Oregon City courier., May 14, 1909, Image 1

OREGON CITY COUR1
ER
OREGON CITY. OREGON. FRIDAY. MAY H, 1909
, 26th YEAR.
No. 52
CONFLAGRATION
VISITS OSWEGO
Entire Block Destroyed in Blaze Early Wed
nesday Morning.
ORIGIN OF FIRE YET A MYSTERY
Owner Intends to Rebuild
Are to Organize
Messers George Sebeckl and Rob
ert Colfelt of Oswego, were in this
city Wednesday, and from thest gen
tlemen, a Courier representative ob
tained full particulars of the disas
trous Are that destroyed a whole
on Friday for your Saturday baking,
block in that city, early Tuesday
morning, shortly after the midnight
hour.
The Oswego Hotel building, in
which were the hotel, a saloon con
drcted by Mr. Sebeki and. a drug
store owned by W. L. Davidson, was
totally destroyed. The building was
owned by Alex Colfelt and was put
up at a cost of 11,500, of which sum,
$0000 was covered by insurance. The
hotel and saloon were leased by Mr.
Sebeckl, who lost everything in the
building, hia loss being about $1200.
Mr. Davidson, proprietor of the drug
store, saved nothing but his books of
account, all his stock, valued at $5000,
going up in smoke, of which sum
$3000 is covered by Insurance.
The old bank building, occupied by
the chief engineer of the Wlllsburg
cut-off of the Southern Pacific and his
assistants, was also consumed. One
of the engineers, however, saved most
of the plans, specification, maps and
4 notes, by throwing them out of the
window of the window of the burn
ing building. A barber shop also with
all Its furniture, fell a prey to the
flames.
fThei fire was discovered at 1.15
o'clock in the morning, by Otto Lar
son, who Immediately gave the alarm.
At the time there were a number of
guests at the hotel who barely escaped
wilh their lives. Mrs. Schrelber and
her fiveyear old boy were carried out
half suffocated, in their night clothes,
the rest of their clothing being con
sumed. Many or the guests rushed
out half dressed, leaving the rest of
their clothes behind them in which
were their watches and money.
There is no fire department In the
city, but as soon as possible, the hose
cart belonging to' the foundry, was
brought to the scene of the Are, and
the hose unreeled. It being impos
If Not, Why
Electric Light is Cheap
with
TUNGSTEN LAMPS
PORTLAND. RAILWAY
Light & Power Company
Burned Property. Citizens
Fire Department
sible to save the burning block, the
hose was turned on the new building,
belonging to Mr. Colfelt, about 25
feet from the burning block, and it
was saved.
There are various theories as to
the cause of the fire. Some say it
was done by contact with a live wire,
others, that it was caused by a stove
in the barber shop, where It first
broke out.and many believe it was the
work of an incendiary, as it is claim
ed that an odor of kerosene was ap
parent. As the town has an excellent water
system, steps will be taken, without
delay, to organize a Are department.
Mr. Colfelt has announced his inten
ion to rebuild the burnt block
ExROAD SUPERVISOR
UNDER DARK CLOUD
L. D. SHANK ACCUSED OF PAD
DING PAY ROLL
Placed .Flclclous .Name .on .Pay
Roll and Discounted
Warrant,
L." Shank, late road supervisor at
Wllholt, was arrested last Friday, by
Deputy Sheriff Baker, on a bench
warrent, issued by Judge Campbell,
on an indictment from the Grand
Jury, charging him with forgery. As
the story goes, Shank had turned
In a stuffed pay roll, of men working
on the county road in his district
last December. On the payroll of
December there appeared the name
of M. A. Ross for the sum of $25,
for which a warrant v. as issued on
the road fund. As Ross's pretended
agent, Shank, discounted the warrent
to John A. Loder, and gave him an
order on the county clerk for the
same which was duly delivered. In
the early part of this month, the
county court gained information to
the effect that the warrent for Ross
was a rotten transaction, and an in-
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TEACHER'S ASS'N
MEET AT CLARKS
TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION MEET
SATURDAY WITH HIGH
LAND GRANGE
More Than Probable that a High
School Course Will be
Established at
Clarkes
A very Interesting meeting of the
Teachers' Association was held Sat
urday afternoon at Clarkes under the
auspices of the Highland Grange.
In addition to the teachers a large
number of pupils and parents were
in attendance and great interest
was manifested throughout the meet
ing. County School Superintendent Gary
presided. Many school matters of1
Importance were brought up for dis
cussion, and during - the session, in
teresting talks were made by Rob
ert Ginther, of the Clarkes school,
Viola Godfrey, principal of the Wil
lamette school, Miss Muriel Wat
kins of the Mt. Pleasant school, Mrs.
Aneita Haas, principal of the Can
emah school, the directors of the
Clafkes district, Messers J. J. Garde
and C. N. Larkins, and Mr.and Mrs.
C. R. Miller of Highland. The pu
pils of the Clarkes and Shubel schools
rendered interesting programs, con
sisting or recitations, etc, after
which an excellent dinner was ser
ved in the grange hall, which was
provided through the kindness of
the ladies of Clarkes.
The meeting, which was Held for
the purpose of creating a greater
amount of local enthusiasm in school
matters, was more than sucessful in
its purpose. The schools in the neigh
borhood of Clarkes are as up to date
and as efficient as any in the county,
and- it is the intention of the resi
dents to raise their standard as much
as possible. It is more than prob
able that a- high school course will
be instituted at Clarkes or some other
nearby district, and thus eliminate
the necessity of the pupils going else
where for the higher branches of
study.
vestigatlon by the county court, in
a quiet manner, resulted in an in
dictment. The indictment was kept
quiet until the arrest was made.
He was arraigned in the circuit
court Friday afternoon, for forgery,
and given till Saturday to plead. On
Saturday morning George C. Brown
ell as his council, filled a dedemurer
to. the Indictment,, which is almost
equivalent to a plea of not guilty.
The case will probably be tried ' in
June.
Shank's ball was fixed at $200 which
was furnished.
Societies Help Church.
During the past week the Indebted
ness of the St. Paul's Episcopal church
has been reduced $450, by the
Daughters of the King and St. Paul's
Guild. The - members of the former
organization paid a note of $250 with
the Interest and the guild paid the
other $200, together with the Interest
on it. The ladles of both of these
organizations were very active dur-
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NEWS FROM THE
NATION'S
CAPITAL
STANDPATTERS ARE CONFIDENT
THEY AVILL TO
PROTECTION FORCES GAIN
Secretary Balllnger Changes Policy
In Prosecution of Land-Fraud
Cases,
Washington Standpatters In con
gress have gained much confidence
since the debate commenced upon
the tariff bill in the senate and now
express confidence that the element
of the Republican party demanding
revision downward will be defeated
when the final measure of strength
comes.
The result is not credited to any
material desertions from the forces
of the Republican revisionists, but
rather to accessions from the Demo
crats and to the strong intrench
ment of the Eastern, or high pro
tection, forces.
Not only in committees are the
standpatters In control, but the Re
publican congressional delegates
from the East and New England,
numerically strong, give a nucleus
that does ' not require much rein
forcement to be masters upon the
floor of the senate.
Downward - revision Republicans
are not hopeless. They will enter
upon another week of debate de
termined to carry out their program
of exposure.
While this campaign of education
will proceed, It will not be with the
Idea that any votes in the senate
will be changed, or that the revision
forces will win in the contest. Not
only la it generally admitted that
Mr. Aldrich has the situation well in
hand and will dictate the amend
ments that will be made to the sen
ate bill, but the friends of an In
come tax are losing confidence in
success.
During the Taft administration,
perpetrators of fraud under public
land laws will br sought out and
prosecuted as vigorously as under
the administration of President
Roosevelt. But the method of de
tecting fraud and the manner of
conducting prosecutions, will be rad
ically different. The new adminis
tration will require the settler to
observe the law, but representatives
of the government charged with the
enforcement of the law and the pun
ishment of offenders will be re
quired to respect the law's limita
tions. The recklessness that char
acterized many of the land-fraud
prosecutions In recent years will not
be permitted to continue.
Under the new order of things the
interior department .will have ex
elusive jurisdiction over the enforce
ment of the public land laws ami
the detection, of offenses against
these laws.
The battle over the lead schedule
of the tariff bill still continues in
the senate and the issue Is more
clearly drawn between the Republi
can leaders and the Republican in
surgents. The latter openly threat
ens to keep congress In session all
summer rather than allow the sched
ules to be rushed through, and have
warned the leaders that an unsat
isfactory bill meant only' a renewal
of the battle for revision two years
hence.
Republican members of the sen
ate finance committee" were visited
by a delegation of 60 hat manufac
turers and wholesale dealers repre
senting 25 different states. The hat
manufacturers were given an In
crease over the Dlngley rates in the
house bill, but the duties were
scaled down by the senate finance
committee to about 25 per cent be
low the Dlngley rate. The manufac
turers assert that many of them will
be driven out of business if these
rates Are adopted.
Large areas of valuable farming
land in one of the most beautiful
valleys In the West will be opened to
settlers on May 22. The lands are
situated In the Shoshone irrigation
project, which eventually will re
claim 150,000 acres east of the Yel
lowstone National Park in Northern
Wyoming. The farms are to be of
fered for settlement under the home
stead law, subject to the payment of
actual cost of applying water to the
laud, which has been fixed at $46
per acre, payable in not more than
ten annual installments with no in
terest. Postmasters hereafter will be held
strictly 10 account If they deliver
In person packages of foreign origin
containing dutiable articles without
first submitting them to the nearest
custom officers or without collecting
the duty assessed upon each pack
age, as the result of an order Is
sued by the postofflcs department
ing the past year, and earned $700
by their own effort.
GREAT CONVENTION
IN PORTLAND SOON
PRESBYTERIANS PREPARE FOR
GREAT BROTHERHOOD
CONVENTION.
Speakers to Be of National Reputa
tion, Many ueicgaios Are
Expected.
There will be a great convention
of the Presbyterian Brotherhood in
rortland June 8 and 9, 1909. All the
Presbyterian churches of Oregon are
being asked to Bend delegates, and it
is expected that these will number
several hundred. The principal speak
ers will be men of national reputation,
who will come to the coast following
the meeting of the General Assembly
at Denver in May.
The Portland meeting is but one of
four to be held on the coast, the
places and dates being as follows
San Francisco, June 3 "and 4; Port
land, June 8 and 9; Seattle, June 10
and 11, and Spokane, July 14 and 15.
The Presbyterian Brotherhood has
made great strides since its organ
ization a few years ago, as the thou;
sands who attend its conventions tes
tify. The Pittsburg gathering filled
to overflowing the auditorium, which
seated 6,000. Only men are admitted
to the meetings.
It is expected that a great impetus
to Presbyterian church work as well
as the Brotherhood movement will
come as a result of the conventions
on the coast.
The Promotion Committee has open
ed headquarters at Room 415, Worces
ter Building, Portland, and have be
gun the work of advertising the meet
ings on an extensive scale.
The chairmen of the committees In
charge of the Portland meetings are
as follows:
General, P. P. Leche; publicity, K.
K. Baxter; program, B. A. Thaxter;
banquet, Miller Murdoch; hotel, S.
P. Mackey; finance, John Bain; recep
tion, John Patterson; ushers, Jno. S.
Meek; music, S. N. Steele.
All correspondence concerning the
Portland convention should be ad
dressed to Presbyterian Brotherhood
Convention, 415 Worcester Block,
Portland, Or.
RACING MEET AT CANBY
Exceptionally Fine Program Arrang
ed for May 21.
Arrangements are being completed
for the big racing meet at the Canby
fair grounds, and if all indications are
true, the event will be even more
successful than was at first hoped.
A force of men under the direction
of Frank Dodge are erecting a grand
stand capable of folding 1500 people.
Music will be furnished throughout
the day by the Canby band. In the
morning, a baseball game will hold
the interest of the crowd.
There are a number of the fastest
horses In the Northwest that are be
ing quartered at the Canby track, so
some excptlonally good races are be
ing assured.
SCHOOL LEAGUE MEETS
SATURDAY, MAY 22
CLACKAMAS SCHOOL LEAGUE
DIRECTORS HOLD FI
NAL MEETING
In addition to 8chool Meet a Liter
ary Contest will be Held
Here In the
Evening
All arangements have been made
for the first field meet of the Clack
amas School League, which will be
held Saturday, May 22, at Chautau
qua Park, near Gladstone. Several
meetings have been held recently
by the executive board, and the mem
bers of this commmlttee have work
ed zealously in arranging all mat
ters pertaining to the meet.
The athletic events will consist
of the following: 50 yard dash,
100 yard dash, 220 yard dash, 440
yard run, half mile run, 120 yard
high hurdles, 220 yard low hurdles,
12 pound shot put, broad Jump, high
Jump, and a one mile relay irace,
with four entries from each school.
First prize in any of the above shall
constitute five points; second three
and third, one.
The pupil winning the highest
number of points will be awarded a
gold medal, the one winning the
second highest number of points
will be awarded a silver medal and
the one winning the third highest
number of points will be awarded
a bronze medal. A cup will be
awarded to the school winning the
highest number of points, this cup
to be kept by the school until the
next annual field meet, then to be
returned to the secretary of the lea
gue, to be given to the school win
ning on that day. This cup will be
come the permanent property of any
school winning it for three successive
years.
A game for the league championship
will be played by the Molalla and Wll-
lumette baseball teams, both of
whom finished In their divisions
with 1000 percentage.
The admission for chlldrtn under
12 year a of age will be 15 cents, and
for all persona over that age 25
cents. School children who pur
chase tickets from their teachers
will be given a special rate of ten
cents, provided they buy these tick
ets before the day of the meet. This
applies to students of all ages.
Teachers wishing any of these tick
ets to sell must apply to the secre
tary at once, stating number wanted.
Teachers will be charged for all
tickets ordered and credited for all
returned.
At the literary contest, to be held
in the evening, two prizes will be
given, one for the best declamation
and one for the beBt original essay.
Schools wishing to take part in
-any of these events must file with
the secretary of the league, a list
of those intending to enter and state
the events in which each pupil is
to contest. These lists are to be
certified by the teacher in charge
of the school and must reach the
secretary not later than May 17th
COMMERCIAL CLUB
T ALKSJAILROAD
F. M. Syift Will Meet Members This Even
ing to Discuss Molalla & Southern
WILL OPEN UP A FINE COUNTRY
Residents of Molalla, Mulino, Liberal, Scotts Mills
and Other places Haye
A meeting of the Oregon City Com
mercial Club will be held in the club
rooms this evening, and the members
will meet F. M. Swift, who is promot
ing the Molalla & Southern Railroad,
and other Portland men, who will
speak of the plans for the proposed
new electric road, and will also tell of
the manner In which the farmers liv
ing along the route have contributed
financially toward tht enterprise. As
yet, nothing has been asked of the
residents of this city, but everybody
is keenly alive to the untold advant
ages the completion of the road will
be to Oregon City, as well as the
Jennings Lodge
J. A. Soebe's household goods arriv
ed here Monday and the family ex
pect to come this week and make
this their permanent home. Mr. Soes
be and family Bpent the greater part
of the winter at the coast at Newport,
and their many frlendB are glad to
see them back again.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Boardinan, of
Portland, were week end guests at
the home of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. G. D. Boardman.
Mr. and Mrs. John Harless of Mo
lalla ' visited a few days with Mrs.
Harlesa's sister, Mrs. A. J. Rice, pre
vious to their trip east, they left on
Monday for an extended visit in In
dian la.
miss Clarissa Remington, of Van
couver Washington, is the guest of
uer cousin, Miss Nellie Rice.
Qua Hoyer, of Strawberry Point, la.,
visaed menus here Saturday before
nis departure for Boise Idaho.
The first runaway which has occur
ed in this little village was last Tues
day, when the horse belonging to
Mr. Rice and driven by Will Millar be
came frightened &. tiie falling of a
uee. Mr. Millar was delivering gro
ceries at the time and was not hurt
but the buggy was completely demol
ished. Messers Palnton and Roberts were
business callers In Portland and Sell
wodd Monday.
The lady members of the Chapel
met at the home of Mrs. Bert Russell
Monday to plan some way of raising
money to paint the chapel. It was
decided to serve a six o'clock dinner
Wednesday May 19th at the chapel.
Dinner will be from six o'clock till
all are served for 25 cents. Hope all
will arrange to come and get their din
ner and help swell the proceeds for
a good cause.
Mrs. Pearl Brlggs and baby visited
her mother Mrs. McMonlgal during
Mrs. Dill and Mrs. Flora Dill and
Coleman Dill, of Portland visited at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Morse
on Sunday.
Mr. Brown left Monday for Buxton.
He was accompanied to Portland by
Mrs. Brown and Allen Jr.
The Woman's Industrial Club will
met at the home of Mrs. Fred Terry
on the river front on Thursday, May
13, from 2:30 till 6.
Mrs. Wilcox was a business caller
In Oregon City on Monday.
Miss Bronte Jennings spent Satur
day afternoon and Sunday in Port
land.
Will Millar is giving the row boat
be recently purchased a new coat of
red paint
Fishing seems to be the chief pas
time of the day at present. H. R.
Bmith and G. D. Boardman, with their
umbrellas up and their fishing rods,
went fishing In the rain Monday. It
is reported that they captured a fine
string of bass. Perhaps this will in
duce others to go fishing with um
brellas on rainy days.
William Rose and Manson are work
lug for Mr. Britten at Meldrura..
Alex GUI has a full force of men
at his brick yard and has about 75000
bricks made.
Mr. Byron and Jensen are having a
new green house made which will be
15 by 150 feet when completed.
Reginald Ross took part in the
missionary program which was given
In the Evangelical church at Mllwau
kle Sunday evening, May 2nd. He
recited "Tell the Old Old Story" in a
manner which pleased his hearers
very much. Reginald Is only ten
years old and has a remarkable mem
ory. On Thursday evening of this week
there will be a meeting at the chapel
for the purpose of electing the church
officials and naming the society at
this place.
The many friends of Mrs. N. Shupp,
wife of Rev. Shupp of Mllwaukle, will
be pleased to hear that she has been
elected prsldent of the Ortgon branch
of tho Woman's Missionary Society
of the Evangelical Association. The
fifth annual convention was held at
Tlgardville wher she was elected last
Not more than three pupils from any
one school shall enter any one event,
except the relay race,, which requires
four.
Prof. A. Goetz of the Oregon City
High School, who was elected pres
ident of the league, tendered his
resignation, on acount of business
Interests Interfering, which was ac
cepted, and the vacancy is being fill
ed by vice president A. K. Hill, prin
cipal of the Eastham school. Ar
rangements are being made to have
music furnished at the meet by the
Oregon City Band.
Helped.-Now Up to Us
smaller' towns, so there is no doubt
that It will receive the hearty support
of all our business men. The country
in the vicinity of Molalla la the
most productive In the state, and with
the advent of a railroad as a means of
shipping their products there is no
limit to the possibilities and advant
ages it will enjoy. The people of that
section are determined to have a rail
road, so It is up to Oregon City to co
operate with them or the terminus
may be located elsewhere, and a
great deal of business that might
come here, will be transferred to other
places.
week.
Mrs. Flora Beckner is prepared to
take orders for home made brown
bread, cakes, pies and doughnuts. The
busy housewife will be pleased with
these toothsome home made dishes,
and will do well to leave your orders
OAK GROVE IMPROVE
MENT CLUB MEETS
Oue of the moBt enthusiastic meet
ings In the history of the Oak Grove
Improvement Association was held by
that body last Thursday evening. A
large crowd was In attendance, and
enjoyed the splendid entertainment
provided. One of the chief features
of the evening was the announcement
of the winners In the school children'3
contest given under the auspices of
the Association for the best essays
on the advantages of residence In
Oak Grove and vicinity. Ail of the
contestants displayed much clvio pride
in their manner ,of preparing their
papers, and it was after a long study
that the Judges, Col. Roburt A. Miller,
James S. Tyler and Chas. W. De
Graff, awarded the prizes as follows:
First prize, Lillie Ritcher; second
prize Wayne Arnold; third prize,
Walter Hlrrls. Following Is the win
ning essay.
See page Six
Macksburg.
Mr. Flnsky has purchased the F.
E. Parmer place, and will conduct
the same in connection with his own.
This makes a nice farm for it Is
known all over the county that Mr.
Parmer had one of the loveliest plac
es In the valley, which was known as
the J. H. Joyner place.
Died, on May 1st, Mrs. Adam La
mour, at her home in this place, of
cancer of the lungs. Her remains
were Interred Monday. Mrs. Lamour
waB an old pioneer, and was well
known all over the county. She
leaves a large family and many
friends to mourn her early demise.
Both classes of our school will
close Friday next.
Supervisor Smith is giving our
roads a dressing with the grader. Bet
ter late than never. Mr. Smith had
the grader in his barn all winter, and
the excuse for not doing the work
any sooner 1b not substantiated by the
writer.
Died, Mrs. William Gortler, at
her home on May 4th, of a coimiroa
Hon of diseases. Her reii. uri-i xce
Interrd In Zlbn cemtery ol ..o ho.;;'
Funeral services were coUucte't
Rev. B. Mertz in the family bome.
Deceased was a native of f 1 -y,
from where tho family cani'! .iS3,
living In Pennsylvania for several
years, after which they moved to Port
land, and for several years have con
ducted a farm in this place. She was
aged 57 years, 1 month and 24 days.
She leaves a husband, two sonB, Chas.
and William, who live In Portland,
and two daughters, Mrs. Henry Walch
and Mrs. Frank Betzol of this place.
The latter Is blind. She also leaves
many friends to fourn.
John Damm, Sr., visited J. M. Sperl
at Oregon City Saturday and Sunday,
returning Monday.
Sweet Briars Win Again.
In spite of the heavy rain that fell
all day Sunday, the Sweet Briars, the
fast aggregation of ball tossera from
Mountain Road, played a game at
the Willamette field with the Lents
tnnm Tho nlnnnv AAnrilHnn nf the
-
grounds rendered fast playing an Im
possibility, our Dy aint oi team worn,
the Sweet Briars won, the score be
ing 10 to 13.
This is the tenth game played by
the Sweet Briars, and they have won
all but one. On May 23, they will
try conclusions with the Stafford team
on the Mountain Road Diamond.
Superintendent McKee, of the Ore
gon City schools is planning to open
a school of methods and review for
State and County papers. The cours
es will be conducted by practical
school men and women who have had
much experience as supervisors and
teachers. Spoclal attention will be
given to the work in methods which
will be glvan in all the common
branches based upon the state course
of study and the state texts.
Dissolution of Partnership.
The firm doing business under the
name of Kruger Bros, have dissolved
partnership and the business will be
conducted by H. Kruger at the old,
place of business, 415 Main St.