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WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866.
VOL. V. No. 137.
MORNING ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1913.
Per Week, Ten Cents.
AGITATORS GO;
CIIY ALL QUIET
WATER MATTER
HILL ACTIVITY
WIFE CONFESSES
TO AXE MURDER
Ten Thousand School Boys Show What Physical
Training Does For Youth of the United States.
TORE
ISWfCTED
UNEXPECTED WELCOME TO ORA
TORS DISCOURAGES PLANS
OF PORTLAND LEADERS
SPECIAL MEETING OF COUNCIL
CALLED FOR DISCUSSION
OF SITUATION
MYSTERY IN CARVER APPLICA
TIONS FOR FRANCHISE MAY
PRESAGE NEW LINE
MISSOURI WOMAN TELLS HOW
SHE SLEW HUSBAND AND
YOUNG DAUGHTER
14 '
PROBED
HEAVY GUARD STILL MAINTAINED
Local Affairs Resume Normal Con
dition, Rain Aiding in Sup
pressing Any Moves To
wards Disorder
Portland socialists who have spent
the last two days trying to run Ore
gon City mills as they think they
ought to be, and who incidentally put
in considerable time in jail, had the
wind taken out of their agitation
Thursday night, when Mayor Jone3
issued an informal invitation to all
agitators who felt so inclined to come
to this city and harrangue the multi
tudes from soap boxes. This apparent
sudden cessation of opposition to t'ae
invading outfit rather disconcerted
the leaders, and as a result Thursday
was quiet and ' peaceable, the mills
ran without hindrance, and the rain
of Thursday evening dampened the
ardor o the lone speaker who ac
cepted the citys invitation, and who
spoke at the corner of Seventh and
Main 'streets.
The conclusion to welcome street
speakers was reached late in the af
ternoon at a conference between
County Judge Beatie,jpeputy District
Attorney Stipp, Sherrff Mass, Mayor
Jones, Chief of Police Shaw, City At
torney Stone and others interested in
maintaining peace in the city. This
conference followed an interview
Mayor Jones granted to a group of
Portland agitators, who came to pro-1
test at the arrest of four of their fel
low-speakers Wednesday night, and
who departed somewhat dazed at th
offer of the mayor to go upon the
soap box himself, and introduce them
to local people. At the cnference of
officials it was decided that opposi
tion to street speaking on the part of
the outsiders would only give them
greater enthusiasm, and other tactics
are to be tried.
Orders were issued by the sheriff
and the chief of police following the
conference to deputies and regular
members of their forces to see that
order was kept at any meetings that
. the soap box people might hold, and
to see that otherwise there was no
violation of any of the city ordin
ances. Any attempt at the use of
profane or obscene language is to be
the signal for arrest, and all attempts
at rioting, or inciting of riot, will be
severely dealt with by officers, a
heavy patrol of whom will be kept on
constant duty for some time to come.
Other developments of the day
were . few. All the mills operated as
(Continued on Page 3.)
PAPER MILLS PICNIC
TO BE MERRY AFFAIR
The Willamette Paper Mills will
give a picnic to their employees at
Canemah park July 4. One of the
features of the day will be a baseball
game. Mhich enthusiasm is manifest
ed over the contest, and the boys will
show the spectators what a real game
of baseball is. Games and dancing
will also be indulged in. The man
agement is spending a great amount
of money and time so that the affair
will be a great success. A jolly good
time will be given to those attending.
Open Air-
ICE CREAM
Parlors
j West End Suspension
Bridge
OPEN UNTIL'l:00 A. ,M.
fine View of the River
W. M. HENDREN, Propr.
HOME BARGAINS
Good 7-room house and 2 fine
lots. Price, ?1,600; f200 down.
Lot 66x105.
lA block of 7th street. $700;
f50 down.
5-room house and a fine lot
on 18th street; of block of
Main street. Price ?1,300; $700
down.
7-room house, block of 7th,
street in fine shape, nice lot.
Price $2,000; cash.
E.' P. ELLIOTT & SON
Oregon City, Ore-
To My Old Friends and the
Motoring Public in General:
I wish to announce that J. 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
TIRES
BUICKS
3
OPINION OF TAX-PAYERS WANTED
Thorough Consideration of Present
Phase of Test WeJIs to be in
Order at Friday Night
Gathering
After meeting with members of the
special pure water committee of the
city council in an informal discussion
of the status of affairs, Mayor Linn E.
Jones Thursday night issued a call
for a special meeting of the city coun
cil for Friday evening, at which time
action will be taken in the matter of
further search for an adequate supply
of pure- drinking water for the city's
needs. It ia hoped that there will be
a large attendance of citizens at this
meeting, so that the situation may be
thoroughly gone over with those most
interested, and the will of the people
carried out by the council's action.
The main topic for discussion Fri
day evening will be the appropria
tion of $300 for the drilling of a sec
ond test well to a depth of 150 feet
near the northern limiths of the city,
where there are indications that a
considerable flow of subterranean wa
ter will be found. Efforts of local
civic organizations to raise this sum,
which will barely cover the cost uf
the work at the reduced rate which
the drillers have offered, failed dur
ing the week; and if the money is to
be forthcoming it will have to be ap
propriated by the city. Members of
the water committee and others on
the council do not wish to take this
sum from the general fund unless it
is known that taxpayers will approve
of the outlay.
This matter will be gone over at
the meeting, and it is possible that
there may also be informal discussion
of the offer of M .J. Lee and associ
ates of Canby to furnish water from
wells in their control. Mr. Canby
will be represented at the meeting by
B. N. Hicks, his attorney. The Can
by man was in the city Thursday, and
talked willingly of his plans. In
speaking of the franchise he offered
the city, he said:
"My offer was naturally a 'skele
ton' affair. It was designed to be a
basis upon which negotions could be
started. The council considers the
rate too high, and it is now up to
them io suggest a rate which they
may think reasonable, and than we
will see whether or not we can get to
gether on the matter. We have to
have something from which to make
a start, however, and so I embodied -a
rate in my original offer that would
assure a safe return on the invest
ment. "People should remember, in think
ing of this matter, that I can deliver
Canby water to Oregon City within
a very few months. Thirty days af
ter an agreement is reached, if t'ae
council concludes to deal with me
and those whom I represent, we can
have stave pipe on the ground, and it
will not take long to lay this and con
nect it up. On the other hand, if the
council strikes water with one of its
test wells, there will in all probabil
ity have to be a bond issue voted to
provide money for drilling permanent
wens and constructing a pumping
plant and making connections, and it
will take a considerable time to get
such a matter underway.
"In the franchise I offered the
council as a base for negotiations I
had inserted a proviso that the city
could purchase my line and wells any
time within any five year period. This
would give the city ample time to at
tend to the details of a bond issue,
and in the meantime would provide
the citizens with water which is ab
solutely pure, and which is untainted
with mineral matter. The Canby wa
ter is also 'soft,' and this means some
thing to the housewives and home
owners who will want to use it for
household purposes. I am ready to
deal with the council any time they
take the matter tip, and it seems to
me that delay in this matter will not
benefit anybody."
The special committee has been
considering the Lee offer, but has not
yet made sufficient headway to make
a report to the council.
BIG ORGAN TO BE PLAYED
SALT LAKE CITY, June 12. Music
probably will be a more important
feature of the National Education as
sociation convention to be held here
July 5 to 11 than at any previous con
clave of the organization. The fam
ous pipe organ in the tabernacle will
be heard at every general session of
the convention. All the general ses
sions will .be held in the fabernacle,
which has a seating capacity of 10,-
000. Local committees are arranging
for other music, including concerts by
the Mormon choir of 4,000 voices.
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Ten thousand schoolboys of New York city participated in the greuti'st open air deiiioiitruciou of physicul train
ing ever held anywhere In the world. This shouting, happy, earnest army of lads, all wearing white waists and
brown knickerbockers, went through calisthenlc evolutions and athletic tests of all kinds at Central park. The ex
hibition was witnessed by Colonel Roosevelt and other noted persons. The committee in charge and Colonel Roose
velt n re" shown above, as follows, left to right: General Georse V. Wingate, Colonel Roosevelt, Gustavus T. Klr
bv. S R Guggenheim. Vincent Astor and H. J Bincham A partial view of the 10,000 children is also shown.
HAS FRIEND
HILL'S
C. E. Arney, immigration agent of
the Hill lines at Spokane, is a friend
of Oregon City and Clackamas county.
Ever since he visited the land show
at St. Paul, and saw the b0oth main
tained by this county, ne has taken a
personal interest in this section, and
has sent many people here. It is
largely through his efforts that Pro
fessor A. E. Chamberlain, of the HiU
development service, has been sant
here to deliver a talk upon fruit grow
ing and marketing in the Commercial
club this afternoon. His lecture will
be free to all, and it is expected that
a great many ranchers will be on
hand to hear his advice.
Though Clackamas county is not di
rectly tributary to any 0f the Hill
lines, Mr. Arney has- sent many set
tlers and Jaome-saekers here. A Mr.
Sullivan, of Minneapolis, recently
came here at his direction, seeking
farm locations for six Minnesota fam
ilies.
Thursday there arrived B. B. Ran
dall, a farmer and capitalist of Alden,
Minn., who is looking f0r a location
in the Northwest, and who was direct
ed to Oregon City by Mr. Arney as a
place that would satisfy his require
ments. Mr. Randall is interested in
one of the Minnesota banks, and owns
a 420-acre farm as well.- He is seek
ing a location where the winters are
not so severe, and on Friday will tour
the county as a guest of the Commer
cial club, going out with a party of
bankers and farmers from South Da
kota, who will arrive from Portland
at eight in the morning.
These visitors will be met by mem
bers of the Oregon City Commercial
club, with automobiles, and will ue
taken for a trip through the agricul
tural and timber sections of the c0un
ty. They will be in this district un
til noon, when tney will leave and re
turn to Portland, to continue . their
tour of the Northwest.
Rail Heads Ask New Rate.
BOSTON, Mass., June 12. At the
invitation of the Boston Chamber of
Commerce the presidents of three of
the largest railroad systems of the
East came to BostDn today to present
to New England shippers arguments
in support of their plan for a slight
general advance in freight rates. The
three presidents were W. C. Brown
of the New York Central, Samuel Rea
of the Pennsylvania ana Daniel Wil
lard of the Baltimore and Ohio. It is
the intention 0f. the railroads to ask
the Interstate commerce Commission
for authority to make a general 5 per
cent raise in freight rates in the ter
ritary eat of the Mississippi river
and north of the Baltimore and Ohio
road.
Swedish Diplomat Speaks. .
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., June 12.
A large class received diplomas today
at the annual commencement of the
University of Minnesota, Dr. George
E. Vincent, president of the univer
sity, conferred the degrees, and -the
address to the graduates was deliver
ed by W. A. F. Ekeugren, the Swed
ish minister to the United States.
The Rapid Spread of
Advertising News
Many of the household arti
cles in daily use in our homes,
many of the perfected ideas in
wearing apparel, and - much of
the advanced thought in living
today would not now be bene
fiting humanity were it not for
the advertising in newspapers
like THE ENTERPRISE.
As a concrete example much
to the point, a prominent manu
facturer and distributor of a"
footform shoe for children a
shoe of special construction and
down-to-the-date features re
cently advertised in twenty of
the principal cities east of the
Mississippi river for a period of
four weeks.
At the end of that time he ex
perienced such a demand for
this shoe that he has been un
able to fill his orders on time
for many weeks.
The public who read his ad
vertisements in an incredibly
short time learned, to its profit,
about something that benefited
it, something that filled a real
need, and responded by practi
cally doubliifg the manufactur
er's business.
By this systematic series of
advertisements the producer,
the retailer, and the consumer
were helped. This is just one
case. There are hundreds like
it.
MAY BE SMASHED
John Telford, an Oregon City boy,
well-known in Portland as a member
of the athletic squad of the Washing
ton high school, and one of the pitch
ers selected for the "all star" team in
the Portland interscholastic meet,
will wear the colors of the Multno
mah Athletic club next Saturday in a
track and field meet in which he will
seek new honors with the javelin.
Telford sometime ago established a
record at" javelin hurling, and since
that time has been constantly prac
ticing with the long stick. His fame
came upon him suddenly, for one day
some weeks ago while practicing
pitching he picked up a javelin and
threw it in a spirit of fun. The mark
he set was such that he at once leap
ed into attention as a "comer." Be
fore making this . record throw he
had only hurled the javelin two or
three times.
Under the Multnomah club colors
Telford expects to bring down a vic
tory that will place him among the
leaders in this particular line, and
friends in Oregon City are closely
watching his performances.
The classified ad columns of Th
Enterprise satisfy your wants.
GOVERNOR OEEERS
ASSISTANCE HERE
Following his return to Salem
Thursday morning, after his visit
here to review local conditions grow
ing out of the invasion by Portland
agitators, Governr West prepared and
gave out a statement to set at rest re
ports that he was meditating state
interference in the Oregon -City
tangle. The general opinion ex
pressed by those that have read the
governor's statement is that he has
no sympathy at all with the effort
of outsiders to come here and attempt
to run Oregon City affairs. The state
ment fo'.lows:
"My trip to Oregon City was
prompted by a desire to get the facts
as to the situation. I found the local
authorities had the matter well in
hand. As I see it, there is nothing
alarming about the situayon. Practi
cally all those under arrest had been
for a short time in the employ of one
of the mills and becoming dissatis
fied with conditions, foolishly let
themselves be led into trouble by a
few out-of-town agitators. Property
damage amounted to little or nothing.
"No one should question the rig'it
cf an employe to quit work if he is
dissatisfied as to his pay or condi
tions surrounding his employment, or
his right to use every honorable
means to bring about in every way a
betterment of condition of his fellow
laborers and - himself, but it is not
only unwise but dangerous for any
body of men to attempt to correct an
alleged wrong through midnight raids
intimidation or destruction of prop
erty.
"The door of this office always has
been, and always will be open to any
and every workingman who having a
grievance wishes our help in bringing
about a betterment of his condition
but thi3 office will not tolerate under
any circumstances the destruction of
property, and any movement in this
direction will be promptly taken care
of.
"I have had a talk with the boys, in
jail, and most of them are pretty de
cent looking fellows, and had they
not been led on by agitators from the
outside, would never have got into
trouble. My advice would be to turn
them loose and wipe the slate. If
there are any differences to adjust,
this office will be glad to assist in ev
ery way possible, but it insists that
such negotiations are to be carried on
by both sides in an orderly and law
ful manner. Everybody, rich or poor,
is going to get a square deal."
BEAVERS REACH BOTTOM
Los Angeles 5, Portland 2. -
Sacramento 10, Venice 6.
San Francisco 3, Oaklan 1 2.
(11) innings.
Coast League Standings.
Los Angeles .-. .629
Oakland 522'
San Francisco 493
Venice 465
Sacramento 444
Portland .. .438
ROUTE LEADS TO BIG TERMINALS
Operative Rights Sought For Interur
ban Line on East Side of
Valley Arouse .Much
. Speculation
Considerable interest has been
rounsed in Oregon City and in towns
between it and Portland by the ap
parent efforts of Stephen Carver to
obtain a franchise and right-of-way
options for an interurban line, which
has sometimes been referred to as
an extension to the northward of the
Clackamas Southern. Official and
emphatic denials have been issued by
the Clackamas Southern that they are
in any way interested in the new line,
and as a result there is much specula
tion as to what interests 'may be
backing the apparently sincere en
deavor to obtain operative rights for
the read.
Mr. Carver, who is a stock-holder cf
the Clackamas Southern, is not say
ing a great deal about the projected
line, though he has asked the Milwau
kie city council to consider granting
him a franchise, and has informally
taken the matter up with individual
members of the present Portland city
council. In Portland, however, it was
thought better to defer definite action
until the commissioners of the new
administration took office next month
In the meantime public curosity is in
creasing. The projected line, as far as it has
been outlined, is apparently planned
to run in almost a dirct line from
here to Milwaukie, and then to swing
to the eastward, and enter Portland
from some point in Woodstock. Suc!i
a route would cut through consider
able territory not now served by in
terurban service, and would probably
be able to find plenty of traffic. En
trance to the business section of
Portland, it is understood, is desired
over the Hawthorne bridge, which is
the only one that carries tracks of
standard guage.
Since Clackamas Southern officials
have denied that the local line is
seeking direct entrance to Portland
over this route, it has been suggested
that possibly Mr. Carver may be act
ing in behalf of the Hill Lines in
Oregon in asking for franchises. The
Portland outlet of his proposed route
would bring him within one block of
the new Hill terminal' grounds m
Portland, and as the Hilt people have
announced that at an early data they
would extend a line up the eastern
side of the Willamette, many people
believe that the new line will eventu
ally develop Hill characteristics.
Texas Christian Endeavorers
DALLAS, Texas, June 12. Dele
gates fr0m cities and towns through
out Texas poured into Dallas today to
attend the annual state convention cf
the Christion Endeavor Union. Chap
lain S. C. Ramsden, U. S. A Dr. J. B.
Dodds of Kansas, Karl Lehmann, in
ternational field secretary, and a
number of other religious workers rt
wide reputation are among the sched
uled speakers.
WINNIPEG, June 12. Tete Jauae,
the most westerly divisional point 0:1
the Grnd Trunk Pacific, in the Rocky
Mountains, is under water because of
a sudden rise in the Fraser river.
Star Tfoeatre
TODAY
BAILEY & McCREE
Those Comedy Entertainers,
' are sure to please
Picture Program:
"For the Love of the Flag"
2 ReelK AY BEE--2 Reel
Also
"The Henpecked Burglar"
A Rip Roaring Comedy
THIS THEATRE IS UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
Star Theatre
PUZZLING MYSTERY NOW IS SOLVED
Elow on Head Two Years Ago is Giv
en as Excuse for Mental Con
dition That Led to
Shocking Crimes
HARRIS ONVILLE, Mo., June' 12.
Mrs. Arthur Kellar confessed today
that it was she who killed her. hus
band, a railroad laborer, and their
daughter, Margaret, 7 years old, last
Tuesday.
Kellar and the girl were slain with
an ax as they lay in their beds.
The confession brought to a quick
termination the Coroner's inquest
that has been in session two days in
an attempt to place the responsibility
for the murder. Mrs. Kellar was tak
en to jail.
"God knows I would not have kill
ed them had I known what I was do
ing," Mrs. Kellar said in her confes
sion. She declared she had frequent
ly been irresponsible for her actions
since she received a blow on the head
two years ago.
Dairy Officials Meet.
BISMARCK, N. D., June 12. The
Northwestern association of Dairy of
ficials and Instructors, which aims to
bring about the general advancement
of the dairy interests of the North
west and the adoption of uniform
laws and regulations to govern the
industry, began its annual convention
in this city today witn dairy commis
sioners and others in attendance from
Wisconsin, Iawoa, Montana, Idaho,
Washington, Oregon, Utah, Minnesota
and the Dakotas. Practical discus
sions will engage the attention of the
association f0r two days.
Boost your home town by reading
your home paper.
Wanted!
Girls and Women
To operate' sewing machine
' In garment factory.
OREGON CITY WOOLEN MILL
DANCING
AT
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SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND:.;
EVENING given by BOWKER'S
ORCHESTRA OF PORTLAND,
under the management of Mil- '
ton Price. Clean dancing under
police supervision.
FOR-AUTO HiRE PHONE A-8 OR
MAIN 3192 Prices Reasonable
E. P. ELLIOTT & SON
Seventh and Main