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Oregon City Enterpri VOL. 37, NO. SB. OREGON CITY, OREOON, FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1904. ESTABLISHED 1868, CLACKAMAS COUNTY COURT. I NEW ROAD TO SALfef.1 Bullous Tramactsd at Regular July Elghtyaera fruit and vegetable farm at Canity on Una of Boutlitirn Pacific railroad, (II lovol, 74 acres In nlco cultivation. All foncod, borders on Molnlla rlvor, 18 acres prunes in Al condition, 13 acres poaches, 4 acrea applos, S acres atrawborrloa, 6 room frame dwelling, largo barn, 40x SO, prune dryer 34x40, coat $1000, gralnwy, warehouse, V, mile to achool, 4 rjjle to railroad atatlon, one milt to ai.itnboat landing. To go with tha place: 1 apan horses, 2 cows, chickens, 3 plow, wagon, hack, harrow, mower and all other farming Implements and growing crop at tlmo of aalo. Price $8000; $5000 cash, balance In 5 yeara at 0 ner emit IntereHt. Stock and Umber: 2C2 acrea, T. 8 8, R. 3 E.. one mile from Molalla river and on line of extension of motor railway. 200 acrea level, B0 ucrea foncod. 30 acres In cultivation, mo bouse, burn 6075, living water, 00 acroa heavy tlnibnr. Or and cedar, vnluabln, would cruise five million ot more feet of good, merchantable llm- bur, besides piling, i mile to achool, grunt outrang". 17 miles to Oregon City. perfect title. Price $12.50 por acre; $1000 cash; bulunce In 8 yeara at 6 per emit Intorost. Two bundrud and fifty acre stock much, rolling enough for good drain uku, aoll good, 80 acres In cultivation, 80 acre more slashed and burned and could bo put Into cultivation for $10 pur acre, bulunce pusture laud, email creek run through ttie place, 3 living spring, 3 acroa orchard, 8 room box bouse, covered with rutlc, pulntud, 1 4-story , big homo mode barn 30xG0, abuddud all round, largo outrange, ou A great many at all sorts of GROSS and SHAW Main Street, Oregon City, JIOBEKT A. MILLER ATTORNEY AT LAW ttinl Titles anil Lnrl Office Duainema Mpcclalty Will practice In all Courts of the State Room 3, Weinbard Bllg . opp. Court House, Oregon City, Oregon rL.rOKTKR. J" ATTORNEY AT LAW iMTiicTiorrsorsiTY rtiasiissn. Ofllos oas' to Oregon Cltv EaUrpri'S. J)R. GKACE E. HAIN OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN. Aoute and Chronlo Diseases. Nervous Disorders. Women's and Children's Dis eases a Specialty. Graduate of Still Col Inn of Osteopathy. Des Moines, la. Of fice Hours: 9:10 a. m. to I p. m., Monday, i Wednesday and Friday. Concultatlon free. , Room It, Cards Building, Oregon City. O W. EAHTIIAM J ATTORNEY AT LAW J Land THlei Examined. Abstracts Mails, i Lieeds, MortKattes Drawn. Money wianeu orrica ovsa Bank of Oregon City. Obsuon Citt, Ok. W. B. U'Bea - Bohoabat U'REN ct SCIIUEBEL Attorneys at Law. gprutrdjer bwohat. Will practice in all courts, make collections and settlement of Kstates. Furnish abstracts of title, lend you money and lend your money on tlrst morgage. Office In Enterprise Building, Oregon City, Oregon. JIVY STIPP Attorney at Law. Justice of the Peace. .Hguer Bldg., Oregon Cty J O. CAMPBELL, , ATTORNEY AT LAW, mason citt, - Oassos. Will practice la allthe eourts of ths stats. 01- tea, la CKuflold bulldlas. c D. D.C. LATOORKTTB 1TTORNEY8 AND COUNSELORS AT LA .7 HAJH STBIIT OR SOON CITT, OBIOOI Varnish A b tracts of Title. Lou Mocsy, roracloM Mortgages, and transaot Oensral Lew Business! . For Gentlemen Farmers of some means. We can recommend every one of them, and the price is right main road 22 miles from Oregon City, 114 rnlli from Wllliolt Springs. '$20 por aero; $2000 down, balance on long tlmo at 8 per cent per annum. Two hundred and twenty-five acrea at Logan, 8 mlloa due east of Oregon City, 18 mlloa from Portland, 100 acres In cultivation, BO acroa wore nearly ready to break, 8 acrea prune orchard, whole place fenced, mountain trout a tree m running through the ranch, aevoral largo aprlngi, frame dwelling 8 rooms, coat $500, poat barn, I rallea to choose factory, sume distance to creamery that nulls $1000 worth of buttor month, achool mile, aplen did neighborhood. $30 por acre; terms to suit. One hundred and sixty-five acres at Logan, 130 acres In splendid cultiva tion and In crop, four miles of board and wire fencing, 4 acrea orchard, two dwellings worth $2000, two largo barns, living water In nearly all the fluids, place Ih In good repair and ev erything neat and tidy, Vi nillo to school, 10 mllea to Portland, 9 mllea to Oregon City, creamery and cheese fuctory In thu neighborhood. $8500; half down, balance on easy terms at 0 por cent Interest Stock Farm Investment 31 acres, two nilles from terminus of O. W. P. & Ity. Co. line at Sprlngwater, 1C0 acres In cultivation, whole place fonced, 00 acres In clover, 14 acres orchard, two million feet good mer chantable timber, three fine living springs of pure water, small dwelling, lurgo nuw barn ' 00x81, outrange of elk weed and pea vino for a thousand liuud of slock, about 40 bead cattle, other places, large aand small, for sale prices, and to suit "all sorts of people Or 233 Washington Street, Portland, Or kxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxjq JUST RECEIVED A v V Jprfr Tight ': ... . .11111 "". fry .' '" If you need anything in the way of Hardware, Crockery, Glass-ware or Gianite-ware, I can supply vour wants. Call and innpect my stock. Complete line of new and second-hand FURNITURE carried. Let me supply you with a house- keepinx outfit v WALL PAPER of the best quality and latest styles at right prices. Attention, Here's a Bargain ' 6000 feet, l.V inch first class Manila rope, In one piece, Is offered for sale at a bargain for a few dars. I. TOLPOLAR Main Street, Brunswick House & Restaurant Newly Furnished Rooms. Meals at All Hours. Prices Reasonable. Opposite Suspension Bridge. Only First Class Restaurant In Town UNDERTAKING. We are in a posi tion to save you from 10 to 20 per cent, on undertak er's auppliea of which we carry a complete stock. R. L-. HOLMHN, Office: One door south of Conrt House or at Cigar Store opposite Bank of Oregon VHJ. span horses, wagon, now binder, and all farming tool with present crop for $30 per acre; very easy terms. Cood school and growing neighbor hood. Ob hundred and sixty acres In Highland, 120 acrea level, good aoll, all fonced, 40 acres In cultivation, run ning stream through the place, water In all fields, 1 acre orchard, 4-room box house, barn 44x50. 20 acres In clo ver, 20 acres In grain and vegetables, great outrange, 7 mllea to Cazadero, 16 bead stock with Increase, all for $2CO0; halt down, balance In 6 years at 6 per ceut Interest ' A gentleman'a suburban home, 3D acres, all fenced and cross-fenced, aoll Al, 31 acres in splendid cultivation. 7 acres heavy timber, living spring and cistern, 8 acrea orchard, all va rieties of fruit, 8-room 1H story house In good condition, new barn 26x60. dry house with outfit other outbuild ings, 10 head milk cows, 2 horses, cream separator, wagon, bugpy, grow ing crop, farming tools. This fine home is 1 miles from Oregon City, V, mile to school. Price $1500; $1500 down, balance In 5 years at 5 per cent Interest Three hundred and forty-nine acres of level, rich soil. In Marion county, 5 miles from Woodburn, 220 cres In good cultivation, free from stumps and rocks, balance In pasture, whole place fenced and crows-fenced, one fair old dwelling, 8 rooms, two large barns, ottior outbuildings convenient to place. 6 acres orchard, 7 acres hops, 4 mile to school, title porfect Price $:;5 per acre; terms made to suit the purchaser. This la a rare bargain. FULL LINE OF 3 Oregon City. CHARLES CATTA, Proprietor I We are under small , ezp nse. Have no middle men to pay, own our hearse and will treat youfair. One Pbicito All Undertaker & Embalmer nRlMULO louse or at Cigar Store opposite Bank s WAS A BIG SUCCESS ATTENDANCE AT CHAUTAUQUA DE FIATEO PREVIOUS RECORDS. Attractions Were vSr Generally Satis factory Society Has Substantial Cash Balanca. Th rlrventh annual anaembly of the WllUmxtta Vallpy Chautauqua Associa tion wlil'h con.'lii'lid a twelve days' as I'm at (Jladatona Park Sunday night, was the nrwit aiiocMsful In the history of the society. Kec-ord bnalclnj was the attendance and Increased Interest was manifested tn every department of the Chautauqua woik. Definite statistics are not obtainable as to the financial returns of the assembly, although It to a certain ty that there will remain a good sub stantial surplus upon which to Insure a better and more attractive program for nett year. The attractions offered by the Associa tion this year were splendid and save Treat satisfaction, although there were features In connection with the fort night's eterclaea that were not beyond criticism. Out altogether the manag-e-dld remarkably well and are to be com mended for their faithful work In behalf of the Chautauo.ua movement In this section of the state. Dr. Hlllls, Henry Ward Beeohur's successor, was unques tionably the mom scholarly" and brilliant of thoe participating In the programme. Ills lectures and sermons were Intellect ual treats that were fully appreciated by the large and cultured audiences that gathered from Portland and other sec tions of the atat. Dr. Thos. McClary, while laboring under the handicap of having been heard along similar lines In this city a number of times before, was equal tc the occasion and proved the same entertainer that he was on his Initial appearance. Hla lecture on the- "Mission of Mirth" was brimful of fuiitiy thing Judiciously sandwiched in wttli much g'od. sound logic all going to make one fee! that there la something after all In life worth living for and Inspiring the auditor to be a little more generous In scattering sunshine about in hla Journey thiongh life. A similar mis sion was performed by Lou J. Beau I'l.amp. Captain Hobson agreeably sur prlHed his audiences. He did not come to the Count on his reputation, by any means, but gave grand patriotic lectures that made you feel proud of being an American eltlien. Dr. Stanley L. Krebs was a succea tn treating with psycho logical subjects. Mrs. Marian A. White, of Chicago, i and Dr. Geo. W. White, of San Francisco, proved capable lecturers; Dn White's lecture on "The Black Napo leon" being a grand treat. With auch competent lecturers and entertainers In their respective tines aa Dr. Hlllls, Dr. . Clary, Hon. Lou J. Bauchamp, Cap laln Hobson and Mrs. Walter Reed, ay strong programme was the natural result Music has always constituted a strong feature at the Chautauqua meetings at Gladxtone, but with some exceptions, this feature of the assembly this year was sadly disappointing as was also the elocutionary work given under the direc tion of Mrs. Saunderson, of Seattle. Miss Jennie F. W. Johnson, the Chautauqua soloist of Chicago, Is a gifted vocalist,' and It was a treat to hear her. The concert, arranged by Mrs. Walter Reed, of Portland, and given on the opening Wednesday night, was a musical feast and thoroughly appreciated by an audi ence of 4000 persona The numbers by Miss Harding and Miss Williams, both of this city, were splendid and were as generously received by the audiences aa the numbers were capably rendered. But the parts that Mrs. Saunderson. of Seattle, and Prof. Robinson, played In present ing the musical and elocutionary enter tainments were certainly lame. The former has the reputation for being a most capable Instructor In elocution and physical culture, but as a performer she Is not a success as was emphasized by the protracted programme of readings she gave on the soncluding Thursday night. The sacred cantatas "Queen Esther" and "Belshaizar" did not come up to expectatons. The former was pro duced tn costume and was passably good, considering that It had been given In every city of nny consequense In the Willamette Valley within the six months preceding Its production here. It la not surprising then that It did not prove anything remarkable as a drawing card. "Bclsliaziar" was aung by a chorus from Portland and no costumes were used. The chorus and soloists were nothing out of the ordinary and the entertainment fail ed to hold the audience. These features can and should be Improved upon for next year's assembly. Lovers of music do not enjoy amateurish productions, of classical compositions. This feature of the Chautauqua should be of the same high grade as is the lecture course. With more Mrs. Reeds, Miss Johnsons, and others of equal merit, larger audi ences would be attracted and the worth of the musical program Increased. As an attraction, the series of base ball games that is arranged each year, la Increasing In worth. The attendance at the games this year was larger than ever before and the Interest was correspond ingly enlarged. The grand stand, newly constructed, Is a welcome improvement, but with an equally attractive se tries of baseball games next year. It will be necessary to triple the capacity Of the structure If the spectators are to be ac commodated. Expansion will necessarily have to be had along other lines too in another year, provided the same satis factory service Is maintained. For In stance, the restaurant was never before so generoucly patronised. And the reason Is not surprizing. Better meals than those served under the direction ot Mrs. C. O. T. Williams this year were never had on the grounds before. If this In stitution Is continued under the same management another year, It will be to the Interest of the Chautauqua promot ers to have the capacity of the restaurant building enlarged several times. In the limited quarters it was absolutely Im possible to serve all who came to be fed during this year's session. Term. Be It remembered, That at a regular term of the County Court of Clackamas Cofnty held In the court house In Ore gon City, for the purpose, of transacting county buslncHS on the first Wednesday of July, the same being the time fixed by law for holding a regular term of said court, present Hon. Thos. F. Ryan, county Judge, presiding; T. B. Klllln and Wm. Brobst, commissioners, when the follow ing proceedings were had, to-wlt: la th6 matter of pauper warrants: John Avina f 8 00 Ellon Bridges 8 00 C. E. Burns , . 6 00 Wm. Dn 6 00 P. Freytag 15 00 W. T. Gardner, 10 20 Morton tc Jack' 8 00 J. A. Jones 6 GO M. Kruger 7 00 Geo. Mooney 8 00 L. Matheruon 7 00 Cnas. C. Miller 8 00 J. 8. McComb 30 00 Mrs. M. Volckera 8 00 Mrs. H. Woods 5 00 R. G. Ogden 6 00 Mr. M. Valentine i....3 00 B. Ferguson 8 00 W. J. Lewellen 8 00 In the matter of supervisors' re ports examined and allowed: District No. 1. 0. Wisslnger $ 1 65 Falrclough Bros 2 50 W. H. Counsell 1 25 Beall i Co 40 65 Rlsley Bros 7 50 Derald Chapman 28 00 J. Counsell 66 00 Phil Oatfleld 10 00 C. RlBley 41 00 John Rlsley 61 00 H. A. Andrews 36 00 Amel Tucholke 75 00 James Oliver 78 00 John Halbwacks 50 00 J. Koch 49 00 James Caots 18 00 Geo. Buck 4t 00 James Ford 21 00 Lewis Rail 48 00 Osborn Odem 28 00 E. Harris 70 00 Henry Stormer 14 00 W. H. Hellerman 6 00 Geo. Rail 34 00 Ed. Tucholke 12 00 C. Counsel 30 00 J. Johnson 17 50 M. Webster 24 00 A. Bottemlller 2 00 H. Bottemlller 2 00 W. H. Counsell 78 00 Vlgorit Powder Co 113 84 Diatrict No. 2. 1. W. Johnson $ 3 00 Frank Wolfe 7 30 A. Mather 1 50 Walter Wilson 43 75 C. C. Jonea 85 75 Frank Sumner 24 25 Jason Blddle 4 00 Arthur Davis 26 75 .1 W. Johnson 70 00 Jasper Davis . 54 25 George Held 8 75 Chas. Hinderson 3 50 J. Rushford 3 50 Chas. Redstock 3 50 Geo. Heilmer 48 00 Max Webster 20 00 L. Erlckson 15 00 Ward Jones 37 00 Albert Held 1 00 Jas. Henderson 4 00 W. A. Ulrich 4 00 H. C. Ullrich 4 00 L. D. Jones 59 50 Diatrict No. 3. J. C. Elliott & Co $ 3 65 C. Wolfhagen 8 70 Rodlun Bros 9 74 J. W. Stone 11 50 D. Vinsant 2 50 T. J. Bohna 22 25 J. Bates 2 12 Frank Bates 25 37 J. Wr. Norton 36 75 Aug. Matthias 22 25 Gottfried Boese 64 37 A. H. Rltzau 52 37 H. Ho!Tmel8ter 2 75 Rich Witzell U 50 C. Proebstel 22 75 Ed. Boring 35 47 Ed. Seivers 21 75 Hugo Lay 35 00 Joe Huntley . 2 62 Vlgorit Powder Co 144 55 Diatrict No. 4. G. D. & J. K. Ely $ 7 05 Wm. Githens 24 50 G. Wilcox 22 75 Albert Kltchlng 45 50 Kelly Boyer 3 50 L. Hale 7 00 R. H. Currln 3 50 S. Coop 6 10 F. Harkenrider 7 00 J. B. Linn 42 00 W. F. Douglas 26 00 R. R. Gibson 1 60 W. Douglas 5 50 Steve Douglas 19 00 G. B. Linn 52 00 M. Alspaugh 1 50 Diatrict No. 5. J. W. Roots $ 8 65 Ennis Townsend 12 00 Goldie Fisher 9 00 Scott Llnengood 9 00 E. Rlchey 15 00 C. Richey 9 00 A. H. Richey 8 50 E. 8. Richey 10 00 W. H. Boring 41 25 Chas. Shuler 15 75 E. S. Hlckey 8 00 E. Els worth ... 13 50 Otis Shuler 28 50 C. Zimmerman 6 75 Harry Elsworth 21 00 A. Hen 9 75 J. Chapman 2 25 J. Zimmerman 12 00 C. Chapman 4 60 Llndemann Bros 1 66 Vlgorit Powder Co. 37 35 Diatrict No. 7. Meinlg Bros. $ 50 W. S. Feglea 13 60 Chas. Leal 3 00 B. J. Wakefield 7 50 W. S. Feglea 6 00 Jas. Fegles 30 00 Diatrict No. 9. A. Douglas (13 45 DOUBLE TRACK ELECTRIC LINK TO Be BUILT. Will Parallel Southern Pacific and Make One-Way Trips In an Hour. From Portland to Salem and return; the trip each way In little more than aa hour; the fare low; the means an electrlo railroad, and all this within a year this Is the positive statement of L & French, of Grand Rapids, Vtlnh., who has been In Oregon for some time, and who has quietly secured possession of right-of-way for a trolly line between this city and the capital. "I have all the lights already In my possesHion," said Mr. French, who Is la Portland, "and so do not care to keep my movements secret any longer. I now have nothing to fear In the way of com petition." Mr. French represents Detroit capital Ists, who have recently extended the trol ly system of that city and have found out what a paying enterprise suburban trolly systems can be made. Although still reticent In regard to plans, Mr. French admits that the pro posed line parallels the Southern Paclflo Railroad on the east side of the Willam ette river, from Canby - to Salem. The right-of-way Is fifty feet wide, and ad joins that of the Southern Pacific on the east. The new line la to run through New IJta. Canby, Barlow, Aurora. Hub bard. Woodburn, Gervals, Brooks and Chemawa. to Balejn. It will be of standard gauge, and will therefore be capable of accommodating the freight cars of the steam railroads when necessary. The cost of construc tion will be 125.000 per mile. I There Is an opinion among some that I the new line will connect with that of j the Oregon Water Power & Railway ! Company above Oregon City, so there will be no delay in obtaining Ingress to Portland. Mr. French when asked about this today, declined to answer. "We have tried to steer clear of news paper men as much as possible," he said, "as we did not wl.h our plans to become known until we had the right-of-way se cured. I do not wish even now to gtve the name of my company to the public That will appear when the right-of-way deeds are recorded In the counties through which our road Is to pass. ' I will say this much however. "We get our power from the Sandy River, where we have acquired water rights with sufficient fall for our purpose We expeot to run passenger can bit Salem from Portland within one hour, as our through cars will not make any sterna on the way. Our plans Include s double track for the whole fifty mllea be tween the metropolis and the capital city." "Will your line interfere with the busi ness of the Southern Pacific?" he was asked. "No. Trolly lines create their own business. Farmers who have butter, eggs, poultry, or other produce to sell will patronize our line, as they can aend such freight tn small quantities without the delay of obtaining shipping receipts or of waiting for freight trains. The big railroads do not handle such traffic, but it amounts to an enormous business when the trolley line passes through such a thickly settled farming section as the Willamette Valley. , "Trolley roads help all the towns they tap, and Portland will notice the dif ference In its growth when our line Is es tablished. There will be no further an noyance about lack of cars In the busy season, as there has been In Oregon in the past. We propose to put on all the cars necessary to conduct the business satisfactorily, and to provide for the rapid growth In the traffic which will ensue as a result of our enterprise." Portland Telegram. Peter Rath Jacob Smith Willie Ruhl A. Wiederhold Jos. DeShazer P. A. Mlgnolia O. P. May Henry Johnson Otto Paulsen Christian Johnson . . Ed. Guber Robert Miller George Wolf Henry Riemer Peter Ruhl Vlgorit Powder Co. . Diatrict No. 00 50 50 00 50 50 50 . 20 09 . 15 00 . 15 00 . 15 00 . 9 00 . 4 85 30 . 1 50 . 28 20 .$ 6 00 . 13 12 . 19 25 . 15 75 . 44 62 . 1 12 . 18 28 60 . 2 68 . 7 50 . 11 00 10. Cary Hardware Co Phillip Wagner R A. Wilcox August Stubbe W. R OatUeld Earl Wagner W. Duus Fred Crawford Don Crawford Geo. DeShlelds Norman Tracy Willie Davis Lester Crawford Roll Herring Alex. Irvin John Irvin Grov. Krigbaum Ray Wilcox Curt Wilcox District No. 11 W. A. Holmes C. H. Dauchy, Jr. John E. Smith Geo. Rail Wm. Rail 1 75 50 5 25 f 1 30 2 40 65 00 2 50 32 37 36 00 28 00 19 25 93 6 25 18 00 8 50 71 75 70 00 31 60 87 60 14 87 C. E. Smith Theo. Heurth F. Preschotf Louis Rail .. H. Faublon F. E. Smith Lyle Glass W. H. Smith E. Nachand Otto Naet . E. Rothey . O. Freytag . 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