Oregon City courier. (Oregon City, Or.) 1902-1919, January 10, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextIT IS A FACT. THAT CAPITAL IS BEING ATTRACTED TO CLACKAMAS COUNTY. THE COURIER WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THB HAPPENINGS FOR $1.50 PER YEAR GITY COURI 25th YEAR. OREGON CITY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JANUARY; 10, 1908J No 35, OREGON LLS P in - r0r HAWLEY'S DEAL IS A CERTAINTY BIG INDUSTRY TO SPRING UP FRONT OF BASIN AT WIL LAMETTE FALLS. HALF MILLION CAPITAL Imperial and Brick Flour Mills and Old Station A Are Absorbed In Plan and 300 Men Will Be Given Employment. , Oregon City is to have a new indus try in. the form of a paper mill that will be capitalized at more than a half-million dollars' and provide em ployment for at least 300 men. W. P. Hawley, who was for many years as sociated with the Crown-Columbia Pulp & Paper Company, has formed a corporation and has purchased the Im perial and Brick Mills of the Portland Flouring Mills Company and the old CHRISTIAN SCHUEBEL, Nominated for United States At torney for Oregon by President Roosevelt, Station A of the Portland General Electric Company. It is expected that work on the new mills will be com menced early this Spring and will be p l Keep Bright and You Will Keep Busy ip LECTRIC 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 1 Up-to-date stores nowadays consider shop-window lighting a necessity, whether they remain open after dark or not. Competition forces modern methods. Ashow 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. s 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, Ment Oregon Gity, Oregon completed as rapidly as possible. Mr. Hawley is a paper-maker of many years' experience and knows the business from the ground up. He was many years ago employed as machine tender in the old California Paper Company at Stockton, Cal., and worked under . John Lewthwaite, now superin tendent of the Willamette Pulp & Pa per Company. Mr. Hawley went to Watertown, N. Y., as superintendent of the Remington Paper Company, and in 1893 came to Oregon City as super intendent of the Crown Paper Com pany. He displayed unusual business sagacity and in 1900 went to Floris ton, Cal., and built the paper mills of the Floriston Paper Company. In 1902 he was made resident manager of the Crown Paper Company and occupied that position until the Spring of 1907, when he severed his connection with the concern, which, in the meantime, bad absorbed the Camas paper mills and was reorganized under name of the Crown-Columbia Pulp & Paper Company. He owned considerable stock- in this company, but sold it all, and was succeeded by A. J. Lewth waite, who came here from New York to take charge. Since last Fall Mr. Hawley has had a desire to re-enter the business and conceived the idea of starting a new mill at Oregon City on the East side of. the river, where there is an Im mense amount of water-power coming from the basin that is not utilized. He negotiated with the management of the Oregon City Manufacturing Com prny for the purchase of their woolen mills, with the idea of transforming the plant into a paper mill, but the project fell through and it was then that Mr. Hawley decided to interest capital in the purchase of the Port land B'louring Mills Company's inter ests, and the deal has been made. The old brick mill was erected near ly half a century ago for a paper mill, but was afterwards reconstructed and used for a flour mill, and four years ago ths machinery was taken ut a id tie building abandoned. It is located on the lower river north of the plant of the Oregon City Manufacturing Company. The Imperial Mills were erected about 1870 and replaced the flour mill that was taken, out in 1861 during the flood. Station A was built for the plant of the Portland General Electric Company and abandoned when the new station was constructed on the West side of the Falls. Until a few years ago it was utilized by the Willamette Pulp & Paper Company. It has no real value, but the site on which it Is located is very desirable, and the old building will be torn down to make room for a pulp mill for the new concsru, which has not yet been named. Two paper machines will be in stalled at the outset by the company, and both news and manila papers will be manufactured, thus entering in di rect competition with both the Wil- - Continued on page G SCHUEBEL WINS COVETED PLUM PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT NAMES HIM DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR OREGON. BOURNE'S PULL STRONG Senator Fulton and Congressmen Ellis and Hawley Recommended Bing ham, of Salem, But They Are Not Influential. Senator Jonathan Bourne has won out in the District Attorney contest. The nomination of his candidate, Christian Schuebel, to succeed W. C. Bristol, of Oregon, was sent to the Senate Tuesday by the President. Whether or not Mr. Schuebel will be confirmed is another matter, depend ing upon the attitude taken by Sena tor Fulton when he arrives in Wash ington. Mr. Fiflton and the House members looked upon Mr. Bingham as better qualified than Mr. Schuebel be cause of his longer experience in law and general endorsement by the Ore gou bar. If Mr. Fulton should oppose the con firmation of Mr, Schuebel, there will be a most interesting "scrap" in the Senate, for Mr. Schuebel'g nomination has been referred to the judiciary com mittee, of -which Mr. Fulton is now a member and which has always been most friendly to him, as evidenced by its course, regarding Mr. Bristol. It would require very shrewd maneuver ing on the part of Mr. Bourne to have Mr. Schuebel confirmed over Mr. Ful ton's protest. But it is not known that Mr. Fulton will enter any objec tion. Mr. Schuebel is 41 years old. Ke was born at Ashland, Schuylkill .Coun ty, Pa., in 18GG. When 12 years of age he came to Oregon, and for nine years lived with hl3 parents on a farm nine miles east of Oregon City. In 1887 he went to the State of Washington, where for 2 years he was employed in the logging camps in the Grays Har bor district. Returning to Oregon City in 1890, ho accepted a position as millwright at the woolen mills in that city, where he was employed for 3 years. He then worked in the Wil lamette Pulp & Paper Company's mills and while he was thus employed he began the study of law, taking a course, of instruction in a corres pondence -school. After pursuing these studies for two years, he was elected Justice of the Peace in Oregon City in 1890, .being re-elected the following year. During his incumbency of this minor office, he attended the law school in Portland every night until he was admitted to the bar In 1897. In 1904 he was appointed deputy under Harrison Allen, then District Attorney, who speaks in the highest terms of Mr. Schuebel. Mr. Schuebel held this position for three years. In 1902 he was elected secretary of the Clacka mas County Republican Central Com mittee, and after holding the office for two years, was elected chairman of the committe, in which capacity he served for the same length of time. Mr. Schuebel was chairman of the Clackamas County Republican organi zation in 1906, and it was largely the result of his energetic work that Clackamas County rolled up a good vote for Senator Bourne, both in the primary and the general election. At the June election, 190G, Clackamas County gave Bourne a majority of 224 over his opponent, J. M. Gearln, ex United States Senator. Mr. Schuebel's family consists of a wife and four daughters, the latter ranging from 4 to 15 years of age. PROUD OF SCHUEBEL. His Application Was Endorsed By Well Known Politicians. "Are you not proud of our boy?" said Judge Gordon E. Hayes this morning. "This will be a great thing for the party in Clackamas County," and he shook hands, warmly. In this manner he endorsed the ap pointment of Christian Schuebel as United States Attorney for Oregon. County Judge Dimick, too, talked ap provingly of the appointment. Both of these men wrote letters of recom mendation for Mr. Schuebel, as did Circuit Judge McBride and W. 8. ,i.i.i.i.ii.iui muni i ii nun 1 1. inn . i i i ii.i n in., .mm i. in .in .mil minimi ia m inn JONATHAN BOURNE, JR., Oregon's Junior United States Senator, Whose Influence Obtained Mr. Schuebel's Appointment as United States Attorney. I U'Ren, the law partner of Mr. Schue bel. Among others who stood for the appointment were Clyde G. Huntley, Representative in the Oregon Legisla ture from -Clackamas County, and Er nest P. Rands, ex-chairman of the Re publican County Central Committee. Mr. Schuebel was congratulated by scores of friends and members of his party. He was naturally elated over his victory In obtaining the appoint ment at the hands of President Roose velt through Senator Bourne's influ ence; when Senator Fulton and Con gressmen Hawley and Ellis had united on George G. Bingham, of Salem. GRANGE FILED PROTEST. Executive ' Committee Remonstrated Against Schuebel's Appointment. The State Grange of Oregon went on record in opposition to the ap pointment of Christian Schuebel as United States District Attorney. This Ipteresting information leaked out Monday. Several months ago the ex ecutive committee of the State Grange, consisting of Austin T. Buxton, State Master; B. G. Leedy, Past State Mas ter, and Charles E. Spence, sent a written protest against the appoint ment of Mr. Schuebel to President Roosevelt, Attorney-General Bona parte, Senator Bourne, Senator Fulton, Representative Hawley and Repre sentative Ellis. They received no ac knowledgment of their letter. A copy of the protest was not retained, but It embraced a statement that Mr. Schue bel was not fitted for the office, for the reason that his legal training and experience was not large, and also for the reason that he was closely allied with men who are under indictment In the land-fraud cases. U'REN FOR CHIEF DEPUTY. Report Current That Bourne Requests His Appointment. Senator Bourne has wired Christian Schuebel. whose nomination for Unit ed States 'Attorney was sent to the Senate Tuesday, Instructing him -to appoint his law partner, W. S. U'Ren, as his chief deputy. This report Is in circulation here, but Is denied by Mr. Schuebel. "There Is nothing more In It," he said, "than in many other reports that have appeared concerning me and my candidacy. I have made no prom ises or pledges to anyone, and have given the appointment of a deputy ab solutely no thought. This Is a mat ter that I expect to take up later. When I was in Washington a few weeks ago Senator Bourne asked me if I bad in mind the person whom I COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL NEXT GRADUATES OF BARCLAY AGAIN START A MOVEMENT FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. MATTER IS WITH VOTERS Proposition Was Defeated Two Years Ago, But Little Work Was Done In its Behalf and Sentiment May Have Changed. The proposed establishment of a county high school In Oregon City was vigorously promoted Friday night at the annual meeting of the Alumni As sociation of the Barclay High School held in Knapp's Hall. Committees were named to take charge of the work, and petitions will be circulated among the voters in order that the proposition may go on the ballot at the June election. Two years ago the matter was submitted, but little work was done in Its behalf, aside from the efforts of L. A, Read, principal of the Parkplace school, that it was defeated by a small margin. A finance com mittee will try to raise funds to de fray the expense of circulating educa tional literature among the people. The idea of advancing the standard of the Barclay High School by adding an eleventh grade to the course was discussed, and Miss Laura Beatie said she had found that two-thirds of the people who are at all Interested are in favor of the addition of this grade. It is possible that the sentiment may be come cryutallzed and a petition pre sented to the board of directors. The meeting was a very pleasant one, at though the attendance was not large. Light refreshments were served, and the program consisted of a vocal solo by Miss Georgia Cross; a recitation by Miss Myrtle Tooze, and a piano number by Miss Alice Goettllng, should appoint a deputy, in case I was successful In obtaining the office of United States Attorney, and I told him I had never considered it at all. He then told me that the only thing he asked was for me to name a clean man, and I replied that I certainly would appoint that kind of a man." It is Btated that Mr. Schuebel re ceived a wire from Bourne containing those words, "Make W. S. U'Ren your chief deputy." The telegram is said to have been a franked message from Senator Bourne. Mr. Schuebel, how ever, states that he never received such a wire, and that no deal has been made relative to a deputy, and that he has no idea whom he will name. HORTICULTURAL CONVENTION. Annual Meeting to Be Held In Port land January 14, 15, 16. The programme of the annual meet ing of the State Horticultural Society, which will be held in Portland on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week, follows. The conven tion will be held In Woodmen Hall, Eleventh street, between Washing ton and Alder: Tuesday, 10 A. M. Officers' Reports President Atwell Secretary- Treas urer Lake, Exhibits Commissioner Reid. Enlarging the Market for Prunes.. Geo. C. Flanders, Portland Pruning the Prune ..Jaa. M. French, Ellsworth, Wash. Some Features In Orcharding J. R. Shepard, Salem 2 P. M. The Fruit Growers' Interest In the Conservation and Distribution of Water. .J. H. Lewis, 8tate Engineer Reminiscences Dr. Cardwell The Loganberry and Its Culture... A. M. Asplnwall, Brooks Drying Black Caps Joseph Hall, Newberg Woman's Work Horticulture Marlon MacRae, Portland Wednesday, 9 A. M. Neglected Opportunities L. T. Reynolds, Salem Broadening the Work of County In spectors H. M. Williamson, Portland Selection and Breeding F. W. Power, Salem Oregon Horticulture Needs L. M. Gilbert, Needy The Question Box. 2 P. M. The New Education in Promoting Horticultural Development ..President W. J. Kerr, Agr. College The Apple. ...A. I. Mason, Hood River A Commercial Box of Apples E. H. Shepard, Hood River What I Know About the Dust Spray H. C. Bushnell, Junction City Things I Want to Know.. a L. Smith Unfinished Business. Election of Officers. New Business. i Thursday, 9:30 A. M. Demonstrations With Spraying Ap paratus Morgan & McKaig, Dust; Portland Seed Co., Gasolene; Mitchell Lew is & Staver, Gasolene; Jas. H. Reld, Gasolene; Oregon Spray & Gas Co., Compressed Gas; Owen Co., Com pressed Air. Northwest Conventions. Oregonians will be busy attending conventions to be held In Portland during January. The list Includes: January 13 and 14 The Northwest Retail Harness & Saddlery Manufac turers' Association. January 14, 15 and 16 Oregon Hor ticultural Society. January 17 and 18 Oregon State Press Association. January 21 and 22 Retail Grocers' Association. January 21 and 22 Oregon Retail Hardware & Implement Dealers' As sociation. January 23, 24 and 25 Pacific Fed eration of Implement and Hardware Dealers. HOPGROWERS FORM BRANCH. Enthusiastic Meeting Held at Aurora, Where Director Is Chosen. The hopgrowers of Marlon and Clackamas Counties held a very en thusiastic meeting at Aurora Satur day afternoon, There were about. 100 growers present at this meeting, and an organization was effected, and Is a branch of the Pacific Hop Growers' Union, and many of the growers Msned. A director was elected, who represents the State of Oregon, the union consisting of seven directors. The newly-elected person to that of fice Is Mr. Henry L. Bents, of Aurora, the president of the Aurora bank. There were three nominees for the "ffica, Byron Grimm, Franz Kraxberg r and Mr. Bents, all who are success 'ul hopgrowers. The afternoon was taken up moitly in the organization and the dincu'islng of the by-laws. It Is the intention of the union to get all of the growers In these two counties Interested, and it Is presumed that all of the growers will go In with a zest and a will. After CO per cent of the growers is procured the organization of the union will be completed. The meeting of the directors will be held at Salem. FEED FISH FOR THREE WEEKS. Good Results Obtained by Superintend ent Smith at Cazadero Hatchery. W. W. Smith, superintendent of the State Salmon Hatchery on the Upper Clackamas River at Cazadero, was in the city Monday, and says that the improvised hatchery at Cazadero Is In an overcrowded condition, and he Is anxious to secure permission to turn out a large number of the fry that have grown to a length of two inches. There are 350,000 of these fry that have been fed for three weeki and they are In fine condition. Super intendent Smith has fed them 25 Dounds of liver every day and the little fry, that were taken from the Spring run of Chinook salmon, are exceedingly voracious. There are at the hatchery a half million fry that are about one inch in length. CURFEW BELL WILL RING. Dr. Carll Will Insist Upon Enforce ment OT Musty uromanco. Young people of Oregon City and their parents as well must awake to the realization that the curfew ordin ance is no longer a forgotten thing, for Dr. W. E. Carll, who has been Mayor for eight days, has announced that In future the ordinance will be strictly enforced, and that minors will not be allowed to roam the streets, but must stay at home, where they belong. Many years ago such a law was enact ed by the city Council, but it has for a long time been a rorgouen wing, until unearthed by Dr. Carll, who pro-1 poses to see that It is obeyed. I Children between the ages of 10 and 21 years are privileged to stay out of j doors until 9 o'clock during the win-1 ter months, but in summer they do not have to go into their houses until I 10. Under the age or IB years, now ever, the ordinance Is more severe, and children who have not yet at tained that age must be Indoors in the winter at 8 o'clock and in the summer at 9. The flrebell will be used for a curfew, and until summer comes It will peal forth eight slow, solemn strokes when the hour arrives. In summer, at 9 o'clock, nine strokes will be given. Bowen Will Probated. The will of Timothy Bowen was ad mitted to probate Saturday. He re quested that suitable monuments be erected for himself and his wife and for his deceased children not yet pro vided with monuments, and the resi due he bequeathed to his five grand children, Eva, Pearl, Walter, Myrtle and Phoebe Looney, children of his deceased daughter, to be divided In equal shares. The property devised is estimated to be ot the value of $3,000. PEOPLE DECIDE TO INCORPORATE WILLAMETTE WILL HAVE GOV ERNMENT OF ITS OWN IF COUN TY COURT IS INCLINED. CHARTER BEING DRAFTED Boundaries Are Agreed Upon By Pro perty Owners at Mass Meeting Petition Presented at Febru ary Term. The people of Willamette Saturday night by a practically unanimous vote decided to incorporate their town, and a petition has already been drafted and signed for presentation to the County Court at the February term. Franklin T. Griffith has charge of the legal work for the residents of the town, and also appears for the Port land General Electric Company, which owns the water system that the Wil lamette people desire to acquire. Frank Capen, E. P. Berdine, J. F. Lymp, John W. Loder and R. W. Bak er were appointed a committee to draft a charter. Ernest Mass was president of the meeting and T. J. Gary was secretary. The proposed boundaries of the corporation begin at Jack Ream's land on the Tualatin, coming up the hill to Grlssen's place, then northeasterly to Frohman's place, east to the railroad crossing three blocks.south to Twelfth street, east to the Willamette River, then to the Tualatin River and to the place of beginning. There., Is apparently no organized opposition to the movement for in corporation. Development League Officers. Willamette Development League has elected the following officers for ft ERNEST MASS, Newly Elected Preil. dent of Willamette Develop rnent League, the ensuing year: Ernest Mass, presi dent; G. G. Graves, secretary; Frank Capen, vlce-presldont; J. F. Sanders, treasurer. An executive committee of five will be appointed by the president. The work of the league has lapsed be cause of the recent Interest In the proposed purchase of the water sys tem, and as soon as the question is settled the officers will plan a scheme for the promotion of the growth of the town. WATER COMMISSION'S REPORT. Value of System Is $104,390 and War rant Indebtedness Is $38,874. The annual report of the Board of Water Commissioners has been com pleted. The financial condition of the affairs of the commission is reported, as well as a statement of the receipts and disbursements for the last six months. More than $1,000 per month is paid by the consumers of Oregon City In water rents, and the total amount received for the half year was $6,691,09. The disbursements during the same time were $11,068.13, but the actual running expenses were only $3,380.09, as the balance was expend ed in the following manner: New pipe, $4,161.79; cement, $224.25; lum ber, $947.22; labor, $2,254.78; real es tate, $100, making a total of $7,688.04. During the year a new filter unit, with a capacity of 600,000 gallons was added to the system ,at a cost of $3,- 730. The total value of the plant Is estimated at $104,390. There is little depreciation, as the cast iron pipe imed is replaced whenever necessary. The pipe, when excavations and exam inations are made, shows up in fine condition, as, by the use of the filtered water, no sediment is deposited. The gross receipts for the year were $13,431.92, and the receipts for . the previous year were $12,677.74, a gain of $744.18. The warrant indebtedness Is $.18,874. The debt one year ago was $37,802, and the Increase is $1,072, but the value of the system, through the acquisition of new mate rial, Is $5,900. Registration Books Open. The registration books of Clacka mas County were opened Monday In the office of County Clerk Greenman, and many of the old-time politicians registered on the first day, the propor tions of Republicans to Democrats be ing about five to one. Nearly all of the courthouse attaches were among the first to register. Harry Paddock, a son of County Treasurer Paddock, has been appolnte" to a clerical positon in the office ot David M. Dunne, collector of Internal revenue at Portland.