THE WEATHER ?
OREGON CITY Thursday prob-S
bly fair, westerly winds. S
CLACKAMAS COUNTY
FAIR
CAN BY, OR.
SEPT. 24, 25, 26, 27.
Oregon and Washington Thurs-
tiy probably fair west, showers 3
rs east portion. Westerly winds.
Idaho Thursday showers ana
punder storms; cooler south.
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WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866
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PL. VI. No. 37.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1913
Per Week, Ten Cents.
a
OWN
SMITH
BOTH
INDICTED
ffXND JURORS FIND TRUE BILLS
AGAINST LEADERS IN RE
CALL SCHEME
PLUMBING LAW
UP TO COUNCIL
Proposed ordinance planned
to safe-guard health
r OF citizenship
DAY LAW VIOLATED, IS CHARGE ROCK CRUSHER PURCHASE FAVORED
Ididale for Commissioner is Alleged
to Have Sold Beer Upon Sab
bath Libel Found in
Courier
City Fathers Over-ride Legal Advice
and Vote Not to Pay Disputed
Claim From Contract
ing Firm
a sheaf of indictments handed
In Wednesday, the grand jury
holds over the summer term has
Irned true bills against M. J.
I.vn, editor of the Oregon City
Irier, for libel the accusation being
I-d upon an article published in last
k's issue of the paper, reflecting
Ii the character of the men work
against the present reca'l move-
It. Brown has already been ia-
pd once before by the same grand
for libel.
W. Smith, candidate on the recall
!t for the office of county commis-
ler, is indicted for selling or other-
disposing of intoxicating liquor
Bnday, it being aleged that he
used of beer for 5-cent tickets.
I her indictments are as follows:
Irgil Perrine, indicted for assault
Irobbery and carrying a dangerous
lion. Pernne is the youth who
weeks ago held up and attempt-
rob the state bank at Milwaukie,
Ivho was caught half an hour after-
fs by Sheriff E. T. Mass and depu-
lar'es Wright, indicted for assault
intent to kill. Wright ambushed
Elsie Utiker at Oak Grove soma
ks ago and fired two shots at her
a 38-calibre revolver.
EUiam C. Mumpower, indicted for
lilt with intent to kill. Mumpow-
las formerly a deputy sheriff, and
and wounded a Portland motor-
1st whom . he had arrested for
ting a dog that snapped at him.
I shooting took place when the
lander attempted to ride awa
the deputy.
larles Harnack, John Brush, Gus
In berg, Char'es Gilbrick, William
h, Carl Bergren and Jacob Rueck
fcidicted with J. W, Smith for sell-
hquor on Sunday.
liot true bill was returned in the
lof Lawrence Myers, who took two
with a 30-30 rifle at a neighbor
Id Besselleu, the latter being a
ed man.
BATCH OF FIRE
I y-nine fire wardens, all of the
Isupervisors of the county, have
appointed to protect the forests
Ither exposed parts of their dis-
from fires that spring up over
and that have been responsible
large loss of timber and property
last few years.
!er a new system, tne wardens
paid for the time that they
tually at work and wi'l have the
Ises that they incur in the pro-
hi of the forests paid from the
funds. Tne duties of the new
lis will include the warning 01
rs and campers to extinguish all
Ibefore leaving their camping
lis and to patrol those sections
county where fires are liable
le tor sometime witnouc discov-
ly fire3 started by campers and
travelling through the woods
lieen put out by the wardens be-
Ihey had done any damage and
I traces of timber saved by the
lery of the fires wuile they were
enough to be extinguished by
acv.
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COPYRIGHT HARRIS EWINC. WASH.
asistant secretary '. of state,
ing Chandler Hale. He Is a
iw of Senato'r O'Gorman of
rk. .
At a special meeting of the council
Wednesday morning a plumbing ordin
ance was introduced which it is hoped
will provide modern regulations for all
forms of household sanitation installed
in this city in the future. The ordin
ance was drawn mainly by Council
man Tooze, and is far-reaching in its
provisions. One feature of it provides
for the appointment of a competent
plumbing inspector, who need not
necessarily be a resident of Oregon
City. .
A report was received from City At
torney Stone, to whom the matter of
the purchase of the rock-crusher had
been referred, and which expressed
the belief that while the present own
er of the rock-crusher might not be
able to transfer his rights to the rock
ledge to' the city, the city cou'.d, upon
purchase of the rock-crusher, obtain
the same rights and privileges. The
rock ledge in question has been pur
chased by the water commissioners,
and there was some doubt - as to
whether or not the ctiy would be able
to quarry stone from it if it purchased
the crusher located thereon.
At the last meeting of the council
Mr. Tooze, chairman of a special com
mittee acting in this matter, recom
mended the purchase by- the city of
the rock-crusher if operative rights
could be secured from the water com
mission, pointing out that under muni
cipal operation the crusher would
probably save the city at least $1,200
a year on street maintenance and 1m
provement work. Since that me?
a petition, begging, the councjlBor to
buy the enrfher, haslwTHiirculated
A. C. I If i n ifr'HT i M. Templeton
er. The petition was
not presented to the coucil, and early
in th week contained the names of
lght people, three of whom were
circulators.
The council also took steps to cre
ate a district in the business section
of the city within the limits of which
no further construction of frame build
ings will be allowed. It is believed
the creation of fire limits of this na
ture will not only make for the con
struction of more substantial struc
tures, but will also bring about a re
duction in local insurance rates, which
are at presenf regarded -as excessive.
Against th3 advice of City Attorney
Stone and City Recorder Livy Stipp,
the council voted not ttLDft'a disputed
claim of some $500 sought by the Ore
gon Engineering & Construction com
pany. Both attorneys said that they
thought the city could be compelled
to pay the claim if suit was brought.
Much routine business was also
c'.eared from the calendar.
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HOMESTEAD BURNED jq HOLD OFFICE TO DECIDE TODAY
WATER SUPPLY
DECLARED PURE
ANALYSIS OF' SAMPLES FROM
CITY MAINS SHOWS MOST .
SATISFACTORY RESULTS
ALL WELLS TESTED CONTAMINATED
Commissioners Receive Expert Re
; orts from Portland That Prove
Filter is Doing Work in
, Fine Style
CARLSON NO LIAR;
WILL GIVE PROOF
Lief the Lucky, who displayed - a
walrus tooth to his king in proof of
his wonderful voyages and the things
he saw thereon, was not the on'.y
traveller whose word has been doubt
ed. Not mentioning Dr. Cook, whose
word is still doubted in some places,
there -is C. Carlson, of Wyoming,
Minn., who not so long ago made a
trip to Oregon City, and whb then
went home and told about the grain
and other produce that he saw here.
People in Carlson's home intimated
politely but forcibly that he said
he saw was quite impossible, and said
that though they were Minnesotaans,
instead of Missourians, they would
have to be "shown."
That is why Secretary Preytag, of
the Commercial club received a .letter
Wednesday asking him to send to Mr.
Carlson samples of grain "five feet
tall aud ever," such as Carlson saw
when he was here. Carlson wants to
show his home folks that he was just
lot mora truthful than Dr.. Cook. Also
he is going to boost 'for Clackamas
county.. ... ' . . . .
Mr. Fraytag has already sent the de
sired samples, and expects to get
some new Minnesota settlers as a re
sult ' " ' ': ' i
Fire Wednesay evening completely
destroyed what is known as the Glen-
morrie ranch home, suituated just out
side of Oswego, in the real estate
tracts known as Glenmorrie. The
dwelling was the early home of the
Morey family, but recently had been
used only as the selling office of the
firm that is handling the tracts. Fred
Morey, local agent for the company,
also made his home in the building.
The fire broke out snortly after six
in the evening, apparently from the
large fire-place on the ground floor.
The flames spread rapidly, and early
in their progress burned off wires
which furnished power for a pumping
plant on the property, thus making it
impossible to fight the fire. With no
water with which to combat the
flames, attention was turnei to saving
the furnishings of the home, many
of which are of great historic value.
Practically everything of intrinsic
worth'was removed from the building,
which was burned to the ground.
Estimates of the loss vary from
$5,000 to $10,000. The house was
large in size, and was of massive con
struction. ' v
ALBANY, N.T., Aug. 13 With Gov
ernor Sulzer impeached by the house
of representatives and the date of. his
trial before the senate and the judges
of the court of appears fixed for Sep
tember IS, the spectacle was present
ed tonight to two men claiming to be
Governor of the State of New York.
As soon as the articles in impeach-
I ment, adopted early this morning by
the democratic majority in the as
sembly, were presented to the senate,
shortly after 3 o'clock today, Lieutenant-Governor
Flynn announced his in
tension of occupying - the executive
chamber. . - . .
Friends of Governor Sulzer said that
the governor intended to continue in
office and would use every weapon in
his power to maintain his position, on
the ground that the assembly had no
constitutional right to consider im
peachment at its extraordinary session.
The classified ad columns cf The
Enterprise satisfy your wants.
BEAVERS PINCH OUT
Portland 4, Oakland 3.
Sacramento 5, ..Los . Angeles 4.
Venice 2, San Francisco 0.
West Linn, which is to be the name
of the proposed city on the west shore
of the Willamette river, oppostie Ore
gon City, holds its incorporation elec
tion today. It is expected that there
will be-an overwhelming vote in favor
of creating the new municipality, and
that there will be practically no oppos
ition. A tentative charter for the new city
has already been drawn, most of the
preliminary arrangements have been
made at meeting of the citizens of
the district. The idea of incorpora
tion was first broached, at a meeting
of the West Side Improvement associa
tion, and since then has been eagerly
endorsed.
. Following the incorporation of the
city it is planned to extend the bound
aries so as to embrace the present ctiy
of Willamette to the south. This will
make one continuous municipality
from Willamette to Bolton.- Elaborats
plans for the improvement of the ter
ritory have already been formulated. ,
Most satisfactory reports as to the
purity of Oregon City water have been
received by W. H. Hoell, of the board
of water commissioners, who recently
sent to Dr. Victoria Hampton samples
of water taken from hydrants or faucets-
in six of the houses in this city
where there are cases of typhoid fever.
In submitting the report Dr. Hampton
says: .
"1 have carefully analysed the
samples of water which you submitted
to me for analysis. The samples re
exceedingly pure, as shown by the free
and albuminoid amonia, . which they
contain. These six samples each con
tain 3.2" grains of mineral matter per
gallon, are free from all poisonous
metals, contain' only traces of chlorine,
and are samples of potable waters of
the first class."
The samples were taken at Eighth
and Taylor streets, Jfferson between
Fifth and Sixth streets. Eleventh and
Center streets, . Seventh and Water
street, Eighteenth - and Jefferson
streets and on Eleventh .street.
Water from Fuga's well on Ninth
street, from the Vaga'.ious well, from
Boss's well, from the Frendle well and
from the Ely well on Seventh street
were also submitced for analysis, and
the report upon them says, in part: :.
"They all are contaminated waters,
and are unfit for domestic purposes
unless, they ara boiled .before being
used, as is shown by the amount of
free and albumonoid ammonia which
they contain, together with the
amount of chlorine."
These two tests bear out the state
ment of City Health Officer Norris
that the .city water in Oregon City is
perfectly good at the present time,
and that there is practically no chance
of its being responsible for the ty
phoid cases. They also bear out the
fears entertained that all well water
in the city is contaminated, and is un
fit for drinking purposes.
FAMILY CELEBRATES
Born in Germany, a resident of Ore
gon for 39 years, but hale and hearty
on her eightieth birthday is the record
he'd by Mrs. W. R. Carr, one of the
oldest pioneer of Clackamas county.
Blown across the Atlantic for eight
long weeks in a sailing ; vessel, Mrs.
Carr was brought from the fatherland
by her parents when an infant, and
since that time her fortunes have been
those of the borders of several west
ern states. From the time" that the
family arrived in New York, they
brought tne spirit o" the ..frontier to
many of the 'border states ano push
j ed farther west as the center of pop
' ulation moved toward -the Pacific
I Joslyn to Preach
One of the pioneer missionaries for
Oregon, Rev. A. J. Joslyn,' will occupy
the pulpit of Rev. T. B. Ford at the
Methodist church during the morning
service Sunday.
AVIATOR WHO BEAT FAST EXPRESS TRAIN IN RACE
TO TALK ON ISSUES
On the night before the election,
both sides of the movement for the
recall of the members of the county
court will hold public. meetings in
Oregon City. At BuschVhall Friday
nif ht, the Hon. George C. ' Brownell
and J. E. Hedges will speak against
the recall and will thoroughly, probe
the reasons back of the ' movement.
The women of the city and county are
especially urged to attend this last dis
cussion of t'te principles at issue in
the campaign. :
At the same time. tha Rev.'Spiess'of
Clackamas will speak in favor of the
recall at Seventh and Main streets.
II ( CfifofeXlS T -J!Zs3klJriri A . V if
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Mrs. W. R. Carr
(Coyright by International News Serrice).
An American rail flyer and a sky flyer engaged in a race from New Y ork City to Washington, D. C. ; At one
oint the train pounded along the rails at a terrific rate; one hundred miles an hour was the pitch of the tune to
which the engine sung. While the train stood at a station, the crew think Ing the monoplane was way behind,
the latter was soaring ahead at an un recorded speed, but when calculations were made, it was figured that the
aeroplane has beaten the train 45 minutes.
coast" and their neighbors - began, tp
gather closer and closer about them..,
From their port of entry, the fam
ily's first move was to the then fron
tier in Illinois where they spent a
number of years developing with the
country and carving from the forests
of that state- the home where -..Mrs.
Carr spent her girlhood days.
After her marriage, she spent nine
vears in Missouri and six years in
Kansas after which the family came
to Oregon to make their home. ; For
the past 39 years, Mirs. Carr has been
a resident of Clackamas county ,-
At the gathering of her family last
Sunday, she celebrated her eightieth
birthday, alomst as hate find, hearty
as when she crossed the plains with
a mule team 39 years;-ago,y She has
five children living in the state; a son,
Dick, and four daughters, Laura, Cora,
Emma and Mollie, ; 17' grandchildren,
and three great grand children.
FRANTIC PLEAS
SHOW WEAKNESS
ORIGINAL ALLEGATIONS ARE AD
MITTED FUTILE; NEW COM
PLAINTS MADE
MISREPRESENTATION IS CONFESSED
Retractions By Leaders Cause Scurry
ings About to Bolster Cause
Schuebel Says Beatie
Truthful
With ilie recall election, at which
County Judge R. B. Beatie and County
Commissioner N. iair will go before
the pjcple for justification, but two
days off, there appears to-be a startl
ing change of metho;! en iUe part of
those who are seeking the official
scalps of these men. Frantic efforts
are being made by the "recal lers" to
bolster up their case against the coun
ty court by bringing in issues hereto
fore not mentioned in the fight, and
the original charges preferred by the
backers of the movement seem to be
entirely forgotten.
The last issue of The Courier, the
organ of the recall, contains a fren
zied charge that "big business" is
backing the county court, and declares
that "hundreds of voters believe" that
various sums, ranging from $7,000 to
$50,000 could have been saved and
various things not been done. But the
original charges upon which the re
call is supposed to be based are not
mentioned at all, save wh sre vague al
lusions are made to alleged extravag
ances and mismanagement..
In short the "recallers" seem to
have abandoned all their original com
plain ,s and allegations, and to be sek-ing-sometbing
now as a basis of at
tack upon the county officials. This
is probabl: du3 to a large extent to
the retractions hat many cf t'ie recall
leaders have made during the prog
ress of th?j movemen.., and to the ad
missions that ave been forreJ from
them to the effect that many f their
charges cannot be supported by any
kind of evidence.
. A statement issued -Ms w."ok by
Robert Schuebel, one of the "investi
gating committee." to tfie effect that
Judge Beatie's refutation - .of the
charges is perfectly true, is one of the
hardest blows that the recall move
ment has received. Added to this
many people are not taking the figures
put forth by the recall leaders at their
face value, but are going to the coun
ty treasuer's office", and to the county
clerk, to obtain their own figures.
Such people are discovering discrep
ancies of a striking nature in the al
legations of the recallers, and are
naturally doubting other charges
which are equally non-supported.
The bold manner in which the two
county officia's .under fire have faced
and answered every change made
against them has also gone far to win
public favor, and this has added to the
desperation of the enemies of the
(Continued on Page Eight.
DR. THOMAS N. CARVER
. Negro to Hang for Murder
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INDIANAOLA, Miss, Aug!- 13.
Preparations are being made for the
execution here Friday of Joe Munson,
a negro, who is under sentence to pay
tie extreme' penalty of the law for the
murder bt C. Q. Weeks early last
June. ; . :
' Coast League Standings :
, Portland" . .... ... .. . . . . . .549
Sacramento3 ...!..;.. .508 .
- Los Angeles . .-. ............. .504 -
Venice . ; .509
Oakland .477
San Francisco 466 '
Head of the new bureau of the de
partment of agriculture, tile rural or
ganization service.. Its -work; is to
take up all problems connected with
the improvement of the farmer's, financial,-
physical and -social;, life. Dr.
Carver has held the chair of political
economy in several 'large-Timverskies. '
Keep, Cool!
A nice shady place, where
you can git the cool breezes
from the river. lice cream and
all kinds of sofe drinks.
The Open Air Ice
, Cream Parlors
At West End of Suspen
sion Bridge