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iNTERPR Tin A' GUI' j NO. -17 OKKdON CITV,.()l!K(i()N, Fit I DAY, MAY 15, IK-ir. KSTAI'.MSIIKI) 1WT, "to ITTIaf 1 V. T ISE. inCJjtyl'iilorpnsi Jllicl'lC--y PYMh.v. '.i, i.iifiMiit iiiiiiiiniw 'AM'.' 1 . . I A M . n I. Jl V v. --'-- ION HA'IKH, Hi. ill Huns futyiilile In Ativan '(llH !! tVHl illl M.lll'lhl ?. - .Ml'N Fuit I I I It KN IKItl'ltlSK, ' vtwk. I'.' (ai 1 lai Ml II. W, I'rnaaer In'" K ii Ik l t A. Mutlmt A 1 1 1 it r muck II j, I rull l nuxr K. H llramliall K. A. Wright II, V, l.ela W. II Ni'ltrr jrnas ! Co. Directory, CO IH'V pnU'KIIH. J W Miltruiu II II Ji.tiliai.il W W. II Halnaim W. T. Whlil.M lc s ii. r nil it John W. Nnliln Al. Ttlnlliaoll Nurts, t ot ina. Jurt emuranra Aral Mumliiy In K'i ililr.l . hi. Im In Anrll. ,Kui In iiuiiio Orst Mtiwlajr III cob KiIiiUkM omirt mMHi Aral WetliiU'Isy (totntuy ii mill muiilll. arliilmnllil, wara, - Mliliuiy Nmyili lr t! V Sullivan ( Inrli'i MniOiiikit ( Ciiriiftllua linlr 'MillKOON CITY OFFlCKItH , - - T. F Itvau i . . - i. 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OTcn yTouok ok a. o r. w. .r awimi) i)'l li.nrth Krlilay rrfii 5h mimtli In Oil.l rullnwa' IiiiIIiIIiik , mitt uraiuron cnnllall) luvltml tn al UK, WII.KINHO.S. M. W. TioTuuiciK, NO. , A 0. I'. W. rtMJ Thnrailay fvi-nlinr at Knlitlit'a by. Viallliif lirnthora maile wrlrntno. K. 0. Miiimm ,, M. . IX, Kaeor.t.T. ! Mo.. I, OltKiKiN CITY I'AIKIAK S CHAL CIUt)I.K. tvcrf TiiMdav KviiiIiib al T :t0 at li it 11 ml Fourth Hlri-iMi. M 0. llAl'KI.KY. Orai'lu. ! K. IUintkii. Hocniirtry. I HOKKR liOIHiK, No. . SONS OF IIEHMANN, vortr Biiuday at 'J oVIork p. tit. at I'D liall. : r hkii Oanhnkhkh, I'rca. if Ai.iikktMiiii.i.imi, Him'y tUTIN tlUANUK, NO. ill, I'.i'l II. Iat BatnnUy nl each month a their Vllaouvtlla. It. II. IIhnkv, li .Hhaup, Si'O'y. Maator, iK.NK.lt UKANUK, No. 117, t ul II. iiirtlt Hatiirday nl rarh mniith, at llmlr 4r Kriu K. U. Maililm k, Hro'y. J, l aal.i, Miialor, l0HT, No tl A. It,, DKl'AllTMKNT OF OIIKUON. A rat Friday nl eai'h month, at 7:80 jcl.l Fi'llnwn' Hull. Ort'Kon City. . OKI). A. HAKHINU, Ontnmatiilrr. . BB1.1FF COItl'HTNo. 18. UKPAKT- MK.STUFOKF.iKlN. ). McCown, - I'ri-alili-nl. i. A. llariliug, - Si'iniMiiry, I. Coclirim, - Trvaaiirpr, nn ltrt and third Frldaya nl oai'h ii CoutuiU t:hiinittir. Mi'mliora ot oorpii road, coriliHlly wi'li'tnni'il. PANY, FIK8T KKUIMKNT, 0. N. Ii. y. Third and Main, ltoxulnr drill ulitht, , luiKiiiur bnalhtiaa muuliiig, ilrnt ot ewh month. uvrutm. rrtn, . - Cuplnln imn(, . . - First MriimiHut lldull, ' Hocimd liUiiili'tiaiit FoliNTAIN'HOHK CO., No 1 ir mwtlng, wnnnil WndiiMdity In Pftrh t ttnirlti hoiiHtv caat aiiln Mitlu atreol. Hovimlli and Klulnh Jtlt.MAN.KlK'y. I.AM It OAIIIINKIt, I'rt'H. Ki. Nkwton, Knrt'miin. ' C.tTAKACT HOSK CO. No. a, tN'uiul Tnfiadny of ciicli motiih at Cat ibIiib hniiKd, w II. Ilowm.i., l'ri'H ikmiiW, Boo'y, .l. VV. O'Connki.i,, F'rn. I'M HI A HOOK ' flrnt Friday ii (initlnB hoiiNu. iacon, 8t!0'y, UNO IiAHHHIt CO. of eitih monlli lit Ciiah. A riiKV, l'ri'H, CiiAn ItiTtKH, V'rm Siiinluy Sorviens. , FlltKC roNilllldlAnoNAl, ( lit' Kt II.-IIk.. O. W, l.i'i ',i.ii. hmnri'N ill l a M. and ? ;i r M. Sninl'iv Si'lii'iil 1 1 r ni"iiinit acr Hi'ti, I'liiycr iiii'i'ilim WediMwIay fvi'inim at 7 Hiiii,,iii'i, l'ri.'r iin'i'lliiM of ViiifiiM'l'i'i't'ln.N itiii,ty nl Clirli'tiau kii'liinyiir nvmy Vumlity on'iiinit at ii mi I'l.'iiii'i H'tsl' MA I' I ll' I IIIIIH'II -Hrv, Human I'ahhkh l'n!nr Mnriiliit Mnrvltw hi U Niiinlny Hi.li..,.l nl I.' I '', Kviniliiii Hurvliiti (I ,iil; l , 1 1 , r inaynr luwllmi ttadiiwlny I'vi.tilin. Muiilhly Ciimiiniil M.iultna on ry H diiiday aii nlna lr Unu Ilia Drat Niunlny In tlm nioiilli, A rornlal livlinllnii lo nil. NT. lollN'H I'lll'ltCII CATHOLIC -Hkv. A, III i.l.KHH A N l. I'lia'.nr, Illl Hun. Iny Minna ill a mill n mi a. M. K.vi'ty ai'i'uml and fonrtli. Humluy tttirman aarmmi alt.ir I lift a o flork maaa, At all otllnr lnaaatu I.iih 1 1 all arr liiima. Sunday Hi hi.nl at ' mi f M. Vtiatmra, aliiilnall('al iinirria, ami innir iiii'ii.jii nl 7 M r, u. , Hi' I'AI'lM I' K, t ill ll.HI.-ltov, 1. H Hon. aldaoii, ItiM'tnr, Hvrvlcm mi nllmnaio h in y a al II and 7,1111 Hiiinlny Hi'linol at III ,Kt . I'linl a Unlld iiini ta rlrat Thiiraduy In vai h monlli. Mra. II. I. Kcllty, I'rualiltiit; Mra, F U Cni'liraiiti, Di'i'rwtiiry. mki iioniKT Ki'iscoi'Ai. c: u i ' it: it it v John 1'AitaoNa, I'nator. Mornlii) anrvlra al II Humlny Hi lioolat U I.V Kn'iilmtanrylre at 7 BO, Kiwortli l.tiaitnc niiit'iitiK Humlny vvnnliiii at II nil; I'raynr M.'i'lluii Thiiiaday vulii nl S MO. Italiui'ra 1'iiriHiilly liivllrd. Flltsl' I'lll'.HIIVlKltlAN i:CII('ll.-Kv. (I, W. (liutiMHV, I'aator. H..rvli'i' at II a. tt and 1J0 Y. at. Huhlinth Hflnail at IU A. M. Yoillif I'aoidti'a HiH-luly of t:irlattaii Kndpavor intwta vnry Hiimlay avanlini at 1 ,l Wi.iiinday siiiiilnn irayof inom I uic al 7 XI. Haala Iri'ti, KtAHiiai.n At, (hi H, n lli'V, J. M. I'mlaa, of th Kvauni'llral Aaani'lattiin, will hold aervleua at l'iiu'a Hall wvury Humlayat 11 A M Iht'iuo' Olid Nillidny tiA.t.ilt,d. tltirinall Hahlialh MiUuol yry Hunilay at lu A. M. Professional Cards, M, HANIW, NOTAKV I'Dlll.ir, KKAI, KsTATK INKUUNCK. onirowltli lh Wlllaini'litj Falla lnyi.alini.nl Co. O'i'Kiiii City, Oii'iimi. i 'ILL II, WAI.KKIt A'lTOUNKV AM) COUNsr.I.I.OIt AT LAW AMI NoTAIIY ITIH.Il'. Ori'ion City, - Ornitoti Orni'a out ( nulti'M'a ncwdrui) alma Hoiui.ati.ad, l'rii riiitiilmi ami Tt ml,.r laud au iiratloua and oilii-r Imnl oitu i tma tnpaa irnuiiily otitudi.il tu. W. A. WllTIIBl"oilH. U C KINMII Ijiwyiu and Notary I'ulillr. OTHKItSi'UON A klNNF.Y. KKAI. l'STAIK AliKNTS. orrtjun City - irrjoij OITtrn, rofiua ft and A. Charman Itrotlniri1 bltH'lt. over l.lvoriimra'i hotrl. I.. i'OKTKIl, ATToliNKV AT I.AW AaaTni Ta or 1-n.o aaTT rminaiiitii. Olttr two diaira abova ptHitofnoa, Oregon City. j, n. HHot KkNBaot'iiH T rcowiiiu, J JHoCKKNItltOI'llll A COWING, ATTOItNKYS Al LAW. All t'aati iMAoru I' S. Un.l (lltti a apaylalty. omr nanna Hand l. C H land nrtlra o biiildiuv, -o OHKOON CITY,- Oron. W. CAakT JOH MaV. T. f. M. IIILKHAN OIINSON Itll.F.MAN LAWYKKS, Contsr F-lthlh am Main atrcnu, Urrjnn City Ori'l'in, IIKA1. KSTATK To SKI.l. AM) MoNKY TO LOAN 1 I). A D.C LATul'KKI-IK. ATTOHNKYS AND t'ol'NSKI.OKS AT I.AW MAIN HTRKKT, tlKKHOM CITY, VKKIIdN. Furulah Alialracta of Ttlle, Uian Monay, Fr- oioao Mortiraitiia, aiii tranaaot tionerai Law uualntiaa. T. A, Hi BHII.a. JtilJtlUF. A MtFASKK A. a. liHKaaKH. ATTUUNKYS AT LAW, ofllra In Jaumtr Itlm k. w. T. ntuSK y. t'KNKY Jt HHATK.lt, Ori'itou t'lty 3. W. tlAfKK, ATTOItNKYS AT I.AW OnumiClty, .... Oregon Twplvp viara Ptiiprlt'iirp aa ri'iilati'r of the V. S. I.a!iiI ollli'i. hi.rtt rrciinuiiiiiiln un In our ain(T Inlty of all klnda of final lii.an titdnrfl the Inml of. tli-e And the rourta, and lnvolvt:i the iiracliru III Ilia Ktuu'ral laud olhie. II. !YK, ATTDHNKY AND , COUNSKI.OU AT I.AW Otlli't' ovr Ori'itott City Itauk, oaanoN ity, okkuon (1 K. IIAYK.S, ' X. ATTUHNKY AT I.AW OHKUI1M I'lTY, UHIIION, onloe cornor Main and Elkhth Urcota, n,uwltp court houac. Banks. 15 ANK OF OKBflfiN CITY, I'ald lip CapltHl, ttnO.OiK). Tlloa, CtlAHMAN I'll AS. II. t AI'FIKLD. PKHaltllCNT, raatiiKK, MANAUKH, Pupnalu received anbji'i't to check. Annroved hllli and iiotca dlacountrd. Count)' and city warrant boiinht. Uihiin made on available accurlty. t'ollecilona mndc iroinptly. Iirtttta aolil on I'ortinnu, hull r rHiiciacn,,t. nica ar . i . New York, mid all tirluclml cities ol Kit-rone. Toli'iiriiphlo exclmiiKca aold on Tortlaud, Hnn Prmii'lfi'ii, cnicni;.) anil aow tora. INTKItRHT I'Atn ON T1MR liKI'DMTS All FOIXOWal For three mnuttm, 4 per cent per annum. For (1 mnntha. 6 per cunt, per annum. For li inoniui, per cent, per annum. Time. perllltcalPa of depnalto payiililton de miiiid, but Internal forfeited If drawn before end of Icrin ot deposit. CITY. Free JWer and IYeo Sites for Fuctorit s. .MOItK I'tOI'I.K K.MI'l.oyn IN MAN I'KAI 1 1KIMJ 1'HAS A.W OTIIKIt CITY IX OKKIaOI. ; Tlio Greatest Known Water Tower at Tide Water. ' HAS THE ADVANTAGES OF CHEAP TRANSPORTATION AND RAPID TRANSIT. Is Situated on Tide Water within 12 Miles of the Commercial Me tropolis of the . Northwest. rjMIK COMMERCIAL HANK, OF OKKHON CITY. Capital, - - .- ? 1011,000 THANNACTKA OKNICItAl, IIANKIJ'I Itl'alNli.'S. Lnaim made. Illlla dtaeonntml. MukiM c.i lectloua, Ituya and noils exi lnniitt' on nil i".intw ; lu the United States, Kurope and limn; imiiik. . Ili'Rnslis ri'i'i'l"i-il uhlei'l tocht'rk Int. i'.-l nl , usual rates allowed on llmo depiHlis. li'iik ieu from II A. M. tu 4 r. M. Hut tirtluy evi'uiiu s from ft to 7 T, at, D, C. LATOURKTTR, I'reslilont, F. K DoNAIil'SON, Ciivhler TIIK UIIKOON CITY MANUFATI'HINO COM I'ASY. Tliia im one of tlm ulilnat inuiiilfai tur ItiK t).'ili'ririacN uf tlm mu, and the ijixhIm (nuilticml liy tlm Ort'Kon City HtMili'ii nulla liHVu a world wide rnpii'u lion l'"ur nmny yt'aiit tlienti mil la win e th mii'iirt of a ( imaiiloiiilile niiiitbcr of tlm ioiiilutinii of Ori'K'itr City, and aiiuiHK its ftiiiiliiym art) futind ninny of our uliHlittitiitl and iror'crmi t'itiwns. Thin I'liini'iiiiy own and "I'criite the larui-Ht WiHilcn mills on Hie 1'hciIIi' i-iiuot, . and in tiitii iiallv (iwnml dv Jamb liroa., ' tif I'urtliinil, tthiio Mr. M. A Ktrutton, olio if tint ttnicriirihitiK and Biilwl.tntiiii rvHidi'iita of Orvnon t'tly. ii aeertdury, and Mr. Uerry Jitrolm, of i'urllund, i I HUls-rintondi'iil. Many !niirovuinoiit liavn liecti aililcil iluruig tlio mnl yitar, and the mill .i 13 wU of niachinory, which in an index of it ("'at extent and capacity. One million pounda of wool are coitaiiiiind annually, and itt Htipply in drawn from the entire north Meet. Over (600,000 worth of Kooda are manufactured annually, and Hhipped to every atale and territory went of the MiiHsipii river includlnK A lank a. Their gitoils are elitplo everywhere, em liraclnu their output of i-aHaimerea, lilankem, flannela, ronei, ahawla and ovka. ... Ttia pay roll of tliia astenaive i-nncern ii not leaatliaii !K) M) per month, beaiilea Uain almut lOH.IXH) corda tf wimhI annually, and paying out many thntiHanda of dollar for wool, tvaaels and chetiiicaU The Oreifon City Soap worka are also oh noil and onrnt(il hy tliia rompany, and their if m m i h are having an extensive sale thriiutchotit the northwest, and in-(-reitHiiiK in aitiulmity. They manufac ture all the tltier urii'Ion of 'soap, and their work have a rapacity of produc li'K l:itl,IMH) ikiuihIh of Him) per month, the Imve kettle alone rapahle of nielt lnt ;(0,OiK) pounda at one run. OKHOHN CITY HOOK AND 8ASH COMPANY. Tliin i in h irl ii nt enterprimi ia owned by (Vpt. 8. II CaliiTand son, and is one of the JemliiiK fndiiHtries of Oiegon City. They keep about ten men constantly em ployed inuiitifactiirinic suhIi, doors, niinildinKS, baliiatrades and every vari ety of woodwork, which they ship to eveiv portion of the county, as well aa attpiyiii! the home demand. Their bunnies is InrreaHinK to a considerable extent, and they are preparing estimates for a number of fine dwellings in the county for which they have aecured the contracts for construction. They have already enlariretl the rapacity of their buildiiiK and facilities for manufactur ing this season, and Capt. Cnliir slates that tliey will soon lie compelled to in crease their force to keep pace with the mimerotiH orders coming in. OHKUON CITY lltCN WORKS . . Our city is proud of it foundry. Under the proprietorship and munngo uieutofMr. James Koake, this iaone of the many institution that have flourished and proaperod in Oregon City. Not many years since it was of no importance wlintcver, and was classed among the "one-horse" con corns of tlio town. But tinder careful miimigement, good workmanship, square dealing and genuine energy, it linrown to such magnitude as throws credit on both the county and city, lie now employs about half a dozen njen', and by large additions to his buildings and machinery the past sea son they are now prepared to, Veep abreast and successfully compete with Portland, They are receiving the large patronage that is bo justly due them and they greatly appreciate the generosity of the public. TIIK 0T.ADST0KI SAWMILLS. The Gladstone Mill company, II. E. Cross, manager, was completed during the past year, and has in successful op eration, a lurge sawmill costing, nearly $25,000, and having a capacity to cut from !5,()00 to 30,000 feet of lumber daily. The water power is secured by mentis of a canal frouithcJChtckamas river, and is never fnilipg in its supply of power. The machinery is ti'st-class and the appli ances have the latest improvements. The' in it pinner in connection w ith tlio "'I!, nn, I power is furnished the Glud slum fin-ilium! factory", whoso buildings iiVc m ' ll'.c Mine vicinity. About forty Ine", are employed in connection with the hum mall ami the business is assum ing minimise proportions. Flall.fcv's KAITOHY. Among the iiiipfiiliint iiiiimifiicliiring enterprises recently established in this city is tlmff of Mr. Itol-ert i'inley licsides handling windows, doors, hlinds, he iiuiiiiiliieluii,- n fl kilids of mouldings. llnickelH, sUiiia and stair railing, newel Hosts, elc, mid ul 1 wade out of seasoned lumber. lie pay sHcutl attention to to jobbing- orders, and all kinds ot cabi net work, turning and scroll wot4. They also make a aperiiiKy of inanaUi, turiiig refrigerator, and contract to do anything in the building line, and will build anything from a stool to the woodwork of a wugoii or a live-story building WII.UMKTTK rAI.LH IXCklAlOB COMPANY. This leading branch of industry, which is dally growing in importance is so sit uated that they receive the full benefit of the end leas walurpower provided by the Fall. Five hundred corda of cotton- wood ate Used annually bv these worka. and the excelsior iiuinufiictured at this mill is extetmively shipped to the mar ket of Portland and Han Francisco. This factory gives constant employment to about ten men. County clerk ft. II. Johnson la president of the company, while Mr. A. V. Howard is the secre tary and efllcient maiiflger. OltfcOoN CITY lAWMtl.LS. George liroiighton, proprietor ff the above-named mills, with characteristic enterprise rebuilt lid large sawmill, which was carried out by the great flood of IHOO, on a more extensive scale than before. The machinery and appli ances are substantia) and of the most approved make. The building ia 5ux200 with engine house and planer room at tached The capacity of this mill is fiom L'o.OtKj to 40,(KiO daily, and em ploys aooiit twenty men In and around the mill The cost of the plant is esti mated at -'i),(loi. OHKOON CITY Kl.KCTKlC COMPANY. The Oregon City Klectrh Co., have at present a capacity of furnishing the city with 400 Kdison incandescent lights, but, T. L. Charman, secretary and manager, alatea that some radical improvements will he made this sum mer and that they will give the public a surprise in the way of electric lights. The company possess every facility to supply the increasing demand for "more light," and their wires now extend to every portion of the city. The officers of this company are M. A. Htrallon, president; T. L. Charmon, secretary and manager, and C. 11. Cautield, treas urer. 1 THI GLADSTONE rVRNITL'KK CO. This extensive establishment, which has shipped great quantities of their manufactured goods to Portland and other markets, was re-organizUl and in cor s)rated this spring witn a paid up capital slock of f20,000. Mr. Frank liusch, the energetic manager having associated with hi in two eastern capital ists, the business is being pushed to its lullest capacity. , They have a retail store in tliia city, and extensive whole sale wart-rooms in Portland. The cor poratitfn ia now known aa the Empire Manufacturing Co., with Lew E. Darrow, president, A. II, Steadman, secretary and veneral manaiter, mid .Frank liusch, suM'rintendent. Their machinery ispro pelled by water obtained iroiii the Glad stone sawmill. OKKOON CITY Bl'STIC CHAIR COMPANY. This important enterprise was estab lished about a year ago by Weston Bros., who brought into effective use the hazel brush that Vas heretofore considered useless for anything except Jioop poles, The haxel bush grows in inexhaustible quantities on the hillsides and lowlands throughout Western Oregon. But. the Messrs. Weston Bros, made it a staple article of production, by manufacturing it into furniture of novel and tasty de signs and durable in quality. Their rockers, settees, arm chairs, stands, etc. are an ornament to the most elegant drawing room. Mr. II. T. Martin, suc ceeds Messrs. Weston Bros., and is pushing the business, introducing new noveltiea, and already has an extensive deuiand for the goods in Portland. Mr. Maitin has added a specialty of making small rockers and babv chairs. PORTLAND FLOCKING MILLS. These mills, with elevators and large warehouses for the storage of wheat, are of no small importance among the solid establishments of Oregon City. They have a joint capacity of 850 barrels of flour per day and are kept running day and night throughout the entire year. The mills afford a splendid wheat market for a considerable portion of the Wil lamette valley, which is shipped In by both rail and boat. Mr. R. C. Ganong is foreman, Mr. A. E. Davis, the man ager, kindly furnishes the following, which gives one an idea of the extent of their business : "The Portland Flouring Mills Co., du ring the year ending April 30th, 1891, received 603,700 bushels of wheat ; ground l'29,9.r0 barrels of flour, and paid wages amounting to 18,000. The flour was shipped over Oregon and Washington ami exported to China and Europe. BKSTOW'8 BOX FACTORY, Mr. G. II . Bestow 's box factory is one of the solid institutions of the Falls city. He makes a specialty of manufacturing fruit boxes of every variety, and is build ing up an extensive business in that line. In addition to this he handles sash and doors and does wood Jtirnitig and scroll work to order, and contracts for every variety of wood woVk . M r. Hestow's fac tory is filled up with convenient appli ances and the manufacture of boxes is comparatively in Its infancy here, lie now supplies the soup works with boxes, and with the advent of the fruit season, his business will assume immense pro portions. , Willamette I'iiIji ft Tajier Co. tiuiki; i.,iiM;i;.;tin.i,s m sNiM' on hi.ltiw:. Employ 'enrly 200 Hands, iiml litis a Pay Hull or 1 0,000 per Monlli. The Willaiiietje Pulp & Paper Com pany ia composed of some of the leading capitalists and pajs-r manufacturers of Kan Francisco, and was incorporated with capitul stock of 1000,000. The officers are Orestes Pierce, president; Henry K. Hmith, vice-president; and W, P. John son, general manager at the Man Fran cisco olllce, 722 Montgomery street. The company's immense ware and sale rooms are in Kan Francisco. They are backed by immense resources and were among the first new companies tt take the advantage of free sites and water Kjwer, and have already invested nearly a half million dollars in their plants and improved machinery. They first began the work of construction on the MKCIIANICAL PULP MILL' in March, 1H.H8, after getting the break water ready and making other necessary improvements. This mill was completed about October 1st, 1H89, and immediately commenced the manufacture of pulp from wood, with four tower grinders and two 71! inch wet machines. This plant was increased in July of the following year by the additjon of four more grind ers and two wet machines It is the intention of the company to add to the capacity of this mill during the coming summer. In July, iswu, me construc tional ' " TIIK Sri.KtllTE MILL, was completed, at which time active operations were commenced. The capacity of this mill is 9 tons of dry tlbre every 24 hours, twten woofi in used in making this libra of which l!i,0()0 feet is consumed daily. A portion of this fibre is used lu the company's paer mill for the manufacture of news and manilla paficrs, while the remainder is shiped to Man Francisco. The wood fibre made by this chemical process gives the patr manufactured from it a texture and finish that cannot be ob tained in paper made from rags or from mechanical pulp. iKiring the past sea son the company -have completed their immense - PAPER MILL, which is running day and night, and turning out ten tons of news and manilla paper dailv. The greater portion of this is shipped to Kan Francisco where it finds a ready sale owing to its superior quality. The manager of the company announce their intention of adding more machines and building another mil for making fine grades of paper as soon as the demand wiil justify lite expendi ture. Every part of the machinery used in and around these immense mills is of the lateat improved pattern. Wood is conveyed from the saw room to the chemical mill in a flume which has an automatic elevator, that raise it to the top of the approach, where it is loaded on cars and taken to the chipper. At the mechanical pulp mill is an autom atic conveyor for loading pulp on the steamers. Three hundred and fifty electric lights are used in and around the mills generated from their own dynamos, and the power is obtained from the main shaft which is operated by water power. About one hundred and sixty men are employed at the mills, and thirty more are engaged in the- lodging camps. The company's payroll averages $10,000 monthly, which would make $120,000 annually paid out for labor, a consider able portion of which is spent in this city. lmring the past winter 200 men have been cutting wood for the mills near this city, while ft) teams were engaged in hauling the same. This rompany now have over 0000 cords of wood banked near the canal. Tliia enter prise proves a boon to the country as it not only exemplifies the advuatages of home production, but manufactures our raw material into merchantable arti cles that are shipped to the entire Pacific coast. WILLAMETTE LOCK AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY. This is one of the institutions that has been and is an important factor in the development of Oregon City. Under the old management this company took no active interest in the welfare of the city, but were simply content to collect the toll from navigation on the river. But when the late Hon.' E. L. Eastham formed a company of Oregon City and Portland capitalists, who purchased the locks, a new era of prosperity has dawned on Oregon City. The flsnt important move was to persuade the people of Oregon City and Clackamas county to erect a magnticient suspen sion bridge across the river at this place, to which the locks company donated liberally. They next otiered free sites to those who would build factories, with further inducements of free power for ten years. As a result Oregon City has the largest paper and pulp mills on the coast, and yet there is room for more, and the same inducements are ottered. Although the company were fiamnged to the extent of many thousand doHars by the great floods of the winter of 181K), they cheerfully repaired the breaks, and are extending their improvements. With the basin aboye the Fajls and owning the land on both sides of the river they have the facilities for utiliz ing the entire volume of the great water power that flows over the immense willametta Falls. To those who desire free power and free sites for factory or manufacturing; purposes, they still offer the asame liberal inducements. All this can be had on tide watei within 12 miles of the commercial metropolis of the Northwest.' The prosetrt ollicers of the Willamette Locks A Transportation Company are C. H. Cuufinld, cashiei ot the Oregon City Bank, president; J. C Moreland, of Portland, secretary, and W. E. Pratt, of Oregon City superintendent. WII.LAMMTK FALLS KLKC'tMIC CO. "jTlTTrptiiizatio'i of ibis company was also effected through the iinlefiitiifttbhl energy of Mr. Kaslhiiiu The interest of this company and the Willamette Locks A TraiisKjrtalion Company are Identical, . a the stuck in both cor poralious are controlled by the same tciwiim, and will be united as one organ ization as soon us the limits of the incor poration can lie brought!) a final settle ment. The combination of two great enterprises like these can be productive only of the best results. ' This company was organized to de velop the waler power at the Falls of the Willamette, concert the same into elec tricity and transmit it to Portland for light and power purposes. For neatly two years this company has been light ing Portland's streets and principal bus iness houses. They also supply the power for the Oregon City Electric Light Company and lights for the suspension bridge. This company rebuilt their power house last season, and are now putting in two new Victor water wheel ol a capacity ol 300 horse power each, and will add more dynamos. They already have eight dynamos in opera tion, one for the Oregon City Electric Co. and one for the suspension bridge while the other six are used for Port land. They will soon be prepared to furnish lower for Portland factories and motor lines, and the works can be ex tended to any desired capacity. The present officers of the company are P. F. Morey, president, and J. C. More land, secretary, both of Portland, while T. W. Hullivan. mayor-elect of Oregon City is engineer in charge. OKCOOH CITY BREWERY AND ICE WORKS. A few months ago Mess. Listmann & Wirtz, two experienced eastern brewer leased theee works, and are supplying the city as well as the surrounding country with ber, and their trade is increasing at an encouraging rate. They are also making a suecialty of producing ice for which there ia considerable demand. I'Kon WAis.ii.uTo:. THE WOKLITH FAIR. It Will Be One of the Greatest Exhibi tion! the World II us Eyer fyrta. Washington, May 10. The World's Columbian Expositioa at Chicago bids fair to be the greatest exhibition ever held in any country prater even thai, tbe Pane exposition of 1889. Advices al ready received at the burean of Ameri can republics here attest a remarkable and astonishing interest in the exposi- on the part, not only of Mouth American republic, but of continental Europe, China and Japan as well. Every coun try on ibis continent, south ot tne United States, from Mexico to the Argentine Kepublir, has been beard from, and is making great preparations to place exhibits at Chicago. In Eo rope, Great Britain baa already ap pointed a commission, with the Prince of Wales at the head of it, to prepare a wonderful exhibit for tins lair. The Russian government has set apart two million and a half, and leading mer chants and manufacturers of Kt. Peters burg and Moscow are pledged lor so much more, for the pore of sending: here the greatest, most diversified and novel exhibit ever collected by a single government. Germany will be present with a wonderful display, and France has given assurance of bringing a great exhibit. Mexico will probably lead her sister republics in size and diversity of display, and has appropiiated 1.000,000' to no so. .Mexico, toiumma, uuata mala, Salvador and Costa Rica will erect their buildings at the fair, and Barha does, Jampca and other British West India islands propose to place their exhibit in a typical buildim:, .which they will erect, to be called the' West India Court." Altogether and already, although the opening of the exposition is two Years hence, the assurances are' complete for one of the grealeat exposi tions the world has ever seen. Washington, May 11. Immediately after the return of tbe presidential party, Postmaster-General Wanamaker will take up for settlement the question of allotments to be made to American steamship companies under the postal subsidy law. The actual' amount appro priated is $1,250,000, but under an opin-i ion of Assistant Attorney-General Tyner, in which it is said Attorney-General Miller concurs, the postmaster-general will enter into contracts for- the exten sion of the routes of existing lines to other ports, for additional trips, and for new steamers of the first class, as men tioned in the act, and will also enter into contracts for the establishment of new lines when the offer is made by respon sible companies; In making these con tracts the companies will only rely upon the clause of the act, which is con strued as giving the postmaster general unlimited power to construe,, without regard as to the actual sum appropri ated. It is said that existing companies are willing to take the risk of not se curing appropriations, relying on a con tract as enforceable in the court of claims. Representative McMillin, when asked what he thought the next con gress would do should the postmaster general exceed the limit of $1,250,000, said that he did not think they would recognize the right of the postmaster general to exceed the limit. continued dkcreask in customs receipts. The treasury statement issued today show's that the customs receipts at the port of Kew York for the first ten days in May were $2,358,642; 'in May, lSJM?, for the same period they were $3,571,352, showing a decrease of about 40 per cent. The customs receipts at Mew oik are. two-thirds of of the agijrejute custom receipts of all the pons in the l'i aei States. The treasury oihci.tls o-.nv u -sume that this ratio of decline in -n.--tonis receipts, which since the 1 . i April have decreased in the same r..t:o, and was thought to be only a b in' cr 're tailing off, is likely to coniimie.