IT 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
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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-
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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.
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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.