THE WEATHER
OREGON CITY Probably
fair; easterly winds.
Oregon and Washington Prob
ably fair easterly winds.
Idaho Probably fair.
EDWARD A. BEALS,
- District Forecaster.
The old-fashioned woman who 3
used to cry for what she wanted $
S acquired a lot more than the
8 modern militant suffragete.
WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866.
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VOL. VL No. 144.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1913.
Pub Week, Tin Cents.
BURGLAR SHOOTS
CATHOLIC PRIEST
ATTEMPTS ROBBERY BUT FIRES
WHEN HE IS DISCOVERED
BY FATHER CONWAY
TWO BULLETS TAKE EFFECT IN ARM
Wounds Are Not Considered of Seri
ous Nature But Loss of Blood
Causes Pastor to Faint
Before Help Comes
Father J. J. Conway, of the New
Era Catholic church, was shot in the
hand and wrist by a burglar who en
tered his home at an early hour Friday
morning. He was taken to an Oregon
City doctor and the wound, which is
not serious, was dressed.
About one o'clock in the morning
the man broke in the house and began
a search of the rooms. Father Con
way was asleep but the noise made by
, the intruder awoke him and he start-
Silk Dress
Hoosier Cabinet
Rug for Parlor
Set of Furs
Work Basket
Dining Table
Bed Room Set
Range
Auto Scarf
Tailor Made Suit
Hand Bag
Coat
Washing Machine
Set of Dishes
Silk Underskirt
Big Selection At
Adams
Department
Store
Ifie Home of
Hart Schaffher
& Marx
g Clothes g
Make your
while by selecting it from
our stock of fine
Father will never
enjoying a luxurious Morris
chair, every young girl wants an
attractive dressing table like the
illustration, all the family will value
a handsome table or library lamp.
To please Mother most, give her a
Hoosier Cabinet that will save her
millions of steps, hours of time and
make cooking easy forever more.
All on exhibition in our
which we invite Holiday shoppers
to visit
Choose what you want and we
will keep it until
Eve. Then our
play Santa
for you.
Special
The Hoosier Kitchen
Cabinet, may, if you wish, be bought
on easy terms. Come in and we will
explain the special selling plan.
Adams Dep't Store
Oregon City's Busy Store
SPECIAL PREMIUMS FOR RED
TRADING STAMPS
MANY DIVORCES ARE
FILED AND GRANTED
Charges that he choked her and.
beat her several times are made in a
complaint for divorce that has been
filed in the circuit court by Wanda
Jacobs against Rudolph. They were
married at Altona, Germany, Febru
ary 16, 1913. She asks for the decree
and the custody of the minor child,
Emmy.
The following decrees have been
granted by the circuit judge: Bertha
L. Perkins against Chester L.; Ida
Kirk against Nate; LeVada Alice Mc
rw against Fred L.; Mary Mae K.
Butts against Adolph; Marie A. Shel
ton against Paul; Kathrina Aronow-
' sky against Solomon; Tillie Taylor
against William F.; and Clara C. Call
well against George.
PAY DAY CHANGED
AT PAPER COMPANY
To give the employes of the Willam
ette Pulp & Paper company a chance
to do their Christmas shopping and to
relieve the clerks at the stores of the
rush just before the day when all of
the employes want to buy, the com
pany has changed its pay day from
December 23 to December 22.
The plant will close down on De
cembr 24 at 4 o'clock and not a wheel
in the machinery will move again un
til 6 o'clock a. m. December 26. Tha
company plans to give its employes a
chance to get their Christmas inter
ests out of the way before the last
minute and to relieve the stores of the
necessity of caring for such a large
number of purchasers at one time.
Vags Must Work
If City Buys Them
A Hot Breakfast
The city council at its meeting Fri-.
day night instructed the chief of po
lice, Ed Shaw, to place the men on
the streets and have all of the thor
oughfares through the city cleaned ev
ery day.
The chief made his weekly report
to the council in which he said that
the vagrants were given two cups of
coffee and two large rolls every morn
ing, costing the city six cents for each
man. The council also passed a mo
tion instructing the mayor to handle
all cases of vagrancy in order to cut
down the expense of their mainte
nance. Hereafter the tramps will have to
keep the streets of the city clean and
will be sent out in gangs under the di
rection of an officer. Several nights
the departments has had as many as
30 tramps in the jail at the same time.
ed to arise. As soon as the unknown
man saw that the father was awake,
he pulled a gun and fired three shots,
two of which took effect.
One shot struck the priest on the
wrist and the other in the hand. The
former bullet nearly cut an artery and
the loss of blood caused Father Con
way to faint.
When the burglar saw his victim fall
to the floor, he escaped from the
house. Neighbors, awakend by the
noise of the shots, came to the aid of
the wounded man within a few min
utes. Sheriff Mass was notified and start
ed a search at once but so far has
been unsuccessful. The object" was
probably robbery, but nothing in the
house was taken.
gift worth
furniture.
get through
showrooms,
Christmas
wagon will
Claus
am
WOMEN APPEAL
FOR WATER FALLS
BEG CITY COUNCIL TO SAVE
BEAUTIES OF CREEK AND
- ABANDON PLAN
CANYON IS ONE OF CITY'S SIGHTS
Fathers Decide to Alter Program and
Natural Drainage Way Will
Be Left Intact Though
Will Build Sewer
Because of its many natural beau
ties, Singer Hill creek will not be
turned through a cement sewer and
carried inito the river.
" Many women appeared at the city
council meeting Friday night and beg
ged that the creek be left as it now
is. During the winter months, tha
falls in the creek before it drops into
the river through its canyon are par
ticularly beautiful. The volume of
water is large at this season of the
year and the women thought that the
creek was one of the sights of the city
and that its beauties ought to be main
tained by" the council rather than d&
stroyed by sending the waters through
asewer pipe.
The city fathers followed the pro
grom that the women outlined and the
plan to place a large pipe in the can
yon and carry the water to the river
through it, together with the drainage
of all of that part of the city, was
abandoned.
Under the present program, the
council will,' instead, build the sewer
down the street to handle the surplus
drainage.
The mayor and city recorder will be
instructed under an ordiniance that
has been introduced to contract with
the Oregon Engineering & Construc
tion company for a sewer down
Seventh and Center streets to Eighth
street at a cost of $2100.
CLOSE ON BIDS
CENTER STREET PRICES ARE DIF
; FERENT ONLY BY SMALL
MARGIN
CROSS ASSESSMENTS CONSIDERED
Finance Committee Recommends
Change in Costs Taxed Against
Lots for Improvement
Work Completed
Bids for improvement work that the
city council has in mind on Madison
and Center streets were received at
the meeting Friday night.
The contractors offer to do the work
at the following prices: Madison St.
Harry Jones, 12408.50; Jeffrey &
Buffton, $3487; Oregon Engineering
L& Contracting company, $1953.20; on
Center St. Jeffrey & Buffton, $2935.
55; Frank Doty, $2202.90; J. W. Shea,
$2231.40; Harry Jones, $2089.25.
"On the Center street work, all of
the contractos bid close together.
Most of them have done other city
work at various times and are known
by the council. The decision on the
bids will be made at a future session.
H. E. Cross's assessments on his
property on Twelfth and Monroe
streets were considered by the finance
committee and a report made which
recommends the acceptance of $1050
on block 124 upon condition that the
sewer assessment is also paid.
Street lights will probably be placed
at the intersection of Molalla Avenue
and Warren streets while other appli
cations were received by the council.
The members present were: Tooze,
Horton, Albright, Holman, Metzner,
Beard and Myers; absent, Long, Hall.
FORM AN ORCHESTRA
Several high school students have
formed an orchestra and are practic
ing through the week. They expect
to play for dances and to have a dance
of their own soon. The followingare
the members: Miss Mary Confer,
piano; Harles Ely, violin; Ernest
Mass, cornet; Loraine Olstrum, trom
bone; Dallas Armstrong, trap drum.
ROYAL BREAD!
The best that money caw produce.
Always Fresh At
HARRIS' GROCERY
A Merry Christ
mas For AH
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 cifts to Wm.
Hammond, treasurer, or any mem
ber of the Brotherhood. '
Share your Joy wit those who
kave littls and yo will ' kava
double.
CONTRACTORS
MEASURE
IS PASSED
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. The ad
ministration currency reform bill pro
posing a revision of the financial sys
tem of the United States and the crea
tion of regional reserve banks to act
as strengthening elements in the
banking and financial world passed
the senate tonight by a vote of 54 to
34.
rrForces that had fought together for
improvement and for the measure to
the last divided when the final vote
came. Senator Hitchcock, who had
led the opposition to the bill, returned
to the Democratic ranks, and Senator
Weeks, one of the leaders on the Re
publican side, with five other Republi
cans ,and Senator Poindexter (Pro
gressive) voted for the passage of the
measure.
WHITE HOUSE BRIDE.
Miss Jessie Wilson, President's
Daughter Who Weds F, B. Sayre.
ISIS, by Marceau.
FINGER CUT BY SAW
While sawing wood at his home, M.
S. Shearer badly cut the fourth finger
of his left hand and lacterated the sec
ond and third fiingers Friday. He
was attended by Dr. Mount and the
wound dressed.
S CHRISTMAS NUMBER S-S-
TOMORROW
3 The Enterprise Christmas num-
3 ber will be issued December 21. S
This number will contain an-
S nouncements from most of the
S merchants of Oregon City.
S Conclusive proof will be given
S the people of Oregon City that S
$ the local merchants can supply $
$ every Christmas want, and at
$ prices equal to or lower than
$ Portland merchants offer.
S Advertising space will be for 3
$ sale in this number up to 3 p. m.
S today. If you wish to reach the
S people of Oregon City and vicin- 3
S ity, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE. $
S WATCH FOR THIS NUMBER $
8 TOMORROW. $
J 'Sty
SPECIAL AFTER SUPPER SALE
At HUNTLEY'S
The following prices will be in force after 7 p.
m. tonight and there will be music on the Victor
Auxetophone. Come and enjoy yourselves even
if you don't take advantage of the bargains.
UMBRELLAS 1-5 OFF
AFTER 7 P. M. TONIGHT TAKE
YOUR CHOICE FROM OUR BIG
STOCK OF UMBRELLAS AT 20
PER CENT LESS THAN MARKED
PRICES. ASK TO SEE OUR
NEW DETACHABLE HANDLES.
CALENDARS 1-4 OFF
AFTER 7 P. M. TONIGHT YOU
CAN PICK FROM OUR ENTIRE
LINE OF CALENDARS ' AT 25
PER CENT LESS.
4-
BRASS TRAYS 1-3 OFF
THEY RANGE IN SIZE FROM 8
IN. TO 16-IN. AND IN PRICE
FROM 75c TO $3.00.
SUITABLE FOR CARDS AND
SERVING TRAYS. YOUR CHOICE
TONIGHT AT ONE-THIRD LESS
HUNTLEY BROTHERS CO.
The Rexall Store .
ELEVATOR BONDS
TO BE SOLD SOON
ALBRIGHT WANTS RECORDER TO
PLACE THEM ON MARKET
WITHIN SHORT TIME
WAS HELD UP BY LAST CITY ELECTION
Would Have Been Disposed of to East
ern Houses But Voters Wanted
Chance to Get Own
Issue.
The elevator bonds will be placed
upon the market
The city council carried a motion
of John F. Albright at the Friday night
meeting instructing the city recorder
t advertise for bids' on the bonds and
to place them on Bale at once.
At least one eastern concern has al
ready offered par for the bonds but
this bid has been held up pending the
result of the city election at which it
was determinied to lower the face
values of each one. Under the instruc
tions that the city council received
from the people at that time, the
bonds will be issued in from $50 to
$500 amounts and the people of the
city will be given an opportunity to
buy them.
The council believed that the vot
ers should be given the opportunity to
decide whether or not they wanted the
bonds and thought that the money
paid for them should be held at home
in the same way that other cities
through the east are doing. The
theory that the city bonds should be
sold to people of the city and the in
terest held here at home was argued
out in the council meeting at which
tHe decision was made.
TELEPHONE GETS
AVERTS TROUBLE BY CRAWLING
INTO HOLE AND PROMISING
" TO BE GOOD
TRUST WILL REORGANIZE LEGALLY
Plans to Meet Government Demands
and Slide Out of Action in the
Federal Courts for
Law Breaking
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. Attorney
General McReynolds made public to
night details of an agreement for re
organization of the American Tele
phone & Telegraph company, - the
"telephone trust," which will prevent
litigation to dissolve that corporation
under the anti-trust act and under
which competitive conditions would
be restored to the telephone service of
the entire country and the combine
will dispose of its holding in the West
ern Union Telegraph company.
The reorganization plan originated
with the company, although it follow
ed many reports that a suit against it
might be filed. It was regarded by
department of justice officials tonight
as the most striking indication offer
ed in a decade that "big business"
has come to the conclusion that it is
better to follow the Sherman law than
to fight it. , N
The microbe never worries the man
who is not aware of its existence.
PICTURES 1-4 OFF
IT WILL BE A PLEASURE TO
LOOK THROUGH OUR BIG PIC
TURE STOCK EVEN IF YOU
DON'T BUY. IF YOU FIND ONE
YOU LIKE TAKE IT AT 25 PER
CENT LESS THAN THE MARK
ED PRICE.
Three 40c Books for $1.00
AFTER 7 P. M. TONIGHT YOUR
CHOICE FROM OUR 40c LINE OF
BOYS' BOOKS OR OUR 40c LINE
OF ADULT STANDARD FICTION
AT 3 FOR $1.00.
ALL PARISIAN IVORY
4 OFF TONIGHT ONLY
LADIES' LEATHER BAGS
20 PER 'CENT OFF TONIGHT
AFTER 7. P. M. TONIGHT
FROM UNDER
HELD FOR ASSAULT
UPON SCHOOL BOY
John Anderson of the neighborhood
of Hubbard entered a plea in the jus
tice court before John M. Seivers Fri
day of not guilty to the charge of asr
saulting a school boy.
He clams, in defense, that the boy
tormented him and that he often came
to the fence near the land and made
remarks -that angered the man. Fin
ally, after considerable ' patience was
wasted on the boy, the man went over
the fence and gave the boy a thorough
thrashing.
The parents immediately had him
arrested and Constable Jack Frost
made the arrest. The boy, Fred Yo
der, will appear as a witness ini the
justice court December 27 when the
case is called for trial.
TENTH BATTALION
PLOT UNCOVERED
HERMOSILLO, Sonora, Mex., Dec.
19. A group of federal officers with
their troops appeared today at May
torna, the insurgent base above Guay
mas, and asked guarantees for their
personal safety. A special train left
here to bring them to Hermosillo to
night. This news followed the report that
the entire Tenth Battalion of .infantry
of the federal army had been disarmed
by General Ojeda, the federal com
mander at Guaymas, who had discov
ered a plot of the men and officers to
desert to the constitutionalist side.
In The Social Whirl
Current Happenings of Interest In
and About Oregon City
- ' v
-RIDAY afternoon from two to
lr five o'clock Mrs. Thomas Ells
mj) worth Gault, of Gladstone, en
tertained in a charming manner for
the pleasure of her daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Victor Charles Gault, at a large
and prettily appointed "at home."
Throughout the house the rooms were
decorated with Oregon grape, yellow
chrysanthemums and poinsettias. Or
chestra music on the Graphanola fur
nished entertainment for the after
noon and Mrs. Thomas C. Burke sang
in her very pleasing manner several
songs. Mrs. William Johnston and
Mrs. L. Oswald assisted Mrs. Gault in
serving refrshments to the one hun
dred persons who called during the af
ternpon. - Misses Mina and Madge
Hollowell ushered the different ones
to their places at the tables. Mrs. L.
A. Read presided in the parlor and
Mrs. A. F. Parker received at the door.
Mrs. Grant Olds and Mrs. C. A. Frost
assisted in preparing the refresh
ments. Mrs. Victor Charles Gault was pret
ty in her wedding gown of ivory char
muese and carried a bouquet of white
carnations. Mrs. Thomas Ellsworth
Gault wore old gold brocaded crepe
de chine with an overdrape of black
chiffon net and Mrs. Frank Arnold,
mother of the bride was dressed in
black brocaded silk.
Babe Announces Arrival.
Mrs. Edward Harrington, of Glad
stone, is in receipt of a cablegram
from Dawson Y. T, dated December
18, which reads: "Miss Dorothy Jane
Pierce begs to announce her arrival
yesterday, via the Stork route, weight
seven and one-half pounds; a perfect
babe and joins her parents in sending
a Merry Christmas to all." The par
ents of the babe are Mr. and Mrs. T. S.
Pierce. Mrs. Pierce was before her
marriage Miss Wava Harrington, of
Gladstone.
Hello Girls At Party.
At her pretty home in Willamette,
Miss Nancy Lindquist entertained
Thursday evening for the pleasure of
the girls of the Pacific Telephone &
The Most Popular Jewel
of the Year
(J There is a great fad for Pearls in
every form or jewelry this season.
Necklaces of Pearl Beads, Pendants and
Brooches set with artificial Pearls and
Diamonds are worn by the smartly
dressed women of New York and Paris.
MERITE PEARLS
7TTOST perfect of artificial Pearls are used
OS m Merite Jewelry. The following
hints will give you an idea of what you may
expect to see in our "Little Paris Shop"
Pearl Necklaces . . . . . . 25c to 3.50
Pearl Pendants . ...... . . 50c upward
Artificial Pearl and Stone Ser '
Bar Pins, Brooches, Etc. - . 50c upward
NO LONGER EXPENSIVE
d The art of rnakina
sell at a low price has brought a great
change. Every woman can now afford
to indulge her taste f3r jewelry without
paying extravagant prices. You are in
vited to visit our "Little Paris Shop." In
no other way can you realize the artistic
beauty of Merite Jewelry.
Bannon & Co.
COMPANY TAKES
LAST MINUTE
TELEPHONE LINE ALMOST LOSES
FRANCHISE TO OPERATE ON
GLADSTONE STREETS
STRINGENT CLAUSES OF ORDINANCE
Provisions Protect All Interests
Taxpayers, But Give the Con
cern Good Chance to
Conduct Business
of
On the last hour of the last day, the
Pacific Telegraph & Telephone com
pany accepted the franchise passed by
the city council of Gladstone some
time ago. . . "
Shortly after the council passed the
two ordinances, the Home Telephone
company accepted its provisions with
out argument or quibbling. The Pa
cific company, however, has taken the
last minute that the council gave it
in which to file its acceptance of the
provisions of the ordinance.
The franchise is a rather stringent
one and protects all of the city's in
terests and gives the council complete
control over the company at all time3.
Among the features are provisions
that the company must get permission
to erect poles on streets where they
now exist, the city council reserves the
right to regulate and control the erec
tion of the poles and lines, prohibits
the destruction or defacing of any
trees without permission, requires
one per cent of the gross revenues as
a bonus to the city for the franchise
annually, contains a common user
clause, and requires that the com
pany shall maintain the same rates .
that are maintained in Oregon City.
! The franchises have been pending
I before the city council of Gladstone
. for sometime and were passed at a
recent session. The companies weM
given 30 days in which to file their ac
. ceptance of the provisions. The last
; hour was 5 o'clock Friday afternoon
and the acceptance was filed with the '
city recorder, John N. Seivers, at 4:30
: o'clock.
Telegraph company.
Miss Evelyn Chilstrom and Miss
Mary Lindquist gave several piano
solos and cards and games helped to
pass the evening. Miss Lindquist
was assisted in serving refreshments
by her mother, Mrs. E. Lindquist and
her sister Mrs. Anna Johnston. The
girls who enjoyed Miss- Linidquist's
hospitality were: Misses Fern Brit
ton, Erma Draper, Mary Swope, Ada
Bedwell, Charlotte Quinn, Evelyn Chil
strom, Harriet Mosier, Nellie Lind
quist, Mary Lindquist, Mrs.. Anna
Johnston, Florence and Frances Drap
er. ''.
Goes to Convention.
Mr. Wallace Caufield of this city, a
student of the University of Oregon,
will leave this morning for Atlanta
City, Georgia. Mr. Caufield goes as
a delegate to' the convention held in
that city as a member of the Phi Gam
ma Delta fraternity. He expects to
be gone three or four weeks.
SOCIETY TO HAVE LECTURE
un next xaonaay mgm at 5 o ciock
John B. Clum will deliver an illustat
ed lecture in the First Baptist, church
entitled "Portland to Southern Cali
fornia.", This is one of the most beau
tiful routes in the world and his slides
qpa coiri In tta tho finafit TharA will
be no charge for admission. It is giv
en under the auspices of the Young
People's society.
WANTED!
Women and Girls
Over 18 Years Old
T rate sewing matehlnes in
garment fsWry
Oregon City WooIen
Mills
JEM
artistic iewelrv to