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FORTY-THIRD YEAR-NO. 42.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 3909.
ESTABLISHED 1868
OK
BIG PICNIC
BY GRANGE
HUNDREDS Or PEOPLE SPEND
SATURDAY AT HARVEST
FESTIVAL IN SANDY.
DIMICK RAPS ASSEMBLY
Gubernatorial Candidal! Maku
Vigorous Dafinc of Direct
Primary Hofor and
Riley Speak.
Mirny peoplo rniiK', Saturday, lo
Sandy, tin' luiul of IiIk ril apple
Mini pretty kItIh. id attend the liar
vent Festival, The weather wna Ideal
anil llm programme prepared liy Mm.
II. 1'iTrotl win wull wurlb hear
liiK. The opening song, "Twilight",
wiu rendered liy t lie I'll inly ;iet
Chili, followed liy n rerllutlon by
(imiriiK Maronny, Kolo by llnttle and
Mliry JiuiktT; recitation, A. C. Mill
Iron, sung, Handy Glee Club; recita
tion, M-re. Charles llean; recitation,
J. Miit-ony; rei-ltntlon, Francis Ed
wards Hiul progi amine dosed with
llm (llim Cliib'e arniK, "Harvest Time"
Mini a n'mlliiK by Ollle Cox. Cuiiiily
JuiIkii lHinlrk tlftt spoke on ibe dif
ferent method ami dutMh of limit
(Inn, ninl wu frequently Interrupted
by applause from I fan enthusiastic
gathering. Cot. K. Ilofcr, of Ihi' CP-
Hill Journal, Hnli'in, next liMik tli
floor nnil t'URruHHcii the adi'iillim of
I ho nuillenrn fur tin hour, tourliliiK
on (Iik mnln political lnen of ibe
dny. Ho mailt1 a vnry fnvoruhl" Itn
pri'Mloii 11 jh ii tin' iHMipln of Hiinily
ami tunny expressed their desire lo
liriir him speak again al mini' future
date. J. P. U'f, of lortlntnl, ni'xt
npokn of lhi iH'ntiilful Handy country
liul tlii grange of which bi' In
member, explaining amiii' of the
greot principals nnil work ni-rompllHli
fit by I hi Grangers. The last speak
tr on tin prtKramiii was Frank
lllli'V, secretary of tho Portland Auto
iin'lillv Chili, who niinoimri'il ihiit
rniiil woiilil b built from Portland
to Ml. 1 1 nod vIii Sandy, which, when
rotiipli'li'i), bi scrend tn noiii' In tlm
West, several thousand ilnllura hnv
Iiik been autmrrlbi'il In Portland for
l lila purpose. Thla road will become
ii mnln highway Intn ihi- un-iit In
Iniiil Km pi it, ii I mi tapptug a rlrh and
thickly settled country ou the west
slope of the Cascades. Thla, the first
ntti'iiipt of tin' grange to rt'li'lirnltt,
meeting with mirh success, will In1
romo nn annual feature.
Judge Dimlck Rapi Auembly.
Couiily Judge Pltiilrk fired tlin flrBt
KUII of the opposition to ttii campaign
Hint will be waged In Oregon fur tlin
Amn'iniiiy plan aa a aiiptili'ni-iil tn
llu direct primary Inw. 1 1 In rt'imirki
pli'iiHi-il tbi crowd and hi- wua fro
iiui'lilly Interrupted by applause. He
mild In part:
"Purlng tlin lint year c have heard
ii great many ri'puhllraua throughout
ilii hiiiIi' of Oregon advocating th n.
sutulily of republicans In convention
fur tin' purpose of nominating a tlrki't
10 represent tli In party lu tbe mate
mid ri 'ii my elections to lr bold In
tin- year 1910. Wo an Informed that
iiinli'r tho assembly nyalcm of nnml-
iiiii Ink oIIIi'ith to rcpri'ai'nt Iho repub
lican party, iimro rompctcut mid
I'lllrli'lil rumllilaloa ran lx ncrurrd
than iiiiiIit the dlroi'l primary nomina
tion inw, for Ihi- n-amiti Hint riimpi
lout ami wili-lcnt nirii will not rnt-r
the riu'i for mi liniMirliiiit iHli- uihIit
tho primary Hivllnn ayati'iu now
pnivhli'il by law, nud tlm way (o ovor
conii' that dltlh'iilly they Inform iih
U that ii ronvi'iitlnii aliould Im rullrd
compoKi'd of ili'li-Kiiti'H I'li'rtfd tr ii
IHilnti'd from iiimiiiK tb li'Kul voter
or tho Hcvcrnl cniinili'H, and that'll
hinilil bo ralli'il nn moii'tnlily, uml
tiiunliiiitloUH Hlniuld In' iniiili' In thla
" lily mid thoao iiomlniitlona
Hhoitld bo calli'd roi'iimmi'iuliilloiiH,
mid tho (-Hiidlilati'a an noiulnnti'd In
tlm iiMNi'mlily iiro theroliy rt'coiiimi'nd
i'd to tho It'Kiil volcra iih rnndldiiti'a
morn rompi'ti'tit mid I'inclont t tin n
thimo cIiokimi under llm primary law.
"(in tlm oilier limid there are a
Kri'iit many repuhllnuiH In the unite
who take mi entirely dlrferent view
of the Mitiiatlon mid claim that under
the primary nomination law audi iih
we now huvo In lulu atnte, ranilldntea
are Juat iih well qualified mid Juat
iih r petcnt mid elllclent nn thoHo
nomiiiiited In u political convention,
and iih far iih their election Ih con
cerned, they point to tho political
hlHtory of the Htuto mid hUow that
there were more piuidldntfH In pro
port Ion. defeated In llm election miller
the old convention HyHtom on nq
count of Incompetency, than under
the preHi'iit primary ayatem of nnml
iiallouH, "Under the convention H.vxtem can
illilnli'H who are Renurally nomiiiiited
for county and hi ate oIIIcob nre but
little acquainted with tho voters, who
know nothliiK of their qiialinrnllona,
while under tho primary nomination
law a candidate la compelled to pub
licly dellno hlH policies mid ko out
iiiiioiik tlm IokiiI voters nud becomo
licqiialnted with them, ho (hat they
may hcii the man and JuiIko for (hem
Helven nn to IiIh qiinllllcntloiiH, and a
competent candldato Mhnuld bo no
morn Immune In procuring: IiIh muni
nation In that ninnner thnn any other
candldato desirous of entering the
Meld.
"It Is prcmitncd that every Inw Is
piiHHcd for a purpoHo and that tho
li'Kiil voters of tho mate are fmnillar
with tho laws that they adopt under
tho Initiative amendment to the con
Htltutlon. Tho primary law with
which a Krent many of the legal voters
aro dlHHntlHfled wns adopted by one
of tho largest ninjorltles ever given
nn Initiative meuHure, and prior to Its
adoption the law was (HhcuhhciI from
very nearly every platform In tho
Httito and was endorsed by a mnjority
of our most Intelligent citizens and
we ore constrained to believe that the
(Contlnuedlin page f)
TWO WOMEN OF ELY
TANGLED! N FIGHT
MRS. 0. W. GRIFFIN ARRESTED
BUT JURY ACQUITS HER
IN JUSTICE COURT.
Mr. O. V. (irimn. charge, by Mrs.
lieu llyoin with hhhiiiiIi and buttery,
wna nrqiiltleil TueHiluy by a Jury of
her peera In JiihiIck of the I'eare
Biiiimoirs rourt, after a trial (hat IiihI
ei nearly nil day. Iioth women are
ri'MlilentH of Kly, and the rurliiHlty
attendant on the hearing wan an great
that Judge Hiiinnon wna compelled lo
move IiIh court bodily In the more
Mpiirloua county rourt room, where In
leri'Hted apertatora held down the
I. aid benrhin with gaping moutha and
eager ears.
Only H cow waa the direct ratine of
(he trouble. The llyaoin punt lire ml
Jolua tluit of tho OrlltliiN, and lb fence
between Iho reapectlvn lituda Ih none
too kihhI. Mr. llyaoin had told Mr.
(irltfln lo kerp blr stock out of the
llyaoin paatnre, but the cow wna not
coniulti'd and broke through tlm fence
and wna roped by Mrs. HyHom when
Mra, (Irlftln Inlerveiied. Home hair
was pulled and Mm. (irlftln wna nrreat
eiL She wna defended by Judge (Sor
dini K. Huyi'H, who urged thai tbn
deplornliln rondltlon of the fence
abonld preclude a conviction, nud the
following Jury took the an me view of
the matter: lien lluybtirat, A. II. Ilui-k-lea,
A. Mngoon, W. II. Miller. Marliin
Dunn. Ceorge Zlnaerllug. The chhv
waa pnitn-r ill eil by M'iu(y Dlatrlcl At
torney Ktlpp, naHlHteil by Attorney
Waller A. lilmlck.
THE POMONA GRANGE
MEETS WEDNESDAY
OVER ONE HUNDRED DELEGATES
GATHER IN CONVENTION
WITH HARDING GRANGE.
Over one hundred (irmigeri wero
culled together by president J. W.
Tliomiin ut the meeting of the l'omona
( i i ii ii K" WcdilfHdny at ligiin, with
n preKi-niiillvea from all the lending
granges of the Northern Willamette
Valley. Iielegates were present from
Molallu, Cnnby, Mllwaukle, U'IUh,
llregoii City, (ireahatu mid aevrral
oilier polntH. Several well known
men nddreaHi'd the asaembly touchliig
iihiii the general IiusIiii-hm and pur
poaea of tlm order. The Uenta (iiungu
tried to HI art a movement favoring In
cluding part of Clackamas County In
Multnomah, but met with a general
nud so stout mi oppOHltlon thut the
proportion was wlihdniwn. T. It. A
Hcllwooil, of Wllwniikle, delivered a
very able Hud Inlerentlng nddresa, fol
lowed by II. A. U'wIh. of Maple Uine
(irnnge, who aM'ko at some length
regurdliig wuya mid nieuiia of fur
Iherlng the work of the (irnnge. Two
resolutions were adopted by the iih
Hcmhlfd (irnngera. The Drat one fu
vorlng tlm tipboldliig of tlui Direct
I'rlmary, and Initiative nnd Itefereu-
tin 111 laws. And In the second they
resolved to use their liilluence to dl-
rert the atnte and nniloiiiil grunge
funds more toward the upbuilding of
eslHtlug grmiges than has heretofore
been the rase, as at present practi
cally all the HHHlHtauec derived from
this source Ih devoted towards the
Kturtlng of new orilerH throughout the
country. A committee composed of
five prominent ginugerH was apixilnl-
ed to make what prepnratlotiH are
tiereaHiiry for the state meeting to
be held at Oregon City this coming
May.
The next meeting of Toiuoim
Grange will be held lit Garfield the
acooud Wednesday in Junuury.
APPERSON CASE IS
UNDER ADVISEMENT
JUDGE EAKIN HOLDS DECISION
ON 8UIT AGAINST ELEVENTH
STREET IMPROVEMENT.
There will be no ruling nindo on
tho Apperson suit to block the Im
provement of Eleventh street In front
of hlH property until early In Novem
ber, when Circuit Judge J. A. Enkln
wll render a decision upon tho testi
mony and authorities submitted Mon
day by State Senator Hedges and City
Attorney Stlpp. There were several
IntorcHtod property owners In Court
Monday mid they listened attentive
ly to tho evidence and the argument
nindo by the two attorneys. Lnto in
Iho afternoon the court and cnuiiat'l
went over to Eleventh at root and
made nn examination of the property
of Captain Apperson, who runt ends
that tho Improvement of Eleventh
street would be Injurious to his block
and t tint tho assessment la confisca
tory. It In reeardeil n eYtremelv millkelv
that any movement looking towards
tho Improvement of Eleventh street
will bo mnile before next spring, even
If the court's doclslon should bo un
favorable to Captain Apprsoi).
KRU8E SELLS PROPERTY.
George McBride Purchases 140 Acres
Near Wlleonvllle.
George McBrldo, son of Supreme
Judge T. A. Mcllrlde, has purchased
140 ncrea of land near Wllsonvllle
for $125 per aero. Fifty acres of this
property was sold by J. L. Kruso nnd
80 acrea by H. A. Kruso. Practically
all of the land is In cultivation, 17
acres being set out to hops, but. Mr.
McHrldo plans to plow up the hop
acreage. It Is his Intention to place
the whole property on the market In
five acre tracts. Tha land is vety
desirable, with rich soil, and Is located
about 14 miles from the I'inia line
of the Oregon Electric Company.
SENATOR IS
CLUB GUEST
JONATHAN BOURNE, JR., LEARNS
OF NEEDS OF OREGON CITY
AND VICINITY.
SMOKER IN HIS HONOR
Clackamas Rapldi, Necessity of
Federal Building and Government
Purchaie of Locki Are
Topics of Gathering.
Hliitement No. 1 likewise the as
sembly plan were kept In the back
ground and Culled States Henutor
lluurne was tho central figure Tues
day night at a smoker given by the
Oregon City Commercial Club In his
honor. Tho affnlr was limited to the
members of tho club and there were
a giHMlly number of them present to
welcome Oregon's senior senator on
his first visit of an offlrlal diameter
to Oregon City. Punch and cigars
were provldetl by the entertainment
committee nnd the affair was very I
enjoyable and utterly Informal.
Jonathan llounie, Jr., Is one of yourH"K niado by the officers. There are
affable kind of men. He likes to stand
around and talk about live Issues
nud Ibe gathering was much to his
lining. i nere was no air of con
atralnt, nnd the politicians. Ilmirne 1 which will take place In the Metho
nnd sntl IMnirue, were there in force I dlst Episcopal Church of Estacada.
to forget the factional troubles Hint (The people of the Eastern Clackamas
time nsnally heal nnd to welcome the ' town are arranging to provide accom-
senator In the right spirit. Mr. Ilourne
was there to learn something about
Oregon City and there were men lo
lei him. It was nlmut 9 o'clock when
Thomas K. Ttyan. president of the
club, rapped for attention and officially
greeted Senator Ilourne. Judge Hvan
made the general statement that the
Oregon City poHtodlce Is unsatisfac
tory and that In order to effect a sav
ing of $100 per annum In rent, the
front of the building whre the imihI-
office Ih located Is Inhabited by a real
estate nud employment office and a
transfer company. The club's liresl
dent referred to the ran da at the
(Continued on Page 4.)
PRESIDENT
During the Month of
The president's train
Ran a lilt faster.
And he grit In at noon
-And addressed the postmnster.
Then up and away.
To his subjects Impartial,
At 2 be addressed
A I'nlled States marshal.
Still on and yet on.
As untiring as Hector,
lie wns speaking nt 4
To a census director.
In the meantime he shaved,
Hut scarce sheathed his raior
When he rushed out to talk
To a V. S. appraiser.
Then one more ovation
I'pon his grent Journey,
And a speech from the rear
To a C. S. attorney.
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X v, 1 j Clackamas Covnt
The above map of Clackamas County will show at a glance the superior advantages of this part of Oregon. Portland, the metropolis of the
Northwest Is nt our northern boundary. That great city gets Its electric light and power from two of our rivers, fuel from our forests. Its water
supply from one of our mountain streams, and for food It demands the output of our fields and orchards, poultry yards and dairies. Our soil Is
the most fortilo and, notwithstanding proximity to Portland, lands are cheaper here than in sections more extensively advertised.
Within the bounds of Clackamas County we have a diversified landscape level, rolling, hilly and mountainous something to suit every taste.
We have streams of all sizes from the traffic-bearing Willamette and the picturesque Clackamas to the smallest brooklet that comes down from the
mountain sides. The eastern half of the County is mountainous and the most of it is included in a Government Forest Reserve. The tillable
part, large portions of which are under cultivation, Is the western half.
The principal town In the County Is Oregon City, the county seat, at the Falls of the Willamette, with a population of 6,000, and some of
the lorgest mills on the Pacific Coast. It Is a most picturesque town and Is surrounded by a beautiful and fertile country. It Is only twelve miles
from Portland and Is connected with that city both by river and rail. Besides the main line of the Southern Pacific the two cities are counected
by an electric line with a thirty minute service
t"fc $ 4' 4 t 4 Q ifyfy'ity
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BINDERY PLANT
: FOR ENTERPRISE.
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Tho Oregon City (enterprise 4
tins placed an order for a bind- -i
log plant, which waa shipped
from l'hlladelililii lust week
4' and will be Installed during '
Iho latter part of this month,
The equipment Includes the v
' latest model ruling machine,
together with all the accessor-
les required In the nimiufac-
-f turo of blank books and It will
be complete In every detail.
This Is the first bindery to be '
' installed In the state, aside
from Cortland, and one each
In Hiilein and Astoria.
ANNUAL CONVENTION
OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS
COUNTY ASSOCIATION TO HOLD
TWO DAYS 8ES8I0N
AT ESTACADA.
The Clackamaa County Bnnday
8chool Association will bold Its an
nual convention at Estacada on Fri
day and Saturday, October 22 and 23
Bna Plan Im" lne Mlnerlng are be-
two delegates eligible from each Sun-
day School In the county and there
will bu something less than lftO di-le-
gaes In attendance nt the convention,
oilatlons for their guests. Officers for
'he coming year will be elected and
' reports will be made on the progress
of tho Snndny School work. Mrs.
Lnrla Faxon Addlton, of Portland,
will deliver an address on "Temper
ance," and Mrs. J, W. Wllkins, of
Portland, will talk on "Elementary
Work." Rev. Charles A. Phlpps, field
secretary for the State Association,
Rev J. U Jones, of Clackamas, Mrs.
.1. K. Newton, of Molalla and Rev. A.
H. Miulkey, of Gladstone, will be
among the speakers. The officers of
the Association are Mrs. C. A. Nash,
president Rev. O. A. Marti, vlce-nres.
Went; Mrs. M. A. White, secretary
1 and treasurer.
TAFT ON
October He Will Live On a
Speak His Pieces Aft
They feared he was spent.
Hut he proved a great stayer,
And the next stop he talked
To a diatoms surveyor.
They begged him desist.
Hut he answered them "Fudge!'
And at six was addressing
A federal Judge.
Refreshing by some tea
And a couple of crulls.
He addressed an Inspector
Of boilers and hulls.
Then on and still on
The swift special run,
And he plied out and spoke
To a revenue man.
Then bo: for the night.
Without station or steeple.
And he hit the hay saying,
"Hurrah for the people!"
COMMERCIAL CLUB'S
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CLACKAMAS
CROP REPORT
LOCAL REVIEW OF SUPPLY AND
DEMAND, COVERING ALL
CLA88ES OF PR00UCE.
HOPS STILL CLIMBING
Only 35,000 Bales Left In the Oregon
Growers Hands.. Potatoes
Look Good.
llartlctt. Patten and Company, of
Chicago, have started the buying of
Western wheat and the movement
east promlnes to assure large pro
portions this season. Club wheat Is
quoted at 89c and Bluestem at 98c
by the large exporters. Barley suit
able for the brewing trade Is strong
at 27.fi0 and some Bales are reported
at $28, while feed barley Is much
weaker and quited at $26.50. October
shipments continue heavy at Portland,
ranging around 70 cars per week.
Wheat receipts last week were 5in
curs and for the entire cereal year
3212 cars. Large sales In the east
brought the price of Club tip 3c In!" tbe latter waa coming home from
the Portland markets the middle of
the week.
Potatoes Need Rain.
The Northern Willamette potato
! crop stands In need of more rain to
Insure both size and color. Early
stuff la turning out well and finding
ready sale In Southern and local
markets. Several car lot shipments
have been made from local points, but
deaJera are' offering from 5c to 10c
per cwt. less for fancy stuff now than
last week. Under proper climatic con
ditions the yield of Clackamas Coun
ty will be above normal, while the
present Indications are for a slightly
lower market than tbe opening bids
of last year. Judging from past ex-
I perlence It Is now likely that the
growers are Inclined to hold until the
j market fully develops. Ldte reports
from several outlaying districts state
. ... . , . , . . .
that unless weather conditions are
"m'v"lc " "'" "c
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THE JOB
Pullman Car and
I October is from the Latin octo,
meaning eight. That is It is about
'eight times as pleasant as any other
month lu the year, and the Romans
jtook this means of saying so. They
were very fond of cracklings, and
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' awui ui-nilliug iimo lucuiiua nave .
a .., !.u.,.. i..,., .k ...ii. )
,um which made everybody's mouth
water before it came off. Caesar Baid
;that cracklings made Rome the mis
press of the world, and It was not
.until her soldiers began eating spagh
etti and vermicelli that the Empire
j began to decay.
I The hunting season will resume
upon the rippling lake, and the hunt
er will get out his gun and hide htm
I in the brake; the festive duck will
fly about and In the smoke and din a
leaden pellet now and then will pen-
j etrate his skin, until the quarry's
gravity Is overcome with shot, and tho
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NEW MAP OF COUNTY
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JOSEPH HUIRAS WAS
KILLED BY A TRAIN
FATHER OF TWO CLACKAMAS
COUNTY MEN RUN OVER
WASHOUGAL.
The body of the old man killed by
a train on the tracks of the S. P. &
9., near Washougal, Thursday, was
teiintlfled Friday as that of Joseph
Huiras, 80 years old, a resident of
Portland. The identification was made
by the two sons of the old man, Mike
and Charles, who were located by the
Coroner at Oregon City, R. L. Hol
man. He had a daughter living at
Muntavilla, Or., Mrs. A. J. Brlggs. He
spent Wednesday night with a friend
In Portland, and left word with his
daughter that ho was going; to Wash
ougal to engage In the chicken busi
ness. He left Portland Thursday
morning on the steamer Dalles City,
got off at Washougal and walked up
the track. The body waa sbloued
Saturday morning by Coroner W. J.
Knapp to Oregon City, where the fun
eral took place.
Jail for Profane Language,
A. Draper, who waa arrested Wei
nesday by Chief of Police Burns on
a complaint sworn to by Tho.nas
Murphy, was given 25 days In pall.
Murphy, waa given 25 days In jail,
fane language towards him. Murphy
Is an employe of the Oregon City Man
ufacturing Company. Draper waited
for Murphy on Wednesday evening
ijio int oiltj um UIII1 iuai UJ WtJUl'l
"knock hlg block off."
LUMBER COMPANY '
CHANGES HANDS
CLEAR CREEK CONCERN IS TAK
EN OVER BY LOCAL CAPITAL.
WILL RESUME OPERATION.
The Clear Creek Lumber Company,
a bankrupt concern, has been taken
over by a number of local capitalists
who will assume all contracts of tbe
defunct company. Negotiations are
now under way for the purchase of
a large tract of excellent standing
timber and in order that the mill
may be kept busy until such deal may
be concluded a large quantity of logs
contracted to the former company has
been taken over. Ladd and Tilton,
bankers of Portland, were heavy
creditors of the Clear Creek Company
' and were instrumental In the fore
! closure of the concern's affairs. Tbe
1 lumber and material on the yards is
I still in the creditors hands.
MISS GALLOGLY CHOSEN.
New Primary Room Added to Relieve
Congested Condition.
Miss Elizabeth Gallogly, of Glad
stone, was Monday night elected a
grade teacher In the city schools, and
has beeq assigned to the fifth grade
at the Eastham building. Miss Anna
,' T. Smith, the present teacher of the
A
graue,
will be transferred to tho new
first primary room, which will be in
stalled In the gymnasium building on
the Barclay school grounds. The
building will be fitted out completely
for a school room, and new windows
will be Installed. It is expected that
the work will begin there uext Mon
day, and will tend to relieve the con
gested condition of the first primary
rooms In the Eastham and Barclay
buildings.
Miss Gallogly holds a B. A. degree
from the University of Oregon, from
which institution she was giaduated
last June. She taught in the Cottage
Grove Public schools In 1905 and has
done substitute work in the schools
of Eugene.
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BOND ISSUE
IS $900,000
CEMENT COMPANY GETS MONEY
FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
PLANT AT 08WEGO.
HAS LIME AT MARQUAM
Huge
Factory Will Be Built
Clackamas County With
Material Available
Close to Plant.
In
Nine hundred dollars is the amount
of a mortgage that has been placed
on the properties of the Portland
Cement Company in Clackamas and
Douglas Counties. The Instrument
has been filed In the office of County
Recorder Ramsby and Is one of the
largest ever recorded there. Tho mort
gage is given to secure the payment
of a bond issue of $900,000, taken by
the Security Savings & Trust Com
pany of Portland, aa trustee. The
bonds are of a demonlnation of $500
and mature In 15 years, bearing S
per cent. Interest There are 1800 of
these bonds. Tbe Portland Cement
Company reserves the right to re
deem the bonds any time after Octo
ber, 1913. The mortgage covers 37,
735 acres at Oswego, where the plant
will be located; the Garrett and Jones
properties at Marquam, where thera
are Immense deposits of lime rock,
and 540 acres In Douglas County.
There are 147 acres at Marquam. All
franchises, rights of way and equip
ment and any property that the Port
land Cement Company may hereafter
acquire are embraced In the mortgage,
-which Is signed by Aman Moore,
president, and Alex NIbley, secretary.
The Portland Cement Company,
which consists of Portland, Salt Lake,
Odgen and LosAngeles capitalists,
next month will begin the construc
tion of Its 1500-barrel plant at Os
wego. It Is expected that tbe plant
will be completed and in operation in
about fifteen months. Its cost, com
pleted, will be approximately $1,000,
000. The Portland Cement Compsny has
a capital stock of $2,500,000. tf which
amount $400,000 Is 7 per cent cumula
tive preferred stock, while the re
maining $2,100,000 consists of com
mon stock. The present sf)c!t-hold-
ers of the company have taken the
preferred stock.
The company, in addition to man
ufacturing Portland cement, will also
manufacture lime for mrke;. It al
ready has a large kiln on its ground
near Roseburg. The present con
sumption of lime in Portland and
vicinity Is approximately 125,000 bar
rels a year. This supply is received
chiefly from the San Juan Islands, In
Puget Sound, and from Eastern Ore
gon. The company s limestone will
the highest quality.
To the ordinary layman the origin
of the name "Portland cement" Is
cften attributed as originating; from
Portland, Or., or Portland, Me. The
facts are, however, that when tas
original Discoverer of Portland ce
ment in England found that by mix
ing clay from the Thames River with
chalk from the famous chalk cliffs
along the English channel, and by
vitrifying such mixture Into a clinker
and pulverizing the clinker the powder
produced, when mixed with water,
would harden into a rock resembl
ing in color the building stone found
near London in the Portland quarries,
and which was largely used in the
city of London for building stone.
However, it is a strange coincidence
that one of the first Portland cement
factories established in America was
operated near Portland, Or., at Ore
gon City, where, more than 25 years
ago, a small rotary kiln was put in
operation, and, although not a com
mercial success, some concrete con
struction work is still in place in the
vicinity, showing the everlasting dur
ability of the material. The process
of cement manufacturing at that time
was still in an experimental stage,
as only two or three other small plants
were then operating in America. The
statistics of the United States Govern
ment have shown the wonderful dev
elopment of the cement business since
that time, when the total output was
less than a quarter of a million bar
rels, while-the output in tho United
States in 1908 was 51.072,612 barrels.
The demand for Portland cement In
Western Oregon and Washington ap
proximates 2,000,000 barrels, annually.
This supply is now imported from
Europe or shipped here from plants
in Northern Washington. Northern
California and the Eastern states.
The retail price for this material
ranges from $2 to $2.25 a barrel. Bv
manufacturing this product near Port
land, a saving in this expense can be
saved to consumers.
In Portland and on the Oregon
Coast there is a demand for about
125,000 barrels of lime annually. This
is now supplied principally from
Roche Harbor, Wash., aud Hunting
ton. In his report to the comnanv. ExDert
Newberry gives an Idea of the ex
tensive deposits of limestone and ce
ment rock owned by tho Portland Ce
ment Company in Douglas and Clack
amas Counties, from which points
the raw material will be transported
to the manufacturing plant of the
company at Oswego.
Mr. Newberry says:
"With the addition of 15 per cent.
Roseburg stone, each cubic-yard of
Marquam stone will make eight bar
rels of cement, or a total from the
whole area of 19,000,000 barrels. This
amount of material, therefore, will be
sufficient to supply a plant produc
ing 1500 barrels a day, of 500,000 bar
rels a year, for 39 years. "