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.