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VOL. VI. No. 17.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1913.
.Pee Week, Ten Cents.
ANDERSON
AND
SMITH OFFERED
RECALL CANDIDATES NAMED AT
SUMLY ATTENDED PRE
CINCT MEETING
BUT 18 DELEGATES COME TO VOTE
Ed Olds, as Cnairman, Dislikes to See
"Strangers" Present and Ad
journs Convention to
Clear the Hall
A meeting of delegates from sever
al precincts of the county assembled
this afternoon in Woodmen hall to
nominate candidates for the recall
election, petitions in which will be
filed with the county clerk on Wed
nesday of this week. There were 18
delegates present.
H. S. Anderson, of Harding pre
cinct, sales manager of the Clear
Creek creamery company, was nomin
ated as candidate for county judge,
to run against County Judge R. 13.
Beatie; and J. W. Smith, of Macks
burg, was nominated as a candidate
for commissioner, to run against Com
missioner N. Blair. The recall move
ment is directed against County
Judge Beatie and Commissioner Blair,
it being charged that they hav let
contracts for the construction of
bridges without callig for competitive
bids and that they have not properly
accounted for county funds entrusted
to their care
Aside from the 18 delegates, there
were seven spectators at the meeting,
the proceedings of which did not de
note an entire harmony of purpose.
In considering the nominations for
candidates, the name of Dr. Strick
land, of Oregon City, was first sug
gested. Many objected to Dr. Stric'c
land, dclaring that no man who was
a resident of Oregon City could get
the vote of the majority of the fann
ers. Dr. Strickland's name was there
fore dropped from further considera
tion. Finally the names cf Anderson and
William Gressenthwaite were pdaced
in nomination. Anderson received 11
votes and Gressenthwaite 7. Follow
ing this ballot it was moved to make
Anderson's nomination unanimgus,
and the motion carried. J. W. Smith
was unanimously nominated for can
didate for commissioner, a standing
ballot being taken.
At the close of the nominations, the
delegates named George Lazelle, Wil
liam Gressenthwaite and H. W. Mage
mann as financial committee; and H.
S. Anderson, J. W. Smith, A. A. Allen,
W. P. Kirchem, George Brown, P. W.
Meredith, J. W. Reed and a Mr.
Haines, of Oswego, as executive com
mittee. The meeting was not entirely har
monious. Ed Olds presided as chair
man, and seemed impressed with the
necessity of being unduly dignified.
At other times he forgot this, as once
when he rose to make a suggestion
to the delegates, and ended his re
. marks by saying: "There, I've said
something and now George C. can't
say that I haven't said anything." It
is presumed that this was an allusion
to some remarks once made by Geo.
C. BrownelL
When candidates for county judge
were being discussed considerable ri
valry between different sections of
the county appeared. Many of the
delegates stated that if one man or
another were nominated residents of
other parts of the county would not
vote for him. This brough still other
of the delegates to their feet with ora
torical outbursts in favor of every
body supporting the nominee, regard
less of community favortes. After
the ticket had been established, Chair
man Olds made a strong plea for
loyalty to the nominees, declaring
that there was a hard fight ahead,
and saying that the chances of the
recall must not be jeopardized
through, personal rivalry.
It was at this juncture that one of
the peculiar things of the meeting oc
' curred. Chairman Olds left his place
and whispered to W. H. Hagemann
that "strangers" were within the con
vention. These "strangers," appar
ently, were Justice Sievers, B. N.
Hicks, Edwin R. Brown and a report
er from The Enterprise. Mr. Hage
mann favored the interlopers with a
' black look, and then slipped quietly
over to J. W. Smith for a whispered
consultation. A moment later Mir.
Hagemann rose and moved that the
gathering adjourn. Mr. Smith sec
onded the motion.
' A delegate not let into the secret
bobbed up and asked Mr. Hagemann
to revoke his motion, saying that
there were other matters, to which he
thought attention should be given.
Chairman Olds looked at Hagemann,
and Hagemann sullenly withdrew his
motion. The nervous delegate then
moved that the ticket be named the
"Independent. ticket." While this mo
tion was being put to a vote, the word
of the adjournment was passed
around to the delegate who thought
there were other things to be done.
In the course of the passing of the
word the motion hardly carried.
It was then reconsidered, and am
ended, and upon it being moved that
the ticket be dubbed "Citizens' Inde
pendent," the motion carried, and
the recall movement had an official
name. The motion to adjourn was
then put before the meeting again.
Delegates looked around at tne
"strangers" and wanted to know how
I long It would be necessary to adjourn.
The chairman looked at the strangers
land figured that it would be about 20
I minutes. The convention thereior ad
journed. Immediately thereafter the
"strangers' departed ana tnen me
I convention reassembled, and selected
its financial and executive commit-
Itees. M. J. Brown acted as secretary
I of the convention, and later courte
ously gave out for publication tiie
ticket and names of committeemen.
Idle Week for Fighters
vbiw YORK. July 21. The dullest
week the fight game has seen in. years
; n nrnsnpr.t.. From one end of the
(country to the other there is not a
Wight of any consequence caraea tor
the ensuing seven days.
ANTI HOME RULERS ADOPT
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tro Corporation, N. Y.)
This picture shows the removal from a stable at Hammersmith, Lon
don, of the 4,000 rifles that were seiz e:i there by the English customs offi
cials. The day following the seizure, 500 rifles were also seized in Dublin
and were received from th; same sta ble. It is thought that the rifles were
for the arming of men in Ulster who are opposed to Home Rule.
MRS. HARRiMAN ADDS
TO SCIENCE FUNDS
SAN FRANCISCO, July 21 Mrs.
E. H. Harrima, widow of the late rail
road magnate, as just given an addi
tional endowment of $10,000 to the
fund of $50,000 she established in
1911 for the foundation of a bacter
iological and pathological research
labratory, in connection with the hos
pital service of the Southern Pacific
cmpany. This announcement was
made today by Dr. F. K. Ainsworth,
chief surgeon of the railroad, in
whose hands the disposition of the
funds is placed.
The purpose of the endowment is to
further the progress of medical re
search. For the last two years, the
work has bean going on under the di
rection of Dr. W. T. Cummings of the
Southern Pacific general hospital at
San Francisco. Dr. Cummings has
devoied his time to a study of serums
with special' relation to typhoid fever
and tuberculosis.
This is the second large contribu
tion to the Southern Pacific hospital
service within the last two years, the
widow of the late Collis P. Hunting
ton having given $25,750 for the con
struction of a social hall now in use
at the San Francisco hospital.
LAND SUIT FILED
Application for initial registration
of title to 8S.5344 acres of land begin
ning at the northeast corner of sec
tion 25, township 4 south, range 1
west, has been filed m the superior
court by G. B. Dimick on behalf of
Martin J. Olson. In the application
Amanda A. Reasoner. trustee; Elmer
E. Gleason, trustee; W. A. Dimick, ad
ministrator of the estate of John R.
Dimick; Martha A. Runge and H.
Runge are named as parties in the ac
tion. The action is designed to clear
title to the area involved, this method
being one of several by which legal
action on the matter may be secured.
Coming Out
Into the Open
It was not so many years ago
that advertising was considered
unethical from a business stand
point. Many of the finest old houses
held aloof, saying that they didn't
have to advertise. Even today
there are some business and pro
fessional men so bound by custom
and tradition that they have not
yet availed themselves of the ad
vantages of advertising.
By so much as these customs
still hold, by just so much is the
public deprived of knowing all
about those professions and busi
nesses. The most successful way and
the only honest way to deal with
the public is to "play the game out .
in the open."
If there are true and interesting
reasons why the public should buy
something from So & So, then So
& So should be glad of a chance to
say so over and over again
through the medium of reliable
newspapers.
TO SAVE COUNTRY CHURCH
MANHATTAN, Kas., July 21. Many
rural pastors, educators and others as
sembled at the State Agricultural Col
lege here today to discuss the import
ant problem of the country church and
its future. It is declared there are up
wards of 1,000 country churches in
Kansas abandoned and deserted be
cause of lack of interest in church
work. The problem is one that is com
mon to all of the middle Western
states.
The automobile is declared to be
chiefly responsible for the decline of
the church in the small community.
Owing to the coming of the motor car
to the farm, distance has become such
a small factor that the farmer who
owns a machine is tempted to leave
the little church in the country and
take his family to the larger house of
worship in town, where he will hear
a pipe organ and a better choir, and
where the pews are a little more comfortable.
STRINGENT PREVENTITIVE
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MAY TIE NAMES
FROM PETITIONS
Citizens in road district 52, often
spoken of as Happy Hollow, are up in
aijms against the managers of the re
call directed against County Judge
Beatie and County Commissioner
Blair, and many who have signed the
recall petitions have asked that their j
names be removed. This action was
taken after Judge Beatie made a tour
through the district and d slivered an
address, in which he explained the
work of the county court, and gave
reasons for the increase in taxation.
Among those who formerly signed
the petition, and who now declare
that at that time facts were misrepre
sented to them, are Charles Rabstock,
Lewis Becker, Frank Krause, George
Brookman, Otto Brookman, Joseph
Rushford and H. W. Kanne. These
men have asked the circulators of pe
titions to remove their names, and
others who have made the same re
quest have bean refused.
It is said that a number of these
citizens will unite, and seek court ac
tion forcing the removal of their
names from the petitions. As there
are many throughout the county who
are reported to feel the same way
about it, it is possible that a whole
sale cancellation of names on the pe
tions may follow after they have been
filed with the county clerk. The pe-'
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titions, it has been announced, will
be filed on Wednesday of this week.
DEAD WOMAN IDENTIFIED
Inquiry on the part of the police
has brought to light that the woman
known as Mrs. Susie Mack, who
died in furnished rooms at 612 Main
street last week, and who was buried
at county expense, was known in
Portland as Mrs. D. E. Mack. Lewis
Smith, who formerly lived at 198
West Park street, says that the wom
an was also knowji as Grechia Stella
Convey. Smith, who was at one time
a Portland policeman, and who later
was a guard at Kelley Butte, now
lives with his son at Salem.
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Rarely are photographers allowe d within the sacred portals of the B ank or England. The accompanying
photograph, however, shows a clerk at work in the famous banking institution counting out in gold the $250,
000 which Miss Daisy Markham, the English actress, recovered from the youthful, but flighty, Marquis of North
hampton. A quarter of a million dollars is said to be the largest sum ever paid in England in settlement of a
suit for breach of promise to marry.
AUTO SMASHED
ON RIVER ROAD
BIG TOURING CAR SAVED FROM
WATER BY HITTING TELE-"
GRAPH POLE
OCCUPANTS ESCAPE SERIOUS HUlff
Delivery Wagon Struck by Interurban
Car Near Same Place Later
in Evening and Driver
Thrown
A seven-passenger automobile, car
rying three men and two woman,
came to grief at Island station, half
a mile south of Milwaukie, Monday
night about nine o'clock, and wrap
ped itself around a telegraph pole by
the side of the road. The telegraph
pole was all that saved the car from
going into the sloughs, and the occu
pants from getting wet and possibly
getting drowned. . "'
The car was going north, and came
down the sharp hill of the river road
at a good speed. Just before cross
ing the tracks of the interurban line
it slewed sharply from the road crash
ing into a telegraph pole and stayed
there. The occupants were cosnider
ably jarred up, but were not hurt ser
iously, and made their way to a Mil
waukie hotel, from whence they tele
phoned to Portland for another car.
They refused to give their names, or
to explain the accident.
Some time later an interurban car
struck a delivery wagon near the
same place, smashing the ijehiele
and throwing the driver out. The
man was not seriously injured.
The road at this point crosses the in
terurban tracks at a sharp angle, and
is over-shadowed by the trestle of the
Oswego cut-off of the Southern Paci
fic. an1 is therpfnrp a rliffinnlt hi!- f1
highway to negotiate. A sharp hill
leads down to it both from the north
and south, and at either side is a
slough. Many accidents have occur
red at this point.
WILSON DIDN'T,
WASHINGTON, July 21. So deli
cate is the Mexican situation consid
ered in official circles that the White
House issued the folowing statement
tonight to clear up misrepresenta
tions: "On his attention being called to
the following statements appearing in
certain afternoon newspapers (1)
that the presdent hal stated that he
would not recognize the Huerta ad
ministration and that it would not
last a year; (2) that the president
had stated that this country would es
tablish a protectorate over all Cen
tral American countries to guard the
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stated that there was absolutely no
foundation in truth for either of the
above statements and emphatically
denied that the president had ex
pressed any opinion today or at any
other time regarding the Huerta ad-
ministration or its stability or stated
any intention as to its recognition."
Leather (Men in Session.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., July l.
The National Leather and Shoe Find
ers' association began its annual con
vention in this city today with an at
tendance that includes many prom
inent representatives of the trade
throughout the country. A feature of
the meeting will be a banquet at the
Beilevue-Stratford Thursday night.
BIGGEST BREACH OF
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TUMULTY
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llSTRANGERS RESCUE
OSWEGO SWIMMER
Trying- to keep cool nearly proved
fatal for Frank Estalla, of Oswego
Sunday. He went swimming in Os
wego Lake, was taken with cramps,
and sank from sight in full view of
some friends of his who stood on
shore, too panic stricken to move.
Marcus Conn, of Portland, and
Charles Williams, of Oswego, happen
ed on the scene at that stage of the
game, and seeing what the trouble
was, set about a rescue.
Williams plunged in to the water,
and after some slight search recover
ed the drowning man and brough him
to the surface, holding him alfot un
til Cohn arrived to assist. The two
men then brought the third ashore,
and after an hour's work restored him
to consciousness.
Throughout the entire time Estal
la's friends made no effort to assist
in the resue work in any way, and af
ter they saw life beginning to return
to his form, quietly went away.
Estalla is employed, as a gardener
at an Oswego convent, and is about
30 years of age.
Texas Lawmakers in Session
AUSTIN, Texas, July 21. The Tex
as legislature convened in extra ses
sion today to take up a number of
matters that were left over from the
regular session. Gov. Colquitt has
submitted three subjects for the con
sideration of the lawmakers.. One is
the making of the biennial appropria
tions for the maintenance of the
state government; another, the enact
ment of a law putting into effect the
amendment to the federal constitution
providing for the election of United
States senator by direct vote of the
people, and the third the passage of
an amendment to the law governing
the operations of the state peniten
tiary system.
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TO SEE TEST WELLS
Pumps at the test wells on the
Englebrecht property, to the north of
the city limits, will be in operation
Tuesday from 11 a. m. to 1 p. m.,
and in the evening .from 6 to 8 p. m.
Citizens interested in the efforts of
the council's spscial water committee
to obtain a pure source of supply for
the city are urged to be present and
make observations of the wells and
the surrounding area.
While the pumps are in action wa
ter will Be taken and bottled for bac
terilogical tests. Chairman Tooze, of
the council committee, will be on the
ground.and will be pleased to talk
with citizens about the investigations
being made.
It has been planned shortly to have
members of the state board of health
look over the Englebrecht wells, arid
pass upon them. Any report that the
state board may make will be for
warded to the council, and read at a
public meeting.
T
IS ESTABLISHED
What is believed to be a horticul
tural record has been established by
D. McArthur, of New Era, who re
ports to Secretary Freytag of the
Commercial club that he has some
seedling walnut trees, seven years
old, that are bearing clusters of four,
five and six nuts. The average clus
ter of walnuts seldom exceeds 2, and
seedlings hardly ever bear until they
have attained an age of 20 years.
Mr. McArthur promises to send
some of the clusters from his trees to
the Commercial club, and they will be
placed on exhibition as a further ex
ample of the fertility of Clackamas
county soil. The trees are of the
Franquet.te variety, and have grown
rapidly. The nuts that they are now
bearing seem to be normal in every
way, are of good size, and are de
veloping excellently.
Other growers of walnuts in the
county are watching the development
of Mr. McArthur's trees with interest,
and are trying to learn if there is any
special soil formation on his ranch
that is conducive to early bearing. Mr.
McArthur says that he has taken no
extra care of his seedlings, nor did
he select the stock with unusual care.
ANTI-ALIEN BILL
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 21. The
Webb anti-alien land law passed by
the legislature and signed by Gover
nor Johnson more than two months
ago, will become effective August 10,
without interference from the elector
ate of the state through the medium
of the referendum. Time for filing
referendum petitions against laws
passed at the last session expired to
day, bringing an end to the threats
against the Webb act that have filled
the political atmosphere since May.
At one time two separate move
ments to defeat the act were being
planned, one by the democrats, head
ed by Theodore A. Bell, ex-candidate
for governor on the Democratic ticket
and one by the Asiatic Exclusion Lea
gue, which is affiliated with the
State Federation of Labor. The Bell
petitions were never prepared, but
the Exclusion League was on the
point of beginning its campaign when
the executive committee recinded its
earlier action and voted to take no 1
steps to prevent the bill s becoming
law. . . ,
OMAHA, Neb., July 21. Play in the
fourth annual tournament for the clay
court tennis championship of the Unit
ed States began today on the courts
of the Omaha Field Club.
Before a gathering of some 2,500
members of the Clackamas County
Verein, Grant B. Dimick, of Oregon
City, Sunday announced himself as a
candidate for the republican nomin- -ation
for governor of the state at the
forthcoming election. Mr. Dimick
will run upon a platform of general
economy, centralization of power now
widely scattered in various state com
missions, and will oppose single tax.
At the last gubernational primary
Mr. Dimick was a candidate for the
nomination, and secured next to the
largest number of votes cast. Previ-.
ous to that he had bean elected mayor
of Oregon City for five terms, was a
presidential elector, casting . a vote
for Roosevelt in 1904, and in 1906 was
elected oounty judge of Clackamas
county.
In his speech at Macksburg, de
livered in the afternoon as part of
the program of the all-day picnic of
the Verein, Judge Dimick, while not
definitely stating his platform, spoke
upon a variety of subjects of interest
to the state, and his auditors took this
address as a declaration of his prin
ciples. He commended the German
people of the county upon their pro
gress, and their persistence in their
work of betterment in spite of the ob
stacles placed in their way in clear
ing timber land through high taxa
tion, r
This burden of taxation, which all
farmers are feeling alike, Judge Dim
ick laid to the habit of the state leg
islature in creating commissions to
handle the various affairs of the com
munity, and to excessive appropria
tions. The mandatory school tax to
raise a sum of $8 per capita for each
child of school age also came in for
a grilling, Judge Dimick declaring
that if the original tchool lands set
apart for the irreducible school fund
had been properly guarded and sold
for their acual value, there would be
from $75,000,000 to $100,000,000
in the irreducible state school fund to
day, instead of the insignificant sum
now in that fund, which only returns
less than $2 for each child of school
age in this, state.
Speaking of the multifold commis
sions to which the business of the
state is entrusted, Judge Dimick
argued for a central board to handle
many of these departments much as
the newly created "department of ag
riculture" in the commonwealth of
Washington has taken the place of
19 former state commissions. Such a
board, in. the opinion of the speaker,
should consist of the governor, the
secretary of state and the state treas
urer, who would be able to transact
all the business now done by these
commissions. This would do away
wfch the' excessive costs of the many
commissions and their staffs, and
would materially reduce the annual
sum to be raised by taxation.
Enthusiasm for Judge. Dimick was
high at the meeting, and the speaker
was loudly applauded at the close of
his address. His announcement of
becoming a candidate for governor
seemed to meet with popular approval
and many of those present pressed
forward to offer him congratulations
and pledges of personal support.
PARCEL POST RULE
CHANGED BY ORDER
Postmaster Thomas Randali has
notified patrons of the Oregon City
post office that by a ruling of the
postal authorities parcel post stamps
hereafter will be received as latter
postage, and that ordinary stamps
may be used , on parcels sent by the
new mail service. In making this
change the postal department is desir
ouse of doing away with the confu
sion of the special issue of parcel post
stamps, and when the present suj'y
of these stamps are exhausted, no
more will be printed.
The change will also conform to
practice in international mail service,
which provides that stainps of differ
ent denominations must be of differ
ent colors. As all the parcel post
stamps were of one color, they could
not be used on packages sent ou on
the United States, in such cases or
dinary stamps being used. The aboli
tion of these special stamps will do
away with much confusion, both in
domestic and foreign service.
NEW JERSEY VOTE
TO BE BAROMETER
HACKENSACK, N. J., July 21. The
campaign in te sixth congressional
district of New Jersey closed today,
preparatory to tomorrow's election of
a successor to tie late Representa
tive Lewis J. Martin. The contest is
attracting wide attention from the .
fact that it is regarded as the first
real test of public sentiment on the
Democratic administration and the
tariff measure since President Wilson
took office and the Democrats came
into control of both houses of con
gress last March.
Normally the district is strongly '
Democratic. The late eRpresentative
Martin, Democrat, was elected last
November by a popularity of nearly
7,000 votes over his Republican and
Progressive opponents. He received
15,216 votes, wich was almost equal
tothe votes cast for both of the other
candidates. - .
' The candidates who will be voted
for tomorrow are: Archibald C.
Hart, Democrat; Steven W. McClave,
Republican; Herbert N. Bailey, Pro
gressive, and Henry M. Dutt, Prohibi
tionist. BILOXI, Miss., July 21. The an
nual encampment of the Mississippi
national guard was opened here to
day, with Adjutant General Fridge in
charge.