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VOL. 38. NO. 28.
OREGON CITY, OREGON", FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1905.
ESTABLISHED 1866
CROSS
Main Street, Oregon City.
Real estate at the present time la
presenting a profitable field for the
investment of money. It is the real
basis of all values. Here are presented
a few specimen bargains to suit the
varied wants of home seekers and
investors:
42 acres In the Washington Williams
claim, 25 level, 8 acres in cultivation,
running: water, orchard, soil good
5-oom house cost $400; 3 miles to
Oregon City. Price, $1500.
77 acres, 3 miles from Oregon
City, well located, good soil, house,
barn, orchard, living water, 15 acres
in cultivation. Price $2600. A bar
gain. Terms.
160 acres timber land on S. P.
railroad, half of it fairly level and soil
fit for cultivation. Timber suitable
for lumber, wood, piling accessible
to Willamette river. The timber will
more than pay for the place.
Price, $2400. Terms.
320 acres level, 2 miles from Can
by, on Molalla river, 35 acres in cul
tivation. A. great deal of valuable
heavy timber, fit for lumber, piling
and wood 6 acres orchard 7 room
house barn whole place fenced
$20 per acre.
280 acres of splendid rich land, quite
level, in Section 29, T. 5 S, R. 3 E;
lib miles from Molalla river. This
place has no improvements, but is
covered with valuable timber, and
presents a fine investment for spec
ulators would take part trade in city
property. $10 per acre.
Many other places, big and little, and suit
able for all needs at prices that ate right.
Send for more definite information and
tell us what you are looking for.
CR
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1 U. PORTER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Abstracts of Property Furnished.
Office with Oregon City Enterprise.
C. D. and D. C. LATOURETTE,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS
AT LAW.
Main Street, Oregon City, Oregon.
Furnish Abstracts of Title, Loan Money,
Foreclose Mortgage, and transact
General Law Business.
Q V. 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. Sohnebel
U'REN & SCHUEBEL
Attorneys at Law.
Will practice in all courts, make collec
tions and settlements of estates.
Furnish abstracts of title, lend you mon
ey, lend you money on first mortgage.
Office in Enterprise Building,
Oregon City, Oregon.
JIVY STIPP
Attorney at Law.
Justice of the Peace.
t gger Bldg., Oregon Ctfy
J TJ. CAMPBELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
nuos CITT, - - - c OBSO0N.
Will practice in all the eonrts of the state. Of
floe. In Caufleld buildina.
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 compacv
Is the builder and owner of the best
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.
V. r. Rilsy, pres... F. B. Riley, see.
&, SHAW
Leading Real Estate
100 acres at Highland 20 In culti
vation house, barn, soil good. Many
acres easily cleared. $16 per acre.
40-acre farm at Clarkes level, good
new house, cost J300. Barn 25x50.
Granary 18x30, woodshed 14x18 fruit
living water. A nice little home.
$1600. Terms.
80 acres 6 miles from Oregon City,
in prosperous neighborhood. 40 acres
in cultivation good house, barn and
outbuildings, orchard. Half mile to
school. Price $4000.00.
123 acres near Macksburg, about
6 miles from Canby, 40 acres in culti
vation, 35 acres slashed, 35 acres in
grain. New house and fair outbuild
ings. This is cheap at $3500.
Fred Moshberger place 160 acres.
NEtf, of Sec. 1, T. 5 S, R. 1 E; all
level 80 acres heavy timber, balance
light timber. Price $2500. Terms.
160 acres in Matthew Richardson
claim ail good soil on main plank
road, 9 miles from Oregon City. 45
acres in cultivation small orchard
well and living spring. Poor house
and barn, but a very cheap place at
$3000. $1000 down, balance in 7 years
at 6 per cent interest.
90 acres of splendid farming land on
main plank road 9 miles from Ore
gon City 45 acres in cultivation
living spring large frame barn no
dwelling. Price $3000.
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THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF OREGON CITY
Oregon City, Oregon
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL $100,000
D. C. LATOURETTE
F. J. MEYER
Transacts a general banking business.
9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
LET US Prices Reasonable
DO YOlir Work Work Guaranteed
We do a General Baggage and Transfer Business.
Safes, Pianos and Furniture .Moved
Office Opposite Masonic Building
Telephones Office 1121
Residence 1833
Dering & Morrison Lumber Co.
Rough and Dressed Lumber
Dry Rustic, Flooring, Shiplap and Ceiling at lowest cash
prices. Telephone Dering & Morrison, Viola, Or.,
from Huntley's Drug Store. "
Enterprise for
Agents
233 Washington Street, Portland. Or.
40 acres 1 mile from Estacada
20 acres in cultivation rolling land
red loam soil 2 springs and good
well. House, barn. Price $2000 Terms
80 acres at Springwater 7 acres In
cultivation 70 acres heavy - valuable
timber. 2 miles to Cazadero. Fair
buildings. Good outrange. This place
is all right at $1100.
22 acres In heart of Oregon City
level as a floor. Good house, barn and
outbuildings and plenty of fruit. This
. place is a snap at $2800. Terms.
225 acre Dairy Farm 6 miles from
Oregon City, 100 acres in cultivation,
whole place fenced 50 acres nearly
ready to break living water- 75 acres
fine bottom pasture land 14 head
Jerseys, farming tools, crop, horses,
wagon. Price very low at
$35 per acre.
344 acre grain and stock farm at
Springwater, 160 acres In cultivation,
living water. 'Barn 60x80, small
dwelling, 10 acres orchard 45 head
cattle all farming tools, crop, horses
and all $35 per acre.
80 acres at Marmot, near Adolph
Aschoff's, known as Chas. Kyler place
and owned by Bode, at one time 15
acres in cultivation over 60 acres A.
No. 1 soil small house and barn
Great outrange for cattle on main
road. Terms to suit. $10 per acre.
160 acres in Section 14, T. 4 S,
R. 6 E; 2 acres in "cultivation small
house, 3 rooms; 40 nice fruit trees,
two million feet valuable timber, cedar
and fir; 2 miles to Linn's mill. Val
uable place for only $800.
HAW
JUST A MOMENT PIEASEI
We want you to think up some after
theatre thoughts. Birds, rarebits, and
broiled lobsters and other good things
piping hot at the Brunswick restaurant
A cozy brilliantly lighted dining room and
good service. Why not drop In today.
THE BRUSWICK
President
Cashier
Open from
Williams Bros. Transfer Co.
Job Printing
GETS INTO ACTION
BOARD OF TRADE CONSIDERS MANY
IMPORTANT MATTERS.
Will Remonstrate Against Barton Bridge,
Investigate Freight Rates and Or
ganize Horticultural Society.
At Its initial meeting the other night,
the Oregon Board of Trade waded right
into its consideration of a number of
matters of much import to Oregon City
and Clackamas county. If the enthu
siasm manifested at the Board's meet
ing may be considered of permanent
character, this organization promises to
be a potent factor in advancing the in
terests of this section.
At this meeting which was held last
Thursday night, resolution was adopted
declaring inexpedient and too expensive,
considering the possible benefits to be
derived, the proposed bridge across the
Clackamas river at Barton and for which
the County Court has agreed to appro
priate 70 per cent of the cost. It was di
rected that remonstrances against the
proposed improvement be prepared for
general circulation throughout the coun
ty. In view of the contention that the
Southern Pacific Company, the Oregon
Water Power & Railway Company and
the river steamers are exacting of Ore
gon City merchants excessive freight
rates, the appointment of a committee
of seven members was directed to in
vestigate the situation. It is claimed
that the various transportation compan
ies adhere to a schedule of charges that
are required of business men here and
the appointment of this committee may
eventuate in the building of a public
wharf in this city when some provision
may be made for an independent steam
er.
. The committee on horticulture was In
structed to proceed with plans for the
organization of a horticultural society
in this county, the need for such an
organization being recognized.
Relative to the Barton Bridge subject.
the meeting adopted the following reso
lutions: Whereas, It is currently reported that
there is a project on foot to construct
another large and expensive bridge across
the Clackamas river from Logan to Bar
ton, at a cost of from J7000 to $10,000
to the county: and
"Whereas, The county and private in
dividuals have already expended large
sums in constructing and completing
modern thoroughfares from both Port
land and Oregon City to said Logan pre
cinct, which thoroughfares are now in
good repair and serviceable both Sum
mer and Winter; and
"Whereas, In view of the present in
debtedness of the county and the gen
eral desire to reduce the same in all
proper and legitimate ways, and by rea
son of the very limited number of peo
pj. to be benefitted and? the very large
cost of construction, not only of said
bridge, but v of - the necessary roads to
reach the same; therefore, be it
"Resolved. That the Oregon City Board
of Trade considers the proposed erection
of said bridge very expensive, in view of
benefits to result therefrom, and inex
pedient and against the general public
welfare; and. be it further
"Resolved, That the committee on
roads be instructed to prepare remon
strances against such proposed construc
tion, and take such further action as is
necessary to defeat such project."
While the directors were discussing
bridges and roads they referred to the
road committee a communication from
R. H. Snodgrass, of Meadowbrook, rela
tive to the proposed improvement of the
county road in the vicinity of Union Mills
and Meadowbrook for a distance of one
mile.
The board also went on record as op
posed to the improvement of the present
county road leading over a hill past the
Chautauqua grounds. It is said that the nlm m hls 8ad hour of amnion, our
road should be diverted at the Gladstone j heartfelt sympathies and be it further
sawmill and follow the railroad track out ReaoIved. -nt a copy of ti,ese resolu
into Clackamas. This would give the , t, h Bnad ,,mn the minutes of the
road a. water-level grade, and would tapjAerIe and fhat a copy printed m tne
the Damascus and Sunnyside country.
In reference to the same, the following
resolution was adopted
'Whereas, It is of great importance to
the business interests of Oregon City
and a large territory north of the Clack
amas River to have a more modern
thoroughfare completed. uniting more
completely the two points; therefore, be
it 0
Resolved, That this body investigate.
decide and report upoft the most proper
location for such road and improvement.
with probable cost of construction,
WEARS MEDAL OF HONOR.
Soldier of Fortune and Misfortune Works
In Paper Mills.
. William F. Lukes, who wears the medal
of honor and received the thanks of Con
gress for valor during the Korean out
break of 1871, is employed as a common
laborer at an Oregon City paper mill.
Lukes has had a most eventful career.
He was left tp himself when but nine
years old. and became a cook. He went
to California when but fifteen years old
and prospected all over the Coast. He
was mining in Mexico when Maximilian's
army started for the City of Mexico. He
and his companions enlisted as privates
and he was made a captajn for conspicu
ous gallantry at the battle of Acapulo.
He was captured soon after, released on
parole, rejoined Maxmillan. was captur
ed again and with two companions sen
tenced to be shot the next day. That night
they broke out of the blockhouse, swam
a river and escaped. '
After Maximilian's capture, Lukes
drifted out to China and was in Tien
Tsin during the massacre of 1869. He
enlisted in the U. S. S. Colorado and
sailed with the fleet under Admiral Rog
ers to attack the Korean forts in 1871.
Under the command of Lieutenant Ma-
gee, his company landed and engaged the
Koreans. After two days' of fighting,
the natives were driven into one of then-
numerous forts. Two unsuccessful at
tacks were made upon it and in the third.
Lieutenant Magee was killed. The com
mand fell to Lukes who was a petty of
ficer and the fort was captured.
Lukes looked for the body of the com
mander and found the Koreans were car-
rying it off to the mountains. Calling
for volunteers, but two men responded,
They soon overtook the retreating Kor
eans and a desperate hand-to-hand fight
took place. When reinforcements ar
rived the. marines found Lukes with
eighteen sword wounds lying unconsci
ous across the body of his commander
and his companions dead. Scattered.
around them were the bodies of sixteen
Koreans. The carabine, which Lukes car
ried in the engagement, is in the museum
at Washington. The steel barrel was
cut half way through by a great two-
handed sword carried by one of the Ko
reans.
Magee's body was shipped to America
for burial while the man who rescued it
lay thirty-nine days unconscious from
the eighteen sword cuts he had received
on the head. Then he suffered from three
or four epileptic fits a day. Surgeon
General Gilchrist operated on him at Yo
kohoma and then he was sent to the
Brooklyn Naval Hospital where a num
ber of other operations were performed.
He was discharged from the Navy on ac
count of his infirmity and soon after in
herited $18,000, which he spent for treat
ment and operations at the hands of the
greatest specialists both in this country
and Europe without obtaining beneficial
results.
After his discharge he was given a
vote of thanks by Congress, brevetted a
Captain, and received the medal of hon
or upon which is engraved: "For valor.
William F. Lukes, landsman and a mem
ber of Company D., IT. S. S. Colorado.
Capture of Korean Forts. Jjine 11, 1871."
He was also given a pension of $60 per
month and when he reaches the age of
sixty it will be raised to $75, the salary
of a retired captain.
POSTMASTERS ARE NOTIFIED.
Details of Land Office Removal Are Pro
ceeded With.
Pursuant to instructions received from
Washington, Register Dresser and Re
ceover Bibee of the Oregon City Land
Office this week mailed to every post
master within the Oregon City Land Dis
trict a notice of the removal of the Land
Office and requesting that the same be
conspicuously posted. The text of the
notice which is subscribed to by W. A.
Richards, commissioner of the General
Land Office, as follows:
"Notice of the removal of the United
States Land Office from Oregon City.
Oregon to Portland, Oregon.
"Notice is hereby given that the Presi
dent of the United States, by executive
order dates, March 21. 1905, has. pursuant
to Section 2251, of the revised statutes
of the United States, and by virtue of
the authority therein given, directed that
the United States Land Office now lo
cated at Oregon City, Oregon, be re
moved, with its business, records, and
archives, to Portland, Oregon.
"In pursuance of said executive order,
the United States Land Office at Oregon
City. Oregon, will be permanently closed
and discontinued at the close of business
hours on June 30. 1905, and its business,
records, and archives removed to Port
land, Oregon, on July 1, 1905.
Given under my hand, at the City of
Washington, this twenty-fifth day of
March, A. D., 1905."
The circulation of petitions, re mon
strating against the proposed change, is
still in progress throughout the District
where they are being largely signed,
When the work is finished the petitions
will be presented to President Roosevelt-
Resolutions of Condolence.
Whereas. It has pleased the Almighty
God to remove from our midst the be
loved wife of Brother J. J. Underwood,
and
Whereas, Brother Underwood has been
a faithful member of Oregon City Aerie
No. 993, F. O. E., therefore be it
Resolved. That we, the members of
Orecnn C.itv Aerie No. 993 extend to
county papers, and an additional copy
be furnished Brother Underwood.
Fraternally submitted in L. T. J. & E.
C. W. KELLY.
H. S. MOUNT,
W. A. DIMICK,
Committee.
It Didn't Interest Her.
"I see," said Mr. Henpeck. "that a
New York man killed himself the other
day to make his wife happy."
"Oh, well." she answered, "what's the
use of bringing up such a disagreeable
subject as that? Your policy has a sui
cide clause."
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, Alum baking powders are injurious.
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PETITIONS FILED
SUFFICIENT SIGNATURES FOR REF
ERENCE OF APPROPRIATION BILL.
Multnomah County Clerk Makes Incorrect
Certificate, But Error is
Corrected.
SALEM, Oregon. May 15. The peti
tions demanding the referendum upon
the $1,000,000 appropriation bill were not
filed today, though petitions bearing 7000
signatures were brought here from Mc
Minnville, with the intention of filing
them. It was found that the clerk of
Multnomah county had not made his cer
tificate in the proper form, and that the
petitions from that county, bearing 1700
signatures, would be fatally defective.
The petitions were taken to Portland
tonight, and then all the petitions will
be filed. It was in anticipation of some
such defect as this that the referendum
leaders came to Salem three days earlier
than was necessary.
The law requires that the County clerk
shall set out in his certificate the names
of persons whose signatures he finds to
be genuine after comparing them with
the signatures in his registration books.
The clerk of Multnomah county merely
certified that he found a specified num
ber of signatures to be genuine, but did
not set forth which they were. M. B.
Hendricks, of McMinnvllle, brought the
petitions to Salem and took them to
Portland.
The petitions that have been secured
by the referendum committee come from "
nearly every county in the state, and
contain many names of prominent men.
From Multnomah county there were 1500
signatures, Linn county 1300, Yamhill
1175, Polk 560, Marion. 480, Union 400.
Clackamas 390, and from other counties
lesser numbers.
SUFFRAGISTS WILL CONFER.
The S7th annual convention df the
National American Woman Suffrage As
sociation will be held in the First Con
gregational church. Portland. Oregon.
June 28th to July 5th. inclusive.
A cordial invitation is extended to all
who believe in the inalienable right of
women to self-government and also to
those not yet in sympathy with the pur
poses of this Association.
A government of men and women
not by women alone, not by men alone,
but a government of men and women,
by men and women, for men and wo
men this Is the aim and ideal of our
Association.
One hundred years ago Oregon was
an untrodden wilderness. The trans
formation of that primeval territory into
prosperous communities, enjoying the
highest degree of civilization, could not
have been accomplished without the work
or women. No restriction should be
placed upon energies : and , abilities so
potent for good. The extension of , the
right of suffrage would remove a handi
cap from the efforts of women and give
them an opportunity to work for the wel-.
fare of the State.
We do not claim that women's voice
in the government would at once sound
the death knell to all social and politi
cal evils. But we do believe that a gov-
eminent representing the interests and
tne beliefs of women and men would
prove itself, and is proving itself, where
it now exists, to be a better government
than one which represents the interests
and beliefs of men alone.
The movement for the enfranchisement
of women Is based upon the unchanging
and unchangable principles of human lib
erty. In accordance with which successive
classes of men have won the right of self- '
government.
On such a foundation ultimate vic
tory is assured and, in truth, is con
ceded, even by those who oppose. The
day is ever drawing nearer when the
Nation will apply to women the prin
ciples which are the very foundations
of its existence; when on every election
day, there will be re-affirmed the Im
mortal truths of our Declaration of
American Independence. Then will this
indeed be a just government, "deriving
its powers from the consent of the gov
erned." SUSAN B. ANTHONY,
Honorary President.
REV. ANNA HOWARD SHAW.
President.
CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT.
Vice-President.
Alice STONE BLACKWELL.
Recording Secretary.
KATE M. GORDON,
Corresponding Secretry.
HARRIET TAILOR UPTON,
Treasurer.
LAURA CLAY,
CORA SMITH EATON.
Auditors.
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