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WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866.
VOL. VI. No. 60.
OREGON CITY, OREGON,' THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1913.
Pee Week, Ten Cents.
TELEPHONE CASE
CLACKAMAS IS
READY FOR FAIR
REFEREE SETS
DATE FOR SALE
Canadian Judge In Whose Hands Thaw's Fate -
Rested and Courthouse, Scene of Legal Battle.
UP FOR HEARING
u
WOMAN GOVERNOR
CUPID'S VICTIM
RAILROAD COMMISSION SITS TO
LISTEN TO CITY'S CHARGES
AGAINST ITS RATES
MATTER TAKEN-UNDER ADVISEMENT
No Decision on Evidence Given When
Testimony Is in but Ruling
Is Expected in a Few
Weeks
With all of the members of rail
road commission of the state present
at the hearing, the city pushed its
charges against the Pacific Telephone
& Telegraph company and produced
receipts to show how tht company had
made different ana discriminatory
rates for identically the same service,
according to the committee's conten
tion. That the company had made rates
that were manifestly unfair and dis
criminated against some of its patrons
in the question of rentals was charged
by the city and evidence introduced
to prove the claim that the council
has made. The city goes further and
alleges that the company has discrim
inated aginst Oregon City, as a whole,
and has made rates that are higher
for service rendered here than the
same company makes for the same
service in other cities of the state.
The committee had a vast collec
tion of receipts and contracts that had
been gathered from some of the pa
trons and these were introduced to
show that the company had made char
ges of $1.25 and $1.50 for identically
the same service.
The company introduced Engineer
Spencer and Teasue and Assistant Su
perintendent Phillips to prove that the
rate of $1.50 was necessary in order
to maintain the line an dservice that
the corporation now has in the city.
The officers said the lower rates
would not meet the expenses of the
company and return any margin of
profit and that the higher rate was
needed in order to make anything off
the money invested in the plant here.
The city contended, on the other
hand, that the company is now charg
ing Oregon City with higher rates
than it holds against other towns of
the state and that it gives no better
service for the charges that it makes.
It showed, briefly, that some towns
were receiving the same service for
as littVe as one dollar that patrons on
the line here are now paying for at
the rate of $1.50.
Is First Case
The case is considered the first of
its kind that has ever been brought
before the railroad commission of the
state although it is not the first tele
phone mater Jhat has been submitted
for decision. The city believes that
the decision in this case will be one
of far reaching importance in that it
will establish a precedent for similar
action to be taken by other cities of
the state that feel the company is
making a rate higher than it should for
the service given.
EXERCISES AT PUT-IN-BAY
PUTIN-BAY. O., Sept. 19 Eloquent
speakers, an attractive program and
a large attendance contributed to make
this, the opening day of the centen
nial celebration of the batle of Lake
Erie, al that two years of prepartion
have promised. The program wa3
ushered in with an artillery salute at
11:45 o'clock this morning, which cor
responded with the exact time at which
the opening gun of the great battle
was fired one hundred years ago to
day. Hundreds of visitors filled the coli
seum and listened to the anniversary
addresses this afternoon. Commodore
Oeorge H. Worthington, of Cleveland,
president-general of the interstate
board of the Perry's vectory centen
nial commissioners, called the gather
ing to order and introduced Governor
Cox as the presiding officer. After
several preliminary addresses had
been delivered the oration of the day
was delivered by former President
William H. Taft. Addresses by speak
ers representing Canada and several
of the states followed Mr. Taft's ora
tion. BEAVERS LOSE AGAIN
" A' San Francisco San Francisco 4,
Portland 2.
At Sacramento Oakland 2, Sacra
mento 1.
At Los Angeles Venice 19, Los An
geles 3.
W. L. Pet.
Portland - 87 65 .572
Venice 85 79 .518
Sacramento 77 75 .507
San Francisco 79 84 .485
Oakland 73 90 .447
Lutherans Gather In Toledo
TOLEDO, O., Sept. 10. Delegates
from many parts of the United States
and Canada are arriving in Toledo for
tthe fourty-fourth convention of the
General Council of the Evangelical
Lutheran church in North America.
The sessions will be held in St. Mat
thew.'s church, beginning tomorrow
and continuing for one week. The
missionary, Sunday school, education
al and other activies of the church
will be considered at the meeting.
ains in Used Oars
Studebaker 30-horse-power four-door 5-passenger touring car, 1912
model; nickle plated trimmings, electric horn, prestolite prime and
head lights; full set of tools and equipment, including spare rim and
tire, tire cover and irons, chains and extra tubes. Guaranteed to be
in perfect condition - . $700.0Q
Seven-passenger 60-horse-power touring car, fully equipped with de
mountable rims, extra rim, tire, tire cover and irons; electric side
and tail lamps anl electric horn; presto head lights, fitted with
Rohrbocher tire pump. Thi3 car cost $4290.00 in 1910, will sell for
$850 If taken at once. Will guarantee car to be in perfect condition.
PACIFIC HIGHWAY GARAGE
Main St. Bet. 11th and 12th, Oregon CityA.' Main 390 Phones B-56
WONDERFUL DISPLAY i OF LIVE
STOCK SOON TO BE SENT TO
CAN BY EXHIBIT
DAIRY CATTLE WILL BE FEATURE
All Sorts of Farm Products are Gath
ered for Show Rooms and Fair
Promises to Rival One at
Salem
The last of the county exhibits be
fore the big state fair at Salem will
be the Clackamas County fair, which
is to be held at Canby September 24,
25, 2G and 27, and which promises
to rival in interest any similar display
in the northwest.
Primarily will this be so because
of the great interest that has devel
oped in Clackamas county within the
past three years in blooded livestock,
representative , samples of. which will
be shown by a host of exhibitors.
Exhibit Dairy Cattle
Dairy cattle that supply Portland
and neighboring cities with cream,
milk and their products will be on
view, and the visitor will be surpris
ed at the superiority of this stock.
There will also be peps of shorthorn
cattle, many thousands head of which
graze in the county to be fattened for
the markets, as well as displays of
hogs of high degree, and sheep which
annually provide the big-mills at Ore
gon City with the raw material from
which clothes, shawls and blankets
are made.
Angora goats, which are raised to a
considerable extent in the county,
will also be on view, while some of
the finest horseflesh in the state will
be seen in the parades and on the
race track.
Clackamas county is also famous for
its chickens, nd the entries so far
received in the poultry section mke
it evident that this division of the
fair will be specially worth viewing.
CHIEF DECLARES WAR
Every unmuzzled dog found on the
streets of the city will be shot immed
iately, according to an order that
Chief of Police Ed Shaw has issued
to his force.
Elmer Glass, the poundmaster, has
gone to the hop yards for the season
and the city is just now without an
officer but the chief plans to get an
other man, in a few days and will in
struct him to kill every unmuzzled
dog on sight and to waste no time in
notifying the owner that the animal
has been caught and is now in the
pound.
The chief says he has notified the
owners of animals that their dogs
were not muzzled or that they did not
carry license numbers until he ha3
been swamped with work of that kind
and he proposes to put an end to it.
The dogs must be muzzled or they
will be shot as soon as they are caught.
BASIS OE DIVORCE
Suit for divorce was filed in the cir
cuit court Wednesday by Marie A
Shilton against Paul A. Shilton on the
grounds of desertion.
The complaint recites that they were
married at Oregon City September
24, 1909, and that the defendant d
serted hsr at Los Angeles later. She
asks for $35 a month permanent ali
mony, $100 attorney fees, and $50 ali
mony during the pendency of the suit.
WHITE WIFE HELD
AS MURDER SUSPECT
- CHICAGO, Sept. 10. Mrs. Charles
Sing, white wife of a Chinaman, who
was found mysteriously murdered here
recently, was formally booked today,
The woman repeated her former state
ment as to the killing, saying that two
men entered the bedroom where she
slept with Sing at daylight and one
of them struck her unconscious. When
she recovered consciousness, she de
clares, her Chinese husband lay dy
ing beside her.
A man named Norn, who is known
to have been friendly with Mrs. Sing,
and who is sought by the police, is
said by Immigration Officer Ebey to
have been going under an alias. He
had been under investigation by the
federal authorities for several weeks
before Sing's murder occurred.
It was disoveed today that Sing's
, life was insured for $15,000 and that
his wife was named as the beneficiary.
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Photos copyright, 1913, by American Press Association.
After his arrest in Canada following his sensational escape from the Mutteawan (N. Y.) Insane asylum Harry K.
Thaw, slayer of Stamford .White, entangled himself In a legal maze in bis effort to gain his freedom Retaining
several noted Canadian lawyers and alienists! he sought to gain his liberty at the hands of Justice Globensky of the
supreme court of Quebec. . After securing a writ of habeas corpus Th;i w's counsel obtained a postponement of Its re
turn until Aug. 27. at which time it was agreed Thaw should appear in court in his first step in his light for freedom.
Judjre Olobenst.y and the Rherbrooke courthouse are shown In the illustration.
PICKING HOPS
ASK HENRY EDWARDS
Thirty-six hours in the hopfields is
the record established by Henry Ed
wards and Harry Young, of Oregon
.
City, who pulled off the stunt Saturn
day and Sunday in Panperine's yard
just to see what they could do. The j
aftort was the result of an argument
the two had as to the normal fatigue !
of hop-picking, Young contending that
it was hard work, and Edwards laugh
ing at him, and saying that it ws the
easiest thing in the world.
Decide to Setle it
In order to setle it, both of the
young men, who are well known local
ly, decided to put their staying abil
ities to the test. They arrived at the
hop yard Saturday afternoon, picked
hops industriously until the rest cf
the pickers in the field quit. Young
then wanted to rest for the night, but
Edwards announced that he was just
warming up to work.
Leading the way to the dryer, Ed
wards prepared to put in the night
working there, and Young, not to be
outdone, decided to "stay ""with it".
Throughout the night the two worked
side by side, cleaning up the dryer and
T
SEARCH EOR CREW
BERLIN, Sept. 10. Acting under the
personal orders cf Kaiser Wilhelm,
torpedo boats today are searching the
North sea, 18 miles north of Heligo-i
land, where the new naval Zeppelin
ship L-l was wrecked late late yes
terday and 15 of the crew of 22 were
dorwned. The disaster came when
the L-l was struck by a hurricane.
The great airship was struck by the
terrific gusts almost - amidships and
hurled to the surface of the sea, where
she was pounded to pieces by the
wind and the waves.
This was the fifth air craft built by
Cnnnt Zennelin to he destroved. but
no loss of life occurred in the other
mishaps. j
Zeppelin- was deeply affected by the
tragedy. Kaiser Wilhelm telegraphed
his condolences to the families of the
victims. .
Torpedo boats recovered seven bod
ies of tne victims, including tnat oi
Commander Hanne. Seven of the. crew
were rescued, including Lieutenants
Wendt and Grimm. Eight members of
the crew are missing and are believ
ed to have drowned.
Wisconsin M. E .Conference
BELOIT, Wis., Sept. 10. Beloit is
entertaining during the ensuing five
days the annual, meeting of the Wis
consin conference of the M .E. church.
Bishop Willian A. Quayle, of St. Paul,
is presiding over the sessions.
HARD?
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stacking th,3 hops until the day's" pick
had been disposed of-. Then, just to
P88 tne ume tttey tackled tne wood-
mm until nronHact Hmo
Work Sunriav
Sunday, being a day of rest the
other pickers, who w.sre much inter-
ested in the endurance test, gathered
to watch the two "workers" do their
stunt. Without trying to pick any
tremendous quantity of hops, the two
Oregon City mjm kept at it through
out most of Sunday, garnering steadily
as they worked down the lines of
vines. All day they picked, stopping
only for meals, and in the evening re
turned again to tlie dryer to stack
what they had gathered.
When they completed their llottel
task, and nothing remained to be done,
Young said he guessed he'd admit that
picking hops wasn't such awfully hard
work. However, he said he was sat
isfied with what he had already ac
complished, and Edwards felt the same
way about it, so the two left the field
to those regularly employed in the
yard. Say "hops" to either one of
them now, and they show a surprising
lack of interest. .
ON TIME AT DOCK
SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 10. True
to the trust imposed in them by Gov
ernor Lister, the 30 honor men who
were brought to Seatle last night from
Walla Walla penitentiary and allow
ed the freedom of the city until this
morning, came to the Colman dock
at 9 o'clock this morning and took
the steamer Potlatch for Hoodsport,
on Hood canal, where they are to work
out the rest of their sentences on the
"honor camp" established there by
the governor.
The men have been serving senten-
j ces of from fiva to 20 years and have
come to within one year of the time
they are. to get their freedom.
They were convicted on almost ev
ery charge possible except murder, but
since they have been "trusties , they
are allowed to imisn their terms in
the open on their honor. This is the
first test of the honor system inaug
urated by Governor Lister.
At the wharf this morning there was
a litle stir of expectation among the
half dozen who had come to see the
strange embarkation, and among the
workers on the wharf and the boat,
People were glancing suspiciously at
each other and wondering if it were
possible that the other could be one
of the strangers from Walla Walla.
Three large clubs have opened in
Milwaukee under the new Wisconsin
boxing law.
TO
TALK OVER PLANS
"Church night" services will be held
at the First Congregational church
Thursday evening at 7 : 30 o'clock when
plans and needs of the church for
the year will be discussed before the
membership.
Rev. George Nelson Edwards, the
pastor, will read a paper on "Our
Program for the Year" and will out
line, some of the things that hs be
lieves the church will need during
the next few months and the work
that it should accomplish in that time.
September is, with the churches as
with the city schools, the opening of
the new year and the pastor thinks
that all of his membership should be
present to .assist in the formation of
a program for the ensuing months.
Carpenters are now at work repair
ing the roof of the church building
and other improvements will be made
shortly.
JURIST HAKES ORDER
FOR BROTHER JUEGE
A circuit judge was plaintiff and
another circuit judge sat in the case
when Judge J. U .Campbell's suit for
the quieting of title to some land in
Clackamas county was decided Wed
nesday by Judge George N ..Davis of
Portland. .
The case Involved the title to land
in the Andrew Hood donation land
eclaim in township three south, range
two east, and part of section 10 in
the same township and range. The
Portland judge held that thp Clacka
mas county jurist was entitled to the
decree that would settle his claim to
the property and enjoined about 40
defendants against whom the suit had
baen brought from ever asserting a
claim or title on the land in question.
The case has been pending in the
court for some time and Judge Davis
came to Oregon City Wednesday to
issue the decree.
DANISH PAPER IS
FIRED FOR RECORD
A power of attorney written In the
Danish tongue and the translation
certified to by the counsul of that
land in Portland was filed in the
county recorder's office Wednesday
by Jens Madsen.
The paper merely prepared the way
for the settlement of the estate of the
husband, James Madsen, who owned
a bank account of $140 and 160 acres
in Clackamas county valued at $200
ROSEBURG GIRL WHO WAS ONCE
STATE'S EXECUTIVE IS NOW
MARRIED
CHS RAILROAD CONDUCTOR
Well Known Official of Southern Pa
cific Gets License in Vancouver
and Has Quiet Cere
mony Miss Flossie Shambrook who has the
distinction of being the only woman
who has served as governor of Ore
gon, was quietly married to T .P.. Bir
gen, a conductor on the Roseburgrun
of the Southern Pacific Wednesday
afternoon, the ceremony being per
formed in Vancouver, Wn.
N3ws of the wedding came as a
surprise to her many friends here.
M'iss Shambrook was private secretary
to the late Governor Benson, and
while he was out of the state at one
time during his administration was
naned "acting governor" during his
absence.
Well Known
Miss Shambrook was a Roseburg
girl, and has many friends throughout
the Willamette valley. During the
time she served as the governor's pri
vate S3cretary she became extremely
popular with legislators and state of
ficers. Her husband is one of the
most widely known railroad men of
this section, having been on the Rose
burg train for many years. His" home
is in Portland, and after a brief trip
Mr. and Mrs. Birgen will reside in the
Rose City.
Local railroad men say that Birgen
has had several offers from the com
pany of better runs, but has steadfast
ly refused them. His fellow workers
now see the reason, for conductors on
the Roseburg run have about ten
hours "overlay" in that city between
their runs.
NEW VARIETIES NOT
MUCH IN FAVOR
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvalis, Ore., Sept. 10. "Ex
hibitors of vegetables at fairs are of
ten at a loss to Itnow what kind of
specimens and how many of a certain
kind to exhibit" says Professor F. G.
Boquet, of the horticultural depart
ment, Oregon Agricultural college.
'The rules of the show should clearly
state those requirements, and exhi
bitors should rigidly adhere to them.
There should be no haphazzard at
tempts in the display. If the terms
of competition call for six beets and
the competitor shows five or seven,
he is clearly in line for disqualifica
tion. It is certainly not a very diffi
cult thing for the grower to adhere
to these rules.
Lack Uniformity
"One feature of our shows which
attract the unfavorable notice of the
judge is lack of uniformity in a single
exhibit and the correct naming of it.
Exhibition specimens should show un
iformity of size, color, shape, smooth
ness and cleanliness. A fair display
which has these characteristics is
undoubtedly in line for a prize. Take
any vegetables as an exabple of these
points, and you will find that they
will appeal to the judge's eye,
" Proper labeling of entries is im
portant, but a great many are alto
gether incorrectly tagged. Growers
should have a clear idea of the type
of the variety that they are showing
and then try to reach the type m the
specimens that they exhibit. No one
can mistake the general characteris
tics of the Danish Ball Head cabbage
and yet I find speciments entered as
such that are altogether different from
this variety. As disqualification fol
lows, growers should not enter spec
imens of doubtful pedigrees and stock.
Cut Down Varieties
"For the most part I would discour
age the large number of new varieties
that are exhibited at our shows. Very
often these new varieties are simply
the result of one season's work and
are by no means real varieties of sta
ble characteristics. They are local
variations of real varieties.
"Sometimes they are valuable- ac
quisitions but such cases are few and
far between. And we have too many
varieties as it is. Most of our strains
of varieties are plenty good enough
it we give attention to our stock of
seed and prevent its depreciation from
year to year. With potatoes we find
enormous quantities of new varieties
each year at our shows. In manv
cases exhibits of this kind "are worth
less, while in others they represent
some signs or improvement. Improv
ed strains to my mind are very much
superior to a new variety which even
tually may depreciate and be lost
sight of." ...
GLADSTONE TO BUY
15 STREET LAMPS
Fifteen new street lights will be
placed in the city of Gladstone and
th3 business section will be brilliantly
illuminated hereafter.
The city council has ordered the
purchase of 15 bracket lamps that.
will be located through the business
sections of the city and that will be
placed on the corners of the streets
woere the travel is the heaviest.
. The decision to order the lights was
taken at a council meeting Tuesday
night at which a great deal of other
business, most of it routine, was trans
acted.
FIXES TIME WHEN HE WILL RE
CEIVE BIDS FOR STOCK OF
FOUR BIG STORES
WILL SELL TO HIGHEST BIDDER
Goods to go in any way Buyer Wants
to Take Them Invoice Shows ,
. . Merchandise Is Heavy
on Shelves
Referee in Bankruptcy B. N. Hicks,
of this" city, Wednesday ordered the
sale of the bankrupt stock of Barde
& Levitt in Oregon City, Hood River,
Corvallis and Salem. , This firm fail
ed last' February, with liabilities ag- -gregating
$140,000, and early this week
Federal Judge Bean refused to agree
to a compromise offered by Barde
Levitt to settle with their creditors
for 45 cents on the dohar. ,
The date of sale is set for Thurs
day, September 25 and each store will
be sold separately, or together, as pro
posals will be received by the referee
both ways. The invoice value of the
stock and fixtures of the four stores
follows: Oregon City, $24,932; Hood
River, $8,859; Corvalis, $19,635; Sa
le'm, $18,880; Total, $72,307.
TIME SHORTENS FOR
Friday, September 19, will ba about
the last day on which exhibitors in
the Logan Juvenile fair may present
their displays although some of the
products will be entered up to 10:30
o'clock on Saturday morning. None,
however, will be taken later than that
hour.
Some of the prizes that have been
offered are, best exhibits in class C,
pair of white rabbits by J. C. Young;
class B, sweet corn and potatoes, best
exhibitor in class B, Rhode Island Red
chickens by Mr. Koch.
There will be an eugenics baby
show at 2 : 30 o'clock that afternoon
and Dr. Mount will deliver an address
on eugenics. O. E. Freytag, secretary -
of the Commercial club of this citj-,
will make a talk on agriculture. M.
A. Gill is superintendent- of the fair
and has charge of all of the exhibits.
OUT COMPLAINT
Jack Frost, constable of the county,
swore out the complaint that took W.
J. Wheaton into the custody of the
county from the city's jurisdiction and
that held him under a $250 bond for
his appearance in court Thursday in'
answer, to the charge of assault with
a dangerous weapon. - -
The- case was continued by Judga
Seivers until Thursday morning when
further action will be taken in the
matter. It was the intention of the
city, according to Chief Ed Shaw, to
make a ease under the city ordinance
but the filing of the complaint car
ried the matter into the justice court
and the county's jurisdiction.
Morris Rickard's condition is im
proving but he will not say whether
he intends to prosecute the case fur
ther. Wheaton . disclaims any enmity
toward Rickard and believes that he
is still friendly.
HUSBAND MAY SELL
HIS WIFE'S LAND
The jetition of I. D. Larkins to sell
his wife's dower interest in some
land and to grant a clear deed and
title to her property as well as his
own was granted by Judge J. U. Camp
bell in the circuit court Wednesday"
after the hearing in the case had been
held.
The land involved belonged, "partial
ly, to Emaline Larkins and is located
in the south half of the northwest
quarter, the north half of the south
west quarter, and lot two in section
36, township four south, range two
east. . : '-j-,r , - j.i ... - ' : ;' .
NATIVE STATE REMEMBERS PERRY
PROVIDENCE, R. I., Sept. 10.
Rhode Island, the native state and
home of Commodore Oliver Hazard
Perry, celebrated today the centennial
anniversary of his historic victory at
the battle of Lake Erie.' Exercises
commemorating the anniversary were
held in . all the public schools. The
most notable celebration was at New
port., where Perry made his home. On
exhibition there was the sword car
ried by the victor of Lake Erie, and
which was loaned for the occasion by
Perry Belmont, a descendant of the
famous naval hero.
New
Denver
Market
Meat
7th and Railroad. We Deliver
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
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