0ron HUtorlcM Society
CITY
DMAS
FORTY 8EC0ND YEAR No. 32.
OREGON CITY, OREGON. FRIDAY, AUGUST. 7, 1908.
ESTABLISHED 18N.
ENTE
HAYING IN
THE COUNTY
IN MANY SECTIONS FARMERS
ARE CUTTING AND STACK
ING THEIR GRAIN.
WEATHER IS FAVORABLE
Excellent 8ugar Corn It In Market
Oregon Peach Plumi and Early
Apple on Sale 8mall Fruit
Going Out.
All through Hid County of Clacka
muH thu farmer arc busily engaged
In haying und Id many Hectlou t ho
cutting ami stacking of grain tiiiw
commenced. Very llulo huy remain
in tliu field at present, and ha been
Htoicd awuy for ilio Winter umo. Tho
yield whh largo thl your, as tho
woulhor ha been very favorable wltli
no rulim to Injur) It. Tho wheat,
vetch and oat yluld will bo bolter thuii
an averugo thl year, and tho prospect
wero novcr brighter to tho farmer
In iniiny section threshing will bo
Kln next week, whllo a fow will flnlh
threnhlng ;tlit) Inttor part of thl
, wm k. Much of tho (train In cut and
aluckod ready for tho thresher.
Tlio corn yield promise to bo Rood
thin year, and already excellent sugar
corn Im being brought Into tho local
market, retullliiK at 2G centH per do,
but tho price will bo lower tho first
of next week.
Htrawborrle aro practically out of
tho market, whllo a few Uigan bur
rle ure being received, but by tho lat
ter part of next week tho Igan ber
ry mummm will bo over. Tho crop of
theMo berrleH watt jtood thin year, and
the variety excellent. Lawton block
berrlea aro slowly coming Into market,
and tho evrrlu(lng ore getting on col
or rapidly.
tloyal Anno and Illnck Itentibllcun
cborrlo aro Mill to bo found In tho
market. A largo hlpmont wan re
ceived 'of tho Koyal Anno on Wed
nesday and had a delictum flavor.
They brought a price of four and five
cent per pound. Ity tho latter part of
next week tho cherry market will bo
over for tli Im Hcation.
Oregon peach pluma wero received
by tho local merchant during tho
week, but tho fruit wan not of prefer
rod atoek, but tho merchant aay by
tho Brut of next week tho pluma will
be more plentiful and of better qua!
ly at lower figure, Tho plum prom
Iho thla year to bo of good yield. Tho
HradNhaw variety also will bo a good
crop, although It la noticeable that
Homo are drying and fulling, but aH ,
tho tree aro heavily laden It will only
benefit the crop (hut remuliiB on thoj
tree.
Knrly apph-M. auch an tho Red A
trachan, (iravenateln and Early liar
vent aro now In the local market und
nro bringing a wholeHulo prlco of NO i
cent per box. Tho apple crop will
Im larger thl year than that of lust I
year. j
Tho markets nro Htippllod with corn, i
cucumbers, onloiia, cabbage, currotn j
and all kind of fresh vegetable, but
'"" " ueaiera rompiuin or U1I-
UHiinl Hcaiclly of cabbage, which Ib
salll bringing a wholcxulo price of 1
cent per Mund. Orocn and yellow
bean havo gone from 7 and 10 cent
per iMMind to 5 cent.
New Kitatoe of good variety aro
being purchased by tho local dealer ut
80 ceut per sack. Oregon , onion i,
STANDARD BEARER0F THE REPUBLICANST
WILLIAM H. TAFT OF OHIO.
I have dropped from $11 to $1.I0 per aack
i within the pant fow week. Oregon
tomatoo aro ulxo In murket, bring
ing a prlco of 7 cent per pound.
Mutter, (ranch), remain tho mtmo,
lift and 40 cent per roll, whllo tho
creamery Iiiih advanced from 4G und
55 cent to 05 cent.
Egg have token a alight Increase
within the punt few diiya, going from
1 7 Vi cent to 23 ci-ntH, but aro Mt 11
retailing at 25 cent per dozen.
Callfornlu watortneloiiH aro receiv
ed dally and aro better thl year than
thimo received luHt year. Melon aro
bringing a price of m cent por
pouinl. MtiHk melon and cantaloupe
aro uIho finding a good niurkel In this
city.
Dried applea have taken a slight in
crease during the paat week, tho prlco
ranging from 4 to 0 cent per pound,
whllo dried pear, of which the de
mand I not a great an that of tho
dried apple, have gotio from 11 and
12 cent to 10 cent per pound.
Tho grain, Hour, and feed market I
unchanged.
Tho hop market 1 dull; and many of
the grower will not pick their crop
thl yeur. Tho prlcoH paid by tho
buyer aro too low to warrant uny pro.
lit, a thero I a groat expene con
nected with tho hop culture. In many
hccMoiih of tho county hop vine havo
not been cultivated, and In the fall
the ground will bo put Into grain or
Into garden, a there I more money
In both.
In the poultry market tho price
for old hen have advanced from 9
cent to 11 cent, and of mixed chick
en from 10 and 10 cent to 11 and
12 cent. Thero I no demand for
duck, geoHo and turkey.
Thero I a demand for Oregon wool
In tho KaHtern market, and tho price
aro holding Hteady, and a alight In
crease In tho (iomami ror medium
fleeco I reported.
WHOLESALE QUOTATIONS.
Vegetable, Fruit, Etc.
(lolilen Wax Mean uc lb
Oregon Cubbago, per lb 1V4C
California Onion per 100 $1.25
ONIONS Oregon onion $1.60 per
mirk; initatoe $1.00 Hack.
Kreh onion 40c dor.
lliirHemdlHh 7clb
GREEN PKA8 3c lb.
GREEN MEANS 6c lb. '
TOM ATOKH 7c lb.
YELLOW II1CAN8 5c lb.
GREEN COItN 15c dost.
Butter and Eggs.
BUTTER Hunch, 35f40c; cream
ery, C5c roll.
EGGS 23c doz.
HONEY 12c to 15c frame.
HONEY Strained, 7c to 9c lb.
Freah Fru'ta.
WATER MELON lc per lb.
APPLES-HOc box.
Dried Fruit.
DIUED A ITI,ES Quartered, aim
dried, 6 cent; evaporated 0 and 7c;
prune, 3Miloc, llver prune Cc to
C'ic; pear 10c.
Grain, Flour and Feed.
WHUAT 90c.
OAT8 No. 1 White $250 $20; $1.30
per hundred.
I KU) tm Pat. hord wheat $4.80; val
I ley Hour. $4.40. graham. $3.75(f $4.25;
I whole wheat. $3.75.44.25.
M1U.STI'KKS-Hran. $28.00; mid
dling. $32; abort $29.00; dairy chop,
$27tfi $33.
HAY Valley timothy, $1015 per
ton; Eastern Oregon timothy. $17W
$ IK per ton; Clover $U.r.O; cheat, $14;
grain $13115.
Live 8tock.
STICICUS :t.C5(fi $3.75.
t.M.'NHt li 1.1
COWS $2. 504( $3.00.
LA MIW $5.00 to $5.50.
MUTTON $3.00dr$3.50.
HO(iS $5.50$ $7.00.
Poultry.
OLD HENS 11 cents per pound.
young roosters, llc12V4c; old roost-
is, He; mixed chickens, U&UVac;
MERCHANTS GIVE LIBERAL
AID TO THE COUNTY FAIR
Business Men of Oregon City and Portland Show
Disposition to Help Second Annual Ex
hibition at Canby.
Tim local merchant are coming
through liberally with their aalHt
anco for the coming second annual
Cluckainu County Fair which will be
held at Canby tho flrat three days In
October. The premium Ht 1 now
In tho hand of tho printer and I con
fidently expected that tho advertlwlng
that tho booklet will contain will pro
duce a revenue, sufficient to cover the
cohI of tho Fair adverting.
Portland huHlne men, too, are not
slow In appreciation of the Fair. O. E.
Freytag and A J. LcwIh, who are vital
ly InlcrcHted in tho succeHs of the
Fair, spent Tuemlay In Portland in
purnult of bunlncHH for the premium
lint und wero well rewarded. The
firm of Mitchell, l;wl & Btavor Co.,
Studebaker Hros. Co., R. M. Wade &
RAILWAY HAS
CLEAR FIELD
CITY OF PORTLAND WITHDRAW8
ITS FINAL OBJECTION TO
MOUNT HOOD LINE.
RIGHT OF WAY GRANTED
Metropolis Recover 8upreme Control
to Water and Power From the
Bull Run River and Fight
I Ended.
All objection to the Mount Hood
Kullway & Power Company securing
a right of way for building railway
lines, flumes and ditches across the
Dull Run ForeBt Reserve have been
withdrawn by the City Water Board.
This action was taken only after the
Board was thoroughly satisfied that
tho rights of the city to the water and
the power In the Bull Run River, the
soiirco of the city's water supply, were
supreme. It marks the end of one of
tho most bitter fights to protect its
right In which they city ever partici
pated. About a year ago the members of
tho Water llourd discovered, says the
Oregonlun, that filing had been made
by tho Mount Hood Railway & Power
Company to all the surplus water in
the Dull Run River and in other
streams In that district and that sur-
veys and pluns had been made to build
a rallwoy and flumes through the ror-
jest reserve which embraces the water-
I shed of the Bull Run. About the same
(time the Board received Information
; from Washington, D. C, to the effect
.that application had been made by the
corporation to cross tho reserve, but
that such anlicatlon would not be
grunted unless the City of Portland .
gave its consent.
These things greatly aroused the
members of the Water Board and an
lnvcstlgatio'u was started. It was dis
covered that au attempt was being
mttdo to get control of all the water in
Hull Run not now utilized by the city
and that the forest reserve might be
Invatcd by the corporation, thus Jeo
pardizing the city's water supply.
The city held the key to the situa
tion, however, as the corporation couIq
do nothing with Its project without se
curing certain rights of way for Its
railway and flumes and ditches across
property owned by the city.
When application was mado for
those rights of way, the city In turu
mude demands, to the effect that the
corporation should give up claim to
any of tho water In the Bull Run
River, and also the power in the
stream, at any time the city desired
to use it. At first the corporation de
murred to this, but the city was firm,
and seeing that the scheme to build Ub
railway would be indefinitely blocked,
the corporation finally consented to
the terms proposed by the city. All
the rights for water' and power on the
Bull Run which were filed on by tho
the city, and the only claim thut the
corporation now has on the stream is
tho right to utilize the surplus water
and power below the present head
works, pending such time ns the citj
wishes to divert the water to the city
or Utilize the power. The city also
grnnted the corporation a right of way
for flumes and ditches and railway
track across the city's property.
Because of the objections made to
the Forestry Bureau ' by the city
against the application of the corpora
tion to cross the reserve, the Uniteu
States Government would not consent
to permit the corporation to proceed
with its development plans until the
city withdrew Its objections. Being
satisfied with the result of their efforts
to protect the city, the members of
the Water Board finally voted to with
draw all objections to the railway
crossing the reserve.
Co., and J. J. fiutzer each took a page
of space, and Sherman Clay & Co. con
tract for a quarter-page, and request
ed two square of floor space for an
exhibit of pianos and talking machines,
giving $10 to help the Fair along.
Mitchell, Lewl & Staver Co. will give
six cow stanchion a premium, and
Stwlebaker Bro. Co. offer a fancy
driving harness. J. J. Butzer gives
the same premiums a he did lat year,
and Kerr Bro. donated one gross of
Economy fruit Jar for premiums.
Mr. Freytag and Mr. Lewi met with
such flattering success that they will
go to Portland again this week and in
terview other merchants. Robert 8.
Coe, of Canby, was in the city last
night and secured material aaslstance
from local business men, In addition
to what ha already been done.
SHATTERED
BY POWDER
NELS BODEEN, OF BORING, SET8
OFF BLAST AND EXPLOSION
ENDS HIS LIFE.
DEED WAS DELIBERATE
Eaatern Clackama Farmer Ha Troub
, te With Hi Daughter, Theat
ens Self Destruction and
Keep His Word.
Nels Bodeen, a farmer residing one
mile north of Boring, on the Spring
water division of the Portland Rail
way, Light & Power Company, killed
himself at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon
by exploding Hercules blasting pow
der. Bodeen was about 45 years of age
and was a man who held little or no
Intercourse with his neighbors. He
was a widower and lived with his
daughter, but his eccentricity caused
trouble between them and last Sat
urday she announced her intention of
coming to Oregon City and consulting
a lawyer, with the object of dividing
their property and leaving her father,
with whom she had a great deal oi
trouble.
, Monday afternoon Miss Boodeen,
who Is about 20 years of age, heard a
terrific explosion near the house and
hastened to the home of Mr. Smith,
who lives a quarter of a mile distant,
and told Smith that she believed her
father had killed himself. An In
vestigation proved this only too true.
Whllo his crazy deed was not witness
ed, It is evident Bodeen obtained a
quantity of powder and blew himself
up behind his own barn.
Bodeen came to Boring about three
vears ago. Last Summer he went to
I Montana and brought Mrs. Mary Pat-
rc) t0 Portland, with the avowed in
tentlon of marrying her. She had about
$G00 which she entrusted to her in
tended husband, but he cashed the
draft and refused to give her the
money or to have anything more to
do with her and she instituted pro
ceedings against him. In order to
evade the payment of the judgment
that Mrs. Patrick obtained, Bodeen
transferred his property to his daugh
ter, and Mrs. Patrick brought suit to
have the pretended suit set aside on
the ground of fraud, but Bodeen finally
paid the judgment and costs in the
case and was given a quit-claim deed
to his own property. It is believed
that he was of unsound mind because
of his strange acts.
Coroner Holman held an inquest
Monday night. The remains were
Interred in Mountain View cemetery.
Bodeen was a member of the Odd Fel
lows and members of the Gresham
lodge attended the funeral.
Miss Cochran Join Staff. s
Miss Nan C. Cochran, who Is well
known In newspaper circles In Clack
amas, Yamhill and Josephine Counties,
has taken a position on the Oregon
City Enterprise. Miss Cochran has
an extensive acquaintance among the
people of Oregon City and Clackamas
County, and has the unusual faculty
of making her personality manifest on
any newspaper with which she may be 1
connected. I
REFERENDUM ON PHONES.
McMlnnvllle Citizens May Revoke a
Free Franchise.
The citizens of McMlnnvllle will
Invoke the referendum on the fran
chise granted by the City Council to
the McMlnnvllle Mutual & Long Dis
tance Telephone Company, a corpora
tion, for right of way through the
streets and across public property.
The ordinance embracing the fran
chise was passed at the last monthly
meeting of the Council by a bare ma
jority, some of the members dlasent-
Ing, and was permitted by the Mayor
to become effective without his signa
ture. The term of the franchise are prac
tically free. Tho telephone company
agrees, although thl I not embodied
In the ordinance, to Install a fire alarm
system throughout the city in consid
eration of the granting of the fran
chise. The tax payers look upon a
practically free franchise) as an un
desirable asset for the city, and at its
regular meeting Tuesday night the
Council will be presented with peti
tions and served with a notice calling
for a referendum vote on the fran
chise. No hardship are intended to be Im
posed upon the telephone company by
thus Invoking the referendum, but it
I believed that a cash value should be
placed on special favors.
WILL BUILD A GARAGE.
C. G. Miller Say the Automobile Ha
Come to Stay,
"The automobile has come to stay,"
said Charles, O. Miller, "and I propose
to get in on the ground floor."
Mr. Miller, who Is in the bicycle and
gun business, has for some time been
carrying automobile supplies and re
pair and Is now making arrangement
to build a large garage in the rear of
bis store building, and put In a stock
of machines. He will handle cars of
several different manufacturers, from
the little runabout to the large tour
ing cars. The garage wll have a front
age on Sixth street, between Main and
Water streets.
There are several new machines in
this locality and more will be purchas
ed within the year.
8ENATOR ALLISON DEAD.
Brilliant Career of Iowa Statesman Is
Closed.
Senator William Boyd Allison died
in his Dubuque, la., Tuesday afternoon.
With him at dissolution were members
of his household and a physician. In
a bulletin announcing bis death Doc
tors Hancock and Lewis gave heart
failure as the cause. The announce
ment of the Senator's death came as a
shock to his neighbors as few were
aware of bis Illness. Though for the
past two years Senator Allison had
been In declining health, and though
he suffered the loss of much vitality
during the. present Summer, no news
had gone out from his home indicat
ing the gravity of his illness.
Senator Allison suffered from the
worst form of prostatic enlargement
and a klddey affliction made relief
even more difficult to afford. As is
usual in such cases the. Senator suf
fered frequently from periods of faint
ness and weakness. These spells have
frequently occurred of late. The last
of them had its beginning on Friday
and finally resulted In the patient's
death.
HEDGES & GRIFFITH
S SEVER PARTNERSHIP,
, The law firm of Hedges &
Griffith has dissolved partner-
ship. Joseph E. Hedges, who S
Is State Senator from Clacka- S
mas County, and Franklin T. S
Griffith, well known as attorney S
for prominent Oregon corpora- s'-
Hons, have bean associated to-
gether in the practice of law in
Oregon City tor many years
and have built up a remarkable $
business. They will retain S
their offices in the Welnhard J
building. $
HE HAS TRIED IT
WILLIAM JENNINGS
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ACQUITTAL
FOR BOOTH
LANE COUNTY 8ENAT0R 13 INNO
CENT OF CONSPIRACY
8AY8 THE JURY.
ONE BALLOT IS TAKEN
One Juror Hold Out Agalnt Two De
fendant For Hour But I Fi
nally Won Over By the
Majority.
Verdicts of acquittal were reported
in the United State Court Sunday
morning against each of the three de
fendants in the Booth-Singleton con
spiracy 'case. Robert A. Booth, ex
State Senator; Jame Henry Booth,
ex-Receiver of the Roseburg Land Of
fice, and their brother-in-law, Thomaa
E. Singleton.
The Jury retired at 2:40 P. M. Sat
urday and agreed on verdicts In favor
of all three defendants at 9:15 o'clock
Sunday morning.
The verdict acquitting Robert A.
Booth of any complicity in the alleged
conspiracy amounted to a complete
vindication. It was apparent to those
attending the trial that the Govern
ment failed to connect him with the
transaction and that the jury so re
garded the case was confirmed by the
fact that It voted unanimously on the
first ballot for his acquittal.
But it was in considering the cases
of James Henry Booth and Singleton
that the Jury failed to agree for sever
al hours. But at no time did more
than two of the 12 men vote for con
viction as against either of these de
fendants. Dr. William H. Davis and Clark B.
Loomis, an ex-Special Agent, who
were indicted jointly in December,
1904, with Salmon B. Ormsby on a
charge of conspiracy pleaded guilty.
Dr. Davis was fined $500 but the sen
tence of Loomis, who is expected to
be a witness for the prosecution In
the Hermann trial, was suspended.
Another indictment against Dr. Davis,
alleging perjury, was dismissed on mo
tion of Mr. Becker who interceded for
Albany's ex-Mayor and recommended
to the court the assessment of a min
imum fine on the conspiracy charge.
Mr. Becker said he had been infonn
i ed that owing to the improvidence and
xtravagance of members of his fam
( lly, Dr. Davis for some time had been
practically bankrupt and for that rea
son recommended a moderate fine. ,
Loomis is a Eugene physician and
is well known in Oregon City, where
he lived several years ago when the
government land office was" located
here.
Indictment No. 2912, charging Henry
Meldrum and others with conspiracy
by making fraudulent surveying con
tracts, was dismissed as against Livy.
Stipp, of Oregon City. At the time
the Indictment was returned, Stipp
was Justice of the peace at Oregon
City where he now holds the office of.
Deputy District Attorney. In asking
for the dismissal of the indictment
against Stipp, Mr. Becker explained to
the court that Stipp was not an active
participant in the alleged conspiracy
and did only what he did as Notary
Public without knowledge of the crim
inal intentions and operators of the
originators of the conspiracy.
TWICE BEFORE.
v. "or
BRYAN OF NEBRASKA.
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