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WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866.
VOL. VI. No. 120.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1913.
Pkr Week, Ten Cents.
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WILLIAMS,
MISSING,
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CIL RAISES
ITS TAX LEW
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FINDS
THAT IT DOES NOT GET
ENOUGH MONEY
LOSS OF SALOON REVENUE CAUSE
Street Improvements Must Be Made
Within Year and Some Con
tracts Have Been Let
Other Expenses
Oregon City will have a 10-mill tax
levy.
The city council at a special meet
ing Wednesday afternoon, raised the
levy that had . before been made to
meet the loss of the taxes from the
saloons. The finance committee found
that the loss of revenue from the sa
loon licenses under a dry regime
would cost the city the difference be
tween a levy of eight and one-half
mills and the 10-mill levy.
Of this amount, nine and one-half
mills will be spent for general pur
poses and the other one-half will be
devoted to the interests of the city li
brary. The amount will be $27,450
on an assessed valuation of $2,745,000,
practically the same as was raised
last year.
Some time ago the council, at the
recommendation of the finance com
mittee, fixed the levy as before at
eight and one-half mills for all pur
poses. The committee discovered,
however, that the administration of
city affairs could not be conducted
on that basis and asked for a special
meeting in which to reconsider the
levy and raise it to meet the loss from
the saloons.
The ordinance had just reached its
first reading and had not passed the
stage at which it could be reconsid
ered by the council. The city fathers
will have another meeting at 5 o'clock
Thursday afternoon to consider rou
tine business.
WANTED!
Women and Girls
Over 18 Years Old
To operate sewing matchines in
garment factory
Oregon City Woolen
Mills
COUN
SPECIAL LADIES MEETING HELD TOMORROW
EVERY LADY OVER 14 YEARS OF AGE INVITED. NO MEN ALLOWED
PERSONAL QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED
it trr"-1t
1 4 x iwf& pmf
Pol! f I fjfp --4 fW-f
Friday at 2 : 30 the doors of the
Bell theatre will open on the season's
greatest event. Mme. Pearl Tangley,
the famous seress. will answer any
personal question 'for the ladies with
BELL
CONVENTION ELECTS
LIST OF OFFICERS
The Clackamas County Sunday
School association on Tuesday night
closed a very successful convention
at Mihvaukie, and elected the follow
ing officers: Mrs. W. A. White, Ore
gon City, president; Burgess Ford, Es
tacada, first vice-president; A. J.
Burdett, Canby, second vice-president;
Rev. E. A. Smith, Oregon City,
secretary; Mrs. Carl Smith, Jennings
Lodge, elementary department; Mrs.
E. B. Andrews, Oregon City, second
ary department; John W. Loder, Ore
gon Cityi adult department, Mrs. J.
R. Nash,' Milwaukie, home depart
ment; P. J. S. Tooze, Oregon City,
teachers' training department"; Sam
uel L. McDonald, Oregon City, temp
erance department; Mrs. W. H.
Lucke, Canby, missions ; E. M. Smith,
Sandy, evangelistic department.
OFF TO CHICAGO
WITH EXHIBIT
STATE'S DISPLAY AND ITS DELE
GATES GO TO LAND SHOW
THIS YEAR
CLACKAMAS COUNTY HAS MATERIAL
Takes Prominent Part in Features of
Resources and is a Credit to
Produce of Valley But
. Has No Agent
The executive committee of the ,
Willamette Valley Exposition associa-,
tion met Tuesday afternoon in the i
parlors of the Imperial hotel in Port-,
land for a conference. Some matters !
were taken up when an Invitation was '
receive'd from O. M. Clark, president
of the Oregon State commission of ;
the Panama Pacific exposition, to ;
meet with him in his office. The :
meeting adjourned to Mr. Clark's !
rooms, and the conference was con
tinued with Mr. Clark present.
The committee asked the state com
mission for space 20x100 feet in the
Oregon building. A space 20x100 feet I
is to be asked for in the Agricultural .
hall for placing a competitive exhibit j
which will be entered for premium. I
Arrangements have been made for i
a great display of processed fruits ;
from the valley counties and with the
available supply to draw from this
the assurance that their questions or
her answers will never reach the ears
of a man. All house employes will
be excused. Small admission of 20
cents will be charged.
SPECIAL LADIES MEETING TOMORROW
FRIDAY AT 2:30 SHE WILL
Entertain ladies only. No men will be admit
ted and-she will answer personal questions
for the ladies. Hundreds will be here.
Come early. , . -
PRECINCT LINES
ARE CHANGED
DIFFERENCES IN WARDS IN CITY
AND COUNTY ELECTIONS
ARE NOTED
GREAT CONFUSION IN VOTES RESULTS
City Recorder Calls Atttention to Fact
That Town Has But Three
Polling Places in Muni
cipal Matters
The difference in the voting places
and precinct lines at the city and
county elections is likely to cause
confusion at the municipal balloting
next month, according to the city re
corder, Lavy Stlpp.
In all county elections, there are
four precincts within the city limits
while in those of the city there are
but three. This is likely to confuse the
voters, the recorder thinks, unless
they pay close attention to the divi
sion lines and figure out for them
selves the city precinct in which they
live. - ;
There will be no polling ploce at
Greenpoint this tim and all voters
south of Seventh street and west of
J. Q. Adams street will vote at the
Cataract Hose house. At the county
election all west of J. Q. Adams street
and north, of Seventh street voted in
number two while at this one all
north of Eighth street and west of
Taylor street vote at number two, the
home of the hook and ladder company
on Main street. The residents from
Seventh street to Eighth street and
west of J. Q. Adamas streets vote at
Number two.
"No one- can vote on the old regis
tration, so one must not be surprised
if the clerks of election fail to find
the name," the city recorder says.
SHOOTING IS HELD TO
BE AN ACCIDENT
CANBY, Ore., Nov. 19. (Special)
Coronor Wilson arrived in this city
this morning to hold an inauest over
the body of Louis Myers, who was ac
cidently shot yesterday afternoon
while hunting with four ' companions
in the Pudding river bottom about
five miles from here.
The verdict, in. substance, was that
the shooting was purely accidental
and Chester Will, who had the gun,
was free from blame.
will be an attractive feature of the
exhibit. Arrangements have been
made for the accommodation of the
county representative in the Oregon
building.
Plans and profile of the Oregon
building are on file in the rooms of the
Oregon commission, 418 Commercial
club building, Portland, and may be
seen there. The commission is tak
ing a lively interest in, and is cooper
ating with the counties in their work
of arranging for fine exhibits.
After the meetng adjourned a num
ber of the delegates left immediately
on the North Bank road for Chicago
to attend the United States Land
show. There is a large personal rep
resentation! of the counties, who will
look after their lespective interests
and each boost his own county.
The exhibits which went to this
show were gathered from all parts of
the state, Clackamas county boasting
the finest products at the show, the
grains and grasses and vegetables,
and the Lindsay squash excelling in
size and excellence anything else se
cured. With all this fine showing
Clackamas county will have no rep
resentative to give it credit or to ex
ploit its greatness and worth as a
place for home seekers. Qlackamas
county and one other county are the
only ones who will not be heard from
at the great land show whose value
as an advertising medium was demon
strated last year. Mr. C. C. Chap
man last year found the show of such
importance that he himself has gone
to it this year to take .the manage
ment, expecting each county to be rep
resented.
Let's be cheerful and hope that the
successor of MajorMclndoe will be
just as good."
Hear Capt. Chas. H. Stanley
converted comedian, rapid fire orator, author and singer. He writes
the sonss he sines. He sines the sones he writes.
When? Tonight, 8:00 P. M.
Tnni'n-lit 8 -(V T H,T
For State and National Prohibition
Music Lovers Get Treat
At Methodist Church
Mrs. Imogen Harding-Brodie and
Lucien E. Becker Charm
the Large Audience
(By Meta Finley Thayer)
fhe organ recital at the Methc
lIL dist Episcopal church Wednes-
rl :i V P VPTi i n c rii a t h o mnct Yin.
table of the season's musical offerings
and was largely attended. Mr. Lu
cien E. Becker, who is one of the best
known' organists in the West gave a
well-balanced program which showed
to advantage not only the tone colors
of the organ, but his own technical
equipment. The numbers which
seemed to most please the audience
were the melodious ones, but the poly
phonic compositions of Bach and
Ralph Kinder received their full share
of applause. For an -encore Mr.
Be'cker played Schubert's "Serenade."
Mrs. Imogen Harding-Brodie has
not been heard in Oregon City recent
ly, and her welcome was practically
an ovation. Blessed with great per
sonal charm and abounding spirits
which never fail to attract, Mrs.
Brodie has never been heard here to
better advantage. The program
showed her amazing versatility and
brought out the full velvety tones of
her contralto voice. For encores Mrs.
Brodie sang Kate Vannah's "Lullaby"
and by way of contrast, "Three Little
Chestnuts."
Particularly well received was the
duet, "Oh! That We Two Were May
ing," by Mrs. Brodie and Mrs. Nieta
Barlow-Lawrence, whose voices blend
in a remarkable manner. Mrs. Law
rence is also a favorite in Oregon City
where she is heard but too seldom.
The muscianly accompaniments of
Miss Sadye Evelyn Ford were of
great assistance to the singers.
The program was varied enough to
please everyone, and the audience
was sent away in a happy mood by Mr.
Becker's "American Fantasy," in
which were played some- of the best
known American airs.
SIN
PORTLAND FIGHT
COMMISSION GRANTS HIM FRAN
CHISE THROUGH THE
CITY'S HEART
OREGON CITY IS KEY TO NEW LINE
Last Point to Consider Franchise for
Road and Nearly All of Right-of-Way
Has Now Been
Given Company
By unanimous vote the Portland
commissioners yesterday granted a
25-year franchise to the new Portland
& Oregon City Railroad" company. This
is the Carver road which has a fran
chise pending now. before the city
council of Oregon City to enter this
place via Water street. The franchise
as granted by the Portland commis
sioners, terminates in the very heart
of Portland via the Hawthorne bridge,
and entering the metropolis at the
city limits on East Seventeenth 'street.
The route as granted in Portland,
will be as follows: '
From the city limits on the south
on East Seventeenth to Mall street, to
East Fifteenth,- to Beacon, to East
Tenth, to Brooklyn, to East Ninth, to
East Market, to East Third, to East
Morrison, to East Third to Hawthorne
avenue, across Hawthorne bridge, to
Front, to Salmon, to Fourth, to Fland
ers, to Twelfth.
With the granting of the Portland
franchise the right-of-way for practi
cally the whole distance between Ore
gon City is assured, as Gladstone and
Milwaukie have both previously
granted franchises to Mr.- Carver, and
the right-of-way in the country has
practically been secured for the whole
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TXTl,,. W:il
Where ?Willamette Hall.
CARVER
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"WORLD'S GREATEST SEERESS"
PEARL TANGLEY
SHE WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTION FOR YOU
FRUITGROWERS
TO
BELIEVE THEY CAN BEST GET
UNIFORMITY OF PRODUCT
" THAT WAY
FIRST MEETING FRIDAY MORNING
Call Has Been Sent Out to All of the
Producers of the County to
Gather at Willamette
Hall to Talk
Organization of the fruit growers of
the county in the effort to better sys
tematize the grading and packing of
the fruit product and gain the best
market price for the producers is
now under way.
The first meeting will be held at
Willamette hall Friday morning. J.
G. Bance, an expert fruit packer, will
address the growers of the county on
the entire fruit business in all of its
phases and will discuss the questions
of spraying, packing, grading and
marketing of the product.
The following notice has been sent
out by E. C. Dye, one of the workers
for the central organization for the
growers:
Call is Issued.
"The fruit- growers' organizations
of Hood RJI er, Payette Valley, Idaho,
Spokane and Wenatchee, and many
other places in the norttiwest, have
made their bu.ness a very profitable
one. The producing class gets its
fair share of its work. The result
shows up in better homes, more
money, automobiles, good roads, and
a higher standard of living.
"It is now possible for the growers
of Clackamas county to get into the
swim. The head . organization will
take our stuff this year, even though
we are hot organized at all.
"But our products must be graded
and packed according to the rules of
the big association, a copy of which
rules will be given each person on ap
plication. Also the company rein
spects the packing and the fruit.
"Every fruit and potato grower is
urged to come, Friday, November 21,
at 10 o'clock a. m. to Willamette hall,
Oregon City, Oregon, where and when
the matter of sending our fruit and
potatoes, the matter of an organiza
tion locally to handle this business,
and the matter of grading, packing
and shipping, will be taken up.
"Do not fail to come , no matter
ORGANIZE
MARRIED AT 14;
DIVORCED AT 18
Married at 14, divorced at 18, with
three children to care for, Irene Hel
vey was arraigned in the justice court
before Judge John N. Seivers Wednes
day on a vagrancy charge and finally
committed to the Louise Home at
Portland for a few months.
The girl was divorced from John
Helvey slightly more than a month
ago and was given the custody of the
children. Since that time, she has
been without a home. Neither her
own parentanor those of her former
husband would provide for her, it is
said, and the husband seems to feel
no responsibility for her welfare, ac
cording to the evidence.
During the trial of the -case, her
mother, Mrs. Cora Smith, and her
former husband appeared against
her. The court took the law into his
own hands and determined that the
best interests of herself and her chil
dren would be served by placing her
ROYAL BREAD!
The best that money can produce.
Always Fresh At
HARRIS' GROCERY
$2.00 Tranco0ermatt Rtog
CURBS SHBUMATISM. NBUBAU1IA. KM,'
TIC. AND KINORBD DUBA9E5.
Montr Rcfundad If It fU
BURMEISTER & ANDRESEN
FRUIT TREES FOR SALE
CHEAP
all varieties first class trees or berry
bushes, etc.; or will exchange trees up
to $100 for horses, cows or anything of
real value.' Orders.
COLUMBIA NURSERY
115 E. Stephen St. Portland, Ore.
WEST LINN IS BUSY
WITH ITS ELECTIONS
West Linn is busy with elections
for next month and politics is hum
ming across the river. On Decem
ber 2, the city will vote for its new
officers and on the twenty-ninth it
will vote for a city charter.
There are several candidate in the
field for every office except mayor, no
opposition appearing to J.. B. Lewth
waite. The others whose names are
either mentioned in petitions already
filed or that will be before November
26 are, recorder, L. L. Porter and J
Nicholls; treasurer, Meta Finley
Thayer, Michael E. Clancey; marshal
P. J. Winkle, J. Endres, H. C. Green;
alderman, select six, L. L. Pickens, I.
S. Lytsell, Charles Shields, N. T.
Humphries, S. B. Shadle, K. McLarty,
F. A. Hammerle, and A. Volpp.
Should the charter election carry,
the new city would have charge of the
funds for the road district and would
spend $25,000 for the improvement of
the roads inside of the city limits.
BRIDGE CLUB MEETS WITH
- MRS. J. B. LEWTHWAITE
The Wednesday Auction Bridge
club was entertained yesterday after
noon by Mrs. J. B. Lewthwaite at
her home in West Linn. Mrs. L. L.
Porter held high score. Several ad
ditional friends came in later for tea.
The invited guests were: Mrs. C.
G. Huntley. Mrs. E. A. Chapman, Mrs.
O. W. Eastham, Mrs. Geo. A. Harding.
Mrs. Nieta Barlow Lawrence, Mrs. W.
E. Pratt, Mrs. L. A. Morris, Mrs. L.
L. Pickens," Mrs. Linn E. Jones, Mrs.
M. D. Latourette, Mrs. Ernest Rands,
Mrs. R. R. McAlpin, Mrs. H. E.
Straight, Mrs. Theodore Osmund, Mrs.
Hugh Mount, Mrs. Livy Stipp, Mrs.
E. E. Brodie, Mrs. L. L. Porter, Mrs.
W. S. U'Ren) Mrs. A. A. Price, Mrs.
B. T. McBain, Mrs. Duncan M. Shanks,
Mrs. Vance Pr Edwards, Mrs. J. W.
Moffatt, Mrs. E. A. Sommer, Mrs, H.
"'Mallev, Mrs. John F. Clark, Mr?
W. A. Dimick, Mrs. Thompson Mel
drum and Miss Marian Lewthwaite.
what the weather may be, or how
backward you may feel. This is a
question of money to pay off that
mortgage, and buy that automobile.
Come and let us have your idea.
"The farmers' concern that' we are
dealing with puts more money into
the bank at Spokane than Jim Hill's
railroad does.
"Bring others with you, November
21, 1913, at 10 o'clock a. m. to Wil
lamette hall, Oregon City, Oregon, lo
cated just south of the postoffice."
in the Portland home for the next few
months.
It was at first thought that there
would be a woman's jury summoned
to try a woman's case but it was
later determined to place the matter
in the hands of the court for a deci
sion and to waive the right of jury
trial. ,
The girl's case attracted consider
able attention from those who knew
her predicament and the officers
here at once communicated with the
authorities of the home in Portland
to make arrangements for her recep
tion there in case the court decided
that for her own best interests. It
is probable that, after she has spent
a few months in the institution, the
authorities will see that she is given
employment in Portland and that she
does not have to come back to Ore
gon City in search of a home.
DR. MOUNT RETURNS
Dr. H. S. Mount returned Wednes
day morning from Chicago, where he
attended the Clinical Congress of
Surgery, after an absence of two
weeks.
An auctioneer cries because he is
making an honest living.
FREE TODAY
Two gold fish and a large glass aquarium free today with each
50c package of Armstrong's Croup Remedy (good also for catarrh
"and cold in the head). Better come in the morning as our supply
is limited. . . . .
HUNTLEY BROS. CO.
BELL
25 GROCERY PRIZES FREE
Friday night above prizes - will be given
away.- Come see the fun. You may - be
lucky. More fun than a circus.
ASKS HIS MOTHER
TO FORGIVE M
WRITES LETTER TELLING OF IM
MEDIATE RETURN TO
THE STATE
FRIENDS BELIEVED HIM TO BE DEAD
River is Dragged and Posse Sent Out
to Search for Kim Over Route
Hewas Thought to
Have Taken
After disappearing from his home
in this city the latter part of March,
1912, and beiag mourned as dead by
his friends and relatives, Lloyd E.
Williams, former recorder for Clack- '
amas county, has at last been heard .
from in Australia. '
On March 31 last year, Williams
announced to his friends that he was .
going fishing on Clackamas river and
Clear Creek. He told his wife and
friends that he was going to the Golf
Links and there transfer to a car
which would carry him to the fishing
grounds. At the time of his depart
ure he carried a fishing outfit and was
dressed in the clothes he usually wore
when he went on such an expedition.
His family expected his return on
the next Tuesday but he failed to ap
pear. Wednesday a quiet search was
started but without results and the
sheriff was notified later on in the
week. The entire country side ,was -searched,
the car conductors ''were
questioned, the Clackamas river was
dragged, and all those living of the
county were examined, but no clue
could be found concerning the missing
man. .
Victim of Accident? -i-
It was thought at the time that ha-"
was Ihe victim either of foul play'Or---
LLOYD E. WILLIAMS
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Former County Recorder, who disap
peared mysteriously and Is return
ing to hjs family.
of an accident. He Vas dressed' in
old clothes and at the time of his
departure had only six dollars with
him.
Search for the missing man was
continued and the entire neighbor-
hood of the mystery was scoured, time
after time. The mystery of his dis
appearance was never thoroughly set
tled by the local officers. Reports
came to this city of various persons
who had seen the missing man in the
east but these rumors were run down
by the family and found to be false
Then came another' report that Wil
liams was in San Francisco but this,
too, proved to be untrue.
Thought Him Dead. ";
The family mourned him as dead as
every indication appeared to point to
that conclusion. His mother and
friends had given up hope : of ever
seeing him again. : '
It was not until recently that the
first word was received which would
tend to straighten out the mystery.
Some time ago the mother received a
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SEE HER TONIGHT- GOME ASK HER AN Y QUESTION
PRICES
10-20
ALL
WEEK