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CITY COURI 29th YEAR. OREGON. CITY. OREGON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1911. No. to OREGON ER THE NEW BRIDGE ABOUT I Will Be Ready for Traffic in a Few Days. A SPLENDID PIECE OF WORK. Greenpoint Residents Pleased With Substantial Structure. Oue of the most important and sub stantial pnblio improvements made in uregon Oity during tlie present year U tlie completion of the new steel bridge over Abernethy creek. The work has been done jointly by the O. W. P. railway oompany and Ore gon City. The old wooden itrnotnre, which has been in nse for a number of years, had become dangeroas for teams and pedestrians, and the new bridge will be welcomed by them, as they can now cross ovvr feeling that their lives are not endangered The plans of the bridge were drawn by the chief engineer of the U. W, P. tom pan y and the work of construction lias been nnder tlie superintendence of A. T. Ellsworth, - an expert bridge builder. The steel itrnotnre rests on eighteen concree piers The length of the bridge is 146 feet. 86 feet wide and S3 feet high. There is an eight font sidewalk on each side of the dou Dle track, and it is ra'sed eight inches higher than the track, rendering it perfeotly safe for pedestrians. There is an outside iron rail, also for the protection of foot passengers. Tlie bridge is probably the best on tlie 0. W. P. svstem and the cars now pass up and down without unneetsary delay. The total cost of the structure is in the vicinity of 110.000. The completion of this bridge, the construction of the Clackamas South ern into the north part . of the oity, and completion of the projected sewer system will render the Greenpoint district one of the most desirable and accessible parts of Oregon Oity. Gas Plant Installed. The acetylene gai plant, whioh has jnst been installed at the high school, is said to be superior to gas or elec tricity for laboratory work. This is the first plant put in by Dr. A. L Beatie, who has the franchise for Ore gon Oity. Acetylene plants have been plaoed in a number of the higher edu cational institutions of the country ana they have proven highly satisfac tory. School District Row. A merry war is on In the Mount Pleasant sohool district At a recent election it wai derided to add one room to the school and employ an ad ditional teaoher, and in accordance We Give Service The TOAST Of The 20th Century Toast is like a certain little girl in the Mother Goose book- "when it is good it is very good indeed, and when is is bad ' . it is -'horrid" . Petfect Toast can be made only in a Radiant Toaster. Its radiant teat insures Perfect Toast by forcing the absolutely necessary chemical change in the bread. Toast made in the tedious old-fashioned way is either charred, or brittle or soggy. Electric Toast is the delicioui golden kind that fairly makes the mouth water. The Radiant Toaster can be operated on the finest damask table cloth. Its neat porce lain base and cheerful glowing coils add grace and charm to any table. It will make Perfect Toast as fast as you can eat it - and at the merest fraction of a cent per slice. Portland Railway, Light & Power Co. MAIN OFFICE SEVENTH ALDER. We Give Service We Give Service with that understanding a contract was given to Luut & Son of that place for the construction of the additional room. About one-third of rthe voters are up in arm over the projected ohange, and they claim that the work is annecetsary Bud they demand a re signation of the board. Xhn board deny that there is any desire to spend the people's money unnecessarily, and say that tlieir future notion will be governed by the ote of the majority. SELECT' RIVER ROUTE Highway Commission Think Riv er Route the Best. On Monday last the members of the Paoific highway commission went over the different routes proposed for the highway between Portland and Or egon City and after thoroughly ac quainting themselves with the topog raphy of the oountry deolared that what is known as the river route' wis preferable. A report whs made to the association on Wednesday night and a resolution was.aoptsdaskiug that the state highway commission adopt this route. ' The propo.ed line starts from Port land at Seventeenth street, runs .thru Milwaukie and from thenue about mid way between the electric car track and the river to Gladstone, From Glad stone they will use the present travel ed road. The members of the oo mm it tee were decidedly in favor of build ing a bridge at the mouth of the Clac kamas and lollowing the bank of the river into Oregon Oity, but lack of funds will prevent the adoption of this plan, though they think the time is not far distant when this route will be adopted. A bridge at the mouth of the Clackamas would out the distauce between Portland and Oregon Oity over a mile. Among those who made the trip of inspection were : B. R. Lee and M. P. Sailor of Can by; 0. G. Miller and Marshall Lazelie of Oregon Oity ; O. 1C Freyiag of.Gladstoue; C. P. Moose of Jennings Lodge, and OharleB Ks ley of Oak Grove. The autooinbiles a ere furnished Dy Messrs. Lee, Miller uud Risley. PRESIDENT WILL COME President Taft Will Visit . Port land in October Thoroughly disgusted with tlie so tion of congress during the recent ex tra session, President Taft will start on a Ave weeks tour of the country in September and ill endeavor to find out lor himself the opinions of tlie people on the various measures now up for discussion. He has a notion that neither congress nor the news papers reflect public sentiment. In liia five weeks tour he will make from 75 to 100 addresses, but the important thing she has to say will be embodied in thespeeches ho iii prepare in ad vance. Tbe president will break ground for the Panama canal exposi tion while at Fhboo and trom that point will proceed direct to Portland. The presidential party will visit Mt. Rainier. SINGLE TAXERS AGAINST A SNAG Ballot Likely To Be Barr ed To Them. TO 8E FOUGHT OUT IN COURTS Action To Be Taken As Soon As Attorney General Returns. Apparently the proposition to bring the single tax maesure before the uoe ple of Olaokamaa county will have to be fought out in the courts. The mat ter was submitted to the attorney general by Hon W. S. U'Ren of Ore gon Oity, bat as that officer has been away from the state capital for a short time, Deputy Attorney-General ;Vau Winkle has devoted considerable time to investigating the matter and trao ing the law governiug the initiative. The following is Mi. Van Winkle's idea of the situation : "While I am not speaking for the attorney general or for his office, in my opinion these initiative measures cannot go on the ballot under the pre sent condition of the law. Under the county tax amendment it is specifi cally requirerd that exemptions and taxation under the amendment are to be subject to any genral law which is hereinafter enacted. "I believe that it will be neoessary to prescribe some mode of procedure before the secretary of state can place such a measure on the ballot. "For instanoe, under the general initiative and referendum law, the sceretary of state Hi required to certify the ballot titles to all the county clerks in the state He cannot oertify u ballot title for a law covering Olack umas county alone to all the coanty clerts, neither can he oertify it to oue county clerk, because lie must certify these ballot titles to all the county clerks. "Besides there is no-mode of pro-' cedure prescribed so that these meas ures can be placed on the ballot bv the .county clerk himself. Several oases have been decided by tlie Ore gon suprtme conrt which are more or less in point and which neem, to my mind, to uphold this contention. "How the attorney general will con strue them 1 am not prepared to say and I will turn the whole question overtoiling " Mr U'Ren will not take any action in the matter until the attorney gen eral returns, whioh will probably be about the first of September. Should the attorney general hold the same opinion as his assistant, then it is probable Secretary Oloo tt will ref ubo to tile the petition In that event mandamus proceedings will be stared by Mr. U'Ren and the matter will oome before the courts, and a decision of the courts before the election will We Give Service bbiste tlie necessity of bringing the matter up after the election. Another point which has arisen in this connection is the possible conflict between .the county tax amendment and the so-called home rule amend ment Under U 'Ken's bill for Olaok amas comity it has been construod that au effort is made to exempt ta loon licenses to a certain extent, while under the home rule amendment in corporated cities and towns have the right to control the sale of liquor within their own borders. What re lation these two amendments have to one another and how far they might conflict under legislation such as TVRon nrnnnRBfi is a nueptinii that will probably come up for the courts to de- j ROASTS BUSSINES MEN Farmer Complains of Lack of Hitching Accommodations. Oregon Oity. Aug. 18, 1911. Oregon Oity Oourier. Mr. Editor: Some time ago you oaine in proximity to a certain hiring, wondering what it was made of, and after sniffing around it for awhile, the temptation became too strong, and out of sheer curiosity you slightly touched it, which immediately Bet it vibrating and it has continued to vi brate ever since, and no donbt it won't stop until relief is obtained. This strii g U the hitch ng post propo sition. A few years ago there were numerousplaces to hi toll a team, aud also feed barns .where one oould put up his team for 10 cents It was not very long after that the owners of the barns worked up the sentiment of tlie Oregon City peoplo that those hitch ing posts. deface tlie stieets, and ac cordingly the council issued an ordi nance providing for the removal of the same. Immediately the barns raised their fee for stalls to 15 cents, j There is only one place in town now where one can hitch a team to the rail and that is in front of the court house yard. This rail is entirely due to the credit of John Lewellyn, who was at that time county commissioner and insisted that the rail he put in that place, thereby showing that he had tlie welfare of the farmers more at heart than all the merchants com bined, to whom it ought to be of greater iDtereBt on account of their business than it was to John Lewel leu. With a certain satisfaction I note that the barns have made another ad vance to 25 cents per team row. I bore they will raise it to 50 oents soon, for out of me they will not get any more quarters than they would hal.es, while they did aucofed to get fifteen oents quite a number of times Mv Dlaca is about equally distant from Oauby aud Oregon Oity, and while I used to trade with Oregon Oitv almost exclusively, I now give Canby the preference, as there are not only ample hitching rails, but free sheds as well le inumereuue ui the Oregon Oity nierohants towards the farmers' trade is a pill that many perhaps have to swallow, but not if oue is located at bucIi a place where oce can go to some other town. If yon look up the records or ine uan- ton & Kosenkrauz store at uaimy you will find that iu the past two or three months I have done over $250 worth of trading. There is not oue store in Oremiir Oitv that I could do that amounc'ot trading with, as there is no store in Oregon Oity that carries soon a variety of goods in stocK. a per son oan get . nearly everything he needB and if they nny not have it on hand tliey will soon have-it for yon at reasonable priors, and a farmer don't need a cent of cash for all he gets there. Most of the Oregon Oity peo ple are after the cash only, aud if a farmer comes in with produce of any kind they act as though they have not much use for liiin. The abolishment of the hitching post verifies this state ment. Respectfully yours, A FARMER. OREGON STATE FAIR. The Most Attractive Features Ever Offered. A loi-nur 'i.ntnlipr nf comities have applied for 'space at the coming Btate Pair tiian ut hiiv ntlmr time since fairs were held in Oregon. Among the counties tliu far heard from are Clat sop, Columbia, Clackamas, Mariou, Polk, Benton, Grant, Linooln,. Lane, I .wl linn. A number of the counties named have never betore had exhibits at the state fair. Tlie state board oi agnoui- tne. huo arrutlcrurl t,n otVfl a rjieiniulU ri n avarv p.nnntv t.htkt hafl its ex hibit in place on Monday morning at 9 o'clock on the week of the opening oi tne iair. T .An ia W ttill nrAairlnnt fit MlA Great UUU1D II . 1.1 . . ,j.vd. Northern, has donated a silver oup to be awarded to tne county maniug tne Extensive plans are being made to entertain the pioneers or uregon who .n.nrioH tha lint li.fH fair in Oregon Oity fifty years ago. The day will be made a Holiday in nanm. it in ei- . .1 .),... n.anv rf tha TMnnAAfB whft will attend will give recollections of their visit to the nrst state iair. Tmnrmrnmnntu at the fair nrounds are rapidlv being mvle. The street from the Southern Paciflo depot to the rtrin iAa haahAAfl naVfld ttTlll will llfTnrti glg.VJUlJv.k! una ww 2 - ' a broad and beautiful walk to the main entrance or tne grounaa. rnKa OMRnn A orion Itnr aI AnllflOA will have a large exhibit, a well as its band, which will be in attenuanoe n.ini tha onHpa wA.lr The livestock exhibit promises to be anusually good, as breeders from all An. tha unnntrr huVA lnnnlrArl for apace, indicating that the finest herds will be on exhibition irom an parti Closed Down. The Willamette Paper Mills closed down on account of low water on sat nrdav and will remain idle for sever' al weekss. Extensive lepairs will be made in the nulla before they com mence running in the fall. Get your Butter Wrappers at this office KILLED AT GLADSTONE Deaths Caused by Reck less Driving. QQ BROUGHT TO THIS CITY Their Names Are H. A. Cum mings and L. H. Young. Scarcely a day pauses but what we read of fatal aocideuts on automo biles, aud in nearly every instance it is the result of reckless driving. The terrible aocident at Gladstone on Wednesday evening was undoubtedly caused by fast driving, resulting in the machine getting beyond the oon trol of the driver. As the machine was rapidly speeding along on the Parkplace road one of the front wheels of the car rau off the roadway and the machine was hurled into a ditch three feet below, almost in htantlv killing L. H. Young, a far mer residing at Dainasous, aud Harry A. Uummings, aulomobile demonstra tor at Portland. Frederick Hum mer, a OamaouB farmer was slightly injured. The patty came to Oregon City in Young's maohine in the after noon and about six o'clock started for Damascus Parties who saw the ac cident state that (he machine was go ing at the rate of thirty miles an hour, but Mr. Hummer does not think the speed was more than fifteen miles an hour. Paul FiBher of Glad stone, was the first man to reauh the 8oene of the accident, and he found that Hummer, who had, been thrown clear of the wreck, had regained his feet and was wandering around in a dazed condition. The other two were found under the car. As soon as pos sible the wrecked automobile was re moved from over the victims and it was found that Young was dead and Ouniwitigs expired iu a few minutes afterwards. Judge Dimick was in a machine a few yards behind the ill-fated auto aud he was of the opinion that the, machine was going at the rate of at least twenty-live miles au hour. Ooroner Wilson had the bodies re moved to the Holmau nudertaking rooms in this oity. Kummer says that the acoident was caused by the steering geer having worked loose, and Young, who was driving the maohine, had mentioned that something was out of order. " We were going along at a rate of about fifteen miles au hour, ' Hum mer said, "when tlie front wheel ran off the road. Young tried his best to get it back. The wheel however, col lapsed, aud we were ttirown into the ditch. I don't know how I escaped. I was Bitting on the front seat with Young, who was on tne Bide that oa reeued; I was thrown clear of the wreok, and was o i my feet almost im mediately alter 1 struck the gronnd. 1 did not think at QrBt that I was in jured. However. I am only slightly bruised aud cut." There was muoh excitement when the news of the aocident Was drat re ceived in this city. Large crowds col lected at the undertaking rooms, in cluding many friends of the deoeased. Ooroner Wilson is of the opinion that the accident .was the result of oareless driving. Young was oonsid ered an-expert driver aud had made frequent trips to Oregon Oity; I he family of Cumuiiuas, who live in Portland,, were notified of the aocl' dent aud took charge of the remains. Fire Department in His Hat. Simrks from a big road engine ignit ed some loose splinters on the bridge over the Willamette on Monday after noon, and had it not been for the watchful eve of J. W. Jones, janitor at the court house, there might have been serious results. There are sev eral barrels of water on the bridge but there was no way to get it out, as the buckets were missing Jones de oided that decisive action was, neoes sary, and after tearing up several boards made a . bucket brigade out oi his hat. It required abont twenty trips to extinguish the flumes Proba bly the county conrt will be called upon to supply a new hat. DROWNED IN MOLALLA Lester Paulson Has Cramps and is Drowned. On Monday last Leslie Paulson, while bathing in the Molalla river near Canby, was drowned. Young Paulson, though a good swimmer, had accomplished the feat of swim ming the Molalla at the place where ho was drowned, and was swimming back to the starting point when lie was seized with oramps and sank in a deep hole. The water was twenty five feet deep where the boy sank. Paulson's parents, who live at Mon arch, have been notified of the son's death. . THRESHERMEN'S handy account books, at the Courier office. Grauge Meets Saturday. At New Era on next 8aturdar will he held the regular meeting of Warner Grange. It is expected that a great many of the fanners will be in at tendance, as Warner Grange was one of the first Granges orgauized in the state, being established over thirty years ago, and has never failed to have a good attendance at the regular meeting eioh month. The Itotarer, 8, L. Oasto, is prepar ing a good program, inoluding lec tures on scientific agriculture, music aud practical demonstrations. Mr. (J. W. a. Miller of Oregon Oity will also be present and explain to those in attendance the objects of the Farmers' Society of Equity. Warner Granges oue of the storng T WOMEN Granges of the county and has won the first prize for the beat Grange ex hibit at the last three county fairs, and at the meeting Saturday the com mittees in charge will report as to the progress of the exhibit for this . year. BIG SCHOOL CONTEST $300 Worth of Real Estate to Be Given Best School. The county superintendent of schools, T. J Gary, is busily engaged making preparations for the fall open ing of schools. He has issued a circu lar, a oopy of which will be forward ed to every school teacher in the county, notifying them of the brief time between now and the opening of the schools, and asks that all the sohool buildings be aired, cleaned and the water supply investigated. "Feel- ing.the need of better spelling,' savs tbe oiroular, "and mure rapid compu tation, the Clackamas County Moliool League, assisted by the teachers, supervisors and county superinten dent, will conduct a spelling and anthmetio contest. Tlie firm of Sohooley & Company of Oregon Oity will give real estate to the value of three hundred dollars, to the schools making the highest average in the test. The contest will be run on a percentage basis, whioh will give all the schools an equal chance." The contest wilt represent a series of live examinations couducted by the teaoh era at their respective schools, the questions being uniform and fur nished by the school league. , At the close of the test the ten highest sohools will be given a test by the superintendent and the one standing highest in the test will be awarded fifty per cent of the value of the prop' erty, wnicn win De sold in order to make the division. The school stand ing second will he awarded six aud two-thirds per cent of the value, and six and two-thirds per cent will be given to the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades in the county that stand the highest. The county superintendent is of the opin ion that by offering prizes to the whole school the pupils will be en couraged to do harder work than if it was offered to the one best student. In the spelling contest the percent age system will be used, that is to say, if a student is absent on the day of the test the words that this student should have spelled will all be oount ed as missed. In this way there is no chanoe for the poor spellers to stay out on test day and help boost the av erage of the school. Most of the plana have already been perfected for this great oontest, and it Is thought that the nnal test will take place some time in Maroh next. A POINTED REPLY. Mr. U'Ren Analyzes Theories Ad vanced by Mr. Hicinbothan. Oregon City, Ore., Aug. 22, 1911. To the Editor : The Presbyterian elder who signs himself a "Upringwater Faruior" has olosed bis ears for the pesent. Moih ing oan be Baid to a man when he be gins to question his opponent's Intel Ugeuce instead of his principles and reasons. I remember' when the Elder talked the banie way about the initia tive and referendum ; then he thought again and talked differently. Be tween now and .November, 11112, there ought to be time enough far the El der to ttiink again about the morals of tax laws. Perhaps it is different with Mr, Hioinbothani. Does Mr. Hicinbotham believe a law is morally right under which men can get $40,000 a year (or even 40 cents) without any labor? Uoea he believe it is possible for one man to get $40,000 a year without do ing any labor In any form, unless some other men work for $40,000 a year that they do not Ret' "Many men in Oregon are getting $40,000 a year without doing any labor of any kind for any of the money ; they merely "own" land and allow other men to improve and use the land and pay the taxes both on the laud and the im provements, besides paying a hand some ground rent to the "owner." Is that morally right? Very many men have grown wealthy beyond the dreams of avarice merely by owning land whioh they let other men improve and use if they would pay all the taxes to the government besides the ground rent to the owner. Very few men have grown noli by using the laud and paying the taxes. Mr. Hicinbotham has been using land and paying taxes to my knowl edge for more than twenty years In Oregon, but I have heard nothing of his making any European tours or buying any high-priced automobiles out of the profit of his work, i know other men who have owned very much less land than Mr. Hicinbotham has cultivated, aud they have money to burn aud did not work. Is it right? The average farmer in Clackamas county pays as much tax for cultivat ing one aoie of land as the O. & O. R. R. Co. pays for owning and hold ing five and one-half acres out- of use for the rise iu price. Is that fair to the farmer? Respeotfully yourB, W. B. U'REN. Hunters Return. A hunting party consisting of T. P. Randall, H. B. Moody, Kent Moody and J. J. Ourko have returned from 'a hunting trip into the wilds of southern Oregon. Game was found in abundance, thirteen deer and oue bear having been seen in oue day. The party killed six deer and one bear. Charles and Frank Peckover, Frank Preusuhoff and James Murger have returned to their homes at Parkplace from a sucecssful hunt at the head waters of the Clackamas. Harry Pollock of Seattle is spend ing a few days visiting relatives and triends in this city. OREGON CITY PEOPLE want th best. They ask for LOG CABIN UREAD,. Made by tire LOU CABIN BAKING CO., Portland, Oregon. WORK WILL BE 5 The East Side Locks An Assured Fact. GREAT BENEFIT TO OREGON CITY Accommodations for New Resi dents Must Be Provided. The announcement in the Courier last week that tlie government had an. oepted the plans of the engineers lo cating tne locks oo the east side of the Willamette was very ratifvins to thn residents of Oregon City. The long looked tor improvement of the Will amette is now an assured fact. No 'further action bv congress is neoes sary before the improvement can com mence. Although the total cost of the improvement is about $150,000 more than the funds available, infor mation from Washincton is to tha effect that the work can be pushed rorwara at once The total cost will be approximately $760,000 and it will probably require four years to com--plete Jhe work. The work of the officers ot the Will amette Open River and Freight Rate Association cannot be too highly commeuded. They have worked early and late to bring this matter before oongress and the country, and their exertions have been amply rewarded. i.ne lollowing telegrams from Wash ington were received from the Oretron congressional delegation on Saturday : Washington, Aug. 19th, 1911. W. A. Shewraau, Oregon Oity, Ore. Engineers have approved const! no tion of locks on east Bide of river which will liAcrin as mnnn .. nnoaihli, -- ' - - - O HO JJUDDI UIO under aots and .appropriations already made. Think no further congress ional action necessary at this time, however will continue to assist in the work in any way possible. Chairman of committee on rivers and harbors has stated that mv nrnvlnna wnrt vnaa most material factor in securing adoption or the project. Looks are to be completed in four years. W. C. HAWLEY. Washington, D. O., Aug. 18, 1911. W. A. Shewman, Beo'ly Willamette Open River and Freight Rate Atsn , Oregon Oity, Or. may oonut upon my oo-operation with oilier members of delegation to furth er the locks at Oregon Oity. A. W. LAFFERTY, M. O. stow that this work ia assured, some provision must be made to provide aooommodatiouB for the men who will have oharge ot the oous'truction work. There will probably be from 50 to 100 men iu constant forvioe during the four years neoessary to complete the improvements. For many weekajthe Oourier Iibb snggented the propriety of our moneyed men constructing houses for rental. We are now sud denly confronted with the Question. If we are' to secure these people as residents of Oregon Oity no time can be lost. Forty to fifty new families means much to our business men. A building association is needed at once. WANT WAITING ROOM. Greenpoint Residents Say Com pany Should Build One. Now that the fine new bridge ovejj the Abernethy has been completed! the residonts of the Greenpoint dief triot think they are untitled to better accommodations while waiting for the oars, especially when they are not on soheduln time, whioh often happens. Probably more people get on and off t.IlA nun at I4raannnint than at nnn other station on the line between Ore gon Oity and Portland, and while most of the stations have waiting rooms to protect the patrons of the road from the rays of the hot sun and the steady downpour of rain during the long winter months, there is no shelter at Greenpoint. A small struc ture would not be expensive and would be greatly appreciated by the residents ot that neighborhood. NO FOREST FIRES. Probably Not Much Damage Will Be Reported This Year. That the extension of the time per mitting the burning of rubbish has borne good fruit is attested by the fact that up to this time very few forest fires have been reported iu any part of the state. A year ago the hills aud villages were black with smoke and heavy damages were reported from al most every locality. The state board of forestry has kept a vigilant eye on violators oi the law aud whenever there has been any evidence of the violation of the " law the offenders have been promptly prosecuted. , Liked the Cruise. The 'Oregon Oity boys who went on the cruise with the Oregon Naval militia on the Cruiser Boston, have returned to their homes. Of thofO en listed only eleven were ou the cruise aud they reiwrt a fine time. Leaving Portland last Wednesday the Boston steamed direct to Astoria, where there was a short delay, then the journey was continued to Coos Bay. The return trip from Coos Bay a as made in the Breakwater and was altogether different trom the trip down on the Boston. A new cauvaaa is to be made in Oregon Oity for re or u its, so that a full company may be obtained for next year's cruise. STARTED 00