OREGON CITY COURIF
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, fM904'
22nd YEAR.
no. i3.
m
SCIENTIFIC VIEW
OF METEOR
The Willamette ' Meteor Ex
amined by Expert.
IS A RAPID TRAVELER.
Henry A. Ward an Expert on
Meteors, Says This is
Third Largest Ever
Found.
Prof. Edgar L. Larkin, a venerable
devotee of soience attached to the
Lowe Observatory, California, writes
as follows in regard to the-rnsty,
rough mass of metal, fallen from in
terplanetary space, which was 'found
on the Iron Company's land and
brought on a law suit for its posses,
sion.
At last, the enormous meteorite
that was discovered, sunk in the
-earth near the Tualatin river, in the
fall of 1892 has been subjected to
critical examination by Henry A.
Ward, an expert, , known everywhere
for his researches in meteoric studies.
It is the third largest mass of iron
that is known to have reached the
earth from infinite depths of. space.
No scientific statements have been
made of it until now. The length
of the celestial messenger of iron is
10 feet 8 inches, width 7 and height
4, with crcumference of 25 feet and
estimated weight of 14 tons. The base
is nearly fiat with the top shaped like
a dome, the whole having the ap
pearance of a low bone. The dome
part was down and had been forced
into the earth by enormous force of
impaot. Its surface, is llfed with pits
and cavities, where the, metal was
melted out by the heat of friction with
the earth's atmosphere. If a meteor
on its way to the sun ;from an infinite
distance is met by the earth, both
bodies moving in opposite directions,
the velocity of the falling mass is
48 miles per second. If the meteor
overtakes the earth, both moving in
the snme direction and ,on a tangent
to the orbit of the earth, then the
velocity will be only 9 miles ; while
if it hits the earth on the side exactly1
opposite the sun to its speed will be
26 miles per second.
The Willamette meteor is noted
for dfaep furrows or channels that sink
into the hard mass ; and also basins or
bowl-shaped' depressions. One was 19
inches in legnth, 14 in width and 5 in
depth. There are many of these
cavities. The furrows are parallel;
and were all melted out by the white
heat due to friction, against the
molecules of the earth's aeriform
envelope, during the frightful speed
of fall ; and the cavities were scooped
out by the fervent heat also.
Since the air is about 200 miles
deep, the time of flight through it,
the 48-mile rate, was only five seonds.
The air squarely in front of the flying
mass was compressed into a dense liquid
or possibly into a solid.
CHINOOK IN THE CLACKAMAS.
A Large Run Is Expected, and it is
Hoped 12,000,000 Eggs Will' be Taken.
The fall run of Chinook salmon are
commencing to appear in the Clack
amas river and in about a month the
mn will be at its heighth. The
Clackamas hatchery is in readinesss
for the flnney visitors and a rack has
been constructed across the river near
the Crabfield property to stay the
progress of the fish up stream while
the eggs are being taken. It is ex
pected that the run this fall will be
large and the egg take will probably
amount to 12,000,000.
TWO FREAKS OF NATURE.
A Double.Headed Snake and an Egg
Within an Egg
A visit to Howell & Jones'drug
store has so shaken the nerves of the
writer that his manuscript is next to
illegible ; but the sights to be seen
there are sufficient to arouse in the
mind of the most pronounced teetot
aler the idea that he may have an
attack of the "jim-jama.";The sight
of a double egg raises ones curiosity ;
The sight of a double headed snake
raises his hair. . However each of
these are on exhibition at the afore
said drug store.
The egg was found by Mrs. f P. H.
Harris, of Oak Grove, in the nest of
one her Brahma hens. This hen has
an especially briuht countenance and
and a high forehead, and something
unusual has been expected of her for
sometime; but it was uncertain in
what direction she would employ her
genins until Mrs. Harris examined
this egg. It was a very large egg,
considering its size, and as she wished
to'keep the shell, a small hole was
made therein, and the viscous contents
were extracted. The quantity ob
tained appeared so . very small in pro-
portion to the size of the shell, that
a further examination was mado, re
vealing the fact that another egg had
formed inside the larger one.
The twin-headed, snake was found
on the hill last week by 0. Fisher.
It has two perfectly developed heads
and necks. The necks join the body
about an inch baok of the head, and
about five inches from the tip of the
tail. Luckly, perhaps, for the writer's
reputation for truthfulness and
sobriety, this snake is still on exhibi
tion. Old settlers in the valley ex
press no surprise on seeing , tnese
curiosities, merely remarking "Well,
owing' to our climate and soil the
only wonder is that there were not a
half dozen eggs inside each other,
and that the snake didn't have at
least ten heads."
MAY HE REST IN PEACE.
Had Long Been a Well.Knowa
and
Popular Resident of New Era.
One day last week, a mule that had
belonged to County Treasurer Enos
Cahill since 1875, and is known to
have been an inhabitant of this mun
dane sphere for more than 84 years,
shuffled off this mortal coil, and his
soul, if he had one, went to the place
where good mules go. Of recent years
the poor old mule has boen toothless
and has been reduced to living on
healthjfood and spoon-victuals.
In hi vouth, he was something of
a dude, but an earnest and faithful
worker for all that. Many are the
loads of wheat that he has aided
in drawing from the vicinity of New
Era to the Imperial mills in this city.
The green old age which he had
reached is a tribute to Oregon's
healthful climate, as well as to the
kindness with which Mr. Cahill has
evidently treated him. Requiesoat
in pace.
BIQ OIL TANK COMPLETED,
Thirty
Feet High
Gallons
and Holds 630,000
of Oil.
The tank for storing oil that the
Willamette Pnlp & Paper Company
has been working on for the past six
weeks was completed last week and
it was given a Jwater test on Monday
which was entirely suocesssful. The
tank is thirty feet high and contains
15,000 barrels of of oil. As eacli bar
rel holds 42 galloons there are 630,000
gallons of oil in the tank. The work
on the other tank that , will be of the
same capacity as the first one has
alreadv commenced. The Marine Iron
Works is erecting the tanks for the
Company.
IN TRAINING. FOR REGATTA.
Columbia Hook and Ladder Company
Donates Money.
There is considerable interest mani
fest in the men who are training for
the hose team that is to represent the
citv at the Regatta at Astoria on the
22d of this month. The Columbia
Hook and Ladder Company has do
nated $25 for the expenses of the team
and it is thought that the other com
panies of the city will d-op in line
with a similar donation. The men
are training faithfully for the contest
and will undoubtedly win some of the
events.
Death of Mrs. McGeorge. .
Another one of Clackamas county's
aged residents has passed to the other
world. Mrs. S. McGeorge, of Clarks,
died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs C. P.Tallman last Thursday and
was buried in the Clarks cemetery
on Fridav at 11 a. m. She died at
the advanced age of 74, and had lived
a useful life. She is survived by
daueher, Mrs. 0 P. Tall, and two
sons, W. 8. McGeorge, of Portland,
and C. W. McGeorge, of Oakland,
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OF INTEREST
TO GROWERS
An
Interesting Bulletin on
the Subject of
THE APPLE IN OREGON.
History of Oregon Apples?
Together With Practical
Articles on Selecting
and Planting.
The following is taken from a bulle
tin recently issued by the Oregon
Agricultrual Experiment Station, at
Corvallis, Oregon:
EARLY HIBIORY,
In Iowa in the spring of 1847 Hen
derson Lnelling planted a few score
of yearling grafted 'apples trees in
boxes along with other small trees of
plum, clierry, pear, peach and cut
tings of grapes and bush fruits. In
the early summer these boxes were
lifted, placed in a wagon, and in due
time six monthB reached Oregon.
Throughout the long and hazardous
journey, made with ox team, Mr.
Lewelling guarded with an increas
ing attachment these few hundred
struggling plants, destined to be the
basis of a great fruit industry in
the Dew West.
The first orchard of grafted fruit
in Oregon was planted mat iau on
a peace of freshly cleared land near
Milwaukie. Thus began the orchard
industry in Oregon. These trees and
plants, brought across the plains at
that measureless cost, in trials and
hardships, to the owner, flourished
in their new home ; and in the years
following returned "a dollar a drop
for the sweat I lost in getting the neo
essary water to keep them alive while
lie crossed the deserrt, and their lus
cious fruit repaid rae many timer over
for the jeers, ridicule and oonten
tions of my oomrades"
Mr. William Meek, a fellow trav
eler with Mr. Luelling, brought a
sack of apple seeds from the same re
gion, and the following spring, 1848,
the two formed a partnership and es
tablished the first nursery in Oregon,
along side the first orchard of grafted
fruit.
KEEP THE FBUIT GARDENS HEALTHY.
There is no adequate excuse for the
usual neglect of the trees,, shrubs and
viness that produce the fruits for
homes. Only clean, healthy, vigor-
trees may be expected to pro
duce choice fruit and what tiller of
the soil,1 would that his family should
have fruit of inferior quality. The
plea that is usually offered in exten
uation of the offenses of an il kept
fruit bearing plantation is that " we
cannot take time from the regular
work to look after it. " This is the
merest absurdity. An esssential part
of man's duty to himself and family
to maintain good health. No
single part of our usual diet does more
to promote this condition than whole
some fruit. It is only the best of
health that the soil-tiller may expeot
to successfully compete with his fel
low, hence, how important that he
avoid, as far as possible, all demands
upon the physician's services. For
such demands mean a lessening of
his earning capacity as well as in
crease in financial expenses. Not alone
this, for the growing of good fruit
for the home use gives a tone, keen'
ness and enthusiasm to the family
such as many times repays the outlay,
The man, woman or child who. works
much out of doors craves a good supply
of fresh fruit, and such and one works
harder and more cheerfully when lib
erally sutrolied with it. Reasons
enough, surely why the fruit garden
about the home should be cultivated
and the plants otherwise well treated.
SOIL SUITABLE FOB APPLES.
From somewhat extended general
observations in the apple orchards of
Western Oregon during the past de
cade or more, I am convinced that
much of our soil is admirably suited
to the apple tree. The land on which
the Douglas Fir thrives when not too
steeD and rocky is usually well
adapted to the culture of this fruit.
The alluvial soil of the minor valleys
when of a depth of eighfto twelve
feet or more produce thrifty, vigor
rous, long-lived trees. Some of the
best old orchards in the state are lo-
; cated upon the gentle rolling lower
hill lands of Yamhill county, while
some of the thriftiest of the younger
generation orchards are found on the
red hill lands of Polk and!, Marion
counties. In the selectionof a site on
the higher elevations or even upon the
lower hill lands, care must be exer
cised to the end that shallow soil
may be avoided. Streaks, patches or
large areas of these lands are occa
sionally underlaid at a depth of a fo; 1
feet by a strata of impervious rot;,'
Such sites are wholly unfit for or
chards. Only a close and thoughtful
inspection of hill land traots will
enable one to avoid setting trees on
soil too shallow for the successful
growth of long-lived and fruitful trees.
The BulletinNo. 81, from whioh
the above extracts are taken is the
first of a series of four on the same
subject. The first deals with the
early history, selection of trees,
method of planting, site as to soil and
aspeot. Parts II, ni and TV, will
deal with cultivation, pruning, har
vesting, packing, storing, marketing,
manufacrturing the inferior fruit into
secondary products, and other related
topics.
These bulletins should prove of
great value to the orchardist. They
will be sent by the Agricultural
Experiment Station to any resident
Oregon, on request. "
A BICYCLE RUNAWAY.
New Era Boy Has An Exciting Ride
He Did Not Plan.
Another runnaway in New Era this
week. It was a Bicycle runaway
with a boy this time. Last Saturday
morning while Oliver Furgason was
taking a ride on a wheel along the
railroad track, all of a sudden the
wheel took a notion, to go down to the
creek, and before Oliver could colleot
his thoughts he. was half way down
tl.J bank and the bike on top of him.
After considerable struggling he got
the wheel back up the bank again,
and on examination it was found that
the forks of the bicycle were bent
and the rim of the hind wheel was
demoralized, while only a . portion
of the hide on the.boy's running gears
was missing.
' County Court to Hire Help.
On Thursday last the county court
made a ruling to the effect that the
county corut will hereafter pass upon
the matter qf the county officials hir
ing clerks It has been the rule of the
officials to hire whom they please
when they please, but the county
court states that notie must be given
to the court that extra help is needed,
how long it is needed for, who are
the officials appointed and his name.
Then the court will inquire into the
conditions and if it thinks that the
w ork is such that extra help is desir
able the extra help will be employed.
This practically takes the employing
of extra clerks out of the hands of the
county officials and put it in the hands
of the count oourt.
Must Not Ride So Rapidly.
There lias been a great deal of com
plaint from the residents in the neigh
borhood of Wright's bridge, on the
Molalla road that reckless persons
have been driving horses at a run
across this bridge when the law stip
ulates that they shall proceed no
faster than a walk. A few arrests
have been made and fines collected
but as there have been offendors of
late who have entirely disregarded
the sign, the people have complained
to the county authorities and if there
are any more law breakers they will
be hunted out and dealt with to the
full extent of the law.
Decision Rendered.
City Attorney George L. Storey
rendered a deoision last week in the
matter of the claim of E. W. Riner,
the Porltand contractor who placed
the' sewers in Oregon City last year,
and who. alleges that $2900 is due him
for extra work. The city attorney's
opinion is to the effect that Riner has
no inst claim to the $2900. Riner
says tha.t he will sue the city for that
amount and the city officials and the
city attorney say they will defend
the suit to the last ditch.
Hops Sold Cheap.
A hop contract in which 10,000
pounds are sold at 9 cents per pound
was a remarkable instrument filed in
the Recorder's office last Saturday
The sale was made by William Brush;
of Macksburg,"to Hermann Klaber.
The contract was originally drawn up
in 1901, which accounts for the low
price per pound. Some of the con
tracts that have been recorded so far
this summer quote hops at 20 cents.
MAY BUILD
GRANGE HALL
Milwaukie
,7 X
Grange
Discusses
Proposition
to
Build
LOCAL FAIR IN OCTOBER
Many New Members Being
Added to Grange, and
Important Work In
Progress.
(From Ml!wulle Correspondence.)
The Milwaukie Grange, No. 268,
held its regular evening session at
the Town Hall of Milwaukie on Sat
urday night, the 6th inst. , and had a
lively meeting although not a large
attendance.
The fair committee reported pro
gress on the annual fair to begin at
Milwaukie in Octnober and will name
their sub-committees and helpers at
the next regular meeting, August
20th.
Committee on renovating reported
their work of cleaning up and dispos
ing with trash about the hall com
pleted, whioh work was done nicely,
and was duly .discharged with a vote
of thanks.
Then came .a lively discussion on
incorporation with the object of
securing property and building a hall.
Several good plans were offered for
its conclusion, such as a stock com
pany, or notes and bonds, and others.
A hall fund was created to meet as
much of the expense as possible and a
committee of one was apponited to
work for the benefit of the fund, who
will be sure to call on every member,
sooner or later.
The members of Milwaukie Grange
now number about 130, with a few
applications pending, so with this
large membership we hop"e to accom
plish something. - The work of the
fair at our granges is with great hope
of success, although the season is dry
and produce is light this year. A
portion of the exhibits will be plaoed
on exhiition at the State Grango ex
hibit at Portland in November.
IMPROVEMENTS AT POSTOFFICF.
Railing Re.arranged
Convenience
As to Add to the
of. Office.
After a long wait the Odd Fellows
and the Government have put their
heads together and solved the problem
of making things more convenient to
the patrons of the post office. The
railing that fenced off the space that
the owners of the building wore un
able to rent has been cut down at the
corner where it almost reached the
MUST
50c
on
the
$
CLOSE
OUT
Owing to the fact that we are going to moV0
to Portland, September 1st, we are compelled
to sacrifice our entire stock of New and Second
Hand Goods to save freight to' Portland at
SO
' Tents, $5.00 up; Cookstoves from $3.00 up
to $20.00; Camp Stove's, $1.00 up; Bedroom
Suites, from $5.00 to $20; Matting from lGc yd up.
Call and be convinced.
: Sale Lasts 15 Days Only.
SUGARMAN & SON,
Oregon City, Oregon.
delivery window and the Odd Fellows ,
have been given the space by the
north window that was not used by
the government. With the present ar
rangements all persons are suited and
there is no reason now for the people
who have boxes in the rear complain
ing that they cannot get their mail
on account of the crowd at the general
deliver? jJilow.
RETURNS
FROM THE OULD SOD.
After
a Visit to Scenes of Childhood,
Thinks Oregon is All Right.
John Gleason returned home Tues
day from a two months' trip to the
scenes of his childhhood in the old '
country. The place of his visit was
in Tipperary county, Ireland, where
he was born. He says that the place
has changed much since he left many
years ago, but there were a few old
friends who were left to welcome him.
He visited many points of interest in
Ireland and returnod home with the
conviction that Oregon is a pretty,
good country. He brought, many. "
souvenirs of his trip to the old country ;
home to his friends. On his way back
he visited the St. Louis Fair. .
LITTLE GIRL SERIOUSLY BURNED.
Was Playing With Matches and Set Fire
To Her Clothing.
(From Wilsonville Correspondence.) "
Mist Inei, the five year old daughter
of Mr, and Mrs. R. I, Seely was seriously
burned by fire on Monday. While play ,
tag with matches the flame caught her ..
dress and before tbey could be torn off
the flames had made serious wounds
about the body and arms. Dr. Osburn
was immediately summoned to dress the
wounds. The child is expected to. re
cover, although she suffers intensely. "
: v V, ':
ATTEMPTED BURGLARY.
Robbers Try To Enter
Post
Office by
' Sawing Off Bars Of Window. : .
The night operator of the local office
of the long diatance telephone lines and
night officer Ed 8baw are to be com
mended for preventing a hold up on the
local post office on Tuesday night. The
night operator thought she heard a noise
that resembled a person filing through
the bars of the windows of the postoffice. '
Officer Sbaw was notified and proceeded
U look into the case but ' the robbera
were probably frightened' off by the
coming of the officer. .
. ,
Patents Issued Br Land Office.
Cash patents have been received by
the officials of the local land office and
the following persons are those in whose
name patents have been issued : Harm
E. Sorenton, Teckla J. Koonst, Hubert
E. Newton, Ethel M. Ourtiss, Lizzie
Vow, Robe-t R. Newlon and William
M. Powell.
On Tuesday a marriage'lioense was
issued to Adoll Allison and Jorie W.
Geane.
50c
on
the
$
CENTS
ON THE