MR. HENRY PECK AND HIS FAMILY AFFAIRS P How tvw Foot PafeBor I ir icat trr .W Co wfTH TKC" MORNING ENTERPRISE OREGON CITY, OREGON. K. E. Brodlt. Editor and Publlshor. ' Bntercd u ecand-claas matter Jan uarjr . 111. at the post office at Oregon City. Oregon, under the Act of March 1 im." TERMS Of SUBSCRIPTION. One Tr. jr mall $3.00 Six Mentha, by mall 1.50 Four Months, fcy mall 1.00 Per Week, by earrier 10 CITY OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER June 7 In American History. 1776 Richard Henry, Lee offered reso lutions In congress declaring the colonies Independent 1863 Desperate action at MUliken's . Bend. La., between Federal negro troops and General J. G. Walker's Confederate division. 1893 Edwin Booth, famous tragedian, died: born 1833. 1910 Professor Gold win Smith, Anglo ' American author and educator, died; born 1823. A8TRONOMICAL EVENT8. Evening star: Mercury. Morning tars: Venus. Saturn. Mars, Jupiter. Bujierlor planet Neptine in conjunc tion with the moon at 4:40 p. m. OLDEN DAY The younger genera INTELLIGENCE tion is rather prone .. to smile at the pioneers, and to admit that they did as well as they could, but that things are done better in .' these days of grace. And the pion eers say nothing, but also they, in turn, sometimes smile. It is quite likely that some pioneers of the Ore gon country, or their shades, are smil ing now. These men came over the plains to found a new communityand not a few of them finally reached - the present site of Oregon City, and , here they established a town. There were other towns established, too, but just at present it is of this one that comment is made. The bullded a little city here, and the place grew and prospered. It bade fair to become the metropolis of Oregon, in fact and would have , bo become, had not a younger set es : tablished the city of Portland some i. twelve miles further down the river, and been favored by luck and rail roads. Portland today is "the big town" but Portland has not some of the advantages that impressed tlie - pioneers who settled here. Portland . has been several times seriously in undated by floods. Every year Port land's waterfront is turned into a use less desert of water and slime by the rising river, and her trade and . dwindling commerce suffer. But not so Oregon Clty.; The pion eers who settled here found a rock ledge high above the river level, a ; ledge that has never been flooded, . though some of Its lower slopes have . been damaged. To the wisdom of v the pioneer, taught to fear nature as : much as the Indians, this site present ed advantages that Portland did not . have. They settled here, and in , times like the present their wisdom is -justified. They built an enduring city, a city that the river will prob- ably never sweep, a city to which the stream is only a friend and an aid, - j and never a menace. The pioneers knew what they were about, they had a far-sighted intelligence and horse : sense that some others lacked. And not only is Oregon City itself free . from flood danger, but its nearby , acreage is equally free. Were fac tories to be established . along the 'banks of the Willamette below this city, high water would never effect ; them, and throughout all the year their operation would be uninterrupt ed which is more than can be said of Portland's outlying manufacturing v districts. ' ; The pioneers usually knew enough to keep In out of the wet In former years men took heed of the elements. 'Witness the engineers who mapped out the route of the Northern Pacific ' railroad, for instance; Their line, it is sometimes jokingly said, followed . the trails of the buffalo and of the V deer. Maybe they did, but they are still following them, and seldom is ' service Interrupted. Later lines have ' been built two In particular," th-a ' Great Northern and the Milwaukee vand every winter they are forced to - route their trains over the old pion , eer road, because of snowslides and . torrential rivers that have torn out the track laid down by a aewer gen eration, a generation that has scoffed . at the old. v JVerlly, the pioneers knew what thay did. They utilized a common horse sense that made their works endure.' They may have lacked some " 1 r- 1 s hcee Pe- ! caH -yog eertertece. tvT o oot? whV wo Ofm , . W th.-" ,vC , Rather. tat mw Vlx f r I & ti ill - ' - . A cr.rK I f . 1 I &iSiWTir- X 1 Garden All In 2 lots, each 50x100, and side street, all fenced; fruit trees and small fruit. You can raise all your own garden. 5-room house with pantry, bara and woodshed; good . well water. $850.00; part cash and balance ou monthly payments. Dillman & Howland of the fancy frills and furbelows of modern times, but they had a judge ment which people of today must honor, and they had a thoroughness that might well be imitated in these times of hurry, rush and boom." BUYING FOR The council has un THE FUTURE der consideration an ordinance for the expenditure of six thousand dollars for the purchase of a rockcrusher. For a number of rea sons this matter has been -hanging fire with the city fathers for quite a time, yet no out-and-out objection has been made to the outlay. Part of the delay was caused by a natural and proper desire on the part of the coun cil to determine whether or not the plant that it is proposed to buy was in operative shape. Expert opinion has been had on this, and the council was told that everything was as rep resented. Following this report, a majority of the council seemed to be in favor of completing the deal, but like many other council matters, the affair has dragged almost unreason ably. It would seem that this purchase ought to be completed. Councilman Horton,' for one, has expressed the opinion that the investment would be a good one, even if the rock-crusher never turned a wheel for the city and this impression seems to gener ally prevail, for it is realized that mere possession of a rock-crushing plant would serve the city as a club to force down bids on road work sub mitted by private firms. While Ore gon City -may not yet be ready for general muncipal ownership, it would appear that as Jong as . the city has already purchased the rock ledge up on which this crusher Is located, . it might as well buyjhe crusher, and so complete its control of the property, and place itself in a position where jt could demand of road contractors and street builders reasonable prices for work. Gladstone, which is not nearly the size of Oregon City, has looked into the street maintenance matter pretty thoroughly, and has decided through its council that economy lies along the line of municipal control of the products needed for. the building and upkeep of its highways. - The neigh boring community but a short time ago purchased a gravel bed so as to have an economical supply of mater ial at its service; and it is now pur chasing equipment for a municipal road-ollng plant. The outlay, when regarded comparltively, is far greater for Gladstone than will be the ex penditure of the sum required here to purchase a rock-crusher. If municipal ownership of street material is econ omical for Gladstone, why will it not prove the same here? Wants, For Sale, Etc Notices under these classified heading will be inserted at one cent a word, first Insertion, halt a cent additional Inser tions. One inch card, 2 per month; naif inch card. ( t lines), Jl per month. Cash must accompany order unless one b an open account with the paper. No financial responsibility for errors; where errors occur free corrected notice will be printed for patron. Minimum charge ISc. WOOD AND COAL COAL COAL The famous (King) coal from Utah, free delivery,- Telephone your or der to A56 or Main 14, Oregon City Ice Works, 12th and Main Streets. OREGON CITY WOOD & FUEL CO. Wood and' coal, 4-foot and 16-inch lengths, delivered to all parts of city; sawing especialty. Phone your orders Pacific 137J, Home A120. F. M. BLTJHM. - FOR 8ALE FOR SALE New milch cows. Albert E. White, West Oregon City. FOR SALE OR RENT 5-room house at Gladstone on county road facing Clackamas river, 2 blocks from Arl- " ington station; rent $8.00; sale terms on application to Wm. Beard, 1002 Molalla Ave., Oregon City. I AM LEAVING town, will sell the furniture of my six-room house cheap, 604 Water St., City. .MORNING ENTERPRISE,- SATURDAY, JUNE Maw I by American Press Association. ' I AM most emphatically in favor of civil service. - There are few things from which this country has suffered more thgn it has from successive hordes of officeholders who have adminis tered its affairs with no better qualifications than those which can be deduced from success as campaign orators and general political utility men. IT 18 AMAZING THAT A PRACTICAL PEOPLE LIKE THE AMER ICANS SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONTENT FOR SO LONG TO SEE DIFFICULT AND HIGHLY RESPONSIBLE ADMINISTRATIVE WORK HANDED OVER TO MEN WHO HAVE TOO OFTEN LACKED EVERY QUALIFICATION FOR THE DISCHARGE OF THEIR DUTIES. Nothing but the vast resources of the country and the extraor dinary energy and industry of its inhabitants HAVE SAVED US FROM PAYING THE PENALTIES which every other country has had to pay for employing untried and untested men in the public service. Our NATIONAL PROSPERITY has been one powerful influ ence against any widespread popular interest in civil service, and the vital importance of the question has been obscured by the fact that almost any intelligent man can perform AFTER A FASHION the duties of almost any office to which he may be appointed. It is seldom that incompetence reaches such perfection that the wheels of administration actually come to a dead stop. If to these circumstances you will add the EASY GOING TOL ERANCE which Americans have for slipshod and inferior public service and the general absence of any familiarity on the part of the public with a high standard of administrative efficiency you will have little difficulty in appreciating the uphill work of out Und out civil servicereformers. j '. ''.'". ' ' . - FOR SALE Gee as new Esty organ. Call E. P. Elliott, 7th and Main St FOR SALE OR TRADE Stump-puller and 2 hundred feet of cable, all in good condition. S. G. Baily, Rf.. 3. Box 173, Oregon City. $1500,00 For Ten Days Only 5-room house and 2 lots in Gladstone, fronting on Clackamas river; 4 room house an 1 lot Sellwood, $1500.00. Good business lot Sell- - wood 100 ft. by 100 ft, $3000.00; terms upon application. Also 7 room house and 2 lots Oregon City, $2000.00, half cash, balance month ly payments. Wm. Beard, Oregon City. - HAVE ONE 320 ACRES of land un der good fence, a natural location for stock; all good tillable land, seeded to good pasture. Also one 140-acre dairy farm, 90 acres in cul tivation, all in good trim; good or chard, two good barns, a good nine room house, with water piped in, all other necessary buildings. Buy di rect from the owner and save at least 5 per cent of the value and I will guarantee the price to be right; write for information. Also a gool saw mill all in good condition a good bargain. Address, Ferris May field, Springwater, Oregon, Rt No. 1. . FOR RENT FOR RENT 6-room house in Ely ville. Inquire Beverlin's Grocery store.- TO RENT A desirable 7-room house for rent; electric lights, enameled bath tub, concrete basement, etc, on Main St., next door to 14th St. Enquire at Harris Grocery. AN UP-TO-DATE 6-room apartments to rent Corner Main and 14th St . Enquire at Harris Grocery. MISCELLANEOUS MEN WANTING to board and room in quiet private home, call 616 11th - St., two and one-half blocks from Main. WANTED Washing and housecleau ing by day or hour. Phone Main 1881. WE COLLECT everywhere. No col lections, no charge. Thomas Mer cantile Agency, 511 Northwest Bldg., Portland, Oregon. LOST A Plain gold cuff link, 'eu . graved "V. P. E." Finder please re turn to Chemical Laboratory of Wil lamette Pulp & Paper Co. Reward. WANTED 100 chickens hatched in March .and April. Home phone A114, residence 307 Pearl street. Untried and Untested Men Dangerous To Public Service By WILLIAM LOEB, Jr.. Collector of the Port . . of New York MONEY TO LOAN WE HAVE $1,080 to loan at 7 per cent interest or first mortgage. E. P. Elliott & Son. L. G. ICE, DENTIST Beaver Building Phones: Main 1221 or A193 N0TICE8 ELEVATOR OREGON CITY, ORE. Notice is hereby given, that sealed proposals will be received by the undersigned Elevator Committee of the council of Oregon City, Oregon, up to 4 o'clock p. m., Wednesday, June 18th, 1913, at the office of the City Recorder of Oregon City, for the labor and materials for one hy draulic elevator, tower, bridge and waiting room to be built at Seventh street as per location plans on file in the office of the Elevator Com mittee. The bidders will each submit with' his proposal detailed plans and specifi cations, which, however, must be in accordance with the general re quirements as covered by this ad vertisement The elevator must be of the hydraulic type with a platform 6 feet by 7 feet and must be guaranteed to car ry a load of 3000 pounds at a speed of 400 feet per minute. A 5-inch water main will be brought to the base of the tower by the City of Oregon City and a six-inch sewer connection will also be brought to the base' of the tower by the city. From this point the contractor must supply everything required to in stall complete ready for use, the elevator in every particular. The tower must be of steel suitable in every way to support the ele vator, must be designed against wind stresses and must be painted two coats of best graphite paint. The bridge must be of steel and en tirely enclosed on sides and top 'with suitable protected openings for ventilation. A waiting room at the base must be provided and the openings into the shaft at the top and at the bottom must be protected with metal doors. The cab of the elevator must be en tirely weatherproof and provided "With another door. The sheaves and supports must be protected against the weather. Protection -must be afforded the elevator cylin der against freezing. Provision must be made for lighting waiting room, car and bridge, also for heating waiting room. I Also bids for a subway under railroad track and incline railway from 8th -to 7th streets, which- must also be accompanied with detailed plans and specifications.'- jAll bids must be accompanied by a f certified check of $1000, payable to 7, 1913. rteee fo4- cm you -Wen Bee. to soy this "W fior THE TSVT That .u arr Oregon City, Oregon, which sum shall be forfeited in case the bidder to whom the award is made shall fail to enter into a contract for the , work within ten (10) days after no tice of said award. The Elevator Committee will take in to consideration the character ot the elevator and tower as well as the price in making the award and the Elevator Committee reserves the right to reject any or all bids. By order of the Elevator Committee, - Oregon City Council, Oregon City, Oregon, dated June 4th, 1913. By J. F. ALBRIGHT, Chairman. NOTICE 6P HEARING J. Q. Adams Street Improvement As sessment Notice is hereby given ' that an ap portionment of the improvement of - J. Q. Adams street, Oregon City, Oregon, from the- south line of 8th street to the south ' line of Four teenth street 'has been ascertain d and the proposed assessment has been apportioned and is now on file in the office of the city recorder and subject to examination. Any objections that may be made in writing to the city council and filed with the city recorder within ten days after the first publication of this notice will be heard and deter mined by the council before the passage of any ordinance assessing the c6st of said improvement. The property assessed for said im- ' provement lies on both sides of the part of said J. Q. Adams street pro posed to be improved and the line of lots abutting on said part of said - J. Q. Adams street fartherest from said part of said J. Q. Adams street and said part of said J. Q. Adams street. This notice is published in the Morn ing Enterprise and the first publica tion being the 31st day of May, 1913 and the last publication being the 7th day of June, 1913, and the city council has set the 11th day of June, in the council chamber, as the time and place of hearing of such objections. L. STIPP, Recorder. NOTICE OF HEARING Sixteenth Street Improvement Assess ment Notice is hereby given that an ap portionment of the improvement of Sixteenth stret, Oregon City, Ore gon, from the west line of Jackson , street to the west side of Division street has, been ascertained and the proposed assessment has been ap portioned and is now on file in the office of the city recorder and sub ject to examination. Any objec tions that may be made in writing to the city council and filed with the city recorder within ten days after the first publication of this notice will be heard and. deter mined by the council before the passage of any ordinance assessing the cost of said improvement. The property assessed for said im provement lies on both sides of the part of Sixteenth BtreetT)roposed to be improved and the line of lots abutting on said part of said Six teenth street fartherest from said part -of said Sixteenth street and said part of said Sixteenth street. This notice is published in the Morn ing Enterprise and the first publi cation being the 31st day of May, 1913; and the last publication being on the 7th day of June, 1913, and the city council has set the 11th day of June, at the council chamber as the time and place of hearing of such objections. "L. STIPP, Recorder. NOTICE OF HEARING Jackson Street Improvement Assess ment. Notice is hereby given that an ap portionment of the improvement of Jackson street, Oregon City, Ore gon, from, the north side of Twelfth street to the south side of Six teenth street has been ascertained and the proposed assessment has been apportioned and is now on file in the office of the city record er and subject to examination. Any objections that may be made In writing to the city council and filed with the city recorder within ten days after the first publication of this notice will be heard and de termined by the council before the passage of any ordinance assess ing the cost of said improvement The property assessed for said im provement lies on both sides of the part of said Jackson street propos ed to be improved and the line of lots abutting on said part of said Jackson street fartherest from said part of said Jackson street and said part of said Jackson street. This notice is published In the Morn ing Enterpriee and the first publi cation being the 31st day of May, 1913, and the last publication being the 7th day of June, 1913, and the city council has set the 11th day of June at 8 o'clock p. m., in the coun cil chamber as the time and place of hearing of such objections, -L. STIPP Recorder. NOTICE OF ELECTION NOTICE is Hereby Given, that an election will be held In the town of Willamette, in Clackamas county, Oregon, on Saturday, June 28th, 1913, to determine whether the boundaries of said Willamette shall be extended to Include the follow ing described territory, to-wit: Beginning at a point which is the southwest corner of, Willamette Pulp & Paper company's ground on west bank of the Willamette river In T. 2 S., R. 2 E., of the Willam- ette Meridian, the point of begin ning of the description of school By Gross Automobiles for Fiire PHONES: MAIN 77; A 193 IVIiller-Parlcer Co. district No. 105 being the point in tended; and running thence north westerly on the boundary line of said school district No. 105 to the center of the Willamette Falls Rail way; thence following the center line of said railway in a southwest erly direction a distance of 60 chains to the right bank of Tanner Creek; thence northwesterly fol lowing he line of said district No. 105 to the north line of the preseit road from Oregon City to Willam ette; thence in a westerly direction following the north line of the said county road to the east limits of the present town -of - Willamette; thence south 22 degrees 21 minutes, east following the line of tracts No. 60 and 61 of Willamette Tracts to the southeast corner of tract No. 61 of said Willamette Tracts; thence south 67 degreeB 39 minues west following the south line of tracts 61, 62, 63 and 64 and the projection thereof to the east line of Twelfth street in said town of Willamette; thence south 22 degrees 21 minutes, east following the east line of said 12th street and the projection thera of to the north bank of the Tuala tin river; thence in an easterly di rection and northerly direction fol lowing the north bank of the Tuala tin river and the west bank of the "Willamette river to the place of the "beginning. And an election will also be held in the territory described on the same date and for the same pur pose. Each of said elections will begin at the hour of 8 o'clock a. m. and con tinue until 7 o'clock p. m. of said day. The- election in the town of Willam- ette will be held at the usual vot ing place, in the building behind Mr. Liesmann's store, and the judges will be J. R. Bowland, Mrs. M. A. Ross and D. C. Garmier, and the clerks will be R. A. Junken, Mrs. Hyatt and Mrs. Fromong. The election in the territory propos ed to be annexed will be held in a tent,on lot "B", Tract 10, Willam ette' and Tualatin tracts, and the judges of election will be, E. Reed, T. J. Gary and Silas Shadle, the -clerks, Ernest Leightoa, Ernest Le- May and George Volpp. By order of the Common Council of Willamette. SUMMONS la the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Clackamas County: Stephen S. Bailey, Plaintiff, vs. . Ella F. Taylor, Fred Taylor, Le nore S. Day, W. J. Patterson and F. T. Crow & Company, Defendants. To the above named defendant, Le nore S. Day: In the name of the State of Oregon, Tou are hereby required to appear and answer the complaint filed against you in the above entitled suit, on the 16th day of June, 1913, said date being more than 6 weeks from the 3rd day of May, 1913, on "which date publication of this sum mons was first made; and if you fail to appear and answer herein,1 the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief prayed for in plain tiff's complaint herein, to-wit: That the plaintiff have and recover from the defendants, Ella F. Taylor and Fred Taylor, the sum of fif teen thousand ($15,000.00) dollars with interest thereon from the 27tb day ot December, 1911, at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum until paid and for a further .. sum of $106.83 taxes paid as stated with interest thereon at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum from the 10th day cf March, 1913, and a further sum of Five Hundred ($500.00) dollars as attorney's fees all in United States Gold Coin, together with the cost3 and disbursements of this suit; chat plaintiff's mortgage of and upon the following described real prop erty, to-wit: All that part of the D. L. C. of Jesse Bullock and ' wife known as claim No. 46 in Tp. 2 S., R. 1, east of the Has merited the confidence of its patrons for over 31 years The Bank of Oregon City OLDEST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY D. C. LATOURETTE, President' THE FIRST NATIONAL" BANK OF OREGON. CTTV, OREGON - CAPITAL ISfLQflfl.Ofl Transact a General Banking Business. HEHRY JR. 5AY5 ISNT TH BEST THINGS TO BB takimNm one's W. M. bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the re-entrant corner in the south and east boundaries of said claim and run ning thence south 10 chains ; thence west tracking the south line of said claim No. 46 33.64 chains; thence north 20 chains; thence south 85 degrees, west 20 chains; thence north 20.83 chains; thence east 0.25 chains; thence south 20.58 chains; thence north 85 degrees eaBt 20.85 " chains; thence south 0.25' chains; thence north 85 degrees east 33.27 chains; thence south 13.18 chains to the place of beginning containing 73.62 acres being in Clackamas county, Oregon, be decreed to be the first lien upon said real proper ty and superior in right to any oth er lien upon said land owned by th9 defendants or any of them; that said real property above described be sold In the manner provided by law and the proceeds of said sale be applied toward the payment of taxes, toward the costs of said sale, the costs and disbursements of this suit and the payment of such judg ment as shall be entered herein in favor of the plaintiff, including at torney's fees and the balance if any paid into court for the benefit of whomsoever shall be decreed to be entitled thereto; that said defend ants and each of them, and all per sons claiming under them or any of them, be barred and foreclosed of all estate, right title, claim, inter est or equity of redemption in the said real property and every . part thereof excepting the statutory right of redemption; that the plain tiff have personal judgment and ex ecution against the defendants, Ella F. Taylor and Fred Taylor for any deficiency which may remain of plaintiff's judgment after exhaust ing all the proceeds of said sale properly applicable to the satisfac tion of plaintiff's judgment; that the plaintiff or any other- party to this- suit may become a purchaser at said sale, and for such other and further relief as may be meet and equitable in the premises. This summons Is published in the Morning Enterprise at Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon, once a week for six consecutive weeks by order of the Honorable J. TJ. Camp bell, judge of the above -entitled, court, by order made and dated April 17th, 1913. Date of first publication. May 3d, 1913. Date of last publication, June 14th, 1913. LATOURETTE & LATOtFRETTE, . . Attorneys for Plaintiff, NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Notice is hereby given that the Com mon Council of the City of Glad stone, Clackamas County, Oregon, will receive bids for the. following improvement of Portland avenue in said city, to-wit: Make all cuts and fills necessary to put said avenue on the estab lished grade; construct a six foot board walk along each side of said avenue in accordance with the plans and specifications heretofore adopted by the common council of said city and now on file in the of fice of the City Recorder. Plans and specifications may be had upon application to the City Engi neer or the Recorder. All. bids must be in the hands of the Re corder by June 10, 1913, at 7:30 p. m. The council reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Dated, June 4, 1913. - JOHN N. SIEVERS, Recorder. Pabst's Okay Specific Dees the worK. You all t0 "A knew it by reputation. V Price Y7 FOR SALE BY ' JONES DRUG COMPANY F. J. METER, Cashier. Open from 9 A. M. te S P. M, 1 , .