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OREGON CITY Probably fair
north to- east winds.
Oregon Fair; north to east
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VOL. VI. No. 101.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1913.
Pre Week, Ten Cents.
UHDERGROUHI) -STREAMS f HREAT i
CITY
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SOLVE PROBLEM '
WITH HOMES
COMPANY MAY BE FORMED TO
ERECT HOUSES FOR MEN
AND THEIR FAMILIES
WOULD DRAW LABOR TO DISTRICT
Married Ones Are Preferred Report
, on New Supply Soon to be
Ready Elevator Gets
Into Discussion
Within the npxt few months, a com
pany may be formed to erect inexpen
sive houses where men with families
can live and work in the mills.
The suggestion was made at the
meeting of the Live Wires Tuesday
when the question of labor for the
mills was injected into the discussion.
The appalling lack of house room in
the city has been a draw-back to the
ability of the mills to get labor, has
prevented women and girls from com
ing to work in the garment factories,
and has seriously handicapped the
growing industries of the city.
Married Ones Preferred.
Hereafter, married men with fam
ilies will be given preferance at the
mills. The plan of providing homes
for girls who are mill workers on the
line of the Portland Women's Union
was discussed but the Live Wires
thought the idea of a number of new
homes would be better for the city
and would just as effectively solve the
labor problem here. Most of these
bouses would cost from $600 to $800.
Dr. L. A. Morris declared that a re
port on the costs of pipe line to the
south fork of the Clackamas could be
expected within the next week or 10
days as H. A. Rands, the engineer,
would be back by that time and a com
plete report submitted.
Tooze Gets Report.
Fred S. J. Tooze said that he had
just received a statement from the
Portland commissioners as to the cost
of the proposed Bull Run water supply
but that he did not believe in making
it public until his complete report was
ready. He repeated his belief that
he should hold up all reports until
such time as he could make a com
plete survey of the work done. The
statement would include three prop
ositions, Bull Run, the Canby wells,
and the wells on the Englebrecht
tract.
He also urged the consent of the
people for the purchase of the tract
as a public grounds for public pur
poses at a cost of $2500. The matter
will be submitted to the people at the
December election.
George Randall stirred the meeting
with the elevator question when he
contended that the proposal to change
its location was and is and always
will be foolishness and that the only
logical place is on Seventh street. L,
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WANTED!
Women and Girls
Over 18 Years Old
To i psrate sewing matchines in
garment factory
Oregon City Woolen
Mills
ROYAL BREAD
Five hundred quarts of milk each
day is used to make
Royal Bread
That's why it is so good. Get it at
HARRIS' Grocery
Cheapest, Best and
Most ' Satisfactory
Fuel Known - - -
Burns in Any Old Stove
Flails Transfer Co.
Oregon City Agents PhonesMain 320 A96
Office with George Young
CHARMING GIRL
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CEREMONY IS PERFORMED A'i
HOME OF GROOM'S SISTER
IN PORTLAND
MARRIAGE DATE BROUGHT TO MIND
Mr. and Mrs. Koch Celebrate Their
Silver Anniversary Women
Veterans Have Recep
tion at Hall
(By Meta rinley Thayer)
A wedding centering the interest of
friends in this vicinity took place
Sunday evening, October 26, when
Miss Nora Eelle Criswell became the
bride of Mr. Charles Frederick Jesse.
The ceremony was read by Rev. C.
A. Grier at the home of Mrs. William
Bond, sister of the groom, in the
presence of about fifty relatives and
close friends.
The rooms were beautifully decorat
ed with palms, ferns and autumn
flowers.
The bride wore a beautiful gown of
pale blue charmeuse, and carried a
shower bouquet of bride roses and
lilies of the valley. She was attend
ed by her sister, Miss Estella Cris
well, who was gowned in white chif
fon over pink silk and carried brides
maid roses. James Ryan, nephew of
the groom was best man.
Mrs. Jesse who is a niece of Mrs.
Mack Ramsby, formerly lived In Ore
gon City and has a wide circle of
friends here.
The groom is well Enown in Port
land, having been for several years
connected with the Northern Pacific
railroad company.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse win ne at home
In Portland to their many friends af
ter November 25.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Koch cele
brated their silver wedding anniver
sary Sunday evening at their home in
West Linn. One of the pleasant fea
tures was a mock marriage ceremony,
performed by Mr. M. Muenich. A
number of games were played, after
which a delicious supper was served.
Many handsome presents were receiv
ed by Mr. and Mrs. Koch. The guests
were Mr. and Mrs. Max Buse, Mr. and
Mrs. August Buse, Mr. and Mrs. P.
J. Winkle, Mr. and Mrs. M. Muench,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Buse, Mr. and Mrs.
J. Endres, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Rakel,
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Buse, Mr. and
Mrs. C. Tow, Mr. and Mrs. J. Karlic,
Mr. and Mrs. A. McCoy, Misses Clara
Winkle. Mnry Endres, Clara Endres,
Katie Welsrhcrt, Anna Koch, Mr.
Washburn, Fred Winkle, Frank Tow,
Fred Buse, William Tow, Lewis Koch
and Fines Tow.
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Meade Post W. R. C No. IS, heH
!eir regular business meeting In
Willamette hal Tuesday afternoon,
followed by a reception forthe depart
ment officers, Mrs. Rosina Fouts
T".--fins, department president, Mrs.
Nellie M. Alldredge. department sec
retary, Mrs. Mary E. Barlow.- depart
ment treasurer,, Mrs. Jennie B. Hard
ing, chief aide of staff, Mrs. Mary
L. Bradley, counsellor. A. number of
members were present from George
Wrieht and Gordon Granger corps,
pnd Meade Post attended in a body.
Those present from Gordon Granger
sorrs were:
Lizzie Connoway, Rebecca Gray,
Martha Barter, Emma Geil, Nellie
Gustcn, Martha Brown, Carrie De
Covey, Georgie Thornton. Annie Barn
ard, Sarah Cochran, Hilda Slater and
Eula Newell. From George Wright
corps. Mary E. Chamberlain; from
Ben Butler corps, Mary Ford.
Meade Corps No. 18, presented Mrs.
Rosina Fouts Evans with a beautiful
casserole, Mrs. Harding making the
presentation speech. Mrs. Connoway,
of Gordon Granger presented Mrs.
Evans with ar hand-painted orange
bowl and a set of silver ..orange
spoons.
Addresses were made by Adjutant
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BECOMES
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(Copvrigat by International Niws Service) ...
The photograph shows the first fleet of boats, passing through the huge Gatun locks, at the Atlantic end
of the Panama canal. In this series of the three locks, boats are raised from sea level. In the surface of Gatun
Lake, composed of dredges, tugs, pile 3r;vers, scows and launches, split into three separate tows, is passing
through the middle lock. The man in ihe foreground, with his back to the camera, is Colonel Goethals, the "big
man" of the canal, who has been in charge of the work since 1907. This was the first time that the colonel
had an opportunity of seeing more than one best pass through the locks. Probably the next fleet to - pass
through will be the fleet of American battleships, which will pass through the entire length of the canal.
With the blowing up of the Gamboa dike cn October 10, water was let into Culebra cut, thus connecting
up the waterway for the entire length of the "Big Ditch." All that now remains to be done, is to dredge out
the cut, remove the debris of the dike, and the canal will then be open to the world's traffic.
ASSAULT CHARGES
'T MEET TEST
CANBY, Ore., Oct. 2S (Special to
the Enterprise) The charge against
Henry Schwanzara, Jr., of assaulting
Tom Evans with a dangerous weapon
was dismissed this morning by Judge
Knight of the justice court. Evans
accussed him of drawing a revolver
and threatening to shoot him Thurs
day evening, October 23, near Macks
burg on the county road.
Young Schwanzara, who is about
seventeen, was sent by his father to
a neighbor's to see about some pota
toes and on the way home with Ed
ward Koch passed Evans with three
or four companions. After they had
pone down the r-iad seme distance
they were called back by Evans, who
after they had exchanged some words
hit Echwanzara in the face, it is said
When . young Schwanzara started ti
defend himself, . Evans backed oft
down the read and told his com
panions that he had drawn a revolver
on bim and threatened to shoot him,
it is alleged.
Both Schwanzara and his father
testified that he had never owned a
revolver and never carried one, as
did Koch who wes with him: There
was some testimony produced by the
state that Schwanzara bad drawn a
revolver about a foot long from the
hip pocket of his blue overalls.
The trouble was evidently brought
on by the complaining witness a man
about thirty years old, but there
seems to hav ebeen little cause for
it. Justice Knight discharged the de
fendant stating that the prosecution
was with out . probable cause and
taxed the cost against the-prosecuting
witness. Philip L. Hammond appear
ed for the defendant.
There was a large crowd from
Macksburg and the vicinity present
filling all the chairs in Juage Knight's
hall. .
Mr. M. J. Putterworth, president of
the United States Flower Map com
pany, of Canby, has given up selling
; h-s flower-maps and has gone to
Fortland to live. Mr. Butterworth or
ganized this company about five years
ago 'and has been making and selling
maps or the United States with the
flower of each state printed on it.
Elimination of many personal injury
cases would help a good deal.
Shave Yourself
AND SAVE
TIME
TEMPER
AND MONEY
Burmeister
FIRST FLEET THROUGH GATUN LOCKS
H. Pierce and O. A. Sol'z appeared
in the justice court j'fsterdsy and
each paid $10 for operating their skat
ing rink on the West 'Linn side cf the
river last Sunday.
They are still determined to bring
'he law to the test and plan to have
complaints brought against oLhers.in
the city that they believe have just
as much violated the Sunday closing
statute as have they. They do , not
take the stand that the action is in
any way retaliation but "that it will
bring the law to a test and that it will
force the supreme court of the state
to determine just what amusements
come under provisions of that statute
and what are legally excluded.
The law has never yet been before
the supreme court and there are a
Isrge number of business concerns
of this city who are interested in the
determination that the court would
preach after all of the evidence had
been submitted. It is possible that
whatever action results from this af
fair, a test case will be the outcome
tbat will give the various amusement
places a clearer understanding of the
law.
FUNERAL IS HELD
Mrs! William T. Foreward, of Law
ton Heights near this city, was buried
in Mountain View cemetery Sunday
afternoon. The services were held at
the First Congregational church, Rev.
George Nelson. Edwards, officiating.
Mrs. Foreward was born in Boston.
Mass., 1872, and was married in 1900
to Wiliam T. Foreward in Los An
geles. She came to this city several
years ago, settling near Lawton
Heights. . .;
Besides ner husband, three . chil
dren survive her, two boys,- one of 11
and the other of 13, and one girl of J5.
If you have never used a Safety
Razor you don't know what a simple,
comfortable matter your morning
shaving can be.
Yougo to the barber three or .four,
times "a week and wait your turn.
It wastes a lot of time and tem
per, and is a steady expense the year
round. . -.
" Take home any one of .our safety
razors . for a few days' free trial. If
it does not shave you all right, bring
it back and we will gladly refund
your money. We carry all the well
known makes: Gillette, Autostrop,
Durham Duplex, Gem, Jr., and Ever
Ready. Also a good line of straight
blade razors.
PRICES J1.00 and UPWARD.
& Andresen
CONTEST WINNERS
GET THEIR PRIZES
The Enterprise Carrier's Live Wire
contest is a thing of the past. The
voles have been counted and the win
ners picked. It was a success in ev
ery way, from the viewpoint of the
carrier and from fan view point of
the publishing company.
Edward Dungey captured the first
honors, and, incidently, a Marlin re
pertint shotgun; Clarence Cannon
has the complete fishing outfit, the
second prize; and Arthur McDonald,
a pearl-handled knife, the third prize.
The second and third prize-winners
were almost a tie, it being at first de
cided that Arthur McDonald had won
the scc.nd prize.
A saving of 20 per cent in groceries
for the county, as compared with last
year, is a pleasing and encouraging
item; let the good work ' spread. '
ams
Extraordinary values in Ladies'
Suits. Your choice from a
handsome assortment in brown.
blue, gray and other desirable
colors. Special" for
this week at Sale price
Extra Values in light gray, dark
gray, brown, navy and black,
made from heavy suit- (h Q 5Q
ings. Special sale price V
WORK STARTED
ON ROAD SHOPS
PORTLAND, EUGENE & EASTERN
BEGINS, CONSTRUCTION
OF ITS TERMINUS
FORCE OE MEN IS BUSY ON LAND
Line Between Willamette Falls Sta
tion and Oswego is Soon to
Be Graded and Bids'
Are Received
At last active work has been
started on the big Portland, Eugene
& Eastern car shops. on the west side
of the river.
At present a force of men is at
work clearing the tract of land on
which the new industry will be built.
Already three acres of land have been
prepared and it is thought by the con
tractor, E. P. Berdine, that within a
month the brush and trees on the
tract will have been all cut down and
burned. As soon as this is finished
active work will be started on grub
bing out the stumps.
Exactly how large the shops will
be or how many men will be employed
has not yet' been announced by the
officials of the new road. - However,
it is almost certain that this industry
will be one of the principal supports
of the new city of West Linn.
Another step in the building o the
new road is the grading of the line be
tween the present terminus of the
Willamette Falls line and Oswego.
Sealed proposals were received by the
company at its offices in Portland for
(his contract but the successful bid
der has not yet been announced.
The building of these new shops by
the P., E. & E. is considered by some
ss ushering a new era cf prosperity
to Oregon City and Clackamas county
in general. Several hundred men
will probably be employed, when the
industry becomes firmly established,
and in this way the pay roll of thi3
section greatly increased. '
INDIANA MAN DIES
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MOI.ALLA, Ore., Oct. 28. Thomas
Robbins, for 51 years a resident of
Clackamas county, was buried Tues
day in Molalla. He died at the home
of his brother, Oliver Robbins, Sunday
evening after an illness of several
years from paralysis.
He was born in Indiana and came
West when a boy, riding horseback
as one of an emigrant train. His par
ents first settled near Salem but later
moved into the Molalla country.
Mr. Robbins is survived by his wife,
four daughters, two sons, and seven
brothers and sisters. He was well
known in the early days, having been
active in business affairs.
Department
$14.90
HIDDEN
SPRINGS
CAUSE DAK
SEEPAGE OF WATER SAIDTp
CAUSE DROP IN SEVERAL
FOUNDATIONS
BUSINESS BLOCKS GRADUALLY SINK
Men at Work Figure Loss of Water
.Causes Loosening of Earth ,
and Lowering of Busi
ness Houses
Like Rome, Oregon City is gradu
ally settling inch by inch.
For years, the springs that have -not
been dried up and have neither
been materially changed from their
original course or hindered in their :
work of gradual destruction of build
ings have trickled steadily through 1
the city and dropped the foundations "
of several buildings slowly and sure
ly inch by inch.
So gradual has been this change '
and so imperceptible, that few have
noticed the alterations tbat- have
been going on since the structures
that now line Main street were erect
ed and the city created on the plains
where once the springs were utilized
on the camping grounds of the abori
gines of the West.
New Ones Show.
At each excavation in the con
struction of new buildings, springs
that were unknown before crop" to the
surface and bubble over the work to
such an extent that the laborers have
to construct channels for the water
while the building is being erected.
In many places, these springs have
been diverted into the city sewers
and their waters have been carried .
away into the river through thesame
channels that carry the sewage of
the city into its outlet.- But there
comes a time, with many of these
sewers, when a leak appears in their
surface and the water begins to agaiiu
make a channel for itself in or around
the building through which it flows. -
It was this way that the spring was
found in the basement of the build
ing where the new commercial club
of the city is to be located at Eighth .
and Main streets. It was in this man
ner that several other springs have
been found through the city during
the work of constructing new busi
ness blocks or new homes. '
Few on Hill.
Most of the hidden sources of wa
ter supply have, however, appeared
through the business district of the
city and have not molested the homes
that are built on the hill. Few have
been unearthed there while the con
struction gangs were at work but the
Main street of the city seems to be
alive with the bubbling wells ... that
are hidden from sight until the shovel
and pick of the laborer uncovers their
hiding places and exposes them to
view again.
It is considered probable that in the
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