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V T 27th YEAR. OREGON CITY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JANUARY 14, I9J0 No. 34 OREGO COURIER mr JUL JLL JJjL CLUB MAKES GOOD MOVES Work For New Year Be ing Planned Out WILL ASSIST GRANGES In Making State Meeting Best Ever Believes O. W. P. Should Lower Fare to Portland The Oregon City Commercial Olnb hold a speoial meeting at the club pnrlorB Monday evening at whioli t'ina the matter of a reduced fnre to Portl land over 'lie Portland Railwav Light and Power Company's Hues was taken op and various mutters of interest to the people ol Oregon and Clackamas county were put forward with the intention of baring some thing done that would benefit tin, city and county Meeting with 'the board of gover nors was .las. A. Koake, representing tlia Citizens' Improvement Club, and Attorney Lonergan of the railway company. It was the expression of the board that fieri should be a redaction in the fare aud a committee of five was appointed by 'President Thomas F. Hyan to take charge of the matter and oarry if to r pr conclusion. The commit e appointed was as follows: Messrs. Frank Busch, representing the Commercial Clubi A. :Knf;;;, city o nnoil; J. A. R ake.Civio CUo; K. S. Larson, citzms. and O V. Frederich, Hill Club, who will work with President Kvbu. The mutter lias beau placed entirely in too hands of this committee, and it is proposed that they call a rally meeting of the citizens of the city in the very near future so that au expression may be gained as to the desires of the publio along this line. It woe the opinion of those present at the meeting that the railwav com pany slionll reduce the tare toJ15 oents ona way, twelve and one-half by us iug the com'nnt ition tiokets, making a mta of 25 cents round trip, and the committee will work on this bHSis. It was also ordered at the meeting t at a committee of Ave be appointed by Prei ient Kyan to take up the matter of the meeting of the State Grange in tins city nxt spring, and work with the Granges of tiio'couuty in nuking it one of the niost, success ful sttto meetings ever held. The couioiittd on transportation re ported that upon request tho rnth ern Puo Ho Ry! Co. has changed their schedule and are now stopping the Silvertun local which had been mak ing regular firing trips through Ore gon uny. The fnnna! meeting of offio rs of the club w 11 be held Saturday, Jaiuiry 15. in the club rooms, a spread ha ing been prepared by the eiitertaiuiue it ccomtnittofor the oc caBion. ' WILLAMETTE VALLEY THE APPLE'S HOME Destined to Become Greatest Apple-Producing Section in the World Crop in the East Decreases While In the West It Increases W. If. Williamsou, secretary ot the OREGON CITY MAN GETS APPOINTMENT H. L. Kelly Accepts Fojiticn of Superintendent of Ar gentine Fisheries sate Hoard or Horticulture, gave an address before the Portlund Apple growers' Association at a rceeut date, at the Y. M. U. A. Mi. Willanisou slated that while the population of ttie united Mates is increasing at the rate of ii.OOO.OOO a eer the tendency for seveal years will bo for the apple crop of that port ot the country east of the Rocsy mountains to decrease, ihe speaker gave as his opinion that the Willamette valley will becotno the greatest apple-producing district in the world,, but that this will not oc cur "till tho tanners have awakeued to the vast possibilities and the right kind or applo raining communities have been started by growers who now right methods. Methods iu pple raising are revolutionizing, as is the rase in all kinds cf fanning "The bulk ot the apple crop will be produced west of the Rocky moun tains in the future; and there is no reason why we can not make Orogou tue loading apple-growing state in the Union If thin is done it will be because we ut.e our brains. We must continue to foim apple growing roiu muuities similar to iicod Kivor the district. There is no danger of too many apple trtes being planted, but on the contrary, the danger is that not enough will be planted. County Clerk's Report Deputy County Clerk William Mul vey oouip lod the following tabnla'ed. report of tho roconls of the cleik's onioe tor Clackamas county for the vear laOB: Total receipts. IS728.43. Murringe licenses, 87(1. Total number of cases instituted iu the circuifcuurt of ClackiiniHS connty wore 54(1 of which 8i'3 were divorce proceeding. Hunting 1 censes issued during year, N86. Fishing licences, 681. Number ot insane committed to the asylum, 19. 49 aliens declared their intention of btcoming citizens of the United States during tho year of 1909. James 0. D Enters Attachment Suit A suit I as beou entered by A. Cook, through his attorney, Eby, against the North Coast En graving Company, of Bellinghain ; W. A. Garrett and J l A? jChemey. also of Belli Ingham, for the sum of $1500 on. a promissory note, dated January 5, 1909, payable iu one year. with interest at 8 per cent trom that Hine to January 5, JDOi), and for at torney's fees and costs. An attioh ment on real property at Clackamas, whioli is owuod by ene of the' defen dants, has been made. . This property consists of one-half acre with resi dence and other buildings. , Frionds of H. Leighton Kelly will be pleased to learn of his success. Mr. Kelly of the United States Fish eries Commission, recentlr supeTin- teudent at Trail. Southern Oregon, lett Monday afternoon for Washing ton, at which place lie will sigu up a three yoars' contract with the Ar gentine Republic, South America, us superintendent - of the republo fish eries located at- Buenos Ayres. Mr. Kelly will then proceed to New York, from which pluce he will take the P. & O. liner for Liverpool, thence to Madrid, Sprt'n, mjd from whioli point he fails for his dcttiniitioTi in South Ameirca. Mr. Kelly is an expert fish dilturisr, having lung experience in this line during his superintendence on the Hogue river, and alto while connect' d with the United States hatoheries on . the Clackamas liver He will shin a lnrse supply of fi-h eggs from New York City to South American pom Is. - IS HEADED THIS WAY Portland Desires to tend Limits Ex- WILL FIND l)S AWAKE OREGON CITY WILL , WELCOME SETTLERS Should Profit by Mistakes of Others in Failing to Provide for Reception of ' Newcomers Meeting at Oak Grove Lets New Light on Talked cf Extension. Fare Re duction' Wanted Orezon City is in the limi light through tho whol East and is sur?ly attracting people from various quar ters o the globe. It now behooves our moneyed men to hoBin at mice to plau for tho t'ropor housing of all who might come here with a view of making this picturfsqrje little city their furture home Do not wait till rhnudreds have arrived aud are i hut up iu tents and burns like they ate in Albany and otlier cities in the valley Now is the time to make proper pro visions ior tho eastoru pooplo. Good Bill at Electric The lfllectric theatre was fortunate in the extreme whou they fe ured the tjueen Cicy Four, comedy s.etch artists and quartette, the voice of each being equally good aud soloists serving ot the uianv encores whioli they daily receive. Tho young come- aa, Kurtis Keene, is splendid in tho Wall Street Grafter," also his slang s uew and jokes fresh, "no chest nuts ' there. His Hebrew imnorsona tion is commendable, ami I bo illustra ted song by Jack Mitchell also is creditable. The Electrio's motion pictures are favorites as everv one is interested in tho American Biograph reels. Iu fact one will always be pleased with the bill at the Electric i TANTALUM V NEW ELECTRIC LAMP More Economical than Any Carbon Filament Lamp. CHEAPER, and MORE STURDY than the TUNGSTEN Can Be Used in Key Socket PORTLAND RAILWAY Ligft & Power Company 14? Seventh Street 'Clackamas county would be the loser by a number of thousands of ''ollari if a large number of Northern Clackamas county residents have their way. They would like to seo the city of.Porthud extended sourli to the ClackatuiHS river aud are making h very noticeable move to further their ideas along this line. It was formally announced to tho pulilio at the joint meeting ot the Gladstone, Oak Grove and Milwaukee Improve ment Ulubs hold at Oak Grve last Thut s ay. It was a very good meeting. Speeches on many subjects that con cerned the wellfare of all three clubs were listened to, aud many interesting tHlks were given. Tho meeting was opened by an ad dross on the " Rtdui tion of the car fare from Oak Grove io Portland, " by Mayor Streib ot Milwaukee and he was followed by un txeellent talk on "The eiinexatiou of all of CUckamas county north of the Olacknmas iher io Muituomah oouuty," by B. I.ee Paget of Oak Grove, who seemed to favor it. Thomas F. Kyun gave an intuietting undress and others who lollowed woie: Mrs. Stello Salis linrv, W. L. Lyon of Milwuukee; A. Bolsleu.l of -Milwaukee; Mr. Thresher, Mrs Thomas Gault of ularlstnn j K. V, Carter and . E. Cro8 of Glad srotie. During the evtiiing the guests were highly entertained by the Glad stone Male Quartet. At the bond of this grtat movement is B. Lee Paget, secretary of the Port laud Trust Company. Air. Pagot ins for Bevei ul years made his heme in Oak Grove, which lie would like to see in the city limits. He has enlisted in support of tho movemei t W. E. Thresher, editor of the Mil waukee News and an attorney of thut town. Mr. Thresher is compa'ativcly a newcomer to Clackamas county. The argument tor. tl.i annexation of noi them ClackaniHg county to Port land is found iu the assertion that the taxes in Multiiomah county are lower than in Cluckamis, and that the county roads of Multnomah are by tar the bettor. Because of tleetrio lines aud trims portation lates tl e txtrtmo northern portion of Clackamas county looks to Portland ns a trading point, and it is bound to cut considerable figure in the proposition Estncsda would like to see their town become the countv seat of a new county to be formed from the territory that is now liro posed to add to Multnomah, but this is not considered a reasonable) idea at this time on account of the sparsely settled condition ot that fortion of the oouuty and the compsratively'small value of taxable property It is pos si ti lo, however, that those poopie would support the movement to join the big city. No active campaign has yet been done, but another meeting of the promotion clubs of Oak Grove, Mil waukee and Gladstone will soon be held, when it is likely that definite steps will be taken to formnlate some plan to bring the whole sohoinn di rectly before the people. Interested, MILL TO RESUME OPERATIONS SOON Oregon City Mill and Lumber Company Organizes New Corporation The large plant of the Oregon City mill aim .,uiuoer uoiupany will re sume operations soon. Monday after noon there was a mooting of the stock holders m tho ollice of Latour frtte and Ijat-uure-liu, at which flnio resolutions were , passed authorizing tue issue oi nrty thousand dollars preferred siouk, to draw six pur cent interest per annum, said stock to be neliveied to the unseenrpd creditors iu lumps for the sume amount of their claims. There was also a clause iu the resolutions stating that no divi dends would be paid on the oouimou stock until the intent and principal of the preferred stock had all been paid. At this nieonng a new corpora tion was orgauizeu witti omoers as follows: President, Goo. W. Bowen of Portland; vice president, J, V. Moftett of Uregou City. The new di rectors chosen wero J. W. Motfett, Goo. W. Bowen, W. L. Bnwm, It. G. Baker, E. W. Barns. Messrs. Baker and tSnniB hold the largest lumps of preferred stock. TEACHERS PREPARE FOR THE INSTITUTE Will Be Held at Clackamas Jan. 22, and Many Will Attend Questions of Vital Interest to All Who Are Interested in Educational Work Will Be Discussed BRIDGE AT GLADSTONE Much Needed to This City Help MACHINERY WILL START HUMMING L. Gill Purchases Local Furni ture Manufacturing Plant lhe program for the second local toaci.er s institute, which will he given in tho ClHck-.uiHs school house, lanuary ?2, is 1ih following : Th "iveititlcate of TeHOner. " Ansi Winn, Of Hiirmonv: "The limlv rrograin."U K Kauis . y of New Era Upeuing Exercs s ami How to Tend ynotations" Mis. Emilv 0. Shnw ot Milwaukee ; pr.ik.ram byiheCinoka mas schools; ' How Mnch Atieniion Should bo Uiven to the Practical Education," T. P. Kendall ot West Uregou City; "Soi ool Exhib ts the Uouuty Kan," a. H. Eccles of iantiy. The address of Prof. Kou dall is the most vital question thii is up for cousi lo-atii n at this ilutp and is one succested hv (loimtv School Suuerintcndent (J.irv. Mm-ii aifonssion is expected on this snbiect, Hub will be an unusually instructive and interesting program and a huge nueuuiince is expected. OSCAR D. EBY The Oregon City Furniture Manu facturing Company chautied hands last week, jj. Gill purcha-ing the lutertst ot a. U Oswald who has owned the pi nit for some years. Tue new com pany intends to install much niachiu- oiy and place the plant on a compet itive basis, witii 'the lactones of the Hiud throughout the country enlarg ing aud muling now machinery as tho iiuhiiiots may demand. Hpucial attention will be given to tho manufacture of i.ll kinds of mill ion woik fir inside timshing, the production of which wilt bo always kept iu htock in quantities that will insure the umldeis a sure place to obtain what they desire on short no tice for the construe. ion of louses and all remodelling. It is the inten tion of the uew company to also en ter the field in the manufacture of various kinds of furniture, and iu ibis connection it is very obvious that tuoy will be successful, as the plants of ih s 1'iud are very scarce in the west aud the demaudf are continually growing. Tho outlook for 1910 is very promis iug and alre.idy ordurs have been ob tained that will keep the mill in op eration lor some time. X v. Sixteen year a resident of Clackamas county The Courier's choice for County Judge, an4 a man fit. for the place, i THE COMET AND HOWELL ROAD SUPERVISORS FOR CLACKAMAS Early Closing Suits People i There is no good reason why all tho shopping cannot bu done before six p. m. and give the merchant bh opportunity to enjoy a few hours in the evening with their families. The movement was start id within the past week here in Uregou Uity and is meer itig with suo'oss, as all fie stores are closing at six o clock p. in. except Saturdays and "Buy davs" and the peopl find they can get along just 'as well for that spool of thread or a pack, age of needles until the next morning. Tax Levy Announced Tho county court of Clufkflims county has announced the tax lovy for the year of 110 to bo tho sime as thai of last, 14 mills in all, but the genera1 fund is cut to .To of a mill, as against a little better than 2 nulls last vear while the f-tate and the school tax re mains practically the same. Knough was added to the road and bridge tax to nffHot the decreaso iu the general fund, bringing it up to a total of 7.81 mills for this purpose. The bal ance of the appropriations is ri'vtdoil as follows State tax, 2' mills and the school fund receives 8.15 mills, or enough to m.iki the total of 14 null in a I. The total value ot assessable P'oporty of the comty as compiled by County Assessor, J E Jack in nearly $."00,000 less than that of last year being $22,087,000 as attainst $2i.500,0)0 in lDld). The reason assigned for this tact is that last vear thousands of acres of timber land was assessed as such which have giuce been returnncd to the government and are therefore now exempt. Scientists claim Halloy's comet will give the facitic coast a close brush tins year ou May 18, between th hours ot lour and ten o dock p. ui and the brush will bo somotlnng spec tucnlar. lhe earth will then pass through tho lust of the 20,000,000 mile tail of the celestial visitor and the result ought to be as dazzling a piece of tiro w rm as this generation has ever wit nessed. Promiiiont with the early settlors of i tregou was Josiah Howell, who with his wife Iihs resided at Caueuiah for the past 46 years. Mr. Howell is among the tetv men of Oregon, who well remember the app.arauoe of Hal- ley's couiot in 18:id. At that t:me he was a boy of.ubout six yuars in Co lumbus, Ohio, lie tays the comet was unusuiil in size and hnghtnostt, aud resembled a rainbow, but with a long tail, seemuigly close to the earth. When it was hint teou the ground was covered with snow, and the lefloctiou 1 1 oai that great heavenly body ou the white matitlu was marvel-jus to behold The women iu the town where Mr, Howell s l aioottf resided thought tue end of the world had come aud made ready for douth. They opxected the snow to turn to oil and the tuil of the comet to reticii the earth and set it alire, aud were greatly wrought up. Jr. Howell says the comet appeared every night lor a lung time, and eveiyoiiii looked for it. He also re- lueuihei's the lall of the Btars, ' when too heavens wore illuminated by thousands of meteors, whioli also frightened people by tho thousand. Witu tho (jcgtuuiug of the new year Mr. Ho oil lias junt rounded out too lKhty-llrst year of a strenuous life, and recalls uiuuy inieresting Inci dents (in.i epoch making features in toe nation's history. Four New Districts Are Added. Some Appointments Arc Yet to Come Interesting Men's Meeting Last Sunday evening a special meet ing worthy of note was that of tho inon's meeting at the Cougrcgat'otiHl church. The mooring was carried out under the instructions of the officers of the biotherhood. E. f Avisoutook charge of the services, assisted by W. W. U. Miller. Kev. Uakloy preached au aide sermon, aud together with a chorus ot men s voices assisted by James Willock, violinist. The meeting, which w attended by a large congregation, was of thorough nterest aud full of instruction and followed along the line of the. better- nieut of in Ji in the duily walks of life. . The Claokamas countv court has se loctel lhe uew road Minervit-org. Kour new d stri U have heeu addu iu ilistict Wo 10, liBtucrtMa, Mutter tiuufllu h 8 been aiijjiiiineil to suco ed Arohie Yixuui In the L gm dis trict, Fred Ger. or is sui ceodod bv Jositph Gilt. Leu n do i Al ,tt on suc ceeds Mux lell'oid m tie eleii niuh district, and J. .. Mal.ett i-. tic ap pointee a. M l no, iu i lee ut John faino. Xn tue Marks fiaira B.-ul lull. George Uglesby has Imbu num. d to succeed K. VV. Znumcnn n. In dis- tirot No. 27, L. K Murqu ,m bus beon sucoi od d bv L, N. Jones. turicnt, in diitiict N". lift, J, D. Jones has beeu appo nr. d to su coed 0 II. Ed wards. In oistiict lNo. 45, ihoniiiH Ostrowski suooeeds S. Il inderson, In distrior No. 40, at ti n too. Slier- mau Lynns tai.es tho place of Curl J. Hanson, and lnd sm it Wo 41, G. it. Woo.lle lias boon unpointed in place of A. J. Kitzmillor. W. 1. Mumpower has ba. n uniuc.d iu place of Dan Wait- at St.iue. J. ti. Si. for, who is named as supervisor of the iiuwly creatoi disiBlict, No. 61, was formerly super visor of disti let No. J, which has heeu divided. The following district an poiutinetiis have mit yot been unde: Nos. 8, 35 and 4:J riio supervisor in these di-irtots during ttie last ear wore: Duvid Donglis, in No. 8; J. w. aiuiiii. in jmo. o, niid Steve IJjng- las, iu No. 4! Tho appointments folio: No. 1. W. II. Oouuaull; No. 2, W. B. We.zlor; No.8, Henry t'rogo; No. 4, O. 15. Linn; No. 5, 0. M Concluded on Page 8 OLD ONE IS UNSAFE lime at Hand When Some Move Should Be Made to Arouse More Local , Interest It is high time snmetlrng whb done in Oregon City in refer. uoe to the new movemouts that are appear ng to menace thew. Ifate of the city. The apparent encroachment of our -leieh-bors ou either baud aud the evil effect that might come from the movements that are b ing brought forward by various factions through the countv. The inatttr has been forcibly brought to the attentiou of the cuiztns very rooontly by the movement of the people throughout the -northern end oftheoiunty to take trotn Clackamas oouuty all that protiou h ing north of the Clackamas liver, aud add it to -a largo metrop olis that is reaching ont to grasp all that iB in sight, and thin some, it is a well ouueenod fact that to lose the neither . portion of the oouuty wonl.l mean a great loss to this county, as it woulu leave the count? stat theu m the extreme noith ot the portion thut remauiR. It wonld only be a matter of time when there would be a snuggle to retain the oouutv seat and paihaps Caulvy would be able to realize what she has lung wished for, the removal of the county seat to a convouii'iit place within her: limits. Be that far fctuhed or m t. it is mute true that there would he efforts in- uumorahle to transfer the headquart ers of the county to a more central location. There have been many remedies prooosed to flauk those moveuieuis but none sohhi to take sufficient holt on the publio to caiiBf auy effort in any din ctiou, and we drift Mlong just as if foitlaud were still a little two-by- four, aud that juBt because we wero planted hero and that for tiie mist titty years oven thing has run aloug smoothly, and thut no one has taken the trouble to say "Get out of my way," is Jittle or no reason why the cord is not liable o snap at auy time aud let the trap lath ihero is oue thing dead sure, if Oregon City does not aunex Glad stone, Portluud will. If the prouer faeiliti.s tor direct travel were at the oommand of our uelghborinu Ctiautauqu i city, that would put IJhor into direct communication with Uro- non Uity thoro is little doubt hut that lior people would rojoiM in the movement for expansion, but with mi interest Bhowu iu the direct ion. what an we expect? The brldue aoross the Clackamas river connecting Park pla.e and Gladstone is positively a menace to the traveling publio and liahle to go down with any vo- ucltj that crosses it. Then too it is ov. r a mile out ot tho way and to o low the proseut roadwav people iu that community desiring to come to iregou Otty must needs travel about to fame distance that would take li'in nea ly to Milwaukee. This uiitter can be adjnstei as lor as c ti ering some in luoeuiouts to the people tro.ii tlmt sootiou. by the construction of a now biidgo across tho Clacka mas at or uear tho O W P. Iri Igu. Now to say: "It Glidstone nooiile want that brig go, lot tlidu build it" Is not meeting t ie doinnutiB of the Address to. Students Wednesday morning Connty .Tudue Grim'- ii.'Dimirk addressed the us- semhlv of the Oregon C ty high tchool on " Education and Taxhticn." In his discourse he gave the studi.iits a very thorough explanation of the city, county an 1 stile, tax methods, and also g ve a verv able talk on educa tion. Such taliis are interesiing and instruct' e and tho school hoard should arrange to have them , more often. Concluded on page 8 AN IMPORTANT ' COUNCIL MEETING An important meeting of the city ouucil was hel I Monday evening for the nnrnosi of obtain uu choaoor rates tot th" hio lights in Oieuou C tv. It s expi ctod i hat with the ending of tho pre-ent contract in Juno, a new ontrnct will bo drawn up at tue Hoithuid prices. This has been prom- sed by the Portland Railway, Linlit and Power Company, and will save the o'ty from li.xty to eighty-tlve cents on a light por mouth. The company l-o ordored the placing of new pr les in pluce ot tho old ones which are to be removed. At last meeting of the council, a petition was huuiled iu from many busiiin-wj, ineu ot Oregon City and vicinity, asking for an "improved street hading to the railroad siding ou Center and 10th streets. The commit tie reported Moinlav night tliBt the Souttiorn Pacific Company would commence the construction of a IU loot gravel street, betwoon 14 and Ifi street along Center. Work will b,pgin immediately. The rest of the meeting ev.ning was spent iu discuss ing the umoudiuout to the otty oharter, whioli will be voted on at a speHul election held in February. The clauses wore carefully gone ovr and each councilman instructed in their different phrases and a publicity campaiun will be commenced at a near date. New Bank in Oregon City It is rumored that the Austrian element is conn to start a bank in Ore gon Ci'y. The information came from Mat Justin, proprietor of the Mount Hood saloon, who stated that Joseph Kraker r-f Sao Francisco was in the city and looked the proiiosition tp, and reported very favorably on it liaker is the San Francisco represen tative of Frank Torek, the Chicago Au-trian millionaire, who has banking interests in both Chicago and San Fraucisco. It was just recently that a new bakery was ettubl'g' ed by the ftttctrians. of which nationality there ii quite 001007 In Oregon City. TOO MANY FIOIITS We believe that it is quite unneces sary to havediuukeu tights and brawls on our stro ps o iriiers every few days and we further believe it to be entire ly the fault of our day police force that this disgusting thing is premitto.l to continue. Thoro has recently been throe or four such oci-uianccs which lasied in each instance anywhere from t-u minutes lo half an hour, and that too with the red light calling the at tention of the ofTlcors of the oity, bat without surcesi. The matter should come befoie the council and the ofli-cers.-lioulil be told thoirdaty. if this ijiw not hln-a ly boon done. Get 'em up ou "the carpet" a few times. It nifght help matters if that do, g no have the df sired effect, well there's another remedy, Why Not Be Comfortable A general invitation is extended to visit the Rest Room, secoitd floor Masonic Temple. Warm and comfortable. Take the elevator. All the late papers and magazines. This has been provided by the peo ple of Oregon City through the efforts of the Woman's Club Not only a welcome, but an urgent request is Sf nt broadcast thr mghout the county to make your self at home in these beautiful quarters when you are in Uregnn City. t