.THE WEATHER
OREGON CITY Fair and not
8 so warm; northerly winds. .
Oregon Fair, except 'thunder
storms south portion, cooler west
continued warm east portion;
$ northerly winds.
Washington Fair north winds.
CLACKAMAS COUNTY
FAIR
CAN BY, OR.
$ SEPT. 24, 25, 26, 27.
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WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866.
VOL. VI. No. 66.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1913.
Pkr.Week, Ten Cents.
BOY SWALLOWS
POISON TABLETS
CLIMBS UP TO HIGH SHELF AND
FINDS BOX OF STRYCH
NINE PILLS
TWO DOCTORS WORK FRANTICALLY
Efforts of Physicians Fruitless and
Child Dies Within an Hour
Is Rushed to Hospital
In Auto
Within an hour after the 18-months'-old
son. of Mr. and Mrs. James Patter
son had climbed up to a high shelf in
tha family home at Scotland, near
Gladstone, and had taken 10 strych
nine tah'ets, he died in the Oregon
City hospital in spite of the strenu
ous efforts of two physicians.
The mother had placed the medicine
on one of the shelves where she believf
ed that it would be out of the child'3
reach. He managed to climb to the
point, however, and swallowed 10
of the tablets. Two doctors worked
over him for awhile and then rushed
him in an automobile to the hospital
here where they again went frantical
ly to work in an effort to save the
child's life. They were unsuccessful,
however, and he died within 20 min
utes after he went into the room.
Had the boy taken the entire con
tents of the box, it is possible that
his system would have revolted at the
shock and his life would have been
saved. He took just enough of the
medicine, however, to thoroughly
poison himself and the efforts of the
physicians were unavailing.
Miss Helen Sprague, a graduate of
Oregon Agricultural college and fcr
two yeais instructor in Latin in the
Cervallis high school, has gone to
New York to enter Columbia univer
sity, for advanced work.
Look Around
Then Come Here
We have as fine a line of furi
ture, carpets, store and building
.material, as you will find anyw l.ere
in- the Willamette valley. Our
stock is new and clean; our prices
will stand comparison with anyone.
OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE
Sales People
Wanted
At once. Apply at
ELLIOTT BROS '
This Morning
School Books Exchange
The exchange of school books
this year, makes waiting upon
our customers a very slow affair
With all our available force and
room at your disposal, Monday,
we can't wait upon mora than
1-3 of the Oregon City scholars.
You can avoid the rush and
tiresome wait by buying yo'ur
books now. We know the books
used for every grade. Do it
now.
HUNTLEY BROS. CO.
School Book Headquarters
WE WANT TO SELL
This New House
Vi block from Barclay school on
Mladison street.
5 rooms, bath, . electric lights.
Paid $1750 for one year ago. All
street assessment paid.
Will take $1450 part cash, bal
ance monthly.
P. O. BOX 6, MOLALLA, ORE.
New
Denver
Market
Meat
7th
We
and Railroad. We Deliver
- 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 A133
T DEAD;
MAN IS HELD
FIRST CASE OF KIND TO COME
' BEFORE JUSTICE COURT IN
NEXT FEW DAYS
DEPUTY GAME WARDENS ARE BUSY
Officers Scouting Around Over Coun
ty in Effort to Catch Hunters
With Bags of Prohib
ited Birds
Charles B. Straight is under arrest
for the alleged shooting of Chinese
pheasants before the opening of the
season. The complaint was signed by
J. B. Ackley, special deputy game war
den, and is the first case of the kind
that has been brought before Justice
Seivers in many months.
From the informion in the hands
of the officers, Straight has bagged
a number of pheasants in the last few
weeks and has told several of his
neighbors of the number that he has
ki'led. The season does not open un
til October 1, and las's through the
month.
Because of the scarcity of the birds,
the law has allowed none of them to
be killed for three years, 'and even
now the season does not open in some
of the counties of the s'ate where
they have not multiplied as rapidly
as in' others.
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V. L. MULVEY
Clerk of Clackamas county, and vies
president of County Cierks' Asso
ciation of Orerjcn.
BEAVERS GRA3 GN2
Por'land 6, Venice 1.
Sacramento 4, Oakland 1
(10 inniugsi
Los Angeles 5. San Fr&nctsco 1.
Ccast Leagu-; Standings
Vv. L. FC.
Portland
Sacramento
Venice
San Francisco . . . .
Tjos Anaeles
Oakland
. . .90 69 .561
. . .S3 76 .522
. . .S3 S2 .521
. . .83 87 .488
. . .79 88 .473
. . .74 93 .433
PHEASAN
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SUITS - COATS I
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1- WRmm - department; STORE . j
j 1 ' ' -J "OREGON CITY'S BUSY STORE" -
DR. WASHINGTON GARDNER
Michigan Editor Talked ' of
For New Commander, G. A. R.
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STRANGER RIFLES
ROOMS OF CLOTHES
During Wednesday afternoon, a
stranger entered the rooms . at the
Cliff House and rifled several of Ihem
of the lothes that were hanging
there. Chief of Police Ed Shaw and
I Sheriff E. T. Mass went in an auto to
I New Era and wa'ked back along the
I track in the hope of finding .he man
who had taken the goods,
j Four suits of clothes were taken
I from the place besides a number of
pairs of shoes. The police at Port
land were notified to watch for a mar.
with bundles under his arms should
he attenpt to make his way there cn
the car.
OFFICERS AND MEN KILLED r..
IN BATTLE WITH ARABIANS
EENGAZI. Tripoli, Sept. 17 Th?
Italisn' commander, General Tcr.;lli
and 33 I.aiian officers and men were
ki'led in a battle yesterday with Arab
tribesman. The news reached this
city today. The Italian list of wound-.
! ed includes 75 officers and men. The
i Arab losses are not stated, but were
; undoubtedly very heavy,
j The Italian column, which had been
j operating for some time against th ;
j tribesmen, found them strongly en
j trenched on a height commanding the
' Valley of Tecniz. Tilt Italian artil
I !ery finally compelUd the Arabs co
! retreat, to the desert.
' General Torelli fell at" the head of
:bis troops while urging them on to
: the nttack:
i Catherine Ncdine of I.anglois ho'ds
! the woman's championship in the wildcat-killing
class cr if no:, who des?
'She recently collected bounty a Gold
: Beach on 17 scalps of beasts she had
. killed in five months wit; the held of
a notable cat-fighting dog.
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POPULATION, j
BREATHLESS,
GAZES, A WED
.i
Out at Mfrlalla they have discovered j
something new. There one can see a
crowd of eager-eyed people, both j
young . and old, intently watching j
w orkers put up a tent and arrange :
mysterious planks and still more mys-'
terious figures, until there shall be j
completed something never before!
seen in Molalla. People are talking
and watching closely ever movement '
of the men And now and then one can
hear some citizen say, "I wonder how
it works," or, perhaps, the speaker
with some little insight into machinery
will mutter something to himself
about engines, or wheels, or track.
Out at Molalia they are putting up
a merry-go-round, the first one ever
in that city. It came Wednesday
morning over the new railroad, and
for the first time in their lives many
persons saw an amusement device
that seems never to grow old.
C. H.. Packer, of Portland, was ar
rested at a local hotel by Ed Shaw,
chief of police, and turned over to a
deputy. Constable of Multnomah county
on a warrant issued under a complaint
charging the taking of money under
ialse pretenses.
It is said that Packer had taken $80
from the complaining witness under a
scheme that afterwards proved fraud
ulent it is alleged. The man was tak
en back to Portland last night by the
deputy.
RICHARD J. BUTLER.
Ex-Assemblyman of New York
Charged With Aiding Thaw.
i
Almost any person can "get mar
ried." There's Manuel of Portuga',
for instance.
Not very many, comparatively, care
how much they tax incomes of over
?1 00.000 a year.
MAY Y0HE.
It Was Reported Actress May
Rewed Lord Francis Hope.
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JOLLY BUNCH GETS
TOGETHER FOR FUN
A jolly party of twenty-one made
the trip from Damascus and Oregon
City to Wilhoit last Sunday in the big
au o truck owned by J. C. Elliott.
Arriving at Wilhoit at 10 o'clock, a
delicious lunch was served under the
husre fire trees in the grove.
On the return trip a stop was made
at the famous Wright's Spring for an
other spread, returning to Damascus
at 7:30 o'clock.
The party consisted of: Mr. ?nd
Vrs. A .W. Cooke. J..C. Elliott, Frank
Papsc'n. Mr. and .Mrs C. F. Eckert, C.
F. Benl e, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Corbin,
Mr. and Mrs. RaT Dallas, Mr. and "Mrs.
Perry Hunter, Rita- Hunter, Henry
Rock, Dfnascus; E .P. Carter, Glad
stone; Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Walker,
Miss Anna Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Cooke, Oregon City.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
LIFTS CHURCH DEBT
In order to pay the church debt and
to meet the expenses that have be-n
incurred, the Sukday School of the
Christian ch-jrch of Gladstone, wil!
give an entertainment in Miller's hall
Friday night.
After an interesting program thai
has been arranged, a cafeteria lunch
will be srvld by the members of tha
school. The affair is planned to meet
the debt that was crea'ed by the
church and is under the supervision of
the workers in the- Sunday school.
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CHARGE! Mmmf4
MOLALLA
CROWS
ITSELF HOARSE
TRUMPETS TO BLARE AND ALL
WHISTLES TO TOOT WHEN
FIRST TRAIN PULLS IN
THOUSANDS ARE COMING TO FAIR
Specials Gather up Throngs From All
Sections of State to Help Town
Celebrate Its New
Road
Five thousand visitors from all
parts of the state will help Molalla
celebrate Friday when the first train
over that branch pulls into the station
and the new line is opened.
Gigantic preparations for the en
tertainment of the crowds are going
on in the little city and the buildings
are being gaily decorated with bunting
and flags. All over the town new .life
has shown itself in the activities of
the people who are about to be con
nected with steel rails with the larger
cities of the state.
Crowds from Oregon City, Portland
and many of the other towns and cit
ies of the state are to pour into Mo
lalla and Canby on "the day that the
first train will s'eam over the recently
laid rails and will pull up beside the
depot that has just. been finished.
In anticipation of the road connec
tion, many new buildings have been
erected, and some of them have not
yet had their first coat of paint. The
people of the city, however, have dec
orated them with, flags and bunting,
and will have their little town in its
gayest dress when the trains bring
into the place the loads -of visitors
that are coming from all parts of the
state.
Special Trains
Special trains are to be run over the
road to Canby and will there take the
Molalla branch line just completed.
For the past few months loads c
gravel and dirt and thousands of
pounds of steel rails have been carried
over the road by the construction
trains that have worked seven days
a week to get the track laid and bal
anced on the day of the fair.
Speeches will be made at the cele
bration by several of the prominent
persons of the state. President Strat
horn of the line, and many others are
on the program. It will be the biggest
day -in the ilistory x fthe town. It is
an epoch dn the city's life. A full
realization of the importance of the
connecting line has been brought
.home to the people of the city and
they are planning their celebration on
a magnificent scale in proportion to
its importance to their commercial
prosperity.
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L. W. ROBBINS
Head of one of the leading mercantile
firms of Molalla, which will receive
rail connection Friday.
AURORA POSTPONES ITS
JUVENILE FAIR
The Aurora Juvenile Fair has been
postponed from September 20 to Oct
ober 11. The dedication of the new
high ' school will occur on the same
date.
The state and county superintend
ents wii'l be present, and Prof. Griffin,
of the Oregon Agricultural college,
will deliver an address and act as
judge.
More than $o00.00 in cash and com
modity prizes will be awarded. Clack
amas county juvenile exhibitors are
invited to exhibit at the Aurora fair.
Yet the first prize eugenic baby may
as an adult be outstripped by many
who could get no prize.
Dell TlheaLte
Commencing
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
The BURROUGHS-HOWLAND Players
Will present for two nights the most talked of
play of modern times
RETRIBUTION"
A three-act drama of every day life
PRICES - - 10 AND 20 CENTS
7:00 P.M.' Two Shows Nightly 9:00 P. M.
HIGH PRICES
SCARE FACTORY,
PLAN TO ERECT PLANT PUT ON
SHELF UNTIL LAND BE
COMES REASONABLE
OWNERS ARE GREEDY IN DEMANDS!
Hold Property at Exhorbitant Figures!
When Industries Want to Buy
Must Come Down Off
Their Perch Soon
E. E. Emmons, who has nioney and
other backing to start a manufacturine
enterprise, and who has been mak
ing his headquarter in Portland for
tne past several weeks while he has
been looking for a suitable site for
a northwestern branch of a large east
ern concern, does not .thing much of
tne "Dooster spirit ' ot Oregon
He las sought to purchase land
suitable for his enterprise at 'Portland,
in St Johns,, near Milwaukis. and in
the neighborhood of Gresham. but
finds that everywhere property own-
ersare noiding at prohibitive prices.
tie nas tried to buy river front land
near Oregon City and has had no bet
ter results.
Prices Too Hiqh.
'People out here seem to think
that manufactories ought not to be
established at all," he said. "I have
been trying for the past two weeks
to get some suitable property, either
on the river bank or adjacent to
suitable transportation lines, for the
erection of a factory that will em
ploy between 150 and 200 persons.
Everywhere! have gone to Commercial
club members have assurred me that
they would give me what aid they
could; but whan I have asked prices
on available land, the owners have
named figures that were exhobitaht
and prohibitive. The company that
T rertrpRPnt has nnlv sn mnnh mnr, o v
to spend on erecting a northwestern
plant, and the only place we have so
far been able to get land such as we
need at a reasonable figure is to the
nortn of Seattle. .
"We desire, however, to locate near
er Portland, as it is a better shipping
point for our line of goods. Inability
to procure land at reasonable prices
in the Portland territory will prob
ably force us to go to Seattle, or to
abandon our plan of erecting a north
western, plant. It seems -to me that
some of the commercial bodies might
ies and to the state at large if they
would conduct campaigns to combat
horbitant values for property suitable
ers are ready enough to invest cap
ital in the West; the- thing that is
holding back the development of the
West is not the timidity of eastern
capita)1, but the selfishness and greed
of western land owners."
mis HOWD
Y COUNTY CLERKS
Will L. Mulvey, county clerk of
Clackamas county has been elected
vice-president of the County Clerks'
Association of Oregon. The idea for
the organization was born at a. ban
quet of a score or more of the county
clerks at Portland, and John 13. Coffey
of Multnomah, was chosen president,
W. b. Mulvey, vice-president, nd Max
Gehler, of Marion county, secretary.
During Rose Festival week the asso
ciation will hold its convention in
Portland and will fight all freak legis
lation that imposes further unneces
sary duties upon the county clerk.
The clerks assesbled in Portland to
taiK over me suojeci or uuuonu ac
counting and all of them agreed that
a better system was needed in checks
ing over the expenditures of public
money. " . -
Before the association holds its
first, convention, a program will be
drafted by the president and the con
stitution and by laws framed for adop
tion.
Medford Sun: The fair is over. All
in all, it was a success from every
standpoint, but it should only impel
the management toward renewed ef
fort next year. As soon as it can be
afforded, there should be some one un
usual attraction staged that will bring
people from all over the state. Of
course, another round-up is not feasi
ble, but an aeroplane flight or a para
chute drop or something beside horse
races should certainly be secured for
1914.
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