THE WEATHER
OREGON CITY Wednesday fair
?and warmer; westerly winds. S
8 Oregon and Washington Wed- S
Tuesday fajr, warmer, except near
j the coast; westerly winds.
$ Idaho Fair Wednesday, except
4 showers southeast' portion. $
CLACKAMAS COUNTY
FAIR
CAN BY, OR.
SEPT. 24, 25, 26, 27.
WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866.
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VOL. V. No. 135.
MORNING ENTERPE1SE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1913.
Per Week, Ten Cents.
Long Walk From New York to Minneapolis to Be
Last For Edward P. Weston, Veteran Pedestrian.
ALLS IN MAD
" ''S'j
SALMON ROMP OVER
RUSH
LABOR AGITATORS FROM PORTLAND, TO THE NUMBER OF
ABOUT 30, APPEARED IN OREGON CITY IN A BODY AT MIDNIGHT
LAST NIGHT, AND GOING TO THE DIFFERENT PAPER AND PULP
MILLS, CALLED UPON THE EMPLOYEES TO QUIT WORK AND GO
ON STRIKE. WHENEVER RESISTANCE 'WAS OFFERED VIOLENCE
WAS THREATENED, AND THE LOCAL EMPLOYEES, TOO DAZED TO
KNOW WHAT WAS ACTUALLY GOING ON, FOR THE MOST PART
LEFT THEIR MACHINES AND QUIT; AFTER CLOSING THE CROWN
AND HAWLEY MILLS THE GANG STARTED FOR THE WILLAMETTE
FILLS, AND At LAST REPORTS WERE THREATENING TO DO SERI
OUS DAMAGE TO THAT PLANT IF THE HANDS DID NOT QUIT.
WHAT IS BACK OF THE STRIKE, "WALK OUT" OR WHATEVER
IT MAY BE CALLED, OR WHETHER OR NOT PREMEDITATED,
IS'NOT KNOWN. THE ONLY CERTAIN FACT IS THAT WHERE THE
MEN HAVE NOT QUIT OF. THEIR OWN VIOLATION SUPERINTEND
ENTS HAVE ORDERED THE MEN OUT, AND HAVE CLOSED THE
PLANTS DOWN TO MAKE FURTHER TROUBLE IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL
MORNING.
SHERIFF MASS AND DEPUTIES HAVE GONE TO THE WILLAM
ETTE MILL.
TWENTY-EIGHT
OF THE BRIDGE.
PRISONERS
FIVE CENTFARE
UNITED STATES SUPREME TRI
BUNAL CONCURS IN RULING
OF OREGON COMMISSION
OAK GROVE STATIONS ALSO AIDED
Over $15,000 in Rebate Checks to Be
Redeemed as Result of Pro
- test Long Contested By
Interburban Line
That noise Tuesday night had noth
ing to do with the Portland Rose
Festival. Far be it from such. It
was just the people at Milwaukie and
other points in the Oak Grove group
telling each other how happy they
were over the decision of the United
States supreme court, upholding the
order of the Oregon Railroad Com
mission that a five-cent fare to Mil
waukie was "reasonable,1"' and that a
ten-cent fare to Oak Grove was ditto.
Transfer privileges will also be
tacked on to the reduced fares, and
some $15,000 worth of rebate checks
that have been guarded faithfully by
commuters in the two towns will now
be cashed in. Following the cashing
in people in the districts effected will
probably buy automobiles and quit
riding on the cars altogether.
As soon a3 telegraphic advice of the
supreme court's decision had been re
ceived, officials of the Portland Rail
way, Light & Power company stated
that they would put the new rate in
to effect at once, and would not wait
the 60 days allowed them by law.
"The order for reducing - the fare
from Portland to Milwaukie and Oak
Grove, is based upon the allege dis
crimination arising from the charge
of 5 cents to Lents," said B. S. Josse
. lyn, president of the Portland Rail
. way, Light & Power company. ' "Un
der the law of the state, we are com
pelled to charge not more than !
.cents' for the transportation of a pass
enger, for a trip in one continuous di
rection within the city limits. Mil
. waukie is outside of the city limits
and Lents s also. Under the decis
ion we receive no compensation for
carrying passengers beyond the city
limits. The character of the service
to these two points, Lents and Mil
waukie, is vastly different. From
Milwaukie, we run high-speed interur
ban trains, which are more costly to
operate than the streetcar service
from Lents. We did not think that
proper considerations was given by
the authorities to the different char
acter of service rendered, and we still
think so, but we are law-abiding cit
izens and we shall proceed at once to
publish a tariff, effective June 11,
which will comply with the orders of
! the commission, without awaiting the
arrival of a mandate from the court,
which would probably delay the tak
ing effect of a new tariff 60 days."
Open Air
ICE CREAM
Parlors
West End Suspension
Bridge '
. OPEN UNTIL 1:00 A. ,M.
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Fine View of the River
W. M. HENTJREN, Propr.
4-
5 ACRES FOR EXCHANGE
All level and in high state of
cultivation. Good 6-room house,
woodshed, chicken house; good
well water; nice young orchard,
also bearing orchard, strawber
ries and garden. Located 1
miles south of Oregon City on
the Pacific Highway; sidewalk
to the place from town. Hera
is your chance to trade your
house and lot even up for this
beautiful 5 acres. Don't Miss
This Opportunity.
E. P. ELLIOTT & SON
Oregon City. -
MLWAUKIE
WINS
WERE TAKEN AT THE WEST END
POPULAR
FUNDS
FOR WELL ASKED
LIVE WIRES BACKING PLAN TO
RAISE COST OF LOCATING "
PURE WATER SYSTEM
TESTS WILL COST BUT $300 ' EACH
Idea Now is to Seek Source at Points
of Less Elevation Than Mt.
Pleasant Tract and to t
Limit Depth
Members of the Live Wires, at
their weekly luncheon, held Tuesday
noon in the Commercial club rooms,
listened to a report by Councilman
Tooze upon the water supply situa
tion, and at the conclusion of the re
marks determined to take a hand in
the matter themselves. The special
water committee of the council of
which Mr. Tooze' is chairman, was
commended for its action and inter
est in the matter of seeking a new;
clear and adequate supply of water
for the city, and its work in connec
tion with the test well driven on the
Ladd tract at Mt. Pleasant was en
dorsed.
In talking of the work, Mr. Tooze
said that the council had appropriated
in all $1,885 for the various phases of
the water inquiry that has led so far
to a thorough investigation of the ter
ritory surrounding Oregon City, to
the securing of a report upon the mat
ter by Robert Dieck, of Portland, and
to the drilling of a test well at Mt.
Pleasant. In regard to this well, Mr.
Tooze said that the bore had been
driven 315 feet without the anticipat
ed result, and that the special water
committee had decided not to seek a
supply at any greater depth.
Mr. Tooze then told of the offer of
Mr. Scott, who has done, the drilling
at the Ladd tract, to drill other wells
elsewhere for one dollar a foot, the
city to pay for the cost of piping. This
is a considerable reduction from the
price charged for the Ladd work,
which was, $5 a foot for much of it,
and $ 2.50 per foot, with the city buy
ing the piping, for the balance. Mr.
Scott is making this offer, Mr. Tooze
said, because he was interested in lo
cating a water supply, believing that
if one was found he would also get
the work of drilling the permanent
wells. The rate of a dollar a foot,
Mr. Tooze said, was hardly suff icieat
to cover actual cost of operation.
As it is proposed to limit all further
test wells to a depth of 159 feet, it is
believed that the cost can be easily
cared for. The Live . Wires, after
hearing the report from Mr. Tooze,
decided to circulate petitions calling
for offerings to be applied in raising
a fund to carry on the search of pure
water. As each well will cost but
$300 to drill, and as it is not expect
ed that more than two will have to
be sunk before water is found, it is
believed that the funds will be readily
raised. In paying for the pipe the
city will be standing a good share ot
the expense, as piping costs 65 cents
a foot. The Live Wires will start
seeking funds for the work Wednes
day.
ELKS TO HONOR FLAG
A call has been issued for the at
tendance of all members of Els'
lodge to meet in the order's home at
eight in the evening, June 14, to par
ticipate in the exercises celebrating
the birth of the national ensign. Spe
cial ceremonies have been arranged
for the meeting.
Sunday School Experts Speak.
GRAND FORKS, N. D., June 10.
Several noted experts on Sunday
School management are scheduled to
deliver addresses before the annual
convention of the North Dakota Sun
day School association, which opened
here today.
Iowa Grand Lodge Meets
COUNCIL BLUFFS, la., June 10.
The annual session of the Iowa Grand
Lodge of Masons opened here this
morning with more than one thousand
delegates and members in attendance.
- . JUDGMENT IS AWARDED
Judgment of $164.73 was awarded
Andrew Robertson Tuesday for a
grocery bill run by John Montgomery.
The bill has been standing . some
years.
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Edward Payson Weston, the veteran pedestrian, who has scores of walking records to his credit, surprised those
who had put him in the "down and out" class when he announced that he would walk from New York city. to Min
neapolis, starting at noon June 2. But Weston, now in his seventy-fifth year, said the 1,500 mile hike would be his"
last long trip on foot. He figured that the tripy would take sixty days, as he never walks on Sundays. In this illus
tration are shown the start of Weston's last walking trip from Philadelphia to New York, when he covered the nine
ty miles in twenty-three hours, and in the Insert Weston ia walkinc costume. -
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RIVER GIVES BACK
J. F. ARKIN'S BODY
Ths body of James Arkin, who
fell from the suspension ' bridge at
midnight on June 3, was recovered'
Tuesday morning at five o'clock by
members of the crew of the steamer
Ruth, of the Willamette Navigation
company. The corpse came to the
surface at practically the same place
where it went down, just north of the
west tower of the high span.
Arkin, who was a member of the i
Masonic and Odd Fellow lodges of
Manistee, Michigan, will be buried
Wednesday morning in the I. O. O. F.
cemetery, the local lodge holding
services over the body. As far as is
known he has no relatives in this sec
tion.
On the night that Arkin disappear
ed he had been drinking heavily
earlier in the evening, and shortly be
fore midnight wandered out onto tae
suspension bridge. There pedestrains
saw him pursuing his hat, as inebriat
ed folk sometimes will; and it is pre
sumed that in his efforts to "stalk"
his headgear he knocked it over the.
bridge railing, and then went over af
ter it. People on the west bank of
the stream heard a splansh in the wa
ter, and on going down to the bank
found his hat lying on the rocks near
the water's edge.
Arkin came to Oregon City about
two years ago, and invested a part of
his money in a rooming house. Later
he quit this business, and since then
has not been identified with any par
ticular line of activity. At times he
was employed in the local mills. Cor
oner Wilson held an inquest Tuesday
morning, but found no grounds to
suppose that death had been other
than accidental.
Veterans at Waterloo.
WATERLOO, la., June 10. The
city is gaily decorated with flags in
honor of the Spanish-American war
veterans who opened their annual
state convention here today. The
meeting will last two .days.
Fine Points in
Advertising
A reader of THE ENTER
PRISE the other day was plan
ning a fortnight's fishing trip in
the mountains and in running
through the advertising . pages
chanced upon an advertisement
of a sporting goods house.
.Being entranced by the "out-o'-door"
atmosphere and sports
manlike tone of the announce
ment he was soon deeply en
grossed. Toward the end, to his
astonishment, he found complete
detailed information about the
very stream on which he expect
ed to spend his vacation.
He learned all about the fis'i
and their habits, and the kind of
tackle to use and a number of
other useful and informing
points all as if written for his
special benefit by a true lover of
the sport!
Crystallized in this one adver
tisement was all of the informa
tion, and more, that he needed
to complete the arrangements
for his trip.
This is only one instance of
the splendid help that present
day advertising offers to the ,
readers of THE ENTERPRISE.
BLUNT MAN OF ACTION
GOVERNS FRENCH ARMY
Eugene Etlenne, new Secretary of
war iu cabinet of greatest of Euro
pean Republics, is forceful character.
POLICE CHIVALRY
LEADS TO MURDER
NEW YORK, June 10 There is a
strong dramatic element which would
undoubtedly appeal to a French play
wright in the circustances surround
ing the death, a few days ago, of Pat
rick Considine, a simple village po
liceman in Cliffside, one of the subur
ban places on the Jersey side of the
Hudson. About the facts which led
to the shooting of the policeman noth
ing definite is known and the truth
will probably never become known,
which would give the widest scope to
the imagination of a playwright in
building up the preliminary plot lea-ling
up to the critical po'int.
It seems that Considine, a stray
ping big fellow, more than six fest
tall and proportionately developed, on
the fatal night visited his neighbor,
Mjrs. Devlin, a vaudeville actress mar
ried to a littteC insignificant shrimp
of ah actor,, darned James Devlin.
When Devlin" came home that night
and found Considine .with Mrs. Dev
lin he became' furious, presuming that
everything was not as it should be
between his wife and the visitor. He
ranted inthe most melodramatic fash
ion but wisely refrained from attack
ing the unwelcome visitor, for whose
Herculean strength he was no match.
He acted the role of the outraged husband-,
and incidentally asserted that
he would shoot Considine if he had ii
gun.
The big policeman, being Irish and
evidently filled with a thoroughly un
modern spirit of chivalry, obligingly
pulled his own revolver out of his
pocket and, with the words, "All right,
if you feel that way about it, my lad,
here's my gun. Take a" shot," he
handed the weapon to Devlin who,
without hesitating, shot . Considine
down. The big policeman was mor
tally wounded and died a few days lat
er at the hospital. Devlin is now in
jail awaiting the action of the author
ities. "
ORONO, Me., June 10. The forty-
second annual commencement of the
University of Maine ended this morn
ing with the graduation exercises tn
the university chapeL
ELEVATOR HATTER '
TALKED OF AGAIN
Members of the elevator committee
of the city council met Tuesday after
noon to consider the subject of pro
viding some form of a mechanical lift
for the use of the public, at the foot
of the Seventh street bluff, 'but ow
ing to the fact that the time for the
opening of the last bids has not yet
arrived, but little was done.
Officially the committee heard of
the inability of the Beckwith people
to submit plans for an inclined rail
way; to await which the last delay in
the matter of bids was brought about.
No comment was made on Mr. Beck
with's withdrawal from the matter,
because most of the committee knew
about it sometime before.
One set of plans, already submitted
was generally favored by the mem
bers of the committee ,but fee bid
heretofore accompanying them is be
yond the bond issue for the purpose.
Informal discussion was had as to
whether or not the city could legally
appropriate money from the general
fund to make up the difference be
tween any bid over $12,00 and the
sum of the bond issue. No legal opin
ion on the matter was received.
BEAVERS ARE BINGOED
At Portland Los Angeles 3, Port
land 0.
At San Francisco San . Francisco
15, Oakland 5.
At Los Angeles Venice 6, Sacra
mento 5. -
Coast League Standings.
Los Angeles 618
Oakland .523
San Francisco . 483
Venico , .478
Portland -. 452
Sacramento ........ .... .426
Four Features
a Week
Mondays
Wednesdays
Thursdays
Fridays
Don't
An ENTIRE
ME DAYS OF
Water has reached the right stage
in the fish ladder over the falls of
the Willamette for the particular
tastes of the salmon, and since Satur
day last the royal fish have been
hurdling through the ladder at the
rate, of several hundred an hour. The
run through the ladder is particularly
heavy in the late afternoon and even
ing, but at other times is sufficiently
strong to show that the big swimmers
and leapers are pleased with things.
For this happy state of affairs the
fish have to thank the efforts of An
gus Gore, deputy fish warden in
charge of the ladder. Mr. Gore ha3
been troubled of late by the apparent
inability of- the big salmon to negoti
ate the ladder, and after considerable
experimentation discovered that it
was because too great a volume of
water was pouring down through tie
several pools. -This has been rem
edied by the placing of sluice-boards,
which partly cut down the flow, and
the fish are now going through like
a flock of sheep. Owing to high wa
ter below the falls, the fish swim
over the first several stages of the
ladder, and do not begin their spectac
ular leaping until well above the
ususal water line.
Much Concern Felt.
Failure of the fish to negotiate the
ladder before this has' caused consid
erable worry to the state autorities,
and to local sportsmen interested in
preserving the salmon, and has also
hurt commercial fishing in the river
to a considerable degree, and brought
about the catching and shipping out
of a large number of salmon that
were not exactly fit for food. It is
now believed that salmon ready to
spawn will get out of the lower river
more readily, and that those caught
by the gill-netters will be of a better
grade. -
Previous to the alterations made in
the fish ladder, many of the salmon
were dashing themselves against the
rocks in their efforts to find their
own way over the falls, and were
mutillating and wounding themselves
in their fruitless leaps. Hundreds of
pounds of fish have been picked up
by the nets that have killed them
selves against the rocks, and their
torn and crushed bodies have present
ed anything but a pretty sight. These'
fish that have been thusly killed are
not fit for food, and while efforts
have been made to eliminate them
from outgoing shipments, in the iur
ry of boxing and sending away, a
number of them have got in consign
ments. Tampering Charge Made.
- Failure of the fish to use the ladder,
before the difficulty with the flow of
water was discovered, led to the
charge being openly made that en
emies of the state game code-were de
liberately tampering with the fish
ladder, and were driving the fish out
of it. The most careful guarding and
watching by the fish wardens, how
ever, has failed to reveal any at
tempts at such work. In past years
stones have been hurled in the lad
der to frighten the salmon back, and
To My Old Friends and the
Motoring Public in General:
I wish to announce that I have taken over
the business of C. A. ELLIOTT. If reas
onable prices and first-class workmanship
will win your continued patronage
I am sure to receive at least
a part of your business
F. A. SCHMIDT
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saw
TODAY At THE GRAND
TWO GREAT WAR REELS
A MAGNIFICENT PHOTOPLAY OF THE GREAT STRUGGLE BE-'
TWEEN THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH. The greatest interest in all
histories is the personal experiences of some of those concerned. Here
we have the great tragedy of the Civil . War, while through it like a beam
of light there threads a story of such poignant interest that the spectator
is transferred instantly from the present humdrum of life, to the thrilling,
pulsating, 'gripping sequence .of events in the lives of two families bound
by love and divided by war, around whom this story is built
Miss the Big One Tomorrow
"THE WEB"
Don't Miss the Big One Friday
'THE LITTLE TEASE"
CHARGE of PICTURES DAILY
it is said that at other times eels
have been cut up and thrown in the
water with the same idea in view. Be
fore the present laws were establish
ed, restricting netting salmon within
600 feet of the falls, floating barriers
also kept the fish from reaching the -ladder.
President Tom J. Myers, of the .
Clackamas County Rod & Gun club,
with a small party, viisted the falls
and fish ladder in a launch Tuesday
afternoon, and watched the fish gor
ing through. They were well satis
fied with the work of the wardens,
and gave unstinted praise to Deputy
Gore for solving the mystery sur
rounding the failure of the royal fish
to use the ladder in reaching the up
per river. Had not the trouble been
located, Mr. Myers, with the assist
ance of Dr. Ice and others interested
was going to endeavor to get - em
ployees of the state hatchery sent
down to scoop the fish from the pools
and have them transported to guard
ed spawning grounds, where . they
could deposit their eggs in safety. The
fact that the fish are now using the
ladder, however, makes any such ef--fort
unnecessary. ' '
Rigid Watch Kept.
"The fish are going through "stead
ily," said Mr. Myers, after his inspec
tion of conditions at the falls, "and.
I believe the greater part of the late
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IN JAIL FOR BIGAMY;
IS NOT MARRIED AT'ALL
NEW YORK, June 10. Judge
Swann of the court of general ses
sions is somewhat puzzled over the
case of Jonathan Webb, who pela"ded
guilty to bigamy the other day. Webb
was indicted) for bigamy, although at
at the time he had no wife. He mar
ried Miss Theresa Phillips in April,
1907. In September, 1911, while he
was still living with his wife, Webb
married Miss Marion Jones. When
his second wife learned of his first
marriage she Obtained an anullment
of her marriage, while his first wife
obtained a divorce. Not satisfied
with the mere divorce Webb's first
wife had him arrested for bigamy and .
he wajs duly indicted, although at that
time he was not married at all.
Wanted!
Girls and Women -
To operate sewing machine!
In garment factory.
OREGON CITY WOOLEN MILL
FOR AUTO HiRE PHONE A-8 OR
MAIN 3192 Prices Reasonable
E. P. ELLIOTT & SON
Seventh and Main -
The Only House
Running
Licensed Films
THE
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