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VOL. 38. NO. JO. ,
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1905.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
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LEADING
Main Street, Oregon City,
A suburban home. 16 acres!, in city
limits of Salem; all level and all in
cultivation; abundance ofj fruit;
dwelling cost $500.00; barn and out
buildings ; mile to railroad station, '
$3500.00. Would accept trade for
grocery store or saloon Ire. Oregon
City or Portland for $2000.00
Three hundred and twenty acres, near
ly all level, on Molalla, twp miles
from Can by, Barlow and Aurora. 35
acres in cultivation; whole place
fenced and cross fenced ; 6 &cres or-
chard; 7 room bouse; ordinary barn.'
Largely timbered and valuable. .'
Price 120.00 per acre.. -' . j
Eighty acres in Section 17, T'ownship
2. south of Range 6 east, j Fairly!
level and mostly good soil; 15 acres'
in cultivation; 40 acres heavy ! timber, j
One mile from sawmill. :, Living
water. Good little place for J $800.00.
Terms. .
Three hundred and thirten acres. Good
land, all practically level. 200 acres
fenced; 20 acres in cultivation; living
water on every forty acres; 3 acres
fine orchard; large box house, big
barn and other outbuildings. Twenty
; miles from Oregon City. Great stock
farm and very cheap at $1000.00
Choice City Prlojerty for sale in Portland, Oregon City and Gladstone
at lowest price.
We are selling: lands right along and are always in the market to buy or
sell. ...'-.
Farms in Clackamas County are a good safe investment and . our prices
are right.
L,. POUTER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AB8TBA.CT8OFPBOPKKTY FUKNISHKD.
Office nex to Oregon City Enterprise.
D.& D.C. LATOURETTB
ATTORNEYS AND
COUNSELORS AT LA .7
VAIN STREET OREGON CITY, OBEGOH
furnish Abstracts of Title, Loan Money,
Foreclose Mortgages, and transact
General Law Business.
O W. EASTHAM
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Collections, Mortgage Foreclosures, Ab
stracts of Title and General Law Bus
' iness.
' " Office over
Bank of Oregon City,
Oregon City, Or.
W. 8. TJ'Ben 0. Bonnebel
U'REN & SCHUEBEL
Attorneys at Law. v
Will practice in all courts, make collections
and settlements of Estates.
Furnish abstracts of title, lend yon money
and lend your money on first morgage.
Office in Enterprise Building:,
Oregon City, Oregon.
XjIVY stipp
Attorney at Law.
Justice of the Peace.
.Tagger Bldg., Oregon City
J TJ. CAMPBELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BSeOK CITT,
Oneon.
Will practice in all the courts of the state. Qi
aos, in ubdobju uujiuiuk.
CLACKAMAS TITLE CO
Your Clackamas County abstracts of
Title, should be prepared by the
Clackamas Title Company, Incor
porated, Chamber of Commerce
: building, Portland. This company
Is the builder and owner of the best
and most complete plant of Clack
amas county titles. As tracts from
its offices are compiled by experts of
long experience, competent attor
neys and draughtsmen, and are of
guaranteed accuracy.
Clackamas County Lands, Mortgage
Loans, Estates managed, Taxes ex
amined and paid.
E. F. Riley, pres... F. B. Riley, sec.
and SHAW
REAL ESTATE
Or
One hundred and forty-five acres; 35
in cultivation; 100 acres fenced; good
soil; living springs; 40 acres saw
timber; one acre nice fruit; good B
room house; post barn and numerous
other buildings. - Sixteen miles to
Oregon City. Thirteen head cattle,
,2 - horses, all farming implements.
Price $3000.00. Good stock farm and .
; a bargain. ,
Two hundred and fifty-two acres near
Molalla river; 200 acres Jevel; soil
good; 30 acres in cultivation; 60
acres fenced; 200 acres heavy valu
able saw timber and worth the price
of place, fir and cedar. Large barn
50x75; no house. Price $3200.00.
Terms. ' y '
Stock Farm Investment. 344 acres
two miles from the terminus of O.
W. P. & Ry Co. line at Springwater,
160 acres in cultivation, whole place
fenced, 60 acres in clover, 14 acres
orchard, two million feet good mer-
. chantable timber, three fine living
springs of pure water, small dwell
ing, large new barn 60x84, outrange
of elkweed and pea vine for a thou
sand head of stock, about 40 head
. of cattle, span horses, wagon, new
binder, and all farming tools with
Make Known Yotst Wants
I Am Prepared to Supply Tkem
v 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 furnishing house-keeping outfits.
IF YOU NEED
Anything in Furniture, Carpets, Crockery, Hardware Glass
ware or Graniteware new and second hand yon are sure t,o
buy after inspecting my stock.
I. TOLPOLAR
MAIN STREET -
Brunswick . House & Eestanrant
Newly Furnished Rooms. '
Meals at All Hours. Prices Reasonable.
Opposite Suspension Bridgre.
Only First Class Restaurant
In Town
Oregon City Machine Shop
PHILIPP BUCKLEIN, PROPRIETOR
Twelfth and Main Streets
Oregon City, Oregon
DEALERS
233 Washington Street, Portland, Or.
present crop for $30 per acre; very
easy terms. Good school and grow
ing neighborhood.
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Two hundred and twenty-five -acres
at Logan, 6 miles due east of Ore
on City, 16 miles from Portland, 100
acres in cultivation. 50 acres more
nearly ready to break, 8 acres prune
orchard, whole place fenced, moun
tain trout stream running through
the ranch, several large springs,
frame dwelling. 6 rooms, cost $500,
post barn, 2 miles to cheese factory,
same distance to creamery that sells
$1000 worth of butter a month, school
one-quarter mile; splendid neigh
borhood. $30 per acre. Terms to
suit.
Three hundred and forty-nine acres
of level, rich soil. In Marion county,
5 miles from Wood burn, 220 acres
in good cultivation, free from stumps
and rocks, balance In pasture, whole
place fenced and cross fenced, one
fair eld dwelling, 8 rooms, two large
barns, other outbuildings conven-
, lent to place, six acres orchard, 7
acres hops, one quarter mile to
school, title perfect. Price $37 per
acre; terms made to suit the pur
chaser. This is a rare bargain.
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OREGON CITY, OREGON
CHARLES CATTA,
Proprietor
MAY REVISE PLANS
RAILROAD PEOPLE AND CITIZENS
HOLD CONFERENCE.
Southern Pacific Company May Consent
To Substitution of Overhead
Crossings.
Last Saturday afternoon there was held
in this city a conference between the of
ficials of the Southern Pacific Company
and the members of the Oregon City
council and the members of the Citi
zens' Committee with a view to adjust-,
ing, if possible, the differences that elxst
with respect to. the granting of the per
petual franchise to the railroad corpor
ation and the making of certain improve
ments that are required of the Southern
Pacific Company in return for the fran
chise. -
. While practically nothing was given
or taken, at the meeting, still the session
was a very harmonious one and there
was nothing harsh said or spoken. At
torney W. 3D. Fenton represented the
railroad company while Attorney W. S.
tTRen, of this city, did the principal
speaking in behalf of he city council
and the interested citizens. The rail
road company was asked to consent to
amending the franchise to the extent
that its life be fixed at a given term of
years,, but its representatives would not
consent to anything other than "the per
petual franchise as passed by the coun
cil. Attorney TTRen then asked that the
railroad company agree to plans other
that those already adopted for the im
provements that are to be made. He
stated that the maojrity of the people
of Oregon. City favor overhead rather
than the proposed underground pedes
trian subways. He was assured by the
railroad company's attorney that the
corporation might consider such an ar
rangement if the cost of the substituted
plans did not exceed the original appro
priation that had been made by the com
pany for the making of the required Im
provements. This being assured. Mayor Sommer ap
pointed a committee of three members,
consisting of Aldermen Sheahan and
Koerner and City Engineer Rands, to
prepare plans and specifications for the
overhead crossings as proposed by the
citizens. ' These," when completed, will
probably be submitted to 'another mass
meeting of citizens for their endorse
ment before being finally presented to
the railroad company for its considera
tion. THE MAYOR'S MESSAGE.
Oregon City, Oregon, Jan. 4, 1905.
The Honorable the Council of Oregon
City:
Gentlemen:
Pursuant to the obligation imposed
upon me by Sec. 38 of Chapter 7 of the
Charter,. I hereby communicate to you
iay -annual message. .
In assuming the duties of the office of
Mayor of Oregon City, I wish to express
to each one of you the belief that I can
hope to succeed in giving to Oregon City
a successful administration only by hav
ing your hearty co-operation in all mat
ters pertaining to the city's welfare; and
as your aid and assistance in enforcing
the laws has always heretofore been
cheerfully given, I feel confident that
we shall have an harmonious anj suc
cessful year. .
Upon an examination of the City's fi
nancial condition I find that more than
one-third of the city's total Income, as
shown by the general fund, is required
in the payment of interest on the obli
gations of the city now outstanding. This
is not as it should be and every effort
possible, consistent with good govern
ment, should be made to reduce the out
standing obligations so that the money
now paid as Interest may be used for
; constantly required in a growing and
I prosperous city such as ours.
I fully realize that improvements of
j all kinds are necessary; that streets
must be Improved, modern sanitary
measures adopted and that the city
must have lights and police and must
maintain a fire department. And if we
must have all these things we must also
have a revenue sufficient to maintain
them and not allow our obligations to
grow and our interest account to- in
crease year after year. This requires
one of two things; either an increase of
our city tax or a decrease in our city
expenditures one or the other is an ab
solute necessity.
There are now outstandin warrants on
the general fund amounting to $22,635.84
bearing Interest af the rate of 6 per cent
per annum, which require over $1350.00
a year for interest, and there are ap
proximately 12,000.00 in Improvement
bonds, the interest on which must be
paid from the general fund. This added
to the interest on the bonded city debt
of $50,000.00, makes almost $5,000.00 per
year, necessary to be expended as in
terest, all of which must be paid prompt
ly and. from the general fund that the
city's credit may not be impaired. The
operating expenses of the city must be
paid out of what remains in the general
fund after the interest charges are paid,
and if. there is not sufficient to meet
these requirements additional warrants
are Issued and an additional burden of
interest is assumed by the city. Gentle
men, the expenditures of Oregon City
must be kept within its income, even
though it become necessary to increase
this income by additional taxation.
More than $8000.00 has been expended
from the road fund during the past year,
for the Improvements of roads and streets
and the building of roads, all possibly
necessary and judiciously expended, but
as the total income for the -Road Fund
for the year 1904 has been only $2641.26
it leaves an excess ' of" expenditure
amounting to more than $5000.00, which
imposes an additional burden of $300.00
per annum as interest. There are out
standing warrants at this time drawn
upon the Road Fund amounting to $7338.-
38. '
There have been many improvements
made within Oregon City during the past
few years, all of which are beneficial to
the city. - The costs of these improve
ments have been borne by the owners
of the property benefitted by the said
improvements except in the cases of
street improvements in which cases the
city has paid one-third of the cost of
improvements from its permanent street
improvement fund. Regarding the mat
ter of assessments for the improvement
of streets- and sewers I would recommend
that in each case where the assessment
is not promptly paid that the person own
ing the property assessed be personally
notified when possible - and - action be
taken to -collect the assessment as the
city is compelled to, issue its warrants to
the contractor for the work performed
and (these warrants when issued alB
bear interest. Again, when property is
purchased by the city at sale for de
linquent assessment, . the matter should
be quickly adjusted and the property
realized upon that interest may not ac
crue. I do not wish to be understood that I
speak of these matters in a spirit of crit
icism, as I most positively do not. I
speak of them so that we may know our
exact position, . and, knowing it, may
best guard and protect the interests of
the city. The gentlemen of the finance
committee will, I know, use their best
efforts in carrying out an economical
plan in the conduct of financial .affairs
of the city, and I" shall at all times
render every assistance in my power
that this may be done.
I recommend that attention be given
the police department, as this department
Is essential in maintaining the peace and
health of our city. The police should
see that the laws of the city are obeyed,
that the throwing of refuse in public
places is prohibited, and that the side
walks are not obstructed. The side
walks should at all times be kept open
to the free passage of persons, and to
this end I recommend that an ordinance
be passed giving the police greater power
in compelling persons to move on when
ordered to do so, than they have at the
present time. I also recommend that an
ordinance prohibiting expectorating upon
the sidewalks be passed. Such ordi
nances are in force in all progressive
cities and are considered necessary in
preserving the health - and comfort of
the citizens.
The Mayor has power under section
45 of the Charter to organize, govern and
conductvthe police force, and, in order
that he may do so with the best re
sult, he must have the aid of the Com
mittee on Health . and Police of the
Council, and it is with this idea in view
that I have made the foregoing recom
mendations regarding this department.
The Fire Department is essential to
the protection of the city, particudarly
so where there are a large number of
wooden buildings on our main street
and standing close together. It is our
duty to be always prepared for fire and
that of our department to be In condi
tion to render efficient service. Oregon
City is to be congratulated upon Its fire
department; it is certainly deserving of
encouragement. The chief of the Fire
Department should be held strictly ac
countable to the Council for the condi
tion of all fire apparatus. He is paid a
salary, small to be sure,, but sufficient to
compensate him for cafeful examination
of the fire supplies at least once each
month. The Council should consider
carefully every recommendation made by
the Chief of the department regarding
the condition of fire hose' and other sup
plies necessary, that -we may always
have a sufficient supply of servicable
apparatus on hand In case of need.
The streets of Oregon City , should be
kept clean and free from rubbish and
refuse at all times. All improved streets
should be cleaned as often as necessary,
and Main street should be cleaned every
day;-andl am of the opinion that this
can be done at ' no greater expense to
Oregon City than that now paid for said
work.
I would particularly recommend to the
Committee on Streets and Public Prop
erty that this matter be taken up at
once, and I desire to say to you that I
am ready and willing to give you all
assistance within my power.
I further recommend the passage of
an ordinance for the better protection
of the residents and Inhabitants of the
city against the spread of contagious
diseases, which ordinance should be In
harmony with the laws of the State of
Oregon, and not in conflict therewith.
Respectfully submitted,
E. A. SOMMER,
Mayor.
Horse Men.
McLoughlin Bros., of Columbus, Ohio,
and Kansas City, Mo., the leading Horse
Importers of America, will have one of
their World's Fair Prize Winning Black
Percheron Horses in Oregon City, Sat
urday, January 14, 1905. for the inspec
tion of the horsemen of this locality.
R. M. & J. M. SLONAKER, Agts.
ROYAL
Saves
The use of Royal Baking Powder is
essential to the heal thfulness of the
family food.
Yeast ferments the food.
Alum baking powders are injurious.
Royal Baking Powder, saves health.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. '
TAX LEVY IS MADE
IS THE SAME AS THAT OF LAST
YEAR 20(4 MILLS. -
Usual Levy of 2 Mills for Reduction of '
County pebt Estimated
. . Expenses for 1905. :
Befone adjourning its January term.
the county court last Saturday made
the annual tax levy. It amounts to 20
mills, the same aggregate as that of last
year, although some of the items are
somewhat different. For instance the
levy for school purposes and for roads
and bridges is increased one-half mill
each while a reduction of one-half mil!
each is noticed in the levy for state an
county expenses, as compared with that
of a year ago. The levy as distributed
among the different funds to be provided
for, as follows: v '
Kills
School B.U
State 4.4
Roads and bridges 6.
Interest on debt .. 1. -
Reduction of county debt , . 2. J
County . ......... .2.
Total J0.6
On a tax roll having a total property
taxable valuation of $9,300,000, this levy
will produce about $190,000. By levying
a two mill tax for the express purpose of
reducing the county's indebtedness, the
sum of $20,000 will be raised on this ac
count. The levy was made on the following
estimate of the probable expenditures of
the county for the year 1905: ... ,
Salaries of County Officers, circuit--':
and justice courts, paupers, elec
tions, etc $33,05
Bridges 18,00
Roads 27,00
Schools 47,828
State Tax 34.33T
Interest Outstanding Warrants.. 8,00
Reduction of County Debt 20,00
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Total $188.21
LEGISLATION FOR GOOD ROADS.
County Court Enlists Aid of Legislative
Delegation.
"The Clackamas County Court through
the legislative delegation ' from this
county, will seek to have enacted at the
approaching session of the State Legis
lature laws that will prove of material
aid to the various county courts of the
state in the building and repairing of
roads," remarked County Judge Ryan
In a recent interview. "I have great faith
in the eminent domain theory which is
being indorsed by the different counties
of the State," continued the Clackamas
County Judge. "The enacting of such a
law will give to the County Court of each
county the right to condemn property .
for the establishment of a new road or
the appropriation of additional property''
for the improvement of roads already es-J
tablished-r-the rights conferred being
identical to 1 those already enjoyed by
railroad corporations." -
It is also the purpose of the Clacka
mas county court to have passed a law
regulating the use to which all roads
shall be placed in the matter of heavy
traffic and still another measure that
will place some restriction as to the use
of automobiles on' the public highways.
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JUDGE FEE GOES TO WASHINGTON.
Carries "Sregon's . Electoral Vote
for
Roobevelt and Fairbanks.
Oregon's four Presidential electors
cast their ballots for Theodore Roosevelt
at Salem Monday while Legislative bat
tles raged around them. Judge James
S. Fee, of Pendleton, was chosen to con
vey the record of the ballot to the Pres
ident of the United States Senate. Judge
Fee said that he would return home from
Salem immediately and in a few days
would set out for the national capital.
The three electors besides Judge Fee
are A. C. Hough, of Grants Pass; J. N.
Hart, of Dallas; and Grant E. Dimick, of
this city. All but Mr. Dimick desired the
honor of going to Washington and during
most of the day they were in good-natured
deadlock. Secretary of State Dun
bar finally went to the rescue, wrote the
word messenger on one of four slips of
paper, shook them up in a hat and al
lowed each elector to draw a slip. The
charmed slip fell to the lot of Dimick.
who passed it over to Fee.
Scratch, scratch, scratch; unable to
attend to business during the lay or sleep
during the night. Itching piles horrible
plague. Doan's Ointment cures. Never
fails. At any drug store, 50 cents.
Health
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