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COURIER ESTABLISHED MAY, 1BB3
HERALD ESTABLISHED JULY, 1693
INDEPENDENT ESTABLISHED 1898
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 29,1901
18th YEAR, NO. 48
CONSOLIDATED IMPLEMENT COWiP'Y
SUCCESSOR TO
Grebe, Harder " & Co.
182, 184, 186 Madison Street, West End of Bridge,
DEALERS IN
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND VEHICLES
XEW PROSPERITY.
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Remember we' have the finest stock of the best makes to be found
in Portland, including Farm and Spring Wagons, Buggies, Carriages,
and Carts, Mowers, Rakers, Tedders and Hay Tools, Hay Presses,
Grain Drills, Plows, Cultivators, Disc and Spring Tooth Harrows(
Pumns Harness, Bicycles, Etc.
Mala Store and Warehouse, No. 140, 146 Sixth Street North,
PORTLAND, - - CREGON
POPE & CO.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
Hardware, Stoves, Syracuse Chilled and Steel Plows,
Harrows and Cultivators, Planet Jr., Drills and
Hoes, Spray Pumps, Imperial Bicycles.
PLUMBING A SPECIALTY
Cor. Fourth and Main Sts.
ORKuO.N CITV
In the Days When Canemah fVasa
Commercial Venter.
Captain Bass Miller, the pioneer
stear.boat man, who now lives in solid
well-earned comfort in hia Canemah
home, vividly remembers the time when
that town was an active, bustling center
of commerce and passenger traffic. He
in common with other residents of that
historic town confidently believe that
a new era of prosperity is dawning on
the picturesque town tliat almost forms
a crescent on one side of the deep water
harbor above the falls. The promised
early completion, of the motor railway
to the southern limits of that burg, has
given the inhabitants a buoyant feeling
of better times coming.
However, this will not be the first
line that ever connected Canemah with
Oregon City. In early days Canemah
had a shipyaid,where all the boats were
built that ran on the upper river. Ca
nemah was the lower terminus of the
upper river boats, and freight and pas
sengers were transferred by wagons to
the connecting boats below the falls
The tralli increased to such an extent
that finally a car line was put on pro
pelled by mules and horses. The cars
three cr four in number were short
dumpy affairs, but the business grew
until even their capacity was taxed. Fi
nally an enterprising company erected
a basin on the West Side and an eleva
tor was rigged to carry the freight to
and from the steamers above and below
the falls. This burned down and was
rebuilt.
The P. T. Company wanted to put in
the locks system on the Oregon City
side of the river, but the people wouldn't
have it 'hat way. There were no rail
road trains in those days, and the im
mense freight and passenger traffic- be
tween l'ortland and the upper Willam
ette valley passed through Canemah
and Oregon City. Stores, hotels and
saloons all did a rushing business, and
it was believed that it would continue
that wav until Gabriel tootod his horu.
Some of the people thought that it would
be impracticable to build a locks sys
tern, especially on the WeBt Side; that
the people of the Willamette Valley
would always pay tribute to Oregon
Citv.
Had the locks been built on this side
of the river the attendant results can be
imagined. Passengers on the boats
would visit the city while the boats were
passing through the locks; "Goose Bat"
would now be covered with mills and
factories, all within the taxable corpor
ate limits of the city, let, only, this is
what might have been. However, the
Canemah people have good cause for re-
ioicinor over ibetter conditions. The
railway J. ne u almost eon.leiod to t he
first Southern IWfte railroad crowing,
and considerable grading has b'iou done
i; flirt r'ht of 'vnv tbwwii ' h? tnjrn if
W. C. IHMMLMAN'
Agricultural Implements arid Vehicles
210-214 FRONT STREET, FOSTLMn. OREGON.
AGENTS FOR
Peerless Plows
Steel and Chilled
Refurnishing Time
And now for clean, new Lace
Curtains, Portieres, Carpets, Rugs,
.Matting, Etc.
The season is almost here when
you'll need them.
It will pay you to do your buy
ing early. We are making some
famous reductions now, and are
showing our very best designs.
Lace Curtains, latest design, 10c
and 15c per yard.
Framik
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THE HOUSEFURNISHER
Dowagi;ic Drills
lloe and i J sc
Sickle Gri n deis
1 Road Carts
Buggies
Mountain Hacks and
Spring VViign
ffijjpffiffj1 l"""""""iri'OT' w l wirt1
NEW MODEL "STEEL BEAUTY."
ALSO
Buffalo Pitts,
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Harrcjws and Cultivators,
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Uwen "Advance" Fanning
Mills.
ALSO
Hay Presses,
Horse Power and Steam
Feed and Root Cutters,
Bone ar.d Cidci Mills.
..Stoughton Wagons
taiaiosue and Prices. CALL ON BEFORE BUYIMG.
Canemah. i Cowpany h..s seou'ed
mi'n.W lr a bar. on the rivor front it
the upper end of the town, and it isex
pected that the up-river boats will here
transfer freight and passengers to the
car line, and Canemah will again be a
place of bustling activity.
Captain Bass Miller, who is now 73
years of nge, has resided in Canemah
since 1852, and was actively engaged in
steamboat traffic until about 10 years
ago. He says that if he runs steam
boats again it will be in the next worl I,
as he has heard that there are rivira
there. Captain Miller was the first en
gineer on the upper river, holding that
position on the steamer Canomah. He
was captain and pilot onmany boats and
owned interests in the McCully, Relief,
Willamette and othe boats. He brought
the first boat, the Shotdione down the
Snake river from Boise over the rapids,
it is eirimated Hint six toni of fert.i : f -' value d J00. The appraisers appointed
ing matter wuTbe adden6ih'r soil by
one year's seeding down with clover.
J. W. .vleHruin, ex-county jn lge. be
lieves that the bet material for improv
ing county roads it gr velof sufficient
firmness to cement, lie considers that
crashed rock is too soft in the substance
to be the best material for road making.
Lumber is all right where it is too far tuu
far to haul the u rival, and timber is con
venient. However, there is a likelihood
of timber h o 'tnlng higher-priced, and
,in that event, would be too costly for
use in repairing roals. His plan would
be now to put down plank in such lo
cutions with the ultimate plan of re
placing the plank with gravel. Mr.
Meldrum says that the improved roads
cannot be kept in th desired condition
until a system of a etion supervising is
making a successful trip; also brought adopted' On the Improved roadways
the Nez Perce Chief from Celilo to Port- in European countries aentlon men are
constantly employed to feep the road in
land down the Columbia.
FARMERS' IAlK,
arerCTO;T. W:lliams, Fred J.Meyer
and J. W.Cole.
In the matte' of the estate of Olo Pe
derson, deceased, Ole Mikkleson, admin
istrator, presented his duly verified pe
tition, praying for an order to sell the
real property of the estate, and citation
ordered that said property be sold on the
Z7th day ol April.
OpinUmn on Diversified Farming,
Road Making, Etc
Dr. Withycombe, of the state agricul
tural college, advances a scientific opin
ion that summer fallowing is not a gjod
thing for the Willamette Valley, for the
reason it is impoverishes the soil by
destroying a latent foo.1 principle,
called humus However, unny Clacka
mas county farmers, while contending
that it would be a greater advantage to
the land to sow clover and plow it un
der, assort that euinmor fallowing more
than doubly increaaea the i-ro luutive
nespofthe soil, and at the same time
idealities the ground of the noxious
weeds.
Deputy Sheriff J. K. Jack, who has
spent me greater part ol his life on a
farm, atat.es that he has been an eve
witness of the benefits derived from
Biimmer-fallowing. A neighbor of his,
residing ntar Marquam, had cropped his
ground year after year with heat until
the yield only averaged from five to 10
bushels pei acre. After thoroughly
I suinmer-iaiiowinga Held lor one season
j the yield was 20 bushel per acre. Mr.
Jack Bays thatsummer-fallo.ving to le ef
fective must be thorough. The ground
j should first be plowed in the spring, fre
quently sti'red with a harrow during
i the minmer. and plowed aain before
sowing in the fAl. The besv reniibs,
; however, are obtained by pasturing the
j sutnuior-failow with sheep, thus keep
! ing the gn.und cleansed of weeds, that
j spring up rapidly on account of tho mel-
low condition of the soil, while the
! droppings from the sheep act as a fer
tilizer. (And it is possible that the
; sheep miijht regulate the humua que-
; tion.)
i County Commissioner J. It,
, believes that summer fallowing is highly
! ueneiieiai, 11 done properly. The top ot
the soil muat be kept mellow, o'herwUe
I it w ill bake. Unless the aummnr-fal-;
lowing u done properly, it just as welt
j to attempt to clean the ground with di
i versified crop.'.
Ex-County Commissioner Richard
Scott, of MiUaukie, san thai his ground
is too valuable to admit of eumrner-fal-lowing.
J. Burgoyne, of New Era precinct,
says that the proper way to fertilize and
recuperate the soil U to low in clover
the best con diion. It is cheaper to do
this than to hui'd new roadways every
few years, and Judge Meldrum believes
that it would be a m itter of economy to
put section men on the roads already
tmprouod in Chckamas ciunty.
PROBATE COURT.
Several Orders Hunted Doivn
Co ill) t if Judge Ryan Dtirlng
the Week.
In the matter of the estate of John
Acker, decease I, letters of adruinistni'
tion, with the will annexed, having buen
issued to (jilbiirt I.. Hedges, J. P. Lov
ett, Fred Greomnan and Bruce C. Curry
were appointe d appraisers.
In the matter q( the estate of Sofa
Ann Sconce, deceased, the petition of K.
W. Har lesty, administrator, was granted
for an order to sell the real estate, and
citation was or lered issued to the fol
lowing heirs: W. 8. Sconce, Virglnie
Smith, Needy! Klmer K. Hardoity, San
Franciecj, Calif. ; Edith M. Kiseiihart,
Medfordj Mabel Tubbs, San Franciccjj
Kooert booDco, Woodburn.
In the matter of the estate ofj, U
Cochran, deceased, it ap;earing to the
court from tho petition of A. T. Oochnn,
administrator of the above entiilu les'
tale, that said ,). h. Uoehnin died on
the 8t li day of Kebru iry, f'.IOl, and that
petitioner was appointed admirii-trator,
therefore an order ii granted to sell the
real property of the estate.
In thit m i'ter of the estate of of Philip
Wolfe, l itter testamentary having been
issued to Margaretha Wolf, on petition
Jacou bleiuer, I'eto U 'inlander and 1'eter
IJott wore appointed appraisers.
In the ina'ter of the gnardians'iiii
Morton having been issued to Theres 4 Kuhen,
the following were appointed appraisers:
ft, Molloman, tr.id Kamralli ant (l, A.
bchuebel.
In the matter of lh e it tie of M ut'i.i
J. Shaw, deceased. K I L Sha v wis ap
pointed administrator. n appearing
that the deceased lut lett no will, fol
lowing are the namm cf tlw lui'-s an
their residence! Sumiel Shaw. West
Lake, Idaho; Amanita Upton,
wary newer, l'ortland ; Minnie
McKean, Jefferson R. Shaw, Ore
gon City; S. B. Latourette and Ed
L. Shaw, Oregon City. The peraonal
ELEVATOR FELL 30 FEET.
At th i Rear of the Woolen Mills
Injuring Six Persona.
On account of a rope breaking a freight
elevator at the rear of the woolen mills
dropped a distance of 30 feet, more or
less seriously injuring six of the occu
pants May Curl, who was sitting on
the bottom of the elevator stage escaped
injury. The six injured were Jennie
Wilkinson, Ida Shelton. Mamie Baxter
Peter Somers, Milton May and Chariot
Ware. The three former received the
most serious Injuries. Peter Somers
and the two boys were not seriously
hurt, receiving some eovere sprains and
a general shaking up. The condition of
the three girls was most serious, misa
Wilkinson'a state being critical early in
the week.
There are two freight elevatora at the
rear of the woolen mill, and tho em
ployes had been repeatedly warned not
to use them, notices having beon posted
to that effect. A number of the hands,
however, persisted in using the elevator
in preference to tho walking up the
stairways to thir 1 and fourth stories,
The Finest Service to the Eusl and
South.
The O. R. & N. Co., in connection
with the Oregon Short Line and Union
Pacific, offers the finest service and fast
est time to Salt Lake, Denver, Kansas
City, Omaha. St. Paul, St. Louis Chi
cago, and all points east. Three trains
daily from Portland, with choice of
many different routes. Palace and
tourist sleepors, library, dining and chair
cars on all trains. h.
Write A. L.Craig, O. P. A..O. R. A
N. Co., Portland, Oregon, fjr partici
lars. ,
Ths Clear Creek Creamery.
W. '. Kirchem, president of the Clear
Creek Creamery Association, loft Tues
day night for Albany, where lie will re
main a day or two fainilinii.ing hiuMoIf
with the workings of the creamery plant
there. The Albany creamery has
reached a high standard of excellence,
and valuable information can be secured
by watching ita workings. This com
pany was recently incorporated with a
capital stock of 81500. The other of
ficers of the company in addition to
President Kirdiein are : Vice-president,
A. L. Cooke; secretary, V. Itiubholf:
treasurer, V, N dson.
Forty fu ir t ickli Ihm are giving the
enteral ise acl:ve sujip rt, and allure
eiilbusiasiic a- to the ultimate suei-eus.
That co-n in unity has energetic lrt of
farmers, with thuroii;h bu.-iness qualifi
cations, which asKuris the Mitccess of the
new creamery, I'll- cannery will be
started up wi:h the in Is from 131) cows,
but the pla t will nave a opacity to
handle the product f .10 .