THE WEATHER
OREGON CITY Fair, not so &
warm; winils mostly northerly. $
Oregon Fair; not so warm S-
interior west portion; winds S
mostly northerly. i
Washington Fair; easterly
winds. Q
CLACKAMAS COUNTY
FAIR
CANBY, OR.
SEPT. 24, 25, 26, 27.
WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866.
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VOL. VI. No. 68.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1913.
Ptse "Week, Ten Cents.
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FIGHT OLD LEVY
ASK COUNCIL TO MAKE CHANGE
ON ASSESSMENTS MADE
AGAINST STREETS
CLAIM RATE IS FAR TOO HIGH
Southern Pacific's Contract Turned
Down Because it Was Too
One-Sided Will Sub
mit Another
Property owners and taxpayers
from South Main street were before
the city council Friday morning when
the qussfion of assessment for the
work done on that street was discus
sad. The residents believe that the
rate fixed as too high and they argu
ed for a lower levy. The matter will
again be discussed at a council meet-
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A contract protecting the Southern
Pacific from all harm for accidents
that might occur when the elevator
is finished over its tracks was pre
sented by the company and refused by
the council. The city contended that
the contract was drown on one sided
and that it favored tha corporation
all of the way through. The matter
was left to the mayor, city attorney,
and city recorder.
An ordinance, improving Seventh
street from Division street to the bluff
and ons improving High street were
passed as was also one providing for
the improvement of Madison betwean
Third and Fourth streets.
COUSINS MEET AFTER
SIXTY-THREE YEARS
For the first time in G3 years three
cousins, Mrs. Louise Smock, of Indian
apolis. Mrs. Barlow, Oregon City, and
Mrs. Pilsbury, of Portland, met at a
luncheon givsn by Mrs. George A.
Harding at her home Friday noon.
Mrs. Louise Smock, her daughter,
Miss Areta, of Indianapolis, Mrs.
C'aude Smock, of Portland,, and Mrs.
G. Pilsbury, of Portland, were enter
tained at the luncheon. The other
guests were: Mrs. Barlow, Mrs. Nieta
B. Lawrence, M)rs. Nieta Harding, Mr.
George A. Harding and Mr. L. O.
Harding.
Bigger things to do all the time, of
course.
Sulzer is out, according to one
judge. But there are higher judges.
Old man walker Wester has bought
a farm in Minnesota. He would bet
ter have walked on to comfortable
Oregon.
The most satisfying and health
giving bread is
ROYAL BREAD
FRESH EVERY DAY AT
HARRIS' GROCERY
Look Around!
Then Come Here
We carry as fine a line
of Furniture, Carpets,
Store and Building Ma
terial, as you will find
anywhere in the Willa
mette Valley. Our stock
is new and clean; our
prices will stand com
parison with all others,
HOGG BROS,
OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE
WE WANT TO SELL
This New House
block from Barclay school on
Madison 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 Meat
Market
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
.. and poultry.. .......
Phone Pacific 410 Home A133
TAXPAY
ERS
Constable Gets
On Bench and
Holds Court
Constable Jack Frost bound over J.
Staffin to appear in the justice court
at 10 o'clock Saturday morning and
placed the man undera $50 bond when
Justice John N. Seivers left the city
on business Friday and the constable
was in charge.
Staffin is said to be an alien and
was saen carrying a shotgun through
one of Jhe county highways. He was
found by Frank Irvin, special game
warden, and the case was reported to
the constabla who made the arrest
The matter will be heard in the jus
tice court Saturday morning.
ROYAL ARCANUM TO
MEET IN PORTLAND
Mi-ambers of the local council of the
Royal Arcanum, the only one in ihe
state outside of Multnomah couuty,
will be called to Portland about the
middle of November to attend a meet
ing of the royal council.
Supreme Regent Frank D. Wicker
sham, of Harrisburg, Penn., will ar
rive in time to be present and repre
sentatives from all the council in the
state wi'l be there.
BLOW DYKE; NOISE
TO BE WORLD-WIDE
PORTLAND, Oregon, September 19.
The Pacific coast is drawing its
breath ready to give a cheer that will
roar from Vancouver to Colon at the
instant, on October 10, that the dyke
at CuleUra Cut is blown up and the
Pacific and Atlantic oceans are finally
united.
The Portland Chamber of Commerce
is preparing for Portland's share in
the celebration and commercial bodies
in every other port city of the coast
ars to do (he same. Arrangements
willbe made to have the news flashed
simultaneously to every city on the
coast at the instant of the explosion
that destroys the dyke and for one
minute every straetcar and train is to
be stopped, every bell and whistle and
every other instrument that can be
utilized in making the "biggest noise
the world has ever heard" will be
turned loose to its fullest capacity.
"I can think of no demonstration
that will bring mors definitely home
the nsarness of the time when the
trade of the world is to pour to the
coast through the canal, and ihe short
time we have laft in which to place
our port in readiness to receiva its
share," said E. C. Giltner, secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce, yesterday.
The first ship to go through tha ca
nal will be the Fram, Nansen's famous
ship of explorsion, which was bui't
on the Pacific coast from the Douglas
fir of the Northwest. She will sail
from Colon to the Pacific shortly af
ter the destruction of the dyka.
Some verdicts in personal injury
cases indicate that there are yet men,
some of whom bacome jurymen, who
like to "cinch" tha corporations.
Tne state supreme court, though
with two new, good, industrious
iudges. can't catch up, is farther be
hind than ever. Explanation, is too
many appeals. .
- The president deserves a restful,
happy vacation.
J 'j S U 1 " COATS j
I ADAMS;
vJP'v ll ''IWMff ..'Department Store .
j I - "OREGON CITY'S BUSY STORE"
THOUSANDS SEE
TRAIN ARRIVE
CROWDS FROM ALL PARTS OF
THE STATE GATHER AT
DEPOT MOLALLA DAY
CITY IN GALA ATTIRE FOR EVENT
Bunting Decorates Buildings While
Cowgirls Fire Pistols as Th;y
Charge Down Main
Streets '
Four thousands persons saw the
first train pull into Molalla Friday
over the new branch of the Portland,
Eugene, & Eastern. . From all points
of the compass, they gathered at that
place to watch the celebration of the
entering of the new line. "All roads
lead to Molalla" was true as yesterday
as it was ever true of any city, and
thousands came by rail and "automo'
bile to sea the way in which the town
handled its biggest event.
Speakers from all over the state
ware present to he'p the city have a
good time. They talked on develop
niant, resources, and prosperity and
congratulated the city on its greatest
achievment. After the parade of cow
girls, the Mlolalla, Canby; and Silver
ton bands, together with a long line
of automobiles, the speaking began in
a tent, with a capacity of 2000 persons.
"Old Buck," a stage horse that had
travelled 70,000 miles to and from Mo
lalla as in a pt'ace of honor in the
parade and the day was also a big
event for Indian Henry, "the last of
the Molallas."
Editor Presides
G. S. Taylor, editor of the Molalla
Pioneer, presided at the tent, while
Robert E. Strahorn, president of the
road, E. B. Piper, of Portland, Mr.
Piere, of Portland, Mr. DeArcy, of Sa
lem, Grant B. Dimick, of Oregon City,
and many others congratulated Mo
laj'la on its" success and pointed out
the work that could be done in tha
future now that the road was built.
Judge Dimick promised, also, that
the city should soon have another line,
and told the people that tha Clack
amas Southern would be running
through the city in a short while. The
afternoon was spent in contests be
tween the cowgirls of tha city, while
several of them racsd down the streets
firing pistols jn true moving picture
style.
Saturday will be a stock exhibit and
stock judging day whan the disp'ays
of the finest animals of the county
will be open ad. A parade will march
through the streets of the city after
which sports of various kinds will be
staged in the park.
BEAVERS LICKED
Venice 7, Portland 1.
Oakland 5, Sacramento 3.
Los Angeles 4, San Francisco 2.
Coast League Standings
W. L. PC.
Portland ........91 70 .5G7
Venice 90 83 .520
Sacramento 84 78 .518
San Francisco 83 89 .481
Los Angeles :...81 88 .480
Oakland .76 97 .440
A French scientist predicts that af
ter a while aviators can fly around
tha earth in 66 minutes, and, with
a little "if" or two, to the moon in 49
hours. In his draam he must have
been" "going some."
Cur ley Whiskers
In Class All
By
Themselves
There are many kinds of "whiskers.
For instance, there are the two-acre
whiskers that come down to the waist,
but you can pass six of those in a
block. Then there is the paint brush
bunch that is just long enough to keep
the flies off the collar, but these are
common. Also one oan see the Van
Dyke or the Burnsides any time in
the day by looking around a bit. These
are all common,, garden-variety, plain,
ordinary whiskers.
' But there was in this city the other
day a man that had whiskers that
were in a class by themselves. They
were not ten-acre whiskers, or paint
brush bushes, or Van Dyke whiskers,
or Burnsides, had no rival, no com
petitor for glory, or no "just as good"
imitators.
They were curley whiskers, nice lit
tle wigglie, kinkey, whiskers. They
wound in and out and then back again,
and up and around until the most
complicated problem ever figured out
by Euclid would be as simple as a
straight line in comparison. They
covered the chin and jaws and lip of
their owner like a small curried hair
mattress with the tick left off, and
probably kept him just "as warm.
They would be Considered the prize
takers in a convention of whiskers or
in the U. S. Congress with J. Ham
Lewis praseiit.
FEDERAL JUDGE IS
ASKED TO RESIGN
i
NOME, Alaska, Sept. 19 United
States District Judge Cornelius Mii
rane has baen asked by the depart
ment of justice to resign. The term
of office for which he was appointed
has one year mora to run. It is said
also that fjnited States District Attor
ney Barnard. S. Reiley, who was form
erly delegate to cpngress from New
Mexico and Faderal judge in Porio
Rico, has been asfed to resign.
Charges gainst' Judge Murane are
alleged tv .-ave been filed in Wash
ington by representatives of large gold
dredging interests of Nome.
Within four months several preach
ers have resigned in ona Illinois town
because they could not live on their
salaries. This will cause many to
say that it is a shame that preachers
ar not batter paid. Others will think
that preachers, like other men, are
paid all that people, their employers
or patrons consider them worth. Is
society default? Has tha demand for
them decreased?
s-ssessessis
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Today is the first collection
day under the new system of de
livery begun a week ago. The
boys will call on. you sometime
today unless you are paid in adr
vance, and collect for the past
week.
Thera' will be much confusion
as there was on the first day un
der the new system of carrying
but everything will be straighten
ed out. In case tha boy makes a
mistake as to your account,
please show him your last re
ceipt. Under- the new plan, the boy
does not work for a salary, as be
fore, but he buys his papers and
then sells them again almost as
an . independent agent. This
makas it better for the boy, the
subscriber, and the company, as
can be easily seen.
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FIRST OFFICERS
ARE CHOSEN
WEST LINN HAS ELECTION AND
MAKES SELECTION OF ITS'
OFFICIAL FAMLY
TOTAL VOTE IS EXCEEDINGLY LIGHT
Strength- of New City Doesn't Show
. At Polls and Minority of Voters
Determine the Choice
of All
Without changes, the nominees of
the caucus held by the people of West
Linn, in the Willamette hall a few
weeks ago were chosen as the first
officers of the new city Friday night
and will have charge of the city's af
fairs until January 1.
Under the -law, the city will have
to elect its regular officers at that
time as the persons chosen at the elec
tion Friday are simply elected to fill
in the rest of the term and to give the
city a government until the regular
date arrives.
The vote . was- exceadingly light.
There are probably 400 votes in West
Linn though but 73 were cast. Fol
lowing it the vote: John Lewth waits',
mayor, 68; Charles Hale. 1, Mike Mil
encke 1; for Tecorder, L. L.' Porter,
68; for marshal, P. J. Winkle 69, C.
Montgomery 1; for treasurer, Mj E.
Clancey 68; for alderman, N. T. Hum
phrys 68, N. C. Michels 67, L. L. Pick
ens 67, S. B. Shadles 67, Charles
Shields 40, O. Tonkin 66, Wiliani
Rakel 28.
Two women were on the board of
canvassars, Mrs. Bertha Davenport,
clerk, and Miss Erna Draper, judge.
HOME DYNAMITED AND HIS
FAMILY KILLED BY BLAST
BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Sept. 19
Carefully selecting tha places where
he believed tha most damage would be
done, Mack Hurst, 50 years old, a
stone mason, early "today blew up his
home hera with dynamite, killing
himself and his 17-year-old daughter,
Maude, and injuring two other chil
dren and stunning his wife.
Hurst had been separated from his
wife for six weeks, and yesterday she
refused to take him back. It is be
liaved that he then insanely deter
mined to kill himself, his wife and
eight children.
That the mother and daughter had
changed beds for. the night cost the
daughter her life." Hurst, after put
ting a stick of dynamite undar each
of the three beds in the house, tied
two sticks to his own body and
crawled into the bed he supposed was
his wife's, but in.waich three daugh
ters, Maude, Fannie and Elizabeth,
were sleeping.
Fannie spoke to her father. "Lie
still," Hurst replied. "We will all die
together.
Befora the girl could move the ex
plosion wrecked the house and arous
ed the entire city. The two injured
girls were sent to a hospital. Four
sticks of dynamite, unexplodad, were
found in the ruins, and the fact that
only one, and that one attached to
Hurst's body, had exploded accounted
for the escape of the other members
of the family.
Ames is pitching better ball for the
Cincinnati team that he did for the
Giants, and Fromme is doing bet.er
work for the Giants than he did for
the Reds.
Swimming Holes
Neglected When
School Begins
That time of year has come when
little Willie must forsake the swim
ming hole and the trail to the place
where the trout bites, and instead,
must plod his weary way to the school
house to have a tacher rule him with
an iron hand.
No longer can he bathe himself in
the summer sun or spend the lazy,
quiet auernoons in the woods, watch
ing the flight of hirdr
every way of nature.
Now must he make a dni'v nil prim
age to school and study books, and, in
stead of wondering at the greatness
of ill out-doors, must learn the ways
of men. '
Schools all over the county are open
ing; every day there are more stu
dents enrolled, until it will soon be
that every hamlet will hear the morn
ing school bell and see the daily pro
session of boys and girls.
POISONED BOY IS
BURIED BY FRIENDS
The 18-monthsold son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Patterson, of Scotland,
was iried in the Clackamas cemetery
Thursday afternoon, the services be
ing conducted in the home of the par
ents by Rev. Mr. Ray L. Dunn, of the
Gladstone Christian church.
The boy died Wednesday evening af
tsr climbing up the shelves of his
mother's cupboard and eating - 10
strychnine table which ho fram.i
there. He was rushed to the Oregon
city nospitai,- wnere two doctors worri
ed over him frantically until 'his dath
20 minutes after his arrival at the
hospital.
LIVE WIRES ON JOB
v AT MOLALLA EVENT
A large and enthusiastic delegation
from Oregon City was at the Moialla
celebration Friday to help the boost
ers of the new railroad town boost in
the good old Oregon City style. Early
Friday morning one could see the side
walks crowded, some headed for the
S. P. station, and some for the coun
try by automobile or by stage, or by
horse and buggy but all for Molalla.
Oregon City was almost like a "de
serted village" all day with a large
part ot its population helping in ine
welcome' to the new road.
Some of the Oregon City folks are:
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hunfcioy, Mr. and
Mrs. C. G. Huntley, Mr. and Mrs. Linn
E. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Miilvey,
E. P. Dedman, D. F. Skene, Tljomas
P. Randall, A. A. Price, Mr. and Mrs.
E. C. Latourette, F. J. Meyer, H. B.
Cartledge. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Brown,
H. E. Cross, William Hammond. Miss
Nan Cochran, Miss Julia Baker, Thom
as A. Burke, O. D. Eby, Grant B. Dim
ick, L. Adams, A. C. Howland, J. E.
Jack, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Dimick, T.
L. Charman, Elbert Charman, Mrs.
Goodfellow and Mr. and Mrs. D. F.
Linn.
"Time" ullivan was biar in hortv. in
badness and in goodness. Contrary
to Shakasneare's sralp'tnpnt the ennit
that he did will be long remembered,
the bad soon forgotten.
I G D
September
BUSCH'SHALL
Given by FROST
First Class Music
Portland Orchestra
IVIeet
At THE
Doors Open Now at 1 1 A. M.
This Coupon
10 HVC GREEN
if presented upon making a pur
chase of 50c or more. These
stamps will be in addition to regu
lar stamps given with the purchase
BANNON & CO.
DRY GOODS, SHOES Oregon City
IPs
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WHITE KICKS AT
HEALTH OFFICER
SAYS HE WILL NOT RECOGNIZE
COURT'S APPOINTEE UNTIL .
QUESTION IS SETTLED
TAKES SIDE OF LOCAL MEDICOS
Serves Notice After he Receives the
Official Papers From County
Judge that Selection ,
Has Been Made
Calvin S. White, member of the
state board of health, has added his
protest to the " appointment of Dr. J.
A. VanBrakle as county health offi
cer and has notified County Judge H.
S. Anderson that the state authorities
will not recognize his appointee.
- The action of 'the board was taken
when the county judge sent in the of
ficial notification that the new offi
cer had been appointed and that the
vacancy that had been created by the
removal of Dr. J.W. Norris had been
again filled.
Shortly after the' appointment had
been announced, the county .. judge
sent in the official report of the fact
to the state authorities. He has now
received the answer through Dr.
White, who insists that the appoint
ment is not regular and that his of
fice will not recognize the selection
that the county court has made.
SCHOOL WORK SOON
TO BE ON IN EARNEST
Active preparations are being made
for the opening of the Oregon City
high school next Monday. The teach
ers report for the first time Saturday
afternoon, although all are now in tha -city
and have visited the schools
Examinations for those enterins
from other towns will be held Satur
day morning, registration wil' be Mon
day, and the real work of the terra ..
will begin Tuesday.
Two new teachers have been en
gaged, Miss Busch, who will teach
Latin and German, and Miss Johns-'
ton, who will take up domestic sci
ence. The prospects are that the enroll
ment will be about 240, much larger
than last year.
Another man lost his individuality,
had no recollection of who he was,
for several months. This undoubted
ly happier occasionally, but in some
cases it may be only a manufactured
excuse.
Denver has a big lead in the Wes
ter league race ,with Lincoln and Des
Moines fighting for second place.
LAST CALL FOR SCHOOL BOOKS
To night and tomorrow is your last
chance to make your school book ex
change in comfort and get good serv
ice. Monday we can wait upon only
about 1-3 of you. We will be out of
some books. Do it now. All you need .
to know is your grade we'll do tha
rest. '
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