DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THIS A BANNER YEAR FOR CLACKAMAS COUNTY? THEN DON'T KNOCK, BUT BOOST? KEEP POSTED ON THIK3S OF MOMENT TO YOU
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25th YEAR.
OREGON OTY. OREGON. FRDAY. JANUARY 3, 1908
No 34,
OREGON
GEO. A. STEEL
FILES BOND
PRESENT8 SURETIES IN EXCE8S
OF AMOUNT REQUIRED BY
THE GOVERNOR.
FRIENDS COME TO HIS AID
mitted to President Roosevelt."
Mr. Schuebel manifested no disposi
tion to discuss the matter, and pro
tested that ha was in entire Ignorance
of the plans of the delegation.
EXPERIMENTS WITH TROUT.
Frank Busch Demonstrates Success
fully, With Fish From East.
Fourteen Clackamas County Men Sign
For $53,500 to Assist Stat Treas
urer, Whose Home Was Here.
Sureties In Reserve.
State Treasurer Steel has filed his
new bond with 92 sureties, who
pigned for various sums aggregating
$035,000. This Is $35,000 more than
was required.
While the Governor has not yet had
the sufficiency of the bondsmen in
vestigated, it is quite certain that they
are possessed of property to the
amounts for which they have signed.
If a few are weighed and found want
ing, there would still ba enough re
maining to make up the required
$000,000. -v :
Mr. Steel says he has been offered
surety to the amount of $95,000 more.
One-fourth of the total amoiinr was
secured In Salem. The heaviest
bondsman Is J. P. Rodgers, president
of the Salem State Bark, the other
heavy signers being J. H. Albert, pres
ident of the Capital National Bank,
and W. L. Vawter, of Medford. The
Clackamas County signers are:
E. P. Rands $2,500
E. A. Sommers 5,000
J. U. Campbell 2,000
C. G. Huntley 5,000
W. A. Huntley 5,000
Grant B. Dimick 5,000
H. E. Cross : .'. 5,000
C. H. Dye 2,500
Tom P. Randall 5,000
T. A. Pope 2,500
J. E. Hedges 1,500
H. S. Mount . 2,500
W. H. Mattoon , 6,000
MR. SCHEUBEL COMES HOME.
Has Nothing to Say About His Pros
pects for Federal Appointment.
Christian Schuebed has returned
from Washington, D. C, where he
went two weeks ago with the hope of
promoting his candidacy for United
States Attorney to Succeed William
T. Bristol. Mr. Schuebel said that he
was entirely In the dark as to the sit
uation, and that the newspapers knew
more than he did.
"Do you think the delegation will
''agree upon a man?" he was asked.
"I don't know what they will -do,"
said Mr. Schuebel. "In fact, I don't
know a thing about It. No, I don't
know If Senator Bourne will make an
Independent recommendation to the
President, and I have no Idea of the
result If he should. If the other mem
bers of the Oregon delegation have
agreed upon a man, I don't know and
cannot say when a name will be sub-
The first eggs to be taken from
Eastern brook trout andx brought to
maturity on the Pacific Coast are In
a miniature hatchery at the home of
Frank Busch, who obtained '1500
Eastern brook trout fry from the
United States Bureau of Fisheries In
the Spring of 1905. He has a spark'
ling spring pond at his residence on
Jefferson, street, and the fry were
planted In this pool and have been
fed and cared for until there are'now
about 900 fine speckled beauties from
six to 11 Inches In length. This Fall
the trout became of spawning age and
eggs were taken and placed in trays
in a trough made for the purpose.
The little embryo can be plainly
seen in the eggs and are strong and
healthy. It is estimated that about
10,000 fry will be raised from these
eggs. The experiment of Mr. Busch
demonstrates what can be done with
fish introduced from the far East
when the right methods are-adopted
and followed.
NEW ERA BOYS'
NARROW ESCAPE
SEVEN 8UIT8 IN ONE DAY.
qivorce Mill of Olackamas Grinds
Steadily In Holiday Season.
Seven suits for divorce were filed
Friday, as follows: Dora McKlnstry
vs. Richard McKlnstry, married in
Vancouver, Wash., November 14, 1906,
and the husband is serving a term In
the Oregon penitentiary for ft brutal
assault on his wife, who desires to re
sume her maiden name of Surfus;
Mary J. Vandenburg vs. Jesse .. Van-
denburg, married In Colorado Springs,
Colo., March 9, 1901, and have two
children; Alta Rossiter vs.. Joseph S.
Rossiter, married at Pocatello, Idaho,
April 24, 1902; Rachael Boatright vs.
Walter E. Boatright, married In
Huntsville, Ark., May 24, 1902; Aaron
Hubbard, vs. Ida May Hubbard, mar
ried October 14, 1898, In Eagle Grove,
la.; Hilda Hart vs. James Hart, mar
ried July 10, 1893, at Kansas City, Mo.;
Lena Prlvett vs. Claude Privett, mar
ried July 29, 1892, at Vancouver,
Wash. Mrs. Privett's maiden name
was Foumel. In the last six cases
desertion Is charged.
SONS OF MR. ANTHONY ADRIFT
ON RAFT ABOVE BRINK OF
WILLAMETTE FALLS.
ONE EXHIBITS HEROISM
Keeps Raft of Ties Together an
Holds Little Brother On Until
Brave Man Came to Rescue
Below Rock Island.
low, a well-known sawmill man. Sev
eral days ago he was driving a four
horse team to a lumber wagon along
the Molalla road after dark, when sud
denly one of the animals gave a shrill
scream and leaped high In the air.
The four horses were thrown Into con
fusion and Mr. Bigelow left his wagon
and Btralghtened out the tangle In
the harness, and started to drive on,
but he had gone only a few feet when
the same horse that had screamed fell
dead. Getting a lantern, the driver
made an examination and was horri
fied to ascertain that a sharp-pointed
piece of plank from the road had pene
trated the stomach of the horse, the
point of the wood, being only a few
d,4ii)ches from the animal's backbone.
SECOND CASE OF 8MALLP0X.
Rural Carriers to Meet.
The Clackamas County rural letter-
carriers will hold a meeting Saturday
evening, January 4, In Oregon City,
in the Band hall, over the old ice
works, on Main street. K. P. Loop, of
McMlmtflle, president of the Oregon
Lettercarriers, will be present, and
also some other . prominent rural car
riers of Oregon. Every rural letter
carrier and substitute of Clackamas
County Is invited and expected to be
present, and hear something Interest
ing about rural mail service.
Miss Maude Cooke, who has been
spending the holidays with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cooke, has
returned to Pendleton, where she Is
teaching in the city schools.
. Narrowly escaping deatlj by going
over Willamette Falls, the sons of a
well-known New Era farmer named
Anthony aged seve and nine years,
played a childish prank Sunday after
noon, find were saved from drowning
only through the efforts of three brave
employesrof the Willamette Pulp &
Paper Company.
The boys were playing on a raft of
ties at New Era, and told their com'
panions to let go of the ropes that
held the raft and they would take a
short excursion around tle pol.it and
lodge against a tne. This wa done,
but the raft swung far out In the
stream and started down the liver at
lightning speed. Four boats were
started out after the boys, but loat
steadily in the race with death, and
Giant Critesor was notified by teto
phone to look out for the lads and try
to effect their rescue. Charles Spen
cer, Elbon Long and He:mun Rakel
got out the launch Holly, but for a
time the craft was difficult to man
age, and Rakel offered to swim out to
the fast-approaching' raft. Criteser.
started out in a boat, but could make
little progress In the rushintj river and
finally the launch was headed out In
the strecm and neared the small pile
of ties, which held tha thoroughly
alarmed boys.
The little one was screaming for his
mother at the top of his voice, but the
elder boy wan cool, and held on to his
brother, who tried to Jump from the
raft. Every time a huge swell would
strike the raft, the ties would sep
f rate and the older of the boys would
reach out and drag the pieces to
gether. As the launch neared the raft
the little boy escaped from thq clutch
of his brother and jumped, but was
caught by Elbon Long and finally the
other boy was rescued below Rock
Island.
Only the prompt action and bravery
of the rescueis saved the Ultle ones
from a terrible death. Had the raft
been swept a few hundred yards fur
ther down the river, nothing could
have prevented the raft from going
over the falls..
CITY TEACHERS
GET MORE PAY
SALARIES TO BE INCREASED AT
COMMENCEMENT 6F NEXT
FALL TERM.
Interest on bonds 600.00
Interest on floating debt... 200.00
School election ,. 6.00
School census and miscella
neous expense 250.00
Mary Swift Brings Disease to Park
place and DeFord Family Is
Quarantined.
TERRIBLE DEATH OF HORSE.
Animal Endures With Piece of Wood
Through His Body.
The endurance of horseflesh Is well
Illustrated by a story that comes from
the country relative to the terrible
death of a horse belonging to H. Bige-
Keep Bright and You
Will Ke ep Busy
ELECTRIC LIGHT is the magnet that draws trade. The bright store is
the "hypnotic eye" of business. People can no more resist 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 I 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 bacomes weary never stops work costs little.
Portland Railway, Light & Power Co.
e. G. MILLER, agent
Oregon Gity, Oregon
Clackamas County's second case of
smallpox within a week has devel
oped at the home of J. J. DeFord at
Parkplace, and the patient Is Miss
Swift, who came here Monday, De
cember 16, from Myrtle Creek, Doug
las County. She contracted the dls
ease before leaving Myrtle Creek, but
in what manner Is not known. Small
pox appeared last Monday, but the
family did not realize the nature of
the disease and a wedding took place
at the DeFord home Christmas Day,
and a large number of people present
were exposed to a greater or less de
gree. Dr. Norris, county health offi
cer, made an examination of the case
Saturday and ordered the house quar
antined, All "of the members of the
family have been vaccinated, and
every precaution possible taken to
prevent the' spread of the disease.
SPECIAL TAX IS LEVIED
Pedagogues Will Rejoice Over Action
of Taxpayers In Increasing Levy
tS"3J2 Mills For Their
Benefit.
$12,022.00
"We have made a careful estimate
of the receipts and disbursements for
the ensuing year and believe that a
special levy of 2 will be sufficient to
cover the expenses of the school in
addition to the income received from
other sources. By keeping well with
in the estimates here presented we
shall be able to operate the schools
and at the same time further reduce
the floating debt of the district. The
assessed valuation of the property of
Oregon City School District is $1,415,
920.00, against $1,367,620.00 last year.1
RELEASED FROM QUARANTINE.
Inmates of Montoure Boarding House
at Liberty Again.
The inmates of the Montoure board
ing house were released from quaran
tine Monday, and there are 16 happy
people enjoying the sweets of free
dom for the first time In nine days.
They were restricted because of the
outbreak of smallpox at the house.
The 'patient, JoReph Warner, was
taken to the Multnomah County pest-
house, where his condition Is Improv
ing. The 16 residents of the Mon
toure home were vaccinated and the
virus was effective In every case.
The people who were restrained of
their liberty were Mrs. Montoure and
four members of her-family, Elza Van
Wey, Thomas Stein, Henry Edwards,
Will Edwards; Pearl Beach, James
Mellien, August Trlechler, Arthur
Morgan, Frank Smalley, Bart Ball and
Bert Davis. .
, REGISTRATION BOOKS OPEN.
Voters May Now Prepare for Three
Elections In 1908.
County Clerk iJreenman will open
the registration books next Monday
for the registration of voters for the
elections that will be held In Clacka
mas County during the year 1908.
Three elections are to be held this
year, the first being the primary
election on Friday, April 17, the sec
ond being the general state and coun
ty election on Monday, June 1, and
the last being the presidential elec
tion In November. The books will be
closed April 8,' preceding the primary
election, and will be reopened Tues
day, April 21, remaining open until
May 16, at 5 o'clock P. M. After the
general election in June the registra
tion books will be closed until Sep
tember 20, and will be open from that
date until October 20. Mr. Greenman
will permit registration in the coun
try, by Justices of the Peace and No
taries Public, who will be designated
by him. The law makes an allowance
to those officials of 10 cents for each
voter registered by them, and it is
their duty to forward the blanks to
the County Clerk promptly.
Taxpayers of the city school dis
trict Monday night levied a tax of 34
mills-for general school purposes, an
increase of one mill over the levy of
last year. While the attendance was
not large, it was considerably better
than for the last two years, and con
siderable interest was taken in the
proceedings. The board of directors
submitted a financial report showing
the income and disbursements for the
year just ended, and also presented
to the taxpayers, as Is customary, an
estimate of the receipts and expendi
tures for the coming year. This esti
mate was based on a tax of 2 mills,
and provided for an increase of about
$500 in the salaries of the teachers.
The recommendation of the board of
directors was increased, however,
through an amendment offered by J.
J. Cooke to the resolution levying the
tax. J. E. Hedges seconded this
amendment, which was carried almost
unanimously. While the increase of
salaries will not be made while the
present contracts are in force, , the
teachers who will be employed next
year look forward to better pay.
The propositon to add the eleventh
and twelfth grades to the Barclay
High school was discussed last night,
but no definite action was taken. It
was proposed to add the eleventh
grade next year and the twelfth grade
the following year, but no formal mo
tion "Vas made to instruct the board
of directors to take such action. The
levy of 3 mills will produce about
$5000, based on an assessed valua
tion of $1,415,920. The assessed val
uation last year was $1,367,620. . The
report of the board of directors fol
lows: . -
"We have kept well within the es
timates made one year ago, and have
reduced the 'floating indebtedness
$900. Our indebtedness at the bank
is $3,000, against $3,900 last year, and
$3,085 two years ago.
"The salaries of the teachers for
the year just closed have amounted
to $8,017.03, and our estimate for next
year is $8,500.00. The salaries of the
janitors have been increased from $40
per month to $45, and there is a
small increase in the estimate for
this expenditure.
"During the year repairs have been
made to the interior of the Barclay
building, and it will be necessary to
paint the exterior of this building
next year. The price of fuel has ad
vanced and our estimate for this is
slightly in excess of the former ap
propriation. The estimate for the
receipts and expenditures for the com
ing year follows:
Receipts.
County school fund $ 6,700.00
State school fund 2,000.00
Special school fund 3,500.00
Tuition fees 300.00
COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT.
Barclay High School Alumni to Push
Movement for Higher Education.
The annual meeting of the Alumni
Association of the Barclay High
School will be held in Knapp's Hall
this (Friday) evening. Howard F.
Latourette, president of the associa
tion, said today that he would recom
mend the opening of a vigorous cam
paign for the establishment of a
county high school in Oregon City.
The project will be submitted to the
vaters of the county next June at then
bl-ennial election, and although the
people can not designate the location
of the school, in the event of their re
garding the proposition favorably, it
is generally believed that the County
Court would place the school at Ore
gon City. The scheme was placed be
fore the voters at the - last general
election, hut little work was done in
its behalf,, and it was defeated by a
narrow margin. It is a matter of great
regret that the local district high
school In Oregon City carries out only
half of the regular course, arid does
not embrace the eleventh and twelfth
grades. '
HOP GROWERS ARE UNITING.
$12,500.00
Disbursements.
Teachers' salaries $ 8,500.00
Janitors' salaries 855.00
Clerk's salary 126.00
Fuel 400.00
School supplies 400.00
Repairs to buildings and
painting Barclay building. 600.00
Printing and advertising.... 75.00
Water rent 110.00
Clackamas and Marion Men .Favor
Joining Coast A Association.
At an enthusiastic meeting of the
hop growers from the Aurora, Butte
vllle, Barlow and Needy districts in
Aurora Sunday forenoon, to consider
the advisability of joining the Pacific
Coast Hopgrowers' Union, those in at
tendance were practically unanimous
lm favor of the movement and pledged
support. The meeting was called to
order by M. H. Durst. A. D. Yergen
was made chairman and H, L. Bents
secretary. Mr. Durst outlined the
principles of the union, and was fol
lowed by Captain Pope, of Elliott
Prairie, Francis Feller, H. L. Bents,
George Oglesby and other speakers in
touch with the organization.
These principles were so thoroughly
explained, and the interest of thel
growers present so great that when
joining the organization was put to a
vote every grower In the hall, with
the exception of one or two, voted
yes. From the unanimous expression
of the growers at the Sunday meeting
there is no doubt that at leas.t 95 per
cent of the growers in the above dis
tricts will sign up the bylaws.
A meeting has been called of the
growers in the above districts for Sat
urday, January 4, at Aurora, to elect
one director to the Pacific Hopgrow
ers' Union. At this meeting It is ex
pected that a large number of growers
who were not present at the Sunday
meeting will be present and join.
JAMES PHEGLEY
IS NOT FOUND
CANBY MAN'S MYSTERIOUS DIS
APPEARANCE ALARMS HIS
RELATIVES.
MISSING FOR TWO WEEKS
Son Is Well Known Merchant of Port
' land and Is Making a Determined
Effort to Find His Father
Foul Play Feared.
The mysterious disappearance of .
James Phegley, a well known citizen
of Canby, has aroused much specula
tion as to his probable fate, and it is
feared that he has met with foul play.
Phegley was agent for the Russell
ville Nursery Company, and Tuesday,
December 17, he drove from Canby to
Butteville, St. Paul, and Wllsonvllle,
where he transacted some business
for his company, going to Champoeg,
where he stayed over night and left
about 6 o'clock the following morning
for Canby. This is the last that has
been heard of him. His son, Grant
Phegley, manager of the Columbia
Woolen Mills of Portland, was in
the city Friday to solicit the aid of
Sheriff Beatie in the search for his
father, and Is satisfied that if his
father were alive he would communi
cate with his family. Mr. Phegley
states that he went to 'Woodburn to
spend Christmas with his sister, and
was Informed, for the first time, of
his father's disappearance. He came
down to Canby Wednesday afternoon,
and sent his brother over the route
traversed by the old gentleman. It
Wf s ascertained that when he left
Champoeg he stated that he was go
ing to Canby. Friday morning his son
drove from Champoeg to Aurora, but
learned nothing of his father. The
idea that he might have been put out
of the way along the road Is scouted'
by the farmers, who say that tramps
are unknown on the road from Champoeg.
Mr. Phegley -drove a black horse,
with a white stripe on the forehead,
and had a top buggy. The only theory
that seems plausible is one that Mr.
Plugley was held up a few miles
from Champoeg, before it was quite
llg it, and murdered, and his body
placed in the bushes along the road
ac ' his conveyance driven many
ml.es away. Acting upon this theory,
his son will make a thorough search
of the brush along both sides of the
road from Champoeg. Mr. Phegley
was 62 years of age, and resided with
his daughter, Mrs. John Rydman, at
Cauby. He was In his usual cheerful
spl 'Its, and the idea that he has sui
cided is not entertained by his family.
The distance from Champoeg to Canby
Is 12 miles.
Brothers Use Profane Language.
Roy Wilcox and his brother, Rus
sell Wilcox, who is a forest ranger,
last Saturday entered a plea of guilty
to the charge1 of using abusive and
profane language on the public high
way near Gladstone. Justice of the
Peace Stlpp imposed a fine on them
of $20 each, and the money was paid.
Fish for Argentine Republic.
Frank Brophy, formerly connected
with the Baker Lake, Wash., station
of the United StateB Fisheries Bureau,
is at Clackamas Station for a few
days, en route to Argentine, South
America, and will sail from New York
on the St. Paul, January 18, with a
consignment of Chinook, Blueback
and Silver Salmon, Rainbow and East
ern Brook trout, and also some cod
fish eggs from Gloucester. Mr. Bro
phy will go to England from New
York, and there he will pick up a con
signment of Atlantic salmon eggs. He
has enteied the employ of the Fisher
ies Bureau of the Argentine Republic.
Mrs. Howard Brownell, of Astoria,
is visiting relatives during the holi
John J, Tobln has purchased the
business of the Electric Hotel from
Jacob Casswell, who has had charge
of the hostelry for many years, and
assumed charge New Year's Day.
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$165.00
DIAMOND GIVEN AWAY
MARCH t
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with each and every dollar's
worth of dental work you get of
us a coupon will be given which
entitles you to one chance on
our Diamond Ring.
We are doing this to advertise
or methods In dentistry.
Oregon Dental Co.
PERFECTION
HAS BEEN OUR AIM
That we have sacceeded in our ambition is at
tested by our constant increasing patronage by
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and let us make you a price on your dental work
before you contract with some other dentist at
the high prices usually charged people in Oregon
City. We are equipped to do all branches of
dentistry. Our workmanship is the best obtain
able; our prices are right and jast the same as at
our Portland office.
No Pain in Extracting Teeth; No Gas; No Cocaine
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