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"Whereas, the City Council of Oregon City has repeatedly requested the
Board of Water Commissioners of OreGon City, to lay a main to be connect
ed with the public elevator now in process of construction, and to furnish
water to Oregon City for the purpose cf running said elevator, and
"Whereas, the Board of Water Commissioners, has refused to comply
with the orders of the city council, and refuses to make the said connec
tion, and to furnish the said water, and '
"Whereas, the members of the said Board of Water Commissioners of
Oregon City, Oregon, were duly cited. to appear before the city council to
show cause, if any there be, why the said connection should not be made,
and a supply of water furnished the city for the purpose, ci operating the
said elevator, and
"Whereas, the members of the Board of Water Commissioners appear
ed before the city council and failed to show good cause why the aid wa
ter should not be so furnished, and
'Whereas, the members of the said Board of Water Commissionsers do
now refuse to lay the necessary pipe line and supply the city with the said
water. , -
" BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED, That the members of the Board of Wa
ter Commissioner of Oregon City be and the same are hereby removed."
The city water board has been re
moved. Because it refused to construct the
pipe line to the elevator, the city coun
cil last night declared the office of
the members of the water board va
cant and instructed the fire and wa
ter committee to take charge of the
plant at once.
After the report of the boaTd had
been received by the council in which
the instructions were refused and the
notice given that the orders would be
disobeyed, the council went into a
committee of the whole and decided
upon the step that it would take.
After the policy was determined, the
council adjourned its executive ses
sion, came back into the chamber,
and Councilman Horton read the res
olution that, in the judgment of the
council, removed the board from of
fice. , : ',".-
Silence Thick.
"When the boards refusal was read,
there was an ominous silence through
the council chamber. It was Iso thick
that it could be cut with a knife. Not
a councilman spoke for several min
utes and the persons in the .crowded
chamber held their breath for the ac-1
tion-of the city fathers. For several
minutes every one was under the most
intense excitement. Every nerve was
strained to -catch the first word that
told of the action that the city fath
ers would take in the first step of
the fight that had now started ia'earn-
est between the council and the water j
board. '
At last Councilman John F. Albright j
spoke. Mr. Mayor, I move that the
report be accepted and placed on
file." The motion carried. j
"Now Mr. Mayor, I move that this !
council go into a committee of the i
whole." It also carried.
After deliberating in the commit-
tee chambers for 30 minutes, the coun
cil returned and the resolution that
brought the fight to a crisis was
read. The mayor .then put the mo
tion to the city fathers and the de
claration of principles of the council
became a matter of the city record '
and the fight was on in earnest. ! demand.
With Councilman Holman excused, ; Starts Fireworks
the council voted for the removal of .
the board. Horton and Tooze voted' ,.The action of the board was the
against it. It carried. I charge that set off the fireworks at
w a ' ' the couneil meeting. TTie most excit-
waits Action.. lng session that the councn nas held
For several aays, the council has in months was that of last night. Ex
awaited the action that the city board cjtment reigned at every step. At
oi water commissioners would take,
It has instructed the board twice to
lay the pipe line to the elevator in
order to furnish the water that will
carry the elevator to the top of the
uiuii. jauu nine, me uoaru nas re- -
fused. It has explained its reasons
M. B. A. BALL
WILLAMETTE HALL
Saturday, Oct. 25, 1913
Given by Oregon City Lodge No.
2974 Modern Brotherhood of
America
Dancing Commences at 8:00 o'clock
WANTED!
Women and Girls
Over 18 Years Old
To operate sewing matchines in
garment factory
Oregon City Woolen
Mills
, ROYAL BREAD
provides the best ration for the
wiorker; clean, fine flavored bread
that keeps fresh and sweet long
after slicing.
Always 'Fresh At
HARRIS' Grocery
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for that refusal and has declared that
the construction of that line would
mean the damaging of the entire sys
tem of the citv and would cripple the
present plan beyond repair.
Not only that, but 'he board has
contended that, the construction of
that main would mean that the peo
ple on the bluff would suffer for the
lack of water and that, while the ele
vator was making its trip, the bluff
would be without a supply.
The city fathers have believed that
the Jioard was merely bluffing. They
have contended that the water now
furnished by the water plant was
more than enough to furnish the city
and the elevator.
Last night, it determined to call
that Sjluff. It decided that the time
had come when the council must make
good the stand that it had taken and
that something must be done to bring
the matter to a crisis and test the
case before the courts. .
Attorney's Opinion.
"The City Attorney, William Stone,
has informed the council that it could
remove the board for cause. The
board admits that. The Question now-
remains as to what the cause is. The
council believes that the refusal of
the board to obey the orders that it
has given is cause enough for the
action that it has taken. It thinks
that the board of water commission
ed 1C a liHir Hill iminn fVio ennnit
vision oi tne council ana tnat tne or-
ders given during an Open session of I
that body must be obeyed. ' i
On the other hand, the board says !
that it has given the council ample
warning of the stand that it intends to
take and that it did take at the meet-
ing last night. It says that it told the
council when that body first planned
the construction of -the elevator that
it would not furnish the water and
that, in spite of such notice, the con
tract was let and the work started.
It also asserted that it does not now
propose to rescind the action that it
has taken and that it now refuses and
will continue to refuse to furnish the
water for which the citv issued its
times, the suspense was breathless.
Suppressed excitement prevailed even
around the council chamber though
outward calm showed the feeling un-
der which the city fathers were work-
iner
It was a tense moment. No action
that the council has taken in several
months called for the nerve tension
to maintain outward calm,' or that pre
cipitated such a crisis as has. this step.
The council was determined. So was
the board. Some of the members
wanted to let the board off easily but
the others were determined that the
crisis should be met and that the city
fathers should take the stand that
they intended to hold and that they
had taken all through the fight.
THIEF REPEATS ACT
i MAKES HIS ESCAPE
For the second time in the last ten
days, someone opened a purse in the
City Chop House during the evening
rush hours and took the contents,
leaving the purse itself.
The fore part of last week the thief
pilfered the contents of the purse,
which was behind the counter and
escaped without leaving the slightest
clue.
Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Martha
Price, the owner of the restaurant
hung her purse on a nail In the back
of the building and when she opened
it she found that her money, about
?17, was gone. .
BACCILLI PROVES TO BE
JOKE; WERE ONLY MOLD
i CHICAGO, Oct. 22 The "eadly ba
i cilli" which a would-be- blackmailer
; sent to Mrs. Julius Rosenwald and
Mrs. Frederick M. Steele, of Highland,
Park, were harmless, chemical- an
j alysis showed today. The chemist dis
I covered only a few, cultures of mold
! such as may accumulate in fruit preserves.
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WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866.
OREGON
Iffiffl
Great Dredges Now- at Work Clearing Out
Culebra Cut, Thus Completing Panama Canal.
Photo copyright, 1913, by American Press Association.
This picture shows the type of great dredges tkat are now at work cleanirig out the channel of Culebra cut. The
blowing up of the Gamboa dike completely flooded the nine mile cut, and the dredges "at once attacked the debris in
the bottom caused by the slides. Tlje greatest work is at the Cucaracha slide, which extended across the cut about
a mile from the Pacific coast end. This was dynamited at the same time that the dike was blown up.
tDITORS BOOST
FOR GOOD ROADS
believe they will . solve
many of Industrial .
problems
BOURNE PLAN HEARTILY ENDORSED
Gives State Use of Highways While
Debt is Being Paid and Costs
No More Than the Old
and Antique Ways
The state editorial association has
heartily endorse ' Senator Jonathan
Bourne's plan for the construction of
state highways, and has commended
his plan to the stats and the several
counties.
Better highways is endorsed by all
of the editors of the state as a proposi
tion that tends to the improvement of
the rural conditions generally and the
financial returns that may be expect
ed to the farmer and to the city alike,
Following are the resolutions pass
ed at the recent meeting of the as
sociation in Portland:
"Whereas, one of the greatest move
ments for the upbuilding of the state,
is the building of permanent high
ways, and whereas under present
methods little, if any, .permanent
progress is being mode in this direc
tion,, and, whereas, a proposition is
now before congress providing for the
issue of government improvement
bonds, at three per cent interest to
be loaned the states on state 50-year
; bonds at four per cent interest, three-
fourths of which will be used to pay
the interest
jn government bonds and
the remaii
one percent put into a
sinking
rat three per cent com-1
pound intj
st, this sinking fund be-
ing suffic
in 47 years to retire all
bonds wi1
lut further cost or expense
to the state, this money to.be ex-
pentiednn permanent improvements
only on a large scale, and to be pro
rated among the states of the union.
Therefore,
"BE IT RESOLVED, that -congress
be, and is, hereby urged to pass such
a measure and to put it into execu
tion at as early, a date as possible, and
be it further resolved : That -this as
sociation further recommend that
such a plan of borrowing money at a
low rate of interest on the credit of
the government be extended to farm
loans, to the end that the great west
ern agricultural country might be rap
idly settled up and improved with
money, at a low rate of interest to
the great and lasting benefit of the
entire country and in a manner now
impossible with money which costs
the farmer from six to eight per cent,
a rate prohibitive for use in extending
ordinary operations.
Any fool can give advice such as
it is. . '.
CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1913.
"The bacteriologist states that the
results - of analysis of the samples of
water sent to this office by Mr. F. J.
Tooze during the" past ninety days
were as follows: .
"July 7th Well of the proposed
city water supply: Total organisms 18
per c. c. and the absence of colon ba
cilli. -
"July 17th (Sample sent July 9th)
Total organisms 125 per c. c. and the
presence of colon bacilli.
"July 25th (Sample sent July 17th)
Total organisms 35 per c. c. and no
presence of colon bacilli.
"July 25th (Sample sent July 22)
Total organisms 3 per c. c. and the
absence of colon bacilli.
"August 1. Willamette river: Total
organisms 85 per c. c. and the pres
ence of colon bacilli.
"August-1 No. 2 : Total organisms
2,160 per c. c. and the presence of co
lon bacilli.
"August 4 (Samples sent July
31st) .Total organisms 4 per c. c. and
no presence of colon bacilli. .
"August 4. (Sample sent July 31st)
Total organisms 3. per c. c. and no
presence of colon bacilli.
"Yours very truly,
"CALVIN S. WHITE,
"State Health Officer."
Violently waving clippings of the
Enterprise in the face of the members
of the city council, Fred S. J. Tooze
denounced the plan for the construc
tion of the pipe line to the south fork
of the Clackamas; declared that the
paper with its "insincere" friends on
the council, and others were trying to
down him; denied that he had ever
said that the water in the wells of the
Englebrecht tract was pure: and oth-
. wiser enlivened the meeting of the citv
fathers Wednesday night.
; "You have been deceiving the peo-
( pje 0f the city ever since this water
agitation started and have told the
people that the water in the Engle
brecht wells was pure when here ; I
have the goods on ' you," declared
Councilman John F Albright in a
speech that started the ball rolling.
Denies Charge.
Tooze immediately denied that he
had ever said that the water was
pure. He denied that he t-had been
asked for the report of the state board
of health. He mentioned the fact that
E. E. Brodie, editor of the Enterprise,
had asked him for the report as a mat
ter of news and as a statement to
which the people of the city were en
titled. He denied that the council
had asked for the report but said that
a former night editor of this paper
had come to him for it once. -
John Albright immediately offered
a motion that carried holding that
hereafter all statements and reports
should be made to the council through
the city recorder in writing "so there
can be no denying them afterwards."
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Tooze is against the Clackamas
water source first, last, and all of the
time He declared that it was neither
the duty of the Enterprise nor the
pure water committee to hunt for a
water source and that such a duty de
volved upon the council alone.
. oan't Figure. '
He Eaid that the figures which the
Enterprise had printed were not cor
rect as to the cost of construction,
charged that neither this paper nor
th committee could figure; asserted
that arithmetic was a subject that
was foreign to them; and otherwise
landed with his heels on the propo
sition to construct a line to the south
folic of the Clackamas river.
Councilman Tooze also threatened
to bring suit against the city and told
the city fathers flatly that he would
refuse to pay the assessment against
his property and that they could take
the matter into the courts. He said
that it was unjust discrimination, that
it was aimed at him, and that he did
not propose to stand for it. He said,
further, that he had done work on his
property for which the council gave
him no credit and that it charged him
twice as much for the street improve
ment as it did the man across the
thoroughfare from him.
H garbage ordinance was introduced-
and action postponed.
The report on the Englebrecht tract
and other samples that were sent to
the state board speaks for itself and
shows the tests that were made and
the results obtained.
Objections to Fourth street im
provement will be heard at a council
meeting Friday. F. S. Baker submit
ted a bid for the construction of the
overhead crossing at Second street,
$405. Bids were opened for the im
provement of High and Seventh
streets and referred.
LODGE WILL MAKE
PLANS FOR BIRTHDAY
In order to make plans for the cele
brating Of the sixtieth anniversary of
the organization of the Oregon City
I. 0. O. F., a committee will meet
Thursday evening in the lodge rooms.
The local order of Odd Fellows have
been working on preliminary plans
for some time for the observance of
their sixtieth birthday, but Thursday
evening will be the first time that
any official preparations have been
made.
Martin Glynn is now the titular gov
ernor of New York, but the impres
sion widely prevails that Boss Murphy
is the real governor.
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BATTLE TO RACE AT
DOOR OF WATER PLAN
"When that committee on fire and water of the city council appears on
the scene at the water plan, there will be others there ahead -of them.
"I believe that we have a man.there who is capable of throwing out any
committee that tries to enter the place. He is under the supervision of the
water board until he is discharged. If the committee tries to enter the
plant, it will find that the door is barred." President C. H. Caufield.
"I believe that the city council is badly mistaken as to its idea that the
board of water commissioners is removed. The board cannot be re
moved except for cause and disobedience to orders is not a cause." Sec
retary Joseph E. Hedges.
OLD STAGE DAYS
ARE NOW OVER
LAST OF RELICS OF PIONEER
YEARS WILL SOON HAVE
TO DISAPPEAR
TRAVEL NOW GOES BV RAIL LINES
Modern Methods Draw Crowds While
Old Routes Find Little Favor
With Public One By
One Abolished
With the coming of the steam train,
the Molalla stage, established for over
20 years, will pass out of existance.
One line has already stopped running
on a regular schedule, while the other
makes the trip once instead of twice
a day.
Oregon City has been considered as
the gateway to the rich Molalla coun
try, and, as a result, there has al
ways been a regular stage between
the towns. The past few years the
picturesque horse stage has been re
placed by the more modern automo
bile and quick service has been estab
lished. But even the automobile cannot
stand the competition of the steam
railway and inside of a year the only
way to reach Molalla will be by train.
A month ago, before the first train,
there were four stages daily cut of
Oregon City and they were always
crowded. But now there is but one
Land it carries but one or two at a trip
anu onen none, vine oniy reason tnat
this lone stage makes the trip is be
cause of a contract to carry the mail.
When this contract has expired even
this will probably be abandoned.
BOY FOUND UNDER
HORSE UNCONSCIOUS
Fred Eggemann, the eight-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Eggemann, was
found Wednesday evening, lying un
conscious under a horse, to which he
was tending. He is suffering from a
broken collar bone and rib and it
may be that internal injuries will re
sult. It is not known exactly how the ac
cident occured. Early in the evening
the boy was sent out to the barn to
tend to the horse, but after' the par
ents .had waited for some time for his
return, an investigation was made and
the boy was found under the horse. v
- The exact extent of the injuries is
i not known as yet beyond the break-
ing of his collar bone and rib.
FIRE DESTROYS OLD
CANBY SAW MILL
CANBY, Ore., Oct. 22 The Stefani
sawmill, known for many years as the
Artkins mill, was completely, destroyed
by fire, discovered at 3 o'clock this
morning. The loss is placed at $ 10,000
with no insurance. When discovered
the blaze was so far advanced that
nothing coulL be done to save the
min, Dut tne employes were organ
ized into a bucket brigade and suceed
ed in saving a large quantity of lumber
piled near the plant. -
As there was no fire in the mill after
6 o'clock yesterdoy afternoon, and a
number of employes passed through it
as late as 11 o'clock, and no fire was
discovered until four hours after that,
it is thought to be of incendiary origin
but no evidence can be found impli
cating anyone.
Before the ruins were cold, A. Stef
ani the proprietor, had made plans for
the immediate reconstruction of the
mill. A force of carpenters is now on
the ground,, and the owner says he
will have an entirely new mill in oper
ation in less than three weeks. .
The latest mistaken-for-a-dear vic
tim was shot by his brother, whose
folly will be a sad memory during his
life. . . - .
"The consumer pays about $13 S
for $6 worth of products sold by 4
8 the farmer. Much of this is 3
$ charged to the middleman, but S
bad roads has much to do with S
$ it"
Per Week Ten Cents.
When the committee on fire and wa
ter approaches the door of the city
water plant today, it will find that a
burly superintendent and his assist
ants are. there before them and that
the door is barred. If they attempt
to enter with a policeman as is their
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the plant.
Get Advice.
Legal advice will be secured be
fore W. A. Long as chairman of the
committee takes the stand that the
city council last night instructed him
to taKe in the assumption of the cgn
trol of the water plant. He will con
sult an attorney and find out the
rights that he has- before the step is
taken and the move made that will
commit the council to the fight
against the water board. :
Under the instructions that have
been given, the fire and water commit
tee will take immediate charge of the
plant when it changes shift Thursday
morning. The action is taken as the
result of the stand that the council
took Wednesday night when it passed
resolutions ousting the board from of
fice and. declaring the positions that
the board members held as vacant.
Board to Meet.
The board will probably have a
meeting in the office of the secre
tary and -the action that it will take
will be determined at that time. It
is possible that the fight will be car-"
ried at once into the courts and that
an injunction will be served on the
city and the committee of the city
council preventing it from interfering.
Just what steps the board will take
to controvert the action of the coun
cil were not known last night. The
board is up in arms over the action of
the council and is determined that the
crisis which the decision of the coun
cil has brought about will be met by
it in the same spirit.
Unless overpowered, the employes
of the plant will prevent the commit
tee from gaining entrance as it
marches down there this morning to
take possession. The plant will not
be turned over to the committee of the
council nor will the board allow the .
committtee to gain an entrance to the
building. . - .
Not Ousted.
It still contends that it is in office
and that the council has no autority
to remove it unless it is shown that
there is sufficient cause for the re
moval after a full and comprehensive
hearing. . The fact that it has disobey
ed the orders of the councilmen does
not, in the judgment of the board,
constitute a cause great enough to al
low the city fathers to order the re
moval of the members from the con
trol of plant.
Determine to Stay.
Until the courts have determined-
the powers of the city and the board
of water commonssioners, the author
ities now in control of the water
plant determine to hold that control
in spite of the council and the entire
police force. of the city.
The crisis has come. The question
now is as to the powers of the respec
tive parties to the fight that has start
ed. The board contends that it is in
control. The council holds that it has
ousted the board. The management
of the plant has been determined by
the action of the council and vested in
the fire and water committee until
a new board been chosen and has
qualified for the position of authority.
When the board has its meeting in
the office of the secretary Thursday,
the action that it will take will be de
termined. The collision between the
two powers will probably come at an
earlier hour, however, especially if;
the committee takes ' charge "of the
plant as soon as the shift is changed
Thursday morning.
INDICTMENTS ARE
RETURNED FOR GRAFT
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 22. Wholesale in
dictments against most of the mem
bers of the city administration of East
St. Louis that went out of office last
spring were returned today by the
grand jury that has been investigating
charges of municipal irregularities.
Twenty-eight persons were indicted,
including 24 former city officials.
Among those indicted were Charles S.
Lambert, former mayor; E. Fred Ger
old, former city treasurer, and 14 of
the 16 members of the city council of
1912. - .
William Sheshan, J. A. Cary, and
Clyde St. Clair attended a banquet
given by the National Association of
Stationery Engineers given at the
Commercial club at Portland Wednes
day night.