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OREGON CITY. OREGON. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 8 1907
24th YEAR.
No 39
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Willamette River Goes
On Rampage
MUCH DAMAGE IS DONE
Factories All Shut Down and Many
Men Thrown Out of Work
City in Bad Fix.
The usually placid basin at the head
of Main street Is a swirling, teething
maelstrom of waters.. Impelled by the
mighty mass of waters above, the
turgid Willamette rushes through the
city, sweeping everything before It In
Its mad rush towards the Columbia.
Not since the memorable flood of
1890, when logs floated down through
Main street and crashed through
store windows, has the river reached
the point whehe It now stands.
It Is impossible yet to estimate the
damage that hat been done.. AH the
Interests In the city have suffered,
and the city Itself will have an expen
sive bill for repalre to sidewalks and
roadways.. Hundreds of men have
been thrown out of employment. Nu
merous families have been rendered
homeless. Shipping has suffered, nav
igation Is tied up.. Manufacturing In
terests are practically at a standstill,
and still the river Is rising.
The rise started last Thursday and
has continued with leaps and bounda
till all previous records save one have
been eclipsed.. Not once have . the
deepening waters receded, nor have
they even remained stationary.. By
feet and by Inches has the depth In
creased, and each day hat added to
the tale of damage done.
- Sickness May Result.
The Injury to the city cannot be
measured la dollars and cents alone.
Oregon City may even be on the eve
ot an epidemic of disease, due to the
fact that with all the water, there Is
none in the mains with which to flush
the sewers. Wednesday noon the
pumping station was compelled to
shut down, and will remain closed till
the waters recede sufficiently to allow
It to be operated. The reservoir on
the hill Is full, but this will be kept
for emergency use In case of Ore.
Physicians are apprehensive that the
accumulation of sewage may breed
disease in the city.
Last Thursday the gauge showed
a depth of three feet more than on
Cue preceding day, since when the av
erage rise has been between two and
three feet for each twenty-four hours.
The snow and rains of the earlier
part of the week helped to swell the
flood, and as the streams tributary to
the Willamette became swollen, they
poured their waters into the larger
volume helping to increase it.
First Part of Town to Feel Effects.
The north end of the city was the
first to feel the effects of the high
water, which spread over the flats and
flooded the truck gardens below
Greenpoint. As the upper river rose,
the mills of the Willamette Pulp and
Paper Co. and the Crown Pulp and
Paper Co. were affected, and the Wll
lamette company had to close all of
Its mills but mill D.
The Crown Co. has received
serious set-back in its work owing to
the fact that it is shut down on both
sides of the river, and the east side
mill will be tied up for several weeks
until the basin can be fixed.
As the flood progressed, and the
water kept rising . other Industries
were affected, and now practically all
have been forced to close. Navlga
tics was at an end on the upper river
after Monday when the water rose to
such a height that the locks could no
longer be UBed. Tuesday the river
steamers could not pass the suapen
slon bridge. The bridge" across the
Clackamas, used by the O. W. P. Co,
cars was deemed unsafe, and passen
gers had to walk across, the cars run
ning to either end. It Is said that the
bridge has moved slightly from its
foundatnons, and that there is danger
of its going out. The old covered
bridge across Clear Creek at Stone
went down with a crash Wednesday,
narrowly missing taking Jesse Wll
Hams and his team with it.
Trouble for Southern Pacific Thursday
During the night the water rose so
rapidly that the tracks below Green
point were inundated for over a mile,
Night trains had difficulty in crossing
the flooded space, for the water was
high enough to put out the fires in
the engines. Those burning oil n could
easily light up again, but it took some
time to get the coal burners started,
Three feet of water covered the
tracks. . .
Thursday was the climax of the
flood. During the night the walls of
the basin went out, as well as the
greater" part of the breakwater be
tween Canemah and Oregon City,
This caused the rush of waters
sweep away a log boom on the east
side of the river belonging to the
Crown Pulp and Paper Co. There
were estimated to be 3,000,000 feet of
logs in this boom, and the loss will be
great. It also flooded the pulp mill
'and the woolen mill, and forced them
to close. Thursday morning a large
crowd of people watched a boom of
logs belonging to the Willamette com.
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START RIGHT
BEGIN WITH
ELECTRIC LIGHT
IT IS CHEAPER
Make J 907 an ELECTRIC YEAR in your
Household as well as in your Store , and enjoy the
convenience, the labor-saving, the healthfulness, the
safety, the economy and the prosperity that attend
the use of ELECTRICITY. ' '
FREE LAMP RENEWALS: The Company
will henceforth furnish free of charge, to all meter
customers, new Edison base lamps of 4, 8, 1 6,
32 and 50 candle power, in exchange for burned
out or old lamps heretofore furnished by the Com
pany Lamp renewals will be made at the Com
pany's Office, Main btreet Oregon City.
FREE LAMP RENEWALS mean better light,
and is Equal to a Substantial Reduction in
the Cost of Lighting.
Call MAIN 6688 for information.
Portland Railway
Light & Power Co.
C.G.MILLER, - - Contract Manager for Oregon City
RESULTS OF THE HICH
WATER THUS
FAR.
Publication of Thb Courier delayed.
Industries Closed:
Pumping Station.
Willamette Pulp & Paper Co.
Crown-Columbia Pulp & Paper Co.
Portland Flouring Mills,
Oregon City MIU & Lumber Co.
Oregon City Manufacturing Co.
Cascade Laundry.
Chinese Laundries,
Oswald & Fredericks Furniture Co.
Navigation' stopped.
Clear Creek Bridge gone.
O. W. P.'s Clackamas Bridge unsafe.
One house destroyed.
Southern Pacific tracks submerged.
Many sidewalks gone.
ately stepped In front of It and was
cut to pieces by the engine.
Coroner Holman was notified at
once by telephone, and left on a spe
cial engine with a coffin, since the
roads are so badly flooded that travel
by them Is Impossible. The remains
the train. When it came he deliber
were brought back here on the five
o'clock train and an Inquest was held
Wednesday In the coroner's office.
The unknown was about five feet
tall and stockily built, weighing about
160 pounds. . He had brown curly
hair, a sandy complexion and wore a
moustache. His nose was peculiar
feature of his face, being large with
a noticeable upward turn at the tip.
The clothes he wore were rather old,
and he had the appearance of a tramp
or a workman out of a job. Nothing
was found on his person that would
give any clue to his Identity, but there
was some Bmall change in one of his
pockets. He had also a Bible and some
religious tracts stamped by a Tacoma
mission, thus showing that he had
been In that city recently. There was
also In his possession cards of various
business firms throughout the state
of Washington.
The coroner's Jury attached no
blame to anybody for the accident,
and It is thought that he met death
voluntarily while In a lit of Insanity.
pany break loose and go down stream.
Logs have been continually going
down the river, to help swell the Jams
that have formed below.
' Courier Tied Up.
On Thursday occurred the trouble
at Station B of the Portland General
Electric Co. The high water caused
the wheels to turn so slowly that
hardly enough current was generated
to supply light . The station sent all
ot Its current to Oregon City and vi
cinity, but even this failed to supply
all that Is necessary to run motors In
town thus tying up the Courier
plant with the rest. For a time dur
ing the afternon no current at all was
sent out. At this writing It Is not
known whether the rise has been
checked or not. If there Is a further
rise, Oregon City will be in darkness,
Up to this time there have been no
fatalities from the flood but many
have had to be rescued from homes
that have become Inundated. Thurs
day morning William Beard waded
through the water and took his three
grandchildren from their home at the ceding year. The total disbursements
corner of lutn and Washington sts. auring me year amounted to ij.uij.
They were the children of William 63, There is no bonded Indebtedness
McLarty. ' for tne Denent or. tne water system,
- L. but the board has a floating Indebted
ness consisting of warrants for $31,-040.02.
HOUSE KILLS
HUNTLEY'S BILL
Votes to Postpone Indefi-nitely-Amourits
Really
To Rejection.
Water Commissioners' Report.
The report of the board of water
commissioners ot Oregon City has
just been made public. The report
shows that this Is the only depart
ment of the city that is self-sustaining.
During the past year much ex
tension work was done, in laying
mains and adding to the equipment of
the plant, so that now Oregon City
possesses a water system the equal of
any town of Its size in the country.
The property Inventories at $98,490,
of which the greater part Is in the
mains, which are put down at a value
of $40,000. The report Bhows that
the past year brought In an Increase
of $1019.99 of receipts over the pro
TOO ANXIOUS
TO PAY DEBTS
Hamilton Meets Obligations
and Goes Under. - -
Does a hoodoo pursue the "Red
Front" store? E. C. Hamilton has
made an assignment for the benefit
of his creditors, and It. L. Sabln, trus
tee of the Northwest Merchants' Pro
tective association will take charge
of the books pending the Investiga
tion of the assets and liabilities.
This Is the second time that Mr.
Hamilton has failed on this site, and
is the fourth failure that the ill-fated
store has gone through. Previously
the Red Front Trading company tried
to do business here and failed, and be
fore that George T. Howard could not
make the place pay. It is said that
had Mr. Hamilton not been so eager
to pay up his' creditors from the for
mer failure he would be In better con
dition to meet his obligations at the
present juncture. Too much acconv
modation In the way of extended cred
it and too many bad debts are said to
be responsible for his present embar-
rasment.
Lodge Establishes New Branch.
Mrs. Agusta Lutz returned last
,-Thursday from Mllwaukle where she
has been for the last twelve days In
the Interests of the ,Knights and La
dles of Security. It is the Intention
of the order to organize a branch Jo
that town and fourteen charter mem
bers have been secured through the
efforts of Mrs. Lutz. The ceremonies
Incident to the organization of the
lodge will take place Tuesday evening
February 12th in Woodmen Hall. J
The bill introduced by Representa
tive Huntley and called "Corrupt
Practice" bill failed to pass the House
by a vote of 30 to 23. Seven members
were 'absent. While the House did
not definitely fall to pass the bill
merely, it was postponed, which is
the Bame thing as if the bill were lost.
' Mr. Huntley gave a strong argu
ment In favor of his measure, plead
ing for an equal show for the poor and
the rich candidate in an election, and
showing that the possesion of wealth
does not necessarily fit a man to hold
office, but Is rather an advantage
which he has over a poor man in ob
taining the office. He predicted that
a law similar to those which this bill
contains will have to be passed soon
er or later.
Mr. Campbell spoke in favor of the
bill's passage, and to criticisms that
had been made to the effect that the
bill was too cumbersome. Rodgers of
Marion county spoke against the bill,
and attributed Its authorship to W.
S. U'Ron. In reply to him Mr. Camp
bell said:
"If these men want this sort of a
law, why don't they introduce a bill
proposing such a law? So far as the
author of this bill Is concerned.the
gentleman from Marlon is also mis
taken. The bill was carefully pre
pared by one of the foremost Judges
In this state, one for whom every law
yer removes his hat, a judge whose
decisions are less frequently reversed
in the Supreme Court than are those
of any other judge in the state the
Hon. Thomas A. McBrlde.
"A law similar to that now being
considered was adopted by the Brit
ish parliament, the members of which
receive no pay for their services, as
early as 1883 and In 1892 the greater
part of this bill was Incorporated la
a law by the legislature of Massachu
setts, which, I think, includes just
about as many brilliant statesmen as
are to be found In either the Marion
or Multnomah County delegations in
this House."
Young Boys Turn Robbers.
Boy robbers have made their ap
pearance in Parkplace. Little Peter
Rotter of that place was sent to the
store of W. A. Clark to purchase some
groceries. A five dollar bill was given
him to pay for them, which he put in
to the Bide pocket of his overcoat.
At the store he met some other boys
of the neighborhood, who engagod
him In play, and when he went to
pay for the groceries, the bill was
gone. Tne matter nas oeen reporieu
to the authorities, and they have been
working on the case with such good
results that the offenders are known
and will be brought up shortly and
taught a lesson.
Remodeling Their Store,
Goldstein & Levitt are remodeling
their store on Main street .taking out
the old shelves and installing new fix
tures. It is their Intentloln to get
out of the salvage business that they
have been conducting, and to make
their clothing store a legitimate busi
ness, modern in every way.
APPLE TREES
and OTHER TREES
We regret to state that
the interference of the high
water with the electric
power compels us to issue
this number a day late.
FARMERS' INSTITUTE8.
Unusually Good Program Arranged
for Next Week.
An unusually Interesting program
has been prepared for the series of
Farmers' Institutes to be held
throughout the county next week.
The speakers are all well qualified to
handle the subjects to which they
have been assigned, and reports come
to us that the attendance will be
unusually large at the different places
where the Institutes are to be held.
The dates and places of meeting are
as follows: '
Estacada, Feb. 11.
Damascus, Feb. 12.
Logan. Feb. 13.
Molalla, Feb. 14.
Canby, Feb. 15.
Oregon City, Feb. 16.
Dr. Withycombe will speak on the
subejet; of 'Diversified Farming"
William Schuimncn, on "Dairying,
Mr. Judd, on "Draft Horses"; J. H.
Reid, on "Fruit Pests": and A. J.
Lewis will handle the subejet or
Small Fruits".
The list of subjects presented In
cludes much that will be of great help
the farmers of the county, and ev
ery farmer knows that it is the intel
ligent working oi me farms in tnese
days that makes them pay. Thorugh
assemblies such as these Institutes
Ideas can be propagated that can not
fall to bpnpfit the farmers.
UNKNOWN KILL8 HIMSELF.
Steps in Front of J rain at Clackamas
Thougnt to ee insane.
An unknown man committed sui
cide Tuesday afternoon by stepping In
front of a norm oound Southern raci-
flc train at Clackamas. He is said to
have acted queerly for some time be
fore the train came, walking up and
down the track as though waiting for
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Just received, GENUINE REX RED LIME
and SULPHUR SPRAY SOLUTION
Eastern importation. If you ftirnisn can, 40c
per gallon, ot $2.00 for 5 gallons and we
ftirmsn can. One gallon REX SPRAY will
make i i gallons of Spray. Recommende
for tne San Jose Scale by tne Fruit Inspector.
FRANK BUSCH
Opposite Coart Hoase, ... - Oregon City
WE CARRY FULL LINE OF SPRAY PUMPS
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