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THE WEATHER 3 ORGEON CITY Cloudy, with S 3 probably rain; southerly winds. Oregon and Washington Fair 8 S east, cloudy with probably rain $ west portion; southerly winds. Idaho -Fair. ' - Too many of our .coming men j- are unable to catch up with their 4 S great futures. ; 3 $ ' ' " EDW. A. BEALS, Forecaster. -8eS3is3 8 -8$8$$$SSJ$S. WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866. VOL. VI. No. 132. MORNING ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1913. Per Week, Ten Cents. ANOTHER ROAD ENTERS VALLEY TERS CASE WILL MEXICAN ARMORED TRAIN CARRYING A MACHINE GUN HOSE COMPANY MEETS AND ELECTS OFFICERS POST COMES TO GO TO JURY TODAY OUI'IMULO H1U COMPANY APPEARS ASKING FOR FRANCHISE OUT TO SANDY TERRITORY TO USE GASOLINE LOCOMOTIVES Promoters Believe Rich Tract Can Best be Reached by New Style of Cars Now Extensively Used in East Sandy, at last, is to be connected with the outside world by rail, if the plans of a group of Portland business men are carried out. A petition, ask ing for a franchise to construct a rail road from Boring to Sandy, was brought before the county court Thursday and that body will announce its decision next Friday. Work Starts in Spring. Early in the spring work will be started and by the middle of the sum mer the line will be completed, if the promoters' schedule of work is fol lowed. When started the work will be rushed and the date of completion made as early as possible in the sum mer, according to the plans of the boosters for the company. To extend the line on to the foot of Mt. Hood would be the purpose of the builders as soon as the first division was on a paying basis. This would connect Portland with the mountain and make it possible to go from that city to the Clackamas county peak in but a few hours. The line will probably be run by gasoline and will be one of the first passenger-earring roads on the coast propelled in this way. It is possible to obtain gasoline locomotives which have several hundred horsepower and which are capable of reaching a speed of 30 miles or more. This plan - is used in many places in the East but along the Pacific coast the idea is new. It is planned to equip the line with modern rolling stock. Tap Valley. The road will reach the center of the rich Sandy river valley and tap some of the best land in the county. Between Boring and Sandy the lay of the land is level and there are many farms under cultivation. Within a few miles of Sandy there are six saw mills and through the val ley there are many more. In the win ter these mills are forced to close down because the condition of the roads prevents hauling to Boring, the nearest rail road station. Shipments of ties and cord wood, two of the principal products of the valley, are practically stopped during the rainy season and made expensive any time in the year because of the fact that the valley is isolated from railroads. Is Third 'Line. This is the third line that has been proposed into that part of the country, the two preceeding ones being the Mt. Hood Railway company, whicn was afterwards purchased by the Port land Railway, Light & Power com pany; and the Multnomah Central railway. The Mt. Hood people were the first to undertake the work and have surveys through and past Sandy but before actual construction was started, the line was purchased and the work stopped. The Multnomah Central was then organized with the purpose of building from Cottrell, through Sandy and Cherryville, to some point at the foot of Mt. Hood. Want No Bonus. The Sandy Commercial club stood behind this scheme and raised a bonus of $5000 .secured a right-of-way, anci presented the road with a deposit but the line was never started, although, it is said that steam shovels and men were sent to Cottrell at one time. The promoters of the present line state that they will ask for no bonus and that with a franchise, construc tion will be started as soon as possi- THANK YOU! For your generous turnout yesterday to our open ing. 1200 visitors in one day is going some and if you did not get the attention you ought to have had, it was because it was physically impossible to prop erly care for so large a number. We hope to see you many times between now and Christmas. SHOP EARL Y Huntley Brothers Co. The Rexall Store Entire change of program Tonight at the BELL THEATRE "J ERR Y" A Three Act Comedy Drama. A REAL LIVE BABY will be given away. Complete change of pictures Though argument was finished n the trial of the Oswego rioters in the circuit court Thursday, the. case did not get to the jury that night. Judge Eakin will give the jury his instructions as! to the law that is in volved when the matter is again call ed at the convening of the court Fri day morning. 'Attorneys for the "tete contended Thursday that the defend ants had gone to .the scene of the trouble with the Home TelophonJ company with a single purpose and that they planned to create a disturb ance there and to get the man off of the job by any means that llity could, within reason. The counsel for the defense, on the other hand, held that Blackie Ille3 was responsible for the trouble and that he had the hand in all of the dis turbance that was raised. It was pointed out that some of the witnesses had said that they made every effort to get rid of Illes and that he persisted in following them. The lawyers argued that the men had no idea of starting trouble when they went to the plant but that they had simply pro posed to urge the workers there to leave the place on the ground, that the scale there was not a union scale and that they were working a hard ship upon the union men. Ic was held that the witnesses had shown where Illes. had started all of the trouble and that he was responsible for the dis turbances that finally ended with the injuring of several of the mou and the shooting of Fred Ream. The case will get to the jury pome time Friday morning. DISTRICT CALLS A SPECIAL MEETING The district Sabbath school conven tion of the Methodist church will be held in Canby on December 9, 10, to discuss many of the problems that have-come before the workers of the district in the past few months. There are several questions of in terest that will be presented at this time and all of the workers of the dis tricts have been invited to attend :he convention to talk matters over. A special program and pleny of enter tainment has been arranged for those who are present at this time. The notice of the meeting is signed by C F. Romig, president, and Mrs. W. B. Lucke, secretary. . ROBBER TRIALS ARE POSTPONED FOR DAY The trials of James Bliss and Frank Morgan, who are charged with break ing in and robbing the Willamette postoffice early on the morning ff October 15, was postponed from Fri day, December 5 to Saturday. Several members of the Orego;; City police force including Chief Shaw, are summoned as witnesses to appear be fore the federal court. Ewald L''is man, who was sleeping not more than 10 feet from the front door of the building and less than 25 feet from inn window through which the robbors climbed, will be one of the witnesses from Willamette. You should be a heaven of refuge, a merciful confidant in hours of error and terror. Most children are dissatisfied with the behavior of their parents. ble. The men behind the project own considerable land to the east of Sandy and this tract will1 probably be one of the goals of the road. The armored tran shown in the picture gives an idea of me precautious mat tue government troops take when going from one point to another. Where the rebels have the railroads they use like methods. This photograph was taken on the Mexican National Railroad and shows how an old freight car has been covered with iron to turn hostile bullets. In the doorway is mounted a machine gun, which can either be used against an attacking force from its interior position, or rapidly dragged into .the open. On top of the car is a search light with which the soldiers sweep the track ahead and the surrounding brush. Attacks on the railroad trains are frequent and dynamiting troop trains is a favorite pastime of the rebel forces. GETS FIRST BATH The suspension bridge has received its first bath in many moons. Seveial weeks ago, the water board instructed the superintendent of the plant, W. l. Howell, to install a hydrant in the center of the bridge from which the structure could be cleaned by a buovt hose running out to each end. The first valve was cast and was found defective. The second one wws made and was just placed in positioi.. Under the terms of the agreement, the city furnished the hydrant and ihe water, the county bought the hose, and B. T. McBain, mill manager of the Willamette Pulp & . Paper com pany agreed to see that the bridge was regularly cleaned. ..The. city al ready has a valve on each end of the bridge but the work of cleaning the Structure is simplified by the new hydrant in the center. LOSES FINGERS F. Freece lost the tips of his fingers in the machinery at the plant of the Willamette Pulp & Paper company Thursday while at work. His hand caught in the machinery and the' tip3 were injured. The case was attended by the Doctors Mount and is not at all serious. GOES TO HOSPITAL Gertrude Splinter has been brought to the Oregon City hospital on ac count of her knee which was injured over a year ago and has refused to heal. She is six years old and lives near this city. HERBERT H. ASQUITH. English Premier Upholds Wilson's Mexican Policy. WANTED! Women and Girls Over 18 Years Old To operate sewing match ines In garment factory Oregon City Woolen Mills ATTENTION There will be a meeting of stock holders of the Clackamas County Fair association, Saturday, De cember 8, at 1 p. m. in the parlors of the Commercial Club, at Oregon City. ; -J' LODGE CHOOSES OREGON CITY FIRST GRAND COUNCIL HAS ITS MEETING IN PORTLAND AND LAYS PLANS ORDER IN STATE IS INDEPENDENT Organization is Completed and All Members Now Work With Lo- cal Officials Rather Than . National .Heads ,. In a business session of the newly instituted Grand Council of Oregon of the Royal Arcanum Thursday after noon, Oregon City was chosen for the state convention of the order next April and E. E. Brodie, editor of the Morning Enterprise, was elected grand trustee. Oregon City was chos en the convention city for 1914 by Jesse Hazell, who is regent of Clack amas county. The grand council of Oregon was in stituted Thursday morning by Su preme Rgent Frank B. Wickersham, the national head of the order. There are ten lodges in the state and over 1000 members in Oregon alone. Now that the state organization is complete, the various local lodges will work with the Oregon council in stead of the national officials. This is considered a great advantage as it practically gives the members in this state the power of self government. In the words of Supreme Regent Wickersham, "the Royal Arcanum of Oregon has blossomed from territorial position of statehood. The organiza tion in Oregon is now a distinct unit a sort of independent government." It is planned to carry on an active campaign for strengthening the body, and work will begin at once. Various committees were appointed to take up this matter and it is expected that an outline of the campaign will be adapted soon. Thursday evening was spent initiat ing 150 new members into the order. Supreme Regent Wickersham left for California as soon as the ceremony was completed. The Royal Arcanum convention will make the second state meeting to be held in this city during the com ing year. A short time ago the Wil lamette Valley Editorial association accepted the invitation of Oregon City to nieet here for its next convention. $ Q 'i $$$ Q G Q THE ENTERPRISE ANNUAL The 1914 anniversary edition of the Morning Enterprise will be issued early in January. Mr. W. H. Dixon, who has so ably managed the annual editions of the Enterprise for the past two years, will arrive in Oregon City within a week from Visalia, Cal. The forthcoming anniversary number will be fully up to the standard of the preceding edi tions, and its character and scope will be enlarged. We have secured 'a large number of illus trations of Clackamas county scenes, and the edition will be profusely illustrated. Users of space in this big edi tion of the Morning Enterprise will be called upon within the next two weeks by Mr. Dixon, who will lay before them our plans in detail. The annual number of The En terprise is no mere fly-by-night scheme for getting money out of the public without : adequate ret turn. The anniversary edition has become an institution in which we have considerable pride. Orders now received for copies to be sent to any part of the world. A house of mirth is one in which the wife laughs at all her husband's stale jokes. i; It's a wise old saw that possesses wisdom teeth. - !E 10 BE HELD; WORKER HERE Congregational Sunday school work ers will meet Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the church where a confer ence will be conducted by Rev. Mites B. Fisher, of San Francisco,, educa tional secretary of the society. He took a prominent part in the State Sunday school convention in Oregon City last April and his work is known in the city among those who attended that conference. A basket iunch.will be served at 6 o'clock. The workers will discuss many questions of interest that have been presented from time to time during the work of the organization. LODGE 'HAS VISITORS AT ITS MEETING Willamette Council number 873 of the Knights and Ladies of Security held an interesting meeting Monday night at which new members were re ceived and several applications read. Addresses were delivered by Ed Schillenberger, state organizer, C. C. Calvert, field organizer, and Judge Grant B. Dimick. An interesting pro gram had been arranged for the even ing. SELLS CANDY STORE Jack Frost held a sale as constable of the county in West Linn at which he sold the property of W. Hendren, the confectionery store on ,the west side of the suspension bridge, for $162 to satisfy the claims outstanding Eigainst it. MRS. JOHN P. MITCHEL Wife of Newly Elected Mayor of New York City. 1913, by American Press Association. A woman with' a secret sorrow is in teresting until she turns it loose. " ROYAL BREAD! The best that money caw produce. Always Fresh At HARRIS' GROCERY ' ANNUAL BAZAAR The Kings Daughters will open their annual bazaar Saturday, De cember 6, 2 p. m., the -Woodman Hall. The same evening the Guild will serve an extra fine hot chick. en supper from 5 to 7 p. m. Fountain Hose company, No. 1, met Thursday evening and elected the fol lowing officers for the ensuing years: President, H. E. Williamson; vice president, Walter Reed; foreman, L. A. Nobel, Jr.; first assistant foreman, C. W. Nichols; second assistant fore man, Harry Seiler; secretary, Albert C. Cox; treasurer, Chris Hartman. It was ordered that an exempt fire man's certificate be issued to J. W. Pursiful. As the entire fire department of this city is contemplating a grand ban quet before the present year closes, the following committee was appoint ed on behalf of the company: L. A. Nobel, Jr., Albert C. Cox anl Edward Fredericks. " ' At the close of the meeting, refresh ments were served and a social hour spent in music, songs and speeches. ITS MONTHLY BILLS Most of the day Thursday was spent by the county court in auditing and paying bills that had been presented during the month. The bills range from supplies and other necessities of the county to the regular claims that are presented every 30 days to the court. This month there was a large num ber of these bills and the court was busy most of the day going over the accounts and approving those com panies and concerns that the officials believed had a proper claim against the county. Many routine matters were handled in a short time as the officials were busy with the . budget and other affairs and checked over the bills in a single day. INVESTIGATE CHARGES T Through the street committee, the city council plans to investigate the complaints that have been made that the freight cars are left standing on the tracks of the Portland Railway, Light & Power company at unseason able hours. , Some of the residents on North Main street have complained to the city council that the company allows these cars to stand there at all hours and the street committee, together with the city recorder, will investigate the matter and take it up with the offi cials of the road. roecia Hart, Schaf f Suits and Large Stock $ 1 9.80 ADAMS DEPARTMENT STORE OREGON CITY'S BUSY STORE ASK FOR RED CONDEMNS ACTION OF CITY COM- MISSION IN DISCHARGING EMPLOYE CALLS UPON ALL CAMPS TO HELP Believes it a Violation of All Pledges That Have Been Made to Veterans Officers Are Elected " Meade Post number two, of the Grand Army of the Republic, con demned emphatically the action of Commissioner Brewster of the Port land city commission in discharging Russel Chamberlain as an employe of the city. The post declares the act one of in humanity and a violation of all of the pledges that have been made to the or ganization since its members first signed their names to the muster rolls of the army in the days of the war be tween the states. It calls upon all army posts of the state to condemn the action of the commissioner and declares that it should stir the anger of every citizen of the state whether, he be identified with the work of the veterans or not The post also elected the following officers: Commander, H. S, Clyde; senior vice commander, J. Sewell; junior vice commander, C. B. Grant; quartermaster, George A. Harding; of ficer of the day, J. Doremus; chap lain, I. P. Horton ; delegate to the Till amook encampment, J. Corbit, Thomas Crowley, J. L. Mattock, J. Q. Alder man, Frank Moore. Following is the resoution that the post has passed condemning the ac tion of the commissioner: "Resolved, That the recent removal of Comrade Russel Chamberlain from a position in the city hall at Portland, by Commissioner Brewster is an act of inhumanity that should record the unanimous condemnation, not only of all Grand Army posts, but all loyal citizens of the state of Oregon. It is a gross violation of not only the spirit and letter of the law, but also a vio lation of the solemn pledges made to comrades when they placed their names on the muster rolls of the army during the dark days of the rebellion. "Resolved, further, that we heartily Army posts of Portland in appealing the case to higher authority in order that justice may be done to a deserv ing comrade." What some people need is more pure food for reflection. OF ner and Marx Overcoats to select from TRADING STAMPS Sale