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OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1901
19th YEAR, NO. 13
Courier
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PORTLAND,
OREGON
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.
Regular July Term of the County
Board.
J. R. Morton, JoHn Lewellen and X. B
Killin, Ciimuilssionera.
Be it remeinb red, That a regular terra
of the Board .01 County Commissioners
for the County of Clackamas, State of
Oregon, begun and held at the court
house in said county and state on Wed
nesday, the 7th day of August, 1901, the
same being the regular time fixed by
law for the transaction of county busi
ness. There were present, Hon. J. R.
Morton, lion. John Lewellen, and
Hon. T. B. Killen, commissioners; B. H.
Cooper, clerk ; and .1, J. Cooke, sheriff,
when the following proceedings were
had, towit:
In the matter of delinquent taxes and
tax sales.
This matter coming on to be heard
upon petition of Helen B, Anderson for
the redemption and payment ot back
taxes as followe, to-wit :
Upon the east hail if the northeast
quarter of section 20, Tp 5 S, K 3 E, of
the Willamette Meridian.
Year To whom assessed Sold Amt. Tax
1894 W. R.Wade To county $7 56
1895 W W & L A Porter not sold 6 79
1896 " "
1897 " To county
1898
1899
Upon the southwest quarter of section
22, Tp 5 S, R 3 E of Will. Mer.
Year To whom assessed Sold Amt. Tax
7 17
7 29
6 16
9 16
1898 John Garbade To Co. 7 98
1899 " " 8 40
It is ordered that said taxes and tax
sales be cancelled upon the records and
the certificates of sale be cancelled upon
the payment of the amount of said taxes,
remitting the penalties and costs,
In the matter of a rebate of overpaid
taxes on 200 acres of land assessed to the
Alex McUarvey estate.
Now at this time this matter coming
on, on motion ot Dimick & East ham,
and it appearing that the said land was
sold in the year 1896 for taxes amounting
to f 40.01, for the year 1895. and it further
appearing that in March, 1891, said land
was redeemed from said tax sale by pay
ment to Clackamas County of $50, and it
turther appearing that Clackamas county
exacted, contrary to law, $9 39 as pen
alty and interest on said tax, and that
the attorneys for said estate, namely,
Dimick and Eastham, paid said penalty
and interest under protest, it is therefore
now 01 dered that the clerk issue a war
rant to Dimick & Eastham for $9 89, be
ing a rebate of said sum unlawfully ex
acted in settlement of said tax
In the matter of the application of
Philip Streib for vacation of Lewelling
Park.
jn this 7th day of August, 1901, came
on to be heard the petition of Philip
Streib, praying for the vacation of Lew
elling Park, an unincorporated townsite
in this county, and it appearing to the
court irom said petition duly verified
that eaid petitioner is the sole owner of
the said property) that said Lewelling
Park is not incorporated and has not a
corporation in active existence, and that
said petitioner is desirous of having the
lots, streets, alleys, anQ commons of said
townsite vacated, ai.d it further appear
ing that said petitijn was duly filed in
this court on June 24 1931, and that
written notice that said petition would
come up in this C'jurt for hearing at tliis
time was posted in three of the most
conspicuous places in'said town of Lew
elling Park, containing a description of
the said property to be vacated, and it
appearing that said petition sets forth
the paiticular circumstances of the case,
a distinct description of the property to
be vacated and the names of all the per
sons to be atlected thereby and no oppo
sition or objection being made thereto
it is therefore ordered, adjudged and de
creed that the said townsite of Lewelling
Park, together with all the streets, alleys,
lots, blocks and commons, be and the
same is hereby vacated and forever here
alter be held for naught.
Id the matter of the petition of J. H.
Pomeroy for the cancellation of taxes :
Now comes on to be beard the petition
of J. H. Pomeroy for the cancellation,
release, and assignment to him of the
interest of Clackamas County in certain
property therein, aesessed for the year
1893 to D. D. Magone under the descrip
tion "Pt. of Tomkins, Camen, and Wall
ing claims, township two range one, 210
acres, $192;" and for the cancellation of
taxes of Clackamas County for 1890 on
property in said county assessed to D. D.
and Henrietta Magone, and described as
"Ptof Tompkins and Walling D L C
described in Bk 33, P 83, and Bk 50, P
378, Sections 23 and 24, 2 S 1 E, 80 acres,
$70.14" and ''Pt of above in School Dis
trict, 03.75 acres, $411.10,' said taxes be
ing delinquent, and it appeajing that the
lands intended to have been covered by
said assessments for 1893 ami lS'Jii had
been sold upon tax sales to third parlies",
and that by virtue of cen.iin dmible
assessments the county has already ie
ceived parts of said taxes, and ihat it is
t ight and proper that adjustment of the
same be had. Now therefore, in consid
eration of the receipt of $95.00 from said
J. II. Pomeroy ; it is ordered that the
said taxes for 1S96, so delinquent, be
cancelled of record, and that whatever
interests Clackamas County may have
acquired in the said lands above described
as being assessed for 1893 to said D. D,
Magone as purchaser at the sale for taxes
for that year, be released and the same
are hereby released and assigned to said
J H Pomeroy, and the officers of said
county are hereby directed to cancel and
remove said property from the list of
property to be sold September next un
der the Act of the Legislature of 1901.
In the matter of the petition of J. H.
Pomeroy for the cancellation of tares.
Now comes on to be heard the petition
of J. H, Pomeroy for the cancellation of
an assessment and sale of petitioner's
undivided one eighth interest in certain
lands in theD. D. Tompkins and George
Walling Donation Land Claim In Clacka
mas County, State of Oregon, being the
interest conveyed to said Pomeroy by D.
D. Magone and wife by deed recorded at
page 378 of book 50 of deeds of said county,
and it appearing from the tax roll of said
county for 1894, that the whole of said
tract was asseesea to D D and Henrietta
Magone, as appears at lines 5 and 6 of
page 172 of said tax roll, and that an
eighth interest therein was assessed by
the Bheriff to said Pomeroy, as shown on
page 98 of volume 3 of said tax roll, but
no corresponding exception or deduction
was made from the assessment to D D
Magone, and it further appearing that
said Magone failed to pay his taxes, and
that the said lands were sold upon tax sale
for 1894 to one J A Ficke, who has since
become entitled to a deed to said prop
erty, including the eighth interest of
said petitioner, and that the said assess
ment ot an undivided eighth interest to
petitioner was without any correspond
ing deduction from the assessment of said
Magone, and made a double assessment ;
and that the said county has received
taxes upon said undivided eighth inter
est and therefore, acquired no legal claim
thereto by becoming a purchaser at said
tax sale. It is therefore ordered that
said sheriff's assessment to said Pomeroy
De cancelled, and that any and all inter
est in the said lands acquired by said
Clackamas County, as purchaser thereof
at the sale for taxes for said year, be and
the same is hereby released and assigned
to said J II Pomeroy.
In the matter of claims presented and
allowed :
Eli Williams, assessor $120 00
I Q Porter... . . , r,G 00
M Blair. -18 00
J A Tufts 90 00
FJ Harkenrider 48 00
B Sullivan 15 00
C E Ramsby GO 00
VRHyde.." 87 00
F WGreenman 87 00
L E Williams 72 50
Good Samaritan Hospital pauper 30 00
Patrick & Co stationery 4 85
Phoenix Ins Co court house 107 50
Paul Prager, criminal 2 40
Austin & Western Co, r and b. . . 2 00
J R Morton 25
W E Carll, insane 5 00
Retta Pierce, clerk 2 00
East Side Lumber Co r and b. . . 30 5a
Coast Agency Co, s'atiotiery . . . . 1 16
Lonvn Randall, recorder 52 00
Tom T Randall 12 00
Oregon City Foundry, r and b. . . 10 00
Pacific States Tel & Tel Co c h. . . 4 75
W & Iva Wilson, pauper 25 00
A W Cheney, county printing. . . 44 40
W A Hnntlt'V, stationery .... 12 9ft
W D Hill, pauper 3 00
J W McAnnltv, Slate vs Clark... 6 25
H 8 Moody 4 f,j
Ed Shaw, witness , ... 1
Ed Reckner 1
J W McAnuIty, Slate vs Hillearv 8 65
II S Moody 18 00
A M Lovelace, witness ,.. 3 50
Noah Slingley 5 10
J C lloyer 3 90
Minnie Elliott 1 90
John Donaldson 4 50
C Schuman 4 50
J Pollard, witness 4 30
EOdell 4 00
J W McAnuIty, State vsGettman 3 45
H S Moody - 7 60
J W McAnuIty, Slate vs Mills. . . 5 20
Chas E Bums 9 40
J W McAnuIty, State vsMrs Law 9 05
US Moody,.. 14 00
G A Harding. 1 70
Lucy Roberts : 1 70
Julia Mead 1 70
John Mead 1 70
E H Cooper 1 70
A M Lovelace. 3 50
Richard Morton 3 50
Mrs A M Lovelace 3 50
Ed Fields 1 70
J U Elliott. 3 50
Ina M Chase, shei iff 60 00
J i Cooke , 24 00
E H Cooper, stationery 25
E D Olds, road and bridge 50 00
W H Young, miscellaneous 14 50
J S Yoder, road and bridge 4 20
Glass and Prudhomme, stationery 10 00
John Lewellen, road and bridge. . 10 00
Geo A Harding, pauper 6 45
Tom P Randall, stationery 25
M C Strickland, pauper 52 00
Glass and Prudhomme, stationery 15 50
Ore Cy Enterprise, Co printing. . 68 50
J C Zinser, supt 30 66
W and Iva Wilson, pauper 21 25
Geo B Rate & Co, road and bridge 3 00
8 J Vanghan, miscellaneous 12 50
Frank Busch. 72 02
Peter Nehren, court house 14 80
J J Cooke, boarding prisoners. . . 27 85
Sun Insurance Co, court house.. 45 00
Clack Bluff Sandstone Qry r & b. 70 00
A J Ownhey, road and bridge... 5 11
M N Bacon, clerk... 56 00
In the matter of the adjustment ol
taxes for the years 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897,
1898, 1899, on the south half ot section
21 and the west half of the northwest
quarter of section 21, T 6 S R 3 E of
Willamette meridian. Mow at this ume
this matter coming on, on motion of
Dimick & En.-tliaiii, and it appearing to
the commissioners that a large tract of
land, in extent about 3400 acres, . had
been assessed during the years above
named to various persons as owner, and
it further appearing to the satisfaction of
the commissioners that an order was
made by the commissioners court which
order h entered on page 59, Vol 20, of
the journal 01 said court, compromising
for a consideia ion of $250 the taxes as
sessed against 1 he said tract, the same
being described by metes and bounds or
by reference to sections and parts
thereof, and it further appearing to the
commissioners that said $250 was in
tended to be settlement in full for the
said years of the taxes on the whole of
said tract, and it further appearing to
the commissioners that the. description
of lands in the order above referred to
omitted the south half ot section 21 and
the west half of the north-west quarter
of section 21, T 5 S R 3 E Willamette
meridian. And it further appearing to
the commissioners that Clackamas
county by said compromise has received
the taxes on said tract due for the said
years, it is therefore now here ordered,
that the clerk cancel the taxes assessed
against the land last described, for the
years, 1891, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899,
in like manner as was cancelled the
taxes on the remainder of said tract
formerly owned by 8 W R Jones.
In the matter of taxes against propeity
of John F Bode, estate. Now at this
time comes the state land board and
shows to the board of commissioners
that the property described on page 21
ol the delinquent tax sales record for the
year 1898 and assessed to John F Bode
is not correctly described, but the board
being desirous of paying its just portion
of taxes and being willing to pay the
original tax without costs or penalty,
and the county board of commissioners
being fully advised in the premises, and
deeming it for the best interest ot all
concerned ; It is ordered that the clerk
cancel the said lien as the property was
bid in by the county, upon the payment
of the original tax.
In the matter of the taxes assessed
upon Mintborn Addition to the city of
Portland for the years 1896 to 1899 in
elusive.
At thistime comes Mary V Keene by
her attorney, Hubert A Miller and upon
petition shows that Mary V Keene
bought of J M keene on June 12, 1895,
the following described property to-wit:
lots 38 to 48 inclusive in blk 13 and lots 5
to 20 inclusive and lots 31, 32 anil 37 in
block 16, all Hituated in Minthorn Addi
tion to the City of Portland as shown by
the recorded plat thereof. That said
deed was recorded in the Deeds Record)
ol Clackamas countv on June 22, 1895.
That thereafter to-wit during the years
1896, 1897, 1898, and 1899 and 1900 this
property heretofore described was erroi.
eouBly assessed to J M Keen and J W
Keen. That V Keene, the true owner of
said described property ever sloou ready
to pay the lawful assessment on her said
property and each year offered to do so.
That she is now ready and willing to pay
the original tax on said property less the
penalties and costs added thereto and
now tenders the same. It appearing to
this board of commissioners upon the
showing herein made by said petitioner
that it is for the best interest of the
county to accept eaid sums of money
and in consideration thereof, to release
the said tracts so assessed and belonging
to said party, aforesaid, and from all
lien of said taxes and from all claims
and interest of Clackamas county therein
acquired by said county by virtue of any
Continue'! on page 4.
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