MR. HENRY PECK AND HIS FAMILY AFFAIRS - By Gross tolRY JR. 5AY5 t I C I ' ' ' I T:-3 si Emits vf. - XW-A . I J " 1 f MORNING ENTERPRISE OREGON CITY, OREGON. E. E. Brodle, Editor and Publisher. "Entered as second-class matter Jan nary 9, 1911, at the post office at Oregon City, Oregon, under the Act of March . 1879." TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Year, by mail , 3.00 Six Months, by mail 1.50 Four Months, by mail 1.00 Per Week, by earlier 10 CITY OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER juiy zd in American nisiory. 1788 New York ratified the United States constitution, being the elev enth state to snnr-tion its adoption. 18(53 Capture near New Lisbon. O.. of the fugitive raiding chief. Morgan, and 304 of his followers. John Jordan Crittenden, noted Kentucky statesman and supporter of Lincoln In the civil war. died at Frankfort, Ky.: born 1787. 1893 General George W. Morgan. Mex ican and civil war veteran, died; born 1.820. 1911-President Taft signed the Cana dian reciprocity bill. ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. Evening stars: Jupiter. Mercury. Morning stars: Saturn, Venus. Mars: Constellation Pegasus seen rising In the east about 9 d. m. HINDERING Seekers after the in GOOD WORK siduous lobbyist might do we'-l to probe the opposition now in evidence against the proposed ex pansion of the parcel post service planned by Postmaster-General Bur leson. Mr. Burleson's betterments will probably curtail the business of the express companies to a still fur t'aer extent, and this fact might fur nish a clue as to the best place to seek tue malign influence. Congress seems to be endeavoring to assume a pose of rightous indigna tion at the attempt of the postmaster general to run his own department witnout assistance from the solons, and wnenever congress gets "on its ear" over a little thing like courtesy, it is an almost sure sign that power ful interest who don't care n. cooper's damn about courtesy are at the bot tom of things. By doing away with the bothersome special parcel post stamps, and by increasing the weight of packages that may be transported by the new system through the mails in the first two zones, the postmaster general is plainly aiding the people and making the parcel post more use ful to the general public. In attempting to do this, he is merely doing his duty as director of a very useful branch of the postal r service, and congress has no legiti " mate reason to stand in his way. The only people who may be injured by the changes are the express and trans' Dortation companies, and congress is . showing bad grace if not something worse in appearing to champion them against the people. The United States is sufficiently behind the rest of the civilized world now in the mat Farmers Have More Com forts Than Many People In the Cities -:- -:- By GEORGE ADE, Author and Humorist WHY SHOULD ANYBODY WANT TO LEAVE A FARM? WHAT IS THERE BETTER THAN FARM LIFE AT ITS BEST? THE FARMER AND HIS WIFE THESE DAYS MAY HAVE EVERY ADVAN TAGE ENJOYED BY THEIR CITY COUSINS AND MAY SUCCEED IN MISSING ALL THE DISADVANTAGES OF LIFE IN A TOWN. ADD THAT FARM DWELLERS HAVE A LOT OF COMFORTS AND PLEAS URES UNOBTAINABLE IN A CITY AND YOU BEGIN TO SEE . WHY ITS THE HEIGHT OF FOLLY FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS ON THE FARM TO THINK THEY CAN BETTER THEMSELVES ELSEWHERE. S They've already begun to learn their little lesson. All through the west the sons of the farmers are themselves taking over the farms. The MOVEMENT. BACK TO THE LAND HAS BEEN GROWING for 'fifteen years. There's nothing really sudden about it. A farm is a fine place for developing PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND MORAL HEALTH. You get up and go to bed early, and you stay out doors and eat wholesome, 'simple food. Then a successful farmer is bound to feel that he is somebody. He raises corn and oats and beans and potatoes and pigs and poultry and cattle, and be can't help taking an interest in them and being proud, of them and of himself. His close contact with the plain, homely, genu ine things of life has an EFFECT ON HIS CHARACTER. He's fond of his home and wife and children, and he doesn't want to leave them.' Of course there's no place equal tp a farm for , BRINGING UP CHILDREN. From the start they have the great natural advantages of pure air, pure water and plenty of room to play. -j . THIS WILL INTEREST YOU 18 lots, most of them 50x100 iu fruit and berries, 50 grape vin?s, 40 apple and 18 cherry trees. 6-room house with holly and the finest kinds of shrub bery in the yard ; 2 green houses 18x54 and 16x54 with windmill to irrigate. The owner of this property is unable to keep it up so will sail at a very low figure. Call up Main 3771, or see Dillman & Howland Weinhard Building ter of parcel post, and in trying to bring it up-to-date Mr. Burleson is do ing, something for which he shou'd be praised, instead of hindered. Additional suggestion of the pe culiar influences that are probably at work to hamper Mr. Burleson is to be found in an article published in a recent number of The Oregonian. This dispatch, coming from one of the pro fessional news-mongers of the nation al capital, says that Ex-Senator Bourne is behind the attack upon the postmaster-general. As Mr. Bourne has always been a friend of parcel post, and as he was one of the prime movers in making the adoption of the system possible, it can hardly be be lieved that he is now industriously trying to hamper the progress of the work which he helped get underway. More likely is it that The Oregonian. which has no present love for Bourne, is trying to cast discredit upon him in his own state. Associated Press dispatches, which are quite reliable, make no mention of the "business" of M(r. Bourne as recounted- in The Ore gonian's special news item. Mr. Burleson should have the sup port of Congress and the people in whatever attempt he may make to advance the usefulness of the parcel post system. He is doing a public work for the public good; and all who cast hindrances in his path cannot be classed as unselfish citizens seeking the best for the. common weal. SEQUENCE The election of Howard OF EVENTS Elliott to the presi dency of the New York, New Haven & Hartford, and the proposal to make him absolute dictator of its policies and management is a matter of inter est to the Northwest, as well as to New England. Mr. Elliott, who has attained no small fame as an execu tive under the Hill interests, takes the place of Mr. Mellen, another form er Hill man, but of a totally different stamp. Mr. Mellen has always been an organizer, a builder, and a can querer if need be. When ha was plac ed in charge of the destinies of the New Haven road that, line was in a somewhat chaotic state, and was threatened on all sides by rivals that were fast gaining strength and power. Mr. Mellen was put in office to place the New Haven Una on its feet and to crush threatening rivals. He aucumpnsnea nis purpose, even though his methods were perhaps not altogether praiseworthy. He not only ouBuox crrr.oaiiaoy. satceday,- jdly as, im made over the New Haven line to a modern railroad, but he tacked on to it the Boston & Maine and other inde pendent lines, and built up a railroad system in New England that is as firmly entrenched today in its terri tory as are the Hill roads in the Northwest. This being done, Mr. Mellen and his headstrong methods became a burden to the system, and served only to embroil it with the states through with it passed. Therefor the master hand behind it all saw that it was time to remove the "Napoleon" and to place in his stead a man of more diplomatic though no less complete energy. The choice of Howard Elliott is excellent when viewed in this light, for Mr. El liott is one of the best little peace makers that the Hill roads have de veloped. He can smooth down more trouble, say less and Iceep more friends than any man who has come out of the Empire Builder's crucible. While the Northwest will be sorry to lose Mr. Elliott, it will watch with in terest his work in New Englandr and will giggle quietly to itself as it reads of his progress with the several Nev England railroad commissions. There are places in development work for all kinds of men, and ucne knows this better than James J. Iliil. Becauss he has developed men of the stamp needed, his roads have furnish ed perhaps more executives for other lines than any other system. Mellen, the fighter, will probably find work for his peculiar talents elsewhere, and his successor will probably b? able to successfully smooth down the furrows that Mellen has plowed in the very soul of Puritan land. . And view ed historically, the careers of both will reflect credit -upon Western train ing in the great railroad school so ably presided over by James J. Hill, the silent wonder of the Northwest who, though he has "retired" is still a power to be reckoned with in rail road circles' from the Atlantic to the Pacific. "THIS IS MY 6TH BIRTHDAY" Robert S. McCormick Robert S. McCormick former diplo mat and one of the organizers of the Progressive party, was born in Rock bridge county, Virginia, July 26, 1849. His father was the head of the great McCormick company of Chicago, man facturers of farming machinery. Rob ert was educated in the Chicago schools and finished his studies at the University of Virginia. He entered the diplomatic-service as secretary of the American legation in London, which position he filled from 1889 to 1892. During the following year he served as official representative in London of the World'3 Columbia Ex position. His first ambassadorship was to Austria-Hungary, and he was next sent to Russia, where he remain ed from 1902 to 1905. From 1905 to 1907 he was American, ambassador to France. Congratulations to: John A. Archbold, a leading factor in Standard Oil, 65 years old today. Frederick W. Plaisted, former gov ernor of Maine, 48 years old today. James K. Vardman United States senator from Mississippi, 52 years old today. v Arma J. Pothier, serving his fifth term as governor of Rhode Island, 59 years old today. MUCH LAND WAITS PUBLIC IN WEST 6.000,000 acres of withdrawn public lands were restored to entry during the months of May and June upon ap proval by the Secretary of the Inter ior of the recommendations - of the United States Geological Survey. This action was the resu'.t of examination and classification of the lands by the survey, those restored either having been found not to be valuable for power sites, reservoirs, coalv phos phate, "or potash deposits, or having been definitely valued as coal lands, and rendered available for purchase under the coal-land law. In Idaho 1,100,000 acres of coal and phosphate withdrawals were classified and restored and for water-power sites approximately 10,000 acres were with drawn and about the same acreage restored. In Montana 150,000 acres were re stored as being noncoal-bearing and about 1,000 acres as not valuable for water-power sites. In Oregon approximately 75,000 acres were restored as non-oil-bearing lands ind, about 12,000 acres were withdrawn for water-power or reser voir sites. In Wyoming over 47,000 acres of coal withdrawals were reopened, to en try and purchase. Miss Ella Krummel, a we'l known young woman-., of Bolton, and ' Morris E. Marshand, of Eugene, were mar ried in Portland .Friday, and so sur prised their friends, 'who had no in timation of the plans of the young couple. After a brief honeymoon at Seaside, Mr. and Mr3.. Marshand will go to Eugene to make their home. tee. iwa5 , foou NoT" I UL OUST ClJiJ ud t- w v i X AiJn , . 1 JOCOL J Dr. John C. Branner, New Head of Leland Stanford, Jr., University DR. JOHN CASPER BRANNER Is the new president of the Leland Stanford, Jr., university. Under his direction the California college Is expected to progress along the same lines as it has under the incum bency of the retiring head, Dr. David Starr Jordan. Dr. Branner has been with the university for twenty-one years, thirteen of which he was professor of geology. It Is not anticipated that he will inaugurate any ma terial changes in the faculty. Dr. Jordan resigned the presidency of the uni versity to devote the rest of his life to promoting world peace. A Little Bird Told Me. Mr. and Mrs. It "bin have Just return ed from their anhiiiil trip to Florida. The newly married couple. Mr. and Mrs. Thrush, have been looking for furnished apartments in the Grove. It is to be hoped that tbey will soon be settled and give us all a "house warm ing" party. Our friend Mr. Blue Jay 'has laid in a lot of horsehair and straw for building purposes. He will sell them to the highest bidder. Come early and avoid the rush Friends of the Wrens will find them at home hereafter in their new quar ters at the junction of Old Fence and the Stone Wall. Mr Robin is organizing a police force to drive out the unruly sparrows who have taken up their summer abode in the Park Trees. Good for Mr. Robin! The Kind Word. Some of. the older boys and girls doubtless studied cancellation In school last winter. But there is anoth er kind of cancellation that can be used by boys and girls of all ages, says Apples of Gold. For example, two (toys were speaking- of another boy. "He Is slow in games." said one. "Yes." replied the other, "but he al; ways plays fair." "He Is so stupid in Rchool." said the lirst boy. ' . "But he always studies hard," an swered the second. Thus, you see. every unkind word spoken by the first boy was canceled by a kind word from the second. Hard to Find. "Don't get down in the mouth, old man." said the optimist "Look on the bright side of things." "That's all very well." mournfully replied the sufferer, "but what tell me, is the bright side of a gumboil?' Philadelphia Ledger BEAUTIFUL WOMEN Nothing adds ' more to the befeuty of women than luxuriant hair." Tha regular use of Meritol Hair Tonic will keep the hair healthy, promote its growth, keep it clean and bright, and gives it that wavy appearance so much admired. Jones Drug Co.. sole agents. - - L MARKET IS LOWER , Eggs continue scarce and at 30 cents. Poultrymen who have supplies . i i . imp i btt the ceAe.i.11. Boy '"' " 1 I'u. Bf. oePte.p -rs see me : N " - I 3 I , - V I "KMC are selling largely to consumers di rect, and so making an extra two cents a dozen. Dealers are complain ing of this, but there seems no way to remedy "matters. Loganberries at a dollar a crate are plentiful again, and there is consider able trade in thfem for home, canning. Raspberries of latJe crop are also, on the market at the same price. Apricots are leadiug peaches In sales, and are finding ready buyers at from SI per crate up to $1.25. Most of the best stock comes from outside the state. Peaches continue poor, so poor in fact that a shipment received at Portland Friday from The Dalles was condemned. Cantaloupes continue in good quan tity and quality, but there Is but lit tle stirring with watermelons. ' Some grapes are in the market, but are not selling well. Some grapes are being offered as low as 40 cents a crate, wholesale, but buyers are chary, as the fruit will not keep. Green vegetables are holding plen tiful and are reasonable in prices. Cooler weather is improving the qual ity. Livestock, Maats. BEEF iLilve weight) steers 7 and 8c; cows 6 and 7c. bulls 4 to 6c. MUTTON Sheep 5 to 6; lamhs 6 to 64c. VEAL '"alves 12c t0 13c dressed, according to grade. WEINIES 16c lb; sauage. 15c lb. PORK 9 and 10c. Poultry (buying) Hens 11 to 12c; stags slow at 10c; old roosters 8e; broilers 20 to 21c. Fruits. - APPLES 50c and fl. DRIED FRUITS (buying) Prunes on basis 4 for 35 to 40c. ONIONS J1.00 per sak. POTATOES Nothing doing. BUTTER (buying) Ordinary country butter 23 to 25c. EGGS Oregon ranch, case eount 26c; Oregon ranch candled 27c. Prevailing Oregcn City prices are as follows: CORN Whole c0rn, $32.. HIDES (buying) Green saled, 9c to 10c; sheep p-alts 75c to $1.50 each. WOOL 15 to 16c. MOHAIR 28c. ' .. FEED (Selling) Shorts $28; barn $26; process barley, $30.50 o $31.o0 per ton. - . - ' . FLOUR $4.50 to $5. - OATS (buying) $28; wheat 93c; oil meal selling $38; Shay Brook dairy feed $1.30 per hundred pound?. HAY (buying) Clover at $8 and $9; 0at kay best $11 and $12; mixed $9 to $11; Idaho and Eastern Oregon timothy selling $20.50 to $23; . valley timothy, $12 to $15. ' ' J3OVee of PEACE pexg- FOLKS . Vbu kHow -what's Gcxria To hnppeM we KMoW TME .EDITOR. MSWS WHAT'S So vjhkt's The ltsEj ELECTRICAL WORK Contracts, Wiring and Fixtures WE DO IT Miller-Farlcer Co. NOTICES SUMMONS In the Circuit Court of the state of Oregon, for the county of Clack amas. Gertrude Harrington, Plaintiff, vs. Jere M. Harrington, Defendant. To Jere M. Harrington, defendant: In the Name of the State of Ore gon: You are hereby required to ap pear and answer the comp'.aint filed against you in the above entitled action on or before August 25, 1913; and if you fail to answer for want thereof, the plaintiff will take a de- erne dissolving the marriage rela tion now existing between you and and the plaintiff, and also for the restoration of her maiden name. Gertrude Greaves. Service of this summons is made upon you by publication in pursu ance of an order of the Hon. J. A. Eakin, circuit judge of Clackamas county, made July 11th, 1913, direct ing such publication in the Morning Enterprise once a week for six (6) successive weeks, the first publica tion being July 12, 1913, and the last being August 23, 1913. B..N. HICKS, Attorney for Plaintiff. ORDER In the Couty Court of the state of Oregon, for the county of Clack amas. . In the matter of the guardianship of Frieda Braunschweiger, an insane person. It appearing to this court from the pe " tition this day presented and filed by Edward Braunschweiger, the guardian of the person and estate of Frieda Braunschweiger, an insane person, praying for an order of sale of the undivided interest in certain real estate belonging to said ward, described as follows: An undivid ed one-fourth interest in lot- num bered nine (9) in block numbered forty-nine (49) in Oregon Iron & Steel company's first addition to the town of Oswego, in Clackamas coun ty, state of Oregon; that it is for the best interest of said ward and necessary that said real estate be sold. It is therefore ORDERED that the next of kin of said ward, or persons interested in said estate, appear be fore this court on Monday, the 11th day of August, 1913, at 2:00 o'clock p. m., in the court room of this court at the court house in the county of Clackamas, state of Ore gon, then and there to show cause why an order should not be granted for the sale of said real estate. And it is furthered ORDERED that a copy of this order be published at least once a week for three succes sive weeks before the said day of hearing, in the "Morning Enter prise," a newspaper of general cir culation in said county of Clack amas, state of Oregon, published at Oregon City. R. B. BEATIE, Judge. ."Dated July 18ta, 1913, and first published July 19th, 1913. - NOTICE Sealed bids will be received at the office of the county clerk of Clack amas couHty, Oregon, until August 5th, 1913, at five o'clock p. m. for seventy cords of wood to be deliver ed at the court house. Bids will be considered by the court for this number of cords in No. 1 second growth and also in old growth fir and to be cut from green timber. By order of the county court, W. L. MULVEY, County Clerk. Dated July 23, 1913. Wants, For Sale, Etc Notices under these classified headings will be inserted at one cent a word, first tions. One inch card, $2 per month; half Inch card. ( 1 lines), $1 per month. Cash must accompany order unless one Insertion, half a eent additional lnser has an open account with the paper. - No "Gone, But Not Forgotten" The money you might have saved, but didn't. Open a bank account, save your money and become independent. The Bank of Oregon City - OLDEST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY D. C. LATOURETTE, President THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OREGON CITY, OREGON CAPITAL $50,000.00 Transacts a General Banking Business. . Open from 1 A. M. to 9 P. M jwbt o a 10 i a Mfce THE HAT wait till financial responsibility for errors; where errors occur free corrected notice will be printed for patron. Minimum charge 15c. Anyone that Is nt of employment and feels he cannot afford to ad vertise for work, can have the use of our want columns free of charge. This places no obligation of any sort on you, we simply wish to be of assistance to any worthy person. HOW would you like to talk with 1400 people about that bargain you have in real estate. Use the En terprise. HELP WANTED FEMALE WANTED Experienced housekeeper, good wages. Mrs. Frank Busch, City. LOST AND FOUND LOST In Chautauqua park a gold bracelet. Finder please return to Enterprise. LOST Nuget stick pin on car be tween Gladstone and Oregon City, or in Oregon City last Monday. Re ward for return to J. C. Hedges, Weinhard Bludg. MISCELLANEOUS WANTED To trade lots in first-class city in Kansas for rooming house or Oregon City real estate. What have you to offer? Inquire 311 J. Adams St. WANTED Contracts for water wells in Oregon City and vicinity. H. C. Painton, Jennings Lodge, Oregon. WANTED Fresh Jersey cow, Ameri can Jersey Cattle Club Registered, three or four years old; must pass veterinary examination. Send ped igree with quotation. Box p, Ore gon City. FOR RENT. FOR RENT Furnished downstairs room for rent Close in, 1007 Main St. FOR RENT Modern 7-room house; 216 High street, telephone Main 2214. WOOD AND COAL COAL COAL The famous (King) coal from Utah, free delivery. Telephone your or der to A56 or Main 14, Oregon Ciiy Ice Works. 12th and Main Streets. OREGON CITY WOOD & FUEL CO. Wood and coal, 4-foot and 16-inch lengths, delivered to all parts of city; sawing especialty. Phone your orders Pacific 1371, Home A120. F, M. BLUHM. FOR SALE. FOR SALE House apd corner, lot. 724 Eighth and Jackson Streets, City. FOR RENT Two clean rooms nicely furnished, with sleeping pwch, pat ent toilet, electric lights, hot and cold water. Mrs. Henry Shannon, 505 Division St., back of Eastham school. ,- -' FOR SALE Or will trade for lot of equal value, a piano as good as new. Dillman & Howland. Pabst's Okay Specific Does the worx. You all know it by reputation. Price FOR SALE BY $300 JONES DRUG COMPANY F. J. MEYER, Cashier.