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MR. HENRY PECK AND HIS FAMILY AFFAIRS
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MORNING ! ENTERPRISE
OREGON CITY, OREGON
E. E. BRODIE -
Entered as second-class matter
Oregon City, under the Act of March 2,
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CITY OFFICIAL
OREGON CITY AND Oregon City now has, for the first time, the
DULL RUN WATER opportunity to gain from the natural fastnesses of
the mountains the purest water that nature has made. Portland has agreed
that the unlimited supplies now stored in the great reservoir on the top of
old Mount Tabor are not to be used bv her alone but that other cities are
to be given the benefit of the supply as long as the demand does not in any
way cut dowri the flow that passes through her own mains.
The time will never come when Portland will suffer from a shortage
' of water supply, even though Oregon City taps the headwaters of the same
stream that quenches the thirst of her many thousands and even though this
city should grow to the same proportions that the state's metropolis has
gained.
Stored in that natural treasure house in the mountains, an unlimited
supply of water will always be available for the two cities, a supply of the
best water that is manufactured and distilled in nature's own plant and
that is so pure and free from the typhoid gathering germs as to equal the best
product that the world's filtering and chemical plants can produce.
There is nothing better for Oregon City than the Bull Run water sup
ply. It will settle, once and forever, the question that will .otherwise be
continually bobbing up as to the purity of the city water or the cause of the
typhoid epidemics that may, from time to time, affect the interests of the
city.
With the water of Bull Run passing through the city's mains there will,
hereafter, be no question as to the purity of the water source nor any quibble
as to the value of bacteriological or chemical examinations that may be made
by the various authorities on those subjects in the state.
To get the question settled once and for all is worth money to Oregon
City. It will cost money to build that line to the headwaters of the creek
and to tap the springs in the reservoir on the hill. But everything that
promises a lasting value costs money and and things of value are worth
money. ..
There can be no question but that the water problem of Oregon City
would be settled for all time to come by the construction of the mains to the
reservoir at Mount Tabor and the tapping of that inexhaustible supply for
the city. Coming down the mountain at that height above the city's level,
'there would be no necessity for a pumping station to maintain a high pres
sure in cas? of fires and the most remote corner would be given force enough
to handle all of the requirements for fresh water that might ever be pre
sented. The Enterprise is heartily in favor of the suggestion for a Bull Run
water supply. In fact, the first suggestion for this new source came from
this paper itself. Eighteen months ago, it presented the idea to the people
of the community and that idea has now been crystalized into definite shape.
The concrete proposition will soon be presented to the voters of the
community when Portland and Oregon City representatives get together in
their conference over the terms of the proposition. It is a certainty that
those terms will not be such as to in any way burden the city nor will it be
a Continual drain upon the city's resources and its treasury.
It is also probable that the cost will be materially less annually than
-the cost of the present system, that the rates will be somewhat lower than
they now are, and the whole supply can be turned through the mains, fresh
from the filtering plant and factory of nature's own design, at a cost that
Woman Has Been an Inferior Creature
Ever Since World Began
By Professor FREDERICK STARR of the Univers.ty of Chicago
WOMAN HAS BEEN AN INFERIOR CREATURE EVER SINCE THE
HUMAN RACE WAS DEVELOPED, AND SHE MUST ALWAYS
REMAIN SO. THE PRESENCE OF LARGE NUMBERS OF WOMEN IN
OCCUPATIONS HITHERTO MONOPOLIZED BY MAN IS UNNATURAL
AND INDICATES RACIAL DECLINE OR AT LEAST RACIAL STAG
NATION. THIS IS AN UNPROGRESSIVE AGE, AND ON THIS GROUND
ALONE CAN BE EXPLAINED THE RELATIVE SUCCESS OF WOMAN
IN COMPETITION WITH MAN.
The RACE IS AT A STANDSTILL.. We are not making prog
ress in really important fields. We ar.e inventing automobiles and aero
planes, it is true, and are perfecting business methods. We are worship
ers of machinery and system.
But that does not count for the true advancement of civilization:
MAN IS STAGNANT. The male has dropped out of the struggle, and
until he enters it again we shall make no serious advance.
Woman by nature is UNEQUAL TO MAN in the development of
those qualities which make for human progress. She never has distin
guished herself by important discoveries in any line of science.
As compared with man, there never was a great woman painter, sculp
tor, musician, architect or scientist. , She has NEVER INVENTED
ANYTHING OF BENEFIT TO THE RACE.
The elements of sex superiority were fixed back in the vegetable
kingdom, and SHE CANNOT OVERCOME THEM. She is conspicu
, ous in affairs now only because she is playing an inevitable part in a grc;it
rce experiment in which the activities of man have been temporarily
x abridged.
AS SOON ASp MAN RESUMES HIS NORMAL STRIDE WOMA?
WILL DROP &CK IMMEDIATELY TO THE NATURAL POSITION C
INFERIORJfVf WHICH , THE FEMALE HAS HELD THaSfSH -A'
THE CENTURIES THAT LIFE HAS EXISTED IN TH 1 r. . .
Editor and Publisher
January 9, 1911, at the postoffice at
1879.
NEWSPAPER
OREGON" CITY, .OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1913.
will be incredibly small compared to the benfits that the community will
derive from the plan.
The mere fact that Oregon City will have to construct its own mains
to the tapping point in the reservoir is not a staggering one. The initial cost
will not be great. It will be something, of course, for benefits are not to be
plucked from the limbs of every tree that grows by the road nor are they
to be had simply for the asking.
The voters of the city will realize that the plan is going to cost money,
that it will take time, and that it will require capital. The construction of
a pipe line capable of carrying the entire supply for a city of this size with its
constantly growing population and prospects of many thousands more of
population in the next few years is going to be no mere childs play. Nor
will the cost be incidental.
But there are things to be considered that make the financial aspect of
the undertaking light and the initial cost small in comparison to the benefits
ro the city that may be reasonably and properly expected. In spite of the
careful examinations of the best experts obtainable and their unbiased and un
interested opinion upon the city water supply, there will always be these
who will believe,' and honestly, that the state board and other authorities
have made a mistake and that water that comes from a river that is exposed
as is the Willamette cannot, in spite of the best filtration and chemical
plants, be anything else than filthy. Of course, such. a conclusion is gross
ly erroneous but that does not, in any way, alter the fact that there are
those and will always be those who will believe it nevertheless.
Bull Run water is as cold as the melted snows. It has enough vegetable
matter of a harmless nature scattered. through its millions of gallons to make
it delicious. It is pure from any disease germs that could poison a popula
tion as Oregon City has been poisoned in the last few months.
In fact, the contract that will give to Oregon City the water of Bull
Run is simply and wholly THE solution to the city's water problems and
the answer to the questions that have puzzled city officials and medical men
for months.
A guinea ahead,
Softens the bed.
The Bank of Oregon City
OLDEST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY
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Sept. 6 In American History.
1805 Horatio Greenougb, sculptor,
born in Boston; died 1852.
1822 William Steele Holuian. Demo
cratic statesman, born: died 1897.
1901 -President William McKinleysbot
- while holding a reception In the
Temple of Music at the Pan-American
exposition in Buffalo by Leon
F Czoigosz. an anarchist.
"ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
Evening star: .Inpiter. Morning
stars: Saturn. Venus. Mars. Mercury
Coma Berenices (the Hair of Bernicet.
a cluster f five stars, seen setting be
tween northwest and west northwest
about 9 p Hi.
Caught a Tartar
By SAMUEL E. BRANT
John Riggs and Elmer Burch, two
young men of the world, spinning
about on an auto tour, stopped one day
at a country hotel and, liking the lay
of the land, the scenery and more es
pecially the cuisine of the house, con
cluded to remain for awhile. They
soon discovered a small game going on
in a room behind the office and went
in to look on. They were adepts at
the national game of poker, but only
played as gentlemen with gentlemen
for pastime and not for the purpose of
replenishing their exchequers.
The game they watched was being
played by four men one of whom ap
peared to be a greenhorn, who was be
ing fleeced by the other three. They
had not been playing long, and Riggs
saw that the sharpers were permitting
the greenhorn to win. When they left
the table for supper he was consider
ably ahead, and the others exacted a
promise from him that he would give
them their revenge during the evening
The two young tourists felt sure that
if the winner played In the evening
the sharpers would contrive that he
should lose not only all he had won,
but whatever he had to lose besides.
Riggs said he should be warned, but
Burch suggested that ' he would not
take a warning. Fools like that he
said, couldn't be taught wisdom. The
only way he could be taught a lesson
was' to win his money from him, then
hand It back to him with a lecture on
trusting persons he didn't know.
After suDDor. w.'iile the two were
smoKing on tne pntzza. tne greennorn
came out. and they began to chat with
him. Burch said to him that he had
watched his poker game and was sur
prised at his skill. Riggs chimed in.
The result of the talk was that they
invited him to cut the men with whom
he had been playing and join them in
a game in their rooms. The fellow
seemed indisposed to deny the sharp
ers their revenge and asked the friends
if they thought he had a right to do so.
"Certainly." said Burch. "Every sit
ting at poker stands for itself. If
these men had won your money they
would not have played again with you
unless they wanted to. Isn't that so?"
he added, turning to his friend.
Riggs confirmed his opinion, and the
three men adjourned to a room up
stairs and sat down for a game.
For half an hour the greenhorn was
permitted to win with ease. He play
ed a very poor game, but the two
friends failed to bet on their good
hands and always bet on their' poor
ones. When they had let their oppo
nent win about $50 they changed their
tactics and won it all back again. The
greenhorn pulled out a roll of crisp
ten dollar bills, manifesting an inten
tion to buck against his adversaries for
all he was worth.
The friends glanced at each other
knowingly. The little game they were
playing interested them. They were
not Used to spending their time with
out amusement and they were getting
all they wanted. The greenhorn play
ed even worse than before, and, losing
his money, he became excited and lost
his head completely. One after anoth
er his beautiful banknotes passed into
the hands of his opponents. , . A thou
sand dollars of his had gone into their
keeping and he was diving into his
pockets for more when Riggs stopped
him. Putting his hand on the green
horn's arm gently, he said:
"My friend, don't get out any more
money. We brought you up here to
night to save you from those sharpers
with whom you were playing before
dinner. If you had joined them to
night they would have had this money
..instead of us. They would have kept
it. WTe are going to return it."
The man gaped at them as though
he could not understand what they
were driving at Presently he asked:
"How do you know those fellows I
played with are sharpers?"
"We could see them 'playing you. "
"And you're going to give me back
all the money I've lost to you without
my winning it?"
"We are."
The green horn grasped the hand of
each of the friends promptly.
"I'm mighty glad of it Do you
know this money I've lost wasn't mine.
It belongs to a dear little child for
whom I am guardian."
- When the man had finished his ex
pressions of gratitude the settling up
came. The money was put In a pile
"--a thA ts Ul e. and th frreenhorn waft
WILLAMETTE ACREAGE .
2 Blocks from car line on good
County road.
1-3 acre for $500.00
1-4 acre for 425.00.
1-4 acre for 350.00.
10 per cent, cash, $10.00 per
month with interest at 6 per
cent.
DILLMAN & HOWLAND
told to help nimseir to wnat ne naa
lost. There was old money, as well as
the new bills he had brought out
"I'll take the ragged stuff, gentle
men." he said, "and leave you the
clean money."
Pocketing the ragged stuff, he
grasped his benefactors' hands again,
thanked them with moist eyes and
withdrew.
The next morning the friends looked
for bim, but did not see him. Nor
were the sharpers about, either.
Burch. needing change, stepped up to
II he hotel clerk and asked him to break
a ten dollar bill. The clerk was about
to do sb when something about the
bill caught his ej.
"By jing." he examined, "if that
isn't one of those counterfeit tens some
one has been circulating about here
lately!"
And it was- The greenhorn had their
ragged stuff, art.1 they had his coun
terfeits. "1 sav. John." said Burch. "we warm
ed a serpent in our bosom, didn't weF
"You bet."
"No. sir; never again!"
SAID ABOUT WOMEN.
Nothing displeases women
more than an austere and self
contained character. They see
that they have no hold upon it
Its dignity awes them. Its pride
rebels. Its occupations keep
them aloof Hippolyte A. Taine.
No woman is so bad bat we
may rejoice when her heart
thrills to love, for then God has
her by the hand. J. M. Barrie.
Her eyes are homes of silent
prayer. Alfred Tennyson. -
Flattery is their nature. To
coax, flatter and sweetly befool
some one is every woman's busi
ness. She is none if she declines
this office. William Makepeace
Thackeray.
MARRIAGE. '
No encouragement should be
given to elopements. They are '
too often the precursors of un
happy unions that end in the di
vorce court. They are under
taken by very young, irrespon
sible persons and are frequently
due to impulses of the hastiest
and most trivial nature. A
thing as serious as marriage
should be undertaken only after
the most careful and deliberate'
reflection and should be sur
rounded with all proper dignity.
My views about marriage have
been criticised as interfering
with true love and the spirit of
romance. But I cannot feel that
to be the case True love implies '
a desire for the well being of the
beloved. No man who loves a
woman is going to ask her to
marry him if he understands
that their union may result in
death on lifelong invalidism for
her. But it will take a curtain
amount of education and regula
tion to bring home this under
standing to everybody Why
should we do less to safeguard
the business of begetting life
than we do for all sorts of vastly
less important business? For
tl'-se enterprises we require li
censes or "reputable financial
backing. Bat if any man want -
. to get married he goes to the
county clerk's office wholly un
known there or unvouched for
as to character, responsibility or
anything else - With him goes a
similarly unknown, unvouched
for woman No matter what
their mental, moral or physical -condition,
thej, get their license
and are married -Walter Taylor
Summer.
Just Like All tha Rest.
"But doctor." she said. "I want to
raise my baby with all the modern Im
provements.'" "I don't see a single modern improve
ment about him." the prosaic old man
replied. Chicago Record-Herald.
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ELECTRICAL WORK
Contracts, Wiring and Fixtures
WE DO IT
IVIiller-Farlcer Co.
Acquiring a Nanny.
"What is the best way to get a man's
goat?" asked the boob.
"Why. horn around for awhile, butt
in when he is talking and then begin
to kid him," replied the wise guy.
Cincinnati Enquirer. ,
SWEDISH SERVICE
Swedish service will be hel-d in the
Methodist church next Sunday, Sep
tember -7, at 3 o'clock. Rev. John
Ovall will preach. All Scandinavians
are most cordially invited to attend.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our heartfelt
thanks to our friends and neighbors
for the sympathy and: kindness extend
ed us during our recent bereavement.
GEORGE KIRBYSON and FAMILY.
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of assistance to any worthy person.
HOW would you like to talk with
1400 people about that bargain you
have in real estate. Use the En
terprise. HELP WANTED-FEMALE
GIRL WANTED To help with gener
al housework in small family at
Gladstone. Telephone Main 26.
WANTED; Woman, one 'day in each
week to do washing for small fam
ily at 1012 Van Buren street tele
phone B 214.
WANTED GIRL 13 years or over to
work for board, go to Cottrell school
Address, C. H. Hart, Baring R. No.
FOR RENT.
FOR RENT Furnished or unfurnish
ed parlor, electric lights, hot and
cold water. Inquire this office.
FOR RENT At Gladstone, where wa-
ter is absolutely pure, new 6-room
house, J10.00. J. N. Seivers, Main 406.
FOR RENT Dwelling houses at Glad
stone, W. H. Timmons, Gladstone,
Oregon.
FOR RENT 7-room house, 107 Tenth
Street between Main and Water
Streets. Inquire of T. W. Sullivan,
101 Tenth Street.
SEVEN room house for rent, lots of
fruit trees in yard and nice lawn,
electric lights, hot and cold water.
Mlain 2413.
FOR RENT Two clean rooms nicely
furnished, with sleeping porch, pat
ent toilet, electric lights, hot and
cold water. Mrs. Henry Shannon,
505 Division St, back of Eastham
school. .
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE Horse, buggy and har
ness; or will trade for cordwood.
Inquire Burns grocery, Gladstone.
FOR SALE By owner, handsome
pony suitable for lady to ride or
drive. E. M. Shaw, Oregon City,
Route 5.
FOR SALE Bicycle, cheap, used 3
months. 617 Main street.
RUNABOUT FOR SALE for a song
first class condition. Owner left the
country. Come to HUGHES GAR
AGE, Oregon City.
WOOD AND COAL
COAL COAL
The famous (King) coal from Utah,
tree delivery. Telephone your or-
D. C. LATOURETTE, President
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
t OF OREGON CITY, OREGON
' CAPITAL $580o!oe
Transacts a General Banking BusIrms. . Open from t A. M. ta . M.
HENRY JR. 5AY5
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der to A56 or Main 14, Oregon City
Ice Works, 12th and Main Streets.
OREGON CITY WOOD & FUEL CO.
Wood and oal, 4-foot and 16-inch
lengths, delivered to all parts of
city; sawing especialty. Phane
your orders Pacific 1371, Home
A120. F. M. BLTJHM.
MISCELLANEOUS
WANTED Customers on milk route,
will deliver any where in City.
Headquarters, Wilson Implement
Co., Telephone Main 394, A-44.
WANTED Pruning, trees, grapevines
and shrubbery; trees budded. Box
305.
WANTED One to five cows for good
clover pasture, two miles South
Oregon City. Phone Farmers 228.
A. H. Harvey.
NOTICES
Notice to Creditors
In the County Court of Clackamas
County, State of Oregon.
In the matter of the estate of Eliza
beth Mundeu, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed, J. E. Whitney, has been ap
pointed administrator of the estate
of Elizabeth Mundeu, deceased, by
the County Court of Clackamas
County, State of Oregon, and has
qualified a3 such.
All persons having claims against
said estate are hereby notified to
present the same with proper vouch
ers and duly verified to me at the
office of Geo. S. Shepherd, 825 Yeon
Building, Portland, Oregon, within
six months from the date of this no
tice. Dated and first published Septem
ber 6, 1913.
J. E. WHITNEY,
Administrator of the Estate of
Elizabeth Mundeu, deceased.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Thirteenth Street Improvement As
sessment Notice is hereby given that an assess
ment for the improvement of Thir
teenth street, Oregon City, Oregon,
from the West line of Jackson street
to the East line of Monroe street
has been ascertained and the. pro
posed assessment has been aportion
ed and is now on file in the office
of the City Recorder and subject to
examination.
Any objections that may be made
in writing to the City Council and
filed with the City Recorder within
ten days after the first publication
of this notice will be heard and de
termined by the council before any
Ordinance is passed assessing the
cost of said improvement.
The property assessed for said im
provement lies on both sides of the
part of said Thirteenth street pro
posed to be improved and the line
of lots abutting on said part of said
Thirteenth street fartherest from
said part of said Thirteenth street
and said part of said Thirteenth
stret.
This notice is published in ' the
Morning Enterprise and the first
. publication being the 6th day of
Sept., 1913, and the last publication
being the 13th dav nf st iqis
and the City Council has set the J
u; 111 OCJJL, a l O ClOCK,
a. m.t in the Council Chamber, "as
the time and place of hearing of
such objections.
. ' L. STIPP, Recorder.
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT OF SIX
TEENTH STREET IMPROVEMENT
Notice is hereby given that an assess
ment for the improvement of Six
teenth street, Oregon City, Oregon,
from the west side of Jackson street
to the west side of Division street
has been levied and declared accord
ing to Ordinance No. 648 of said
Oregon City. A
The whole cost of said improve
ment is $8,171.87 and tie assess
ments, are now due and payable and
will bear interest from and after the
10th day of September, 1913, at the
legal rate after which time the prop
erty against which this assessment
is levied may be sold for said assess
ment and a further penalty of fif
teenth per centum added.
The property assessed for the said
improvement lies on both sides of
Sixteenth street proposed to be im
proved and the line of lots abutting
upon said part of said Sixteenth
street fartherest from said part of
said Sixteenth street and said part
of said Sixteenth street.
L. STIPP, Recorder.
F. J. METIER, Cashier.