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About Morning enterprise. (Oregon City, Or.) 1911-1933 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1913)
s Some men are always up and doing others. : 3 THE WEATHER OREGON CITY-7-Frlday prob-3 ably fair; easterly winds. S - Oregon and Washington Fri- 3 3 day probably fair; easterly winds. 3 Idaho Friday fair north; snow. $ S south portion. EDW. A. BEALS, Forecaster. $ WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866. VOL. VI No. 143. MORNING ENTERPRISER FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1913.- Pkb Week, Ten Cents. MOLALLA ASKS FOR ROAD FUND WANTS PACIFIC HIGHWAY SO IM PROVED AS TO INVITE TOURISTS HERE WILL APPEAL TO STATE COMMISSION Believe One Highway Should be In Better Condition and Other Lines Prepared When Im migration is on. Molalla has come to the front for the Pacific Highway. At a meeting of the commercial club, the members declared them selves in favor of improvement work through the county and the plans of those who have boosted for good roads have been heartily endorsed.' The city, while off of the main line of travel for the highway, believes that the benefit that come to the entire POP GUN SUIT OF CLOTHES FOOTBALL GLOVES WAGON TOOL CHEST CAP "OR HAT BOX OF HANDKERCHIEFS ' UMBRELLA DRUM SHOES OVERCOAT NECKTIE MECHANICAL TOY VELOCIPEDE Big Selection At Adams Department Store 'Tfie Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx g Clothes g ' Useful Presents Appreciated Give each member of the family something? that they can use and enjoy all the year.. They will appreciate such pres ents far more than knick-knacks. For the housekeeper of the family, more hours of leisure and millions of steps saved with a Hoosier Cabinet. This gift means easy cooking, convenience and comfort for the rest of her life. An easy chair for father or brother, some thing for the sister's room, doll house furniture for. the - "baby" are gifts which afford years of pleasure. you wish. on be your L. Adams Dep't Store county will be shared with it and that a better highway will mean much to Clackamas county and to the city of. Molalla. - Wants Money. The club asks the county court to make an appeal to the State Highway commission for a portion of that $238,000 that has been rased by the tax of one-quarter mill on all of the property of the state. It believes that a better highway through the counties of Multnomah, Clackamas and Marion will bring the tourists of the east through this section of the state and will show them some of the advant ages that the state possesses and which it has been advertising for sev eral years. The club was entirely in favor of the proposition and passed a strong resolution commending the matter to the attention of the county court. The officials will be asked to petition the commission for a portion of the state fund, though the counties themselves will be expected to add to that fund for the improvement of the road. Molalla is strongly in favor of bet ter roads. The sentiment at the meet ing of the commercial club showed the trend along that line. The reso lution strongly urges the county court to take immediate action in the mat ter and to place the issues before the state commission. Tourists Are Coming. " The reason for the activity of the club is the fact that within a few months the first tourists from the east will be coming to the state for the Panama-Pacific exposition and the roads through the counties in question are not in the best condition. The town thinks that the court should have at least one highway in the best of condition for these tourists and ber lieves that the assistance of the state should be secured to carry out the program. The plan is to improve the highway and to work on other main trunk lines through the county in such a way that the roads will be ready for the tourists when they come and the large crowds will spend sometime in this section of the state. Those who have studied the situation believs that many of these tourists will later return here to live if the road con ditions are such that they get an op portunity to see the country. Resolutions Are Passed. Following are the resolutions passed by the Molalla Commercial club: "Whereas, the Pacific Highway is a main road leading from Alaska through the states of Washington, Oregon and California to Mexico. This road is to be used by the public traf fic. "Whereas, the Pacific Highway, as now. layed out, passes through the heart of Clackamas county, north and couth "Whereas, efforts have been made J to direct this highway on the west side of the Willamette river through Newberg, etc. "Whereas, the last legislature pass ed a one-quarter mill tax levy for state highway purposes, and which will amount to about $238,000.00. Thi3 levy will be collected at the tax col lecting period in 1914. "Whereas, by having a first-clas hard surface highway through our county it means that practically all of the overland travel from California to Oregon will pass by our door, and thereby enabling our visitors to see what nature has provided us with. Many investors will seek land oppor tunities here, etc. "THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that our county court be asked to ap ply to the State Highway commission for a portion of that $238,000.00 highway- fund to be collected and that the same be expended on the , Pacific Highway through Clackamas county. "BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this community express to the county court our sympathy for this grand cause, and that we tend to them our support on anything they do with in legitimate bounds. "BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that these resolutions be made a part of these minutes and a copy thereof be sent to the county court. Saves Millions of Steps . All on exhibition here, at all prices. All high class, desirable goods no matter how reasonable! We carry no other kind. Held for delivery for Christmas, if Let our wag-. Santa Claus. wr GOVERNOR OF A . Governor John K. Tener, of Pennsylvania, .the newly electee presiae.i 01 me iai..oiiiii baseball League, en joys the unique distinction of occupying the office of governor and president the same time. The new pilot of the National League, who was elected at the recent gathering of magnates at the Wald rof Astoria Hotel in New York is fifty years old and was born in Ireland. TOWN WANTS TO GENERAL SENTIMENT AT MASS MEETING SUPPORTS EF FORT TONITE ALL SPEAKERS TELL OF BENEFITS No -Dissenting -Voice Is Heard at the Conference of People to Dis- cuss Phases of Measure Many Names General sentiment, as expressed at a mass meeting in Willamette Thurs day night, seems to be strongly in fa vor of annexation to West Linn at the forthcoming election. ... Already 100 voters of the town out of a total of 170 have signed the pe tition asking for the annexation and the West Linn city council will prob ably invite Willamette to join at the meeting next Saturday. . . The school house at. Willamette was filled with the voters' of the town and many visitors from West Linn who went there to discover thesenti men of the people on the question that is how occupyingthe attention of the two towns. G. L. Snidow, president otthe West Side Improvement club, expressed himself in favor of the prop osition as did also Mayor -Willson of Willamette, Mr. Leisman, I?;.L. Port er, recorder of West Linn, L, L.Pick ens, West Linn -councilman and J. B. Lewthwaite, mayor-elect of West Linn. B. T. McBain declared that he was not only in favor of the uniting of the two towns but that he thought the two school districts would get better results if they were under the control and direction of one general board. -.,. The sentiment of the meeting was generally in favor of the issue and several of the speakers throught tha. the city government of Willamette would be improved if "it joined forces with. West Linn and the territory of the two places was included under the direction- of one city council. ' Mr. Leisman said that he had also favored annexation but that he thought Willamette pught not to join West Linn until it knew that its own city government would automatically go out when the city went under the new system. The mattef : will 1 be threshed out at the council meeting at West Linn ' Saturday night Mrs. H. A. Berkman and little Bar bara of Portland, are guests of.. Mrs. Berkman's mother, Mrs. .M. J. Wil liams and sister Mrs. . G. Miller Mrs. Berkman was before 'her marriage Miss Veda Willjams of this city. Edwin Foster has returned from Mt. Angel after spending several" days in that city. . - ROYAL BREAD! The best that money caw. produce.' Always Fresh At HARRIS' GROCERY ? 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 Rt. C. W.' Robinson. Send money and gifts .to' Win,. Hammond, treasurer, or any mem-' ber of the Brotherhood. Share your Joy with those who have little and you - will bare double. JOIN NEIGHBOR STATE AND 'PRESIDENT OF A BASEBALL LEAGUE. 4, Young Lochinvar In His Racing Car Takes Bride To the Racing in a six cylinder car through two counties in the mad effort - to thwart the will of the mother to end the engagement by an exile of the girl in Europe. E. R. Winchell and Miss Margaret Merrill played the part ot Lochinvar and his bride Thursday af ternoon. ' ' . Only a few hours before the girl was to leave Portland with her mother and the family's efforts were to be centered on breaking up the engage ment, the car appeared on the scene, the girl jumped into it, and the heavy machine darted out into the county highways for a race to Oregon City. By but a few minutes, they reached the city ahead of the lflng distance calls from Portland. " The marriage li cense was secured through a chum of Winchell's while the two awaited out side until the paper was received. They hurried to the home of Father A. Hillebrand, of the St John's Cath olic ehurch but, not finding him at home, went to Father Miller of the'St. Agnes Baby home for the ceremony. The mother is said to have raised objections to the marriage from the HYGIENIC SOCIETY WILL HOLD EIGHT MEETINGS Eight meetings will be held through the month of January by the Oregon City committee of the state hygiene society. At.?-. a meeting Thursday night, the organization decided that tt would hold several meetings at which the doctors and laymen interested in the work would be invited to speak. .. C. Schubel will be chairman of the THE; 0(j STORE TENTH and MAIN i Open Evenings Until 9:00 P. M. Satisfy Yourself by Buying Christmas Gifts Here You will find we have, all kinds of useful gifts ' " on display, at prices as low and generally at, lower . prices than elsewhere--and we will be glad to show 'you anything wehave and to help you thoose your gifts. We offer the following as inducements; . : Ladies' Hemstitched Handkerchiefs : 2 for 5c Men's Hemstitched Handkerchiefs 4c Men's Plain Black Sox 9c Men's Silk Four-in-Hand Ties iLi-12 l-2c Men's Shirts, without collars 38c Men's Fancy House Slippers L --'I-' 50c Ladies' White Aprons ' -!.'' 25 and 50c Ladies' Shirt Waists 1 49c Boys' Sweaters : $1.00. Why Pay More Than Ve Ask Church's Altar start. . She has fought the . program ever since she fire heard, of it, and was responsible for the elopment that followed, it is said. Several family disputes have flamed up only to be settled by -reconciliations but another one that set in only a few nights ago ended by the two schem ing the escape from the European ex ile in this way. The mother is said to have threatened to take the girl with her on a tour through Europe and declared that they-W(Jutdr leaver innrsaay night. Thursday afternoon, the big car raced out from Portland bearing the two and a chum of Winchell's. TBe best man in. this "case was delegated to get the license. He went into the office of the. county clerk and made all of . the necessary arrangements, Meanwhile, the car outside purred anxiously. As -he appeared, the en gine snorted and the car dashed down the street to the home of the rector of the church, ending by the trip to tne institution at Parkplace. - After the affair was over, the party returned to Portland.. . - meetings that are held and the follow ing speakers have: been determined upon thus far: ,. Drsr- MounU Noras, MeiSher Hempstead and -John W. "Lo- der, O. E. Eby, B. T; McBain, J. E. Hedges and W. A. Huntley. . The addresses at these meetings will be along the lines of social hy giene and the work of the. organiza tion. If a man is a bore he's always the last to discover it. Open Evenings ' Until . 9:00 P. M. PLACE, SAYS REPORT -An increased circulation of 1800, a total of 285 books received . as dona tions to the library, and the sugges tion that $100 ought to be spent for volumes for the winter season are some of the features of the report of Helen L. Price, the librarian. The institution has been through the year and still remains free to all residents of the county and the offi cials have made arrangements to give answers to reference - questions by mail or telephone to all who want puz zlers answered. Magazines are aiso offered to the ill and are to be given to residents m all sections of the county. The libraies of the state univerjity and other sources are being called up on to' assist the work here und the German people of the county are re ceiving shipments of new books . ai their own language. Following is the librarian's suia- mary of the interesting feature of the efforts that have been made: Book Account. Books purchased 239 Books donated 230 Total additions 369 Net increase 345 Volumes in library 2136 Worn out 2i Summary. Total number of volumes in the library 2136 Number of volumes added dur ing the year 369 , Total circulation during the year 10673 . Largest daily circulation 82 Smalest daily circulation 9' Average 32 . Percentage of children's books circulated (last 6 months) . . . 31.8 Percentage of adult fiction cir culated (last 6 months) 55 Number of books repaired in the library 104 Number of newspapers and per iodicals received 'regularly. . . 40 Number of borrower's cards is- sued ,. 505 Total number of cards in force.. 1634 Number of days open during eleven months ; 334 Hours open each week 56i ENGINEER'S BODY GOES TO MEDFORD The body of James Gillespie, the engineer who was killed at the South ern Pacific depot by extra 2539 Tues day night, was taken to Medford Thursday night where ' the funeral services will be held. , The father, James Gillespie, came to the city Thursday to take charge of the body of his son. The wife and children from Forest Grove also no tified the authorities here to turn over the remains to the father for inter ment and the funeral, will be held at Medford, probably Friday. ' Money often wins the first battle, but seldom the second. oXall illl Ioai:erRelcl JS?5jSj 3-X. qervblemqrv'.q watck 4hinnes accurate -timepiece m ' " '. Just think how elated he will be on Xmas morn- s ing when he opens that Christmas package and finds ps ",- I - that it contains a beautiful watch. - v i Can you think of a gift more appropriate, or one- s that would be more pleasing to him. ' V It' something hich he will' keep with him al- -ways, for there is. a lifetime of accurate, faithful 1 service in a GOOP watch. . , Of course, we will gladly-engrave it with an ap- 7 propria.te inscription for you. .' p Come in this evening or -any time, and letus . show you our finestocfc of-Xmas watches, jewelry, silverware," etc. ' We carry all the leading makes of . ". ps watches, vi J Waltham, Elgin, Howard, Hamilton, : South Bend, Ingersoll and Ingersoll Trenton. ' ehs Burmeister & Andresen jj Oregon City Jewelers . Suspension Bridge Cor. SPEED NEEDED IN LING MAIL UNCLE SAM AND AGENTS OF EX PRESS COMPANIES ARE BADLY RUSHED DADPFie DflQT NITC DIP FIPIIDF I HrtuLLO 1U0I VUIO U1U I lUUnL Concerns Admit That it has Dug Into Their Pockets But Believe ;.-' They Can Win Back Most of That Lost More than 200 parcels are being handled every day by the Oregon City pbstpffice and the express companies are doing business in proportion, al though it is yet several days to "Christ mas and the rush of business has not reached its climax. This is -the first holiday season in which the new Darcels Dost svstem has been tried. Many persons are tak ing advantage of the new branch of the postoffice and the business has made it necessary for T. P. Randall the Oregon City postmaster, to em ploy extra help and to work his men overtime. "I expect that as Christ mas season draws nearer the business will be greatly increased," he said Thursday, "although we are handling a large number of packages now." The express companies are doing a heavy business also, despite the fact that the new parcel post system has probably cut into their annual holi day ' trade. They, too, " have been forced to make extra effort to handle the rush. "There is no doubt but that the-new system has cut into our holiday busi ness," said William Nason, Wells Fargo agent, "but by more efficiency, increased dispatch, lower rates, and greater courtesy, we believe that we' can win back much of our lost busi ness. Most of the packages going out of Oregon City now are addressed to either eastern, northern or southern points. The state business has not yet been started and the heavy ar rived of Christmas packages will proh. ably be confined to the few days di recently preceeding the twenty-fifth, according to the oninion of the post- tnactpr and tha RYnrpRH asrfints. WANTED! Women and Girls Over 18 Years Old T eperati Mwing matohlnes in arment factary - Oregbn City Woolen Mills HAND