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V f. w i 7 OREGON CITY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JANUARY 20.1911 No. 37 28th-YEAR. OREGON SHALL WE IMPROVE THE Is the Question Mr. Car ter Wants Answered. HE IS PEOPLE'S HIRED MAN And Will Act According to their Instructions. Representative Carter wants the farmers of Clackamas county to ,1ft him know how they feel about the proposed construction of hard sur faced roads in Oregon and partionlnr ly In Clackamas county. Mr. Carter evidently thinks automobile dealers are behind the pood roads movement. That was the notion eastern farmers entertained years ago. bat now that they have Been the benefit of the prac tical side of the matter they are the moBt entbnsiaBtio Buppnrters of the good roads movement. Cities do not grow, unless they improve their streets. The city of Portland spent oyer four million dollars on 62 miles of hard paved Btreets during the year 1910. This immense sum wbb expend ed because the property owners knew that it would improve the value of their property. Without these im provements people would not build on the streets. If farmers desire to increase the valne of their property tbey will encourage their members of the legislature to work and vote for the measure now before the legisla tive. In the following communication Representative Carter makes known his desires : Gladstone, Jan 14, 1911. Editor Courier: One of the most important questions to come before the present legislature is the road measures, especially the five road bills o be presented by I he Portland Good Roads Association. There will be a tremendous pressure behind those bills, consisting of the automobile manufacturers, dealers and automobile clubs Tliey are plan ning to tike the legislature by storm by coming to Salem on a special train, three or four hundred strong. Now, you farmers and laboring men and 'small taxpayers, what are you doing towards letting your repre sentatives kuow where you stand on this questiou? The adoption bfthose measures means the expenditure of over two million dollars on the roads of the state during the next two years. This money must be raised by taxa tion. We are here to represent your interests, but how are we to kuow what you want in the way of legisla tion unless you make your wants known? ' Now I suggest that yon get together and talk over the measures likelv to HIGHWAYS Try It These Cold days f Place yout household electric fan on the floor near a steam ot hot water radiator. (f Point the fan in the direction of the radiator, straight at it. (J Notice the difference in the tem perature of the room in a few minutes. (f The fan makes the radiator warm more air without the consumption of additional fuel. (J Try the experiment suggested and see if it doesn't help you save on coal bilh. Portland Railway Light and Power Company ALDER STREET AT SEVENTH TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AT CANBY STATION Mrs. J. W. Gordon Killed While Crossing Railroad Track. The sudden death of Mrs. J. W. Gordon oocurred Thursday evening in Cauby. Mrs. Gordon resided on the opposite side of the track from the business section and was making a shurt cut to the store, crossing the track at an angle above the regnlur orosBing and following the track some little distance south, at the same time the Shasta Limited was going that way. The pilot of the engine struck her and death was instant. Mrs Gordon is survived by six sons, Earl Gordon of Walla Walla, Euiil, Harry and Claire of Canby and Lionel and Delbert of this city, and one daughter, Mrs. Walter Wells of this oitv. Mrs L. J. Lagoson of Oregon oiiy is a sister. Mr. Gordon and family lived in this city for considerable time prior to moving to Canby about two years ago where her sons conduct a general merchandise stote. CLACKAMAS COUNTY FAIR MEETING The Stockholders Will Hold An nual Meeting in February. The annual stockholders' meeting of the Clackamas County Fair Associa tion will be held in Oregon City on Saturday, Feh 4, being two weeks from next Saturday. At this time tha report of the presi dent, seoretary and treasurer will be read, inoluding a complete flnanoial report of the association for the past rear. Plans will be discussed for the fair for the coming year and much business of importance will be con sidered. Every stockholder is urged lo be present as a great deal depends noon this meeting as to the future of the fair. The fair held bv the association laBt fall was the best "of any ever held and was given credit of being the best conuty fair in the state, and it is hoped that this year's fair will even surpass that of last year. The directors of the association at present are, J. W. Smith, president, Aurora; O. E. Freytag, vice presi dent, Oregon City: M J. Lazelle, seo retary. Oregon City; 0. D. Eby, treasurer, Oregon City; Geo. M. La zelle, R. S. Coe, W. W. Everhart. john Risley, G B. Dimick, John Lewelltn, and W. H. Mattoon. come before the legislature, especially the road question, and do it immedi ately, and send your views, whether foi or against the proposed road bills, to yonr representatives at Salem. If you fail to do so you cannot blame us if we fail to please you by our course in the final settlement of these ques tions. E. P. CARTER. WILLIAMETTE RIVER Heavy Fall of Rain Causes Rapid Rise, but Not Dangerous. AChinook wind, melting snow and a tremendous downpour of rain caused the Willamette river to rise more rap idly on TueBday night andlWednesday than for many years. . OnJWednesday morning the guage at the Willamette paper mills read 13 feet and nine inches and on Thursday morning it reached 25 feet and five inches, while at up-river points the river bad reached a height of 62 feet. From observations made at the mills it was not considered that the rise would bs more than five or six feet more, and that there was no danger of a terrible flood. The Southern Paoifio road is very badly crippled. They have numerous washouts and the track is submerged both north and suuth of the oity. . It will probably be some time before thev can repair the damage. The traok of the Portland Railway, Light and Power Company was Duder water from Naef to Boardman and PRODUCE UNION NOW ORGANIZED Mr. 0. E. Freytag Will Be Man ager of New Concern. The Oregon City Fruit and Produce Union have engaged O. E Freytag bb manager and will open business with in a week. This association is very fortunate in securing his services. The union has a large membership and will no doubt handle a great deal of farm produce. Efforts are being made by this asso ciation to lease a warehouse and store rooms near the 8. P. depot. Musicale at Gladstone There will be a musloal and dra matic entertainment at Gait's hall, Gladstone, Saturday night, given by two Bible sohool classes, assisted by home una foreien talent. There will be special features and laughable numbers. ON A street car servioe was discontinued this side of Jennings Lodge, but was resumed again Thursday morning. The bridge over the Clackamas has been' prouounoed in a dangerous con dition and passengers to Portland are oom pelled to procure a transfer and walk over the bridge. Conditions were the worst between Risley and Conoord. The trouble was not oc casioned by a rise in the Willamette, but from the water on the nearby hills, and as there was nut sufficient way of escape the s'reet oar traoks acted as a dam and the surrounding country was all flooded. The ottioe and freight sheds of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company in the south end of the city were flooded suddenly Wednesday af ternoon, the turbulent water rushing down from the sooth end road through Third street past the brick mill into the Willamete river. The bridge over the Madison street CONVICT VIOLATES HIS PAROLE Fails in Effort to Induce the First National to Cash Check. Just after the First National Bank opened Friday morning, two men came in, one or tnem presenting a check on a Soio, Linn oounty, bank, drawn by O. W. Beard. Hie men were unknown to Cashier Myers of the First National and he declined to pay until he had heard from Soio or reoeived telegraphic instructions to cash the check. The men then left the bank. Not long afterward the telephone rang and the constable of Soio told tho bank voople to hold a man posing as 0, W. Beard if he should call at the bank, and no sooner than the convocation waa over the phone again rang. This time it was the man who had tried to cash the oheck. Miss June Oharman, who is the bank's stenographer, answered the phone and misunderstanding the mes sage told the man that word had been received and at that the man came to the bank for his money, to be received hv Charles Burns, whom Mr. Latou rette, the bank president, had called in and who immediately took Beard to Jail. At the jail Beard broke down and confessed. It is said that he was once in the state penitentiary and that he has a brother by the name of O. W. Beard who has funds in the Scio bank. Beard waa taken back to the Salem penitentiary. FARMERS' WEEK AT AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE Plans for a Big Meeting in Feb ruary About Complete. Oregon Agrionltural College, Cor vallis, Jan. 16-The annual Farmers' Week Course at the Oregon Agrionlt ural College has been set for Febru ary 13 to 18 and the plans for the worK are being rapidly brought to completion. In addition to the regu lar loetnre and demonstration work in fruit growing, orchard work, market ing, soils, drainage, farm manage ment, stock raising, home manage ment, insect and disease peBts, butter and cheese making and kindred sub jects, two special features in the form of discussions and demonstrations on the subjeots of good roads for the state aud irrigation in the Willamette vallsy will be added to the program. A large oorpi of special lecturers, many of whom are representative men uf this state, have been secured to as sist the college experts in carrying on the work. This has made it possible to fill every hour of the day from eight in the morning until ten at night with special features. A poultry show, at which the best fowls in the Northwest will be exhib ited, is scheduled lor the last day of the session. Monument Plan Approved Monday night the Mountain View Hose Co. No. 4 met In their rooms and after the usual business was transacted the important question of the firemen's monument to volunteers was brought up and the plan ap proved, the company pledging $25 to the fund. George Haskius and N. A. Elliott were appointed a committee with jjower to act in conjunction with the committees from the other fire de uartments. Four out of tho five com panies have indorsed it, the movement being started bv Green Point Hose Uo. No. 6. Each company so far h pledged 25. There are three fire commissioners to elect, who work in conjunction with the councils fire committee, George Haskins.was nominated as candidato for fire couiwitsiOLCT, and Charles Saundcrnjhaa been nan:ed by the Fountain ifoe Co. No. 1, and there is one morejto be selected. The election will taki.lace the first Mon day In March. . RAMPAGE oauyon in Kansas Oity addition is in a dangerous condition and lias been olosed to'traflio. A huge landslide of many tons of earth, carrying trees and stamps, stvnk the underpinning of the structure Wednesday jnight, carrying out two bents and making the bridge unsafe. Water coming down the hill past the Seventh street steps played havoo with a big eleotrio light pole and threatened to throw it down, but a gang of men made it fast and a watch will be kept upon it. The sohool directors have placed a night watchman at the Barolay sohool buildiug, whore water has flooded the basement, and a watchman has been stationed at the Abeni'thy bridge. The upper pnlp mill and the grinders were temporarily shut down Washouts have ocourred on all the roads luading out of Oregon Oity and it will probably be some time before full communication is restored. EIGHT HOUR BILL IN THE SENATE Senator Dimick Introduces Bill Regulating Working Hours. State Senator Walter Dimick of Or egon Oity has introduced in the Ore gon senate a bill designed to restrict the hours of labor in mauufacturiug institutions. The following is a copy of the bill: "A bill for an act to define and lim it the hours of labor constituting a day's work, for certain laborors and mechanics and other workmen era ployed in certain mechanioal or man ufacturing establishments, and fixing a penalty for its violation. "Be it enacted by the people of the state of Oregon : "Be it enacted by the legislative aesomblv of the state of Oregon : "Section 1. Eight hours shall oon-1 ititute a dav's work for all workmen, ! laborers, rneohauios and other persons now employed, or who may hereafter be employed in or about any manufac turing or mechanical institution em ploying labor, except in cases of ex traordinary emergency, involving the protection of property or human life. "Seotion 2. Any employer who shall require any person employed in any manufacturing or mechanical es tablishment, where laborers are em ployed, to work in any such place mentioned in this act more than eight hours in any day of twenty-four hourB, exo 'pt as in this act provided, and any overseer, superintendent, foreman or agent of such employer, who shall violate any of the provis ions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviotion thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars, nor more than live hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the oounty jail not less than tun day a nor more than one hundred days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 'Section u. This act shall only ap ply to such manufacturing or mechan ical institutions ub actively continue in the business in which they are en gaged during twenty-two hours or more of any calendar day, and provid ed that it shall only apply iu tuch in stitutions to buoIi employees aB are engaged during their hours of labor in aud about machinery operating twen ty-two hours or more on each or any calendar day. "section 4. Justices of the peace shall have concurrent jurisdiction over any of the offences mentioned in this act.' Doings in the Legislature. By a vote of 25 to three the Oregon state soaate ratified the income tax amendment to the constitution of the United States. A bill aimed at loan sharks will be presented to the legislature by Repre sentative Amine, It prevents married men from assigning wages without consent of the wife. A measure making wife-desertion a felony has been introduced iu the Ben ate. Senator Malarkey has introduced a bill providing that the powers of the railroad commission be extended so aB to cover public utilities. ; By a unanimous vote tho'honae has concluded to hire a competent person to superintend all the clerks and keep track of the hours of various em ployees of the house. Arrest of a Scoundrel. Last Thursday evening, George Schillor, a bakei of Portland, called at the boarding house conducted by Mrs. Koifer on Seventh street and stated that he desired speaking to a young lady there. The young lady claiming that she did not want to tee him amused his temper aud another boarder of the boarding house was compelled to step out and order him away. Schiller had been drinking and got sore on being turned out, bo pulled out his gun and threatened to kill Ora Frank, the man who had or dered him away. Finally, after a lengthy discussion, Schillor left and Frank notified the night oflicers, Cook and Green, who traced Schiller to a downtown saloon and arrested him. ZiitHl , MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD City Asked to Assist in Arresting Contagious Diseases. At a meeting of the board of direc tors of gthe Oregon Oity sohools, held Thursday eveninc, matters of the new high sohool building were disnuBsed, as were matters of health, and the city authorities will be asked to co operate with the Superintendent and report all oases of disease, either con tagions or infectious, when either oc curs in the homes of pupils or with the pupils themsolves. Supt. Tooze and the teachers are vigileutly striv ing to keep the healthcouditions nor mal and would be grateful when in formed when the children have been exposed. The pupils are not allowed to remain in sohool if it is known that they have beon exposed. The board has authorized the pur chase of new blackboards for the mathematics room of the high school and the contract for the next year's wood has been lot to Fred Wourrus for 200 cords of wood at $3.90 per cord. The spuerinteudont has reported several cases where children oould not attend sohool, as the broad win ner of the familyhad been either per manently injured or was dead and the ohildren did not have sullioient "funds to be able to attend, and material aid has beon ordered for such cases. THE GOOD ROADS BILL BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE Synopsis of the Measure Now Before Oregon Solons. The good roads bill now befcro the state legislature provides for an ap propriation of six hundred and eighty thousand dollars, one-half of which shall be available iu 1911 and tho re mainder in 1912. Each oounty in the state will be entitled to rooeive ten thousand dollurs iu 1011 and ton thou sand dollars in 1012, to be used in the oniiBtruotion of permanent roads. Counties desiring to aocept the money appropriated by the act must provido a fund of twenty thousand dollars to be usod for the construction of permanent road beds in that coun ty. Such roads shall begin at one of the permauent market places in that county, or shall connect with a per mauent road leading to the place, aud it shall he so located that when con structed it will constitute one of the main traveled rotds to. tlif.f'' All roads constructed under the pro visions of the act Bhall he under the exclusive direotion and control of the state highway commssinn. Whenever the county court snail have complied with the requirements of tins act and shall notify the state highway com mission of the fact arrangements will be made for the work of constructing road beds to commence Hoads constructed under the pro- visionsjof this act shall be constructed according to the best and rnoBt scion- t no methods, so aB to make them as dnrable aud permauout as possible. If any road or any part or a roaa oonBtrnoted under the provisions of this aot shall be done by contract, sneoifications showing what is to be included shall he prepared in riupu- oate and one tiled with the highway commission aud the other with the county court. Notices inviting bkh for work must ' be published in two pipers published in the county whore the work is to be done. Whenevor any work is done under tho provisions of this act. other tnan ny contract, citizens of the county shall be given nreforence as far as possible Oouutiies whioh do not take advan tage of the provmions of this (act dur ing 1911 may use its entire allotment duriuir the vear 1912, and in that event the work nuiBt proceed until sixty thousand dollars shall have boon expondod. Whenever the construction of any road shall havo begun during the year 1911. such construction shall proceed until completed without reference to whether it shall be oompletod that year, and the same courBO will bo pur sued aa to work dono in 1012. Any county which does not take ad vantage of the proviBious of this aot before the end of the year 1912 shall forfeit rights to any money appropri ated bv this act. To fully carry out the provisions of this measure four other bills have been introduced. One provides for a state highway commission to consist of three members to be appointed by the governor who shall Berye without Dav. The bonding aot providing for issuing bonds by conntios for the pur nose of raising funds for work on state highways: the convict labor law. nroviding for using state pent tentiarv convicts on public roads in the state, and the aot permitting pris oners in county jails to work on road waya in the counties in wnicn tney are confined. A Community of Interests Jennings Lodge is to have a co nmhitv club. This was decided at meeting held on TliursdayJaHt. Tho mooting was attended by about 40 people, and before adjournment 21 signified their intention of becoming members. The club will work for the improvement of the community, aud will make efforts to have intending homeseekers locate in that vicinitv. The oflicers are: President, 11. H. McGovern; vice president, Charles V, liedmond; Becrotury, Calvin Morse; treasurer, Goorge Beta, Br. The club will meet the lirBt Woduesday of each month. Sunday School Union. Next Saturday afternoon at 2 :!i0 a meeting will be held in the First Baptist church of this city for the purpose of organizing a Sunday n hnol graded union. Mrs. Wilkinson of Portland will conduct the meeting and all who are interested in this work are cordially invited to attend. HOLD THEIR ANNUAL MEETING Clackamas CountySunday Schools in Session INTERESTING ADDRESS Election of Officers for Ensning Year-J.'W. Loder President. Last Saturday and Sundav 'the county Sunday School convention was held in the Presbyterian ciiurcn of this city. There were delegates from Boring, Estacada, Milwaukie, Canby, Spriugwater, Logan, Central Point, Jennings Lodge, Oak Grove and other schools in the county, and there were some who were nuable to be present owing to the inclemency of the weathor. There was a report from nearly every sohool in the coun ty and the talks by the ainereui speakers were full of interest and in spiration. The pnnoipal Bpeaiter was Kev. Charles A. Phipps, gonerai sec retary of the Oregon Sunday School Association, who addressed the people Saturday, evening on the subjeot, "Making Good." At the Sunday evening servioe an. C. A. Phipps gave an interesting ao oount of the World's Sunday Sohool Convention held in Washington D. C. June last. The Oregon delegation Had the distinction of making the trip from Portland to the capital city without change. The railroad om- oials said it could not be done, but a little kindly interference of the powers that be enabled the party to travel the intnoate'notwork of tracks iu Chicago and then speo)i onward re- joioing. Never in the history oi con ventions in Washington had there been such an interest taken in tilings religious as when this couolave gath ered from all nations or, uie wuiw iu meet in Bolemn assembly. ine pres ident of the World's Sunday Sohool Association was Kev. F. B. Meyer, one of the most eloquent preachers of the world. So well loved is lie tnai . his nhnrnh cave him a three years' leave of absenoe with full pay. The first speaker to be introduced was President Taf t, who weloomed the delegates and paid a high tribute to the work of bunaay oonooi mauumo. lie said inasmuch aa religious instruc tion was forbidden in the secular school, that the youth of the land must look to the Sunday Sohool for !!i'ktaal treiuirr.. r tua uuu.um . of his speech there were oaiis ior uro. Taii and the president led the first lady of the land to the front or. in; stage where she bowed and siniieu most graciously. All the dolegates;,wore Daagea, wiuno from North Amerioa wearing red and the foreign delegates blue. The was uo north or south, east or west juBt North Americans. The foreign delegates sat on the platform, ine Japamse. the Turks, the Africans and many others, Bix nunureu in an, gave a toncli oi color to me wnoie. now the delegates Bang 1 A choir of 1200 trained BingorB led by Prof; Foster made the VHSt convention hall ring with the old songs dear to everyone. One of tho favorites was "I Love to Tell the Story," and the vast audi once sang it over and over again. The pianist waB a wonder ano bdovb me voices of the singers could be heard every note as distinctly aa if but one voice was oarryiug the melody. ?Mr. Phipps spoke of the men's pa rado, how but for three 'things the pa rade would have been rnuoh more of a sucooss than it was. In the firt place it rained not the gentle showors ot Oregon, but raindrops as large as a man's hand fell in rapid succession. In the second place the negroes had planned to niaroh with the white men, but that morning there appeared a notice in the papers that no blaok man would be pormitted to maroh. Thirdly, just as the pro cession was about to Btart it was dis covered ihat there were two non-union musicians in the line, so 600 union musicians stepped out of the proces sion. Despite those drawbaoks the mon marohod with floating banners and flying pennants. Another parade that attracted much attention was a parado of young poople dressed in the costumes of seventy-five different na tions, At the head of the parade was a youth Rarbed in white and oarryiug a huge banner with a cross upon it. On the wall of the convention haU was a map of the world fifty feet long. On the laBt night of the con vention when the audionce was seated there flashed across the map a bril liant eleotrio cross which thrilled the people as thoy gazed upon it. The ex hibition of the British and American Bible Society was unique. There was a pyramid forniod of Bibles printed in over 600 languages and dialeots. There wore a great many noted men present at the convention, laymen as well as clergymen, and foreign mis sionaries, and they all made a plea for the Sunday School. The missionaries told of millions of people yet un reached by the iuufleuoes of Chris tianity aud it it to the Sunday Sohool thoy look for the evangeliaation of the world. i The following officerB were elootefl for the county Sunday Sohool organ lzatiou : President, Mr. J. W. Loder s vice president, Mr. O. W. Boring, of Boring ; secretary aud treasurer, Mrs. V. A. White; superintendent of teacherB' training. Miss Iva Eoake; superintendent of home department Mrs. D O. Latourettej superinten dent of the elomontary department, Mrs. S. McDonald; superintendent of the temperance work, Mr. J. B. Ely of Kernosville; superintendent of adult movement , Ralph Eddy. . Odd Fellows Meet. i The prize team of the Northwest, which holongB to the Hassalo lodge of Portland, were in Gladstone Saturday evening and gave the degree work to the Odd Fellows of Gladstone. The Ladies' Aid Society served a delicious lunch at midnight. I1 iki 1 1 iV 1 i