OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1907.
INSTALLING
NEW PHONES
Business Houses Supplied
First Only Four Num
bers on Party Lines
HOME COMPANY GROWS
CHARTERS VICTORS
AT BASKET BALL
In the game of basket bull played
Tuesday afternoon at tho Barclay
school gymnasium between two of
tho East ham school teams, the Char
ters team defeated tho Roos aggrega
tion by a score of 6 to 10. Doth sides
played a good game, Brown was the
star player for Charter while Roos,
Vonderahe and Scripture played tho
most of the game for the losers. M.
C. McKee acted as umpire and time
keeper. Lineup of the team:
Roos Charters
Vonderahe Forward Drown
Roos Forward Caufleld
Scripture Center Andrews
Betzel Guard Charters
Welsh Guard Howell
GROCERY DELIVERY
TEAM RUNS AWAY
TEARS DOWN STREET AND COL
LIDES WITH HORSE AND
BUGGY.
Beaver Creek Mutual and New Era
and Canby Systems Will Connect
With New Company Ex-
! change.
The Taciflc Telephone and Tele
graph company is making good pro
gress in modernizing their system in
Oregon City, and when completed this
town will have one of the most up-to-date
exchanges In the state. A force
of five experts arrived Monday from
Tortland and are installing the new
phones under the supervision of L.
L. Fhillips, who installed the new
switchboards.
The new phones are much smaller
than the old ones as no batteries are
used on them, the ringing power be
ing furnished by the central energy
system, all the power being generated
at the central office. It is unneces
sary to ring for central, merely taking
down the receiver and telling the girl
that she Is wanted.
The new phones will be Installed on that was standing in front of the
the new wires that were strung by store. The top of the buggy was com
' the rewiring men last summer. There Ipletely demolished, but the driver,
will only be four phones on the newja Crawl, who was in the rig, ea
party lines whereas under the old caped unhurt. He was hurled out of
system there were often twice that the front of the buggy by impact of
number. The numbers will be altered the collision. One of the horses of the
The Rochdale Co-operative com
pany's delivery team became fright
ened about ten o'clock Wednesday
morning near the flour mill and ran
down Main street at a terrific pace.
The Oregon City Ice & Cold Storage
company's wagon lay In the path of
the runaways and but for tho prompt
ness of the driver, Oscar Smith, the
affair might have terminated more se
riously. Smith saw his danger and
quickly turned his wagon out Into the
street.
The runaways ran from the flour
mills tJ Brightbill's grocery, where
they collided with a horse and buggy
WORK ON TROLLEY
AT WILSON VI LLE
Wllsoiivillo, April 8. -Work on the
right of way here began liv earnest
this week and the grade will soon
show up at the end of tho trestle on
the Wllsonvllle side of the Willam
ette. Men and teams are in great de
mand at good prices.
The lower floor of the A. 0. U. W.
hall Is being fitted up for business
rooms, as house room la at a pre
mium here. The lower floor of tho
M. B. A. hall Is already In use at a fair
rental.
La grippe Is prevalent In this com
munity. Among the ailing are J.
Stnnglo, Jasper Seely, Mrs. Stephens,
Ernest Seely, Mrs. Shaver and sev
eral others who aro not 111 enough to
call in a physician.
Mrs. Capt. W. P. Short and sister.
Mrs. Howard of Tortland, are visit
ing relatives here. Miss Mabel Seely
and Sherman Seely spent Saturday
and Sunday at their homes.
Louis Hasslebrlnk, sons and daugh
ters, are preparing to have a new
home In the near future.
Dr. Sommers and Father Htllebrnnd
ot Oregon City, were called to attend
Mr. Stangle this week when he was
so seriously 111.
The dance at Sherwood Saturday
evening was very largely attended by
Wllsonvtlleites.
School will close May 24.
V, A. Keith has rented the Captain
HnuiHOtt farm.
Kev. J. W, Exon preached In Rev.
Mel'herson'a place, who failed to keep
his appointment on account of tho
storm and high water.
A. J. Morrison has sold his house
and two lots In Portland.
C. K Seward Is In Portland this
week.
the water goes down and tho mud set
tles so he can And the road once
more,
a little after the installation of the
new phones, so the company will not
Issue new directories till after the
change is made.
The new phones are being installed
at the rate of about forty a day, the
business phones being the first to be
put in.
The Home Telephone company Is
not sleeping either. At a meeting of
the board of directors of the Molalla
and Beaver Creek Mutual Telephone
company held Monday afternoon It
was decided that they would connect
with the Oregon City exchange of the
Home 'company for a period of five
years. There are quite a number of
phones on this line and this will en
able the patrons of that line to hold
communication with all parts of the
county. The New Era and Canby line
also voted to unite with the Home
company. With the addition of these
two important lines to its system, the
Home Telephone company will have
phones in all parts of the county.
co-operative store managed to get Its
feet entangled In the wheels of the
buggy, but was not hurt The other
horses also escaped uninjured.
TO QUIET TITLE.
The Eastern Investment company
of Portland has brought suit against
John M. Flynn to quiet title. The
plaintiff claims it is owner of the w
half of ne, the se of nw, and ne of
sw, all in sec. 14, t 2s. r G e, and fur
ther says that the defendant claims
some right, title or interest in said
land. The company wants him to show
what that interest is. if any, and to
nave court declare plaintiff absolute
owner In fee simple of the property.
SEEDING RETARDED
AT MARKS PRAIRIE
Marks Pra'.r.e, April 8. More rain
has fallen the last week than any
week during the winter.
Farmers are getting the blues as
the wet weather will make spring
seeding very late.
Mrs. Jesse is very low and her re
covery is not looked for. Her son
John Jesse has been with her the last
week at Joe Johnson's.
The wedding anlversary of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Kerr was celebrated last
week by a social dance. Several use
ful presents were given by Mrs. Ed
Miller, Mrs. Henry Wolfer and Mrs.
J. D. Ritter. The music was furnish
ed by Oglesby brothers' orchestra.
Henry Kraes has had a siege of the
grip.
OREGONIANS FIND
CANADA TOO COLD
Viola, April 9. -Joe LaCroy Is hew
ing timbers for a largo new barn.
Rev. Patton was on the sick list
last week.
Will Bonney Is making good use of
the high water to float logs to his
will.
The meetings at the Methodist
church are creating quite an Interest.
Capt. C. O. Branson Is the evangelist.
Capt. Branson was here two years
ago and received a hearty welcome on
his return.
Miss Shibley of Springwatr-r was
in Viola, Thursday.
Miss Christina Hamilton, who is
teaching school at Logan, spent Sun
day with her parents.
Rev. Exon of Dover called on Rev.
Patton and Rev. Branson one day
last week.
Messrs. Craft and Scott of Pleasant
Home have moved to their new borne
at Viola.
Slr. Bt'irsdorfer from Ohio has
moved onto the Blanton place.
The following Is a portion of a let
ter received last week by Rev. Patton
from Messrs. Carlson and Benson,
who left here last summer to go to
Alberta:
"I want to tell you how we like It
in Alberta. Well we don't like It, at
all. I think one winter here will do
for us. We will go back to the U. S.
as soon as the snow goes off. We
have been snowed In now for five
months. There came three feet of
snow on the first of November and it
lies on trie ground yet. The thermom
eter stood around 54 degrees below
GRAIN LOOKS WELL
AROUND STAFFORD
Stafford, April 9.-Tbo gentle rain
continues to descend. A flue time
for ducks and other webfeet. For 24
days now It has rained more or less,
generally more, but we console our
selves by saying, bitter now than In
harvest time, and there will surely
be a harvest as some farmers havo
got In fall grain which Is looking
passably well, therefore the average
Staffordlte gets wood, does odd Jobs
and whistles dull care away.
The sick: Znck and Fred Elleg
sen, Mr. Powell. Mr. Cage, Mr. Tlodo
nian's mother, Mr. Woodhouso and
others as far as heard from are com
fortably better.
Mr. tinge's son John who has been
very 111 at his home In St. Helens was
able to sit up a little when last heard
from.
Mrs. Howard. Mr. Gage's daughter,
lust her Infant of four months after a
sickness of ten days with what Is sup
posed to have been spinal meningitis.
Mrs. Barnes' relatives and friends
gave her a surprise party Saturday
evening In honor of her 53d birthday.
Muny and beautiful were the presents
brought to her and 25 sat down to an
excellent oyster supper with tables
loaded with the good things of a pic
nic surprise party.
Easter passed off quietly, and my
wife cooked so many 20 cent eggs that
I was unable to think of Items for
the paper last week; In fact every
thing was so sodden with Oregon mist
that nothing of interest happened.
CLARKES.
We had a heavy wind, snow and
hall storm at Clarke, Friday noon,
F.lmer Lee will plow up his hop
yard, ".llti has taken down The wlro
anil will take out tho posts.
W. 0. Klelnsmlth Is going to Port
land to help finish his brother's new
house.
O. S, Martin Is working on tun Col
umbia. A, Scherruble Is at home now, lie
Is Improving his father's farm,
George Schlewe Is homo from I'lx
brother's sawmill and Is 111,
Mrs, 11. North from Highland was
taken to Portland to the hospital and
lied. She was burled at Clarkes last
iVaturdny.
8. Elmer Is building a new post
fence.
Mr. Clark from Colton bus moved
to bis new home war Oregon City.
Mr. Haog bus sold one of his horses
to Mr, Boul.
MORE CONTRACTS
FOR HOME COMPANY
The Home Telephone company Is
still growing. Besides the contracts
made Monday with the Molnlluft Beav
er Creek Mutual and tho New Era ft
Canby Mutual Telephone companion,
tho Home has signed M contract with
the Clear Creek Mutual Telephone
company. With tho Molalla exchongo
on tho local board, tho Homo com
pany has added about two hundred
now subset Ibers to their lint. Tbo
Molullu lino embraces all of Beaver
Creek, Marquam and Needy besides
Molalla, The Home company now lias
j phones III ail pari oi mo coitiuy bouiii
of the Clackamas river.
SUIT FOR PARTITION.
Florence Lamour, by her attorneys,
TJ'Ren & Schuebel, has brought suit
against Melvin Kiise and fifteen other
persons who together with the plain
tiff are owners in fee simple as ten
ants in common of 1'iG acres of land
in t 5 s, r 2 e, for sale of said lands
and partition o proceeds. The six
teen parties to the sun are the child
ren and grandchildren and heirs of
Henry Klise, deceased.
Mrs. John Jesse attended the con-j zero through December and January
vention of L. O. T. M. at Portland last j We live 20 miles from town. There
week. She was a delegate from Macks-; are no roads or fences to be seen.
burg hive of Maccabees.
' Tt.lhtnn on,,,,. Ai.vnpo a olr.lth 1rtkri ft t
once. We have had two snow storms
every month so there Is always loose
snow flying. We do not dare attempt
to make a trip to town for fear of
getting lost.
"We ran out of hay a month ago and
there Is none to be had. Our horses
have to paw through the snow to
reach the old grass. We have some
her there always. Miss Ritter Is onejoats so we tning we win save our
of the county's best teachers. horses.
Grandma Hasey is in good health "The soil here is good, but it Is
although In the eighties. She is re ! broken up with ponds of water and
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Campou were
visiting at Oglesby's Sunday.
Albert Gribble will build a large
barn as soon as the weather permits.
J. D. Ritter will build a, hop house
this spring.
Miss Alice Ritter will teach the
spring term of school at Logan. It
seems that district is going to, keep.
8HUBEL.
A number of young people attend
ed tho basket social at Clarkes Friday
night.
George Ktrhysnn was home a few
days last week, but has returned to
the logging ramp on the Columbia.
Our enterprising mall carrier, D.
A. Moehnke, Is going Into the poultry
business on quite an extensive scale.
Mm. E. F. Glntber I visiting rela
tives In the city during the week.
C. Schuebel, one of Oregon City's
piscatorial experts, explored several
brooks hero during the lout week, but
the wily trout seems to bp onto bis
game, and the majority refused to bo
coaxed out of their biding places.
Remember the entertainment and
pie social at the Highland schmd
house, Saturday night, April 11.
BARREN CASE DISMISSED.
The llarron case, which was to hv
been tried In the Justice court Tues
day morning was dismissed by Pros
ecuting Attorney Eby on account of
lack of convicting evidence by th
stale, Barren I tbo man who wa
arrested on complaint of Deputy FIsU
Warden John Green for having trout
In bis possession 'luring tbo clornv
season.
DOG POISONER AT
RUSSELVILLE BUSY
Russellville, April 9. Our school
opened April 8th, with Miss Oberst
as teacher.
Amos Johnson bad a stroke of par
alysis last week, which left him unable
to speak, but he Is recovering some
what now.
M. S. Trullinger has been very low
with loart trouble and dropsy, but
is better now under tho care of Dr.
Powell of Molalla.
Russellville Is to have In tho near
future another phone line to Molalla.
We hear complaining of tho con
tinued rain, but wo should romember
tho dry weather we had last year,
and think It's all for the best.
Spring seems to be lingering In tho
lap of winter, although the blue birds
and robins are here, and the dog poi
soner abroad In the land. Some un-.
scrupulous, contemptible specimen of
humanity had the temerity to put poi
son on a dead carcass and succeeded
In poisoning O. K. Wlngfleld's fine
shepherd dog. Surely he did not do
as he would wish to be done by. "By
their fruits shall ye know them."
LITTLE GIRL DIES
OF APPENDICITIS
Aurora, April 8. Sorrow was
brought to the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Groshnng of Beaver I-ake, April
3. when death came to claim their
olilest child and only daughter, lieau-
lah Lurena. to lake her to her Heav
enly home, where sorrow and parting
never come, but where happiness and
gladnesH never decreases nor ends.
Beulah died at St. Vincents hospi
tal. Portland, where she bad been tak
en for treatment of a severe attack of
appendicitis. She was born at Mud
dy, Wasco county, Oregon, and was In
her eighth year. Sim leaves father,
MAJOR MAY MEETS
MILITIA MEMBERS
THIRTY PROSPECTIVE GUARDS
MEN AT ARMORY HALL MEET
ING TUESDAY NIGHT.
Owing to the numerous other at
tractions In and out of the city, tie?
number of young men that attended
the meeting In tho Armory hall Tus
duy evening was not as largf as wait
expected, about thirty being present.
Major May of tbo Third Regiment.
Oregon National Guard, explained tho
duties of one who Joined that organiza
tion. The Major also told of tho
change from being under the control
of tho stato to that of the United
States, thus making the guardsman a
part of the nation's army. All who
have signed the petitions for member
ship have agreed to secure as many
recruits as possible.
The Major wu well pleased wlttt
tho men present ami expressed hi
belief that If all were as tine looking.
Oregon City could well b proud of
her company.
NEW
SHINGLE MILL
READY TO START
Grape Growing in Oregon.
Salem Statesman: A. H Carson,
horticultural commissioned from tho
third district of Oregon, has fifty acre
of Flame Tokay grae vines on hi
mother and three little brothers to J pine near the town of Grants Pass
mourn her death. Funeral services i hlc-h ore In bearing and ha return
were held at Scott's Mills, Friday af- d him over Hi per cent n an Invrst-
ternoon at 3 o'clock. , mem or i'.p,oimi, and he is planting-
twenty live more acres of the same
variety. In t So.1 bo reulled a net
Income of $I.2S per crate for hi
gropes and bis crop brings him from
2.". to :i,1 per cent more in the Portland
market than the price paid for thft
Californlu product, He says that fiv
years ago the Portland dealers refused
to handle his grapes unless be re
moved his label from ihe boxes, but.
now they are only too glad to get ten
times the amount be Is side to fur
nish, even If the Isixes ore completely
covered with bis labels, Mr. Carson
believes (hot Oregon will surely be-
INJURED BY TRAP
SET FOR OTHERS
Archie Pierce, !hn Falls View florist,
met with a peculiar experience the
other evening. Mr. Pierce has been
troubled for some time by tho noctur
nal visits of some mysterious prowler
which left the flower beds very badly
torn up as a souvenir of Its visit, He :
therefore tried to devise some snare
by means of which the Intruder could ,eome a great grape country and thrt
crop will return thousands of dollar
CROSS-EXAMINING HERMANN.
siding with her grandson, Eph James,
at Paradise city.
George Oglesby and sons have been
cleaning up the old orchard of D. M.
Giesy, the last week.
Special to Dally Star.
Washington, D. C, April 9. The
cross examination of Binger Hermann
began at 1:35 o'clock this afternoon.
The prosecution Is asking him about
land taken up by his relatives while
he was commissioner. . The district
attorney has offered in evidence three
patents Issued to Hermann's son while
the father was a commissioner.
UNCLAIMED LETTERS.
Letters remaining uncalled for in
the Oregon City postoffice Jtr the
I week ending April 9:
Woman's List James, Miss Grace;
Reed, Airs. Christina; Williams, Mrs.
Mae.
Men's List James, Simon; King,
Geo.; Kvas, Yose; McHugh, Peter J.,
(2); Simons, John.
Brown-Hoffman.
Miss Lena Hoffman and Frank
Brown of Logan were married in the
parlors of the Electric Hotel at high
noon, Tuesday, April 9, Justice Livy
Stipp performing the ceremony. After
a wedding breakfast at the hotel,
where covers were laid for fifteen, the
happy couple left for Portland where
they will make their home.
Miss Marie Hosey was In Portland
visiting friends the first of the week.
C. T. Myers, who was ranging a
band of 200 goats in the Jarvals Gulch
a few miles south of Ashland, near the
line of the National Forest, when the
heavy rains of last week came on and
caused landslides on the hills there,
had the ill luck to lose about 36 of the
band. Most of the animals that were
lost were buried in the muck and
could not be extricated.
A country paper tells of two little
boys who asked their mother if they
might play store In the dining room.
"Yes," she replied, "If you don't make
much noise." "We'll be quiet about
it, mom," said one. "We'll be store
keepers that don't advertise."
rocky ridges. In spots the soil Is
very shallow, so It is hard to culti
vate In extensive farming. The coun
try Is subject to drouths and crops are
uncertain. Frosts are often very dis
astrous. While there may be a good
crop In one locality, there will probab
ly be a failure close by.
"Farm products and land are very
cheap. Practically the whole country
is for sale. So unless land Is very
favorably located It Is a poor invest
ment. "All good homesteads are far away
from transportation. Hence they are
poor Investments if a person expects
to prove up for speculation.
"We have not seen a chance to
earn a dollar since we arrived."
DOVER HAS ANOTHER
MONTH'S SCHOOL
Dover, April 9. Mrs. Fitzgerald has
been quite HI.
Mrs. J. W. Exon Is recovering from
a severe attack of the grip.
Grandpa New has been quite 111.
He Is Btaylng with his daughter, Mrs,
William Roberts. .,,
Dover school district haB money
enough for another month' school.
Colton, April 9. Early planted po
tatoes afloat; dust all settled nicely;
wells all full clear to tho bottom and
everything booming In our town es
pecially the streams.
Nelson Mass and family of Brooks
spent a few days here last week visit
ing at the home of VV. R. Jones.
Miss Edna Gard of Clarkes finished
a six months' term of school here
April 3.
Mrs. Livingston's little sou Is quite
111 at the home of Wm. Bonney. Dr.
Powell Is In attendance.
Charlie Bauer Is also sick. Miss
Amy Bonney has gone to Hubbard to
remain Indefinitely with her aunt who
Is In very poor health.
Laferty Bros, are putting" In logs for
Hult Bros.' saw mill.
The new shingle mill on Jackson
creek will be ready for business in a
few days. It Is owned and operated
by Bonny. Williams & Ball. . All have
had more or less experience in the
buslnoss and Mr. Bonney has some
fine cedar timber. They intend to
make No. 1, first-class shingles and
plenty of them.
Miss Countryman was visiting Sun
day with Mrs. Williams of East Mead
ow Brook.
Charley Beck was seen wandering
around on our streets Sunday. Per
haps he was looking for a homestead
location. We wish you success, Chan
lie.
,, Wm. Sturdevant has been making a
fine lot of rails for Supervisor Wins
low which he intends to lay as soon as
be trapped ami at last be constructed
a spring gun with a string attached to
tho trigger1. On the animal's touching
this string the ruii would be dis
charged with disastrous effect to the
Intruder.
The first night the trap was set. Mr.
to the horticulturist who has the cour
age to try their culture.
One Kjtchen for the Town.
The women of Moitlclnlr, a New
Jersey suburb of New York, hove nro-
Plerco was awakened by tho deafen- ji'"' a ""mesne service oororatloii
ing report it made and rushing to It,
found tho remains of somo one's
favorite cnnlno. Enthused by the suc
cessful operation of the trup, Mr.
Pierce reset It In tbo hopes of getting
another victim, but from some un
known reason the gun was accident
ally discharged and narrowly missed
Mr. Pierce's face, Mr. Pierce was a
'fill III,, KIIO,,,..,.. ..t - . I.L
" i"" "i noma away wnn
the drudgery of the kitchen and sub
stituting for It a central plant, wlilch
shall prepare all the family's food,
bring It to the bouse three times a
day and lake away the soiled dishes,
leaving to the housewife only tho
pleasant task of adorning the table a
may suit her fancy. Some of the ad
vantages claimed for this plun aro the
solution of the servant girl problem,
little Hiii-nrlueit tiv the nffiilr lint nulilo
I the combination of a first-class hotel
from possibly a few powder burns ho TXZ 'frS
was not Injured.
PUBLIC 8ALE.
George H. Brown will offer ot public
sale at the Julius Frederlch placo, one
mile Bouth of New Era, on Wednes
day, April 17, at 10 a.m ., tho follow
ing property: 1 span of good mares,
weight 1200 and 1(100; 3 milch cows,
2 heifers, 6 head of sheep, 4 lambs, 1
blooded Berkshire boar and 1 blooded
Berkshire sow, each about C monthB
old; 1 farm wagon 3 Inch, 1 hack, 1
McCormlck binder, 1 Champion mow
er, 1 drill, 1 hay rake, 2 plows, 1 cuta
way and smoothing harrow, double
and single sets of harness, 1 AspTn
from tho care and worry of providing
for the table and a cost for tbo high
est grade of food prepared In tbo very
best manner probably not exceeding
that for the average family table. The
corporation may extend Its service
so as to Include laundry work, house
cleaning, lawn mowing and gardening.
8cJtch Woman's Definition of a
Jubilee.
Homo years ago, about the time that
Queen Victoria's Jubilee was to be
celebrated, soys Hurper's Weekly, tho
following conversation between two
old Scotch women was overheard one
day on a street corner in London:
"Can yo tell ma, wumman, what Is
it ttie y cnll a Jubilee?"
"Well, It's this," snld her neighbor
"When folk has been married twenty'
wall potato planter, and other articles ! " t?Ml a B"v!r WU(lt,ln'i
too numerous to mention. Terms:
Sums under $5 cash; over $!, 6 months
time with approved security. W. W.
H. Samson, auctioneer.
Hugh Jones of Greenwood was In
Oregon City, Tuesday, on business.
and when they have been married
fifty years that's a golden wuddln'.
But if tho mon'a dead, It's a Jubilee."
One of Oscar Wilde's bright sayings
was this, with which ho transfixed a
literary contemporary: "He has no
enemies, but ho la intensely disliked
by hlH friends."