Tr"- j f I i 4 WOJolinsort pr5 02 REGON ENTERPRISE. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1802. ESTABLISHED 18C0. City V I I ,1 i " 1 ; VOL 20. NO. 1(1 1) HLyj GOODS. HOLIDAYi GOODS It is an admitted fact that this season ban witnessed the fin est display of Holiday Goods over hrought to Oregon City, ami the Leaders in thin kind of goods aro THOS. CHARM & SON. At tho Pioneer Store. Our ! 1 1 on r.iiibrtn nn Ucgiint oriin-iit I" Fancy Toilet Cases, Albums, Mani cure Sets, Cups, Vases and Fine China Ware. A special lot fur (ho Holiday Gentlemen's 1 -. , . If you are of a practical turn of mind and propose to fj make presents that will he appreciated for their worth, CHARMAN & SON J f ; irry J1181 tno articles that you will want, whether it he in - aney Dress Goods of the latest patterns, or a stylish Cloak If or 'raP' "''kerchief, i We lead in our stoek of Dry Goods, Fancy Dress Goods, Notions, Clothing, Hats & Caps, Boots & Shoes, Rubber Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Sash, Doors, Paints and Oils, (Including tho Celebrated Cleveland Mixed Paints). Also Agricultural Implements, Seeds, Crockery and Glassware ALL OF THE BEST QUALITY. Our Pry Goodn Consist in part of Cashmeres, Henrietta , ' Cloth, Plaids and Ladies Cloth. .- Our Fancy Goods Kibhons, Laces and Trimmings of all Ik'Hcriptions. Clothing Cassimero, Heaver, and Oregon City Manufactur ing Company's Omnia. I ' Ladies' Furnishing Goods 1 . t T 1 and other u nucrwear. Gents Furnishing Goods Hats, Caps, Gloves, and Under weai of every quality. Ladies' Shoes of every description from the best known fac tories. Boots and Shoes Men's, a choice lot, from the best factories . , in the world. Fino Groceries a Specialty. 'i ' Votions of every description. HC7e) iLMYN- Trade of the latest styles of Ties and Scarf. ,'' .... .. or a Serviceable Silk Umbrella. Fancy Skirts, Vests, Drawers, None hut tho best kept. - oJrOt)' OUR WATER POWER. The (Jieiifest In tlie World nt Tide Water. COMFAKM) WITH OTHER POWEKS. More Than Any Half IlMten Eastern Power wiililiied. NEVER FAItlNO SUFFLTOr BOFT WATEB Bonn of tin CTiiJrtl(mi That Mnkd Ori-goo Oity th Moit Idftotucoii Loot tlon in the Weit for Hnufo tu ring lu.Utotloni, Oregon City has the greatest water power In the world at tide water. The Willamette river In a large stream and its vortical full of forty feet here afford FALLS one of the greatest available water Dow ers to lie found anywheie. A careful survey of the Oregon City water power shows that it lias a capacity of 100,000 horse power at low water and probably three times as much at high water. But at the lowest stage of the water this pow er would turn backward every spindle in the four gicttt manufacturing cities of New England, llolyoke, Lawrence and Lowell, MaspiM-liiiRctls, and Manchester, Now Hampshire, in the face of the mighty force propelling them, to which might lie added the justly famous power at Minne - apolis, all of them reckoned at their avur age for twelve months, A comparison of figures showing the capacity of the larg est water lowers in the East and West will be useful in this connection, the figures being the computation of the aruge ixiwer for the year, not at the low- est stage of wuter. Horse power. llolyoke. Massachusetts Lawrence, " Lowell, " Manchester, New Hampshire, MiniicHlis, Minnesota Average for twelve months Oregon City at low watea 12,J 10, !!kt 11. MS 12,000 IW.0J0 uio.oiO At Great Fulls, Montana, there is a d. veloped horse power of ;il',S(ir. The pry posed developnumt of Niagara Falls water power by means of a tunnel to cost moit than $.'1,000,000 will realize only VJO.Ooi horse power, considerably less than tht average for the year at Oregon City, and no fabulous expenditure is required to develop this power. Another important fact not to be over looked in considering the relative advan tages of the great water powers of the country is the nearness of Oregon City to the ocean and the means of cheap trans portation thus brought to the door of the manufacturer. Tide water ascends the Willamette river to the falls. Ocean ves sels from nil parts of the world now ply to Portland, which is only twelve miles distant from Oregon City, and at a com paratively small cost a channel could be provided that would enable ships to as cend the river to this point. Of course the facilities for shipping to foreign coun tries would not amount to anything if Oregon City be considered merely as a local manufacturing town; but its situa tion gives it more than local importa-nce. It may receive from foreign lands' those products which can be manufactured to advantage here and ship its iiiiuifaoliTW .liA.. tn riu.;...t i..Wd ...UK..... .l.A l'.,Tl uiicvi .u iviuigii iiiniiwin nivuuub ktio lit toivention of expensive and annoying intermediate shipping agencies. It will naturally draw the raw product)! from a wide aierof country to be manufactured whore the' most available facilities tor working and shipping are. The Willamette Falls Electric com pany, which owns the water power at Oregon City, is greatly interested in the prosperity of the town and it offers to industries that will tend to build up the city liberal inducements to locate here. It is not necessary longer to bold out the tempting oflur of free power and building sites in ordor to got manufac turing establishments to come to the Falls City. They seek the location be cause of tho ninny manifest advantages it possesses. If an institution employ ing a large number of hands wishes to establish a plant and build up a busi ness here mucb better terms would he offered than to a concern requiring 8urA78u'u"oIYuIt6ifI)OK CflEOCK but few liandii and a large amount of (lower. There are rruiriy manufactories to which It in a great advantage to have oft water to in The woolen mills and paper mill row in oi-eration here are among these Industrie. The Willam ette river water It free of lime no that it may be used in wishing and for various chemical processes without the neces ity of "softening." Thin is also an ad vantage where boiler are need for gen erating steam for cooking processes which some branches of manufacturing fecjuirn. The navigability of the river both above and la-low in a matter of great Importance to all industries that would locate at thia water power. Boat ply on the river for a distance of 100 miles love heie through a country that is unsurpassed in agri-ultural richness. 1 A OF THE WILLAMETTE AT OKEGON This fact insures a cheap and ready means of transportation of raw materials from the producer up the valley down to the manufactory. Wheat, wool and straw that are now largely manufactured here are product that are favorably af fected by this river transportation. The branches of the Willamette flow from tiie mountains on eitlicr side of the : valley through country that is heavily timbered with fir, cedar, ash, Cottonwood Jelc, and the logs are readily floated 'down the stream to the Oregon City fac- j toiiea. "Then the open river below give water carriage to the markets of the world for the manufactured output. But the transportation is not by any means limited to the river; the Southern : Pacific railway, that passes through the I heart of Oregon City, makes connections ! with lines that carry the products from j every part of the valley and with the I greatest railway center west of the Rockies, Portland. So the question of transportation is already solved for the factories of Oregon City. FI RNITI RE AND UNDERTAKING. K, L. Ilolman is the genial proprietor of the oldest furniture store in the city and carries a full assortment of goods in his line so that parties desiring anything from a window shade to a full housekeeping out tit may be certain of being well supplied at his store. In addition to his stock of new furniture which is not shoddy goods, thrown together for a cheap trade but. the very best and most substantial of its kind, he has a repairing and manufacturing shop where he can do all kinds of repairimi and upholstering. In the way of cheap and tine wool mattresses he has a very flattering trade, these goods being of his own manufacture, well and substan tially made. Mr. Ilolman not only a large furniture trade, but he acts as funeral director and does a general undertaking business. His stoek of cotl'ins, caskets and trimmings is very large and parties finding it necessary to purchase funeral outfits will do well to see him before buying. He is also prepared to do embalming and keeps a tiiat-clasa hearse. 1H FREE BANK. ENTKRPRISfi Olfice. TUP PHIIX'TY PAT lilL LUUil I uLll. . Some of the Institution of the j CoUHty and City. BIKIP8 EVE VIEW OK THE FIELD. A Cauuty of Unsurpassed Agricultural Itesouree. VALUABLE TIMBER IS THE FOOTHILLS : 8cho9li and Clarebei of theTOIty It Trunipor Ution FaciiStiea Social ind BeieT olent ImtitntioM Mittort Froipectife. . i The year just past has been marked by a gathering together of industrial t forces rather than by the inauguration of new business enterprises in Oregon CITY. City and Clackamas county. The un exampled and somewhat feverish ad vancement of the nortwest country 'n 1889 was checked early in the following year, though 1890 was the most prosper oua year in the life of Oregon City if we judge merely from the building record and the number of manufacturing institu tions started here But. a rapid growth is seldom a safe one. Sooner or later there must be a readjustment and it is one of the strongest features of the bus iness situation in Oregon City that it has I read juAed itself while still advancing. There ha been no set back here no waiting for the tributary country to catch np with an overbuilt city. It is safe to say that the growth of Oregon Cily during the past year has been pro portionately greater than that of any other northwestern city of its size. But the fact that it has its forces well in hand and under intelligent direction is of Bt ill greater importance. Whiln the magmfieient water power of j the Willamette falls is the basis of the growth of the city there are other elements of strength that focus here. The county has an area exceeding a million acres. An important source of wealth is found in the vast mineral de posits which are known to abound in this county. These are as yet but parti ally developed, but enough is known to give assurance of the fact that the day is net far distant when the iron, coal, paint and others ot the common as well as precious minerals will yield large re turns from well developed mines and give employment directly and indirectly to nianv thousands of hands. Another source of wealth is the vast area of land admirably adapted to agriculture in all its numerous branches. As an agricultural country Clacka mas county cannot be surpassed. Situated as it is at the lower end of the broad valley of the Willamette and con stituting a large and valuable part of that very rich valley it has no superior any where. An empire in itself it is destined to be one of the richest agricultural counties in the entire state because of its nearness to reliable markets. Its soil is adapted to almost every variety of pro duct, which on account of its closeness to market will be in demand at prices which will always be remunerative. The agriculturist who considers the quality of the soil, convenience to mar ket and future sppreciation in value of farm lands must certainly decide in favoi ol Clackamas county for a location to develop ft far and 'build a borne. Take for instance what has been a staple commodity, wheat yielding from 20 to 60 bushel per acrs. A comparison of n. i"i SUSPENSION BRIDGE AT OREGON I 1n"tati"n un any selected date U,, t,e year wjJ R,ow a difference In favor of Oregon Cily of abont six cents per bushel compared with other towns u;i the valley. An examination 01 toe records 01 ilia state board ot agriculture would show that whenever Clackamas county has entered the list she has been a worthy and frequently a successful competitor for premiums, having taken much more ! than a proportionate share of those con tested for. The soil of this county is not only adapted to the production of ; fruits and vegetables of ail kinds, but it I is extremely prolific. To ttll one un i acquainted with these products as grown n jjie valley of the vast quantities and size of the specimens observed here would tax his credulity to the utmost. Apples, plums, pears, prunes, quincea, peaches and cherries abound and can be raihed in the greatest profusion aa can all small Irults. There is large amount of valuable timber in Clackamas county. Most of the river bottoms have been cleared of forests but in the upland i and foothills of the mountains there is a supply that will last many years. The yellow fir is the monarch of tho forest. However, white fir, cedar, ash, alder, maple, oak, cottonwood, laurel and other woods use ful in manuiacturing exist in Urge quan tities and in accessible locilitirjg. Mot of the lumbering business of the county is done by small mills that go into tlit timber and saw the lumber on the ground.it being easier to transp irt the manufactured product than the saw log. Of course the mills get as near t iwn as tney conveniently can ana be still in reach of timber. OBBGON CITY. Oregon City, the seat of justice of Clackamas -ounty, has a population of a tout 5,000 souls. Theie is a cluster of communities that have names of their own but which are practically parts of this city. Canemah, Elyville, Park Place, Gladstone and Paper Mill on the east side and the village on the neit side of the river connected with Oiegin City by a sugension bridge are arnot-g these, all of them within a radius of t - - . ... CLACKAMAS COUNTV COURT HOUS6. miles from the Oregon City post otllee. As the interests of all are idential they may properly be considered as one town which has eight public schools in which are employed twenty teachers and eleven churches representing nearly as many denominations. Tne Catholics maintain a parochial school here. The city has two theaters and several public halls. There are a score of social, benev olent and fraternal societies. The United States land office for the district embracing eleven counties in north western Oregon is located here. Both the Pacific Postal and Western Union telegraph companies have offices in Ore gon City and there is also telephone communication up and down the valley. The main line of the Southern Pacific railroad, on which three express trains pass daily each way, runs throu.-h the lieart of the city. Passenger steamers ply regularly on the river between here and Portland at intervals of about two hours. All travel between the capital and metropolis of the state is via Oregon City. The pk-toresqneness of the city i an attraction to home seekers. The water fall is one of rare beauty. Three blocks from the river bank rises a rock blulT to a height of about a hundred feet. A number of stairways are built np the face of the bluff so that communication with the upper or residence part of the town is convenient. The ground rises still farther back from the water and on what is called Mountain View there is a magnificent view of the perpetually snow clad peaks of the Cascades. The town is regularly laid out and the streets improved. ----w.. l -i & CITY. w it cm.; I ,