-A . THE WEATHER
OREGON CITY Fair Thurs- $
day; northerly winds. 1 3
3 Oregon Fair Thursday; north-
8 erly winds. S
- Washington Fair Thursday; $
northerly winds. - .
Idaho Fair Thursday. $
CLACKAMAS COUNTY
FAIR
CAN BY, OR.
SEPT. 24, 25, 26, 27.
WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866
VOL. VI. No. 43
OREGON CITY, OEEGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1913.
Per "Week, Ten Cents.
ll
SINGLE LETTER
MAKES
TROUBLE
ERROR OF STENOGRAPHER OF
TEXAS GOVERNOR IS
BASIS FOR APPEAL
SHERIFF RETURNS WITHOUT MAN
Beats Defense in Two Lower Courts
But Has to Wait Action by
Tribunal" of Last Resort
Will Go Back
The little letter "a" in the name of
ths sheriff of Clackamas county is
the basis on which the defense car
ried an appeal to the highest criminal
court in the state of Texas and pro
vented Sheriff E. T. Mass from bring
ing with him E. E. ("Blackie") lies
when he returned to the state.
In the warrant issued by Governor
O. B. Colquitt, of Texas, for the pris
oner, the stenographer in the gover
nor's office spslled the Clackamas
county sheriff's christian name with
an "A" while the papers that were
taken to Texas from the Oregon gov
ernor spelled the name "Ernest." The
district court before which the case
was argued decided that it did not
know whether the officer was the
Ernest Mass that the governor of
Oregon has' sent for the prisoner or
not and allowed an appeal to the
court of criminal appeals of the
state.
In the justice and district courts,
the sheriff had won 'his case but the
misspelling of his first name carried
the case into the high courts which
do not meet until October or Novem
ber.
The sheriff reached home Wednes
day night and expects to return to
Texas for the next term of the crim
inal court. lies is wanted in this
county for his participation various
riots in the last few months.
THREE MEN LEAVE ON
LONG HUNTING TRIP
Three Oregon City men, Tom J.
Myers, H. M. Templeton and Squire
McCarver leave Friday for the upper
reaches of the Clackamas river for a
few days of hunting and fishing. Ths
men have been getting ready- for the
expedition for several days and plan
to have the time of their lives during
this cuting.
Each one of them has armed him
self with plenty of fishing tackle and
a large supply of ammunition for the
trip. They expect to be gone several
day and to travel a good many miles
in the county that stretches around
the headwaters of the river.
RAILROAD GIVES ITS
NICKNAME PRIZE
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 20. After
months of argument between the dif
ferent officials of the Foreland, Eu
gene & Eastern Railway, William
Bell, of Newberg, has teen awarded
the $50 prize in the nickname con
test, and hereafter the new red cars
of the electric interurban syslem will
carry the words "Willamette Valley
Line" on their sides. The nickname
iiiififiiiiif
-, ,,.?, ... ..A v..
William Bell
proved to be the only one on which
all interested persons could agree.
When the contest closed, March 31,
there were 2765 entries, some persons
submitting as many as 40 names. An
official of the company has given .out
the statement that the Canby-Molall
line will be opened September 19 and
the Monroe-Eugene division on Sep
tember 3. -
Keep Cool!
A nio shady place, where
you can get the col hreeies
fr.m the river. Ice cream and
all kinds of soft drinks. '
The Open Air Ice
Cream Parlors
At West End of Suspen
sion Bridg e
v V
I
AGEN
T HAS TO
EXPLAIN DELAY
CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO KNOW
WHY PORTLAND COMPANY
FAILS IN PROMISE
MAY PARK CARS ON MAIN STREET
Matter Left in Hands of Mayor anc'
Subject is Dropped Improve
ment Resolutions ace
Passed at Once
When R. -L. Shepherd,, agent of the
Portland Railway, Light & - Power
company asked the city council Wed
nesday at its meeting for permission
to park his Sunday excursion cars on
north Main street, he stirred up the
members into demanding why his
company had not complied with the
agreement of its franchise and built
the freight yards that it had promised
when the ordinance was passed.
The agent immediately explained
that his company had always intend
ed to build the freight yards and that
it had simply been waiting for the
further construction of the Clackamas
Southern so that the two roads could
have union yards and construct their
freights depots at the same time. He
promised, however, to take the mat
ter up with the heads of his concern
and assurred the members of the
council that the company proposed to
live up to its side of the agreement.
The council believed that the com
pany was abusing the privileges that
had been extended to it by parking
its freight cars on the streets, but
the agent explained that the company
had held them there only long enough
for the shippers to get their goods out
and that it was as anxious to keep
the cars on the- move as were the
members of the council. If the
freight trains are allowed to stand on
the track for a period longer than 48
hours, the company is forced to pay
demurrage on every car that is held
on the track.
The entire question of whether the
company would be permitted to stand
its Sunday excursion cars to Canemah
park on the siding on Main street was
referred to the mayor with instruc
tions that he should use his own dis
cretion in the matter. Mayor Jones
will grant the company the permis
sion as long as it does not abuse the
privilege that the city extends and
is willing to give the corporation any
thing within reason that jt finds it
needs to accomodate the excursion
crowds to tUe park. He does not
propose, however, to allow the com
pany to use the street for a freight
yard, and will revoke the permission
as soon as he finds that is has done
so.
The council also instructed the
board of water commisioners to sup
ply the water for the new-hydraulic
elevator now under construction at
the edge of the bluff and that will,
when completed, connect the business
and resident districts of the city firm
ly together. Tentative resolutions
providing for the improvement of Di
vision street from Molalla avenue to
Sixteenth stret and High street from
First to Seventh street were adopted
by the council. Under a resolution
also adoped at the morning session,
Seventh street will be repaired from
Division street to and including High
street.
The reports of the water commit
tee and the committee that had it in
charge the rock-crusher problem were
read and adopted by the council.
LETTER CARRIERS'
WILL MEET HERE
The eleventh annual convention of
the Oregon Rural -Letter Carriers asso
ciation will be held in Oregon City
Sunday and Monday, August 31 and
September 1. Because of the particu
lar nature of the work in which the
mail carriers are engaged and their in
ability to obtain substitutes that can
handle the mail efficiently, they have
chosen two days that are holidays foi
them and upon which days no mail
delivery is made, September 1 being
Labor Day and a national holiday. Pol
lowing are the officers of the associa
tion: J. H. Maxwell Eugene, presi
dent; Nelson E. Willetts, Yamhill, sec
ond vice-president; W. H. Boyd, Beav
erton, secretary and treasurer. The
executive committee is composed of
Eugene B. Cornett, Albany; William
F. Eberhard, McMinnville, and A. E.
Peek, Monroe. C. W. LeVee, of Cor
vallis is the national delegates. Fol
lowing is the official programme:
Sunday, August 31, 1913.
Arrival of delegates. Headquarters
of the association at the Oregon City
Commercial club in the Masonic
Temple.
4:Oo p. m. Song, America. Prayer.
Informal opening and meeting
of committees.
Social meeting.
9:00 p. m. By courtesy of the Bell
theatre the delegates and vis
itors have been extended an
- invitation to visit the motion
picture, theatre.
Monday, September 1.
8:00 a. m. Formal opening of the
convention at the Commercial
club.
Song, America.
Invocation, R. W.. Smith (R. L.
C), Springfield, Oregon.
Address of Welcome by Mayor
L. E. Jones.
' Greetings from the Oregon City
; Commercial club, B. T. Mc-
Bain, president.
Response Franz Kratzberger,
of Macksburg.
Report of committee on cre
dentials. Business session.
- Remarks by Paul E. Keyser
of U. S. Postal Service.
Question box.
. Continued on Page 4.)
ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL IS
7 J " "
This is a recent picture of St. John's Cathedral, ths oldest Catholic chui ch on the Pacific slope north of Cal
ifornia. The chiurch was dedicated last Sunday with befitting services by Bishop J. J. Lawler, of St. Paul,
in the presence of practically th? entire membership and many visitors who did not belong to the congrega
tion. The improvements that have been made this year have maintained the original cross shape of tha edi
fice but have made the bui'ding much more beautiful and artistic than before. The building was the re
ligious home of the pioneers'of Oregon and parts of it were brought around the Horn in sailing vessels from
Montreal and Quebec.
Rep. David J- Lewis
Of Maryland, chairman of commit
tee on labor.
COMMISSIONER TAKES
OATH OF OFFICE
J. W. Smith, the recall candidate
for county commissioner, took tha
oath of office before . County Clerk
Mulvey Wednesday and entered into
the discharge of his duties. The new
comtnisioner did not come into the of
fice of the county clerk when the
newly elected judge took the oath be
cause he was, at that time, busy wita
his personal affairs and his presence
was not then required at the court
'house.
Under the law, the commissioners
are paid only during the time that the
county court is In session, and it was
not necessary for him to be present
with the.-county iudee. He is now
qualified to meet with the other mem
bers of the court and to transact the
business of the county.
E
DOCTOR WITH GIFT
Dr. J. W. Norris, the city health of
ficer, was surprised Wednesday when
30 of his old friends, presented him
with a new horse to take the place of
the one that he lost when the stable
was burned during the fire that vis
ited the city a few weeks ago.
- The horse that the doctor lost in
the fire has carried him a great many
miles over the county in the years
that he has been a physician here and
was well known to nearly everybody
in the community. When the stable
burned and the horse' died in the fire,
many of his friends missed the faith
ful animal as much as did the doctor
and they raised a fund for a new one.
The animal had been the doctor's pet
for the years that he had seen service
in the county.' The gift of tiie new
animal was made.aa a token of friend
ship from more than 30 persons in the
county.
A
(::,
NEW JUDGE HEARS !
HIS SECOND CASE!
H. S. Anderson, county judge, Wed
nesday signed the committment pa
pers that sent Robert McCartney to
the state insane asylum on a com
plaint alleging insanity.
The judge heard the testimony in
the case Wednesday afernoon and de
cided that the allegations had been
sustained. The officers of the insti-
tu'ion arrived Wednesday night and.
left on one of the night trains for the
asylum with their man.
Where Shall
We Go to Get It?
"Don't go! Come right here"
say the merchants of this town
in today'3 ENTERPRISE.
Wonderful how these live. busi
ness men anticipate your needs.
Right now they are cleaning
their August stocks and planning
what they shall offer you at
Christmas.
Tha steamers and trains are
bringing in your fall attire plan,
ned lorg ago.
But the important part in the
merchant's fall and winter plans
is to start with fresh new goods.
He must sell what he has right
now. That's why August is a
month of unusual retail sales.
Better clear shelves and a tem
porary loss, than capital tied up
in summer merchandise.
It pays to watch the advertising
every day in the year, but it will
never pay you better than right
now in this month of August.
The time to buy is when the
other fellow is anxious to sell and
never are -the merchants offering
etter inducements than now.
Read and see!
pccooocoo
Charles R. Miller
The classified ad est u mm cf Ths
I Enterprise satisfy yeur wants.
Newovernor of"'lare
DEDICATED
Rep. James F. Byrnes
COPYRIGHT HARRIS A EWING. WASH.
Of South Carolina, member of com
mittee banking and currency, demo
crat. V
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, CORVALLIS, Ore., Aug. 20.
An alumni directory of the Oregon Ag
ricultural College has been issued in
the handiest, neatest, vest-pocket
torm conceivable. The volume is
bound in flexible leather, and bears
on the front cover th-a seal of the
college, stamped in gold.
Granduates of the institution, to
gether wuh occupation and addresses
are first given in alphabetical order,
after which follows the list grouped
geographically. As shown by the geo
graphical lists, there are O. A. C. grad
uates in each of twenty-nine states
and territories, and eight foreign
countries. Distribution by . cities . in
Oregon and Washington is also
shown, every city and town, and al
most every aamlet, being represent
ed by one or more graduates. Ths
Port'and list is especially strong, con
taining almost two hundred.
The last pages contain a list of al
umni officers, extending from 1875 to
1912. The first president of the as
sociation was J. R. Bryson, and the
present incumbent is Professor A. G.
Bouquet.
Carnival at Cheyenne
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 20. Chey
enne is overflowing with visitors to
the annual Frontier carnival, which
opened and will continue until the
end of the . week. An elaborate pro
gramme of parades and spectacles re
calling the pioneer days has " been
prepared. The chief interest, how-
everrcenters in the bucking and rid-
ing contests for the wort's champion-
snips. - '.
MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED
County Clerk Mulvey issued a mar
riage license Tuesday to E. A. Schula.
of Portland, and Miss Helen Enge-
brecnt, of Clackamas county.
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CITY MAV LEASE
ROCK CRUSHER;
HOBOES TO WORK
The long drawn out deliberation
over the rock-crusher problem took
another turn Wednesflay when the
committee that had that matter in
charge recommended to the city coun
cil that the crusher be leased instead
of purchased.
The committee reports conferences
that it has had with the heads of the
various departments of the city gov
ernment and expects to be able to use
the hoboes that ar taken from the
trains in and around the town to do
a great deal of the construction work
on the street improvement.
Following is the report in full.
A report of the Oregon City citr
council special committee on the pur
chase of the Jones rock-crusher.
To the Hon. Mayor and City Council,
of Oregon City, Ore.
Gentlemen
We, your committee, respectfully
5ub--.it the following report:
Much time and effort has been de
voted to obtaining information bear
ing upon said crusher both as to its
own intrinsic value and its probable
value as an asset of Oregon City in
case it were owned by. Oregon City.
In computing its value to the city,
there were considered: (1) The
problem of street improvement with
the probable effect of the city beins
able to make competition among bid
ing contractors more keen by offering
rock at a lower figure than is usually
charged, and thus making it possible
to . reduce the cost of said improve
ment to the property owners con
cerned.
(2) The problem of street mainte
nancs including prompt and system
atic repair, sweeping and otherwise
cleaning and caring for the strets in
connection therewith.
(3) The enployment of hobo and
prison labor not in competition with
free labor at the plant and on the
streets.
(4) The probable effect upon the
future development of the city water-
system, now subject to consider
able comment.
Your committee has had no funds
with which to employ expert investi
gation and appraisement but has ob
tained f.rom all sources that have oc
curred to or nave been suggested by
or to its members, information along
the lines mentioned; and has been
guided by no other motive than the
real value" of the plant and its acces
sories, including the reserved rights
of the owner to the 13 acres of land
held by the board of water comrliis
sioners for a period of approximately
eleven and one-half years from this
date, 8-6-'13.
Considerable argument both for and
against the purchase has been urged
unon the members of the committee.
all of which has been gladly welcomed
and'given due consideration in arriv
ing at the' following conclusions.
The data for this report has been
obtained from our city engijieer; from
disinterested men acquainted witn
the conditions required to make "a suc
cess of such undertaking, having
been actively engaged in the rock-
crushing business; from the city rec
ords showing the amount ot rocK useu
by the city during the past three
years and for what normal purposes
used and its cost to the city. The
cost of street sweeping and repairing;
from the chief of police the plausibil
ity of using to advantage nooos ana
prisoners on rock-crusning ana sireec
work; from the secretary of the board
ofwater commissioners, the statutes
of reserved rights of the owner in thq
rock and land incident to tne total
value of the quarry and machinery of
the plane to the city.
The values of this plant itself have
been submitted: (a) By Mr. Jones
and O. K'd. by the city engineer:
1 Symonds No. 5 Gyratory crusher
with screens and- belt conveyor, all
in good order.
1 40-horse-power Westinhouse elec
tric motor with full equipment
1 n-inch x 7-inch engine hoist.
1 Derrick with which cable and
t locks
1 3-inch Wood Rock Drill with 12
steel bitts 400 feet, 30 pound track.
4 Dump cars. 4 skipps.
1 Portable blacksmith forge.
1 Anvil and drill sharpeners.
1 Powder housei 1 blacksmith
shop.
1 Motor house.
7 Storage bins with steel shutes,
etc.
9 Rock nammers. 1 Barrel oil.
1 Blasting machine. 1 -dozen
picks, etc.
Tho citv eneineer makes a further
report on this. crusher as follows,
new :
niton ntv f rock available, a)
Lower ledge 60.000. cubic yards, (b)
Upper ledge 500,0'JO cubic yarus.
Crusher is a Gryratory crusher,
wears very little, easy to repair aud
utni rota nut' of order. Cost of
these crushere.s, appropimately $3,
500.00. Hoist engine, ?suu; oms
good capacity and condition $1500;
motor and connections, $500; power
h nil Re. tracks, tools and other acces
sories, $2,500. Total $8,800.00.
Another report made by Carl John
son, general contractor, " superintend
ent of construction concrete on
Broadway Bridge, Portland; foreman
on steel tower Hawthorne Bridge and
O. R. N. Bridge, also opened quarry
for Copper River & Northwestern R.
R. Co. in Alaska and another man who
has been in the stone quarry work
for years, said report submitted ar.
the request of the chairman of this
committee is as follows:
Rock good quality; motor good con
dition; carrier good conaition; DunK
ers same; donkey engine worn,
worth about 40 per cent new; jaws ol
crusher badly worn, worth about 30
per cent new; boom stick should be
reinforced by three 1 rods; needs
air compressor for drilling instead of
steam; then use hose instead of pipe
, less dangerous than present equip
ment.
Mr. Johnson estimates that with a
good superintendent who will require,
every man to put forth his best ef-'
fort and who will look after the de
tails of the business carefully can "
take out and crush this rock for slight
ly less than $1.00 per cubic yard. ,
Estimates capacity of crusher at
70 yards per day. .
Would take contract to produce the
rock in bins for $1.00 per cubic yard;
providing the city will agree to take
all the rock used by it from him.
Various other citizens who claim a
good knowledge of this business dif
fer widely in their contentions as to
cost of production.
To test the cost of the crushing ol
rock 500 cubic yards were ordered
from Mr. Jones and the accounting
placed under direction of the city en
gineer. His report on cost is:
Labor of men. May 27, July 2, per
daily report $313.00
Power, $6.00 per day 42.00
Powder in blasting 31.00
Total cost $386.00
$386 divided by 500 77 cents per
cubic yard.
Others estimates from men who
know the business place the cost at
approximately $1.00 per yard; and one
report claims $1.25 per yard as the
cost based upon: (a) cost of quarry
ing 50c; (b) reducing to crushing di-.
minsions 50c; (c) oil, fuel, power,
etc., 25c or a total of $1.25 per cubic
yard.
After considering all the estimates
and reports and discussions available
the committee believes that under
normal conditions . of operation the
cost will be approximately $1.00 per
cubic yard. The committee believes
the 500 yards was produced under
more favorable conditions than prob
able under city management. Full
preparation as uncovering the fock
were made prior to the beginning of -the
work and which in the future
would be a charge against the pro
duction; and that the near limit of
efficiency in effort was obtained
throughout. No charge was made for
the services of a foreman or superin
tendent, which the city would also be
obliged to charge as cost are among -other
factors which the committee
considered. - .
Adding to the $1.00 estimated cost
an average cost of. 30 cents per yam
for hauling, the total would be not
less than $1.30 per yard, assuming
that under municipal control the same
efficiency is required in the produc
tion of said work as is required under
private control.
To arrive at the real cost per yard
there must be taken into considera
tion: (a) interest on the investment
amounting, at 6 per cent, to $360 per
year; depreciation and repair of plant
at not less than 10 per cent, or $600,
insurance against accidents to plant
and employes, etc. Total at least
$1200 per year.
The amount of rock used in 1911
principally for street maintenance
was 1651 yard; in 1912 6637 yards,
and to date in 1913 1579 yards. '
An average is hardly representative
since Molalla avenue required last
year several thousand yards. A care
ful estimate for the future better
maintenance being considered is ap
proximately 4000 yr
- On a basis of $liv tor interest, de
preciation, repairs and insurance, ap
proximately 30c a yard must be ad
ded to the cost, bringtng the total
average up to $1.60 per yard, deliver
ed on the streets.
The difference between this cost
$1.60 and the cost of rock as now
purchased at $1.85, is 25 cents per
yard less than now paid. On 4000 .
yards, this would mean a saving of
$1000 oer annum.
The committee believe: (a) That
the present system of street mainte .
nance and cleaning is both inefficient
and more expensive than it would be
in comparison with the efficiency de
sired if put on a more modern and -systematic
basis. The committee be
lieves that it would be economy for
the city to own a team, dump wagon
and street sweeper and employ a
good reliable man to care " for said
team and operate wagon and sweeper
with necessary assistant, and that ef
ficiency should be the only requisita
in the employment of such men.
(a) Under this management, the
hard surfaced streets could be mora
thoroughly cleaned at less expense
than under the present plan, and the
streets made more lasting and attrac
tive. The team should after sweep
ing be employed to deliver rock from
the bins upon the streets and when
not thus engaged the team and driver
apply themselves to . other strictly
srteet operations. Every hour coulO
thus be utilized to advantage and the
street kept in repair and cleaner than
at present. Now they oftimes get be
yond repair before repairs are at
tempted, owing to lack of team and
equipment and this is expensive neg
lect. We are confident also after
due consideration that with this team
and sprinkling outfit now owned we
could oil out streets at a very large
reduction from present price.
The first cost of the outfit is esti-
mated for team, $600; wagon, $200;
sweeper, $800; and accessories $100.
Total $1700. Wages of two men, $65
and $75, and maintenance of team $50
per month. Total $2040 per year.
Interest on equippment and team
at 6 per cent, $102.00; depreciation,
10 per, cent on $1700.00, $170.00.
Total annual expenditure for team, 2
men and equipment, including inter
est, maintenance of team, deprecia
tion at $2312.00.
We believe that this expenditure
will produce satisfactory results and
will be a large improvement over the
present plans followed. The cost of
which would be:
Allow hauling 2800 yards rock at
30c anct city team allowing J
(Continued on Page 4.)