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GITY
COURIER.
22nd YEAR-
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1904.
No. 15.
REGON
AGED COUPLE
TO SEPARATE
' Gray-haired Partners For Life
Will Dissolve Union.
AFTER A HALF CENTURY
Couple Were Married In 1857
and Have Raised Six
Grown Children, But
Seek Divorce.
After living together for neatly a half
I century and railing a family of six chil
dren, Hary H. Kent this week filed suit
for divorce from her husband, S.1 B.
Kent, on the ground of cruel and In
human treatment. The couple were
married in Cresent City, Iowa, in 1857;
thair six children, three boys and three
girls, are all grown men and women,
fighting life's battles for themselves,
but the aged parents after 47 years of
married life, can no longer live harmoni
ously together. Grown gray haired in
each other's company and with the best
of life behind tbem, the two will now
probably dissolve partnership and travel
the close of life's journey by secarate
'pathways.
The complaint, filed by attorneys for
the wife, who is plaintiff in the action,
recites that her husband is guilty of
cruel and inhuman treatment towards
her. ' That for the past 20 years he has
been in the habit of becoming drunk
and continually drinking intoxicating
liquors to excess. The defendant is
charged with often going to town and
returning drunk. While in that condi
tion, he is said to become abusive and
brutal in his treatment of her. Ue is
said to always keep a jug of liquor vin
the house and when intoxicated he will
forget where he has put it. He then
charges bis wife with having hidden it
from him and curses and swear a t her
without reason.
He is alleged to have also threatened
to kill her while he was intoxicated, and
upon one occasion so frightened her by
this threat that she was obliged to flee
from home, and seek refuge with a neigh
bor. Tbe plaintiff asks for a decree sep
arating her from her bibulous husband
and to be adjudged owner of half the
property held by the couple.
COUNCIL MEETS.
Special Session of the City Fathers Last
Friday Night.
The city counoil met last Friday
night in short special session, the
principle business being to accept the
Centet street improvement and order
tlie payment in full of Contractors
Jones & McKay. The final payment
of $2581.65 was ordered, and au addi
tional payment of $106 was ordered
di-awn for extra work performed by
the contractcors.
The matter of causing the Southern
Pacific to remove the shucks along
their right of way which is said to
be on the property of the city, was
deferred until an accurate survey of
the premises shall be made. Attor
ney W. D. Fenton and the chief en
gineer of the Southern Pacific sys
tem, were present at the meeting of
the council to look after the interest
of the corportion.
The ohief of poilce was ordered to
arrest all persons failing to connect
withfsewer in district No. 8. ' If con
nection with the city system is longer
delayed, proceedings will be instituted
against delinquents.
The committee on streets and pub
lic property was instructed to pur
chase five barrels of crude oil for
- Eprinkling Main street.
The city engineer was ordered to
prepare plans for the improvement
of Third street from Main street to
Railroad avenue.
Fires In Country.
W.. The forest fires which earlier in the
Summer were raging at Clarks, took a
new lease of life last week, and the
residents of the Clarks. sectoin became
alarmed, as it threatened considerble
damage to the homes of many farm
ers. Valuable papers were brought
to this city and pat in the bank for
safe keeping ' until the danger of fire
shall have - passed. Residents of
Clarkes fought the flames all night
to prevent the burning of the Gum
mings' sawmill one night lust week,
The mill was saved. The Are then
threatenod cousidreable valuable tim
ber owned by the Weyerliauser Com
pany. Beautiful Columbia River Folder.
Tbe passenger department of tbe Ore'
gon Railroad & Navigation Company
has just issued a beautiful and costly
panoramic folder entitled "Tbe Colum
bia River, through tbe Cascade Moun
tains, to the Pacific Ocean." From Ar
lington to Portland, and from Portland
to tbe Pacific Ocean, every curve of the
river ana every point ol interest are
shown, while Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams and
Mt. St. Helens, perpetually covered with
snow, stand out in all their beauty. On
tbe back ot the map is an interesting
story in detail of tbe trip from Hunting'
ton to Portland, and from Portland to
the ocean, not overlooking the beaches
and the San Francisco trip by ocean. A
copy of this folder may be secured by
tending four cents in stamps (to pay
postage) to A. L. Craig, General Pass
enger Agent of the Oregon Railroad &
Navigation Company, Portland, Oregon.
By sending tbe address of some friend
in the Eabt, and four cents in postage,
the folder will be promptly mailed.
LOCAL OPTION ELECTION.
County Will Be Taken As a Unit
Vote For Prohibition.
Citizens interested in the local option
movement are busy circulating petitions
among the voters for an election under
tbe provisions of the Dew law in Novem
ber at the regular presidential election.
The petitions ask for a vote on the local
option question in this county, disre
garding the precinct unit and taking the
county as a wbole. Tbe petitions were
sent out by the prohibition alliance of
Portland, a state organization which is
doing the same in all counties of the
state. ::
For a long time it was thought that
the precinct would )e taken as the unit
in Olackamas County, and the local .op
tion commitW i'.Mi rithef favored this,
but the prohibition alliance forwarded
petitions asking for a vote as to whether
saloons should continue in this county
or not and the matter will be taken ud
in November on that basis if the re
quisite number ol signatures are secured,
and there seems no question but there
will be. t
This move on the part of the alliance
is in tne interests oi trie jfroti lmtion
party who hope to get out an especially
large vote, this being presidential year
and there being every indication that
there will be a large vote cast. At the
same time they claim that if the matter
is taken up as a county issue, they will
not lose, as under the provisions of the
local op'ion law, if certain precincts vote
for prohibition, even if the county as a
whole shall go against prohibition, those
precincts will remain dr for the next
two years following the election. The
prohibitionists hope to poll enough
votes in November to make a strong
showing whereby they will beoome a
force in this state strong enough to be
reckoned with by the two leading par
ties. They hope to cast on the local op
tion question, 10,000 votes in the state.
At the June election the Prohibition
candidate for cbief justice received 6100
votes.
TRIED TO SUICIDE.
Local Blacksmith Attempted To End His
Life With Poison.
William Trimble, a local blacksmith,
attempted suicide Monday night while
drinking in Young's saloon on lower
Main street, but before he could swallow
the poison, the bottle was snatched f rom
bis hands by a relative, and his life
riaved.
After calling a few friends up to the
bar for a drink, Trimble called for a
whiskey, saying that it was the last
drink he would ever take. After pour
ing out his whiskey, be took from his
pocket a small vial and attempted to
pour the contents into nis glass of
whiBkey. A nephew who was with him
at tbe time, H. Williams, saw tbe act
and snatched the bottle away from bim
before he could accomplish his purpose.
Trimble was despondent at the time he
attempted his life, but from what cause
is not known.
Gray Fox Killed.
Fr jnk Guenther of Shubel killed a
full f.rown gray fox on his farm on Mon
day and brought the skin to this city
the first of tbe week. Tbe animal had
been stealing chickens belonging to Mr.
Guenther as well as the fowls of other
neighbors. '
CITIZENS HOLD
MASS MEETING
Construction of Electric Rail
way to Portland
SPEECHES WERE MADE
Committees Are Appointed To
Gather Statistics As To
Amount of Traffic New
Road Could Expect
A mass meeting held in Shively's
Opera house Monday night by the pro-
motel s of the proposed motor line from
this city to Portland, going by way of
Clackamas, was largely attended by citi
zens of .bast Oregon City. Tbe plan of
the electric railway, which will tap a
verv rich part of the county and bring
tbis city into closer commuuication
with rich farming sections, met with
the favor of all present, and those at
tending the meeting will strive to do all
they can to make the motor line an as
sured thing.
Mr. C. F. Clark, of Clackamas, who is
tbe original boomer ot the proposed
railway, was present and talked to the
citizens, outlining his plan in bringing
the matter before the general public,
and aaturing them that he belie?ed the
line would pay tbe men putting up the
money from the start. He said that the
section of the county to be traversed by
tbe proposed route had much mora to
offer in the way of established farms
and industries than had the line followed
by the Oregon Water Power and Rail
way Company from Oregon City to
Portland. He said the Clackamas sec
tion is one of the richest farming spots
in the county and the motor line would
have a large and rich tributary coun
try to draw traffic from. Moreover this
business was already established and
could be counted on from the first. Tbe
speaker believed that such i railway as
is proposed could not help but be a
benefit to East Oregon City and the ad
jacent country, for it was qu't.e likely
that tbe new road would not stop there,
but would go on out towards Molnlla
and V ilhoit."
His remarks were carefully listened to
by those present. Mr. John Lewellen
was made chairman of tbe meeting and
O. D. Eby, secretary. On motion a
committee consisting of John Lewellen,
O. D. Eby, F. M. Darling, R. Koerner,
D.C.Ely and E. W. Randolph, was
appointed to gather statistics as to the
amount of traffic the new road could
reasonably expect in the vicinity of
East Oregon' City. Other committees
are at work collecting the facts as to the
business which would be offered to the
new road by the residents of the re
mainder of the territory along its pro
jected route. Among other things, a
careful census is to be taken of., the
country immediately tributary to Clack
amaB, and those urging the building of
the line hope to in this way arrive at
the actual facts in the case, so that they
will be ready to show capitalists what
tbe road could depend on from their
section of the country. As soon as these
figures are collected and verified, the
promoters of the movement will try to
interest capitalists and induce them to
build tbe motor line. In fact they
claim that so soon as the real facts of
the situation are known and the rich
ness of the country is shown, urging
will not be necessary to secure an elec
tric railway, thus giving a neglected
section of tbe county better transporta
tion to the markets.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
Report of Condition of Crops Through'
out the Willamette Valley.
Tbe past week has been dry, with
cool nights and warm afternoons.. Pas
turage, potatoes and gardens need rain
badly, but corn and bops are standing
tbe dry weather better than expected.
The grain harvest is drawing to a close,
and most of tbe wheat in the Willam
ette valley and in southern Oregon has
been cut and thrashed. Fall wheat and
barley yields are generally above the
average. Spring wheat and oats are be
low the average in quantify, but above
the average in quality.
Hops are doing well and the vines are
free of vermin. Picking will begin in
the early yards within two weeks. It
is nard to judge the size ol the crop on
account of the increased acreage, but
individual yards generally will not pro
duce as abundantly as they did l'st year
Corn is doing remarkably well and
the ears promise to be large and well
filled. Without rain soon potatoes will
be a poor crop. Apples in some Jocali
ties have dropped badly, but the crop is
still good. Peaches, plums and black
berries are plentiful in tbe market.
File Notice of Lelo,
On the last of last week, a notice
of a mechanic's lien was filed in the
county court by J. G. and F. Cum-
mings, who allege they have a claim
on property in West Gladstone owned
by O. W. and Alta Parrish. It is
claimed that lumber, for the cons.truo.
tion of a house in West Gladstone
was furnished to Parrish, for which
he has never paid. This amounts to
$78. A lien is held on both the house
and lots upon which it stands .
Mayor Dlmlck Officiates.
Robert Wilbur and Igna Hogli, both
of this county, were married in the of
fice of Mayor Dimick on Thursday,
the oity executive officiating. They
will make their future home in A s-
toria.
TAKE TEACHERS' EXAMINATION.
Large Number Of New Schoolteachers
Secure Certificates.
As a result of tbe regular semi-annual
examination of applicants for teachers'
certificates held this month bv Superin
tendent Ziuser, about 30 new teachers
have been added to the teaching force of
Olackamas County . Tnere were 40 ap
plicants for county papers, and 9 for
state papers. Among the county list
there were 10 failures. There were only
4 men among the large class taking the
examination. The papers of those ap
P'.b lor state certificates have been
forwarded ta the state examining boa'd
at Salem. Those successful in the
county examination were :
First Grade, J. G. Noe, Hubbard;
Alio? M. Shannon, Oregon pitv ; Lillian
Downs, Boring; Evelyn Olaonj Wilso'n
vllle; Marion Harrington, Portland;
Annie J. -Young, Milwaukee; Alice E.
Ritter, Aurora. Second Grade, Percy
J. Ritter, Aurora; Grace Troyer, Wood
burn; Lillian Jones, Brooks; Minnie
Trullinger, Molino; Wilms Blair, Hub
bard; Mary P. Anderson, Portland;
Nellie Naylor, Portland; May Frey,
Portland; Nellie Armstrong, Poitland;
W. H, Blood, Park Place; Roma Staf
ford, Oregon City; Carrie E. Stokes,
Oswego; Effie Grace, Clarkes; Hattie
A. Fisher, Mt. labor; William M. Wood,
Eagle Creek ; Minnie Leabo, Marquam.
Third Grade, Selma Rodlun, Gresham ;
Ella Hornshuh, Shubel ; Agnes Hartmll,
Clackamas; Ada Wakefield, Aiines;
Yictorina Wilson, Gresham ; Agnes
Reiling, Park Place.
READY FOR H0PPICKINQ.
important
Clackamas Crop
Harvesting.
Ripe For
From various parts of the county
comes the news that hops are ripe and
picking will commence noxt week in
some yards. Although the crop is
short Jn places because of the long
continued drouth, suffered during the
Summer and early Spring, the quality
of the crop in this county will be ex
cellent. SomSjds will, not suffer
any shortage from the long dry spel 1.
Two hop contracts, whioh were ex -
ecuted in June of this year, wore
filed with the County Recorder on
Wednesday of this week. They were
contracts whereby A. M. Soott, of
Monitor, and Joseph Jolmsou, of
Needy, agree to deliver to Louis
Laohmund & Company 5000 pounds
each from their respective yards. ;The
price to be daid is 17 cents per pound.
Sufficient money to pay the expenses
of picking and curing the crop is stip-
nalted to be paid to the hop growers.
Christian Zimmerman, a prominent
hop grower of Aurora, was in the
city on Tuesday and states that his
hops will be of even better quality
than last year, while the yield prom
ises to be fully as large. As he har
vested 800 boxes per acre from his
yard last season, there will be money
in hops for Mr. Zimmerman this year.
He'saysheately refused an offer of
25 cents per pound for this year's crop.
Sues For Money Due.
Suit was filed in tbe Justice court
Tuesday against Chas. Reed by attor
neys for W. L. Block and I. Selling, it
being alleged that the former sold the
defendant goods amounting to $5 and
tbe latter $12, all of which was still un
paid though overdue.
CENTER STREET
NOW MODERN
Important Piece of Roadmaking
Has Been Completed.
IMPROVEMENT COST $f24?
New Thoroughfare Connects
With th? South End Road
and Will Furnish Easy
Entrance to City.
With the completion of the Center
street improvement and its acceptance
y tbe city council this week, another
modern thoroughfare hai been added to
Oregon Oity's streets. Tbe new street
adds much to the appearance and con
venience of that part of Oregon Oity ly
ing on the bill. Since the commence
ment of the improvement a number of
new bouses have been built on Center
street, and several are now under con
struction. Tbis shows how the improve
ment of the city's streets stimulates the
erection of residences.
The total cost of the improvement of
Center street was $7217.08, the final
payment of which was ordered paid to
Contractors Jones & McKay, who bad
the contract for the work, at the special
meeting of tbe council this week. In
addition to this there will be a few in
cidentals, such as tbe cost of inspection
of the street, etc. Messrs. Jones &
Mctiay have done good work on the
street, in some instances even doing
more than was required in their con
tract with tbe city to make their, work
the most effective. It was later decided
to improve Center street one block south
of the regular Center street . Improve
ment, at an additional cost of $1440.66.
This will make a connection with the
South End Road, and when that shall
be attained, many entering the city
with teams willl come by way of Center
street.
Tbe distance from Seventh to First
street on Center has b en graded and
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MONMOUTH,
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Address, Sec J. B. V. Butler, or Pres.
covered with crushed rock, the depth of
the rock being 12 inches at the center
of the street and tapering to a depth of
hulf that at the sides. An innovation
in street engineering in this city has
been made by grading tbe street up in
tbe Center considerably higher than on
the edges. Sewer and water mains
were already laid on the street before
the improvement took place, and 6 Inch
drain tiles have been placed at each
curb.connecting with tbe sewer.
New sidewalks 6 feet in width have
been placed along the six blockB im
proved, with crossings. After tbe
crushed rock was put on, the street was
thoroughly rolled with U e county's new
steam road roller, the first street in tbe
city to be so treated. One day was spent
ith tbe roller upon each block of road
way.' . The improvement was designed
by City Engineer E, P. Rands, and tbe
work superintended by bim nntil his
departure for Idaho on a surveying trip,
when H. A. Rands took charge of the
looking after the interests of the city in
regard to the street. Frank Glennon
was tbe inspector of the improvement
Center street is now only second to
Seventh streei, which has had the dis
tinction of being the only thoroughly
modern street in the city.
Two Are Deserters.
A divorce action was filed in the Cir
cuit Court Monday by William H. Hey
ser who seeks divorce from Lidie G, ,
Heyser on tbe grouud 6f desertion. He
alleges that the two were married in
New York City in December, 1899, and
that in September, 1903, the wife wil
fully deserted him without cause or
provocation and has since continued to
live apart from bim. He asks to be al
lowed tbe custody of a minor child.
A short union was that joining W. A,
Haskinaand Estella N. Haskins, for
three months after the marriage, the
wife deserted ber husband. At least
iheBe are the allegations in a complaint
filed here Monday, wherein the husband
asks to be released from the bonds of
matrimony. The two are said to have
been married in this state in May '03,
and in August, '03 the wife is charged
with wilful desertion.
Small Wreck on Railroad.
Two freight engiuob were-vbrcaght
through town on Monday, they being
taken to the shops at Portland for
repairs after ' having gone , through a
oollision at Aurora Monday morning.
No special injury was done by the
wreck, although the engines were
considerably damagod about the pilot.
TO
Normal School
OREGON.
Begins Its 2,rd year September 20, 1904.
Four terms In each school ysar affording
equal opportunities for beginning a course
In September. November, February and
April. The best training tor teachers Is
the Normal course with Its assurance of
good positions at good wsims. Write for
new catalogue containing full Information
concerning courses 0 study, training in
actual teaching in town and country
schools, and full details about the advanced
course of study with adJitional advantages
attached.
E. D. Reseler, Monmouth, Oregon,