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City VOL. 32. NO. 41. OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1906. ESTABLISHED 1866. Enterpr BIG COMPANY'S WIRING SCORED REPORT READ AT SPECIAL MEET ING OF COUNCIL SAT URDAY NIGHT. SAYS GENERAL CONDITIONS BAD Wires Should Be Removed From Main Street or Placed Under Ground. According to a report of Manager Stone, of the Pacific Board of Under writers, read at a special meeting of the Oregon City council Saturday night, the wiring of the Portland Gen eral Electric company in this city is defective and bad. This report was made after personal investigation at the request of the council. At the time representatives of the Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific made a thorough examina tion a few weeks ago, a report was re quested as to the result of the inves tigation. The same was made, show ing the wiring of business property I and residences, with but few excep tions, to be in an unsafe condition. The defects reported to exist in a total of 96 stores and offices have been cor rected at considerable expense, the city auditing a bill amounting to $55 for the rewiring of the City hall. But the report did not touch on the condi tion of the wires of the Portland Gen eral Electric company, and a supple mentary report was demanded. This was the one read' Saturday night, and from it the following summary is tak en: "General conditions Outside in stallations, bad; inside installations, poor. "General defects Unapproved wire -and fittings, and general use of com mercial (non-standard) cord used "to carry circuits. Absence of proper pro tective devices, cutouts and switches at entrance to buildings. "Special features Poles of insuf ficient height on Main street support ing wires carrying the following cir cuits: 12,000 volts, A. C; 2200 volts, A. C; 220 volts, A. C; 110 volts, A. C; 500 volts, D. C. ' "The above circuits cross the tele graph and telephone wires at the junction of Main and Seventh streets, and are crossed by the poorly insul ated trunk of the farmers' telephone line at the same locality. "Wires carrying high voltage are strung along Main street at such a height as to prove both a hazard and a menace to firemen in the perform ance of their duties." ' In a discussion by the five council men present, Knapp, Harrington, Jus tin, Straight and Logus, and Mayor Caufield, several spoke of the menace to life and property inferred from the report. H. C. Stevens, a large prop erty owner, gave his views on the sub ject at the request of the council. He said the remedy was to require the dangerous wires put under ground. The report was referred to the com mittee on streets and public property to report at the next regular meeting of. the council. Another communication from -the Portland General Electric said the company would raise the arc lights, putting in new poles, as requested, but wanted it distinctly understood that this would be the last time it would re-arrange its wires for the convenience of Oregon City. Later, the matter of an arc light at Main and Sixth streets was brought up, and one ordered placed there when the raising of the arcs by the Portland General was done. Mihlstin Awarded Contract. A. Mihlstin was awarded the con tract for constructing the sewer in district No. 5, the neighborhood con tiguous to the Eastham school build ing. There was a total of six bidders hut the proposal of Mr. Mihlstin, $1822.55, is nearly $600 less than the offer of the next highest bidder while one of the bids is $1033 higher than that of Mr. Mihlstin. The other bids were as follows: Keating & Frainey, of Portland, $2856.95; Giebisch & Jop lin, Portland, $2640.94 ; Harry Jones, Oregon City, $2424.71 Gould & Mears, Hood River, $2551.38; George Gordon, Portland, $2774.83. "Keep Up" Your Pigs. A numerously signed petition by BY INSPECTOR Third Warders requested that the or dinance prohibiting stock from run ning at large be strictly enforced, and on motion it was so ordered. , Ordinances Passed. The following ordinances were pas sed: Sixth street assessment, provid ing for the sale of bonds on account of the J. Q. Adams street improvement and providing for the concrete boxing of the upper part of Singer creek. The application for liquor license by Astmann & Knightly was granted. FROM BRIDGE INTO THE WILLAMETTE Portland Man Threatened To Drown Himself and Troubles In River. Henry Kunciman of Portland, suf fering from the effects of a spree, made up his mind to leap from the suspension bridge into the Willam ette river at Oregon City, Monday. Fortunately for him he told some one of his intention, who put Chief of Police Burns next, and the latter nab bed Kuncman before he put his Steve Brodie act into execution, Kuncman spent the night in the city lock-up and was sober and 'repented, Tuesday, when released NAMES W. S. U'REN FOR U. S. SENATOR ARTICLE IN PORTLAND TELE GRAM SAYS HE WOULD BE STRONG CANDIDATE. A long article in the Portland Tel egram, Wednesday night, says it is noised about in political circles that W. S. U'Ren, of Oregon City, may be a candidate for the Republican pri mary, nomination for United States senator, when a successor to C. W. Fulton is chosen. The tenor of the Telegram article is one of respect to Mr. U'Ren's strength and it gives him credit for commanding strong political support as well as being strong before the people. The article says, in part: "It is nearly two years before the fight will be on for Fulton's seat, and there are many who profess to be lieve that stranger things have hap pened than that Mr. U'Ren should be found in the ring when the time comes. It is known that U'Ren is a close political ally of Jonathan Bourne, who has of late become a power in Oregon politics. Furthermore, he is identi fied with all that the old Mitchell-Matthews-Carey machine doesn't want. If U'Ren is a candidate he will doubtless go before the people on his record as an initiator of legislation vesting greater powers of popular government with the voters. He is virtually the father of the initiative and referendum to the constitution. Furthermore, the direct primary nom inating elections law is largely one of his creations, and it has become a kind of hobby with the people in its popularity. "Probably he may run on a plat form setting forth 'What I Have Done for the People of Oregon," and expect to poll a big vote on the strength of it. Should U'Ren become a candidate, he would poll, almost intact, the old Populist vote, the greater part of which appears to have slumped into' the Republican ranks. With this and the support he could expect to claim from JonathanBourne for services ren dered, the 'Initiator,' in the judgment of sage politicians, could hope to make a formidable run for a Senatorial seat." UNCLAIMED LETTER LIST. Letters remaining unclaimed in Ore gon City Post Office, September 21, 1906: Women's List. Boyd, Mrs. Winnie, Jessie, Miss France Boyd, Mrs. Winnie; Jensen, Mrs. Frances; Dodge, Miss Nettie; Forester Mrs. J. A.; Hilton, Miss Harriet; John son, Miss Katie; Kraefr, Miss Alreta; Wilson, Mrs. May. ' t Men's List. Clark, J. W.; Crescent, Fred; Hem mingway, Tom; Johnson, Richard; Myers, M. M. (2); Thomas, G. E. T. P. RANDALL, P. M. GROWING GLADSTONE WANTS CHEAP FARE PETITIONS O. W. P. & R. COMPANY FOR 5 (JENT ROUND TRIP TO OREGON CITY. A petition signed by practically every resident of Gladstone and vicinity was presented Wednesday to the officials of the Oregon Water Power & Railway company, requesting that the fare be tween that suburb and Oregon City be reduced to 5 cents for the round trip. The petitioners insist that the fare now being paid, 5 cents each way, or 4 cents when tickets are purchas ed, is out of proportion to the rates charged on other divisions of the com pany's system. The petition also asks for lower one way, round-trip and commutation rates from Gladstone to Portland. The residents of Gladstone and vi cinity feel they have right and justice back of their petition and are hopeful of the requests being granted. They say they are asking for no more than is enjoyed now by more favored towns on lines of the Oregon Water Power and Railway company. Two More Home Buyers. Gladstone continues to grow rapidly in spite of the alleged discrimination in rates. Two more home buyers pur; chased lots in the pretty suburb last week, both deals being"' made through C. A. Warren of the Gladstone Real Estate association. A. E. Thompson, of Heppner, has purchased an acre adjoining the home property of C. A. Warren, and will erect thereon a cot tage. D. C. Hiestand, one of the pro prietors of the Cascade Laundry, of this city, selected Gladstone as "a lo cation for his home, and has closed a deal with the Gladstone Real Estate association for the purchase of three acres adjoining the land transferred to Thompson. Mr. Hiestand will im prove the property and build a good home, aid become a permanent resi dent of this rapidly growing suburb. Rural Carrier Examination. Postmaster T. P. Randall has been directed to hold another examination of applicants for appointment to po sition of rural mail carrier operated from the Oregon City postoffice. The examination will be held at the post office in this city next Saturday afternoon. FREE DELIVERY SERVICE WILL START JANUARY I Free delivery of mail in Oregon City will be inaugurated on or about Jan uary 1, next. Inspector O. C. Riches of the Postoffice Department, in com pany with Postmaster Randall, care fully went over the entire city the lat- ter part of last week and found all the conditions imposed by the Government and on which the starting of this ser vice depends, such as numbering busi ness houses and residences and the posting of the names of streets, have been complied with by the residents of this city, who same time ago peti tioned for the service. Three carriers will be required to make the delivery, and an examination of applicants for these positions, which pay $50 a month for the first year, will be ordered soon. Two deliveries of mail each day is contemplated by the service that is to be provided. Other than transferring the present clerks to the civil service department of the postal service, without the formality of examination, the establishing of free delivery in this city will introduce no changes either in the personnel or compensation of the present efficient force at Uncle Sam's local mail dis tributing station. Some districts that are properly within the city's corporate limits can not be served by the mail delivery service by reason of the absence of sidewalks, but the limits of the service, as it has been decided upon, will be extended with the same promptness that delinquent property-owners sup ply these conveniences for reaching their respective places of residence. Otherwise, the only way in which they will be permitted to share in the pub lic delivery of mail will be by estab lishing boxes at the point nearest their homes and within the territory covered by the mail carirers. But the service will only be extended to such districts, no matter in what part of the city they may he located, as are supplied with established sidewalks. ' - r A total of eighteen public boxes for LIBERAL BOUNTY FOR WILD ANIMAL SCALPS CLUB AT MOLALLA WILL REWARD SLAYERS OF WOLVES . AND WILD CATS. ' Molalla, Sept. 19. Molalla has taken up the work of organizing a wolf, cou gar and wild cat club. A citizen's meeting was held Saturday. Another meeting will be held on Saturday, Sep tember 29th, at 2 o'clock p. m. Every body interested in the south half of Clackamas county is invited to attend. The boundary Hne begins at the junc tion of Pudding and Molalla rivers; thence up the Molalla river to mouth of Milk creek; thence to Mulino, and on due east to the summit of the Cas cades. A bounty of $15 is to be paid on wolf scalps, $7.50 for cougar scalps and $3.50 on wild cat scalps; all scalps to be ac companied by two witnesses to the car- cas. One dollar membership fee is paid on joining the club, which is four ad vance assessments. When the funds get too low to pay for each of the boun ties, another dollar is called for. It is expected that so many will join the club that the "death rate" of the said wild animals will only cost a trifle to each member 5 or 10 cents. Member ship roll will be circulated jn every neighborhood of the territory. Re member the date of next meeting of the club, Saturday, September 29th, at j which time the club will adopt its by- ' . effecting a permanent organize tion. ' It is thought best by many to also in clude foxes in the bounty list, also to specify that coyote pups under two months old should only receive one fifth bounty, or $3.50 for scalp, in order to .discourage the coyote industry; so this and several other foxy questions will be discussed and adjusted to the best advantage and the mutual bene fit of the club. Across Continent 35 Times. A. D. Rickey, of Wheeling, W. Va., was in Oregon City Monday to call on H. A. Galloway and family. Mr. Rickey has been a traveling man for nearly a half century, and for the last 26 years has represented the manufacturing and importing brush house of E. Clin ton & Co., of Philadelphia, his terri tory being the United States. This is Mr. Rickey's 35th trip to the Pacific Coast. rec.eption of mail will be provided, seven of which will be placed along Main street. While three carriers will be the number at the start, the force will be increased if the v work is heavier than anticipated. The business district will have a delivery the first thing in the morning, soon after seven o'clock. The territory to be served, as de cided upon by Inspector Riches, has the following boundaries, with the Wil lamette river as the boundary line on the west: From the basin easterly on South First street to Center street, norther ly on Center to First, easterly on First to Madison, northerly on . Madison to Fifth, easterly on Fifth to Jackson, northerly on Jackson to Seventh, east erly on Seventh to Molalla avenue, thence on Molalla avenue to Duane street in Elyville, and possibly to May street; retrace to Seventh street, thence easterly on Division street be tween the Oregon City claim and Holmes' Addition to a point opposite block 5 in Holmes' Addition, thence re trace to Seventh and Taylor streets, northerly on Taylor street to Marrs property, westerly to Van Buren street, thence northerly to Thirteenth, west erly to Jackson, northerly to Fifteenth, thence westerly to Madison, easterly to Twelfth, westerly to Adams, north erly to Thirteenth, westerly to Wash ington, northerly on Washington to Seventeenth, westerly on an exten sion of Main street into Green Point, northerly to Abernethy street, and westerly to the Willamette river. i Carrier for R. F. D. No. 6. x Elmer Cooper has been appointed ! carrier for rural delivery route No. 6, j which will start October 16 next. His wife, Mrs. Nellie M. Cooper, is substi tute carrier. No. 6 is the route that will supply Canemah and south toward New Era, then double back and in the afternoon the carrier will take mail to best school buildings in the county, the residents on Clackamas Heights It will be ready for occupancy by Oc and vicinity. tober 24th. G00P WEATHER FOR HOP-PICKING SAVES CROP IN CLACKAMAS Strawberries in Oregon City Market. Some of the finest strawberries rais ed this season were on sale at F. T. Barlow's grocery store Saturday. The luscious fruit was raised by A. R. Cummings at Canby, and readily brought 10 cents a box. Mr. Cum mings has some of the best strawberry beds in the county. JUDGE RYAN WILL TRY COUNTRY LIFE Judge Thomas F. Ryan is making extensive improvements on his farm near the mouth of the Clackamas river, To his residence he will add several coats of paint and a large veranda He is having three miles of fencing built around his place, and he will put 15 acres of land, in fruit trees, in cluding peaches, cherries, apples and walnuts. When these improvements are made it will be one of the finest country homes in Clackamas county, and it is Mr. Ryan's intention to make it so and occupy it as a home for him' self and family. Mr. Ryan will prob ably dispose of his residence property in this city. OREGON CITY WATER PURE AND UNDEFILED STATE HEALTH BOARD REPORTS JUALITY SHOWN BY ANA-LYSIS EXCELLENT. Dr. W. E. Carll has received a report from Dr.R. C. Yenney, secretary of the State Board of Health, in which it is found from, a recent analysis that the quality of Oregon City's filtered water supply retains its great purity, as dis closed from previous analysis. Dr. Yenney recently visited Oregon City and " obtained samples of Willamette river water and the filtered product, as supplied the residents of this city. These have been analyzed by Dr. Ralph C. Matson, bacteriologist to the state board, whose report is given herewith : "The examination of the samples of water received from Oregon City hav ing been completed, I have to report that: "No. 1, the river water unfiltered, contained colon bacilli, being evidenc ed by a reduction of neutral red in lachtose bouillion, producing therein 20 per cent gas, consisting of 1C02 and 2H. The river water filtered show ed no gas and no reduction of neutral red. Plates inoculated with samples of water varied in quantities from .05 c. c. to 1 c. c, grown at room temper ature, showed no growth, while the same growth at the incubator temper ature developed 2 colonies, nearly all of which were gas-producing bacteria. Would therefore condemn this sam ple as being unfit for drinking pur poses. "No. 2, or the filtered water, in quantities the same as No. 1, develop ed no colonies at room temperature, while at incubator, of 37 degrees C, only two colonies were found. There being no gas-producing bacteria, would say that the sample is perfectly safe for drinking purposes." LIGHT FROSTS IN OREGON. General Summary By The Weather Bureau for Week Ending Sept. 17. The opening and closing days of the "week were pleasant, and there was at this time an abundance of sunshine. During the middle of the week moder ately heavy rain occurred for four days in the western counties and light show ers fell on two days in the eastern counties. The winds during the stormy period were southerly and high in the coast counties, but in the in terior they were very moderate. The temperatures were below normal and it was especially cool during the rainy afternoons. During the clear spell at the beginning and the close of the week, the nights were also unusually I cool, and light frosts occurred in ex- posed places in the southern and east- era counties. Estacada's New Schoolhouse. The new school house being erected at Estacada is nearing completion, and when finished will be one -of the QUALITY IS FIRST CLASS AND YIELD IS ABOVE THE AVERAGE. HELPED NOT HURT BY THE RAIKS Cool Weather Prevented Mold Prune Crop Damaged Less Than Feared. J. L. Kruse, the well known farmer and Republican wheelhorse of the Willamette precinct, was in town on business Wednesday. Mr. Kruse says hoppicking in the section south and southwest of Willamette, will be fin ished this week, and everybody will be ' baling hay next week. The rain did good instead of harm. It washed the hops and the cool weather pre vented mould. In his opinion the quality of the hops was Improved by the rains, and is now excellent. Mr, Kruse does not believe in contracting his crop, and is going to be rewarded this year with the prevailing good prices. Hoppicking at the Risley yards, near Risley station, about three miles north of Oregon City, was finished early this week. Quality of the hops is first-class. The picking of Jose & Schruble's hops at Mt. Pleasant was finished this week, and the pickers will go from their yard to C. P. Andrews' where there will be about 10 days picking. The hops in that neighborhood are large and in excellent condition. The crop will be a very good one. The picking of hops in Dr. Nichols 40 acre yard near Parkplace was finish ed Wednesday evening. The hops In this yard were very large and of a fine aualitv. A hundred Dickers were em ployed to pick them. C. W. Risley of Milwaukie, who was in Oregon City Wednesday on busi ness, says the rain did no damage to the hops in northwest Clackamas. crop but the quality is first-class. Record Breaking Hop-picking. The Albany Herald of Wednesday tells of record breaking hop-picking stunts in the Porterfield yards near Independence. The wife of Deputy County Assessor Earl Fisher and her sister, Mrs. Walter Biddle, picked 18 boxes of hops last Saturday and quit work at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. This is the record for fast work thus far reported this year. The same day, Walter Huston, their brother, picked five "boxes in the afternoon. The two women often have picked from 14 to 16- boxes a day and other pickers at the Porterfield yards have equalled this record. The average Is far less than this, however. Picking at the yards in the vicinity of Independence will probably not be completed for a week. Beaten in Clackamas. The above may be the record up the river, but Clackamas county can beat it. "Nick" Blanchard on last Sunday in the Crissell yards at Wil sonville, picked 13 boxes in one day. Varied Reports on Prunes. The rains damaged the. prune crop in this county, but not nearly as much as was anticipated last week, when owners of orchards feared that from one-half to two-thirds of their crops were ruined. If helpers could be pro cured in sufficient number, the loss would be comparatively small. The Albany Herald of Wednesday says contrary to general belief, the rains did but little damage to the prune crop in Linn county. Some were cracked and mould set in, but the total amount of damaged does not include five per cent of the crop. The crop is a good one, too. All the trees are heavily laden and the prunes are of good size, running from 40s to 50s, a splendid average for a heavy yield. Pickers in Linn are plentiful, but there is lack of men for work in the dryers. ' Albany will attain greater prestige than ever this year as a prune export ing center, for Laselle Brothers ' ex pect to send out at least 100 car-loads.' Until last year only about six or seven cars a year were exported from Al- ' bany. Eighty cars were sent out last year and the number will be still fur ther increased this fall.