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ESTABLISHED 1866
OEEGOlSr CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL, 14, 1905.
VOL. 38. XO. 23. " A. " ;
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For the month of March, the follow
ing glittering specialties are placed
upon the market, at old time prices
that were .in vogue ten years ago.
Nothing but what we can vouch for
and fully recommend, as a genuine
bargain willfind a place in this ad
vertisement. . Good money Is being
made in real estate every day. Make
a close examination of these offerings
and come and we will show you that
they are even better than represented.
1st. The very best buy between Ore
gon City and Portland, over 30 and
not quite 40 acres, on main county
road and on railroad; 20 acres in cul
tivation, balance nearly all rich brush
land and not hard to clear; some old
buildings of not much ' value. This
gem of a place is especially adapted
to strawberries, small fruits and
market gardening. Unimproved land
not so good, adjoining sold over ten
years ago at 1100 per acre. Remember
this place can't be beat for the price,
$2500.
2d. Here we have a combined, garden
and fruit farm on the beautiful
Clackamas River, the finest and pur
est mountain stream, in Oregon, . 2
miles from Oregon City; graveled
road the entire distance. This place
without any improvements sold over
ten years ago for $3200 and now I am
offering it for the month of March
for $1750. Small house and little
barn.
3d. There is presented now for care
ful buyers, who have some money
and wish to go into the dairy business
on a modern and proper basis, a
splendid tract of land lying six miles
from Oregon City as the crow flies,
but somewhat further by the modern
CR
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k L. PORTER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
ABBTBACTBOF PROPERTY FUKNIRHICJX
Office nex to Oregon Citv En" rpri e.
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XTTORNEYS AND
COUNSELORS AT LA 7
VAIN 8TRBBT OREGON CITY, OREGOK
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. 3- U'Ren C. Schnebel '
U'REN & SCHUEBEL i
Attorneys at Law. '
Will practice in ail courts, make collections :
and settlements of Ea'ates. i
Furnish abstracts of title, lend you ninnt-y
and leri'i yj ir in ney on nr-t n irg.iz.
Office in Enterprise Building,
Oregon City, Oregon.
JIVY STIPP
Attorney at Law.
Justice ii( the Peace.
gger Bldg., Oregon Oi'y
J U.CAMPBELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
rbo! City, - - - - Omisos.
Will practice In allthe courts of the state, ot
flce, in Caufleld buildinx.
CLACKAMAS TITLE CO.
Your Clackamas County abstracts of
Title should be prepared by the
Clackamas Title Company, Incor
porated, Chamber of CornKTce
building. Portland. This comp. v
Is the builder and owner of the bes.
and most complete plant of Claek
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.
. F. Riley, pres... F. B. Riley, sec.
Glittering Specialties for March
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road that runs by the place. This
place is all fenced and has about 100
acres in cultivation and 60 more near
ly ready to break. The cultivated
land is practically level and a natur
al clover soil. A fine little trout
stream passes .through the farm, af
fording the finest of water for '75
acres of bottom pasture land, now
being slashed and seeded to English
rye grass and timothy. There is $1000
worth of valuable timber on the prop
erty, along this stream, that is be
ing jealously guarded as the slashing
progresses. A good frame house,
needing some repairing, but valuable
and entirely suitable. Woodshed and
other small outbuildings. A rather
poor barn, but contracts are now being
let for the erection of a large modern
dairy barn nearly all the material
for this structure comes from the
place. 8 acres orchard with dryer.
Good school half mile Creamery and
cheese factory miles. If this splen
did dairy farm is sold during the
month of March, for $30 per acre,
easy terms will be given, the follow
ing very valuable personal property
will be included in the bargain: 11
head thoroughbred Jersey Cows, ten
of them fresh and the cream going to
the creamery; one Jersey and Guern
sey bull; 4 pure bred Jersey heifer
calves; one splendid span of horses
over 16 hands high, young and without
a blemish and as true as oxen, worth
$450, one wagon, worth $50; one new
harness, cost $50; new plow, harrow,
and all tools on the farm. 20 acres
of land already seeded to vetch, oats
and clover; nearly all the cultivated
land plowed and ready to seed. Re
member, this bargain cannot be du
plicated in Clackamas County, and
the owner will very substantially
raise the price after April 1st. This
place is in a splendid neighborhood
that is rapidly growing.
4th. We touch the button, and pres
to! here comes another: Just 12
miles out and a modern plank road
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SHOES THAT TALK
Ove Fifty Styles and Lasts.
Bluchers, Bals, Congress. Low cut Bluchers
ana oais in patent colt, tan or black and mahog-
any or calf. Vici. colt. Velour in tan. Mart -
mahogany. . . . . . .
$5.00 $4.50
$4.00 $3.50
$3.00 $2.50
PARFNTS ur famous District 76 School shoes
rlIL.Il 1 J for boys and girls have arrived v in all
the latest styles. Their reputation as
wear resisters is undisputed. Prices:
$1.25 $1.50
$1.75 $2 00
$2.25 $2.50
An absolute guarantee with every pair
The Douglas
Tne Place
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every inch of the way. $2000 worth
of good buildings, including dwelling,
3 bams, implement house, blacksmith
shop, apple house, chop mill run by
water power, etc 100 acres in
smooth A No. 1 cultivation, good
fences, and good everythingw We
are now telling you abont as good
an all round farm, and it is a money
maker, as there is in the county, and
this statement wilj be proved to your
entire satisfaction by a personal ex
amination. Don't procrastinate and
lose a great buy at $42 an acre.
Terms can be made. Good reasons
for selling.
5th. Here is the last farm invest
ment that will be put on the bargain
counter for the month of March. This
is properly denominated a stock farm
for it has access to a hundred thou
sand acres of the finest mountain
range where cattle feed up to their
bellies In pea vine and elk weed and
get rolling fa without any expense
to speak of to the owner, except a
little salt and some time. Now re
member this ranch is not a long way
off from this range, but right up
against it, and still strange to re
late, it is not over 30 minutes walk
from a first class broad guage motor
line where a wide awake management
with bushels of money are making
a single construction improvement to
cost a round million. - It is confident
ly asserted that these great improve
ments will make the place double its
present value in two years. There
are 160 acres of A No. 1 plow land in
this stock farm with a good soil,
suitable for stock grasses; 50 acres
now in clover, large orchards, three
great living springs, large new barn
60x84, small dwelling. Now here 4s
a cracker-jack of a proposition : If
this place is sold in March, all grow
ing crops, 45 head cattle, among them
a young registered Durham bull,
span horses, wagon, new binder, new
mower,' new horse rake, and all farm
ing tools will be thrown in, and the
whole shooting match at $30 per acre.
Easy terms. School near by and
neighborhood on the boom.
We are wanting good fair sized places
ranging in value from $1250 to $3,000,
and at right prices.
We have many other properties on
hand for sale, at all sorts of prices.
We can suit any reasonable buyer.
Don't forget that a good home in
Oregon City or Gladstone, is a mighty
good thing to have stowed away
among your valuable assets. We can
sell lots as $100 per lot on the motor
. line and from that up, with all kinds
of improvements. Acre tracts from
$100 to $300 on the motor line. But
keep your eye on our March bargains.
SHAW
Tie a String Around Your
Finger
If you can't remember any other
way that this is the best place In
the city to come when you want to
enjoy a light luncheon or a good sub
stantial dinner.
We always have a large variety from
which to select. If you come once
you will want to come again.
THE BRUNSWICK
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for Quality
OREGON CITY, ORE.
WILL CLEAN UP
CIVIC IMPROVEMENT SPIRIT
THOROUGH lY- AWAKEN ED.
Mass Meeting of Citizens Concludes to
' Take .Immediate and Effect
ive Action.
Oregon City is to be cleaned up.
""This much Is certain from the unani
mity of sentiment that? was expressed
at a mass meeting f citizens at the
coulrt house ilast Fridjay nigHH. The
meeting was called to ' order by the
Women's Club, the members of which
have taken the initiative in the movement
for an improved appearance of the city
and anything that may be accomplish
ed in that direction should be credited
to the women of the city who inaugur
ated the work.
That something will be accomplished
there is no doubt. The need for some
organized effort in this line is great, and
since it is being realized by the people
of the city, definite results may be ex
pected. Friday night's meeting was pre
sided over by Mrs. G. ' A. Harding as
chairman and C. H. Dye as secretary.
Addresses, pertinent to the subject un
der consideration were made by Mrs. T.
L. Charman, Judge T. F. Ryan, T. W,
Sullivan, Rev. E. S. Bollinger, H. L.
Kelly, W. A. Huntley, George A. Hard
ing, J. U. Campbell, Mayor E. A. Som
mer and C. H. Dye.
The sense of the assembly was that
this, the most historic city in the state,
should be not only the cleanest, but also
the most beautiful. Thousands of Strang
ers will during the present year visit
Oregon City, and should not be disap
pointed in the ideal popularity held of
Oregon's first capital There should be
an effort to make the city as beautiful
and clean as nature has made its sur
roundings.
A resolution was passed commending
the present city government in its ac
tions toward civic improvement, and
recommending all citizens to co-operate
with the officials. Another resolution
passed commending the Women's club
for its interest in the city's sanitation
and improvement. It was recommended
that the city be divided by the club into
convenient districts, each of which should
be placed in charge of some club rep
resentative, whose duty should be to
gain the co-operation of every person
toward the desired end.
The city council was requested to pro
vide suitable grounds for garbage and
to prohibit the dumping of refuse in any
place whereby the beauty or the health
of the city might be hazarded.
The meeting adjourned to be called
from time to time by the chairman.
The meeting is in line with the unus
ual Interest for some time evinced here
over civic improvement. The .city coun
cil at a session two months ago sounded
the initial note, when it indorsed the
declaration of the mayor to '''clean up
everything." The meeting here of the
Grand Army of the "Republic this year;
the Firemen's Tournament, and the as
sured influx of visitors from the Port
land exposition have contributed to raise
the general interest in civic improve
ments. Astounding results are antici
pated. MAY ENCOUNTER OPPOSITION.
Salem Statesman Says Invasion by P. G.
E. Co. May be Resisted.
The Portland General Electric Com
pany, by its attorney. Franklin T. Grif
fith, yesterday made application for and
was granted permission by the Marion
county court to establish a line of poles
and wires between Aurora and this city
for the purpose of transmitting electric
ity along the county roads, to be fur
nished in Salem, says the Salem States
man. This movement on the part of the
company was .announced in the Statesman-
several weeks ago from advices re-
J ceived from Oregon City where a siml
,' lar petition was presented to and grant
' ed by the Clackamas county court, giv-
' ing the company authority to string wires
through county to the Marion county
line.
This movement has been the cause for
a considerable amount of speculation in
business circles in this city, some con
tending that it was the company's in
tention of coming to Salem and en
tering into ' competition with the Citi
zen's Light and Traction Company in
furnishing of light, power and energy
to local patrons, while others are in
clined to the belief that it is the fore
runner of a move on the part of the
company to pave the way for tapping
the rich timber belt in the vicinity of
Mehama and upon the Sanitiam river
with the ultimate view of establishing
an electric motor line to connect that
country with this city.
Mr. Griffith, however, professed to.
know nothing about the future plans of
his clients except that they were contem
plating increasing the capacity of their
power plant at Oregon City and distrib
uting power and electricity to all points
up the valley between Oregon City and
Salem. '
' In view of the extensive improvements
which are in contemplation by the man
agers of the local light and power sys
tem, including the proposed electric line
to connect Salem and Portland, and the
great amount of money that will be ex
pended here' in carrying these propo
sitions into effect, it is believed that
there is a disposition on the. part of' the
Salem council to protect the local com
pany from outside competition. The en
trance of outside competition at this
time, it is said, would serve to cause the
interests back of the local plant to hold
their capital in check in order to fight it
out with their competitors and possibly
result in , the ultimate abandonment of
their present plans of improvement and
extension entirely. This theory having
been advanced it is argued that while
the company has secured permission to
string their lines to the city lines from
the county court, it will be necessary for
the Portland company to obtain a fran
chise " from the city council before it
could penetrate the city limits with their
lines and it may be that the city council,
in its efforts to protect the interests of
the local company will refuse to grant
such permission. This, however, is simp
ly a matter of rumor and no confirma
tion of any such attitude on the part of
any members of the council could be ob
tained. HAVE A HALLELUJAH WEDDING.
Louis Brugman and Bessie Davis of. Sal
vation Army Married.
Before several hundred persons, and
beneath the draped flags of the United
States and the Salvation Army, Captain
Louis Brugman and Lieutenant Bessie
Davis, of Oregon City, were married at
the Salvation Army Hall, 128 First street,
Monday night. Major Flynn, the di
visional officer, conducted the wedding.
The full ceremony of the Salvation
Army was used, both bride and groom
swearing that they sought the union
not for personal motives . but because
they deemed they could thus better work
together for the interests of the organ
ization. Prior to the ceremony the corps
held an open-air meeting at Third and
Morrison streets. After this ser-ice the
corps marched to the hall, which was
packed with people. There the ceremony
took place.
The hall was appropriately decorated
for the occasion, .and the services were
very impressive. Special music was ren
dered by members of the army. After
the ceremony -refreshments were served
and the bride and groom received the
congratulations and best wishes of those
present.
Mr. and Mrs. Brugman have been iden
tified with the Salvation Army for some
time, and both have records as hard
working officers. They are at present
stationed at Oregon City, where they
have had charge of the army work and
have accomplished much. This" is the
third hallelujah wedding in Portland
within the past four months, the first
being conducted by Brigadier StillwelL
who was in Portland inspecting the
posts here. Tuesday's Oregonian.
DEATH OF MISS BRADLEY.
Death this week invaded the happy
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bradley and
claimed their only daughter, Nettie
Graydon Bradley, after only a brief ill
ness of paralysis. Miss Bradley was
taken ill about three weeks ago, her
affliction developing into a form of par
alysis that resulted fatally in the face
of all that medical science, experienced
nursing and the devoted care of loving
relatives and friends could do. About
a week ago Miss Bradley was taken to
the Good Samaritan hospital at Port
land where she died at 1 o'clock Monday
afternoon, April 10, 1906.
The deceased was the only daughter
and surviving child of Mr. and Mrs.
C. Bradley, of this city, who have the
sincere sympathy of the community in
their bereavement. Nettie was born
November 9, 1886 in this county, where
she spent her life. At the time of her
death, she was the organist and a de
vout communicant of St. Paul's Eplsco
pal -church' besides being a teaeher-in the
Sunday School at the same church. She
was a favorite with a wide circle of ac
quaintances and was known as a most
estimable young woman.
A requiem service was conducted by
Rev. P. K. Hammond at St. Paul's Epis
copal church at 9 o'clock Wednesday af
ternoon. The funeral services were con
ducted by Rev. Hammond at the family
home at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon,
burial following at Mountain View cem
etery. The services were very largely
attended.
WANT LAND OFFICE HERE.
Committee Begins Circulating Petitions
Protesting , Against Removal.
The circulation of petitions addressed
to President Roosevelt and Secretary of
the Interior Hitchcock insisting on the
retention of the Oregon City Land Office
in this city was begun this week. These
petitions are being circulated under the
direction of a committee that was ap
pointed at a recent mass ' meeting of
citizens that was called to take steps
to prevent the removal of the Land Of- 1
flee from this city as directed by Presi- j
dent Roosevelt.
There will be employed by the com- '
mittee a representative who will visit
the various counties composing the Ore
gon City Land District and procure sig
natures to the petitions which will be
forwarded to Washington.
There has been received by the com
mittee no response to either the tele
gram or the letter that was forwarded
to President Roosevelt two weeks ago
protesting against the proposed removal.
Mome
Have your cake, muffins, and tea bis
cuit home-made. They will be fresher,
cleaner, more tasty and wholesome.
Royal Baking Powder helps the house
wife to produce at home, quickly and eco
nomically, fine and tasty cake, the raised
hot-biscuit, puddings, the frosted layer
cake, crisp cookies, crullers, crusts and
muffins, with which the ready-made food
found at the bake-shop or grocery does
not compare.
Royal is the greatest of bake-day helps.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO- NEW YORK.
COUNTY MAY LOSE
IMPORTANT TAX BILL APPEARS TO
HAVE BEEN ENACTED.
Measure Provides That When Taxes Be
come Delinquent for Six Years
Cannot be Collected.
It appears from the session laws just
received that there - was passed at the
last legislative session a bill exempting
from collection all delinquent taxes on
property at the end of six years from
the time when such tax became due and
declaring void all proceedings attempted
to be taken for the collection of such
taxes after the lapse of such time.
The first intimation of the passage of
such a measure was gained by County
Judge Ryan and other Clackamas county
officials this week in reviewing the con
tents of the session laws. There was no
knowledge that such a bill was before
the legislature and its discovery among
the session laws occasioned much sur
prise. Another law with a similar pro
vision covering taxes for twelve years
was summarily defeated when presented
in the House earlier in the session and
there exists a query as to whether this
objectionable measure was crowded
through both houses in the closing days
of the session or whether the title of an
innocent bill was at the last minute re
placed by that of the measure as it
appears in the session laws.
There is a wide discrepancy in the
titles of the bill as it is recorded in the
session laws and as it is reported in the
House calendar during the session.
The bill involved was introduced by
Representative Welch, of Portland, and
was numbered 151. It passed the House,
according to the Calendar, February 13
and four days later was passed by the
Senate, being filed with the Secretary of
State on the 2 2d of the same month.
In the house calendar, the bill is entitl
ed "An act to declare the time when a
tax levy shall be made." But as the
law appears in the session laws, the
title is as follows: "A bill for an act to
declare when any tax levied for any
purpose by any county shall be conclu
sively deemed to have been paid and to
make void all proceedings attempted to
be taken for the collection of such taxes
after the lapse of such time."
The effect of such a law, if it is not
treated by referendum petition and is
allowed to become operative on May
18th, will be to render uncollectible
thousands of dollars of delinquent taxes
in the different counties of the state.
For instance there remains due and
owing Clackamas county In unpaid taxes
for the years covered by the provisiens
of this act, $40,000. But when it is sat
isfied of the genuineness of the law as
it appears in the session laws. Judge
Ryan this afternoon declared that the
Clackamas county court will immediate
ly issue a writ commanding the sale by
the Sheriff of all -property in Clackamas
county on which, there remains unpaid
taxes for the years that are covered by
this law.
Of the $40,000 delinquent taxes in this
county, there remains owing the county
a considerable amount in mortgage taxes
for the years 1891 and 1892. At the sale
of property on the 1895 and 1896 delin
quent roll, the County did not bid in any
of the lands so sold and the county will
order the immediate sale of this prop
erty also.
The discovery of this law came as a
great surprise to the officials of this
county who will proceed with timely
action to prevent if possible the loss to
the County in unpaid taxes, that the
measure will produce. It is not im
probable that the opposition to the meas
ure will take form in the circulation of
referendum petitions which it is believed
would be largely signed when the Vic
ious features of the bill are known.
The Right Name Is DeWitt.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cools,
soothes and heals cuts, burns, boils,
bruises and piles and all skin diseases.
Ki E. Zickefoose, Adolps, W. Va., says:
"My little daughter had a white swelling
so bad that peice after piece of bone
worked out of her leg. DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve cured her." It is the most
wonderful healing salve in the world. Be
ware of counterfeits. Sold by Geo. A.
Harding.
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