THIS IS A RED LETTER PERIOD FOR THE COURIER-WE MUST KEEP ABREAST OF THE TIMES. SUBSCRIBE NOW AND DO LIKEWISE COU 24th YEAR. OREGON CITY. OREGON. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 2 1906 No 25 CITY jyj "cE) if IXJ" fj. "c5 " Three 1 0-Acre Tracts Will Be Planted In Clackamas Three commoroial apple orchards will be planted in Clackamas County on ten acre tracts this fall aud the first one will be set oat within 10 days on Judge T. F. Ryan's place in the RiueArson olaim adjoining Glad stone. Jatues H. Reid, fruit Com missioner of the first district, was in the city Monday atfernoou and made publio his plans. He is working in co-operation with the Oregon Agri cultural College at Corvallis and Prof. Lewis ot that institution will, with the help of Mr. Reid, direot the work. The college was at first dis posed to place (only one commercial orchard in Clackamas County, but Mr. Reid wanted to try three of them and finally 'nduoed the College staff to fall iii wiiii his ideas. The other two orchards will be planted at Molalla and Garfield or in the vicinity of these places but the ground has not yet beeu secured and Commissioner Reid and Judge Ryan are looking for suitable locations. They want a ten acre tract near Molalla and near the main road, the other ten acre tract near Garfield or George The land slicfMd ha'e a slight western slope, but this is not essential. All three of the tracts will be planted in planes that hare a com mercial value. Several varieties will be tried and the State will furnish the trees, superintend the planting and will also superintend the spraying aud pruning for eight years after which time the orchards will be turn ed over to the owners of the ground. All cultivating must be done under the direction of Prof. Lewis and Mr. Reid. The owners of the tracts will be allowed to plant crops between the trees for three or four years but such crops must be recommended by either Prof. Lewis or Mr. Reid. Correspond ence from owners of land in the vicinity of Molalla, Garfisld or George is invited, relative to the matter, and all inquiries should be addressed to Judge Ryan at Oregon City. Replies must be in his hands within 15 or 20 days as the orchards will be planted this fall, if possible. It is likely that the Judge will be deluged with applications for the opportunity of the prospective growers which saves him the cost of trees and gives him an education along horticultural lines is not offered every day. Mr. Reid has great faith in OlacKamas County as an apple country aud he has always claimed that thi? county can produce just as good apples as the Hood River Vsllty section. J. W. Grasle, of Milwankie, has some very flue Spitzenburg apples in cold storage that he intends to ex hibit at the annual meeting ofS the State Horticultural Society, which will be held in Portland, January 8th. Mark Levy, of Milwankie, has some choice Lady apples to place on exhibition at the same time. Clack amas County expects to be awarded two of the cups that are offered as prizes for apple exhibits and is reason ably certain of securing one of these cups. Mr. Reid says that any Clack amas County grower who has apples suitable for exhibition, to express them to Mark Levy, care of James H. Reid, Portland, Oregon, and they will be taken care of. Dancing Club Organized. The Willamette Club was organized Monday evening with about 60 mem bers, which will probably be inrceased to CO before the end of the season. This club has bten formed for the purpose of giving a series of four dauciag parties, to be held during the later part of November, December, January and February. John P. Keating was elected president of the club aud other officers and committees were chosen. NET $3000 IN ONE YEAR Clarke Bros , of Mulino, Make ' Practical Demonstration of Good Farming. Farming along intelligent lines shows what can be done in Clackamas County, and Clarke Bros., who have a place near Mulino consisting of 90 acres of good farm land, report a net profit ot $3,000 for one years crops. This is the first year that Clarke Bros, have been on the place. They have 26 acres ot prunes and have re cently constructed one of the finest and best prune dryers in the Btate, having a capaoity ot ten tons They have 13 acres in hops from which they realized 40 bales this year. (Mr. Clarke was in town Saturday and says that orops are better from this place than have been produced in previous years. He is well pleased with the results of the year's work. J. A. Byers, of Clackamas Station, haB three boxes of fine apples of the Northern Spy variety in the show window of Lipman, Wolfe & Co. The apples are labled "Give Clackamas a Chance," and the fruit certainly can not be excelled. Mr. Byers is a well known farmer and takes great pride in his apple orchard. He is produc ing fruit there that will bear compar ison with apples produced elsewhere in this country. LINN WANTS TREBLE DAMAGES. Complains That II. Bigelow Cut Down Trees on Land of Plaintiff. . Treble damages is asked by B. F. Linn, a sawmill operator of this county, in the suit filed through Attorneys U'Ren & Sohuebel against H. Bigelow. Mr. Linn is the owner of 160 acres of land and complains that between April 1 and August 1, 100(1, Bigelow and his employes cut down and oarried away 85 cedar trees containing 150,000 teet of lumber, and 40 fir trees containing 35,000 feet of lumbbr, board measure. According to Mr. Linn, he was damaged by this action to the extent of $335. Linn sets out a second allegation alleging that the defendant converted to his own use 20 -cedar trees after which he broke ground and built a fhi-h dam with the trees across Ahernathy Creek aud has since tres passed on t Indian d oi'the plaintiff and used the dam that he consrtucted, damaging Linn to the extent of $100.00. The plaintiff asks for 1305 damages. Killed In Logging; Camp. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Montgomery returned Sunday night from Houlton, Columbia County, where they went to attend the funearl of the late Samuel Bogges, who was killed in a logging camp near St. Helens Satuiday morn ing. Bogges suffered frightful in juries in the machinery. His arm was torn off and he waB fatally injured aiound the bead. He died while being taken to a Portland hospital on an ABtoria steamer. Bogges was 23 years of age, aud was well known in this city, where he had many friends. He was formerly employed) in tne paper mills, and made his home for four years with Mr. Montgomery's family. He is survived ry a cousin, Mrs. Morris, residing at Houlton. OAKLEY'S CALL IS UNANIMOUS Eugene Man Chosen Pastor of Congregational Church. KNOWN AS PULPIT ORATOR Rev. E. S. Bollinger's Successor ... Possesses Scholarly Attain , ments Comes In January. Rev. E. Clarence Oakley, of the First Congregational Church of Eugene, was Sunday morning given a unanimous call'to the pastorate of the Congregational Ohuich ot this city, to succeed Rev. E. S. Bollinger, for eight years pastor of the Oregon City Church, who resisned some mouths ago to acoept the pulpit of the High land Congregational Church in East WATCH US GROW! Next week the Courier will enlarge to a seven column paper and this addition will give to our readers about 250 inches more good, live county news. The management of the Courier has had this step in con templation for some time and we have finally concluded to follow along our customary line of keeping abreast of the times and ahead of our so-called competitors, but in truth the Courier .has little competition in its own field. There is no other newspaper that covers Clackamas County as we do and our circulation and consequent value as an advertising medium is just about double that of other papers published in this county. It is impossible for us to work alone and we .continuously solicit the patronage and aid of those who are interested in the growth and upbuilding of Clackamas County. The coot of production in en larging the Courier is not a small item but we believe that the business people and others of this city and county will meet us half way and perhaps a little more in our constant endeavor to keep in the front rank. Portland. Mr. Oakley will be offered a salary of $900 per year and the parsonage, which is the same salary as Mr. Bollinger received. Mr. Oakley is about 50 years of age and has been in Engene two years. He was ten years in Tacoma, and four years in Oakland, Cal. He is a man of scholarly attainments arid is uue of the best pulpit orators in tne state. His religious work was commenced in the east, and he was for several years at Detroit, Mich. He has a family consisting of Mrs. Oakley and three sons, one of whom is married and living in the east. The two younger sons have beeu attending the State University. They are prepar ing to attend school in the east and will not come to this city., 1c is probable that Mr. Oakley and his wife will not arrive in Oregon City until next January, if he aooepts the call, which is likely, as he was an applicant for the vacant pulpit. Mr. Oakley's healrh has not beeu good in Lugene and when he was in this city some weeks ago, he expressed himself as delighted with the surioundings. Mineral Springs on Clackamas. Dee 'Wright, accompanied by Mrs. Wright, leaves this week for the headwaters of the Clhckamas River, nearly 100 miles from this city, to secure sauples of mineral waters for a San Francisco firm. Ther are a number of fine mineral springs, botli hot and cold, on the headwaters of the Clackamas, and Mr. Wright will obtain samples of five of them. The firm in the Eat City will analyze the water,' with a view to investing in the property. VIOLA PEOPLE LEVY 5 MILLS Tax Voted For Improvement of County Road. EIGHTEEN WERE OPPOSED Apportionment In Many Road Districts Is Overdrawn and Special Levies Are Urged Byjudpe. The taxpayer' of the Viola road dis trict last Saturday afternoon voted to levy a 5-niill road tax. The meeting wan well attended and was harmonious, the chairman being Road Supervisor James ' T. Fullara. The secretary was Alouzo Tenny. Couuty Judge G. B. Diniiok was present at the meeting. This' levy was made for the purpose of improving the Ore- gon City and Viola road from the store at Viola to the bridge on Littlo CI ear Creek, a distance of about one mile. The vote was 24 to 18. Most of the opposition came from the people living on that end of the road towards Oregon City, us this portion is already improved. It is probable that other road dis. tricts in Clackamas County will make special levies this year as in many cases the road fund apportioned to the several districts is overdrawn, and the county will make no further apportion ment. Districts having roads to im piove this year will have to acconi. plish the desired result through a special levy, and many of them have onnoluded to take such action. Mr. Dimick says that the road rn.ney, amounting to about $28,000 per year is not sufficient to care for the roads of Clackamas County. Some of the fund has to be turned over to incorporated towns and aJarge part of it is expended ou bridge con struction and repairs. The county has 3,200 miles of roads, and the money secured from the general levy is not enough to keep even the main traveled thoroughfares in good con dition. Many miles of road has been constructed with the aid of popular subscriptions, but this method Jiasnot been satisfactory, as some people have been able to evade the cost of building by declining to subscribe. Candidates For Councllmen. Among the candidates that are com ing into the field for couucilmen are George Randall, from the first ward, Fred J. Meyer and J. Betzel, from the third ward, Charles W. Pope aud H. C. Stevens, from the first ward, and A. Kuapp, from the second ward. Petitions for several of these gentle ;men are now in circulation. 40,000 Oregon City Mill & Lumber Co. Will Double Its Present Output LIBRARY IS ENCOURAGED Mass Meeting of Delegates From Organizations on November J 6. The publio library project for thiB city is meeting with the encourage ment it desorves, and a committee meeting was held Friday at the reotory of St. Paul's Church at which Rev. and Mrs. P. E. Hammond, Mrs. George" A.' Harding, Mrs M. M. Charnian aud Mayor E. G. Caufield were present. The mayor is entering heartily into the spirit of the move ment and will give it all the aid in his power, officially aud otherwise. The committee planned for a mass meeting about November 16. To this meeting there will be invited delega tions of two members from every organization in the city. This plan is expeoted to insure the co-operation of every worRing body aud will prob ably arouse enthusiasm that has otherwise laid dormant because the matterhas not been brought promin ently toj; he atentjou of all the poople. The oommitte, however, will leave no stone unturned to enlist the services of representatives of the en tire population. While no definite plan of campaign haB yet been formu lated, the organizationiswell under way and the desired results are anticipated without difficulty. EARLY MORNING FIRE. Rosenstein's Clothing Store Suffers Severely From Water. if ire broke out Monday morning in tne basement of the Willamette Build ing under the store of G. RoBBUBtein, whose stock of clothing and other merchaudis" is utterly mined. Hit insurance of $1500 will not cover the damage. The oriaiu of the fire'is. hard to de termine but it caine from the furnaces that are located in this basement, which is shut off from the basements under the storer of George A. Harding and B. Robison in the same building, by brick walls. When the fire depart ment reached the scene tiie smoke was pouring out of the front and rear gratings of the basement in great clonds, hindering the firemen in their work, but the hoys labored with a will and in spite of the difflcullies in the way, soon had the flames under control. The fire was confined to the basement, but the (tore above was flooded with water, and presents a sorry sight. The merchandise in The Fair store was slightly injured by smoke. The fire proof nature of the building prevented its destruction. There are fire wall partitions betweeu the stores, and these saved to'ther damage. Ogle Mountain Company Meeting. The annual stockholders meeting of the Ogle Mountain Mining Company will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Knapp's hall at which time officers and directors will be elected fnr the eiiBuing year. The stock holders who are now at the mines are expected in today for the purpose of attending the meeting. Mr. and Mrs. John B. Fairclough, Miss Gertrude Fairclough and Al Fair- clough will be among those who will come in. CAPITAL With a paid np capital stook of $40,000, the Oregon City Mill & Lumber Company is planning to double its output, aud Monday held a meeting and elected the following board of directors : N. R. Lang, W. A. Huntloy, Pranliu T. Griffith, L. Adams and B. Kuppenbender. Several well known men have taken stock in the corporation, N. R, Lang, J. W. Mpffatt, C. G. Huntley, Franklin T. Griffith and J. E. Hedges being among them. These offloorshave been elect ed : N. R. Lang, president j Franklin T. Griffith, vice-president; W. A. Huntley, 'ecretary; Conimeroial Bank, treasurer; B. Kuppenbender, mill ' superintendent; John A. Moohuke, mill secretary. The plant will be oporated night aud day. th object of the company being to provide a market for all the lumber out by the sawmills in the Eastern portion of OlaokamaB County, and the company will also 'engage ex tensively in the handling of lumber. A spur from the main line of the Southern Faoiflo Company will be coustruotod, which will give the mill two rail lines to the doors of the factory, which already has connection with the Oregon Water Power & Railway Company, besides excellent water shipping facilities. The mill will make a specialty of fir aud cedar doors, its capaoity being about 250 doors per day. The manu facture of flooring, window sash, ceil ing, interior finish and mouldings will also be extensively eugagod in. The company has ample business ou its books to keep running day and night continuously for a ooiiBiderable period and under the new plan will provide steady employment at its mills lor not less than 50 operatives, and in addition thereto will indirectly provide' stoady employment for the men working in seven or eight of the sawmills east of Orogou City. The oompany has contracts for the eutire output of several of these mills. BACK FROM KANSAS. A. H. Olmstead and Family Return From the Land of Cyclones. After a year in Kansas, A. II. Olm stoad and family have returned to Oregon, aud will in a few days go to Raiuier where they have a place, to reside for a time. Mr. Olmstead was a resident of Logan for four yearn, and was superintendent of the Logan Cheese Factory. Mr. OlniBtead bus little uro for Kansas as a place of lesidouoe. He saw four cyclones in one day whilo thore and was within 10 feet of one of them, which com pletely wrecked a new church, six houses aud two hams. Thd chnrch was carried 40 feet in the air and the inhabitants of the place fkd to their oyclone cellars. "Kansas ha the biggost oorn crop she has ever known," said Mr. Ulmsteaci, "and has helped to swell the humpei crop of the United States which is greater by 50,000,000 bushels over any previous year. Ibom never wassuchacrop in Kansas. There was a great doal of ain there of lute and in one place 17 inches of rain fell within 24 hour?." Mr. Olmstead says that thousands of howeseekers are coming west on every train. The New Idea Cleaning aud Press ing Parlors was sold Friday aud the purchaser f mud that he had pur chased a gold brick and tne m.tn who sold it did not own all of it the property. The matt r was placed in the hands of tho sheriff a. id the doiutv district attorney for adjustment and tho case was settled out ot court by the restitution ol a portion of the porcha e money.