$ . THE WEATHER
OREGON CITY Cloudy and cool-
?er Saturday; westerly winds.
Oregon and Washington Show-3-S
ers Saturday; westerly winds. ?
$ Idaho Showers Saturday; cool-S
er southwest portion.
EDW. A. BEALS, Forecaster. $
CLACKAMAS COUNTY
FAIR
CANBY, OR.
SEPT. 24, 25, 26, 27.
WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1868
VOL. V. No. 138.
MORNING ENTERPRISE, SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1913
Per Week, Ten Cents.
'
SECOND
BORING
TO START SOON
COUNCIL, AFTER DIFFICULTIES,
APPROPRIATES $300 MORE
FOR TEST WELLS
QUORUM DRAWN FROM BOX OEEICE
City Fathers Invade Theatre to Get Automobile Trip Through Nearby Ag
Councilman Long so Action ricultural and Timber Regions
May be Taken In Im
portant Matter
With some difficulty there was heid
a special meeting of the city council
Friday evening, and at its session an
ordinance was proposed and passed
appropriating the sum of $300 to drill
another test well in an effort to dis
cover an adequate and pure water
supply for the municipality. Author
ity was also given the special water
committe to go ahead with the work
of drilling as soon as it found a site
which offered reasonable promise of
success.
At the meeting hour there was not
a quorum present. Eventually there
gathered in the council chamber
Messrs. Tooze, Meyer, Metzger and
Horton, and a handful of citizens, who
had come to talk the matter over with
the city dads. A quorum still lacked,
and informal discussion of the sub
ject was entered into between those
present. It finally appearing that it
was the sentiment of those present
that further drilling should be dons,
search was made for another council
man to provide a quorum.
After some vain efforts in this line
it was recalled that Councilman Long
had sometime since acquired the Star
theatre, and there was a rush of self
constituted sergeants-at-arms to this
popular playhouse. Councilman Long
was holding down the box-office, and
upon observing the delegation headed
his way, smiled with glee as he pic
tured to himself the sale of four
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Open Air
!
ICE CREAM
Parlors
West End Suspension
Bridge
OPEN UNTIL 1:00 A. ,M.
Fine View of the River !
W. M. HENDREN, Propr.
SATURDAY
THE
Last Day
OF OUR
JUNE CARNIVAL
SALE
Boys' Moccassins
All sizes
up to large 5's
Saturday only .
98c
WomensWash Dresses
Regular $2, $2.25
Qualities
Light and Dark . .
$1.25
Brassieres
Corset Cover and Form
combined all sizes
Saturday only
25c
Comfy Cut Vests
Plain and fancy yokes
Reeular 2Rc
12k
Saturday only Ifc2'
H ni
MASONIC TEMPLE BLDG.
LIKE
CLACKAMAS
LAND
! PARTY OF MIDDLE WEST INVEST-
ORS EXPRESS SURPRISE
AT MANY RESOURCES
VISITORS ARE GUESTS CLUB FOLK
Proves Eye-Opener to
Their Judgement
Over a score of bankers, influential
men of various communities and own
ers of vast wheat ranches in the two
Dakotas visited Oregon City and the
western end of Clackamas county Fri
day morning as the guests of the
Commercial club. The party has been
touring the Northwest, seeking a new
field of investment, and came here
for half a day during their stay in
Portland to witness the festivities of
the Rose Festival.
The party made the trip from Port
land here by boat, and were favorably
impressed by Oregon City's command
ing position above the line of high wa
ter. The contrast between this city's
dry waterfront and the flooded docks
of Portland was most noticeable, and
was one of the first things commented
upon by the members of the party.
On arrival at the dock of the Oregon
Transportation company the guests
were met by Commercil club members
who gladly offered their automobiles
to the visitors.
There were many ladies in the
party, and these joined the gentlemen
in thanking the local people for their
courtesy.' The investors were then
taken for a spin through the nearby
agricultural and timber regions of
the county, and were kept busy ask
ing questions and in commenting up
on the evident variety of the resour
ces oi the county. Particular inquir
ies were made as to the prevailing
prices of land, and different members
of the party expressed themselves as
surprised that such good acreage was
to be had at such comparitively rea
sonable figures.
On returning to the city the visit
ors were taken through the manufac
turing section, and then up on the
hills to the south, so that a good view
of the falls could be procured. Lack
of time prevented a visit to the mills.
Before returning to Portland the
party visited the exhibition rooms of
the publicity department of the Com
mercial club, and saw at a glance the
varied resources of the county. They
expressed special interest in the
grains that were on display, and ad
mitted that some of them easily out
classed the average grain grown in
their native states.
r
Girls' Wash Dresses
Best Styles $1.50, $2.00
qualities
Saturday only
95c
Kayser Silk Stockings
Colors black and white. r r
Regular $1.50 quality, Mllf
Saturday only VJW
2000 Yards Val. Lace
Best 5c Valenciennes f
Cyd
Kayser'sLongGloves
Washable Venetian fa
bric in black and white
Double tips, Saturday.
50c
Sra I 9 -df il nl I
DAKOTANS
Fearing Assassination of the Czar In Berlin,
Troops Guarded Russia's Ruler Carefully.
Photo by American Press Association.
The czar visited Berlin for the wedding of the kaiser' .9 daughter and returned to St. Petersburg without mishap,
but his trip aroused wide attention because of the fear that an attempt might be made upon his life. He traveled in
an Hrmored train and was heavily guarded. When he reached Berlin the German emperor met him at the station
with every precaution against trouble. This Illustration shows the two rulers lea vine the station in an upen carriage
escorted hv fwldir 'nil i -ivofi-ilv jruarded on both sides
Western Students' Conference.
WILLIAMS BAY, Wis., June 13.
The Lake Geneva Students Confer
ence of Western Colleges opened at
the camp grounds at Lake Geneva to
day with aott attendance of students
from many states. Daily sessions
will be held for ten days and will be
addressed by a number of educators,
clergymen and other persons of note.
Daniels to Speak.
BOSTON, Mass., June i3 Secre
tary of the Navy Daniels has accepted
an invitation from Boston Lodge of
Elks to speak on Boston Common to
morrow afternoon at a public cele
bration of Flag Day.
Cut Out
This Coupon
Stamps
GIVEN WITH EACH
ONE DOLLAR
PURCHASE
NOT300D
AFTER
JUNE 14
Mrs. Hopkins' Famous
Kitchen Aprons
Cover all Dress style m v
Saturday HI I IT
Only
WOMEN'S SUITS
Latest styles. Our Reg. n 4 v
$15, $16 qualities Ski 1 1
Saturday only W V
Hair Switches
All shades, best $3
Switches
Saturday only
$1.50
Fancy Tick Feather
Pillows
Fifty pairs on sale Qf
Eachrday .only..::.:; u"C
2f &
OREGON CITY, ORE.
TREASON WITNESS
STRANGELY GONE
FORT STEVENS, Ore., June 13.
Corporal Shade, the last of the Gov
ernment's principal witnesses in the j
case against Waldo H. Coffman, the
Socialist who is charged with spread
ing treasonable propaganda among
United States troops, has disappeared
from the post here and the trial of
Coffman has been halted, temporarily
at least.
This is the third witness for the
federal authorities who has mysteri
ously dropped from view in a week,
either on the eve of or during Lie
trial.
The other missing witnesses are
Private Crawford and Private Lowe,
who started from the Presidio at San
Francisco, to testify here, but who
have not arrived.
HEARTY WELCOME
FOR FRUIT EXPERT
Rooms of the Commercial were
packed Friday afternoon by farmers,
ranchers and others who gathered to
hear Prof. Chamberlain, of the Hill
railroad development forces, lecture
upon the care and shipping of fruit.
Prof. Chamberlain found his subject
sufficiently broad to give him oppor
tunity to incorporate in his talk many
helpful hints upon the culture of the
chief fruits of trade, and also those
who heard him found the time well
spent.
At the close of his lecture Prof.
Chamberlain talked with, many of
those who had come in to the county
seat to hear him, giving each man
some thought to carry away that will
prove of benefit to him in his work,
upon the farm. Speaking for hirn
self, Prof. Chamberlain said that he
was happily surprised at his reception
and that though Oregon City and
Clackamas county were out of the im
mediate territory of the Hill lines, he
had been greeted with the largest
audience that he has yet met on jis
present westward trip from St. Paul.
SUNSHINE WANTED
AT PIONEER'S MEET
Pioneers of Clackamas county will
gather today at Wright Springs, near
Mulino, for their annual picnic and ex
ercises in memory of the men who
carved the Oregon territory out of
the wilderness. Great plans have
been made for the occasion, and all
that is wanted to make the gathering
an entire success is clear weather.
George C. Brownell, one of the
prominent attorneys of the city, will
deliver the address of the day, and
will have some interesting things to
say in regard to present and past con
ditions in the county. Pioneers and
members of their families from all
parts of Clackamas county are plan
ning to spend the day in the pretty
park at the springs, and after the
formal program has been completed,
the time will be spent -in a general
jolliciation and interchange of visits.
COLTS LOSE LONG GAME
Vancouver 3, Portland 2. (11 innings)
Seattle 8, Victoria 3. '
Spokane-Tacoma rain
FLAG DAY RITUAL
BY ELKS TONIGHT
The birthday of the national en
sign will be celebrated by Oregon City
Elks and members of Meade Post,
A. R. Saturday evening at the Elks'
home by appropriate exercises and
m,usic. The program will being at
eight in the evening, and will include
the special and impressive ritual of
the lodge provided for the occasion,
as well as stirring selections of war
time music by the Oregon Veteran
Fife and Drum corps.
During the evening the beautiful
Elks' building will open its doors in
welcome to the public, it being one
of the chief points of the code of the
anclered herd that patriotism is a
thing for everybody who makes even
pretense by being a true American.
Accomodations will be provided for
all citizens who desire to attend the
exercises, and a cordial welcome will
be given everybody. The exercises
are among the most beautiful of all
ritual work, and embody in their sign
ificance all that is best and noblest
in love of country and honor to the
flag.
Special invitation to be present at
the Flag day exercises is extended to
the members of Meade Post by the
local lodge of Elks.
For Moissant Memorial.
NEW ORLEANS, La., June 13.
An overturned aeroplane chiseled
from a single block of Georgia marble
is to mark the spot where John Mois
sant met his death near this city. The
monument committee will meet to
morrow to arrange for the comple
tion of the memorial fund. Moissant
was killed in 1910.
Northwestern League Standings
Seattle G32
Vancouver 586
Portland 509
Victoria 475
Tacoma 424
Spokane 379
DANCING
CAN EM AH PARK
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
HOME BARGAINS
Good 7-room house and 2 fine
lots. Price, $1,600; $209 down.
Lot 66x105.
block of 7th street. $700;
$50 down.
5-room house and a fine lot
on 18th street; of block of
Main street. Price $1,300; $700
down.
7-room house, Vi block of 7th
street in fine shape, nice lot.
Price $2,000; cash.
E. P. ELLIOTT & SON
Oregon City, Ore-
SOCIETY FOLK
TO HOLD STAGE
ANNOUNCEMENT OF CAST MADE
FOR, MUSICAL COMEDY
NEXT WEEK
RECEIPTS TO AID EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Beauty and Grace to be Found in
Tuneful Chorus That Will
Frolic Through Acts of
"County Fair"
People well-known in business and
social life in Oregon City will make
their debut upon the stage at Shive
ly's hall next Tuesday and Wednes
day evenings, when two performances
of "The Clackamas County Fair," a
musical, comedy of considerable pre
tention, will be staged for the benefit
of the Episcopal church. Rehearsals
have been held for the past week, and
those to whom the various parts have
been assigned have become so pro
ficient now that formal announcement
of the major places in the cast are
made.
The musical show will be produced
on "big town" standards, and will
have a full double chorus, beautiful
show girls, an assortment of prima
donnas, ingenues and such things,
and all the fancy fixings that go with
a first class New York performance.
The plot, based on a day at an old
time county fair, will give ample op
portunity for much excellent char
acter work, and those who have wit-1
'iv -.. ii nit l l .it ai onio ao,j tiiai a CU"
eral surprise -will be offered the audi
ence on the first night. Special cos
tuming and imported scenery will be
features of the production.
Among the parts already assigned
are the following:
Boss Jones T. P. Randall
Prof. Sporatti Charles Wilson
Uncle Jake C. A. Miller
Mrs. Brown Mrs. Viola Godfrey
Mr. Brown W. C. Goodwin
Mrs. Swartzenberger Mrs. Theo. Clark
The BVide . . . .Miss Katherine Sinnott
The Groom H. A. Swafford
College Girls Misses
Buchanan, Charman and Caufield
The Dude Fred Legler
Handy Andy Ray Morris
Giggling Sal Mrs. Edna Holman
The Parson Waldo Caufield
The Bostonians
. .Mrs. Leithwaite and Mrs. Carey
Town Boys Messrs, Moody,
Hedges, Gault, Wilson and Farr
Lemonad Man ..Mortimer Latourette
Wheel of Fortune Man . . Carl Johnke
Balloon Man : . .A. L. Price
The Widower Earl Latourette
Confetti Man John Clark
Prof. Lightfoot Mr. Young
Mr. Swartzenberger .Wiliam Howard
The main chorus, which will be one
of the real features of the show is
composed of the following:
Misses Elsie Phillips, Lilliam Tsc'a
irgi, Roberta Suchuebel, Marjorie
Fraker, Irene Hanny, Edith Aldrich,
Edna Caufield, Norma Holman, Rose
Justin, Madge Brightbill, Mrs. Ken
nedy and Miss Fashberg, and Messrs.
Joseph Hedges, Lyle Gault, Arthur
Farr, Waldo Caufield, Kent Wilson,
Kent Moody, Roland Fosburg, Gerald
Warner, Charles Beatie, Fred Legler,
Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Hickman.
"TOM LAWSON DAY"
ALSO A BIRTHDAY
NEW YORK, June 13. "Friday the
thirteenth" has never failed to attract
attention in Wall street since Tom
Lawson published his book of that
title. But until today there never
has been anything to justify the at
tention bestowed on the date combin
ing the hoodoo Friday and the an
luc!:y thirteen. Today, however, the
street recalled the fact that it was
the birthday of Henry Pomeroy Davi
son. In past years the birthday anni
versary of Mr. Davison was not no
ticed. But the death of J. Pierpont
Morgan brought about a change, for
Mr. Davison is now recognized as the
most conspicuous figure in the house
of Morgan the man who furnish as
the dynamic force of the great bank
ing firm. '
Mr. Davison is but forty-six years
old. Twenty years ago he was a clerk
in a bank at a salary of $300 a year.
That was in the town of Troy, Pa. A
few years later he landed in New
York and finally obtained a position
in the Liberty National bank. From
the Liberty National he went to the
First National bank. His ability was
quickly recognized by Mir. Morgan as
soon as that astute financier came ir
to contact with him. In the panicky
days of 1907, when there were all
night conferences in the Morgan li
brary, Mr. Davision was among those
present. The next year, after the
smoke had cleared away, the young
banker was taken into the Morgan
firm and soon assumed a position of
leadership.
Montana Dentists Meet
BUTTE, Mont., June 13. The Mon
tana State' Dental society began its
tenth annual meeting in this city to
day with President W. H. Barth of
Great Falls presiding. Addresses and
practical demonstrations were given
at the initial session by Dr. E. T.
Tinker of Minneapolis, and Dr. A.
Strake Oliver of Spokane. The con
vention will conclude its sessions 'n
morrow. Racing at Latonia.
CINCINNATI, O., June 13. What
promises to be one of the most suc
cessful spring meetings that the La
tonia Jockey club has held in recent
years will be opened tomorrow after
noon witli the classic Latonia Derby.
Seldom before has there been such an
abundance of high-class horses on
hand, and the jockey talent is of the
very best.
RIOTERS PLOT
ESCAPE FROM
COUNTY JAIL
DEPUTIES BALK CONSPIRACY TO
ATTACK SHERIFF AT NOON
DAY MEAL TIME
PRISONERS KINDLE EIRE IN WALLS
Portland Agitators, Held for Appear
ance Before July Term of Super
ior Court, Turn Desperate in Ef
forts to Avoid Facing Arraign
ment .for Penitentiary Offense.
Fifteen rioters held in the Clack-"
amas county jail late Friday after
noon attempted to set fire to that
structure, presumably with the pur
pose of gaining their freedom in the
expected confusion. The attempt fol
lowed the miscarriage of a plot on
their part to escape by means of an
attack upon Sheriff E. T. Mass when
be brought them their noon meal.
This first scheme was frustrated
through the careful watch of a deputy
on duty in the rear of the jail. Thurs
day night, who overheard the prison
ers planning to overpower the officer
when he came in with dinner, and
"beat him to jelly."
The fifteen men now being held for
trial at the July term of the circuit
court have all been indicted by the
grand jury for rioting in the course
of the disturbances Tuesday night.
While most of them have worked in
the local mills, investigation has
shown that they have only worked for
from three to "six days, and it is be
lieved they were sent here to get po
sitions by the plotters in Portland, so
as to be inside the industrial plants
when the signal for attack was given.
County Records Imperilled.
Late this afternoon they stuffed
rags, part of which they tore from
their clothes, and old newspapers in
to a ventilating opening that runs
from the exercise room of the jail in
to a vault in the rear of the building,
where the county records are kept.
This mass of paper and rags was fired
from the jail side, and burned readily,
a draught of exhaust air carrying
the smoke into the vault. The smell
of burning paper attracted employees
on the main floor of the courthouse,
an investigation was commenced and
the sheriff notified.
On entering the vault room, Sheriff
Mass found a stream of sparks and
smoke pouring out of the ventilating
opening in the wall. He at once un
reeled the fire hose, and by dint of
hard work managed to put the blaze
out before the county records had
been damaged. Immediately after
the danger had been averted the sher
iff and a force of deputies entered
the jail and removed all paper, scraps
of wood, loose articles or other mat
ter that might be used in a second at
tempt of like nature.
Plot is Overheard.
The plot to attack the sheriff or
his deputies at meal time was report
ed to the county official this morning
when guards were changed. That
deputy on duty Thursday night toldfe
of overhearing the men planning to
strike down whoever brought their
dinner at noontime Friday, and to
escape over his prostrate body
through the open door. Warned of
this, dinner was taken in to the pris
oners by the sheriff and two heavily
armad deputies, and no violence was
attempted.
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Girls and Women
To operate sewing machine!
in garment factory.
OREGON CITY WOOLEN MILL
The "Self Interest
League" of
America
The most natural, the most
human, if not the most altruis
tic, bond is that of self-interest.
There are thousands of asso
ciations, leagues, and societies
all over the country that bear
witness to uniting force of a
common, personal cause.
The biggest society in the
country is one that has no pres
ident, no by-laws, nor, in fact,
any specified organization. Yet
practically every man and wom
an belongs to it.
It is the Society of Newspa
per Readers. Their only bond
is that of self-interest.
All men and women know that
in order to be able to hold their
own with their neighbors they
must learn what the newspapers
have to tell them, not only in
regard to general events of the
day, but also in regard to the
specific activities of the locality
in which they live.
' The advertisements in the re
liable newspapers are no less
important and are very apt to
be of more lasting value in this
matter of self-interest.
Being a member of the league
means that you are up-an-doing,
progressive, and alive to your
own welfore.