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OREGON CITY. OREGON. FRIDAY. APRIL 12 1907
No 48
24th YEAR.
GRANGERS ARE
NOT OPPOSED
. W. S. U'REN
BETTER HIGH
HERMAN A: WEBSTER,.
WEBSTER WAS
A "KNOCKER"
SCHOOL HERE
1! II XM
v . : '
But Decline to Go On Record
For Varsity Appropriation
TABLE GILL RESOLUTION
Prevailing Sentiment Seems
to Favor the Common and
' High.SchoolsasWell
as University.
Clackamas County District Pomona
Orange Wednesday refused to pass a
resolution opposing the movement Ini
tiated by the Linn County Oranges
for a referendum on the State Uni
versity ' appropriation bill, passed by
the recent legislature. The meeting
at Logan was attended by more than
100 grangers from all parts of the
county and P. M. Gill, or Garfield, in
troduced a, resolution opposing the
referendum on the measure and pro
posing that the state grange present
an Initiative measure to the people
.After considerable discussion the re
urit ut Inn was tabled.
President P. L. Campbell, of the
stnio TTnlvnrsltv. and Attorney Wll
liam S. U'Ren, of this City, the father
nf the initiative and referendum move-
timnt vara nrAHPYlf At thfl meeting
and both made speeches in support of
Iho appropriation.
The m-evaillne sentiment of the
Clackamas County grangers was ex
, pressed by E. P. Carter and H. S. An
dersnn. who declared that more sup
port ought to be given to common
schools, and that tne taxpayers
monev should be used to promote ed
neation alone local . lines, such as
union and consolidated high schools.
The refusal of the county grangers
to declare against the referendum on
the university appropriation does not
mean that a majority of the members
of the Patrons of Husbandry in Clack
amas are opposed to the liberal sup
port of the state university but they
do believe that more should be done
tow&rdB the elevation and progression
of the common school and the high
school.
The grange adopted resolutions fav
oring the division of the state Into 30
senatorial districts and 00 representa
tive districts, regardless of county
boundaries; asking for the application
- of the Initiative and referendum with
in the state grange on matters of in
terest to the grangers themselves; ex
tension of the term of the grange fire
insurance policy from three to Ave
years.
The grange Wednesday night listen-
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-v,v-
V . - . , v ,
Father of the Initiative and Referendum Movement, Who Favors the State
University Appropriation.
ed to an Interesting program and a
class of 14 members were conducted
through the mysteries of the fifth
degree. The usual sumptuous dinner
was served to the visiting members.
Worthy Master Thomas presided.
MAPLE LANE GRANGE.
Ladles Eat Dinner .Cooked by .Male
Members.
Maple Lane Grange, No. 29G, P. of
m mot in reenlar session at Maple
Lane Grange hall Saturday. All offi
cers were present, except the worthy
lecturer, Mrs, k. a. aeeiey, ami smc
Mm a L. Derrick. Mrs.
Amelia Darling acted as worthy lect
urer and Albert Mautz as gate-Keepei
during the officers' absence.
Three applications were received,
and a committee was appointed to act
upon said applications.
The secretary's quarterly report
was read, after which the general dis
cussion of "Anti-Pass Law" and "State
Armory Bill" was taken up and much
interest taken by the members. ,
At noon a sumptuous dinner was
served by the men of the grange, who
COMPANY TO
BE ORGANIZED
City Directors Sanction the
Union Project
PETITIONS WILL FOLLOW
Oregon City, Cancmah, Park-
place, West Oregon City
and Canemah May
Get Together,
city
the
Formation of Military Btdy
Practically Assured By
Major May.
Continued on page 8
Major JohnV. May. of the Third
regiment of Infantry, Oregon National
Guard, came up from Portland Tues
day to make a preliminary examina
tion of the conditions relative iu wo
n rr a miutnrv pnmnanv in
lui iiiatiuii u ...... v.rf '
this city. He met by appointment
about 35 young men ai Armuiy nu,i,
and while a good attendance was pre
vented because of counter events,
Major May found considerable enthu
siasm and will make a avorable re
lort of the" organization to his super
ior officers. He made a brief talk to
Continued on page 8
Gives Mote Light
Gem High Efficiency
High Candle Powe Electric Lamp
THIS NEW LINE OF HIGH CANDLE- POWER LAMPS SIGNALIZES AN IMPORTANT DEVELO
PMENT IN THE USE OF, ELECTRIC LIGHT, ANty MARKS A NOTABLE ADVANCE IN THE BET
TERMENT OF ILLUMINATION. THE ACTUAL GAIN 18 20 PER CENT BETTER EFFICIENCY THAN
IS AT PRESENT OBTAINED FROM THE HIGH-EST EFFICIENCY INCANDESCENT LAMPS.
The Board of Directors of Hie
ichools Monday night indorsed
movement of the alumni association
of the Barclay High school io estab
lish a union high school In this city un
der the law that was passed at the
receat session of the Oregon legisla
ture and fathered by Colonel Charles
H. Dye of this county. Vat several
years the alumni association and lo
cal educators of prominence have fav
ored better high school facilities in
Oregon City, and an attempt was
made last year to secure a county
high school but was lost at the polls.
Accordingly a bill was Introduced in
the legislature that became a law em
powering any -number of districts to
join forces and establish what is
known as a union high school and the
sanction of the city school board will
have a tendency to boost the project,
i. it. onntpnded that if Oregon City,
West Oregon City, Parkplace, Willam-
tta noiiemnh and several otner nis-
trlcts contiguous to uregon l-uj
..,i out tne'ot.her and establish one
i hio-h or-honl that the expense to
iho tn vim vers would be really less
it ia at the nrescnt time. Park
ioQ annnnvta a four grade high
school and Oregon City has the ninth
and tenth grades. Should a union high
school be established there will be no
necessity of the maintainence oi sepa
rate high school graues.
Petitions will be placed in circula
i fa rinva nalilne for the es
tablishment of such a school, and the
matter will ue voieu on hi uo
i i .oiiinn in .Tune. The OTODO-
SUHUUi m,,...o" - - - .
wir. io irpnfirallv regarded with
riii.ii'u . i o
IUVUI. . ,
tti nrii cohnnlu are suonortea
by a special tax and are governed by
momiiova nf the several
Uio laumi'B - ,,..,
i,.oj i tim tHrrltorv covered
U1C CIILUI.I.CU in - ... , .
by the WsU r itool. ."Tom
of the first class there are three mem-
i,0 fVnm ft d strict Of tlie seconu
class two members and from a dls
c inao one member,
rr.i - rxt in lnPfll hnftrQ &nU
i lie nuiiuu --
the Indications for favorable action
on the part of the taxpayers of the
districts in this vicinity will be a
source of great satisfaction to those
whn are interested in me pruiuuuuu
of better schools.
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High Efficiency Lamp with Distributing
' Holophone Reflector
APPRECIATING THE GREAT GAIN IN LIGHTING SECURED BY T USE OF PROPER RE
FLECTORS, THERE HAS BEEN DESIGNED FOR USE WITH THE NEW LAMPS A .SPEC ALLINE OF
HOLOPHANE BAGODA SHADES, WHICH, WHEN USED WITH THE NEW LAMPS FORM A BRIL
LIANT AND HIGHLY EFFECTIVE LIGHTING COMBINATION.
TWO STYLES OF REFLECTORS ARE PROVIDED, THE DISTRIBUTING OR -D- FORM WH CH
IS SHOWN ABOVE, AND WHICH IS RECOMMENDED WHERE WIDE AREAS ARE TO BE LLUMI
NATED AND THE CONCENTRATING OR "C FORM OF REFLECTOR WHICH IS ADMIRABLY
ADAPTED FOR USE IN SHOW-WINDOW LIGHTING OR WHEREVER A CONCENTRATION OF
L,GHTTHE8GEDME8LRAMBPLWITH .TS HOLOPHANE GLASS REFLECTOR FORMS A ".LLANT UOHT
,NG COMBINATION AND MERITS THE ATTENTION OF STORE KEEPERS AND ALL THOSE IN
TERESTED IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF LIGHTING FACILITIES.
ON EXHIBITION AT THE COMPANY'S OFFICE, 609 MAIN STREET.
Portland Railway Light & Power Co.
C. G. MILLER,
Contract Manager for Oregon City
I 4' . v 1
;
Deputy Fish Warden Fired
By State Board
F. C. BROWN APPOINTED
Van Duscn G mplained That
Subordinate Paid Little
Attention to. his
Duties.
Deposed from the Office of Deputy Master Fish Warden for exhibiting political
activity in nis own venuii.
PLANT SPUDS
TO GET MONEY
Fl-.ods of Sacramento Valley
Will Aid Clackamas
County Farmers.
NEW SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
Sweeping Changes Made At Session of
Boundary Board.
rm. nomi.anmiBl meetlnE of the
Clackamas county district boundary
board was held Thursday and caused
ooaiu i the county
conBlueramt! uiu..v. - -
courtroom. There were a nnm
,.i fr rhnnplne boundaries
nroiHisiuu'n
'.! iiiutrints before the board
and some of these met with great op-
nosition. anil as a conacm'"v-
?0.. V. I . .. nrnwdnd with people.
Will UUUIII. - i.
One man, who was very Insistent that
certain clmnKOS Bnoum iiui .--.
was put out of the discussion, as It
ZT discovered that his nan.e.was not
on the taxroll. ;
Two new i lsiricis were
.... . ,, 1 ,,,-nwn through the Highland
district from east to west The school
bll".'ll"g ,.. !,,, ,,,thfirlv nart will be
En as DistHct No; lit and a new
Initlillnir t e erecieu mo.o.
Fmin the districts of Macksburg,
.! T)l..itii. nn.i Mundorff's a new
district was created, to be known as
No. 110. .
An addition was i.mun v.
low district trom a pun
1UW Uinii' nnln 'Ppaflb Hla-
and a portion oi mo ms - -trict
was detached and was added to
Barton where a more centrally lo
,nted alt" will be chosen for a new
l,tLe. which will be built as
early as , ( n,,,,
The area oi uisirici -
was Increased by detaching a portion
of District No. 58 at El wood.
Timber Sells at Wllholt.
u n Morris and L..M. Smith, real
eslate agents of Newberg ; have pur-
?oerathrPIoperty, The fol.owhig ran -
fra were t ea, muinn au -in?
the grantees in each case: Rhys
lllg tnc fa iinnA. rtrlnn H
flwvnn 2 acres, i
i.wyim, ionfi- Stanford
Thomas, w acic, --;ftft.
6ooer and wife, 80 acres 1500,
Mary if. White, 80 acres, $1C00.
Ask to Have Land Sold.
rinrenoe Lamour has Instituted suit
Every farmer in Clackamas Connty
i, hai IqtwI miitnhln for notato acre
age should plant for next season. This
is the advice of ueorge m. iirown, oi
New Era, known as the potato king.
Mr. Brown has four farms at New Era,
adding the fourth this week in the pur
chase of the Julius Frederich farm of
7 acres. Mr. Frederich has been in
the potati growing business for sev
eral years and lias made a few dollars
thereby.
Mr. Brown says that the floods In
California through the Sacramento
Valley ruined the lands thore, with
the exception of two acros and the
prospects for the California crop are
nil. The Indications point to a great
price for potatoes next season and
farmers can make no misiaue in ue-
ing generuos with their potato seed.
Spuds are now worth 2 cents per
oound.
Fifty acres of potatoes will be the
output of Mr. Brown for this season
and ho will probably Increase huh
acreage next year. w
er Creek, Maple Lane, Highland, Vi
ola, canyon ureeK, Mine ureeit, inbw
Era and Canby.
H. H. Johnson was appointed deputy
county surveyor. ,
Miss Hazel Cooper, who has been
day to Erllta Sparf and G. E. Carlson.
I The road at Clackamas deeded to
the county by Charles F. Clark and
wife was designated as tne l-awu-field"
road. '
The County court has notineu Mai
Rauch to remove a barn from the
Turner road.
L. Schaber and others have petition
ed the court for the vacation of a
nff fvnm t.hft beein-
nlng point oi tne Koeuermeiur cuhubo
on the Oregon City and Dayton road,
westerly to the Oswego, Aurora and
Boone's Ferry roan, nie uonu ui
companying the petition has been ap
proven.
The court adjourned Friday to meet
a,.ii 11 f,,r the inn none of making a
trip to Oswego in order to look over
the territory that is to be embracod
in the proposed corporation.
Eastham Wins from Barclay.
Playing the first 12 minutes with no
n TCnHthnm team nnany won
out Friday afternoon In a match game
of basketballswlth the Barclay school
team. The bame was played in the
Barclay school gyminasium and was
fought hard, tlie nnai Hcure m-.um
i a in fnvor of the Eastham lads.
Superintendent McKee officiated as
umpire and referee, star puiys we.D
made by Ross Brown and Charters of
the winning team. Green and Mc
Clure threw the goals for Barclay.
Ealem, Ore., April 11. Upon com
plaint of Master Fish Warden H. G.
Van Dusen, the State Board of Fish
Commlssiloners voted to retire H. A.
Wobster, of Oregon City, from the of
See of Deputy Fish Warden and ap
pointed In his stead Frank C. Brown.
of Ontario, formerly a resident of Or
egon City. While this change cannot
be regarded as an assurance of the
eelectlon of Mr. Van Dusen to his
present office, it may be said to
strengthen his chance of retention In
the light of present chaotic conditions.
Mr. Van Dusen's principal complaint
against Webster was that he put in
the "major portion of his time " 'knock
ing' and paid little attention to the
noi-fnrnmnpfi nf hlH official duties."
md the board In making the change
took the view that, masmucn- as tne
FIsli Warden is hold responsible for
the proper observance of the law gov
erning the fish industry ana protec
tion of the fish during the closed sea
son, strict harmony should prevail be
tween himself and his deputies. It
appears that nothing but discord has
existed between Messrs. Van Dusen
and Webster for several months past,
and in retiring tne deputy tne noaru
takes the position of upholding the
authority and respect due the superior
official.
For many months there have been
half-confirmed rumors that Mr. Van
Dusen would be retired from tne omce
of Master Fish Warden at tne cjose
of his present term, but the longer
the election is delayed the more re
mote seems the possibility oi any
change. Deputy "Webster has been
recognized as Mr. Van Dusen's strong
est opponent for the oo, ami wmic
his removal from the deputyship does
not necessarily destroy his chances to
aucceed to the higner omce, i ri
eates him somewhat to the back
ground. One of Mr. Van Dusen s chief
causes for complaint against Mr.
Webster was the charge that he was
nutting in his time lobbying for the
Master Warden's Job during the Legis
lature, when ho should have been at
tending to subordinate duties at his
post.
If it should come to a voio ujnm
successor to Mr. Van Dusen at pres-
it a,.n(oi-v nf state Benson
were here, it would be pretty certain
to result in a deadlocK, .
Dusen would hold his Job indefinitely.
Before leaving for California, Secre
tary Benson said he had no choice
among the candidates. State Treasur
er Steel is pledged to support Repre
sentative J. U. Campbell, of Oregon,
City for the job, while Governor
Chamberlain will stand by his an
nounced policy of retaining incum
bents where the service has been sat
isfactory, and would vote for the re
tention of Mr. Van Dusen. Telegram.
in
CALL TELEPHONE MAIN 1081 FOR INFORMATION.
lorL1 -!.. oo-olnat Me vln
the uircmi. vajuh. , .
" ,.t asking that tne saia u
SV.ed.y the Plaintiff and de&
sThuet el r thVplalntlff ask that the
Bcnuenei i jiirtpiJ among
?.roc??,tiff nd defendant in propor
tion to their several Interests.
No 8plnal Meningitis Here.
Rpnorts of the prevalence of cere-
bro sp a! meningitis In this city are
Dro Hp'''" . . oniy one
caCserrthat of Beckett Bernard, who
case, i"""-. . , nmiron' City
I r 'an illness of three days Ber
nard was 18 years of age and first
showed symptoms of pneumonia..
TAKING EGGS AT CAZADERO.
The Clackamas Fisheries Station Has
500,000 Fry for Distribution.
Superintendent O'Malley of the
United States Bureau of Fisheries,
Una votul'Ttnil fmlTI fin insuectlon trip
una i nui v,
of the newrstation at Cazadero, where
iteelhead eggs are being tanen ioi
nmnmratlnn. Irving H. Wilson has
been In chargo of the work. The eggs
are being sent to the sub-station at
Eagle Creek, where their iiaicning i
U..nt,.l ltv flfinro-n H. Talbert. Mr.
O'Malley made a trip to the old state
hatchery on the upper uihckuiuuh iudi
week to check up the property there.
This hatchery was originally the prop
erty of the state, hut in 1904 It was
turned over to the United States gov
ernment, and full control oi mo .
erles work on the (Jiacuamas
was given to the federal uureau. i
...nrinnniietit found a great deal of
snow on the upper Clackamas.
Five hundred thousanu trout a
the lower Clackamas station and are
nearly ready for distribution. ine
uea"' .... oo rvnn ran.
Bureau has Just receiveu -
bow trout eggs anu expect w -
wme black spotted trout eggs In the
near future. .This vast amount of
trout fry wlllSe sent all over the
itate In small assignment ui ..
10,000 to 15,000. The practice or dis
tributing eggs where application
made has been followed by the gov
ernment for many years- and nai i re
sulted In a number of well stocked
streams.
No work Is being done on the Col
umbia, but the equipment is being
placed in condition for the fall work.
Mo?e than 400,000 steelhead eggs
have been taken In the Applegate
river, tributary to Rogue river near
Grants Pass.
FRANCHISE TO BEAVER CREEK.
HELLO I oj i o 1 1
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Telephone Company May Erect Poles
Along County Roaa.
Telephone matters are occupying
atten'J?n..,JL .rr:yndCa,rfran
easdtothVBeaverCiek
Mutual Telephone assocmuu..
",le9 and stretch wires along the
county roads In the precincts of Beav-
?
To the BOY who gets for tfs the
largest number oi subscriptions
before Jtme 15th, 1907, we 'will
give a fine IRQUOIS STANDARD
$50.00 BICYCLE
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