILS
SUFFRAGISTS MAR
ROADS CANARD
PREPARATIONS ALL COMPLETE
FOR ANNUAL DISPLAY AND '
'CIVIC CELEBRATION
PROGRESSIVE LEAGUE VOICES
INDIGNATION AT CASTCy
SCHUEEEL, BROWN
MANY ADDITIONAL PRIZES OFFERED MASS MEETING STORY IS DENIED
Decorated Auto and Float Parade to! Real Facts in yMatter of Highway Tax
be Specially Attractive Feat- " Set Forth so Citizens Will
ure Human Rosebuds Not be Mislead by
' to Drill i False Report
Preparations are practically com
plete for the seventh annual show
and celebration of the Oregon City
Rose society, to be held next Satur
day. All the main events of the gala
day have oeen worked out, and de
tails have been attended to with such
thoroughness that it is not believed
there will be any hitch or delay in
proceedings. Several new prizes
have been added to the list of awards
for displays in Busch's hall, and ex
pectations are that the 1913 exhibi
tion will far outclass, in every way,
all former efforts of the organibation.
One of the most attractive features
of the day will be the special drill of
"human rosebuds" in Busch's hall at
three in the afternoon. School chil
dren will take part in this exercise,
and will perform a number of com
plex evolutions in fancy marching,
dancing, and such work. In past
years the "human rosebuds'' have
been a leading feature in all Oregon
shows, and it is believed that for
beauty and grace, the evolutions
planned for Oregon City will outrank
all others heretofore held elsewhere.
The big parade of the day will start
promptly at half past one in the af
ternoon, and it is expected that there
will be a tremendous crowd on hand
to view the decorated automobiles,
floats, vehicles and detachments of
lodges, as well as the firemen and
their apparatus. Over a hundred lo
cal and county auto enthusiasts have
already entered their cars, and many
Portland motorists are planning to
run out for the afternoon, either to
take informal part in the parade, or
to witness the displays made. No
entrants from outside of Clackamas
county will . be eligible for prizes.
There will be five automobiles and a
float entered from Gladstone, and the
people of the neighboring town are
taking much interest in the local
pageant. Two special prizes for the
most unique float in line have been
added to the list of awards.
Final details of this parade were
gone over Wednesday night a t a
meeting of the parade committee, at
which A. L. Beatie, grand marshal,
was present. It was determined that
all entries should be numbered, and
that judging for prizes should be by
numbers only. Entries may be made
at Fourteenth and Main streets on
tbe day of the parade from noon up
to the time of starting. The pageant
will be led by Miss Risley, the queen
of the rose show; and the Oregon
City .and Redland bands, as well as
the G. A. R. fife and drum corps, will
ride in autos and furnish music.
Judges .jjf the roses on exhibition
have beec selected. As they are
none of them residents of this coun
ty, there diinterestedness is assured.
They are Messrs, Alfred Tucker, Mc-
Farland and Ladd, all of Portland. An
extensive list of prizes has been of
fered, as follows:
Section A. Class, Tea.
1. Best 6 red roses, nut bowl, by
Geo. C. Brownell.
2. Best 6 white roses, olive dish, by
Rose society.
3. Best 6 yellow roses, hand painted
vase, by Rose society.
4. Best 6 pink roses, salt and pepper
stand by Rose society.
o. General collection, 8 roses, pie
knife, by Rose society.
Section B. Class, Hybird Tea
1. Best 9 white roses, cut glass fern
disn, by Geo. C. Brownell.
2. Best 9 red roses, salad dish, by
Wong Wing.
3. Best 9 pink roses, cut glass dish,
by Rose society.
4. Best 9 yellow roses, hand painted
. plate, by Rose society.
5. General collection, 12 roses, cut
glass pitcher, Olds & King.
Section -C. Hybrid Perpetual
1. Best 8 white roses, hand painted
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Wanted!
Girls and Women
To operate sewing machines
in garment factory.
OREGON CITY WOOLEN MILL
3 ..sJllzJSd
$130 Down
All lever and in high state of
cultivation; fine soil; lays 1
miles south of Oregon City oil
the Pacific Highway, good side
walks right to the land. Why
Tajr rent on a house and .lot
when you can buy a 5-acre .tract
fer $1,350 where you can raise
all of your living. $130 down
and $10 a month.
E. P. ELLIOTT & SON
Members of the Canemah Progres
sive League, at a meeting this week,
adopted resolutions emphatically con
demning M. J. Brown, R. Schuebel
and S. L. Casto "of the so-called mass
meeting committee" for misrepresent
ing in their report matters pertain
ing to the expenditure of county road
funds in the Canemah district, partic
ularly after they and George M. La
zelle had questioned citizens of the
district in regard to the matter, and
had obtained from them first-hand in
formation as to the actual details of
the levying of a special road tax-, and
the apportionment of the funds so
raised.
At the meeting the misleading
statements of the famous committee
of three were taken up in detail, and
much indignation was expressed that
the enemies of the county court had
tried to make it appear that Canemah
citizens were dissatisfied with the
manner in which road affairs had
been conducted. To further disabuse
people of the idea that there mignt
be dissatisfaction, a vote of confi
dence in the county commissioners
was recorded. The resolutions adopt
ed follow:
WHEREAS, charges have been
made against the county court by
George M. Lazelie,- a citizen of Clack
amas county, residing on the south
end road from Oregon City wherein
the said Lazelie states: "That a six
mill special tax, levied by road d;3-
trictNo. 15, for the purpose of build
ing roads in said district and raising
a fund of about $1700 is partly being
retained by the county court without
just cause and contrary to wishes of
those who paid the tax;" and
WHEREAS, the members of the
Canemah Progressive League have
personal knowledge of the facts in
the matter of the cnarges made by
Lazelie regarding the road funds for
road district No. 15, and that the
actual facts are as follows:
That at a road meeting duly called
and held on the 22nd day of Novem
ber 1911. in Canemah and attended
by Lazelie, the following resolution
was offered and carried:
RESOLVED, That we do now vote
and levy a special tax of six mills on
the dollar on all the taxable real and
personal property within road dis
trict No. 15, Clackamas county, Ore
gon, for the purpose of improving the
county roads within said district with
crushed rock, laid thereon in a thor
ough and businesslike manner, to the
standard width, the description of
said roads and the initial and term
inal points of said roads between
whica said improvements are to be
made and the estimated cost of im
provements on each are as follows:
1. The river road, commonly call
ed the Canemah road from the North
boundary of Canemah, Clackamas
county, Oregon, to Fly Creek, esti
mated cost nine hundred ($900.00)
dollars.
2. The South End road from Wm.
McCord's store southerly to end cf
said road district No. 15, Clackamas
county, Oregon, estimated cost nine
hundred ($900.00) dollars.
3. The Central Point or Kellogg
road . from southeast corner of the
Mt. Pleasant school playground to
top of McCord hill, estimated cost
nine hundred ($900.00) dollars.
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the
levy hereby made shall be based up
on the valuation of the taxable prop
erty of said road district No. 15 as
shown by the last certificate of the
county clerk next preceeding this
meeting.
That for many years nearly all of
the road money from the Canema.1
road district had been spent upon
the South End and other roads and
only a few dollars in Canemah and
upon the Canemah road. That this
special tax of six mills produced a
fund of about $2700.00 and in accord
ance with the resolution, each" road
would be entitled to about $900.00,
That the citizens of Canemah, had
been for sometime negotiating with
the Portland Railway, Light & Power
company, upon the question of Im
proving Main street therein, upon a
portion of which street the track of
the railway company was located,
That during the pendency of such
negotiations no improvements were
made and none of Canemah's portion
of the money was spent. That the
final result of the negotiations was
that the street car track was removed
ana tne run width or toe road or
street is now being improved at the
expense of the railway company.
That of the, funds on hand of about
$1375, the South End or Lazell'e road
has received all of its $900, with the
exception of about $35, the Canemah
road is entitled to the full amount of
her unexpended portion of $900, the
balance belong to the McCord road.
That the money expended for road
purposes in .the said district has
been intelligently spent and properly
accounted for.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED
That we severly censure the action
of George Lazelie, in making such
baseless charges against the county
Piti in Chicago New
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SPA
NOW DEFECTIVE
MAY COST $4,000
BRIDGE HAS LOST
AND IN WEAKENED CON
DITION IS UNSAFE
I
croached upon the county road some
two or four feet. -After some effort
had been made to remedy the matter,
Oglesby "had the fence removed, but
neglected to .fill up the holes left
when the posts -;. were taken out.
These post holes have remained a
menace to public safety in the high
way ever since, and were directly re
sponsible for the painful injury that
befell Mrs. Thurston. . Whether , or
TRUSS POST ALSO OFF ANGLEBLOCK
Structure Built by Ed Olds and J. W
Reed in Dangerous Form After
Hardly Five Years of
Average Service
(Continued on Page 4.)
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the public. The cigars came direct from Tampa, Floria, and sell for
5c straight 1 o a thousand. Try one while they last. Ask for.
P & B" M. E. DUNN, Main St
Next to Postoffice.
to make a party to the suit i3 a mat
ter that is still unsettled.
Trinity University " Commencement the afternoon.
That the county bridge , across the
Clackamas river at Estacada is seri
ously weakened, owing to structural
faults, and that it is in a condition
dangerous to traffic, was the com
plaint made to the county commis
sioners at their session on Wednes
day. It was set forth that the span
had lost its "camber' and that one
of the posts on the south side was
two inches off the angle block, while
other weaknesses of a minor nature
had also been discovered. ,
The bridge is of the Howe truss
variety, and is of about 140 feet
span. Tbe loss of "camber" means
hat the longtitudinal flooring of the
structure, which should be slightly
convex, has sagged until it is actually
concave; and this brings about a
weakness in the fabric which seri-.
ously cuts down its margin of safety
under loads, and makes it liable to
co'.lajpse under great stress.
Te Estacada bridge was built only
five years ago by Ed Olds and J. W.
Reed, who contracted with the coun
ty to turn out a standard structure,
of truss design, three-ply chords, for
$,50U. Under ordinary circumstan
ces, such a bridge should last at least
eight years without repair, and should
have a serviceable life, under,- such
loads are as carried by this span, of
not less than 15 or 18 years. Manv
such bridges, properly built,- have en
dured and carried a much heavier
traffic, and have even survived war
time bombardments, for over 25
years. -
The present dangerous condition of
the bridge is beleived to be solely due
to improper methods of construction
and to poor workmanship on the part
of the contractor. An expert will be
employed by the county court to view
trie structure, and to determine if the
detects can be remedied so that th3
structure can be utilized further. The
only way "camber" can be restored
to such a bridge is by building heavy
iaiseworK underneath it; and in the
present instate it is impossible to Jo
this, owing to the nature of the banks
of the river and the depth of th
canyon at that point.
it the bridge cannot be repaired.
and it is very doubtful is satisfactory
betterment can be made in the struc
ture, owing to its defective construc
tion and present weakened condition.
ii win nave to De replaced as soon as
possible. To do this will not only be
expensive ior tne county, but will al
so seriously inconvenience farmers
and ranchers who have been using
the structure, as while the span is
being rebuilt the roadway cannot be
used. If such a condition should de
velop, blame will rest on the original
contractors and builders. . -
Because George Oglesby, once road
CAMBER,. ii tn r,0t -w th.aiaot Oglesby's negligence can be held
county road, Clackamas county may
have to pay Mrs. W. A. Thurston,
wife of a prominent rancher of the
district $4,000, and stand the costs of
a damage suit as well. Attorneys for
Mrs. Thurston presented a claim for
this amount at Wednesday's meeting
of the county, commissioners, and
gave notice thata damage suit was
to be fi.ed.
The action is based upon injuries
which Mrs. Thurston received when
her horse, upon wiich she was riding,
stepped into one of the ost holes,
throwing her to the ground, and
breaking one of her ribs, as well as
injuring her about the back and neck,
and confining her to her bed for sev
eral weeks. . The accident occurred
on Mliy 10, last.
Oglesby, who was road supervisor
in this district before this time, found
that a fence built by a rancher en-
EPSOM, Eng., June 4. Today's
race for the derby, the "blue ribbon"
of the British turf, was one- of the
most sensational on record.
It was made memorable by a dar
ing militant suffragette outrage in
which Emily Wilding Davison was
terribly injured whil trying to stop
King George's horse, Anmer, when he
was running at full speed around Tat
tenham Corner, by the disqualifica
tion for bumping of Craganour, the
favorite, after he had finished first,
and by the award of the race- with its
stakes of $323,500 to a rank outsider,
Aboyeur, a 100 to 1 shot.
TICKETS AND HORNS
ON HAND FOR CLUB
Tickets for the Commercial club ex
cursion to Portland on two specially
chartered steamers have been issued
100 horns have been bought by the
committee in charge so that Oregon
City "may be heard from" in its wel
come to Rex Oregonus, and banners
and streamers have beei provided for
decorating the vessels that will car
ry 280 ardent boosters to Portland
and return next Monday.
Every person who goes on board
the two festive craft, that will ta'ie
part in the water parade that will
open the Rose Festival gaieties in
Portland, will be held up at the gang
way unless her or she brings a bou
quet of roses. These flowers will be
used to beautify the boats, and to
show Portlanders . that Oregon City
can grow some flowers that even the
metropolis need not feel ashamed of.
Indications point to one of the
jolliest excursions ever sent from
this city. The steamers Ruth and
Lang will leave the Oregon Trans
portation company's dock at nine in
the morning, and will return early in
WAXAHACHIE, Texas, June 4.
An unusually large class received
their diplomas today at the forty
fourth annual commencement exer
cises at Trinity University. The ad
dress to the graduates was delivered
by Dev. John Balcom Sahw, D. D., of
CMcago.--a - ... - -
? Colorado Sunday Schools.
BEAVERS BEAT OAKS
ROCKY FORB, Colo., June 4. Sev
eral hundred enthusiastic young dele
gates are attending the annual con
vention of the Colorado Sunday
school association, which met here
today for a three day's session.
At Portland Portland 3, Oakland 0.
At San Francisco San Francisco
9, Venice 8, (10 innings).
At Los Angeles Los Angeles
Sacramento 1.
3,
Coast' League' Standings.
Los. Angeles .613
Oakland .. 533
San Francisco 476
Venice 468
Portland 456
Sacramento 444
'Boost your home town by reading
your home paper.
TEST WELL MAY BE SUNK 100
FEET MORE IN HOPES OF
STRIKING WATER
ELEVATOR MATTER YET LEFT OPEN
Further Bids to be Sought, and In-
dined Railway Plan Also to
; be Considered Fire ' :
Chief Sees Danger
A tangle over the public elevator
question, and another tangle over the
test well being bored at Mt Pleasant,
as well as a number of airy passages-at-arms-
between memDers, enlivened
Wednesday night's " council meeting.
After much routine work had been
taken up and disposed of, it came
time to open the bids for elevators.
Two bids were received, one from
the Oregon Bridge & Construction
company for $14,462; and one from
the Hurley-Mason company, of $13,
000. ' ,
As the bond issue to provide for
the elevator is but $12,000, there is
nitie cnance oi eitner diq Deing ac
cepted, though both were referred to
committee for consideration. It was
also ordered that further bids be in
vited, and that they be submitted
within ten days.
Fireworks on the elevator matter
started when a Mr. Beckwith, who
said he represented a hoisting machinery-
and equipment concern, of
fered to submit plans and specifica
tions to the council for an inclined
railway running up the face of the
bluff from Eighth to Seventh street.
This plan, he said, would save the
city a considerable sum of money,
both in construction and mainte
nanceand could later be utilized as
a link in a railway line on the bluff.
The idea seemed to strike some of
the councilmen favorably, and it was
suggested that Mr, Beckwith be given
time to submit his plans and specifi
cations. Representatives of the oth
er liiHiii-B -wnTlf-eil in l-nnw if i tlAV
would have to compete with elevator
bids against the inclined railway, and
after much discussion were finally
given permission to bid on inclined
railways too. - Some of the council
men then recalled that the chosen
sit-3 for the elevator was Seventh St
and not Eighth,-and the inclined rail-,
way scheme was attacked on this
ground. Councilman Tooze finally
suggested that a "figure eight," such
as is to be found in cheap amusement
parks, might he built at Seventh St.,
(Continued on Page 4.)
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your mother, sister or sweetheart, bring them all. You will not be
ashamed of any feature of this high 'class attraction. Nothing offen
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FRANKFIRD, ky., June 4. The
State Prison Commission today took
up for consideration an application
for the parole of Henry E. Youtsey,
serving a life sentence for alleged
participation in the assassination of
William Goebel, the democratic con
testant for governor of Kentucky,
who was shot down in the state
house yard in this city, February . 3,
1900.
Commercial Travelers
LEXINGTON, Ky. June 4. Leg
ington Is entertaining during the re
mainder of this week the annual
grand council session of the United
Commercial Travelers. Many mem
bers of the order are In attendance
from West Virginia, Kentucky aid
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