OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1903.
OREGON CITY COURIER
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OREGON CITY, FEB. 27, 1903.
Republican anti-Trust legislation is
a farce.
Kaunas has made a profit of $23,470
on it's penitentiary made binder's
twine during the past three years and
v no one has been hurt except the cord
age trust. .
With a solid majority of from 17 to
24 in the Senate for statehood the
Republican majority continues to fili
buster and prevent the passage of such
important legislation.
. The absolute rest of an ocean voy
age is gone forever. The Minneapolis
on its last trip across, received con
tinuous wireless messages ' from all
over the world, witli which the officers
published a daily paper.
The tanned skin of the diamond
back rattle snake of Florida is used
in tlinfc state ns a barometer. On the
approach of a storm it becomes moist
and finally shows beads of moisture,
often many hours before the storm
arrivos.
Much as been written of Represen
tative Cannon's economy with the
public funds, in'proof of which we
note that Mr. Cannon expended over
x $5,000.00 for furnishing his committee
rooniH in the capital. Among the items
were desk $120.00; chair, $30.00; fire
screen, $29.00; couch, $00.00, etc. We
also note that Mr. Cannon consumed
$17.00 worth of mineral water from a
water cooler which cost $20.00.
Tho flat salary act which was in
tended to save the state of Oregon
quite a good little bunch of money
failod to become a law and another
plank in the Platform of the Repub
lican party of last June was broken
square in the middle. Platforms made
by . Republican 'politicians are mado to
catch votes jtnd like fish traps aro only
for use in the fishing season usually to
catch "suckers. "
Tho present sesion of the legislature
lias givenjthe Democratic party of the
state of Oregon a great deal'of char
acter. Nothing that the party has
done or that tho Republicans has left
undono has gono farther to strengthen
the bauds of the Democratic party and
put its name in good repute than tho
consistency displayed by the members
of tho legislature in voting all of the
tiniD for i-he Democratic candidate for
United States Senator. As long as
Democrats vote for Democrats and keep
their hands clean they can expect and
will receive the respect of all of the
people of this'great state. When pol
itical parties begin to mix and mingle
with the politics of other parties they
may expect ami always do loose the
respect of the community and tho
state. The Democrats of tlie state of
Oregon can say to their seventeen mem
bers of tho legislature, "Well done,
good and faithful servants."
Tho laboring people of Oregon City
and tho state of Oregon ought to feel
a little sore at tho Republican party
for failure to meet promises madji dur
ing the last June campaign. Substant
ially every incisure ottered for the
benefit of the laboring man, to better
his condition, to make his hours of
work shorter, to increase his earning
capacity, to give him more influence
in the atl'airs of stale, was dropped
into tho bottom of the Republican well
at Salem during tho last forty days.
Out of it nil the laboring organizations
of the state who claim to control !10,
000 votes secured nothing. Promises
made in the Platform and from the
stump by Republican spell binders in
June have gone to seed and tho seed
scattered to the 'winds of the earth by
January of the next year. One of
those days the laboring mau will
wake up to the fact that the Demo
cratic Party is the only true friend of
the laboring man in this "nock of the
woods" and when he does there will
tv ratling of dry bones and a good
Wg bum h of politicians will be out of
a job.
The following clipping from the
SYisiieitw Am-ricaii would indicate
that, tho big trees otjOalifornia, the
famous Sequels tire to go the way of
all the world. Tog thing will pass
away. The Sequoia belonged to an
other age. It i h lone monarch of a
time in the dim and misty past wnen
all things grew to enormous propor
tions. When it was a baby sapling
the mammoth roamed over the hills
and monntains and every thing in nat
ural and animal life grew to immense
proportions. It is something yet in
this modern world to look upon a tree
that was 500 years old when Christ
was thundering the doctrine of eternal
love and eternal life at the gates of
the holy city, when Romo was the im
perial city of the world. A few more
years and the Sequois will be only a
memory. . t
The Scientific American says the
American Museum of Natural History
has now on exhibition one of the larg
est sections of a tree ever brougnt
from a forest. The fast nassine away
of the big trees, the majestic relics of
the forest nrimeval and prehistoric
times, due to the ax of the commercial
lumberman, is ramdly comg on, ana
it will only be a question of time
when all save those in government
and state reservation groves will be
cut down. Recently the government
sent an expert forester ana securea
magnificent cut from one of the giant
Sequoias of the King's river area,
southern California The tree stood
over 800 feet in height and measured
90 feet at the base. A section 80 feet
above srround was obtained 4 feet thick
and weighing 50 tons. The diameter
of the block is a little over 18 feet and
its circumference measures 56 feet.
The specimen is highly polished and
will be the main feature or tne new
wing of the Forestry hall. Prof. H.
C. Rumpus curator of the department,
has illustrated the life liistory of the
tree in a striking and unique manner,
by placing tags marking every hun
dred years of growth, which is esti
mated from the cross-section concen
tric rings. In addition, the great
events and happenings in geology and
other sciences are likewise recorded
in these rings. The tree began to grow
550 A. D. , and was 13 feet in diameter
when Columbus reached our shores.
Some of the trees in the same vicinity
are said to be from five to eight thous
and years old.
The tax rolls of the state of Oregon
do not do the state justice in the mat
ter of wealth. While the rolls for the
year 1903 have just been completed and
every county in the state shows a sub
stantial increase over 1903 yet the
grand total is certainly not more than
one third of the wealth of the state
and probably not so much. This con
clusion is based upon the assessment
roll of Clackamas county. This county
has of taxable property according to
teh roll $4,500,000.00. It is a well
known fact that property in Clack
amas county is only assessed at about
1-3 of its cash value notwithstanding
the fact that the law provides that it
shall be assessed at its full and fair
cash value. While this may not and
probably does not work any great
hardship it makes a bad showing for
the county and the state.
The total of the summaries of the
assessment rolls of all the counties of
the state have been made public and
shows that the total taxablo value of
all the property in the state is $148,
099,001.65 for the year 1902, as against
$141,398,613.96 for 1901. This is an
increase of $6, 701,087. 69. Every county
reports an increase in valuations ex
cept Klamath, Umatilla, and Yamhill.
Each of those three reports a decrease.
Malheur county reports an increase
of about 50 per cent, while Tillamook
leads with an increaso of about 60 per
cent. Tho comparative values ,by
counties for tho year 1901 and 1902 are
as follows:
Total value
taxable prop
County ortr, 11101.
Raker $:i,.r)3!l,840.00
Ronton 2,388,208.00
Clackamas 4,477,483.00
Clatsop 2,928,0(17.00
Columbia 1,517,8(5.00
Total valuo
taxablo prop
erty, 1902.
$3,725,565.00
2,500,105.00
4,526,503.00
3,183,003.00
1,508,320.00
Coos
Crook
Curry
Douglas
Gilliam
Grant
1 laruey
Jackson
Josephine
Klamath
Lake
Lane
Lincoln
I, inn
Malheur
Marion
Morrow
Multii'h
Polk
Sherman
Tillamook
Umatilla
Union
Wallowa
2,706,535.00
1,790,388,00
616,073.00
4,200,117.10
1,0110,715.00
1,701,902.50
3,199,015.00
4,130,719.06
1,28!), 030. 00
2,29!), 169.00
1,553,384.00
5,709,853.00
729,927.00
0,773,040.00
1,456,860. 00
8, 3 14, 636. tX)
1,452,014.00
48,195,662.00
8,709,913.00
1,500,504.00
1,1 10, 185. 00
5,685,!I24.64
!1, 375, 24!). (X)
1,386,1 20. (X)
4,077, 405. (X)
1 8Y'',31 00
'fititosiioo
5, 100,684.00
1,104,1 98. n0
1,780,618.00
2,197,525.00
3,83.8,5(11.81
Wasco
Washinst'n 3, 408,086. (X)
Wheeler !)57,521.00
Yamhill 4,731,031.00
4,602, 797. 25
!
Total $141,398,513.96 $148,099,601.65
Well it is Senator Fulton at last.
After forty days and forty nights the
Republican cohorts not together at the
,., ' , ,..., ,.., 1
. ... t n ura u'li'u " i power, it is presumed that he has
possibly ought to have duno on the carribd out hie threat aud the chirman
first ballot of the session. Inasmuch 01 tilB Dottrtt 01 directors in every district
as the Senator was lonund to be a m,lhB,Co?uty l? uo.w iu Possession of one
... .... . ,. of the bills containing the matter
republican anyway it is just as well The matter Uoes not drop he"' how
that Fulton was selected. He has the; ever. Miss Gleason has threatened to
reputation of being an able lawver, a bring suit against Hall for libel, and
fair debater and a good stumper mid r1bo "Kmust every other person whose
will no doubt make the state of Oregon hT.ZKs ZJTo
a good Senator. Senator Fulton has able means, some of the parties whose
one recommendation for tho high posi- nanus appear ou the petition are, and it
tion to which he has been elected lHis- i,not a' fl 'Q'pr.ibabie that some of
i i ,1 i mem will bave to pay damnk.w i.uf,-o
sessed by tew men who have repres- tll t thl.0U)h wlhylhmusr btld-B
ented Oregon in tho United States! Mit8 Gleason is an excellent 'young
Senate, he is a poor man and a man j 'tlv an education goon enough, to
of the people. Ho came up from pov-1 lim,llf' tler lor " teacher in any of the
erty and has won his way in the
world. That kind of a man can not
be altogether bad and the people of
Oregon irrespective of party will ex
pect Senator Fulton to render a good
account of himself. The following is
a brief resume of his life.
Charles William Fulton, United
States Senator-elect, to succeed Joseph
Simon, is well known in Oregon and
in Uregon politics, 'Having come to
this state in 1875, his entry upon a
political career being made in 1878,
since which time he has been prom
inently identified almost constantly.
with pulbic matters in one way and
another. He will have reached his
50th vear in August of the present
year. He was born in the city of
Lima, O. ' When he was but 2 years of
age his parents removed to Magnolia,
la., where the family lived for 16
years, it was in 1871 that the Fulton
family removed to Pawnee City, Neb,
at which place Senator Fulton took
up the study bf law, also teaching
school in 1873 and 1874. The young
man then decided to strike for the
West, and in 1875 arrived in Portland,
For some time he taught school, and
in July 1875, went to Astoria, since
when he has been a resident of that
city. At Astoria he renewed the
practice of law, and it was partly
through his partnership with J. W.
Robb, who was managing Republican
affairs there, that he became interested
in politics. In 1878 he was nominated
on the Republican ticket for State
Senator, and won out by 70 votes, Mr.
Fulton has also been City Attorney
of Astoria, and in 1888 was a Repub
lican Presidential elector, carrying
to Washington the vote of Oregon and
casting it for Harrison. In 1890 Ful
ton was elected State Senator from
Clatsop, and again in 1898. Mr. Ful
ton was President of the Senate at the
session in 1893 and again in 1901. He
was married to Miss Ada Hobson in
1876, and they have one son.
FALLING BY THE WAYSIDE.
Many Old Citizens Paying the D.-bt of
Nature.
Mrs. Susan Pelton, possibly the oldest
woman in Clackamas county, died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs W. 0.
Williams, rear Maple Lane, TucFdvy
afternoon t 3 o. m. Mrs. Pelton was
(neo'the few surviving pemi ner, o'.lhe
oi w;,r 1812. She cpuie to Orego a n.. ny
years ago. At Ihe time of her death she
had reached the extreme old ug if 95
years and 9 days. Besides her daugh
ter, Mrs. Williams, she leaves tolivii.B'
children in the East, both of whom are
past 70 years old. Funeral services ere
conducted at the home Thursday morn
ing, after which the remains were con
veyed to the city cemetery for burial.
Fred Mack, an old resilent of Canby,
died at his home Friday from diseases
incident to old age. Funeral services
were conducted at the home Saturday
after which the remains were laid to
rest in the Canby cemetery.
Miles Rowen, an old resident of this
city and well known in' G. A. R. circles,
died Monday evening at his home after
a long illness with pneumonia. During
the Civil war he was a membar of Com
pany E. Fourth Indiana cavalry. He
was 82 years of age and leaves a wife
and five children to mourn his demise.
Funeral services were held under the
auspices of the Meade Post, No. 2 G. A.
H., after which the remains were inter
red in the city cemetery,
DAMAOE SUIT THREATENED
Damaging Pettltlon Issue! Liable to
Result In a Lawsuit.
For the past eight months Miss Helen
Gleason, of this city, has been engaged
in teaching in the Brown school, District
No. 63, near New Era. Recently she
was employed by the board of directors
to teach the spring term. Miss Gleason
had given satisfaction to the majority of
the patrons of the district, but had in
curred the ill will of a patron by the
name of Hall, who bitterly protested
against the directors employing her for
another term, Wishing to patch the
matter up Miss Gleason sent for Hall
and offered to make any amends in her
' PWer f0f 8ny im"l5illed h,jurT tm,t haJ
; been done Ilrt" - my 3f uia family, but
ue relused to meet iier.
Later, Hall, seeing that his protest
against Miss Gleason would have no
effect aud wishiug to do her all the in-
1,8,86, 305. 00 juy in "is power, got up a petition in
2,214,302.00 1 which he made statements reflecting on
6!wi'745 JJJj!tllB c"l'Petency of Miss Gleaseu us a
'iioiiioii'ux); teMcher which was signed by several
6,017, 185.00 j other parties in the district and brought
2, 113.0T3.00 the same to the Courier for publication
SawS)'118" tur,wJ d0WQ anJ 1,a11 we"t
48'823,'28o!oO,avvay vovviu!5 that he would secure
8,777,460.00 vengeance even is it cost him a thousand
5iu'ori'!Sido11"8, From tlw urior Mlc he
slIutOlsirA 'ttnt t0 th0 other newspaper olliees in
.VViLl.UM! the uity auJ mai18 them offers to pay
1,507,083.00, lllem wel1 lor their work if they would
4, 302,535. (X) ! Publl8 the matter. Auain he met with
l,004,855.tKju'leat'' lor tllB matter contained many
1,004,855.00 things thut miglit be construed as libel-
, . .
" u'o iu get, tne etuti printed inany
of llle Oregon i-ity papers, Hall took the
u.mici iu a j u uuice ana had several
l.u. ulred hauddls printed which lie de
clined he would send to every district in
vmu&aiiiHB foil 11 IV and thua
ins Uleasou from ever beiug able to
P'uu "ouier scuool H it was in his
vw...,.,v.u tiuuuB m uregon. as is
evidence from ttie fact that iu the recent
tx-uuiuftioa (or te.tdui's c.rtuioaia
she wai given first grade certificate with
a high average,
Hall, wbo bas caused all the trouble,
has removed from the district to Oregon
City. Id cot elusion it might be well to
add that the district refered to is con
sidered one of the hardest in the county
(or a teacher to get along in and there
has not been a Bchool taught there in a
number of years that trouble of some
sort has not arises .
HOMESEEKERS
com NO TO
ORE JON
TRAIN.
ON EVERY
Estimated That 400 a Day Will Ar.
rive In Portland During Next
Three Alonhs. ,
About 400 settlers arrived in Portland
on the Sunday trains from the East
that many people held one-way west
bound tickets for Portland or points in
Western Oregon. Yesterday morning's
Northern Pacific train also brought a
goodly number, but the other tiainsof
the day, Union Pacific and Northern Pa
cific, were so far behind time that no re
port could be obtained of their through
passengers. Three trains were due to
arrive in the early hours of this morn
ing. The reason given for their delay is
that they were so heavily loaded with
settlers that they lost time. Most of
these settlers drop off before reaching
Portland, for the whole country this
side ot Huntington and iSpokane is at'
tractive to them. Just at this time,
coming out of the Eastern blizzaid, they
appreciate at the fullest the mild cli
mate oi uregon. rue warm mist or
Webfoot fell upon them yesterday like a
benediction.
Some of these newcomers are timber
hunters, and do not expect to make per
manent homes here. But some of the
timberraen expect to locate here and es
tablish homes. Numbers of them sought
employment at the lumber mills and
factories yesterday and found it. Many
dropped off to inspect Portland, intend
ing to pass up the valley to their ulti
mate destinations a little later. The
family groups for the most part con
tinued to the end of their journey with
out unnecessary stop. There were many
of these, and they scattered widely, but
every county of Western Oregon has its
share of them. They are well-informed
about the Icharacter of the country, and
come prepared to take hold and make
their way from the start. Generally
they have money enough to establish
comfortable homes for themselves. 1
From the best information available,
about 400 settlers a day may be expected
to arrive in Portland during the Spring
months. Most of these will remain here .
The Harriraan Immigration Bureau and
othersimilar agencies have spread the
Oregon gospel well in the East, and
there is no doubt that great results will
follow. Touching tha conditions found
in the Mississippi valley, with reference
to the emigration question, the following
in a personal letter from Edward Shields,
the Portland theatrical man, is a sped
menof many.
"Harriman Immigration Bureau, un
der charge of G. M . McMcKinney, is
doing great work for Oregon, and you
will fine Portland overrun with home
seekers just as soon as the low rates go
into effect."
Salem, Or. Feb. 21 (Special.) The
great interest that Eastern people are
taking in Oregon and the large number
of people who are contemplating coming
to this state is indicated by the large
correspondence received daily at the
stale land department. Thirteen let
ters, from residents of the Middle West
am States, were received today. With
the lari;e amount of other work to be
a'.tended to the land department is ut
terly unable to auswer these letters giv
ing the varied information requested,
aud instead of answering the letters the
department sends each inquirer a copy
of the New Y'ear's numbers of the Port
hind Oregonian and the Salem States
man. Id these papers will be found
practically all the information that any
one could give regarding this state.
That there will be a rush of homeseek
ers to this state the next few months
there can be no doubt. Every person
who writes to the land department is
seeking a home. None are looking for
investments which might be made by
one residing in the East. Farm hind
suitable for stock ranches seems to be in
most demand and inquiries are largely
concerning the conditions of ciimate and
soil in different parts of the state. Real
estate agents and officers of the com
mercial organizations are also in recnipt
of an uuuaual number of inquiries.
Oregonian.
The Road to Viola.
President H. E. Cross, of fie Oregon
City Bo.ird of trade, has upon the request
of representative citizens of Viola and
Redtand, called a meeting of the met
chants and business men of the city to
meet a'. Jthe court house on next M i -day
eveniug at 8 o'clock, to devise ways
and means of completing this great
thoroughfare this present teason. Six
miles iif this road has beeti practically
completed with a plank and gravel im
provement. It will require the expendi
ture af $7500 lo fiuish the toad, and it
will be necessary lo briug about a com
plete unity of effort upon the part of the
citizens of Viola, Reoland and Oregun
City, wonting together with the county
court to raise this sum of money and do
the work this present season. !
Personal letters ae being written to a
Imge number of the citizeus asking th'
ate.dince at the tmeing, and i i
levied there will be a very large tmn
out.
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CURED BY PERUNA
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r of the Thirty-fifth General As-
sembly of the State of Illinois,
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