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33d Year
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1915.
Number 41
FOLLOWS
:HZELLJCHEME5
NEW YORKER, UNABLE TO TELL
FRIENDS HE HAS BEEN
CHEATED, KILLS SELF
SACRIFICE MADE FOR SISTERS
Charles Hoene, with Savings of Life'
time Lost in Redlands Orchards,
Blows out Brains on Road
Too proud to return to his friends
in New York and admit that he had
been swindled out of the savings of
his lifetime through unwise invest
ments in Jesse Hazell's "Redlands
Orchards" scheme; and desirous that
his sisters should obtain what little
money he had left from life insurance
policies, Charles Hoene shot himself
in the temple with a navy pistol on
the South End road, just outside of
Oregon City, Monday afternoon. Be
fore ending his life Hoene got fresh
ly shaved, had his shoes shined, and
purchased a 15-cent cigar and a box
of cigarettes.
Back of the suicide is one of the
most pitiful stories that has so far
come to light in the mess of sadness
and woe that has followed the wake
of Jesse Hazell's bright idea of sell
ing five-acre fruit tracts from his low
grade timber acreage near Redland.
Not only does the story embody the
death of an honest, trusting German
hotel keeper; but it also brings mis
ery and unhappiness to his three sis
ters, who had looked to Hoene as their
good brother and means of support in
their declining years. And while
those who loved Hoene are now trying
to realize what cash they can from
the wreck of his tangled affairs, Jesse
Hazel, the "villian" in the story, lies
behind the bars in the Multnomah
county jail, a Federal prisoner on the
charge of having used the United
States mails to defraud. Pleasant
indeed must be the thoughts of m
zell, the sleek prisoner, as he sits
behind the bars of his cell and reads
the headlines in the Portland after
noon papers the day of the tragedy
"Hazell's Victim Is Suicide."
Charles Hoene ran a small hotel
and restaurant at 30 East Tenth street
in New York. He did a good business,
made more than enough money, and
in time began to look about him for
some form of investment that wuld
bring him relief from his labors in his
older years, and that would enable
him to retire to a quiet life far from
the rumble, noise and excitement of
the metropolis. While he was thus
casting about for some future home
of quiet and plenty, Fate brought to
his little hotel a man by the name of
Hazelle a brother of the Jesse Ha
zell now in jail in Portland. To this
guest of his house Hoene told his de
sires, and Hazell told him in turn of
his brother, and of Redlands Orchards
in far-away Oregon. Not only did he
tell him of this scheme, but he show
ed him photographs of cozy bunga
lows set in the midst of bearing or
chards, and added the information that
. out in Clackamas county, Oregon,
were many such places as this.
Hoene knew nothing of the West.
Vaguely he had heard of the wonder
ous wealth of the Pacific Northwest,
of the chances that abounded here for
a life of ease and plenty; and the
stories that Hazell told him appealed
strongly to his imagination. Some
years ago he came to Oregon City,
looked up Jesse Hazell, and with him
went out to the "orchard tract." Its
condition at that time did not discour
age him, he believed the stories of fu
ture profits that the promoter told
him. .After looking over the tract he
selected 12 acres of timbered land,
and signed a contract, calling for a
payment down and subsequent pay
ments monthly. Hazell, on his part,
agreed to clear the land,, have it
planted to fruit, and care for it until
the simple New Yorker was ready to
claim it.
. Hoene, happy in his investment,
went back to New York, and every
month he sent Hazell money to apply
on his purchase, until over $1,500 had
been paid. That brought things up to
last summer, and then oene thought
that the time had come for him to
quit the hotel business and take up
his far Western orchard. With two
of his sisters he left New York and
went to San Francisco, there to take
in the Panama-Pacific fair. He was
plentifully supplied with money; and
mindful of stories he had read about
the perils of the Western country, he
. also brought with him an old navy
pistol and three Great Dane dogs.
"It cost us close to a thousand dol
lars to bring those dogs out here,"
said one of Hoene's sisters, simply,
"but we felt that we ought to have
protection."
In San Francisco Hoene met some
people from Oregon City, and told
them of his fancied good fortune in
having twelve acres of fruit land all
waiting for him at Redlands Orchards.
He was shocked when his new-found
friends told him that he probably
didn't have as much as he thought he
had; and with all haste he came to
the county seat and hunted up Hazell.
Unable to find him on the day he ar
REFERENDUM IS ASKED
Proposed Purchase of Fair Grounds by
County to be Fought
Citizens of Estacada and other
communities in the northern section of
the county are preparing to invoke
the referendum on the proposed pur
chase of the county fair grounds at
Canby for the sum of $7,950. Pe
titions are already in circulation call
ing for the submission of the -ques
tion to the people at the next elec
tion, and signers are being obtained
without much difficulty.
The chief reason given for oppos
ing the purchase of the fair grounds
is that the Canby site is not conven
ient to the great mass of the county,
and that the price iasked is too much
when it is considered that holding the
fair at Canby makes the annual dis
play purely a local exhibit. Petitions
calling for a referendum on the pur
chase will be circulated throughout
the county, and a powerful campaign
against the purchase will be conduct
ed. The county court was asked to buy
the fair grounds by a "taxpayers'
meeting," and it is charged that the
attendance at this meeting was
"packed" by those favorable to the
purchase, and that many stock-holders
in the fair organization attended
and voted in favor of the sale.
Will Visit Old Homestead
Henry Greenwell and wife, of Alo
ha, Wash'n., Superintendent of a plan
ing mill there, is visiting his sister,
Mrs, Eugene Roberts, and family at
Madison street. The family are plan
ning a visit to the old homestead, 10
miles out oti the Clackamas, called
the Greenwell homestead.
rived here, he hired a rig and drove
out to see his property.
After he had viewed it even more
of an uncultivated waste than when he
had first seen it, and with no pretty
bungalow or fruitful orchard in sight
he came rushing back to Oregon
City and engaged attorneys to look
after his interests. Suit to recover
what he had put into Hazell's scheme
was instituted, and a judgment for
$1,800 was obtained. A buyer was
found for Hoene's interest in the
Hazell scheme a buyer who was will
ing even to assume the mortgages
with which Hazell had decorated the
property.
And then other claimants rushed in,
demanded the appointment of a re
ceiver, and immediate hopes of
Hoene's for getting back his savings
evaporated. Ahead was only 4Jie pros
pect of a long legal battle, and with
probably but a portional settlement
at the end. Then came Hazell's ar
rest, and the full vision of what had
befallen him was revealed to Hoene,
However, he was not dismayed. He
still had some' money left. And he
still had the desire to retire to coun
try life though he lacked all know
ledge of farm problems and require
ments. Against the advice of his at
torneys he bought a small tract near
the county seat, paying most of his
cash for it at a considerably inflated
value, and signing an agreement to
pay the balance. With his two sis
ters he moved onto this farm,- and for
a day or so was as happy as a boy
with a new toy.
Then he found he would have to
buy a team. He discovered that oth
er things than mere possession of five
acres of land were needed to make
the life he wanted. With poignant dis
tinctness he began to see that to use
a colloquialism he had "been bunk
ed." Never before in his business
dealings had any man got the best
of him. He had been a successful
hotel man, he had been regarded as
a sound-witted, substantial citizen in
his district of New York. Yet he had
been Vbunked" by strangers in the
West.
This began to wear on his mind.
His other problems banished the smile
from his face, and he began to wor
ry. Money that he had brought with
him was exhausted; his attorneys told
him that any effort to win it back
would cost more in court fees. Resources-he
had none save two life in
surance policies, aggregating $5,000;
and on one of these he had borrowed
$750, and premiums and interest were
due.
"If I cannot live, at least I can die,"
he said; and he took the old navy
pistol from the trunk where it had
reposed since he left New York, and
walking out the South End road,
smoked his last cigar.
That is the story of Charles Hoene,
of his hopes, his. ambitions and his
undoing. Three sisters mourn his
loss two of them here and alone, one
in the East, and fortunately married.
Between them his life insurance will
be divided, the two who are here will
return to the East, taking with them
the ashes of their beloved brother
and a memory of the schemes of Jesse
Hazell that they will never forget.
Kind friends here will care for their
interests until they go. R. Petzold,
who sold the dead man meat for his
three Great Danes, has already vol
unteered to assist the sorrowful sis
ters as best he may. He speaks their
native tongue, German; and he com
forts them and transacts their busi
ness for them in an effort to recover
what can be saved from the wreck.
Hoene's attorneys are helping, ' too;
shocked by the tragedy which took
place. But all the kindness done, all
the aid given, will not efface from the
minds of these simple women folk the
page of ruin and tragedy that the
schemes of Jesse Hazell have written
indelibly into their lives.
It is a great pity.
RESDLUT DNS
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COUNTY CELEBRITIES PLEDGE
SELVES TO DO MANY GOOD
DEEDS IN COMING YEAR
COURIER DISCOVERS HOPES
Use of New Mechanism Enables Thot
of Others to be Revealed; so AU
May Know What is in Future
Though he was somewhat seedy in
appearance, and though he wore a
badly frayed overcoat and carried a
travel-stained grip, there was some
thing about Professor Lucius Simon-
edes Bunksterburg that attracted im
mediate attention when he placed his
card upon the Courier editor's desk
this week, and told us in deep and
resonant tones what he proposed to
do.
"I have here the mechanical-pscho-
telepathetic enunciator," he said,
pointing to the battered grip, "and I
am going to give you a demonstra
tion of it. It is an invention of my
own, and it will tell what people
think."
The Courier editor silently regis
tered a wish that the machine wouldn't
tell what he was thinking, but just
the same he smiled and told the Pro
fessor to go ahead and demonstrate.
Thus encourag'ed the Professor took a
weird-looking combination fit wires,
trembling plates of metal and bottles
of colored fluid from his grip, set the
contrivance on the editorial desk, con
nected it with the electric light socket,
and then sat down. Reaching again
into his grip he drew out a battered
phonograph funnel, screwed it on to
the machine at the southwest corner,
and pressed a button. The machine
began to buzz and hum, and colored
lights played over the various parts
that composed it.
. , I will have this machine tell you
what many of your friends will be
thinking at nine o'clock in the morn
ing of January first," said the Pro
fessor. Pressing another button, he
leaned back and awaited results.
The machine trembled violently on
the desk, emitted blue flames, and
then funny noises began to pour from
the phonograph funnel. Said the ma
chine, in metallic tones:
"Grrr-rrrrrach ach grump Linn
E. Jones 'Thank Heavens I aint
mayor no more.
"E. C. Hackett 'Now I will begin
to show them how.'
'Roy B. Cox 'I wonder if there
is any church today? If there is
I'm not going. Yes I am, for I have
resolved to go to church every time
there is a chance this year.'
"Henry M. Templeton 'I still per
sist that I was right about Division
street It ought to te paid for, just
like Fifth street.'
"Ed Olds 'This being the new year,
I am resolved to build a road for my
self to the legislative halls at SaTem.'
'"John Stark 'This year, be it re
solved, I will give to the world my
remedy for all of .the ills I have dis
covered that is, sometime this year
I w'U tell my remedy.'
"John N. Sievers 1 I am firmly re
solved to get more publicity this year
than ever before.'
"William E. Stone 'My New
Year's resolution is that I will be
more and more like the man who
taught me the game as time goes on
if I can.'
"Christian Schuebel 'It is my
honest intention grrrr-grrrr-grrrraa
aaaachhhh ".
The machine stopped, and the Pro
fessor looked over it carefully.
"The machine is not at fault," he
said calmly. "It always detects
thoughts 'when there are any., When
there are none it automatically stops."
Then the professor pressed another
button somewhere in the vitals of the
mechanism. . -
The apparatus will now disregard
the essence of time," he said, "and
will just announce the general New
Year resolutions of some people you
know Listen attentively."
Once again the thought-detector
buzzed and whirred, and then from its
funnel came the following:
"John Albright to make advertis
ing in the elevator pay dividends al
most as large as fishing. -
"Bill Howell to boost for moun
tain water when I have to.
"Oregon City Commercial club, col
lective resolution to do SOME
THING for Oregon City and the coun
ty at large.
"Live Wires, "collective resolution
to eat thoroughly at least once a
week.
"W. H. Hawley to give Oregon
City -the finest mill it ever saw.
"Stephen Carver to double the
capacity of the Portland & Oregon
City railroad, and to start the Clackamas-Oregon
City jitney service.
"William Mattoon to retire to pri
vate life: enough is plenty.
"W. J. Wilson to see that Fritz
serves only chicken dinners.
"T. A. Burke not to get any fat
ter. E. D. Van Auken not to read the
supreme court decision on the right
of cities to regulate jitneys.
WOMAN IS ATTACKED
Logan Man Held in County Jail on
Charge of Felony
Ed Kundig, a married man of the
Logan district, was arrested by Con
stable Frost Tuesday and lodged in
the county jail, where he was held
pending action by the district attor
ney, and charged with threatening to
commit a felony. 'tThe complaint was
sworn to by Mrs. Caire McKimm, also
of the Logan district, the mother of
three children, who had a terrify
ing experience Monday.
According to the story which Mrs,
McKimm told T. A". Burke, who inves
tigated the case for the district at
torney's office, Kundig came to her
house Monday afternoon and pointing
a gun at her breast, made shocking
demands of her. !By quick wit Mrs.
McKim managed to gather her three
children, slam the door in Kundig's
face, and then ran from the back door
of her home three-quarters of a mile
to a neighbor's houso. The nieghbor,
Mrs. Birt, harbored her until her hus
band returned Monday night.
Tuesday Mrs. McKim came to the
county seat, and swore out a com
plaint against Kundig before Justice
John N. Sievers. Constable Frost
served the warrant. Kundig, before
being remanded to jail, denied the al
legations of Mrs. McKim, and said he
only went to her house to collect a
small bill. He was not explicit in the
details of his statement, however, and
was sent to jail to await further action
under a $500 bond.
A somewhat similar case occurred
in Washington county Monday after
noon, when a Russian assaulted Mrs.
Munger, at her home near Tigard.
Screams of Mrs. Munger's children at
tracted neighbors, who pursued the
miscreant. Later in the day deputies
of the Washington county sheriff's of
fice arrested the man.
BOOK WELL RECEIVED
Writer Well Known in County Seat
Publishes Historic Romances
"Onesimus The Slave," a romance
of the days of Nero, is the title of a
most readable book published by a
Boston firm, and written by Laurel
M. Hoyt, of Hillsboro. Mr.
Hoyt is well known in the county seat
and married Miss Maud E. Taber, of
Oregon City.
The story deals with the adventures
of .Onesimus, a native of the city of
Joppa, who was captured early in life
and condemned to serve in a Roman
galley. , Ijf?r h. icapfld, made his
way through Egypt to Rome and be
came noted at the court of Nero. The
book is replete with romance and with
history of the period of early Chris
tianity, and. the tale of his love for
Bernice is a romance all of itself.
The Courier $1.00 per year.
ENTERTAINMENT PLANNED
Woodmen of America to Keep Open
- House Evening of January 4
An entertainment will be given by
Oregon City Camp No. 5666, Modern
Woodmen of America, at W. O. W.
hall, on Tuesday evening, January 4,
1916. All members of the camp and
their families, all members of the or
der and the Royal Neighbors of Amer
ica and their families are cordially in
vited to be present.
During the afternoon and evening
a film showing views of the sanitar
ium in Colorado, will be shown at the
Star Theatre. These views should be
of special interest to the members of
the M. W. A. as the sanitarium is
maintained for the benefit of the mem
bers who may be inflicted with tuber
culosis. Watch Night Service
There will be special watch night
services at the first iresbytenan
church on Friday evening, December
31, beginning shortly after eight
o'clock. Special music has been ar
ranged. Miss Hickman will sing,
Frank Juhnke will favor us with a
saxaphone solo and - assist in other
selections; the Alldredge brothers'
male quartette will render several se
lections, and the Sunday School or
chestra will play.
Some of the .evening will be devoted
to social pleasure. The topic for the
meeting is a very appropriate one,
viz., "The Hopeful Outlook for the
New Year with the New Conditions
in the State." Everybody is cordial
ly invited.
The Courier takes this opportunity
in wishing its many readers a pros
perous and happy new year.
"Mort Parks to clutter up the
roads with more Fords.
"Dr. L. A. Morris to keep on driv
ing a Ford.
"E. E. Brodie to get still a big
ger "car. (
"Editor of the Courier to get out
a better newspaper, if possible.
"Rev. W. T. Milliken to keep on
doing it.
"Everybody to pull together and
work for the best."
The machine stopped. "What do
you think of it," asked the professor.
"Why ask us, if the machine will
tell you what other people think,"
was the editonal reply.
The professor twisted the machine
about until a ray of light from it
shone on the editorial brow. Qnce
again the mechanism buzzed, and then
it expressed our thoughts:
"Important if true," said the machine.
ROAD DEVELOPS
TERR TORY
CARVER LINE ALREADY BUILD
ING UP COUNTRY THROUGH
WHICH IT OPERATES
HOMES GROW BESIDE LINE
Hitherto Vacant Land Between Mil
waukie and Clackamas Fast Be
coming Settled and Improved
One of the richest sections of
Clackamas county is being developed
by the Portland & Oregon City rail
way, otherwise known as the Carver
line; and though the road has been
in operation but little over a month,
wonderful changes along the right-of-
way are to be noted. Where but a
few weeks ago were nothing but
stretches of timber land and swamp,
there are now rising tasteful homes
and modern barns; while . on every
hand the signs are evident of a vast
lot of development work. The timber
is being cut off; fields are being
cleared, and the swamps are being
drained; and by next spring that
vast stretch of territory lying be
tween Milwaukie and Clackamas will
be one of the most valuable farming
districts of the county.
Winding south and east from Mil
waukie, the- Carver line traverses a
section of the country that is rich in
soil, and which is gently rolling in
contour and fit for the most profitable
form of intensive cultivation. The
soil" of this section is a rich, carbon
iferous vegetable loam, overlying a
layer of clay; and it is cut at fre
quent intervals with small, spring-
fed streams which insure plenty of
water at all seasons. In fact all that
the country needs to make it one of
the richest agricultural parts of the
county is drainage and this work is
already under way.
There is just enough timber to be
found in this region to provide wind
breaks, and just enough big trees to
insure a supply of cordwood for the
residents of the section for many
years to ,come. Mast of. the timjier
is easily cleared, and when removed
leaves large fields of gentlys loping
ground with the richest of soils, and
with ample moisture for all crops.
Until tapped by the new railroad,
over which there is now maintained
a service of four trains daily, this
land was difficult of access, and so
had been left unsettled. But with
the advent of the Carver road buy
ers were quick to see the value of the
section, with its closeness to Mil
waukie, Portland and other market
centers, and there was an inrush of
settlers that surprised even the san
guine hopes of Stephen Carver, the
promoter of the road.
All along the line between Mil
waukie and Clackamas new homes
are now either already completed or
are fast nearing readiness for occu
pancy; while about these dwellings
men are busy clearing the light
stands of timber and digging ditches
that will drain off the surface water.
The territory is of such a contour
that practically all the drainage, may
be carried into the old slough lead
ing from Clackamas down to the Wil
lamette near Island station; and it is
down the center of this old waterway
that the surplus water will be carried
off. s'
From the car windows the traveler
may now get glimpses of the won
derfully rich, black loam that makes
up the major portion of the soil of this
area; a loam plentifully sprinkled
with gravel, which makes it a land
particularly suited to the cultivation
of small fruits and garden truck. So
rich is the soil that intensive cul
tivation will be possible at all times;
and the produce of the area should
find ready markets in Portland and
other nearby centers.
Much work is also "being done in
this territory now in the line of road
building, so that the future growth
of the region may be taken to the
railroad. Stations are located at fre
quent intervals, and the excellent
grade of the line will make the haul
ing of freight an economical matter.
Though in operation but a short
time, the traffic on the new road has
already reached paying proportions,
both as regards to passengers and
freight. Probably four-fifths of the
new road's traffic originates in the new
territory tapped between Milwaukie
and Clackamas, where the greatest de
velopment is now going on.
The road is also doing a good busi
ness through the lower Clackamas
valley, particularly in regard to pas
senger traffic. Much cordwood is also
being brought down from the heavier
timbered regions near the present end
of the road, ten and three-quarter
miles east of Milwaukie. With the
completion of the line's Portland con
nections this traffic will be largely
increased; and present indications are
that by the end of spring the Carver
line will be handling all the traffic it
can stand, and that extensive sidings
and stretches of double track will
have to be installed.
Service is at present being main
tained by steam locomotives; but ne
gotiations are under way lor the in-
MRS. SCHUEBEL DIES
Woman Resident of County for 37
Years Passes at Home
Mrs. Rosamond Schuebel, for 37
years a resident of Clackamas county,
died last Saturday morning at her
home in Gladstone after a long ill
ness. The funeral was held Monday
afternoon at Schuebel church at Beav
er Creek, and was attended by many
friends of the departed woman.
Mrs. Schuebel was well known
throughout the county, and the earlier
years of her life in the Oregon coun
try were spent near Beaver Creek,
where Mrs. Schuebel took an active in
terest in the affairs of the community,
She was a member of the Evangeli
cal church, and . until two and a half
years ago was active in church worR.
Rheumatism at that time made it
impossible for her to continue her ac
tivity, but until the last her keen mind
maintained its interest in affairs
transpiring about her.
Mrs. Schuebel was born in Germany
in 1830, and she came to the United
States in 1863, settling in Pennsyl
vania. In 1878 she came to Oregon
and with her husband made Beaver
Creek, in this county, their home until
1890 when they moved to Oregon City.
Mr. Schuebel died in 1894.
Three sons, Chris, G. A. and Robert
H. Schuebel, all of this county, and
one daughter, Mrs. Ernest Ginther, of
Beaver Creek, survive her.
C4NBY MAN DIES
Well Known Resident of Southern End
t of County Passes Away
John Ernest Bradtl, an old resident
of this district, passed away at his
home in New Era, Sunday, December
19th, after a prolonged illness.
He was born in Maxburg, Austria
January 26, 1847. He was married
to Frances Bahm at his birth place
May 26, 1870, and with his bride
came to Manitowoc, Wisconsin. They
resided there several years, and then
came to New Era, Oregon, where
they have lived for thirty-eight years.
He is Survived by his wife and
five children as follows: Mrs. Fred
Gansneder of Portland, Miss Ethel
Schiedel of Donald, John and Charles
of New Era, and Edward, of Canby,
Oregon.
Mr. Bradtl was engaged in farm
ing in which he was very successful.
With his honest, upright and indust
rious character and his cordial hospi
tality he won the deepest respect and
admiration of all who knew him.
The funeral services were held on
Tuesday, December SKst, in the- Now
Era Catholic church, Rev. Father
Hildebrand and Rev. Father Jonas
conducting the services. Interment
was in the New Era cemetery. (Can
by Herald.)
ONE CHANCE LEFT
Final Drink for 1916 May Be Purchas-
ed in Washington New Years
If you can't get enough to drink
in Oregon the day before New Years,
there still will remain one final chance
to get a thirst-quencher in 1916.
Over in Washington prohibition
doesn't tak'j effect until midnight on
New Years, 24 hours after Oregon
goes dry.
This is due to the wording or the
Washington law, which proclaims pro
hibition "from and after the first day
of January, 1916." Courts have re
peatedly ruled that "from and alter''
does not include the date mentioned;
so Washington saloons will have a
chance to do an extra day's busi
ness before closing.
However, as Vancouver, Washing
ton, the nearest town, voted itself dry
under a local option election at the
last general ballotting, the-extra day
of grace will not prevail there. The
thirsty ones will have to go further
than Vancouver but Tacoma and Se
attle may be reached New Years
morning by taking the midnight train
from Portland after Oregon goes dry.
Good Year for Mines
A portion of a government report
on mining for the year 1915 Bays:
"Perhaps the most notable item In
the . year's record is the stimulation
of metal mining in the Western
States. Almost without exception the
increases in production were large
and in several states 1915 was the best
year on record. In Arizona, which
leads in copper, the output of that
metal exceeded the previous record
production of 1913. California con
tinues to lead in gold and had the larg
est yield in 32 years, and with one
exception in half a century. In Mon
tana and Arizona record outputs of
silver are reported and in Alaska the
increased production of gold and es
pecially copper made 1915 a much
more prosperous year than even 1906
when Fairbanks and Nome were yield
ing their greatest returns of gold
from bonanza placers."
The Courier has a full line of Legal
Rlnnkn for sale. If vou are in need
of Legal Blanks you will find that it
will pay you to come to the courier,
stallation of a gasoline-electric motor
service, and it is even possible tnat
th -line will be always operated by
thin nower. if it is found successful.
Gasoline motors have now reacned a
afno-a of development that makes
them fully as economical as trolley
sprvice for hauls like those on the
Carver line; and the adoption- of this
form of motive Dower will avoid the
heavy installation charges of trolley
and power wires.
T
SALE UNANIMOUS'
SIXTY DAY OPTION IS GIVEN
HAWLEY COMPANY ON CITY
PROPERTY FOR $20,000
BIG CONCRETE MILL PLEDGED
No Dissenting Voice Is Raised When
Council Passes Ordinances Auth
orizing Main Street Transfer
With every councilman present
Oregon City Tuesday night passed
ordinances necessary to grant the
Hawley Pulp & Paper company a sixty-day
option on the old filtration
plant and the fire station at Third
and Main street. The Hawley com
pany agrees to pay the city $20,000
for the filtration plant, to reserve the
city its present space for an emer
gency pumping plant; and in the mat
ter of the fire hall, agrees to build a
new fire station of modern style on
the block on Main street between
Third and Fourth streets.
The entire deal hinges on the Haw
ley company erecting at once a mod
ern, reinforced concrete mill build
ing, which it is said will give employ
ment to at least 200 men. 'If the
Hawley company does not live up to
its side of the agreement and start
construction on the new mill within
the period specified in the option, the
$20,000 purchase price reverts to the
city as damages.
There was no comment during the
reading of the ordinances and the op
tion, and no remarks when the read
ing was completed. Councilman
Metzner moved forward in his chair
several timee, evidently with the in
tention of moving the adoption of the
ordinances; but when, the time for
action finally arrived Councilman
Templeton made the motion and Mr.
Metzner seconded it. The vote was
by roll call and was unanimous.
Following this the council accepted
bid of Morris Brothers for $9,008
worth of street improvement bonds at
par and accrued interest and a pre
mium: of $91. - ' - , '
The street committee then report
ed that it had been unable to agree in
trying to reach a settlement in the
matter of the assessment of the Di
vision ' street. Mr. Templeton, Mr.
Metzner and Mr. Cox, members of
the committee, each stated their stand
in the matter; and C. H. Dye, repre
senting himself and other Division
street property owners, then told
what they believed to be an injustice
in the matter. In the course of the
discussion, which was long and at
times bitter, Mr. Dye contradicted
Mr. Templeton flatly, and later ignor
ed him and took up the matter of some
details with the city engineer, remark
ing that the city engineer knew more
about it than Mr. Templeton.
Things were fast approaching a
warlike stage when Councilman Al
bright went out and got the original
petition for the improvement of Di
vision street, and found Mr. Dye's sig
nature upon it. This broke up the ar
gument, and the matter was then re
ferred by the mayor to a special com
mittee composed of Councilmen Al
bright, Andrews and Van Auken, who
will report at the next meeting and
try to arrange a settlement. The
chief grief over Division street ap
pears to be that two assessments of
the property were made, one of which
is considerably higher than the other.
The orignal estimate for the cost of
the improvement was $8,973; the con
tractor who started the job offered to
do it for $57,300 but luter failed to
complete the work. The city then step
ped in and completed the street at a
total cost of $8,762.
Other minor matters were then
taken up, after which the council lis
tened to a reading of the minutes of
the last several meetings.
Every now and then the council
reads its minutes, so as to know what
it has done.
BEAVER HIDES SEIZED
Game Wardens Drop in Unexpectedly
on Ranger at Ames
Six or eight beaver hides, valued
at $20 apiece in the rough, were seiz
ed Sunday by Game Wardens Clark
and Craig at the ranch of S. F. White,
near Ames, in the northern part of
the county. White was arrested for
violating the game laws, which pro
tect beaver throughout the year.
A Narrow Escape
While on his way to Molalla, on
Wednesday, Tony Olson, drove his
team into Rock Creek for a drink.
The current was so strong that it took
the horses off their feet One of
them got down and very nearly drown
ed. The wagon was turned over sev
eral times. Help and ropes were ob
tained ' at C. W. Herman's and the
animals and outfit were saved. (Mo
lalla Pioneer.) .
Miss Axa Genevieve Pagett, the
famous dancer, and who is well known
in Oregon City, is reported to be very
ill at her home in Portland.
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