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OREGON CITY COURIER,
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1917
About the State
Resume of the News of the
Week from All Parts
of Oregon
Inland Empire grain growers for
mally demanded of the Portland dock
commission last Friday morning the
construction of a public bulk grain
elevator of an initial capacity of 1,-
000,000 bushels, if this port wishes to
handle the export grain of the tern
tory naturally tributary to it. The
dock commission pledges its utmost
efforts to induce the people at the
June election to authorize bonds suf
ficient to meet the cost. At later de
liberations the exact amount will be
determined. The growers will co
operate in the campaign.
The commercial fishermen of Ya
quina bay have forwarded to Joint
Representative Fuller of Folk and
Lincoln counties a petition to amend
the fishing law governing Yaquina
bay to close it to salmon fisching dur
. ing the open season from 6 p. m. Sat
urday to 6. p. m. Sunday evening of
each week.
John E. Johnson, an engineer of
Vale, has a crew of surveyors at work
north and east ot Malheur lake mak
ing a survey ofthe lands for the pur
pose of installing a large pumping
plant to irrigate the lands directly
west of Crane and east and north of
the lake. The plant will be installed
in the lake, power will be furnished
from a power site in the mountains
owned by Johnson and Johnson of
Vale, and they expect to place water
on at least 50,000 acres of land.
The general activity in lumber
manufacture and new development on
Coos bay seems likely to bring about
the reopening of the old box factory
in North Bend. It was purchased
with right of way by the Southern
Pacific company several years ago
and closed down through expectation
the company would need the land on
which it stands. The box factory was
established in 1905.
Frank J. Miller, chairman of the
public service commission, declared
Thursday that railroad companies do
ing business in the west have but
little excuse for basing the present
car shortage on increased shipments.
"If the railroad companies find that
they cannot handle the immense ship
ments that are confronting them, the
solution is to build more cars," said
Mr. Miller. "I take it as a poor ex
cuse to say that shipments are piling
up so rapidly that there are no fa-
cilices to handle them.
Pacific University, co-operating
with a company now existent, is to
j establish a plant in Forest Grove for
the manufacture of willow furniture,
College students will be employed in
the factory and will thus be enabled
to work their way through school.
. The factory will be built on the camp
us or near it, and it is estimated that
a student can earn his way through
college by working three hours a day,
A number of people at and near
Salem are interested in pushing the
flax industry and securing a linen
factory there, and the Commercial
club is ready to enter actively into the
development of the industry, accord
ing to a report reaching the state
board of control. The club proposes
to contract for 6000 to .6000 acres of
flax for the coming season and the
board will probably be able to supply
the required seed.
Because of the unusunlly heavy
snows in the Blue mountains, many
people have fears of high water if a
rapid thaw should come. At Kamela
and other places in the mountains the
snow is reported to be six and eight
feet deep. The O.-W. R. & N. offi
cials are also apprehensive of high
water, which would greatly damage
their tracks.
The board of directors of the Lane
county fair association on Saturday
officially decided to hold no round-up
next fall in connection with the fuir.
An executive board was chosen by
the directors as follows: C. J. Hurd,
M. II. Harlow, Amos Wilkins, E. M.
Werren, Henry W. Stewart, George
W. Taylor, E. E. Morrison, Alton
Hampton and E. A. Bond.
After a meeting of the board of
control, Secretary of State Olcott said
he may ask legislative authority to
turn back the property of the Salem
Hospital association, acquired under
condemnation proceedings, and secure
a refund of the $15,000 paid. The
purchase was authorized in 1915.
The hospital has continued to occupy
the buildings.
Forty-two dollars per day is a neat
little sum of wages. But that is what
one Dallas farmer cleared up last
Monday. Jack Lynn, residing near
the Portland cement quarry 4 miles
southwest of town on route 2, killed
12 pole cats on that day. The skins
of these animals are worth an aver
age of $3.50 each. Mr. Lynn will ship
the skins to an eastern fur company.
Giving a brilliant light and being
odorless and smokeless, the gas dis
covered on the Cass Riggs place be
tween Rickreall and McCoy, in Polk
county, has been tested recently by
a Los Angeles gas expert and de
clared to be the best natural gas in
Oregon. The Polk County Observer
says: "Mr. Riggs has taken advan
tage of his discovery and lights every
room in his house with gas. He also
uses it to cook with and says there
hasn't been a fire in his cook-stove
since April. The gas can be brought
to a heating temperature in five 'min
utes." Because of the railroad embargo
east of Chicago on hops, this commod
ity has been slow to move this winter.
On Wednesday H. L. Fenton of Polk
county shipped a car to Chicago and
another car followed within a few
days. Warehousemen estimate
that there are about 2000 bales of
hops still in storage at Dallas. With
the exception of two crops all of the
hops in the territory have been sold
by growers.
A fire, started by Pere Siivola, an
insane man, did fully $250,000 dam
age Friday to the Clatsop Mill com
pany's plant in Astoria. The flames
started in the box factory and the
sash and door plant at about the
same time and spread to four dry
kilns, all of which were destroyed,
with their contents. Considerable
lumber in the yard was also burned.
The main mill was saved. The loss
probably is three-fourths covered by
insurance. Two hundred men will be
thrown out of employment until the
plant can be rebuilt.
The first eastern mail to arrive at
the Corvallis post office for four days
was delivered Thursday morning, hav
ing arrived Wednesday night. A sec
ond arrival of eastern mail came the
next morning. The mail that arrived
Wednesday night should have been
there Saturday and that which came
Thursday morning should have ar
rived there Sunday.
Seventeen head of fine Jersey milk
cows and one registered bull were
killed near Yoncalla last week by R.
W. Long, one of the; most prominent
dairymen of this state, after he had
ascertained that they were afflicted
with tuberculosis. Mr. Long's herd
was considered one of the finest in the
state, and for some time the milk
and cream from his ranch has been in
demand. During the last few weeks
Mr. Long noticed that there was .an
increasing amount of sickness in the
herd, and imemdiately stopped the
sale of the products, and wrote to
the state stock inspector to come to
Yoncalla at once and make an exam
ination.
Approximately 10,000 acres of
farm land, many of which heretofore
have been unyielding, probably will
be brought under a network of 30
miles of gravity irrigation ditches,
as the result of an election held Sat
urday in certain precincts of Joseph
ine county for the purpose of obtain
ing authorization in the formation of
such a district. Only five votes were
cast against the project. Only land
owners whose names appeared upon
the assessment rolls in precincts
within the proposed district were eli
gible to vote at the election.
Committees to work on the organ
ization of a drainage district, which
will include a large portion of French
prairie, were apponted at a meeting
held at Gervais last week. About 60
land holders of the district attended
the meeting. Professor W. L. Pow
ers and J. E. Larson of the Oregon
Agricultural college discussed the
water courses, elevations, qualities of
various kinds of soils in the district
and other phases of the blue prints
prepared recently by federal engin
eers. The district affected is about
15 miles long and four or five miles
wide, reaching from Lake Labish to
Wilsonville.
Sam Storey, field manager of the
Utah-Idaho sugar factory at Grants
Pass, was in Cottage Grove the lat
ter part of the week visiting farmers
and endeavoring to interest them in
the culture of the sugar beet, the
product to be contracted by his firm.
He offered the farmers contracts for
$6.50 a ton, f. o. b. Cottage Grove. He
presented the sugar beet proposition
to the grange. All bottom land in
that vicinity is declared by experi
enced growers to be ideal for the cul
ture of this product, which has a
ready cash market awaiting it each
year.
At a meeting of the Hillsboro
school board Saturday notice was
ordered posted calling an election on
February 17 to vote upon a proposed
bond issue of $14,000 to build an ad
dition to the Hillsboro high school.
The building was constructed four
years ago at an expense of $25,000,
and at that time it was believed am
ple facilities were provided for many
years to come. This year the build
ing is crowded to capacity and a large
eighth-grade class will be graduated
in the spring and must be provided
for.
ALBRIGHT ARRESTED
Not Guilty is Plea of Councilman
Who Drove Car on Walk
John F. Albright, city councilman
and candidate for sheriff at the last
primary election, was arrested here
Sunday for an attempt to drive his
automobile into the Grand theater,
where, it is said, he desired to show
its paces on the stage. Albright was
arrested when he had driven the ma
chine onto the sidewalk in front of
the show house. He was put in jail
on a charge of drunkenness, but was
later released upon his promise to
appear for hearing Monday morning.
The big automobile was held by the
officers until the following day. While
in jail Mr. Albright, who has been
fined several times by Portland offi
cials for his antics at the wheel of
his macchine while intoxicated, inti
mated that his politcal enemes were
after him and that his arrest was a
frame-up on their part.
Albright entered a plea of not
guilty before Recorder Loder on Tues
day and his hearing was set for this
afternoon in the city council cham
bers. Albright clams he was not in
toxicated, but the officers who arrest
ed him and witnesses are ready to
testify to the contrary, it is said.
Albright has retained Joseph , E.
Hedges as his legal counsel.
Would Quiet Title
Burton Brown and Bertha Harper
brought suit Wednesday against J. W.
Ladd and W. C. Johnson to quiet title
to property sold to Brown and Harper
40 years ago. The property was sold
to them for taxes, it appears, and
they now desire to dispose of it
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REV. HAWKINS LEAVES .
The Rev. J. K. Hawkins,
pastor of the First M. E.
church in this city, is prepar
ing to leave within a month
for Le Mars, Iowa, where he
will assume the pastorate of
the First church. The move is
a result of transfer negotia
tions with the Rev. E. E. Gil
bert of Le Mars, who will
come to Oregon City. The
church there is said to be one
of the finest, being practically
new. The Rev. Mr. Hawkins
has been a very active worker
in the local pulpit, and he has
taken a great interest in civic
affairs. Last year he served
a term as chairman of the pro
gram committee of the Live
Wires. He has carried the
standard of Methodism into
many parts of the county
which were not affiliated and
has surrounded himself with
a wide circle of friends who
will regret his departure. It
is said that Mr. Hawkins re
fused to consider the same
transfer about two years ago.
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AMES KILLS COUGAR
Estacada' Hunter Profits Richly from
Game Killed on Mountain Trip
A. G. Ames of Estacada believes
he has found the best way yet of
making money and at the same time
enjoying himself in the great out-
of-doors. Mr. Ames on Monday pre
sented the perfect skins of five large
cougar and four bob cats to County
Clerk Harrington for county bounty.
He had just returned from the Oak
Grove country about 60 miles beyond
Estacada, where he spent 17 days on
a hunting trip. Considering the total
value of the skins Mr. Ames will pro
fit about $16 for each day of his trip,
The county bounty paid to Mr.
Ames on the cougars was $10 each.
For the bob cats he received $2 each,
or a total of $58. The state game
commission pays an additional boun
ty, which was collected by Mr. Ames,
of $15 on each cougar skin and the
value of the skin on the market is
about $25 each. The bob cats should
bring about $3 each, so that the total
earnings for the trip are reasonably
placed at $270.
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THREE ASK DIVORCE
Judge Signs Decree in Favor of
Frank Cross Against Wife
Helen Helmig, married to William
Helmig at Jamestown, N. D., on No
vember 28, 1903, charges in a divorce
complaint filed here Saturday that her
husband did not provide her and her
four children with sufficient clothing.
She bases her complaint on non-support,
asks the custody of the children
and $100 monthly alimony in addition
to $500 gross alimony. Judge Camp
bell awarded Mrs. Helmig $200 to
pay the costs of the action while it
is pending.
Pearl Smith asks a divorce from
Fred Smith on a charge of desertion.
They were married at Portland on
April 27, 1904. Mrs. Smith would
resume here maiden name, Pearl
Shaffer.
Non-support and cruelty are charg
es . brought by Harriet L. Lund
against Olaf Lund in a complaint
filed Saturday. The Lunds were
married in Idaho on August 24, 1912.
Judge Campbell signed a decree Sat
urday separating Frank E. and Bessie
Cross. The case went by default of
Mrs. Cross.
Summons
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon, for the County of Clack
amas. Ida A. Sappington, Plaintiff,
vs.
Henry Herbert Sappington, Defend
ant.
To Henry Herbert Sappington, the
defendant above named:
In the name of the State of Oregon
you are hereby required to appear and
answer the complaint of the plaintiff
filed against you in the above entitled
suit on or before six weeks from the
date of the first publication of this
summons, to-wit: before the 22nd
day of March, 1917, that being the
date fixed by the Court for the last
date of publication, and if you fail
to so appear and answer, the plantiff
will apply to1 the above entitled Court
for the relief sought in her complaint,
to-wit: for a decree of absolute di
vorce, dissolving and terminating the
bonds of matrimony heretofore and
now existing between plaintiff and de
fendant. This summons is served upon you
by order of the Honorable J. U.
Campbell, Judge of the above entitled
Court, which order was made on the
8th day of February, 1917, and re-'
quires that said summons be pub
lished once a week for six consecu
tive weeks in the Courier, a paper of
general circulation, published in Ore
gon City, Oregon.
Date of first publication, February 8,
1917.
Date of last publication, March 22,
1917.
W. FORBES PATERSON,
Attorney,
421-422 Chamber of Commerce Build
ing, Portland, Oregon.
R. L. Holnian, Leading Undertaker,
Fifth and Main St.; Telephones: Pa
cific 415-J; Homo B-18.
GIRL ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
J. C. Watson, Oregon City Man,
Named by California Lass
Miss Bertena Becom, the 19-year-
old Oakland, Cal., girl who attempted
to commit suicide at a Portland hotel
on Friday evening, has named J. C.
Watson of Oregon City as the man
with whom she quarreled before she
tried to kill herself by drinking poi
son. The young woman was taken to
the Portland emergency hospital by
policemen and it was said that she
would recover from the effects of the
poison she drank.
Miss Becom says that Watson in
duced her to come to Portland on the
understanding that they would soon
marry. The time dragged by, the
young woman says, and although
Watson often called upon her, he
grew reticent when she spoke of their
wedding. She says that on Friday
night Weston told her definitely' that
he would not marry her and wanted
nothing more to do with her. And
then she went to a drug store, Miss
Becom says, and bought chloroform,
which she drank in an effort to end
her sorrows.
Obituaries
Mrs. Harriet Ballard
Mrs. Harriet Ballard, aged 46, died
at her home at Gladstone yesterday
after suffering for several weeks.
Mrs. Ballard was a native of Thayer,
Neb., and was born on December 10,
1871. She was the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. S. G. Schoonover, of Van
couver, Wash., and was married in
1891 to Peston Ballar. The family
had lived in Gladstone only about a
year. Mrs. Ballard leaves her hus
band and one daughter, Mrs. Louise
Marrs of Gladstone. Funeral ser
vices will be conducted by the, Rev.
J. Avery and the Rev. J. K. Hawkins
at the local M. E. church Friday
afternoon at two o'clock and inter
ment will be in Mountain View.
George Prosser
George Prosser, who crossed the
plains to Oregon in 1853, died at his
home at Oswego yesterday after an
extended illness. Mr. Prosser was
born at Des Moines, Iowa, and after
coming to Oswego was postmaster
for a number of years. He is sur
vived by Mrs. Prosser, who is a niece
of Captain J. T. Apperson of Park
place, and two daughters, Mrs. Silva
Dame of Los Angeles and Miss Dena
Prosser of Oswego. The I. O.O.F,
lodge at Oswego, of which Mr. Pross
er was a charter member, will have
charge of the funeral there on Sunday
afternoon at two o'clock. Interment
will be in the Oswego cemetery.
WEST LINN BOY WINS
Youth is Second Alternate for Ap
pointment to Naval Academy
Irwin Stearns, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Stearns of West Linn, has been
appointed second alternate for ap
pointment to the United States Naval
academy at Annapolis by Congress
man Hawley. The young man recent
ly passed the preliminary examina
tions with flying colors, although two
others are credited with slightly high
er mark. The others are Adolph
Greenbaum of Salem, appointee, and
Roger Simpson of Eugene, first alter
nate. The nomination of Stearns
does not mean that he will go to An
napolis, because of the fact that two
others will have a chance to accept
the appointment. Should anything
prevent the appointee and his first
alternate from accepting the nomina
tion,' however, Stearns will have a
chance to go to the academy.
RECITAL PLEASES
Miss Louise Walker Presents Pupils
at Informal Musical
The recital at the home of Miss
Louise Walker, given by 18 of her
pupils on Saturday evening, was a
delightful musical affair and attract
ed a number of friends and relatives
of the young players. The feature
of the program from a musical stand
point was the playing of Miss Walk
er and Miss Bowie of Portland. They
rendered the William Tell and Lust
spiel overtures.
The pupils of Miss Walker, among
whom were some highly accomplished
musicians, played compositions by
Beethoven, Chopin, Nevin and Schu
mann and won the interest and com
mendation of their guests by their
splendid playing.
WOULD RELEASE STUDEIt
Wife of Prisoner Circulates Petition
to Have Him Freed
A petition signed by scores of local
business men, including Sheriff W. J.
Wilson and attorneys, has been cir
culated by Mrs. Philip Studer of
Stringtown, asking the parole or re
lease of her husband from the state
penitentiary.
Mrs. Studer is ready to forward
the document to Salem for the con
sideration of the parole board or the
governor. Studer was committed to
the prison from this county last May
17 after conviction on a charge of
chicken stealing. His sentence was
from two to five years. Studer has
promised to reform and his wife be
lieves him.
Woman Found Insane
Mrs. Lettie Schermerhorn was
committed to the state hospital last
Thursday by County Judge Anderson
after examination by two doctors.
Mrs. Schermerhorn, who is 44 years
old, has religious delusions. She was
first attended by officers last week
when she was bothering people on
Main street. Her husband lives at
Lents, but Mrs. Schermerhorn has
made her home with her sons, Louis
and Ray Cameron, near Oregon City.
The Courier and the Daily Jour
nal $4.75.
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THE FIRST FRUIT TREES
Oregon's Original Orchard Tract is
Now Beautiful Golf Green
Fruit growing is one of the most
important industries of Oregon, and
brings to this state about $11,000,000
annually. Cherries and apples as
well as pears and peaches are bring
ing fame and money to the growers,
It is interesting to know that the
first grafted fruit trees in the Pacific
norhwest were planted by Henderson
Luelling in November, 1847, near
where now stands the beautiful club
house of the Waverly Country club,
Because of the importance that the
industry has gained and the value it
is to Oregon it has been suggested by
George H. Himes, curator of the Ore
gon Historical society, and others
that on or near the spot on the golf
links where Oregon's first fruit trees
were planted a monument or com
memorative tablet should be erected.
The story of the first fruit tree
planting in Oregon is a part of the
romance of the olden days of the
state.
Records show that Mr. duelling,
who descended from a long line of
nurserymen in Wales, when a mere
lad learned the art of grafting -trees
from his father. At the age of 22 he
moved from North Carolina to Indi
ana. Having read about Lewis and
Clark's exploring expedition into the
Oregon country ie decided to remove
westward and continue his nursery
business in a new land.
The problem of transporting young
trees overland was worked out after
many months of experiment. He fi
nally hit upon the plan of planting
about 1000 trees in earth and char
coal in the strong box beds of two
wagons. He drove the first team of
oxen and his young son, Alfred, the
second. The . trip was started in
April, 1847, and ended seven months
later at Milwaukie; the trees were
watered from the streams along the
trail.
Mr. Luelling secured a tract of
cleared land from E. A. Wilson on the
east bank of the Willamette river,
half a mile from Milwaukie the
present golf links and polo grounds
of the Waverley Country club. He
planted the young trees and thereby,
in the words of another pioneer,
Ralph C. Geer, brough "health,
wealth and comfort for the old pio
neers of Oregon." Mr. Geer further
says:
"That nursery was the mother of
all our early nurseries and orchards,
and gave Oregon a name and fame
that she never would have had with
out it. These loads of living shrubs
and trees brought more wealth to Or
egon than any ship that ever entered
the Columbia river."
Mr. Geer had brought across the
plains one bushel of apple and a half
bushel of pear seeds. He furnished
Mr. Luelling with stock and in turn
was given buds from the much-travr
eled nursery, which enabled both to
furnish to the harder toilers of the
soil cultivated trees in great num
bers.
In the spring of 1848 Mr. Luelling
formed a partnership with William
Meek, who had started a tree nursery
stock at the forks of the Santiam in
1847. For six years this firm raised
young trees for distribution through
out the Pacific coast.
While one is on the subject of ear
ly fruit growing in the Pacific north
west, it is well to tell something of
Seth Luelling, a younger brother of
Henderson Luelling. Seth was a
shoemaker, but spent his odd time
with his brother near Milwaukie and
gradually acquired a comprehensive
knowledge of fruit tree culture. It
is to him that we are indebted for a
number of new varieties of cherries.
He originated the Black Republican
cherry in the early GO's, and the Bing
in 1890. The latter was named after
Bing, a faithful Chinese, who cared
for the seedling cherry during the ex
perimental stage.
Another man who did much for
the fruit industry and, by the way,
later owned the same orchard that
was started by Mr. Luelling, was
Joseph Hamilton Lambert. He mar
ried the oldest daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Miller of Milwaukie and
lived in Powell valley until 1859, when
he and his father-in-law purchased
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the orchard and nursery from Wil
liam Meek. In 1870 Mr. Lambert be
came sole owner of the first orchard
west of the Rocky mountains. The
famous Lambert cherry was pro?
duced on the ground where golfers
now disport. Mr. Lambert retired
from active work in 1896, and died
Nov. 12, 1909.
In his travels about the north
west in search of historical facts
and relics, Mr. Himes has found that
one cherry tree from the original or
chard is still in existence. It is of
the Blackheart variety and bears
fruit each year. Says Mr. Himes:
"The tree was bought by David J.
Chambers for $5 in 1850, taken to his
farm four miles east of Olympia,
Wash., and planted. I saw that tree
for the first time on October 21, 1853,
and even ate cherry preserves made
by Mrs. Chambers. The tree bore a
good crop in 1916 and showed no signs
of discouragement. At the present
time the tree is more than ten feet
in circumference three feet above
the ground, and the spread of its
limbs more than 60 feet in diameter."
Portland Spectator.
. Marriage License
A marriage license was issued here
last Thursday to Anna Oberst, of
near Sherwood, and Wilhelm Sommer
meyer, of 415 Melrose avenue, Seattle.
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Donatora Meet
' The donators to the Commercial
club's publicity fund met at the club
parlors Wednesday night and after
brief discussion adjourned to await
the call of President Eby. The club
has secured $1700 for publicity work
during the coming year and the dona-
j tors are to have a hand in its expen
diture. Mr. Eby expressed the de-
I sire to see the money spent within
, the county, probably to aid in making
friends with the Oswego and Esta
cada people who have shown their de
sire to leave Clackamas county.
Y. P. I. Donators Meet
Those interested in the establish
ment of the Young People's Institute
here met at the Commercial club
Monday night to perfect a temporary
organization and discuss plans for the
building of a modern clubhouse and
gymnasium. The meeting set next
Monday night as the date for perma
nent organization and for the final
adoption of plans for the proposed
building. Dr. W. T. Milliken pre
sided at the meeting Monday night.
Ladiges Wants Decree
Charles A. Ladiges, married to
Anna V, Ladiges at Portland in May,
1907, charges her with deserting him
in January, 1916, in a divorce com
plaint filed Wednesday. nM
OREGON CITY. ORC.
Opposite Court House