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WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1868.
VOL. VI. No. 108.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1913.
Vvr Week, Ten Centh
COUNTY. TURNS
BILLS DOWN
FAILS TO APPROVE TWO UNIVER
SITY MEASURES SUB
MITTED TO PEOPLE
ALL PRECINCTS ARE NOW REPORTED
Bull Run is Last to Report, But Sends
In Its Returns to the County
Clerk Late in the
Afternoon
With all precincts in, Clackamas
county has given majorities in favor
of the county attorney act and the
workmen's compensation act, but has
gone against the two university of
Oregon measures and the sterilization
act. The two local measures, provid
ing for an increase in the salary of
County School Superintendent Gary
from $1000 to $1600, and indorsing a
county library tax measure, have been
defeated.
This has been an adverse election,
so far as Clockamas county is con
cerned. Outside of Oregon City and
Milwaukie, where there were prohibi
bition elections, a light vote was cast,
the electors manifesting little interest
generally in the fate of the state-wide
measures. The total unofficial re
turns, which one precinct not includ
ed, follows:
University building repair
Yes . ... 1920
No 3310
Majority against 1390
University new building
Yes 1817
No 2393
Majority against 1476
Sterilization act
Yes 1737
No 3472
Majority against 1735
County attorney act
Yea 2870
No 2140
Majority for 730
Workmen's compensation act
Yes ' 3536
No 1803
Majority for ....1727
School superintendent's salary
Yes : 2187
No 3053
Majority against 868
County library tax
Yes 2458
No ..2920
Majority 462
While Clackamas county gave heavy
majorities against the appropriation
bills for the University of Oregon,
those measures carried in the state by
large margins. The sterilization act,
however, shared the same fate gener
ally, as it did in this county. The
county attorney act and the work
men's compensation act were indorsed
by the people of the entire state.
ONLY SCHOOL FAIR
HELD AT CANEMAH
The only school fair in the Oregon
City district was held in the Canemah
school house Wednesday afternoon.
There were a large number of Cane
mah and Oregon City persons present
and the fair was considered a success
by those in charge.
Every one of the 38 students of the
school made a display of something
they had made or grown. Among the
boys, small articles of furniture or
home grown vegetables were the most
popular, while the girls displayed va
rious articles of needlecraft.
There were 45 prizes in the fair. It
is true that some of them were small,
but they represented the work ttiat
was required to win them. Among the
prize-winners was Harvey Ormeston,
who won a gold stick pin with a neck
tie holder. Naomi Bowers' needle
work secured an award. Leo Ormis
ton won a pocket book with a tooth
brush rack made and Lenord Nelson
viisplayed apples and carrots that
'were so large that the judges gave
him a prize.
The fair was under the control of
Mrs. E. W. Scott, of Oregon City. The
judges were Mrs. D. M. Shanks and
Mrs. M. W. Bowland.
Also, at the national livestock show
Oregon showed the best yearling Jer
sey heifer, its owner by the way, be
in a Polk county 12-year-old boy. In
about everything, everywhere, Oregon
can take first prizes.
WANTED!
Women and Girls
Over 18 Years Old
To operate sewing match ines in
garment factory
Oregon City Woolen
Mills
HOMEMADE
BREAD
is good; but Royal Bread is better.
A trial will convince you. .
At HARRIS' Grocery
SALEM SALOON MEN
MAY CONTEST RESULT
SALEM, Ore., Nov, 5. For the first
time in its history, the capital of Ore
gon has been voted "dry.'' .The pro
hibition forces won in yesterday's lo
cal option election by a majority of
4X8. One of the largest votes in the
history -of the city was polled there
being 2734' votes for prohibiton and
2296 against. . -
It is reported today that the saloon
men will contest the. election. They
appear bitterly disappointed, and
while they are not talking freely, it
is reported that they will take the
matter into the courts and endeavor
to have the election declared void on
the ground that the petition calling
the election was imperfect, and per
haps on the ground that it was illegal
to swear in votes under blank A.
All saloon licenses in the city ex
pire December 1, and it is understood
that the city council, in face of the
returns in the local option election, 'is
not in favor of renewing any of them,
even though the local opin law does
not go into effect until January. The
saloon men declare they will contest
the council's right to shut them out
of the last month of the year.
DR. AUSTIN FLIMT.
Alienist Who Insists That
Harry K. Thaw Is Insane.
DIVORCES GRANTED
Divorces were granted In the cir
cuit court Wednesday by J. .U Camp
bell as follows: Nellie C. Gandy
against Clinto E. Gandy; Earl Eng
land against Bertha B. England; Caro
line Crocker against John Crocker;
Rinie D. Rogers against Ella N.
Rogers.
COUNCIL FIXES
ITS TAX LEVY
RATE FOR YEAR WILL BE EIGHT
AND ONE-HALF MILLS
ON DOLLAR
CHASE DAMAGES ARE PROVIDED
Garbage Ordinance Postponed to Al
low Committee , Another
Chance to Study Its
Many Provisions
Oregon City will have a levy on its
taxable property of eight and one-half
mills.
The decision of the city council was
made at a meeting held Wednesday
night when the question was submit
ted. The ordinance went to jts first
reading and provides that eight mills
shall be levied for the general fund
and for permanent street improve
ment and that one-half mill shall be
raised for the library purposes.
The council did not see how it
could "get along with less than the ap
propriations that had been made for
last year and felt that a tax of a
smaller rate would not met expenses.
The limit is 10 mills and there was
some suggestion of raising the levy
to that amount.
Chase Assessments.
The assessments for the damages
to the property of JVIrs. S. A. Chase
were approved an the ordinance
went through on final passage. An
alley was narrowed by an ordance
that- merely reached its -first reading
from 26 to 16 feet. -The garbage of
dinance was postponed, untjl the next
meeting to allow the committee on
police and safety a chance to study it
more carefully. The grade on J. Q.
Adams street between Third and
Twelfth streets was changed on a re
port of the city engineer. The appli
cation for an electric light on the cor
ner of Molalla Avenue and Warner
street, signed by 51 property owners,
was referred to the street committee.
Reports were recived from the city
recorder and the' chief of police. The
latter's report ' shows about 13 extra
policemen on duty Hallowmeen night
and no property was stolen at that
time. The acceptance of Sixteenth
street by the city engineer was order
ed filed and will be considered by the
council within two weeks.
Others matters of routine were
transacted.
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This photograph shows the carriage bearing Prince Arthur of Connaught and Princess Alexandra Victoria,
Duchess of Fife, on their way to the historic little chapel royal of the palace of St. James, London, to be married
It was a family affair, and London.'s mothers and daughters made up nine-tenths of the thousands of per
sons who assembled in every street and road along which the royal couple passed to give them a welcome.
There was room for less than three hundred in the simply, though daintily decorated chapel of St. James,
but not since the coronation of -King George had there been such a gathering of royalties and notable person
ages as on this occasion. - ., ' . - . -
EVER
YBODY
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IT AT CITY
HIDDEN
FIRES
BREAK LOOSE
HOLMAN AND TOOZE HAVE LIT
TLE FIREWORKS OVER
CHARGES
ASSESSMENTS CAUSE OF FRICTION
Everybody Mixes Into Fray When
Subject Comes Up and All
Councilmen Have a Few
Remarks to Make
"It makes no difference to this coun
cil what I paid for that dirt. The
city engineer can determine the cost.
At any rate, Fm honest. And, I have
never run for city treasurer, either.
This thing is to be settled on an hon
est basis and none of your dishonest
tricks are going to have anything to
do with them."
"There isn't a man in Oregon City
who believes that I was dishonest
when I was city treasurer and the
only way that you have found out that
there had been a shortage in my ac
counts was through my statement to
you. I paid that shortage out of my
own pocket."
The scenes shifted at the council
meeting last night. Instead of the
usual break between Councilman Al
bright and Tooze, the curtain raised
on a battle between Tooze and Hoi
man. Albright got into the fray and
fired a few shots at Tooze over the
elevator proposition but that lis'nt
was merely secondary. '
The hall was crowded with people
from all parts of the city. Before the
audience, the councilmen fought a
battle that grew hotter with every
word that was said and the people
watched the lines drawn tighter in
the expectation that something v.ould
happen. But it didn't. The heated
members calmed down and the coun
cH got back into the grind of busi
ness in short order.
The row in the council broke out,
however, during the application of the
recorder for a readjustment of lie
terms under which Councilman Tooze
was to pay for the improvement of
the street in front of his property. A
misunderstanding arose over the in
structions that the recorder had re
ceived from the council and the 'as
sessment had been paid under that
misunderstanding. When it came to
the point of correcting that mistake,
Mr. Tooze threatened all sorts of in
junctions and legal steps througn the
courts and told the council that he did
not propose to stand for the things
that it was doing to him, and charged
that the committee that had tho as
sessment matter in hand was inspired
by malice and moved by personal ani
mosity toward him and saw it3
chance to get even for some of the
things that he had done which they
might not have liked.
Councilman Holman had said that
the report had come to him that
Councilman Tooze had signed receipt
ed bills for the dirt used in his im
provement when that dirt did n t cos
him anything. He said that he had
no reason to believe those report
were true but asserted that he would
not accept any verbal report on the
Tooze property expense and demand
ed that the bills be brought into the
council. Mr. Tooze said that he did
not have those bills."
- "I believe this report of the commit
tee is an act of spite and malice and
is moved lay a spirit of animosity to
ward me," declared Councilman Tooze
"and I warn you, gentlemen, not to
place a lein on those lots for I have
retained an attorney and shall fight
the case through the courts."
Holman and Albright both denied
the charge and said that Tooze had a
ROYAL WEDDING ATTRACTS THOUSANDS
IS DOT
-
TRAIN CREW IS HELD
TO BLAME FOR DEATH
A coronor's inquest has been held
over the remains of Shelby Shaver,
who was crushed beneath an Oregon
City street car near Jennings Lodge
Tuesday afternoon, and the verdict
was returned holding the employees
of the -street car company with care
lessness that resulted in the death of
the boy. - v., r
It appears that the car went past
the station about 50 yards and that
young Shaver alighted and started to
walk back on the track toward the de
pot. Just before he reached safety
the car, too, also started back . and
struck the young man. The entire
train passed over the boy's body and
it was so crushed and mangled as to
be almost beyond recognition.
Many witnesses were introduced at
the inquest and the matter was thor
oughly gone over. George C. Brow
nell, an Oregon City attorney, repre
sented the father of the boy at the
proceedings. ; '
The funeral will be held Friday
morning at 11 o'clock in the Congre
gational church, Rev. George Nelson
Edwards and Rev. H. N. Smith will
officiate. The body will be buried at
the Riverview cemetery at Portland.
A movement is on foot on the par;
of his many friends in the Oregon City
High school and in the graduating
class of June 1913, to attend the serv
ices in a body.
HOWARD BARNUM.
Gateman at Matteawan (N. Y.)
Asylum Past Whom Thaw Fled.
habit of objecting to reports that did
not meet with his approval. He call
ed attention to the fact that several
committees had before reported on
assessments for the same property
and that Tooze had selected the re
port that was most favorable to him
and that he had paid his assessments
under that arrangement. Tooze, on
the other hand, claimed tht he was
offering to pay more than his neigh
bors had paid for similar work and
that he thought that was all that the
council could ask of him in all fair
ness.
The -subject was quickly changed.
LOST
Mink collar, satin lined .with name
"G. P. Rummelin & Sons, Portland,
on linings Phone Main 98; liberal
reward. - -
COUNCIL
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GIRL .
ROSETTA ROBERTSON IS LO
CATED AT. GREENPOINT
HOME
C. I COLEMAN HELD ON CHARGE
Complaint Filed in Justice Court
Against Him Alleging That He
Violated Law and Arrest
Follows At Once
Rosetta Roberton has been found
and C. E. Coleman has been arrested,
charged with restraining her by force
and kissing her. " : - , "
There is considerable mystery con
cerned in the affair which the police
and the sheriff's affice have not yet
uncovered. The girl was found, ac
cording to the police, in the house of
C. E. Coleman, which is situated in
the northern part of the city, known
as Greenpoint.
According to Coleman, the girl was
to work for him at two dollars a week.
At the time the officers searched his
house, the girl was found washing
clothes. .
The girl mysteriously disappeared
Sunday afternoon from the home of
her parents on the Abernethy road
near this city and it was not until
Wednesday that any trace . of her
couhj be found. The officers had va
rious clues as to her where-abouts, all
of which have been proven to be
false.
TO FIGHT ALL
I TAXPAYERS RAISE LOUD OBJEC
' TIONS TO THE RAIL
! ROAD PLANS
SAY LINES OBSTRUCT RIVER VIEW
Kick Also Received From People on
High Street Who Want Con
tractor With the Low
est Bid
Property owners are going to fight
the Carver franchise and any others
that propose to run up Water street.
Announcement was made at the city
council that the meeting would be an
interesting one when the question of
gathering a franchise to the electric
line up Water street is discussed by
the council. Both representatives of
the Carver interests and those of the
Clackamas Southern as well as many
of the property owners on the street
were present - and indicated their
views to the city fathers on the pro
posed right of way for which the line
has asked.
The franchise was submitted to the
council and provides for the construc
tion of the line into the city on Cen
ter street to Fifteenth street, thence
to Water sreet to its southerly term
inus. The representatives of both
lines declared that their interest con
flict in now way and that whatever
differences they might have can be
easily adjusted.
Mayor Jones has called a meetiDg
for next Wednesday at which time the
two franchises will be considered. All
of the interests involved will be in
itved to be present at that time.
A protest was received from the
property owners on High street
against the letting of the contract to
the Shea Construction company. Gor
don E. Hays represented Shea while
C. D. Latourette was attorney for the
j petitioners. He contended that the
i property owners did not believe the
j contractor capable of doing the work
and objected to paying the extra $700
I between that price and the lowest
bidder. No positive action was taken.
MISSING
NOW
FOUND
NW
FRANCHISES
ARE IN CONFERENCE
Road supervisors from all parts of
the county gathered at the county
court room Wednesday to make re
ports and exchange ideas.
On account of the rain, some of the
supervisors did not appear, but those
who attended the conference with the
County court gained the attitude of
the judge and commissioners on the
question of good roads. The court
believes in a better system of road
construction and thinks that these
conferences will result in more uni
formity than has been possible where
the supervisors never know what th
others are doing.
The 59 supervisors of the county
have had about that many different
ideas of road work. The court plans
to get them together frequently and
have them exchange ideas that will
bring about a more uniform system
throughout the county. Talks were
made and experiences related on the
difficulties of improvement of the
highways in the several districts of
the county.
. F. H. Brownell, of Sellwood, was in
Oregon City Wednesday, the guest of
his brother, George C. Brownell.
THOMAS W. HARDWICK.
Representative From Georgia
Active In Currency Bill Fight
Copyright by American Press Association.
GENERAL STRIKE ON
VALLEY RAILROAD
BAKER, Ore., Nov. 5. A general
Btike went into effect on the Sumpter
Valley Railroad tonight at 6 o'clock,
every trainman, engineer, conductor
and fireman quitting service. '
Trains still out on the line will be
brought back to Baker and will be
left here.
The strike grows out of dismissal
by Guy L. Anderson, general manager
of the road, of several employes, who
had joined the Brotherhood of Rail
way Trainmen, when the order was
instituted in Baker early in Septem
ber. R. Mclntyre, vicfe-president of
the trainmen's order, came to Baker
to try to straighten out the trouble
and, in the course of consultations,
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
neers and Firemen became involved.
A secret strike vote was taken last
night and the result was unanimous.
When a young man tells a girl that
he is unworthy of her she should be
lieve him.
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Lawn is possible at the price you pay.
We Have Symphony Lawn
in different sizes and colors, to suit your every want.
See window display.
HUNTLEY BROS. CO.
OREGON CITY HUBBARD CANBY
ALBRIGHT CLAIMS
HOLD UP PLAN!
SAYS TOOZE WANTS TO PREVEN
CONSTRUCTION OF THE
ELEVATOR
OFFERED FOR ALL OF
in With Proposition to Take
Issue at Par With Com
- mission of $600
Festivities and fireworks began in
the city council Wednesday night
when Council Albright charged that
Tooze was trying to hold up the con-
fftnmHnn rtf tho olovgtnr and tViat
strategic moves were directed all of
the time against the elevator itself.
The fun started when Morris Brost
filed a bid for the fl2,000 worth of
elevator bonds that have been issued
by the city and offered to take them
at par, providing the council allowed
commission and expenses of $600 on
the transaction.
Tooze on His Feet.
Tooze immediately declared that
he could not see the sense in submit
ting the question to the people of sell
ing these bonds at home and then
promptly selling them to an outside
concern before the voters even had
a chance to determine what they
wanted done with those bonds.
He contended that all cities through
the country are selling their bonds to
their own people rather than sending
them to eastern bonding houses. He
argued that the people should have
the bonds in their own hands and that
the money should be held at home. He
believed that the bonds should be
made even smaller than had been at
first planned and that the denomina
tions should be placed at $10 so even
the women and children could save
their money and buy city bonds.
Gain Interest. ,-
Councilman Tooze's contention was
that the people of the city would gain
an interest in the city government
and that they would hold stock in the
enterprise, just as the people working
in mills and other industries save
their money and purchase stock in
those concerns.
Councilman Albright, on the other
hand, felt that the whole deal was a
conspiracy that had been hatched by
Tooze to hold up the work on tYf ele
vator and that he was merely formu-.
lating plots and plans for preventing
the construction of that elevator. In
fact, he said so emphatically several
times.
Tooze believed that the measure
had been placed on the ballot and that
the council would be placed in an em
barassing position if the people voted
for the selling of the bonds and the
city fathers had sold them before even
an expression of opinion had been
given at the polls.,
The bid was referred to the com
mittee on finance.
IS
AS
Mrs. M. E. Bell, of this city, was
struck by a wagon Wednesday after
noon at the corner of Fifth and Main
streets, and was thrown to the pav
ing, and is now suffering from a brok
en leg.
- It appears that as she was coming
around the corner on Main street a
wagon was approaching from the op
posite direction and as it swung
around the corner, it knocked her to
the street. She is somewhat bruised
and has a severe fracture of her left
leg.
Give some men an inch of rope and
they'll rope you in.
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