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cour: OREGON CITY. OREGON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 12. 1910 No10 28th YEAR. OREGON II JDK ANTLER HERD ft AT CLAM BAKE Oregon City Elks Enjoy Trip to Seaside CLAMS FOR A DOLLAR Report Enjoyable Time in the Salt Water and in Private Car About twenty members of Oregon City Lodge No. 1189, B. P. O. Elks, together with their wives and sweet hearts attended the Clain Bake at Sea side Sunday, having a speoial pnlluian car enroute and also retaining the car for sleeping accomodations during their stay in the city by the sea. Leaving this city Saturday af'ernoou the bunch went to Portland where their private car was boarded, arriv ing at Seaside early in the evening. The evening and the following day was spent in roaming about the city and along the beach, buying "offloial badges" listening to wtiat the wild waves were saying and endeavoring to locate their car which had been ran down two miles into the woods for safe keeping. At one time during their stay, three were actually known to take a "dip" in the surf, and stood the water test first rate, though some expressed a much stronger desire for the hot water bath. Oregon Oity boys are noted for their free and generous spirit and the way they helped , out the -Astoria aggrega tion with dollar a throw for badges was a true example of the benevolent and protective order, and were not the least stingy when it came to the ladies partaking of the festivities as well, though we understand tliis lat ter feature smacked slightly of a hold up. The boys went by invitation from the Astoria lodge, and were most oourteously greeted and made to feel at home( ?) at all times and in every quarter of the seaside town by their host, who seemed to do all in their power to make them feel and wish they were "Somewhere else. Neverthe less the Oregon Oity delegation, as usual, had a good time, among thpm selves, enjoying their trip in their pri vate car to and from the coast in their usual jolly manner, incidents all along the line tendiug to make the trip more and more enjoyable. ($1) The affair at Seaside was Bnp possd to be a clam bake, free (from ssnd, grit, -shells or shell games,) and the greatest credit is due the Astoria bunch in preserving peace. ($1) At last report the waves were still washingthesandup on the beaoh, and olams. Professor Aloert Schuff of Portland was in Oregon City Tuesday. M O T OR S FOR SEWING MACHINES MOST SATISFACTORY LABOB. SAVING DEVICE FOR. DOMESTIC USE E L E CT R I C STORE PORTLAND RAILWAY .Light & Power Company SUDDEN DEATH OF FRED JOY Crushed By a Rolling Log at Paper Mills Last Friday Afternoon. ' A sad accident occurred Friday af ternoon at the Crown-Columbia Pulp & Paper Company, when Fred Joy, an employe of the mill was killed while at-work. He was engaged in rolling logs into the wood room of the mill, at which time one of the logs rolled on him, crushing his abdomen, which resulted in death in 25' minutes later. Dr. C. H. Melssner was immediately summoned. The deceased leaves a young wife and four small children, the eldest being five years of age, and the youngest is five months old. Mrs. Joy was formerly Miss Lucy Lovelace of this city. The funeral services were conduct ed Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the St. Paul's Episcopal church, Rev. T. F. Bowen, officiating. The Fores ters of America, which Mr. Joy was a member, of having charge of the services. The Artisans of which he was also1 a member attended in body. The family of Mr. Joy have the sym pathy of the community in their very sad affliotion. PIONEER WOMAN ANSWERS CALL Mrs. John B. Dimick Died on Wednesday at Her Home . in Hubbard Word was received here Wednesday night of the death of the, mother of Hon. Grant B. Dimick, which occurred at her home in Hubbard, Oregon. She was the wife of the late John B. Dimick, who passed away- in 1904. They lived on their old homestead at Hubbard since 18G5, and were well known, highly esteemed people, com ing to Oregon In 1852, by way of the Isthmus of Panama. " Mrs. Elmira F. Eberhard Dimick was 63 years old at- the time of her death. She had not been well for some time and at last death came sud denly. The funeral will be held to day, Friday, at the old homestead and burial made in the family cemetery at Hubbard. She is survived by Geo. A. Dimick, of Hubbard; John P., an attorney of Salem; Grant B., of Ore gon City; A. R., railway superintend ent in New Jersey; Mrs, Nellie Fry, of Hubbard; Ralph, a law student at Notre . Dame, Indiana, and Hardy Dimick, who is at present in Oregon City. The long residence in this county has connected the family with the history thereof and this estlmably woman was among the foremost dur ing the generations that had to do 'with the making of Oregon. 3 $16.50 Seventh and Alder Street 'Oil -fe -A iaj j-f .Jl'j - .rJ I Parade of Thoroughbred Horses at Clackamas County Fair, Canby, Ore. DEATH OF CHARLES H. MILLER Well Known Millright Died at His Home August Eighth Mondny afternoon occurred the death of Charles H Miller at 8 o'clock, at his late residence, 1216 Seventh Street, in Oregon Oity, where lie had lived for three year. He was 7ft years of age at the time of his death, and came to America from Germany at the age of 18 years. Mr. Millar was a millright by trade, but was in feeble health for the last two yeas.-. He was a vetreran of the civil war, serving three years. The funeral was held Wednesady at 10 o'clock from the residence, Rev. A. H. Mulkey, of the Gladstone Christian Oliurch, of which organiza tion he was a member, officiating. In terment was made in the Mountain View cemetery. . He was survived by a widow and ono sou, W. H. Miller. SUMMER NORMAL CLOSED. SCHOOL Friday closed ,its first year of the Clackamas Summer Normal school In Oregon City. City Superintendent, Fred J. S. Tooze, assisted by Profes sors Freel and Anderson are respon sible for the success of the school, both financially and educationally. There has been a large attendance averaging 40 pupils during the entire season. ! SENATOR BOURNE SCORES ASSEMBLY reclares It Is Scheme of Po litical Bosses to Run. Elections. DEER PARK, Md., July 23 Nom ination of candidates for publio offioe in so-callad "assembly" is the first step toward the restoration of the convention system and the overthrow of direct legislation, direct nomina tions and other progressive measures adopted by the people of Oregon. All voters who beileve in the right of the people to govern themselves and who oppose return to the corrupt methods so prevalent in past years, should join in defeating every candidate who seeks or accepts an assembly endorsement. Bv ruoIi determined action efforts to Imvinn nAlit.nnl mafiliinoi n in Yin mncf effectively ended. . The assembly movtuient did not have its origin in a general popular demand. On the contrary, the plan wa- devised by would-be political bosses who thoroughly canvased the state, enlisted the aid of former po litical leadors wherever assistance could be secured and by constant agi tation and presistent urging induced a few persons in many precincts to designate delegates to the county as semblies. Only by this means could a semblance of popular selection of delegates be maintained and it is no torious that in many instances the number of voters present was less than the number of delegates ohosen, thus demonstrating that the assemblies thus composed cannot be representa tive of publio opinion,. Political bosses are attempting to fcrce Oregon Republican to accept dictation torn an undesired aeseuilymade up of dele gates chosen by a relatively small number of voters. In other words, a ootwie of would be plitical doctors has declared the people of Oregon to be suffering from ills purely imaginary and employed themselves to prescribe a remedy. They -Also assume to mix the dose and expect the people to swallow it without a grimace. Later, they will expect the people to pay the bill in the form of legislation for speoial in terests and distribution of politioal rewards. Unless I mistake the tem per and intelligence of the people of Oregon, the doss will be rofuced, the prescription will be declined and there will be no bill to pay. Lacking the courage to make a di rect assault upon progressive laws which have been enacted in Oregon, self-oonstituted leaders have planned an indirect and covert attack, by which means they hope to be sdccosh ful. Their pretension of allegianoe to the direot primary law is but the kiss which preoeedg betrayal of theii mas ter, the people of Oregon. In an at tempt to fortify their position they quote Governor Hughes of New York, as favoting an assembly prior to the di reot primary iu that state", but they have not the honesty to submit to the people of Oregon, under the iniative, the question whether the people de sire the Oregon law amended by re storing the oouVention Bystem. They are not willing to trust the iutelli aence of the people even in this. The issue presented is not one of person alities, but of principles. Doubtless, the guiding spirit of the assembly movement, in the hope of reinstating themselves in power, have tiied to oa-, lect as oandidates men who are as free as possible from objeotlon on personal grounds. They hope thus to accom plish a double purpose, secure the as sistance of influenzal citizens and de ceive the people generally as to their ultimate objects. But the principal at stake is of vastly more importance than the personal interests of any ln- dividral. The issue mvolvei the right of the members of a party to select their candidates without diotation from a Tarty boss who is willing to spend time and money necessary to huilu up a macnine organization. It's fruitless for advocates of the as sembly plan tu aFgort that there is 1 0 intention to restore me eviisoi ioruier days. Wherever responsible political maohiues exist, misrepresentative gov ernment obtains. Only by making all publio servants responsible uireci to the people and to them alone, can best service be secured. An obliga tion to "a party boss or to manipulat ors of conventions is inconsistent with faithful service in the interest of nil the people. Voters who have lived long in Ore gon ceid not be told of the evils of the convention system in this state. Those who have in recent years made their homes among os have observed the ore-ration of the "system" in oMii r ntt nnd a e familar with its resnlt. Return to that system in Or egon means repetition of the diBgrace ful scenes which were exhibited in nlnntinni and LeeUlation prior to htr nnnnlar government demonstration. In an effort to conceal their selfish purpose, the leaders of the assembly Continued on page 8 Y 1 e ' 1 -: GOOD SPEAKERS AT CITY PARK Will Discuss Political Issues Belore the Public Saturday August 20th Some hot shots anent the political controversy may be heard in this city, Saturday, August 20th, at 1 p. m., when Hon. G. B. Dimick, Hon. Henry E. Maglnn, Hon. Daniel J. Malarky, and Hon. Geo. C. Brownell, will all speak during the afternoon in the city park on Seventh street in this city, upon Primary law and popular government and other live political questions that are troubling many of thewoters not only in Clackamas County, but throughout the entire Stae. There is one consolation though, from all appearances this county has practically settled the mat ter, the voters here see the situation the assembly proposition is placing them in, that it will take -the power out of their hand and place it back again in the hands of the grafters and boss rule politicians, and are content ing themselves with "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." PUBLICITY WORK MOVING ALONG Under New Management Re newed Interest is Manifest Throughout County The office of the publicity depart ment of the Oregon City Commercial Club, which was reopened a short time ago with M. J. Lazelle in charge, is pushing along the work of advanc ing the interests of Clackamas County. The exhibit table In the Chamber of Commerce in Portland, which the department Is maintaining, Is being supplied with the best fruit and pro ducts that Clackamas County can pro duce, and which is second to none. The growers are very loyal in their support of the work of the Pub licity Department, as is shown by the following prominent growers that have brought fruit to the office of the secretary In the Masonic building: W. W. Qulnn of Canemah brought In a very large branch of his famous Quinn plum, which will be processed in Portland and will make a hand some exhibit. O. D. Ehy contributed a branch of a Gravensteln apple tree that was fourteen inches In length and held twenty nice apples. Cyrus Powell, whose place Is on the Molalla road, has on exhibit some fine Green Gage plums. !Jas. W. Hylton of Twi light sent to Portland a fine specimen of Bradshaw plums and a vine of cu cumbers. George Randall, who owns a large farm at Central Point, has on exhibit some grains and grasses. The Mountain Ash Stock Farm, which Is south of Oregon City, has an exhibit in the Publicity Office of vegetables; also has Jos. E. Hedges an exhibit of apples. Geo. W. Cone brought Into the office one day this week several branches of raspberries from his place at Maple iJine that were loaded with berries. This was quite a novelty, as the berries were picked on the 8th day of August. The work Is progressing nicely, and much is-expected In the futura from this department. BIG CIRCUS AT PORTLAND Barnum & Bailey To Be Seen In Portland Aug ust 25-26 Announcement Is made that on Thursday-Friday, August 25-20, . the Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth will visit Portland. This is the best news of the day to those who are fond of the circus form of amuse ment. For fifty-five years this has been the leading show of the world. This year It comes forth with an en- Every voter who has not rx tf UUVJC UJ UUl ucid VI V vU will uuk auiw vwtw ct. the Primaries The old custom of "swearing in "your vote is not permissable at the primary election. 49 OREGON CITY IS RIGHT IN LINE Cement Walks Proposed Which Make Better Looking Streets The Improvement on Eleventh street is fast nearlng its completion and is very satisfactory. Work has been commenced on Washington street and the grading of Twelfth from Taylor to Adams street is nearly finished. It will be but a few years when Oregon City streets will be up to the standard of any of the progres sive towns, in the Willamette Valley. The construction of new cement sidewalks which the city council are trying to persuade property owners to lay In place of wood walks wherever it is practicable, is a wise suggestion and pre-eminently in the interest of better walks and a better looking street, the cement walk will not only outlast the wood, but in the event of a wood walk being construct ed now, it will sooner or later be in cumbent upon the property owners to replace that walk with cement, and there will be no actual saving. The estimate of Moffatt & Parker, the contractors who ire in charge of the improvement of Eleventh, Twelfth and Washington streets, is 60 cents per running foot for wood, 95 cents for Clackamas sand and gravel, and $1 for Columbia River sand and wash gravel. The cost of either cement or wood walks is equalized by the city ac cepting payment under the Bancroft act, which gives the property owner 10 years in which to pay, Just as is done in the improvement of streets. For instance, if a cement walk cost a property owner $50, it would mean a payment of $5 per year and interest for 10 years. Cement walk will outlast three wooden walks under ordinary condi tions, and proof of this is at hand on Main street, where cement walks were laid in places when the original im provement of Main street was made and are still in fine condition. THE FRUIT INDUSTRY The Future Enterprise For Clackamas County. . As a positive proof that some of the most prominent farmers In Clackamas County have faith in the fruit indus try is shown by the way they favor the union of the growers that is now in the course of organization. Each day growers of fruit and pro duce call at the. office of the secre tary In the Commercial Club rooms and encourage the organization of a union of the growers, which will build up the Industry and by assuring the ready disposal of all crops pn duced place the whole community in a better position. Among the latest fruit growers to join the large list of union men were 0. D. Eby and Dr. L. A. Morris. These men are both ex tensive growers and will be of much benefit to the union. A union is needed here and It can not be stopped, no more than it could have been in Hood River or any other place where the welfare and Interests of the community are at stake, So by all means if you are a grower of any kind, do not be a laggard and allow your neighbor to push this prop osition through for you when you will receive the benefits as well as he. Place your name on the list at least and help by your influence. DEATH OF AUGUST HOLDEN. After an illness of several weeks, death called August Holden, Thurs day afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mr. Hol den was CO years of age at the time of his death. He came here from Sweden, and took up a homestead at Molalla, and In 1892, he and his family moved to Oregon City, where they have since resided at 711 Jack son street. The funeral took place Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the family residence, Interment was made In Mountain View cemetery. He lg survived by a widow and the following children: Mrs. Minnie Greenman, of Oregon City; Mrs. Emily Robertson, of Sellwood; Arthur Holden, of Bandon, Or.; Mrs. Huldah Guild, of Honolulu, H. I.; and Mrs. Blanche Hammack, of Mount Vernon, Wash. BROWNELL AT OAK GROVE. Geo, C. Brownell will speak at Oak Grove, Saturday, August 13th, on the very interesting political questions of the day, and will define more clearly to the people of this section of the county his position on the assembly question. Mr. Brownell Is an interest ing and forcable speaker and always draws a crowd, FIRE AT ESTACADA. A fire broke out early Sunday mom- ing in the building occupied by J. M. Foster, who conducts a candy store and soda fountain, the fire was dis covered by a Chinaman who was asleep in a room on the second floor, he was awakened by .the smoke and Immediately turned in an alarm which was readily answered by the volun teer fire department and the fire ex tinguished. tire new equipment which cost the management $3,500,000. The main performance is given In three rings, on two stages', on an Im mense Roman race track and in the dome. The cllmax'of the program is the appalling performance of Despera do, a mad Frenchman, who leaps Concluded on page 6 registered should do so at 2 ntill lii-vf X Q Vil Q frr r-f A flf EXHIBIT AT STATE FAIR Clackamas County To Be Represented SEPTEMBER 12 TO IT Forty - Ninth Annual " S'ate Fair Will Be Held at Salem, Oregon Clackamas Oonnty has at last seized the opportunity to do Bonie effective advertising by making an exhibit at the State Fair. The resources of this oountr are more varied tiian those of any other county in the state,. We have everything from the figs and nectarines of the semi-tropical oli tnates to the products of the far north, yet we have never exerted our selves to show to the world through the me diant of the State Fair what we have. SucoeBg in this as in most enter f rises will come through united effort, f every person in (the oounty who has a truly meritorious product would pre pareit for exhibition, we would have an exhibit that would be the talk of the whole Paoifio Northwest. Clack amas Couuty people should do this part. If the growers have fruit, grains, grasses, vegetables, seeds or any other product of the farm that has special merit, save it and send it to the com mittee or notify the oommittee and it will he sent for. As an aid in making selections a suggestive lift of produots is given: Barley Not lessl than two varieties. Beans Not less than four varieties. Beets One-half bushel. Broomoorn Seed One peck. Buckwheat One peck. Cabbage, Cauliflower, Celery, Kale, Kgg Plant six samples of eao variety. Carrots OnS-half bushel each variety. Clover Seed Not less than two va rieties. Corn in Ear 12 ears each variety of Dent ; 12 ears eaoh variety of Fint ; 13 ears eaoh variety of sweet ; li ears each variety of Popcorn. Not less than ten varieties in all. Flax Seed One pook. Grass Seed Not less than threo va rieties. Hemp Seed One peck. Irish Potatoes-Not less than six va rieties. Oats Not less than three varieties. Onions One-half bushel eaoh variety. Peas Not loss than two varieties. ; Rye Not loss than two" varieties. Sorghum Seed One peck. Sweet.Potatoes Not lees than two va rieties. , Timothy Seed One peck. Tobacco 10 pounds ''in hand." TuruipB Not less than two varieties. Wheat Winter and Spring. Not less than tnree varieties eack. Other vegetables in quantities each for oreditable display: Fruits in season Apples, peaolies, pears, grapes, quinces, muskmelons, watermelons, quash and pumpkins, in quantities eaoh for oreditable dis play. Perishable products of the orchard or gardou may be shown in clear glass gars, hermetically sealed, in alcohol or other wise. The jars will not be openod during the fair. The small graiuB ehall be shown in the straw, iu bundles or sheaves not less than three inches iu diameter, not lees than two bandies in eaoh variety. Corn, broomoorn, tobaoco, and sor ghum, not less than six stalks eaoh. Cultivated and wild grasses and clover and forage plants, two bundles, thrae inches in diameter, each va riety. ' All samples In straw or stalk should be cut close to the ground, perfeotly cured iu the shade, if convenient, and then very carofully wrapped, tagged and packed. ICounty exhibits will receive prizes ranging from $300 to $100, eight in all, and for special farm exhibits there are also three grand prizes of 150, $100 and $50, roapeotfully. Exhibits may be left in charge of T. J. Gary, County School Superin tendent, Court House, Oregon Oity. Or, W. H. Bair ;or W. O. Lncke, oommisHion merchants, (Jan by, Ore gon. EMINENT EDITOR DIES IN THE EAST Harvey W. Scott of Oregonian Fame Seccumbs Follow ing Operation Harvey W. Soott, the venerable ed itor of The Portland Oregonian, died in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore Md., Sunday, shortly before 6 P. M. of heart failure, 82 hours after a sur gical operation for prostatectomy. Mr. Scott began failing nearly three months ago from an attack of sciatica. Early in June he went to Hot LAke, Eastern Oregon, but the bat In there greatly debilitated him. At last con vinced tnac oniy surgery oouia reiievo him, he started for Johns Hopkins Hospital, from rortiana, week ago, apparently as strong as usual upon his arrival. The operation was pronounced en tirely successful and the surgeons and physioiaus were confident of recovery up to Sunday, when an unexpected weakness of the heart ensued whioh the physioiaus were powerless to cope with. Mr. ; Scott was seventy-two years old, and over, with a physique as powerful as his dominating intelect. It seemed that he most live for many years. His office affars were aranged in the expectation of a long life, and there was no preparation by his asso ciates for his passing. Say; We hove shingles with a 8 inch clear Butt at $1.86 per 1000. Builders Supplies Co. 14th and Main Street.