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VOL. VI. No. 92.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1913.
CHILD CAUSES
FAMILY
HUNTERS DOW
I Hir
Isthmus of Panama at Last Sliced In Two and
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans Connected by Canal.
ON GAME LAWS
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KING'S DAUGHTERS
HAVE GOOD TIME
CLACKAMAS
ROW
RUSH
HUSBAND SAID TO HAVE MADE
THREATS AGAINST WIFE
OVER ITS POSSESSION
SHERIFF AND COP RUSH TO SCENE
Children Say They Hear Conversa
tion Indicating Quarrel and
Run All Way to City
Aid Gun Play
"Give me the child or I will kill
you."
There are the words that Joe Reese
is charged by the police to have ut
tered to his wife as the two were
standing just north of -the west ap
proach of the suspension bridge. The
husband was arrested by Sheriff E. T.
Mass, asisted by Officer Lee French,
Friday evening about 8:45 a'clock
eharged with making threats to kill.
The couple were married about five
years ago, according to the wife, and
came to this city early in the sum
mer. Up to about seven days ago
there had been no serious domestic
trouble but then there was a quarrel
he says, and the wife left.
There is a two-year-old child of the
couple who lives with the parents of
Mrs. Reese and it is over this baby
that the trouble is said to have arisen.
After the separation it is thought that
even more trouble came between the
two which finally led to the husband
making the alleged threat.
The wife claims that she planned to
leave for her home in Hilteboro Sat
urday and was walking along the road
from the west end of the bridge to
ward Bolton. When she was almost
opposite the skating rink she was ac
costed by her husband, it is said. It
is at this time that it is thought that
he pulled the gun and, pointing the
weapon at his wife, made the threat
with which he is charged. However,
their quarreling was overheard and
Sneriff Mass and Officer French were
summoned from this city.
Reese is now in the county jail
awaiting a hearing, which will be held
Saturday morning in Justice Siever's
court
ADAMS IS SUGGESTED
FOR HANTS OFFICE
L. Adams, owner of one of the larg
est places of business in the city, has
been suggested for mayor. .Several of
his business friends made the move
Friday afternoon when they quietly
suggested that he allow his name to
be used in a boom that they were will
ing to start for him before the fun of
the campaign opens.
Mr. Adams' name is the second
to be mentioned as the days shorten
before the election. Linn E. Jones
has been named for a second term
whil other business men believe that
the race would be warmer if two of
the city's leading merchants were in
the ring.
If he will permit them to use his
name, petitions will probably be cir
culated within the next few days for
Mr. Adams as a mayoralty candidate
at the forthcoming election.
BARCLAY DOWNED IN
For the first time this year the foot
ball team of the Barclay school went
down to defeat to the score of 26 to 0
when it met McLoughlin Institute on
Canemah field Friday.
There was no time during the game
that there was the slightest doubt as
to the final outcome. From beginning
to end the superior team work of the
institute brought out the fact that
there was no hope for the other
school.
The line-up was:
McLoughlin
Storey
Stanich
Budorich
Forestner
Murphy ......
Berry
lloraway
Hoffman
Rivers
Nutal
Miller
Position
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Barclay
Stedman
, Sanders
. . Wilson
. . , Lovett
. Vehrus
: lialsten
. . Rones
. . Baxter
, . . Silcox
. . . Mass
... White
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LOST On Main street, a bunch of
valuable keys. Return to Enter
prise. Reward.
WANTED!
Women and Girls
Over 18 Years Old
To operate sewing matchines in
garment factory
Oregon City Woolen
Mills
DO YOU KNOW
ROYAL BREAD
If you don't, take home a loaf and
see the children smile when they
get the sweet nutty flavor.
Always Fresh At
HARRIS Grocerx
DECLARE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO EN
FORCE AND ENTAILS A
HARDSHIP ON THEM
WANT BAG LIMIT MUCH REDUCED
Believe State Could Better Cut Down
Number of Birds Than Make
a Distinction Between
Sexes Too Severe
From up and down the Willamette
valley, the sportsmen and hunters are
raising a protest against the new state
game law. The hunting season has
now been under way for two weeks
and the new law has been tested in
all sections of the state, and many
sportsmen are dissatisfied with its
provisions.
One of the chief objections, as stat
ed by the hunters, is the severity of
the law. They claim that the provis
ion that makes it unlawful to shoot
from a public road is extremely ob
noxious, excepting such highways as
are heavily traveled. Several persons
have been held for this offense and
fined the limit, not to mention the con
fiscation of their dogs and guns.
Another part of the law that is at
tacked by the sportsmen is the provis
ion regulating the killing of the fe
male bird. They claim that it is al
most impossible to distinguish the dif
ference between the two when they
fly up quickly from the brush. A
prominent sportsmen presents the
argument that whenever the mala bird
is driven from cover the female is al
ways close by.
This same sportsmen has found
several dead hen pheasants in his
search for game and is convinced that
the law does not restrain some hunt
ers in their lust for the niyre kiilii-g
of game while to many others he con
cedes the chance of a mistake. In
any event the results :re :o lie '.-e-plored.
It is argued that the law sh.iuU be
amended to limit the bag to live birds
of either sex in case the smisou pre- j
vails every other yeu and three of
either sex if the season is c.ponod an
nually. HOOD RIVER RECALL
PETITION IS FILED
HOOD RIVER, Ore., Oct. 17. The
recall petition that has been in circu
lation in Hood River county for the
past two weeks for the signature of
voters to recall the county judge and
commissioners of Hood River county,
was filed with County Clerk Hansen
with over 400 signatures. A meeting
of the. citizens of the valley will be
held in the near future to name can
didate for county judge and commis
sioners to oe placed on the ballot at
the November, election.
MUST MOVE HOME OF
PUBLICITY COMMITTEE
At last a place has beeli found Tor
the home of the publicity department
of the Oregon City Commercial club.
For several hours Friday afternoon,
the members of the committee in the
club were stirring excitement in the
city and county circles looking for va
rious sites for their home.
The excitement followed as the re
sult of the order of the Weinhard es
tate fir the removal of the building.
For several years, the estate has al
lowed the club to use the grounds
without rent upon condition that the
building would be moved at once
whenever the land was needed.
Now the estate wants the ground
for the site of the postoftiee. The
county court was asked to allow it to
be moved to the court house yard but
has not consented and probably won't.
The city council Friday night, how
ever, will allow the club to place it
at the head of Eighth street in the
center of the street until another
place is found.
CONVICT ASSAULTS
FELLOW PRISONER
SALEM, Ore., Oct. 17. Joe Marines,
a big Montenegrin, came near wreak
ing his vengeance on P. Eumcndson,
a big negro, when the two were put
into the bullpen at the state peniten
tiary today. For reasons unknown to
Warden Laws-on, the two convicts bit
terly hate each other. Both have
been unruly, so today Warden Lawson
ordered them put into the bullpen,
built in one corner of the prison yard.
As Marinos followed the negro into
the pen he leaped upon his back and
struck him two blows with a huge
hand made dirk. The knife cut
through the flesh below the shoulder,
but did no serious injury.
ZEPPELIN DIRIGIBLE BURNS
3000 FEET IN AIR
BERLIN, Oct. 17. Zeppelin oirigv
ble "L 22' exploded and burned in mid
air 3000 feet above Johannisthal field
today.
Of the 29 persons on board 28 were
killed.
The Zeppelin was a new craft built
for the German navy. It was con
sidered the last word in aerial con
struction of Its kind. The trip it was
making was its first test.
On board, besides the crew, were
the members of a board of admiralty
commissioners, headed by Admiral
Behnisch, who was among the killed.
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Photos by American Press Association. -
With the dynamiting of the last restraining dike in the Panama canal on OcL 10 Culebra cut becomes flooded
and the Atlantic and Pacific oceans actually connected. After the rocks and debris from the slides have been dredged
from the cut the canal will be completed and ready for the first formal passage of the old battleship Oregon. . These
pictures show the spillway of the great Gatun locks on the Pacific end of the canal and h portion f the canal at
the Atlantic entrance which is ready for service . - -
To Get Prizes, One
Carrier Signs Own
Name to the List
If there is one thing that Jarings
out the originality of a boy more than
another, the Enterprise Live Wire
Carriers' contest must be it. There
is one boy who has been working' be
fore school, at noon, and after school
not to mention after supper. The re
sult "that he is ahead of ail his fel
low carriers and has had remarkable
success.
But the thing that crowns him as
the most original and hustling boy
was a contract that he brought to the
office with his own name on the sig
nature line. He said in a perfectly
serious tone that he wanted to take
the paper and had subscribed as a reg
ular customer.
When they get into successful oper
ation, the end men will have no mercy
on ths middlemen. 1
One thing Americans can be thank
ful for this year a little more than
usual is that they are not Mexicans.
Cooperation of country producers
and city consumers, to the advantage
of both, will be worked out ere long.
To a Latin-American, a coup d-etat
is the acme of successful statesman
ship and government.
A. G. Schmedeman, Rich' Clothier,
Is the New Minister to Norway
y li y ft
NOT all the newly appointed diplomats come under the bead ot lawyers
or litterateurs. There is Albert G. Schmedeman, for example. He a
the new minister to Norway. Mh-Schmedeman Is a clothing merchant
in Madison, Wis., where lie has been a conservative business man for
thirty years. Mr. Schmedeman has not only sold clothes successfully, but be
has "played politics" just as well. The phrase is used, of course. In its better
sense. As a progressive Democrat he has served in various city offices and on
several Important city commissions. "
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POLICEMEN WIN IN ,
SUIT AGAINST CITV
Jack Frost and S. R. Qreen. former
members of the city police force, won
their case against the city . before
Justice John N. Seivers Friday when
the court held that the city would
have to pay those officers for their
vacation time.'
lae city council has several times
refused to pay the policement on the
ground that they went off of duty
when they were supposed to be on j
tneir Deats. ine court iouna, now
ever, that the two men were working
for the cuy at that time and that the
claims, totaling about ?78 were due
from the city.
It is not believed that the case will
be carried to the higher courts. Wil
liam Stone represented the city while
B. N. Hicks was attorney for the
plaintiffs. .
Heads c.f departments always want
more, more, more,
After years of talk and months of
effort on the part of a few, the msans
of putting the loan sharks out of bus
iness, at least to a considerable ex
tent, seems to have materialized. The
effort deserves cordial approval and
support. The loan shark is a leech
on the body politic, without a single
commendable quality or feature.
Through Joseph E. Hedges, its sec
retary, the city water board has again
refused to have 'anything to do with
the elevator.
it has positively refused to furnish
the water. It has told the city coun
cil that it could have all of the board's
water whenever it want a drink of
water but that there is no water to
spare to supply any water power ele
vator. The board gently reminds the coun
cil that this is the "steenth" time
that it has made strikingly similar re
marks but that its answer this time is
positive and final.
There may, possibly, be a meeting
of the city council tonight to devise
ways and means to circumvent the re
fusal of the board to follow instruc
tions. Following is the letter in full:
"October 17, 1913.
"To the Honorable City Council,
"Oregon City, Oregon.
''Gentlemen:
"We beg to acknowledge the receipt
of your notification through your re
corder to this board, to connect a t"m
inch main on Railroad Ave., to the
proposed elevator, at once.
"Replying to the same we have to
say that on several occasions, one of
which was at a meeting held an hour
or two prior to the' execution of the
contract for the construction of the
elevator, we have informed your hon
orable body that we have no water t)
spare to operate an elevator; aud if
we could not furnish it under the con
ditions called for by the proposed ele
vator on account of the serious dam
age that it would cause our service.
Nothwithstanding this information
you proceeded to the execution of the
contract providing therein for water
power and determined to obtain this
from the water system and under con
ditions that would work irreparable
damage to the system.
"Our system is constructed for the
purpose of furnishing the citizens of
Oregon City with water for family use
and with no provision for power pur
poses, and at present we are just able
to furnish our consumers with what
water they need and consequently can
not take on a large power consumer
without great detriment to the house
hold' service. ' If we had a surplus of
water over what is needed for family
use we would be very glad to increase
our revenue by selling water for
power purposes. The conditions,
however, being as they are, we are
not in a position to, and will not, fur
nish water for the proposed elevator.
These and other reasons have repeat
edly been given you as reasons for
our declination to furnish the water
for operating the elevator.
"We hope that this will make our
position clear and that you will gov
ern yourselves accordingly.
"Very respectfully,
"BOARD OF WATER COMMIS
SIONERS, "By JOS. E. HEDGES,
"Secretary."
Pennant Dope. '
Portland Is in the lead by 9 games.
Portland has 9 more games sched
uled. : 'itb--
Sacramento is half a game ahead of
Venice. -
San Francisco is 4 games behind
the first division.
ARE ENTERTAINED AT HOME OF
MRS. WARNER IN MOUNT.
PLEASANT DANCERS
AMONA CLASS HAS TAFFY POLL
Teacher Gives Thirty Girls Lots of
Fun Pulling Candy and Hav
ing Frolic Fol De Rols
Give Social Dance
. Mrs. Arthur Warner entertained a
number of King's Daughters at a de
lightful luncheon Friday at her home
in Mt. Pleasant. The table was beau
tiful with its center of dark red phlox
in a dull green bowl. Covers were laid
for Mrs. L. A. Morris, Mrs. H. S.
Moody, Mrs. J. H. Cary, Mrs. H. S.
Mount, Mrs. A. L. Beatie, Mrs. Niles
and Mrs. Lawton. The afternoon was
spent in sewing for the Christmas
bazaar, and the next meeting for this
purpose will be held at the home of
Mrs. H. S. iSlount.
The first dancing party of the sea
son given by the Fol de Rols in
Busch's hall Friday evening was a
brilliant success. The hall was beau
tifully decorated with many pennants,
Najavo blankets and palms, the cor
ner arranged for the punch service
being particularly attractive. The
music was furnished by the well
known Prasps' orchestra of Portland.
A large number attended from. Port
land- and Willamette valley towns.
:
The Amoma class gave a party Fri
day evnineg in the assembly room of
the Baptist church. About thirty
young girls compose this interesting
Sunday, school class, of which Mrs.
Milliken is teacher. A musical pro
gramme was given, and an old-fashioned
j'taffy pull" furnished a great
deal of amusement. The girls were
assisted by Mrs. Milliken and Mrs.
Miller.
Mrs. Niles, of Walla Walla, is vis
iting friends in Mt. Pleasant. Mr3.
Niles formerly lived in Oregon City
and is planning to again make this
her home.
Mrs. L. L. Pickens, who was the
guest of Mrs. Victor Marden of The
Dalles, during the Rodeo, has returned
to her home in West Linn.
Mr. and . Mrs. E. J. Daulton have
moved from West Linn and are now
pleasantly located in their new home
on Twelfth and Main streets.
ADDITIONAL MONEY
Many of the districts of the county
are planning a special tax levy for the
construction of roads through their
districts and have indicated their in
tention of calling an election of the
district to raise money for the build
ing of better highways.
The special taxes that will be raised
in this way are in addition to the
funds that the county court will ap
propriated for the regular road im
provement work of the county. H. S.
Anderson, the county judge, has sent
out the banks to the road supervisors
of the county asking them for infor
mation as to the work done and as to
the plans of their districts for more
money and for additional road con
struction. The sentiment through these dis
tricts has always been for better roads
and the people of the county are, show
ing, by this sentiment that they want
more and better roads throughout the
several districts under the supervision
of the court. "
FORCE CROSS RIVER
TO BEGIN ROAD WORK
A force of men camped on this side
of the Clackamas river Friday night
and work has started on the line of
the Portland, Eugene & Eastern to
Oswego from the city.
The company plans to construct its
logging road to Oswego and then to
continue its work on other sections
of the road.. A party of men were
camped on this side of the Clackamas
Friday night with the intention of
starting the work again on Saturday
morning. The men are under the su
pervision of an engineer and have
been at work on the road's gardes for
several weeks.
ICS DANCE
October 18, 1913
BUSCH'S HALL
OREGON CITY
""V FROST and EDWARDS
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FIRST-CLASS MUSIC and
SI
CONSTRUCTION CREWS ARE OUT
ON ROAD AND BED IS NOW
BEING GRADED
LIVE WIRES ARE ALWAYS ON JOB
Anything of Good For City or the
County Meets With Approval
of Boosters Who Have
Now Done Much
, The 1913-14 season of activity on
the port of Oregon City's wide awake
crgonization of live business men
promises much for the community,
but the one brightest jewel in th
crown is the great project started by
it some two years ago which at this
time has reached a point far exceed
ing the expectations of the commit
tee who launched it.
The Clackamas Southern railroad
with rights-pf-way from Oregon City
to Mt. Angel has completed the laying
of tracks to Beaver Creek, seven miies
and is now preparing to ballast this
portion to be in position to economical
ly handle the large volume of business
now offering. ..
j The freight tariffs have been ap
proved and are in the hands ol the
printers. It is expected that these
tariffs will be filed with the Oregon
Railroad commission and Interstate
Commerce commission within ' the
next ten days and that they will be
effective within ten days thereafter
when these first seven miles will be
put upon a paying basis. The rates
are such that no one can afford to use
the old methods of transportation
once this road is in operation.
The road bed is ready for ties and
rails for two and one-third of the bal
ance of the distance between Beavur
Creek and Molalla. It is expected that
Molalla, leaving one railroad and see
ing the advantages derived, will now
rush to the aid of the Clackamas
Southern and help complete the com
peting line, for until a city has com
petings methods of transportation it
cannot grow to its proper point of
greatness.
The grading of seven miles of the
twelve ' between Molalla and Mt -Angel
is completed and a large force
of men and teams is rushing this end
with the result that by the time that
portion between Beaver Creek and
Molalla is all ready for the rails the
whole roadbed to Mt. Angel will be
in readiness and the steel available
under the bonding arrangement which
the company made some months ago.
Is there any reason . why the Live
Wires should not be proud of its
work its child? Is there any reason
why the Commercial club should not
be proud of its Live Wire organiza
tion? Can the residents of Oregon
City and Clackamas county who don't
belong to this club afford to stay out
when sjuch large matters can be and
are being successfully handled?
SPEEDY TEAMS WILL
BATTLE AT CANEMAH
The Oregon City football team,
which has lost but one game in the
past two years, will play the Vete
rans on Canemah field Sunday, Octo
ber 19.
Both teams are considered fast or-'
ganizations and a lively game is ex
pected.. The game will be called at
3 o'clock p. m.
The line-up is:
Veterans Oregon City
Hamilton ...... L. E. A Donelson
Owenby . . .. R. E Long.
Payne R. T. . . . Montgomery
Kelley L. T. D Melviu
Seiler L. G. W Melvin
Rotter .R. G. G Green
Lavier C. ... Montgomery
Moore .L. H Smith
Carothers R. H Freeman
Freeman T. B. C Taylor
BEAVERS GO TO SLEEP
Los Angeles 12, Portland 6. .
Sacramento 7, Venice G.
Oakland 2, San Francisco 0.
Coast League Standings
. ' W. L. PC.
Portland 106 80 .596
Sacramento 98. 91 .519
Venice .. . . . 103 97 .516
San Francisco 97 100 .493
Los' Angeles 95 103 .480
Oakland 86 114 .430
So far, two men are known to be
against the Columbia river bridge
bonds.
The senatorship is Hobson's choice,
but probably Hobson won't be Ala
bama's choice.
FLOOR MANAGEMENT