QON CITY COURIER
27th YEAR.
OREGON CITY, OREGON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 13, 1909
No. 13
ORE
OREGON
CITY
BIG POWER
PLANT HERE
P, R. L. & P. Engineers Soon
to Begin Preliminary Wqrk
WILL BE ON EAST SIDE
When Completed Will Have a Capac
ity of at Least 45 Thousand
Horse Power
According to advices received from
Portland, a corps ot engineers in the
employ of the Portland Railway, Light
& Power Company have been Instruct
ed to begin preliminary work immedi
ately ou a new high water power plant
on the east aide of the Willamette
river at this city. When completed
the plant will have a capacity of 45-OOd-horse
power. It will be possible
to utilize this property nine months
a year. The probable cost of Install
ing the plant will not be announced
by the company until the plans have
been completed.
The new power plant will be con
structed near the same site that was
occupied .by the original power station
in this section of the Pacific North
west. It will probably be three years
before the plant Is completely install
ed, but it may be possible to derive
some power from that source, If de
sired, within the next 12 months. The
plant will provide a source of power
supply in addition to the company's
established plant on the opposite side
of the . Willamette, which generates
16,000-horse power.
In the meantime work is progress
ing on the company's new power plant
on the Upper Clackamas, about two
and one-half miles above its Cazadero
station. The survey for the extension
of the Oregon & Water Power elec
tric railway line from Cazedero to the
new power station Is nearly completed
and estimates are being prepared
showing the cost of making the exten
sion of the electric railroad will be
gin within the next few weeks.
BASSEY WANTS DECREE.
Portland Baseball Player Seeks Legal
Separation from Spouse.
John Bacigalupo, better known as !
John Bassey, who attends to the
handling of flies In the left garden
for Pearl Casey's Colts In the North-
west League, has filed a complaint
If Not, Why
Electric Light is Cheap
with
TUNGSTEN LAMPS
PORTLAND RAILWAY
Light & Power Company
in the Circuit Court In this city ask
ing a divorce from Ida Baclgalupo,
whom he married in 1902 In Clayton,
Mo. The grounds given In the suit
is desertion. Bassey, before he came
Into the limelight as a baseball play
er, went under the old family name
of Baclgalupo, but ' as this Is rather
lengthy and hard to remember, he
altered it to the name by which he
now draws his salary.
FIREMEN TO MAKE MERRY.
Fourth Annual Barbecue to be Held
Sunday at Schnaer's.
The members of the volunteer Are
department of this city are looking
forward with Interest to their fourth
annual picnic and barbecue, which
will be ' held Sunday In Schnaer's
Park near v Willamette. Committees
appointed from the different com
panies have met and completed ar
rangements, and the affair promises
to be one of the most enjoyable of
the kind ever given in Clackamas
county. Leaving here In the morning,
the flreladdies will go by car to the
beautiful grove, where the forenoon
will be given to speechmaking and
jollification. At noon, a barbecued
beef will form the principal constitu
ent of a bounteous spread. During the
afternoon, a fine card of athletic and
aquatic events will be pulled off, and
winning parties will be awarded prizes
donated by the merchants and other
business men of the city. A ball
game between two of the companies
will form no small part of the after
noon's program. The Oregon City
Band, noted at home and abroad for
Its excellent playing, will furnish the
music for the occasion. The members
of the St. Johns fire department have
been invited to participate in the fes
tivities, and It is more than prob
able that a good many will attend.
BUNNELL IS ACQUITTED.
Justice Kelso Renders Verdict In Fa
vor of Defendant.
The trial of B. Wayne, of Oak
Grove, who was arrested on complaint
of his brothe-ln-law, charged with as
sault and battery, was held Wednes
day before Justice of the Peacev-Kelso
of Milwaukle. After hearing lie evi
dence, his honor rendered a verdict
acquitting the defendant. Bunnell
was represented by Dimlck & Dlmlck,
of this city.
MOLALLA
Services at the Molalla M. E. church
will be held at the usual hours Sun
day morning and evening. All are
Invited.
Miss Stella Powell spent Saturday
lu Oregon City.
C. H. Trulllnger, Hubbard Optician
will be at Molalla Saturday, August
21.
Do You Use Electricity?
Investigate at 147, Seventh
LARGEST AMOUNT IMPROVE
MENTS FORMANY YEARS
Many New Buildings Going Up and Others Receiving
Substantial Improvement-Center Street in the
Lead With Green Point a'Close Second, -
In every part of Oregon City, build
ing is the order f the day. and new
houi-es are springing up hei' ii. tov.'n
as well as In the a. thumbs with amaz
ing rapidity. Perhaps no one stiver
i:i the place is th-J scene of so Hindi
activity as from 1st to 7th Sts. This
t.-. cne of the mosf desirable ivsid' hoc
sections, on accnui'.t of its proximity
t) the business suction as well a.' to
Lv. beautiful v mi.! '- Ciioili'g
in-ei.es that are watted from the rlv-:-
'o the top oi t'i t luf
'In First and Migii strevina large
$ij(IO bungalow is being trotted hy
Fred C. Baker, for Fred Metzner sup-
muendent of 'l'. weaving depart
ment of the woolen mills. The housw
will contain six large rooms, and wilQj
be modern throughout.
Fred Warner has a small bungalow
under course ot construction on the
corner of Third and Center streets.
Wilson & White are building a
seven room bungalow at 'Fifth and
Center streets for Mrs. Rosina Fouts.
When completed, the building will
have cost $1500.
Two rooms have been added to the
Dr. Powell house at 214 Promenade
Avenue by Shelrff R. B. Beatle, who
resides there. The exterior of the
house has also been repainted, and
presents a very attractive appearance.
Fred Miller is building a modern
residence on Center street between
Sixth and Center streets.
Joseph Myers, who owns several
cottages on Center street, has recently
finished another and work will soon
begin on an additional one.
The Shlvely Opera House has been
remodled somewhat of late, and a new
roof put on.
Michael Moehnke has just finished
a geveu room residence near the Dix
Bros, lumber year in Mountain View,
and this Is occupied by W. H. Klep-
Not?
Street
per and family. Mr. Moehnke has
commenced work on another house of
the same type on his property near
the Eastham school.
William Moehpke, a son of the
above mentioned, recently moved to
this city from Shubel, and has opened
a lumber yard near the Eastham
school. He reports the sale of consid
erable lumber, as do Dix Brothers,
who are located In Elyville.
On the north side of Seventh street,
there has been considerable improve
mut and erection of new buildings.
In addition to these, many houses
have been repainted, and on the whole
this section of the town is much more
attractive than heretofore. One ser
ious defect, however, which by no
ueans improves the town, Is the pres
ence of weeds and grass along the
sidewalks, In many places the blades
sprouting up through the spaces be
tween the planks.
The house on Eighth and Washing
ton street, formerly occupied by Wal
ter Dimlck, has been repainted and
enlarged by the owner H. L. Kelly.
A cottage, complete throughout,
with seven rooms, reception hall and
bath is to be constructed 1 on Eleventh
street near Adams by G. A. Brown,
for Thomas Blanchard.
A grocery store is being built on
Twelfth street by William Krugei.
This will be the first in the locality,
and will no doubt tie a great conven
ience to residents of that section.
At the north end of the Kansas City
bridge, William Long has under con
struction a neat residence for him
self and "wife. , ,
The city park at Twelfth and Jack
son streets has been somewhat im
proved this year, the ground being
cleared and a number of shade trees
Planted in addition to the many
towering firs that were placed there
by the hand of nature. In time, It
will be one of the most attractive
spots in the city, and a great pleasure
to the people of the neighborhood.
C. T. Tooze, of Gladstone, who owns
the block on the west side of Main
street between Thirteenth and Four
teenth, recently completed an attrac
tive bungalow, .vhih has been occu
pied by Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Dimlck.
Mr. Tooze has under construction
another bungalow on Thirteenth
WOMAN DIES
FROMBURNS
Fatal Fire at Elliott's . Prairie
Last Saturday
DESTROYS RASTALL HOME
Mrs. Raslall, Early Settler, Succumbed
Sunday as a Result of Terrible
Injuries
While endeavoring to save the fam
ily's personal effects from the flames
that were consuming the residence,
Mrs. James Rastall, an old and res
pected resident of Dickey Prairie,
received burns that resulted in her
death on the succeeding day. A de
fective flue was responsible for the
conflagration, which occurred at noon
Saturday, and in a very Bhort time
the whole house was in flames. While
Mr. Rastall strove desparately to stop
the headway of the Are, his wife
busied herself with trying to save
the household goods, and while doing
so her clothing caught fire. As soon
as possible her husband rushed to
her and put out the fire, but not until
she had been badly burned. . Fully
conscious, Airs. Rastall lingered till
Sunday morning, when her spirit pass
ed peacefully away.
The house wag entirely destroyed.
and the contents were also a total
loss. The unfortunate woman was
about 05 years of age and had been
a resident of the Molalla section for
many years. She. is survived bv a
husband and five children: Harry, of
Molalla; George and Samuel, of Port
land; Charles, of Oakland, Cal., and
IMJs. Maud Brown.of Vancouver
Wash.
The funeral was held at Molalla
Monday.
Kept Him Buy.
"Idd you do much sightseeing wbeo
you went abroad?"
"No." answered Mr. Cumrox. "Moth
er and the girls did the sightseeing. I
bad to put lu my time finding: the
places where they rush letters of credit"-Washington
Star.
Man Killed Twice.
An English paper Is responsible for
stating that a man "wns overtaken by
a passenger train and killed. He was
injured Id a similar way about three
years ago "
. i i : :
street, adjoining the river, and when
thlsis completed, will commence con
struction on another of similar type,
north of the one last mentioned.
Just across the street from the
Tooze property the cottages occupied
by the families of W. L. Block and
Wm. Robison, have been repainted
and remodelled by the addition of new
verandas. V. Harris has Improved
the looks of his two houses by the ad
dition of a new fence.
The residence of Gus Englebrecht
on Seventeenth and Washington
street is complete, and the family
have taken possession. The house,
which cost in the neighborhood of
$2000, is modern throughout, with 11
rooms and bath. It was built by Wil
liam Krueger, who recently came to
thlB state from Wisconsin.
Work has about been finished on
the residence of Fred Schwartz in
Beuna Vista, and the family will re
side there before long. Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas O'Niell have purchased nine
lots In this beautiful addition, and are
clearing the land preparatory to erect
ing a fine residence. Edward John
son has also purchased two lots In
the same section, and has erected a
small residence. Mr. Mulligan, fath
er of Mrs. J. G. Flnucane Is also fav
orably Impressed with Beuna Vista as
a residence district, and recently
bought several lots from M. Howell.
J. Schwartz is remodelling his house
on Seventeenth and Center streets,
and will add five rooms, with modern
accessories.
A. B. Buckles has enlarged, remo-
elled and repainted his grocery and
feed store at Eleventh and Main
streets, and the store is now among
the most attractive In the city. Mr.
Buckles has built up a good patron
age by his honest methods and cour
teous treatment of customers.
Before summer Is finished the fire
stations In the city will have received
a coat of paint, and work on the city
hall has Just been finished by Wood
ard brothers. The headquarters of
Greenpolut Hose Company, No. 5, has
been enlarged, the building remodell
ed and repainted Inside as well as out
side, a bell tower built and a bell In
stalled. As soon as the company re
ceives a new hose cart, Greenpolut
will be In no danger of a serious fire.
NOTED MEN
TO ATTEND
Interest Great In First Con
servation Congress '
PRESIDENT WILL ATTEND
Taft, Ballinger Pinchot, New
ell and Other Notables tox
Be at Seattle
The First National Conservation
Congress of the United States,, which
will be held In the Auditorium of the
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Sea
ttle, Wash., August 20 to 28, under
the auspices-of the Washington Con
servation Asoclatlon, promises to be
an educational meeting of more than
ordinary Importance. It will bring
together several thousand representa
tive men and women interested in
the material development of the coun
try, and the proper utilization of all
the natural resources producing In
dividual wealth and National prosper
ity. The Congress will mark the opening
of a campaign for International con-
Korvntlnn nf nil that, assists In making
the world a desirable place for pres
ent and future generations to build
homes and establish commercial en
terprises.
It is planned to have delegates
from forty conservation commissions
in the United States and Hawaii.
Those men were selected by the vari
ous Governors because of their fit
ness for such responsible positions.
They represent the thinking popula
tion of the State in which they are
held up as advisers to the Chief Ex
ecutives of their respective States.
They have been Invited to attend the
First National Conservation Con
gress' for the purpose of uniting on
definite plans for protecting, con
serving and perpetuating the resourc
es of land and water.
The National Conservation Con
gress will Include as delegates many
prominent men connected with the
church, civic and commercial organiza
tions, colleges and general education
al and legislative forces that shape the
destiny of coming generations.
The Washington Conservative As
sociation has taken the Initiative in
this work because of the desire to en
large the field of patriotic American
citizenship. It Is composed of several
hundred prominent men of the State,
Interested In many ways In promoting
the fundamental principles of con
servation. Washington is a large
state having within Its borders the
natural products of mountain, fore-it,
river and lake, and bordered by some
of the most noted waters of the world.
Natural resources are abundant every
where and there seems to be no limi
tation to the sources of wealth, hut
thinking men realize that the main
springs of wealth are gradually wast
ing their strength through the sys
tems of extravagance practiced In
converting natural resources Into com
mercial products, and they ask the
people to call a halt to the pace that
means the denuding of the mountains
and the desolating of the valleys.
uonservauon unngs into use
best thoughts of men and women en-
gaged in vocations that tend to the
uplifting of the human race. It ia an
avowed enemy to waste, extravagance
ana disorganized efforts In the handl
ing of natural resources. It seeks to
add system to our work of orest and
water protection.
The conservationist dwi'reii to ben
efit the people of today without rob
bing those of the future and insists
upon a higher plane of manhood than
that depending entirely upon the
"profit and loss" account in the ledger
of commercialism. He seeks to cany
out the old motto "The greatest good
to the greatest number" In every
field of action wherein the mainten
ance of natural resources Is under
consideration. He lays by for a
"rainy day" In order that his old age
may have some of the luxuries and
all of the necessities of life.
The first National Conservation Con
gress will call some of the best men
of the world to the speaker's stand
to address the people on the duties of
citizenship. Among those expected
to deliver addresses are:
President William H. Taft; Hon.
R. A. Ballinger, Secretary of the In
terior; Gifford Pinchott, Chairman of
the Joint Committee on Conservation
between States and Nation; F. H.
Newell, Chief of the Reclamation Ser
vice; Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah;
Senator Paris Gibson, of Montana.
and several members of the United
btates Senate and House of Repre
sentatives. Hon. W. T. Freer, Gov
ernor of Hawaii, and Prof, Ralph S.
Hosmer, of the Hawaiian Conserva
tion Commission, will be on the list,
and many commercial and civic or-
ganlza tions have agreed to supply
speakers. In addition, some of the
most prominent churchmen of the day
will participate.
No better place than the site of the
Alaska-Yukon-Paclflo Fair could have
been selected for the holding of the
First. National Conservation Con
gress. It has numerous practical Il
lustrations of the benefit to be de
rived from conserving water, soli and
scenery. It supplies Illustrated lec
tures for every student of conserva
tion that must Impress him with the
magnitude of the work In which he
is engaged. And there are collections
of the products of nature from all
sections of the world on exhibition in
the Alaska-Ynkon-Paclflc Exposition.
They present object lessons of value
to every Individual who looks ahead
as far as from one harvest to anoth
er, and they cannot fail to Impress
him with the necessity for more con
certed action in protecting the
sources of wealth that must annually
be depleted by filling the demands of
the commercial world.
The Washington Conservation Asso
ciation Invites all Interested In the
subject of Conservation to Inspect the
exhibits, and assist at the First Na
tional Conservation Congress In for
mulating plans for a practical cam
paign for conservation of our coun
try's natural resources.
Stone.
The past week seems to have been
a busy ono In this neighborhood, some
of our peoplo cutting hay, some baling
hay, some stacking hay and some
hauling hay to market. Several have
been cutting wheat and vetch. One
man says he received $20 per ton for
timothy hay. The harvest cutting will
be finished this week If It doesn't
rain and the sun shines.
Grant Mumpower has his dwelling
house covered now. He Is not at all
like the "Arkansas traveller," who
said "When it rains, I kent fix it, and
when it don't, I don't need it."
On the 10th Inst, a surveying out
fit from Portland appeared in thin
part of the country for the purpose of
finding the best way to build a dam
across the Clackamas river here for
the purpose of making a manufactur
ing plant and electric power house,
and to build a railroad from Portland.
The Christian Confederation first
started here three years ago to build
a plant, and earlier this summer, a
second concern started to find the
foundation of the Clackamas, above
the first concern.
Now comes the third concern. The
following Is what they claim they are
going to do: Survey and locate the
ground; the height of the dam, and
find the probable cost of the buildings,
etc. They claim to have the entire
water right, which they have shown
to a party here. The parties who are
surveying here are going to finish
their work here as fast as men and
money will do It, so if this Is true, It
Is Just what the peoplo here like to
hear of, and we all hope it Is true. The
name of the firm which Is operating
here Is the Gibson Mfg. Company.
Their Portland address Is 38-4 East
Clay street.
Liberal.
Farmers are In the middle of their
harvest and rushing It as fast as pos
sible. Every one Is stacking this year
on account of rain. Pastures are
good yet. A few have threshed their
fall grain.
Cole Bros, are threshing at Macks
burg, and will be threshing In this
vicinity the last of the week. Some
fields of fall wheat have threshed
from 30 to 00 bushel of wheat; oats
from 40 to 65, per acre. This is the
report from the ones who have thresh
ed. Field corn is making good growth
and will surely be a good crop as It
COUNCIL IS
DEFENDANT
Capt. Apperson Seeks to Block
Street Improvement
Being Non Resident He is Compelled to
Fight Iltb Street Edict Through
The Courts
A suit was filed In the Circuit Court
i.jMtlomlay afternoon by Captain John
P. Apperson against the city of Ore-
gon City and Couucilmen Knupp, Bet
zel, Cooke, Andersen, Meyer, Pope,
Sheahan and Strickland, to enjoin the
Eleventh Street improvement, which
was ordered recently by the council
after a long fight. In the complaint,
the plaintiff states that he is owner
of block 60, the norih side of which
is on the street ordered improved, and
the assessment placed upon the prop
erty by the council is $1400, which is
nearly the total cost of the property.
He also states that If the improvement
is carried on. It will mean the con
fiscation of the north half of his prop
erty. . '
As Captain Apperson, who lives In
Parkplace, is a non-resident of this
city, he was not allowed to appear be
fore the council to remonstrate
against the Improvement.
The complaint charges that proper
notice was not given of the proposed
Improvement, as Is required In the
provisions of the charter, and that
the Improvement was ordered May
14 without a previous publication of
the notice, and the fact that a written
remonstrance was filed should '?
enough to take the matter out of the
hands of the couucilmen.
COUNCIL VIEWS
PROPOSED SITE
Views Track at. Green Point Where
Switch Will Be lnstalled.-Special
Meeting the 16th.
The special meeting of the city
council Wednesday did not transact
as much business as was at first in
tended. The assessment for the
Water street improvement was read
for the second time anil; placed on its
flnul passuge, the matter of granting
the Southern Pacific a franchise to
put in a switch In Greenpolut was
discussed, and the council went in a
body to the proposed site to Investi
gate more fully, but action on the
matter was deferred till AugustJL8,
when the council will consider the
franchise for the Southern Paclfi and
the Swift railway. The council and
some of the officials of the S. P. was
held in this city yesterday. The
switch is the outcome of the suit in
stituted by lumbermen of this county
against the Company to compel them
to furnish shipping facilities. In the
absence of City Recorder Dlmlck,
Couucllnian Meyer acted as recorder.
MISSING CLOTHES
FOUND BY BURNS
Local Chief Finds Cache at Fourth St.
and Anxiously Awaits Arrival
of Owners.
Chief of Police Burns of this city
has locked In the city Jail a choice
collection of the various articles of
lingerie dear to the feminine heart.
They are not serving time, as some
might think; on the contrary, the big
guardian of the peace is anxious to
have them taken from his custody,
and says he will hall with delight any
Information that will lend to the iden
tity of the owner, or owners. How the
chief happened to gain possession of
the garments Is something like this:
During the fore part of the week,
some one with a mischievous or other
Intent, rnvlved the old game, once
known in common parlance as "Goose
berrying," and as a result, several
housekeepers awakening In the morn
ing were dlsagreably surprised to find,
Instead of the line of clothes they had
left out the night previous, only the
bare line, which flapped in the breeze
as though writhing at the housewife'B
discomfort and chagrin.
As soon us he was notified of the dep
redations, Burns, with his usual dil
igence, set to work to find out the
culprit and the missing raiment, and
lie was rewarded Wednesday for his
efforts by dtscoveringthe clothing, all
In a bundle, under the platform con
structed at the foot of Fourth street
for the use of the street cleaning de
partment. '
has large ears and Is in the silk at
present,
Blight hus struck the tomatoes aud
a givut many will lose all they have.
The hazel nut crop is heavy and the
boys and squirrels are having rustl
ing match to see which can get the
most of them.
Fred H. Burns is at Sellwood In
voicing a stock of goods for A. Clark.
The Kaylor and Herman clover
huller Is In this section. T. S. Stlpp
had his clover hulled Tuesday..
Miss Alice Moore returned from
Portland Suturday and her smiling
face Is In our midst once more.
Brother Molalla, will answer you
next week as the Golden Harvest is
crowding too much this week.
Miss Maud and Arthur Farr, of Or
egon City, are the guests of S. Wright
and family for a few weeks.
R. A. Wright has his barn about
completed and putting on the finishing
touches of paint.
James F. Nelsons barn Is finished
and painted.