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About Morning enterprise. (Oregon City, Or.) 1911-1933 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1913)
THE WEATHER. OREGON CITT Probably S 3 rain; southerly winds. Oregon and Washington Rain; southerly winds. Idaho Rain. ' 3 -S EDWARD A .BEALS, District Forecaster. 8 s wo woman ever looked at matn S mony from a man's point of view. WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866. VOL. VI. No. 139. MORNING ENTERPRISE, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1913. Per "Week, Ten Cents. : It,! - UUD AGAINS T MONEY; SCHEME FARMERS AGREE TO DONATE GROUND FOR TRIAL AND FUNDS ARE SPENT MARKET FOR GOODS IS UNLIMITED Company Can Afford to Ship Flax From Large Territory to City Mill and Yet Make Profit On Investment Five acres of ground invested as against $150,000 in capital is the basis of the campaign that will be waged through the county by those interested in boosting for the flax mill. Some time ago a propositon was submitted to the commercial club of fering to come to the city with a mill for the production and manufacture of linen products if the-club would raise $50,000, either from the business men here or through the county. To Sell Stock. As the money is to be raised from the sae of stock, the committees that have the matter in charge propose to get the money if they have to go all of the way to Salem and to Hillsboro after it. They plan to sell that much stock through this section of the state and to get signatures from the farm ers of the county that they will plant the five acres of flax for the mill. As the profit on the products of the crop is great, the range of tributary terri tory is large and the material may be shipped into the city from all parts of a large district. It has been shown that the linen in dustries of Ireland buy their flax in the markets of Belgium, Russia and Germany, ship the raw material to Ire land and make it into cloth and other material for a further shipment to American markets. Big Territory. The committees figure that if the dealers can use the water and rail transportation lines to such an extent in the handling of the raw material be fore it gets to the factory, certainly they can ship the flax from all parts of the state to Oregon City by rail or water and make it into cloth here with still a large margin of profit. Through the valley, the boosters will ask the farmers to take stock in the company and to pay for that stock with one-half of the crop until all of the money is paid into the company. The farmer does not have to produce any actual cash. He devotes five acres of his land to the crop. The produc tion of two and one-half acres is paid into the mill for the stock that he has taken. The other two and one-half Is bought at the current market price. If the farmer takes a large block of stock, as many of them have already agreed to do, it will take him some time to pay off the money but Re will have a large interest in a deal that is believed by the committee to be a sure paying proposition. Club Investigates. Before the club has gone into the matter, however, it has placed the committee at work to investigate the success of other ventures of the kind through other states where they have been tried. The fact that this will be one of the few mills in the entire west and the only one in the state also adds to the value of the proposition and the price of the product, according to those who are interested and are in formed in the matter. Such a vast territory can be made tributary to the city and . so many . farms placed in the acreage of flax production, that the boosters for the enterprise can see no limit to the value of the plant and the market for the goods. O. E. Freytag, secretary of the commercial club, is one of those who has interested himself in Investi gating the sentiment among the farm ers for such a mill. Huerta must have got that money; big new pictures of him are being pub lished again. OREGON CITY BABIES NO. II BP 9 V y y5 EL cTl3 TO BE READY FOR NEXT SEASON FRANCIS H. ANDREWS Born at Portland, Oregon. February 24, 1909 MARION E. ANDREWS Born at Oregon City, Oregon, April 3, 1911. Son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Andrews, formerly of "Oregon City WOMAN PIONEER DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS ' Mrs. Robert C. Ramsby, widow of one of the best known pioneer min isters of the state and for many years devoted to the cause of his church in Oregon, died in Portland Saturday night, according to a report . which reached here shortly afterwards. She has been ill for some time and had reached the age of 85 years and six months the same- age at which her husband died sometime ago. She has many relatives in Oregon City and Clackamas county and was well known throughout the entire section of the state. For many years, her husband was a leader in the mission ary work of his church and was form erly sheriff of Marion county. She was the grandmother of Chauncy Ramsby, former county re corder, and is also survived by a daughter, Mrs . Theo. Nelson, sons Marshal Ramsby, of Silverton, and Eff Ramsby of Klamath Falls. She has other relatives through the county and her friends include nearly all of the pioneers of Clackamas and Marion counties. The funeral will be held at 1 o'clock at the home of her son in Silverton. COMMERCIAL CLUB TO USE ANNUAL SEES GREAT CHANCE TO GET CITY AND COUNTY BEFORE" PEOPLE OF EAST EDUCATIONAL TOPICS WILL BE DISCUSSED Educational topics will be discussed at the meeting of the Brotherhood of the Congregational church next Tues day night in the church. A supper will be given after which various ques tions in educational matters will be threshed out. Professor W. M. Proctor of the Pa cific University and formerly pastor of the church here will be one of the speakers. All of the male teachers of the county have been invited to at tend the meeting and a special invita tion has been extended to the mem bers of the Oregon City school board. KIRK DIVORCE GRANTED Ida Kirk received a divorce decree from Nate Kirk in the circuit court of the county Saturday afternoon after evidence was submitted showing that the defendant had treated the plaintiff in a cruel and inhuman manner and that he had failed to provide her with the common necessities of life. MANY SPACE RESERVATIONS MADE Business Men Recognise Opportun ities and Flood Office With Their Requests Edition to Break Records Once more Oregon City's great booster organization, the commercial club, has in a most emphatic manner evidenced its appreciation of the value of the Enterprise Annual as a medium of community publicity for Oregon City and all Clackamas county. . Friday afternoon at a meeting of the publicity committee of the commercial club, a resolution authorizing the pur chase of 1000 copies of the annual was unanimously passed and a contract to that effect entered into. These copies will be used by the publicity department for distribution on their mailing lists to prospective investors and homeseekers all over the country. Never before has there been as fine a reception given the Enterprise An nual by the business interests and oth ers in Oregon City and Clackamas county as the January 1914 number 's meeting. At the close of five days of active solicitation thirty-six orders have been closed for space in the issue and nu merous others have signified their in tention of liberally supporting the big booster magazine. With a very few exceptions the patrons of previous an nuals are falling into line and giving the same or a greater measure of pat ronage to the present one and natural ly there is a considerable volume of new business. The prompt and cheer ful response by those who are being called upon is highly gratifying as it gives that much more time in which to prepare the statistical data, arrange for illustrations and otherwise shape up the work in such manner as - to make this the most attractive issue yet published, which the Enterprise is endeavoring to do. EXECUTION OF THREE REBEL OFFICERS BY FEDERAL FIRING SQUAD FRUIT CANNERY IS NOW FACT MANY INTERESTED IN SCHEME TO ERECT PLANT FOR PHASE OF INDUSTRY tcucioi t.i .uo tquiiu tM.ecui.iiig mrte rebel oilictib, wnicn unutr Mexiuu u ucj .. to uj. All officers in the rebel army above the rank of captain are held to be traitors and are summarily executed when captured. The officer at the right had Just raised his sword and pronounced the words, 'Take aim," when the photograph was taken. At the extreme left may be seen the priest who but a moment before had given th condemned men the last rites of the Catholic church. Two of the prisoners declined the privilege of being blindfolded. The man in the center, with less nerve than his two. fellow rebles, asked to have his eyes covered so that he might not be compelled to look down the barrels of the guns that were to end his life. Plans Now Formulated to Handle All of Crop of Next Year and to Create Big Market Among Eastern Buyers Oregon City is to have a canning factory. O. E. Freytag, secretary of the com mercial club, has started out to land a cannery here to handle the fruit product of the county and all tributary territory. He believes that the ultili- zation of the by products of the fruit industry would mean a saving to the producers and would, at the same time, create a greater market lor the fruit that is raised in the valley than it has hitherto found. Eastern Interest. The. fact that some of the eastern houses have been writing to him of late asking for prices on apples in the car lots, shows, to his mind, the in terest in the western fruit and particu larly in that of Oregon that the east ern markets are now taking. With the products of the canning factory. he believes that fne Clackamas county fruit will find even greater favor on the displays of the buying houses and that the city will become a. center for the canning and preserving of fruit. Several business men have become interested in the proposition to build a factory in the city. They have taken the interest in the deal for sometime and the determination of the scretary of the commercial club to put the mat ter over has again stirred up talk for the concern. Is Assurred. While, as yet, no definite steps have been taken, the secretary considers such a proposition an assurred fact. In those sections of the fruit belt where canneries have been establish ed, they have always proved success ful and have been paying propositions, he says. The scheme is the result of the con ference which he attended of the State Horticultural society at Portland, for the past few days in which the merits of such an institution were mentioned and several interesting speeches madrc by heads of various concerns through the state. The business has been made to produce revenues in several of the western fruit belts and to estab lish the industry in the eyes of the eastern buyers. Creates Market. Besides the marketing of the fresh fruit in the ordinary ways, the grow ers' .associations have oftentimes put in these canneries and sent out the apples either fresh or preserved and have established a new market for this branch of the industry. Just how much such a cannery would cost the growers and business men of the coun ty has not yet been estimated as the plans have been more or less imma ture, although the fact that the can nery will be built is said to be settled. Police Chief Rises to Situation And Declares War On Tobacco Stores "I am aware that a large number of Oregon City boys smoke and that they secure the tobacco in direct opposition to the state law," said Chief of Police Shaw Saturday when questioned con cerning the fact that cigarettes are being sold to boys. "It is almost impossible to catch or convict a dealer on this charge," he continued, "but despite this we have already made a number of arrests. I have been keeping close watch on cer tain stores in this city and may arrest one or two dealers at any time. "I have instructed the night force to increase their diligence and I will see to it that the day force is on the constant lookout in the future even more than in the past. f 1 "This matter of the sale of tobacco to boys has been one that I have work ed on for some time, but without the combined efforts of the people of. the city I am almost helpless. "The matter is really out of my de partment. Upon the arrest of a boy for having tobacco in his possession, It is necessary for me to turn the case over to the juvenile court and leave the charge in its hands. "In . case I find that there are any more stores selling tobacco to minors, I will not wait for the parents of the boy to make out the complaint. I will make it out myself and do my best to see that tht law is carried out to the letter. Real Tango And Other Dances to Startle City MOOSE GO TO CHURCH All members of the local lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose will meet at the hall at 7 o'clock Sunday even ing to attend in a body the services of the Episcopal church at 7:30 p. m. The members of the order expect to attend the services and to join with the brotherhood of the church in its plans for Christmas work among the city's poor. WANTED! Womep and Girls Over 18 Years Old To operate sewing matchines in , garment factory Oregon City Woolen Mills A Merry Christ mas For All This includes the poor. St. Paul's Brotherhood is undertaking to make this Christmas merry for the poor In and about Oregon City. It is for ALL, the poor, regardless of religion. Send names of needy families to Rev. C. W. Robinson. Send money and gifts to Wm. Hammond, treasurer, or any mem ber of the Brotherhood. Share your joy with -those who have little and you will have double. Oregon City will have a tango class. All of the latest wrinkles in the new dance and in other newest of the new dances will be taught at this class. Af ter an hour's lesson in the Knapp's hall every Monday and Friday even ings, the pupils will put the theory of the dances into practice and the af fairs promise to be something unique in social lines. Into the city Saturday evening, one of the dancing masters of Portland and other places came with the avow ed intention of introducing into the town all of the graces, curves and mazes of the latest things in the art. He has announced that the real un adulterated tango will be taught and that he will put over the newest things in the "Hesitation Waltz" fresh from the town of their birth. He claims that sixty persons in Ore gon City have already declared their intention to join the class that he will have an even larger class before the lessons get well under way. Af ter the hour or more of training that the beginners in the fascinating dances get, there will be a regular pro gram for the remainder of the evening. Circus Stunts Are Put Into Shade By City Team SON SPEEDS WEST TO SEE MOTHER WHO IS ILL Dr. F. P. Schultze, a prominent physician of Fort Dodge, Iowa, son of Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Schultze will arrive here Monday to visit his mother who is critically ill and whom he has not seen in nine years. This will be his first visit to the Pacific coast. . Mrs. Schultze was operated upon in March for a tumor, affliction and was supposed, for a time, to be on the road to recovery. Her condition is now causing the gravest apprehension as Dr. A. E. Rockey, the surgeon who operated, now deems it of a cancerous nature. The world is ever fuller of wonder3. Two horses turned complete sumer saults on the streets of Oregon City Saturday when one of them slipped on the pavement, vaulted into the air and landed on his back and the other promptly followed the example. The second horse tripped over the first as it fell and both came down on their backs after turning completely over in the air. The horses were be ing harnessed to a wagon when they got out from the control of the driver. They started down the street when one fell and the series of somersaults began. As they were rising to their feet and before they had quite made up their minds to again runaway, Andy Smitn rushed out to the center of the street, grabbed the reins in one hand and held them quiet until he could get help. CHURCH WORK HERE GAINS ATTENTION George Nelson Edwards, pastor of the First Congregational church, has returned from Hubbard, where he went to assist the members of the church, there in forming a brotherhood on the order of the organization of the city. . - - ..... The work that the society here has been doing has attracted attention through the valley and other churches of the same denomination have been planning to follow the Oregon City ex ample. In order to get pointers on the work that the brotherhood here has outlined for the year and the plans that would have to be carried out to make such an organization successful, they sent for the pastor of the church. A committee was appointed, after the address, to see what the church could do there in the way of organization. WEST LINN TO HAVE SCHOOLS SPECULATIONS RIFE AS TO LOCA TIONS OF LARGER BUILDINGS SEVERAL GOOD SITES ARE OFFERED High and Grammar Schools to - Meet Increased Student Population Are Included in Program of Boosters A new Err am mar hnnl on n .n - "im u well equipped high school, surrounded by " rB or park and athletic fields, is a plan, proposed by many West Linn boosters. West Linn at the present time has two schools, one called the "Sunset" school and th - , uuivuil school. Both buildings are crowded ouu n. uas ueen iouna necessary to plan additional rooms which will bo built as soon as possible. The Moody Investment company has offered the school board of that dis trict seven acres of land in the center of the new town for what is consider ed a low price and a large number of persons arp in favor of taking advant age of the offer. Many Cross River. , There are a large number of West Linn students attending the Oregon City High school. This is not only un handy for the students but also neces sitates the paying of tuition by the West Linn school board. It is planned to acquire this land and build on it a school that will be able to properly handle the number of stu dents for years to come. With the lo cating of new industries in West Linn and the corresponding increase of peo ple, the citizens of the city estimate that there will be a greatly increased number of students and that increased school facilities will be necessary. -Modern, Up-to-Date. The school building or buildings would be modern in every respect, ac cording to the plans of the boosters of the scheme. "They would be an ornament to the city and a fit place for developing the latent mental and physical powers of our boys and girls. Only the best, of materials would be used in construction and the struc tures would be made as fire-proof as possible," said a prominent man of West Linn, to a representative of the Morning Enterprise Saturday. "With seven acres we would make a beautiful park, and, as the site is upon the hill. the view would be one of the best from this district. After the school became established it is prob able that athletic fields would be built and tennis courts made," lie contin ued. Plans are in a purely formative .rasre vet. thft rintA nf onnatnintinn onu even the location of the new school being largely a matter of speculation. A single city manager, as in La Grande and Milton, may be the oest solution of city government in small cities. . - WOOD FOR SALE ABOUT 50 CORD AT $4.00 PER CORD DELIVERED TO ANY PART OF OREGON CITY. AD DRESS BOX 184, ROUTE NO. 3, OREGON CITY, OREGON. ROYAL BREAD! The best that money can produce. Always Fresh At HARRIS GROCERY v. -S ' I PS--- o fc. - Why not all of you join together and get her a gift that will be a lasting remembrance of this happy Christmas. Nothing makes a more suitable gift for a married -woman than an elegant chest of, silverware. Think what pride she will take in it and what an aid it will be in entertaining a houseful of friends. You will find chests of silver-, ware in many exquisite patterns at our store and will be agreeably surprised at the modest price at which some of them can be pur chased. Come in and look them over. Burmeister & Andresen Oregon City Jewelers Suspension Bridge Corner 3 V K Complete Chests of 1847 Rogers Bros., Community and Alvin Silver Plated ware, $10 to $25. Sterling Silver $40 to $300. SellinAenf s 'for SoutkBenlllclies