- THE WEATHER - - - OREGON CITY Fair, and warm er; south ta west winds. - j Washington Showers west, fair 'h east portion; southwest-to "west winds. - - . 5 - Oregon Generally fair;! south-4 west to west winds. - S & CLACKAMAS COUNTY FAIR CAN BY, OR. SEPT. 24, 25, 26, 27. 4 WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866. VOL. VI. No. 7. OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1913 Per .Week, Ten Cents. -y s s s s p (is. Eli With Councilmen Albright and Hol man voting in the negative, the city council Wednesday evening passed the ordinance appropriating $350 to cover the expenses of drilling the test , well upon the Englebrecht property after two hours of some of the liveli est interchange of argument and per sonal opinion that has occured in the city hall. Citizens joined with the council in thoroughly threshing out the water question, and several times during the discussion Mayor Jonas was compelled to wrap for order. During a part of the argument Coun cilmen Albright and Tooze stood up on opposite sides of the table, hurling forth question and answer at each ether; and at frequent intervals Supt. Howell, of the Water commission, en tered the verbal fray. The ball was started rolling when the ordinance came up for second reading and final passage. Mayor Jones asked Councilman Tooza, chair man of the special water committee, if ha- was ready to make a report on the tests before the council acted on the matter. Mfr. Tooze reviewed the work of the committee, and pointed out that including the f 350 soon to be voted upon, $1,851 had been spent in the search for a better suppl7 than the present one. The odd dollar was for an option on the Ladd tract at Mt. Pleasant, where the first test was made. In the courss or Mr. Tooze s report it developed that a second well had been drilled on the Engelbrecht prop erty, the first one being found impos sible to "stop back" to the 50-foot level, where water had been struck. This second well had been drilled un "der an agreement with Mr. Scolt that the work would be done at a cost of $17.50 per day, with the -city to pay for the cost of material. Mr. Scott, who did the drilling, also gave the council an account of the tech nical side of his work. Supt. Howell asked Mr. Scott what he considered good water, and the driller replied that he thought water that was free from bacteria and that was chemically pure would fill the bill. Mr. Scott was then asked if he thought it possible to get "pure wa tor' in a eu,'9mn cimli Vipinc thf ?fn eral designation throughout the even ing of the surroundings of the test well. There followed a more or less technical description, by both Council man Tooze and Mr. Scott, of the meth ods used for stopping the seepage of surface water, and of the filtration powers of sand and gravel veins. Supt. Howell told the council that whi'.e he had no desire to enter the water discussion that he desired to set before the city fathers reports on tests of the present water that were made twice each week. These reports made by the University of Oregon and the state board of health, showed that for the past 11 months no dan gerous impurities had been found in water that went through the city fil tration plant. Mr. Howell insisted that even Bull Run water did not av erage as well, and also reported tests made by the Willamette Pulp & Paper company. George Randall took a hand in the discussion when he said: "I read the other day in The Enterprise that Mr. Tooza said there was a flow of 500 gallons a minute from the test well. I went down there expecting to see a gusher rising from the ground, but thera wasn't any water in sight. Now I want to know why misleading state ments like this have been made, and why this committee is squandering a thousand dollars or so in this way. What is the use of fooling away tim like this, when Willamette river wa ter, as we gat it through the filters, is as good as the water many other cities get?" Councilman Metzner bobbed up to recall to Mr. Randall that at a prev ious meet:ng ha had condemned the SEE 4 Columns 5-6-7 Lots $10 Down and $10 a month located twe block of the Eastham school. Prle $lSi to apiece. Why pay rnt whn yon can own your ' own kome? E. P. ELLIOTT A SON Oregon City, Ore- Wanted! Girls and Women To operate sewing macaint In garment factory. ; -OREGON CITY WOOLEN MILL WAT DISCUSSION ENLIVENS ! present Willamette water vociferous ly.' Mr. Randall said he hain't. Coun cilman Long cut in to say that re marks about the well were sida is sues, that what the city wanted was pure water, water that wasn't full of typhoid germs. This brought Supt. Howell to his feet with tha statement that in the past ten years there hadn't been more than two cases of typhoid that could be charged to city water, and that these two probably got tht infection somewhere else. Council man Long thought there were 80 or 90 cases of .typhoid a year, and said that doctors blamed the city water for them. There then followed a lengthy discussion of the . source of colon bacilli responsible for typhoid fever. In the course of this Mr. Scott, who drilled the , test well, said it was possible that some of the water found in the gravel vein might be river j seepage, but added that he thought it wuuia oe puruiea Dy me time it trav ersed the distance to the well. Coun cilman Horton tried to cut short the discussion by calling for the placing of the ordinance upon final passage. The motion was "put, and before tha question was called Councilman Al bright got the floor. Mr. Albright charged that the or dinance had been passed the first time when there was a bare quorum present, and referred to The Enter prise story that it had been necessary to "rustle up a quorum" to proceed with the business. He said he did not think it was right for a mere quorum to rush through action on such an im portant matter, and censured the com mittee for spending the $350 before the council appropriated the money. He reviewed the "swamp" question at some length, and declared that people having wells in that section had all abandoned them. Then, touching up on another phase of the matter he said : "And furthermore, I do not see how any engineer can conge here from the Philippines, at $25 a day, and tell us to go down here and dig in a swamp for pure water. It was bad enough when he told us to dig on the top of the hill, just a little way back from the face of the bluff. But to go out here in the swamp, that I can't understand. I don't approve of this expenditure of money for digging a few little holes in the ground that don't amount to anything, and as for this talk about Bull Run water and the Lee franchise, that is all hot air." Councilman Holman said that even if the purest water in the world were found in the swamp north of town, the people of Oregon City would nev er believe it was pure unless they were shown. "And you will have to show them all over again every day," he added. He declared that people didn't want water from the swamp and wouldn't have it. Then he added that when the original $350 was first considered as an appropriation it was distinctly understood that the money was not to be expended "in the swamp." Mr. Holman added that if tests showed the present supply to be pure, it seemed foolish to go dig ging wells for water that would be no better. Councilman Meyer, who was one of the quorum present when the ordin ance was introduced, corroborated Mr. Holman to some extent, and told of excellent springs viewed north of the Clackamas river. He said he had voted for the ordinance the first time understanding" that it was not to be spent on the flats. The frequent mention of "swamp ' moved Mr. Tooze to say that "there is no swamp growing there, there is a field of oats." Mr. Tooze replied to the criticisir31 made, saying that the committee ias trying to do its best, and that it desired solely to put a complete report upon all available supplies before tae people, and the costs thereof, and let tue public de cide. As to the "mere quorum", pres ent, Mr. Tooze made some reference to "people who stayed away from the council making money wliile the rest of us were here doing the city's bus iness." In closing Mr. Tooze wanted to know why, if people believed Ore gon City's water was pure, that the Commercial club was agitating for Bull Run. Frank Jaggar entered the discus sion. He said her was a citizen of Oregon City, and believed that pure water should be had, and was willing to pay his share of the cost. "But I don't' believe you can get pure water out of that swamp," he said. "MUybe if Mr. Tooze had baea hera long en ough to know what a swamp was he would not say this wasnt a swamp. 1 have been here 40 years, and I've hunted on that place in summer and skated on it in winter, and I doubt the purity of any water obtained there. I appreciate the efforts of this committee in seeking pure water, but I don't believe they will ever get good water there." Councilman Horton mentioned that the committee had been brought into being largely through the efforts of citizens in mass meetings, and that these same citizens had not been sat isfied with the present water, and had feared typhoid. Incidentally he mentioned that many out of town peo ple had urged the acquirement of an other supply. . "I'll agree with you there, said Councilman Albright. . "It has been boosted all along by people across the river. People over the river want us to get better water so they can-ust it. But you take a vote here and you'll find people are satisfied with .the water. they have." Councilman Tooze ana aiunsui th9n had their stand-up argument, with only tie table separating them, and at times the discussion waxed warm and personal. The vote follow ed, and the appropriation of $350 was passed, with Councilman Albright and Holman against it Councilman Beard was absent. APPLETON, Wis., July - 9. Apple ton is entertaining for the next six days the annual session of the Evan gelical Lutheran synod of Wisconsin. Today was devoted largely to tie re ception of the delegates. COUNC Justice Gerard Offered Post Of Ambassador to Germany. f When it was reported that Justice James W. Gerard of the New York state supreme court had been selected by President Wilson for the post of am bassador 'to Germany his friends hastened to send wireless messages of con gratulations to him. He was aboard the Imperator, bonnd for Europe, at the tim&; Justice Gerard's name had beeiTtnentioned from the first for some Im portant diplomatic post It was thought for awhile that he would be offered the place of minister to Spain. The position of ambassador to Berlin is an im--portant one and necessitates the free expenditure of money for the mainte nance of an elaborate establishment This post was first offered to Profes sor Henry B. Ftae of Princeton, vrbo declined on the grounds that he did not possess the means to maintain the proper embassy in Berlin. Justice Gerard is wealthy. He Is fortv six ye.-irs old and has been prominent at the bar of New York for seV.rsi P . FOURTH STREET CONTRACT LEADS TO REAL STORM A cleverly executed plan to get the council to adopt an eleventh-hour bid for the work of improving Fourth street, submitted by the Oregon Con struction & Engineering company, failed to work out as intended Wed nesday night, and brought on the sec ond really big excitement of the even ing. After the city fathers had com pleted their long discussion of the wa ter question, the matter of letting bids on Fourth street work came up. Councilman Horton, chairman ot the street committee, submitted a re port that contained no recommenda tion. It set. forth that the Oregon Engineering & Construction- had bid $9,771.11 and that Harry Jones had bid $9,474.G5. AceoTnpanymg the re port was a letter from the Oregon En gineering & Construction company, which was received last week, stat ing that the improvement work would be done for $9,100, and guaranteeing to furnish a bond to the city to have the work cost no more. In explaining the letter Mr. Moffati told the council that oftentimes in tiie past the city had been called upon, for one reason or other, to pay far over the contract price on improve ment work, and that in submitting his guaranteed bid his company was working to save the city fathers from being forced to pay any. extras. While Mr. Moffatt still had the floor, Councilman Mptzner rose, pull ed from his pocket a typewritten list of the other bids and contracts, and read off a series of jobs on which the city had been called upon the pay as much as one-half or one quarter more than the price of contracts in many cases before work could be com pleted. City Engineer Noble explain ed, in quick order, that this was often due to changes in the plans and speci fications, made after bids were let. Mr. Moffatt then resumed his plea in behalf of his guaranteed bid, and urged the council to adopt it and save money. The council at once got into an up roar. Councilman Meyers said that the meeting could not legally consider the second Moffatt bid, as a time' ha I bean set for the submission of bids on this work, and Moffatt's comany had put in one Other councilmen de clared that Moffatt finding that he was underbid, was trying to get "a second crack" at -tae same job. . .Cit izens present took part in this-discussion, and Mayor Jones had to rap for order. In the general melee one of the citizens present advanced upon Moffatt waving an umbrella, and told Moffatt he had no right to the floor any way, as he wasn't a citizen. : When the excitement subsided somewhat, the council authorized the mayor and recorder to enter into a contract with Harry Jones for the work, specifying that it should be done within 90 days, and that Jones, if he desired to accept, should fur nish the city with some surety that the work would not cost more than the bid submitted, $9,474.65. Harry Jones was also given the contract for park walks at $867.50. RIOTERS' TRIAL ATTRACTS MANY After one venire had been exhaust ed, and after three spectators in tho courtroom had been summoned and examined as to their opinions in the matter, a jury was secured Wednes day in the circuit court to hear the trial of the fifteen socialists from Portland who have been indicted by the grand jury for rioting in connec tion with' tie disturbances in the pa per mills last month. 'The members of tha jury in the case are A. J. Hodge, H. G. Gibson, Cjarles S. Kei sicker, T. R .Worthington, Gred Jasi, C. C. Borland, W. W. Tucker, Henry Swales, Ed Gross, S. F. Sharp, I. A. Miley and Levi Stehman. The last was one of the spectators summoned in the court room. " In examining the talismen Attorney John Jeffrey, ot Portland, who is con ducting the defense of the rioters, ask ed each man, among other things, whether or not he read The Enter prise. None were excused because they admitted having this habit. Following the selection of the jury, Deputy District Attorney Livy Stipp and J. E. F.odges, who are state's counsel, outlined their case, and the hearing of testimony was begun. Aside from a general description of the rioting, and the identification of the defendants, but little . progress was made. Only three witnesses were examined, and Mr. Jeffrey made but little effort to impeach their testi mony on cross examination. At the request of the defense. Judge Eakin adjourned court early. Import ant testimony in the case will be in troduced Thursday, when the state will probably finish its evidence. A large crowd of spectators, many of whom were socialists sympathizers, filled the courtroom during the ses sion of the trial. Pete Sam, one of the. indicted men, was granted a special trial at the re quest of his counsel, Justice Sievers. It is maintained that Sam was not one of the socialists, and only go tangled up in the affair because he was present on the suspension bridge when Sheriff Mass and his deputies rounded up the agitators and arrested them. AID IS APPRECIATED Mrs, C. J. Parker, court matron, de sires to thank the peole who so kind ly contributed to the fund toward buy ing a team for the support of Mrs. J. P. Murphey and children, Mir. Murphey unfortunately lost his team . through drowning several days ago. ; No fur ther donations are being solicited. HOME RAILROAD IS HEAVILY HIT CLACKAMAS SOUTHERN MUST IN STAL INTERLOCKING PLANT AT S. P. CROSS-OVER STATE COMMISSION TAKES ACTION Work Ordered to be Completed With in 120 Days, and Local Line Must Bear Whole Cost - of Apparatus SALEM, Ore., July 9. (Special to The Enterprise) For the safetv nt the public, which is held to be men aced by the present condition of the crossing, the railroad commission has just entered an order directing the installation of a positive infcArlrw?kin- plant at Fifteenth and Center streets i-i ; . i , . . ' wicBuu ity, wnere ine tracks of tue Southern Pacific: cross those of Clackamas Southern . Railroad com pany. This order grows out of a. hearing new Dy the commission on .Tami-irv in Oregon City, at which time the railroads interested presented testi- The nlant is or - mony in the matter, i j . . . .... ... . . tZ J be insalted w!thln 120 days, hrSm,plete Sst t0 ba Dorue .me tuuiminaiuu reserves tne rient to approve specifications as to the tvno nf nlant rA i 9 t j. 11 . . . .r ""'"'""""f maiaiia- nuii. 11 win ue or a Kina tnar. wi avert all. danger of collision, derailing switches being provided to divert trains in case signals are deliberately disregarded. Complete, home and distant signals are ordered on the Southern Pacific and home signals on tne Clackamas Southern, distant sig nals not being required on the latter line because of the topography. such installation will cost about 130,000. POLICE GRAFTS ARE REVEALED PORTLAND, Or., July 9. With De tective Robert Craddock talking free ly before the grand jury nearly ail day, with police officers voluntarily rushing to the office of the District Attorney offering to tell what' they know, and with a big batch of sub penas out for further investigation. the municipal scandal centering at present around County School Super intendent Armstrong, assumed great er proportions Wednesday.- First evidence that money actually had passed was reached with the name of Patrolman C. E. Klingen smith who, Craddock says, gave him $20. Craddock says he carried the money to Mr. Armstrong and deliver ed it personall. ' With only a hint of solicitation, the witness digressed into a discussion of the alleged irregularity in the examin ations for captain of police, in which he and Keller were the .ones who stood highest and from which Keller obtained his appointment to the berth he now fills. Craddock says that a copy of the questions was delivered to him and Keller by Robert Arm strong, brother of the commissioner, the night before the examination and that Craddock and Keller met at-Keller's house and went over the ques tions together. - Jim Coffey, the Irish heavyweight who did considerable boxing in New York and hiladelphia, has returned to his home in Roscommon, Ireland. ATTORNEY GENERAL ACCUSED CA i . .TV (Copyright by International News S'Tvice; supplied by New Proceso' Elec . tro Corjio ration, N. Y.) Attorney General James McReyaolds, who was accused by federal Dis trict Attorney JtffcNab of California, with, hampering him in his efforts at carrying out justice. McNab in seading his resignation to the White House explained that the cause of his action was due to the conduct of At torney General McReynolds in ordering a postponement of the trial of Dr Camenetti and Maury Diggs, both of whom are married men with familis who are charged with the violation of the Mann White Slavery Law. s - - McNabs regisnation has been accepted by -President Wilson although the president has ordered an immediate trial of the indictedmenA. He ex onerated his attorney-general of ulterior motives. This being the 1 second time within three months that an action of theAttorney v General's - has been reversed by the president, rumors have become current that, the latter will soon retire from the cabinet." ' - 1 . ' - - i " SOCIAL HYGIENE PLAN UNDER WAY - !lOCAL ORGANIZATION ; FORMED TO CARRY ON WORK FOR CIVIC BETTERMENT OFFICERS CHOSEN TO GUIDE EFFORT Outcome of Meeting Held Week or So Ago Reflects Earnestness on Part of Those Interested in Reform -r "At a meeting of the committee on social hygiene held in the Commercial club parlors last night, permanent or ganization was effected and arrange ments made to secure the Hygiene Society exhibit which has created so much interest in Portland lately. ' The folowing permanent officers were elected: Chairman, Dr. L. A. Morris; vice-president, C. Schuebel; secretary, A. C. Howland. Committees were appointed as fol lows: Public education C. Schuebel, I IV LI U HJTmi t- I ' T T r-..f.".1 J T 117 Moffatt. H. E. flms. s,-hi nr j ation F. J. S. Tooze, T. J. Gary, W. 1 a ur,n t w t a r J 1 . uuuncj, . t . uvuci, a. v;. r reel. circular distribution-Dr. J. A. van- j Brakle, Dr. L. A. Morris, E. K. Stan- I ton, Wm. Sheehan, R. O. Cox. Public i mH'T. tut -n t a rt tt ! ianH r t M,Rain Wm Anrn jl,. K- Jones. The recent organization here is a branch of the Oregon Social Hygiene Society and will have the active as sistance of the home association in Portland in a campaign for decent and correct education alone sex lines. In this movement, as in many others, Oregon is again taking a wholesome lead that is rapidly being followed by numerous states. MYSTERY IN BLAST AT CANBY SOLVED Mystery surrounding the explosion heard at Canby Monday evening, and throughout the country for a ten-mil f radius, was solved Wednesday, when it was found that instead of its be ing caused by an I. W. W. demonstra tion it was the result of a prank by "village cut-ups." ' ' It appears that William Tull, who is interested .in logging operations on the Molalla river, keeps ten pounds of giant powder stored in a houseboat for emergencies, log-jams or other troubles. Soma young men of Can- by, learning of this, thought it would be real fun to go down and touch the explosive off, and proceeded to do so. The blast that followed, which oc curred while the Milwaukie bank rob bery was fresh in the minds of resi dents of the county, and which came soon after the I. W. W. troubles in other sections, led to the circulation of tne wildest rumors. With the solv ing of the mystery the general alarm has subsided, and Mr. Tull has order ed another supply of his emergency powder. RAIN SPOILS GA)ME At Portland Portland-Venice postponed rain. game At San Francisco Sacramento San Francisco 3. At Los Angeles Los Angeles Oakland 8. 'Coast League Standings Los Angeles . 553 San Francisco 515 Portland 50 Sacramento 500 Venice .471 Oakland .418 OF DELAYINNG WHITE SLAVE SES PATPU MV MI" UHIull lTII THL IDEA MAKES HIT CHAUTAUQUANS ENTHUSIASTIC OVER IRISH PREACHER AND HIS SAVING SCHEME' STUDY COURSES WELL UNDER WAY "Supervised Play" Delights Both Chil dren and Grown-Upa Alpine Singers Expected to . , Draw Big Crowd GLADSTONE PARK, July 9. Rev. Robert J. Patterson, of Belfast, Ire land, founder of the "Catch-My-Pal"-. movement, so enthused a large Chau- tauqua audience this afternoon that the eloquent Irish divine, after fin ishing his first address, was compel led to give an additional lecture last ing about forty minutes, from the same platform and to the same audi ence. Seldom has this situation oc curred at Chautauqua. After finish ing his famous talk on "The Modern Good Samaritan," delivered before about 2000 people, the fiery Irish orator sauntered about the auditorium shaking hands with admirers. A large part of the audience, however, was prone to leave their seats, and Dr. Patterson amidst a fusilade of re quests for "more, went deeper into his life's work, which he terms "catch-my-pal." . . Rev. Patterson who is a Presbyter ian minister from Armah, Ireland, made a big hit with his audience, not alone on account of his unique work, but also on account of fiery delivery coupled with the quaint brogue of tne auld sod. He had his audience with ' him at all times, and initiated about 2000 people into his "catch-my-pal' club at the close of his first address. He traced in detail the growth of the movement which has made him fam ous since July 16, 1909, when by the personal touch he saved six of Ire land's most famous "boozers from the fate that seemed to be in store fore them. The "personal touch" is Rev. Patter son's solution of the liquor problem, and the way he lined them up in Ire land, wholly through this plan of one "Dal" catching another, would make a Billy Sunday revival seem like a Sabbath day gathering at a muta school. Dr. Patterson is a staunch believer in looking after the "under dog" at all times, and he sees the re demption of the drinker primarily in the use of personaf friendly influence; and secondarily with the ballot. Class work began" in earnest today and all departments of the summer school were well attended. Of un usual interest this morning was Mrs. Frances Carter's recital of Shake speare's "Much Ado" About Nothing. Mrs". Carter is a rare interpreter. Dr. W. B. Hinson, of the Portland White Temple, delivered a masterly address at 10:00 a. m. to perhaps the largest summer school class of the assembly. With his customary eloquence he held his hearers spellbound with his sub ject, "The Best Book, in the World." Dr. James Gilbert addressed a large class of budding economists and wom en whi wish to make best use of the ballot on "Railways and the Public." "An Egg and How it Should be Handled" was the subject of A. G. . Lunn's address in connection with the O. A. C. extension work. No future is attracting more atten tion on the grounds than is Miss Grace Lamkin's "Supervised Play." Two hundred youngsters swarmed about Miss Lamkin today at her opening class, and probably two hun- ' dred more will be in line tomorrow. Miss Lamkin carries out the plan that play that" is good, true, and genuine, is essential in the making of the good citizen; that through well directed play the boys and girls learn respect, thoughtfulness, discipline, alertness, perception and loyalty; and she makes the work most attractive to the children themselves. The coming on Thursday of the Tyrolean Alpine Singers, who hail from Switzerland, will draw the big gest crowd of the sesison so far. The company dress in the quant gam oi the peasant and sing, play and yod dle the famous "folk-lora" songs of their mountain homes. The Tyro leans give two concerts at 2:00 and 8:00 p. m. Program complete for Thursday is as follows: (Morning - 8:00-11:00 Summer school. 11:00 Dr. Hinson of Poi". and Whits Temple: "The Assot! of Am erica." Afternoon. 1:15 Concert, Ladies' i3and. Frank Thomas Chapman, violin ist. .. 2:00 Tyrolean Alpine Singer3. di rect from the Tyrolese Alps, Switzerland. 3:30 Baseball, Oswego vs. Frice Bros. - -Evening . 7:15 Concert, Ladles' Band.. Frank Thomas Chapman, vioiia- -. ... . 1st.- . 8:00 Second concert, Tyrolean Al pine Singers. - FOURTH OF JULY GATHERING One of the jolliest Fourth of July gatherings was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Pryce, Beaver Creek. The hospitable home, atd pleasant grounds abounding in- shade and grass made it an ideal place fc' ' a small gathering of friends..' The -long table set in the yard groaned un-V. der the combined .weight of ,: some eight fried chickens,, also toe ream'' and other, good things too numerous , to mention. ,. ' , ; v . V Footraces, target practice," green apple races, "and . horse-shoe games filled the afternoon- with fun and amusement for , all. - T - Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. F. Honlt, of Willamette; Mrs. Barger, of Brownsville, Ore.; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur' Bennette and daughter Ber nice, of Portland; Mr. and Mlrs. Fran cis Bennette and little daughter Thel ma, Mr. and Mrs. C C. Pryce and daughters, Myrtis and Doris, and Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Badger.