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OREGON CITY. OREGON. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 4, 1907
No 21
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COUNTY FAIR
AT GLADSTONE
First Exhibition Slated For
October 10, U and J 2.
CARNIVAL AND CIRCUS
Reiss Aggregation of Varied
Attractions Is Feature of
Fine Three Days'
- Entertainment.
Clackamas County's first annual
Fair, which will be held in Gladstone
Park, Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
October 10, 11 and 12, is attracting
attention from every part of Clacka-
various committees are working over
time to get the grounds in shape in
the brief time that remains. The pre
mium list continues to grow and in ad
diHnn tn tho onsh nrlzes. that aeere-
gate $500, there are many premiums
donated hy tne mercnants oi ures
City and Portland for the exhibits.
Thorn nrn 18 divisions In the Fair.
embracing horses, cattle, sheep and
swine, poultry, vegetames, iruit, iarni
products, flowers, sewing and fancy
work, domestic process, pickles and
sauces, works of art and ornamenta
tion, domestic process for girls under
1 K vcora nf nirp fnnpv work for girls
under 15 years of age, minerals, dogs,
Grange ana tne uany enow.
The construction of stalls, pens and
booths for the exhibits is now In
progress and there will be ample
space to house all of the displays of-
forarl Tha patpist in the Fair will be
opened on Thursday morning of next
week. The admission has Deen nxea
t !K ppnts with a rate of 10 cents tO
children under 12 years of age. Sea-
tickets for the Fair will De bu cents.
SJntnrrtnv tho Inst, riftv of the Fair.
win ha fitiiirtrpn's Dav. and all chil
dren under 12 years of age will be ad
mitted to tne grounds iree on mat
day.
FROM PORTLAND
TO SALT LAKE
Mount Hood Railway Part of
Transcontinental System.
IS LINK IN ROCK ISLAND
Trains To Pe Hauled Around
the Mountain By Electric
Power One Per Cent
Grade Found.
There is abundant reason to believe
that Portland and Salt Lake City are
soon to be connected by a new link in
a transcontinental railroad chain that
is to be forged as fast as labor and
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Existing Laws Satisfactory To
Oregon City Residents.
AMENDMENTS UNPOPULAR
Taxes Would Be Higher Than
Before and Unusual Power
Is Given to the
City Council.
The Red Dome at the CountylFair.
mas, and from Multnomah and Marion
as well. This is to be the first fes
tival of this kind ever held in old
Clackamas, and the members of the
The Nat Reiss Carnival Company
has been engaged to furnish its pro-
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sufficient capital can complete the
toair rnncpaiprt hfihind the seeming
ly local electric line enterprise of the
Mount Hood Railway & Power com-
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livered, with all necessary equipment, absolutely free
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CUT OUT COUPON and MAIL TO US TODAY
PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT 2 POWER CO.
C. C. MILLER, Agent. Oregon City, Oregon
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.
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If THE THIRTY DAYS' TRIAL OFFER APPLIES ONLY TO CON
SUMERS OF OUR CURRENT.
pany, says the Oregonlan, are said to
be the matured plans for the Salt
Lake project, backed by the millions
of Senator W. A. Clark and his asso
ciate Interests.
When Senator Clark first placed his
stamp of approval on the maps of the
locating engineers for the San Pedro,
Los Angeles & Sale Lake It was a
part of the propose-; construction to
extend one arm of 'iLo new transpor
tation system to Oregon. Later the
financial Influences o: the Harriman
system grasped control of the new
road and by means of clever traffic
agreements and manipulation squeez
ed the new line into a mere link of
the larger system. There was an im
mediate veto of plans for the Oregon
line and for the time being Oregon's
development was retarded.
With secrecy that smacks of the
previous conquests of George Gould,
but which, It is believed by persons
well advised, is in, reality the linking
of the Rock Island system and the
Moffat Railroad between Denver and
Salt Lake City, the plans for the new
road into Portland have been practi
cally completed. Though It has been
denied and will be denied again, it
can be asserted with confidence that
the site of the Inman & Poulsen Lum
ber Company yards and docks be
tween East Sherman and East Ca
ruthers streets will be the water
front terminals of the new line and
that it will enter Portland over a
route lying through and across the
Ladd farm. Practically all details for
the entrance of the road to the city
over that route have been concluded
and meanwhile engineering parties
have completed the location across to
the Eastern slope of the Cascades,
thence southeasterly toward Central
Nevada to the eastern terminus at
Salt Lake City.
It may surprise some engineers to
learn that a route has been found by
which the line will make a gradual
ascent of Mount Hood, to the south
east of that eminence and through to
the upper Deschutes on a compensat
ing grade of less than 1 per cent, but
such Is a fact and the construction
crews already engaged In the vicinity
of Bull Run and between that point
and Falrview win De rapuuy auvanceu
along the route so that considerable
of the heavier part of the work win
nrobably be completed aunng tne
Winter months.
Annrnnrhlner tlie Deschutes at a
point not far from tha mouth of Warm
Springs Creek, it will rollow up tne
tp,H rroRs tho snur of Walkers
Range and thence proceed in a south
erly course to the drainage of Sprague
River and tnence up mat scream io
the southeast, through the Klamath
Tnillnn resfirvntlnn and thence In a
nearly direct line to Winnemucca.
The main line will be built with re
gard to the shortest mileage and best
route, while branches are projected
to tap tne irrigatea aimncts oi ijtook,
Klamath and Lake Counties, but
thpsiA fuA to fnllnw thft p.nmnlfitloti of
the through line whie.1! Is lust at pres-
enterprise.
TflncInpAra Tiava Tiaati nvpr tha rntltft
repeatedly, parties having easily main
tained the secret of their purpose and
work because of the activity of the
Harriman system engineers in the
same territory. That portion of the
route south of the headwaters of tne
Deschutes may undergo changes, as
the locations have not been definitely
made.
ne route would divert from that
ifmro miHinprt npnr tho Rnnth bound
ary of Crook County and thence fol
low what would. be an almost air line
past Silver Lake, Summer Lake
thrnnirh tho hie timber around Paisley
and the Chewaucan and thence by
way of Lakeview. nut it is asserioa
that some heavy grades would be en
countered on that route that can be
avoided by the other.
Another antagonist to arouse tne ire
of the Union Pacific powers has been
the Denver, pjortnwestern & racmc
generally referred to In the newspa
pers as "the Moffat Road," which is
being steadily advanced to completion
between Denver and Salt Lake City.
Several months ago David h. Monai,
president of the company and former
lv tha OTflftiitlvR head of the Rio
Grande, announced that it would be
built to Portland.
There is little doubt that the Mount
Wnnrt flnmnnnv s assured of the con
nection that would be afforded to the
East by the rails of the Motrat line,
which at Denver makes connection
with the Burlington, Rock Island and
Santa Fe, three lines not controlled
by Union Pacific, while if the Gould
system is also identified with the new
move, the trackage connection may be
In Nevada instead or at tne utan me
tropolis as now planned.
At nnv rnto tho road in under con
struction, surveys completed for the
greater part of its route ana ampie
capital ready to prosecute the work
vigorously.
Portland Man Contractor,
rvinutriiotlnn ramns located at Bull
Run and near Falrview are those of
the Mason Construction Company, of
which A. W. Mason, of Portland, is the
haa,1 Ua la nna of the hest known
railroad contractors of the Northwest
and has done a great deal of heavy
wnrk fnr th Southern Pacific and Or-
Burin Rnllrnnrt Navlcatlon Comnanv.
At present ne is me coinracior iur
part ofHhe new railroad belngtullt by
the Southern Pacific to tap the Klam
ath country and which is to link that
region with Portland by way of Na
tron. Pcranns who have been to the carries
during the past fortnight say that the
heavy machinery taken In and large
amount of llye stock and men employ
ed all indicate that it is not merely
for the tmildlng oi a iew miles oi eiec'
trtr man
There is a mill In operation cutting
ttoa anA tltnhprs for the hrldees and
other structures and it is said that
use for an electric and staem road of
hpavv t raff p. will DO used.
Portland has been hearing some
thing of the power plant to be located
not far from Bull Run postoffice to
supply electric energy for .the city
portion of the road, but that is under
stood to be only one of several power
locations that have been secured and
are to be developed.
The route outlined will serve the
greater part of the vast territory east
rit tho Pnupnrtpa. now rpmnfe from
transportation. Development of the re-
PEOPLE OPPOSE
NEW CHARTER
hnn alreadv developed a
strong opposition to some of the new
amendments proposed to the city
charter, and it is feared that the ac
tion of the charter commission in in
creased from $1G0 per annum to $300,
the amount paid being nearly doubled
In the latter case. Mayor Caufleld,
however states that under the surface
there is a reason for this action by
the charter commission, and it is noth
ing less that to cut off the extras that
both officials have been drawing down
for several years. It has been the
custom for the recorder and treasurer
to present a. bill of extras for work
outside of the regular routine, but
with the new charter amendments the
duties of the officers will be more
clearly defined, so that no claim for
extra labor can be made, and all work
desired by the city must be done for
the regular salaries.
The fees of the city prosecutor will
not be changed and he will continue
to receive $2.50 for each case that he
prosecutes in the Recorder's Court,
and will be paid extra for any work
that he does for the city. The munic
ipal government has no city attorney,
and whenever the services of a legal
mind are desired the council may em
ploy any attorney to-do the work.
FOODSTUFFS AT
HIGHER PRICE
High Cost Of Living General
Over Whole Country.
INCREASE IS 30 PER CENT
Comment on Barbur's Story.
R. T. Barbur, who has just returned
from a hunting trip in the Nehalem
Generous Wages In Cities
Drains Country of Labor
and Crops Cannot
Be Handled.
The high prices that prevail for pro
duce and foodstuffs in the Northwest
are not confiened to that section of
the country alone. From every part
come reports of prices almost prohlb-
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corporating unpopular measures in
Hio otrlnn- nf amendments will result
in the defeat of every reform advocated.
The general public seems to be en
tirely satisfied with the present
charter and may resist any attempt
tr. nnmpr with the laws under which
the city has been governed for many
years past.
Little time was lost, auer tne enact
ment of the bill placing the power to
of the noonle. in getting busy
create and amend charters in the
and taking advantage of the new law.
The charter commission was appoint
ed last Winter, but so little intorest
was taken that after repeated iauures
to hold meetings were observed, the
pitv nrimlniHtration determined to
overcome the existing apathy by nam
ing a sub-charter commission, consist
ing of five men, Mayor Caufleld, City
Prosecutor Campbell, Thomas F. Ry
an, Franklin T. Griffith and W. S.
U'Ren, the latter being indirectly re
sponsible for the passage of the law
toilnw tVio phnrt.er creatine nower out
lot the hands of the peoplo of the state,
and placing It directly wltnin tne pow
er of the voters of the territory af
fected. With the exception of Mayor
Caufleld, who is a banker, all of the
members of the sub-commission are
in,oi-a Thov hfild several meetings
and finally prepared several impor
tant amendments tnat were uuuiaeu,
with sleight changes, at the meeting
of the charter commission, at which a
majority of the members were present.
This meeting tooK place last ween,
and it is probable that considerably
io,,,, than a mniiirlt v nf the members
of the commission were altogether un
familiar with the provisions oi mu
proposed amendments until that time.
Taxes will be higher next year, If
one of the amendments is adopted,
and business men and property own
ers declare that they are high enough
at the present time. One mill was add
ed last year to tne general levy, ami
the tax rate for permanent Btreet im
provements several years ago reached
the limit provided in the present char
ter. It IS pTOpOSeU I" IIIUKH U 1gi;ioi
levy of one mill and place the revenue
In a Qlnl.'ttlfJ' fnnil with which to re
deem the city's bonds. The bonded In
debtedness of Oregon Ulty is now ;u,
000 and under the proposed amend
ment the floating debt, aggregating
$45,000, will be taken up tnrougn a
now bond issue.
nrnvltllnn nf lhO, aniOnd-
ments that will be bitterly opposed
Is the one making optional witn tu
council whether new ordinances or
nhnmrna in PvlHtlns ordinances Bhall
be published for the Information of
the voters. In the past every niuaa.uo
nrnnoBPrl nf whatever nature, n
houn crivpn wlflp circulation In order
that tho people might know Just what
the city fathers were doing, out it ih
now planned to post these ordinances,
except those giving franchises, and
this feature would open a way for the
pr,r,pii tn milMiiifl tliroiiEn many ou-
joctionable measures so quietly that
the people would never nave au "im
portunity to protest, mis is mra
upon as a step backward and an ef
f,ft tn ovdifi the niihlicltv that Is gen
erally accorded to ordinances enact
ing laws In which tne peopie mignt ub
interested.
K-ivori oninrips fnr the recorder and
treasurer of Oregon are determined
In the new amendments, and mese oi
f leers are likely to profit by the
change, for the salary of the recorder
is l.Kted from $25 to $50 per month,
and the salary of the treasurer Is in-
country," remarked an Oregon City
mnor "xnvB there are scores of aban
doned cabins in the Nehalem timber,
whore settlers on homesteads nave
nrnvpH ii n and sold their claims after
three to five years nominal residence.
Mi. rtnrhtip nova thnt in one of the
cabins he found a copy of the Port
land nreirnnlan dated In 1894." Per
haps the owners are at McNeil's isl
and or fled to China, mere are pruu
ably just enough cabins to go around.
CLUB TO BE FORMED.
Absence of Social Organization Will
.Soon be Fiemeaiea.
Tha lnplr nf a social club haS long
been deplored in Oregon City and A.
A. Price, Harry E. Draper, O. W. East
ham, H. S. Moody and E. L. Johnson
have placed on foot a movement for
tha fnrmntlnn of a club, to occupy
quarters in the Masonic building on
the corner of Main and aixtn streets.
The upper floor of the building is now
used by the Masonic lodges as a meet
ing place, but the Temple will be com
pleted this Fall, and Mr. Price, who
has leased the building, plans to have
mini! nn 1iivIh1.1v for a club.
The proposition Is meeting with favor
on every hand. The absence oi a
club is particularly noticeable here,
whore there are many unmarried men
and aside from the saloonB, there Is
no place in the city for men to Bpend
evenings and leisure hours.
Itlvely high. Not only Is the cost of
living much more than ever before,
but the supply of foodstuffs is report
ed extremely meager.
In the Middle West housewives find
that thov crnpprs' nd hntchers' bills
have increased 30 per cent over last
year's prices. Fruits, vegetables,
milk hiittpp peers, meat, bread and
canned goods all will demand higher
prices, it is Bald while the chief rea
son given Is a "wayward market."
Tn tho dnnr of the nure food law is
placed the blame that many articles
formerly prepared witn cneap adult
erants and preservatives are kept
from the market
Fruit and vegetable crops have been
short In all sections of the country
with the exception- of the Pacific
Coast. Gonerous wages paid in the
cities are said to have drained the
country of labor in some sections bo
that crops could not ne properly
bandied.
The price of milk paid by the dealer
to the farmer has twice been raised In
the month of September. The increase
aggregates three-quarters of a cent.
and on top of this there comes a com
plaint from the condensed milk manu
facturers that the supply Is not suf
ficient.
Due to a short supply, butter ad
ppiI Inst week until today when
Jobbers wore forced to pay 2 9 Mi cents
for the best grades. Cream cheese
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