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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
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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
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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
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