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Orucm Illatuilcal floololf 4 tit t Mil (iff II H It You rt Invltad (o be- ! com i render of the En- P Urprlat 92 Tlmm Year (P II. DO and Hndom. Prtimlumi offorad, if ( M 1, t ? CITY thirty-two Inchei of Coun ty Newt and Advrtle- 11. New "d Advrtle. ments of Live Merchant. rORTY SECOND YEAR NO. 30. OREOON CITY, OREGON. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1908. ESTABLISHED 1866. OREGON ENTERPR S POPULATION CLOVER SEED IS DOUBLED WILL BE HIGH PHENOMENAL GROWTH OF CITY IN LAST EIGHT YEARS 18 SHOWN OY CENSUS. Poitofflct Department Flnda 7,000 People In Oregon City, Where Stead Growth Surprliei Even the Reeldente. Tlic 1 1 1 it t li ii i nf Oii'Kiin City hit llliilil tllllll doubled III tin' lilnt clglll yearn, iti'iordlng In figure miiilii ptih. Hi' liy I'iihi inuitcr Tom '. Kiinilall, Will) llllM RIlllK til lllll Inilllll" III tlfl lT- t it I it Hi" 1 1 ii" p. ( 1 1 ii 1 1 in liy in it t; IliK Vl'iy clime estimate, 'lllll Mill dull" at tin, iimiii"i uf Hi,' pmitofflcc ili'imil- llli'llt III Wllitlllllgloll. Illl. I Willi lll'l cllll IiIIhIii'iI III ii very simple niiHiniT nml in mii'Ii n way In 1,-nvi' nu il.mlil nt In tin- iii't'iiiiiry of lln' flgum. From III" I I. ii f ill" local currier It was (iimi'i Hun i :;! pi-npi" iiriiwd mail at lh"lr liiuniH nr plan's uf bii:ilU".H Mr Kau.lall ln i u 1 1 1 1 u 1 1 I lln mini i"i- i.f people ki receive niiiil In (iu nfllr" Ihixik ami added in lliino flcun-i II inn, iicil iiiiiiili.r win, K'i their mall through. II," Ki-in-i al delivery win i iliiw, iiiil ili total wo ly.nn, "J 1 1 1 m , uf i mutm-, clm'j nut Include young i-h!-j dun :. I liirnnli wl'.n On nut receive ! n ull, nml Hi" li,a u until iir.ilv tcuclij "n hi II lln-y were lliinrril In. Tin' kuv- SHORTAGE IN CROP IS DUE TO DISAPPEARANCE OP BUM BLE BEE8. CITY HAS BUILDING BOOM Thousands of Dollars Being Spent By Property Owners In Con struction of Business Blocks and Residents. FIGURES ARE ACCURATE FACT IS CURIOUS ONE Olonomi Not Properly Pollenlied Ai Intectt Are Anient For Fleet Time In Memory. Itupeit friiin viirluiiH sections uf Cliti'liiiiniiH Ci'inily Indicate a curious, fni't In rniiiicetlotl wllh Hi" nlimliiK" uf the Mover flop. It In believed tlinl. nut In exceed nun third nf un average I'lilJI Will III! Kill lll'l l''l, M lilt tlllM III tl II- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ii 1 1 1 y diiii to III" iiIim'IM'O (if lliii liiiinlil" lu-.i fimii ilii! IIi'IiLn. Fur tin' n ri Hill" In III" Memory uf the ri nun in "ti.i'in In I'luii -.H" Uncoil ; City "I'M lli" growl!) i, tin- i lly j dm Ilii! Ilii"" .-h;!:t years li.nt I i mi j fciiiliiiil tli.il II liiii i- ,1-Ei ;n-.l l!i" n. t leu cf m.iliy people w'hn lne llvi.,1 lu'i" Cntintiiiilly timing Ilia' lliii". WCST.SIOC IMPH0VEMENT9. prouma In Chn'ldiny on the Other Side c( the Willamette. ffera. .-?K tfl - ' - f T" r fTOT m H TaftT '"-II . ii Mnrn IiiiIIiIIiik Ih In pru(?ri'Ma In Ore- Km) ( My li Ih yi-nr t hit n at liny pii'vl iiiih lliii" In dm hlHtory nt thn town, iind In iilmiwt pvmy liluck coimlrtip I I'M uf bdiii" k lll'l Is iinili-rw ay, ami liiimli "i uf llimiHiinilx uf ilullara nri Ih'Iiik cxpiMKli'd In tlin IiiiIIiIIiik ami linpruvi'iii"iit nf furlurli-a, lorfH nml ilwi-lllnita. Tint liiiHlnuHa Kri'iii-i nruiiml thn city liiillcato an era of pruHpi'illy. On" nf tliii lininlHiiini'Ht n-l'li-ni'"H to liu ai'i'ii In Oi'-Knn City. In Hint In ln ri'cli-i hy II. C. Hti-vi'im on Hlxtli mii'i't, ln'twi'i'ii WiiHliliik'iun unil John A 1 1 ii in . Tim Htriirturi will lnive ti-n runiMM, whli li nrn to ho liirii an. I nlry. Tlia ri'ciplluii hull, which ipnii off frcin lliii vi'Htllitiln, Ih iiniiHiinlly nrKi, tin vIiik illnii'inlniiM of I r x I C f""t. Tim llylint riiuMi, with ltn tiny wlmlnwa, opfiiH frmn thn ri'ci'ptlun hull, and w ill lin nn thn wi-Ht hIiIi', fiii'lm? Vh liiKtun Htri'l. Thn fllnlnir rnnm, with lhi piilm wlndiiwH, In ono of tlm nt-tini-thc rnnniH nf thn IiiiIIiIIiik, nml tin- il"ll rnniHTls Ih" rnri'iitlun linll with HiIh rnnm. Thn Mtrli'Mi ami pan try urn n!n nn thin flnnr. A Imml Hlm iimiil"! nf I hi' Inti-m iIi-mIkii will ln liinalli'il In thn living rnnm. Tln-rn urn two IIIkIiIh nf utalrs. Tin' front iiiilrway uf wIhiIIiik iIi-hIkh. will I'lil'T Hi" ri-ci'pilnn hall, unit tho Intti'r Into a hallway uppiislii thn Uln-hi'ti. On tlm HiTuinl Hour nn- four Iiitko IhmI riMiiiiM Willi Iiiikii pain oluHils. On Ih" i-att HliI" uf lln- linll"" In u li" Im: viraiiilii, wlilrh In 8x1 ! fi-'t In illiin nluii Tli" riMinix ni n Into a and will be tin) only onn of t kind In ihl city wln.-n cumpliflfd. Tin.' cm tructor fur till building Ih C'.-urj;e A. Drown. K. C. Gadlie, who rircontly piirchaa-i-d thu (iudko properly ou Twelfth und t'l'iitur 8tro"t. Ik Hparlng no (-x-pniiHii In having the rimldi'tice Iniprov I'd. Tho hulldliu; I to liu plaHtcred thruiiKlioiit. A Im'lirnom, waxh-houae, and wikjiI ahi'd liuvo h,..n added, A now fence! ha alM) h"-n liullt enclo iiig III" grminilH. Tint huilillng will ho rompMed ahniit the middle nf Hep teiiihcr. and will Im fur n-nt. Till la one of the tnoHt ih-Hlruhle IociihiIoiih In the city, which Ih m ar to the biml- nena unction of Oregon City and Ih In cioHu proximity Wi the llarchty High School. Clurke Vuko, raiding on the cor ner of Ninth and HarrUon Street, l having a new cotiaK" erected on Seventh atreot, and will be an up-to-date home. Mux KaniHby I making extensive iuiproveuienta on III lioiiHe, by put ting on an addition, and a vi-rnndu. A. II. I'ntrow'a resldi'tiee on Elev enth Itlld WllHlilngton Street. h8 been linil'Tgnlng repairs with Kd Andrewa uh contractor. An addition to the utore of Dunne Kly i iB Seventh atreel la Improved by the addition of another aales room. WAS SWIFT MINE SALT? MOLALLA RAILWAY PROMOTER IS VICTIMIZED AND NOW FACES A 8UIT. will bo fixCg feet, will be lined a a aalea atore of vehicles, whleb he liaa Juki added to hln line of bualneas. Contractor Huyck ban the building In charge. One of the neatest meat anarketg In Oregon City, will be that of Henry 8trell,lK, who ha leaKed the building on the north aide of Wllaon & Cooke a hardware atom. The building; baa been horoughly renovated by being painted and papered. Mr, Htrelblg has Just purchased for bla meat market one I.f tllA luluu lmw,v.,J ...,.ln eratora, the aecond one In the atate. . w'h falt?' the Coal Creek bonanza It la divided Into part, each division !!?,, Clackamas ,Co"my? bome"ne dl(1 i... ...... , i .: i The owner or the uronertv nnu the i,.-iij5 ni-jiui uitrti uy me ice cneai, aim COMMERICAL AGE REIGNS WILLAMETTE FALLS HARNESSED FOR POWER TO OPERATE Bid MILLS AND FACTORIES. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE ? GREAT DAM COMPLETED Separator Company I Said to Haye Tried to Sell Swift a Machine By Miarepreienting Clack amat Mine. the cool air from the Ice I carried to the meat apartment by ventilators. The mi nt can eally he selected by the customer by not having to handle It, and aluo protects It from the ilut and flies. The refrigerator la 10 feet long and three feet wide, and waa pur chased In St. L,uI, Mo., by the pro prietor, who ha also purchased one of the latest nickel-plated meat racks. This marki-t will be one of the most up-to-date little meat markets. The hardware firm of Wilson & ' Cooke have been forced to have their i atore building enlarged on account of the law stock they are carrying, a the growth of their business necessi tates them to carrv a larger stock The owner of the property pass the charge along to the Hydraulic Gravity Separator Company of Portland. The Hydraulic Company aide-steps and hands the compliment right back. The State Circuit Court, the Justice Court and possibly one or two other courts Beauty of Famoue Cataract Ha Been Deatroyed New Electric Station to Be Conitructed on East Side. fc j.05 , it- -wy'p o.jw.i rrrw-r-4 jljjjj ' ' 1 ,.. Jk- . X t ; . ' ' ( James S.Sherhan Ii i AU.niii'V hit JiMi'ii. (:!.!". wh i . -.t.l.-in--- by III" lliii api'llig. I lili pl.ir.-. Tin- fitiuK" nf Hi" W.-t w iu i!i iiruyi'd ivinilMiHK nil Hint .Mr. Join h Is t " 1 1 ir will haw ni ti-ii Iniiina, itlld Will I f ni'iiliM'ti di-di n. Tlm hull. I- IliK will runt l.Uiiit J!'."". II, Will be !".! fur i'c i-iiiam y ui an early clutn. I'lilllp Silni'iii. who ri'CeuCy pur Cliiii''l two alKlitlv h'l Ircmi the hull- "I l.nii'l CniiipHiiy, hni hi! Iiiiii"" (iiiil lili'l.il. mid bus moved liU'tiimlly Into it. T:." euitiiK" lint live rniili,, itlld Win liullt liy I'. 8. IWik'T nt a nml uf Illiin. All'i-it Hrliiul'lll N pI'.uiiiliK to build nn Ills newly nniili"d propel ty which he purchased from the Sunset liml Cumiiiiuy recently Mr Schiuldli ha I'lirt'liii-i'd Hi" cm in r lot, und U In u lealiabln lurallnu. There are two lots nit the piece llX pl'opi'l'l V, Itlld est niyiit !"'i Mr Ti'iikln is nnullier Wist Shi" mnn who has purchased land, and who will liullil un up lo dill" ht'iiB" ut early ilnie, II (Illlieit has been aw.irileil the oulillitil uf cuiniiuetllig III" cenii'iit sidewalk ell tin' gii'illiils nf tin' West Hid" school. Tiie hoard of illn i lnis uf this school lire to make extensive Improvement nil tin' si liisil building licftnc Hi" full term npens The gym nailiim will be moved to tin' rear uf the school IiiiIIiIIiik'. and two flight of stalrwuy will he built nn Ih" latter which ui" to I"' a pruteclluii In ruse of (Ire. other lini'inveiiicnts will lie iiunliv Tin- cniiiiaet fur the huilillng of Hi" slaliwiiys ha nut yet been awarded. farmers, l'i. re have hem !!' t it f 1 1 1 ! I s lii the fields, nor are there any yelloW J, III, .', 1111. 1 U Kliprilif.il lh.it the severe weiiflier hint Spring lias killed the lie-eels. 'l liii liuuilile bee I the only Iiihim'I Whllil' Jiillllleys over the Ileitis of l.. I clover ill" iiecessury to ..1. ill.' Hie weed. Ti lt specie of the h"" Is equip ped wllh ln.-zy I, ks and the pollen ail hens ami is scullmed tlirnur.lmol the heliU. In Australlii. which l ll real limn" of the bumble bee, the In-1 liloksoin, nml It Is only the bumble lieu that run seniter It In such n man ner lis to make the grnwth thrive. From lids (act It may be expecie.l Hint the price of red clover si'ed will be stiff this next Reason. The aeed was nunl'il nt ii I ii mi t in cents pi-r pound last KL'iisnii, hut the semclly will Un dniilil cause buyers to become active und the price will probably lake it jump. -rl... i-,f.ui Ih !tilv''il rutv fur n concrete r loin ihuu hm-a nArUi..f,..., ,i...... in I wall on the Houlh lde. 'I he contract j addition 5x:j5 feet, of two ttui les and ! iof till addition win given to Ed An-j concrete flooring, la one of the Im- !.i it'ltl. islu ...t.llil.,n l.fa ulrirn ' ...i i i. .. i illi-vin. nil .ii" ii-..in,...,. ..... ...... . : i.i.it , -in, -ii m ii.-ii-iiiij- nmuif HIES i building, and hi sales room of ai m- j firm. The lower floor la used for Iron lung hallway, ami In Ureur nf the nir Implement, mates nee of tlie ! fencing, farming Implement. while second II. sir are the Imituwo'i and the i largest store InilU'.liiKs In this city. I the lower floor for vehicles and hard j IIiu-ii clii-el On the thfnl fft or Is nn j (', K. Nash, who has done well since j ware. The Interior of the building j atlc l':'vin feet, vv!i I liefii,;i(tiilliei I coming to Oregon City, ha Just lin-1 has been repainted and a new business ! up und will h" u Td n n store rismi. j Ished a large structure on hi prup- i ofllce Installed, and is neatly fitted up An elevator will nlsn he one nf rjlieicrty un Seventh Street, which Is be- C. V. Vunderahe had charge of the I modern cnnveiilencea of this Htnir- i lug" ocrupliMl by a blacksmith shop, i construction of the addition of the jture. Tin' basement, which I nearly j He ,a sanother tulhllns uinier con- j hull, ling. j mmpleicil. Is cnnci-ele throiighuut. structlnn. w hich' w ill bo 2Sxd feet, j The huilillng on Main Street, near j The dimensions are :inr,ii feet, and It I Tho building will have a glass front, j Klphth, occupied by R, L. Holman, un- , In fill".! till ullh wrihll Irilvs nf l)ie!l V.,-1, ulin loiu lil-en nntSiillted i ,li.rl'il.-i.r Iid. i.n,l..rtr,,no .,oni- l,. latest make. The bouse will be heat- agent fur the Studebaker llros., Is j provemenfs. The addition of two'! . cunariy enough ttie public s only i d by hoi water On nf the attrac-1 having this building erected Bo,as to rfMs on the rear of the building has ! '"leri-'sl "'is mining venture is one live features uf this handsome lnuii" j tie able to carry the larga stock of given Mr. Holman more space to ex-1 "f nK,rl)'11 curiosity. The public has l the veranda on the south and went .ehlrlea. i hildr his lino nf ir,Ui,li At tha rp.ir ! p0 eQ'iity in the company's lands or A H. liuck es. the commission man, ; of the bus nrss office a chane has I "--. i who has been In business for the j been Installed, a morgue, and a stock past four year at the corner of j room. Since these Improvements have Ll...A.,,t. I1,I Mltln Hlreet IIHR added I tu n Tiin.lu A lilt-fri- !t.,.l- lu l,uin nor. ' i,.,,. U,"U nf rroeerlea'to his husi- i ri,.,i i.v tr imim.n Ti, i,,in..a .i evidenced by the legal documents filed ness. and has partitioned a part of fc presents a neat appearance as m, caie-, , The ,irst Paper wre the building he Is occupying for well a the other rooms by being re- ast ,Fr,ia&y ln the Circuit Court the grocery tnr).neDL , Mr. Ilnck- painted and papered with the tfUiJjUll , onaI alment8 were presented les' biislnesa ha Itrown to a large i ii,e corresoondinc colors. , m,,,, . ,,OT pactu extent during the past year, and by .Mrs. M. Forsberg, who recently pur adding the groceries It has been a chased the Miiln property on Water great convenience to residents of that j street, between Sixth and Seventh part of the city. j Street, has had the Interior of the William Gardner, the Jeweler, who house remodeled, painted, and a own t lie DUiiuiiig on .Main su.-ei " i iwnnuS m.i6 mo .iuui Ninth, has been making extensive sides. C. W, Vunderahe has the con trnct fur this building, and expect to have It completed by December. The new hotel building being erect ed by K. (irlessen, of this city. Is Hear ing complellnii, and will he ready fnr sect Is placed In green inns and ahlp-1 wcuuancy by tho middle of Septem pe.l to this roiimry where II Is llli.r !,"'r Mr Orleasen I sparing no ex- nted lu the ilover llelds of suiini nl 'll,v,"K Hie Southern unites the must up to diiti' Rtruclure. There Alslke rimer l i nired bv ih,.'"'" ' "'"'. Including the eight honev le i, ui it... .iKii." ii 'iiiuriJ riMim on the fourth Ibmr. A of nn mien lilnssnin The nnlleit In ll. I """U mr tne kucsis red cluvi r. Iiuvevver, Is deep In the I will have a trial at answering the I question. case3 on record where everybody get.s hurt except the dear old public. But it came very near belug otherwise, as HOME ALSO REDUCES RATE. Lowers Long Distance Tolls Between Oregon City and Portland. HATCHERY WORK IS ACTIVE. Fisheries Operations In Oregon trcam Promise Good Reiults. Sllpel llllell'leut llelll V O'Mlllley, uf (he I'mleil Sillies Fisheries lluieuu, has arranged lor the commencement of nperiltlons lu til" stltllnlis under his dlri'clloii lit Oregon anil Washlnglun. Itacl.s are being placed In Hie stieani nf 1,11 1 If and lllg White Salmon, Tan ner Creek nml Kagle Creek, tribu tary to the Coluiiilila Hlvcr, mid egw frniil Hie early Spring run nf Chinook are being taken at the Caadero Sta tion, on the upper Cliickiiains. The ecus have been taken kIiicc Au);nnt ", nml Hie intiil niiinliei l.siin.umi. Su neillllellileut O'.Mlllle.V expect to tail ;,imu. 'ggs ill Ilii stallnn, anil wl'l lltt.it- III 111" .'lensoll lake eggs friim the SlIveiMlile anil Steelliend salmon at Cazailero. ICg fi th" Full Chinook run will lie tuln'n nt Clnekanins Stu Hon. where them Is L'.'iO.iiuil black spoiled linnt for (lliti'lliullnn In tin wnt era of this vicinity. Dennis Winn, fish cullinlsl nl large nf lite llnreau nf Fisheries, bus It!' rived from Yellowstone I'nrk, having lieeu ilelulleil to Hie Cnclliilluls Slat Ion. ami lie bus been placed lu charge of opriallonH nt lllg White tiiilnion. OREGON CITY SOLOIST RETURNS Mrs. Nelson Law relic", lately of Kan Fiiiiiel-ico, at which place she Inisi resided for the past ten yeiira. Hi tut v I :t voice culture, und Inter ui- peiiring In enncert work, also a mem her of one of the leading choirs uf Hint city, will spend Hie coming Winter lu this city. Hill ing her hint sojourn hero Mis, Lawrence favored her iniHc-lov-lug I'rleinl w llh a sung recital In Ore gnu ('It v before her departure nbntit two ve,:r ago, and fairly capllviiti'd her audience by Hie deep full notes of her rich contrnllo voice, Sbo Is mart in niTiingcnicnts to open n studio hero In the very near future, wllh n limited number of pupils and her ninny friends Wish her marked success In hef work. Colton Letter List. I,s( of lettei-H rcmnlnlng uncalled for In tho Colton, Ore., poHtofllco, Aug, 31. 1 U0M : Women's List Almldn Anderson, Eva Hummei-fleM, Elle Anderson, Mr. J. Mump, Oflcnr Frlse, Andrew Rice, Avon Jess. ALFRED DANIEI.SQN, P. M. The Homo Telephone Company hits announced that the reduced rate fur l HK distance service between Oregon City anil rortlund. that went Into ef fect un III" lilies nf the I'aclflc Tele phone ti Teh graph Company Tlniisiluy iimmlug, will bt' met, and (hut here alter tlie rate of toll over the Home line will be III cent for the first two minutes and five cent for each uddl ilon.i minute, which Is a reduction from the old figures of five cents, the former charge being 10 cent for tho first minute of conveisatlnn. DAN SHANNON A LIVE WIRE. Noted Evangelist Coming to Stir Up Local Circles. At a very Important business session nf the executive committee nf the First llniitlst Church Friday night It was voted to recommend to the church for appinvul on nevt Sun. lay morning the calling of ICvangellst lnu Shannon, of Slamwnoil, Mich., to hold revival meet lugs beginning October is', ami lasting nt leaut one month, nml more If tlm Interest keeps up. With Mr. Shannon will come his wile, who Is also n fine preacher ami cxperl persnnal worker in religious meetings, and hi gospel slngur. Mr. Shannon anil his helpers have had wonderful success lu Mich igan, mid especially In Illinois, and he cnuic't recommended a a safe and :ine evangelist from these points. The ureal, evangelist, Hilly Sunday, says: "Dan Shannon I a live wire." That Is vvlial Oregon City need, nml for Hint reason he will ho engaged. Canby Bents Picked Team. The I en in (hut went from tills clly Sunday to Canby mill met defeat In n hnaehnll game by u score nf tl to n, was not the Oregon City (Irays. A uiinin between Cnnbv and tlie (Irays was scheduled, but nt the lust minute the game was called off by tho Oregon City nirgregnllon and n picked tenm was hastily gathered by Mel (Ireen nml taken to Canity, so that the people of Hint place might mil be disappointed. The (Irnysluet Canby lit the Canemnh l'nrk ground on the prevlnu Sunday nnd ilel'i'nled the visitors by n score of 11 to II. Receives Insurance Money. Mr. M, Krueger received a cleck for $1100(1 Saturday from Hie grand lodge of the Fraternal llrotherhnod, the Insurance curried by her sun, Louie, Krueger, In that order. , Tho young man wan an esteemed member of Ore gon City lodge No. 202 of this city and died about a month ago of complicated disorders. recep- ronin fur tho guests I on the second Hour, and the huslness office, dining room, mxilo feet, ami the kitch en are oil the lower llimr. The ele gant plate glasa front windows of the lower Hour gives the building a metro politan appearance. A cement walk Is also being placed In front of the build ing. This hntel building Is ou Sixth street near the Southern Pacific de pot, and Is convenient to the business part of the city. A. It. Hughes, of (Hailstone, Is the contractor. Mr. (irli'Hsen will rent tho building to de sirable tenants who wlHh to run the same for a hotel or boarding house. The building on the corner of Ninth street nf the lgtis property. Is being renovated by Mr. llrovvn. and the structure Is being made into a double house, Knrh htniso will have six rooms, Including the hath room, and Is to be plastered throughout. Electric light are also to be Inslnlled. The building will be repainted, and will he the second one of It kind in the city. Huilillng. which are near the center of the city, a these are, are eagerly sought for. The house will be Mulshed by the lust uf September. W. A. While la making extensive Improvement on tho residence of 15. tl. Cnulleld on Eighth ami Water street. A reception hall has been ad ded, and many other Improvements matle. J. P. Henner, who own a cottage on John Adams Street, near Eighth, Is raising the building:, and will make oilier Improvements before he will take, possession. Mr. Homier has Just completed a large barn on the prop lit y. Chnrlea 0. Miller, who recently pur- cliused the rot (age im Seventh near Center Street, Is having the building enlarged. At present the building Is of one story, but nnolber story Is to be nddeil, and this will consist of three bedroom, and bath room. A reception hall ou the lower floor is to bo added. The house will be of the bungalow style, with the sloping roof und loung ing windows. The veranda facing Seventh Street, will be 12x;'.0 feet, and will be partly enclosed. This and the sides of the house lire to ho shingled, repair, nnd Is now one ot tne neatest store buildings In Oregon City. The partition has been removed, and Mr. McUirty, the tailor, who occupied part of the building, has moved Into the Andresen building. Mr. Gardner ha Iwtil the Interior re-palnted and re- papered, and several new glass show cases added.. By having this store building enlarged, it will enable him to carry a larger stock of goods, which he has received during the past week. The work of renovating the building was under the mpervlslon of F. S. linker and C. Halhwachs. The store building occupied by V. Harris, the grocer, and owned by E. G. Ciiufleld, ha been enlarged by the addition uf a store room on the rear of the building. Mr. Harris finds that during the past year his business has grown so that he has to carry a larg er stock, and tho addition was much needed. j The building on Seventh Street oc cupied by Frtedricks' hardware store Is to undergo repairs. The building, which Is owned by W. U Little, will be raised, and new timbers placed be neath. Mrs. W. 11- Shlvely Is having similar repairs made to the Shlvely opera house. The foundation wr mo new resi dence that is to be erected by V. Har ris on Main street between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets. Is being lam, and Is to be one of tho modern homes that is to be built this Fall. This like several others, that will be built in the nenr future, will be of the bunga low style. The house will have seven looms, with bath nnd all modern con veniences, with a veranda fronting Main street. The costjif the build ing will he about $1900? There is al ways a demand In Oregon City for desirable dwellings like the one Mr. Harris is to erect. , Frank Husch. one of Oregon City's prominent furniture men. Is having a building erected on his property north of the store building on Eleventh nml Main streets. The structure, which north side of the house, and has made a modern looking building out of the same. The grounds surrounding the building are also being Improved, and new sidewalks along the front of the property are also among the improve ments. F. S. Baker is the contractor for the building. T. V. Sullivan, who owns the cot tage on Tenth Street, near Main, oc cupied by Mrs. Draper, has had the nxif raised and the rooms enlarged. The house hns also been repainted, and presents a neat appearance. Joseph Lynch, who has built five cottages since coming to Oregon City, Is planning two more to be built In the fail, and will he erected on the lots near Twelfth and Center Street. J. E. Seeley, the grocer, has added a large and new line of chinaware and glassware to his stock, and to carry this extensive line he was obliged to install in the center of the store mis sion shelving, and Is quite an addition to the appearance of the Interior of his store building. .Mr. Seeley is at present having a new house of 10 rooms built on his property he recently purchased at Meldrum. The building, which will cost about $2700, will be one of the up-to-date homes, with bath and wired for electric lights. A ver anda, the dimensions of which are to be 2Sx:0 feet, extends along the front and side of the building. Mr. Seeley moved last week to his new home, and is at present occupying two rooms temporarily until the house s com pleted. Water will be conveyed to the house by means of a gasoline on grne from the 47 Vi-ftot well, which was recently constructed on the place, and has a large volume of pure water. The gasoline engine will aUo be used for irrigation purposes. 1 , Parsons & Varney, contractors for the addition of the Eastham school building, are making good progress with their work. By this addition it will not be necessary for the school children to occupy what is known as tho library ns has been dune in pre- (.Continued on page 4.) T ALWAYS FORGING AHEAD HE growth ;uul licttorincnt of the Oregon City Enterprise 'is marked this week by tlie installation of a' new Mo. 1 Mielile fonr-roller book and job cylinder press of the verv latest construe! ion. This machine is designated to print anything from a little poster to a big newspaper, and from an envcolpo to a tiiianiinoth catalogue. Jn fact, there is nothing in the line of straight or color printing that cannot be skillfully executed on this marvel lous press, which is in running order at our office, and we invite all our friends and customers to call and see the 123,000 pound monster in operation. With thjs issue the Oregou City Enterprise is enlarged to a seven-column newspaper of eight pages, adding at one stroke -'2 inches of space, equal to about two additional pages. We shall be able to issue a bigger and better paper that wilf cost our readers no more. Our suburban service, covered by staff correspondents at Estacada, Milwaukee ami Canby, will be" improved, and we are constantly adding new special correspondents. We are happy to he able to state that there is more Clackamas County news in the columns of the Oregon City Enterprise than in all of the other county newspapers, combined. It is better news; more carefully selected and edited, and we-have no doubt that the newspaper read ers in' Clackai'na County will recognize this fact. with tue Justice Court. Strip ping these papers of their superfluous verbiage, the public is able to get an excellent Idea of the modus operandi in mining bonanzas of a certain class. The story of the Coal Creek mines, as gathered in the complaint and answer in the case of F. M. Swift versus the Hydraulic Gravity Separator Com pany, follows: Story of Coal Creek Bonanzas. Swift, a commercial traveler, dis covered the "mines" shortly after a certain other mining-stock deal had been floated on the public. 'He found "rich placer deposits" on Coal Creek, which is in Clackamas County, some 15 miles from Mount Angel. Panning there he was able to find colors in abundance, whereupon he proceeded to Portland and set about, organizing his company. F. M. Richardson, a local capitalist, was approached and induced to finance the proposition. Then the Hydraulic Company Repre sentatives. F. A. Sweeney, Augustus Walker and D. J. Forbes, were ap proached and aked to make a test run on samples from the placer beds and likewise to set a figure on a placer machine. The test run was made on samples furnished by Swift. The result was unexpected, phenomenal In fact. Great quantities of gold were produced from the samples: Swift represented that he was going to conduct a great stock selling campaign, and that, in view of the publicity the separator would get, a reduction in price ought to be made. The separator company cut the price on a machine from $G000 to $4500. "I'll pay up out of the first sales of stock," is the remark attributed to the drumnier-miuer. "Why sell stock?" Richardson Is quoted as having asked at this junc ture. "With that kind of a proposi tion it isn't necessary to let the pub lic in. The dirt will produce gold enough in a few days to pay for this machine." Swift Gives In. The logic of Mr. Richardson's view was apparent and Swift gave in, but with considerable reluctance, it is charged. He persisted that the cor rect way to conduct a mine was to unload stock on the public. The separating machine was moved to Coal Creek at a considerable cost, flumes were built, and, alter many weary weeks of planning and effort, the Coal Creek bonanza was ready to enrich 'he -world with its marvelous product ion of yellow metal. The water was turned in the flumes, the machin ery of the big separator was set in motion, nnd the promoters stood await ing fortune. Ton alter ton of placer dirt was run through. Nothing mate rialized, that Is, nothing of value. Half the country was run through, but nary a color except a few scales of copper pyrites and similar substances. At the end of SO days the Hydraulic Company insisted on payment for the machine and, not receiving anything, sent a mining expert out to the Coal Creek country to investigate the Swift bonanza, ln a few days the mining expert returned, his face illuminated by an expression of infinite disgust. "They've got a few acres of reason ably good farming land out there, but nothing Hint a child would mistake for mining property," he reported. Who Salted the Mine? So the company sent a bill for $4500 for the machine, and Swift's response was a suit against the Separator Com pany fur $2000. This suit set out that the separator people salted the sam ples in order to sell the machine, thus causing Swift and associates to fritter Willamette Falls have been bottled up and for the first time in history the magnificent caturact of water has ceased to be. Ever since Oregon City wag founded by Dr. John .McLoughlln the Falls have been one of tha great wonders of the Pacific Northwest, but the commercial age has demanded the utility of the water, and the Port land Railway, Light & Power Company nas just completed a permanent con crete dam around the brink of the Falls. Even the leakage !s saved and all of the water that comes down the Willamette is diverted on the East and West sides of the Falls and fur nishes power for the various indus tries. The big dam, which was finished last Friday afternoon, contains no les than 7500 tons of cement, and repre sents two separate stages of construc tion. In 1904 a darti was built arnund the Wet side of the Fails, but at that time the company had numerous pro jects under way. Including the power station at Cazailero. Consolidation of the Portland General Electric Qom pany's properties with the street and interurban railway lines was In prog ress, and the completion of the dam was deferred. Last year the new con crete wall at the North end of the basin was constructed and this Sum mer the company commenced the work -f finishing the huge dam from old Station A of the Portland General Electric Company, marking the site ot the new Hawey Pulp & Paper Com-, pany's pulp mill, running the dam southerly along the East side of the Falls, and connecting with the con crete dam built on the West side in 19"4. thus making a complete and per- ' manent concrete dam around the Falls and down both sides. The new part of the dam is ohe-quarter mile in length. All of this work baa been In charg of T. W. Sullivan, hydraulic engineer of the company, and his methods have been direct and forceful. . He con structed a railway track on ton of tha dam from the West side and hauled all of the material by electric car. Four thousand carloads were used In this wprk. averaging one yard of ce-. ment to the car, and the entire new work was put in in 39 working days, the workmen fighting the extreme leakage. The concrete wall Is from five to 22 feet in height, depending on the profile of the rock, and It was necessary to go through some deep canyons with as much as 15 feet of water. The old crib structure that sur rounded the Falls for so many years has just about gone and required ex cessive repairs. In the early season. wnne tne water is reasonably high, it will be very easy to place plash boards on top of the dam. as pockets have been provided In the crest of the dam to receive the plash board stakes. During the extreme low water period sufficient water will be saved to develop at least 1500 horse power, that has heretofore leaked out. The Portland Railway, Light & Power Company has other plans In contemplation for the use of the water around Willamette Falls. It will not be many years before a huge station will he constructed ln the East Side of the Falls. Plans have already been made for this power station, which will be built on the unit system, add ing wheels and generators as they are needed. The new Hawley Pup & Paper Company has a lease on the site of old Station A for five years, and after that time a new pulp mill will be built south of the present site. The Hawley Company has secured the lease of the power that was originally granted to the Portland Flouring Mills Com pany, and during the high water periods, covering nine months of the year, will have ample power to oper ate the grinders, which require a large amount nf water for power. In fact, It is estimated that 100 horsepower per day is required to make up a huge amount of pulp which is stored for use during the low water periods. In the finishing department very little power Is necessary, and steam Is used here as It gives much better regulation In the operation of a paper-making ma chine than water power does. The cost of the new concrete dam around Willamette Falls, exclusive of the basin wall that was constructed last Summer, Is $100,000, and this Is the amount expended by the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company in sacrificing the beauty of the Falls to the necessary development of the vast water power that Is every year becom ing more valuable. (Continued on page 4.) . INSURE STALLS FOR CATTLE. List Live Stock Exhibits With Geo. Lazelle gefore September 25. The authorities are about to begin the construction of the stalls and barns on the County Fair grounds, near Canby. They are working hard to make the money on hand go as far as possible and have planned to build no more stalls this year than is abso lutely necessary. Those who are to have stock on exhibit at the coming Fair will Insure accommodation for their animals and aid in this year's plans If they will be sure and notiry George Lazelle before September 25' the number and kind of live stock that they Intendd to exhibit. This will insure the building of enoueh stalls without unnecessary expendi ture.