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OREGON CITY, OREGON. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 7 1906
No 30
OR
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RYAN ORDERS
WORK STOPPED
State Sends 18 Varieties For
Commercial Orchard.
MATTER TO BE ADJUSTED
County Horticulturists Hold
Meeting Saturday to Elect
Officers For Ensuing
Year.
Judge Thos. F. Ryan has ordered
the suspension of the work of plant
ing an experimental orchard on his
place near Gladstone until a decision
can be reached relative to the nature
of the varieties to be planted. It was
understood between Judge Ryan and
the State Horticultural Society that
six varieties of values all possessing
a commercial value were to be plant
ed, but 18 varieties have been re
ceived, of 15 trees each. The Judge
does not intend to have his ten acres
utilized in this manner, but it is prob
able that the matter will be adjusted
to the mutual satisfaction of the State
officials and the owner. Tracts front
the farms of W. H. Holder, at Gar
field and Arthur Keyler, of Molalla,
have also been selected as the region
in which commercial apple orchards
shall be planted. The three ten-acre
tracts in different parts of Clackamas
County will be planted and cared for
by the State for eight years, and then
turned over to the respective owners,
who will be under no expense for cul
tivation, spraying, harvesting, etc.,
and who will be permitted to use the
ground for two or three years for gar
den products. Judge Ryan will plant
300 peach trees between the rows of
apple trees on his place.
The Clackamas County Horticultur
al Society will hold its annual meet
ing at the courthouse next Saturday
for the election of officers. The so
ciety was formed 18 months ago and
has been instrumental in educating
people of this country along the lines
of better fruit.
H. Grim, of Texas, has sold 800
acres of land, four miles northeast
of Canby, to W. H. Bair, of Canby,
who will colonize the tract and dis
pose of it in small farms. There are
80 acres under cultivation . and the
whole portion is productive and pos
sesses rich soil. "" ' '
H. W. Trenbath, financial secretary.
There will be a number of appointive
officers and the installation will take
place the first meeting in January.
Willamette Rebakah Lodge, .1. O.
O. F., has. elected the following offi
cers, who will be installed the first
meeting in January: Miss Dora Frey,
Noble Grand; Mrs. Ernest Leighton,
Vice-Grand; Mrs. May Walron, re
cording secretary; Mrs. Nora Cooke,
financial secretary; Mrs. Belle A.
Sleight, treasurer. At a meeting of
the lodge to be held Friday evening,
December 14, two candidates will be
initiated. The officers-elect, together
with the appointive officers, will be
installed in January.
Clackamas Chapter,- Royal Arch
Masons, will meet Monday night of
next week for workjn the Royal Arch
degree.
PERMANENT INJUNCTION
GRANTED.
Frank Busch Restrained from Build
ing on Eleventh Street.
The temporary injunction granted
several months ago in the suit of J.
T. Apperson and Mary E. Barlow
.against Frank Busch, has been made
permanent, and the defendant is per
petually restrained from trespassing
upon any portion of Eleventh street
situated between Main street and the
Willamette river and from erecting
or attempting to erect any buildings
or structures thereon. Ordinance
Gal SIX 7798 P L CO
No. 339 and all proceedings on Ore
gon City in relation thereto were de
clared null and void by Circuit Judge
McBride Saturday. Mr. Busch se
cured from the city the vacation of a
portion of Eleventh street adjoining
his property, and announced his in
tention of building on the property,
but was prevented by the institution
of the suit. He made no fight against
the injunction but allowed the case to
go by default.
Judge McBride has allowed a mo
tion for a change of venue to Wash
ington County in the suit of Mrs.
Wiebka Krohen vs. Clackamas Coun
ty,, for damages.
P.G.E.C0.
HELPS ALONG
Spur Will Be Run Into
Grounds of Chautauqua.
POWER AND LIGHT ALSO
Directors of Willamette Val
ley Assembly Prepare
Plans Leading to
Reorganization.
Positive assurances have been re
ceived from the Oregon Water Power
& Railway Company by the Board of
Directors of the Willamette Valley
Chautauqua Association that not only
the railway company, but the Port
land General Electric Company as
well, will give their hearty co-operation
towards placing the Association
in a position where reorganization of
its affairs will be furthered. The
company's management expresses a
willingness to construct a branch line
from Gladstone into the Chautauqua
grounds, to supply power to operate
the pumps and to light the' buildings
and grounds.
This news will be hailed with joy
by those who are anxious to see the
Chautauqua Association live, - and
steps will immediately be taken to
effect reorganization on a substantial
business basis. The Chautauqua has
long labored under disadvantages in
the way of transportation facilities,
and this is believed td be the main
obstacle that has been in the way of
financial success. In fact the direc
tors have been waiting until the vexed
question could be settled before pro
ceeding with plans for reorganization.
It is probable that the board of di
rectors will lose no time in perfecting
plans along the line, of reorganization.
The old Association corporation was
dissolved some weeks ago and a board
elected to place a new and better
Chautauqua on its feet. It is proposed
to raise $5000, which will not only pay
off the indebtedness, but will also
provide a surplus of more than $2000.
Reorganization and incorporation of
the Willamette Valley Chautauqua
Assembly was unanimously decided
upon Monday at a meeting of the
board of directors. The new corpor
ation will succeed the defunct Wil
lamette Valley Chautauqua Associa
tion, which was ordered dissolved by
a meeting of the stockholders held
October 6. Assurances were received
from the Portland Railway, Light &
Power Company that a spur would be
constructed from the main line at
Gladstone into the ., Chautauqua
grounds, and that light and power
would be provided. George A. Steel,
Charles H. Dye and Harvey E. Cross
were appointed a committee to draft
articles of incorporation and solicit
stock. The board of directors met
Tuesday morning to execute the arti
cles, i
Sheep Killing Case Appealed.
Henry Barr and John Kauffman, de
fendants in a suit brought against
them by Fred Bluhm, have filed an
appeal in the Circuit Court. The case
was tried in Justice of the Peace
Stipp's Court several months ago.
Bluhm alleged that dogs owned by
the defendants killed and injured ' a
number of his sheep and was awarded
$20 damages and $24.85 costs and dis
Mrs. Caroline Thomas.
Mrs. Caroline Thomas, wife of John
Thomas, died suddenly of heart fail
ure Saturday morning at the farm
home near Canby, aged 50 years. She
came to Oregon with hert husband
from Illinois about 16 years' ago, and
is survived by seven children; Mrs.
L. G. Riggs, Charles, Joseph, Nancy,
Roy and Ethel Riggs, of Canby, and
a married daughter living in Idaho.
VOTERS KILL
THE PROJECT
Refuse to Endorse Purchase of
McLoughlin Home.
SENTIMENT IS DECISIVE
Mayor Caufield and Treasurer
Re-elected Meyer and
Pope Are the New
Councilmen.
The proposition to purohase'the old
home ol Dr John MoLooghlin by the
city met witha decisive defeatat the
annual municipal election Monday.
Eiaotly 100 votes weri in favor of the
sohenK fathered by Mayor Caufield,
bat 860 men voted against it. All
three wards of the city went against
it'andjin the First ward, where the
project should apparently have met
with the most favor, it was beaten by
53 votes. In the Second ward it went
136 to the bad and in the hill, section,
in the Third ward, there were only
seven votes in favor out of a total of
85.
Mayor Oaufleld reoeived 895 votes
M. D. Latnretee, for treasurer, leads
the tickut with? 415 votes. Fied J.
Meyer was chosen couDoilman in the
Third ward without opposition and
in the Second ward Albert Enapp
was re-elected to the conncil hy a ma
jority of 85 over S. F. Soriptnr-.
Downin theEFirstVWard Charles W.
Pope polled a heavy vote for council-
man, receiving a majority of 119
votes over George Randall. ' The vote
by wards follows :
Ward 1
E. G. Caufield, Mayor 141
M. D. Latourette, Treasurer.... 155
Chas. W. Pope, Councilman. .. .147
Geo. Randall, Councilman 28
Ward 2
E. G. Caufield, Mayor 192
M. D. Latourette, Treasurer.... 192
A. Knapp, Councilman 131
S. F. Scripture, Councilman.... 96
Ward 3
E. G. Caufield, Mayor 62
. M. D. Latourette, Treasurer.... 68
Fred J. Meyer, Councilman.... 73
The vote bv wards on the nrnnnni.
tion to purchase the McLoughlin
nouse ioiiows:
Ward 1
For .........56
Against 109
Ward ;
For 37
Against 173
Ward 3
For 7
Against 78
Rands Party Home from Idaho.
Harold A. Rands, who has been in
Idaho for the last two months com
pleting a surveying contract for the
government in the Couer d'Alene In
dian Reservation, returned home
Monday accompanied by Wilfred A.
White, Norman C. White and Wil
liam C. Califf, who were members of
the surveying crew. Mr. Rands states
that owing to a dyphtheria quaran
tine at their supply point the mails
were not transmitted for about one
month, and during that time they re
ceived no letters from home. There
was six inches of snow on the
ground when they left, and the ther
mometer registered six degrees below
zero.
J. M. Jacobs and Miss Cora Cox
were married Wednesday by County
Judge Grant B. Dimick, in his office
at the court house.
GET THE MAIL
AT YOUR DOOR
Free Delivery Commences and
Postoffice Boxes Arc
Belov. Par,
Mail boxes have fallen below par
at the local postoffice, for free deliv
ery was established Saturday, with
the following carriers: Clark E. Fuge,
who will servcDistrict No. 1, com
prising all of the down-town portion
of the city west of the bluff; John L.
Etchison and David C. Baker, who
will work'on the hill, the dividing line
being Seventh street. The substitute
carrier is Charles Gates, who will be
in line for a permanent position when
another carrier is added, which will
be only a matter of time.
Oregon City has waited several
years for the new service, and the
gray uniformed men will be welcom
ed. Postmaster Randall has worked
hard to bring about a condition ot
financial receipts that would insure
the establishment of free delivery,
and was materially assisted by the
campaign preceding the primary nom
inating election last April, when more
than $1,000 was expended for stamps
at the local omce.
There will be portions of the city
that will cry aloud over the fact that
they will be ignored in the service,
but the postal department regulations
are rigid, and will not permit delivery
of mails unless the streets and houses
are properly marked and the side-
walks in first-class condition.
The box rentals, which are payable
in advance, will not expire until Jan
uary 1, and after that date a section
of the unused portion will be torn
away to make room for additional
office room, which will be needed by
the post office force. Two deliveries
per day have been arranged for, with
the exception of Sundays, when there
will be no delivery, but the office will
be opened for a short time on Sunday
morning and mail will be delivered to
people who will take the trouble to
call and ask for it.
ODD FELLOWS AT ESTACADA.
Gresham Lodge Joins ;nd Enjoyable
Evening is Spent
The Estacada and Gresham lodges
of the Independent Order of Odd Fel
lows held a joint meeting Saturday
night at Estacada, which was attend
ed by more than 100 Odd Fellows.
The delegation from Gresham num
bered about 40, and after the regular
work of the lodge a aociai time w
held and speeches were made by
Judge Thos. F. Ryan of this city, and
Dr Short and Mr. Roberts of Gresh
am. An elaborate banquet was serv-
Oregon Lodge No. 3, I. O. O. . F.,
held its election of officers Friday
night, with the following result: C.
A Nash, Noble Grand; H. M. Shaw,
Vice-Grand; E. J. Noble, recording
secretary; Thos. F. Ryan, treasurer;
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The Pursuit of Happiness
Now that the light has died out of the Summer skies, while the world
grows gray do you think there's nothing to do but snuggle down by the
fire, watch the white old world swing around again, and wait impatient
ly for the tune of Happy Days?
Ah I But you'r wrong the whole world, restless, longs careless of the
"rare truth that happiness itself, in its purest, finest form, is now, of all
times, so easy to gain. '
"But where to find it?" Deep under the branches of the
Christmas tree it lies where the twinkling light of mystical, magical can
candles fall on the faces of little, children.
This store is a help place for "gift givers' Shelves and counters,
cases and corners are full of gift things.
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HANDKERCHIEFS
Who said "Handkerchiefs make good
gifts!"? . v
You'll say they'll make the most delight
ful of gitts before you see a hundreth part
of this extraordinary collection. Some are
are as filmy as a spider's web others are
edged with fairy-like lace.
Handkerchiefs of silk and handkerchiefs
that are woven of the snowiest and firmest
of linens.
They'll not let you pass them by.
5c to 75c each.
WHERE DOLLS REIGN
Do you wish to see some little girl's eyes
snap with pure rapture? Bring ber here.
Here, where the jaunty dolls elbow each
other where flaxon and brunette beauties
stand, a light of anticipation in their brown
and blue eyes as they await the inspection
of their future little mothers.
In every size from the haughty Parisian
beauty down to teeny-tiny dollies just
made for little dimpled fingers to caress.
Very little, indeed, may be the cost of mak
ing some girlie supremely content.
25c to $3.50
FURS
Furs, deep-toned, luxuriously rich and
soft, will add to the charm of the happy
faces of hundreds of fortunate folk after
Santa Claus has come and gone.
And best of all the comfort and becom
ingnessof a scarf or muff dosen't depend
solely on the price that has been paid.
There is no more greatly appreciated
gift few that are half as practical and
you'll find much of pleasure in choosing
from this wonderful Bhowing or in just
looking at them.
$t.50 to $15.00
UMBRELLAS
"Everybody's got one!"? Ah, but not
like these. Here are handles that are bent
and twisted and carved from woods that
come from every spot on the known globe.
Others in which the pale opalescent hues of
pearl blend with the lustre of silver and
gold.
And rich silks are firmly stretched over
strong, light frames of resilient steel, that
nothing commonplace may mark the per
fect gift.
75c to $5.00
MODISH GARMENTS
You did not know that Santa Claus knows
Dame Fashion well ?
Then come and see the style lines of our
superbly-modeled garments wraps and
suits and jackets and skirts all fashioned
with a defter needle than the kindly old
saint can wield yet all breathing Christ
mas cheer.
Many a mother and many a little woman
will be the happier on Christmas morning
because of the gift that is chosen from this
splendid showing.
GIFTS FOR MEN
Don't wrinkle your forehead another
minute we solve the problem easily. No
need to trust to someone's else taste in
cigars this year, for here are dozens of gifts
that men will like.
Suit cases, shirts, collars, ties, fancy
vests, gloves, shoes, underwear, suits, over
coats, etc., etc.
Buying for women is easy usually. We
make buying for men equally easy.
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MASONS BUY
BARCLAY LOT
rhree-story Brick Building to
Be Erected on the
Property.
Tho 'Ramlav nrnnprfv has changed
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nanus, 111V jyui w.aai.. .. o
mah Lodge No. 1, Ancient Free and
Accepted Masons. The deal was clos
ed Saturday night at a meeting of the
lodge, which will acquire a large slice
of the half block between jviain
Water streets, just north of the Wil
lamette river suspension bridge. The
price paid is $15,500, and the purchase
embraces 97 feet front on Main street
and 107 feet deep, about one and one
half lots. Judge Thos. F. Ryan se
cured an option on the place Saturday
and no time was lost in closing up.
It is the intention of the Masonic
order to construct a three-story brick
building on the property, and plans
will be drawn up for this structure
without delay. The size of the b"lld:
ing has not yet been determined, and
it may not be more than 66 feet front,
leaving free 31 feet on the south front
of the tract that is now occupied by
the O. K. barber shop and Frissell s
cigar store and bowling alleys. The
property has been in the hands of the
Barclay heirs for many years, coming
direct to Dr. Barclay from the Mc
Loughlin family. Preliminary plans
for the building provide for stores on
the lower floor, offices on the second
flrri- m A Inrl it o Viall nn the third
floor, as the present quarters of the
Masons are inadequate.
It is understood that John Adams,
who was formerly a partner in the
Golden Rule Bazaar, and who sold
.out to his brother, L. Adams, has ar
ranged to secure a lease of the lower
floor for five years at a monthly rent
al of $200. ', ' .
CARTWHEEL DOLLARS.
E. Warner Sums up the Argument of
Mr. PhilllpC"
Oregon City, December 26.
To the Editor: "'
Contrary to what I indicated at the- ,
close of my last letter in the Courier,',.;
I beg the privilege of referring again ;
in its columns to the matter which' . ,
has been under discussion for a few
weeks past between Mr. W. .Phillips
and myself, I do so because I owe
Mr, Phillips an explanation and apol- ,
ogy for misquoting his language-jn '
one instance, and by so doing gave f
a wrong impression as 10 hioe,tnean- , :
ing, as he explains in his last letter
on' the subject. In quoting , Vim I
wrote "silver dollars" instead of -"cart-wheel
dollars," as he had it. I
did so intentionally. I had often heard
the phrase "cart-wheel dollars," and
always supposed it referred to our
common silver dollars. But Mr. Phil
lips says not, that he meant dollars -as
big as a cartwheel. My blunder
arose from my trying to give him the
benefit of a correct word instead of
a slang phrase for the name of an
article. I am truly sorry that my
ignorance of the fact that a large'
portion of the people, according to
Mr. Phillips, had been promised and
expected to revive dollars of such
immense size led me to make such
a mistake, and I trust Mr. Phillips
will accept this as a sufficient apology
and generously pardon an error
which was not intended- to do him
an injustice. ,
Summing up briefly Mr. Phillino'
side of the money question, without
reference to other points, in his ar
ticles, it stands about as follow!:
He predicts the advent of a new po
litical party that will give us the free
coinage of precious metals at the ratio
of 16 to l; says that if the people
question, the double standard, with
all it implies, would receive a two-
thirds vote of the people; that the
people have acknowledged the fact
that they were ignorant in such mat
ters; that great promises were made
them which led them into this igno
rance, one oi wnicn promises was
that they should have dollars as big
as a cart-wheel; and that the non
fulfillment of this promise is one of
the reasons why the people are going
to put our money system on crutches
ana ao otner tantastic tricks which
political cranks long have waited for
and died without the right. Verily,
I thought I had put Mr. Phillips in
a hole, but he rides out smiling on
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a cionar as Dig as a cartwheel."
E. WARNER.
FIGHT IN CEMETERY.
Clack imas Scene of Disgraceful Affair
Last Sunday.
Clnckam.is rpmlpru ntfia -
stcne
of a disgraceful fist fight Sunday af-
luiuicuimciy auer uie luneral
of the late Robert Desh
. i c . i . . , iiu
died Saturday morning at the home of
nis aaugnter. Alex. Kobmson resent
ed an alleged insulting statement
made hv Willis Tmpl ahnut r i
of Robinsons family, and fiercelv at.
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idiKcu iinct wun nis nsts. When the
combatants were separated the fight
was renewed by E. A. Chapman, who
went auer imei nammer and tongs
and got the best of the scrap. Imel
came tn this ritv and rnl.r,l n
plaint against Robinson and Chapman."
vnuifcinR mem wun assault ana bat
tery. Chapman pleaded guilty and
paid a fine of $10, but the case against
ivuuiusuu 11,13 noi yet Deen settled.
The affair is deplorable from every
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comment of unfavorable nature from
tne residents ot Clackamas.
Miss Lotta Livermore and Miss
Bess Switzlcr, of Pendleton, who
have been staying in Portland, are
the guests of Dr. and Mrs. A. L,
Beatie.