NOW IS THE TIME TO DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING. DON'T WAIT UNTIL ALL THE GOOD THINGS ARE GONE AND THEN SAY THERE'S NOTHING IN OREGON CITY
CITY COUR!
25th YEAR.
OREGON CITY. OREGON. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 6 1907
No 30
OREGON
FAMILY KILLED
IN COLD BLOOD
MYSTERIOUS MURDER AT FARM
IN ISOLATED LOCATION IN
MARION COUNTY.
BODIES ARE ALL BURNED
Mrs. Mary Casteel, Son and Dauglv
ter May Have Been Slain by
Hired Man, Who Is Also a
Victim in Tragedy.
Mrs. Mary Casteel, aged 60; daugh
ter Martha, aged 27; son Paul, aged
22, and hired man, Mort Montgomery,
aged 60, were killed at Macleay Sun
day night and their bodies destroyed
by the burning of their dwelling.
There Is no clew to the Identity of
the murderer, and officers are led to
suspect that In a sudden fit of Insan
ity Montgomery killed the others and
then set fire to the house and cut his
own throat.
Montgomery and the Casteel family
came to Macleay six weeks ago from
Myrtle Creek, Douglas County, and it
is understood 'that they came from
Jet, Indian Territory, about a year
ago. Mrs. Casteel was believed to be
a widow, but as the family had not
become acquainted much at Macleay,
little is known of them.
Martha was engaged to be married
to William Rice, of Myrtle Creek. The
family had about $8000, but whether
in the house or in a bank Is not
known.
The terrible tragedy was discovered'
at 8 o'clock Monday morning by Ar
thur Wilson, who passed the place on
the way to school. The house, a
large, two-story structure, had been
completely destroyed. In the back
yard about 15 feet from the place
where the house had stood, lay a
bloody hatchet. Montgomery's blood
spattered hat and one of his socks,
showing by a stain that he had step
ped In a pool of blood and had after
wards walked around outdoors. His
double-barreled shotgun lay on the
ground nearby, with the. breech open
and two loaded shells partly inserted.
Evidently the gun had not been fired
for some time, as the barrels were
rusty and not smoke-stained. A doz
en loaded cartridges were strewn
around the spot. Montgomery's purse,
containing $00.25, was found near the
other articles mentioned.
The location of the bones of Mrs.
Casteel and daughter and son indicat
ed 'that they had been killed while
in their beds, as the bones were di
rectly under where they, slept. The
bones of Montgomery were almost di
rectly under where he slept. The
bones of each were identified by the
proximity of articles they were known
to possess.
The family kept two dogs, the
bones of which were found In the
ruins. This circumstance makes It
unlikely that strangers committed the
crime, for the dogs would have given
the alarm at the entrance of strang
ers and the people, would not have
been killed in bed. ,
The house stood a half mile from
the county road and about a half
mile southwest of Macleay. It was
surrounded by high timber to a con
siderable distance and one not fami
liar with the place could not have
found It on a night as dark and foggy
as was Sunday night. Neighbors a
half mile or more away in different di
rections say they saw a slight glare
through the fog in the direction of
the Casteel residence about 10:30 P.
M., but it was not sufficient to arouse
suspicion that there was a fire. m
The Caateels were a well-appearing
family and they and Montgomery
seemed to be on the best of terms.
Mrs. Casteel attended Sunday school
at Macleay Sunday and while there
told an acquaintance that Montgom
ery had lived with them 18 years.
Sheriff Culver could find on evi
dence of a struggle and no indication
of the presence of others than the
members of the family. The prison
bloodhounds were taken to the scene,
but there was nothing to give them a
scent from which they might pick up
a trail. The stains on Montgomery's
sock Indicate that he stepped in a
pool of blood and afterward walked
around in the yard, his sock gradually
slipping down "over bis foot until It
came off. , i
In the bloodclots on the hatchet are
a few gray hairs, short but rather
fine. While this has not been definite
ly determined, these are believed to
be from Mrs. Casteel's head. Both '
she and Montgomery had some gray
hair. Montgomery's hat bore , the
prints of a bloody hand, but as though
held by the owner and not grasped
violently by a desperado in a fight, i
60TH CONGRESS
IS IN SESSION
BRYAN ON THE FLOOR
SPEAKER CANNON RE-ELECTED
BY REPUBLICAN MAJORITY
IN THE HOUSE. '
Members of Both Parties Object to
Adoption of Former Rule3 yncle
Joe Makes a Good Speech
To Representatives.
The sixtieth Congress opened Mon
day. In the House of Representatives
the formal selection of Joseph G.
Cannon again to be Speaker and the
designation by the Democrats of
John Sharp Williams as their leader,
Congress.
Promptly at 12 o'clock Clerk Mc
Dowell entered the chamber of Rep
resentatives accompanied by the vet
eran Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms,
Colonel E. S. Pierce, bearing the
mace, the emblem of order In execu
tive bodies. .
The hum of conversation suddenly
ceased and Mr. McDowell declared
the body duly in session.
Chaplain Couden Immediately offer
ed prayer, after which the roll was
called. The roll-call occupied 20 min
utes, and showed 305 members pres
ent. ...
Amid great applause on the Repub
lican side. Representative Hepburn,
of Iowa, nominated Joseph G. Cannon,
of Illinois, for Speaker. Equally de
monstrative were the Democrats when
Representative Clayton put in nomi
nation Representative John Sharp
Williams, of Mississippi.
The vote on the Speakership re
sulted: Joseph G. Cannon, 207; John Sharp
Williams, 154.
Amid thunderous applause from the
Republicans and Democrats alike,
Speaker Cannon was escorted down
MORE MONEY IS WANTED.
Estimates Show Increase Over Appro
priations of Last Session.
WASHINGTON. Dp( 3Tho a.
retary of the Treasury today sent to
Congress the estimated nt a nnrnnr o.
tions required for the fiscal year end-
nig june 6u, iua. The figures show
an increase of $77,479,819 over the
estimates for 1908, and an Increase of
$50,220,646 over the appropriations
for 1908. This last Item, however, in
cludes deficiencies' and permanent an
nual appropriations.
The summary follows:
1909. 1908
Legislative ..$ 12,962,847 $ 13,090,007
Executive ... 423,710 - 425,000
State Dept... 4,417,681 3,847,850
Treasury Dept 174,778,106 177,784,502
War Dept.... 218,111,526 182,106,207
Navy Dept... 128,846,260 102,886,051
Interior Dept 183,911,769 188,389,786
Postofflce Dpt 2,697,880 2,781,820
Dpt Agricul.. 14,359,351 14,539,581
Dpt Com & L 16,214,783 14,939,653
Dpt Justice... 9,884,580 9,517,109
Totals ....$766,508,273 $710,287,626
The estimates submitted by the
Isthmian Canal Commission for the
fiscal year 1909 aggregate $33,183,
143. Appropriations for the current
fiscal year amounted to $27,161,367.
Employe Quit Woolen Mill.
Several of the weavers employed in
the Oregon City Manufacturing Com
pany's woolen mills left the mill on
Saturday night because of the new
wage scale, which made a severe cut
in the wages of the employes. The re
duction was general, affecting every
department, and amounts frem 20 to
25 per cent from the former scale.
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Dr. W. E. Carll, elect
ed mayor of Oregon
City last Monday by a
majority of 329 over
John W. Loder.
ALL MEASURES
BADLY BEATEN
CARLL ELECTED MAYOR
CHARTER AMENDMENTS AND
THE EXCISE ORDINANCE MEET
WITH DEFEAT.
Anti-Saloon Measure Carries In Ward
Three By a Majority of Nine Votes
But Is Snowed Under In
Other Wards.
were occasions for ovations for those
gentlemen. The Speaker was given
as warm a reception from the minor
ity as from his own party. The ap
pearance of William J. Bryan on the
floor of the House also was the oc
casion for enthusiastic cheering by
the Democrats.
When the adoption of the rules for
the government of the House during
the Sixtieth Congress came up, the
rules of the last Congress were op
posed by Williams and he was joined
in opposition by Democrats and by a
single Republican, Cooper, of Wiscon
sin. The old rules were declared to
be too outoeratic.' placing too much
power in the hands of the Speaker,
but after a somewhat acrimonious, dis
cussion they were adopted by a party
vote.
Committees were appointed by both
houses to inform the President that
Congress had met and was ready to
receive any message he might wish to
communicate. New Senators and all
the Representatives were sworn in
and both houses adjourned out of re
spect to the memory of the members
who had died during the recess of
Keep Bright and You
Wilt Keep Busy
ipLECTRIC LIGHT is the magnet that draws trade. The bright store is
the "hypnotic eye" of business. People can no more resist the the at
traction of a brilliant, Electrically lighted store than resist the clarion call of
a brass band.
Is your competitor with the Electrically illluminated show windows,
bright interior and sparkling Electric Sign getting an advantage over you?
The moth never flutters around the unlighted candle ! Up-to-date stores
nowadays consider shop-window lighting a necessity, whether they remain
open after dark or not. Competition forces modern methods.
A show window brilliantly illuminated with Electric light will make
many a sale "the night before." Electric light compels attention, makes
easy the examination of your display, shows goods in detail, and fabrics in
tfieir true colors.
And don't neglect the Electric Sign. It is soliciting "tomorrow's"
business. every moment it is lighted burning your name in the public mind.
It is a solicitor that never becomes weary never stops work costs little.
Portland Railway, Light & Power Co.
e. G. MILLER, Agent
Oregon Gity, Oregon
the center aisle to his chair by a com
mittee,, of which Representative Wil
liams was chairman.
In a brief speech Mr. Williams said
the Speakership was the second high
est office in "the United States. He
had the honor, he said, for the third
time, " not Introducing, but present
ing to the Congress the Honorable
Joseph G. Cannon, of Illiois, as Its
Speaker."
When the. applause had subsided.
Speaker Cannon said:
"We are today organizing the Six
tieth Congress, marking the one hun
dred and eighteenth mile-stone in the
history of government by the people
under the Constitution. Our prede
cessors in the years that have passed
have left to us an example of wisdom,
moderation and courage that has
never failed to preserve the ideals
and the interests of republican gov
ernment in many crises, whether of
peace or war, adversity or prosperity.
"Each generation of statesmen has
had its own peculiar problems and its
own peculiar embarrassment. No
problems of government ever recur In
exactly the same way.
"The formulas of action in exlgen-
. The charter amendments and the
excise ordinance were defeated Mon
day by majorities ranging from 107
for the bonding amendment to 221 for
the excise measure. Dr. W. E. Carll
was elected mayor John W. Loder by
a majority of 329, over twq to one,
and in the third ward C. W. Friedrich
was chosen for the one-year term In
the city council In opposition to A.' S.
Hunt, by a vote of 85 to 62. In this
ward the excise ordinance was car
ried by a majority of nine votes, but
It suffered severely in ward one,
and in the second ward, where it re
ceived 115 votes out of a total of 318.
where the majority against it was 142,
The vote cast for mayor was the
heaviest, reaching 771, which is the
largest vote ever polled at a munici
pal election here. Dr. Carll carried
all three of the wards, his vote being
550 to 221 for Mr. Loder.
The result of the election was fore
casted early In the afternoon, but the
vote on the excise ordinance sur
prised even its most bitter antagon
ists. The fate of the charter amend
ments showed the folly of embracing
objectionable features In meritorious
mea3ures. In the first amendments
the proposal to Issue bonds to re
fund the city Indebtedness was gen
erally approved, but scores of people
voted against the amendment on ac
count of the clause providing that or
dinances should be posted on a bul
letin board Instead of being publish
ed in a newspaper. This same condi
tion affected the third amendment
providing for a change in the manner
of making street improvements, sub
stituting the district plan for the pres
ent system. The second amendment
to double the salaries of the city re
corder and the. city treasurer proved
pYtramflv nnnnniilnr nml Was rlpfpftterl
by a vote of 397 to 190. The to tall
vote In the three wards was:
MAYOR.
W. E. Carll 550
John W. Loder 221
Carll's majority 329
TREASURER.
M. D. Latourette 674
BONDING AMENDMENT. '
For 291
Against 398
Majority against 107
SALARY AMENDMENT.
For 190
Against 397
Majority against . .. 207
STREET IMPROVEMENT AMENDMENT.
3mW.'.lUJIH!l
THE CORRECT CHRISTMAS GIFT
this year is a subscription to your home newspaper. If
you wish to remember some friends or relatives In the best
way, you will send them a subscription to the OREGON
CITY COURIER, the leading newspaper of Clackamas
County and Oregon City, covering the news field, and giv
ing In addition a four-page magazine section, full to the
brim with attractive matter, embracing stories, fashions
with colored plates, and last, but not least, the "funnies"
that are as amusing as ever and delight the old as well as
the young.
DECIDE THIS MATTER NOW
and get It out of the way before the holiday rush. Write
today, sending us $1.50 and the name of the person to
whom you wish to make the gift.
cles cannot be safely applied. The
Government, as it relates to course of
action, has no fixed precedents and no
veneration for those which have gone
before, justifies living men In ap
proaching live problems with purpose
or with vision circumscribed by the
limitations of the past.
"But the fundamental principles of
free government are eternal and un
changing, resting on the will and re
sponsibility of the people and put in
action through the deliberation of the
conscientious representatives of that
will. Other departments of the Gov
ernment have lofty and Important
functions, but to this House alone be
longs the peculiar, the delicate and
the all-surpassing function of Inter
preting and putting in definite form
the will of the people.
"So far as the duty of organizing
this House snail devolve upon me, I
shall endeavor to perform the duty in
a way to justify the confidence which
your selection Implies; and to pro
mote the great purposes for which
we are assembled. But the duties of
the hour rest not alone on myself.
They rest on each one of you Individ
ually and on your integrity, wisdom
and conservatism. The people are re
lying upon you as well as upon me.
"1- expect your co-operation, be
cause such cooperation will be your
duty. I hope also that as we go on I
may have it because of my efforts to
merit your confidence and good will."
S. & W. Davis, of Estacada, have
purchased a new site and will remove
their sawmill from its present loca
tion to a p'iut nearer their timber
supply.
For 232
Against i . . . 35G
Majority against 124
EXCISE ORDINANCE.
For - 200
Against 481
Majority against 221
The vote by wards follows:
Ward One.
MAYOR.
W. E. Carll 235
John W. Loder 68
Carll's majorltj 107
TREASURER.
M. D. Latourette 274
COUNCILMAN.
J. E. Jack 2C2
BONDING AMENDMENT.
For 107
Against I62
Majority against 65
SALARY AMENDMENT.
For 75
Against 92
Majority against 17
STREET IMPROVEMENT AMEND
MENT. For 82
Against 8
Majority against 2
EXCISE ORDINANCE.
For ! 73
Against 215
Majority against 142
Ward Two.
MAYOR.
W. E. Carll 239
John W. Loder 98
Carll's majority 141
TREASURER.
M. D. Latourette 289
COUNCILMAN, 3-YEAR TERM.
Edward Sheahan 207
..COUNCILMAN, 1-YEAR. TERM...
William R. Logus 226
BONDING AMENDMENT.
For' 130
Against 104
Majority against 34
SALARY AMENDMENT.
For 83
Against 210
Majority against 127
STREET IMPROVEMENT AMEND
MENT, For 106
Against 180
Majority against 80
EXCISE ORDINANCE.
For 115
Against 203
Majority against 88
Ward Three.
MAYOR.
W. E. Carll , . 86
John W. Loder .'. 55
Carll's majority 31
TREASURER.
M. D. Latourette Ill
COUNCILMAN, 3-YEAR. TERM:
Frank Betzel 100
COUNCILMAN, 1-YEAR TERM.
C. W. Friedrich ....V 85
A. S. Hunt .' 52
Friedrich's majority v ... 33
MILLS FORCED
TO SHUT DOWN
LOSE $25,000 PER DAY
INCREASE IN RATES SOURCE OF
EMBARASSMENT TO THE
LOCAL CONCERNS.
More Than 300 Men In Clackamas
County Sawmills Thrown Out
of Employment Few Run
ning On Tie Orders.
At least 20 of the 46 sawmills of
Clackamas County have been forced
to suspend operations on account of
shortage of cars and the increase In
railroad rates. Seventy-five per cent
of the mills on the line of the Oregon
Water Power & Railway Company in
the Estacada section are shut down.
More than 300 men In the mills and
logging camps are out of employment,
which means a loss of $25,000 per
day, as the capacity of the establish- v
ments that are closed is 250,000 feet.
Most of the mills that are in opera
tion are running on tie orders for the
use of the Southern Pacific In Oregon
and California. The mills that have
been closed and the capacity of each
follows:
Cole Bros. & Co., Canby, 10,000;
Bonney & Baker, Moburley, 12,000;
W. A. Bonney, Oregon City, 10,000;
Greenwood Lumber Co., 15,000; Storm
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W. 8. U'REN, who was a leader In the fight for the enactment of the Char
ter Amendments and Excise Ordinance at last Monday's election,
BONDING AMENDMENT.
For 54
Against 72
Majority against 18
SALARY AMENDMENT.
For 32
Against ' 95
Majority against 63
STREET IMPROVEMENT AMEND-MENT.-
For- i 44
Against 80
Majority against 42
EXCISE ORDINANCE,
For '. ... 72
Against 63
Majority for 9
Bank In Fine condition.
Claud Gatch, of Salem, national
bank examiner, was In the city Tues
day Inspecting the affairs of the First
National Bank, and at the conclu
sion of his examination he congratu
lated the principal owners of the In
stitution, Messrs. D. C. and C. D.Lat-
ouretto, and he said that he had not
visited a bank during the last six
months that was as strong in coin
reserves, nor one that was in a sound
er condition.
& Storm, 10,000; Superior Lumber
Co., Clarkes, 20,000; Dix Bros., Col
ton, 15,600 ; J. T. Myers & Son,
Dodge, 8,000; Burkhart & Henkle,
Eagle Creek, '8000: Dix Bros., Eagle
Creek, 10,000; N. Helple, Eagle Creek,
8000; Sell wood Lumber Co., Eagle
Creek, 10,000; L. F. Bonney, Estaca
da, 8000; S. & W. Davis, Estacada,
1 5,000 ;"Dubols Lumber Co., Estacada,
20,000; Fraley & Co., Estacada, 15,.
000; Kelso Tie Co., Boring, 10,000; O.
A. Palmer, Boring,, 25,000; Shellen
berger & Wilson, Boring, 10,000; S. T.
Deering Lumber Co., Sprlngwater,
12,000.
Form Condensed Milk Factory.
The people of Molalla Wednesday
met to organize a mpany for the
manufacture of condensed milk.
There were about 40 farmers present.
John Cole presided and I. M. Tollver
was secretary. The farmers attend
ing the meeting who have subscribed
stock to the extent of about $12,000,
agreed to Incorporate for $25,000, and
appointed a committe of five, consist
ing of Frank Perry, E. E. Judd, T. S.
Stipp, George H. Nicolal and I. M.
Tollver. They will formulate articles
of Incoi oration and report at a later
meeting. County Judge Dimlck and
F. A. Mi' s, of this city, attended the
meeting.
Farm For Sal
Our business is to show investors that Clackamas
county (arms are better investments than U. S. go! J
bonds.
ThTe are many real estate signs in town but the
office over the Bank of Oregon City continues to do
the real estate business of the county.
Get Down to Business
If your farm drags on the market let's talk the mat
ter over. Maybe you need the services of a live
agency. The "con" talk of the amateur agent won't
sell your land. For results see
Eastham, Patison & Co.
Over the Bank ,of Oregon City Successors to C, N. Plowman & Co.