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OREGON CITY, RE30N, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1904.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
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GROSS am4. SHAW
LEADING REAL ESTATE DEALERS
Mate Stret, Oregon City, Of. . 233 Washington Street, Potilani, Of.
110 acre of level land on Mill Creek.
H mile from Oregon City, half
mils to' school 40 acraa In euttlva
tlon10 aorta fenoed, 40 acraa light
olnarlng two living oreoka run
through th place, $860.00 new
dwelling, 7 room two barn, and
other good out-building 7 head of
cattle, 10 tonl hay, apan horaea,
wagon, hemes, 5 doaen ohlckena,
and all farming tooli.
Price 12600. Very cheap. Term
Eighty acre prt of Ran Btrlok
lln'a old place at Highland, 10 acrea '
In good cultivationliving creek
. fruit only fair bulldlnga. A No. 1
bargain at 11250; $500 down, bal
ance In I year tim at I per cent
Intercut. ,
8. A. MoSheery place, 1 mil from
Highland, 71 aorea. 2$ aoroa tn cul
tivation all good aoll. Running
water. Ona and one-half acrea or-
. chard. Good d walling, 6 rooma,
coat $800. Qood bam and dut
bulldlnga. Prlca $2100. With team, I
head cattle, and barn Implements
12326.00; $1060.00 down, balanoe I
year. .
Ona hundred and alaty acraa In High
land, 120 aorea level, good aoll, all
fenced, 40 aorea In cultivation, run
ning atream through tha place,
water In all flelda, 1 acre orchard,
4-room box houee, barn 44x60, $0
acrea In clover, $0 acrea in grain
and Vegetable, great outrange, 7
mile to Caaadero, 1$ head of atock
with Inureaae, all ' for $2600; half
down, balance In I yeara at ( per
cent per annum.
Two huadred and fifty acre atook
ranch, rolling enough for good drain
age, aoll good, 10 acrea In cultiva
tion, 10 acrea mora alaabad and
City proptrty for sale in Oregon City and Gladstone at lowest rates
' We are selling lands in Clackamas county and desire some choice bar
gabs for sale, especially do we need some farms from $1000 to $2000
If you don't see what you want in the above list, write at once and get a
full list to select from. .$ ...'$ ., o '.. j
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k L.POKTKB.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
aamacTiorraoriaTr ronm.ino.
Offle aer to Oregon CUT tnterpri",
DR. E. T. PARKER
Suoceaaor to Dr. Lova
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN
Aouta and chronic dlaeaaea. Nervou dis
orders. Women and children's dla-
a apeclalty. Ofllo hours a, m.
to $ p. m. Consultation frc. Room
11-14 Garde Bldg., Oregon City.
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W. EAHTIIAM
ATTORNEY AT LAW :
Collections, Mortgage Foreclosures, Ab
stracts of Tttlaand Oeneral Law Bua
In cm.
Office over
Bank of Oregon City,
Orgon City, Or. j
V, 9. U'Kea - Bohusbsl
UllEN & SCHUEBEL j
Attorneys at Law. ,
pfutfttt fir 2btoUrtt ;
Will tiraotio in all con r In, make collections i
and settlement of Estates. !
Furnish abstract of title, lend you money
and tend your money on II inorgaga.
Office In Enterprise Building
Oregon City, Oregon.
JJXY STIPP,
Attorney at Law.
Justice of the Peace.
Jngtier Bldg., Oregon Wy
J U.CAMPBELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
atSOM ClTT,
OBBOOM.
Will practice In allthe oourts ef th state. Ol
io, In CsuaelU building.
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D. A D.O. LATOUBKm ,
ATTORNEYS AND
COUNSELORS AT LA 7
MAIN STREET OBKOON CITY, OKKGOK
furnish Abstracts of Tltl. Loan Money,
Foreclose Mortgages, and transact
Oeneral Law Business.
rpHI COMMERCIAL BANK
OF OREGON CITY
tapltal,
1100,000
TBAMSACTS A 0WAL BAMKIM BCSINSSt.
Loans mad. BUM discounted. Makes col'
taction. Buys nd sells exchange on all points
la the UmUd irate, uurope ana uong koi
Deposits reoeivea suo-eot oneoa, a
ren from 9 a. a. to4r. it.
0 C tATOUBKTTE, President.
F. J. MEYER Cashlar
burned, and could be put Into culti
vation for $10 per acre, balance pas
ture land, amall creek run through
tha plaoe, 1 living aprthga, 8 acrea
orchard, l-room bos houae, covered
with ruatlo, painted, . 1 one-half
atory, big home made barn 10x00,
ahedded all round, large outrange on
main road 21 mllea from Oregon City
one and one-half mllea front Wllholt
Bprlnga, $20 per acre; $2000 down,
balance on long time at ad per cent
per annum, ,
Stock and timber. 262 acrea, T. I 8.,
It, 1 B,,one mile from Molaila river
and on ilne of cxtenstirc of motor
railway, 200 acrea level. SO acrea
fenced, 10 acrea In cultivation, no
houae, barn 60x76, living water, 200
acrea heavy timber, fir and oedar,
valuable, would crulae five million
or mora feet of good, merchantable
timber, beside piling, 1-4 mil from
achool, great outrange, 17 mllea to
Oregon City, perfect title. Price
$11.(0 par acre; $1000 caah; balance
In I yeara at t per cent interest.
Eighty-acre fruit and vegetable farm
at Can by on Una of Southern Pacific
railroad, ail level, 74 acrea In nice
cultivation. All fenced, border on
, Molaila river, 1$ acrea prunes In Al
condition, 11 acrea peachea, 4 aorea
applea, 5 acre trawberrle, 6-room ,
frame dweUIng, largo barn, 40x60,
prune dryer, 14x40, coat $1800, gran
ary, warehouaa, 1-1 mile to school,
' 1-1 mile to railroad station, on mil
to steamboat landing. To go with
place: 1 apan hore, 1 oowa, ohlck
ena, 1 plow, wagon, hack, harrow,
mower and all other farming Imple
menta and growing crop at time of
ale. Price $$000; $8000 caah, bal
ance In t yeara at 1 per cent lntereat
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Make Known Yovt Wants
I Am Prepared to Supply Them
That's my business. I have a complete line of new and
second-hand furniture that can't be equalled in quality and
price. A specialty made of furniahing house-keeping outfits.
IF YOU NEED ,
i Anything in Furniture, Carpet, Crockery, Hardware Glass
ware or Graniteware new and second hand you are ure to
buy after inspecting my stock. 1
I. f OLPOLAR
MAIN STREET OREGON CITY, OREGON
Brunswick House & Restaurant
Newly Furnished Rooms.
Meals at All Hours. Prices Reasonable.
Opposite Suspension Bridge.
Only First Class Restaurant
In Town
UNDERTHKINC.
We are in a posi
tion to gave you
from JO to 20 per
cent, on undertak
er' supplies of
which we carry a
complete stock. ,
R. L. HO L-M K N , Undertaker & Embalmer
Office : One door south of Court House or at Ci(?ar Store opposite Bank
; of Oregon City, ; r .-;;....,..,.,,..
Enterprise for
Stock Farm Investment. 144 ceres
two mllea from tha termlnua of O.
W. P. ft Ry Co. Una at Bprlnawator, ,
180 aorea In cultivation, whola place '
fenced, 60 acrea In clover, 14 acrea
orchard, two million feet good mer
chantable timber, three fine living
aprtnge of pure water, amall dwell
ing, large new barn 60x84, outrange
of elkweed and pea vine for a thou- :
aand head of atock, about 40 head
of cattle, apan horaea, wagon, new
binder, and all farming tool with
preaent crop for $30 per acre; very
caay terma. Good achool and grow
ing neighborhood, .
Two hundred and twenty-Ova aorea
at Logan, ( mllea due aaat of Ore
on City, 18 mllea from Portland, 100
acrea in 'cultivation, SO acre mora
nearly ready to break, acrea prune
orchard, whola place fenced, moun
tain trout atream running through
the ranch, aevera) 'large apringa,
frame dwelling, 8 room, coat $600,
poat barn, 1 mllea to cheeaa factory,
aama dlatanca to creamery that sella
$1000 worth of butter a month, achool
one-quarter mile; aplendld neigh
borhood. $30 per acre. Terms to
"It.
Three hundred and forty-nine acre
0f level, rich soil. In Marlon county,
mllea from Woodburn, 220 acre
In good cultivation, free from aturopa
and rock, balance In pasture, whole
place fenced and crou fenced, one
fair old dweUIng, I room, two large
barn, other outbuilding conven
ient to place, six acrea orchard, 7
acrea hop, one quarter mil to
school, title perfect Prloe $35 per
acre; term made to ault tha pur
chaser. Thl la a rare bargain.
CHARLES CATTA,
- Proprietor
We are under
amall eip nne.
Have no middle
men to pay, own
our hearse and
will treat you fair.
One Pbicb to All
WrVnnAnrti"
Job Printing
VOTE WAS REGULAR
RE-COUNT OP VOTE CONFIRMS
WILLIAM? ELECTION.
Transfer Man Now Ha Majority of Two
Over Story. Contract I
Approved.
' At a Rpeclal meeting Monday night
the' council by a vote of 6 to 2 conducted
a re-count of the vote cart for Alder
man In Ward One at the recent muni
cipal election and found that David C.
Williams, the Republican candidate, de
feated Councilman E. F. Story, candi
date for re-election, by a maojrity of
two. Vote a canvassed by council two
week ago gave William three majority.
Monday night' re-count, Including two
dlHputed ballot which were counted for
Story, gave the following result, Story,
167: William, 189,
The re-canvas of the vote at this
time was oppoiied by councilman -elect
Williams, who was represented by At
torney J. B. Hlge. W. S. U'Ren and
C. H. Dy, on ground that by -the city
charter the Incoming and not the outgoing
council Is vented with the Jurindlction of
nettling all contests affecting the mem
bcrshlp of that body, that the old coun
cil having' canvassed the return and
caused certificates of election to laaue,
had exhausted Its right and for further
reason that the council had failed t
provide by ordinance a required by
charter provision for the holding of such
contests Involving a recount of the vote.
Numerous protest and objection offered
by counsel for William, the conteatee,
Were Ignored by the majority . member
of the Council In favor of Storf who was
represented by Judge G. E. Hayes and
W. A. Dlmlck. After an extended de-
hHfA AnA rnunh lpcrnl ftnarrlnz. the re
count waa ordered, wie cortteetant gain
ing but a single vote.
The result of the re-count 1 a com
plete exoneration of Constable H. W,
Trembath, who as a member of the elec
tion board In that Ward, waa accused
by Story In the conteat paper that were
filed, of having purposely and fraudulently
misread a number of the ballots preju
dicial to the interest of Story and In fa
vor of Williams, whose election, it waa
alleged, was thua secured Illegally.
Despite the vigorous protest of At
torney Hedge, U'Ren and Dye, rep
resenting prominent citizens and tax
payer, the council by a vote of S to 2
adopted a resolution offered by Kelly
approving the contract that has been
prepared by the" railroad company for
certain team and pedestrian aub-waya
In return for a perpetual franchise to
Railroad Avenue and - Instructed Mayor
Dlmlck' and Recorder Curry to indorse
the contract tn behalf of the city. The
contract ci.mot bo finally entered Into,
however, ur.i'l udg McBrlde sustains
the motion to dissolve the Injunction
which he haa under consideration. Un
less the Injunction la dissolved before
January 1, when the member of the
new council 'take their seats the Senti
ment of that body will be 6 to 4 against
concluding th transaction between the
city and the railroad 'company on the
basis of the arrangement that la now
pending. The vote on the resolution
Monday night was a follows: Ayes
Chapman, Kelly, Koerner, Mason, Story
and Straight; Noes Justin, Knapp; Ab
sent Wm, Sheahan.
In objecting to the consideration of
the resolution, Mr. Hedge based hi
protest on the following objections That
the meeting was not regularly called;
that it waa not called for the purpose of
considering the franchise question; that
it waa an attempt by the council to grant
rights not permitted to be granted by
charter; that it waa an attempt to burden
Railroad Avenue with additional servi
tude without compensating the abutting
property owner. Mr. U'Ren voiced the
same objections and added that it was
an attempt to dodge the injunction of
i the circuit , court and an attempt by a
i discredited council to over-ride the ex
! pressed wishes of a large majority of the
I people as evidenced at the recent city
i election when the franchise, which was
the true issue in the campaign, wa de
feated by a majority t of three to one.
He also objected to a consideration of
the resolution for the reason that Kelly
and Story are not legal member of the
council since each reside in a precinct
other than the one from which they were
elected. '
Mayor-elect Sommer, upon Invitation
of Mayor Dlmlck, occupied a beat be
side His Honor during the council's de
liberations. ' New Officers Hold Conference,
At a conference last Friday night that
was attended by the members of the Cltl
sen' Committee, Mayor-tlect Sommer
and a number of the newly elected mem
bers of the city council a definite pro
gramme of action waa discussed with
reference to the Southern Pacific fran
chise that must be finally passed on by
the incoming council. It will be proposed
to the Southern Pacific that the under
ground pedestrian crossing at Third and
Seventh streets be dispensed with and
overhead crossings provided Instead, that
an overhead team crossing be provided
at the foot of Tenth street. ' It Is ex
pected ' that these changes will prove
agreeable to the railroad company and
that the pending litigation between the
citizens of Oregon City on one hand and
the members of the council and the rail
road company on the other, wilf be ad
justed to the satisfaction of all parties
interested.
CROSSED THE PLAINS IN '49.
Daniel O'Nell, Pioneer Steamboat Man,
Makes Last Voyage.
Daniel O'Neil, a well known pioneer,
died Sunday night at the Rose Farm,
near this city, after a brief illness. A
year ago Mr. O'Nell, because pf falling
health, severed his connection with the
O. R. & N Company and returned to this
city where he died in the same house
that he waa married in 46 years ago.
Mr. O'Neil was born at Duanesburg,
New Tork, January 6, 1829 and In 1849,
when 21 yeara of age, he crossed the
plains, coming to Oregon, a Quarter
master CJork of the First Regiment of
the United States Mounted Rifle. Thla
regiment came direct o Oregon City,
where they passed the winter of '49. In
1853 he went to Australia where he re
mained for four years, returning to Ore
gon City In 1858 when he married Mis
Minnie Holmes, daughter of the well
known pioneer, Wm. Holmes, at the old
Holme farm near Oregon City. Ac
companied by his bride Mr. O'Nell re
turned to Australia where (even year
were spent and, after a trip around the
world, returned to Oregon where they
have lnce resided. He leave a widow
but no children. -
For the last 35 years, the deceased was
In the employ of the old Oregon Trans
portation Company or the Oregon Rail
road it Navigation Company in the ca
pacity of purser on Columbia river steam
er. Mr. O'Nell waa purser on a line of
steamer operating between Astoria and
Portland when the fare between those
two cities waa $25. When hi health
failed him a year ago, Mr. O'Nell wa
employed as purser between Portland
and the Dalle.
Burial took place Tuesday afternoon
In the Holme lot at the Masonic ceme
tery, funeral service being held at the
Rose farm at 2 p. m., Rev. P. K. Ham
mond officiating. The service were
largely attended by Portland people.
ALFALFA EXPERIMENTS.
Alfalfa Raising Proving Successful
at
Experiment Farm.
Out at the Experiment Station Dr.
Wlthycombe, the director, I carrying on
some experiments In farming that will
be of great value to the people of Ore
gon. '
Four year ago an experiment in grow
ing alfalfa waa begun, and the result,
which at this time can be asserted as
proven ' facts, are that alfalfa can be
raised In Western Oregon as easily and
auccessfully as clover.
In California and other state where
alfalfa 1 grown it require considerable
Irrigation, but the plat of alfalfa on the
Experiment Farm has received no Irri
gation, and 1 now in It fourth year,
which recommends alfalfa very highly
for a forage crop. During the past three
year there ha been ten crop of hay
harvested from thl plat. Last year it
yielded an average of eighteen tona of
green feed to the acre or a little over
even tons of dry hay to the acre. Where
alfalfa is properly started and the land
well drained there is no doubt about It
being raised successfully, and it is
thought by many that in a few years
there will be as much of it raised in the
Willamette Valley as there Is clover.
Dr. Wlthycombe 1 In favor of rotation
crops for the genera; farmer and ha
made several experiments f along these
line. One of the systems 'that he rec
ommend Is a follows:
Raise a crop of corn or 'the silo. Then
In the Fall, after the corn crop is off,
disc the ground once and drill in wheat
In a normal season this will yield forty
bushels to the acre. The first of March
sow on the ground six pounds of red and
two pounds of alskle clover and fifty to
seventy-five pounds of land plaster to
the acre. With that treatment the land,
the next year after the wheat crop Is har
vested, will cut from three to four tona
of clover hay, to the acre, and yield a
second crop for eed or pasture. The
following year the crop should be about
three tons with a good pasture there
after. After pasturing In the Fall of the
second year, turn under and sow to win
ter wheat or oats, then start the process
over again. Use land plaster each
spring on the clover.
There are two principal .cfajects in
, . , , V . "r: :
th tahAr tn A minimum mpar V, fhfai
rotation the ground is kept In gbod
physical condition, and the cultivation
can go on for generation without any
serious loss of plant food. ,
Another method of rotation, which has
been successfully tried at the Station 1
to sow the ground with any kind of
spring grain, then in the Fall go on the
stubble with a diec harrow, before the
rains, and sow to vetch with winter
hA&r np Ar rutrfl inn put fnt hov Tha 1
next Fall plow and the Spring, follow
ing bow grain and so on.
Special School Meeting.
Notice is hereby given ' to the legal
vntera nf ftnhnnl Dlntrlnt Mn nf flalr.
amas County. State of Oregon, that
Special School Meeting of said District
will be held at County Courtroom on the
30th day of December, 1904, at 8 o'clock
In the afternoon for the following ob
jects: . For the purpose of levying a spec
ial tax for school purposes.
Dated this 19th day of December, 1904.
CHAS. ALBRIGHT.
Attest: Chairman Board of Directors.
E. E. Brodte, District Clerk.
There is a quality in Royal
Baking Powder which makes
the food more digestible and
wholesome. This peculiarity
of Royal has been noted by
physicians, and they accord
ingly endorse and recom
mend it.
V , ROYAL BAKINO. POWR CO., NEW YOU.
THE WATER IS PURE
PURIFICATION OREGON CITV AQUA
IS M PER CENT.
Stat Biologist Makes Scientific Inves
tigation With Flattering
Result.
The econl bl-ennlal report of Albert
ft. Sweetser, State Biologist, ha been
printed and fijed with the Governor!
For the past two year the work of thl
Important office has been given to the
investigation of the water upplt gjid
examination of the water of several large
communities. Some space i devoted to
the Oregon City water aupply and tha "
splendid Altering system In use hare.
Mr. Sweetser finds that the purification
of the water aerved by the Oregon City
water works is 99 par cent. With ref
erence to the local water service and
the purity of the supply Mr. Sweetser
report a follow:
"Situated on the Willamette" River.
about thirty-eight mile below Salem,
I Oregon City. The city supply Is ob
tained directly from the river .passed
through a system of mechanical Altera
tion and pumped Into the mains directly,
their being a reservoir on the hill as an
overflow balance. -
"The filter plant waa Installed by th
California Jewell Filter Company, rep
resenting the New Tork Continental
Jewell Filtration Company. The build
ing is located near the plant of the Port-
land General Electric Company, and Is"
28 by 75 feet. Beneath the building Is
a cemented storage tank of the same
size and 12 feet deep. The filter itself
comprises a battery of two tanks each
18 feet in diftmpfjir anA foot hfirh V.v.
ing an inner tank 15 feet in diameter,
and 6 feet high. In the bottom of each
tank I a system of branching pipes
provided with screen cup, the mesh of
which is smaller than the grain of the
sand used. These two have a total
daily capacity of 1,000,000 gallons, and
units can be added at any time.. They
are filled to a depth of about four feet
with sand brought from the Berkshire
Hills, Mass. Thi sand Is found to have
rounded grains, and while the first ex
pense may eb large, yet It haa been
shown by experiment that the loss of
sand and the amount required for re
newal is very small.
'In a building at the rear are two
settling tanks 22 feet in diameter and 14
feet high. The water Is pumped from th
river into these tanks and enters about
two feet from the bottom, producing no
disturbance in the deposit, a trace of
alum being being added as it is pumped
in. It remains here about one hour and
twenty minutes before going "to tib
fllter, allowing heavy suspended matter
to settle to the bottom, from which it
la readily remove by a patented device.
The water is carried by gravity from the
settling tanks to the outer filter tank
and flow over the edge of the inner on
apt iide, thu distributing it evenly
ana with little disturbance, over the
surface of the sand. The alum acts as
a coagulant and also forma a sort of
skin over the sand enhancing Its filter
ing properties. Actual analysis shows
that in spite of addition of alum th
filtered water haa lesa alum than th
original.
"The fllterate ia collected In the stor
age well and distributed by a high pres
sure pump. The filter Is washed out
about once In twenty-four hours v by
pumping filtered water back through the
screen cup and at th same time stlr-
rmg the sand by agitator or revolving;
.ww.m.
rakes, the wash water being carried oft
to the sewer. Thl occupies about twelvo
minutes.
"The efficiency at time of acceptance
waa determined by bacteriological analy
sis; the examinations this year were
made to determine whether there waa
any falling oftV - .
"O. C. 1 for some reason ahowed a
high count on gelatin, which reduced the
i leiaiivs punucaxion. nut tn Mr.faw
per cent.
"While a supply of water originally
pure is to be desired, yet it Is not al
ways obtainable, and Its maintenance
la difficult, for it may become contami
nated at any time, while a properly filter
ed water la under continual control and
a j furnl8ne uPP-y of uniform purity."
naa a running, itching sore on my
leg. Suffered tortures. Doan'a Oint
ment took away tha burning and itching
Instantly, and quickly effected peranent
cure." C. W. Lenhart, Bowling Green,
O.
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