ORECKJBJ
CITY
COURIER
, The Farmers Society of Equity is
spreading over this county and the
Courier is spreading with it. Its ad
vertising columns are good as gold.
A factory pay roll of $100,000 a
month makes some town. Oregon City
is the best city in the state outride of
Portland. Keep it on the move.
30th YEAR.
-OREGON CITY, ORE., FRIDAY, FEB. 21", 1313.
No. 41
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DON'T KILL IT
TOO SPLENDID A PUBLIC MAT
TER TO SCRAP OVER.
GET TOGETHER, AND FORGET
It Has Taken Years to Make it, Now
Don't Spoil It.
That there is dissension in the man
agement of the county fair is most
deplorable.
It is too splendid an undertaking to
have trouble and sectional differences
over; too big an enterprise for Clack
amas county men to fight over, but
NOT too big to be permanently crip
pled over.
If ever there was ever a county
that should have a yearly exhibit and
ever a county that produces the goods
to make such an exhibit worth
while, it Is our county one of the
richest of the Willamette Valley.
, And must we see this association
that is just getting onto its feet fi
nancially; this fair which has strug
gled through the tight places and is
getting where it gets the crowds and
has sunshine ahead, must we see this
get a set-back and be a matter to
scrap over because we can't agree?
, President Smith and Director O. E.
Freytag have resigned, and there is
talk of forming a new association and
having other grounds laid out and an
other fair started at Beaver Creek on
the new route of the Clackamas
Southern.
The trouble, so far as we can learn,
if; a sectional difference, and that
largely between Oregon City and
Canby.
As to the matters which have led
up to this we know little and care
less.
But we DO know that it would be
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luuy ttiiu ruin tu iiaitiunm uuumy
fairs to start a second one, or. even
split up and fight over the present
one.
The association has splendid
grounds, fine buildings and the best
half-mile track in the state and a lot
of money invested in the grounds at
Canby, and it would simply be folly
to endeavor to start a counter at
traction. It has taken a struggle of
years td bring the Canby fair up to
where it is, as the ONE fair of the
county, and with two, it would simply
result in killing both.
The trouble as we understand it is
over who shall or shall not govern,
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dui lb seems to me courier uiai, me
RESULTS ot the government should
be the only matter over which there
should ever be any dissension that,
it doesn't so much matter WHO gov
ern if the fair continues a success and
grows. When it does not give the
people entertainment;; when it runs
behind in attendance Bnd shows a
weak spot THEN is there a time to
take up the matter and change .gov
ernors. ;
: But until that time and while every
thing is running finely and the fair
growing bigger and better each year,
men SHOULD mt fight and endanger
its future.
This fair doesn't belong to any ring
of men. It isn't Oregon City's, Canby's
or Molalla's. It is a COUNTY fair, an
exhibition the people of this county
make, and the Courier wants to warn
any man or any clique of men that
it will be a mighty unpopular move
for any such jnf luences to try to hin
der, cripple or kill the county fair,
for the backing behind this fair is,
CLACKAMAS COUNTY, and this
county is big enough to make any
little ring of men look like nine cents.
The thing to do is to forget a lot
and have a fair. Burn up the big
stick, get some olive branches and get
in the game. Let Oregon City go half
way, Canby meet us, and any other
sore spots in the county put on some,
salve and get in.
The Courier believes that Secretary
M. J. Lee will put on a splendid fair
this fall if the rest of the organizat
ion will co-operate. The secretary
can't do it alone and he can't do it
with half of the officers and direct
ors fighting him.'
And the Courier believes that any
director or officer who cannot forget
petty differences ana" give him hearty
and loyal support owes it to the fair
and county to RESIGN AT ONCE.
But it DOES seem that these men
are big enough and broad,enough to
give and take and not jepordize the
success of Clackamas county's fair
over personal maters. And the Cour
ier believes that they are this cal
ibre of men, and that these matters
will adjust and the boys all come
down the home stretch together next
September. .
The Big Event of the Year.
The Oregon State Sunday School
Convention will be held in Oregon
City April 24-26 next.
The various committees are being
made up rapidly and their member
ship will be completed this week when
preparations for the big meeting will
be in full swing.
It is estimated that several hundred
persons will be in this city from all
portions of the -state for this conven
tion and Oregon City will do her best
to prove a royal hostess.
Nine What?
Man from near S&ppoose wants a
law to make hens lay; he has nine.
Portland Journal.
Nine what, poor hens or poor laws?
An Ounce of Prevention.
The Civic Improvement committee
advises that a fence be built along the
bluff when the elevator is completed.
Why this should not have been done
years ago is what hew comers cannot
understand, as during the ..summer
months scores of little children play
along the bluff front and the wonder
is that none have fallen over to death.
After a little boy was drowned in
the basin a year ago, we rose up and
demanded that better protection be
given to the Canemah sidewalk, but
there is more danger in one day along
the Bluffs than in twenty years along
the Canemah walk. , .
Some day when a child falls over to
its death, then we will demand that
this dangerous condition be abated,
but it seems too bad that we should
have to wait to pay the big price.
Good Move, Sustain It.
The city council wants to improve
the city parks this summer ' and
change them from the present eye
sores we are ashamed of into places
of beauty, and it is a movement the
people should heartily endorse.
Such improvements as these are
I not expensive and they are certainly
investments.
One has but to remember the mud
hole that once was and the beauty
spot that now is at the head of the
Seventh street' stairway, ' and should
then say to the council "we are with
you." The Woman's club made this
McLaughlin park what it is and the
whole city is proud of it. Our other
parks 'can be made equally as hand
some spots, and they should be.
In the Some Day.
Oregon City can't do all that ev
erybody would like to see done in the
way of improvement and beautifying,
for these improvements cost money,
and we must take them one by. one,
but some of these days when the city
gets on strong financial" legs and we
have more people to help to do the
paying, what a beautiful places the
bluff fronts can be made into.
And this work would not cost so
much, especially if we go at it a lit
tle at a time, in the, way the Woman's
club went after McLaughlin park. -
With a little landscaping, and with
the training of vines and roses over
rustic stairways we could make the
tourist rave over this city and its
bluffs and scenic points. . '
We men will never do it, but if the
Woman's club would just start it we
men would have to help boost it
along. .- ,'
As Others See Us.
The Courier editor was talking with
a booster from McMinnville the other
aay, ana as we swoaon nu aim
looked down on the big mills he said ,
nu?a WiMinnri la half whafr ilmcPAn
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City has in the way of pay rolls and
she will be as big as Salem in five
years. , .... - . i
It does 'one good to talk with the,
outside fellows ' occasionally for
it
makes one appreciate what he has.
We are so familiar with' the turn
ings of the wheels that never stop
and the pay rolls that go to the $100,
000 mark every month, that we take
it as a matter of course as if the big
mills simply growed there. . '
Oregon City doesn't have to watch
the weather and the1 crops for 'busi
ness. The factories guarantee us a
permanent and steady business, and
thev give this city a hard times in
surance that'pther city's can't buy.
But we should, get some McMinn-
ville glasses once in a while and look
over what we have. If that hustling
little city could grow to a, Salem with
half what we have, why can't we grow
to 15,000 as we are.
vAnd there are plenty of other in
dustries that we can get. We have
everything that any manufatory
wants, the power, the railroads, the
electric lines and water transporta
tion. Their Justification.
Editor Courier:
In regard to the reason "Why the
Clackamas Delagation voted for the
Widow's Pension Bill, I desire to say,
that Mr. Schuebel and I read your ed
itorial before we cast our votes. We
looked the matter up and found there
was a criminal statute which provides
that1" a man who failsto support his
wife shall be imprisoned and made ton
be worked upon the roads and the
sum of one dollar per day is paid to
his wife. We thought this would off
set some of the disadvantages that
the deserted wife has to work under.
The erreat difficulty is to determine
just; exactly who would be deserving.
It will put quite a burden on tne tax
payers to support the children of wid
ows but is so clearly a duty of society
to care for the widows -nd orphans
that we thought it best to grant the
relief which the bill provided. We did
not see the matter from the angle
which you did. We tried to vote for
the best interests of the entire people
as we thought it at the moment I
hone our general conduct is meeting
with the approval of the people of
Clackamas County-"
Sincerely yours,
F. M. GILL.
Many Loose Spokes.
While the granting of pensions may
be right in principle and from a hu
mane standpoint, those who are post
ed claim it is so drawn as to permit
many abuses and it will impose a fi
nancial burden that may prove stag
gering. The claim is also justly made
that the bill will prove an entering
wedge, for with the principle of pen
sions for the needy once established,
there are other classes perhaps equ
ally deserving of state assistance.
Hiiliboro Independent.
LETBIG BUSINESS
HAVE OGLE MINE
WALL STREET NEEDS WEALTH,
OREGON
DOESN'T.
LET EASTERNERS GOBBLE IT
They
Have Our Water Falls
Them Our Mines.
Give
One of the stockholders of the Ogle
Mining Co. made the surprising state
ment to the' Courier the , other ' day
that the movement to finance
the
smelting proposition was coming slow
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and that unless some means were tak-
en to awaken the people and get them
to take hold of the matter faster, the
proposition would have to go over for
another yeaf. ,
This seems strange in face of the
general confidence in the proposition.
The man is yet to be fourrd who fver
saw Ogle mine that is not thoroughly
convinced it has unlimited wealth be
hind it. Everybody believes in the
richness of the mine." For years it
has been developed until there is ab
solutely no doubt about the matter.
The gold and silver are there; they
are there for anybody to see, for any
body to see or assay, and there is
enough of it in sight to last years
and years.
And isn't it an odd proposition that
with full confidence behind a proposi
tion of this kind that it should be
such hard work to raise the necessary
capital to install-a 'smelter? -
The Courier believes the people are
overlopking something when they re
fuse to take any interest in this mat
ter. It is a lead pipe cinch that where
there is a mine that is rich and can
show its richness, there will be cap-1
ital to get it out. ( -' . .
- The point we should consider is
whether we can afford to let some
eastern concern come in and run this,
and ship the coin back to New York
as fast as it is extracted, or whether
we want to have this richness and this
enterprise for Oregon?
The men who have stayed with that
mine. out there in the mountains for
nine years are not goint to let it lay
undeveloped another pine years to
wait for Clackamas county to make
up its' mind whether it had better
run it' or not. The men who have
worked and proved to the mining
worM th HAVE something are
t , to b , f
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nome people to take it, Those nine
flf r hi it haVe been ard
M Thfi haye mad(ood
aj now t,hev want results. And thev
ara . . . tWo .. '
have to sell it 'to a New York syndi
cate to get them.
It is not because of confidence in
the proposition that our people do not
take hold of this matter it appears
to be pure apathy, Nine out of ten
business men you talk with will tell
you they "guess the boys have got
something out there." They all know
it. They know the mine has the met
al anfl- that1' it '. is one of the safe
propositions in mining, but they all
seem to think thatbecause it is good
that there will be no trouble in financ
ing it, and they let the other fellow
put up the coin.
The old stockholders, the original
investors who took a chance when the
proposition wa3 full of chances, are
loyal almost to a man, but these men
have for years put up the money to
develop the mine and show it up as it
stands today, and while they are do
ing all they can to help the smelter
proposition, yet they have done much
and can't do it all.
Everybody thought it would be an
easy task to raise the money neces
sary for this smelter, but it is not
proving so, and naturally the men at
the head of it want to see it move.
And nataurally these men are going
to move it. They won't wait another
nine years. .
This it would seem is a matter our
people should come alive on. This
mine is going to bring a world of
money into Oregon if Oregon runs it,
and it will take a world of wealth out
if eastern capitalists control it.
The best mining engineers in the
country have pronounced the mine as
a rich proposition. The Fairclough
boys who have drilled tunnels out
there for years stand as high in the
community as men can stand and they
know that the mine is a bonanza.
They have hall many chances to sell
out but have refused. They have for
years lived in the hope of seeing this
property developed and controlled by
our home people.
Hadn't we better take hold of this
matter and save this proportion for
Cla&amas county. Once under way
it will be a big thing, not only for
the wealth that it will produce but for
the labor it will employ and from the
development of other mineral deposits
in that part of the state.
Once let eastern mining men get
hold of this mine and it will be all off
so far as an asset to this 'county and
state, and once let the home people
get it to working and it will be a never-ending
supply of new wealth for
the county and state.
Hadn't our Commercial club and the
Live Wires better get behind this
matter and help the boys to get the
needed amchinery? Wouldn't it be
one of the best propositions they ev
er boosted?
It seems mighty strange when a
proposition that people KNOW is the
goods cannot find enough encourage
ment at home to deliver the goods,
but must be turned over to tome for-
eign corporation in order to" get it to1
, working.
I This is a matter that we had bet-
; ter recognize and take hold of.' It is
so much easier to be careful than to
I be sorry.
A CLEAN CITY.
One of the Biggest Assets Any City
Can Have.
There is a fascination about boost
ing for a bigger and finer home" city
that sooner or later seizes upon every
citizen who has the least particle of
local patriotism. If for no other reas
onn, we boost for our own city in a
spirit of rivalry with neighboring
towns. No man likes to admit, or have
some one else to do it for him, that
his home is not quite as good as that
of some more fortunately located per
son. So our merchants get together and
contribute liberally, to the publicity
funds of the commercial clubs and
such organizations. Booster days and
Llve b?ows are T no 0 her
, purpose than to persuade ourselves
and others that we live in the best
place ihere is to inhabit.
Unfortunately however, the voices
on the opposite side of the fence,
those that raise doubts as to the ab
solute truth of these boostirtg state
ments, are often so loud that the
world outside does not hear our opti
mistic protests. ,
- The news value of a fever epidemic
is so much greater than even the
most valiant of publicity proclamat
ions that it necessarily carries far
ther and has greater weight in the
opinion of strangers. Untidy cliffs and
tangled riversides that are otherwise
naturally beautiful, a predominat-
ln certain sections of yards littered
with rubbish, and barns surrounded
with manure-piles do much to offset
the remarks of approval which the
visitor to our city gives us because of
the" waterfalls and other scenic
features of the town. .
. If we have so many acknowledged
advantages then why do we not cash
in on them fully, instead of receiving
but a small percentage of their val
ue? We are spending thousands of
dollars laying out and improving the
streets which will some day trans
verse th confines of a city several
times the size of the present one. We
are spending money and brains on the
problem of obtaining a certain, supply
of pure water, not only for ourselves
but for 'those who will join us in
making a greater Oregon City.
'. Buibefore we can hope to realize
this larger city of the future, we must
absolutely solve one very near-at-home
problem. We must first have a
CLEAN city." On this foundation we
may build a greater city, a more
beautiful city, a healthier one. With
out this basis, we simply gamble
with the future and the chances are
against us.' -
The signs of the times in Oregon
City se'em to point forward. Let us
go ahead then, but let us do it right.
First CLEAN UP.
Going Some.. , 4
Almost every mail brings in a list
of news ubscribers, sent in through
the secretaries of the different Equity
unions of Clackamas county.
They, come in bunches of from five
to twenty and the Courier subscrip
tion list is growing faster ; than any
county paper in Oregon ever grew.
These subscribers are the county's
readers and thinkers, the county's
substantial men.
The Courier is the official repre
sentative of the Society of Equity.
The Society is having a phenomnnal
growth. Starting a few months ago
with one -little, local, it has grown to
the proportion, of a state .organiza
tion, and -a call for this organization
has been made.
And as the Society grows, the
Courier grows.
DIMICK'S TOBASCO SAUCE
Tells the Senate What He Thinks of
; Oregon's Naval Militia.
Senator Dimick is nothing if not
sandy, and he backs his convictions
with effective action and vigorous
English. .When he is convinced of
a position he' takes it and he holds it,
and he is right there by his gun when
the smoke blows away and some
times the ONLY man there.
In the matter over the state militia
he made one of his characteristic
fights and speeches the other day, and
here is assuring the senator that
Clackamas county won't call any pro
test or indignation meeting because
of it.
Dimick told the senate the water
militia should be abolished and no fur
ther appropriations made. He cited
that the officials have been crooned
or incompetent and the whole outfit
in a continual uproar through graft-
ine. booze, fighting and bickering
for authority among the higher offi
cers. He said the money so far spent
had been worse than thrown away
and he can see no excuse for the Bos
ton being used as a plaything by a
bunch of tinsel-loving near-soldiers at
the. expense of the taxpayers, who
have to foot the bill, tne senate
said the militia should live. ,
Corporations Take Notice.
The state laws provide that every
corporation in Oregon must make a
reiort of the annual net-income to
the internal revenue bureau on or
before March 1, and the penalty for
failure to do so is a fine of from ?1,
000 to $10,000.
Getting in the Game.
The Mt. Pleasant Base Ball Club
gave a basket supper at the school
house Saturday night.
A very entertaining programme
was rendered and a good time was en
joyed by everybody. The receipts of
the evening amounted to 40.15. Play
ball!
NOf'JST A GILL"
. GILL
'TWOULD KILL THE AD. AND
SAVE THE LAD.
THAT'S WHAT MR. GILL THINKS
And Following His Letter is What
the Courier Thinks. .
Editor Courier:
I notice that you have been criti
cising in your peculiar Dietrich
Knickerbocker style my bill regulat
ing the advertising of the sale of cig
arettes. Apparently you have read
only the calendar title of the bill. The
bill provides that it shall be unlawful
to advertise, not only in the news
papers and magazines, but in any cir
cular or poster or in any public place
whatever. It shall be unlawful for any
person to solicit, ask or request any
one to purchase any make or brand
of cigarettes. Personally I would fav
or a bill prohibiting the sale of cigar
ettes in the State of Oregon but I
doubt if such a law could be passed
through this legislature.
There is a larger demand for the
enactment of this kind of a law than
you think. I have in my hand the res
olutions adopted y the Oregon State
Editorial Association. Resolution four
reads, "The Oregon State Editorial
Association wishes to go on record
as condemning large, alluring cigar
ette advertisements in newspapers,
magazines and on bill boards got up
to educate the young to use this per
nicious form of nicotine poison. "So
apparently the brothers of your own
cloth" are very strongly in favor of
the measure I have introduced.
I did not know 'that Kansas had a
prohibitory law. I wish to say to the
people of Clackamas County through
the columns of your paper that for
two weeks ending last Saturday night
I got an average of five and one half
hours sleep each night. I worked one
night until 2.00 A. M. on the commit
ee of Roads and Highways and anoth
er night until 1:00 A. M. and have not
been able to get to bed until after'
12:00 any night during this period.
It was, therefore, impossible for me to
look up the laws of other states or to
go into the question of constitution
ality of the law, prohibitting the sale
6f cigarettes. Such a law might be
constitutional in Kansas and still con
flict with our constitaution. I am of
the opinion now, however, since get
ting an opportunity to talk the matter
over with some attorneys, that it
would be as consitutional to prohibit
the sale of cigarettes as to prohibit
the -Sale of alcoholic beverages but
there is a large number of cigarette
users in the membership of either
body and I doubt if the bill could pass
either house as a strictly, prohibitory
law.- ' -
Jbu say this bill will only- adver
tise Gill. I agree with you that it v411
advertise Gill and advertise him to
the favorable attention of people who
believe in protecting the youths of our
land.
I received a letter from Phil. S.
Bates, Secretary of the Editorial As
sociation, heartily commending this
bill. He called " my attention to the
fact that girl students in our high
schools, colleges and universities were
urging their young men friends to
purchase certain brands of cigarettes
in order that they might win pennants
whichwere offered as premiums by
the companies making these cigaret
tes. This bill will have a tendency to
stop this thing which seems to me to
be a very pernicious practise.
I am enclosing a copy of the bill
and inasmuch as it is very short, I
hope that you will publish it in full
in your paper. You can rest assured
that when I introduce a bill, I have
mighty good reasons for putting it in
or it wouldn't go in. Of -course, I un
derstand your method of editorial
style is to attract attention and make
the -matter readable.' At the same time
it is impossible to judge what is in a
bill by tis calendar title. This bill has
the hearty support of the editor of the
Enterprise.
Sincerely yours,
F. M. GILL.
Imagine a thing so vicious, so per
nitious, that it is made illegal by a
special statute to advertise it . in a
newspapers or bill board, and yet per
mit dealers to sell it to any man that
has the change!,
Isn't that inverting tying, Mr.Gill ?
Before I would strip an. advertise
ment from a bill board, I would strip
the obnoxious article from the dealer
-and then you would not HAVE to
legislate against advertising.
But perhaps Oregon needs a few
more laws.
Last week we stated that this was
"Just a bill." It is no more. If it be
comes a law" it will never lessen the
cigarette sales a box.
Newspapers do not advertise
them only the magazines.
There are no popular magazines
published in Oregon, and Mr. Gill can
npt tell the foreign magazines what
to or not to print. Oregon is some
state for legislation, but she can har
dly go this far.
Henee there is nothing for the bill
to work on but the bill boards Phil
Bates and the Enterprise to the con
trary, notwithstanding
But I had forgotten the naughty
college girls who urge the boys to
boy the horrid paper things. If
they persist, why the great grand
jury would indict them and District
sa
Attorney Tongue vould have to pro
secute them. And just think of the
bare, possibility of sending these
sweet girl graduates to jail.
Mr. Gill,
Withdraw that bill!
Mr. Gill doubts the constitutional
ity of a law which would proohibit
cigarette smoking. I don't. Kansas,
Nebraska, Iowa and Washington have
such laws, and they stick. If he does
not think so, let him try to buy a box
of Turkish Trophies in any of these
domains.
And he doesn't think the legisla
ture would pass such a law.
I don't either, but I would like to
line the fellows up and see which had
the hardest drag with them, boyhood
or the tobacco trust. This publicity
would mighty soon put men in the
legislature who WOULD pass such
a law. .
You started at the wrong end of the
reform, Mr. Gill. We want a law that
will stop SMOKING cigarettes, not
stop advertisingthem . f
advertising them.
Start over and go after the tobac
co trust the next time. Never mind
if it doesn't pass the first time. Wom
an suffrage didn't.
MATTERS FOR CITY'S GOOD
Splendid Suggestions Made By
Civic Improvement Club.
the
A recent number of the Courier print
ed the report of the Civic Improve
ment Committee of the Live Wires,
and you were somewhat startled over
the fact that this committee found 121
violations of the laws of cleanliness
and health.
At Tuesday's Live Wire luncheon
the committee, through its chairman,
Dr. van Brakle, made the following
additional report:
Copies of th.e detailed Inspection
Report together with notes of expla
nation have been sent to the Health
and Police Committee of the Council
and to the Woman's Club.
Several sub-committte have beert
appointed, among which is one on
sewers and one on parks. An incom
plete sewer opening into the gulch at
the head of Monroe Street has been
complained of as being exceedingly
malodorous and has been inspected by
the committee. We understand that
the council intend to have this sewer
district completed as soon as weather
conditions permit, and we heartily
indorse this action. The committee
also recommends that a private sewer
opening into the Willamette just
north of the suspension bridge at least
be so constructed as to open into the
stream below low water level.
Increased activity in regard to
Darks is to be noted in the papers.
The immediate future is considered a
good time to plant the necessary or
namcntel trees in the undeveloped,
park near the High School at the corner-of
Jackson and Twelfth Streets,
as these trees can get in several years
growth in anticipation of the time
when this park will be more fully de
veloped . .
It has been suggested that as the
elevator will shortly,. be in operation,
a fence of proper construction be
erected along the upper edge of the
bluff and that some sort of parking
along this natural promenade and
beauty spot be arranged for.
Che committee in its weekly meet
ings is gradually maturing plana for
increased activities and again . asks
the hearty co-operation of not only
the. Live Wires but of all progressive
citieens who are interested in a clean
er and more beautiful Oregon City.
LAZELLE DAIRY COMPANY
Organization of Registered Stock
Co. with M. J. Lazellc, Manager
Another evidence that Clackamas
county is going ahead in up-to-date
methods is the organization of the
Lazelle Dairy Co., starting with a
herd of registered Jersey cattle on
the Lazelle farm, two miles south of
this city, and the company will keep
fifty cows and manufacture their own
butter. ...
The latest addition to the herd is
a high-class bull from the Green
Meadows farm at Albany, being of
tha fnmnna Kinc Mclia Ann strain,
and several cows and heifers from the
Molalla stock farm, managed by Jonn
Cole of Molalla. This herd will be
nf rriAt imnortance to the dairy in
dustry in this county, as the manager,
M. J. Lazelle, Is especially nweu ior
dairying and herd management.
Little, Girl Horribly Burned.
The little two-year old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. D. Hasbrook, occupying
rooms in the Nash building on Sev
enth street, met with a serious ac
cident Tuesday afternoon, which near
i ut tha littl onn its life. The lit
tle child was playing in front of a
stove and a spark irom tne uro i
una in a few minut-
HHCU li" -..r
es the little girl was a mass of flam
es. The frightened motner rusneu w
l.. ViiM'a aRRiHtance and us
ing her presence of mind, smothered
the flames, Dut Dciore mo
were extinguished the child was fear
fully burned about the body and
T-.l onnllraMnnll of Oil WCr6
ItttC. -
used by the distracted mother and
neighbors until the arrival oi pny-
f- tnuornl hnlirn the child
iciaii- .
writhed in agony, and It was feared
that the accident would prove iauu.
cv,o wo. taken to the hospital a few
hours after the accident occured.
Born, Wednesday, February 19, to
Stout, of Port-
LUC tvij.w r
land, twins, daughter and son. Mrs.
Stout was formerly miss Anwuiew
t Ctreaan Citv. and is a niece
of Mrs. George H. Wishart t.nd Mrs.
Lena Charman of this city.
Mrs. George Brfenner and sister, of
Cams, were Oregon City visitors
Wednesday.
DEATH CLAIMS
EDWIN T. FIELDS
A LONG AND HONORED RESID
ENT OF OREGON CITY.
WAS S. P. AGENT FOR YEARS
A Man Who Had Legions of Stead
fast Friends.
Edwin Thomas Fields, one of the
most popular and prominent
men in Oregon City, died at his home
on Twelfth and Main street Tuesday
morning at 5 o'clock of Bright's dis
ease. Mr. Fields has been ill for over
a yar and about one year ago was
compelled to give up his position as
agent of the Southern Pacific of this
city, which he held over 20 years. The
patrons of the Railroad Company, as
well as the officials and employees of
that company had looked forward to
Mr. Fields regaining his health and
that he would agar. re':me his posit
ion, but. during the past six months
his health gradually failed, and altho
he had consulted the best of physic
ians and specialists, only temporary
relief was effected. His death, is re
gretted by his host of friends. No
man has made more friends and held
their respect and friendship than Mr.
Fields. He was a member of the Elks.
Lodge of Oregon City, being a charter
member of that order, also member
of the Knights of Pythias Lodge and
Oregon City Commercial Club. Mr.
Fields has always taken an active in
terest in the city in which he has
resided all of his life. On many occas
ions he has taken part in entertain
ments for charity, as he possessed
an excellent voice, and was always
ready to give his assistance.
Edwin Thomas Fields was born Oc
tober 24, 1807, at Canemah Clacka
mas county, making his home at that,
place until his marriage to Miss Jos
ephine Sinsheimer, of this city,. Jan
uary 25, 1893, residing In Oregon City
since that time. He was the son of the
late Thomas Fields, a leading pioneer
of Oregon City and of Mrs. Clara
Fields, who still resides at the old
home in Canemah.
Mr. Fields is survived by his wife,
Josephine Fields, of this city, and a
daughter, . Miss Clara Fields of this
city, his mother, Mrs. Clara Fields of
Canemah, one brother Clarence Fields
of Meldrum, Clackamas county, Mrs.
D. C. Lattourette and E. L. Shaw,
of this city, who are cousins.
The funeral services were held in
the Elk Temple Thursday afternoon
at 2 o'clock, this being the first fun
eral held at the ElkB new home. Mr.
Fields had taken much pride in the
new home of the order, to which he
belonged and- there enjoyed many .
day ivith his numerous. Elk friends
during his last illness. The impress
ive services of the Lodge, were con
ducted by Rev. C. W. Robinson, rector
of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, who
is chaplain of the order. This was One
of the largest attended funerals ever
held in Oregon City, when young and
old attended to pay their lust respects
to the departed; The floral tributes
were in profusion and exquisite. The
active pall bearers were Harry S.
Moody, William R. Logus, William H.
Howell, Gilbert L. Hedges, John J.
Tobin and E. L.- Johnson. The honor
ary pall bearers were Henry E. Stev
ens, of. SellwowdJ A. M. White, Will
iam Andre,son, B. T. McBuin. E. G.
Caufied, J. U. Campbell. The inter
ment was Kn Mountain View Ceme
tery. Many attended the last sad rites
at the cemetery.
The business houses closed during
the services from two to three o'clock
Business Before the Council.
At the council meeting Wednesday
night the elevator committee reported
that plans were being drawn and
would be submitted to the council
the 2Gth.
Mayor Jones appointed Messrs.
Tooze, Beard and Albright a commit-
on park improvement.
The city engineer was instructed to
tiiiIib pst.imates for the imnroveinent
of Seventh street from l.:gh to Divis
ion street; also that ur.ision street ue
rvfvpH hftck of tha Ea3tnian schooi
to see if -vhVs and fmn encroaclu '.
An (.:d.nance for the cost i.T ri.-
creio fii" v.se at i.c bell tower was
.n-deied li uv n.
.T W. Swafford. O. D. Ebv and Mr.
Lewfillvr. were aDDointed a committee
to appraise High street.
March 12 was fixed as the last date
for remonstrance against accepting
Main street paving.
Born, February 12, to the wife of
C. F. Kendall, at 507 Baldwin St.,
Portland, a son, weight seven pounds.
The little fellow has been given the
name of Theodore Robert, bein,r nam-
d after his two grandfathers, Theo
dore Kendall and Robert Brown, both
former residents of Oregon City. Ihia
is the first grandson on both sides.
Mrs. Kendall was formerly Miss
Grace Brown, of Oregon City, where
she is well known.
WANTED!
Girls and Women
To operate Sewing Machines
in garment factory.
Oregon City Woolen Mills