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WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866.
VOL. VI. No. 80.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1913.
Pra "Week,, Ten Cents.
IS
CRYSTAL WATER
IS INEXHAUSTIBLE
Federal Legislation Compelling Use of Steel Cars -May
Follow New Haven Railroad's Awful Disaster.
OUT OF DEBT
ASSEMBLY
COUNCIL AND
BOARD
POW-WOW
CITY FATHERS DETERMINED,
AND COMMISSIONERS ARE
OBDURATE AS EVER
ELEVATOR STIRS DP MUDDY WATER
Conference Ends in a Committee of
the Whole, Which Immediately
Adjourns to Sleep Over
the New Problems
"Who or what is Oregon City," was
a question that was aked but not an
swered at a special meeting of the
council Friday evening. The query
arose as the result of th'e refusal cf
the board of water commissioners to
construct a water main to the base
of the proposed elevator over the
bluff; and though much explanation
of the points involved occurred during
the evening, at the end of the two
and a half-hour session the chief ques
tion was still unanswered.
Considers Letter.
The meeting was called to consider
further a letter received by the coun
cil at its last session, in. which the
board of water commissioners de
clared that they neither could nor
would place the required main, as de
manded by the council. After the let
ter had been read, City Attorney Stone
read a brief upon the matter, in which
he set forth tnat according to his opin
ion the board of water commissioners
was a subservient body to the city
council, and that its members could
be removed by the council for refusal
to obey councilnianic demands. Such
removal, however, must be preceded
by a hearing. The city, said M". Stone
ifieleeated the mana2p.mp.nr. nf iis w-
ter system to the board, under the di
rection of the council; and he sug
gested that the members of the wa
ter board be asked to explain their
stand.
Won't Be Bossed.
Mayor Linn E. Jones thereupon
asked Chairman Caufield, of the water
board, to enlighten the council upon
the pending dispute. Mr. Caufield
said the he preferred to say nothing
until J. E. Hedges, secretary of the
board, and its attorney, had spoken.
Mr. Hedges then took the floor, and
said that while the members of the
board bad received a very cordial in
vitation to attend this meeting of the
council, he understood that the min
utes of the last meeting of the council
would show that the board had been
cited to appear and give an account of
itself.
"Tf we have been invited to come
here and talk this thing over, that is
one thing," said Mr. Hedges, "but if
the board has been cited to come here,
to appear, then wfe are through right
now. We will not be commanded."
Can't Find Minutes.
Mayor Jones said that the reading
of the minutes of the previous meet
ing would probably settle the question.
Investigations showed the minutes
were not at hand, and efforts of Act
ing Chiew of Police Henry Cook to
locate them proved unavailing. Va
rious councilmen said that there had
been no intention on their part to cite
the water board to appear, but rather
had they desired a nice, happy gather
ing to talk things over.
Councilman Beard, who had been
absent at the previous meeting, tried
to pour oil on the troubled waters. "1
believe that we are going at this the
wrong way," he said. "Gentlemen, it
seems to be that we ought to have a
committee handle this matter, or have
the council handle it in committee of
the whole. I don't like this way of
handling things so as to make fire
- works for the newspapers."
"ft wn vnnr riutv in have Ktson horo
and moved the appointment of such
a committee," commented the mayor.
Mr. Beard then endeavored to et
the unfound minutes amended so that
when they were found they would
read that the water board was invited
to be present. This was ruled out by
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the mayor; and then Mr. Beard
moved that the members of the board
of water commissioners then present
be invited to talk things over with the
council. This motion carried, and
Chairman Caufield was again invited
to speak. He said he would rather
have Superintendent Howell explain.
Mr. Howell disclaimed all attempts
on the part of the water commission
to be dictator, but said that the com
missioners didn't want the city water
system hampered by the elevator,
quoting figures extensively he declar
ed that the pumping station at the fil
tration plant, when running at full
speed could only furnish a flow of
1,400 gallons a minute at 185 pounds
pressure, and pointed out that the op
eration cf the elevator would need a
flow of 1,000 gallons a minute. The
remaining 400 gallons a minute, he
said, would be insufficient for the city
needs, and would make possible a wa
ter famine.
Hinders Plant.
He added that the opening of any
two hydrants on the hill seriously
hindered the filling of the reservoir,
declared that the "haminer'blows" oi
the opening and closing of the elevat
or valves would split the pipes, and
advanced other technical reasons
against the' use of water from the cily
mains for elevator purposes; the bur
den of his remarks being that the
supply of this water would cripple the
balance of the city service.
City Engineer Noble then read a
few reports from Portland hydraulic
experts, all of whom seemed to agree
that relief valves and air chambers
could be introduueed to avoid any dan
ger to the .mains or plant of the city
if water was delivered to the elevator
as requested by the council.
Cost of System.
Mr. Hedges, speaking for the com
missioners, declared that the water
board had taken its stand for other
reasons as well as the technical ones
stated by Mr. Howell. He said that
all costs of the Oregon City water sys
tem were born by the water consum
ers, and that as all "the water consum
ers would not use the elevator, the fur
nishing of city water for its opera
tion would impose an added cost un
fairly upon a certain portion of the
consumers. Going into the subject of
costs, he cited figures to show that,
the average monthly expense of the
water department was $1,803.88, while
the average income was but $1,447.
The monthly deficit of $357.88, he de
clared, v,s enough for the board to
care for at present, wituout increws
ing its costs by laying mains to the
eletator and furnishing water for its
operation.
Others Enter.
Various citizens then entered the
discussion, threshing out phases ol
the matter .not particularly closely as
sociated with the dispute of the even
ing. In the course of this Councilman
Albright expressed the belief that
probably extra power for the pumps
could be obtained by the city from tne
falls, if it was found necessary.
'Tf all the citizens are as game so,
I am," said Mr. Albright, "I guess we
can get all the power we need from
the Willamette river, without paying
very much for it. It seems ridiculous
to me to talk of paying the Portland
Railway, Light & Power company for
power when the falls are right in the
middle of our streets. The elevator
committee has thought it best to rec
ommend that the elevator be operated
by the raw product we have at our
doors, with maybe a little alum mixed
in it, than by electricity made here,
shipped to Portland, and then shipped
back to us. We've got the water here.
and the power, and wre can run the
elevator. Anyhow, if things are as
near to a water famine as Mr. Howell
would have us believe, it is time we
did something anyway.'
Mr. Hedges interpolated that water
to" run the elevator, if bought from
the wa,ter commission, would cost $225
a mouth.
"All right," said Councilman Al
bright, "let it cost that. I think it bet
ter for the city to pay the water board
that for it. It would only be taking the
money out of one pocket and putting
it in the other. And if the water is
going to cost us that, you can take
it from me that electric power from
the power company will cost three
times as much."
Elevat-rs Discussed.
More discussion followed, in which
the relative merits and costs of hy
draulic and electric elevators were
taken up. Mr. Holman said some-
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Federal investigation at once began into the awful wreck on. the unlucky New York. New Haven and Hartford
railroad near New Haven. Conn., In which over a score were killed and nearly fifty Injured. It was expected that if
any definite reform in railroading came out of this disaster it would be in the shape of national legislation compelling-the
use of all steel cars solely for passenger traffic. The toll of life was so great in this smashnp because
the last two Pullmans of the Bar Harbor express which were demolished by the White Mountain express In a thick
fog were made of wood. The damaged front of the White Mountain locomotive, which ; was a sister engine of the
big Pacific type that killed six and maimed many on the New Hnven line at Stamford, Conn., last June, is here
shown. It smashed the two wooden Pullmans into kindling wood. The overturned third Pullman. Chisholm. in
which about seventy boys were returning from a camp in Maine, is alsosTiown. Two boys in this ear were killed
and two hurt. The others escaped through the windows. There have been fourteen wrecks on the New Haven In
twenty-seven months, with a total of about seventy killed and 400 injured. "This recent disaster whs the worst
EIGHT COUNTIES JOIN
FOR GREAT DISPLAY
Preliminary plans have been made,
the first meeting has been held, and
a conference is being arranged for
uniting the eight Willamette valley
counties of Clackamas, Lane .Linn,
Benton, Marion, Poke, Yamhill and
Washington, for the purpose of mak
ing an all-Willamette valley exnibit
at the Panama Pacific International
Exposition at San Francisco in 1915.
Wednesday of this week, represen
tatives of the counties of Benton, Linn
Lane, and Marion met in Salem when
the plans of combining the commer
cial clubs of the valley into a great
organization were discussed. There
was not one note of protesc and all
those who attended the meting weni
back to their home towns with great
enthusiasm.
It is thought that by combining the
eight great counties of the valley that
the best possible showing can be ob
ained. Instead of eight, separate and
unconnected exhibits, there will be
one great and united display, graphi
cally picturing the resources of west
ern Oregon. .
At the meeting held Wednesday
Fred B. - Byron, secretary of the Sa
lem Commercial club; C. H. Stewart J
secretary ot the Albany Commercial"
club, and M. J. Duryea, secretary of
the Eugene Commercial club were ap
pointed a committee of three to ar
range a ruiure meeting ana to see
that representatives from each county
are present. Mir. Stewart was ap
pointed temporary Qhairman and Mr.
Byron temporary secretary of the
new organization.
It is planned to hold a meeting on
October 30 at Albany, at which mem
bers of all the Willamette valley clubs
Will be requested to attend. It is at
this time that details will be worked
out and the organization permenantly
formed. .
GAME WARDENS ON THE
JUMP TO ENFORCE LAWS
-Game wardens have been busy tlja4.
last lew days running nunterB,ofC:of
private property aiid projiectifig those
who have raised the'ftotrespa'ssmg"
sign:' - ..::-JmSf'XM- -'ti, r.
.Cajbj hare -been .coming" in from all
parts of the-county' since the season
opened and the deputies have scatter
ed around to watch for the violation
of the laws and be at hand in case
word came in from isolated parts of
the county. The reports have been
sent to Sheriff Mass and have been
by him referred to the - deputy war
dens. -
When a conceited youth gets mar
ried he feels -sorry for a lot of other
girls. -
GLEANINGS FROM
SOCIETY'S FIELD
MANY THINGS OF INTEREST HAP
PEN DURING DAY IN SO
CIAL LIFE
ELKS ATTEND "STAG" AT PORTLAND
Theaters and Music Eentertain the
. Guests for Evening Bible Class
Starts Membership Cam
paign for Church
The many friends of Mrs.
O'Neill regret to learn of her
tinued illness at Rose Farm.
Dan
J. E. Stanton, a New York architect,
who has been spending a month with
his brother E. Kenneth Stanton, left
yesterday for San Francisco, where
he will visit with friends before re-
ttuTjing to his home.
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and Mrs. Theodore Osmund, is report
ed ill of scarlet fever. .
A large number of local "Elk went
to. Portland Thursday evening to at
tend the stag given by the Portland
lodge, inaugurating the winter sea
son, vaudeville acts irom various
theatres, also local talent, entertained
the guests.
Miss Anna Diven, of Portland,
been the guest of Mrs. Walter
for the past week, at-1
Gladstone.-.;-
: TThe FrjefiolT Bible Class of the
PresbyTerlan- Church met Wednesday
ejfenmg: A' membership campaign
,jras " decided" upon, and the class di
vided into two factions, -with Hugh
Kennedy and Wilbur Andrews as
captains of the opposing teams. The
contest will last two months. After
the business meeting games were
played and refreshments served.
The choir of the Christian church
of Gladstone met last evening and
completed arrangements for their win
ter work. A. F. Parker has . been
chosen leader.
Today Is collection day for the En
terprise. You will save time for your
self and for the carrier If you are pre
pared. . . r .
Swages
aerJjDme "'!
SANDY'S FAIR OPENS
WITH MUCH NOISE
To the music of her own band and
the applause of a great Crowd of peo
ple, the second annual fair at Sandy
was opened Friday.
All morning long the roads from
the countTy were filled with farmers'
rigs while the stages hauled capacity
loads. From morning till night the
streets were filled with almost one
solid mass of people. It is hard to
estimate the exact number that at
tended the celebration, but one thing
is certain that never before.has Sandy
seen such crowds.
The fair opened this morning with
a parade, headed by the Sandy band,
and marched through the mass of
people. In the afternoon there was
the eugenics show in the I. O. O. F.
hall, which was the main attraction of
the day, and a baseball game at 2:30
o'clock between the Sandy and Eagle
Creek teams, . while in the evening
there was dancing in Shelby's hall. .
When the
Limelight Shines
Get Into It!
Mr. Local Dealer, these words
are written to you.
If you have faith enough in a
manufacturer's goods to buy them
have faith to sell them.
If the manufacturer supple
ments his sale to yon by creat
ing a demand. in-your home terri
tcrt.hrough intelligent newspa-
idvertising that demand is
made so you may reap the bene--
fit. - - . ' -
It is time to push those goods
to the front, to show them In
your windows, to talk about them,
to let the public know you have
them. - .
: There is no sentiment about it.
It is plain, every day, good mer
chandising. -
Business is hard enough to get
why not move with public opin
ion and get the benefit of it.
The public want to see adver-.
tised goods, standard articles such
as those advertised in the The
ENTERPRISE. Why not show
them? ,
And many a man indulges in horse
play who doesn't play the races.
It takes a girl to marry a man he
cause he is a good dancer, then blame
him because he Is a poor provider.
DIRECTORS MEET AND GO OVER
REPORTS OF OFFICERS FOR
THE SEASON'S WORK
CONDITION IS NOW ENCOURAGING
Better Standing Gives Board Hope for
" Future Meetings of the Chau
tauqua New List of
Directors Chosen
That the Willamette. Valley Chau
tauqua assembly is once again on its
former firm foundation, following a
disastrous financial session in 1912
when unfortunately the sessions con
flicted with the National Elks', con
clave, was shown yesterday at the an
nual meeting of the stockholders. -
Reports of Secretary Cross ami
Treasurer Caufield showed the asso
ciation to be practically free from
debt ,and that the 1913 receipts not
only took care of 1913 expenses, but
ped up a not of over $600.00 which
the directors had made to cover the
1912 deficit.
The total receipts of the last as
sembly amounted to exactly $5893.80,
while the total disbursements to date,
paying up all Chautauqua debts, in
cluding the $600.00 note, run over the
receipt budget but $13.62. Included
in the 1913 receipts there is probably
$200.00 in paid-up stock, while the
books show a balance in unpaid sub
scriptions made at the last session
running close to $700.
The splendid shape of the pioneer
institution is most encouraging and
much credit is due the board of di
rectors and officers for the 1913 ses
sion. The reports were read and re
ferred to the finance committee.
Directors for the coming year were
named as follows: C. H. Dye, Emma
M. Spooner, J .E. Jack, O. D. Eby,
Sarah A. Evans, Geo. A. Harding, C.
Schubel, Dr. Homan, R. L. Holman, J.
W. Loder, H. E. Cross, W. A. Hunt
ley, Geo. Hoeye, W. S. Hurst and L. E.
Carter. These will choose officers
for 1914 at an early date.
The meeting was held yesterday af
ternoon in the Commercial club par
lors, and was attended by a quorum of
the stock of the assembly. There was
general approval of the 1913 assem
bly, and plans will be launched at the
directors' meeting to make the 1911
session bigger by far than any previ
Chautauqua. Albright Gloats at
Adoption of His
Plans for Water
Oregon City folk intereste'd in ob
taining -a supply pf pure water for the
town have started a nice little boom
for Councilman John Albright, whom
they say may have their support for
mayor, governor, senator, or anything
else that his little heart desires. And
all this because on Tuesday, July 8,
of this year. Councilman Albright
came oufr with the announcement in
The Enterprise that he, personally,
favored the construction of a pipe line
by this city to south fork of the Clack
amas river, where water "as pure as
Bull Run" could be obtained.
Mr. Albright's plan Is now. being
quite enthusiastically taken in hand
by a special committee of citizens,
and bids fair to be adopted. Speaking
of it Friday evening, Mr. Albright
said:
"When I first suggested the idea, I
said that I believed this city ought to
have it own water supply, protected
by a reserve, and ought not to con
sider paying Portland a perpetual wa
ter rent for Bull Run. As a matter of
fact this city can raise the money for
its own pipe line to the south fork. of
the Clackamas more easily than it
can raise the money for a Bull Run
pipe line, because it can bond the pro
posed pipe line and water system for
a part of the debt, as well as bonding
the city. If it merely builds a eon
nection to the Bull Run line, it. can
only bond itself, for the branch pipe
line won't be worth anything without
water right from Portland. I am glad
that people are now talking so favor
ably of the 'home' pipe line all the
way through, for I have always held
that this was the best and most logi
cal Idea." ' - .
VETERANS TO MEET
Meade Post, No. 2, will have its reg
ular monthly meeting in its rooms in
ihe Willamette hall Saturday and mat
ters of importance are scheduled for
the veterans at that time.
CLERK ISSUES' NOTICES
Many voters in the county have ap
plied to the office of the county clerk,
W. L. Mulvey for registration when
their names already appear on - the
1912 lists. The county clerk calls at
tention to the fact that those who reg
istered and voted in the last e'ection
do not have to register again.
4 . .
P'vineral Notice
There will be a special meeting of Mutnomah Lodge No. 1, A.'
F. & A. M.f Saturday, October 4, 1913, at 12:45 p. m. This meet
ing is called for the purpose of conducting the funeral services of
our late brother, William Dixon. All Master Masons are earnest
ly requested to be present.
By order of the W. M
. M. D. LATOURETTE, Sec
i
MEASUREMENTS SHOW . SOUTH
FORK CAN MEET DEMANDS .
FOR MANY YEARS
TO SIGN CONTRACT FOR SURVEY
Engineer to be Put Into Field at Once
to Make. Estimate of Total
Cost of All of the Con
struction Work
With a minimum capacity flow of
8,280,000 galjons or enough to supply
Oregon City with pure, fresh water
until it grows to 83.000 persons, the
Oregon City Pure Water association
believes that it has found in the south
fork of the Clackamas a supply as
good, if not better, than the Bull Run
source at Portland, and one that will
belong to no other city and will be
controlled by only the water commis
sioners of the town.
Work will be started on the survey
at once. The' committees of the as
sociation have been authorized at . a
meeting Friday night to contract with
H. A. Rands to do the preliminary
work and to make a report on the ex
act cost that the pipe line will en
tail. If the city council does not take to
the idea, the association plans to place
the measure, on the ballot through an
initiative petition, and to get it before
the people at a date as early as pos-
sible. ..
Good Supply.
The league is positive that it now
has a better supply than even the
Portland source. It intends to con-.
duct the investigations into the cos";
on its own responsibility and from the -funds
that have been raised'from the
business men of the city. Already
$920 has been subscribed and more
can be had if that fund does not meet
the expenses of the early work.
Figures that the committees havi
already gathered show the low water,
to be 15 second feet or 8,280,000 gal
lons. Measurements of the stream
taken September 27, show a capacity
there of 24.2 second feet or 15,C80,000
gallons. Should the water run short
in that river, the committee believes
that it can rush the flow of Fish creek,
about six miles farther up, into the
same source and get a supply almost
as large as that on which it depends
for the city under the present scheme.
At a meeting in the rooms of the
Commercial club last night, Dr. L. A.
Morris was elected president; E. P.
Rands, secretary; M.. D. Latourette,
treasurer; Walter A. Dimick, press
agent. A committee on by laws con
sists of Don E. M)3ldrum, William
Sheahan, and Dr. H. S. Mount. The
executive committee will consist of
the three officers "and Don Meldrum
and B. T. McBam. ,
POPULAR GIRL DIES
AT PORTLAND HOHF
Miss Olive Zimmerman, formerly of
this city, died at the home of her par
ents in Portland Wednesday, after a
long and lingering illness. She was
the daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. E.
F. Zimmerman, a former pastor of the
Oregon City Methodist church.
Miss Zimmerman was a student at
the Oregon City high school for a
year and was very popular with her
school mates.
The funeral will be held Sunday at
2 o'clock at Oswego. ,
BEAVERS TAKE ANOTHER
Portland 7, Oakland 3.
Sacramento 3, San Francisco 2.
Venice 6, Los Angeles 2.
- Coast League Standings
W. L.
PC.
Portland ......99 73
Venice 97 89
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.522
.517
.489
Sacramento 91 85
San Francisco 90 94
Los Angeles 87 96 .475
Oakland 80 107 .428
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