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IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SELL THE COURIER WILL BRING IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE WHO WENT IT. EVERYBODY READS THE COURIER OREGON GIT COiMER 24th YEAR. OREGON CITY, OREGON. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 21, 1906 No 1? MAKING READY I WILD ANIMAL RAIN HURTS FREE DELIVERY BY JANUARY i ECONOMY IS TANGLE WITH P.G.E.CO. TO LAY RAILS PRUNE CROP NOT FOR HIM CLUB MEETING Electric Line to Molalla Soon to Be Commenced. BRANCH FROM SALEM ROAD Railway Will. Strike West This Side of Canby, Pass ing Through Liberal to Molalla. It was definitely stated Monday that within three inonhts the Portland oouipany that is securing a right of way for an electrio line from thisoity to Molalla will start laying raila. This announcement will bring joy to thn hearts of fa-mors and property owners along the line of the route. The proposed line will branch out this side of Can by and gi West to Molalla, passing nbout 1300 feet west of the corners. The line will go through Wright's place at Liberal, bat will not strike any small towns en ronte, except New Era. There has been a strong effort made to have the survey made through Macksburg, but. the promoters have concluded that heavy grades can he avoided by taking another route. The right of way of the lino from Oanemah to Salem has already been secured and the deeds filed. The Molalla road will ran on the same tracks as far south as the Kate O'Neil place near Canby, passing through New Era. It is expected that the entire right of way will be secured to Molalla inside of the nest two weeks. REAL ESTATE BRIGHTENING Properly Commencing to Move Lively and Agents Are Encouraged. 'Heal estate agents are becoming en couraged over the brightening pros pects for transfer of property in Clackamas County and several im portant sales have been made daring the past week The Summer has been exceedingly quiet and many com plaints have been made, but with bani.er crops and , high prices the fame of Clackamas as a producer has gone" abroad and people from the east are coming in. The price of land iu this county is low, and a trip over almost any portion will show ' just how thinly settled the county is. XW. F. Harris, the Beaver Creek sawmill man, who reoently purchased 330 acres of timbered land near Bed land at 15 per acre, will move his mill near tho property. Mr. Harris will Ret the money he paid tor the land ont of the timber alonn. C. A. Warren has negotiated the sale ot property in - Gladstone, dis posing of one acre to A. E. Thrmpson, of Heppner, and three acres to D. C. Heist and, of the Cascade Laundry. Mr. Thompson is the owner of ahctel building in Heppner and is arranging his affairs to make his home at Glad stone. Both men will build cottages on their newly acquired property and will make modern improvements. VACATION DAYS ARE OWER r i, Mm in i - " ' i- , - in - - - ,r -m Fruit Cracks Open O.t Trees i and Pickers Are In Great Demand. The prune crop of Clackamas County has been disastrously affected by the rains of last week, and thousands of pounds of Italian prunes have been rained. It is f(red a serious shortage, of the crop will result. The steady downpour of rain that lasted five days caused the ripe fruit to crack open on the trees. Keports have been reoeived from Canby and other fruit centers thai the Italian prunes were cracking open, the rain having had the same effect cipon the prunes hs on cherries utterly destroy ing their market value. The petite prunes are nearly all dried but there are r :any tons , of Italians on the trees and on the ground that are ill danger ot becom ing mouldy. Wherever the fruit strikes the tree mould will set in and on the wet ground mould will appear within 24 hoars. A small red fungus is first noticed and this later de velops into a white fungus, which, when rubbed off, brings the skin of the prune along with it. Notice- nre being scattered far and wide for pickers as the growers would take no unnecessary chances. Labor is daiiy becoming more scarco as the rain brought? the pickers fiom the hop yards home in droves by every train and boat. In the eight-acre field of J. H. Reid at Milwaukie, one of the largest and finest in the state, there will this year be but half a crop. Mr. Reid has ordered 3000 baskets, whoreas in former years he usually bought 7000. The shortage is caused by cold frosty weather Mr. Reid cultivated; his grape field with unusual care, aiitl for the first tims sprayed the vines. 'However, the grapes will be fine in quality and size. Mr. Reid makes a specialty of grape production and his vinevard is considered a model in method and cultivation. The vines look remarkably clean and healthy. TWO ESTATES PROBATED. Will of Late Michael Walsh and Estate of George Forman. The will of the late Michael Walsh, of Milwaukie, was admitted to pro bate in the county court and Mrs. Ellen Walsh, the widow, was named as executrix. Tne value of the property is about $6000 and the heirs are the widow and the ' following children : John H. Walsli, Michael J. Walsh, Rosa G. Walsh, all of . Milwaukie; Richard Walsh, ot Portland and Frank and Ellen Walsh, of Seattle. The 'estate of the late George Forman, who died at Barton August 7, 1906, was aduiitted'to prboate and the widow, Sarah M. Forman was appointed administratrix. The value of the estate is about 2500 and iu addition to the widow the heirs at law are George Forman, son, The Dalles; Roy Harry Forman, sou, The Dalles; Frank Marshall Forman, eon, Ash wood, Ore. ; Frances Dorothy Forman, Elizabeth MarchaJForman and Perry Forman, of Barton, Ore. ii j i. ; ,r. , .. ",""".' "'TTT " ; ' " v - . ,- i n- - BARCLAY HIGH SCHOOL Improved Service Secured After Long Effort. OPENING FOR CARRIERS Some Sections of City Will Not Enjoy Privileges Until Sidewalks Are Built. Inspeotor O. C. Riches, of the post- oflice department, was in the city Fri day andjinade a thorough inspection of the city. He was shown around by Postmaster Tom P. Randall and found that conditions had been complied with Tor the starting of free delivery in this city. TI13 o!ty has posted the names on tho streets at eaoh corner .nd business houses and residences have all been numbered in compliance with the regulations of the depart ment. Mr. Riches will recommend the commencement of free delivery, but because of the slowness ot offioial procedure it is not likely that the service will be oomnnnced before CREDIT MOSTLY HIS POSTMASTER RANDALL Who has been untiring in his efforts to secure free delivery; January 1, 1907, a little more than three months distant. Examinations will soon be held for the examination of applicants for the positions of carriers. The salary is $00 per mouth to start and there is a scaleof inorease. Two deliveries per day are contemplated. Two or three carriers will be. employed, and the present force of clerks in the local postorrlce will be transferred to the classified service, and will hereafter be under the rules of die Civil Service Commission, but will not be required to take an examination. The establishment and maintain ence of sidewalks is necessary for the extension of the service, and for this reason fiere are probably some sections within the city limits that will not enjoy the privileges of free delivery. However, the service will be extended as fast as conditions are complied with, and until sidewalks are built residents can seoure service by establishing mail boxes at the nearest point to their respective homes reached by permanent sidewalks. The territory which will be served will have the following boundaries, with the Willamette River as the Western boundary line: From the Basin easterly on South Fist street to Center street, northerly on Center to First, easterly on First to Madison, northerly on Madison to Fitfh, 'easterly on Fifth to Jaokson, (Continued on page 8) ,; j ' in ilMHUMM - ' i ' : : ; - . Editor Ballard, of Milwaukie, Finds Fault. JANITOR IS UNDERPAID Failure o(. School Board to Advertise Results In Criticism of Very Rough Sort. Here's pretty kettle of fish I ' Milwaukie has internal troubles in the shape of a ' squabble over , the affairs of its sohool district and Charles Ballard, editor of the Mil waukie Bee, is held directly respon sible. The Board of Direotors took an economical streak and advertised for a janitor by posting a notice in the postoffloe, never think that they ,were inviting a "roast" from the Bee be cause tliey did not use his valuable advertising clumns. Ballard also took exception to the offer of $25 per month for a janitor, but it is stated that this was the amount the taxpayers authorized the directors to pay. The Bee came out last week with the following spiel: ''We notice from a placard posted up in the postoffloe that the Board of School Directors wants a janitor. They didn't advertise it in the Bee, because that would have oost them 15 cents. Perhaps, too, they didn't want to advertise to the world that they had a forty dollar job that they wanted somebody to do for tweny-flve dollars. We have a very economical Board of Directors. If we were swearing men we would say too d -d economical. We pay more money to a man to set type for us than .the dis Urict payr tothe man who should take the lead in moulding the characters of the children of the community : For instance : We hada linejtoaclier here three yeais ago, Professor L. A. Read. His home was here. His interests were here. He was a good man and he was a good teacher and so tar as we have heard there were no com plaints against him, yet they let a little backwoods town like Parkplaoe take him away trpm us because they were willing to pay him something like what his services were worth. We know nothing about the present prinoipal of our schools. We trust we have a good man, but we will.venture this assertion, that if he is worth any thing at all he will not stay here two years, for some little country sohool like Concord or Willsburg will offer him $10 (a month more than he is getting here, and Milwausie will let him go, and pat up with a oheapei grade. We will see what we will see. ' ' And now comes "Taxpayer" and presents the side of the board of directors. Taxpayer defends the School board for its economy and intimates that Mr. Ballard is trying to give the impression to the publio that Milwaukie has a chenp'school. "The editor of the Bee seems to have a grievanoe'against the School Board because they did not advertise that they needed a janitor for the school in his paper. He says if Jhe was a swearing man he would say the Board was too d d economioaL "In these days of extravagance it is good to know that some men 'believe in economy of the public money. Perhaps the Milwaukie taxpayers believe in that old fashioned virtue economy as one member ol the school board is serving his 23rd year and 'another member is serving his 10th year. "The Bee furthor says they want someone to do a forty dollar job for twenty-five. The taxpayers voted the janitor's salary at the annual meeting and the Board is doing the best they oau to live up to that vote. The Bee refers to Prof. L. A. Read leaving Milwaukie on account of the salary. If we understand this correctly, Prof. Read asked the board for per mission to put a substitute principal in the school so he could accept the principals:.ip of the Parkplace school, as he prefured the high school work there, and the board allowed him to do so in order that the board at Park place might have a chanoe to see his work and elect him the next year. Continued ou page 8 Citizens of Molalla Country Will Organize a Mutual Bounty Society. MOLALLA, Or.; Sept. 20. -(Special Correspondence). Molalla has taken up the work of organizing a wolf, cougar and wild cat cluh. A citizen's meeting was held last Saturday and anotrhe meeting will be held on Saturday, September 29, at 3 o'olook P. M. Everyone interested in exterm inating said animals in the south half of Clackamas County is invited to attend the meeting. The boundary line begins at the junction of Pudding and Mollalla Rivers, thence up the Molalla River to the mouth of Milk Creek, thence to Mulino and on due east to. , the summit of the Cascades. A. bounty of $15 is to be paid on wolf scalps; $7.50 for cougar scalps and $2.50 on wild oat scalps, all soalps to be accom panied by two witnesses to the caroass. One dollar membership fee is paid on joining the club, which is for advanoe assessments. When the f ond get to low to pay for each of the bounties another dollar is called for. ' It is expected that so many will join the olub thatjthe "death rate" of the said wild auimals will only oost a trifle to each member, 5 or 10 cents. Membership roll will be oironlated in every neighborhood of the territory. Remember the date of the next meet ing of the olub. Saturday, September 29, at which time the club will adopt its by-laws, effecting a permanent organization. It is thought best by many to also include foxes in the bounty list ; also " to specify that coyote pups under two months old shall only reoeive one-fifth bounty, ot $3 per soalp, in order to diBootrage the ooyote industry. TIub aud several other foxy questions will be discussed and adjusted to the best advantage to the mutual benefit of the ulub. MEYER LEFT HIS FAMILY Woman and Babe Abandoned By Husband and Father and Are Destitute. Mrs. Diana Meyer and baby are in a destitute condition and she appealed Friday afternoon to the authorities for ' relief. She states that her husband, who whipped her ar.d their child, luft her a week ago last Friday, stating that he was going to look for work. He took with him all of the money she possessed and told her he would write her and as soon as he secured a position, would seud her some funds. Sinoe his departure, Mrs. Meyer has heard absolutely nothing of him. She called at The Courier offioe Friday atfernoou aud related a sad story and later communicated the faots to Deputy District Attorney O. Sohuebel, who referred her to County Judge Dimick, and it 1b probable that the county will assist the family. Air. and Mrs. Meyer were married four years ago. They came here from Seattle during the Lewis ana Clark Fair, and purohased two lots in Bolton, paying $50 down. Mrs. Meyer is about 30 years of age and her mother lives in Wisconsin. She has been staying at the Doty home in Bolton with her baby. THE NEW AND THE OLD ' P' V5 ' i " ' " s I' . -s ; :-.y. . v J ",; Deputy Sheriff Robt. W. Baker Inspector Reports Wiring Is Defect :ive. LIGHTS MUST BE RAISED Outside and Inside Installation Is Poor General Con ditions Not Satis-1 factory. At a speoial meetinsr of thn "nif. oonnoil last Saturday night the oom, niittee on streets and Dublin n. was authorized to take steps to correct the conditions surrounding the wiring of the Portland General pany hs roportod by a represenUtive of the Board of Underwriters ot the Paoiflo Coast. The companv notified the council that it was willing to raise me ngnts on Main street. There was a sentiment expressed at the meeting in favor of , compelling the company to plaoe the Main street wires underground, but the oity has not determined just what rights it has, as the company has alreadv granted a franchise on Main street. The summary of Mr. Stone's report on the condition of the electric com pany's wiring follows: "General conditions Outside in stallation, bad; inside installations, poor. "General defeots Unapproved wire snd fittings, and general use of com mercial (non-standard) cord used to carry circuits.- Absence, of proper protective devices, outouts and "witches at entrance to buildings. "Special features Poles ,of in suffloient height on ' Main - street supporting wires carrying the follw. ing "circuits: - 12.000 volts, A. C. ; 2200 vcits, A. O. ; 230 - volts, "A 0.4 U0 volts, A. C. ; 500 volts, D. C. "The above oircuitB cross the tele graph and telephone wires at the Junction of Main and Seventh streets, and are orosaed by tho poorly in sulated trunk of the farmer's tele phone line at the same locality. "Wires oarryinjr high voltage are strung along Main street at suoh a height as to prove both a hazard and a menace to firemen in the perform ance of their duties." The oounoil decided to install a new are light on the corner of Main and Sixth streets, but this will "nbTTS done nntil the tangle with the Port land General is straightened out. The Sixth street assessment ordin ance, the ordinance for the sale of bonds for the improvement of J. Q. Adams street and the ordinance authorizing the street committee to make a ooutract for a culvert over Singer Hill creek werejpassed. A. Mihlstin was awarded the con tract for the construction ot the new sewer in district No, 6. His bid was $1822.55. The other bids were : George Gordon, Portland, $2774.83; Gould & Mears, Hood River, $2551.38; Harry Jones, Oregon City, $2424.71 ; Giebisoh &Joplin, Portland, $2640.94; Keating & Frainey, Portland, $2858.95. The chief of polioo Jwas directed to enforce the ordinance relating to cows running at large. Complaint has been received from the third ward. The Milwaukie school opened Mon day with an attendance of400 pupils, and Professor Alderson expects this to be increased to 600, Former Deputy Shirley Buck r