THE WEATHER
$ Oregon City Fair, with rising s
tenoperature; northwesterly wind. 8
lregon and Washington Fair,
-witih rising temperature excepts
neiir coast ; northwesterly winds.
Idaho Fair, cooler in south
3west portion. 3
.
CLACKAMAS COUNTY
FAIR
CAN BY, OR.
8EPTi 24, 25, 26, 27.
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WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866.
VOL. VI. No. 57.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1913.
Ptsr Week, Ten Cents.
TELEPHONE
EATS GROW WHEN
CITY THREATENS
COMPANY WILL
DECIDES TO INSTALL SERVICE
IN CENTRAL OFFICE UNDER
CONTRACT WITH CITY
COUNCIL PROTECTS IT FROM SUIT
Clause in Papers Hold Corporation
Harmless if Operator Makes a
Mistake in Reporting
Fire District
The Pacific Telegraph &. Telephone
company was whipped into line by the
recent ultimatums of the city coun
cil and Friday had its district manager
on the ground to explain the changed
attitude of the corporation and to tell
the city council how "de-lighted" it
would be to render any service that
the city might suggest.
Consequently, and as a result' of
the decision of the officials of the
company to accede to the demands of
the city, the new fire alarm system
will be installed in the central office
of that company here. As soon as the
system is ready, the company will al
low the officials of the city to have
the box placed inside of the office and
connected to the operator's exchange
board.
Has Hung Fire
The matter has been agitated by the
city council for some time and has
been talked over and over again by
the council and the company officials
for several weeks. In fact, it has
been a general topic of discussion
ever since the city first determined to
have a fire alarm system at all.
Though the question has been
threshed out time, and again and the
city has made demands that the com
pany has as regularly refused to meet,
it was not until recently that the city
fathers "got their spunk up" and told
the officers of the concern just what
would happen if they did not accede
to those demands in short order and
with the least possible delay.
People Incensed
So incensed were the people of the
city against the company's obstinate
behavior that it is understood a large
number of present patrons of the line
had agreed to have their phones tak
en out and those of the Home com
pany installed if the company did not
do what the city expected and asked
it to do. The members of the council
had declared that they would order
their phones taken out at once and
would use all the influence that they
could bring to bear upon their friends
to have the same action taken in as
many other homes in the city as pos
sible. The threat and demand evidently
I had its effect upon the officials of
the company. At a special meeting
I of the council Friday afternoon Dis
trict Manager Moore explained that
the company was ready and willing
to do all that lay in its power to co
operate with the city and to help in
lae general improvement of the ser
vice. He submitted contracts to the
I city that will be signed by the mayor
and city recorder as soon as the city
I attorney nas an opportunity to study
taem and to see that the ' city's in
terests are therein protected.
Protection Offered
Through the whole discussion the
I city has guaranteed the company from
Idanger by the filing of damage suits
I because of the failure, neglect, or er-
Iror on the part of the operator to
properly return the alarm after it had
tien given through the central office.
In- spite of this guarantee, however,
Ithe Company has contended that the
I public would hold it to blame were an
alarm reported for the wrong district
and the firemen delayed in reaching
I trie scene witmn a reasonable time.
The change of the company's attitude
on the matter came only after the cit7
I ft ad made thte threat and given the
lofficers 24 hours in which to make up
tneir minds as to the action that
Iwould be taken.
While they were on the subject, the
council insisted that certain poles be
Imoved tnat were, either in a danger-
lous location or were obj actionable to
property owners.
Former Supreme, Justice Dies
BRONXVILLE. N. Y., Sept. 5. Hen
ry Billings Brown, retired associate
justice of the United States supreme
rourt, is dead here today of heart di
sease. He was appointed to the su
preme bench in 1890, and served until
May, 1906.
New Denver Meat
Market
7th and Railroad Ave.
We handle first class fresh,
salt, and smoked meats.
WE GIVE S. & H. GREEN
TRADING STAMPS WITH EV
ERY 10c PURCHASE.
Highest market prices for stock
. . and poultry
Phone Pacific 410 Home 4133.
USE
ALARMS
COMPANY
TWO WIVES TALK OF
TROUBLES TO COURT
Anna E. Rossi won a divorce decree
in the circuit court Friday against
her husband, Camillo Rossi, on the
grounds of cruelty and .inhuman treat
ment during iheir married life. The
ceremony wa3 performed at Vancou
ver, Wash., December 18, 1912. .
Gertrude Baker received a decree
from the circuit court Friday against
Isaac Baker on the grounds of deser
tion. They were married at Portland
May 30, 1901.
MOOSE TO JOIN IN
ESTACADA PICNIC
More than 200 members of the
Oregon City lodge of the Loyal Order
of Moose will join the excursion train
that leaves Portland Sunday fcr Esta
cada to spend the day.
Several thousand members of the
order and their friends will leave on
the special train tthat has been char
tered for the excursion and a program
that will keep the large crowd amused
all of the time has been arranged.
It is probable that the Oregon Fife
and Drum corps will head the Oregon
City party when ic leaves and that the
cars will pull out of the city to the
music of the fifes and drums.
ON HEAVY YIELDS
Reports from the threshers of the
county show that there will be a bum
per crop in every grain this year and
that the season will be an exception
ally long one.
All through the county the threshers
report heavy yields and believe that
they will be kept in the fields for sev
eral weeks yet. The recent rains
have had the effect of delaying ,the
work in some of the districts but the
threshers plan to make up for the lost
time when they get started gain with
the first drift of clear weather.
On one field a gang of threshers
made a run of 2200 bushels in one
day and have averaged a run of 1700
bushels a day for several days. Sim
ilar reports have been brought into
the city by the threshers who were
thrown out of work for a short time
on account of the rain but who plau
on going back as soon as the weather
again settles.
RAILROAD SHOWS ITS
INTEREST IN COUNTY
Further demonstration of the inter
est of the Southern Pacific and Great
Northern railroads, with their allied
lines, in Clackamas county has been
given in the receipt by the Oregon
City Commercial club of a massive
silver and gold cup, which is offered
by the Hill lines as a prize for the
best general display of farm products
made by any one man at the Clac. a-
mas County fair which is to be hold
at Canby September 24, 25, 26 and 27.
The cup is a beautiful sample of
the silversmith's arc, standing 14
inches high, and measuring six inch-as
across the top. It is moante.l upon
ail ebony base and is to be competed
for each- year until won three times
by the same farmer, when it is to be
come the winner's property.
Stimulate Developments
None of the Hill lines enter Clack
amas county, so the offering of tke
cup is all the more remarkable. It
is designed to stimulate general agri
cultural development in the county,
and is a duplicate of the cups that are
oeing ottered by the Hill people in
states where their roads find an ac
tive freight field.
It bears upon the front the trade
mark of the Northern Pacific in dec
orative relief, and is inscribed with
a few lines denoting its purpose.
valuable Cud
There is over $50 wortht of silver
and gold in the cup and as a trophy
it will be sure to appeal to ranchers
and farmers of the section, many of
whom are preparing special displays
in the hope of winning it. In the
opinion of Secretary Freytag, of the
Commercial club, however, the cup is
apt to be won by some farmer who
has made no special effort to cantnre
it. but the excellence of whose general
crops will appeal to the judges as be
ing the best sample of all-around su
periority. jtnei L,evy, who has been acting
in the English and Centinental music
halls, is to have the leading part in
a play by Hubert Davies. It will be
her first appearance on the legitimate
stage.
Mme. Pllar-Morin, the celebrated
Believe me, Kantippe" has scored
a success in New York.
Thaw's Chief Counsel and Minister of the Interior
Before Whom Final Appeal For Delay May Be Laid.
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Photos copyright. lDliS, by American Press Association.
When Harry K. Thaw was caught in Canada he secured the services of several uoted Canadian lawyers, with
J. H. Oreeushields as chief counsel. There was no assurance, however, that Thaw would not change his mind at any
moment in restart! to his lawyers.-for he wanted it 'understood that he was directing their efforts to gain bis freedom.
A pliotoLM-nph of Mr. Greenshields is shown on the left. The other figure in the Thaw case here shown is J. C. Black,
minister if the interior, before whom Thaw planned to take his case iu case the immigration board decided to de
port !'!' -'s -:n iiiit'"sr--ili' :Min ' .
CHILD TORTURER TO
BEGIN ANOTHER YEAR
BOSTON, Mass., Sept. 5. Jesse
Pomeroy, probably the most notorious
life prisoner in the United States, to
morrow will enter upon the thirty-sev
enth year of his confinement bemna
the gray walls of the famous sta .e
prison In Chariestown.
All of these years have been spent,
in solitary confinement. This does
not mean, however, that he never
leaves his cell. If he so desires he
is permitted to exercise in the prison
yard outside his call for an hour every
day in charge of a guard. But this is
while the other prisoners are at work
in the shops. He is never permitted
to meet or see any parson excepting
his mother, who comes to see him
once a month, the prison warden and
occasionally the governor or members
of his counsel.
Pomeroy was a boy of sixteen when
he was sentenced to prison for life
for torturing and murdering little
children. He is now well past his fif
tieth year. Much of his time has been
spent in study and reading and he is
said to be well informed as to curren'
events. But he has never seen an
elec .ric car or automobile, never heard
a ihonograph, never talked through
a telephone, and has never ridden in
an elevator.
The resignation of W. C. Schultze
as county health officer was accepted
by the county court at its regular
meeting Friday. The doctor explain
ed in his letter to the court that the
expense and time thar. tha new posi
tion would involve were such as to
make it an undesirable one for him
and that he would not, feel that he
could afford to accept the place.
The election that placed Bolton in
the new municipality of West Linn
took out of the jurisdiction of the
coupty court the application of the
Portland, Eugene & Eastern for the
vacation of certain streets in Bolton
as a right of way for that line. - The
streets are now in the new town and.
the matter will have to come before
the city officials there. The appli
cation was, therefore, dismissed by
the county court.
The management of the Cort thea
tre, Chicago, is planning to revive
"The Double Cross' by George Bron
son Howard and Wilson Mizner. The
play was first produced four years
ago under the name: of "The Only
Law" and was the first of the under
world plays. Emmett Corrigan is to
have the principal part in the revival.
A new American farce called "A
Run for Your Money" by John Gold
ing, is dramatized from a story about
"The M)arry Martyr", a new musical
play, is to be given first in Boston,
Maclyn Arhuckle playing" the leading
role of a pompous Spanish provincial
governor.
8
Hollyhock Stalk Has
$
$ iOA RnHc nn Ono nf
4at UUUJ VII VMIl VI
Its Stems
With 124 buds on a singla stalk a
hollyhock grown by B. F. Kellogg, of
Oregon City, breaks the records that
have been established by the people !
of the county as far back as the files !
of the Oregon City Commercial club
can trace them.
Now on exhibition in the office of
the secretary is the greatest hollyhock
freak that has been brought into the
collection rooms. A single stalk
measures nine feet and three inches
and bears 124 buds. The average
stalk of this kind of flower is usually
four feet in length and has an aver
age of eight or ,10 buds, sometime!
even 16, one one stem.
WATER TO BE TURNED
INTO CULEBRA CUT
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. According
to a dispatch received today at the
war department from Colonel Goeth-1
als, chief engineer of the Panama ca-1
nal, Culebra cut will be finished Sep-
tember 15, and water will be admit
ted to the basin by October 0 .
Not a
Fairy Story
Once upon a time there was a
shrewd person who want-ad his
business proposition! to reach a
very influential man.
He could not get to see him in
person bu.: he learned that he was
a constant, reader of a certain
newspaper.
So the man who wanted some
thing wrote an advertisement stat
ing uis proposition and worded in
the way he believed would appeal
to the ONE MIAN he wanted to
reach.
He put it in a prominent place
in the newspaper read by the
ONE MAN.
Ha kept it there and before
many days rolled around it did
just what he hoped it would,
brought him to the attention of
tthe customer.
Both profited for this is a true
advertising story.
Now the point to you lies in
the fact that there is probably
some message in the advertising
of today's . Enterprise that is
-written expressly to ycu.
Are you a reader of the adver
tising so you can catch the mes
sage?. It may be important.
The third season at the playhouse
in New York has been, inaugurated
with "The Family Cupboard", by Ow
en Davis.
Elsie Ferguson has a new play
called "A Strange Woman", written
by William .1. Hurlbut, author of "The
Mentina Hodr " i
Silk Booted Hose 1 TA
Regular 35c . . ... I Ob
Ladies Knit Underwear . 1 A A
Reg. 50c to 75c suit 1 1 II
per garment 1 UU
Ladies Regular 15c ft
Knit Vests UU
500 yds. Dress Goods ' 1 ft
worth regular up to I SI
75c lUU
25 Shirt Waists IQf
up to $1.50 lOU
nun 111 w 111 1
m.
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AND 'YOU
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only, pu wjj SALE
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Regular 35c lOu Regular 10c .......... UU SFECIjAlL-I
Ladies Knit Underwear . t A A Mens Hose Q A I
prarme .?..S.T.t.... lUu Regular 15c pair . OU 5 A. T jH '
1 b.,,i, is,. r-n . Mens W,ork Shirts
Ladies Regular 15c ft Extra quality full f(JA 1
v -f Voota till width, 36-in long I XI 1
Knit vests vv & 65c shirt tUU On Aluminum and Granite Ware
Mill 500 vds Dres Goods 1 ft Overalls OTA nd hundreds of other items too
worth regular up to I l XSI M
I 75c 1UU Regular $1.0o OlU numerous to mention. Come, don't
25 Shirt Waists ' I ft A Mens Silk Hose 0C0 " meanS money to you" I
I up to $1.50 46u Regular 50c ZDv 1
J , ELLIOTT BROS'. Department Store
PERRINES PALS
STILL AT
SHERIFF BELIEVES ROBBERY AT
CANBY MAY BE TRACED
TO HIS FRIENDS
MEN REMAIN IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
Officers Cannot See Their Reason for
Staying in Vicinity of Oregon
City When They are Wanted
Here
Traces of an attempted robbery of
the general store at Canby the o,ther
mgnt leal tne sneritls office to be
lieve that "Wisconsin Dick" and John
Homer, pals of Virgil Perrine, are still
in the neighborhool and that they are!
hanging around the vicinity of the
county seat with some definite pur
pose in view.
A carefully planned attempt to rob
he general store was frustrated when
the night watchman caught the men
as they were trying to make their
way into the building and drove them
off the grounds.
The circumstances surrounding the
case lead Sheriff" Mass to believe that
the pals of Parrine are still in tha
vicinity and that they are planning
to make other robberies and hold up
other places close to Oregon City.
Just what their purpose may be in
this has been a mystery to the office
but the- facts are such that the offi
cers are still on the lookout for the
men. '
Their descriptions have been scat
tered broadcast through the county
and the other sections of the state and
the officers are expecting, within the
next few days, to have material that
will end in the apprehension of the
men for whom they have been look
ing since the saws were slipped
through the doors of. the jail to Per
rine. SCHOOL PRIZE LIST
IS NOT YET READY
In the richest district of the county,
the committee having charge the work
of raising the premium list for the
juvenile fair is meeting with the
strongest opposition and is having the
the most difficulty to get the prizes
that it has planned to offer.
At a meeting of the committee Fri
day, the difficulty that the members
had experienced was reported and the
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Canvass Gloves ft
Regular 10c UU
Mens Hose AA
Regular 15c pair UU
Mens Vork Shirts
Extra quality full f ft ft
width, 36-in long I XI
a 65c Shirt tUU
Overalls 0L"O
Regular -$1.0o OUU
Mens Silk Hose 0C0
Regular 50c LUU
WORK
A f m - . 33 i 1
COUNTY MUST
RETURN FUNDS
CIRCUIT JUDGE ISSUES ORDER
COMPELLING COURT TO GIVE
MONEY BACK
CITIES TO GET ALL ROAD LEVIES
Cannot Use Taxes Collected for High
way purposes on Other. Districts
Must be Given to City Wher
Raised
The city of Gladstone will, hereaf
ter receive all of its road money rais
ed within the limits of its own dis
trict. The county of Clackamas, the mem
bers of the county court, and the coun
ty treasurer have been mandamused
by Circuit Judge J. U. Campbell, re
quiring them to return to the . city
treasury of the city of Gladstone the
sum of $1232.86 that has been retain
ed from the money raised in that dis
trict during the year 1911 for road
purposes.
The circuit judge holds that the city .
is entitled to all of the money that
it gets for the road purposes and that
the county officers cannot take the
funds that are raised inside of incor
porated cities and towns and use
them for the general county benefit.
Old System
Under the old arrangement the city
was receiving 60 per cent, of its road
taxes after they had been collected
but suit was brought to have the coun
ty treasurer instructed to return all
of the money collected from cities
and town3 that are incorporated. The
petitioners, through their attorneys,
H. E. Cross and John Seivers, won
their request and the city officials
were ordered Friday to make the res
titution. During the years 1911 and 1912 the
county court levied a road tax of"
eight mills and collected from thu '
city of Gladstone the sums of J2568.9S
in 1911 and $2695.60 in 1912, of which
$1336.12 has been returned. Under
the instructions of the court the re
mainder will be given back into the
city treasury for use in the improve
ments that are contemplated there.
BEAVERS GIVE WALLOP
At Oakland Portland 10, Oakland
0.
At Venice San Francisco 1-5, Ve
nice 0-1 (first game 11 innings).
At Sacramento Los Angeles . 9,
Sacramento 3.
W. L. PC.
Portland 83 62 .572
Venice 80 78 .506
Sacramento 73 73 .500
San Francisco 76 81 .484"
Los Angeles .-...74 80 .481
Oakland .. ..72 84 .461