THE WEATHER
OREGON CITY Probably show-
$ ers and cooler; variable winds. $
S Oregon and Washington Local
showers, cooler in west portion ;
generally fair; continued warm in S
east portion; variable winds, ... &
' Idaho-Generally fair. . $
-
. CLACKAMAS COUNTY
FAIR
' . CAN BY, . OR.
3 SEPT. 24, 25, 26, 27.
? ,-. . . ,.: .....
, .
V v -w v v v
WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866.
VOL. VI. No. 44.
OREGON .CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1913.
Pee Week, Ten Cents.
BELL'S WARNING
NOTES ARE DEAD
COMMITTEE TO
STUDY RATES
Unique Picture of Daring Flight
Across Dangerous Bernese Alps.
U. S. Grant, Jr., and Young Bride
Are on ,T heir Honeymoon
WATER REPORT
COUNCIL HEARS
COjMMITTEE MAKES STATEMENT
OF ITS FINDINGS-'-TELLS
OF WORK DONE
STILL ARGUING WITH PORTLAND
Metropolis Deliberates Many Times
and Gives no Definite Reply
to Questions Tests
at New Wells
Whether Portland lias the right to
the water supply of Bull Run or
whether other cities may take as
much as they need under the provi
sions of the government reserve regu
lations, will be determined by ths city
attorney of Portland and a report
made to the city council here.
In his report, Councilman Tooze be
lieves that the city can get between
UUUiVUU uiiu , ... , u . o
ter every 24 hours from the places
where the test wells are now being
bored and that the supply could be
pumped from six or eight of these
wells and furnish the city with all of
ths water that it would need for sev
eral years. He points out the ' dis
tances that the wells are from any
point where' seepage could .interfere
wittf the supply and remarks that they
are higher than the point reched by
the highest flood of 1890.
Following is his report in full.
Oregon City, Ore., Aug. 13, '13.
To the Hon. Alaycr and CounciL of
Oregon City.
Gent 1 amen:
We beg to report the progress of our
investigations as follows, based on
three lines: (1) The Canby proposi
tion to furnish 1,000,000 to 2,000,000
gallons of pure water per 24 hours up
on a cost basis of 65c par consumer
or one-half gross income.
A franchise carefully guarding the
city's interests has been drawn and
agreed upon except as to some minor
features of wording.
- (2) The boring of test wells on the
Englebrecht property is completed un
less ordered further by the council.
Several bacteriological tests have been
made at the state laboratory and at
Corvallis and pronounced free from
-contamination. The water is " very
cold, registering approximately 52 de
grees and is very palatable. We be
lieve and have been offered a guar
antee that there can be produced from
four to six of these well from 2,000,000
to 2,800,000 ga'lons per 24 hours. Our
production of filtered water is now es
timated at 1,000,000 or less gallons per
24 hours.
The "depth is approximately 52 feet
the test reached a depth of 148 feet.
The pipe and heuer water from
the surface to reach the present depth
of production would pass through four
stata of materials, viz.: fine clay
earth 8 feet; sandy clay 21 to 22 feet:
very fine clean sand 4 to 5 feet, clean
water-bearing gravel 18 fet. This is
in itself one of nature's best filters.
Expert engineers inform us that all
surface water can be easily and effec
tively cased out from contract in any
v iimii mm o m jt v xiiii nun miiiiii ill w.i-
way with the water drawn for use. J
Wells Safe From Seepage
The distance of the site of the well
from the Willamette, the Abernethy,
the lake, and the Clackamas are ap
proximately 2000, 1000, 1500, and 2504
feet. The rivers and creeks it should
be remembered are moving streams,
the lake is fed from springs and the
engineer reports it 5 feet above the
Willamette at ordinary high water and
thus could in the summer season be
subjected to drain.
The height of the surface site of the
well with reference to the Willamette
i9 a matter of much interest. The re
port of the engineer is above the or
dinary annual high water - mark, 17
feet; above the "ow water mark 33
feet. Other authoities inform us that
the flood of 1890 reached a point 10
feeUabove the well site. Even this
flood could be easily cased out from
contact with the proposed supply.
Such a flood would cf course put the
present filter plant out of commission.
The claim that the water in said
sell is seepage from the Willamette
river must encounter the fact that
while the rivet 'owered during the
recent dry, hot weather approximately
5 feet or GO inches the water in the
well ovien only at bottom of 8 inches
nine and pumped by engine force over
two houses lowered during the period
rf timo nuntpH fnr thp rivfr nni fnr
, . ri, $ ? it $
J. ATTENTION S
Young Men! Young Women! $
S " Do you desire a positon in the
classified civil service? Postof-
fice clerks,, letter carriers, rail- 3
? way mail clerks, etc., in demand. S
$ Ages 18 to 45. Salary $75.00 to S
$ $1.50 monthly. Hundreds of ap-
pointments to fill vacancies, ex- S
'$ tension of r.ervice and Parcel S
post. Mr. H. L. Carl will be at
4 the Electric hotel in Oregon City
$ Tuesday, August 26th inquiring $
J for young men and women who S
desire to qualify for one of these S
$ appointments. H,e will he there 'o
one day only, Tuesday, the 26th, -s
? until 9 p. m. Those interested
$ should call and see him without S
fail.
Keep Cool!
A nioe shady place, where
you can get the cool breeies
fr"ii the river. Ice cream and
all kinds of soft drinks.
The Open Air Ice
Cream Parlors
At West End of Suspen
sion Bridge
i
i
L( : . .. m
This unique picture records one of the most darini; feats in the history oi
flying. It is the reproduction of an .ictual photograph of the Swiss air iumii
Oscar Bider crossing the Bernese Alps that tremendous barrier of rock, snow'
and ice on his recent flight from Berne to .Milan via the Alps. Bider crossed
over the great range of the snow cupped mountains between the peaks of the
Jhrtigfrau '13.G6S feet) and the Monch (13.4(H) feet), immediately above the '
Jungfrau .ch (12.000 feet), from which admirable point of vantage the pho
tograph . taken by. the manager of the Jungfrau rallrond. The watchers
saw the de:ith defying iiviator soar iw,y between the inmimenilile peaks over
Europe's test glacier, the .lts !. like some human bird of prey.
the pumping approximately three
inches.
There is now an ordinary pump in
the well and tHe test may be continu
ed at the discretion of the council
later.
(3) The committee have been per
sistently endeavoring for several
"months to obtain an agreement from
the city of Portland to furnish this
city with Bull Run water.
Several interviews with city officials
and other efforts put forth last winter
were unsuccessful owing to charter
restrictions on the sale of water by
the city of Portland except for a per
iod of time extending only over from j
one administration to another.
Under her commission form of gov
ernment however, the city may dis
pose of water to ou.side consumers
for an extended period of time and
several weeks ago as soon as th
new commissioners were seated this
committee renewed its efforts.
Portland Makes Promises
At first we were promised earnes.:
consideration during the following two
weeks. .At the expiration of that per
iod we renewed cur efforts and were
made to wait several weeks loh;rer
while i:he comttiission settled some dif
ficulties concerning the finances con
trolling the department; but undaunt
ed by these de'.ays we continued our
appeal, and after many efforts to ob:
ain a conference witi the department
of public uUli'.iss, including several
trips to Portland, the committee wire
rewarded on Tuesday, the 12th inst. by
a conference with the commission of
public utilities; U;e superintendent -cl
the water department and others di
rectly interested. Others of the pres
ent administration "uavs been consult
ed and are showing genuine interest
in our behalf. In consultation witi
the public utilities department, we
were informed that the city attorney
will render an opinion this week that
wi.l settle all legal questions that
have so far arisen, and we shall then
be given final reply. '
There is every reason we believe,
why we should be granted this priv
ilege. The government itself has set
aside a reserve rwhere the Bu'l Run
supply is located, and this is not des
ignated we understand, to Portland
benefit alone.
There are, or can easily be, made
availab'e 100,000,000 gallons of water
at Mt. Tabor reservoir and a pipe li-ie
to that site from Oregon City is not
in our jud.gnient impossible. x
We deem ii unwise at this time to
furnish further details. The full so
lution of the problem should be under
taken when we shall be fully imformed
that we will be granted the use of
2,000,000 gallons maximum and under
what rates and conditions.
We desire to state simpty that we
are, and have, been, putting forth ev
ery effort we believe consistent, anl
within a week hope for final decision
from the Portland authorities, and
then shall be In a position to recom
mend definitely the sources of supply
and conditions of same. Just as soon
as the said decision is reached, the
committee will request the mayor to
call a meeting to take up this matter.
Respectfully submitted,
P. J. TOOZE,
Chairman.
At Portland Portland 9, Los An
geles 1.
At Venice Venice 2, Sacramento 0.
At Oakland San. Francisco 7, Oak
land 4. ... ... .. . - . ... ,
E
TALK OF FUTURE
With a strong delegation of the
members of the Portland lodge, the
Oregon City MooEe held a jollification
session Thursday night and listened
to addresses on the future of the or
der. A number of Portland Moose
came to the city in autos and helped
the local order have the most interest
ing session in its history. .
Judge Robert G. Morrow, of Port
land, had just returned from the na
tional convention at Cincinnatti,
where he assisted in the dedication of
Moose Heart, the national Moose home
and told of the thines that the order
had accomplished in the last few years
and the many other things that it plan
ned to do in the next.
Judge Gordon E. Hayes, of Oregon
City, snoke along ths same lines, and
painced a picture of ti? future growth
of the order within the next few years.
The G. A. R. members gave interesting
incidents of the lives of Genera's
Grant, and Sherman; Professor Betzel,
of Portland, furnished an interesting
musical program, and Mr. Parker ren
dered several beautiful solos. Refresh
ments were served,
cit.oll-oiexd,
ENEMIES PLAN
TO GET GAYNOR
NEW YORK, Aug. " 21. A deadly
charge of dynamite three who'.e 10
inch sticks and two halves, with a fuse
and detonaor .was found this after
noon near Mayor Gaynor's office win
dows in the city hall. The bureau of
combustibles found that the explosive
was 40 per cent dynamite, the regula
tion blasting proportion, and the
amount found would, if exploded, have
wrecked the city hall.
The mayor , was in his office when
the dynamite was found by a citizen
passing through City Hall park. Mr.
Gaynor evinced little interest when
told of the proximite of the exp'osivo
and remained apparently undisturbed
at ras desk, while police officials hur
riedly drew a cordon about the dyna
mite to keep back an excited crowd.
Mayor Gaynor frequently receives
threatening letters, but tonight lie
would make no statement regarding
the possible connection between any
previous threat by mail and the dyna
mite of today. It is just three years
ago this month that he was shot in
the neck by a crank and so " badly
wounded that for several days it was
feared he would die. .
Coast League Standings 1 ".
Portland . . ......... .. ... . ".558
Sacramento .515
Venice .t. .500
.Los Angeles ....... .489
San Francisco .482
Oakland 460
J. A. Holt-grieve, a prominent ranch
er, of Vancouver, was a business vis
itor of here Thursday.
CURFEW FAILS TO SOUND AT ITS
PROPER TIME CHILDREN
ROAM STREETS .
IS TAKEN FROM THE OLD TOWER
Contractor Begins Work of Moving it
to New Home at Summit of
Big Steel Sstruc'iira
w Fire" System
"Curfew shall not ring tonight," and
it didn't.
No fair maiden grabbed the tongue
of the bell and swung out over the
city to prevent her lover from being
shot at moonrise or any thing of that
sort but tlie be'.l didn't ring laso
night simply because it wasn't on the
job.
For the first time in many years, it
took a vacation. It has hung on the
old tower of the fire station for so
long that almost everybody has tor
gotten the day when, with fitting cere
monies, it was placed in the belfry
tower. But Oregon City has taken a
metropolitan step and the bell was
lowered yesterday -afternoon and.
started on it way to the new steel
tower where it will sound out the cur
few calls and the fire alarm warnings
to the pulse beat of an electric but
ton instead of the lusty "heave-ho" of
ths fire boys down stairs.
The bell weighs about 70o pounds
and was unbolted from its tower yes
terday and started on its way to its
new belfry. The contractor had not
completed his work last night, how
ever, and curfew didn't ring. The men
expect to have the big bell in place to
night but it is impossible that the
work will not be finished in time for
the curfew alarm. The youngsters
who are usually at home when the bed
sounds were not' driven to their par
ents by its warning notes last night
and roamed about the streets a little
later than usual.
BIG ESTATE LEFT HER
The-$10,000 estate of Georgo Thom
as Hoffman, deceased, was filed for
probate with the county clerk by
Charles Sievers, attorney -for the fam
ily, Thursday. The widow, Emeline
Jane Hoffman recites that her hus
band died August 5, 1913, leaving 80
acres in township two south, range
five east, valued at $5000, and one
quarter acre in the town of Sandy
worth approximately the same sum.
The heirs are named: Emeline
Jane Hoffman, W. H. Hoffman, Cali
fornia; Rosa Bell Teneyck, Bull Run;
Rosetta Schoen, Seattle; Thomas Hoff
man, Portland; Cora Owens, Oedonia;
Ellnora Moulton, Sandy; Diamond
Hoffman, Ida Ogden, Santa Barbara.
Cal.; F. S. Hoffman, Cal., and Curtis
Hoffman. San Francisco.
YOUNG STATE OFFERS
' B. T. McBain, mill manager of the
Willamette Pulp & Paper company,
has returned from California after a
three week's business trip.
"I'm glad to get back. Oregon City
isgood enough for me," he said Thufs
day afternoon. His strip covered al
most the whole length of the state of
California and, while everywhere he
found improvement and evidences of
prosperity, he did not find the same
interest in the future displayed by the
people as is taken in. Oregon, and,
particu'aily in the Wilamette Valley
in and around Oregon .City.
"San Francisco, Oakland and o.,her
large coast cities are moving ahead.!
The great fair to be held at San Fran
cisco is booming things there "while
the 1915 fair at San Diego is naturally
making things lively in the southern
part of the siate, but the natural re
sources of Oregon are alone to be con
sidered as the reason for the rapid
strides that the state is making."
He further said, that, in his opinion,
Oregon offers more than any western
state to the man of small means who
is willing to work, that while Oregon
is older than some western states, she
is younger in development and offers
more to the wi ling worker than her
neighbors.
Mr. McBain was acompanied on hia
southern trip by his family.
County Clerk Mlulvey Thursday is
sued a marriage license to Sherman
N. Kilgore and Clementine Schradiek.
Miss Alice Glasspool of Portland, is
a guest at the homp of Mrs. Julia E.
Haskell, in Oregon City.
WEST LINN TO NAME
ITS NEW OFFICERS
' For the purpose of nominating can-
aioates lor mayor, six alderman, re
corder, marshall and treasurer, the. le
gal voters of the newly incorporated
town or"West Linn will meet, Wednes
day, August 27, at" 8 o'clock p. m., at
Willamette hali, of Oregon City. '
The couty court will fix an early
date in September . for the election.
The mass meeting of the voters was
originally set for Friday evening of
this week but it was impossible to ol)
taia ihe hall for that date which has
been advanced to next Wednesday. ;
OPPORTUNITIES
g.jn.... , .i.!sLy.. i iry.f gK y
; lully1;
Pboto by American Press Association. -
ALL smiles, D. S. Grant, Jr., and his young bride departed from San Fran
f Cisco for a honeymoon in the orient, which possibly will extend Into a
round the world trip. Because the eldest son of the former president
and civil war general is sixty and his bride is thirty-five and because
he is reported to. have settled upward of a million dollars upon her in. an ante
nuptial agreement it was said that his relatives objected to the marriage. The
couple were snapped as seen above Just before they sailed from San Francisco
DUTCH CAPITAL IS
GAILY DECORATED
THE HAGUE, Aug. 21 The capital
of the Netherlands has put on holiday
attire in honor of the great gathering
of peace advocates that is to bold
forth here during the next two weeks;
The flags ofall civilized nations are
to be seen flying over the hotels and
legations clustered about the two prin
cipal squares, wMle the hotels facing
the seat, at Scheveningen, with their
multi-colored banners snapping in the
breeze, form a stirring picture.
The delegates of the various coun
tries are arriving here by every train,
and the city is beginning to buzz
with animation.
Aft':r two days of preliminary work
the twentieth meeting of ;he Interna
tional Peace Congress was formally
opened today. The American Peace
With every purchase ask. for Red Trading Stamps
Come to the "Busy Storev for the special
closing bargains offered at our great Sum
mer Clearance Sale
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
ADAMS DEPARTMENT STORE
OREGON CITY, OREGON
society is represented at the meeting
by a distinguished delegation: headed
by Dr. David Starr Jordan, president
of Leland Stanford University. At the
conclusion of the sessions the latter
part of next week the delegates will
participate in the elaborate ceremon
ies attending the dedication of the
Palace of Peace, which is to be the
permanent home of the international
arbitration tribunal. Andrew Carne
gie, who donated the money for the
erection of the building, will be pres
ent at the dedication.
The week following the dedication
of the Palace of Peace will be given
over to the seventeenth conference of
the interparliamentary, union. This
organization, which was founded in
1887, aims to perform the same func
tions in the way of international par
liamentary action as The Hague trib
unal is now performing for the execu
tive branches of the governments of
the world. Its membership is con
fined to actual members of the legis
lative bodies of the various nations.
WO DAYS MORE ONLY "
Of our great REMNANT and
SUMMER CLEARANCE SALE
Thousands of yards of Remnants
for FRIDAY and SATURDAY at
OREGON CITY WILL GATHER DATA
FOR INVESTIGATION AT
PORTLAND HEARING '
DISCRIMATORY RATES IS CHARGED
Railroad Commission Plans to Hear
Evidence From Many Cities as
; To Tariffs of Portland '
Railway Company
Oregon City will add its quota to the
data gathered by the Railroad Com
mission of Oregon on the equity of
the charges "made by the Portland
Railway, Light & Power company.
tThe commission has sent out a call
for information to all of. the cities
where the company owns property and '
serves patrons and has asked the local
authorities to gather such data as
they can and send it up in time for
the hearing September 2. Mayor Jones '
will, within the next few days, appoint
the" committee that will make the in
vestigation and will report the results
of its finding to the commission. Jhe
state officials are trying to determine
whether, or not the company has as
sessed unjust or unreasonable rates
against shippers or whether -it gives
one shipper advantages that It does
not furnish to. others. -
The matter will be threshed out be
fore the commission at its hearing in
Portland next month. By that-time,
the data that the officials have de
manded of the company and of others
will be in its hands and the question
will then be determined. The commis
sion has the impression that there are
patrons who are now enjoying" rates
different from the published tariffs of
the company. Whether this. Is true
or not, will be determined at the in
vestigation in September. An order
has been issued on the officers of the
concern demanding the amount of its
capital stock, the volume of its busi
ness, and the condition of Its equip
ment, as well as the balance sheets of
its books for the year.
The letter to the mayor was signed
by Clyde B. Aitchison, one of the mem
bers of the commission.
NEW LAW TRIED OUT
ON LOCAL BROKER
Two warrants, on charging petty
larceny and the other the manage
ment a commission house without a
license from the state authorities,
were served by Constable Jack Frost
on B. Goldberg Thursday afternoon.
?TIie complaint on which these war
rants are based were sworn to by L.
Veirhns. who has been connected with
the company for awhile.
Under the state law as passed at the
last session of the legislature, com
mission houses are required to' take
out a license from he secretary of
tate before they are to be permittd to
transact business. The law provides
a penalty for each failure to meet its
requiremfents and allows the court
before which the broker is brought to
assess a fine ranging from $25 to $100.