1
. - THE WEATHER .
S OREGON CITY Fair; north-
S westerly winds. 8
$ Oregon Generally fair, wanner v$
east portion; nortwesterly winds. 3
Washington Generally fair, $
&with rising temperatures; winds
' $ mostly westerly.
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CLACKAMAS C9UNTY
PAIR
CAN BY, OR.
SEPT. 24, 25, 2(, 27.
WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866.
VOL. VI. No. 1.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1913.
Pee Week, Ten Cents.
VALIANT FIGHT
MADE IN RIVER
-1 WARFARE
NEW ORDINANCE
SHOWS RESULTS
MURDER TRIED
AT HILLSDALE
Railroad Men All Over Country Watch Outcome
Of Engineer Dougherty's Story of Smashup.
FOURTH FEATURE
SMAr
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TEAMSTER SAVES SON AFTER
T . TPDRICir CTOIinCI C Q1 IT
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LOSES BOTH STEEDS
GLADSTONE FORD IS TREACHEROUS
Lad, Confused, G,ives Tug Upon Reins
) ... That Sends Horses Back Into
Current That Carries
4 Them to Death
Caught in the swiftly rushing wat
ers of the Clackamas river early this
afternoon, and fighting desperately to
save the life of his boy and two valu
able horses, J. P. Murphy, of Glad
stone, succeeded in rescuing his son
from the current of the stream, only
to have the lad, in his confusion, pull
hard on the reins and send the nearly
exhausted horses back once again in
to the river, where after a hard strug
gle they were overcome and drowned.,
Murphy, who is well known through
out Gladstone and Oregon City, was
hauling gravel from the new muni
cipal pit, at Gladstone. He was re
turning to the pit after having suc
cessfully forded the swift river with
ssveral loads, when one of his horses
stepped off the narrow ridge that is
utilized as a ford, and lurching into
deep water, drew the other horse and
wagon with him. Murphy's little son.
who was" riding in the body of the
wagon, was thrown over the upstream
fide of the vehicle, and was carried
by the current under the body of the
wagon.
Realizing his double paril, Murphy
dropped the lines and left the horsas
to fight their own way to land, while
he tore at the bed of the wagon to
release his son. Struggling in mid
stream, and balancing himself on the
sides of the wildly pitching vehicle,
while the horses ahead were lashing
the water to foam in their efforts to
breast the current, Murphy succeeded
in wrenching loose one bed-board of
the heavy wagon, and dragged hi3
son's- limp from through the opening.
Then, exhausted with his fight, he
leaned against the seat, making a
feeble effort to recover the reins.
The horses, meanwhile, had made
their way to shallow water, and were
just pulling out of the river when the
boy, coming back to consciousness
and realizing his father's desire to
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AT THE
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THE ONLY PLACE- IN TOWN THAT HAS THEM Xt THE WEST
END OF THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE
Midnight Lunches for Millmen
THE BIGGEST LITTLE STORE IN OREGON CITY
W. M. HENDREN, Prop.
ARTILLERY TO ROAR AT STATE
RANGE, CLACKAMS, ON
NATIONAL HOLIDAY
MILITIA UNITS WILL TAKE PART
All Day Celebration to Be Enjoyed by
Citizen Soldiers and Friends
Will Include Races and
Field Dinner
People who cannot enjoy the Fourth
of July without plenty o noise are in
vited te go to Clackamas on the na
tion's birthday, and are promised all
the varieties of sound that they de
sire. The Third Infantry, Battery A,
Field Artillery and the Eighth Com
pany Coast Artillery, assisted by the
Ambulance Corps, will provide the
noise and the excitement; the sam-
being a part of a sham battle that is
to be held as a patriotic spectacle at
the state rifle range grounds. Aside
from this there will be races, drills
and contests, in which the military
flavor will predominate, and which
will show off uniforms, flashing sa
bres and gleaming muskets to perfec
tion. That there will be a crowd on hand
goes without saying, for practically
all the militia in the lower Willam
ette valley, including the Portland
companies, will turn out, and will par
ticipate in the battle. Special trains
wiU be run from Portland over the
Southern Pacific, and preparations
have been made to care for a crowd
that will break all former records at
the rifle range. A special fare has
ben secured for the day, and trains
will leave at convenient intervals.
Major Loran A. Bowman, of- the
Third Infantry, will refereathe sham
battle; while in the other contests of
the day the officals will be as fol'ows:
Judges Captain Hiram IT. Welcn,
Battery A, and Captain George H.
Schumacher, Third Infantry.
Time keepers First Lieutenant
Harrv O. Hulse, Third Infantry, and
Second Lieutenant Eugene C. Libby,
Third Infantry.
Clerk of the Course First Lieuten
ant Richard W. Holman, Adjutant Sec
ond Battalion, Third Infantry.
The full program for the day will
be as follows:
10:30 a. m. Sham battle, Thk-d In
fantry, Battery A, Field Artillery,
TOMORROW
to See It.
Phoio o AJiiertcan Presa Aaaociatiuu
Railroiid men all over the United States, both officials and employees, watched with vital interest the progress
of the coroner's inquest Into the fatal wreck . on the New York,, New Haven and Hartford railroad at Stamford
Conn., where six were killed and nearly a score injured. The main feature of the Inquiry was whether. Charles t
Dougherty, engineer of the locomotive which crashed Into the first section of the Boston to New York expre
was telling the truth or not He had run the train only three times and had reported the enjtine's air brakes "tit
pood.' The railroad attorneys attempted to discredit the man's story and to lay all the blame upon his young
shoulders. Douslwrty is here shown before the coroner pointing out in the roundhouse record book tile report he
wroti lifter liN firt run nn tht engine It rend "Rrnkw no good." .
Eigth Company Coast Artillery
and Ambulance company partici
pating. 12:00 m. Basket dinner in the grove,
members of the guard and their
frien.ls participating.
2:00 p. m. Mounted section contest,
Gatten' A, Field Artillery.
2 : 30 Equipment race, one corporal
from each organization.
g:4o Wheelbarrow race, two private3
from each organization.
3:00 Blank cartridge race, one ser
geant from each organization.
3:15 Litter bearers' race, members
of Ambulance company.
3:30 Three-legged race, two privates
from each organization.
3:45 Obstacle race, one private from
each organization.
4:00 Sack race, one private from
each organization.
4:15 Lsad-frog race, two privates
from each organization.
"DISTRICT RIDING"
HAS ITS DRAWBACKS
Trials and tribulations of a "district
ridei' as many, as are also his joys
and accomplishments. During the re
cent rainy spell the Rev. E. A. Smith,
who is probably more widely known
in the county than any other minister,
made a trip into some of the com
munities removed from . the better
roads, and had adventures. After go
ing as far as he could in a wagon, he
abandoned this means of locomotion,
and took to horseback.
"A friend loaned me a horse," said
the district rider, in telling of it. "It
was a short horse, and merely served
to keep my toes out of the mud. Also
it was ons of thesa horses that would
swell up when one tried to tighten the
saddle girth, and which at other times
would collapse like an accordion. We
slipped along quite a way, and finally
the steed swelled sufficiently to break
the cinch-strap completely, and then
we walked. When I got to my des
tination,' I was sore indeed, and also
sore in body. In fact I was so sore
that I felt like calling down blessings
upon that horse and the friend who
loaned him to m. Yet probably if I
had not been given the horse I would
never gotten anywhere, so I just
charged it up to experience. But you
can say for me, that the roads are not
in good shape."
Coast League Standings.
Los Angeles 570
San Francisco 511
Portland 1 506
Sacramento 481
Venics .472
Oakland 460
RASPBERRIES
The very best for canniny;
Winifield blackcap, large,
meaty, rich flavor; Cuthhert
thre best red. Order early.
C. M. SFALLOW, Farmers 246,
or Jack & Albright's Grocery
Store, 7th street.
Dealers
Take Notice!
I am in the market for what ever
fireworks you have on hand
' W. H. HENDREN
West End of Suspension Bridge
FOR AUTO Hi RE . PHONE A-8 OR
MAIN 3192 Prices Reasonable -
E. P. ELLIOTT A 80N
Seventh and Main
BOOK OF TICKETS
IS WORTH GETTING
Chautauqua patrons are gobbling up ,
the "book' tickets in great fashion.
The tickets were placed on sale yes-.
terday at the Bank of Oregon City, I
and at the office of the P. R., L. & P. j
First and Alder streets, Portland, and
both places report an excellent first i
day sale. j
The "book" plati was adopted a year j
ago ana met with popular approval '
immediately. The system is a simple
one, and results in a cash saving of :
fifty cents to every season ticket pur-
chaser. The purchaser secures the
names of ten who plan to attend Chau-1
tauqua, including himself, takes the
names and $2.00 from each, and is giv- :
en in exchange a book of 10 season '
tickets. As the indidiual season:
ticket is $2.50, the saving of 20 per-1
cent to eaci purchaser is quite an I
item. I
Las year hundreds of season tickets j
were sold in this fashion, and during
the week preceeding Chautauqua the
"book" collectors were busy on every I
corner. The book offer is only good I
during the present week, so it is a
safe prediction that there will be
some lively hustling among the book
makers during the next three days.
Start a book today.
Mothers' Pensions in Jersey
TRENTON, N. J., July 1. County
clerks throughout N.ew Jersey report
numerous applications for widows
pensions under the new s ate law
which became operative today. Un
der the provisions of the law a pen
sion of $9 a month is to be paid to
widows with one child under the age
of 16 years. Fourteen dollars a month
will be allowed for two children under
16, with $4 a month for each addition
al child under that age.
Enterprise advertising pays.
TO-DAY
SOMETHING INTERESTING
AT
The GRAND
DANCES OF THE AGES
A remarkable review of vari
ous styles of dancing, from
1200 B. C. to the present day,
performed by minature dancers
upon a banquet table before an
assemblage of old dancing mas
ters. One of the aged fellows
tries to perform the awkward
new steps but decides that he
would rather starve.
Remember We Change
Our Pictures Ev
ery Day.
. BEAVERS 2, SENATORS 0.
At Portland Portland 2, Sacramen
to 0. . -
At Venice Venice 1, Oakland 0.
At San Francisco San Francisco,
9, Los Angeles 1.
Wiuslm Under
Special Bargains Selected for
in Lots as Follows :
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PROPRIETORS OF BIG STABLES
.'MAKE EFFORT TO CONFORM
TO LAW'S PROVISIONS
PIONEER BARN REPORTED FILTHY
Live Wires Wind Up Activities for
Season a Patriotic Luncheon
and Elect Officers for
Next Year
The Live Wires of tbe Or3gon Cit.
Commercial club, meeting for the last
time before the summer holiday, Mon
day indulged in a patriotic luncheon,
leard a fvorable report from the ctvic
improvement committee, showing that
citizens cr the city are making a gen
I eral effort to comply with the pro
visions ot tne barn ordinance;" elect
ed officers for the ensuing year, and
then adjourned. There were about 35
present at the meeting, and all sat
down to tables decorated in red, white
and blue; while in the absence of fire
works, soda crackers were served
with the soup.
Iew officers for the coming year
are as fo'lows: L. Adams, Main
Trunk Line ; Dr. L. A. Morris, Sub
Trunk : Dr. Clyde Mount, . Transmis
sion Wire; A. C. Howland, Guy Wir?;
W. S. U'Ren, Feed Wire. Practically
all the standing committees reported
progress, and F. J. Tooze reviewed
the wa-er sitnat'ion.
Earl Cummins, representing the
Oregon Social Hygiene -society, made
a brief talk, and outlined the work
ais organization, telling what he hop
jd to see done in Iregon City, and ask
ed the Live Wires for their suupun.
Dr. vanBrakle, .cnairman or tie.
civic improvement committee.submit
ted his report, dealing with sanitary
conditions in the city's barnst?' The
report follows:
"Your commttee wishes to report
iat Monday evening, together with
the police and health committee, an
inspection of the baras in the down
town district was made. The results
found were most satisfactory. In five
out of six commercial barns, with
minor corrections, things were found
in excellent shape, the barns being
clean and well -ordered. The absence
of the familiar manure piles was ex-
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Summer Sale
AT
Adams Department
Chis Schneider, a farmer of Hills
dale, in the Tualatin valley, Tuesday
afternoon shot and probably fatally
wounded his former wife, Mrs. Louise
Schneider, who obtained - a divorce
from him last week. Then he turned
the revolver he had used upon him
self, putting three shci into his abdo
men. Both people were hurried - to
the Good Samaritan hospital in Port
land in an automobile ambulance, and
physicians have- but slight hopes for
their recovery. Schneider is 59
5rears old, and his former wife is 40.
According to accounts of the trag
edy, Mrs. Schneider went to her form
er home to see tha condition of the
place, and to make arrangements with
her former husband for some sort of
a financial settlement. The interview
led to an altercation, and Schneider
drew a small calibre revolver and
started firing at the woman, striking
hor twice in the breast. After she
had fallen he turned the gun upon
himself. .
There are six children living, and
they have been taken in charge by
neighbors. .
Wanted!
Girls and Women
To operate sewing machine!
in garment factory.
OREGON CITY WOOLEN MILL
Lots $10 Down
and $10 a month located two
blocks of the Eastham school.
Price $135 to $25 apiece. Way
pay rent when you can own your
own home? " -
E. P. ELLIOTT & SON
Oregon City, Ore-
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tote
This Sale