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VOL. 32. NO. 31.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1906.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
MANY MATTERS OF MUNICIPAL INTEREST
CITY COUNCIL TRANSACTS A LOT
OF BUSINESS AT ONE
SESSION.
RAISE THE POLICEMEN'S SALARY
Kansas City Bridge Mutt Be Replaced
At Once Semi-Annual
Report of Of
ficers At tho adjoin tied mi'hmUiii of the City
round), TliurHilay night of last week,
a lot of liiiHirtuiit in ii 1 1 -in kept tli
honorable doily tinny until It o'clock.
Pollccmu'H pny was Increased 1G a
liKHitti, tin) Kansas City tr l I was
reported beyond repair arid It will lio
replaced liy a n'w one a soon im pos
sible, ordinances were pussed fr tin
lirovi'itit'iit of J, Q Adams and Sixth
street am) i-Htalillshlng grade of
Wellington mid Sixth street, peti
tion for tlio removal of the bill steps
from Hlxtli to Fifth street was road,
t'lty Attorney Campbell reimrted over
$2200 dun city from county In division
of road fund and Men taken to Hecur
same, Imiik) of Jos. IS. Hedges us water
commissioner approved, officer' aetnl
annual report read, claims allowed,
franchises granted th Oregon City
& Suburban Ity. and to T. F. Ityan
wero declared forfeited, IiIiIm with an
thorl.ed for crushed rock. Hie O. W.
IV & It. Co. wa warned to slacken
npeed of Km cum on Muln street, speed
ordinance for automobiles and motor
cycled ordered drawn, and matter
of Hired signs, lit reel nuiulierlnK, ex
teiiHlott of Eleventh and Twelfth St,
and repair of Seventh afreet curlin
were roiiHldered. It wan lota of work
for a hot night and several of the mem
ber wero willing to quit long before
Mr. Hand wa tliroiiKh with his note
iHHlk.
Wednesday night ftu the regular
mooting night but the mill utOH show
that Mayor Caufleld and Couucllman
Aiidii'Hen wero the ouly two who could
tear thcmsclvc away from the Joy
(if the glorious Fourth, but on Thurn
day night all showed up amuicr or lat
er except Councllmen lirandt. Straight
am) Williams,
AlthotiKh not the moat Important
matter, discussion of tho mine in po
licemen pay took the tiumt time. It
wuh brought tip t,y n p-tltion, Unking
for the Increase, hy NlKhtwatch Shaw
and Special I'ollce Cooke. They stat
ed the pay wan the Mimu now aa ten
years ago, $;o a month, while coHt of
living liad Increased, tlu'lr duties had
multiplied and the danger was great
er, Couticlltnan Iigus spoke warmly In
favor of Increase and moved that the
puy be $75 a month. Ho mild watch
men In the mill were paid $00 for
work not half a dangerous or half a
bard. Councilman Knapp In Second
ing the motion regretted the charter
prevented a almllar Increase for Chief
of I'ollce Burns, lie railed atten
tion to the fact that the city now re
reived $24u() a year more revenue from
saloon than It did when the salaries
wero fixed at t'.U.
In atiHwer to a question from Coun
cllmiin Andrcsen. th Mayor aald he
had no trouliln generally In Hocurlng
good men at the old pity. Mr. Andre-
hen olijecteil to till Me In making HO
Important a change permanently;
thought best to allow the Increase for
one month and take the matter up at
the next meeting. Other employes of
the city would probably tie demanding
more pay. Councilman JumHii put In
a word In favor, while Harrington
thought It ought to he postponed until
all member were present. Thla start
ed a luogli and Hotneotie said that
meant postponing It for year. There
upon NlKht wat chman Shaw, whu bad
happened in, cheerfully volunteered
the Information t tint Councilman
Straight was In favor but could not bo
on hand. Thla tacit admlMHloti by Mr.
Shaw that he had been electioneering
caiiHed another Hmlle. Chief Hums
mild the pay of patrolmen In i'orlland
wa $'.o, detectlvea $100 and captain
$125. Councilman Hands aald tho
present policemen were worth tho In
creased pay but be didn't believe In
$75 as a standing price for anyone who
might bo picked up. f
City Attorney Campbell suggested
a way of evading the provision in the
city charter. that limits the pay of the
Chief to $00. He said to allow $18 or
$20 a month extra for telephone ex
penses. Mr. Campbell disclaimed nny
deslro to influence the council but
went right ahead and made a long
talk In favor of tho proposed Increase,
which ho said would amount to only
one cent a month for erich man, wo
man and child In tho city. Knupp mov
ed to amend by allowing the Chief of
I'olleo $15 a month for Incidentals.
Thla was carried as was alHo the mo
tion as amended, both ununlmously.
Kansas City Bridge Rotten.
Councilman Rnnds reported that the
timbers of the Kunsas City bridge were
rotten and not worth repairing. It Is
necessary to replace It at once, tho
need being so great that, the formality
of an ordinance was dispensed with,
and bids wero authorized by resolu
tion. It is though no one will question
the legality of the measure because of
tho urgency of the matter.
Street Car Company Warned About
Speed.
Councilman Logus called attention
to tho great speed of tho O. W. P. &
R. cars along Mnln street, far exceed
ing the 7 mllo limit allowed by ordi
nance. Several Hpoke of the danger
and said cars nhot through town at
from 20 to 30 miles an hour. The Re
corder was directed to notify tho
head office, and If that doe no good
an example will be made. Tho aamn
official wan directed to draw up an
ordinandi limiting speed of automo
bile and motor cycle and have same
ready for next council meeting. Air
ship tiro to bo left unfettered from
apeed restriction,
Clackamai County Owes Oregon City
Over $2200.
City Attorney Campbell In hi re
porl to the council guvo a statement
of the account between Clackamas
county and Oregon City, allowing
thero la duo tho city $2200.30 on 1902,
l!Mt:i, uml itioi road taxea, principally
tlio latter two year a ouly $1.13 la
In the 1 !m2 Hat. Tho charter provide
that tho city aliall receive 80 per cent
of road taxea collectod whllo a aperla)
law provided for but 50 per cent. Tho
county official paid over only 60 pur
cent during the two year atated, but a
Hupremo court dedalon aaya tho city
la entitled to CO per cent. Tho $2200
ropreaenta tho dlfferenco of 10 per
cent and Mr. Campbell will appear be-
foro tho now county court ami demand
tho money. For hi work In looking
up tho matter ho put In a bill for $80
which wun allowed along with the
claim.
Claim Allowed.
C. B. IturtiH, Ch. of I'ollco ....$;o.OO
E. L. Hhaw, nlghtwatch 40.00
Henry Cooke, apodal police 60.00
V. A. Dlmlck, recorder, addition
al work, contract, etc 35.00
(ieo. Ilrown, special pollco .... 3.00
J. W. Alldredge, Kpeclal police.. 7.00
J. Douthlt, apodal police 8.00
I'd. HiirfiiH, Hpeclal ihiIIco 12.00
h. H. Davl. apeclal pollco 10.00
1C. I,. McFarland. Ch. of fire Dept 10.00
J. V. Campbell, 1'roa. fee, and ah-
atractlng taxe 80.00
Ceo. Marley, cleaning Main Rt..C0OO
Hoard of Water CotnmlaHlonera,
hauling dirt 29.12
Oregon City Knterprlao, print
ing .-. 25.00
I'ope it Co., flro aupplle, repair
hoo hoimo and jail 11.95
K. F. Ktory, blackamlthlng .... 2.70
C. N. (Jreenman, hauling 13.75
Wllllama Ilro. Tranafer Co ,
hauling 60.40
I ledge & Griffith, office rent, city
engineer 7.60
Adama Ilro., flag 7.60
Hruco C. Curry, aervleo In re
hoiiHo numbering 5.00
Portland Ceneral Electric Co..
light, tc 185. CO
Finance Committee, one Ameri
can La France II. & L, truck.. 825.00
Chr. Finance Committee, pay
ment Hen agalnat lota 1 & 8.
hV.;. W. Hewer TM.tt. N. 2, r,&d
lot 8, blk 29. Third afreet im
provement 209. 4!
ment 2e. 40
Jack It. Caufleld, troamirer, etc ..41.60
It. It. McAlpln. numbering plata..25.00
If. A. Hand, rlty engineer, gradeR,
netting atakea 29.50
F. Ijiwrence, niiug Hawa 1.75
J. C. Hradley. Btreet Supt 52.75
David Catiflold, afreet work ....46.00
John Cleaaon, afreet work ....33.00
C. Straight, afreet work 28.00
Jamea Ware, afreet work 9.00
A. Wlckham, afreet work 21.00
l'.it., jl I1,. r..iiulrlntr nlnn t.
Oregon City I'lanlng Mill Co., lum
ber 284.39
Wilson & Cooke, handsaw, etc .. 2.35
C. 1J. Naah, work, team 2.25
City Finances Shown In Reports by
Officials.
The Troamirer, Kecordor and Iloanl
of Water Commlaalonera aubmltted
report. Tho latter reported total col
lection during six months $0431.25 ;
dUburnementa $838J.CU; warrants otit
atanding $24,40K 31.
Tho Recorder' report covered tho
month ending July 5. Ten dollars were
collected from two drunks; LouIh
Wolverton paid $10 for fighting and
disorderly conduct; Ed. St Ilea and
Frank Drown wero arrested on same
chargo but their trials had not been
held. Other receipts; Cemetery lota
$55; delinquent sewer assessment
$21.64; Fifth street Improvement
$::.r..f.3; license $478.00. Of the latter
$100 wero from W. E. Wilson and
Ha mho for saloon licenses. Total re
ceipts $710.52.
Street Car Franchises Forfeited and
Repealed
Ordinances wero, read first time and
ordered published in the Enterprise.
repealing ordinances Nob. 27ti and 293
The former was tho frnnchlse granted
the Oregon City & Suburban Hy. to
build lines on a numbor of hill streets,
and the latter franchise granted T.
F. Ryan for street car lines and ele
vators. Street Improvement Ordinance.
Ordinance assessing tho probable
cost of the improvement of J. Q.
Adams street was ordered published.
Tho cost will be $1057.35 for the block
between Sixth and Seventh streets, of
which tho adjoining property owners
must pay two-thirds.
Ordinance re-establishing the grade
of Sixth street between Main street
and Railroad avenue, was passed; al
so one establishing grade of Washing
ton street from Seventh to Abernethy
creek. From Tenth St. to Twelfth St.,
one sldo of Washington street will bo
four feet higher than the other. Or
dinance for the Improvement of Sixth
street from Water street to Railroad
avenue was passed.
Want Steps at Fifth Street.
A petition for tho abandonment of
tho steps at Sixth street and the
erection of steps at Fifth street was
read, it was signed by tho following
who agree to give the sums stated to
ward the cost of the Improvement:
Commercial Hank $20, Logus & Al
bright $20, George A. Harding & Co.
$20, H. P. Drlghtbtll $10. M. Justin
$10, D. M. Klemsen $10, Win, J. Em
ory $5. Krause Bros. $5, M. Sonor $1,
A. J. Sunlmr $5, . N. Joe $1, G. Rob
ensteln $2, Fair Store $1. Petition re-
fern-d to committee on atreeta and
public property.
Names of 8treets Duplicated.
Only two bid were In to furnish
street algns both from F. L. Freehurg.
who offered to supply a galvanized
Iron sign 4x10 at $19 a hundred, or
enamel signs, 4x18, for 37 cent each
In lot of 250 or over, or 28 cent each
for less number than 250 No action
taken on bid except to refer to com
mittee. Councilman Itanda reported that In
drawing maps of city for numbering
of houses, ho found several duplica
tion of names of street, such as Six
teenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth
at each end of Main street. There
ar also two Harrison streets, On mo
tion, the Mayor appointed Knapp,
Hand and Iigua a special committee
to take up tho matter of renaming du
plicate named streets, and oversee In
Kcneral tho numbering, and to report
at next meeting.
Doubts City's Authority to Condemn
Property.
Mr. Rands' little note book in which
ho Jota down street or other matters
that requlro attention wa seemingly
ailed Thursday night. And they wero
Important matters, too, such aa tho
extension of Eleventh and Twelfth
streets, a very pressing and necessary
Improvement aa ho polntl out.
Strange to say there la aome doubt
about the council' power to condemn
land for street purposes though it may
for most any other public purpose.
However the doubt la a lawyer's
doubt about construction of the lan
guage of the charter, and the council
will go ahead and create a district as
provided by law and make the exten
sion. Tho street committee wan di
rected to present tho. necessary ordi
nance at the next meeting.
Another small doubt was raised
alxmt who should pay cost of repairs
of curb on Seventh street where the
curb are In a dilapidated condition.
Heretofore the property owners have
paid and tho street commissioner was
directed to notify all property owners
slung that street to repair curbs.
Will Buy Crushed Rock.
An ordinance was read and ordered
published authorizing bids for 600
tons of crushed rock for street pur
pose. The disposition of tho rock pile on
Washington street was discussed, and
tho committee will endeavor to arrive
at an understanding with Hill and
Walker, who are reported aa "dis
posed to do something."
Liquor License Granted.
The application of Wm. Ram bo foi
tho renewal of LI liquor license was
granted.
The bond of Joseph E. Hedges as
water commissioner was approved. It
Is in the sum of $looo and W. A. Hunt
ley and A. L. Deatle are the sureties.
SOUTHERN OREGON
COPPER DISTRICT
BIG SMELTER IS PROJECTED
FOR THE BLUE LEDGE
SECTION.
1 Copper having almost doubled in
price In the last five years, with tho
demand so great by reason of elec
trical and other requirements that
many of the refineries aro behind with
their orders, has given a big Impetus
to the development of new copper dis
tricts. Southern Oregon Is feeling this
boom In copper and many prospectors
are locating and developing claims in
tho Takilma and other districts of
tho Illinois valley and in the Applegate
valley.
The greatest rush is now to the Bluo
Ledge district In the Upper Applegate
valley, where over COO claims have
been taken and very extensive devel
opment work Is being carried on by
many of the claim-holders. This big
rush to the Upper Applegate Is large
ly due to the certainty that a big smelt
er will be erected on the famous Blue
Lodge mine now being developed by
a New . York company, which is em
ploying 150 men and crowding work
with the utmost, speed. A number of
Spokane capitalists are also doing ex
tensive work on promising copper
claims In this district. The Blue Ledge
district is reached by a dally stage line
operated from Jacksonville. The traf
fic has so Increased that additional
stuge lines have been put on. The
trip to Joe Par, the distributing point
for the Blue Ledge district. Is made in
ono day.
FIX SALARIES OF
COUNTY DEPUTIES
REGULATION SIXTY DOLLARS A
MONTH ALLOWED THREE BY
, THE COUNTY COURT.
Saturday evening the County Court
adjourned to meet again Wednesday,
July II, after transacting a consider
able amount of routine business. Nu
merous road petitions and remon
strances were considered and in Road
District No. 2, Max Webster was ap
pointed Supervisor to succeed County
Treasurer J. C. Paddock.
The appointments of the several
deputies in the various offices at tho
court house were approved and the
snlary of each was fixed, as follows:
Shirley Buck,, deputy sheriff, $00 per
month; Chas, Ely. deputy sheriff,
without salary; L. 12 Williams, deputy
recorder, $G0; Clara Buchegger, dep -
uty recorder, with compensation fixed
at $2.25 per day when at work; Mrs.
Itolle A. Sleight, deputy clerk, $00.
A THIEF BECAUSE
HE CAN'T
HELP IT
YOUTHFUL BURGLAR WITH LONG
' PRISON RECORD CON
FESSES TO NUMER
OUS CRIME8.
Frank Rlggln, allaa Frank Miller,
aged about 20 year, is In Jail charged
with burglary. Notwithstanding his
youth, It In no new thing for lllggins
to be In Jail. In fact he has spent
most of bis time since ho was a boy
In Jails and reform achoola aa punish
ment for yielding to the temptation
to take articles owned by other per
sons. Hlgglna was working for Dr. Morey
out in the Molalla neighborhood for a
week or so until Friday night when
he broke Into the home of L. M. Mor
ris and atole some household goods.
Constable Frank Adam arrested him
for that crime Saturday and he waa
being bold for examination on the
9th. Ho was locked in a room at
Adams', frorn which he escaped early
Monday morning about 1 o'clock, by
Jumping from the second story win
dow. He took Adama' horse and start
ed northwest. Dr. Morey met him but
the youthful criminal pulled a gun
and got away. He wa captured at
Carus by Charles Spence and Fred
Spangler. I pen the arrival of Con
stable Adams and party, who were in
hot pursuit. Rlgglns was brought to
Oregon City.
He had not been In Sheriff Beatle'a
care long when boasting of his Crimea
be admitted boinK the Derson who
broke Into A, N. Johnson's Jewelry
store at Estacada the night of June
25, where he atole alx watches, breast
pins, chains and other Jewelry. From
there be went to Molalla and worked
for Dr. Morey under tho name of
Frank Miller, claiming to be a San
Francisco refugee.
Rlgslna had two of the watches
when arrested. He pawned one watch
to Duma, the storekeeper at Liberal,
traded two to Morey for a horse and
gave one to Morey 'a daughter, so all
six of the watches will bo recovered.
Rlgglns' criminal career la as re
markable as It Is disreputable. He
has served eight years in the reform
school. A few months ago he was Jail
ed "at McMinnvllle on the charge of
burglary and while allowed out to
mow the lawn he made his escape. He
ii-ai Brn.-i-n.-u viucKamas eg me scene
of his operations.
Short shift will be given hlra here as
Judge McBrlde Is expected this week
and as Rlgglns saya ho will plead
guilty it will soon be to the "pen'' for
him.
Rlgglns claims his people live at
McMinnvllle. He ia undoubtedly a
degenerate, morally defective. Says
he steals because he can't help it. He
Is a nickel library victim, that perni
cious literature working on his weak
nind until ho hardly knows right
from wrong.
There is a reward of $75 for the
capture and conviction of the person
who burglarized Johnson's Jewelry
store at Estacada.
ATTEMPTED A DISGUISE AT MO
- LALLA.
Molalla, July 11. Last week Luther
Morris had some of his household
gxx)ds stolen. He notified the au
thorities here which brought about
the arrest of a young lad who claimed
to be 21 years of age. Constable
Adams was holding him for trial, which
was to take place on the 9th. Some
time Saturday night the thief dressed
up In Perry Kayler's long pants, shoes
and hat and broke Jail and taking the
Constable's best horse went down the
road to Dr. Morey's where he had
formerly worked and got his gun
where he had it cached away. Morey
tried to retain him but when the lad
shoved the steel In his face he did not
Insist any further. The horse-thief
proceeded on his way, but the tele
phone had sounchid the alarm, so two
men with guns at Cams brought him
under subjection, and after being
brought back here and ordered to un
dress, was taken to the county Jail
by Constable Adams and Deputy Har
less. LUMBER FOR THE
NEW Mj. CHURCH
E. LEHAMAN OF ROUND PRAIRIE
SECURES CHURCH CON
TRACT MOLALLA NOTES.
Molalla, July 11. Cooler weather.
Lumber contract for tho new M. E.
church has been let to E. Lehaman,
of Round Prairie.
Austin T: Buxton and family, of
Forest Grove, are visiting at Oliver
Robbins, and will remain here until
after the Pomona Grange meeting.
The Fourth was appropriately cele
brated at Wright's Springs, with many
kinds of "crackers." Some hold to
the idea that poor people should not
invest in fire crackers. Whilst )the
writer was a hoy once and burnt a
great deal of powder when it was the
custom to bo very patriotic and make ;
fhinua nnn ho nnw wmil.t m i!lH,-,v
to see all the fire crackers "cracked"
In China, where they belong but so
long as mo ricn ana weii-to-do young
America has the undisputed liberty to
j "terrify" the timid on Independence
I day, by ail means accord the same
liberty to the poor deserving boy if
the county has to issue the tire crack-
WILL BUILD ELECTRIC
RAILWAY TO MOLALLA
erst once a voar. this would be more
reasonable than Issuing cigarettes to;
the boys of America and thus encour
aging them to alowly commit suicide,
a aid in adding to our Kteady crowd
ed Insane asylums.
Last week a couple of city lads
came out thla way en route for Wll
holt Springs, with an old model auto
mobile; they stopped at this place to
fuel up and grease down. In setting
the thing going It took fire and when
they were directed to move, out. In
doing so the crank was severed from
the hTt pump. Even the small boys
winked at each other "on taking In"
what they termed the old fire wagon,
beats any 10 cent ahow of late.
MT. HOOD RAILWAY SURVEYS.
Large
Force of Men at Work in VI
cinity of Gresham.
Gresham, July 7. A large force of
surveyors passed through this section
Saturday, surveying for the route for
the proposed Mount Hood railway.
From the reservior the surveyors have
been working north of the Section Line
road, and will pass Gresham Just out
aide the city limits, along its northern
boundary. The course from here will
be through the Beaver Creek canyon,
striking the Sandy bluff near Lusted's
where the descent will be made to a
point near the mouth of Bull Run. It
Is said that actual construction will
begin as Boon as the surveyors and
right of way Bhall have been settled.
For over a year the company has had
a few men at work along the proposed
route, preparing for the advent of the
surveyors, and there la strong assur
ance that the road will be in opera
tion by another summer.
BASEBALL AT GLADSTONE.
The schedule of the remaining games
as they will be flayed in the baseball
tournament at this year's Chautauqua
Assembly, is as follows: Thursday,
July 12. Portland Trunk Co. vs. North
west Gun & Bicycle Co.; Friday, July
13, Chemawa vs. M. A. A. C; Satur
day, July 14. Portland Trunk Co. vs.
Vancouver; Monday, July 16, Chemawa
vs. Northwest Gun & Bicycle Co.;
Tuesday, July 17, Portland Trunk Co.
vs. M. A. A. C; Wednesday, July 18,
VanciAivpr vs. Northwest Gtn k. Bi
cycle Club; Thursday. July 19. Port
land Trunk Co. vs. Chemawa; Friday;
July 20, Vancouver vs. M. A. A. C.
Ed (Trilby) Rankin, of Portland, will
be the official umpire for the series
of games.
DUTIES OF MEMBERS
FOUNTAIN HOSE CO.
ASSIGNMENT OF PLACES AN
NOUNCED WET NEW HOOK
AND LADDER TRUCK.
At a meeting of Fountain Hose Com
pany No. 1, Thursday, night, the fol
lowing appointments to official places
on the team were made: Al. Cannon,
William Scheffer, William Peters,
Charles F. Koenlg and C. Hartman,
nozzlemen; R. Woodward, C. Osburn,
and Al. Cox, hydrantmen; F. A. Miles,
J. A. MeGlaahan, H. Emstrum and F.
Schoenburn, patrolmen.
The Hooks Celebrate.
At their regular meeting Friday
night the members of Columbia Hook
& Ladder company fittingly and ap
propriately celebrated the purchase by
the city for this company of a modern
and fully equipped hook and ladder
truck. 'Addresses were made by Coun
cilman Wm. Logus, Howard F. Lat
ourette. Jack Keating, Jack Latour
ette and others, and with seasonable
refreshments and singing a most de
lightful evening was passed.
Gives Birthday Party.
Miss Belle Cassell, daughter of
Landlord and Mrs. Jacob Cassell, of
the Electric Hotel, entertained sixteen
of her girl friends Friday afternoon in
honor of her birthday anniversary,
accompanied by her mother as chap
erone, the young hostess and guests
spent the afternoon in the enjoyment
of the many attractions at The Oaks.
ENOUGH THISTLES
TO SEED COUNTY
I CANADIAN PEST GROWING IN
PROFUSION NEAR HAILEY
MUST BE CHECKED.
On his return from Hailey, Satur
day, County Judge Dimick said he had
found a tract of one-half acre that
was completely covered with that
worst and most dreaded of pests, the
Canadian thistle. In tho vicinity of
Hailey were enough thistles to seed
the eastern side of Clackamas county.
Immediate steps will be taken to
exterminate the pest. The owners
and occupiers of the lands where the
thistles are growing have been noti
fied and if they don't root and destroy
the weeds at once the job will be done
by the road supervisor at the owner's
expense.
The thistles are just beginning to
bbxim and no time must be lost in
destroying them.
AMBITIOUS
PROJECT TAKEN UP
BY THE OREGON CITY
BOARD OF TRADE.
LINE WOULD BE A PAYING ONE
Committee Appointed to Canvass For
Funds And Take Preliminary
8tep for Organ
ization. Ex-County Judge Thomas F. Ryan,
County Judge Grant B. Dlmlck and
John Adams were appointed a com
mittee by the Oregon City Board of
Trade Friday night to arouse publlo
interest and take the initiative step
towards the building of an electric
railway Into the rich agricultural sec
tion of the country surrounding Mo
lalla, via Beaver Creek. The organ
ization Is enthusiastic in its support
of such a road and will submit the
proposition to local business men, ot
whom subscriptions are expected suf
ficient to begin the construction.
When the building of an electric
line such as is contemplated la once
begun, the promoters of the enter
prise are confident abundant funds will
be forthcoming to complete the under
taking. On an average there are haul
ed over the roads between this city
and Molalla, the objective point of
the proposed road, 200 tons of freight
daily and it Is this business that is
expected to be served in the building
of such a line.
It is believed that such a road would
be a paying proposition and there Is
not the slightest doubt but it would
be a great convenience from the
start. It would probably have to en
ter Oregon City by way of Abernethy
creek. There is talk of a county fair
grounds being laid out along the pro
jected line, and still wilder talk of ex
tending the new road south to connect
with the Corvallis & Eastern that ia
going to cross the Cascades at Santlam
pass. However the Board of Trade
Is not fathering any of that "hot air,"
and the committee feels it has its work
cut out on an Oregon City and Molalla
project.
NEW BOARD OF TRADE
ACTIVE IN CITY'S INTEREST.
Besides the Molalla electric road
matter, the initial meeting of the new
ly organized board of directors of the
Board of Trade was-productive of ac
tion on several important matters af
fecting the Interests of Oregon City.
A committee, of which John Adams
is the chairman, was named to take
up the matter of securing for the city
the sprinkling of the principal streets.
It is proposed to have the business
men subscribe sufficient funds to em
ploy a man and team for the opera
tion of a sprinkler the purchase of
which will be asked of the city. It is
planned to sprinkle Main street for its
entire length and all of the improved
streets on the hill.
Another committee was named to
secure if possible an adjustment of
the fares on the Southern Pacific rail
road between this city and Clackamas,
It being contended that the present
tariff discriminates against Oregon
City in favor of Portland. The pres
ent fare between Clackamas and Port
land, a distance of 13 miles, is 7
cents while between Clackamas and
Oregon City, a distance of but four
miles, the passenger is obliged to pay
a fare of 15 cents each way. An effort
will be made to secure a commutation
rate of 5 cents fare between Clacka
mas and this city.
It has been decided by the Board of
Trade to hold one regular meeting each
month, on the first Friday evening of
each month at the courthouse at which
it is especially urged every stockhold
er attend. Special meetings of the
board of directors will be held from
time to time as the business under
consideration may require.
HOT WAVE OVER OREGON.
General Summary by Weather Bureau
for Seven Days Ending July 9.
The first five days of the week were
very warm and temperatures of one
hundred degrees and over occurred in
the Willamette valley, southern Ore
gon and in the Columbia river counties
east of the Cascade mountains. The
winds during this hot spell were gen
erally light and the damage, therefore,
was less than otherwise would have
been the case. The last two days
were not so warm, although the tem
peratures continued above the nor
mal. Between the Coast and the Cas
cade ranges of mountains dry weather
prevailed during the entire week. Lo
cal rains occurred in a few of the
coast counties, and the weather gener
ally in this portion of the state was
cool, with considerable fog at night
and for a few hours In the early fore
noon. During the last three day3 the
fv.eajh.er was partly cloudy in the
eastern counties, and thundershowers
occurred la many places, but the pre
cipitation attending them , was too
light to be of any benefit, except over
very limited areas.
Traction Line Plans Work.
A largo force of men Is to be put to
work at once by the Willamette Valley
Traction company at the Salem end
of the Portland-Salem electric line,
with the avowed intention of complet
ing the road from Salem to Chemawa
in time for the State fair next Septem
ber. The line for this distance will
be operated with temporary equipment
and travel between Salem and the fair
grounds will be handled.