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ft & cour: OREGON CITY, OREGON. FRDAY. MAY 6. 1910 No. 48 27th YEAR. CI ... .-Y i i 1 GRANGE TO BE ENTERTAINED In Oregon City May 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th 3TTH ANNUAL SESSION Degree Work, Banquets, Ad dresses and Elaborate En tertainments Will Be ' Order of the Day The 87th annual general sessirfn of the Oregon State Grange will convene in Oregon City, Tuesday. May 10, 11, 13 and 13, in the circuit oourt room. Seven or eight hundred are expected to be guests of our city during the session of the Grange. The Commer cial Club is preparing to entertain these people so they will go to their respective homes with pleasing mem ories of Oregon Oity and its people. It will be necessary for the people of Oregon Oity to open up their homes us the Bleeping accommodations in our hotels are inadequate for such a lai'gd crowd. Arrangements will doubtless be made o show the visi tors through our extensive mills. The first day, Tuesday, will be de voted to organization, and reports of committees. In the evening there will be an elaborate entertain uieut and reception at - Shively's Opera House. Dr. W. E. Carll will deliver the address of welcome. -Austiu X. Buxton, master ot the state Orange, will deliver the response, alter which some of the best talent from the pub lio schools will highlv entertain the visitors. Tlie same - evening will be presented the farce, "The Rough Dia mond, " which was put on here by local talent a few weeks ago and en joyed by a large crowd. This -will be one of the attractive ftatures of the evening. , Wodnesday will be devoted to re ports 6f the cominitees and other im portant business, the evening will be takeu up with lecture work of whioh there is a great deal at this session. Thursday will be a continuation of the business of the Grange. In the evening the Bixth degree will be con ferred upon about 100 candidates in Masonic Temple, followed by a Grange bauqnet in the banquet hall. Friday will be devoted to closing the busiuess of the session. The Commercial Club have extend ed privileges of club rooms to all vis iting Gran pers. , , . ' Death of Joseph H. Boring JoseDh H. Boring died Thursday, April 28, at his home in Boring, at the age of 80 years. He was the founder of the town of Boring on the Caz-dero branch of the Portland Rail way Light & Power Company. He is PORTLAND RAILWAY Lights Power Company NEW HIGH SCHOOL FOR OREGON CITY Work of .Construction Will Commence as Soon as Vo ters Authorize Issue of Bonds On Tuesday, May 24. Oregon City will vote on the question of issuing 140,000 in bonds for the purpose of constructing a high school in the cen tral part of the city. There is no doubt but that the proposition will be nearly unanimously agreed to. The new bnildina is to have 12 rooms and an assembly room large enough to seat 1000 stndents. As soon as me propo sition is favorably acted upon by the voters the work of eonstruotion will mmediately commence in order to have the new building leady for occu pauoy at the fall term. Printers WhrThird Came Sunday morning oocurred the third i Kn.a a n 4 viffiifara unA fhn hnrhara uai urxn aiiu ,j " - - - fell down on a score of 10 to 3. The two previous games were coin won oy ..i... in.un..a n,i.l alflmorli Alia niMnJnra bore their defeat well they were doubly Jubilant over the outcome ot the last gare. The teama were plaoed p . . . as follows : Printers Barbers c Sheahan Hammond p Miller Sherwood L. Beard Morarity lb 2b 8b 88 If Ct rf Mack Quinn -Bray Miller Hammond Rakel Nobel Kelly Riches Kenner Schram . Sinnott Braendel H. Beard State Sunday School Convention lit. and Mrs. E. N. Brock of Clear Creek were delegates from that dis trict to the convention held in Port land April 26-7-8 at the White Temple. There were present 650 delegates rep resenting 83 counties of Oregon. During the session there were read greetings from the Inland Empire and California which greatly pleased those in attendance. The delegates were prominent in many respeots, some being very influential business men, and many were pastors ot the different churches, 58 superinten dents and 84 pastors. The motto ohosen was "Vision, Vigor and Victory. J. W. Lewellyn of Spririgwater was another Clackamas county delegate to the convention. The rotten plank on the bridge over Aberuathy creek renders passage for pedestrians very dangerous. Unless speedily remedied thcie is liable to be a serious accident in that vicinity. survived by the following children: Mrs A. K. Mulligan, Ross, Edward and Dix Boring. The funeral was held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Methodist church at Beaverton. TANTALUM NEW ELECTRIC LAMP More Economical than Any Carbon Filament. Lamp. CHEAPER and MORE STURDY than the TUNGSTEN Can Be Used in Key (Socket 14? Seventh Street NEW COMPANY WILL DE VELOP BIG OIL FIELDS Great Machinery for Clear Creek District is Loaded . for Shipment WILL BEGIN DRILLInTwITHOUT DELAY r Expert Opinion Unanimous in Decision That Geological Indications at Stone All Point to Excellent Oil Prospects. The most promising of all undevel- oped resonroes of Claokauias County is the oil and gas that appears to be stored in inexhaustible quantities in the neighborhood of Stone. Ex perts who have examined this field de clare that oil and gas in plenty will be found if a well is souk deep enough to explore the lower measures. For years geologists state and natiou'al have repeatedly called attention in official reports to the fact the geo logical history and conditions pointed strongly to the existence of oil and gas in the Willamette VaHey. Apart from this there were many evidences apparent to the eye and understanding of laymen. Oil seepages have been numerous in low places and at points where the action of running water had laid bare occasional outcroppings ot oil sand and rock. Vegetation indigenous to oilbearing formation is fonnd in various plaoes. Natural gas has been frequently en countered, while the water in many wells smelied and tasted so strongly of petroleum as to be unfit for domes tic or Harm use, and nowhere in the Willamette valley will be found as good indications aa those in the neighborhood of " Stone, praotically adjacent to Oregon City. The geo logy of this Held, the opinion of skilled and oompetent men and the numerous pronounced indications of oil and gas found here all tend to con firm the belief of the parties who are just entering upon the development of these resonroes that their efforts will be rewarded with success. Sur face indications and seepages suoh as are found in this field have been found in every large oil and gas fie'd yet flionnvBTfid and are the most con vincing proofs known to science or experience of the existence of oil and gas deposits. It ,18 siaiea mac me formation of this section strickingly resembles that of the great oil and gas fields of the East and South. An extract from the report, of George I. Adams, the noted geologist, found in bulletin 184, series A, issued by the United States government relativo to the oil and ' gas fields of Louisiana, Northern Texas, Indian Territory and Kansas is. as experts advise, almoBt an exact statement of the conditions found in the Clear Creek field. He nays: "That the shales give evidence of the presence of organic matter in great abundance at the time of their deposition. The burying of this matter and its subsequent de composition under nover of the un derlying sediments and the continental seas is regarded as having produced oil and gas. The reservoirs in which the products were received were sand stone and more porous beds. Where these outcrop on the surface they Dot infrequently give off an odor whioh suggests oil. Gas springs and seeps were noted by the early explorers and were ooubidered indications of valu able deposits of petroleum. These oo ourrences represent surface leakages." It is said tat history has a habit of repeating itself. Confirmation of this Baying is found by comparing the tacts which lead up to the develop ment of the southern and southwestern oil and gas fields of the United States and the facts which inspired the pres ent development of the oil and gas re sources of this field. In these fields oil and as seepages were for years noted upon th surface The same is true in the Clear Creek oil basin and the forma'ion in this field. De velopment of the oil and gas resources of the Willamette valley nave never vet been attempted on a large scale, but it is the firm belief of everyone acquainted with the conditions that a field second to noue in the United States will be opened in this valley, The development .of these resonroes near Stone will bring thousands of people of larao capital to Oregon Oity and Clackamas county and result in an iudustrial growth which can haid ly be imagined. Gas and oil made some of the largest and wealthiest cities of the East. It is now doing the same thing in the South, and history will repeat - itself here. The history of the gas and oil fields of the East, South and Southwest is the history ot stupen dous development linked with the ao oumulation .ot large fortunes. It is unnecessary "to state that gas and oil JENNINGS LODGE DOINGS By Our Special Mr. and Mrs. Emmons entertained Mr. and Mrs. John Hagauey of De troit Michigan, on Sunday at their home on the Willamette and in the evening enjoyed a launch ride to Mil waukee, and Mr. and Mrs. Hagauey returned from there by car to Port land. Mr. and Mrs. Wni. Ross of Vancou ver, Washington, are spending a few days at their son's oottage at this place. It is Mr. Koss' first visit at the Lodge and he was accompanied by Reginald, who attended school here last year. Miss Bronte Jennings attended the wedding ot Miss Margaret Waten pamrli to Mr. 8. McDonald on Wednes day evening of last week, at the home of Rev. and Mrs. R. O. Blaokwell in Oregon City, Mrs. P. D. Newell, who underwent a surgical operation at the Good Sa maritan liospiiai, in uuiiig very uitoij which her friends will be pleased to hear. . A bright little baby boy arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. Wilcox on Wednesday morning, April 37th. The members of the Grace Chapel met on Wednesday evening and eleot ed the officers for the ensuing year. Mr. Isiah Bhenefleld was the new trustee elected and the officers for the school during the coming year are Mrs. H. C. Painton as superintendent ; Rev. Shupp as assistant and Helen M. Puinfon Hnoratarv: Mr. G. D. Board- man as treasurer ; and A. F. Russell as librarian; Miss Scripture as organ 1st ... Rev. ShuDD preached his last ser mon of the conference year on Sao lav. Mv 1st. and on Tuesday depart nri fnr Monmouth where the general conference of the Evangelical church will he held. Mrs Emmons was one of the judges at the Women's Olub in Oregon Uity, where the subject for debate was, "Resolved, that women are governed more bv sensibilities than sense, Mm. Emmons is a member of this irfill known Oregon City Club. Mr. and Mrs. Boardman of Hood River are visiting with the former' rmrHiits. G. D. ttoardmao ana wire Thf-v excenet to move in their new home at Gladstone as soon as their goods arrive. The National Realty Co. office was removed on Monday to make room for a new store building at this plae. The acreage known as the Dr. Spin ney place is soon to be plotted and will be known as 4he Vaniermeer Park Addition after present owner of tract. Miss Felix of Oak Grove and Mrs. Painton visited at the Bladen home near Gldston" on Monday. Mr. Alex Gill is building a work house and sleeping apartments for his help during the brickmaking season. Alfred Livingston of Risley was a vinitor at the Jennings Lodge school from Clackamas county will find a great market right here in Oregon, and especially oan a market be fonnd for sufficient quantity of gas to pay dividends on many millions of dollars Praotically every town ot importance in Indian Territory, Eastern Kansas, Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania is heated and lighted by natural gas. Chicago and other cities are supplied from the Indiana fields and gas is piped to Kansas Oity and St. Louis trom a distanoe of 70 miles. For several months the Home Oil & Gas Oo. have had oompetent and ex- . : j : I i ...... ....... s !,,. periUHUUOU Ul auu t$ao lucu m Clear Creek field making oarefnl and exhaustive exaniinatoiiB into geological conditions as well as surface indica tions and the result of these investiga tions tended so strongly to indicate the .presence of a rich and extensive oil and gas field that the company decided to undertake the develop ment In a thorough and systematic manner. The best machinery obtain able has been pruohased by this com nftiiv and 1b now being installed on the Louis Vierhus plaoe, about five miles east of Oregon City. This oom oanv. which really is the first to put in large machinery and undertake the development; oi me gas nuu un re souroes of the Willamette Valley on a largo soale. is composed of men who "do things. " The members of the oomnanv are verv oonfldent that oil and eas in great quantities will be en oounterea. in ineir mm wen. vvuuu . t, 1. i. ,, 1ITI sneaking of Drosoeots. Mr. Vierhus. the seoretary of the oompany, said : "Ouroomuanv has great faith in this field being a big producer i if we did not think so we certainly wouia not invest so much money in nia ohinery and prospeot work. We know there is oil in the now in auunuanoe, and if money and patienoe will get it, we will find it." The big maohine and boilei were loaded out of Portland Tuesday and will be on the ground by Thursday. The maohinery will be in place and connected up and aotual drilling will be in progress next week. The maohinerv has several new improve menti and is one of tne heaviest and most oomplete outfits ever shipped in to an oil field. Correspondent on Tnesdav. Mr. Willie: Spauldiug oi seuwooa spent Sunday with his unole, Mr, Alex Gill and was renewing old ao quaintanoes among their Lodge friends. Mr. and Mrs Rickets and family of Portland and Mr. and Mrs. Holden of Selwood have visited at the Wiloox home daring the week. Miss Morse entertained the Owls at her home on Wednesday of last week in a most delightful manner. Cards and various amusemenis took np the evening and were thoroughly enjoyed by the twelve guests present. The sooial and musical held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Painton Thursday evening was a decided suc cess in every way. ninety people oame to hear the fine mnsioal program which whs carried out and enjoyed themselves with the sioial games which had been planned for the even ing. In the drawing contest Mr. W. L. Haberman drew a very lifelike pig and received the prize which was very suitable for the occasion. The baby picture of O. P. Morse received the most votes and captured the rattle box. The Painton home was very prettily decorated with carnations, fillies and sweet peas. The white carnations were used in the dining room where refreshments were served. A free will offering of eighteen dol lars was received which will be used for the benefit of the Grace Chapel. A number were present from Oregon City, Gladstone and Milwaukee. Fol lowing is the program: Piano solo, Helen Painton; vocal solo, Victor Gault of Gladstone : piano solo, Ma ble Sladen; whistling solo, Harold Swafford, Oregon Oity ; reading, Hen rjr Tozier; vocal solo, Miss Morse; piano solo, Mis Edna Westerfield ; vo cal solo. Miss Betzel, Oregon City. Mr. and Mrs. George Morse and Miss Carrie Scripture left on Saturday for Hillsboro where they will visit at Mountain Dale, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Schawandres, former Iowa friends. Mr. Oscar Hnintz of Portland was a week end guest at the home of Kdson Downing. Mr. A. S. Disbo of Nashvil'e, Ore gon, was an over night visitor at the home OI Jnr. ana uirs. juorse on x uei day evening. Musical Entertainment There will be a musical entertain ment May 17, 1910, at the Woodman hall, under the auspices of the Baptist Philatheas. who are educating a sru dent io training school in Chicago for missionary work. The musical will be under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Dei Lares. Admission 25 cents, children IS cents. Prorgam will be announoed la the next issue of the Courier. TEACHERS' MEETING , ATMACKSBURG Proved to Be Very Interesting. Good Addresses by Prof. Friel, A. A. Baldwin and Supt. Gary Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather the largest number of parents and children ever assembled in Claokamas oounty In attendance at a teachers meeting was that of the one held at Maxburg Saturday. Prof. Freil of the Barolay school spoke upon the subject of socializing our public sohools. This was Mr. Freil's first talk before the teachers of Clackamas countv. His address was full of good thoughts and was well received by the teachers and people. A. A. Baldwin spoke upon tne rela tion of the countv fair to our publio sohools. Mr. Baldwin thinks that publio sohools Bhould take a live in terest J n the county iaxr ana tnat oy so doing much greater interest could be aroused in sohoolwork. A lengthy program was furnished by the pupils of the schools. The young roiks ao quitted themselves very well. Super intendent Gary explained tlie runa law very satisfactorily. The people present seemed to think it would be erecellent for the oounty" and for Maoksbnrg in particular. WELLKN0WN MAN OF MOUNTAIN VIEW Succumbs to Death After Ah Illness for Several Weeks Duration The death of F. L. Maok occurred at his home at Mountain View Satur day morning, after au illness of sev eral weeks' duration. Mr. Mack came to Oregon in 1885 and has since re sided there and made many friends who will loam with sorrow of his 111- nessaud death. He was a native of Ohio and served with the union army during the Civil war. Besides his wife, he ib survived by five children : U W. Mack, of Dnrur : A. JJ. Maok, of Grant connty, Wash, i M. B. Maok of Portland ; L. R. Maok and Miss Alma Maok of Oregon City. The funeral services wore conducted Monday afternoon at the family resi denoe, and was largely attended by many friends. Interment was in the family plot in Mountain View oeme' tery. Rev. Blaokwell of the M. E. church conducted the funeral services. Many and beautiful were the floral tributes and nnnuralng and conifortlng-weTe the words rand scripture which Rev, Blaokwell presented to the bereaved family and friends. "LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE" An Article on the Opportuni ties of the Willamette Val-' ley by a Courier - Reader Without wishing to doubt any olaim mede by Eastern Oregon boomers re garding the advantages ot that section as a farming and fruit producing country would it not be well for any one contemplating a change of resi dence to carefully look over the ground and see for themselves if any thing was to be gaiued by removal to that locality. The Willamette valley oannot be surpassesd by any country on earth for general farm and fruit products. It is well watered, heavily timbered, the finest of soil, and irri gation is unnecessary. As good fruit can be raised in the Willamette val ley, and right here in Clackamas county for that mattor, as in any part of the state. Eastern Oregon will un doubtedly be rapidly settled up. New towns will spring into existence as the railways advance, business houses will be established, and there will no doubt be many opportunities for home seekers to better their condition. Eastorn papers are toll of advertise ments setting forth the wouderf ul ad vantages of that bection. Minnesota capitalists have invested several mil lion dollars in farming and timber lands in the country about to be opened up. They intend to plaoe these lands upon the market as soon as surveys can be made. Inquiries by the thonands are being almost daily made at the land departments or the various routes and the probabilities are that before fall settlers will be pouring into the new country at uie rate of thousands daily. If the census enumerators wore required to ask all the people they called upon how many of them were satisfied with their location and business how mai.y of them would be willing to admit that they were? As a rule tlie Amer ican people are a nation of rovers. They are constantly changing loca tionsometimes for the better but more often for the worse So when yon read in the papers the alluring announcements of the wonderful ad- vantages of some other locality would it not be wen to bbk yourseii if von had not better let well enougn alone? There are thousands ot acres of unfilled land in the Willamette valley and it can be had at very reas onable pnoes. It is olose to the great markets, and to anyone expecung w make their living from tlie products of the soil no better location can be found, Da II Now Now is the time to get rid of yonr rheumatism. .You can do so by apply ing Chamberlain's Liniment. Nine cases oat of svery ten are simply mus cular rheumtism due toxoid or damp, or chronic rheumatism, and yield to the vigorous application of this lini ment Trv it. You are certain to be delighted with the quick relief whioh it aflords. bold dj Jones Drug uo. COMMERCIAL CLUB APPOINTS Representatives to Attend Rose Festival AT PORTLAND JUNE 6-11 Committees to Furnish Data For U. S. Engieers in Re gard to Clackamas Rapids and Locks Members of the Commercial Club are busy taking up and will try to be represented in the Rose Festival in Portland in June. Ueorge utiuccnin, secretary of the Ros Festival Associ ation was in Oregon City Monday evening to confer with the Commer cial Club board of governors witn a view to inducing Oregon City to have a float in one of the parades, wnion was referred to the publloity depart ment ot the club. . At a recent meeting business of great importance was takenup. Com mittees are being appointed to furnish data for the United States engineers for the improvements of the Will amette Clackamas oounty rapids and improvement of or new looks in Or egon Oitv. At a Fourth of July committee meeting of the Oomnieraial Olub re cently an exeoutive oommittee of three membeis, J. W. Cole, E. T. Fields and O. D. Eby, were appointed. This oommittee will appoint sab-committees to formulate and execute a - plan for a big celebration. AGED CITIZEN FOUND LYING UNCONSCIOUS Near the Bridge by Barclay School House. Death Due to Paralysis Mr. PursifuL an aged man, was found lying unconscious near the bridge leading to the Barclay school house, Thursday morning. Those who found the man notified Night Oflioers Cooke and Shaw, who brought him to the office of a physoian, and it was found that he had been stricken with paralysis. The plaoe where the elderly man fell is dark, and be had been lying., in the aully. nearly .all . night before he wris foil u J. His head was badly oat from the fall lie had re ceived, causing his death Tuesday, May 8d,at his home in this oity. The funeral took place Thursday at 2 p. m. from the First Baptist Church, Rev. S. A. Uayworth officiating. Inter- uient was made in Mountain View Cemetery. Mr. ruroiial was born in tne state of Kentucky in 1859, coming to Ore gon in 1871, where he has sinoe resid ed. The deoeasod came to Oregon with his parents and sisters, Mrs, Margaret Menfro ot Eugene and Mrs. Lydia Crooks of Albany, who are also dead and two sisters living, Mrs. Nancy Morgan ot Wilsonville, Wash., and Mrs. Judith Johson of Waitsbarg, Wash. THRESHERMEN WILL HOLD CONVENTION In Albany June 2-3, 1910. Pro gram Partly Prepared. Will Entertain Dele gates Royally Partial program of the seoond an nual convention of tlie Oregon Thresh ers' Association, Albany, Ore., Jane 3-8, 1910: Thursday, June Snd -Registration of members at Convention Hall daring morning hoars. Convention called to order at 1 p. m. br William H, Fletcher, president. Prayer, Rev.F. H. Gflselbracht, First Presbyterian church. Address ot welcome, mayor of Albany. Response, .President Win. H. Fletcher, McMinuville. Address, Hon. Frank W. Benson, Governor of Oregon. Good roads address, Hon. Benj. F. Heidel, department of good roads, U. b. department or .agricul ture. "The utilization of gasoUna power," Hon. Pnilip S. Rose, Madi son, Wis., editor Gas Review. Evening ; Session "Experiences With the Threshermen, " Lee Hardin, field superintendent The Russell Wind Stacker Co., Indianapolis, Ind. "Marketing Wheat on Four Legs," Hon. D. O. Lively, Portland, Oregon, general agent Portland Union Stock Yards Oo. Friday, June 8 'Meeting convenes at 9 a. m. Report of secretary and anneal election. "The Production of Good Seed," Prof. H. D. Soudder, Agronomist Oregon Agricultural Col lege. At 13 o'clock the delegates will assemble on the .lawn of tlie Linn oounty courthouse, as guests of tbs Commercial Club ;of Albany, to participate in a banquet to be served by the club. This will be the most unique spread ever lururalieu a Threshermen's Convention in the United btates. The wives and daugh ters of the. Linn county threshermen will assist tlie Commercial Club n kseping the self-feeders busy. Hon. J. N. Duncan, county judge of Linn connty, will address the banquet. Following the banquet. at Conven tion Hall an accounting system of the threshermen. Prof. J. A. Bexell, Oorvallis, Oregon,, dean of school ot commerce, Oregon Agricultural College. "Why I Oame," (Unnle Silas), B. B. Clarke, Madison, Wis., publisher The American Thresherman. Qastion box to be establised during the convention and opened at that Concluded on page 8