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HOW THE PEOPLE PRAISE THE MERITS OF THE COURIER. HOW FAST THE NEW SUBSCRIBERS COME. THE PUBLIC APPRECIATES A GOOD COUNTY PAPER COURIEI 25th YEAR. OREGON CITY, OREGON. FRIDAY. JUNE 21 1907 No 6 OREGON TY NEW TEACHERS ARE SELECTED Prof. W. C. McKee. Will Be City Superintendent. SALARIES ARE RAISED Position of Principal at Bar clay Building Combined With the Oifice of Superintendent. Prof. W. C. McKee was Monday re elected superintendent of the Oregon City schools, and will also assume the princlpalship of the Barclay building, at a salary of $100 per year. Mrs. Viola M.. Godfrey, who was princi pal of the Barclay ouilding last year, was elected principal of the Eastham building at a Balary of $75 per month, to succeed Mrs. Emille C. Shaw, who will be principal of the Milwaukle schools next ye nr. The only vacancy not filled in t:3 corps of teachers Is for a posltloB as assistant In the Barclay High school, and the salary for this position will be $00 per month. Grade teacheres were elected at the following salaries: Ida Mae Smith, $50; Irene Carter, $52.50; Frances Myers, $57.50; Pearl G. Cartlldge, $50; Harriet Cochran, $52.50; Margaret Williams, $57.50; Laura Pope, $50; Ellen Brobst, $50; Bess Kelly, $47.50; Emily O'Malley, $47.50; Gustena Randall, $47.50; Edith Karr, $47.50; Maud A. Ruther ford, $47.50. The board of directors of the city school has abolished the office of principal of the Barclay building, be cause of the friction that has resulted from the conditions existing there. The office of the city superintendent of the schools Is In this building,' and the conflict of authority between the principal of the school and the city superintendent cannot well be avoid ed, no matter who fills the respec tive offices, as the conditions are to blame for the minor troubles that have ensued. The city superinten dent will hereafter be principal of the Barclay building and an additional high school teacher will be employed to Instruct the ninth grade. Prof. Walton C. McKee, who was Monday night reelected superinten dent of the Oregon City schools, and who the following night was elected principal of the Davis school In Port land, will remain here next year, and has no Intention of resigning the su perlntendency of the city school to assume the princlpalship of a four room building the metropolis, even though the salary is larger than he is paid here. Miss Addle E. Clark, for two years city superintendent In this city, and prior to that time principal of the Barclay building, has been elected as principal of the Fulton Park school at Portland. She has two assistants. Miss Clark is a capable teacher and her friends are gratified at her rec ognition In Portland. Other Oregon City and Clackamas County teachers who have been teaching In Portland, were reelected, as follows; Verdi Monroe, Portsmouth; Kate I. Porter, Sellwood, transferred from Thompson; Zelma Shaver, Holladay; Alice Shannon, Holladay; Maysle Foster, Woodlawn; Myrtle Shonkwll er, Hawthorne; Fannie G. Porter, Falling; Anna E. Rogers, Stephens; Ana G. Balrd, Stephens. Grade assignments for the teachers of the Oregon City schools have not yet been made by City Superinten dent McKee, but several changes are necessitated because of the election of five new teachers. Miss Edith Karr, who has had con siderable experience in the fourth and seventh grades, has taught 35 months In the Sunnyslde, Douglas, Meadow brook, Barlow and The Dalles schools. She was educated at the public schools of Harmony, Clackamas County, Portland High school and the University of Oregon. Miss Emily O'Malley, who Is a sis ter of Henry O'Malley, superinten dent of the United States Bureau of Fisheries, was educated In the St; Johnsbury, Vermont, Academy, and has had a teaching experience of 17 months, the last nine months in the Enumclaw, Wash., schools. She holds a second grade certificate In the state of Washington. Miss Gustena A. Randall, who has taught In the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth grades, was educated In the public schools and is a graduate of Willamette University. She holds a second grade certificate and has had 23 months teaching experience. Miss Maud Adair Rutherford was educated in the high schools of Sag inaw, Mich., and has a second grade certificate in the state of Washing ton. She has had 81 months exper ience in Harrison and Kalkaska, Mich., and for the last three years has been in the Vancouver, Wash., schools. Miss Elizabeth L. Kelly Is a grad uate of the Barclay High School and wa3 a teacher In the school of Cane mah last year, teaching the first, sec ond, third and fourth grades. HIGH SCHOOL KNOCKED OUT Oregon City and Vicinity Will Not Unite. FOUR DISTRICTS OPPOSE Project For Higher Education Overwhelmingly Defeated and Is Settled For One Year. Daisy Was Cruelly Treated. Daisy E. Schikora has filed a suit for divorce In the Circuit Court against F. R. Schikora to whom she was married September 16, 190G, in this city. She charges Schikora with assault with a razor, and threatening to kill her, and says he is possesed of a violent and ungovernable temper. Her maiden name was Daisy E. Fowler. The project for the establishment of a union high school to be located In this city by combining the districts of Oregon City, West Oregon City, Willamette, Canemah, Parkplace and Mount Pleasant, was overwhelmingly defeated Monday, only two districts out of the six going on record as favoring the movement. The vote in the several districts follows: Cane mah, for, 9; agalnst.O; Willamette, for, 13; against, 19; Mount Pleasant, for, 1; against, 5; Oregon City, for 39; against, 9; Parkplace, for, 5; school. The question cannot, again be submitted to the voters until next June. In Willamete it was decided to add a high school grade and employ another teacher. In Parkplace Cip tain J. T. Apperson and W. A. Holmes were reelected director - and ciork respectively, and a five mill special taS was voted in addition to the 2 mill tax already created. REPORT OF OFFICERS " Public Takes Little Interest In Cause of Education. There was a slim attendance Mon day night at the annual meeting of the taxpayers of the Oregon City school district, that waa held In the county courtroom. The reports of the board of directors and the fiaanl clal statement of the district clerk were presented and approved. The district's affairs have been carefully managed and it was this general be lief that was the cause of the light attendance as it usually takes a fight over some local matter to bring the crowd to a school meeting. The fi nancial statement follows: Receipts. From District Tax $ 3337.76 MAYOR WOULD PROTECT LIFE Urges Council To Place Gates At Crossings. TWO DANGEROUS PLACES Southern Pacific Crosses Tenth and Moss Streets Where There Is Much Travel. Mayor E. G. Caufleld has urged the city to take steps to establish gates at the crossings of the South ern Pacific Company at Tenth and County School Fund 6285.00 ; Moss streets In order to prevent a re State School Fund 2119.90 Ipetion of accidents that have occurred Tuition 390.60 ; there, and the mayor and Council- Loans 7451.00 Other sources Cash on hand at beginning Sen Andresen, Knapp and Logus for the Improper t.t ot fourth, .. enth, Eighth, Mt.th, Tenth, Join Qulncy Adams aud l.ttdlson stree.s and his r ,fQ-v . .1 -QsoEfl.T and his figuiOo wore laid over for ax ct'.'ratlon a coinmiutc. MAYOR'S TERM TOO SHORT. Charter Commission Proposes to In crease Tenure of Office. Increasing the term of office of the mayor of Oregon City from one to two, or even three or four years, was urged Tuesday night at the first meet ing of the charter commission that was held in the council chamber. There were 12 men present and as 13 are necessary for a quorum no ac tual business was done but the mem bers of the commission discussed many matters of interest to the city and the meeting was very. Interesting. Council men are elected for three years, but the mayor Is cut off with one; and hardly has time to carry out a policy. In fact, he can merely pro ceed with the work of his predeces sor, so short Is his term, and has noth- FIREWORKS IN DAYTIME Interesting and Novel Feature of Big Celebration THREE BANDS ENGAGED Goddess of Liberty Contest Causes Excitement and Miss Catherine Mathies Leads. Daylight fireworks will be a novel tag to do with the levy of tax that is feature ot the Fom th of Julr celebra made just before his term com-tIon. and Lewellyn Adams, chairman mences. of the special attractions committee, Another matter that was discussed nas jugt ciosed a contract for the pur tSLTo S of nearly $100 worth of these carry on the work of the city on its amusing shells, which are fired In streets and other projects. It Is be-; broad daylights There will be at 3.60 were appointed a committee to draft Heved that these matters are In too least 36 of them, and they are fired an ordinance In conformity with the many lianas at tne present time ami in the same manner as skyrockets, as- of year .02 Mayor's message, which follows: that the best service cannot be ob- Total receipts .$19587.68 1 "I desire to call your honorable 1 talned, and a majority of the mem- i body's attention, at this time, to a i bers of the commission favor the em- Sally A. Jesse, Sally A. Jesse, of Needy, died Wed nesday evening, at the home of her son-in-law, Joseph Johnston, aged 84 years, 10 months, 8 days. She leaves a daughter and son, Mrs. Joseph John ston -and John Jesse, who reside near Needy. The deceased had been a suf ferer from a parayletic stroke for several years. The funeral services were held Friday morning, in the home cemetery, J. P. Cole officiating. 1Gj . ' cendlng to a grat helghth, and then bursting and from the shell there drops animals, birds and other ob jects made from paper that unfold and descend to earth where they are chased by eager youngsters and fur nish no end of fun. The daylight fire works were seen for the first time in this vicinity at the Lewis and Clark exposition, and will be shown at the Oregon City celebration in addition to the evening illumination, which will be displayed at the brink of Wil lamette Falls from a barge. Interest In the contest for the elec tion of Goddess of Liberty has not yet reached a fever heat, but the game Is young. More than 600 votes have already been cast, however. Miss Catherine Mathies had a slight lead at the last count, but was closely followed by Miss Gussie Humphrey and Miss Beryl Long. Music will be made a great feature on the Fourth of July and the Oswe go Band, the Oregon City Band and the Molalla Band have been engaged. There will not be a lack of sweet strains of music on the natal day, as the contracts will provide for many tunes at short Intervals. The vote was counted Saturday night in the Goddes of Liberty con-, test with the following rlt: Miss Catherine Mathies 226 Miss Bryl Long 197. Miss Gussie Humphrey 165 W. C. McKEE City Superintendent CEO. A. HARDING Re-elected Director MRS. VIOLA M. GODFREY Principal Eastham Building against, 82; West Oregon City, for, 10: against, 12. Under the provis ions of the, new union high school law, the defeat of the proposition in any one district carries with it the loss of the whole movement as the re maining districts, even If in favor, cannot proceed to organize the union SEND IN YOUR COUPONS FOR ELECTRIC FLATIRONS Save Your Time Save Your Health Save Weary Steps Save Your Money Save Your Clothes Save Your Temper Save Your Complexion Fill in coupon and mail to lis Tne iron will be de livered, with all necessary equipment, absolutely free of charge. CUT OUT COUPON and MAIL TO US TODAY PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT , POWER CO. C. C. MILLER, Agent. Oregon City, Oregon t Gentlemen You may deliver to me one Electric Flatiron, which I agree to try, and if unsatisfactory to me, to return to you within 30 days from date of delivery. If I do not return it at that time you may charge same to my account at $4.00. It is understood that no charge will be made for the iron if I return it within 30 days. Name , Address . DEPT. O. C. THE THIRTY DAYS' TRIAL OFFER APPLIES ONLY TO CON SUMERS OF OUR CURRENT. Disbursements. Teachers' salaries $ 8013.25 Clerk's salary 126.00 Janitors' salary 720.00 School supplies 304.45 Repairs 602.81 Printing and advertising.... 76.05 Fuel and water rent 441.75 Sewer assessment 13.12 Interest on bonds 630.00 Interest on floating debt... 135.06 Loans 6531.00 School election 6.00 Miscellaneous 190.01 New Furnaces in Barclay building 1797.25 Total disbursements $19587.35 Cash on hand $ .33 Liabilities. 5 per cent bonds due Dec. 1, 1916 $ 6000.00 5 per cent bonds due 1913... 6000.00 Notes due Bank of Oregon City 1221.00 Total liabilities $13221.00 Following is the report of the Board of Directors: At a cost of $1797.25 we have placed In the Barclay building a new heat ing system, coupled with a fan vent ilating arrangement that has been very satisfactory and has resulted in a saving of fuel to the extent that It will be necessary to purchase only 100 cords of wood, this year, as against 125 cords last year. The heat ing apparatus in the Eastham build ing Is in a bad condition and should be replaced during the coming school year. Repairs were made to the Barclay building last fall, the front stairway being renewed and a rear stairway from, the building easier in case of fire. The interest on the $6000 issue of 6 per cent bonds, due December 1, 1916, was reduced from 6 to 5 per cent and the bonds were transferred from Kountze Bros., of New York to the Bank of Oregon City. This ac tion will effect a saving of $60 per year, and in the ten years that will elapse before the bonds mature $600. The 'directors have purchased, at a cost of about $70, some filing cab inets for the records of the district, as this was graetly needed, there having been no files In which the per manent records of the district might be kept. At the first of the calendar year the special tax was Increased from 2 mills to 2i mills, and has given the district a revenue of $3337.76, against $2556.65 last year. A general In crease was made last fall In the sal aries of the teachers, and during the fiscal year just ended there has been spent for the salaries of teachers $8013.25, against $7116.00 last year. The Indebtedness of the district has been slightly reduced, notwithstand ing the extensive Improvements that have been made, and Is now $13,221, Including $12,000 outstanding bonds. The floating Indebtedness is $1221, against $1601, last year. The Increase In our school popula tion Is 24, being 1271, against 1247 last year. The Barclay building is in need of repainting during the coming summer and It Is probable that this wM be done. ' matter of great Importance to the welfare of the city. I refer to the grade crossing over the Southern Pacific Company's track, at the foot of what is commonly known as Sing er Hill, on Tenth Btreet. The ele ment of danger at this point to the traveling public has long been recog nized by everyone who Is at all fam iliar with the situation. The rail road company has also had its at tention drawn to the situation a num ber of times by Bults for damages and claims settled on account of ac cidents at this crossing. The cross ing at Moss street Is as dangerous as the other, but on account of there being less travel at that point, the risk to life is not quite so great. The Southern Pacific Company has been making an effort, In good faith I am sure, to remedy the situation by build ing an overhead crossing for teams on Singer Hill road. To carry out their present plans it Is necessary to secure some private property in the block between Ninth and Tenth streets. Up to this time the railroad company has been unable to agree on satisfactory terms with some of the property owners. While I am sure that the company Is sincere In its efforts in this direction, it is a well known fact that large corpora tions move very slowly In such mat ters and at the best it may be a long time before their plans will be car ried out. In the meantime the men ace to life and the business inter ests of the town is growing greater every day. Where a few years ago only a small number of trains passed through our city dally, now it is al most a continuous procession all day and night. The growth of the country and town has also Increased the team travel greatly. The time has arrived, in fact is overdue, when the city should take the necessary measures to protect the lives of those whose business makes it necessary to cross the railroad at the points referred to. "The usual methods employed to make safe such crossings is to com pel the railroad company to place gates on the same and maintain an operative to care for them. I ame In formed that there is no question of the city's right and power to enforce such a measure. Such gates aio now maintained on some of the main sreets in East Portland, where they cross the Southern Pacific track, and are common throughout the East. I would recommend at this time that the council take immediate action to have a proper ordinance prepared and Introduced at as early a date as possible to bring about the estab lishment of the safeguard referred to on both Tenth and Moss streets. We cannot afford to delay the maiwr longer and take chance1) of having a repetition of the shocking accidents that have already nuriened on the crossings referred to." The petition of the saloonkeepers to have the closing oriinance am iud eu was denied and the ordinance pas sed. It became effecttvo immediate.) and compels the salooas to clone be tween midnight and b a. m. The sa loon men wanted to retrain open un til 1 a. m., and three councilmen fav ored the granting of their request, out five more were opposed. The or dinance Increasing llit reta'l llqvor license from $400 to $60) per anrum was passed last nlg'i' and becomes operative October . I. Harry Joaes jb tie o'y bid'Jcr nloyment ot an engineer who will be nald a salary comensurate with the Importance of the work, even if it necessary to go ot or tne city to nna such a man. He would be given charge of the street improvement work, the purchasing of supplies; and would be held responsible for the success of the operations of the city along his particular line. The com mission adjourned to meet Thursday evening, June 27. Subscription to Funds. Subscriptions paid In to the treas urer or tne rourtn oi juiy ceieura tion since last report: As previously reported $529.50 C. G. Millor 5.00 L. L. Phillips 2.50 Dr. L. A. Morris 5.00 A. H. Mlley 2.50 Price Bros 10.00 L. Adams 10.00 R. B. Beatle 6.00 Gambrlnus Brewing Co 16.00 REV. LINDEN COMING SUNDAY. New Pastor of Baptist Church Will Occupy Hia Pulpit. Total $584.50 Subscribers to the Fourth of July celebration are urged to pay In to the treasurer the sura subscribed op posite their several names, as It will be necessary to have the money in hand before the extensive plans of the committee can be carried out conveniently. Rev. John M. Linden, the new pas tor of the First Baptist Church, left Chicago last Monday via the Canadian Pacific Railway for Oregon City, and will probably arrive In time to occupy the pulpit next Sunday. Mr. Linden was chosen to succeed Rev. Henry B. Robins, who went to California last month to take up theological work. The new pastor was born In Chica go, October 6, 1870, and is therefore 37 years of age. He was employed for 12 years before entering the min istry in the retail dry goods depart ment of Marshall Field & Co., and Is a graduate of Wayland Academy, Beaver Dam, Wis.; Brown University, Providence, R. I., with the degree of A. B.; University of Chicago, Chicago, III., Divinity Department with degree of B. D. During Mr. Linden's Divinity course at Chicago University, he was pastor of the First Baptist Church of Mich igan City, Indiana, and after gradua tion took charge of work in Chicago, organizing tho Washington Park Bap tist Church, where he has been preaching for the last five and one half years. Mr. Llndon Is now In the prime for tho best work of his life. He Is a forceful and eloquent speaker and a man of strong character. I dP"" i The Reason If We enjoy the largest Dental practice in Ore gon City is be cause we try to excel in our work. Our work lasts, we never do poor work. The peo ple know it. Our constant effort is to give not "just as good" but the best work and that, for as little money as possible. f Our recent trip east to the great center of den tal education, was for the purpose of giving you the latest and best up-to-date dentistry. Our 17 years of succssful practice in Oregon City 13 the best guarantee any dentist can give you. A guar antee is good only as long as you can find the one who gives it, and then not always. We are care ful not to hurt you, as we have feelings ourselves. We want your work and want you to send us your friends. Have an eastern expert graduate assist ant dentist. We put our name back of our prac tice. Our prices are the lowest in the city for good work. L. L. PICKENS, Dentist Post Graduate Haskell and Chicago School of Dentistry i City Phon 2671 WE1NHAKD BLDG. Mutual and Ind. 131 S