4 $ 3 4 4
THE WEATHER" '
OREGON CITY Probably fair
winds mostly westerly. $
Oregon Fair, westerly winds.
Washington Fair east, showers 3
3west portion; westerly winds. S
3 Idaho Fain r 3
EDW. A. BEALS, Forecaster.
VOL. VI. No. 39.
C. D. LATOURETTE MAKES VOY
AGE ALONG NORTH COAST
AND GIVES VIEWS
SCENERY FINE, COUNTRY BARREN
Mineral Wealth (Must be Main Reli
ance of Territory Two Ore
gon City People Met in
Skagway Hotel
Away up on the . Alaskan coast in
the little town of Skagway, C. D. Lat
ourette, who has recently returned
from a trip through the .extreme north,
found Mr. and Mrs. George Dedman,
formerly of Oregon City, managing a
hotel where the hundreds of visitors
on the excursion steamers stop every
year to see the sights of the city ani
the surrounding territory.
At the time of his visit to the Alas
tan regions, the people in and around
Valdez were highly excited over the
new discovery of ore in the Shushana
district where hundreds are going in
the belief that it will prove another
Klondyke.
In telling of his trip, Mr. Latourette
said:
"We left Seattle on the evening of
July 12th, on the Mariposa, the larg
est and fastest of the Alska steamers,
for a cruise of about 3400 miles on
what is known as the Southwestern
Alaska Tourist route, along up the in
side channel covering the old tourist
route known as the Southeastern Alas
ka trip, and thence on along the west
ern coast to the town of Seward,
which is about 1700 miles from Seattle.
This trip takes about 14 days' time
from Seattle and covers practically all
the west and south coast of the Alas
ka country.
"A fairly good idea of the vast ex
tent of Alaska may be had by laying
a map of Alaska on a map of the Unit
ed States of the same scale. When
this Is done the Southeastern Alaska
possessions, consisting of islands out
from the main land 50 to 100 miles
in width and a strip of the main land
33 miles wide, would extend over the
statp of Florida and out quite a dis
tance into the Atlantic, and the south
western corner or the Aleutian islands
would extend over California and away i
out into the Pacific, and the main 1
body of the territory would practically I
c,over most of the United States. .
"Our first stop was at Ketchikan, a
modern town, about 700 miles from
Seattle." .This place seems to be the
center of quite important fishing inter
ests, and, lik3 all other Alaskan coast
towns, is built on the side of a steep
mountain, pitching about 45 degrees
own into the harbor, with hardly a
spot level enough for a single build
ing. This place has a population, in
cluding Indians, of About 1500, and
business there seems to be quite
brisk.
"Our next stop at Juneau, the capital
of Alaska. Juneau has about 500 in
habitants and is the largest and busi
est of the coast towns. Across from
here is the famous Treadwell mine,
which has hundreds and hundreds of
stamps, employs a large number of
men and pays over a million a year to
its stockholders. Another company is
installing a large mining plant on adja
cent territory and is making prepara
tions for a large output of this low
grade ore.
"Skagway was the next place where
we had an opportunity to get off the
boat, a place with many buildings and
at one time having a population or
10,000, which is now reduced to 700
or less. The place is well located on
a level plateau, containing an area of
probably 100 acres of land, entirely
surrounded by snow capped peaks.
This place .has a good hotel, kept by
our former townsman George Dedman
and his estimable wife, who was Miss
Clara Broughton.
"Cordova is further north about 2C0
Keep Cool!
A nice shady place, where
you can get the cool breezes
from the river. Ice cream and
all kinds of soft drinks.
The Open Air Ice
Cream Parlors
At West End of Suspen
sion Bridge
ALASKA
BOOMED
BEYOND
REASON
SILIS(DTIIsT RISTIftKTS 1TFIII(SIfiIT
The GRAND Theatre and The ENTERPRISE will give the ettrns of the Recall Election tonight.
A large screen will be placed on the front of the STEVENS BUILDING. The returns will be
flashed from The ENTERPRISE office. Mgr. Schram of the GRAND will f tsrnish tte machine
and the returns will be given in first-class order.
H ow 17,000 Gymnasts Appeared
On Germany's New Athletic Field
Photo by American Press Association.
PLEASE imagine 17,000 trained gymnasts, all clothed alike, in action at
one time on an immense field. To the strains of music they go
through their calesthenic movements with perfect rhythm and prac
tically as one man. Such an Inspiring sight was witnessed recently at
Leipzig, Germany, when more than 100,000 athletes took part in games and
contests there. The picture shows a section of the 17,000 as they appeared on
the field. A gigantic stadium was built to seat the spectators, which was four
times as large as that at the Olympic games at Stockholm. This stadium is
permanent. The Olympic games In 1916 will be held there.
miles and is located at the mouth of
the Copper river. This is probably
the finest harbor on the Alaska coast,
with good anchorage and deep chan
nels, and although the population is
probably not over 1200 people, thei-e
is much bustle and activity. From
this point the Copper River railroad
runs easterly 200 miles to the famous
Bonanza copper mine, the great pro
ducer of high grade ore, running 60 to
70 per cent pure copper. Ws too:; a
trip up over this road for 50 miles to
the wonderful Child's glacier, the
most picturesque, if not the largest,
glacier in the world.
"Before leaving Cordova the famous
Copper Valley must be mentioned as
this valley seems to be larger than
the Willamette, although thiere seems
to be very little vegetation and scarce
ly any timber worthy of the name, yet
it is level, well watered and of a sand.,
loam nature. At its mouth the river
is abeut eight miles wide. It is said
that during the short summer season 1
the grass in this valley grows very
rapidly, as the sun shines nearly an
day and night. The grass, however,
does not seem to be nutritious for
stock and is not regarded as possess
ing any great value for pasturage or
hay.
"Valdez was the next place at which
we stopped and is but a few hours
travel and I should judge not over 70
to 100 miles north of Cordova and was
the point fartherest north of any on
our trip. Just at this time the peopis
are greatly excited over the discovery
of mines in the Shushana district,
which is about 325 miles to the north
east and which seems to promise to
be a second Klondyke.
"From Valdez, for a day and a night
we sailed southwesterly along the
roekribbed coast with tremendous
snowcapped mountains constantly in
view, down to the town of - Seward,
which has a fine harbor. This is the
supply point for considerable of the
mining territory up a few hundred
miles north in the Iditerod district
and some other sections, and I believe
considerable of the Fairbanks' trade
comes to" this point. At Latouche
thene is a producing copper mine, and
from this place and Cordova our
steamer brought down a thousand
tons of copper ore for the Tacoma
sme'.ter.
'"My impressions or Alaska, so far
as the timber and agricultural inter
ests were concerned, were a disap
pointment both as to quality and
quantity. The timber north of Van-
couver is not to exceed 20 or 30 or 40
feet in height and is very scrubby, and
1 a great, deal of it is dying from thp
tops. There may be some agricultur
al lands in the interior and perhaps
there are sections where stock raising
might be a profitable industry, but
WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866.
OREGON CITY,
the summer season is very short and
in the interior the winters are very
cold and rough which would require
feeding for many months. However,
there are great possibilities in mining
and in fisheries, and coppta-, coal,
granite, marble and perhaps petroleum
ara there in great quantities, besides
the precious mefa'.s. The fishing in
dustry seems to be almost in its in
fancy, with rare opportunities for ex
pansion; and all these will certainly
be the basis of a mcst valuable com
merce in the future.
"The trip is especially fine as a
pleasure trip, with wonderful scenery,
superb waterways,, grand mountains
and manificent glaciers and waterialls.
The climate along the coast is mild,
with a summer breeze calm and brac
ing "See America First," is the slogan
that is now turning so many of the
eastern tourists toward the Northwest.
The travel increases year by year and
all those who make the Alaska trip
come Jiack well pleased with the ex
perience and full of praise for the
good service and accommodations af
forded by the several steamships that
ar mai-ing these trips and for the cor
dial ahd hospitable treatment of the
officers. It certainly is a revelation
to anyone who has not made the trip,
and to be appreciated in. any degree
must be seen."
BABY HOME WINS
ENTERPRISE RACE
Careful canvass of the votes in the
great Refund Bargain Contest conduct
ed for the past several weeks by the
Enterprise was made Friday evening,
and the winners were found to be as.
follows; , . ... : ..
- Baby Home, Parkplaoe, first prize,
$5o in cash. .-; ,;
William Wlckuain, second prize, ?15.
Mrs. W. A. Golden, third prize, $10.
If -the. winners will call at The En
terprise office, cheques for the above
amounts will be given them.
Much interest was manifested in the
competition throughout the. contest,
and the final results were remarkably
close. The friends of the Baby Home,
however, rallied strongly to its sup
port during the last week of the con
test, and over 75,000 votes were turned
in for its total by one man shortly be
fore the competition ended.
The money will be used at the Baby
Home in making some needed addi
tions to the equipment, and will give
much happiness to the little tots who
are being cared for there."
OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1913.
MINERlSTARTS
JAUNT
JOHN M'DANI ELS BEGINS THE
JOURNEY OVER LAND TO
CALIFORNIA POINTS .
INVENTS A FOLDING CAMP STOVE
Pet Dog and Big Pistol Keep All Curi-
- osity Seekers Away From Uni que
Outfit Leads Pony
Through Streets
"I'm something of an inventor and
I can invent almost anything except
the way to Heaven. I figure that I'm
Must about next door to-Heaven when
I'm out in the dooryard of nature,'' is
the way that John N. McDanieis telrs
of his business and th-e reason for his
overland trip from Portland to San
Diego, Cal., as he passed .through the
streets of the city Friday morning.
McDanieis makes his living by his
inventions. He has started out with
a tent mounted on a small buggy Died,
a dog, and a pony as his equipment
ahd expects to reach San Diego some
time near Christmas. To pay his ex
penses on the long trip, he sells a
folding camp stove that he has invent
ed and patented and that he believes
is a boon to all camping parties.
Rheumatism forces the unique old
man out into the open during the
greater part of the year. A lover of
nature, he spends most of his time
travelling through the country with a
pony cart and his tent and sells the
stoves that he has to meet the cost
of the visits that he pays to the town
on the way.
For a number of years, he was a
miner, prospecting in the mountains of
Idaho and Oregon, but has concluded
that the mining enterprises did not
pay him and that they were largely re
sponsible for the rheumatism that
now forces him out of doors. In h?3
spare moments, he devised and pat
ented numerous things for campei-o
and others who are in the open but
none of these are more interesting
than the stove that he has now placed
on the markeL
The tent in which he sleeps is sorm
thing of an invention in itself. The
flap drops when the rope in front is
loosened and the prying curiosity seek
ers suddenly find themselves face to
face with the business end of a 38
calibre pistol. When he stops to sell
the stoves, the flap is dropped by a
series of ropes and pulleys and tha
back end of the tent is opened to forta
the platform and selling end of his
business.
Dressed in olive drab clothps, his
pet bull dog curled up on the seat
asleep, the old miner walked through
the' streets of Oregon City Friday
morning and attracted considerable at
tention as he started off to the Cali
fornia coast.
WEST LINN GIVEN
L
iU special session Friday afternoon
members of the county court canvass
ed the vote of the incorporation elec
tion held Thursday on the west side
of the Willamette, and finding that a
very large majority of the ballots cast
was in favor of the establishment of
a new city, issued a proclamation de
claring West Linn a city in Clackamas
county.
This action formally creates the new
municipality, which according to its
promoters is to be a model town, well
laid out and embracing many civic im
provements not enjoyed in neighbor
ing communities Within the next 30
days a city election will be held, at
which local officers will be chosen.
West Linn is named in honor of
"Linn City," as the first settlement on
the western shores of tne Willamette
was known; and will embrace the
power plant and paper mills that are
clustered about the locks and the west
ern end of the dam and falls of the
river. Its charter provides that its
tax rate for municipal improvements
is never to exceed 3 mills, which, it is
believed, will make it the mecca of
those who desre to build and own
small private homes.
, Coast League Standings
Portland 557
Sacramento .508
Los Angeles 504
Venice 493
San Francisco 474
Oakland .' 470
LONG
beS
TOIL
PORTLAND, Ore., -Aug 1C (Spe
cial) What appears to have been an
attempt at gang murder, similar to re
cent crimes in New York, stirred the
Portland poice at an early hour this
morning when Mihlon Zearfoss was
found by Motorcycle Patrolmen Gold
stone and Nutter lying in a pool of
blood beside $ie Foster hotel, at Third
and Davis streets in the North End,
with several knife wounds in the back.
The man was rushed to St. Vincent's
hospital, where it was found th'a-t the
wounds had penetrated his kidneys. It
is doubtful if he will live.
Zearfoss is a "pal" of Wil'iam Wald
russ, who was saot some time ago by
the police while trying to escape after
having been arrested by Patrolmen
Martin and Ed Mannering. Waldruss
is now in St. Vincent's hospital, hov
ering between life and death, and the
police were seeking Zearfoss to testify
in their behalf that Waldruss was a
dangerous man, so that it would ap
pear that there was justification in his
having been shot when breaking away
from the officers who arested him.
In the hospital this morning Zear
foss said that he had been warned by
other pals of Waldruss . that if he told
anything at all to the police about
Waldruss or his associates he would
be killed. He said that he was warned
a second time Friday afternoon, and
that Friday night he was felled by two
men when has was passing the Foster
hotel, and then stabbed in the back.
The entire second night relief is seek
ing his assailants.
PLANS COMPLETED
Clackamas county is going to take
a lead in the "school and juvenile fair"
movement according to County. School
Superintendent Gary, and will not only
hold an exhibit of school work at var
ious places in the county, but will
take part in the state exhibit of school
work at the Salem fair. In a confer
ence upon the matter Friday, it was
determined that the county would pay
the expenses of an attendant who
would stay with the exhibits, both at
the several displays in the county and
at Salem, and see that no work was
lost or stolen. This attendant will
personally arrange the exhibit each
time it is set up.
"Not only will the work of Clackamas
county children be shown to visitors at
the state fair, but it will be exhibited
in nine places -within tile county. In
ths way it is believed that interest in
the juvenile fair idea will be stimulat
ed, and that in subsequent years much
finer exhibits will be possible.
The display of the work of Oregon
City pupils, placed on view in the Bar
clay school gymnasium early in the
summer, will be drawn on the same
extent, and will add to the attractive
ness of the exhibit.
CHICAGO'S PERRY CARNIVAL
CHICAGO, 111., Aug. 15. Chicago's
lake front today took on a gala appear
ance in preparation for a week's cele
bration of the centennial of Perry's
victory on Lake Erie. The festivities
are scheduled to begin tomorrow with
a review of the state troops by Gover
nor Dunne and Mfryor Harrison. The
military review will be succeeded by
the naval review of the Great Lakes
Squadron, and then the signal will be
given for the, approach of Perry's -flagship
Niaraga from the yacht harbor-.
The famous old craft will be greeted
with a cannonade salute of 21 guns.'
For an entire week the lake front will
be alive with the events of the cen
tennial celebration and the mammoth
water carnival, including world's
chamionship hydroplane races and
naval sham battles.
Beavers Take Game
Portland 2, Oakland 1.
San Francosco 11, Venice 9.
Los Angeles 5, Sacramento 0.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Aug. 'J.
Mrs. John A. Logan, widow of the fam
ous soldier and United States senator,
attained her seventy-fifth birthday an
nversary today, having been born in
Petersburg, Mo., Aug. 15, 1838.
RECALL CAMPAIGNING
CLOSES WITH BIG RUSH
I . r: I i. ,
" "vs u - J-
II "S "V?
. Judge R. B. Beatie
Who wound up campaign to retain
office last night.
MICHIGAN TO BATTLE
FOR PURER SUPPLIES
LANSING, Mien., Aug. 15. A scora
or more or more of laws pased by the
last legislature and put into effect to
day are expected to put Michigan at
the top of the list of "pure food"
states. Some of the laws designed to
prevent food adulteration and to in
sure honest weights and measures arq
decidedly advanced in their character.
AU food inspectors throughout the
s.tate have been made inspectors of
'weights and measures also.
J Every commission merchant dealing
.in farm products is to be licensed by
! the state. Deceptive labels and the
misbranding of food packages as to
weight are prohibited. In future all
butter sold in Michigan must be 80
per cept fat cream 18 per cent fat and
cheese 30 per cent fat. Sausage must
contain not more than 2 per cent nf
cereals and 3 per cent of water. No
more Bob-veal less than four weeks
old is to be sold.
Mat in e e
AT -
Tlhe STAR
TODAY
Any Seat 10c Doors Open 1.30
MR. RICHARD DARLING '
And the Popular
Colonial
IPlaV"jrs
In a Pour-Act. Comedy-Drama
"The Man of Mystery''
Also 4-Four-4 Reels of the
Pictures
2 -Shows Tonight- 2
Doors Open at 6:45
STAR Theatre Today
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' CLACKAMAS COUNTY
FAIR
- - CAN BY;-OR. :
SEPT. 24, 25, 26, 27.
. :
Per Week, Ten Cents.
FINAL MEETINGS
SUPPORTERS OF COUTY ADMINIS-
TRATION ADDRESS TWO
GATHERINGS
RECALLERS SPEAK ON MAIN STREET
Milwaukie Listens to Beatie and Blair
While Browned and Hedges
Plead for' Fair Play at '
Election
Friday night marked the close of the
recall campaign in Clackamas county,
two meetings beingheld in Oregon
City and one at Milwaukie Ail the
gatnerings were- well attended, and
people listened to the arguments ad
vanced by the speakers with evident
interest and attention. At Milwaukie
County Judge R. B. Beatie and County
Commissioner Blair, against whom tne
recall is directed, held forth - to the
largest audience that has gathered in
the nortnern part of the county during
the campaign. At Busch's hall, here.
The Hon. George C. Brownell and the
Hon. J. E. Hedges spoke in favor of
retaining the present county officials
in office; and at the corner of Seventh
and Main streets the recallers held an
open air meeting. " '
At the Milwaukie gathering there
was a much larger crowd on hand to
hear the two county officials than
gathered the night before to hear the
speakers on. the other side. Applause
was frequent, and those present seem
ed convinced that the account of their
stewardship given by Judge Beatie and
Mr. Blair was an accurate and credit
able one. The two .speakers confined
themselves almost entirely to a dis
cussion of finances and the county
timber cruise, though Judge Beatie di
gressed sufficiently to repeat to the
audience tha statement H. S. Anderson
made at Sandy, when he said he did
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