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OREGON CITY, OREGON. FRIDAY, JAN. 10, 1913
- '-No. 35
30th YEAR.
TAKE A CHANCE
ON OLD OGLE
WORK HAS STARTED FOR THE
MINE'S DEVELOPMENT.
ORE IS THERE, GOING AFTER IT
$50,000 Cyanide Plant will be In
stalled In the Spring.
To the Public:
The most of the people of this
part of tho state know of Ogle
mine; of the discovery of gold
there many years ago; the devel
opment work of tho past eight
years and its prospects today.
It is needless for the directors
to review the mine's history for
the most of you are as familiar
with it as the directors.
After .eight years of develop
ment work, when we could lay the
mine open for its own proof of
wealth or worthlessness, the
directors engaged one of the best
mining engineers that could be
found, '. man who" has had prac
tical experience m some of the
biggest mines of this country
and in Mexico, and a man who had
the jvery highest recommenda
tions as to ability. This engineer
thoroughly examined Ogle mine,
spent weeks at the work, and his
report is 'that the mine is a rich
deposit of gold and silver ores;
that the supply is almost inex
haustable, am! that with the es
tablishment of a cyanide plant
the mine will be one of the big
gest and richest in Oregon.
The stockholders and directors
have unanimously endorsed the
proposition of the engineer, and
the work has now commenced to
raise the necessary $50,000 to in
stall tho cyanido plant.
It is necessary that this money
be raised by the first of March so
that work be started early in the
spring if it is to be completed by
next fall. , , ,
Th nresent stockholders have
hnrnn the irreater part , of the
expenses of development for .the
r . . . i nKi I
imHt 'nine vears and are not able
to raise this additional money
among themselves, therefore it
has been decided to sell the treas
urystock held in reserve for this
purpose, and the same is now for
sale,, ...... 4 4 , . . '
i.'., .h on iv, nf vmpk- is rojiuH un
der this signed guarantee by the
company: ' , . , .
Twenty-five per cent is to be
paid when the full $50,000 has
been subscribed; twenty-five per
cent on 'tne nrst oi eacu uiuuw
thereafter until the full amount
thereafter until me lu.i a nomii
stock to be ssuea on una. vy-
it is aereed that this contract
shall be construed as a present
mirrhase of said stock and it is
Signed by me solely on the
strength of what is contained
herem and not because of any
statement or act not herein re-
Spf oi I Kit110"16'86 a,
The report oi the engineer who
stwstrafricfe
A ..his ;
UlC, OtUl-ft , ..... -
ihn cn.nil.al neces-
Mn Ulntl 1 T11UT KM 1 I I 1 1 Lf I 1 1 1 1 r l
UCULO W 1 . . . 1 . , -1
sary 10 put in m pi-uubbb. n
the plant is in operation the stock
should be worth many times its
value, and it should increase in
value every year. There is no in
vestment that promises beliter,
and when the mine is in working
shape it should prove one of . the
biggest booms Clackamas county
ever had. ,
We invite the closest examina
tion of this mining property. It
has been steadily developed for
eight years. The work shows . tor
itself, and we extend an invita
tion to anyone interested to ex
amine the mine to his full satis
faction. , , .
Eight years ago men had sand
enough to buy stock in this min
ing property Today the chances
are a hundred times better for a
splendid investment this stocK
must and will be sold by March 1-
If you are interested, we would
be glad to show you the matter in
detail at any time.
Ogle Mountain Mining Co.
The Courier always thought the
Ogle Mining people were too mod
est; that they do not half put
forth what ttiey have out there in
the south Molalla mining district.
One day the Courier man (who
has been to Ogle mine and who
knows something of what is
there) asked the directors .why
they did not arrange,? free ex
cursion and weeks outing for all
who cared to go ana "ui":
half the men of this city out
there? But the boys said it would
" look too much like a blue sky. deal
and they would not consider it.
There have many people gone
out to this mine in the past few
years and looked it over, and ev
ery one of them, every last man,
will tell you the boys have sure
got something out there, got a
mine that is sure to develop into
one of the big ones.
Stock buying is always more or
less a marter nf chance and al
ways will 'be7Many years ago in
New York state a laly who ran a
boarding house-brought suit
against the Standard Oil Co. for
. the board of a gang of men doing
construction work, and she finally
-settled the suit by taking her pay
-in the company's stock, then not
listed as worth a cent. The last
heard of the lady she was not
running a boarding house.
The Fairclough boys are not
promoters. They have a mine out
there and they know it has the
j rru n.An it nf tnin nan 01
nr0!rrm knows these boys; they
know the most of" the stockhold
ers who went in with them on this
deal, and this the fellows think
should stand for more than ex
cursions and brass bands. They
nave a migniy good proposition.
U will develop into a big thing.
:
you nave sana enougn to iaKe
harm. nnur itrhon-tho mminv itt
needed to put in the cyanide plant,
take a chance, and vou will no
doubt shake , hands with your
self some day. And if you i do
want to get in,' the- time is now,
for after enough stock has been
sold to . put in the cyandie plant
there won't be any for sale:
The new plant will be run by
compressed air.generaUd bywat
er power, and the fact of having an
available water power is a big as
set, for situated as it is it would
bo very expensive to operate the
mine by steam.
The summers are short at Og
le, and it is necessary to get the
work, started the minute spring
will permit in order to have it in
operation before trie snows set in
next fall. Therefore the .matter
of selling stock to meet these ex
penses will be rusned from- now
until March 1, and Tom Fair
dough says if the sale winds up
as easily as it is starting out
it won't take until March tosell it
Better take a chance on' Ogle
mine. It looks good looks very
good.' ; 1 . ', " ' ; .
LOOK UT FOR THIS ONE.
Legislature Is Going to Attempt to
Limit Power of the People.
Tho papers give it out that the
Hon. Steven A. Lowell of Pendle
ton, will oder several amend
ments to the present ballot law at
the coining session of the slate
legislature, and one of them will
be a prohibition, against more
than seven measures going on the
ballot at one time,, and that the
seven bo accepted in the order
they are filed, and not in the order
of demand or merit.
They say the present law loads
down the ballot. Well, has it
done any gieat .damage or been
any great burden? Haven't tin
people unloaded it as fast as the
interests loaded it.and haven't the
people used mighty good judg
ment on the job? '
Mr. Lowell proposes that not
more than live general laws shall
be put on the ballot. Oregon has
an election once in two years, so
this would limit the power of the
people to two and one-half laws
per year, and the interests who
got there first with a proposition,
im mailer what it was. could
crowd out others of perhaps vital
amportance
In thp 111
in ihn imlgmiAnl nf the Courier
this is the dead wrong way to-add
to the strength of the initiative
and referendum. On. the other
hand it looks like a .purpose to
pull the teeth out of these popular
reforms and leave them where the
eople could not mate mucu use
f them. . , .
Tho lnoi hniinl was loaded-
there is no question- about that
but was there any harm done?
The pepole weeded out the vicious
and dangerous measures and
illed them. This lact aione win
-...... --.7 --. Hintf down
j-"; tf-tf a w(rrld of
money to try to put some of the
measures over on the .people and
when the people catch them at it
a .few times you may be sure they
will quit it. - , ,
Amend the law .so that the voU
ers w.l not hay,
aSsftnd '18. ana
referendum won't need any re-
'Wpypoied amendment looks
; ,rri puiS
lllunp" - - -
-
away a i
away a part of the power you now
have. Write to your senator and
representative and tell' him you
will not stand for it. Tell him if
I he legislature plugs this through
the people will kill it by referen
dum. And write them NOW.
By What Right?
On Monday the United -States
supreme court refused to sanc
tion the great stock deal of
the Southern and Union Pacific to
scramble their stock, so the press
dispatches state.
Good for the supreme court,
but while we praise we would al
so question.
By what authority does the
U. S. supreme court, or any other
courts give permission or refusal
In anv cnmnanv to' do or not to
do certain things?
Has tne Dig court, ibkbu over
the duties of congress, and is it
the Big Dictator? .
An American's conception of a:
iaiii-i ia in trv rnsoa nnd render
justice, not to pass on plans that
ranroaus may piescui, o ui
congress to make laws for the
government of the Tailroads, and
what business has the supreme
court to sanction o'r refuse plans
of the big interests? '
Robbing' a Blind Man.
Mosier, the blind man has ucen
robbed, several - months ago his
ninoii onrl InhnP.Pn SlATlH nil MfllTI
street, and Saturday night of $40
in casn. ,
Chariot, Tripl IaH MnSlPX TO nlS
home Saturday night after he had
cioseu nis sianu. vueu c m
iiia hmria Mnsier laid the
money on the stairs while he went
to the wash room up stairs. He
i i : n f ,...r --i innlnn ntnun
reiUlUtru ill a lew luiiiuico '"
rpHThere
is absolutely no clue to work on
and the chances are the money
will never be recovered. No doubt
n thinf fnllnu-oH Ihp nair home and
a kuici . ' ' ' " . . i . - - - - i
took advantage of the temporary
ansense 10 gei wie pucniuuu.
A Bit of the Beautiful.
MnnHav nitrht Hiprn fell an inch
of snow and although it only last
ed a couple oi nours luesuay
morning yet the kids made the
most or it, anu iwain sireei was
a fliMniy lino
Do you remember that about a
is9f atrn tho "nilvor thaw" struch
Portland? And do you remember
that last year spring opened on
7th day or January i
WE'LL PLAY THE
'S
JUST AS LONG AS HEf PLAYS IT
FOR REAL SPORT.
GIVE BOY PLENTY OF ROPE
And Don't Think His Pranks are
Awful Violations of the Law.
Right after hallowe'en a half
dozen persons made protest to
this office that it was tho duty of
tho police , to stop the young
hoodlums, and asked us to roast
tne force, the mayor and the city
of Oregon City b'gosh.
And a whisper from tlTe long
ago said, "forget it" and we for
got. We washed the soap off the
Courier's front windows with nev
er an imprecation on the lad who
put it there; and we hunted for a
nate at homo and kept a smile
on. '
New Year's" eve some of the kids
broke out ag'ain, but mildly. They
made a little noise with bells and
whistles to help the new year to
start right. ' .
And again the Courier was ask
ed to hang somebody's skin on the
fence and to take a stand for civ
ilization and sane doings.
And we forgot it again;
This week there came a little
snow, enough to make a few white
hpois' on" the pround and mater
ial for the small boy to make
snowballs of. It only lasted an
hour. or two and those kids knew
they had got to get on the job be
fore the-sun shone So they just
packed those little white balls and
peppered them at anything that
moved. It. was too much fun to
last long in Oregon, and the kids
realized it. So they made the
most of it.
vAnd then came another '.please
roast' order. One man, who had
to- dodge asked us to give it to the
police and ask them if the hill
section didn't have protection
from ruffianism; another wanted
the names of the boys printed so
their parents would be ashamed
of them, and a motherly, white
haired old lady, whose children
have so- Jong grown up that she
can't remember what childhood
was like, sent a note to this office
giving the 'names of three of the
youngsters who were coasting on
a! sidewalk, and asked the editor
to see that they were prosecuted
for violating the city laws.
. The kids will certainly have to
make more of a record for law
lessness before the Courier ever
gives them the worst of it.
I want to tell you these pranks
are not wickedness, meanness or
devilshness, as they so ouen ap
pear to we older cusses, who are
getting grey over the ears and
stifT in the joints.
it's tho. kitten, the colt, the'
nnnhv. in the hearts and the kids
have got to work it out to give
room for brains. ,
You can't expect kids from 7 to
17 to carry around a justice s de
meanor, or act as if every day was
Sunday and he was down to lead
the Epworth League.
The kids are going to find out
once a year how your front steps
hre anchored: they are going to
know how your roasimg curs
aste in the summer ano iney are
going to play a prann or two ai
.school or on the streets on one
or two cccasins, ana mis paper
isn't going to condemn inem nor
roast the policeman who is a lit
tle" near; sighted on these occa
sions, just because some one has
a big Puritan streak that has
crowded out the recollections of
when he was a boy.
It's as natural for a kid to
break into pranks as for an Irish
man to get onio me puuue y ""
and it doesn't hurt tne Kid any
more than it does me bou ui jm.
Thou onmn kids that annoy us
old ducks are going to be men af
ter a few ticks or me ciock, uhu
these boyish pranks are training
and developing them for the fu
ture and its treadmill.
It's gOOd StUlI in print
training or a Kid accorun iu
book rule.; and keeping his clothes
as clean as tne leaves oi uie uo
but I would rather my hopefuls
should get .out and mix it a little
and gel a part of the training
I here, and i f my kid should take
part in changing the wheels on
someone's buggy, or let a gate
stick to his fingers well, I shou d
remember it, and hope he would
do so again.
It's sunshine' and fun to the
kids, these pranks. We can t un
derstand it, for we are to . busy
worrying and making wrinkles,
but. take it from me that the kid
who has something in him when
in the grade win nave someunne
rni.Ding out when he finishes
high school.
Hoast tne kiusi iuu uuoj.
LOOK INTO THIS.
If This Proposition Can be Tied
Up Tight, Nab It
nni nf the various views and
rnnoitirma nf the Live Wires
Tuesday night for a better water
system, was one mai wuuiu nccm
wnr.h tne. iuuesL iiiycshso""";
1 t i hi. . . . ...
mp Tnnn slated a company n
given a franchise, would put m a
gravity system from an absolu-
fely pure supply several miles out
of the city; would furnish water
for fifty cents per month; would
sell the' system to the city at the
end of five, ten, or twenty years.
Mr Tooze did not state who the
people were, wnere uie wain
supply would come irum ur
any particulars, but if these peo
ple are responsible; if they can be
tied down and the people safe,
guarded on this proposition for
twenty years, it would seem a ve
ry eay way out of the present
troubles and a matter that should
be thoroughly investigated beTore
this water remedy is decided on.
ILL
ED
As we understand it we now
have a $00,000 plant, owned by the
city and we pay $1.25 a month for ,
water, ir mis company wouiu
make good on the proposition that
Mr. Toozo presented, it would not
add a dollar to the bonded indebt
edness of the city, it would not
add a cent to taxes and we would
be getting water for almost one
third the rate we are now paying.
If this city, or any other city
can tie up on such a proposition,
and tie it with a knot that will
hold, then we had better jump to
it for we couldn't ask for a bet
ler proposition. .
Starting Something Again.
Not many monUis ago a judge
who thought he was bigger than
the constitution, deprived a
Sweede of his citizenship because
he was a Socialist. . The utter
injustice of this judicial order,
aroused the American people.and
the result wa that tho judge was
pulled off the bench, was clearly
proven an unfit, and he is dis
graced in the eyes of the whole
American people.
Over in Idaho the other day an
editor was thrown into jail for
contempt of court, for publishing
something that the court did not
want him to publish. The editor
was refused any pretense of a
trial and deneyed any chance to
appeal.
This is another instance that
will make free men hate courts a
little more.. ' '
Americans won't stand for the
denial of the right of trial or ap
peal." They are not bred right to
nuckle to a judicial gound.This
Idaho right of might case has
started something again.
MEADE POST INSTALLS.
Installation of Officers Brings
Out Large Attendance.
The joint nisUlation service of
Meade Post No. 2, Department of
Oregon, and the Women's Relief
Corps took place at Willamette
Hall on Saturday last. The instal
lation services for Meade Post
were conducted by T. B. McDa
vitt, department commander of
Oregon. There was a large at
tendance of members of both or
ganizations. Previous to the in
stallation a bounteful dinner as
served by the ladies of the Relief
Corps, which was heartily enjoy
ed by all present. The following
is a list of the officers installed;
Commander, H. L. Hull; Sen
ior Vice-Commander, J. A. Ro
man; Junior Vice-Commander, J.
Sewell; Patriotic Instructor, H. S.
Clyde; Surgeon, J. L. Mattock;
Chaplain, L. P. Horton; Quarter
master. G. A. Harding; Officer of
the Day, J. Doremus; Officer of
the Guard, D. H. Davies; Adjutant
H. S. Clyde; Quartermaster ar
geant, R. L. Porter; Sargeant Ma
Tor, Alfred S. Stokes: Delegate to
State Encampment, J. L. Mattock,
Oliver A. VanHoy, Faxon Hayford,
J. McFarland and C. N. Lewis;
Consul of Administration, A. J.
Tuft and J. C. Savoyer; Reporter,
Frank Moore; Color Bearer, Dan
McArthur.
All of the newly- elected offn
cers have honorable war records,
many of them still carrying scars
for wounds received in line of du
ty. In July of this year the fifti
eth anniversary of the battle of
riniivshnrir will occur and many
of the comrades engaged in that
terrible struggle now residing
in Oregon are very anxious to vis
it the old battle ground, guiie
a number of the Eastern States
have already made provision to
defray the expenses of al the vet
erans still residing in the states
where they enlisted from, but as
yet no provisions has been made
T 1.1- lU. InnnfinAPlnl inn
of the veterans, who immigrated
to the west. The matter will ear
ly be brought to the attention of
the various posts throughout the
state and probably a bill will be
introduced in the legislature this
winter making a small appropri
ation toward paying the expenses
. . . ill I, 1. in I V , i n in
i r Tii'iiv 1 1 1 m nil- i, mm Linunuui itniun
or tne om uoys imi; tu uiun
i'wra afatoa
tl Y D on i II J
Thnro was nuite a large auenu-
ance of visitors at the installation
services and among them was
Mrs. Frances, A Beach,, of Fort
Dodge, Iowa. Mrs. Beach has been
engaged in relief work for nearly
thirty years and she took a keen
interest in. the proceedings on
Saturday. .
In i860 Mrs. Beach was an in
terested spectator in the great
Republican convention at Chicago
that designated Abraham Lincoln
for president. She has a very
.rt.ri.i popnllpp.f inn n f the intense
pvpiiement in that memorable
convention when it became an
ihi Mr. Lincoln would be
nominated. During the early part
of the war Mrs. Beach sang with
the celebrated Lombard brothers
at war meetings held in different
parts of the west for the purpose
of encouraging enlistments and
stirring up enthusiasm iavoi i
to a vigorous prosecution of In
war.
These Columns Are Open
The matter of the county court
criticism in last week's. Courier,
which seem to have stirred up
considerable interest in the coun
i i that the Courier has no
personal knowledge of, but which
was published because the letter
had a signature and the substance
of the communication was backed
up by signatures. .
n a tho nniie.v nf this naoer to
, L in iiii. i j - - . . . ,
hnth sides of any matter all
there i8 i0 the matter to give
any man or proposition an even
hreak and the columns of this
paper are open to any members
J)f thft C0Unly court or any other
t,erson t0 give their side of this
' matter and explain to the people
wnat injustice the charges have
, maaei ,r they noio mai any niju
i;o hia hppn none in rar. umn
letter. The Courier is open to
vmi. gentlemen. Use it if you
wish.
u: Marv Sweeney, a profes
sional nurse of Portlan jl who vi
sited with Mrs. A. E. Frost the
latter part of the w"ek, returned
to Portland bunaay
CITY WILL HAVE
PURE WATER
THOROUGHLY AROUSED CITI
ZENS TAKE. ACTION.
LIVE WIRES START MATTER
Engineers will at Once Look Over
Available Water Sources.
Ancient tales relate how a wise
old geek gathered his sons around
him and illustrated to them the
strength of union. He showed
them how easily one faggot was
broken, and then the great
strength of the bundle
Main Trunk II. E. Cross must
have had this story in mind when
he called a special meeting of the
Live Wires and asked the men to
tackle the pure water question, to
consider the one subject, and to
stay with it until it was solved.
There was a large attendance
and a long sessioin Tuesday eve,
and every man was keenly inter
ested in the matter, and it is a
certainty that out oi it will come
a remedy. The people are fully
aroused to the necessity and are
taking hold ot the matter with an
interest that means something.
F. J. Tooze was the first mem
ber heard, and ho made a report
that showed he had done a lot of
investigating and knew what he
was talking about. He said the
intake to our present system
could he extended farther into the
lver, chemicals used and tne
water made much safer, but that
it would not be a permanent rem
edy. He said that another means
of relief was that a company stood
ready, if the city would grant it
a 20-year franchise, to install a
gravity system, pumping the wa
ter lrom wells wiucn tney wouiu
dig nine miles from this city;
that they would guarantee me
purity of the supply: would fur
nish it to the people for fifty
cents per month, and would sell
the plant to tne city at me eno oi
any live year perion; or he stated
the city could put in inis system
itself. Regarding the Bull Run
supply he stated that there was
little liklihood of getting this wa
er for a permanent source, as we
could only get it on a two year
contract and tho big expense
would not bo justified by the
chances. He stated that theClear
Lake nronosilioir. as being con
sidered by the state, was too far
in the future for reiiei, as li
would be five years before this
could be available,
Dr. Hueh Mount was called up-
n, and he gave a short talk that
was tne straigni iaiK. ne sum
he was convinced that we were
Kimnlv wflHtiner time in trying to
get Bull Run water. He said that
itr. i ooze nau leu oui one im
portant water source in his re-
iort, tne head waters oi uie iuo-
.i.un.i.ii, . thai thupn waa
IU11U, tllU ll'Wl'c, witn n..u ......
a supply that could be gotten that
would he as lasting as ume;
that we should not waste lime in
the Clear Lake matter, as it is too
far in the future for our relief;
that the matter is one that we
should get busy on at once; mai
the extension of the intake would
perhaps better conditions but that
it is not the remedy we want; that
he did not go much on the propo
sition to cleanse a sewer with
Is? Uhat the' Willamette
river would get worse instead of
better as the population of the
valley increased. And then the
rinc.ifir told the neoDle assembled
that it was a shame on our city
nnd a disirraco to our civilization
that we only paid our health of
ficer $10 a month anu expeciou 10
have our health conditions prop
erly loked after..
At the conclusion oi ur. mount b
talk W. S. U Ren moved that a
vote of thanks bo given him which
was unanimously carried.
B. T. McBain said mat wo couiu
not get a pure or safe water sup
ply from the river; that it was
filthy and would grow worse; that
uiu npo ilrinkinir sewage: that wc
could not get pure water from fil
tering this sewage, tie saiu uie
thing to do was to go after a pure
water source and go after it at
once; that we should ask the city
council to immediately get com
petent engineers to looK over me
various water sources anu inwn
recommendations, tnis was put
u the form of a motion anu car
ried. The women's club was al
so urged to take this matter of a
pure water source up, and co-operate
with the Live Wires and the
city council. .
Dr. 1j. U. I'lCKBllS Bttiu uim
Oregon City could not grow with
this typhoid scare holding it back;
that he Knew oi a nan uu.
ilies that were now making ar
paTiffnm.nfs to leave the city; that
we must take hold of the matter
at once and remedy the water con
ditions or tne lypnoiu sumo wuuiu
kill the city. . , , rn
President Cross appointed r.
W. Sullivan, B. T. McBain and
William Sheehan a committee toco-operate
with the city council
in the matter of investigating and
providing a new water supply.
n w himinlt offered a resolu
tion which was promptly carried,
that the city pay the health offi
cer $75 a month, the same as the
police are paid, and mat mo uouu
ty bay a like amount.
Mp Ti.nvo unifl that he was sat.
isfied' that the people would by
their voles endorse tho remedy the
in thought, best: that the
Li-i ehnnM nnf. he a considera
lion with life and health, and that
he knew the people would pro
vide the remedy when they were
satisfied it was a remedy.
t i finrv made the suggestion
that for temporary relief that
water be pumped to this city from
ihA biir soring at Willamette.
This he said could be done in
m T i on nf Canbv said that
there was abundant supply of
pure water within four miles of
this city and that a gravity sys
tem could be in operation within
forty days.
J. E. Hedges of the water board
said the board stood ready to co
operate with the people in the
manner they thought best, but ad
vised that they go slow and cer
tain herore they abandoned the
present system.
t. a. uimstead. chemist or tne
Willamette Pulp & Paper com
pany thought the installation of
a hydroclorides system would be
the move to make, and that the
water bo analyzed daily.
The meeting snowed the keen.
est interest. The people are ful
ly awake to the importance of
changing our water source, and it
is certain that something will be
done and done as ouickly as pos
sible. ...i
Farmers' Equity Meeting.
The county union of the Farm
ers' society of Equity will meet
at Mt. Pleasant school house on
next Saturday, January it, 1913,
at 10 a. m. Members of all locals
are especially urged" to be pres
ent. S. L. Casto,
President.,
MATTERS BEFORE
GITY COUNCIL
SEVERAL MATTERS OF IMPOR
TANCE DISCUSSED,
Water Supply Matter will Come up
at Special Meeting Tonight
The city council had its re'gula'r
meeting Wednesday night -and an
other,, a special session, will be
held this (Thursday) night tq take
up the matter or a new water sup
ply for tho city
Councilman Tooze made his re
port on the water situation which
was practically the same as that
submitted to the Live Wires, and
he urged that immediate steps be
taken to remedy conditions He
said many of the school children
were not drinking as much water
as needed on account of the in
convenience of having it boilod.
Ho thought as a present remedy
the water mains should be. ex
the intake pipe should bo extend
ed farther into the river and thdt
chemical disinfectants be used.
Mr. Eddy of the Southern Pa
cific Co. was present and asked
that au assessment of $409 for
street improvements, and and or
der to vacate property on Center
and Washington streets,' be re
ferred to the city attorney and re
corder, which was done. '
The Mpntague-O'Reilly Co. who
have the contract for paving Main
street asked for an extension of
60 days to complete the work and
recited several delays ovor which
they had no control. The council
granted them 30 days' extension.
It was brought to the attention
of the council that the franchise
ordinance of the P. R. L. & P.- Co.
had been filed by had never been
signed by Mayor Dimick. The
n ollui) itit I n (nlrnn nn
ii u i' t u i nin u j nt'ivii uj', ,
The matter of the complotion of
sewer Dist. No. 10 camo un for
acceptance. Mr. Tooze moved that
tho engineer examine same and
report. The part under question
is between Thirteenth and four
teenth, on John Q. Adams street.
On favorable report or tne com
mitteo it was ordered that addi
tional lights be placod at Jackson
and Fourteenth and Sixteenth and
Harrison.
P. I). I.ntoiirotle made a tro-
tost against the assessments of
propeny ior sewer uisi iw i. no
made the statement that the as
sessment on tho lots was in many
cases practical confiscation, and
greater man tne vaiue oi tne iota,
the assessments ranging from $90
in mn nnr lot. Ho hold that sev
eral blocks directly benefitted by
this sewer should help to pay for
it; that it was draining much ptn
er nronertv: that the city which
owns trie promonadq along the
i n r was one or tne Deneuciurn;,
the mill reserve another boside
much private property, tie ad
vised mat this sewer uminui, no
rn.ni'Branized and made to take in
the mill reserve and other bene
fitted' property. The matter was
rfif.rred t.n thn city engineer, city
attorney and street committee to
investigate. ,
A representative of the fire de
partment asked that the rooms in
the city building be refurnished,
and put in proper shape for the
two companies. Mr. Tooze held
Hint Ihn nresent condition Of the
quarters were a disgrace to the
city and fire department. It was
ordered that the fire companies
present an ltunized uiu ior ine
furnishings at the meeting Wed
nesday night of next week.
The matter oi inspecting mo
paving and tho quality.ot the ma
ii.rini hi'inu- used on Main street
came up for some discussion but
was laid on the table without ac
tion. Mr. Myres stated the prop
osition was to have a competent
chemist inspect the work.. I he
nnat urmi rf llfi I.Wfl CentS VVl
snuaro yard. Messrs Beard and
Horton argued against this in
spection, on the ground that the
i-nmnnnv was ft resoonsiblo one,
that it was under bonds for five
years to make good any defects,
and that this inspection .. would
nniv add to the expense of the
paving. Mr. Tooze held a differ
,.t vii.vir nriil wanted each coun
r'ilman to ifo on record . He said
iimt in all other cities where pav
ing was done the city had a chemj
ist examine every yard of it, and if
it was not up to specifications, n
was thrown out, and he thought
we should do the same He held
thai vAn if the comDanv was re
sponsible and the city protected
iiv hnnd. that. w could not afford
to have any patching done; that a
chemist might better determine
now than to have to patch later.
(Continued on Page 8)
t'v.
THREE MONTHS
PROGRAM ARRANGED BY THE
LIVE WIRE MEMBERS.
SHORT AND TO THE POINT
Mayor Cross' 8ohemo Is Having a
8plendld Start Off.
When Gladstone's mayor. H. E.
Cross was elected Main Trunk of
the Live Wires he immediately .
started something, started a lot "
of somethings, and it is a sure
thing that the Live, Wire sessions
win do interesting gatherings ror r
tne next tnree montns.
Mr. Cross hit on a novel and .'
original plan to have sdmething
slirrinur antl kenn nn the rnniita-. '
tion of the Wires for doing things
He sent eaoh member a personal
letter telling them to write in one
Henl.enr.n a Hiihinct. fnr r.nnaidnra-
tion for future meetings of the or
ganization, to state in just a few
words-what, would In the judge
ment of the writer be for the '
best interests of the city and com
munity. It was a happy idea and
it. worked TT.vurv mAnihor nf th
organization rettnnnderi and it
brought out m a n y s t r o n g '
ideas and suggested lines to work '
along.; it showed what the mem
bers were thinking about and
it set forth many subjects for the ;
future that the members will have
to sustain. And Mr. Cross made '
the proposition binding. He im- '
posod a line and forfeiture of sup
per to any member that did not
And following is the list as we
caught them. They are certainly
interesting, and tne wires win .
have to get on the job for the next
t h luia iiiitnlho In ptnnr thpm- AWflVf
The speedy erection of a com
modious public., dock; ingress
ami Ptrrosa must, imnortant in
selecting a site. Frank Busch. .
Pure water ror uregon city. -
Ted Osmond. '
Improve Pacific highway; new ;
bridge across the Willamette.
H. S.' Mount, '"
Operate our own electrio light
and power plant.: F. J. Tooze t
: Better county and city govern- ,
ment. L. L. Pickens.
If, we get Bull Run water, turn
the water nlant into a municipal
lighting, plant. u. Aaams. .
A modern city hall, three stqr- ,
nn 4I.A nnnunnl Innotinn 11ilh''
loo, u 11 bljo yLvgcuii luuniiuii, ...v...
plenty of room, for all city pffl-,
cials and publio documents; fire.
n,mr.nr.ina nnnilini, Prtm Q n t In '
formation booth for town oounty
and stale. ' ; ... . . ' .
Main street and the bridge bet- ,
ter lighted and the bridge kept
clean. F. A. Olmstead. '
Develop the civio personality of
Oregon City. si. A. vanBrakel.
A better organization of the
road building system. LivyStipp.
t Closer relations' between capi
tal InVw.p Willinm Rtnnn .
VIM ai'U lauuii ,tii..mi ,
The. Bpeedy erection of th& ele
vator, a pure water-supply and
cluster lights on Main street.--A.
A. Price. , . '
Clackamas Southern railroad will
do more to develop the interior of
of the county and improve the
conditions of Oregon City than
any other enterprise ever inau
ipH in this county. G. B.
Dimick. ' ' -i ; ,, ,.
Complete confidence in our city
and each other for a greater Ore
con Cif.v and a free freight dock.
B. T. McBain.
Pave Main street from Third to
city limits on the north with hard
surface navement: have county
court open up county .road to
Gladstone and bridge the .Clack
amas jiver with modern .steel
bridge, thus paving the way for- a
first class boulevard from Oregon
City to Portland. M.' D.,,Latour-
ette. ; '
Co-operation with the farmers
in the propagation of the dairy
and swine industry of this coun.
tv. w. A. Showman. .
False standards of weights and
measures are too provelant in the
county, and costs this commun-
Ity rrom ?to,uuu to ou,uuu o-
T V. UpiIo-ps. '"
Wholesome drinking water for
Oregon City and better roads, for
Clackamas county. T. P-. Ran
dall. ... ii.
The early completion of tne
Clackamas Southern railroad.
O. D. Eby, W. A., Huntley.
.... i V -. I n n 1 n mlirhl
The nig miiK pituiv, wo "o"
have had. M. J. Brown.
Take caro of our goats, lnis
county is the natural home for the
Angora goat and long wopl sheep.
Encourage the raising of both.
T I. (larv.
, water to driink, to' -irrigate
with and to ship our products to
market. M. J. fee..
Quick extension oi uiucnonma
Southern to Mount Angel, with
branch lino from Mapie Lane
through Klyviue to conneci wim
now elevator. E. H. Cooper. .
Cleaning of river bank for two
blocks on each side of the bridge.
E. K. Stanton. ,
Good roads loading io uib8uu
City. E. .E. Brodle.
Dredging oi me owtini o "
making at least nine foot chan
nel at Tow water from Oregon City
to Portland. A. L. Beatie.
. Build an auditorium in which
to hold publio nietings, shows,
fairs, etc.. that cau also be used
for a reading room, recreation
room 'and rest room for women
and children. If every man in the
mills would contribute a smati
sum and the farmers would lend
a hand, a building could soon be
had. O. E. Freytag. . , . .
Make the commercial club the
hub of all local activities by en
couraging in every legitimate
manner the accumulation of mon
ey by laborers, clerks, tradesmen
and dealers, farmers and profes
sional men and especially new
. m vm-i f nnon tihhiiiiih kuu
Kif innkinar aiter- ina
ante, anu '7 .,
morals of tho community, etc.
c. H. Uye.