City Library OREGON CITY COURIER. 14th YEAR. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1897. NO. -881 A BAD BREAK fct-g Imii there t are others in our stock. Hookers; dining, parlor, n::d easy chairs ; chuirs of all sorts and kinds await your inspection at our establishment. More, liner, handsomer cliuirH are here than you cun sue elsewhere That's our rcuson for claiming your attention to our varied array of invitations to a seat. In this case, si-cingdiscouiits description. Chairs are too largo a fraction of your furniture to bo lxnight haphazard. No occasion to look further: Six chairs for $2.10 and upwards. BEUOJIY & HUNCH, The Housefurnishers, OREGON CITY, OR. FIRE, LIFE And' Accident Leading Agency in Clackamas County REPRESENTING Royal of Liverpool"0"" business m th world. North British & Mercantile ' SSoToo""1 the worI,-00 - SOU Of L0Ild0Il-o,'e,t pa'' lira) Insurance offlee Id the world. JEtllS Of HartfOrd-L"r"e,t "' American company. Continental of New York r Am-rion company AND OTHER FIRST-CLASS INSURANCE COMPANIES The Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford Largest, oldest and belt aoclrient Insurance company In the world, and also doe very Urn life Insurant)-, bualoeai. I I I I I You Can Live Without buying your groceries from us, but whether you can live quite so well or save so much on your grocery bill is quite a different question. We don't think you can, at least we try very hard to make it a fact that you cannot. We will keep right on selling grocer ies as we have the past seven years, and will spare no effort to fur nish them just as good and as cheaply as we possibly can. We are sticklers for quality, in fact, we would rather you would buy a cheap and consequently an unsatisfactory article somewhere else. WC WANT YOUR TRADE E.E. Williams, Th Grocer, Phone 8, Mssoulc Bid. T .cm. oa s fob blottui abd culzmdabs Bill Eft THE Lowest F. E. DONALDSON, at Commercial BankJ CITY GOVERNMENT. First Meeting of New Council ( Last Friday. ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS. Wni Kldd, special police 2 00 II Gilbert " 2 00 Wm Itisdon ' " 10 00 Geo Broughton, lumber.. 70 80 Maple & Hoffman, blacksmithing 1 45 Ccuhikk, election ticket, ordinance 13 00 ( A. Harding, electric lamps.... 1 85 P Hennlgarn, jail meals 2 00 V A Huntley, supplies 3 70 C. N. tireenman, hauling , 1 80 Heckait Durham, " 50 P O ECo, lights 107 50 Wilson & Cooke, hardware 2 25 I T Regular Monthly fleeting on Wed nesday Evening Officers and Committees Elected. GREAT DRESS GOODS SALE. Seek, OF FINE AND MEDIUM-PRICED GOODS... Consisting of Fine- Black, French Novelties in Plaids and : Fancy Veaves; French Crepon and Astrachan Cloths; French Al mas, Soleils, and Satin Imperials; Silk and Double Warp French Henriettas; Benga-' i lines, Foula and Extra Double Warp Serges. The handsomest array of Fine Black Novel ties ever shown or displayed by any dry . goods house in Portland. COLORED DRESS GOODS... We will place very attractive lines of New and desirable goods on sale this week at 25c a yd; several lines of heavy, all-wool, fancy Mixtures at 33c a yd.--our 50c quality; four lines of 4c-inch, all-wool, fancy Suitings at 36c a yard 27 pieces of 52-inch, strictly all-wool, Extra Heavy double warp Serge 85c quality for 50c per yard. We are and we claim to be the Great and Only EXCLUSIVE DRY GOODS HOUSE in Portland for first-class Goods, Cloaks, Capes and Jackets. Mcaln & McDonnell, Popular Dry Good House, i;or. ra si Morrison, Portland, Oregou . A special meeting of the new city council washeld on last Friday, pursuant to a call by Mayor E. G. Caufield. Couneilmen Koerner, Busch, Bittner, Roake, Gault, Wilson and Harris were present ; Oaples absent. The mayor stated that the object of the meeting was to elect a recorder, which office was rendered vacant on January 1st by charter. Thos. F. Ryan was placed in nomi nation for recorder by R. Koerner and H. E. Harris nominated J. G.Pillsbury. On ballot Ryan received 5 Totes and Pillsbury 2. The saloon license of T. Trembath was ordered renewed. A communication from R. & E. B. Williams, attorneys for Siratton estate, in regard to paying Seventh street as sessment in installments laid over till next meeting. Report of recorder also laid over. The committees for ensuing year were elected by ihe following vote: Finance Koerner (chairman) 7, Busch 10, Caples 5. 'Fire and Water Gault (chairman) 6, Wilson 6, Bittner 4. Streets and Public Property Bittner (chairman) 7, Roake 6, Harris 6. Health and Police Oaples (chairman) 5, Koerner 4, Gault 4. The first Wednesday in every month was designated as regular meeting day. for CHOICE CUTS and TENDER MEATS go to RICHARD PETZOLD'S CASH MARKETS Seventh Street, Corner of Center, on the Hill. Main St., Opposite Caufield Block. , Tw Shops. ....... Oregon City, Oregon "2I?" 0. II. BESTOW & CO nR D003S WINDOWS, MOULDING and BUILDING MATERIAL. LOWEST CASH PRICES EVEB OFFERED FOR FIRST-CUSS GOODS. h in '.! ilt Conir-st.i,na' :iincl-. Main Htreet, Oregon Clljr, Oregon r COLLARING MAN. Is not the way to make a man enter your store and buy. We don't attempt to force any one to purchase Irom us, but by offering value for money, seek to show them that buyers' and sellers' interests are really identical. CHARMAN & SON (Several jyiercarjclise J Wednesday's fleeting. Regular monthly meeting of the council was held on Wednesday evening with Mayor Caufield and Couneilmen Bittner, Koerner, Bin-ch, Wilson, Roake, Caples and Harris present; Gault absent. Petition from residents for a cross walk on Houlh side ol Fourth Htreet at intersection of Motnoe referred to Htreet committee. 1'etiiioii ir Mil Mm. M. A. Stratton de claring that the will ask to pay her Seventh Htreet asserittiiient in iuelull ments referred to committee. Water commission ordernd notified that they will be expected to pay inter est on money due city. Ordinance regulating auctioneers or dered published, also amended ordi nance for puichase of rock or gravel. Koerner nominated Roake and Caples ikewise Koerner (or president of council. Vote : Koerner 5 j Koake 2. Mayor Caufield appointed C. E. Burns as chief of police and council approved actio 1 unanimounh. E. L. Shaw appointed nightwatcli and he was confirmed by council. C. II . Dye appointed city prosecutor and he was confirmed. D. W.Kiiuiaiid appointed city survey or and he aa confirmed. Chan. Babcock appointed street superintendent and he was confiinied Tlin Mayor's Menage. In obedience to that section of the city charter, requiring the rrayor to com munirate by message annually to the city council u ueneral statement of the rondition of affairs of this municipal cor poration, and to recommend the adop tion of such measures as he may deem expedient and proper, I respectfully sul mit the following: My limited experience in city affairs however, induce me to roake very few recommendations at this time, hut con fine myself principally to a general state ment of the city's financial affairs in the past, present and the future prospects of the same. In making up the following statement I have not deemed It necessary to give anything but approximate figures on all amounts. Exact (Inures and amounts in detail will be kiven here this evening in the annual reports of the different city officials. My object will be to show in as simple a manner as possible the con dition of the city's financial affairs. The growth of the present burden of debt which the people of this corpora' tion now bear, began practically in 1885, when the city's debt was only about $50(M. This increased rapidly in a few years nntil in 1800 it had grown to over $15000. since then the debt has continued to make progress at an increasing ratio (with the exception ol the past year) until now It amounts to about 165,000, an annual increase since 1800 of over 18000. This is certainly a very serious state of affairs, and were it not for the fact that the past year has shown some improvement the outlook for the tax payers wcnld indeed be very gloomy During the past year the revenue has been about $12,230 and the expenses $12057, an excess of expenditures oyer revenue of $727. In making this esti mate I have taken into account the amount of Interest accrued dining the past year on outstanding warrants, leas the interest due the city on unpaid claims, held on account of street im provements. Although this interest does not appear as an actual expendi ture during the year, I believe it should betaken into account when an estimate is being made of the city's financial con dition. I have also counted as part of city's revenue the amount due from water commission but not collected The resiil last year seems bad enough but when compared with previous ones it is some cause for congratulation. I find by inspection of items of expense of the past year that about $2,000 of same, consisting of such items as, fire hose, engine house on the hill, bridge on the Abernethy, fire bell lower, and sundry other smaller matters will not need to enter Into next year's estimate. A -stiming that our revenue for the pres ent year will at least equal last, and taking it for grunted that our expenses can be curtailed in different ways, leads me to have the. fond hope that by the end of this year we will have reached that condition of affairs, to be desired by eyery prudent man in hi own bust ness, when our levenne will at least equal, if not exceed our expenditures. To bring about this desirable end would urge on the council the mom ligid economy in all matters, and would e siectfully leinind you that a city with a larire dent and heavy taxes oilers no inducement to outside capital. If our town is to become the manufac turing centre we have all hoped for, outside capital we urn t have. Through the work of the water commie-don ihe city now has a very complete vctein of water works The reservoir constructed the past year is a great im provement, giving the city a reserve to draw upon in case of any accident to the pumps. The work seems to have been done in a very substantial manner niak ing a permanent imp-ovement thdt will reipiire very little exiiense in future to keep in repair. The cost of construct ing same exceeded somewhat the esti mate nude, leaving the commission wilh outstanding warrants amounting to $2,245. This is not a serous raitter hweref, as the revenue from water up liiis indebted- not collected from the commission last year on account of the extra expense in curred 111 tlio construction ol I lie reatr voir. In my opinion the water com mission should pay interest on this amount due the city, as an offset to the Interest paid by the city on that part of the city debt this payment would cancel if paid. The only reccommeiuUtion I desire to make at this time is in regard to the di vision of the city into wards. The resi dents of the southern and eastern poi tious of the city seem to feel as if they had some cause for complaint ; and I am not certain but that thev have. As the city is now divided we must have either two or four polling places. Having only two polling places, it is very incon venient to the voters of the southern and eastern portion of the city. To ac commodate them it would be neccessaiy to have two additional polling places,one !n each ward, in that part of town. If the city was divided into three wards making one ward of all that portion of the the city, one additional polling place would answer all the requirements. This is one source of complaint, but they have another and more serious one. When city conventions are held the ma jority attending them is naturally from the lower and most populous part of the city. The result is that candidates for the council are always selected from this portion of the city. . The people from the southern and eastern part of town begin to have some of the feelinu-s of our Revolutionary Fathers of "Taxation without represen tation." I would suggest, if it meets with your approbation, that wgiye our earnest support to a proposed general state law granting all incorporated towns the right to change the number and size of its wards, as its needs may suggest. In conclusion I would respectfully solicit in the city's interests the help and assistance of every member of the council in an honest endeavor to pro mote the city's welfare and prosperity. I would kindly ask of yon all forbear ance and assure you that in my position as presiding olficer over your delibera tions, my only object will be to be true to the city's interests and fair with you 11. , ' Absolutely Pure. Celebrated for It (rent leavening strength ana healthfuhies. iiiiri'i the food aidihitt alum and all fnrmi of adulteration common to u cheap branda. , ROYAL B4KINO POWniD CO., NEW YOaK. Meat ncddler'a " 20 00 ' Shoniiug gallery license 10 67 Rowling alley " 10 l 8puidle wheel " 8 6 Doa licenses 64 OS Hale of horses 9 0 Fines from recorder's court . , ' 40 US Water eommiiHon, ner cent nl col lections for Jan.. Fat), anil Mar. . 319 Fred It. Charman, balance scioiiiit HO da Thonias Cbariiian, interest 011 note 84 tl Miscelliiueoiis licences 67 2- Main l real Innd lfii M Seven Hi mrrei fund 887 81 Fifth ' 213 6! W'einliard sewer " . 37 2 Recorder's Report. Ohkgon Citt. Or.. Deo. 31. 1896. To the Honorable, the Mayor and City Council of Oregon City. Gentlemen : In accordance with the provision of section 48 of the city char ter, I heiewilh submit a brief report of the financial transactions of the city during the year 180ti and of the present financial standing nf the city; also a resume of the transactions of the office of the city recorder during the said year 181)0. FINANCIAL EXHIBIT. ' Warrants drawn on general fund Portland General Electric Co., light $2054 80 Utias, K. Burnt, chief of police .... 720 00 ' " " lees from sale of property a 25 E. h. tihaw, night waich 720 U0 Thou. F. Ryan, recorder 275 CO ' " ' work on city records S 0u T. W. Fouls, salary as recorder ... 25 00 Frank T. GnllUh. oity proecutor.. 107 60 J. W. Boatman, experting- books... (JO 0) J. W. Kellv and Chas. Nob iu. soe cial police 6 CO C. 1). & V. O. Latoutette, att'y lees 1H1 00 K. K. DriKKs. " " . 60 On J. U. Campbell, " " . 27 60 Li. I.. 1'orti-r, ally and collection fees 117 W H. E. Straight, salary as treasurer.. 1:0 01 R. h. Holinan, " " " .. 40 00 Insurance Company oforlh Amer ica, insurance on hose house 2fl 00 Work on si reels, aravel ana cress- walks 1056 62 Geo. Broughton, lumber 21 60 j. A. Nobel and Paul Hemnielarn, meals at city jail 67 40 Mrs. U. w. uiiiircn, rent 01 nuse house 24 00 Mrs. T. W. Clarke, rent of around lor pound 20 0) Hoard nf fade, advertising (HI UJ Hixn tor street corners 5 tiO Coui'it, ordinances, notices, etc 115 07 Kntskpkisk. blanks hnd ballots 0 00 K. D. Olds, hell to er HO Si KepHirs and suiieriulendeiicv of Abernethy bridge 301 50 llohiiii!.e 707 60 Hose for fire department , 712 37 Hvdrants and nozzles 241 60 Allowance to flrecoinpanirs 125 07 Miscellaneous expenses of fire dept. ltjU 40 Jessie Cooke, rebate on 7ib street assessment 113 80 Sarah Mi Cown. rebate on 5th street assessment 48 40 E inns McDonald, rebate on 5th street assessment . . . 10 00 T. W. Clarke, rebate on Mait street assessment 31 60 . J. Baecliler, rebate on saloon li cense 32 20 Fred Meier, rebate on sale of horse at ixiund 0 00 Expense of el'v election held in December. !) 41 10 Kilihur ami burial of riom 15 CO loK laics, brooms, shovels, pickj.re- pairs lo sewers, etc mi m Total : $13011 31 Disbursement Warrants redeemed $11881 M Interest 1111 warrants redeemed . , 1477 8t " " homlsof wiy 2800 0 Total $10102 76 Cash hi treasury Jan.l,1800(accord- ing to treasurer) $ 2207 0 Receipts for 1803 131)11 3t Totai Paid out by treasurer ..$10208 as .. 1H182 7S Balance In Ihe treasury... $ 48 OS Outstanding warrants, Jan. 1, 1800, (as per report of expert, J. W. Boatman) $21040 M Warrants Issued dining year 8091 43 Total j.. $10035 34 Warrants redeemed by treasurer.. 11884 M Outstanding warrants (expert).... $IS7o0 46 Decrease in amount ol outstanding warrants during year 8190 51 Totl. -'tvr- .$21840 M The' .treasurer states however that there is outstanding warrants to ttv- amount of $21,609 12, making a difference- - between reports of treasurer and expert of $2758 72. Cemetery fond Balance 011 hand, Jan. 1, WH $128 7ft Receipts from gravea ami lots 74 OS Total , Wsrratits redeei led... .$202 79 . 72 72 Balance, Deo. 31, 180.1 $130 07 Seventh street improvement fund Amount received lor assHiuenls. . $180 OH Note of Methodist cl.uicli trustees.. 320 06, Total $506 m Warrants redeemed $102 81 interest 011 same 58 Balsnce 111 treasury .1 77 2.1 Warrants endorsed Hint outstanding. 600 06 hkcoiidkb's COUIIT, During the year 1890, there were 2i cases heard for violation of city ordi- nces, and fines amounting to $205 were imposed, of which i-um $40 was paid in cash and the halance was worked out by imprisonment or by suaiiension of sen tence during Kood behavior. Thob. F. Ryan, Recorder. Instruments and Fees. During the year 189G the fees collected by the county clerk amounted to $3003.74, a gain of $280 over the preceding year. The recorder of conveyances collude $2037.13, which is a loss of $283. The number of real estate instruments filed for record last year, however, exceeded those of tho previous year by 95, at is shown by the following statement: w.a Mm Deeds 1029 111 Mortgages .585 4 Satisfactions of mortgages . .. . 347 38S lAiuiiciln.an Harris aeked for removal rents will soon clear ol arc liiiht from near woolen null to ' ness. "Kansas City" bridge. Matter referred ln mv opinion the commission can be to Htreet committee. 'confidently expected to not only pay off bills allowed. ts 0wn indebtedness but be one of the Thos. F. Ryan, recorder $25 OO Jmost important sources lo which we can Cliis. E. Burns, chief 60 0J look for ihe reduction of our city indebt- E. L. 8haw, police 60 00 sines. Our charter provides that 30 Cbas. Balcock et al, etreet work. 70 00 ' per cent of the grs proceeds shall be II. E. Mraiglit, treasurer 40 00 j turned into Ihe gsi.erai fund. This as Total warrants drawn $4'i0t 43 tta'iuuary LiKius $30.14 80 Police depart ment 14A2 25 Streets and hridaet 1373 Hi Salaries of offlcers 032 50 A'torner fees 370 30 B idlings ' 22 Kre department 1210 l Prinliiia; 121 07 Rehatea for different purposes 240 84 Miscellaneous expenses . 418 15 Total $ 43 Receipt Jmxn, H4 $ 1 8M - lHfti 5114 16 Haloon lueoaes 4-mOOl Express - W4 17 Mho " 00 Billiard " 2M 10 Auctioneer's licenses 25 W Totals 1971 20 There was an increase in the number of dceas and satisfactions of mortgages and a decrease in the number of mort gages recorded. The comparison 189S with 1894 showed an increase of 131 mortgages and a decrease of 21 dee l, there being no record of the number of satisfactions lor com pari win. The number of marriage licenses issued last year was 140, being 11 less than for each of the previous years. Fifty-five men declared their intentions of becom ing citizens of the United States, and (l certificates of full citizenship were granted by the county court, the number of new citizens being eight more than for all of the previous three years. Twenty persons were committed to the inaano asylum, being three more than for the previous year. In the treatment of croup and whoop ing cough, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral baa a most marvelous effect. Thousands lives are taved annually by the usrtf this medicine. It frees the obstructr! air-passages, allays inflammation, an! controls the desire to cough. Received at Clisrmaii A Sjo's a larpsi invoice of wall paper, latest and pret tiest deaiana.