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CDTY ENTEKPKDSE ! You ara Invltad to ba- T TV V J eonit raadar of tht En- 1 1 11 1 Urprlsa M Tlmas a Ytar II II for 91.50 and Handaoma., M Prsmlumavoffarad. Qladaton la ona of. . tha Clackamaa County t towna wbart prograta .la noted. They read tha Enterprlia for tha newe Prsmlumavoffar 4 III (1 4M t-l-t 4 II of tha week. M-H Pit4M $Ht OREGON CITY, OREGON. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1908. ESTABLISHED 1869. EGON FORTYSECOND YEAR . NO. 7. HOME AGAIN JUNIOR SENATOR EXPECTS TO PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY IN STATE CAMPAIGN. WILL NOT TAKE STUMP Champion of Statement No. 1 Will Circulate Tone of Literature and Help to Organise Cluba for Taft. LABOR DAY WAS QUIET. No Celebration In Oregon City and Mills Run aa Uaual, No waving uf IIhkh, playing of brass hands nr swell iir iirnliiry murks the ci'lebriilltin of Ijilmr )y ill Oregon City, Tim tit 111m iiihI riii'lurli'N were r in i ii ) ii k un uminl mill the iiii'icliiiiiU with lining iliclr I'liHliiniiiry Monday's IiunIiii.hn. TIi" liiniku uud coiiiIIkiiihii, however, with closed nil duy, Ulnl mini' of Hut harhfrHliops wur not opened, while oilu'ra closed ul noon. Tin' jmradn uml Iiiiiiii'Ii i u'' nl port Iniiil ilrnw a h inn 1 1 crowil from Oregon City. Kl v! yearn ago, when the Federal Labor I'nloii made up from tlm em ployes III till' )ll IT iiiIIIm, was In IIN prime, tabor liny wan appropriately celehiutlon. J. H. Ilowunl won In supreme cjiuimund mill there was some claa In din ii (Tii I r. lint tlm union went liy tin, board not limit afterward mill luce llicn tlm ci'!i'liniilon of the first M on il ii y In Hi'pli'itiliiT hna not been at' tempted. HEIR TO VAST ESTATE. Senator Jonathan llournn la now on Ilia way to Portland to participate Ui tlif Presidential campaign. Tlm rli'iiu- Mre. R. E. Woodward May Receive tor left Washington, I). C, Wednesday Part of 1200,000,000. nliclit, ami la expected tn arrive In jin, . k, ViKniwril, who la one I'ortlainl m.t Hiimlay. Within 4N f (iin heirs of tbe Springer eilal In houra after hla arrival Senator llournn ijertiinny, which la valued at $200,- will havo lila part of (hi. mncliliicry ,,, (l(u j,,,, r,.cl,V,., word from for tlm Taft campaign In working or- ,..r ulster, Mre. John Fields, of Malm, ,l"r ! Hint tlm aiithorllli'a In tli Fatherland Already llm Senator Ima oiitllni'il ' Rrn endeavoring to locate tlm do tlm role he la to play In tha ikiIIHi'iiI , sceiitlnnta of tho old eatnto for tlm pur- game, anya inn i cicgram. ami win pose of dividing and distributing this ' follow tlila to tlm end. Literature la , ,nl ainoiuit of nioni'y to those to i lloiiriiD'a alroiiK anil In a campaign. whom II Justly belongs. The heirs ut 1 Tlm Hi-nnlor may tour for Taft. tint thin large fortune am nearly all In : ho will ilfpi'iid mostly on hie nun. Oregon and WaalihiKtoii. and Ihose In itiunlrnlltma to voters. There will he )r,.K,, Urti nearly Mil residents if ! no atump api akluK y thi rVnutor, (irrmm City, th naim-a of whom are j for Im pri fi-re to ahako hnnila rallmr . Mre. II. K. WiMidward, 2lfl Promenade : than l a npi'lllilndr-r. Ilia pri'axnro nirwl; Jnmia Ki'arna. 210 I'romanailo will Inji'i t lii-w fi-rvor Into llm oriiiiiil-, atrn-l; (i,i)ro Ki'rni'B. Thomas I latlon of rutia for tlm Taft Iaitim, of Cliamhi'rliiln. Mra. Klla Flflda. of whlrh hla prlvalM at'cmlary, John C. l.yniulali'. Idnho, and Mra. Clara NW Yoiiiik. I tlm BiithnrUed mana:ir for brrkcr, of Nnpa, Cel. Mra. Wood the llravi-r Ktalo. 'ar;: art-ataraiiilmiitlH'r wu MIki Aa aoon aa poaalhlr. Bxnalor Ikiurnn li. iM y HprliiKr. who waa mnrrlcd In will ai'iiiro artlvn worki-ra In fvtry , (iriuany to John Ki-nma. roiiniy in inn kibi io iki' up ine or- i i '1- if ii . 1 I . rh'l 3 a 1 r '' McLOUGHLIN INSTITUTE, WHICH WILL BE OPENED FOR THE FALL TERM NEXT MONDAY. GLADSTONE A GROWING TOWN Scores of Buildings Are Being Constructed and Residents Are Beginning to Look Forward to Their Own Municipal Government AN IDEAL COUNTRY HOME. J. N. Elliott, of Beaver Creek, Hae Large Yield of Berrlea. J. N. Elliott, of Heaver Crek, wan In Or.Ron City the first of the week on hla way to Portland, where hi. went on biiNln!a. Mr. Klllott, whose Una connlHta of 114 acri'a, la one of Cluck amaa county' farmers who helitvi'? In running a farm In the proper iifnpe, and by hard work be has made one rt the beat farma In hla section of the country. Mr. Elliott's residence, Is a credit U any community, coaling; $2, ono. The buildinK was planned by Mr. Elliott himself, and han all of the modern conveniences. There are elKht rooms, with bath, and the In terior is of hard wood finjxh ar.d plas tered. The two verandas, each 15 feet long and seven feet wide, and a laree fire place are the comforts of thin beautiful country home. Tn? 1ml! 1 Ina; was constructed shortly after Mr. Elliott's arrival In Oregon City uliout a year ago. The ground mirrnunuln? the residence have been cleared, and Implanted Into berries an; fruit, of which there was a larg-; yield this year. WILL NOT INCORPORATE. Oak Grove Improvement Association Votea Down Proposition. SCHOOL WILL SOON OPEN FALL TERM OF THE McLOUGHLIN IN8TITUTE TO COMMENCE NEXT WEEK. COURSE IS EXTENSIVE Arrangementa Are Made For Publica tion of Book Embracing History of School and Names of Contributors. KanUallon of Taft cluba and allr up m'lillim'iil favorahln to llm llepulillran immliiei'B. Wlmllmr llournn will co npiTNtn with tlm atato committee or In- permitted to act with the rom nillli'e la a matter for aeculntlon. At all events, whatever eipvlmo la Incur red ly llm Henator In booailitK fur Taft and trying to Increnae tlm Itepuli' limn majority In Oregon will to dn finyi'd from hla own peraonal bank Kcroiint, and no euhitcrlpllona will be asked. 8onm of llm letters which Young baa written lo MillMrlun In the state, asking thein to aislm In the orgnnlrn tlon of Taft clubs have mil met with a ready response, In the Wlllnmetie Valley II Is known (hat several of the MH-tnleula of the lellera havo Indorsed them "no rtH-oursn" and mailed them on to others as a joke Whether llourne will take a hand In the organization of the legislature I tint known, bill IIiitii are several mem bers who expect hi in In nsalHt them In this manner. Si'iuilKr llournn will explnln that Iloosevelt waa his choice first, lit -t and all the time, as ooevclt reprt1 aeliU'd the pcoplu and while there was hope fur Itooaevelt's nominal Inn he would not shhIsI Tnft or nnyone else Hlnce Tntt's nomination, the Senator wilt continue, he list been assured by HiMwevell llmt Taft will carry out the Koosevelt policies, a mutter over w hlrh the Henutor labored In doiiht until recently. For aeverul weeks llourne has been with Taft. playing golf and discussing problems of slate wllli )i I in . and tlu-se close Interviews have asiiired him that Tnft Is the Ideal and logical surcesmir of Hooacvclt. With nn explanation of this diame ter, llourne expects In reinstate him aelf In the good graces of the Taft Kepubllcnns and the people at large, letters praising Tnft and urging his success will be flooding the malls from llourne's office next week, uml will continue until the close of the cam paign, much lo the substantial In crease of the slump sales at I ho post-ofilce. PROMOTING IMMIGRATION. W. F. Bi'lHsdey, a real eslnte denier of Orgon City, has received a letter from his partner, I). K, Hill, who Is now In the East, where he will upend three months In an endeavor lo Induce people to come lo Clack ii inns County. When ho wrola, Mr. Hill waa In To ledo, Ohio, attending the National En campment of the (iiaml Army of the Kepuhlle. He will do missionary work for Clnckaniiis 111 Illinois,, Minnesota, Kansas and other states, and says he la being encouraged wherever ho goes. VETERANS ENJOY PENSION DAY Came Out In Force to Talk Over O Times to Stlrrlna Music. Vctcrana of the tirand Army of th Kepubllc were out In force Friday to the niualc of Urn fife and drum, It b lug the quarterly custom of Mcada Post No. 2. I). A. It . lo hold an aft I. miii meeting on Pension Hay, Th mctnliers of the Women's Relief Corj supplied a bountiful dinner to the vet erans and brief talks were made by Comrnde (iiii. A. Harding, K. Grant and tl. It. H. Miller: "The Hoys of Til" was rendered by Edward Johnson, At the suggestion of Mr. Harding th Fust wl!l father a movcim nl to erect a soldiers' monument In Oregon City the shaft to be placed In Mountain Vie cenmterw or on the main street of th city, where it win tie an ornament, as welt aa a memorial. County Clerk (Ireennian'a office ha a biiy time yesterday In making out pension vouchers for veterans an soldiers' widows. Ikiwn In Wlllamett Hall the boys In blue spent a delight. fill day, and the members of the life nnd drum corp, Peter Wells, Frank Fitzgerald. John Kelley, E. Drant I) II Amadou and W. 11. McCh llan ad ded much to the occasion. The nex meeting of this kind will full on Fri day, December 4 LATOURETTE CHOSEN COACH. Oregon City la Home of Many Famous Football Men. Jack It. I.nlourette, who la connect ed with the Clackamas Abstract Trust Company, has been chosen reach of llm fisitball team of Hill Mil Itnry Academy. He expects to bring out a team that will win the Inter- scholastic championship. Mr, l.atour etle was quarter of the i nlverslty of Oregon eleven for several yenra, be Ing captain In his Junior year and last year attended Clumbla Cnlverslty New York Cllty. Oregon City has pro. iliiecd a number of football stars among them being Meldrum, of Ore. gon. captain Frank J. bonergnn, the famous Multnomah half back. Is now a practicing attorney of this city, and Sum Stow, who played In the line at the rnlversity of California, and lat er with Multnomah, also realties here William Koeruer and Carl Canting are now with the Stanford Cnlverslty team. Earl Mtourelte was quarter ItiHt year for Portland High School nnd Moyd Harding played guard for Portland Academy. Hoth made the all- Portland scholastic team and will attend Oregon Mils Fall. Carl Moore and Jack Medrum have also achieved some fame In football clrclea In Port land Academy. U. 8. SENATOR JONATHAN BOURNE, WHO IS COMING BACK TO OREGON TO BOOST TAFT. ", ', 1 : vt""' . " ' 'V : . t . :. :,.V ' .' ' . -. i ' -.-,u.".i ; v i'- ' v:; t ' -r i.,v ft I "' ' 1 ' . " ' " i ; ' The resltlenta of Uladstone are ierl-Mr. LaSalle has constructed. He has ously agitating the proposition of In-: placed a gasoline pump In a house corporallng. Three factora Impel this r.ear the water'a edge on the bank of move. The most talked of Its the re-1 the Clackamaa and pumps water from ported attitude thnt the street car company seems to have toward the place. Some time ago the company cut off the station known as Clack amas Hrldge on the plea that their re cent Introduction of the H-hour sched ule made them hrort of time. Since this work. Mr. Dan has built new fences, dug a cellar and otherwise renovated the old Bellomy place, spending not less that $500 In work and money to this place. Fred Selvers, Sr., has added fences and other substantial work that cost not less than 250. W. A. Cross built a new kitchen, two porches and did other Interior work which cost him past summer In the park. Mr. White I is also building a new home back of 111 coat it cost $750. This pretty little, ,m '!u- Going now to the west side of the tract, P. G. Wells Is now building a store building opposite the Gladstone station which is costing him about $000. He Intends to carry a line of there Into a tank at the rear of his home. From here It is piped 'to the other dwellings. This system cost In tho neighborhood of $:50. - C. J. Hood has built a beautiful lit tle E-riMim bnnsnlow near the waeon bridge nver th flarksmas Tha lrllt. ! over $100. H. E. CrOS8 has reahingl then several stops havo been granted Unf, feature of tills place Is the hugejed hs home and added Interior Im between Gladstone and Portland, but j vng containing a cobble stone ( provements that cost him over $400. urn mup, mien- iitiiiij itiim- gni Are olacc It cost 'n the neighborhood 1 ne tnauiauqua Association aauea Of $1000. woria or uuuuiugs uuring ine Mrs. M. M. Dowers Is Just complet ing a cottage at the fork of the two nuii! that ' building takea the place of several un sightly sheds and an old building that at one time were used as a livery barn. , On the acreage which surrounds tbe lot nrooertv where the above new- homes have been erected. John An-1 confectionery, tobaccos and notions. drson built four rooms of a house i Richard Freytag moved his store from which he Intends to construct In theUhe east to the west side of the tract near future. The Improvements that anl made additions that cost in the have already been put on hla place i neighborhood of $300. J. Wilkinson cost about $400. Next to this, Har-!nl . H. H. Hughes, the greenhouse man Nelson Is bulldlna- a cottase that men. have added an addition 22x140 rZ r, ,i L ..fi11"01 08 '"'"Heated tor 1800. Mrs. .feet In size to their green houses. The Cason claim lies east of ,. T, .,.,. Thsv nnm have tun fine houses nne 111111 in uui lino n i u i hi irasi f uuu -- " - Improving her place by buildings. 1 22x184 and the other 30x100. The Rev. Henry Splesa has built a cot-1 cost of this year's work was not less tage on hla 15 acres, worth not less, than $:I00. than $G50. W. D. Hodges has built a ' F. V. Lehman has built a two-story home across the road from Mr, Spiess ' house on the Clackamas river. When County road. This building together completed this home will have a 10 wlth other Improvements could not foot porch all around. The improve ba valued at less than $500. Leo Ol-1 ments that have been put In so far sen constructed a $700 dwelling on his are worth at least $500. ten acres that adjoins the Chas. Gal- j Cnas. N Galloply Is building a 5 logly farm. Mrs. F. J. Overland bought uunKai0W whch is to cost about an acre across the county road from tgnn .., Pt,nl.,.n.in Dn.b un.l V. n Im,( f a co tage and mat e her Improve , JnA' Tuft)Wh(0;D81, Candy t8.! ,L, ,u , v,o h,.ii..L ,nr I" Oregon City, Is building a $2000 has not been allowed again. Incor poration might give the people of Glad stone a right to dlctnte to the com pnr.y about stops and speed of curs. The second factor la the desire of many to put In good walka and (he liiadvlsahlllly of doing this until griiiles nre established. The third factor is the marvelous growth of 'hut settlement during the pnst year. Tho territory Unit la commonly rec ognized as Gladstone covers the southern half of what was the Itlncnr son liouatlon Land Claim and the whole of what was the Cason Claim. The O. W. P. runs along the division lino between these two tracts. The south half of the Itlneurson claim lies west of the track and contains 'J.'fl neres the track and contains 040 acres. The recitation of the vast amount of real estate transfers that has taken place on this tract of !U".( acres during the past year would be Interesting, but the growth during the past twelve months as shown by the building pc- tlvltlea nnd substantial Improvement that have actually been completed or ure under way la more than surpris ing. On the enst of the tract, the tax payers are Just finishing the four low er rooms of the school house. Tibs building has been constructed so that Iglit large school .rooms can be easily made ready for tho students. The tiwer floor will be completed for this year. The stairs and upper floors are not to be finished until needed. The llrectors have studied every detail so as lo protect the students In case of fire. When finally finished there will be two stairways wrom the upper floor, both of which will be without urns and will lea 1 directly to outside doors that open int. It Is estimated that there will be 150 students this year and 170 seats have been provld d. The cost, up to date. Including lie furniture and heating apparatus Is $7500, When fully completed the building will cost $10,000. The extra $2500 will he spent in finishing the basement, tho tipper floor, and the stairs nnd providing additional fur niture, The Christian Church, under the endcrshlp of Rev. A. H. Mulkey, Is now building nn edifice for worship lint will cost, when complete, about 1000. It will have a concrete base ment for the use of the Sunday School ml the church societies. The main auditorium will be six feet above the treet evel. It Is safe to say that $2,- ooo will be spent here In tho next thlr- dnys. Wm. La Salic has built three fine bungalows on the bank of the Clack- mas River. The first one, his own home, is one story and has five rooms, reception hall, bath and ample clos et room, A fire place of rough atone Imi'iuonlzes beautifully with tho novel ml artistic woodwork. The front porch looks towards the Clackamas. This building cost about $2000. , The second bungalow Is one and a half stories high, tins seven rooms, bath, mple closet room and two nne porch es and faces toward tho northwest. he large front room Contains a cob ble stone fire place and built In hook- cases. This building cost about $1,- 0. The third bungalow, while It Is much on the plan of the other two, as mnny chracterlstlcs that are en- rely distinct. It Is worth about $!, 00 bbI(Io of the value of the land. Much might properly be said In de scribing these bungalows which can- it be described owing to lack of puce. Mr. LnSnlle Is now building a fourth bungalow fur R. A. Gay, of Portland, this place will cost $2000. V. P. Nelson, of Oregon City, Is building n bungalow on property ad joining Ul Salle's which Is to cost bout $2500. These five' last named dwellings will be supplied with rim ing water from a water sy3tem which With unusually bright prospects the second year of the McLoughlln Insti tute will be opened next Monday morning. This Imposing structure, completed one year ago at a cost of $12,000, is a breathing memorial to Dr. John McLoughlln, father of Ore iron and founilpr nf Orpirnri f'ltv Tha Oak Grove, the first town south of institute absorbed St. John's Paroch ial and High School, and acorea of people who contributed funds toward Its erection take a personal pride In the success of the school.' Nearly $4000 has been received from volun tary contributions and through en tertainments $1100 has been raised. It Is the purpose of Rev. A. Hlllebrand, pastor of St. John's Church nnd prin cipal of the Institute, to shortly Issue In book form a brief Illustrated his tory of the Institute, together with a list of the contributors anil arrange. matter up with the property-owners, i ments have already been made for Mrs. Julia Casto and Mrs. M. John-; the publication of this book. It Is son. representing tbe Milwaukee ; nroDoaed to aDDoint a committee of Milwaukee, will not Incorporate, at least for the present. This was the decision of the meeting of the Oak Grove Improvement Association, held Thursday night, although a consider able number favored Immediate ac tion. It was the opening meeting in the new ball for the Fall, and more that 100 people were present. John Rlsley, president, presided. It was decided to Improve main street, occu pied by the street car tracks, and a committee was appointed to take the Grantfe Invited Oak C.mva neonle tn ' take part In the fair to be held in Mil waukee September 24. 25 and 2C. The invitation was accepted and It was de cided to provide an exhibit and give an entertainment at the fair on the night of September 25. That night will be called Oak Grove night. Mrs. Rubert. Mrs. Hill and Mrs. Btrotje were -appointed a committee on ar rangements. For the ensuing year the following officers were elected. President, Johp Rlsley; vice-president, C. A. Lewis; secretary, J. L. Casto; treasurer, W. H. Moore; member advisory board for 18 months, J. Heitkemper. During the evening an excellent musical pro gramme was rendered, and the Ladles' Aid Society of the Methodist Church Rerved refreshments. The meeting wan held In the hall recently built. whiclu is. an .Important improvement Mrs. Seol Gets a Divorce. Anna M. Seol has been granted a I'ecree of divorce from E. E. G. eol. The couple formerly resided in this city, on Seventh street and Railroad avenue. Mrs. Seol charged her hus band with running away from hep three times, the last time In Janu ary, 1908, while they were living here and since then he has sent her only $7. He was a painter and paper hang er by trade, and is now In San Diego. while his family live at St. John. Mrs. Seol says her husband sent his child ren Christmas presents, but beyond that he did not contribute toward their support. Ave, consisting of two non-Catholic gentlemen and three Catholics to au dit the accounts incident with the construction of the Institute and their report will appear In the book, which will be Issued about October 1. The course of study of the Institute embraces all of the grammar school branches taught In the public school, as outlined by the State course of study, and two years' high school In struction Is given, the branches In cluding two years' Latin, physics, physical geography, general history, English, algebra, bookkeeping, bot any, physiology and clvic9. German Is taught In the grammar and high school grades and musical Instruction Is a feature of the curriculum. Les sons are given on all string instru ments and on the piano and organ, a fee of 75 cents per lesson being charg ed. Sister M. Agnes, Sister M. Fran ces, Sister Veronika, Sister Flavia and Sister Cecelia make up the corps of teachers, the latter havinguhe de partment of music. Pupils of all ages and of both sexes, irrespective of creed are admitted to the Institute, which will open with more than 200 students. The same text books pre scribed In the state course gt study are used. In accordance with the custom, the mass in honor of the Holy Ghost will be celebrated at 8 o'clock next Mon day morning. Striebig Assault Toedtemeier. $000. Mrs. Mallssa Hughes has erect-1 bungalow on the Clackamas. It Is to ed fences and buildings on an adjoin- have 7 rooms, hallway, bath, pantry, Wm. Wodtke has begun the con- In .nr. tl.nt ro umrth r,ll Tr. I Hi" C"uit eie uHBeiueiti uu iu mr6e man Avery, who came to Gladstone j P''c'le8- Im provVn 7m The Tacre trt thai V''0!1 , m he purchased. Wm. Hammond has I"" ?,,e ln ne fact tlha' f " i..,n. . in -i. , entirely of concrete with the excep- J... .... .. .i . ..i. ..i j ,..,tlon of the floors and ioof. There will impWrnent. that cost la the neigh- j be five rooms, a bath, pantry and two borhood of $350, on a two acre tract . 'r . ,. ... . , ,.nnn .,niin Mr irv. inH Ewj ti Chambers Howell has spent $o000 'i, ,ki ' ...i, . ;on his place on Hereford street and :r., ::," ;r;,.ZV; ;T.! Portland avenue. The flue large home ....I r. .rortin. . h,, ,! win ! " moms. bath, pantry, numerous make Improvements In the next six j larfe c,ose;8 ?"d two, B"!.fJ .inn ij., .... and concrete basement. The wood- rh-"rV-:.fc:pr-;:Z.T ,'work t all natural and beautifully iv ,. i...ii, ,nnn -,' i grained. The fire place came from W. Anderson has built a $1000 cot-." ... Tonn ' Mr .,., tage and Is constantly adding to the Improvements that he has made. Jes- Knoxvllle, Tennessee. Mr. Howell has Installed the Kewaunee water sys- mum:. JU' . . . ... - -v j..., . ot.. iinmiro k.. I...I1, . mii ,,, I " in ntiu una ait ui iuc i'i6 on his two acres that cost at least u'Jni, , . . . , . -na t o v ....... . i. W. F. Schooley has built two fine .'U. J. i. 0IU11I HOB Ulllll U etlUtll! . . pl,n0,nl,0 i i n bungalow between the Southern Paci fic and the river and made other Im provements oti his place that could not be replaced for $500. Alde from .these numerous new buildings that have gone up In the past year the following substantial Improvements on the east side must be added: C. A. Warren painting and Inside work, $250; R. S. Warren, paint ing and Improved changes on the in terior of his new home, $1100; Rev. A. II. Mulkey, dormer windows and other Improvements, $250. Win. Sch"iii bauer, on the place that Oscar Frey tag now owns, put $200 worth of Im provements In outside painting and In terior work. E. P. Carter has added a water system on his place. The pump, equipped with a water wheel, is plac ed on a float in the Clackamas river. The water la piped to a tank over his barn and from there all over the gar den. He has also plastered the house and painted the outside. These Im provements are worth not less than $000. J. C. Paddock, the County Treasurer, purchased the Fuller prop erty from Chas. T. Tnozo and has ad ded Improvements which when taken with what Mr. Tooze placed on the property williln the last 12 months are worth at least $450. Terrence McGuire bought a small place near the Pad dock homo a little over a year ago and In the past year has put on $200. W. J. Ranch spent $100 In painting and brightening his home. Mrs. J. J. Tingle has added a windmill and water tank and overhauled the entire in-1 terlor of her home at an expense of about $300. F. M. Palley has just com pleted the painting of his home on the Clackamaa and has spent $150 ln homes In Gldastone during the past year. On the lots where his house burned a year ago last May, there now stands a six-room cottage with a bath, pantry, roomy closets and two porches. This building with the other work on the place cost $1500. Near the Gladstone station, tie has Jut completed a six-room cottage with a full cement cellar, bath, pantry, china closet, modern wiring and plumbing anil wood lift. The base ment will be used as a woodshed, store-room, and summer kitchen. This also has two fine porches and cost together with the barn and fences $2300. A. C." Beaullau is now building a $1500 home on his 15-acre tract, join ing Mrs. Anna Hayes' home. This home Is to have 7 rooms, full concrete basement, ball, bath, two large porch es, modern plumbing and wiring. H. S. Wilson has built a 6-room house, a good barn and done other work on his place that cost htm about $1200. U. J. Noble Is Just moving Into a $1000 home that he has just complet- fd on his acre tract on the river road across from Judge Ryan's property. Judge Ryan has renovated and re modeled the old Rlnearsori place by adding a new porch, two rooms, and windmill. He has also remodeled the Interior of the house and barn, paint ed the buildings and planted 1,700 fruit trees. This work together with the parking of what Is now commonly known as the Clark tract has cost not less than $3500. Professor L. A. Read Is now com pleting a fine 8-room house, with re- iLoutinued on Page Three.) Henry Striebig, a Main street butch er, has entered a plea of guilty to a charge of assault and battery in the Justice Court and paid a fine of $5 Imposed by Judge Samson. Striebig assaulted Henry A. Toedtemeier. of Stafford, a son of Louis Toedtemeier, a well known farmer. There were no words preceding the altercation. Striebig says that Toedtemeled for merly peddled beef for him and was slow In his selling process, returning some of the beef thai had become sour and neglecting to pay for it. Vehicle Cases Dismissed. The case against N. J. Hanson, ElIJs and Snyder, charged with selling bug gies in Clackamas County, has been dismissed, owing to Insufficient evi dence against Hanson and Elis. It ap pears that Snyder never operated ln Clackamas County. Hanson was ar rested last week, but no warrant was served on Ellis. . Indians Sue For a Horae E. R. Case has been sued by four Indians for the value of a horse, said to be $25. The Indians came into Oregon City a few days ago with a band of range horses and they say that Case bought three of he animals and paid for only two and declines to account for the other. The ca3e will be heard in the Justice Court. SAMUEL GOMPERS, PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR, IS MAKING A FRANTIC EFFORT TO ACCOMPLISH THE DEFEAT OF THE SPEAKER. 2 ''-t..: a -i mm- xkh A Wm XW(L i I1 J. K Wiaitnooo A irict nooo. hy. t. r Z JC f.7 3 JOSEPH G. CANNON 'OF ILLINOIS.