OREGON
24th TSAR
OFEGON CITY. - OF EG ON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 10. 1906
No 13
OREGON CITY
INTEREST IS
INCREASING
VACATION VISIONS.
COMPLAINT
WATER BOARD
HAS A KICK
IN BULLETIN
REGISTERED
Oldest Town In Oregon Was
Founded By McLoughlin.
OUTPUT FROM FACTORIES
Population Should Eventually
Reach 280,000 Pay
roll More Than
$1,000,000.
(From AugustlBullelln of P. G. E. Co.)
Oregon Oity, the county seat of
Clackamas Oouutv, is 13 miles distant
froni Portland by water and 15 miles
by rail. It is the southern terminus
of the line of the Oregon Water Power
& Railway Company aud is, histor
ically spunking, one of the most m
terentiug towus ot the Northwest Its
traditions and legendary lore, together
witu its piotnresque location near the
magnificent tails of the Willamette,
cause nil tourists who visit Portland
to muke the trip to this liistorio spot
Oregon City may, in a souse, be
called the prehistoric town, since a
settlement existed here 20 years before
the pioneers of
"The days of old, the days of gold,
1 The clays ot '4a,"
thought of cromsLg the plains, the
deserts and the mountains, to convert
the fore t primeval into farms, ham-
lots aud oitie. As early as 1821)
Dr. John MoLoughlin, chief factor of
the Hudson bay Company, as the
genial iustioe-loving monarch of a
Kingdom consisting chiefly of redskins,
with a sprinkling of white trappers
ana Hunters, presided over the des
tinies of this entire region
Long before Portland, the present
metropolis or Oregon, was thonght of,
liistory was being made at this little
village. Here the early settlers
gathered in 1843 for sooiety and pro.
tectiou, and here were fought the first
battles between the white invaders
and the native savages.
Aside from her location at the Falls
of the Willamette, one of the great
water powers of the Continent aud
which in itself is d stined to make her
a manufacturing city i; no mean pro
portions, Oregon City has other
features of iuterest that attract atteu
tion and challenge admiration. While
the business center is ou the bnnk ol
' the river, the resideuce sfoti n on
cnpies the commanding bluffs on the
east. From this eminence one of the
most uiaguiilc lit views imaginable is
anorded. Below these rugged hills.
dotted with mansions that would b a
credit to nny Eastern metropolis, lies
the city with its noise aud bustle of
factory, the river winding its ser
pentine way toward the Columbia,
and the mighty Talis with its never
ceasing turmoil of waters.
Within a radius of little more than
one mile from the Oregon City post
office there is a resident population of
more than 7.UOO people included in the
suburban communities ol Caueniali,
El. Gladstone, Clackamas Heights,
Park Place,, Wnst Lynn, Windsor,
West Side aud Wilamette Falls. The
latter town is connected with the oity
by the Willamette Falls electric line
The prosperity of these communities
is linked with that of Oregon Oi'y,
and the progress of the whole keeps
pace in large measure with the devel
opment of the water power at the
falls. r
. A comparison of some of the great
water powers of the country with that
of the Falls of the Willamette may be
of interest :
Howe-Power.
Oregon Oity, Oregon, 56,000
Minneapolis, Miun. 20,000
Holyoke, Mass. - 19,000
Manchester, N. H. 11,000
Lawrence, Mass. 12,000
Lowell, Mass. 11,845
It is a well-Known fact, borne out
by the statistics ot American man
ufactures that eventually an average
population of fi.000 will follow the
nse of 1,000 horse-power in the man
ufacture of wool and miscellaneous
industries. The Oregon, City Woclen
Mill employs 850 hands and sends on!.
. an annual product' worth more than
11.000,000. The Flouring Mills have
a capacity of 270,000 barrels ot flour a
year, requiring more than 1,000,000
bushels of wheat. About 75,000 tons
of paper are sent to market annually
from the Oregon City mills. This out
put requires many millions of feet of
timber, cotton-wood, white fir and
spruce.
There is also located at Oregon City
a furniture factory, sash and door
factory, two ice plants and numerous
other manufacturing couoerns. The
pay-roll of these industries amounts
to more than $1,000,000 annually.
The Portland General Electric
. Company controls the vast power
generated by the falls, and the head
works, stations and various depart
ments of the Company are perha s the
most interesting sights in Oregon
Ciiy. This plant, which is one of the
largest west ot the Rocky Mountains,
furnishes power lor lighting in the
Cities of Portland. Oregon City, St.
Johns and numerous suburbs, and for
operating the railways of the Port
land Consolidated Ky. Co., the Ore
gon Water Power & Ry. Co. , and also
tor a large number of manufacturing
(Continued on page 4) !
Large Number af Votes Cast
For Grange Women.
MRS. B. FREDRICH LEADS
Considerable Missionary Work
Is Being Done By ( the
Contestants In Many
Granges.
Iuterest in the Courier Sewing
Machine Premium contest is increas
ing aud a large number of votes were
cast this week. Mrs. Olive A. Swal
low, of Maple Lane Grange, and Mrs.
l.iriie Irwin, ol 20th Century Grange
of Barlow, eaoh have 105 votes. Mrs.
B. Fredrich, of Warner Grange of
New Era, leads with 110 votes.
The contest now lias a fair start and
only has a tew we ks to run and the
most popular grange woman in Clack
amas County will have to do con
siderable missionary work to seonre
thistine sewing machine without cost.
Every five cents paid on subscription
entitles the subscriber to one vote and
thirty votes are given with eaoh
yearly subscription f $1.05. The con
test closes at 5 o'clock P. M. Sept. 8.
There are several granges who have
no representative in the contest thus
far, but it is likely they will be enter
ed later. Oswego Orange is a new
one on the list this week. The vote
up to the time cf going to press
follows: "
Maple Lane Grange No 396. '
Mrs. Jjomse Beard
80
55
95
105
65
25
85
75
40
85
2,
90
75
90
25
90
85
40
05
110
85
40
95
45
75
40
40
95
75
40
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mr.
Sarah L. Derrick,
Anna J. Lewis
Olive A. Swallow
R. Mautz
Mrs. John Darling'
Mrs. Martha Hobble -
Mrs. Olive Wamook
Molalla Grange No. 40.
Mrs. Gertrude Maple
Mra E. M. Mallatt , .
Mrs. Mary Trullinger
Miss Jennie Lee
Miss Jennie Akins
Tualatin Grange No. 111.'
Mrs. Kate Turner
Mra Rosa Krue - -
Mrs. M F. Elligsen
Garfield Grange No. 317.
Mrs. Martha Davis
Mrs. Surah Palmateer
Mrs. Nora Looney
Warner Grange No. 117
Mrs. B Friedrich
Mrs Olive Meindl
Mrs. May WBldron
Mrs. Bessie Dnndas
Milwaukie Grange No. 268.
Mrs. John Kelso
Mrs. O. E. Freytag
Mrs. Dora Quant
Mrs. H. G. Starkweather
Mrs. I. S. Mnllan
Central Grange No 278.
Mrs. A una Spenoe
Miss Bertha Soangler
Miss Cora Jaggar
Mrs. R. Giuther
Mrs. II. Gris"nthwaite
80
85
75
'80
Twentieth Century Grange No.
841.
alls. Amanda Jesse -Mrs.
O. W. Quint
Mrs. D.'O. Freeman
Mrs. Lidie Irwin
40
45
105
60
40
80
45
Oswego Grange No. 175.
Mrs. Mary Coon
Mrs. Helen M. Ewing
Miss Amy Nelson
Mrs. E. A. Thompson
STUDENTS ENTERTAINED.
Pupils of Summer Normal Cuests of
i Their Instructors.
The students of the summer normal
were entertained by the professors,
Gary, Read and Zinser, Friday at
Willamette spring. A most dilicious
lunch, consisting of sandwiches, fruit.
cake, pickles, lemontde and ice cream
Wbs served in the grove nearby, after
which many went crawfishing.
The merry crowd returned to Ore
gon City in the evening. All report a
fine time. Those present were:
Professors Gary, Read and Zinser, Mr.
and Mrs. O. G. Minich, Grandma
Gary, Misses Martha and Clara Koer
ner, Sadie Evans, Eunice Garfield of
OBwe.ro, Gracie Mae Smith of Salem,
Marjorie Caufield, Daisy McAnulty ot
Parkplace, Komar G. Stafford, Stella
womer oi stacarta, Blanch Miller,
Ellen Minche. Edith Bonfit. Kate
Snodgrass, Hazel Cooper, Edna Gard.
Mae Egge, Minnie Trullinger of
Canby. Anna Bachmann, Beryl
Batdorf, Nannie Andrus, DillaEkern,
Retta Schogaan. Zell Gibbins. Sonhia
Nordhousen of Aurora, Effie Morris,
Winnifred Roake, Mabel Calkins, C.
Athey. Edna Ken Knight and Messrs.
Roy H. Trullinger and Otis E.
Ramsby.
Mrs. Lillian Lewis Read and Mra
Allie C. Zinser were the invited
guests of honor.
Mr. Scott Is Stock Inspector.
The County Court has appointed
Richard Scott, f Milwaukie.l deputy
stock inspector for Clackamaw County.
County Judge Dimick takes a deep in
terest in the stock industry and the
court made th appointment with the
view of preventing a spreadjof con
tagious diseases.
ATTRACTIVE
TO ANGLERS
Clackamas C.unty Could Be
Fishermen's Paradise.
TROUT FRY FOR ASKING
If Local Disciples of Isaak
Walton Would Speak
Great Results Would
Follow Here.
Clackamas County could easily be
come the center of interest and
attraction ot auglera iu Oregon. This
statement is made by no less a person
than Field Superintendent J. Nelson
Wiener, of the United States Bureau
of Fisheries, who is in charge of the
government hatchery operations in
Oregcn and Washington. He says that
in the state of Maine about $1,000,000
is distributed annually by fishermen
and hunters in Buarcli of sport, and
i his money goes into the pockets of
the people. .
The manner in , which this county
oculd benefit is outlined by Mr.
Wiener. The Bureau distributes every
year millions of trout fry without cost
and they can be obtained for the ask
ing. The uiethod is to make an
application, stating tl e location of the
stream or lake, and giving particulars
regarding the waters. Upon this ' in
formation the officials of the Bureau
are ahle to determine what species are
be t adapted, and then the allotment
is made. Mr. Wisner has just re
ceived 100,000 black slotted trout
eggs from Yellowstone Park. These
were shipped from Gardiner and will
be propagated at the Clackamas hatch
ery aud when the fry are large enough
they are distributed in lots from 5,000
and upwards as the applications re
quest "If the anglers in this county,"
said Mr. Wisner, "would alt ask for a
share in the annual distribution, the
streams would be well stocked aud in
a few years Clackamas County would
be a fishermen's paradise."
Superintendent Wisner returned a
few days ago from the Columbia
River, after an inspection of the
hatcheries on Little White Salmon
and Big White Salmon. These hatoh
erieB will soon be placed in operation
for the taking of fall salmon eggs.
(Continued on page 8)
Chicago Record -Herald.
HOP BUYERS
ARE IN LUCK
Secure 55,000 Pounds at a
Nominal Figure.
CONTRACTED LAST SPRING
Fifty Thousand Pounds Go to
Portland , Firm and
Growers Obtain
10 Cents.
Big hop buyers have obtained a
large number of hops in Clackamas
Oonnty at a nominal price, under con
tracts chat were executed soveral
mouths ago. In the aggregate. 55,000
ponndB of 1900 hops are embraced in
five contracts that were tiled Satur
day afternoon in the office of the
county recorder, and four of these
contracts call for 10 cents whilo the
fifth is one-half cent more.
J. Sagor & Son, of Willamette, have
agreed to deliver to McKinley Mitchell
5000 ponuds of their crop for lOJf
oen's. JLUientlial Brothers, ot Port
laud, are the buyers of the remaining
four lots at 10 cents, as follows: W.
W. and R. B. Graimua , of Portland,
80,000 pounds; M. O Young, of Wil
sonvlle, 8000 poands; Jay Baker,
ot Sherwood, 6000 pounds, and August
Rotheiiberg of Wilson ville 6000 pound.
Four contracts were made May IS,
1906. and the other in last Maroh,
All of the agreements stipulate
that the buyers shall advance a certain
per cent for harvesting
CIRCULAR SAW STRIKES HIM.
Son ol William Martin . Terribly Injured at
Beaver Creek.
. The 30-year-old son of William
Martin, a sawmill man o' Beaver
Creek, was the victim of a teirible
accident last Saturday afternoon at
the mill. He was at work on the
wood saw, when the circular machine
flew otf, striking his shoulder and cut
ting a severe gash about 13 inches
long to his ribs. Dr. H. S. Mount
was called from this oity and says
there is hope for young Martin, who
lost a great deal of blood, and is
suffering from the shock to his system.
Speaks
For Itself
Its Free with a year's sob
scription to the
Oregon City
COURIER
Oregon City, Oregon
Residents of Hill Say They
Are Unfairlv Treated.
GROCER VOICES FEELING
Mud Was Left on
Seventh
Last Winter and Nov. the
Dust Is Six Inches
In Depth.
Vigorous complaint has been regist
ered by rewidents of the hill section
of this city, against what they teim
unrair treatment on the part or the
municipal government. I'lio prevail
ing sentiment has been manifested by
Andrew Robertson, a well tuown
Seventh street grocer, who says that
some of the Main street merchants
cannot see the town in a broad sense.
" We are vt-ry thankful for the one
b'efsing that we nceive," said Mr.
Robertson, "that is the lighting svs
tem ou the hill, but apart from this we
do uot,get what we should have in any
particular. The street sprinkler, re
cently purchased by the oity, is util
ized by private people for private pur
poses and does not sprinkle Seventh
street as it should do. I started a
subscription to defray the expense of
operating tins 'ice-cream wagon' on
Seventh street but was given to un
derstand that the timd for sprinkling
was nearly taken up with dowu town
and so abandoned the idea.
"We do not have adequate police
protection on the hill. The officer
takes a look around for one or two
hours during the evening, but aside
from this the police leave the hill
seotion severely alone. !
"Last winter when the mud was tlx
Inches in depth on Seventh s reet,
there was no effort made by the street
'leaning department of the city to
have it hcraped off aud hs a con
sequence we have a oorrespondiug
n u in bet of inches of dust on the street
this Bumu.er. It is very probabl" that
when the firbt raiu comes ahmg we
sii ill hare to get down and clean out
the catch basins on the "treet. If
seen s 1 1 s t) onle on the I 1 thai it is
high time that something wan rioiw to
relieve Hie axistiug conditiuu, "
COUNTY COURT ADJOURNS. ,
Claims Paid to Men Who Assisted
, Financially In Capturing Smith.
The county court adjourned Friday,
after a three days' Bession, and an
order was made in pavmeiit ot the
claims of E G. Cauilcld for 187.25.
and Charles & Burns for 88, for
money disbursed in oonuection with
the attempt to .capture Desperado
Prank Smith.' .', I
The Myers and Beesnn roads were
ordered opened, aud a warrant was
prdered drawn for (he payment of the
new rock , crusher.' The amount is
$1825. .. The clerk was directed to se
cure bids for' the construction of a
new bridge across Try an Creek at
Oswego.
No action was taken on the com
munication of the county clerk for
storage uf old plats and records that
are of no particular value. Mr. Green.
man states that there aie old records
all over the courthouse that are taking
up room that is needed for other pur
poses, and suggested that those records
he stored in the basement In the room
now used for what is left of the Lewis
& Glrk exposition exhibit, which is
in poor conditiou, Some ot the
articles on display have been taken
away. 1
PHONE FRANCHISE CRANTED.
Clackamas County Will Have Net
Work of Wires.
The Northwest Long Distance
Telephone Company, of Portland, has
been granted a franchise by the
County Court to erect poles, string
wires and mantain a telephone service
throughout Clackamas County. The
franchise is.subject to the usual re
strictions, 'it is generally understood
that this company is under control of
the Home or Automatic Telephone
Company, and is seeking to gain a
foothold in this section of the State.
OlacKamas County already has a large
number of mutual telephone systems,
most of them being served and con
nected by the Farmers and Independ
ent Telephone Companv, of this oity.
The Paciflo States Telephone & Tel
egraph Company has au extensive
system here and is planning many im
provements, offering inducements to
mutual linns to join hands wth their
company at a nominal rate.
More Water Rights Taken.
Appropriations embraoing 820,000
miners inches of water from the Clack
amas River have been filed in County
Rcoorder Kamsby's office during the
past week. S. B. Cobb tiled notioe of
the appropriation of 100,000 inches last
fcatorday from the Sandy River. J
H. Alexander announces his intention
of taking 20.000 inches from Bull Run
and C. W.' Pallett will divert the'same
amount of water Irom the Little
Sandy.
New Sprinkling Wagon Uses
Many Gallons Daily.
CITY GETS NO INCOME
Huge Volume of Water Is
Taken From Reservoir and '
JViains and Pressure
Is Reduced.
The new sprinkling wagon, purchas
ed by the city several weeks ago and
operated by local merchants, is a fine
machine but according to tne Board ot
Water Commissioners it is playing
havoo with the supplv. The spiinkler
consumes between fifteen and twenty
thousand gallons a day aud whenever
the huge barrel is empty it is taken
to the nearest hydrant aud kept there
for ten minutes while 600 gallons of
water ae being drawn out. The
ordinary pressure maintained on the
downtown main is 75 pounds, but
w henever the sprinkling wiigou hits
the hydrant the pressure drops down
to about 40 pounds and stays there un
til the drain is released.
"This matter will oertainly be
regulnted.next year," said a member
of the Water Commission, "The
present conditions are uulair to the
people who pay for sprinkling priv
eleges and the quantity of water taken
for the sprinkling part is so great that
it reduces our pressure aud does not
permit us to give our usual good ser
vice's to the householders who pay for
the water they get. . The water works
here are owned by the city and the
oity derives no income from the water
used iu lue spunkier and gets no
bdiiufit.
" We have a high pressure pump to
B.md the water up tne hill into the
reservoir aud the sprinkling cart also
works on the hill and whenever empty
taps a hyurant aud ta&es a huge vol
ume of water from this reservoir. We
are hardly equipped to (furnish so
much water every day in the summer
and filter it for the purpose of sprink
ling ttiM streets, uuloss we are able to
derive some revenue from it. "
Supt. W. H. Howell, of the Water
Commission, states that the constant
use of the hydrants will probably
necessitate epairs after if w m n hs.
The problem is one (.liac is being
carefully considered by the Water
Boari aud some regulations will be
mailt to provide for sprinkling next
summer.
EVANGELICAL CAMPMEETINQ.
Orefoa Conference la Session si Jennings
Lodge.
Rev. O. Henderson presided Thurs
day at the Young People's Alliance
Convention, of the Oregon Evangelical
Association, which opened at the con
ference campground at Jennings
Lodge.
President Henderson gave a review
of the work among the alliances of
the state during the past year, taking
for his topic, "Crossing the Treshold.
He made a strong plea for n ore aotlvity
and said that the policy of the organ
ization should be to drop au "paia
hearted opportunities" aud look ; for
UD-to-date and progressive things.
The Convention adopted his recom
mendation that a speoial committee
prepare a ceremony for the installation
of officers The following subjects
were disonssed : 1
"What Is the Best Method of Pro
moting Church Loyalty Among ' the
Young People," Anna 15'nst; "How
Can We Promote the Spirit of Self-
Douial?" Mrs. J. D. Walton; "What
the Y. P. A. Stands For," H. ; Al
bright.
A public meoting was held Thursday
night and the topic under disocssion
was A Hall-Hour in uur nonies.--Rev.
T. R. Hornsohuch delivered the
convention sermon,
VACATIONS FOR CARRIERS.
Postal Employes Who Have Served One
Year Crarted 15 Days Leave.
flurrinra nil Mm rnrl routes running
out. of Oregon City are entitled to a
vacation, and Postmaster Tom P.
Randall has been officially notified of
this fact by the postal aepartmeni a
Washington. Carriers who have not
se'ved cm year are not given the
privilege but all others are permitted
to have 15 days leave on full pay.
Their places are to be fllledjby bonded
substitutes who will be paid at the
rate of $600 per annum wnue employ
ed. Three of the five carriers em
ployed on the Oregon Oity routes are
entitled,' to a vacation, and the other
turn nnrr'iiirl will BnCDrfl A VadatiOD
pro rata for the fiscal year epding
June 80 last, amounting 10 huodi u
days each. Postmaster Randallf will
allot the time of vacations which
will commence as soon as arrange
ments canble made for substitutes.
Mombers of the Knights andadies
of Security to the number of 85 en
Joyed a picnic in Canemah Pari Tues
day afternoon.