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OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1905.
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THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF UrtEGON 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.
Bargains Unparalelled
Dry Goods of every description at prices to suit
everybody.
Our immense stock is the most complete in the
history of our business in this city.
Every lady in this county should avail herself of
the opportunity of visiting our magnificent store.
Dress Goods of the best materials and latest pat
terns, Dress Skirts, Embroideries, Laces, and
Hosieries, everything in the Ladies' Furnishing
Goods line can be had at
THE FAIR STORE
WM. ROBISON
Willamette Building Oregon City, Oregon.
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(Doir. MleItiL ascl Seventh St
Largest and most complete assortment
of Toys ever brought to Oregon City
DOLLS All sizes and descriptions. Doll furniture of all
kinds complete sets Musical Toys, Games of all kinds.
Last but not least, don't forget, that we have a large line of
Holiday Furniture, Carpets, Stoves and Ranges, Crockery,
Pianos and Organs Extra force of clerks who will be at your
service . ,
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Main and Seventh
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HOME FURNISHER
Sts. OREGON, CITY, ORE.
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.
W. 8. tJ'Ben 0. Sontebel
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 mtfney on first mortgage.
Office in Enterprise Building,
Oregon City, Oregon.
LIVY STIPP
Attorney at Law.
Justice of the Peace.
Office in Jagger Building, Oregon City.
J. U. CAMPBELL
ATTORNEY AT LAW
! Oregon City, - - - - -Oregon
Will practice In aH the courts of the state
Office in Caufleld Building.
CLACKAMAS TITLK CO
Tour 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.
C. F. Riley, pres... F. B. Riley, sec.
Toys!
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TROLLEY TO SALEM
COMPANY AGREES TO COMPLETE
LINE IN TWO YEARS.
Otherwise It Will Forfeit $50,000
One of Propositions of Val
ley Railyway Line.
When the street committee of the
Council turned its attention to the ap
plication of the Willamette Valley
Traction Company and T. R. Sheri
dan this afternoon it was found that
the ' promotors of the Salem-Portland
interurban road had filed an amend
ment to the franchise sought for, in
which several important concessions
were made in the public interest, says
Friday's Portland Telegram.
The most important of these provide
for the filing of a bond in the sum of
$50,000 to insure the completion of
the road within two years, and that
the ; city may purchase that portion
of the line lying within the corporate
limits on a basis of 5 per cent interest
on the cost of construction. -
The amendment is as follows: "Bills
for labor and material to placed with
the City Auditor in order that the city
may at its option pay the Willamette
Valley Traction Company and T. R.
Sheridan for the same with 5 per cent
interest added, the city taking charge
of the road; that a bond of $20,000 be
placed with the- Auditor as a forfeit
that the road be completed between
Portland and Salem within two years;
that the passenger rate within the
city limits be 2 cents, that cars of all
other railroads be hauled at a charge
not to exceed $5 a car; that 'construc
tion on the line in the City of Port
land be commenced 90 days after the
franchise is granted.
The proposed route Is also altered
so that instead of coming into the
city on Thomas street, it will tap the
west end of Hamilton avenue over the
right of way of the West Portland
motor line, and then proceed to Front
street as far as Boundary avenue,
thence to the Macadam road and north
to Macadam street, continuing on
Hood to Water street. Water to Col
umbia, crossing thence to Front street
and north to the Steel bridge.
Right of way agents have been in
the city for the past few days and re
port work in their department as be
ing pushed from this end looking to
securing a route south from the Val
ley end of the West Portland motor
projects's strip. That route is pro
vidtiii ior to the extent of but 30 feet
in the deeds' originally granted by
property owners, and the Willamette
Valley Traction Company is widening
it to 60 feet where possible, with the
understanding that more land may
be had later.
It is argued in some quarters that
because the road is not starting with
at least 80 feet it can have no connec
tion with a transcontinental steam
line, for the unwritten law governing
railroad construction is to have the
right of way not less than 80 feet;
usually 100 feet wide.
In some of the deeds made it is
stipulated that the service between
Portland and Salem shall not be less
than one car each hour. This would
require the operation of. at least six
cars, granting four hours on the sched
ule for the round trip, with an actual
running time a trifle over an hour and
a half in each direction. With rails
already ordered to be delivered as
soon as they can be loaded and hauled
here, and energetic efforts being made
for right of way through the Valley,
coupled with the declaration of Al.
Welch that the Willamette Valley'
Traction ComDanv would ptitpr Pnrt.
land whether or not it is granted a
franchise on Front street, it would
seem that by the end of 1907 Salem
and Portland would be connected by
trolley.
ONE TICKET ALL ELECTED.
Result of Monday's Municipal Election
at Milwaukie.
At the municipal election in Milwau
kie yesterday there was a very light
ballot, less than one-half of the reg
ular vote of the town being cast, re
ported Tuesday's Oregonian. The nor
mal vote is more than 100. The light
vote is accounted for, for the reason
that one ticket only was in the field,
and the Mayor was not voted for, as
the incumbent holds over for another
year.
The following is the , list of officers
for the ensuing- vpars- Maunr
liam Shindler (holdover); holdover
councilman, Artnur Webster; Coun
cilmen Phillip Streib and George
Hivelv ('re-elecrprtV and n tvt -Mat.
thews; Recorder. Nelson Cooper;
Treasurer, Fred Lehman; Marshal,
Arthur Dowling. The judges and
clerks had a very easy time during
the day, and when the polls closed
they simply certified to the votes cast.
.tomorrow evening the old Council
will hold its final meeting, canvass the
returns and declare who are elected,
which will be an easy job. Council
man Matthews and Treasurer Lehman
are the only new ofiicers, Mr. Mat
thews served one term as Councilman
two years ago.
The election confirms the attitude
of the people of Milwaukie toward the
Milwaukie Clubhouse and the other
saloon, and the policy toward those
places will be continued another year,
unless there be further interference
in the way of outside raids of the Club
house. . , .
If the city continues to receive the
present income from the Clubhouse
and the saloon, the proposed city hall
will be built on the two lots recently
purchased for this purpose. A conr
siderable number of dwellings were
built in Milwaukie the past year, and
it is estimated that $70,000 was spent
for improvements in the place, which
is more than had been expended in the
past ten years. '
The new Council will hold its ini
tial meeting the first Monday even
ing in January, at which time the water
franchise will come up, but until that
time the officers will simply clean up
the business of the year. At the last
meeting Mayor Shindler submitted the
following financial report: Income
from all sources, $1419.42; disburse
ments, $481.18; two lots for city hall,
$250, total $731.18; balance on hand,
$688.24. Since this report was made,
some more money has come in.
EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION.
Rev. W. H. Wettlaufer will hold
service at the following dates and
places:
' December 10, Canby, 11 a. m. ; Mo
lalla, 3 p. m.; Carus, 7:30 p. m.
December 14 Maple Lane, 7:30.
December 17 Oregon City, 11 a. m.;
Shubel, 3 p. m.; Highland, 7:30 p. m.
HOP MEN MEET
GROWERS HOLD CONFERENCE AT
SALEM.
An Attempt Will be Made to Bring All
the Principal Growers of the
State Into Organization.
About forty prominent hop grow
ers, representing various parts of Or
egon, assembled at the city hall yes
terday in response to President J. K.
Sears of Polk County, who was un
able to be present himself by reason
of sickness, reports Sunday's Salem
Statesman.
In his absence H. C. Fletcher pre
sided and James H. Coleman acted
as secretary.
The report of the committee on con
stitution and by-laws was heard and
adopted and those present were enthu
siastic over the proposed co-operative
movement.
A resolution was read and discussed
proposing to reduce the output of hops
30 per cent, but it was not thought
advisable to adopt it in the form in
which it has been presented. There
might be legal entanglements and
there are other difficulties in making
the scheme operative, but the spirit
of it met with approbation and it was
thought it could be worked out under
the constitution and by-laws.
The chairman, by unanimous vote,
was authorized to name a representa
tive . hop grower in every section de
siring to be represented, and to these
men will be sent copies of the consti
tution and by-laws, to which they will
be authorized to procure signatures
of growers in their respective sections.
They will also be authorized to at
tend meetings of the association at
the call of the president.
The chief features of the proposed
corporation as outlined yesterday are:
To establish a bureau of information
for the exclusive use of its members;
to bring about the enactment of a
law to prohibit the adulteration of
hop beer; to inaugurate an effort to
bring the growers into more intimate
and direct relations with the consum
ers and the last met with especial fa
vor. It is expected that yesterday's meet
ing will be the beginning of a move
ment that with persistent and intelli
gent effort will bring tangible benefits
to the growers who give it loyal and
earnest support.
In Clackamas county the growers
ar mnr riisnrseH tr nlfint nn inprpns.
! ed acreage than to plow up any of
i their old yards. The growers in this
i vicinity believe that by organization
' only can the best interests of the pro-
; dncer be served and they will cheer
fully co-operate in any movement
looking to that end. They feel that
by intelligent management an organi
zation of the growers will be able not
only to dispose of the hop crop that is
now grown in this state, to the advant
age of the grower, but can also handle
with the same satisfactory results, the
increased yield that will follow the
planting of an additional acreage.
DISTINCTIVELY A CREAM OF
TARTAR BAKING POWDER
It does not contain an atom of phos
phatic acid (which is the product'of bones
digested in sulphuric acid) or of alum
(which is one-third sulphuric acid) sub
stances adopted for other baking powders
because of their cheapness.
CAUFIELD IS MAYOR
ANTI-FRANCHISE CANDIDATES
WJN BY LARGE MAJORITIES.
Jack Caufield Defeats Frank Barlow
For City Treasurer by 65
The Detailed Vote.
E. G. Caufield was elected Mayor
of Oregon City Monday by a majority
of 308 votes over E. D. Kelly. Mr.
Caufield's associates on the anti-franchise
ticket were also elected by good.
majorities wherever there were op
posing candidates. The vote on Mayor-was:.
Caufield, 479; Kelly, 171
Jack R. Caufield defeated Frank T-
Barlow for City Treasurer by a mar
gin of 65 votes, the result being, Cau
field, 354; Barlow, 289. Tne election,
of Councilmen resulted as follows!
Wm. Andresen from the First Ward;.
E. P. Rands and W. R. Logus from tha
Second and Jos. N. Harrington from
the Third.
The election passed off quietly and.
a lighter vote was cast than was ex
pected, considering the interest that
had been manifested in the contest..
A total vote of 650 was cast while
there are about 850 voters in the
city.
Mayor-elect Caufield is a native of
Oregon City, where he was born in
1859. He is cashier of the Bank of
Oregon City and in 1898 and 189S
served the people of this city as May
or. Together with the Councilmen
elect and the new City Treasurer, Mr;.
Caufield will be sworn in and take
their respective offices on the first of
the year.
Just what changes, if any, will be:
made in the subordinate officers of.
the city by the Mayor-elect is not
known. The Mayor has the appoint
ment of a Chief of Police, two police;
officers, a street commissioner and a
City-Attorney, the appointments being;
subject to the confirmation of the'
Council.
The detailed vote in Monday's elec
tion follows: ,
First Ward.
Mayor
E. G. Caufield 170
E. D. Kelly 65
Caufield's majority 105
Treasurer
F. T. Barlow- .......... .117 7' -
Jack R. Caufield 117
Councilman )
Wm. Andresen 161
Walter L. Little 72
. Andresen's majority ..... 89
Second Ward.
Mayor . , "
Caufield 211
Kelly 81
Caufield's majority 130
TWELVE
Treasurer
Barlow 124
Caufield 16S
Caufield's majority 42:
Councilmen
Three year term
Jos. Lynch 87"
E. P. Rands 190-
Rand's majority 103.
Two year term
W. R. Logus (no opposition) 216".
Third Ward.
Mayor
Caufield 98
Kelly 25
Caufield's majority ...... 73
Treasurer
Barlow 48
Caufield 71
Caufield's majority 23
Councilman
Jos. N. Harrington (no opposi
tion) :. 116
After January 1, next, the Oregon
City Council, consisting of nine mem
bers, will be composed of six anti
franchise men, and three holdover
members who have supported the in
terests of the Oregon Water Power
& Railway Company. The member
ship of that body will be as follows:
First Ward Andresen, Straight and
Williams; Second Ward E. P. Rands,
W. R. Logus and A. Knapp; Third
Ward Joseph N. Harrington, Mat
Justin and William Brandt.
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