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BUY YOUR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS IN OREGON CITY AND , SAVE MONEY. YOU fWILL FIND THE ADS OF THE MOST AGGRESSIVE MERCHANTS IN THE COURIER REeON Y QDUR 24th YEAR. OREGON CITY. OREGON. FRDAY. DECEMBER 21 1906 No 32 'J HE CONDEMNS THE VERDICT Rev. Blackwell Preaches On Murray Murder Case. "THOU SHALT NOT KILL' Methcdist Clergyman Says Sister of Slayer Was to Blame and Speaks For Rigid Laws. Rev. R. C. Blackwell, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, deliv ered a sensational sermon Sunday night on the verdict in the Murray murder case, and took for his text the commandment, "Thou Shalt . Not Kill."' Mr. Blackwell announced that he would preach on the subject of "Was the Verdict in the Murray Murder Case a Righteous Verdict?" and the church held a large congre gation.' '.V ' ! . ' The- preacher compared the Murray I HOLIDAYS ARE NEAR j If ELECTRIC LIGHT is the magnet that draws trade. Keep your store bright and you will be kept busy. , i - Ashow window brilliantly illuminated with ELECTRIC LIGHT makes many a sale ,. ., "the night before." It attracts attention, makes it easy for your display to be ex amined and ehows your goods to THE BEST ADVANTAGE. : AN ELECTRIC SIGN will make a name ; for you and when your name is made it will burn it into the public's eyes and minds. It is an investment that -pays b'g dividends. Our representative will explain how. REDUCED RATES for Current on meter basis Portland General Electric Company C- ff. miUtr, Contract JJgtnt for Oregon dtp OPPORTUNITY Our Smoke and Water Sale a Boon to Holiday Shoppers. For the Christmas . shopper who ia look-. ing for genuine bargains in suitable Holi day gifts, can be easily satisfied here. . Our stock is overflowing with the newest creations in Holiday goods that .will. be sacrificed, owing to slight damage . fcy smoke and water,. . Unheard of bargains. Don't fail to in spect our stock before making your pur chases. ; " - , , THE FAIR STORE f WmRofetson, Prop. - - WILLAMETTE BLDC, OREGON CITY, ORE. case with the . Creffleld killing by Mitchell and the consequent slaying of Mitchell by his sister, and White's murder by Harry Thaw. He urged the enforcement of laws and said that no court -was to be trusted that does not strictly administer the statutes of the State. He said the sister of Murray was partly to blame and al luded to the woeful lack of parenal discipline in so many homes. Mr. Blackwell advised the enactment and enforcement of . laws providing for a severe penalty to fit the crime. He said: . 'I do not believe that the verdict reported by the Jury in the Murray murder case was a righteous verdict. By their verdict the jurors justified private vengeance and private lynch law. By this verdict the established law of the State was nullified, de feated and disgraced. Of all wishy washy excuses ever pleaded Is emo tional insanity. So-called unwritten law is also another absurdity, and a most dangerous theory to advocate In a, body politic, as It is without limit in its application." - 8chool Boy Row. s ' Orey Howell, a son of E. M. Howell, and Melville Green, were the prin cipals ,m an affray near the Barclay school building Friday, in which young Green was the vanquished. Howell resented a verbal attack, and pick ing up a stick hit his tormenter over the head, and for a time the case was regarded seriously, but the in jured boy will be none the worse for the encounter. 1 MEAT TRUST INTIMIDATES Shows Its Hand Boldly By Threats to Dealers. MAY OPEN RIVAL STORES Insists That . Local Butchers Buy Fresh SmppHes From Packing Houses In Portland. The meat trust, which has been car rylng things with a high hand In many Northwest cities, has turned Its at tention to this city, and representa tives of the great packing house of Swift & Company were in the city a few days ago conferring with local butchers , Iq order to ascertain what their intentions are relative to the abandonment of butchering. Every meat dealer In the city, in order to Insure fresh supplies to his custo mers, does his own butchering, and buys little fresh meat from the pack ing houses, even conducting their own smokehouses. This is a condition that is not at all satisfactory to the meat trust, and it hag been intimated to the dealers that unless all fresh meats are purchased from the Portland pack ing houses of the trust, an opposition, cut-prize shop will spring up here and a warm war will be waged to a finish. At the present time the trust is working at St Johns, and when mat ters are adjusted there to its satis faction, the scene of action will be Oregon City. Advance agents of the trust have even gone so far as to negotiate ' for buildings here. The avowed object of the meat trust is to secure absolute control of the meal supply of the Northwest and then have the dealers at their mercy. It Is very Improbable that the local butchers, wlio have been preparing their own product for many years, will submit to the dictation of .the trust ' without a struggle. Farmers, too, are alarmed at the threat of the beef trust to open a cut price butcher shop in Oregon City in order to compel the local meat dealers to refrain from buying meat on the hoof and doing their own slaughter ing, curing and smoking. Thousands of dollars are disbursed each year by the meat market people of this city to the farmers of Clackamas County, and it is the avowed purpose of the great combine to put a stop to this practice and compel local merchants to buy dressed meat of all kindB from the Portland packing houses. If the trust is successful, it will follow that they will control both ends of the line, and will not only try to force the local people out of business with cut-price methods, but . will make . their own price on live stock and fix the price on meat on the block as well. This Is a knife that cuts both ways, and will work a hardship on livestock men and later on the head of every family in Oregon City. Of course the much talked-of trust shop has not yet been opened and may cot be. But it is generally understood that after the trust accomplishes what il has set out to do at St. Johns it will turn Its attention to Oregon City and will put in one or more shops unless the dealers here consent to purchase their entire meat supply of the com bine. MR. WISNER RESIGNS. Severs Connection With Government Fisheries After Eight Year. tfohn Nelson Wlsner, field superin tendent of the United States Bureau of Fisheries, has resigned his posi tion, to take affect on January 1, next, and has accepted the mill secre taryship of the Oregon City Mill & Lumber Company. Mr. Wlsner Is well known fn fish culture circles and has been connected with the govern ment for more than eight years. His resignation will create a vacancy that will be eagerly sought after, as there are only two field superintendents in he whole service. Mr. Wlsner's work s best known on the Pacific Coast, where he was in charge of the propa gation of salmon for the United States Government in Oregon and Washing ton for the last four years, except when he was on special work else where. Two years ago he was sent to Alaska with a party of scientists to make an investigation of the condi tions there and to recommend sites for hatcheries. Later he spent a year In the Division of Fish Culture in Washington, D. C. Before coming to the coast, Mr. Wisner supervised shad propagation on the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays. His resignation will be a distinct loss to the Government Fisheries Bu reau and the consequent gain to the rapidly growing corporation Into whose employ he has entered. Mr. Wlsner succeeds John A. Moehnke, who resigned a short time ago, and who will be established in business in Portland. "LOVE" HAS RETURNED. Wanderer Comes Back After Twenty- Five Year' Absence. Albert Hedges, better known as Love" Hedges, is in the city visiting relatives, after an absence of 25 years. Mr. Hedges hag been a wanderer over the face of the earth, but wag many years a resident of Eastern Oregon. He is just down from a stay of seven years in Alaska, and started to Seattle to visit his sister, Emma, but received the sad intelligence of her recent death after his arrival. The stranger Is transacting business here and form ing new acquaintances ag well as re- newlng old ones. He was swapping yarns at the court house with Sheriff R. B. Beatle and Jailer Nehren yes terday afternoon. Hedges and Peter Nehren told stories of 30 years ago, when they went on surveying trips together with John W. Meldrum, and took a scare at peaceful Indians who wanted to trade , with them. Mr, Hedges said they were "tenderfeet" and became alarmed at the sight of blood that was on the colthes of the red men, who had been doing nothing more offensive than killing deer. "Love" Hedges is known to every old settler. He is a son of the late Cap tain A. F. Hedges, formerly Sheriff of Clackamas County, and Is a cousin to J. E. and G. L. Hedges. He has dozens of relatives in Oregon City. POSED AS BOOK AGENTS. Three 8trangers Try to Entice Young Girls Away From Home. Two detectives were in the city from Portland Sunday looking for a clue to the whereabouts of three men, who were in town several days last week, and represented themselves as book agents. The officers charge that the men used the book agent dodge simply as a guise to cloak their real intention ' which was nothing more or less than the enticement of young girls away from their homes. The manager of the trio answered to the name of Going, and he left rather hurriedly one day last week, his assistants following a few days later. It is supposed ttfat the party have been operating in other towns and the police all over the state have been warned to keep a sharp lookout for them. All of the men are well dressed and have the usual smooth surface and velvety talk of the book peddlar. It is very evident that they were frightened away from Oregon City, as tbey remained only a few days. MONEY IS IN PLAIN SIGHT Reorganizatlon of Chautauqua Is Progressing With Success. Three thousand dollars In In enav sight for the reorganization of the Willamette valley Chautauqua Assem bly, and the soliciting committee, com posed of Georee A. Steel nharina w Dye and H. E. Cross, have been doing great work. The spent Thursday in Portland and whllp they were not for tunate in finding people in, they did receive generous response from many people. H. W. Goodey president of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company, subscribed 100 for four shares, and C..JB. Moores, of Salem, Joined with the other members of the Board of Directors, and subscribed for four shares. There has been $1575 actually subscribed and very little ef fort has been made to sell stock in this city, where the Chautauqua should and no doubt will receive lib eral support The committee would like to raise $5000 and has excellent prospects of doing so, If they are met half way. ' E. S. Collins, a lumberman of Os trander, Wash., surprised the commit tee by sending his check for $100 for four shares of stock. He had not been solicited but evidently knew that his aid would be appreciated and volun tarily subscribed. KILLS THE DOG. Attorney Schuebel Had a Canine With Vicious Tendencies. Deputy District Attorney C fVhno. bel's bird dog was executed by Its master Friday, because of his vicious tendencies, which have been making matters very uncomfortable for its owner. Several weeks ago the dog bit a son of Sheriff R. B. Beatle and Friday mornlnc. while Arthur naiiv a ten-year-old lad. wan on hfn wv tn school, the dog waltzed out in front of D. C. Ely's store and imprinted nig teeth in the boy's leg, leaving a distinct mark, and knnrVW tho hnv down, and springing at his throat, but Mr. jsiy rushed to the aid of young; Dalley and bandaged the Injured j limb. The affair was rennrtprf tn thn police and Mr. Schuebel readily con- sentea to Kin tne Deast, which was a valuable dog, aside from his desire to chew human flesh. 36,000,000, BARRELS IN A YEAR Apple Crop Shows What Can Be Done and Opportunity Is Oregon's. The apple crop of the United States this season is 36,000,000 barrels. QO-oInot O K Aftfl flftfl loo wan n A m mh.i uou.uui. aw,vvv,vvv la.l .UU a UIUQ over 40,000,000 each of the two years before. The immensity of the figures shows that Oregon, with all her adapt ed soils In apple-bearing, would not, great as would be the aggregate, have appreciable effect In the way of over production. In any event, were the world'g apple stocks over abundant the Oregon apples will sell, and they will go at the best price, for they are sought by those able to pay fancy figures. They have found the way to the tables-of the New York and the London rich, and the question of the cost does not figure. Hood River apples at $3 a box and more thla sea son, with Rogue River apples selling almost equally well, afford proof that the world know where the fancy ap ples are and is going to have them regardless of price. It Is an opportunity that Oregon ought not to fall to rise to. The lands are here, so is the climate, and; PRUNING AND CULTIVATION Things Required For Apples Besides Spraying. EXPERIMENT NOT NEEDED W. H. Fritch Tells of Exper iences In Oklahoma and Gives Advice That Is Sound. Editor Courier I am very mnoii interested in the discussion in the Oonrier about horticulture and as 1 have had some experience in fruit growing in Oklahoma and came here for that purpose and have seleoted Claokamas County, I should like to write some on that line. I am a little amused at bo niuoh bein& said abont spraying and so. little said about pruning and cultivation. Where I came irom if we did uoc cultivate trees they would die and I do not see any orchards cultivated here. i;am satisfied that this valley is as go jd as Hood River for apples and strawberries if the same care is taken for trees as there. I visited Hood River and flud that they cul tivate so thoroughly that not a weed or spear of grass is permitted to grow and they trim so one limb will not touob auother and the trees look as though there was not twigs enough to bearja half crop. Then if .there is too many apples nn a twig they go and pick them off; then they irrigate them. In Oklahoma we raise the Missouri Pippin and it is a very pro- lino bearer. One year my Missouri Pippins were too full of apples. In July I pioked half of them oS and sold them and when I came to gather the crop 1 got more bushels than it I had left .them all on and they were perteut. ion can no more crow perfect apples than you can grow corn with five or six stalks to the hill (in a own county). We don't nied to ex periment here to see ii we can grow perrect apples. We are in one of the best fruit counties I ever saw. I Had fine apples on an oldorohard this year that had net been plowed or pruned for over 20 years. I did not expect anything. What wonld a young orchard have don : if kept as they keep them at food River? We don't need irrigation here, but we need thorough cultivation. How can we expect fruit with two or three months of dry weather and our orohard grown np in weeds and grass and a dozen apples on a twig that many inohes long? I nliould like to ask if spraying is not an experiment yet? it not, why uo so many say they sprayed and it did not do any grodV I am not acquainted with San Jose scale, as we had none where I came from and there is very little on my old orchard here. I am satisfied it would be a good tiling for the county as well as 'o the farmers if they oould be persuaded to out all the old orohards down, &b they are a detriment to the county. as well as the farmer. W. H. FRITCH. ENTERPRISE IS SOLD. L. L. Porter Will Relinquish Possession of Plant January I. H. A. Galloway and E. O. Thomas, of Troy, Ohio, have purohased the plant and good will of the Oregon City Enterprise, a local woekly news paper, from L. L. Porter and will take possession Jauuary 1. The con sideration was not ;niade publio but it is understood to be'about $9000 cash. Mr. Galloway came here from Oilifornia last Summer and about four months ago took a lease on the publication and ,at once oommenoed the issuanoe of the Daily Star, which has siuoe ben continued. Mr. Thomas will leave this week for. his home where he will dispose of his business interests and will retarn to Oregon Citytp reside. , Will Come to Mine Next Spring. CONDON, Ore., Dec. 10. (Editor of The Courier.) When I left your city I expected to be back and go up to the Ogle mine for the Winter, but the heavy rains in your vicinity caused the company to back down until the Spring, about April 10th, when I hope to locate permanently either at Ore gon City or Woodburn. I expect to place some of the new diamond drill Hood River has led the way to an open and enduring market. All that re mains is for care to be taken of the orchards we have, and intelligence to be applied in those we are yet to plant. It hag been repeatedly established that spraying will reduce the loss from codlln moth to five per cent or less, and that San Jose scale and other diseases are easily controlled. It is a fixed fact that apple lands are worth from $100 an acre and upwards, and that they will pay handsome returns on that investment in addition to the labor and expense of culture. All these fortuitous conditions open up hostilities in the apple field to which there could be a sequel in advancing lands and bustling Industry of which we do not dream. If only they of the over-crowded East knew what Oregon offers them in orcharding, thousands of them would be quick to accept the challenge and come to the golden west. Oregon Journal. machines at the mines when I arrive, with a capacity of 1,500 feet This will do away with the necessary tun neling until the ore is found in the place, then we shall drive tunnels and block ore until we have sufllcient ore blocked when we shall know what kind of a mill is required. We have enough money to develop our work ings and place a mill, therefore we will not offer any shares for sale. We hope to return your well wishes to wards us and our efforts. We are bent in trying to complete a first class mining camp. THE MOLALLA MINING CO., W. E. Patton, Supt IMPROVEMENT THE WATCHWORD People of Oak Grove Organize for Betterment of Existing Conditions. The Oak Grove Improvement Asso ciation was formed Thursday night, with the following officers: B. Le Paget, president; E. A. Allen, vice president; George Miller, secretary; A. Heltkemper, treasurer. The object of the association is to bring about advantages to the town of Oak Grove, where about 100 families are living, and to- secure electric lights, tele phone service and a reduction in fare on the, line of the Oregon Water Pow er & Railway Company. The town Is blessed - with three names, the post offlce being Crelghton, the school dis trict Oak Grove, and the railway sta tion Center, and it is the desire of the residents to abolish this situation. SHIBLEY IN ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI Tells of the Wonderful Industries of Those States and Is Ready to Come Home. VAN BTJREN, Ark., Dec. 3. Since my last correspondence in Northern Missouri, I have come to this city (Van Buren), a town of 6,000 inhabi tants, by the way of St. Louis, Mo. Van Buren is the county seat of Craw ford County, one of the oldest coun ties of Arkansas, which is on the north bank of the Arkansas River and Is on the main line of the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad; also on line of Little Rock & Fort Smith railroad, and Is the southern terminus of the Kansas & Arkansas Valley, and north ern terminus -of the Garden Branch of the St Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern railroad. This country is a vast coal bed. Van Buren has mod ern concrete side walks and a $20,000 Y. M. C. A. building, an electric light plant, and has a fine water system which comes from a mountain stream, three banks, cotton gins and a cotton compress. About $350,000 worth of cotton in sight in the yard. There Is well equipped foundry, two school buildings, seven churohoB, one daily and two weekly newspapers and a dry city. This country 1b more like Oregon than any I have seen therefore; I like it better than any I have passed through. Expect in the morning to start for Paris, 60 miles south, then back here, and then for Los Angeles, California. I find Beven or eight families of the Shibleye in this city and vicinity, all prosperous and am having a fine visit. Could hardly count how many In Missouri and Iowa. VAN BUREN, Ark., Dec, 6. In my last correspondence, I stated that I was going to Paris, 60 miles south of here and have returned to this place. Went through Ft Smith, which is partly in Arkansas and partly in In dian Territory, a city of 3,500, a very fine business place and improving rapidly. Quite a number of northern and eastern capitalists are coming to the South now. The country around Ft. Smith is good, but between there and Paris barren and thin soil. About Paris It is very good. The products are cotton and peaches, big cotton mills and compresses. In Paris they grind about 40 tons per day of cot ton seed; that's where we" In Oregon get some of our oil meal. They press about 1,000 gallons of linseed oil per day. Forgot to say In my last correspond ence that I stopped off in the. Ozark Mountains and ate opossom and per simmons. My Nephew, ' W. II. H. Shlbley, raises peaches, runs a store" and is connected with the First National Bank of, Van Buren, and my Nephew, Dr. J. S. Shlbley, of Paris, Ark., raises peaches. Expect to start for Los Angeles, Cal., in eight or ten days. A. M. SHIBLEY. Derthick Club Entertains. The home of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Chase was the scene of a brilliant assembly. Friday night when the first Winter party of the Derthick Club wag given to the members, their hus bands and friends. The event was doubly interesting, made so because of the 48th anniversary of the mar riage of Mr. and Mrs. Chase, and the company listened to and applauded a short congratulatory speech from Col onel Robert A. Miller, of Portland, to which Mr. Chase responded. Whist was the major amusement of the evening, the prizes going to Miss Cis Barclay Pratt and Mr. Charles H. Caufleld. Colonel Miller executed funny stunts from an auctioneer's stand and sold for beans articles con cealed in deceptive appearing pack ages. The men surprised the ladles by carrying off honors in a musical guessing game, and their familiarity with music was tested a second time, Mr. C. D. Latourette winning the prize. The hostesses served refresh ments, for which the Derthick Club is famous, and the evening was con cluded with music and informal pas times. Five, Mill Road Tax. By a vote of 25 to 1 2 a 5-mlll tax for road purposes was levied Friday by the voters of Road District No. 19, of Mullno and Milk Creek. The vot ers went on record against the ap pointment of a county road master. County Judge G. B. Dimick was pres ent at the meeting. CHANCE TO WIN PRIZES Fruit Exhibit In Portland January 8, 9 and 10. OPEN TO OREGON GROWERS Many Additional Cups Arc to Be Hung up Which Will -Provide For Special Varieties. " The annual fruit exhibit of the Ore gon State Horticultural Society, to be held in Portland on January 8, 9 and 10, will offer an unusually large incen tive to exhibitors in the matter of awards and prizes. Through the gen erosity and interest of the patrons of the society many additional cups are to be hung up which will provide for special classes and varieties. The competition is open to all growers in Oregon and in special cases in Washington also. The en trance fee for members is paid by the society, while non-members are re quired to pay a fee of $2. s Exhibits must be In place by 12 o'clock noon, January 8, and requests for space should be filed with Secre tary E. R. Lake, Corvallls, or J. H. Reld, Mllwaukle, not later than Janu ary 1. The cups and awards offered are as ' follows; Cups Yellow Newtown, Grime's Golden Spltzenburg, Northern Spy, Baldwin, Jonathan, Winesap,' Wago ner, Lady, Hydes' King, Arkansas' Black. Best general display of wal nuts covering all varieties of Persian Royal type; Italian prunes; first and second for general display of standard ' varieties apples,- the most promising new variety of apple; the best Win ter pear, any variety. : ' Awards Rome Beauty, Gravensteln, Ortley, King, Red Cheek, Ben Davis, ' Italian prune, Petite prune, any va-. riety Winter pear. Special awards" for walnuts are offered by the Ore gon Nursery Company; nut exhibits as well as others must be made by the grower or growers; and in thia Instance, as for the walnut cup, the ' exhibit may be either Washington or Oregon grown. These awards con sist of ten pounds of nuts, named variety, first, and five pounds second; for second best display of all vifrle tles; first and second display, pf sec ond generation Franquette; first and" ' second display of second generation ; Mayette; first and Becond display of named varieties, second generation; first and Becond for best pound of any named variety.''1 This score gov erns this nut exhibit: Form, size, fla vor, color of pellcle, thickness of shell, weight of meat to shell. First . and second for collection of Chaberte, Parlslenne, Proeparturlen; first and second for collection of soft-shell other than French types. ; Variety cups Apples and pears are for not less than one box, commercial pack. The following score will gov ern for apples and pears: Form 5, size 20, quality 10, free from blem ishes 20, uniformity 15, pack 10, color 20. The sweepstakes cups will be given for the first and second best display standard varieties, commercial pack; not less than three varieties, not more than five, and not to exceed three boxes of any one variety. Offi cers' cup for the best plate display of commercial varieties; not less than three plates of each variety and four specimens to each 'plate. This cup Is to be won three times by the same person, firm or association before it becomes his or their permanent prop erty. Prunes shall be ' commercial pack, ten-pound box, five-pound box or cartons. 1 Sixth Grade Debate. ; The pupils of the sixth grade of the Barclay School held an interesting debate Friday on the subject of "The Usefulness of the Horse and Buggy as Opposed to the Automobile." Those taking the side of the old way were Bradley Woodward, Albert Frederick and Pliny Owensby, while the pupils favoring the auto mode of travel were Gladys and Edith Hamilton and Alice Thomas. The automobile adherents met defeat, and the Judges were El den and Joe Alldredge, Claude Harris, Bell Dalley and Martha Parker. ' : Special School Meeting. ' Notice is hereby given to the legal voters of School District No. 62, of Clackamas County, State of Oregon, that a special school meeting of said district will be held at the county court-room In the courthouse at Ore gon City, Oregon, on Friday, the 28th day of December, 1906, at 7 o'clock p. m., for the following object: For the purpose of levying a special tax for school purposes. , Dated this 15th day of December, 1906. GEORGE A. HARDING, Chairman Board of Directors. Attest: E. E. BRODIE, District Clerk. Koerner Chosen Captain. The election of William Koerner, of the city, as captain of the 1907 Stan ford football team was received hare with great satisfaction. Mr. Koerner" was the eldest on of Rudolph Koer ner, formerly superintendent of the qualities had made for him" a host ot friends. Koerner was formerly a stu dent at Portland Academy, where he Oregon City Manufacturing Company, and his Jovial disposition and fine played football. He won the coveted place on the team from Kenneth Teu ton, by a vote of 8 to 7. The 11-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Kanney, of Willamette, died Sunday morning and the body was sent to Snohomish, Wash., for burial Monday. The boy was a twin. 1 8 N M H II sii n i-A