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OREGON CITY. OREGON. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 27, 1907
25th YEAR.
No 20
ORE
PARCELS POSTS
IS NOT WANTED
Portland Commercial Club Goes
on Records Against It.
WORK HARM TO THE COST
Business Men Recite Several
Examples Where Retail
Trade Is Ruined In
Middle West.
The Portland Commercial Club has
gone on record as opposed to a par
cels post system and has issued to the
publis the following communication:
"Today one house In Chicago la
sending through the mails merchan
dise to exceed $55,000,000 annually,
another $25,000,000. A large majority
of the magazines of great circulation
in this country have become bill
boards for the mall order houses of
the great Eastern cities, and if they
place upon the statute books laws
which enable them to deliver their
merchandise through the mails at
prices about equal to those that will
be paid by the merchants of the West
as freight, the result cannot be other
than disastrous, and Senator Bourne
has also placed himself on record as
favoring such a law. I think, however,
that his position was taken ill-advised-
iy.
"Every young man and every young
woman likes to wear and own things
that come from Chicago, New York, or
some other great center in the East,
In fact this desire is almost universal
and if you make it not only easy but
in this way, you can easily see the re
sult. I have seen the retail business
of good towns in Kansas and Texas
absolutely ruined by people getting
the habit of sending away for their
merchandise. There are cities in
England a hundred miles from London
that practically do no business be
cause everybody practically gets their
stuff from London by parcels post,
and this is true also in Germany, and
it is not really a benefit to the general
public. We have out here on the
Coast a number of splendid cities
that are good markets for all the pro
ducts of the country. Our people
haven't the habit of sending away to
a great extent, and we don't want
them to get it.
"Now I personally know that people
don't get better bargains or save
money, but the unfortunate part of It
is that they think they do. I put this
matter before -you now because there
seems to be a general disposition to
favor the parcels post. Carried on in
the United States, with its immense
territory, as it is In the concentrated
countries like England and Germany,
it would show a deficit of $100,000,
000 annually, in fact the Postoffice
Department loses money as It Js.
"The parcels post would cut the ad
vertising of our dail papers one-half,
and It would be even worse in country
newspapers because the magazines
would carry even more advertising
and the great mall order houses could
issue even 40 times as many cata
logues as they do today, because it
woud cost them little or nothing to
send them through the mall."
After a careful discussion it was
declared to be the sense of the board
of governors that the Oregon delega
tion in Congress be urged to oppose
the parcels post bill as being against
the best interests of the Pacific Coast.
BIG MAN RUNS AMUCK.
W.
E. Barnes Creates Disturbance On
Car and Is Landed In Jail.
Crazed with an overdose of bad
liquor W. E. Barnes Monday night
created a disturbance along the line of
the Oregon Water Power & Railway
Company that delayed traffic for a
half hour and finally resultetd in the
arrest of Barnes, who now lies In jail.
The trouble started late in the af
ternoon, when Barnes, who was a pas
senger on the car due to arrive in Or
egon City from Portland at 5:15 .in
sisted upon smoking on the platform.
The conductor and motorman remon
strated with him, but the fumes of the
liquor had penetrated into theskull
of Barnes and he would not be per
suaded and talked loud and angrily.
He was put off the car at Center Sta
tion and retaliated by throwing rocks
at the car, breaking one. of the front
windows. The carmen phoned to Mll
waukle for an officer and proceeded
on their way to Oregon City.
When the same car reached Oak
Grove on Its way to Portland, the
wife of Barnes, who had so far ac
companied him on his noisy jaunt,
left him and boarded the car, going
as far as Courtney. It was at this
station that the south bound car was
met, carrying Constable Elkins of Lln tne period of study, and all grades
Milwaukie, on his way to Oak Grove,
to arrest Barnes for disturbing the
peace. The north bound car DacKed
up to Oak Grove, but not before Mrs.
Barnes, who could see what was go
ing to happen to her husband, left the
car and camped on the platform at
Courtney. At Oak Grove Barnes
climbed on the platform and was
placed under arrest, but he declined
to recognize the authority of Officer
Elkins and refused to get off the car
and was acordlngly carried to Mil
waukie. When the car passed Court
ney, Barnes saw his wife on the plat
form and made a frantic dash for the
door but the Constable did not pro
pose to lose his prisoner.
Oh, my dear wife, moaned
Barnes. "Let me off! You don't know
what you are doing. I am an honor
able citizen and somebody will have
to pay for this," shouted the man, and
his powerful lungs bellowed forth,
scaring the women passengers and
some of the men.
At Milwaukie Barnes was slightly
sobered and agreed to leave the car
and later was brought to Oregon City,
where he was lodged in jail. Tuesday
afternoon he was arraigned and in de
fault of $200 committed to the County
jail to appear for trial In the Mllwau
Ike Justice Court Friday afternoon, at
2 o'clock.
VACATION DAYS
ARE ALL OVER
Oregon City Schools Begin the
Fall Term.
TEACHERS ARE CHANGED
Old Falls Gone and New Ones
to be Seen in the Various
Buildings in the
City.
Hundreds of children, little and big,
with assorted books under their arms,
trudged up the hills to the school
buildings Monday morning again to
break the pleasures of vacation with
the nine months of school that opened
Monday. Th 16 teachers were all at
their posts and were busy registering
the pupils and assigning them to tneir
respective grades. Several pupils
who in the last June examinations
failed in one or two studies are taking
the examination for promotion in the
succeeding grade, having taken ad
vantage of the vacation time to brush
up in the branches in which they were
deficient.
The first assembly was held in the
Barclay building Saturday afternoon,
and the teachers held and hour s con
ference with Superintendent McKee
relative to the work and programme
for the school year. Among the
changes noted lu the rules this year is
past the third will be required to be
in school from 9 A. M. to 12 M., ana
from 1 P. M. to 4 P. M. The usual
recess will be allow ed, effective In the
high school, as well as the grammar
grades.
The following teachers are at work,
and their grade assignments are:
Barclay building Tenth grade, W.
C. McKee, city superintendent and
principal; ninth grade, Helen G. Ab
bott; seventh grade, Ida Mae Smith;
sixth grade, Edith Carr; fifth grade,
Ellen Brobst; fourth grade, Pearl G.
Cartlidge; third grade, Elizabeth Kel
ly; second grade, Harriet Cochran;
first grade, Margaret Williams.
Eastham building Eighth grade,
Claud Turrell, principal; sixth and
seventh grades, Stella Pennlck; fifth
grade, Retta Scoggan; fourth grade,
Emily O'Malley; third grade, Laura
Pope; second grade, Irene Carter;
first grade, Beatrice Harrison.'
Six hundred and twelve pupils were
enrolled at the first day of school,
which is believed to be larger than
the opening day for any previous year.
In 1906 the first day's registration
was 544, and in 1905 it was 590. The
Increase in the school attendance in
dicates a corresponding increase in
the population of the city. The at
tendance In th' eighth grade Is great
er than ever before, and in the sev-
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enth and ninth grades it is In excess
of 1906. In the tenth grade there Is
a slight decrease from last year.
Tt nil rinVOlDed Momlm' that anma
I of the pupils of the tenth grade have
expressed a desire w study Latin and
this petition will be brought to the
attention of the schoolboard. The
new course of study makes the study
of bookkeeping imperative in the
ninth grade and places physical geog
raphy In the tenth grade, but as the
pupils of the tenth Btudled this branch
in the ninth grade last year, it is pos
sible that Latin may be substituted
and those of the tenth grade who de
sire to take up bookkeeping may do
so in the ninth grade class.
The book stores transacted a record
breaking business Monday and had
wearied looking forces of clerks at
the close of business. Nearly all of
the books are on hand and can be sup
plied, with the exception of geog
raphies for the sixth, seventh and
eighth grades and United States His
tory for the high school.
The new compulsory educational
law, which is now in force, is receiv
ine considerable attention, and re
quires that all children between and
including the ages or nine and 14
years, and also all children between
the ages of 14 and 16 years not regu
larly and lawfully engaged In any use- j
ful employment shall be required to
attend school. Parents and guard
ians are subject to a penalty of pay
ment of a fine of not less than $5 or
more --than $25, or by imprisonment
not less than two nor more than 10
days for failure to compel their chil
dren to attend school in accordance
with the provisions of .the law. There
are a few exceptions to this law, ap
plying to children who attend any
private or parochial school, or who
have already acquired the ordinary
branches of learning taught in such
schools. Children who are physically
disabled are not compelled to attend
school, and children between the ages
of nine and 10 years whose parents
live more than 1 miles, and children
over 1U years oi age wnose parents
live more than three miles by the
nearest traveled road from some pub
lic school, are not to come within the
provisions of this law, unless the dis
trict furnishes them transportation.
Any children who may be instructed
In the ordinary branches of learning
by a private tutor are exempt from
the provisions of the compulsory edu
cational law.
The city board of school directors
will appoint a truant officer and this
law will be strictly enforced.
The Willamette schools opened on
Monday with an enrollment of 92, as
follows: Primary grades, Miss Marga
ret Watenpaugh, 35; Intermediate
grades, Mrs. Oben Tonkin, 33 ; advanc
ed grades, Mrs. Viola M. Godfrey, 24.
There are two ' pupils at Willamette
who desire instruction in the tenth
grade, but on account of this small
number the grade will not be taught
this year as originally planned. It
is likely that the attendance at Wil
lamette will be increased over the re
port of the opening day.
The West Oregon City schools have
been partially opened and the Fall
term was commenced in the main
building on the hill Monday morning.
The attendance is Increased over last
year and it will be necessary to pur
chase additional seats. The addition
cheap for them to do their shopping
to the Bolton school building will not
be completed for several days, de
laying the' opening of the session In
that school until next Monday morn
ing. Two teachers will be Installed in
the Bolton school this year, increas
ing the corps of teachers in West Or
egon City to six. Prospects are ex
cellent for. a successful year.
DEDICATION IS
TO COME SOON
Ceremony for McLoughlin In
stitute Sunday, October 6.
NOTED SPEAKERS PRESENT
Harvey W. Scott, Fredrick V.
Holman, Archbishop
Chrirtie and others will
Assist at Services.
brought into the local markets Friday
by A. L. Blanchard who owns a 30
acre farm at Maple Lane. The berries
found ready sale at 20 cents per box
and the three crates that Mr. Blan
chard brought in were soon exhausted.
This is the second crop of Magoon
beries that Mr. Blanchard has had this
year and he expects to harvest 40
crates before the frosts come. He has
three acres in strawberries. ,
TAKES CHARGE OF MINES.
William Griffith, Coal Expert, Leaves
.. For Ostrander, Wash,
The new McLoughlin Institute will
be dedicated Sunday, October 6. It
was originally planned to dedicate the
building last Sunday, but numerous
delays in the construction have had to
be reckoned with. Rev. A. Hlllebrand,
pastor of St. John's Catholic Church
is arranging for the dedication cere
monies, and among the speakers will
be H. W. Scott, editor of the Oregon
ian, Frederick V. Holman, the biog
rapher of Dr. McLoughlin, Archbishop
Christie, and several other well-known
Oregonians.
The corner-stone of the McLoughlin
Institute was laid last Spring and the
construction of the building has been
pushed with all possible speed. The
school will be thrown open for the re
ception of pupils Monday, September
do, and as there are six large study
and recitation rooms in the main
building and annex, sufficient accom
odations for the work of the Institu
tion Is assured.
The cost of this memorial to Dr.
John McLoughlin, the father of Ore
gon, is about $11,000, and the expense ,
has been borne mainly by voluntary
subscriptions from the friends of ed
ucation and from admirers of the
sturdy old empire builder, whose
grave occupies a corner of St. John's
churchyard. Father Hlllebrand, who
has been indefatigable in the work of
bringing the establishment of the
school to' a successful termination,
states that there is not sufficient
funds yet raised to defray the entire
expense of construction, but that he
hopes to be aided by the business men
of Oregon City and the pioneer resi
dents and by people of Portland who
are interested in the project. The Dr.
John McLoughlin Institute will be
conducted along the broad, liberal
lines advocated by the old doctor him
self, and all who apply will be given
an education, regardless of their re
ligious association. Instruction will
be given this year in ten grades and
next year two more grades will be
added. It is likely that a night school
will soon be established for the bene
fit of the workers in the mills.
William Griffith left Sunday for Os
trander, Wash., where he will act as
superintendent for the Consumers
Coal Company. Mr. Griffith has had
a world of experience In coal mines,
commencing In the GO's in Illinois, and
afterwards going to Montana and Da
kota. He was foreman of the mines
at Roslyn, Wash., and his ability was
recognized by Ellsha P. Ferry, Gover
nor of Washington, who appointed Mr.
Griffith State superintendent of mines
for a term of two years. Recogniz
ing the merits of the Ostrander coal
fields, Mr. Griffith at the end of his
term, assumed charge for a company
known as the Anchor Coal Company.
Hard times came on, and this compa
ny not being in a position to support
Itself, like many others died for want
of capital. Mr. Griffith was superin
tendent and did practically all the
work that has been done, and the pres
ent company in securing his services,
is not only getting a practical man,
but one who Is also familiar with the
property.
SPLIT ON THE
SITE OF WHARF
Promoters Cannot Agree On
the Location
MAKE TWO SETS OF PLANS
City Engineer to Prepare
Specifications for Each of
Two Sites Council
Will Decide.
DeBok Sells Dairy Herd.
George DeBok, of Willamette, has
has sold his dairy herd to J. A. Zim
merman, who operates a creamery and
dairy near Clackamas Station, on rural
route No. 1, out of Milwaukie. There
were 15 head of cattle In the herd.
Mr. DeBok last season realized a
handsome profit from his cream, but
the business requires close attention
and he will devote his time to raising
of vegetables and poultry. He exhib
ited a pen of barred Plymouth Rocks
last week at the State Fair and was
awarded the third prize, getting in
side of the money prizes.
WILSON GOES TO ARGENTINE
Fish Culturlst Leaves Clackamas Sta
tion for South America.
Irving H. Wilson', fish culturlst of
the United States Bureau of Fisheries
at Clackamas Station, has accepted a
position with the department of fish
culture of the Argentine Republic.
The offer embraces a three or five
years' contract, with a salary of
ji&uo and expenses, with one month's
pay and transportation home at the
termination of the contract. Mr. Wil
son has been in fish cultural work
since 1885, and he will start October
1 for Buenos Aires.
The streams of the Argentine Re
public are naturally destitute of fish,
but J. W. TItcomb, chief of the divi
sion of fish culture of the United
States Bureau of Fisheries, went to
Argentine three years ago and made
an Investigation of the waters and
conditions and made a- favorable re
port upon his return, whereupon E. A.
Tullan, then superintendent of the
South America and established a bur
eau at Buenos Aires, where he has
since been in charge. Eggs from Chi
nook, Silverside and Blueback salmon
and from nearly every variety of trout
have been sent from the United States
to Argentine. In every instance the
fish have thrived in the southern wa
ters and eggs have been taken and
successfully hatched from the fish
that were propagated from the eggs
that were shipped from this country.
Wilson Leaves for Argentine.
Fish Culturlst Irving H. Wilson, of
Clackamas) Station, leaves Monday
night for Washington, D. C, and from
there will og to New York to take the
steamer by the Lamport and Hope
line to Rio Janerlo. Mr. Wilson has
entered the employ of the Argentine
Republic Fisheries Bureau and will
probably be absent three years. He
will be accompanied by his family.
COW H00K8 LITTLE GIRL.
September Strawberries.
Delicious Magoon strawberries were
Barlow Saloon Robbed.
G. A. Simklns' saloon at Barlow was
robbed Monday noon while the pro
prietor was at dinner, the thief secur
ing about $40. A man described as of
rather dark complexion, weight 180
pounds, middle-aged and wearing a
dark coat, was seen loafing around the
I town during the forenoon and Is pre
sumed to be the robber.
The public wharf situation la still
agitating the mind of many of the res
idents of Oregon City to no little de
gree and Mayor Caufleld, Councilman
Andresen and others have taken a
determined stand in favor of the foot
of Twelfth street as the site for the
Improvement, on the grounds that the
grade will be between seven and eight
per cent against 10 to 12 per cent on
Eleventh and Moss streets. It is also
argued that the cost of the street Im
provement on Twelfth street will be
about one-third of the expense of im
proving the site originally considered
and that the permanent expense to
the city in maintaining the good con
dition of the street will be materially
less. The only property owner on
Twelfth Btreet, who owns land be
tween Main and Water Btreets, who
will have a voice in determining
whether or not Twelfth Btreet shall
be Improved is Mr. Richards, as
other owners of adjacent property are
non-residents.
The original promoters of the public
wharf, however, are stoutly in favor
of having the dock located at the foot
of Moss and Eleventh streets and
plans and specifications will be pre
pared for the dock to be stationed at
this place. When these plans and
specifications are presented to the
council, the location of the wharf will
be determined.
Frank Busch, F. F. White, City En
gineer White, E. W. Scott, Council
men Andresen and Knapp, Mayor Cau
fleld, Fred Fisher, John B. Fairclough,
Mr. Richardson and V. Haris went
over the ground and discussed the ad
vantages and disadvantages of the
two proposed sites.
New Water Main.
One thousand feet of four-inch pipe
will be laid in Kansas City Addition
by the City Water Commission. The
water main now extends as far as
Hanlon's place, and will be run up
Division Btreet, a distance of four
blocks, and will accommodate about
eight families, as well as other resi
dents who are about to build in this
part of the city.
Mary Lucas Seriously Injured by An
imal at Parkplace.
Mary Lucas, aged six years, was
seriously injured Monday night by a
cow at Parkplace. Her brother Fred.
had Just returned home from a visit,
and his sister was so glad to see him
that she accompalned him to the
barn, where he started to milk the
CUW. VVllUUUl waiuiug IJJO BU1IJ1&1
turned on the child and tossed her in
the air, the sharp horn piercing her
neck and face, causing a terrible la
ceration. Physicians from Oregon
City were called at once and attended
the sufferer, and her condition is
slightly Improved. The injured girl
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Lucas.
The Proper Garment Styles for
Fall and Winter
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In selecting our stock of garments, we picked them from a collection
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Now is a good time to select a
Coat or Suit. Don't wait too
long, The approaching cool
weather warns many prudent
women that it is high time to
make the Garment purchase
for Winter.
Ladies' Coats $5. to $20.
Children's Coata. .$2. Upward
Ladies Suits $8. to $35.
SKIRTS...
In large assortment. Dress or
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Successor to. Adams Bros.
Woodmen Building, Main Street.
OREGON CITY.