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ORKOON OFTY KNTEIiPWStt. KlilHAY. AUOl'NT 8. Mm. Oregon City Enterprise Published Evtry Friday. E. E. BRODIE, Editor and Publlibar. Entered at Oregon City. Or.. Post office a second-clas matter. Subscription Ratea: One Year $1.60 Six Montha 7i Trial Subscription. Two Montha .Ji Sulacrllra will And the date) of ex piration stamped on their paper fol lowing their name. If last payment : la not credited, kindly notify ua, and ; dir.vt.d towards such notion, will b? a the matter will receive our attention. ! ,,ufoguardlng of the future, and an ua- 1 snraneo that progress can he warning of tV pt. Every person In tha West who linn Buffered, either (llreeily or IndlrCy, through "Pin- chotlsm," aliould remember that the Itull Moose nmhtion carries with It olso more "Plnohotlsm, morn crip pling, nior setback. The Pinchot perl) U hut hut one of the tentacle of the Colonel octopus, and while In tt self It may he a menace to only a part of the cou!i;ry, the surest way to pre vent lt'n return U to scotch the crea ture close to the car, and so make It tentacles iiso'oss, Tlie squelching of the Colonel' ambition, and nil effort Advertising Rate on application. GOING Thour.h the Northwest has AHEAD suffered plentifully from the foolish anil extreme "conservation" policies of Mr. I'lncho!, the Itoosj veu appointee who put a blight upon development work lha "asted for years by his "reserve" and bis fear of the sie .ire of water powers , few people cai i.'aliie the absurdity of some of h i tactics, and the drag that his regime; was to the growth and prosperity of that part of the nation that li.a west of the Mississippi river. New Items tell of the restoration to entry of what are known as the "siiort grass lands" of Hamilton coun ty, Kansas, of which some :on thous- progress can he con- tinned without stumbling over the barriers of "reserves" created by a faddist who cannot, even, be con vinced that he may be wrong. The Northwest knows this, and should re member that it knows It, A FITTING News dispatches contain ACTION the informa lon that the German Catholic Central Vereln, at ltuffalo. New York, has adopted a res olutlon condemning "America" as the national anthem, and endorsing "The Star Spangled ISnnner." The resolu tion was Introduced by a Mr. Prodo.'h!, w ho thus comments upon the action: "The hymn "America." Is an Imposi tion on ;he American public. Far tnre of ceremonial calls for anch ac tion. The Vnlted Stale might well do thla officially, ev.ui as tta people now rise and uncover when "The Stat Spangled Itauner" Is played; but do not rise or uncover when "Amorlvt" Is offered. Public soul Im -lit will crvstnllt.) on the question Jut aa soon as It Is agitated; and the action of the Vereln at Uuffalo may bo the start of such agitation ami subsequent action. GOOD SIGNS The hit 'rest that the FOR US ALL Hill railroad people are show lug In Oacknmn county Is tin omen of a hrlp.ht future. When ever the illll people ahow curiosity about community. It la a pretty ur. sign that they are thinking quit seri ously of entering into III development. done to pr. servo the tranquillity of it certain Sunday, "Is govern incut by executive whim to be preferred to gov rnniout by the moli!" ( Hy finding In the governor's com plaint in regard to Tie p aiplo of Pun don a criticism of the evecntlve' own action at Oregon City, th Oregonlan tniikea (lie gentleman from S.ilem con vict himself In no uncertain way. When the governor announced hi In tentions of coming her to prevent the performance, thla paper suggested that perhnp bis motives were sonn what mixed. It now appears certain 'hat they were; and It Is unite possi ble that, a love of the limelight of pub llcity may have entered Into thi mixture. Perhapa In view of these thing It Clackamas county will welcome any efforts that the Hill people may mnk i p,.rmlssnbl to repeat remark mad to aid In putting this section upon Monday by a local clilii 'n, who In com- their map for the Hill system and nientlng upon the governor's action prosperity usually go pretty well hand sundav. and the failure of the pro- In hand. ; poa.-d show to appear on Monday, roni embodying ih. lofty sentiments ; n,, n;o tni4 county. The latest sign of Hill Interest hero-1 vn,; about Is a request made of Socre'nry -n,,, ony W),i w,.t In Oregon City Preytug cf the Commercial club, to ' Monday , ,np gov,,rniir " send to the II lit headquarters exhibits! m m of grains and other produce grown In ' C'ackama. county. Thi. district ls HOW TIMES A year ago th -country not at present It. .tricky Hill territory 00 CHANGE was marvelling from but It is safe to assume that rival I01" ""' ,0 ,ho 0,h'r "v"r "", rond. Therefore It Is also safs to of rlon I Theodore Itoosevelt, a New ......... tL. f.,ii.i,. thu ,,,,., I Vork gentlmnn who as then nctlv..y now shown, there will come a Hill and acres were included In a "for st that are expressed in the Obturation! There hav been rumor fur a year reserve" by the brilliant Mr. I'lncho'. of Ind pondonciTand in the renins of ! r s0 ,,ilst that a part of tho Mill s- it is repugnant to In the first place, it Since he began to rule affairs, these : our Constitution, rolling plains along the Arkansas ! American Ideals. river havj been carefully bottled up: is sung to t'.u tune of 'Clod. Save the . and permitted to go to wasL; and fol-! King." t'ie Krltish National anthem, lowing his departure from executive I a country against which we fought office In the government, there was no j two wars one for independence and dream that opjn prairie land, that the other to maintain It. In the sec had never seen a tree aud that prob-jond place, America, the land of civic ably would not support one If It was i and religious liberty, is identified planted, had been included in the (with the land of bigotry and Intoler "forested areas" that ar? officially ! ance, of blue laws, witch-burning and marked in green. on the government ! persecution. Such a song cannot be maps. Investigation by the present secre tary of the Interior, however, has regarded as the American National anthem." There Is a general tendency these shown that such was the case, and the i da's to regard the song "America" ns j0 POO merely a patriotic air. !n much the order restoring to entry the acres has promptly followed. Secre-1 ame manner as "Columbia, the Gem tary I.ane Is a Western man, he of the Ocean." and other similar knows a forest when he sees one, songs are regarded. People who do because he has suffered, he knows'lhei " a'so usually rise, or remove their foolishness of many of the Pinchot j ha,s- w!len- "Tte Slar Spangled Han "reserves." In this particular case he aeT" ' Played- In fact in the army has taken a great step forward andiand nivT "America" is not recognized has made possible the development of j formal salute, but "The Star a vast acreage in a section of the : Spangled Hanner" is. country where every acre of agricul-j The c!lipf objection that is made to tural land is needed, and where the i discarding "America" as the national restrictions of a "forest reserve" j anthem comes largely from those p co in or; about as sensible as would haveiP'e 'n think that with its retention been the fencing in of the territory as ' comes also a retention of a certain na an exercise ground for elephants. In I tional fealty to the church any and fact tbe giant pachyderms, had they; a" churches. The same feeling that been given the chance, would Drobakly : caused the replacing of "In God We bae thrived far better therein than would any of the trees that Mr. Pin chot might have dreamed about! The very name of th? s?ction the "shor: grass country," would have conveyed to anyone less fanatical than Mr. Pinchot the utter absurdity of including it in "forest reserve." Rut Mr. Pinchot, in his zeal for the pro tection of future generations, saw possibilities of forests in many places. He reserved the West, which didn't need his attentions, the first thing in his official career, and aftar h3 had crippled the West he reluct antly turned his attention to the East, and established a few reserves in the White and Adirondack mountains. If he had paid his ear'.iest attentions to tent was to be extended along tho east ern side of the Willamette valley, and possibly up the Clackamas valey. In fact there has been a survey run up the latter valley, which ls said to have connected with the illll surveys In Eastern and Central Oregon. It Is not at a'l Impossible that the Hill en-ginn-frs have mapped out a line to cut transversely across the state, and as there are good passes across the Cascades just east of the head of tho Clarke inns valley it is quite within the bounds of possibility that the Hill peo ple plan to have the westrn end of the cross-state line cut down through the fertile heart of this county. Such a line would tap a virgin and seeking the nomination to the presi dency of tho Vnlted States for the third term. In fact a year ago to.lay , the distinguished pTsimago was bnr rtngulng tne Progressive party con i vent Ion at "Chicago, and prnc'aimlng that there was belnu born a new movement, "of the pinple. for the p 'O ple and by the people" that was go ing to endure forever, and right till the ills and wrongs to which the na- tion was heir. i Th 'it was a year ago. .Today the Colonel Is reported to be In search of the solitudes of th Arizona deserts and the depths of the Grand canyon. A year ago hs was the cynosure of nil eyes, though tho gl inees cast at him were not of the same kind every- I where. Today probably nobody It looking at him but the mi-iub rs of lils Immediate party, aud while some of the newspaper) may be rhronlc'lng rirh timlwr ri-ln nn,l fnat.il.,vlntu ing agricultural r 'glon. Such a line ' 3 doings of his party, they are no. would find plenty of traffic right from I ",v,n" ,Mf,h n,m'h VM' "r pm"" ,K. ,. . , ,, . In -nee. ror an everlasting boom the start, and would open up to set- .. ... i a ... 'hat was going to sweep evcryth n tlement one of the finest parts of the I , , ....... i htf(,rn It iaa Dull f, ,.,.. ..voir, stare a aprHnn rich in k-vwrvrliln! ' ' that will attract newcomers and home seekers, and a section wherein things will grow with almost tropical luxurl- clnctlons, though whether or not It could ha worked In n national election U a matter (tint tuny bo of doubt. Hut It Is Nil Interesting development of (he art of iNilltlcs, nud new of It will probably be received with Joy by pol Itliiiin throughout tho country, who are often hard presNid In find menu whereby people call bn made In ''vole right" so that the leader shall he :it Isfted. Oregon has long hwn famed us the abode of weird and wonderful politics Oregon hus also ben noted a a re publican state. Yet she has a super iibmidartee of democratic officers Maybe If good republican could hi moved in to the state, or brought In often enough on steuiuer and mil road trilus, so that they could estnb llsh residence, the Heaver State could get rid of her democratic son ntors- nnd o square her Of with the rest of the nation, which took moaned nt her habit of sending democrats to represent her In congress, w hen every on know Oregon Is "stalwart rt publlciiu." Willamette ha opened gn at field nIic ought to patent It, ance. Hence It is that real boosters of this county are pleased at the in terest the Hill people have shown in this ser-tlon, and are hoping that the near future will bring something more has been about as much of a tailor1 as its dearest enenili s could wish. It ls a peculiar Vuuk about the Am erican people that they will go "mad" with less reason than any o'her na tionand It is equally peculiar that' they will become sane uutilii Ith re markable speed. Even the most sta'- Clackamas countv can surplv ilmw Trust" upon some of our coins, Is j , ,ne mil people some things that keeping congress from taking official should make them think. They can action setting forth that "The Star show them an abundance of record Spangled Banner" shall hereafter be crops, a superb climate, and a richness the national anthem. As long as con- of undeveloped resources that can the section along the Altantlc coast, ' ly patriotic grounds. For a he might have saved some of the for-1 whose constitution provides gress, and all officials of government. In fact hold one ear close to the ground to catch the wbisp?rings of aproval of what is known as "the church element" just so long will "America" remain undisturbed in its rank as national anthem. It is therefor gratifying to Bee a Catholic organization adopt resolu tions such as those mentioned herein. It shows that somewhere there is coming a broadness of view by which the real fitness of one song or an other is to be recognized upon pura- nation for a ests that draped the hills there at one 'complete separation of church and time, but not until the so-called moun-j state, these United States are ruied tains of theBe ranges had been ! about as thoroughly by churches as "skinned" by hungry timbermen did any land of the old world. Other he see fit to throw his protecting ! churches, individually, have risen to mantle about them. salute "The Star Spangled Banner;" Pinchot has now gone from out the but church associations as a whole government service, and a man who is : using common sense, Instead of fad dism, in the transaction of business Is have been somewhat diffident about taking action. The Catholic Vereln having shown the way, perhaps others holding office. Yet the Pinchot peril j will follow. ls not passed entirely. His bast Patriotism should rule in this mat friend, the Colonel, is yet a menace, ter, and surely patriotism can never and is still hoping against hope that countenance the acceptance of a para the peopie will return him to the phrase of a British song as the na presidential chair. And If the Colonel ; tional anthem of this nation. The ac should ever be allowed hi3 "third cup : tion of- the army and navy, In accept or coffee," Pinchot will be sure to be I Ing "Thq Star Spangled Banner" as thrust back, to undo the work of his - the national air has been unofficial, successors in offiea, and once again j It might well be made official, without o begin his crippling of development j hurting the feelings of any people. The opening of the "short grass ' Othr nations have a national air that lands" should be regarded as a sign- j they salute and accept upon purely board on the road to the future, and j sectralan occasions, and a national should also be borne in mind as a I hymn that they honor when the na. substantial than mere inqulsitlveness. ,u ,uo ' r"'"'v ""r jeiir ago ere uiarmt-u at lis appar ent growth, power and attraction to the multitudes; but today the Pro-gresiv-j party la not receiving any at tention at all, save from Its own lead ers, who are seeking some way they can hook it on to the tall of some other party, and so lave I: from utter oblivion. Its leaders huve looked In vnin to the women In states where uni versal suffrage has been granted, hoping thnt the women would give tho Bull Mbose support. But the "new citizens," no matter where they may have been, have not shown any desire to fall over themse'.ves to bolster up the Colonel's ambitions, and as a re suit the last hope of the Colonel's lieutenant has gone. It has taken just about a year for tha Colonel's carefully planted and tenderly n u lured plant to spring up, burst Into glorious blossom and then fade flown and die. The span of ,1C5 days Is a record. In shortness, for the Ufa and death of a political party. In fact It Is probably merely a further proof that the party had no reason at all for being, save the Colonel's am bitions. Other parties that have sprung up have lasted at least four years, but all other partlea have had the Impetus of a goodly number of people behind them, and have not been a personally conducted, one-man affair. Mr. Roosevelt should reflect, today, upon the short space of time It has taken the American people to for get him and his ambitions. hardly be baten anywhere In the Northwest. There is everything In this county that Is to be found In oth er sections that the Hl'.l interests have developed and opened up. and unless all signs of anology fail, the Hills are Interested in this section solely be cause they see here an opportunity to add to their own returns by develop ing a field that will pay big dividents to any railroad that assist In Its ad vancement. Every loyal citizen of Clackamas county should do all that lies within his power to assist Mr. Freytag In sending to the Hills the best display possible. A "freak" dis play is not wanted. What will do the most good, and what will most quick ly bring the Hill lines Into this sec tion, ls an exhibit of average crops and fruits which will show, on Its face the undisputed truth that Clack amas county, when developed, will be as diverse in its products as the pow erful Imerpial valley of California. MORE LIGHT Hit week Issue ADMITTED The Courier sheds some more light upon the recall movement and that paper's .warm and earnest suplxirt of it. The day of election W drawing near, and the ell'or of The Courier knows that the fulilllty of thi spiteful attack upon tho county cfli dais wli soon be apparent to all, sj he him:. -ns to "make hay while the sun shlii's." Probably he hud ml vanre Inloruuitlon of tho adoption of res "lutlon condemning Hubert Sehuo b I by one of the Important locals o( the Equity society, and probahlr therein he saw the luiiidw rltlng on tin wall. "There I no better time than now to play your part In helping The Courier," iys the Ingenuous editor. "You are either llh The Courier or against It. If you are with It, the least, we can expect of you Is that ou secure at least oil ) new mihserlptli'li for us." Sure. No tnnt tn.i fight Is alsiut over, i. n. I as tile time is tipproac'aliir; when The Courier will have no excuse for being, hop In and g"t somebody to subscribe for It. Wliy did the par take up tho flg'it, If not to ride on top of the ripples that I: was making, and gain a'l the subscriptions It could from the mlsgoided few who were- I astray by the misrepresentation l the recnllers, and who thought the pa per was fighting for a principle And now that th' ripples are mlliln and tho future outlook Is ge'tlng slim and pickings st-eui (o be becoming scarce and scanty; why. bunk some body Into subscribing to the tiling, so that the editor will have enough tu the on until some other fuss la start ed. Common decency fur th "cause might have led The Courier to Invite people to "help the recall by sub scribing to The Courier." Other pa per nave flotio that. Hut courtesy has no place in The Courier. It knows the cans-) Is Just about lost, and like thu rata that dcert. a sinking ship It hastens to get out from under and with as much of (he loot ns possible. WHAT WILL THE HARVEST BE? Have you ever stopped to think of what the harvest of your life's work will be? Are you stor ing away part of your money crop for the winters of old age and misfortune? An investigation will convince you that our bank would be an ideal place for keeping your funds safely. It's a good plan for every farmer to have a strong banking connection. The manage ment of this bank is in the care of careful, conser vative, experienced men, who well merit the con fidence of our many customers and friends. We solicit your account. Drop in to see us, next time you're in town. Make the call friendly you don't have to do business every time you come in to say "hello." The Bank of Oregon City OLDEST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY A8 OTHERS The Oregonlan, in its VIEWED IT editorial columns Tues day morning, had some remarks to make about the action of Governor West in stopping the performance of a circus that was billed to play in Oregon City on the Sabbath. The leading paper of the metropolis takes a somewhat different view of the mat ter than do the majority of Oregon City citizens, but while its angle is different, it Is similar In respect to i's purpose. The Oregonlan does not think the governor had any moral right to do what ha did. Commenting upon his action, its says: "A circus is advertised to show at Oregon City on a Sunday, and the dis trict judge isues an Injunction re straining the local authorities from any interference. Yet the governor of Oregon Ignores and defeat the regular operation of civil law by his threat of martial law the last re course of the state to preserve ItBelf In a grave crisis and the circus does not perform. POOLITIC8 Willamette has now held A9 AN ART two elections In an en deavor to en'arge its territory and has failed each time. The second failure is charged to the voting in thi elec tion of men whose residence wns up on river steamers that tied up at Wil lamette's docks occasionally. Prob ably a man who lives for the greater part of the time upon a river steamer has the right to call one terminal or tho other of his run his home. And probably he has a right to vote th-re. But the things that, have been dona at Willamette seem to show an altogeth er surprisingly brilliant grasp of politi cal possibilities. j In fact the WIIIamet5 elections with (Continued from page 1) thing. I hnve some men here In town, and If there Is nn nttempt to give a performance, I will stop It. lint I tell you what (.fa do. You show p p'e put this thing off until Monday and I'll conio and see your circus. I ll boost for It, and I'll urrauge that to night in every church In Oregon City the pastor will urge their people to go to the Bhow Monday. I'll do my part for the show. I like shows like this I guess I have broken more horse on Sunday than any of the performers with this show hav i done, ilut I don't think this show ought to bo glveu here Sunday. You show Mondn. and we'll all i -g' for the show. You will, wont you, Schmdiel?" Hepresentatlve Kchuebel looked dubious. TH send my family," he finally said. "That's" not enough," laughed th governor, "you've got to do more " Well, 111 get llin Pr-sbyterlan church people to go, If 1 can persuade Ihem to," said Mr. Hchiiebol. And so the conference ended. When (iovernor West and tiio five penitentiary guards iillghled from the train, thern was a big crowd at the depot. As toe prison wardens passed, many people commented. "That s a nice slap nt the local militia company," said muny pontile, "probably the governor doesn't think I he Oregon City boys could be trusted to stop the circus." Many other comments of a similar nature wer? made. And at intervals throughout the morning the church bells rang out triumphant peals. COUNCIL 1H1K GREAT MASS OF WORK POULTRY FILMS POPULAR their vntinp nf atcmht-it mun a A. T, .... . .. " iiit.-u allM n. iiaiiuuij, mi commun ty, acting ,.. . . .u . i. . , . ... . ' B w''-h the moving into the territory ef- In its own protection and from a pro-if,.j r i j . .... , , . ... , v fected of people opposed to the ebc- found sense of Injury to ts own re- ,. i u ,a .. . a j, tion who establish residence n speet and dignity, requests an unde- . om j A , , ,,,. .,, . . . , . tents seem a good deal like a past slrable citizen to leave with the p a n .., ,h . , . . . ,. , ,,, ' mast?ry, on the part of somebody. In Intimation that measures will, f nec- lh. a , , .. ,, ... ..,.., i.i. . , tne en"e art of "colonlzat on. It essary, be taken to enforca Its unt ma- , K a - i used to be done in s coarser way. turn. I , ' v , .. . ' , i merely by herding voters Into hotels Yet the governor of Oregon den es j A , . L . . . , , . " and lodging house. That method to th sovereign people of a munlci-i h.. , u, , . , , . .i. u. . . na8 of Iate met defeat wherever pa.ity the right to attetaoineao ntao ,rlArt. hll, . ... . , . , .... itned, hut as Wliamette not go ng end without the law; but at the same , n, , ... , , time he asserts his right to rise above 1 T ' .Vm. , .1 Z . .t . ".tion. It 3ema that the newer and inn law wnen nis reding, or sense of, m, ,,. ,. . , . . , . . , . . , . more genteel method is to be accept- .......... j, . ... ur, i.ef) Hr(.n iiw-nea at sometning or other about j of the futllre iu we uone somewnere or otner In' ir0i , . . QTr.on I 'ere,n. to be more exact, may lie I i ue iiiin oi many a roriorn nope and Th" moving picture films showing methods and resul'a of scientific handling of poultry on the farm, made and exhibited by Profnssor Dryden of tne Oregon Agricultural college have achieved a popularity that haH lid to a wide demand. Professor Dryden has Just sent tries? films to thi Mis souri station, where they will bn made a part of the permanent equipment Ano.her reel of the same film was sent to Winnipeg, and next month stli another will be provided for a month's run In Iowa. The film Is about four teen hundred feet in lngth and has b-n exhibited In Its present form for only a few months. H. a hint for politicians " T f It,. nui,il. D . i nrrA ,h .. . a u ,, . spparently lost cause. Perhaps the ....... .,.u,l,.u ...luuniie. m BOheme might uunii; wnai uiey were practically even be extended so as ... I. ,L!.i . ..... . i.ic aunii.lllll ui Z n T r"ri the personal ambition of one Theodor, tho public peace they have not trans-! r,,. who . w Jod gassed more than tue governor of nomlnated for prpdeDt tn hV?h on ''moow ticket What ha. worked at he-not they-thought ought to be Wilt.mette could f worked In larger E. KLOCK ARRES-ED Constable Jack Frost on Mlmday arrested Harper E. Klock, of Boring, upon a warrant charging non-support. The complaint was sworn to by Mrs. Klock. who declares that her husband spends altogether too nrucn time and money In the county seat. When ap prehended Klock was enjoying life in Oregon (ity. BAR HARBOR, Me., Aug. 6 A not (abb celebration was held h :re today In honor of the 3'loth anniversary of the first mass said on Maine soil. The celebration was conducted by the Main Catholic Historical society. With Mayor Jim residing with his cont ofl mid hit sh.rt alunve roll l up, and with Chief or Coirn Hhnw kept busy filling the water pitcher so that tbn coniicllmcii could keep cool drinking tho limpid to wat r sup plied by the city, Wednesday night's regular council meeting was a wluil wind of encrKV nud acconipllsliiiieiit. t ln it s In clean up the slat ) had b mil Hindu sometime before tlie nievllng, and In a very large im'ssiim this was done even though the proceeding wiir.i opened with the reallug of n two page r 'port of "uiitlnlnhi-d liusluess before Hie ("iiiuiil and III th liuuds of rcHU'ar and special roiumltt ." Councilmitii Hall who bus been absent for the past four mouths, was pre nt, and helped In the rush of business. Application of n property owner to lmv the Interest on nn assessment liiarii il plac it In iiiimI remitted ie raiis ho had received no notice of the assessiivut was d 'iiliil, on the ground that If this was dune In one ens It would have to be done Hi nil. Appll cut lou for the placing of a tire hy drant In the mlddUi of the suspension brblg' was refeiT'd to the recorder mid county court for n conference Th Hank of Oregon City requested permission to erect a iass canopy ov r It Main s rent entrance and n steel nwnlim over the Suih rireel entrance, llils was referred t" thi' reel ro'l'inlf I m hliit actio.. ,ii,t of rouii... lAiiie when n petition or r inonstraiu i wns recolv.-d from property nwiu-rs u h street aMng the roiini'll to se.i to It that when the liiiprovcuiiil of the street Was inrrled through to th. west line of Hli'.h strei t the thoroug'ifure be mud 1 ') (eel wide nil the wnv (o tli. i tup of the bluff. City Ktiglnocr N'oblo pr.-i h'i I a plat, hhowiim that If this part of the street were but 41) f 'el wd, It would give practically B ('ill foot s re I, owing to the sharp curve In the roadway at this point. At ter considerable discussion, however, t'ouuiiliiwui Morion moved that the street l. carried through at fl'l foot ll ih, and this wa adopt d It developed Int.. In the i fnlng thai .hl.i actlmi In regard to ieuth sire-t bad lipid the p'ans for th i bal ance of ihe Improvement r the main hill thoroughfare, ami the recorder wns ordered to draw up a new resolu tion for th Improvem-Mit t inbriuinit tills feature, which will eliminate the Jog" In the end of the stre-t. This will ma' necesssrv a repltltlon of much of th Seventh street prelimin ary work, but tb council saw no other nay out of V. This further delay on on the Seventh Ptrcct mutter wa the only Milium of the (. uhi!id" policy oiiilln-d for the evening. tpp'hatlon from the Portland Hall way, l.lg.it t rower company to put two rroHsarms upon the public ele vator tower at Seventh street ,to carry lis own and the city fire alarm wire, was ref -rred to the elevator rouunlt-tee. A petition from property owner In the district tn hav i a'uited wha' was termed the nulmince of the bini us il by Williams Hroiicrs Transfer com pany, nt Hlch and Sixth streets, was referred to th health mid polle com mittee. The ielitloncr stated thut the barn contained horses and mul - that stampi j all night. Hint It was In nu unsanitary condition, gave offen sive odors, and was a breeding place ror riles. The city engine r whs ordered lo prepare two grade for th south end of Madison street, where owing to the toisimiphy, houses on onn side of the street ar 30 feet about the other. A iiu-reto retaining wall will seiuirnte the gra-.I -s. A dog house, and a w oodshed that projected 10 inches Into nn all -y In n downtown block, wero ordered re moved by the council, and th'i alley thrown open to the public. In this matter (ity Reorder Htlpp and (ity Attorney Mtotin presented conflicting egnt opinions, hut the council bid on Mr. Btlpp's opinion, and ordered the alley opened. Assessments Lr Improvement f Thirteenth streef, and for Main street from Muss to the Alionielhy bridge were approved on report of sprfdnl oiiiuuttees. Ordinance providing for thi re ducing In width of Ihn alley In block i. ror tlie city cut -ring Into a con tract lo Imprnvj Hhlslon street, and for the Iniprovemen, of Main street with hard surface paving from Moss street to Him Aberne'hy brldg" were passed to second rending. Monthly reports of officers ami the monthly ap propriation t- pay bills were also rushed through. In the latter matter there was a lively tilt over the pay in -nt. of money for work on Mountain View flro house, Councilman Albright charging that the special committee Having mis matter in Hand had ex ceeded Its authority, but the bill wns voted paid, with HO cuts additional to pay ror flag halyards: Henry Brand was elected sexton at the cmetery by a vole of five to three, W. H. (inrk being his opponent. The .mayor was Instructed to np point a committee of five, composed of coiincilmen and citizens, on charter revision. Towards the close of tho meeting Councilman Tooze gnve notice thnt he would Introduce nt the next session an ordinance providing for the creation of the oHIoa of plumbing; Inspector, and providing rules and regulations for plumbing within the city. Mr. Tonre, a clmlrman of tho spe cial commltteo having In hand the purehnse of thi Jones rock-crusher, al so subinltt.vl a report, the burden of which wns thnt the city could prob ably save $1,200 per year by the nur- chase, and recommending the buv'ng or tni piant provided that it could be shown that In the purchnce th? city woiim attain superior rights to the rock ledge, which contains some fifi'J.. 000 yards of excellent street nmterlnl. At pr ?nt the water commissioners are said Jo claim that they have the first right to the propory for reservoir purposes. The report Sllhin tted In Mr. Toozi w-nt Into many thlnns be sides the rock-crusher, and contained as well a p'nn for street maintenance and cleaning. department, mi rdlng to n, ., 'f ' f Hlmw, submits t, even (Dir. Ilurinu in, """'lur . " . . " ""i , ,,. ,d r iii, on nrrnnti , ,.,,i . wnoiu pillil fines aggregating Ssr. ,,,, prisoner wa iloelnr-d not kuIIiv . ' Uo were released up,,,, ; leave town. The ma.' or ami .. w mi rn. iiiuinr f llii-rs of hiihn,n corder broke even In jy, i ..I,, ...,t. i. ... ..... .. i "i " -ariug six i asm Throughout the inouil, M (,r. W.,1 ll.iV.1 la. ... I " ' " " . ""1 were ani-v ..l - total of ,13 meals. Tb,. m.-aU ,., deparl.il mt lil to. 'aV,, able balance rrom th.. flu. H , piled to llKparltllKII' ctpt-iinra In the month, al.o, ti. , p 'M . overhauled and cl nn. , up ' lug fWtutvs wore Iiihiu,, 'r' b.atlbt generally fresh. i,e. ,, ' that In Ihn future It will almas '1B , pl'iisiire to ho guest r n. Iuuill( COM T M HAY LOS 111 SPECI'ICATIONS ICNOHtO, 01 CLARt COUNCILMEN, WHO ' HINT REVOCATION CITY ENGINEER PLEADS HELPLESS Ortgon Engineering A Conitructio, Compuny 1 Grilled for Meth. ods, nd Forfeits M4 be Aeksd The Oregnu Kuglneorltig A cn. t rm Hon coiiipiiuy i-anie in (or roo "Idcrablo Mttenii.iii Ml n.m,r nli:hC council iikm-iihk ami nP of ib i lust thing the council did to lpt a motion m ul.. by Mr liiiinua that contract which the coiiq.aiir u at present enJowiiK be i,-u,i,.-, ,n(j taken from It If the coni. ru ,!d n,g do Ihn work according to Kins in.-s. Hon provided by the cliy Thi matter was broiuin up hy ih, s'at-ineiit by nn. ot the ciiiim I hot-q that complaint had been made tn him that rock placed on Slie..i ,ir, wa ceuslilersbl larg. r than for which thr spBclfli-ations for the work called. ('Ity Kllgiil -er Nolile a.lllillted that such was the ense, Put n.ld d tint though htf bad called the aiieiitlcm of the ciiutntclor to II, It npi.-.ir.-(l tint to'''pi't mold bn don... In the Hit tieiiil, strwt case, Mr Nob1 said. It was perhaps all right lo iuc li.rce mrk as i would make a firmer foiin.la'lnn for I'm street. Oilier roiiii.ilmii then sal.l tint ihey tinil clisnrved tin. tli tn.-i!cii Knulni-erlug ft Coiihlru-tion eetatwar did not always roll the tail. tii nyi-m of r.M-k Hint were put ...vu Mr. Noble, sl,i-d about this i.Im.. piittid that quite fr 'qiicntlv s're-is w-.-re nut rolled as they should lii Then tie smiled, rhrugged Ills sluuild. r. sen J asked what b could do. Il wns tiili quest Ion on hi part that mm -J t numb -t of the councHtucn lo s. vc an I which finally resulted In '!i iin.it Imous adoption of Mr. Ho man's mo tion. Kurller In the vvenlng, when a bill for .ri'.0 3D was presented by the rem pany for a part payment on crtiln work. It was pointed out that en J. Q. Adam, Jackson and HlxtcntU street wor of Ihn rotilrnrllnu rompany hud not been done according to specifica tion, sil l there was a disposition oo the part nf some of the comirlliii n not tn allow the bill. A legal opinion read, however, staling that when the supervising engineer of a city permit ted specifications to he vlolat.d, mil made no complaint, the city could he forced to pay for tho work dent. At another time In tin evening complaint wa made by some of the rouiicllmen that the Oregon Knglneer Ing ft Construction company did not always wet down the" streets before rolling down surfacing. Il Is believed by the counclluien Ititt threat of revocation of contract will bo sufficient to Improve work done by the contracting company. Hevere criticism was also madu of the nmn nor In which the concern was delaying certain work, and there was talk of revoking these contracts, or demand ing the forfeit of payment, as provid ed In the contract for work not com Pi tted with ipeclfled time. IS NOW UNDER if JULY FINES AMPLE E Kxcnvatlon work for the niiitil'li1' elevator that will carry people up the face of tho bluff nt Seventh street has been commenced, the present f fort being devoted to clearing out th end of Seventh street right up to .Southern Pacific property line. After the street ha been cut bark Into the railroad embankment to the right-of-way border, the sinking of a pit 'of the concrete foundation of the tower will be itartod. In order to support the tower the foundations will be rarrled well down, prnbubly to the burled talus of th river bluff unless a rock founnintlon I struck first. Just how deep it will be necessary to sink the foundation has no tyot been determined. Tb foundations, aside from siipimrtln the weight of the tower, will also en close the hydraulic cylinder In wiil'U the elevator plunger will operate. Prom the top of the tower, when It is completed, a bridge will bi swung to the top of tho bluff, thus afford!:' a means of Ingress an egress to the upper landing of the lift. In order to support the eastern end of this brltiit secondary foundation will also laid at the top of the bluff when the city ha acquired property rild thereon. July was a reasonably oulet and profitable month for the city police 8WE0ISH SERVICE Swedish service will 1h held In th M"thodlst church next Sunday. A" 10. at a p. m. Th Rev. OttoWtp Westllng. of Portland, will preach. Oood songs and music will bo render ed. All Scandinavian are molt cor dially Invited to attend.