OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1907.
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CHOICE OF
3 ROUTES
Easy Entrance for Mollala
Road Into Oregon City
Is Assured
There are three ways known to be
practicable and of easy grade by
which ihe Beaver Creek-Molalla elec
tric road can erter Oregon City.
There may be another route or two
that has not been gone over carefully
vet.
So far most of the talked-of plans
locate the track along the Abernethy,
which while It is a long way around
presents no obstacles in the way of
grade. The chief drawback to that
route is the cost of the road bed,
which would have to be made for the
greater part of the distance.
The second route is up the Four
teenth street canyon where an easy
grade, probably less than 3 per cent
a; any point can be obtained from the
Madison street high bridge clear up
to where Ihe road would reach the
level near Mountain View cemetery.
There would be comparatively little
grading also as the road bed could be
made on a shelf of . the canyon side.
Froy Madison street to Main the
grade may be greater but that fact
will not be established until a survey
'is made. .
Both of the foregoing routes were
(surveyed last summer by parties sup
posed to be working for the same In
terests that made the survey south
from Canemah to New Era. Either is
a practical route, and would give the
road a terminus on the river, which
some of the men behind the project
consider vital, while all admit is an
important consideration. The carry
ing of logs would form a large share
of the freight traffic of the road, and
there is an unlimited market for logs
along the Willamette.
The third entrance ta this city
would not give a river terminus, at
least not right away. This refute is
back of the city reservoir at Elyville,
through the Holmes m'oods and down
the canyon to Fifth street and on to
the edge of the blufT, which would for
the present be, the passenger termi
us. A short freight branch line could
be laid to the edge of the bluff above
the basin where a flume. could be
built to carry the logs into the river
The great advantage .of this last
route is its comparatively small cost,
and the fact it would give more direct
benefits to Oregon City. Those favor
ing it claim it would build up the
beautiful residence section outty Ely
ville, probably result in a big saw mill
being established out there, and above
all would enable more road to be built
out in the country for the same money.
No matter which route is chosen,
the road will be a" big boost for Ore
gon City and no less a boost for all
land along or within several miles of
tie right of way. Lots that are now
almost valueless will find ready sale
at good prices, and many dollars will
be added to every( acre of farming
land. ' -
age. insurance, haje stopped emlgra-;
tion to this countrA, there being com
paratively none nf the present time. !
The German workmen arc as well
or better off toiay than American
workmen. ThV.vjngcs are not near
ly so high, but cist of living is leas,
and tlw Insurance, against want in
their old age, or pom sickness or ac
cident, gives theup a sense of security
and contentment unknown here.
Dr. Sommer spent five months in
the Wurtibttrg University In Bavaria,
made stops at fionw and Heldleberg
and attended lectures six months at
the great University of Berlin. Ho
visited many oiher cities In Germany
and during 'hii vacation traveled in
Silesia, Austria Switzerland, Bohemia
and Italy, sobi had good opportunity
to observe, au study conditions.
He talks interestingly of the sys
tem of pojic espionage, as we call
H over here. 'but which he declares
is not half as bad as painted by trav
elers, and, of no hardship to honest
citizeus. ' 1
GRANGE HEARS ADDRESS
ON PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
having during the hwt 20 years, t'nder
Rev. Hiram VrOOman Speaks RoL.evelt wo are having a little more
, , control than formerly with promise, of
to iviemcers ana visitors
at Garfield
SCORES WEAK CONTROL
Shows That la Only Mitigation of
Great Evil Only Cure la
People to Own
Roads.
, Neglected Colds Threaten Life.
: From We Chicago Tribune.
'"Dont trifle with a cold s good ' Saturday
advice for prudent men anu women.
It may be vital in the case of a child.
Proper food, good Tentilation, and dry,
warm clothing are the proper safe
guards against colds. If they are
maintained through the changeable
weather of autumn, winter and spring,
the chances of a surprise from or
dinary colds will be slight But the
ordinary light cold will become severe
if neglected, and a well established
ripe cold is to the germs of dlpththe
rla what honey is to the bee. The
greatest menace to child life at this
season of the year is the neglected
cold." Whether it is a child or adult,
the cold slight or severe, the very best
treatment that can be adopted is to
give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
It is safe and sure. The great popu
larity and Immense sale of this prep
aration has been attained by its re
markable cures of this ailment A
cold never results in pneumonia when
it is given. For Bale by Howell &
Jones.
SAY PORTLAND-SALEM
OPEN BY OCTOBER I
COMPANY RUSHING WORK ALL
ALONG LINE 700 TONS
BRIDGE STEEL.
a goodly Increase, l'tibllc control at
best, however, only modifies and re
straiiui and lessens the injustices and
criminal practices of the railroads,
but does not wipe thorn out of exist
once. All the tenlptntlons remain.
The risk is made a little more hazard
ous, hut wo know what fools men are
in the risks they take when the bribe
Is sufficiently alluring. A more ef
fective public control will mean that
for every $1,000,000 plundered now
the railroads will bo allowed to plun
der but fHOO.000. It will moon that
the public will be treated to the oc
casional luxury of Mending a million
aire to the penitentiary. It will mean
that (or every 1000 honest and indus
trious business men who are now
murdered financially every your by
railroad discrimination there will be
but 900. But It will furthermore mean
that whenever circumstances offer
the opportunity again for bribery and
deceit to elect some plutocratic tool
to the office of the Presidency, then
vengence will be taken upon the Na
tion prevents the people from taking
part of their robberies temporarily
withheld by Roosevelt.
Public ownership substitutes an en
tirely different economic condition,
which leaves no opportunity for the
present perfidious practices of the
railroads. Thus it would wipe out of
existence railroad bribery and rebates
and stock manipulations and land
thievery and tax dodging and the horde
of other ravishing devices, precisely
as the former changed economic con
dition wiped out slavery. It wipes
them out by leaving no opportunity
for them to act. Tho object of rail
road management under public own
ershlp Is at once transformed from
that of seeking profit and dividends
and of fostering the growth of the
trusts to that of rendering the great
est possible service to all the people
at the lowest possible cost.
In certain parts of India supersti
tion prevents te people from taking
the life of any animal. A condition is
thereby established by which the door
Public ownership rather than pub
lic control of railroads was the doc
trine advanced by Rev. Hiram Vroo-
man at the meeting of Garfield grange,
Rev. Vrooman Is president
of the Oregon League for Public Own
ership of Railways, and has started
comrHlgu toward that end, his
speech Saturday being the opening
gun. ,
Garfield trrange is one of the most
progressive in all Clackamas county,
and frequently has open debates and
discussions on big public questions.
The grange hall is about 15 miles
east of Oregon City In a rich farm
ing country, and a large audience lis
tened to Dr. Vrooman. Following are
parts of his address:
It is scarcely necessary for the pur
pose of this discourse to enumerate
the evils and crimes of which the
privately owned railroads have been
proved guilty. Every farmec who can
diagnose his own financial troubles
knows that he is a sorry victim of
railroad abuse and plunder. The press
presents to us almost daily columns
of new disclosures of railway perfidy.
The bribery, the perjury, the business
murder, the graft and the score of
other unlawful and criminal practic
es of the railways are at last declared
by an Indignant people to be Intol
erable. The supreme question now
is that of a remedy. . Is this remedy
to be public, control or public owner
ship? In presenting public ownership as
the remedy, I would first call atten
tion to the signflcance of that thing , of opportunity Is opened to the beasts
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2 SERIOUS
ACCIDENTS
Rrppey Suffers Contusion
of Spine by Falling
Off Log
REFORMS IN GERMANY
Dr. Sommer Tells of Hii Observations
In the Fatherland Prosperity
Has Checked Emi
' 1 ' gration. '
The Oregon Electric company ex
pects to have its Portland Salem trac
tion line open by the end of Septem
ber. Over 700 tons of steel for the
bridge across the Willamette has ar
rived at Wilsonville and will be put
in place soon, for the piers are well
along toward completion.
The stretch of track between Tua
latin and the bridge site at Wilson
ville will be completed within the
next ten days and a large force is
making the dirt fly on the South
Portland hills in building a grade to
the top of the ridge. Much heavy
work is being encountered at this
point of the construction, and 100
men are at work.
Additional crews will be put on
between Portland city limits and Tua
latin within the next two weeks. Elec
tric locomotives and cars have been j
ordered and will .be delivered in June.
Rails for the line have already ar
rived and a total force of 300 men is
at work at different points along the
line. It is the purpose of the builders
to increase this number by large ad
ditions of forces..
When complete, the Salem line will
have cost about Jl.500,000.
which we call "an economic condi
tion." Economic conditions either
permit or prevent certain forms of
injustice. A change of economic con
ditions wiped out chattel slavery
not by changing men's hearts and
making them less selfish, but by clos
ing up opportunities for murderous
of prey to feed upon the people, and
thousands of them are sacrificed every
year to. poisonous and devouring rep
tiles and wild beasts. The supersti
tious fear of so-called paternalism by
the American people (which If cor
rectly named, would b fraternollsm)
Is alone responsible for the private
practices. .ownership of railroads, which estab-
So long as the private ownership of jllshes an economic condition wherein
railroads continues, an economic con-! the doors of opportunity are wide
dltion will prevail which keeps open j open for the foxy and tigerish and
the doors of opportunity for great per-1 snaky faculties of a few gluttonous
sonal gain by the practice of the j men to prey upon and victimize the
crimes of which the railroads are now ; inhabitants of the country, Politic
guilty. Public control will not close ownership would do for us what a
up these opportunities. Public own- ; few rifles would do for the deluded
ership will close them up. j Hindoo, namely, prevent the beast
Public control is what we have been from living on human flesh.
WEST SIDE BABY HURT
There is no" pauperism in Germany
any mare, says Dr. E. A. Sommer, who
spent the greater part of bis 18
months abroad in the Fatherland. You
never see a street beggar within the
jraits of the empir?, continued the
doctor, who declares he was not once
solicited for 'alms 'during all the time j that the animal's Intestines were par
be was in Germany or Switzerland, ! alyzed for a length of three 'feet from
while on his trips Into Iialy he wasjhe stomach. A number of other
importuned constantly by street beg-1 cows' have died lately from the same
gars. .;':
MALADY FATAL TO COW8.
A valuable Jersey cow owned by
W. M. Shank died a few days ago from
a disease that baffled the best veterin
ary skill, and an examination showed
JOY UNCONFINED AT
ROLLER. MASQUERADE
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The masquerade given at Phillips
& Olds' skating rink Friday night was
well attended", about 450 people crowd
ing the gallery to watch the antics
of some 75 or 80 masked skaters.
There was a great variety of cos
tumes, both 'fancy and comical, and
the usual number of clowns kept the
audience In roars of laughter by their
funny mishaps. The ladles' prizes
were awarded to Miss Bessie Mills as
CLACKAMAS BOY IS
PORTLAND CANDID AT
A. L. Ilarbur, who is making what
will be undoubtedly a winning. race
for the Republican nomlnatjon for city
auditor of Portland, is a Clackamas
county boy and deserves evry meas
ure of success that comes to him. He
and his brother It. T., the well known
clerk of the W. O. W. camp here, were
reared near Rock Island, four miles
above Oregon City. They have known
Fall on Sharp, Upturned 8lad of
Hoe, Cutting Deep, Wide Cash
In Youngster's
Head.
While working on the log chute of
the Willamette Pulp i Paper com
pany's plant, Saturday afternoon,
James Klppey, au employee, was
thrown off a log with serious results.
Hlppey was standing on a log that
was ready to be hauled Into the Baw
mill, when the engine started sudden
ly and with a quick Jerk, pulling the
log forward and thrjwlng Ulppey
backwards oft the log and causing
hlra to light on his back. He was
brought to Drs. Carll and Melssner's
office, where upon examination, Dr.
Melssner found the man to be suffer
ing with a contusion of the spinal col
umn, a partial paralysis and a se
vere gash on the right elbow.
After his Injuries were dressed, the
Injured man was taken to the Stakely
House, where he will be cared for till
his recovery. Rlppey Is a single man.
Columbla'and Miss Lois Green as Wild j"11 about hard w(jrk frm boyhood, as
West, while the other two were award
ed to Roy Baxter as a marine and
Thomas Sinnott as "Topsy." All
those attending expressed themselves
as being highly satisfied with the en
tertainment given and the courteous
treatment afforded them.
they won their education from cutting
Baby Falls on Sharp Hoe.
Little Frank Garlic, the 14 months'
old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Garlic of
the West Side, .met with an accident
Sunday morning that nearly cost his
life. The youngster had eluded the
watch of his mother and went In
search of amusement. In the wood
shed, a shurp, wlde-bladed hoe at
tracted his attention, and he started
off with it, holding the blade In the
air. Before he had gone more than
timber. Their parents came to Ore-itw,'ntv f'','t- )w limu,,'. 8,1(1 ln fa)1
The acuse, be states, is the system
il p'.J. age, . sick and accident insur
.ancW thatis compulsory all over the j
'jfca'Vser's dominions. Every wurl-man j
in .shop, field, store or elsowbeiv is
CAuired to .pay a small sum trom b
bilges as insurance dues. Every em
ployer is also obliged to conlribut'- to
tlie insurance fund, which is it) the
hands of the government. The money
is invested in bonds, the handling is
very Economical, no large salani .-s for
Officers, no loss in sdwrt the people
receive insurance at ' absolute cost,
and without a possibility of failure
lor the government is back of it.
It has worked a social revolution
in Germany, and that country is fore
most in all Europe in social reforms
that are of practical benefit to the
people. Germany Is also making won
drous strides in all economic lines
and the country is prosperous. This
prosperity and the social reforms, es
pecially the sick, accident and old
or a similar cause. Dr. Eddy says J
the disease is the result of the ani
mals eating some fungus growth that ,
appeared during the warm weather.!
Isaac Farr, Mr. Mosier and the St. !
Agnes Baby Home at Parkplace are j
others who have lost cows from the j
disease within the last week or two. :
gon by ox team In 1818.
A. L. Barbur Is connected with the
Commercial Trust & Savings company
in Portland, and like his brother, Is
clerk of a Woodman's camp, having
' served in that capacity for many
W. Grout of Stafford spent Friday years for Webfoot camp, one (jt the
In Oregon City. largest on the Coast.
GEORGE SCHOOL CLOSES. , !
Miss Emma Bloom has just closed
h highly successful term of school at .
George. I
NOT AFFECT LAND j
FRAUD CASES HERE'
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San Francisco, April 29. "The ac-
quittal of Congressman Hermann at: .
Washington will have no effect on the
prosecution of the land fraud cases j
in which Congressman Hermann is
involved in Oregon.'VStatement by
Assistant, Prosecuting Attorney Fran
cis J. Heney, Saturday. I
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wiin.rjr gan prancjsc0
case returned a verdict Friday uftrr
niMin, Allowing the plaintiff 175 on ac
count of tlmtr cut by defendant an4
11 or nominal damages on the Mecon4
cause of net Urn, damage to land from
building of the dam.
lligelow had offered l.lini f5 It) set
tlement but the offer was refused nn4
suit brought for fi:i00, the plaintiff
seeking to recover statutory or trebln
value of thw timber cut. The Jury
found that lligelow had used ordinary
care and that the trespass was not
willfully done.
Another Divorce Suit.
Christine M. Ilraun has filed a suit
In the circuit court against John Al
fred Ilraun, to whom she was marr!U
In Portland. March 6. U95. Th-y
have one son. aged 11 years. Th
plaintiff links for a decree of dlvurc,
alleging deaertlon In May. Ie0, etnc
which time h has been compelM
to work to Htipport herself nnd b"r
child.
Two Decree Granted.
James W. Barlow was granted a di
vorce rrom Fanny P. Barlow, Hatur
day. The evidence showed they hud
not lived together for more than a
year. Mrs. Harlow was given th cus
tody of the two small children.
A decree was granted in the cawi
of J. F. Roblnett vs. Minnie Roblnett.
Part of Jury Discharged.
Judge McBrldo has discharged for
the term alt but alx of the Juryroea.
and allowed them to go home and at
tend to their work during this busy
season. There are no more Jury trial
set until next Friday when the Ilot
dorf vs. Oregon City case Is due for
Its third hearing In court. The Jury
panel will be filled by speclul subpoe
nas. ,
Had to Support Heraelf.
Ivan Beaver, In a divorce suit Hied,
Saturday, charges her husband, Theo
dore J. Beaver, with gross and con
firmed habits of intoxication; with
cruelty and abus toward her, and
while able he neglects and refuse
to provide suitable maintenance for
her so she has been compelled to
earn her own subsistence. They weri
married at Merced, Cal., Aug. 27,
1900. She asks for the custody of
their one child, I'helun, uged 5 years.
Attachment Suit Diamlaaed.
The case of Lottie Ham vs. Ixuln
Ham et ol, a suit In attachment, was
dismissed In the circuit court, Hutur-day.
Ing, his head struck on tho upturned
blade, cutting a deep, wide gash. Dr.
Melssner was summoned and the in
jury was dressed. The doctor says
that the hoy had a very narrow escape.
Leopold Gelger, who was thrown 20
feet In the air and fell on broken stone
while working on the county rock
crusher on the Brown school house
road a few days ago, Is getting along
a'h right and will soon bo as well as
ever.
COURT HOUSE NEWS
Order of Adoption.
Guy I), and Llendoela 13. Palmer of
Boring have adopted a 14 year old
boy, Howard Francis Palmer, who
was deserted by Ills parents Nov. 12,
1!t(i:i, since which time the boy has
lived In the Palmer home. The court
orders that the child's name shall be
henceforth Howard Francis Palmer
and that he is to all legal Intents and
purposes a child of the petitioners.
Verdict In Timber Case.
The Jury in the Linn vs. Bigelow
SQUABBLE OVER CHILD.
Axi and Charlotte Peterson 'ar
sgaln occupying (he attention of th
clrcult court this utfernoon in their
Intermlnluhhr divorce suit, or rather
Ihe squabbles following the stilt for
I!0 secured his divorce Inst fall. Then
In January Charlotte secured an order
permitting her to see her child at stat
ed Intervals, the child having been
given to the father. A week or ho
ago, another order was Issued at
Charlotte's request, that. Leo should
bring the child every Sunday to thn
home of Charlotte's mother, Mrs.
Dean, that the mother should enjoy
undisturbed the society of her child
rrom 9 a. m. to 0 p. m. This is tho
order that el'terson now iisks lo have
changed, claiming It, was entered with
the understanding' (lint It. could bo
opened and evidence offered by the
defendant, the said Leo. Tho evi
dence, principally bis own, Is being
laid before the court this afternoon.
Rmll Schrador and bride returned
from California Friday night and will
go to housekeeping al onco ln a cot
tage prepared for "their occupancy on
Third and Monroe Btreeta.