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" 23ri YEAR. " : ' '- OREGON CITY. OREGON, '"..FRIDAY. MARCH 23, 1936.' No 45
TIME
NEARLY
Immense Station Will Be Con
, structcd Here.
ENORMOUS WATER POWER
Wooden Dam to Be Replaced
With Conrrete This Year
at an, Expenditure
e & v . frr
01 $JUJ,UUU.
In addition to other extensions re
cently announced, tlie Portland Gen
eral Electrio Company has adopted
plans for an immense power -plant at
Oregon Oity, which wll involve a
total expenditure of 12,000,000. It
will be situated at the east end of the
Willamette River Falls, opposite the
present plant, knpvu as Station B.
Work preparatory to beginning the
construction of the huilding will be
carried on during low water this sum
mre and a portion of the plant will b;
erected next year. Additional sec
tions will be adde i from time to time,
as the business of the company de
mands them, the plan being a com
prehensive one, aimed to furnish fa
cilities for providing the city with
power and light for many years.
During the low-water stage this
year, the company will tear out the
wooden portion of the dam a d re
place it with concrete. The eastern
halt of the present dam is built of
wood, and the remainder of concrete.
The wooden part will be torn away
and rebuilt in a manner that will as
sure its permanency. This change
will neces itate the expenidture of
$100,000. '
The new puwer-house is to be con
structed ou the site of the old station
A. This building, which was aband
oned at) a power plant ten years ago,
and waVBince used for a -pulp rnilL,
will be town down during the comiiig
year to make room for the new plant.
The site is on the top of the huge rock
ledge at the side of the fills, when
a building can be constructed only at
great expense.
When the p ans of the company
have reached completion, . the plant
will have a capacity of 50,000 horse
power at freshet head and 40,000 horse
power at flood head. The specifica
tions provide tlmt it Bhall be built
in 21 seotions of 2500 horsepower each,
and each section will cost approxi
mately $100,000. Four sections or 10,
000 horsepower will be installed next
year, and from two to four additional
sections will be built on eajh of the
following years as the business of
the company increases. In the past
the company has found it necessary
to increase its capaoity an average ot
2500 h rsepower each year, and the
demand from now on will, doubtless,
g row still more rapidly.
OPERATES 'THREE-FOGKTHS
OF YEAR.
Because of the low stage ot the
riveriuthesummer. it will be pos
sible to operate the new plant only
ahont nine months of each year. Dur
ing the time that it is forced to shut
down, power will be furuisshed by
the company's steam plant, in North
Portland., The capaoity of this, plant
will, soon be increased from 15,000
horsepower to 20,000 horsepower.
The Portland General Electrio Com
pany at present, in addition to its
Ifoeth Portland plant, has a water
power : house, station B, at Oregon
Oity which has a capoity of 12,000
horsepower. Beginning uciooer i,
it will receive yuuu norBopuwr uuu
the Oregon Water Power Company,
and at the end of ,next year, with its
n w improvements, will have a total
capacity of 49,000 horsepower. -. When
the plant of the company, shall have
been completed in accordance with
the tpecificatious which have been
adopted, the total generating force in
Portland and Oregon Oity will be 89,
000 horsepower at the highest stage of
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Then your blood must be In
a very bad condition. You
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then take k'Ayer's Sarsa
parilla. If you doubt, then
consult your doctor. Weknow
what he will say about 'this
grand eld family, medicine.
Sold for over 60 years.
Tlili l the first qi-tin yinr rinrtiT wnnld
Kk: "Are Tour b. s riMii ar?" Heknowt
that dally action of the boweli is absolutely
essential to recovery. Keen your liver active
and y.Ktr l wei-. regular ( Uikmg laxative
doses of Ayer's Till.
idde by $. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Ma. i
7 " RAtR VIGOR.
xjers
Art! IE C1KE.
CHURl PtCTOftAL.
Ledge of Free Milling Ore
" Runs Up to $3000 a Ton.
STOCKHOLDERS JUBILANT
Report Says Ledge Is Four
Feet In Width and Eight
teen Inches
'1 hick. 1
Director Charles Albright, of, the
Ogle Mountain Mining Company, has
received a report that a ledge of freH
uiilling ore was encountered a few
days ago at the Ogle mines, whioh are
situated in the southeastern part of
the oonnty. The ore runs from $1010
to $3000 per ton, and news was"
bro ght to this city by I. W. Rivers,
who name direct from the mines and
brought with hira samples of the ore
that are convincing proof ot ,the
strike.
Stockholders of the Ogle Creek
mines, who live in Oregon Oity and
Portland, are much excited over the
probable rich prospects, and the stock
has increased in value. It is stated
that the ledge is four feet in width
and 18 inches thick, and the disoovery
was made while making a raise from
the lower to the upper tunnel. The
moun ain is penetrated by the lower
tunnel to' a depth of from 400 to 600
feetr '
A crew of men has been at the
mines for some weeks, and are ar
ranging to start a stamp mill, which
will be rlaoed in operation as soon as
an ore chute. can be constructed. There
is a large amount of ore on the dump
that goes from $50 to $300 per ton.
the river. The new plant lias been
designed by the cnigneering force of
the' compBHiy, and wiji take-the. old
name of Station (A. . " ' "' ' 1
ACQUIRES SALEM 'AND SIL-
VERTON PLANTS.
President H. W. Goode last night
confirmed the report that the Portland
General Electrio Company has closed
a deal whereby it assumes the owner
ship of the Citizens' Light &Traction
Company, of Salem, and the Union
Light & Power Company, or feilver
ton, both of which it purchased from
Barstow & Chambers. The two plants
will be consolidated under the name
of the Citizeus'.Light & Power Com
pany, of Salem, and the headquarters
and management will remain in that
city.
The steam plant at Salem and the
water plant at Silverton will hereafter
be operated in conjunction. The
oomp my will immediately add to the
Salem plant a compound condensing
engine of 500 horsepower, connecti ig
with a dynamo of equal power.
"It is our intention to build "up- an
extensive system throughout the Val
ley," said President Goode last nignt.
"We shall been a pnle line from
Portland to Salem within the next 80
days and furnish power t" every town
along the way. The othi-r oities ot
th Valley will have exactly tne same
liaht and Dower service as Portland.
Our extensions are very great and the
entire.'system will surpass any similar
plant in the West." Oregonian.'
BRIDGE ACROSS PUDDING RIVER.
County Court Opens Bids for Lumber on
Highland Road.
Thncnnntv o.nnrr. held ft snecial ses
sion Monday and opened bids for the
construction of a joint county bridge
acroBS ruaumg river near .aurora.
The proposals , have been referred to
the county engineer and later will be
sent to the Marion county court, as
the adjoining county will share in the
expense of building tt'e new bridgs.
The bids were:
Olds & Harris, of this city, one
Q'leen truss, uncovered, 96-foet Epan,
$1194.68; one 64 foot span, uncovered,
$863 49.
O. V. Roral & Son, of JSalem, 100
foot Howe truss, covered, $12.49; un
covertd. $1047; 120-foot Howe truss,
covered, $1457; uncovered, $1240; 72
foot Hove truss, "covered, $1140; un
tovered, $996; 100-foot improved
Howe truss, covered, $1500; uncov
ered, $1319; 64-foot pony truss, cov
ered, $975; uncovered, $831.
Proposals for lumber for the High
land road were opened and were taken
under consideration by the county
court. The bids wre :
- Fred Heft, $5.40; Cummins & Jones,
$7; Uix Bros.. $6.7fi; Albert Durst,
$5.75; Milo Pollock, $6 50.
Fishermen May Indorse Candidate.
; Clackamas county fisherman will
meet Dext Saturay evenii g for the
purpose of. discussing the fish laws of
the state. The fishermen are anxious
to secure some amendments to the
existing -laws, providing tor an earlier
commencement of both the spring and
fall seasons. It is probahlts that they
will endorse some candidate for leg-
lslative nomination will. who promise
to advocate their contentions at the
state legislature.
Now is the time to subscribe for the
Oregon City Courier. Best clubbing
oilers we have eer had may be obtain
ed now.
("Ufa-,
Republican Candidate for
United States Senator
Champion of Statement One
Jonathan Bourne, Jr., candidate before the Republican primaries
for the nomination of United States Senator In Congress, for the long
term commencing March 4, 1907, was born In New Bedford, Mass.,
February 23, 1855; was a member of the class of 1877 at Harvard
University; came" to Portland May 16, 1878; was a Republican mem-
ber of the Oregon Legislature In the session of 1885 and the extra
session of 1886; was one of Oregon's delegates to the Republican Na-,
tlonal Convention of 1888 an Oregon's member of the Republican Na-
tional Committee from 1888 to'1892, and a delegate to the Republican
National Convention of 1892; and was elected as a Mitchell Republi-
can to the Oregon Legislature in 1896..
Mr. Bourne has been more prominently identified With the rjevel- .
opment of the mineral resources of Oregon than any other man In the
State, having expended In the last 20 years over $100,000 of his own
money In the acquisition and development of Oregon mines. ,
, While Mr. Bourne has had his residence and main office at Port-
land since 1878, he has had another office at New Bedford, Mass., and ,
has carried on the business of his father's estate since 1'889, which
makes him familiar with many of the large interests and leading men
In the East. These qualifications, in conjunction with his tremendous
energy, originality, executive ability and experience in business and
political affairs pre-eminently qualify him for making an able 'and in-
fluentlal Senator for the State of Oregon. '. .
Mr. Bourne has always favored extending, the direct , power of
the peonle over their government as far as possible. He was one of
the leading spirits in the Initiative and Referendum movement from
1896 until it' was approved by the voters at the June election In 1902.
In 1904 he was a member of the executive committee of the Direct ,
Primary Nominations League, and holds the same position with the
People's Power League at this time. In all these movements he has
been one of the few to guarantee the necessary expenses of preparing
and proposing their measures to the people. "
He says that the. choice of United States Senator should be by
direct vote of the people, and that the Leglslature"nhould be compelled
to elect the man the people select. To accomplish this result, he is
championing Statement No. 1, of the primary flections law as the only
method by which public opinion may be crystallzed and made effective
upon the Legislature. ' .
In his petition for nomination he says:
IF I AM NOMINATED AND ELECTED I WILL, DURING MY
TERM OF OFFICE, FAVOR ' ,
REPUBLICAN POLITICS.
AMENDING NATIONAL CONSTITUTION FOR PEOPLE'S ELEC-
TION OF UNITED STATES 8ENATOR3.
PUBLICITY POLITICAL CAMPAIGN EXPENSES.
NATIONAL CONTROL OF CORPORATIONS IN INTERSTATE
COMMERCE.
. RIGID EXCLUSION OF ASIATIC COOLIE LABOR; GOOD WAGES
MAKE GOOD CITIZENS.
LEGAL LIMITATION LABOR HOURS FOR SAFETY ON RAIL-
ROADS.
PARCELS POST, INCLUDING RURAL DELIVERY. f
PURE FOOD LAWS.
LIBERAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR PANAMA CANAL, COAST
DEFENSES, RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING
COLUMBIA, WILLAMETTE RIVERS, COOS, YAQUINA AND OTHER
HARBORS, CELILO CANAL, GOVERNMENT CANAL AT OREGON
CITY.
FAIR SHARE OF IRRIGATION FUND FOR OREGON.
LOYAL SUPPORT OF SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES.
RIGID ENFORCEMENT STATEMENT ONE. .
ROOSEVELT FOR SECOND ELECTIVE TERM.
I DESIRE THAT THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT BE PRINT-
ED AFTER MY NAME ON THE NOMINATING BALLOT:
"I WILL SUPPORT PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S DETERMINA-
TION THAT JUSTICE BE DONE ALL MEN."
V
TWELVE DAYS
LEFT TO FILE
Petitions Must Be Complete
By Wednesday, April 4.
CANDIDATES BY SCORE
Registration Books Close April
10 and Primary Election
Is Ten Days
Later.
Wednesday, April 4, is the list date
that candidates have to complete pe
titions for nomination. With - this
date less than two weeks distunt, the
political situation in Claokamas
county begins to assume definite
shape and it will be on y a Bhort time
when the long suffering public will be
spared the necessity ot having to
rea1 the spasmodic, but perhaps well
meant, ntteranoes of many candidates
for no-nination.
The registration books will close
April 10 and tun days later the bov
nreign people will7 for the first time
in the history of Oregon politics,
nominate candidates by direct ; vote,
instead of resorting to conventions.
No less than 39 candidates have
filed petitious up to the present time
for nominations on the Republican
ticket, and the end is not yet, though
it is believed that nearly all of the
petitions are in, ; Candidates for rep
resentative l-ad off with 13 petitions,
but Clackam b oonnty is entitled to
three members in the lower house of
the state legislature. There are five
candidates for the nomination of sher
iff and the Bame number for commis
sioner, two for state senator, three for
treasurer, two for county judge, three
for clerk, two for recorder, three for
ooroui'r and one'for surveyor. "
With a normal Republican plurality
in Cluckamas ounty of from 200 to
800,it can only be expeoted that there
will be a sharp contest tor nomina
tions. The petitions that have beon
filed are : ' '
Republican.
State Senator L. L. Porter, Geo. O.
Browne'll, Oregon City. .'
Representatives 15. P. Carter, Aber-
nethy: (J. H. Dye, Oregon City;
Henry E. S evens, Milwaukie; John
H... Gibson, Harmony : Gordon K.
Hiyes, Abernethy j (.'. JG. , Hnntley,
Oregon City : Frank Jaguar. Beaver
Crees; Linn E. Jones, Oregon City;
J. L. Krnse, Tualatin; George Ran-:
dall, Oregon Oity ; W. W. Smith, ,
Abernethy; O. B. Smith, baele Creek ;
John Talbert, Clackamas,
Coroner frank Newton,' R. L.
Holman, W. M. Shank, Oregon City.
Becorder Hi. r. JJedmau, Ulacka-
mas; Olianncey E. Ramsby, Oregon
City. f ' ' '
Treasurer J. A. Tufts, O. A. Che
ney, Oregon City; J. C. Paddock,
Clackamas. v - ' ,
Judge Ricnard Soott, Oak Grove;
G.B. Dimick, Oregon City.
UommiSHioner jonn Lewellen. Ore
gon Oity; F. J. Harkenrider, Esta-
cada; W. . Hider, JMew Era; W. H.
Counsell, Harmony ; W. H. Matoon,
Viola.
Sheriff R. E. Woodward. Eh Mad-
dock, .Turin E. Morris, Oregon Oity;
Kichard Greaves, West Oregon City ;
D. R. Dimick, Oanby.
Surveyor s. A. JJ. Hun gate, Mol-
alia. 1
Clerk F. W. Greenman. Georee L.
Story, Oregon City ; L D. Taylor,
Abernetny.
Justices of 'the Peace District No.
4: Livy Stipp, P. D Curran, A. M.
Sinnot; No.8 ; T. G. Jonsrnd: No. 7s
J J. Sandness; No. 2: John W. Van
Horn; No. 11: J. O. lubb.
Constable No. 4: H. W. Trembath,
S. Mosier; No. 8: Bert Jonsrnd.
Democratic. . .
. State Senator J. E. Hodges. Ore
gon City. ......
Representatives O. D. Eby, Oregon
City, O. N. Wait, Oanby.
Judge H. ;G. Starkweather, Oak
Grore.
MISS MOODY
Miss Dora Moody, of Molalla,
Stormer of Estacada. in the contest for the cream separator, having
made a heavy gain this week. Miss Moody's Molalla friends are work
ing hard, for her, evidently, as several residents of that sootion paid
a year's subscription ahead and gave
has 775 votes, and Misb Moodyt fnllowswith 625. E. P. Dedman, f
Clackamas, comes next with 430, and L. D. Mnmpower is not far be
hind Mr. Dedman with an even 400 votes. John Damm has 318, J. W.
Stone 240, and Orin Hammond 235. A .large .number of people have
less than 100 rotes.
It is very probable that many
as the oontest is nearing an end.
the afternoon of Saturday, April
The leaders will do some earnest
Ltime, in an endeavor to eecure an
Clerk H. F. Latourette, Oregon
City.
Sheriff R. B. Beatie. Beaver Creek.
Recorder William Shannon, Beaver
Creek.
Jostioe of the Peace No. 4 : J. O.
Sawyer; Molallu, F. H. Dungati.
Constable No. 4 : Charles F. Ely J
Molalla, J. F. AdamB.
Committeeman Sidney Graham,
Union Preoinct.
It is considered likely that all of '
the petitious for the nomiuaation of
representative on 'the Ropublican'
tioket have been filed. They total 13,
and as Clackamas county is entitled
to a representation of three members
in the lower house. of the state legis
lature, no less than ten of -these gen-,
tlemen will secure tickets for Salt
River on the morning of Saturday,
April 21, the day following the pri
mary election. Much interest is be
ing taken 'in .the contest for the nomi
nation' and some bets are being made,
a wager of $20 being staked Saturday
that Charles H.. Dye would seourej
more votes' in the primary than W. '
W. Smith.
; Personal popularity will out a hig fig
ure in the fight for nomination and '
residence will also be a factor. It is
reasonable to assume that a great ma
jority of the voters of this city will
vote tor men who reside here, and
this will give them a leverage that
may result in the nomination of some
of them. Clyde G. Huntley, Liun E.
Jones, Charles H. Dye and George
Randall live in Oregon City, though
the latter recently effcne from New
Era. Gordon E. Hayes and Henry E.
Stevens, who io not live, in Oregon
City, havejrheir offloes here, and so far
as political prospects y.o, have prob
ably an equal chauoe with residents.
W. W. Smith and E. P. Carter, of,
Abernethy, are close enough to Ore
gon Oity to have a wide acquaintance
here, .whioh will work to their ad-'
vantage J. L. Eruse, of Tualatin,'
and J. A. Talbert, of Claokamas, are
ex-members ot the house, and . of
course are generally known among '
thejparty, while Dr. O. B. Smith, of
Eagle Creek, and John H. Gibson, of
Milwaukie, are old Repbulican war
horses.
Talk of oombinatious is everywhere :
deuied, as iB natural, hud from the'
information Obti inable it is 'believed '
that no combination has yet been ,
made that will prove effective, t Later '
in the campaign, it is not vulif ely
that some of the candidates will get
together and pool their strength. In a 1
field of 13 aspirants, a strong combi
nation would stand an excellent
chance of winning out.
There seems to be a remarkable
scarcity of timber for1 the ofHoes of
justice of the peace and oonstable for '
the various districts of Clackamas '
county, and 'few petitions have been
filed for these offloes. J. W. Grasle, 1
of Milwaukie, who hag been justioe
of the peace there for several years, !
will file his petition for nomination on
the Republican Moket in a fyw days. ;l
J. H. Dungan Justice, and J. ' F. '
Adams, constable at 'Molalla have
already fi'ed : petitions ' for nom'
ination on thp Democratic ticket. J. 1
W. VauHorn of Oswego, filed his
petition for justice of the peace on the
Republican ticket, . and ;u the Oregon
City distriot there are four candidates
tor the nomination of justice of the
poHoet1" three Republicans and one '
Democrat- Two Republicans and one
Democrat have gfilad petitions for the
nomination of oonstable. Justice '
Jonsrnd' and 1 his son, Constable'
Jousrud, ot Sandy,, have filed peti- i
tions for1 the nomination on the ;
Republican ticket for the offloes they j
now occupy , . '"!
There are fourteen justioe districts i.
in Claokamas county, bat O. Sohnbel, ,
deputy, distriot - attorney for the '
county, is authority for the statement "
that, the number is by far i too many. -
"Two districts would be quite .
enough," lie said, "audit is a fact ;
that fully nine-tenths of all the casei '
come to Oregon City. With the ex
ceptions tf suoh places as Needy, !
Canby, Milwaukie and perhaps one,
or two others, there is praotically no
business done by the justioe ot the
peace and constable, and there is no
necessity for these officials in many
cases."
Mr. Sohubol stated that he favored
an amendment to ' the ' law, dividing
the county into two districts.
Under the provision of the direct
primary nominating law all vacancies
in the offices' of justice ot the peace
and constable will be filled by ap
pointment from the county court. It
is possible that in some districts in
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CLOSE SECOND
is only 150 votes behind John
their votes to her. Mr. Stormtr
votesjwill bejeast the coming week,
All rotes must be in by 5 o'clock on
7, which is only two weeks distant.
work among their friends before that
$95 cream separator for nothing. . )