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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1906.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
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WOULD HAVE ELECTRIC
COMPANY ALSO GET BUSY
CITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR DE
TAILED REPORT FROM FIRE
UNDERWRITERS.
WILL INSIST ON PROPER WIRING
Chief of Police Burns Is Instructed to
Enforce Collection of
Dog Tax.
A report from the Board of Fire
Underwriters regarding the findings
of the representatives of the Board
in their recent examination of the wir
ing of the city, especially as pertain
ing to the electric and telephone wires,
has been requested by the City Coun
cil. The motion covering this snbject
was made by Alderman Knapp at
Wednesday night's meeting of the
Council. On the showing by the rep
resentatives of the Fire Underwriters
that the wiring in business houses
and residence property was with but
few exceptions, dangerous, the proper
ty owners took immediate action and
repaired the defective wiring. But it
is generally reported thai several of
the Portland General Electric Com
pany's wires as well as the wires of
the different telephone companies are
in an unsafe and dangerous condition
and it is for the purpose of obtaining
information on this subject that the
additional report is requested.
The Council has also decided to rig
idly enforce the dog-license ordinance
and at Wednesday night's meeting
instructed Chief of Police Burns to
employ a dog-catcher, purchase tags
and proceed with the enforcement of
the ordinance. The ordinance imposes
a tax of $1.00 on male dogs and $3.00
on females and owners of dogs not
liquidating this amount with the city
at once, are not only apt to have their
dogs siezed and impounded, but un
der the construction of the ordinance
are guilty of a misdemeanor, punish
able by a fine of not to exceed $50 or
by imprisonment in the city jail not to
exceed 25 days, or by both fine and
imprisonment.
The street committee was directed
to enter into a contract with Harry
Jones for the purchase of 500 yards
of crushed rock at 75 cents per yard
for removing the rock from Washing
ton street, and $1.25 for crushing the
same. Fifty cents per yard of the
cost of removing the rock from Wash
ington street has been assumed by ad
jacent property owners and the con
tract with Mr. Jones is to remain in
effect so far as the removal of this
rock is concerned, as long as the in
terested party owners will bear the
share of the expense they have volun
tarily assumed.
Sewer District No. 5 was created and
bids were asked for constructing the
same.
The following ordinances were pre
sented: Fixing Sixth street assess
ment, for concrete culvert on Sixth,
Adams and Washington streets; and
for the issuance of bonds aggreating
$352.46 on the J. Q. Adams street im
provement. John Bittner received a warant for
$955.53, being the balance due him for
the improvement of J. Q. Adams street
between Sixth and Seventh streets and
a warrant was ordered drawn in favor
of Harry Jones for $760 as the final
payment for the Sixth street improve
ment between Railroad Avenue and
. Water streej
To the City Attorney was referred
the matter of ascertaining the rights
of the city to the continuation of Main
street North of Fourteenth street, this
part of the thoroughfare having never
been dedicated as a highway. It was
originally acquired as a right of way
by George Steele, who organized the
Oregon City-Portland electric railway
i company and built the line. The right
of way has been transferred success-
ively in the different transactions to
the present management of the prop
erty. The city made the extension of
the street and built the bridge across
the slough and the same has been used
L as a street for more than ten years.
Recorder Dimick was directed to
collect from the railway company its
share of the improvement work that
has been performed on Main street.
The matter of constructing an addition
at the main outlet of the sewer in
District No. 3 was referred to the
street committe with power to act.
Chas. Albright presented a claim
to the Council for damages for the
burning of his barn and a quantity
of hay by a. fire that started from the
city's garbage dump. The adjustment
of the claim was left to the street com
mittee and Alderman Knapp.
On motion of Logus, the Recorder
was directed to request the Portland
General Electric company to raise all
of the Main street arc light to a uni
form height of 40 feet providing the
work involved no expense to the city.
A coating of fine gravel or sand was
ordered placed on the Charman road
upon the petition of about 50 team
sters and business men of the city.
The monthly report of Recorder
Dimick showed receipts to the amount
of $1589 for the month ending Septem
ber 5.
THE COURT GRANTS
LIQUOR LICENSES
Refunds to Town of Milwaukie
Share of Road Tax Im
proving Roads.
Its
Eight hundred dollars were added
to the county's exchecquer Wednes
day when at the regular term of'the
County Commissioner's Court, Liquor
licenses for the ensuing year were
granted Casper Junker, of Sandy, and
Wjn. S. Flynn, of Wilsonville.
In the matter of road taxes collect
ed by the county within the corporate
limits of the town of, Milwaukie on
the 1905 tax roll, an order was made
by the Court directing County Clerk
Greenman to draw a warrant in favor
of the treasurer of Milwaukie for 50
per cent of the road taxes , so collected.
WTarrants were ordered drawn in
favor of C. R. Noblett and O. Town
send for $18 and $15, respectively, for
services performed as deputies under
the late Sheriff Shaver in connection
with the pursuit and capture of the
desperado Smith.
Funds were appropriated for the
improvement of a number of county
roads and a considerable quantity of
powder was ordered purchased for use
in the same work.
TIE CASHIER AND GET GOLD.
Rainier. Bank Held Up by Two Men,
Who Make Escape.
Rainier, Or., Sept. 4. While the
streets of this little hamlet were filled
with loggers and millhands enjoying
a holiday yesterday afternoon, two
bandits entered the State Bank of
Rainier, whose only occupant was P.
W. Van Aucher, the cashier, and looJ
ed the establishment of gold coin, es
timated to amount to $3100.
OREGON CITY MEN AT
IRRIGATION CONGRESS
Three of the five delegates appoint
ed by the Oregon City Board of Trade
this week attended the sessions of
the National Irrigation Congress at
Boise, Idaho. Representative-elect
Linn E. Jones and ex-Senator L. L.
Porter and John Adams were the
three. Mr. Jones was accompanied
by his wife and en route home they
will spend several days at Baker City
visiting Mrs. Jones' sister, Mrs. Louis
Levinger.
MRS. EVA EMERY DYE
PUBLISHES NEW BOOK
Mrs. Eva Emery Dye, of this city.
has received from her- publishers an
advance copy of her new book entitl
ed "McDonald, of Oregon." The pro
duction is a historical romance deal
ing with the history of the Northwest.
Mrs. Dye attained a wide reputation
as an authoress through her other
books, among them - being "McLough
lin and Old Oregon," and "The Con
quest." Orthography is now' supposed to
include several right ways, wrong
ways and any old way.
CARRIED
BAR HOTS
0I1LF
ill
WIND TRANSPORTED BURNING
WOOD GREAT DISTANCE
DANGER IN CARELESS
STARTING OF FIRES.
There is grave danger in the care
less starting of fires at this season of
the year. In the extensive burning of
slashing, farmers must exercise every
possible precaution if serious loss to
property is to be avoided. An In
stance of the danger that is always
present to adjoining property while
slashing is being burned, is reported
from the farm of W. P. Kirchem at
Logan. And had it not been for the
fact that the danger was promptly
discovered by N. N. 'Robbins, who is
living on the Kirchem property, a seri
ous loss would have resulted.
A farmer living on the north side of
the Clackamas river had started to
burn a slashing and although the
breeze was scarcely noticeable, sev-;
eral pieces of burning bark were car
ried through the air and across the
Clackamas, a distance of fully one
half mile, and while still burning, were
deposited on Mr. Kirchem's stubble
field within a few rods of the barn In
wWch was stored 40 tons of hay
while the farm residence was but a
short distance separated from the
barn. Mr. Robbins, the renter, fortu
nately discovered the burning stubble
before the fire had gained any head
way and with a little assistance soon
had the fire out.
Innumerable fire permits are being
granted daily by the County Clerk
and with the almosjt miscellaneous,
starting of these fires it is . possible
for grave damage to result to prop
erty interests. Farmers must be
doubly careful in managing these fires,
since with the exceedingly dry summer
this section has experienced, every
thing is dry as tinder and will burn
readily.
THRU" AND "THO" FOR
"THROUGH" AND "THOUGH'
Oyster Bay, Aug. 24. President
Roosevelt has indorsed the Carnegie
spelling reform movement. He is
sued order today to Public Printer
Stillings that hereafter all messages
from the President and all other docu
ments emanating from the" White
House shall be printed in accordance
with the recommendations of the spelling-reform
committee, headed by Bran
der Matthews, professor of English at
Columbia University. This committee
has published a list of 300 words in
which the spelling is reformed. This
list contains such words as "thru" and
"tho," as the spelling for "through'
and "though."
The President's official sanction of
this reform movement is regarded as
the most effective and speediest meth
od of inaugurating the new system of
spelling throughout the country. Not
only will the printed documents ema
nating from the President utilize the
reform spelling,- but his correspond
ence also will be spelled in the new
style. Secretary Loeb has sent for
the list of 300 words which have been
reformed, and upon its arrival . will
immediately order all correspondence
of the President and of the executive
force of the White House spelled In
accordance therewith. As the spell
ing reform committee shall adopt new
reforms, those will be added to the
President's list and also that of the
Public Printer.
While the order to the printer today
does not contemplate an immediate
reform in the spelling of official docu
ments from the executive departments
in Washington, it is regarded as more
than likely that the respective heads
of the departmets will fall in line with
the President's ideas and have their
official documents printedi n the new
spelling.
On June 18 last the. simplified spell
ing board made public a list of 300
simplified spellings which liad been
decided upon by the board. The Jist
is as follows:
Abridgment, accouter, accurst, ac-
knowledgent, addrest, adz, affixt, al-
PRUNES
INSTEAD OF
CARUS FARMER FINDS PRUNE
GROWING A MORE PROFIT
ABLE OCCUPATION
BIG CROP.
Wm. X. Davis, a prominent Clacka
mas county farmer residing near
Carus, has found the growing of prunes
more profitable than raising wheat
or other grain crops. For many years
Mr. Davis engaged in the growing of
wheat, but the yield gradually de
creased until the crop was practically
a failure so far as adequately com
pensating the farmer for his work. It
was then that Mr. Davis resolved to
try something else.
Accordingly Mr. Davis planted , a
20-acre prune orchard, principally
Italians with a few Petites. He soon
found that the latter variety did not
pay satisfactory returns and he re
placed them with trees of the Italian
variety. Mr. Davis says he will have
an enormous crop of prunes this year,
exceeding that of any previous year.
He says his trees are loaded to their
full capacity and the quality of the
product promises to "be above the av
erage. Mr. Davis has realized each
year more from his prunes than he did
when he raised grain.
GENERAL SUMMARY.
The past week was very dry in
all parts of the state' and rain is badly
needed to put out the forest fires and
to clear .the atmosphere of smoke
The first three days were unusually
but during the middle of the week
but during the middle of the week
cloudiness increased, and, although
no rain of consequence occurred, the
temperatures became about normal
and the atmosphere became less
smoky; these favorable conditions con
tinued during the remainder of the
week. No frosts or damaging winds
occurred.
tho, anapest, anemia, anesthesia, an
esthetic antipyrin, antitoxin, apothem,
apprize, arbor, archeology, ardor,
armor, artezian, assize, ax.
Bans, not "baans"; bark, not barque;
behavior, blest, blusht, brazen, braier,
bun, bur. .
Caliber, caliper, candor, chapt,
check, checker, chimera, civilize, clam
or, clangor, clapt, slipt, clue, coeval,
color, colter, commixt, comprest, com
prize, confest, controller, coquet, crit
icize, cropt, crost, erusht, cue, curst,
cutlas, cyclopedia, carest, (not car
ressed), catalog, catechise, center.
. Dactyl, dasht, decalog, defense, da
magog, demeanor, deposit, deprest,
develop, dieresis, dike, dipt, discust,
dispatch, distil, distrest, dolor, domi
cil, draft, dram, drest, dript, droopt,
dropt,. dulness.
Ecumenical, edile egis, enamor, en
cyclopedia, endeavor, envelop, aeo
lian, eon, epaulet, eponym, era, es
ophagus, esthetic, esthesics, estivate,
ether, etiology, exercise, exprest.
Fagot, fantasm, fantasy, fantom, fa
vor, favorite, fervor, fiber, fixt, fulfil,
fulness.
Gage, gazel, gelatin, gild, (not gilt),
gypsy, gloze, glycerin, goodby, gram,
gript.
Harbor, harken, heapt, hematin, hic
cup, hock, not hough, homeaopathy,
homonym, honor, humor, hust, hypo
tenuse. Idolize, imprest, instil.
Jail,, judgment.
Kist-
Labor, lachrimal, lapt, lasht, leapt,
legalize, license, licorice, liter, lodg
ment, lookt, loopt, luster.
Mamma, maueuver, ' materialize,
meager, medieval, meter, mist (not
missed), miter, mixt, mold, molder,
molding, moldy, molt, mullen.
Naturalize, neighbor, niter, nipt.
Ocher, odor, offense, omelet, opprest,
orthopedic. '
Paleography, paleolithic, paleonto
logy, paleozoic, paraffin, palor, parti
zan, past (not passed), patronize, -ped-
WHEAT
(Continued on page 6.)'
RAILROAD COMPANY'S
ASSESSMENT REDUCED
HOP CROP IS
LIGHTER THAN
WAS BELIEVED.
A. McConnell and Wm. S.
Flynn, of Wilsonville, were in
the city Wednesday and report
hop crop in that locality so far
as it has progressed, discloses
that the yield will be fully one
fourth below that of an aver
age crop. It was estimated
that the yield in Clackamas
county would be perhaps 10
per cent below the average
owing to the long dry season,
but the disastrous effects of
the lack of moisture at the crit
ical time in the maturity of
the crop are revealed as the
picking of the hops proceeds.
JOE GANS WINS FROM
NELSON ON FOUL
"Spider" Wins the Cakewalk and the
"Cullud Gemmen" Are
Much Elated.
In the 42d round, in the greatest
contest for the light weight cham
pionship of the world that was ever
witnessed, Referee Siler at Goldfield,
Nev., Monday afternoon awarded the
victory to Joe Gans on a deliberate
foul perpetrated by Battling Nelson,
the negro's opponent. The contest
was one of the most remarkable in
the history of pugilism.
In this city, the fight was reported
by bulletins, received at Griessen &
Cassen's saloon where such local
sports as did not go to Portland, con
greated to receive the news of the
battle. There was a considerable sum
of money wagered in this city on the
fight. Gan's victory over the Dane to
gether with the capture of first prize
by Hugh Hubanks, better known as
"Spider" of this city, at the Cakewalk
at The Oaks in connection with the
Labor Day celebration the same even
ing, has served to cause the local
colored population to very perceptibly
swell up with pride. "Spider" and his
colored friends in this city had wager
ed their all on the lanky negro and
with the combined proceeds of the
day's ventures they are living on the
best that is in the way of their favor
ite delicacies. For the present they
have scratched from the menu card
such ordinary dishes as "a stack of
hots," coffee and doughnuts, etc., and
have substituted therefor fried chick
en, pork chops and other delicacies.
i
. Auto Be Careful.
Autoist. Ran over some one as I
came down from the club; but I guess
no harm was done.
Friend. Didn't you stop to see?
Autoist. Stop, no the machine
seemed to run along all right. Boston
Transcript.
DOES NOT WANT
HIS MONEY BACK
Phil Metschan Jr., Invests in Oregon
City Property and Wishes
He Had More.
"I don't think it is necessary to wor
ry about doing anything with property
in Oregon City. Under, the splendid
conditions so apparent, property will
take care of itself."
Such is the opinion of Phil Metsch-
en Jr., of Portland, who recently be
came possessed of the Eli C. Maddock
property in this city, through a deal
by which Mr. Maddock gets the Met
schan Hotel property at Heppner, east
ern ' Oregon. '
Mr. Metschan is pleased with the
investment which he considers a good
one.
What Made Him Think of it?
"Pa!"
"Well. Johnny?".
"What does the devil look like?"
"Why, I don't know I never saw
the deviL Er, by the way, Mary, is
-your mother going to visit us .this
faiy Ex.
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION CHANG
' ES ASSESSOR NELSON'S
FIGURES.
S.P. ASSESSED AT $12,000 PER MILE
With This Exception Roll Is Approved
as Returned by the
- Assessor.
With but one exception, tho Clack
amas County Board of Equalization,
which concluded its labors Saturday
afternoon, did not alter the assess
ment of the property of the county as
reported by Assessor Nelson. The ex
ception was that of the Southern Pa
cific company, which had been assess
ed at $15,000 per mile. This assess
ment was reduced to $12,000 per mile,
but this was the only Important change
that was made to the roll, which rep
resents in the aggregate about $1,
000,000 more assessable values In the
county than did the 1905 roll.
Assessor Nelson says that on a val
uation of $12,000 per mile the South
ern Pacific company in this county
will pay taxes at the rate of $142 per
mile, as compared with from $110 to
$130 per mile in the other counties of
the state. He says the company will
pay more taxes per mile in Clackamas
county than in any other county in the
state, the next highest tax per mile
being $130. In Marion county this
railroad was assessed at $17,000 per
mile for its line, with an additional
assessment of $2,000 per mile for its
rolling stock.
The total assessable value repre
sented on the roll will closely approx
imate $10,500,000, which is slightly
more than $1,000,000 beyond that for
the year 1905.
Change Made by the Assessor. -
County Judge Dimick says the reduc
tion in the assessment of the Southern
Pacific company's line in this county,
as related in the foregoing paragraphs,
does not represent the work of the
county board of equalization which
did not altar the assessment of that
corporation's property as It was pre
sented to the board by Assessor Nel
son. Judge Dimick says the reduction
in- this assessment, which has been
credited to the equalization board, was
made in the assessor's office before
the roll was submitted to that board.
TAX LAW.
r All 1905 taxes not paid by the ev
ening of September 29 will become
delinquent.
All 1905 taxes one-half of which
have not been paid now have 16 per
cent penalty and interest added to
them.
Call at office or write for a state
ment of your taxes and same will be
promptly furnished you.
R. B. BEATIE,
3St2 Sheriff and tax Collector.
CONVICTED AND FINED
WILL APPEAL CASE
Jury Adjudges Mrs. Thresa St rack
man Guilty of Destroying
Shade Tree.
Having been found guilty of de
stroying a shade tree, the property of
another, Mrs. Thresa Strackman, , of
Oswego, was fined $30 by Justice J.
W. Van Horn, of that place, before
whom the trial was held Saturday af
ternoon. G. C. .Brownell, of this city,
appeared for the defendant who offer
ed no testimony and immediately filed
an appeal to the Corcuit Court. Dep
uty District Attorney C. Schuebel, con
ducted the prosecution, and the jury
promptly returned a verdict of guilty.
Mrs. Strackman is charged with hav
ing during the night cut down and
destroyed a shade tree, alleged to be
the property of J. W. Kohler, who was
the complaining witness.
Good Feeding.
The Thin Skeeter. Well, say, you
look like ready money. , You must be
having a prosperous season. Where
are you stopping?
The Fat Skeeter. Me? Oh, I'm
living in the back of a peek-a-boo
waist. Puck.