OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1907.
S
OREGON CITY PIONEER
OF 1844 TOO EARLY
COAST OLD SETTLERS WOULDN'T
HAVE IT THAT WAY.
IN CO08.
MORE PUBLIC PARKS NEEDED HERE
Underground Elsctrlo and Power
Wlrct Believed to ba a Matter
of Economy.
Hlil Richardson, tlin fli-ht white child
Unit miw daylight In Oregon Clly ;:i
yearn ago, anil . who worked In the
Oregon City. Tim bridal party enter
oil Hid parlor h ltd ntood before a (Imp-ory-mode-
of nword ferim, mirroundod
ty a bank of piilniH, to tliti Htralrm (if
lohoiigrln'H Wedding March, ployed
by MIhh AIIiIiih Thlbert. The brldo
wan becomingly attired In a cham
paign colored traveling milt ami car
ried white eamatloiiM. Mrs. W. It.
Robinson of Portland, Mstor In law of
the brldo wan matron of honor. Tho
groom was attended by Mr. Dalaholl
of Hali'in. A fti-r congratulations, dain
ty rcfri'HlitiiciitH were served. Mr.
and MrH. Clnipinan left on un evening
train for Portland, from there they
go to Suli-in to spend their honeymoon.
At I) o'clock ThurHtlny afternoon un
In 18!i0 and came an fur an Oregon
City, reaching there July 5, 1850, three
yearn ahead of the Iit Whltcomb. Mr.
PaUlson hlniHelf rodo on tho Iot
Whlteornb and L. K. Main wan also
a resident of Oregon City at thn time.
Social and Personal
of his Idniieci rxpcili'lici'H
the Coiih Hay country. Around Port-
Kiiterpiliui officii when It wan HrHt , jnfuir dinner was served ut the Rob
marled, was tilling yesterday of Homo jltmoii home to tho relutlvcH from out
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lloWIJ In j o'wii "ii'i i i mm ti i n, iiirjiurii
: Green, Mrn. Sarah Thompson, Mrs.
May Cook, Mra. May KobliiMon of
land. Oregon City and thn Willamette auvttnuiH; Mrs. Tllson, Sub-m; Mr.
vlhy generally a pioneer U net con- and Mrn. W. II. Robinson, Mr., and
ulih-ii-d worthy or any unumial demon- Mrn, Alex Robinson, Mr. Yniniin of
nt ration utiles IiU arrival In Oregon ' pin (land. Aiiioiik the evening giK-Htn
tiiiteiluti the early M'm. A dozen j w ore Mr, and Mrn. J. M. Marks, Mm.
yearn ago shortly after bin location Chtirlen Uluhm of Portland, Mr. and
In a promising Coon Hay tow n, he no- ! Mrn, T. II. Kendall and daughter Minn
I Iced Unit one day there wrjati mm- ,
mini crowd of people on the Ktreet,
and win told that the annual meeting j
of tin' pioneer unsocial ion Will being
held. Hit ).uw a couple of young f'l- j
town wi-iirliig badges and on Inquiry
learned Unit they were born In Coos 1
county lit lsC. Later he approached J
a group of elder men, and K-imo of.
thetn boa-iti-d of having come to Ore
gon nn early lis Is." I. When Richard
Hon tuld thetn that, he wan horn ut
Oregon City In 1st I, they aliuont turn
ed a cold hhuuhlcr on him, an I he hud
to go away buck and nit down.
One of the urgent needs of Oregon
City lit thin time In mop- public prill. n,
The city In xl'-udily growing In nop
ulatloit mid real estate valuen are ap
preciably advanclM'j;. A park site
should be M-ittn-d that will afford a
view of th city and the fiilln, A
park nit" In, that M-itlm f tlu city
l'iln!lllti!e
lllunihe, Ml:n JenHle Planck, Minn
Leah l.emtnon.
RAISED 5000 BUSHELS
GOOD POTATOES
LEGISLATURE COSTS
NEARLY $4,000,000
Halem, Feb. 23. legislature ad
journed and majority of house mem
berH gone home. Thin legislature ban
far exceeded all former Hussions In
the mutter of appropriations that foot
up to a total of 1:1,725,000, and would
have almont reached 15,000,000 mark
If pruning hook had not been applied,
The general appropriation bill wan $1,
2(7 000 and the Increane of tho total
goen for a perdu) und educational pur-
pOHCH,
TWO DEMOCRATS
GET PAT SALARY
Halem, Feb. 2;!. Will R. King, of
Ontario, and W. P. Slater of Salem,
named by Governor an wipremo court
commissioner at salary of $(",000 per
annum, Duties to coiikIhI In assist
leg Judgen f Mate Hupremo court In
thdr work. Will H. King In promi
nent In Democrat 'c clrclen and ban
run for cmigren an well an governor.
Mr, Slater In the nclon of a former
Oregon Democratic congrensman. Both
are able lawyers.
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8eeond Wedding Anniversary.
Mr. and M-ji. S. 0. CurtlH of Prome
nade Ktreet, ;ilghtfully entertained
In honor of Mr, hm Mrn. George Wood-
ward'n necond wedding annlvernaryl
Monday night. The evening panned
quickly with Interentlng games, niualc
and other amunementn, after which
a luncheon wan nerved. The guentn of
honor were ahowered with wxta wlon
en and recidved many glftn. Among
thono In attendance were, Mennrn. and
Mendamen flharlen II. tlat.en, Tl. B.
Wiwdward, F, P. Cronn, S. O. Curtln,
Mrn. Clara Jack; Mlnnen Myrtle Cronn,
Maude Woodward, Amle Woodward;
Mennrn. O. It. II. Mlllr, 8. H. Shadle,
Kverett Cronn, Itradley Woodward, L.
Cronn.
Sola Circle Social.
Sola Circle Women of Woodcraft In
a special meeting Monday afternoon
elected several candld.Jt-H, balloted
on othern and received three applica
tlonn for membership. Fifteen appli
cant will be Initiated Friday evening,
March 1. After the buninenn nenslon,
the regular monthly social will be en
Joyed. The menu Friday evening will
be prepared by the ladles whose Ini
tial letter Is 1 4. or M. and everything
appearing on the table will begin with
one of thoHO letters. Dancing and
cards furnish amusement after supper.
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
THOS F. RYAN,
ATTORNEY-AT LAW
Probate and Realty Law Practice
Specialties.
Keal Enute, Ioaurance and Loans.
.)fllee L'pstalrn, first building south
of Courthouse.
O. D. EBY,
ATTORNEY-AT LAW
Money loaned, abstracts furnished,
land titles examined, estates settled,
general law business transacted.
Over Bank of Oregon City.
GEORGE C. BROWNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Phone: Main 521 Office in Caufield Bldg., Main and Eighth Sts.
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,C. SCIIUEBEL
GEORGE H. DROWN FIRST LOCAL
GROWER TO GRADE
PhODUCT.
HIS
a
mii:ht be !. eiii i-'l at
price no-, but a few yenrn later, It.,
limy tin lienui Un- reiich of t!ie city.
Aibbi from t'.;e e.i.iifoit of mote purbn j
to local people, they would iiff.ild co;- i
Velilelit H-iililig pl.iei-i for liMII il'- l I ;
of n.uvr. l.leii( i tliat here daily
ilurltig I ho Huni:i!i - iinmil.". nnd wonbl ,
add t thn att: iii'tlveu 'in of the city, i
It I t .'iiei'ted t,y I';, use 111 position ;
to l.liosv tb.it t'e- plaeltlg of elertlic,
ttdepliiitic and tel-;rapli wires In un- ;
di'igi'oiiud coinluitK, Is ii -ally a matter'
of economy to tie- companion Wiling 1
the wire. It co.t much less for re-,
palm, and It materially cn'n down the
number of pules to In' replaced. If I
the underground ordinance In panned ,
at the iiet regular meeting of the j
council. In due course of i lino there
will lie no poles left standing except I
those that support the trolley wires
and those will have to be painted.
i".eori' II, I'.rown tb' potato king
of Chiekuiiia.t county and the lint
grower In thin notion that tried tie-
plan of grading hln inncrs lor tno
San FiancUeo market wan In Or goti
City Friday, from New F.ni. lb' grew j
fesm Nlickn of potatoi-s olT i acren of j
land during, the past reason, and sn
fur has nold only a part of bin crop, j
IIU returns will probably reaeh the
i'tiiim marl; from the l"i acres of po
tatoes.
WILL DEFY LAW
BEES IT
i IS SAID
WANTS TO BE DESPERADO
JESSE JAMES VARIETY.
OF
Coy is Only 14 Years Old Eut is Said
to Ce Hiding on West Side
From His Parents.
I A 1
yearn ago
Mr.
Cwynr.e Green, with hl.n mind full of
all sortn of tho ko called bravo deeds
of J.- e James, anil Diamond Dick
heroes, loaded down with his father's
revolver and several boxes of amunl
tle,n, roaming around in ne hills of
the UYt Side i trlct from the Sun-
nensl ,n iirig! n U'.e kciiooi nouse ani
trovers in u suiaii way. i.cuk-ib ;K,.n.r8lJv creating a reign of terror
San Franclseii have customers for j , , Ihl, s, ,,,, . ()f w.,lsaton on rocord
smail potatoes us well an large ones. 1 . . , ,
Young Green In a lad of H years
and ban been missing from bin home
for several days. His latest escapad
es are due to tho fact that he doesn't
Marriage Licenses.
Marriage licenses were In demand
on the 25th, and three were granted.
One to lima Single and H. L. Angelo;
one to Ilarbara Barrett and O. M.
Simlngton, and another to Nettie A.
Harbour and W, R. Kemp, the latter
being accompanied by a note from his
mother, Mrs. S. A. Kempt of Wood
burn, granting her consent to the
union. The Rev. P. K. Hammond unit
ed O. M. Simlngton and Ilarbara Bar
rett in marriage the same afternoon.
S. O'RKN
U'REN & SCHUEBEL
ATTORNRYS-AT-LAW DEUTSCIIER ADVOKAT
Will r ractice in all courts, make collections and settlements of estates. Furninh
abstracts of title, lend you money on first mortgage. Office in ENTERPRISE
Etiilding, Oregon City, Oregon.
J. E. HEDCES
HEDGES & GRIFFITH
LAWYERS
F. T. CRIFFITH
Rooms 10-13 "Weinhard Building, opposite Court Hous
Keul Kntate,
Loarm, Insurance
H. E. CROSS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Main Street,
OREGON CITY
Urnwn tried
the plan of grading bin potatoes fur
tl.e Sail Francisco market, which re
sulted In bis brand receiving ft few
ei tit t more per hundred than the nv-'
i-'io-e Kirks of the product relit Into;
that market. Ills plan has since been1
followed to n limited extent by other!
I
and It hi deidn d that the sacks be filled
with spuds of a uniform size It ina'
ti i s not what the nlze may be.
MAY PORM STATE
LOCAL MILITIA CO.
Again in-!,f kii- they will be with
us - t'ie entre push-the I'hicl.iimun
county members of the legislature,
the coiniultti e clerks and the lobby-
want to go to schcml nnd when his
father told him he must attend regu
larly he took a skip nnd began his tac-
tics. He ban since been roaming
A petition In being circulated around j around through tho hills of tho 'Went
urn. ,m ili.i Iiiiultoiuu nioM of Ororotl !.!, niiil oil ell times biw lielil un some
Cltv ankiiii' for their sunnort in or-! neonle for tobacco and matches. Atl
ganllng a company of Infantry for the 'other tlme3 ho would show up at the
Nelson-Ahlberg Wedding.
County Judge Grant H. Dlrnick unit
ed in niarriaco Hannah S. Nelson and
Olof Ahibcrg, Saturday morning at
S::;o In the county court room, as soon
an the marriage license had been is
sued. The bride Is a resident of thin
county and owns a large farm In the
Sandy district. The groom is a busi
ness man of Siattle. County Deputy
clerk Mrs. Sleight and Judge Thomas
F. Ryan were witnesses to the cere
mony, g
A large number or people attended
the entertainment atMt. Pleasant Fri
day evening in celebration of Wash
ington's birthday. The program wan
rendered in a very phasing manner
and the farce "Who's who or All In a
Fog." In one act was well received.
Miss Carrie Seeley of Oregon City,
recited very effectively and little
Jnaniia Dixon raptured the attention
and praises of the audience with sever
al pleasing recitations. A social time
and supper were held after the pro
gram. '
A SAVING SCHEME
Try to deceive yourseU into the belief that you
are owing this bank a large sum of money and
that you are required to make weekly or monthly
payments. When these payments have been
made for some time and you have accumulated
a good bank account you will pardon yourself for
the self-deception. o to j,
j The Bank of Oregon City
Oregon National guard, with bend
quarters In this city. Several names
IhIs. If we have been lonesome dur-have already been secured on the po
lug their absence, we were consoled
by the fact that they were striving to
do something for their county. It is
a notienbln fact that there are fewer
committee clerks und state bouse at
taches from Chickainim county than
formerly. When George C. llrmvnell
was a senate leader and made and un
made Cnlted tSaten senators, a small
army of Clackamas county people had
Jobs during the sensions of the legln
lature, mid some of thetn remained
around the stale bouse after the nen
nlotm were over. Clackamas county
people could be found in every part of
the capltol building from the basement
to the rotunda,
CLYVILLC BREVITIES
The Hlblo clasn or the Mountain
View church met with Mrn. It. M. C.
Drown Thursday afternoon, their reg
ular meeting day.
Spring work in trimming and spray
ing trees, garden making mut house
cleaning luin begun. Every ono la
busy.
Now RbVew'Mks are helng laid In
thin iielghAiorhood which add much to
the comfort and attractiveness of tho
jdfu'e, Molalla nvonuo la partly done
Und lumber on tho ground nnd a start
made on Pleasant avenue.
til Ion nnd it Is thought that the move
ment will receive a strong backing.
A second petition will be passed
around among tho young men of the
city who wish to become members of
the company. As the bill for the ap
propriation of $ 1 00,(100 for the beuelit
of the Oregon National Guard has
passed the house and the senate, those
Interested in the movement think It
bent to get to work on the movement.
SIXTEEN SUCCEEDED
AT TEACHERS' EXAM
County School Superintendent .in
sit reports the following as the suc
cessful candidates for county papers
h the recent teachers' examination:
First Grndo John F. Dressier, Lib
play grounds of the school and enjoy
himself with hln former schoolmates
and tell them of his daring deeds out
In the open wilds. Where he stays at
night has nit been learned but some
of the missing lunches of men who are
einployodjiit tho mills testify to the
fact that the lad Is finding something
to keep body and soul together.
Ills father, Clay Green, felt anxious
about him Friday and persuaded some
(if the boys' chums to look for tho
young "make believe" desperado. The
boys found their man but were not al
lowed to advance any nearer the hid
ing place or fortress, and when they
insisted on talking to him and asking
him to return. Green fired two shots
at the band. No casualties resulted
however hut In the afternoon the
county officials were notified and a
search was nindo for the lad Satur
day morning. Ills whereabouts are
not know a although It is reported that
Mrs. Martha Shepherd, the ost
m 1st ress at Harlow, was given a sur
prise Friday night by a large company
friends. The party was held in
range hall and was partieipated in by
nearly everybody In the Rarlow neigh
borhood. Mrs. Shepherd is very pop
ular and it is said that she has a life
lease on the office of postmistress at
Harlow.
The young people's social rlub of
the Haptlst churrh. a recently organiz
ed club, celebrated Washington's birth
day Friday evening at the church par
lors, inviting a few friends to Join in
their pleasure. Oranges and randy
were served and a short impromptu
program enjoyed.
Willamette RcbekaUs had a grand
attendance at the dinner given for the
members of that order Friday evening.
There are perhaps 200 members and
about 150 were present to partake of
what Is pronounced by one who was
thero as a "perfectly splendid" chick
en dinner,
IS Id MSB HI)
llnn V. Guns, Mabel Kennedy, Mildred a young fellow about Green' nfSe was
Chapman-Robinson Wedding
A pretty homo wedding occurred
Thursday evening, February 21, at
7 o'clock at the residence of Mr, and
Mrs. Franklin Robinson, 709 Sixth
Ktreet. when their (laughter Miss Grace
V. Robinson became tho wll'o of Ern
est C. Chapman, Tho ceremony was
Ruogg F.isort, Kunlee Garfield, T. J.
Sklrvltb
Soooml Grade (1 Pearl Voder. IHrd
le h. Hlair, Alice Hill. IT. K. Kenngy,
I.ouh l.enunon, Ednu King Kade, Her
bert Parsons, Pearl Curtilage, nnd
Ellen Hrobst.
Third Graile-HHtlle", A. Fisher.
HRST STEAMER TO
REACH PALLS HERE
The name of the first steamboat
that, came up tho Willamette river Is
again being discussed. The Oregon-
inn says that tho first steamer to come
up the Willamette and Columbia was acquaintances that ho was armed for
seen Saturday noon smoking a pipe
across the river and generally taking
things in a cool manner.
Young Green intends to carry out
his program and It Is learned that he
does not intend to be captured and be
made to return to his home. He is
saving nmunltion for tho officers
whom ho thinks will look for htm and
the last shell in his gun will he kept
for himself In caso ho thinks capture
stares him in the face.
Tho complaint for the arrest of
young Green was sworn out by Mr.
Burden of the West Side, whose son
was shot at by the Greon boy. Young
Green is said to have told one of his
The entertainment at Twilight hall.
Friday evening, was a success in every
way. The program was well rendered
and the address by Judge Dlmlek was
highly appreciated by tho audience.
The quilt was rallied off and Mrs.
Edith Reese of Newbcrg proved to
have held the' lucky number.
the officers,
himself.
the Lot Whltcomb, Tho Albany Dem
ocrat takes up tho matter in tho fol
lowing wily, and says:
Mr. C. Pattlson of Oakvlllo says tho
nei formed by Rev. II. II. Robins, pas- Columbia built at Astoria was tho first
tor of the First Baptist church of boat to make tho up trip. It was built I Friday.
and had one bullet for
Mrs. R. L. Rlngo of Clarkes visited
her sister-ln-lnw, Mrs. 0. W. Grace,
Mrs, Peter Wink returned Saturday
to her home in New Era after six
weoljs spent with Mrs. G W. Grace
here. Mrs. Wink has entirely recov
ered from an operation undergone sev
eral weeks ago.
There are several persons search
ing every corner of this county for
largo draft horses. Some sales report
ed lately have brought from $100 to
$800 per team.
Pine Salve Carbollzed, acts like a
poultice; highly antlsceptlc, exten--dvely
used lor Eczema, for chapped
;iands and lips, cuts, burns. Sold by
Huntley Bros." Drug Store.
If not don't delay, but get it wired at once.
The wires put you in touch with a world of com
fort that the dweller in a wireless house can never
appreciate. Good light alone is sufficient reason for
having it wired, but there are many other reasons.
When you hai e electric connection you will find a
dozen uses for the current, all contributing so much
to the pleasure of living that you'll wonder how
you ever did without them.
At odd times you'll pick up little electric de
vices, rendering one service or another economical
ly and quickly, and presently you'll be living in an
electric home, amid greater comforts and conven
iences than you ever dreamed ofs
Get Yout House Wited at Once
PORTLAND RAILWAY
LIGHT & POWER CO.
C.G. MILLER, Contract Manager
FOR OREGON CITY
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