Oregon
City
Ent
SB
JEdJtIU
VOL. 32. NO. 34.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1906.
ESTABLISHED 1886.
SAFETY MEASURE FOR .
LIFE AND PROPERTY
SPECIAL WIRE FROM TELEPHONE
CENTRAL TO POWER HOUSE
WANTED.
A QUICK TURN-OFF OF CURRENT
Ringing of Gong Give Danger Signal
Council Ha Ouey Night
Six Street Sprinkling Bidt
Received.
Important nii'Murce fur tho better
protection of tho biiKlinn dlntrlct
from rim were adopted by tho Oregon
City council Wednesday night Tho
Portland (Jeneral Kleetrlc company
and tho Pacific Stale Telephone com
pany will akcd to Jointly Install a
direct wire from thu central exchange
to the power bonne urroMM tho river,
no that an operator at central by aim
ply prcHMlnit a button will hlart a gong
In tli power liotiHo which l to be thu
signal for liiHtant ahuttlng off cf tbo
power and IlKht current.
Tho necessity for such a algnal waa
made HHdly apparent a few week
ago when Jack Mulllken waa electro
ruted at thu top of a pole mar tho
MethodlMt church. It wan fully five
tnlnutmi before Chief of Police Duma
could K't an anawer to hi telephono
cull of the Kiwer In i u do when ho waa
notifylnK them of tho accident and
to nhut off the yower.
In a rae of fire along Main atreet
the iiecemdty for quick abutting off of
power Ih Imperative. I loth aide of
the street are a network of wires and
It would mean death for tho flro boys
to place ladder through thu wire
with the current on.
Tho atiKKextlou of a (pedal wire
from central to the jxiwer iiuuao, came
from Chief McKarland. It I aald
Much a wife I used at rortluml.
The other protective measure la an
Invitation to the Secretary of tho
Hoard of Fire I'nderwrttera to come
and examine the wiring In Oregon
City. Councilman Knnpp, In making
the motion to extend tho Invitation
null) he wn led to believe tho wiring
wa In violation of Insurance policies
and might occasion great Ioh.
Will Cloee Main Street.
(!. C. Field, superintendent of the
O. W. 1 V Hy. company, atnted tho
bridge or trestle work from the mill
to Canemah wa In need of repair
and asked permission to cloao the
upper end of Main street to traffic
while the repair were made, which
he Maid would lake about ten day af
ter the materlnl wa on the ground.
During repair the company would
open the park for wagon traffic be-
tween Canernah and the new road.
Matter referred to Mayor and Street
Committee with power to act.
I). Mcllenry wa granted a renew
al of hla aaloon lifeline,
Tho report of the City Recorder
howed collection of 1 1008.05 during
July.
Bid For Sprinkling.
There were alx bid for operation
of uprlnkllng cart a follow: C. 12.
Nanh, 4.25 week day and 1 4 50 Bun-
day; S. I). Harney, $4.50 a day; A.
Iloylan, $4.00 week day and $5.25
Hunday; J. F. Montgomery, $150
week day and $5.50 Sunday; Wil
liam 11 nm. (2 bld) $135 a month for
AugiiHt and 8eptemler, or will do the
work for what they can collect from
the patron, relieving tho city from
all rcHpotiKlblilty of amount or col
lection. All the bid were for Main
Htreet only. The declHlon waa left to
tho Finance Committee and the May
or, who at subsequent meeting decid
ed the Necond bid of William DroH.,
In which they operate the cart and
collect from tho patron, wa the low
cut and fairest bid for the city. Wil
liam Hro. will endeavor to secure
aupport at tho lower end of Main Htreet
and alao on the hill.
Talk of New 8tep.
C. D. Latourettu spoke In advocacy
of a renolutlon presented directing
plan and specification for steps at
Fifth street The Mayor explained
the action tuken ho far. and tho com
promise plan of an overhead crowing
half way between Fifth and 8lxth
streets with steps to both streets. The
matter wa In abeyance owing to the
absence of Engineer Hand. On mo
tion, tho City Engineer wa directed
to secure three estimate,' one for
atop at Fifth atreet, one for new
Mop at 8lxth street, and one for tho
combination atep, and to report same
at next meeting.
I'lan and specification ordered
prepared and bid were authorized for
renewal of step at Fourth atreet.
The Street Committee was directed
to ascertain whether tho Eighth street
step should be repaired or torn down,
and report by August 15th.
Ordinance and Resolution.
The Finance committee reported a
mmm last tie m
PER 101 111 SAYS
WAGES TEDDY
THAT WAS THE PAY RECEIVED
BY A HARVESTING MACHINE
EXPERT IN OREGON CITY
WEDNESDAY.
ROOSEVELT WILL NOT RUN
AGAIN FOR PRE8IDENT
HIS NO OF 1904 8TILL
MEANS NO.
Three dollar an hour Is pretty good
pay? Most of u would guess ye, yet
that ! tho figure harvesting expert
Marshall received, for five hours' work
In Oregon City Wednesday forenoon.
Thl I the buny season for Imple
ment men and expert who can set
up a binder are'worklng night and day
and there Isn't half enough to do the
work.
Mr. Bmlth, senior member of tho
Smith Hardware company can put a.
binder together In expert fashion, bull
he can't set up two several miles
apart at tho same time. That impos
sibility and the great field of golden
grain spoiling for the sickle, made the
securing of an expert for a particular
time absolutely necessary. j
Mr. Marshall 1 employed by Mitch
ell, Lewi and Btaver especially to
answer such calls, but a half-dozen
dealers were after his services for
the same time and it became a ques
tion of who paid him the most over
his regular salary.
The rest of the story Is told In the
fact that Mr. Marshall set up a Cham
pion binder for tho Smith Hardware
Co., Wednesday forenoon, and earned
$15 for five hours' work.
The binder waa bought by C. A.
Cassldy of east of town and he start
ed home with bis new machine at ex
actly 12:20 p. m.
GOODBYE, PAULINE,
NELLIE AND NETTIE
I DIE TO SAVE YOU
Peoria, 111., July 31. Tho positive
announcement from President Roose
velt that be will not be a candidate
for a third term waa made today In a
letter addressed to Mrs. L. A. Kinney, j
of Peoria, by Secretary William Loeb,
from President Roosevelt. The text of
tho letter follows:
"Oyster Bay, L. I., July 26, 1906.
Dear Madame: Your letter of recent
date ha been received and I thank
you In the president' behalf for call
ing attention to the enclosed clipping.
1 would say, however, that tho presi
dent has nothing to add to hi state
ment Issued after hi election in 1904.
Ill decision as announced at that
time is irrevocable. Yours truly,
" Wlliam Loeb,
"Secretary to the President"
This expression from the president
waa called forth by an editorial In the
Peoria Herald, a transcript of which
wan called to the attention of the pres
ident through Mr. Kinney, wife of
a prominent Peoria politician. The ed
itorial waa In the form of an appeal
to the president to accept a third
term.
tho good of others. A kind and de
voted husband, a loving and affection
ate father, with alyawg kind words
and offectlon for thern all. He never
seemed so happy as when In the bosom
of his family. Firm in his friendship,
upright and honest and Just to all
mankind, fearing God and walking
upright before all men. Patron, we
can but submit to God's omnipotent
will.
Our beloved brother entered the
service during the great rebellion from
the state of Pennsylvania and such
was bis standing for uprightness and
Integrity that he was promoted from
the ranks to be quartermaster of bis
regiment, one of the most responsi
ble positions in the service.
His work is done, but while the race
of mankind endures, let his great ex
ample stand, colossal seen of every
land, and keep the soldier firm, the
standard pure, till in all lands and
through all human story the path of
duty be the way of glory.
EDITORS ENTER INTO COMBINE.
THE 8TRANGE MESSAGE LEFT
ON A BLANK CHECK BY
CARUS SUICIDE.
COMPANY ORGANIZING
FOR MOLALLA ROAD
CITY AND COUNTY CAPITAL
SHOULD CO OPERATE IN
GREAT WORK.
A company Is being formed in thla
city to build an electric road to Mo
lalln. and articles of Incorporation
prepared.
This Is the first step toward the real
ization of a project thut would benefit
both Oregon City and the great, fertile
country to tho southwest. The lead
ing men hero and In the country rec
ognize that fact and also thut tho road
will be a paying proposition. Many
of them will subscribe liberally to the
stock while others will aid In securing
the right of way.
There are to bo no promoters pro
fits. Every cent. Invested will bo tised
exclusively for 'he construction of
the rond and attendant, necessary ex
pense. The Oregon City Board of Trndo
is pushing tho project and will iiwo
every endeavor to hurry the actual
const ruct ion of tho road. Tho men
delegated to incorporate and take
other, preliminary steps, aro of the
highest standing. They . will safe
. guard tho enterprise from prlvato exploitation.
(Continued on pago 5.)
CAPITAL INCREASED
AND NAME CHANGED
CAPACITY OF OREGON CITY PLAN
f ING MILL ENLARGED TO
MEET ORDERS.
The Oregon City Planing Mill com
puny has Increased the amount of Its
capital stock from $25,000 to $50,000
and at tho same time changed the
name of tho corporation to tho Oregon
City Mill & Lumber company. With
the Increased capital additional mach
Inery will bo purchased for increa'
lug tho capacity of the mill, which
cannot begin to supply the demand
for Its product.
Tho Increased stock has been for
the moBt part subscribed by tho pres
ent holders, who aro all local men. It
Is an Indication of their faith in this
giant young Industry and Its future.
Its growth of business has been
simply marvelous and it has orders
ahead for 2,000,000 feet of manufac
tured jumbor. Contractors in need of
building material besiege the mill
dally begging that their orders be fill
ed ahead of others. During the last
two weeks 15 carloads of manufactur
ed product have been shipped.
Stockholder' Meeting.
Tho Board of the Crown Boy Mining
& Milling Co., decided at Its last meet
ing to call a stockholder's meeting on
August the 3d, at 8 p. m., Knapp's
Hall, on some Important business.
A. KNAPP,
Secretary Pro tem.
FREE TELEPHONE SERVICE
IN CLACKAMAS AT HAND
The Pacific States Telephone com
pany wants the farmers business and
hus Btarted an active campaign to se
cure it. The company has adopted the
right plan to secure It by making a
nominal rate for central connection.
Under tho new arrangement In this
county farmers lines are given connec
tion with the Oregon City central and
free switching with all other subscrib
ers connecting with the central ex
change, for 8 1-3 cents a month. The
farmers lines build to the city limits
and the Pacific States bears tho ex
pense from there.
A representative of the company is
already meeting with great success
In presenting the new plan. Over 50
phones along the Clackamas, east from
Judge Hayes residence will be con
nected with the Oregon City exchango
within a few days, and over 100 In the
Damascus neighborhood. There Is a
local exchnngo at Damascus and from
It a trunk lino will bo erected to Ore
gon City.
Whitman County Newspapers Will
Demand Pay From Candidate.
Spokane, Wash., July 31. It has re
mained for the editors of Whitman
county to solve the problem that con
fronts editors in every political cam
paign to determine Just how much
they deserve for supporting the
"straight" party ticket and to actually
collect It Heretofore every paper in
Whitman county except one has sup
ported the Republican ticket without
deviation. This year but one editor
will support the straight ticket The
remainder have formed a trust in
which every member pledges himself
to determine individually which can
didate will be Indorsed in his editor
ials for the respective offices.
Each candidate is thus required to
pay for all the advertising he gets and
the agreement contemplates that the
regular advertising rates shall be de
manded for all campaign literature.
Longest Beard to Be Sold.
A man's beard, 14 feet long, was sold
in May at Mr. Stevens' auction rooms
in Covent garden. It is the longest
beard in the world, says the London
Mall, and was the personal property
of the late Mr. Broadhurst, who was,
because of it one of the freaks ex
hibited by Barnum & Bailey.
novation by a Bell company, and
show that the experience of that
company In the East has 6hown the
folly of not catering to the farmers
lines.
Judging from the results so far, and
from interviews during the last few
days with people from different parts
of tho county, the new plan will work
a revolution in the telephone situa
tion in Clackomas. Every section of
the county would like telephone con
nection with the county seat Wilson-;
vllle, Stafford, Hubbard and Oswego 'DATA COMPILED AT GOVERNMENT
nimnlo Viovo ovnreasort thomaplvpa ! BUREAU IN PORTLAND
pleased with the prospect and sur-
MILL OWNER CUTS HIS THROAT
Alvin Crowe Who Mysteriously Dis
appeared July 24, Found
Dead Near Hi Own
Sawmill.
With his throat cut from ear to ear,
the body of Alvin Crowe waa found
Monday afternoon within 60 yards of
his sawmill near Cams, from which
he mysteriously disappeared Tuesday
morning, July 24. The razor with
which the suicide ended his life was
found beside the body. The Indica
tions are that Crowe ended his life
soon after leaving the, mill. The cor
oner's Jury returned a vedrict of sui
cide. One large pool of blood was
found about 20 feet distant from
where the body rested behind a log.
indicating the deliberation with which
Crowe had planned self-destruction.
Crowe's checkbook was found near
the body and on the back of a blank
check was written "Good-bye dear
Nellie, Pauline and Nettie, love, I am
calmly going to sleep in Jesus. I die
to save you." This was the farewell
message to his wife and two daughters
in far off Nova Scotia. There are a
number of bloody finger prints on the
blank check, and the note was evident
ly written after he had slashed his
throat the first time.
The motive for the act Is unknown.
It is believed he was out of his mind.
He suffered a severe fall not long ago.
Crowe was about 40 years of age. He
came to this county about four months
ago and invested in the mill and 100
acres of timber land. His financial
affairs were in good shape.
The body was brought to Oregon
City and under directions from the
widow, it was 6ent to their home in
Nova Scotia.
WEATHER RECORD OF
THIRTY-FIVE AUGUSTS
FOR MANY YEARS.
prlsd at the rate offered. If the east
ern and southern sections feel the
same way, it will only be a question of
a few months until there will be prac
tically free county telephone service.
The direct benefits of such a ser
vice are too obvious to require com
ment The Oregon City exchange will soon
The Pacific States also will pay the.be in a position to handle the largo
wages of a hollo girl at any local ex
change of 150 phones that makes con
nection with tho Oregon City exchange
at the above rates of 8 1 3 cents a
month. The rental revenue in such
case will not equal tho wages of the
operator, but the company believes
the additional toll business, such as
to Portland, will more than make up
the difference.
This liberal policy is a distinct in-
increase of business that will follow
connection with the farmers lines. The
exchange will be moved across tho
street Into a large room next the Com
mercial bank, as soon as the new
switch board arrives. Tho latter will
be up-to-date In every respect embod
ing the recent improvements in tele
phone construction, including auto-
The following data, covering a pe
riod of 33 years, have been compiled
from the Weather Bureau records at
Portland. They are issued to show
the conditions that have prevailed,
during the month in question, for the
above period of years, but must not
be construed as a forecast of the
weather conditions for the coming
month.
Temperature: Mean or normal 66;
warmest August was that of 189J
with an average of 71; coldest was
that of 1899 with an average of 62";
highest temperature was 97" in -1891
on the 22d day; lowest, 43, in 1876,
on the 29th -day.
Precipitation (rain or melted snow)
Average for the month .64 inches;
A man's shady past doesn't benefit
him much in this good old summer
time. ,
DETERMINE ROUTE
SALEM ELECTRIC
CERTAINTY OF BRIDGE AT WIL
SONVILLE SETS OTHER ,
DOUBTS AT REST. ;
matic call of central by taking down avCTaSe number of da5'9 with -01 of
the receiver.
Rural Mall Boxes.
Washington. July 29. Tho order of
tho noHtnmster irenoral. effective Au-
Tho public welfare demands tho I t h pormlttlnu patrons of rural
construction of tho rond, "the sooner
tho quicker," as David Harum would
put It
Library for Mllwaukle Grange.
Arrangements have been made by
Mrs. Oetchell. lecturer of Mllwaukle
grange, to have a traveling library
from tho Oregon Library Commission.
These books aro shipped in boxes of
fifty to responsible persons or socie
ties to bo used and then exchanged
for other sots of books. The state
commission Ih very liberal and those
books aro most carefully selected.
delivery to make their own boxes or
to havo them made' to order, seems
to have boon misunderstood. Mislead
ing comments havo appeared stating
that farmers can now whittle down
their wooden boxes to niako a rural
mall post In any way they choose.
Tbo order of tho postmaster general
provides that all boxes must bo made
of galvanized sheet Iron or sheet steel
of certain specified dimensions. Wood
en boxes now in use will bo gradually
eliminated.
ASKS AMENDMENT OP
JUVENILE GOURT LAW
Resolution To That Effect Adopted by
Abernethy Grange at
Parkplace.
Park place, July 31. AberntKhy
Orange had a very pleasant and en
joyable meeting, Saturday. It passed
unanimously a resolution asking tho
legislature to so amend tho Juvenile
Court laws that tho Judge of each
county can organize such a court.
Worthy Master Clyde read the fol
lowing eulogy on the late L. W. In
gram :
God in His divine wisdom has seen
fit to remove from among us our be
loved brother Lewis W. Ingram. We
deeply mourn his loss, but our loss la
his Infinite gain, for we feel that he
has gone to a brighter and a better
world. But it seems hard to part with
so worthy and beloved a member. He
came among us in our beginning, be
ing chosen our first Master nt its or
ganization for his noble and sterling
qualities. He steered our Infant or
der off the shoals of disaster and at
the end of the first year landed us
safe on the shores of prosperity, for
which we will hold him in love and
esteem,
We miss his almost constant pres
ence, his warm and cheerful greeting,
for all. Always warm-hearted, al
ways pleasant with kindly greeting for
an inch or more, 4; greatest monthly
precipitation, 2.50 inches in 1899; least
was .00 Inches in 18S5; greatest
amount of precipitation recorded in
any 24 consecutive hours was 1.75
Inches on Sth and 9th, 1900.
Relative humidity: Average 5 a. m.,
87; average 6 p. m., 42.
Clouds and weather: Average num
ber of clear days, 17; partly cloudy
days, 8; cloudy days 6.
Wind: Prevailing winds have been
from tho northwest; average hourly
velocity is 5 miles; highest velocity
was 35 miles from the southwest on
the 10th, 1893, and from south on 31st,
1S97.
Earliest date on which first "killing"
frost occurred in antumn, October 13;
average date on which first "killing"
frost occurred in autumn, November
16; average date on which last "kill
ing" frost,, occurred in spring, March
all. The first great object find aim
in life was to make life pleasant for 17; latest date on which last "killing"
those around, putting aside self for frost occurred in spring, May 9th.
Wilsonville, Aug. 2. Another boat
load of lumber arrived here Wednes
day, and will be used in the construc
tion of the buildings to house the
bridge workmen. A 40x60 feet struc
ture will be erected. It will be the
bunk and cook house. Another new
building will he large enough to hold
5000 barrels of cement.
These substantial preparations
ought to convince the last doubting
Thomas that tho Portland-Salem elec
tric line will cross the Willamette
river here by a large steel bridge. It
ought to convince even the residents
of Butteville, who still maintain tho
electric line will cross the river at
that village. Not so, Butteville, Wil
sonville is the coming bridge metropo
lis. The selection of Wilsonville as the
place of crossing, makes more certain
the rest of the route. The new line
will follow the railroad from Salem to
Chemawa, thence to Woodburn, thence
nearly on an air line to Wilsonville.
From here the route is northwest,
crossing the Tualatin river between
Sherwood and Tualatin, thence to Tl
gardville, and on into Portland.
Bret Harte' Unconscious Prophecy.
Nearly forty years ago, Bret Harte,
in one of his contributions to the Over
land Monthly, entitled "The Ruins
of San Francisco," commenced in this
wise:
"Toward the close of the nineteenth
century the city of San Francisco
was totally destroyed by an earth
quake. 'Although the whole coast line
must have been much shaken, the ac
cident seems to have been purely lo
cal, and even the city of Oakland es