Oregon City Enterprise.
VOLUME 30. NO. 61
OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1903.
ESTABLISHED 18C0.
IS A HEAL METEOR
CIIUL1T tOLKT HAS COSTKSEI)
CAN MAKE NO LEVY
r
A WORD IN ADVANCE
AN APPEAL FOR a
DAY IN CLACKAMAS
A tONTUACT 11 Art HK.KN MAOK WITH THE OUKHN CITY KNTKItl'RI.SK, FOR
Tlllrt tjt'AKTKIt I'AWK OK AUVKUTlHJNi BI'ACK, Foil THK NKXT TWO YKAHH.
J T IS VERY GENERALLY AGREED That Oregon 1 on the threahhold of a iplendid de- .
velopmcnt along material Unci. Already our local capltallau, aided by abundant money
from the east, are erecting mllla and factories, building railroads and projecting improvement
that haa and will go oo qlckening the btuloeaa and Industrial life of every community la the
State. Immigrants with money to lnvetre rapidly buying up available laida, kousea are
being erected, furma are being opened up and improved, orchard are being planted, good roada
are reaching out into every acttlcment and altogether a march of prosperity is oo ua and yet
to come that will double the wealth and population of Oregon in the next Ave years. Portland
is making giant strides in population and growth of commerce, every city and hamlet in the
State baa awakened to a new day and opportunity.
Oregon City aixl Clackarnan County must receive their full share of this in
coming tido of proHjtority. It will lt our part U aid in this great work. It
will not 1h exjHctd our effort will bo entirely unHtirceHsful, but for every farm
Hold, for every now dwelling erectod, for every now bank tlej0Bit, for every new
wheel put in motion our whole community will bo Inmefitted. The inabilities
tif Clac-kama County in material development have been but scratched on the
nurfuce. With iln 1!00 square miles of territory, boundless forests of timber
and vat areas of the richest clover land in Oregon, suitable for the production
of all varieties of grains, grasses, fruits and vegetables jx'culiar to ahe Willam
ette Valley, we could easily accotuDuxlato and profitably employ the whole
present imputation of tho Hta'e of Oregon.
Oregon City with its great manufacturing plants ought to have a present
population of twenty thousand people. The proximity of the garden, fruit and
truck farms of Clackamas County to Portland, the market and distributing
center of the Northwest Coast, means wealth and comfort to those who fortunate
enough to take advantage of such opportunities. A great day is ujon the
jxmplo of Oregon. We are to grow faster in the next ten years than we ever
grew in our lives before. The great boundless, limitless west has come to its own.
It's fjr every man, woman and child to appreciate the westward move, and
get in step with the procession. There are 'riches and opportunities all around
us, if we have sense enough to see them. Let us line up for progress and all
pull together for Clackamas County,
H. E. CROSS.
II
)IIEI.T A. MILLER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Lnct Title n1 Land OfTlc
IlunlnesMsn Mpecinlty
Will practice in 1l Court of the State
Room J, Wcinhsrd lll.lg.
OJp Court House, Orrgon Cilr. Orfgon
L.roRTiB,
ATTOKSKY AT LAW
ismtcrsor rarsarv n'lmmn.
0Bc Bt 10 Ortiun CUT En--rpri'S
QKO- C- BBOWNKI.U
ATTUUNF.Y AT LAW
Oregon Cliy. " Orfon
Will t.rsclir In ill lbs courts of UisilaUi.
Ortloe In ('snnsld building.
Qt W. EA8T1IAM
ATTOIlNKY AT LAW
Und TMes K.ianilned. Abstracts Maile.
ids, J.urlga-a trswn. Mousy bosned
orm't ovsa ..
Dank of Orison City. Oatuon tlTT, On.
w. a. O'itt 0' M
U'KKN SCHUEHEL
Attorneye at Law.
JlcutMjrr btclat.
Will practice In ill courts, make eollsotlons
anil settlements of K.sisles.
Furnish attracts of title, lend you money
and lend your money on flml morgans.
Office In Enterprise Building,
Oregon CUjr, Oregon.
JJY 8TIPP
Attobsiy at Law.
Juitlce of the Teaca.
JKger Blilg., Oregon City
J U.CAMPBKIX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
aeoCirf. - 0aeo.
Will prMtle In all lb eourtt f tb Mate. Of
loe, la Cauflald BUlldlua.
Ql.a D.O. LATO0RITTB
ATTORNEYS AND
COUNSELORS AT LAW
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HAM ITBaiT OllOoa C1TI, OklOOR.
rnrolih Abitraoli of Title, toan Moatr.rpre
eloee Mortif,aBd traaaMI earak
law tailaaaa.
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W II J I'll HCTU BUriUlUg III lun
Glann-ware or Gianite-ware, I can
fri inciMTt my Btocc.
K Complete line of new and secondhand FURNITURE carried. Let
i me supply y-i with house- keeping outfit
rj VVALL PAPER ' the l"''ty and latest etylea at right prices.
Attention, Here's a Bargain
(T biXU Wl. lk II" " Of tiani Bianiia
I fjl Ml at brnin (or a few daya.
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f I. TOLrOLAK
r! Main Street, Oregon City.
Brunswick House & Restaurant
Newly Furnished Rooms.
Meals at All Hours. Prices Reasonable.
Opposite Suspension Bridge.
Only First Class Restaurant
In Town.
Oregon 1$ Washington State Fair Victories
.ON BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS
Ortg-on Mate Fair 1902
-i-t on Cock Tllnli, 6 in Competition
i,t on Hen, 10 in Competition
I-j-j on I'ulleU. . . .40 in Competition
nd on... Cockerel II in Competition
Mt on peii " in Competition
Itiia America Claaa
Hut won lit a palUU the paat a
yr. Stork for aala. ! la aoaB.
J. MURROW & SON.
BETTER
COUNTY
rULL LINfc Uh
ir Tigli
STEEL
RANGES
....... r iraKBM r.ni.i.A.it
""J' v' "'"' viu,cij,
supply Tour wanta. Call and
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rofw, iu oue nece, u uubtoi lur
CHARLES CATTA,
Proprietor
Washlng-toa 8ute Fair 1908
We only tent 3 pullet, 1 hen and I
Cock aid won on every entry but one
beeidet tpeciala, including best pea in
the show. Prizetwon iat Cock, lit
Ilea: 1st and and Pullet; 1st pen.
Exhibition Block a specialty Roma
grand pullata far K(gs tS.Oa
Oregon City. Oregon.
WahhlngtoD Expert No Declare)
of Recent Find.
LarR-cM Hpeelmra ef Jtclallle Mfteorite
Etfr Paand In the
liilUd males.
It it a real aiftteorite." said F. W.
Crfjihy.o WatilnKton, D. C, Frila
allernuon, after he had made an invettl
Katiun of Ibe aerial visitor that was re
cently discovered Dear this city.
Mr. lfoshy la collector of Keo"KicaI
lcimns for the HuiltljsorjiaD Institute
al the Nitional Capital and Is oiakinft a
tour of the raciflo Coast la aftarcii of de
sirable specimens. While at Lodi, Calif.,
where he forwarded a small meteor to
the Washington Institute, be read of the
discover that bad been made at Oregon
City and be came at once to this city.
lbs meteor la composed entirely of
iron and nickel, probably nine of ten
part bfing iron. The specimen was
pitied with bole as it cam through the
air in a monlten siale. This is an invari
able indication of metalic meteorite.
From appearances the moiiater may have
bewn buried in the hillside, where it was
discovered, (or many centuries. Al any
rate its rusted condition is onmletaksbls
proof that it was buried in the ground
lor many years.
"This is the largest specimen of me
tallic meteors that bal ever been found
in Ibe United tttatee and among the
largest ever disco ered in the world. It
weight between 20.000 and 40,000 pounds.
Because of its enormous weight, the
specimen is lets) valuable to its owner,
Mr. Dale, than if It were one-fourth of
the site. Meteors of the same formation
are not al all uncommon but rarely are
they found so large. In the Bmitbsc
nlan Institute at Washington there are
probably It 0 of these meteors and the
largest specimen will not weigh to ex
ceed 1400 pounds. In the British mu
seum there are at least 1000 metalic
meteors.
Mr. Crosby thinks that the Oregon
City specimen Is the greater cariosity
bersoeof lis remarkable sise. He is
also of the belief that tbe government
alone can afford to acquire Ibe owner
ship of the meteor for the reason tbat
tbe probable expense of purchasing the
specimen and removing it woo Id prove
greater than its ownership would justify.
The government representative would
not state whether or not it was likely
that the specimen would be secured by
I'ncle Bam for tbe Washington Institute.
It is Impossible to aace.Uin from those
who art interested in the ownership of
Ibe property what It intended to be done
wilh the meteor but it it generally be
lieved and understood that it will be
taken to St. Louis and Disced on exhibi
tion at tbe World's Fair next year and
returned to Ibe Pacific Coast for the
Lewis A Clark Fair the following year.
L. L. Hawkins, of the Portland Mu
aeum, was alto in the city ana made a
vitit to the meteor.
Many residents of this city are of the
opinion that the big meteor has not
deen buried in the earth for the length of
t me that others believe. A great many
Oregon City people report tbat in the
year 1H83 a large meteor was seen to pass
over tbe Willamette river near this city
at the mouth of tbe Tualatin river, and
disappear in the immediate vicinity o
tbe recent discovery, r-uch persons are
inclined to the belief that tbe me
teor is none other than the one whose
flight through the heavens attracted
their attention some twenty years sgo,
Preliminary steps bare been taken by
a Portland attorney and an interested
client to acquire poaseeaion of the now
remarkable and valuable meteor. It
bat been reported on the streets, and
there are manr who erxept the rumor,
that the meteor was actually discovered
on land adjoining tbat of the parties
wbo now have it in possession and claim
sole title thereto. The report is to Ibe
effect that the specimen wss clandes
tinely removed onto the land of those
now having the meteor in possession be
fore tbe discovery of the heavenly mon
ster was announced. With the official
announcement as to tbe genoinessot
tbe meteor, toe strife lo determine its
lawful ownsberthip will likely prove in
teresting. Tbit strange visitor from the celestial
realms hat an interettiug history that
covers tbe period from its first discovery
eighteen months ago. Tbe meteor it
cone-shaped. Its base measures 9 feet
and it it tlx feet from the base to tbe
apex, which it about t feet 10 inches in
diameter. Red in color la the curiosity,
which will probably weigh eighteen
tone.
It it the general belief of those who
bave witnessed tbe strsnge object that it
it actually a meteor. The first discovery
of the meteor dates back to the spring of
1902, when Wm. Dale, while engaged in
clearing a tract of land,, accidentally
caiae across the mistle, the apex end of
which protruded from the ground. Strik
ing the object, it gave forth rings inch
at would be produced in striking a me
talic bar. With tools he endeavored to
dislodge the huge rock and ascertain iu
dimension!.. In tbie be failed, at did
also aft effort on the part of a number of
hit neighbors. Following the failure,
the disappointed tearcbera for natural
curiosities recovered the rock.
Rain ttormt of last winter disclosed
tbe hiding place ef tbe meteor, which
wat re-discovered last July. The loca
tion of It enriotity wat on a aidehill.and
it waa only by undermining the rock
that it waa landed 00 level ground,
where by means of jacktciewt it waa
placed on a track and over a road that
was built through the thickly wooded
tracts, it waa carted to the main road
Willamette. '
Tke Bat LlBlnaeal.
"Chamberlain's Pain Balm it contid
ered the best liniment on Ibe market,"
writes Poet A Bliss, of Georgia, Vt. No
other liniment will heal a cot or bruise
so Dromotlv. No other affords such
Quick relief from rheumatic pains. Mo
other it to valuable for deep-sealed
paint, like lame back and paint in the
cheat, tiivethit liniment a trial and
von will never wish to be without it.
For salt by Q. A. Harding.
Jadge XcBilde Dlspee ef Several
Diverts Hulls Otbrr Badness.
Jadge T. A. McBrlde convened the
November term of the Clscksniat county
circuit court Monday morning. The
Juror 1 were dismissed from attendance
on tbe court until next Monday morning.
Monday waa orenpied largely by the
judge in making minor orders and enter
ing a few divorce decree. Divorces
were granted as follows : K. C vt.
Carrie B. (iolden, Frank vs. Lillisn
Partridge. 8ix divorce cases tbat bave
been pending In the court for months
snd in which both parties are non-residents
of Uiis county bat at tbe tame time
live In the stale, were today etneken
from the docket. Tnev were : Theresa
Ordway vs. Chat. Ordway; Walter W.
Kay vs. Lillian Hay; Miller Weiss vs. J.
M. Weiss: lOUtsa htranger vs. Jacoo 41.
Htranger; Mary K. Schley vs. W. C.
Bchley ; snd John Schadlinger vs. .Susan
richadiinger.
Default was entered in tbeea divorce
tails : John A. Lof'initi vt. Kosan Lot-
met; Jennie Dowell vt. Robert Do well;
I. L. Adkint vs. Mary Adkine. The
tuit of Virginia May Vorbewa ve. Fred
Vorhewt was dismissed on motion of the
plaintiff. Two other actiont were die
rnlseed si follows: H. L Kelly, trustee,
vi. T. F. Byao ; I. B. Madison va. L. E.
Armstrong, et al. A number of caset
having been settled oot of conrt, were
drooped from tbe docket. They were:
Catherine Gibboos vt. Geo. and Lena
Doll ; H. E. Croea vt. P. H. Morley; J.
P. Ridings & 800 vt. Lime Bartchet; J.
M. Jones vt. Michael Kbaler et al.; 8.
A. D. Gurley va. M. Shafer et al. ; in the
matter of tbe application of Geo. Brown
for a gateway; G. B. Dimlck vs. Geo.
Keroee: J. A. Arkells, administrator,
vs. The Southern Pacific Company ; Port
land Citv and Oregon K. K. vs. Uora
Quint; 6. W. P. A By. Co. vs. Jot.
Peterson et al.
After hearing tbe testimony tn tbe
eaae of Sarah Coed vt. Chat. Wilkins,
her former husband, for the custody of a
five vear old eon. th court awarded the
child to its grandmother, Mrs. Martba
Campbell, of Salem. The plaintiff rep
resented in her petition tbat It wat tbe
understanding between herself and di
vorced husband at the time the divorce
waa granted that tbe should bave tbe
custody of tbe boy but it seems that the
husband retained the child wben De se
cured tbe divorce decree. In defense of
the woman's petition for tbo child, tbe
husband testified tbat the present hus
band of hit former wife it a bar-keeper
and on this showing the court gave tbe
child to tbo its grandmother, and de
creed tbat neither of tbe children of the
divorced couple shall be removed from
the jurisdiction of tbe conrt.
Jadge McBride has arranged the fol
lowing calendar of casee to be beard
next week: Monday, November 9 W.
H. Young vs. H. O. Stickney; Novem
ber 10 Jacob Kalbfleiacb vs. Clackamas
county; November 11 Lecbter vs.
Hooter; November 12 McDonald vt.
Campbeao; November 14 Holt worth
ve. Holxworth ; November 16 Hartlgau
vt. the 'Southern Pacific Company.
The damage tuit of Haxtigan against
the Southern Pacific Company is ooe of
the principal caset to be beard at tbit
term of court. Hartigan waa formerly
employed at brakeman by the corpora
tion and in a wreck last February on the
West Side near Oswego be claims to
bave received injuries canting bim tbe
lose of a leg. For Ibe loss of the limb,
which be alleges wat the result of an
accident tbat wat caused by tbe faulty
condition of tbe company's road-bed.
Hartigan aska for a judgment against
the railroad company for $15,000. The
railroad company hat filed an answer to
Uie complaint in wbicb it deniee all of
the allegations of tbe complaint eave lo
admit tbat it ia a corporation and that
Hartigan was in tbe company's employ
at tbe time ot tbe accident. From a
legal standpoint the case will be vigor
ously contested, the plaintiff having re
tained Bennett 4 binnott, of Ibe LUlles,
to conduct his case, while the defendant
company will be represented by W. D.
Fenton, of Portland, and Geo. C. Brow
nell, of this city.
THE! AGREED TO DISAGREE.
Caasaal Divorce Proceeding Brought
by a Portland Couple.
DisDleaaed hnsband and unhaPDV wife
ldom accomDsnv each other to the
court bouse, carrying a young child in
their arms, especially when tke errand
has for its purpose the filing 01 a divorce
suit in which the one la the piaintin sna
the other it tbe defendant. Koch an nn
nanal pirrnmatmnM was enacted at the
Clackamas county court house in this
city last Friday alternoon.
The parties were nr. ana Mrs. Joan
Bubo and their two year old daughter of
Portland. In the divorce proceeding
Mr. Bush alleget that bis wile, Clara V .
K.i.k vhnm he mirried at Astoria in
October 1900, and from whom he aakt to
be granted an absolute divorce, fre
quently throwa herself into a temper,
haa called him a liar and last February
caused hit arrest at Portland on tbe
charge of assault and battery with Intent
to kill, which ne sayt was laise ana ma
licious. Tbe husband consents that tbe
custody ot the child be awarded ita
mother.
After filing the papers in tbe case, tne
parties went to tbe office of Sheriff
Shaver where airs, onto, me ueieouaut,
was served with the summons. An offi
cer of tbe conrt asked if tbe proceeding
was not something oat of the ordinary
and was intormeo oy me panics iu
they had once before attempted to secure
divorce but compromised matters.
Difficulties again appeared anil it waa
concluded, tbey stated, to be legally sep
arated and adjutt their property interests,
Mad Tsatg Afaiau
'One of Dr. King't New Life Pilla
each night tor two weeks haa pat me In
my 'teent' again" writes D. U. Turner
of Dempteytown, Pa. They're the beat
in the world for Liver, Stomach and
Bowels. Purely vegetable. Never gripe.
1 Only 2&c at Charm an it Co. 'a Drag Store.
Supreme Court Sajs Thelps
Law; In looperatlre.
Special 8eMon ef Legbtlatnre Matt
De IspTeaed If Ihe Defect Ia
Te Be Remedied. .
The supreme court last Saturdav a)-
firmed tbe decision of Ihe circuit court
of Multnomah county in tbe case of
Flanders vt. the county clerk, that hold
ing that a tax levy cannot be made un
der existing lawt next January. This
means that a special session of the leg
islature mast be beld before January to
paea a isw wnicn win anmorixe such a
evy, or that state, countv. citv and
school district warrants mast be indorsed
"not paid for waut of hinds. " Governor
Chamberlain baa said that be will not
rail a special session on lest the public
nnancet require it, but It seems anqoee
tioned tbat a special session will now be
necessary.
Tbt supreme court In affirming tho
decision sayt :
"It will readily be observed tbat the
purpose of tbe amendatorv act ia to
change tbe datea upon which the several
official acts designated thll be perform
ed, the mode of assessment and levy, and
trie manner 01 collecting remaining tho
tame. All datea in process are com
pletely shifted.
"Tbe true situation ia perfectly mani
fest. The old statute relative to matters
alia Jed to is to be replaced by amend
ments, these abrogating completely tho
law as it now stands. It ia not tbe case
of a repeal, either directly or by impli
cation, except as amendments super
sede snd displace Ihe old statute. The
new is substituted for the old, leaving
no veatige of the old for operation. 8ach
is the holding of tbe supreme court ot
Indiana, under a constitutional clause
providing a mode for revision and
amendment precisely as oart, and from
which oart waa probably adopted.
"All section! of the old law relative to
tbe assesament and collection of taxes
act oot io the amendatory act an amend
ed to be in force and effect from and af
ter Janaary 1, 1904, will be wholly ob
literated aod superseded by tbe new
tectiont tt contained in the amendatory
act, which latter will become solely op
erative and effective from and after that
date, rbe logical consequence is tbat
the county coart or the board of
county commissioners trill be left with
out power or authority to estimate the
amount of money to ke raised for county
purposes, or to apportion the same with.
Ihe state snd school taxes according to
valuation of taxable property in the
county or to levy a tax thereon for the
parpose of raising revenue at ita Jana
ary term."
. WILL BK BAD FOB CLACKAMAB.
By tbe decision of tbe aapreme coart
that under tbe Phelps' tax law no tax
levy can be made prior to Janaary 1,
lilTU ('larkafuaa nwint flnHa itulr in
poor circumstances. With an indebted
ness approximating $140,000, thecoanty
will be obliged to issoe warrants to meet
current expenses and at the tame time
allow tbe interest to accnmolate on out
standing warrants, unless a special ses
sion of the ttate legislature be convened
and unravel tbe entanglement. This
complicated condition of affairs it the
more unfortunate at thia time In tbia
county perbapa than in any other county,
in tbe slate, for tbe reason that the as
sessment will this year represent more
than doable the total of assessable val
ues on tbe roll of a year ago. By levy
ing a reasonable tax levy, the county
had an exceptional opportunity to pro
vide for all current expenses and at the
same time discharge a considerable
amount of the warrant Indebtedness.
Olacktmaa coantyltaxpayera will eagerly
await an adjustment of the complicated
condition that will admit of the collec
tion in tbit county of a tax on the mill
as prepared by Assessor Nelson and
which is so representative of the true
values of this county.
Cared ef Pile After 4 Year.
Mr. C. Haney, of Geneva, 0., bad thv
piles for 40 years. Doctors and dollar
could do bim no tatting good. DeWitt'a
Witch Hazel Salve eared him perma
nently. Invaluable for cuts, burns,
biuises, sprains, lacerations, eczema,
tetter, talt rheum, and all other skin
diseases. Look for the name DeWItt oa
the package all others are cheap,
worthless counterfeits. Sold by Geo. A.
Harding.
Pyniui.n a Turan Truv Mrs Rap.
taken to tbe asylum at Salem Tuesday
nigbt by Sheriff Shaver. This ia the
third commitment 01 tne woman, ice
woman is violently insane and tbe losa
of ber mental faculties is believed to
have resulted from grief over the burn
ing to death of her mother.
WE OLD RELIABLE
AbtoIuUtyPuro
THUS IS I2i SUBSTITUTE