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
OREGON CITY.. OREGON. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 13 1907
25th YEAR.
No 31
OREGON
ER
PARCELS POST
DOWN AND OUT
PARCELS POST DOWN AND OUT
NO FAVORABLE LEGISLATION TO
BE ENACTED BY CONGRESS
THIS SESSION.
MR. CANNON IS HOSTILE
Speaker Telia Postmaster-General
That Time Is Not Ripe for Either
That Measure or Postal
Savings Banks.
The work of Postmaster-General
Meyer for the extension of the parcels
post and the establishment of a postal
savings bank Is destined to come to
naught In this session of Congress.
The Postmaster-General has thrown
his whole heart Into this movement,
and It has been heartily endorsed by
the various postal organizations and
by some other bodies throughout the
country. But Speaker Cannon has
broadly Intimated to Mr. Meyer that
he does not consider the time ripe for
either project to" be enacted into law.
The , parcels post extension, the
Speaker has told Mr. Meyer, will not
receive the consideration of Congress
during this session, nor will .the postal
savings bank proposition, according
to the information Imparted to Mr.
Meyer by the Speaker. The Speaker
says that with the talk of tariff re
vision prevalent, and with the finan
cial condition of the country in not
too satisfactory condition, he does
not think it would be wise for Con
gress to institute innovations which
might result in extraordinary expense,
especially as .the postal service has
never paid for itself.
The extension of the parcels post
lias aroused the most bitter opposi
tion from the small-town merchants,
who have been besieging the Speaker
with petitons not to permit Congress
to take any step which would facili
tate the extension of the mail order
business in the rural districts. The
merchants are generally agrieved over
the extension of the rural free deliv
ery, alleging that It has resulted in
keeping the farmers away from the
towns to which they went formerly
to get their mail.
They also maintain that It has in
jured their business by facilitating
the process of purchasing by mall
from houses In the large cities, which
offer a far greater variety, do "business
for cash and sell at considerably low
er price than the local merchants can
quote. The merchants in the smaller
places maintain that with Increased
parcels post facilities they would Buf
fer a still greater loss of trade, and
that in some instances they would in
evitably be ruined.
Just where the opposition to the
postal savings bank comes from is not
known, but it is believed to emanate
chiefly from the same sources, and
also from the bankers in the smaller
towns. The farmers are now obliged
to go to town to make their deposits
or to draw cash, but if the rural
postal service placed these conve
Keep Bright and You
Will Keep Busy
ELECTRIC 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 1 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
their 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
niences at their doors they would
have still less occasion to visit their
local metropolis.
AGRICULTURE IN OREGON.
Production of Oregon During the Last
Thirty-eight Years. .
The Department of Agriculture has
issued a bulletin showing the yearly
acreage, production - and value of
wheat In the various states from 18G6
to 1900, inclusive: Statistics for Ore
gon are here quoted:
Farm value
Production. Dec 1.
Year. Acres. Bushels. Dollars..
1869 .... 92,105 1,760,000 1,487,600
1870 116,410 2,270,000 2,156,500
1871 .... 119,376 2,292,000 2,383,680
1872 .... 132,197 2,406,000 1,780,440
1873 .... 164,579 3,127,000 2,814,300
1874 .... 250,000 4,875,000 3,315,000
1875 .... 265,681 4,600,000- 3,915,000
1876 .... 275,000 4,675,000 3,272,600
1877 .... 343,750 6,875,000 7,631,250
1878 .... 365,000 7,665,000 7,051,800
1879 .... 611,800 8,188,800 8,025,024
1880 .... 690,260 11,734,420 9,152,848
1881 .... 738,600 12,673,000 11,152,240
1882 .... 723,000 12,039,300 10,233,405
1883 .... 795,300 13,122,400 11,810,160
1884 .... 858,924 15,462,000 7,421,760
1885 876,102 13,916,000 9,602,040
1886 .... 884,640 11,133,000 7,570,440
1887 .... 920,026 16,100,000 10,948,000
1888 .... 892,425 14,648,000 11,347,440
1889 .... 845,000 13,689,000 9,582,300
1890 ... . 887,250 12,865,000 9,648,844
1891 .... 692,056 13,149,000 11,571,160
1892 622,850 9,779,000 6,258,397
1893 .... 616,622 10,790,885 5,934,987
1894 ...... 589,891 10,441,071 4,489,661
1895.... 693,136 11,862,720 6,575,478
1896.... 602,773 10,247,141 7,377,942
1897 ....1,067,943 18,156,031 13,071,662
1898 ....1,205,281 24,708,260 15,319,121
1899 ....1,143,205 21,949,536 11,633,254
1900 ....1,173,769 16,198,012 8,908,907
1901 .... 814,742 17,158,065 9,265,355
1902 .... 777,377 15,512,460 10,393,348
1903 .... 684,961 12,438,827 9,677,896
1904 .... 740,250 14,050,193 11,380,657
1905 .... 717,565 13,382,585 9,100,157
1906 .... 712,411 14,215,597 9,443,222
Sues for $30,000; Gets $1250.
A verdict for $1250 for the plaintiff
was returned by a Jury in the United
States Court Saturday in the case of
Walter A. Bonner against the Willam
ette Pulp & Paper Company. Bon
ner sued for $30,000 damages for the
compound fracture of the bones in
one of his legs while in the employ of
the defendant company in November,
1906. C. D. & D. C. Latourette, of
Oregon City, and H. E. McGinn, of
Portland, were attorneys for Bonner.
The defendant company was granted
20 days in which to file a motion for
a new trial.
Oregon Apple In Russia.
The Oregon apple has captured the
Orient and Russia. Yadgjoglou
Brothers, of Vladivostock, after mak
ing a display in one of the principal
show windows of the city, removed
the display and after It was crowned
and surrounded with American and
Russian flags it" was photographed,
and is to be reproduced In colors for
international advertising. Thus the
glory of the Oregon apple goes around
the world. The display was unusual,
because most of the boxes were shown
ready for ocean shipment, each en
cased in burlap. Varieties of apples
included the Winter Banana, Ortley,
Hyde's King, and Arkansas Black.
VALUATION IS
$12,934,r26
COUNTY ASSESSOR NELSON ADDS
TO THE ASSESSMENT OF
BIG CORPORATIONS.
TIMBER LANDS RAISED
Increase Over Last Year's Valuation
Is About $2,500,000 and Nothing
Has Been Added to Value -
of Farm Property.
The assessed valuation of Clacka
mas County property Is very close to
$13,000,000. The figures were made
public this afternoon by County Asses
sor Nelson, who has made an increase
of about $2,500,000 over the valuation
of last year. This increase is all on
the property of the big corporations
and on timber lands. The classifica
tion of property and the- valuation
follows:
No. Val.
Acres of tillable
lands 88.746 $ 2,789,535
Acres of non- till- .
able lands 541.046 4,264,325
Improvements on
deeded or patent
ed land 1,522,435
Town and city lots 1,185,496
Improvements on
town and city
lots 622,840
Miles of railroad
bod 27 448,200
Miles of telegraph
and telephone
lines 158 29,585
Miles of street
railway bed.... 37 371,340
Railroad rolling
stock 64,275
Steam' and sail
boats, engines,
mach'y 610,495
Merchandise and
stock in trade.. 199,050
Farm implements,
wagons, carriag
es, etc 133,790
Money 82,950
Notes and acc'ts.. 27,230
Shares of stock.. 355, 35,250
Furniture, watches
Jewelry, etc. . 166,403
Horses and mules 6,456 214,780
Cattle 13,79?" 136,670
Sheep and goats. 16,493 . 16,930
Swine 6,063 13,130
Total value of all
property .... . $12,934,726
C. E. SPENCE, of Carus, a leader In
the Association of Grange Insurance
men, who met here last Tuesday.
STATE WILL NOT BE LOSER.
Surety Company Will Make Good the
Deposits of Treasurer Steel.
The State of Oregon will not lose
either through the failure of the Title
Guarante & Trust Company or the
temporary embarrassment of the
Merchants' National Bank. - Repre
sentative of the American Surety
Company, surety for State Treasurer
Steel, admitted the company's liabil
ity and will reimburse the state to
the amount of $408,388.88. This as
sures the restoration to the public
treasury of all state funds that were
not adequately secured by approved
securities.
American Surety Company admits
Its liability and agrees to pay in full
claim of state against State Treasurer
Steel and his bondsmen for funds ag
gregating $408,388.88 on deposit in
Title Guarantee & Trust Company's
bank and the Merchants' National
Bank.
The surety company delivered to
the state officials drafts for $112, 478.
20 and agrees to pay balance of $295,
910.68 with interest at the rate of 5
per cent per annum, on or before
December 31, 1909.
State Treasurer Steel Is given 20
days in which to file a new bond for
$600,000.
Merchants' National Held Up.
Until Bank Examiner Wilson ar
rives in Washington, D. C, this week
and confers with Controller of the
Currency the latter will be unable
to say whether the Merchants' Na
tional Bank of Portland Is to re-open
or not. Wilson mailed his report on
the bank's condition Just prior to start
ing for Washington, but the report
has not yet been received. His re
port is confidential and will not be
given out.
FALLS FROM BREAKWATER.
Peter Lundgren Instantly Killed on
.. East Side of Willamette Falls.
Peter Lundgren was instantly killed
Wednesday afternoon by a fall from
the breakwater on the East side of
Willamette Falls to the rocks, about
15 feet below. His skull was fractur
ed at the base. .
Lundgren was employed by the
Crown-Columbia Pulp & Paper Com
pany and was working with a com
panion running logs from the baBln
to the East side pulp" station. On a
trip from the mill to the logs Lund
eren was missed by his fellow work
man and a search was Instituted, and
the body of the unfortunate man was
found on the rocks outsiae oi the
i breakwater. No one witnessed the
accident, but it is supposed that in
walking along the- top of the break
water he slipped and fell over, or
that he thrust his pike into a log,
drawing it towards him and that the
pike did hot hold, and Lundgren lost
his balance. There Is a narrow walk
on the breakwater, not more than 18
inches wide, and without a guard rail.
Lundgran had probably been dead for
nearly an hour when found. The re
i mains were taken to Coroner Hoi
man's undertaking establishment and
an inquest will be held.
Lundgren was aged about 35 years,
and is survived by a wife and three
children, the eldest a girl, 13 years of
age. He had been a resident of Ore
gon City, making his home in Kansas
City Addition, for several years.
MRS. SCHEER IN NEBRASKA.
Central Point Woman Relate Incidents
of Her Trip.
NORFOLK, Neb., Dec. 1 Perhaps
some of my friends and neighbors
would like to knowof our trip through
the East.
We left Portland October 24th, ar
riving at Norfolk October 28, over
the Northern Pacific. We passed
through Minneapolis Sunday after
noon, October 27, and got to St. Paul
Sunday evening, at 8:30. Then we
changed cars for Sioux City, arriving
there at "4:40 Monday morning. How
funny it seemed at Sioux City to see
Ice on our big engine, and everybody,
men and children, going through the
streets with big fur overcoats on.
Well, we left Sioux City at 8 o'clock
for Norfolk, Neb., arrived there at 11
o'clock Monday.
We are enjoying a pleasant visit
with Mrs.. Dinkle, whom Mr. Scheer
has not seen for near to sixteen years.
To-day is the 2nd of December and It
is like the first day of May. It is so
nice and warm, the sun shining bright
and the birds are singing as though
they thought spring had come.
We have had no cold weather since
we were here and the barometer has
only showed freezing. Wishing all
the friends and neighbors a merry
Christmas and especially The Courier
I will close.
MRS. A. C. SCHEER.
WATER PLANT WORTH $5000.
Willamette People Arrange to Buy
Plant of Portland Company.
The people of Willamette Monday
night held a mass meeting to listen to
two propositions for the sale of the
Willamette water system by the Port
land Railway, Light & Power Com
pany, as voiced by Franklin T. Grif
fith, the company's attorney. Mr.
Griffith stated that the company would
sell the plant for $5000 to a Joint
stock company to be formed by the
Willamette property owners and resi
dents, the price to cover four acres of
land where the spring is located and
the lot on which the tanK is placed.
The company agreed to take one-
fourth of the stock, providing, the
three-fourths to be subscribed by the
people is paid in cash. This proposi
tion was received most favorably.
The company's second proposition
is to sell the plant for $5000,' accept
ing a payment of one-third cash, the
remainder to be made in easy pay
ments. In this second proposition no
stock is to be taken by the Portland
company.
Robert W. Baiter, hi. a. ueraine
and G. G. Graves were appointed a
committee to draw up plans for the
purchase of the system and to solicit
the sale of stock, and they will report
at a later meeting.
A Real Wonderland.
South Dakota, with its rich silver
mines, bonanza farms, wide ranges
and strange natural formations, is a
veritable wonderland. At Mound City,
in the home of Mrs. E. D. Clapp, a
wonderful case of healing has lately
occurred. Her son seemed near death
with luno- and throat trouble. "Ex
hausting coughing spells occurred
every five minutes," writes Mrs.
Clapp, "when I began giving Dr.
King's New Discovery, me great mea
i .. i i.nt aavaj t,i Ufa anrl mmnlptA.
uiu o-u ' " .
ly cured him." Guarantted for coughs
and colds, throat and lung troubles,
by Howell & Jones, druggists. 60c
and $1.00. Trial bottle free.
NEW BILLS GO
BEFORE PEOPLE
RECALL, CORRUPT PRACTICE AND
PROPORTIONAL REPRESEN
TATION ARE IMPORTANT.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE AGAIN
Referendum Will Be Had on Four
Measures at Next June Election
Pie In Shape of Passes
For Public Officials.
Oregon voters will legislate "on a
number of subjects next June, under
the Initiative and the referendum,
which enables them to make laws the
same as do their representatives in
the Legislature. Petitions for ini
tiating four bills will be circulated
this week, by the People's Power
League, for signature of electors. The
petitions need 7500 signatures, but
8500 will be obtained.
The bills will be voted on in the
state election next June, and will be
come laws in each case, if approved
by a majority of the votes cast there
on. At the same time electors will
vote on four acts of the last session
of the Legislature, . on which acts,
the referendum was called. They are:
Sheriff of Multnomah County to
have custody of county prisoners at
Kelly's Butte.
Annual appropriation of $125,000
for State University.
Appropriation of $125,000 for State
University.
Appropriation of $100,000 for ar
mories for National Guard.
Compulsory railroad passes . for
state and county officials.'
The four bills offered for the ini
tiative by the People's Power League
are as follows:
People to have power to discharge
incompetent or unworthy officials,
after an election, called by 25 per
cent of voters, at any time during
their term of office; known as recall
amendment to constitution.
Political parties and organizations
to be represented in Legislative
bodies in proportion to their voting
strength In elections; proportional
representation.
Limiting campaign expenses of can
didate for office, publishing statements
of candidates for state nominations
and of state central committees by
the state, and punishing corrupt prac
tices in primaries and election. (Stat
utory act.)
Instructing candidates for Legisla
ture to subscribe statement No. 1, as
to election of United States Senator,
and to vote for candidates receiving
hiehest DODUlar vote. (Statutory act.)
These bills for two constitutional
amendments nd two statutory enact
and electors "can sign the initiative
petitions for any one or all of them,
The most important is that for pro
portional representation. W. S.
U'Ren, secretary of the People's Pow
er League, and head of the movement,
said that proportional representation
is even more potent In eliminating
boss and machine rule than the ini
tiative and referendum and direct
primary. He remarkerd that had the
choice been given him between ini
tiative and referendum, direct pri
mary and proportional representation,
he would have selected proportional
representation. But because the ini
tiative and referendum and direct pri
mary could be easily adopted by the
people and approval of the other was
doubtful, he said he followed the lines
of least resistance and advocated the
initiative and referendum and direct
primary first.
Enactment of the new reforms as
dtc ! Free !
AT
Rosemsteim's Store
With Every Purchase of
MILLINERY
A Doll for the Little Polks
One-thhct off
on Millinery Goods
The earlv Durchasers will have
our large line of MiJ3snery Goods, all going at
one-third off real value.
Rosensf tin's
THE OLD CORNER, FORMERLY I.
Corner 7th & Main Sts.,
now proposed, said Mr. U'Ren, would
complete the work of transferring
to the people control of the govern
ment. Even under the initiative and
referendum and the direct primary,
there is some chance of boss rule, he
remarked, because they do not make
complete the power of the people in
government, without the new meas
ures now offered.
The petitions must be filed with the
Secretary of State the last of Janu
ary. The number .of signatures re
quired is 8 per cent of the 90,000
votes cast for Supreme Judge in June,
1906. The cost of circulating the pe
titions will amount to some $1400,
and the complete work of the league
will cost $3000. This money has been
raised by subscription.
Electors will also vote on a woman
suffrage amendment to the constitu
tion and a bill to create the Port of
Columbia for Multnomah, Columbia
and Clatsop Counties, following the
model of a Legislative act declared
unconstitutional by the Supreme
Court. Petitions for initiating these
two bills will not be circulated by the
People s Power League. The peti
tion for the ballot for women has
been circulated by the Equal Suffrage
Association.
The plan of proportional represen
tation will cut down the majority of
the Republicans In the Legislature,
give more seats to the Socialists and
the Prohibitions. At the last session
the Democrats had only one member
in the House out of 60, and in the
Senate, six Nout of 30. Republicans
had 59 members in the House and 24
in the Senate.
The 50,000 votes cast by Republi
cans In the state election would have
entitled Republicans, under - propor
tional representation, to about 33
members in the House and 17 in the
Senate. Democrats would have had
for their 30,000 votes 20 members in
the House and ten in the Senate. So
cialists would have had for their 6800
votes In the state four seats in the
House and two In the Senate. Social
ists would have had for their 6800
votes In the state four seats in the
House and two In the Senate. Pro
hibitions would have had for their
4G00 votes, three members in the
House and one In the Senate. This
is a simple illustration of the new
plan and the results would be approx
imately as Indicated In the foregoing.
The party vote in the last state
election Is indicated, perhaps, best
by the vote for Supreme Judge, which
was as follows: Republican, 51,576;
Democratic, 30,238; Socialists, 6804;
Prohibition, 4G84; total, 93,299. The
unit of representation in the House
would, therefore, be one Representa
tive for every 1500 votes (60 in all)
and in the Senate, one seat for every
3000 votes. The proposed amend
ment to the Constitution allows the
change from the present system when
ever it shall be ordained by law,
therefore, it does not of itself Insti
tute the new method.
Mr. U'Ren lays much stress on the
importance of the bill to prevent cor
rupt practices and limit campaign ex
penses of candidates in primaries and
elections. This bill was presented at
the last legislative session by Repre
sentative Huntley, of Clackamas, but
was cast aside. An Important addi
tion has been made to the bill, pro
viding that candidates for state pri
mary nomination may issue state
ments to voters, printed by the state,
for which they are to pay the state
$40 for the first page and $100 for
additional pages up to four pages.
Each state central committee may
Issue a printed pamphlet, prior to
the general election, not exceeding 24
pages for which it is to pay the state
$50 a page.
It Is estimated that the cost of
elections will be increased about $35,
000 by this plan, of which about $10,
000 will be paid by the candidates
and the central committees, the rest
by the state. The cost of Btate and
county elections at present is about
INSURANCE MEN
CHOOSE KRUSE
RE-ELECTED DISTRICT DIRECTOR
OF LOWER COLUMBIA FIRE
RELIEF ASSOCIATION.
CHANGES ARE ADVOCATED
Patrons of Husbandry Would Extend
Life of Policies From Three to Five
Years $150,000 Insurance Is In
Force.
The annual meeting of the Clacka
mas and Marion County district of the
Lower Columbia Fire Relief Associa
tion of the Patrons of Husbandry was
held In this city Tuesday and J. L.
Kruse, of Milwaukle, was re-elected a
director to Berve two years. C. T.
Dickenson, of Oswego, was chairman
of the meeting and Charles E. Spence,
of Carus, was secretary. In the dis
trict there is $150,000 Insurance and
at the meeting there was $51,000 rep
resented. The organization was form
ed solely for the benefit of the mem
bers of the Grange. By resolution It
was decided to instruct the resident
director to endeavor to secure an
amendment to the by-laws extending
the life of an Insurance policy from
three to five years, and to make more
definite the stipulation that a policy
becomes void Just as soon as a mem
ber allows his dues to lapse. The
members present at the meeting were
J. W. Thomas, C. C. Borland, William
Grlsenthwalte, William Beard, George
Lazelle, T. W. Duffy, T. R. A. Sell-
wood, David McArthur, C. E. Spence,
Thomas F. Ryan, C. T. Dickenson,
Frank Jaggar, O. D. Robbins, N. G.
Gardener, J. T. Apperson, J. L. Kruse,
A M. Brayton, H. Joehnke, J. A. Sblb-
ley.
Cash Coming to Northwest.
October and November statistics
for wheat and flour shipments from
Portland and Puget Sound ports are
particularly Interesting as showing
the Immense resources being convert
ed into actual cash In Oregon and
Washington; 7,434,691 bushels of
wheat and 640,012 barrels of flour are
the exact figures, yet It must be re
membered that the crop is. only just
getting under way In earnest.
Scarcity of Cedar 8h1ngle.
Chemical roofing Is taking the place
of Bhlngles ever since cedar is van
ishing out of our forests. As chemical
roofing Is superior to tin roots, it
must also crowd out this devise for
protecting our residences and store
buildings. Frank Busch covered nis
new store building with chemical roof
ing In preference to Bhlngles and tin.
$100,000 every two years, or about $1
for each ballot cast. The new plan
would increase the cost about 25
cents a vote. It is . defended by the
argument that the Information which
the voters would receive is worth the '
added cost.
The bill also provides. for marking
the ballot of all challenged voters,
and that in case of successful contest,
and proof of fraud, the votes may be
cast out of the count. At the present
time there is no way of casting out
fraudulent ballots, because they can
not be identified in the ballot box
and there Is no telling how the fraud
ulent .vnter marked his ballot. Con
tests of election can now benefit an
injured candidates only to the extent
of securing a correct count of all
the ballots, the fraudulent ones in
cluded, and in gaining evidence for
prosecution of perpetrators of fraud.
first choice of
Store
SELLING
Oregon City