Oregon City enterprise. (Oregon City, Or.) 1891-194?, November 19, 1909, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTVW T--T-?' JIM , , ,. H. M Has your subscription ex- plrtd? LooK it the label. You should not mitt any of our news numbers. MiM44 1 JXk i al M M I thai ,14 M M ft U Hi OltWJON CITY, OliKUON, FJUDAY, NOVKAlIiKK 19, ESTABLISHED 1898 FORTY-THIRO YIAR-NO. 47. HOPS CAUSE EXCITEMENT OUT FEW BALES DURINO WEEK- GROWERS ARE ON THE ANXIOUS BEAT. EGG PRICES ADVANCE Market Manifests Better Tone Blight Advance In Oats Eggs Still Continue to Climb Tur key Supply Limited. I Veil Iitm everywhere urn wondering wlii'ii i'kki wll atop III their flight akywurd. Another Jiiinii thla k - mill iipimiautly Hut nil la nut yet. Nut only urn jural mnri-hiinla III Hi" field after I ho produrt of tin1 hi'll, )iut buyers mini H'nllli' nml other in it r knt ri'iili'rM nre i'iiuilly ua h'en to collect giant fresh ainrk, paying w hut In, fur this tlinn nf llin aeiiaiiii. very lilKb flguma From rents to 11! cnuta la freely Tiri-il. No Turkeys Available. Iteport fniin vnrloua unci Inn of thn Nnrtli WlllniiK'ttn Valley show only n very fi'w lui a of marketable (ur- ki'ys available for tlm tiiilliliiy ttiuli' mnl hern again the Northern buyers ii r i' dlaplityliig great activity, by Ink Inn all Hi" lilrOn In slclil at what hna lim'ii until lately considered vnry fancy pi lii'a ClilrkiMia are pleii'l fill, with tin- market liu'llni'd to hi' Niini'Khkt wrnk. tii'i'an uiu nally Iniil but will hardly make up fur t hi-antn-lty uf turkeya. Tin' Iliini'liiirK Itnvlew anya more turkey Mill In- nnlit fniin that plnrK tlila si'niiin Hi mi Innl, but Oakland. Oregon. Ill" turkey renter, will full Kliurt of tlii'lr naiinl ainniint, na only ulKiiit '.io.iiiiii ihhiiiiIn (in mil thin year as compared with over IiiO.iiiio pound Innl yriir. Alfalfa Shipped In. Owing to Din prevailing atmrtngo tlin first nlfalfn brought In thin sen ami arrlvi-il hint week at thn On-K'in t'lty t'oniiulimlon limine anil will be ri'liilli'it to luriil iiitiTH All k 1 11 tin nf luiy In hard to get nt any reaaimab'n figure, while tin rolor anil general quality la contildernbln below the iinnil average for thla country. I'n favorable ruiiilltlntis during the liar-vi-at ai'iiaiiti Is In a In riti iniwiitro reapuiialhln fur IblB. Cheat anil clover buy has nil thn whole ratlin nearer to holding up to flm nvnraitn In iiinlliy, wblln all tlinntliy offered mi fur hm bi'i'ti vnry Infi'rlor attiff. Potatoes Still Down. According to expectation llm miIh tn niarknt ri'iiinlna prartlrally the miiiin, with but a fnw rara of fanry stiiff moving Iti'lHirta from Sim Fran claro denlnrs any thn rallfortitil rrnp la being elciiri'il up vnry alnwly nml liiiuii'illiiln ri'llrf nt linml. rolorniln ilnnlnra aro now rompi'tlnc vnry rhm ly on tlm Hiiiillmrn innrknla 1111.I tin a rotisniiii'iirti thn Omitotl atuIT iiiiihI of a nnrnailly lin of thn Ti-ry bnat tn fltnl anythliiK llkn n miicly atiln. Karly Hiian la itiiilnil nt a vnry small mar Bin ovnr thn white atnrk. Hotithnrn Omuon will thla snnaon offnr n fairly rihiiI nmrknt In ii llmltnil way for Kooil annil pntatons. ICnqiilrlna linrn tmnn amit nut to snvnral lornl ilnnlnra prnpnrntory to plncliiK onlnra. Clnrk nnuiH County Innila this year In the proilurtliin of fnucy Rniiln potnloi Thn rnrnlll rolil wnntlmr lllppi'il a fnw of thn lain potatoes KrnwIiiR at thn aiirfiirn and klllnil thn vinos. DIkkIiik Is by no ninmia flulahnil ami on nrrount uf the Inrlninnnt wnnthnr ninilltlons la proRrnaHliiK but slowly nlau ninkltiR It illfTloiilt to hnrvoat thn crop In anything llkn rooi! coiull tlon. Hop Situation Peculiar. Hut vnry llttln rluitiKo Is mnnlfnat III thn bop altiintlon thla wnnk. Only II fnw snlns report I'd nml a flKtirna but llttln In Hilvunrn of that of a mouth iiko. Thn bulk of tlm lCnninrn and Cnllfornla crop Iiiin bnnn turned i"d tnoro nrtlvlty Is expertcd linm foon. Vegetables Plentiful. All annHonahli' vi'Kninbli'S am Ht ill plnntlfitl. In'iiIits, both wholesale1 nnd rntnll, fliiilliiK Itttlo or no illlllriil ty In k'M'iiliiK n nioil anpply on hnnil. CnbbiiKn has dropped to GO cents pnr rwt., n h thn wholnsnle liuyliiR prlnp for Rood firm headH. Turnips, enrrnts, etc., urn bard to turn at any flKiiro with thn iisuiil 'nfferliiKs brlnnliiR It hou t fill rents pemnrk. (IrapnH, both Oregon nnd best Pal Ifornlu stork, besides apples, pnnrs etc., are plentiful, Tomatoes nro a tliltiR of thn past when It comes to fancy fruit, ns what little Is offnrcd Ih decidedly off 111 priulo nnd color, rears arc not up tn tlm usual slnn dnnl (imllty this year, as IiMkIiI and moth liavo tint li iniidu uront Invnslmis on the crop. Quinces nrn plentiful and eilHlly secured with but llttlo or no demand other thnn local. 8tock Hogs at Premium. (Tonornl Inturnst la maiiffested tbrotiKltoiit. thn entlro country In the RmwIiiK of Rwlnn. Good stock hoRS are In IiIr deiiiiniil In ull parts of the valley and especially ho In thla coun try,, and all Indications at prenmit are that tbo output of the coming year will ccllpso that of thn past. Oils Firmer. Thn (rrnln murknt has assured a somewhat firmer tono In tho Inst few days lint Dm situation generally In very little different from last week. Oals hns taken a very Blight advance and thn demand Is somewhat heavier. Oregon City quotations are as fol lows: Wholesalo buying prices. Oregon City Commission Cp. and Oregon City Poultry Market. Grain Wheal, 90e bu; onts 27.B0 per ton; barley $25 per ton; vetch seed, 4c lb; clover seed, prime red, 10c; Rlnlke. fancy,. 13c. .. Hay best clover $14 pef ton; tteat COTUnued bnTPage'V) '" AOffm lllitorlcal Bnelsty 1 F. J. 8. TOOZE, Superintendent of the Oregon City Schools, who will deliver an addreaa at the Local In stitute of Clackamas County teach ers In Oak Grove. COUNTY TEACHERS LOCAL INSTITUTE PRINCIPALS' ASSOCIATION JOIN IN MEETING AT OAK GROVE. TO The tnarlmra of Cliirkniuaa Coun ty will hold a lornl liiHIItule at (Ink (irovii, on Hiiturdiiy, November 27, mid the irii!i'iuiiiiin will lie minniineei! In n fnw days. At the siimn limn mid plum thn rneeiitly orKnnlinil Prin cipals' AHMoi'intlon will hold a meet ing, with tlm following pri'Ktiuiiiun: Hnciiiuliiry Kduriitlou," T. J. (inry, nullity arbiHil aupnrlntniulniit of schocila; "The High Srhoul Kiind I Alt." Ilrnlltoll Vecldnr, prlnrlplll of thn (ilnilatoun scluad; 'Tlm District lllgh Krhool." K. J, H. Tisirn, super intendent of the Oregon Cltv nrbools; "The I'lilon High Hrhool," J. K. Mitts, prlnrlpnl of the Cmihy si'liool. Thi'h" talks will lie followed by a general illariiHHluii. The good pnopln of flak drove will provltln a luncheon for tlm vlnltlng tmii'hnrs mid a pro fllnliln slid lutnrestllig meeting Is nil-tli'lpnted. JURY IN EASTHAM CASE DISCHARGED FAILED TO REACH AGREEMENT IN SUIT FOR COMMISSION AGAINST TRACY. Circuit Judge Campbell dlm-liiirged the Jury In the suit of O. Knatluim A Company against James M. Tracy. The twelve men were uliubln to agree, though they wnre out from 6:3(1 o'rlork Friday morning. It Is under stood that nine of the Jurymen fav ored a verdict for Tracy. A sunt $1,1110 was Involved In the case, this lining the ninmitil claimed ns coniuilHslon for elTerllug the sale of a farm be longing to Tracy, who offered to set tin for about $:t00. Tracy Insisted that the contract hiul been tampered with after his signature was affixed. The real estate firm wits represented by Attorney o. n. Kby, mid Tracy's attorneys were Ginrge C Hrownell and Gordon 1C. Hayes. The following Jury tried the rasn: C. It. Noblltt, Giiirge Ogle. .1. U Kruse, .1. C. Klllott, II. G. Starkweather. Joseph llarlnss, K'rnnk llabsrlnrh. William Handle, Mike lliirlns, lvl Stehiniui, FVnd Knmrath, II. 11. llurkner. SWIFT ROAD GOES AHEAD EVERYTHING POINTS TO EARLY CONSTRUCTION OF LINE TO 8ILVERTON. SURVEYS BEING MADE Optioni On Property Ii This C ty For Depot Site Will Be Closed Road May Be Financed By Cement Compan. It may be nssnrtml beyond a reason able dinilit that K. r. Hwlft, who has for th" Inst two years been promot ing a project to construct an electric railway from Oregon City to Silver ton through the Mulitllu Valley, has Hiiecneileil In Interesting rapltal In the enterprlsi', mid that the speedy const met Ion of the Unit will follow. For several months three surveying paflles have been In the field under the personal direction of Mr. Hwlft, and no lime hits been lost In thn work. This Is conclusively determined by the fact that a party of Hwlft's sur veyors were working last Tuesday on Fifteenth street Inslilu of tho limits of Oregon City, and Sunday work Is none loo common among railroad engineers In this territory. It Is very evident that Mr. Swift Is anxious to have his surveys completed and start actual const ruction without further loss of time. AIkmiI two months ago the real estmn firm of (). W. Kiisthiim & Com pany , acting for Mr. Swift, secured options on tho following Fifteenth street property: (). A. Cheney, one lot; Dolan prop erty, seven lots; J. Iiwry, two Iota; James Wilkinson, four lots; (Umbo property, four lots; .Mosler property. two lots; Albright & Warner, five lots. An effort was made to keep thn deal quiet, but the story leak'td I out. ami was promptly denied by Mr.! Swift, wlin probably hud reasons of! his own fur keeping lint matter from the general public. It now devel ops that there Is a great probability that the deal fur the purchase of the property under option will bo cloavd within a week, or (wo, uud thnro U no doubt that the property Is being iiciulred for depot puriHises, and It I extends along Fifteenth street from! Washington street to the W'lllmu"tte .' Hlver. While there are many people In Oregon City mid Clackamas County who have been skeptical uliout the proposnd Molalla Hallway. It Inn al ways 1 11 conceded that Mr. Swift's uiicciiNlng activity for the last two years would ultimately produce re sults, lie has secured stock subscrip tions from Clackamas County farm ers and from Oregon City business and professional men amounting to about $10(1.0(1(1, mid the money on these subscriptions is not payable unless certain conditions are at first compiled with. Of nioney subscribed GEORGE DIXON IN DIVORCE t SUIT. ; ' Mae c. Dixon has been grant- '. ed a divorce from her husband, George W. Dixon, to whom she was married Juno Hi, Wri. at Denver, Col. In her complaint Mrs. Dixon states her husband : deserted her on the 17th day . day April, !!MiK, and since that ' ' lime she has been forced to make her own living.. Dixon Is m newspaper mini, i mid is at -present the publisher ' of the Hotel News of Portland. For several years he was edl- lor and owner of the Canity ' Tribune, having started the paper In that town. About a year ago he sold out his Inter- ' f ests In Canby and bus been a resident of Portland since that time. , i- 4-4-4-H4-M-'?'He-8,- by Oregon City people, one half Is payable when the road Is In operation to Heaver Creek and the other half when the road reaches Molalla. While It Is 1101 definitely known Just what interests are behind Mr. Hwlft It Is surmised that the company recently, formed to construct a huge cement plant at Oswego Is furnish ing money to develop the railway yo. Joel. The cement concern controls Immense delimits of lime rock at Mar quam, and at the present time there Is no way for the malcrlnl to reach the plant. It Is possible thut the Swift road will bring the lime rock down to the river at Oregon City and tmnsiKtrt It by water to Oswego. EASTHAM IS A CANDIDATE WELL KNOWN ATTORNEY AND BUSINESS MATi IS OUT FOR MAYORALTY. OPPOSES DR. W.E.CARLL Eastham Urges Construction of the Molalla Railroad and Will Probably Make Warm Fight For Place, There was placed In circulation Tuesday a petition to 0. W. Eastham, a well known attorney and business man of Oregon City, asking that he become a candidate for mayor In op position to Dr. W. E. Carll, who Is Just completing his second term and Is a candidate for a third. It Is very probable that a vigorous contest will eisue before the election on Decem ber C next. Mr. Eastham has been a resident of Oregon City for about 13 years. After graduating from Willam ette University he came to Oregon City and became a practicing attorney. For several years he was a member .-! 4 I i DR. W. E. CARLL. Mayor of Oregon City, who will have strong opposi tion for re-election to a third term. . : .-' ' ' - '. .Y . I:-; " . ' : . , AS c-v'' -:.' -.": vs . . v a t w j - , ' If. :- i , ' . . - .r - ' -.-1 . . , " - j. 1, c , , . .' - 'tl::.. ; '". STATE SENATOR JOSEPH E. HEDGES, who addressed the Students of the Oregon City High School Wednesday morning on "The Oregon Senate." MAKING A LIVING ON TEN ACRES County Fruit Inspector Lewis Tells How Money May be Made on a Small Tract. Erlckeon Granted Non 8uit. lnvld Croylo was non-suited clear out of court Friday by Judge Camp bell In the damage stilt against Aug nst Krlcksnn. Croyle was driving a horse along the road when the anlma became frightened nt Erlrkson's auto mobile and tried to climb a bnrb wire fence. Croyle sustained minor In Juries. Waller A. Dlmlck was attor ney for Croylo, and Krlcksnn was represented by (Jnorgu C. Hrownell and l I). Uitourctto. Case Against Halstead Dismissed. Prosecuting Attorney stlpp dismiss ed the case agnlust Ili'ii Hnlstead charged with stealing wood. This case was tried once and the Jury could not reach a decision. FALLS A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT. Huge Volume of Water Pouring Over Retention Dam. With the steady rains the river has come up slowly within tho past week. The upper river aStiirdny stood nt 56 feet nnd tho lower river 17.7 feet. Ilcforo the mills will ho compelled to close down tho upper river must in I so seven feet, nnd the lower river about 17 feet more, so there Is prac tically no danger of this unless a very warm rain sets In. The falls at present nre a beautiful sight, and at tract tho attention of many passengers that nro passing through tho city on tho Southern Pacific. Many visitors from Portland hnvo como to this city to take a view of tho falls na they formerly looked before tho concrete retention dam was constructed. BOOSTING ITS MEMBERSHIP. Woodmen of the World Planning an Extensive Campaign. .'Willamette Falls Camp, No. 148, Woodmen of the World, Is preparing for an extenslvo membership cam paign nnd proposes to Initiate 50 can didates on Friday, Janunry 14, 1910. W. L. Plummor, the district organiz er, vylll be present. at tho next meet ing, November 20, and outline a plan of campaign. , ' Every member ' who secures a candidate by the last of Decombe will .he presented' with c solid gold W. O. W; bultou by the head" Jonsul. " "' ' of the law firm of Dimick & Eastham, which partnership was dissolved about five years ago. He is the senior mem ber of the real estate Arm of O. W. Eastham tc Company and the heav iest stockholder In the furniture es tablishment of E. W. Melllen & Com pany. He has had a wide business and professional experience and has always taken an active interest In political affairs. An Important plank in .Mr. Eastham's platform will be the urging of the construction of the Molalla railroad. The announcement of the candidacy of Mr. iidsiham created no small rip ple of excitement in business circles in this city. There has been no con test for the mayoralty since Dr. Carll first became a candidate two years ago and the candidacy of John W. Ioder was sprung at the eleventh hour. Mr. Loder made a very good race, considering the fact that he en tered the list so late that any sort of a campaign for votes was out of the question. It is entirely too early to make any prophecy as to the out come of the mayoralty straggle, but there Is every Indication that a warm fight will ensue. Election falls on Monday, December 6, which leaves nearly three weeks for the campaign. There Is also promise of a hot fight for the office of councilman for the second ward. The candidates are Albert Knapp, who is president of the council and who is a candidate for a third, term, and Bert Roake, whose friends are going to put up a strenu ous campaign to elect him . Thus far no opposition has developed in the third ward against Fred J. Meyer, who Is a candldate.to succeed himself. GOVERNOR IS HISAMB1T10N COLONEL E. HOFER, OF SALEM, SEEKS INFLUENCE OF THE COUNTRY PRESS. PATRONAGE MAY COME Rainmaker Editor Issues Rema-kable Letter Through N. D. Elliott, Who Tells of Hit Candi dates Fine Points. HEDGES TALKS ON OREGON'S SENATE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HEAR HOW STATE LEGISLATURE CONDUCTS BUSINESS. e are onen uskimi, - tan I make land apples. By Diamine tho oronor some niim.,1 i.,i,. u u. ...... 11 . ..V . .7 v..vvv,,v. line, una " ",iuK iur my uiiiiuy vaneiues you may nave berries from Is essential for the sale of vaur Dro- 1111 in nfrnu iir limn uiiiutitr htufitiir , tsn 1.1,11... . ... .m - . , , . , i.ii.i.m.- ui amy xiii ucioner, una uucts and also for the convenience had special training to do so? ' and grapes from the first of September till and pleasure of the members of the I will answer that you will find It hard 1 the first of November, from the vines family. Marketing the products of lo do so without adaptability, which land with a cool nlace to keen them i snrh a nl.oo a. Q .,.il.i im in..!.- iiiii,.iuiiu innu Bjiecuu iruin- tnrotign lx-cemuer and even January, is another accomplishment not dol Iiilv There Is notblni' that nemta 1 1 ho v.. h..,.r,t i, nai.i i,i ..-.,.. ......n.. ! . ' , , ,, ,, .. ' !""- n.u inmiij ho oy everyone, rne man or n,,.-.-,... i-Hi.u.i- hum n t mi 11 nm imiMiiK ih iinir persons snouio cat uhju pouuds woman that can raise first class fruit of n homo and a living for a family, of grapes in a year and save the cost and especially Is this true of doing of them In doctor bills and b H 'toflk. It in fruit growing, you should1 know 1 Your cherries should come into bear something of entomology, botany, ge- Ing about the 6th year and you may ology, chemistry and other sciences. J have them from the tree from June The trouble Is Unit many of those, till September. Pears and apples who want to make a living on a small j should also begin to bear In five or pince no not Know now io utilize tne six years. It the trees are headed low gifts that Cod and nature offer them The country Is gaining on tho City steadily, but not fast enough and the tVnson Is Just this one of Ignorance and properly pruned, and by proper selection you may have them nil the year around. For tho first few years you may grow your Jtrawberrles. Tho schools and colleges nre doing gooseberries and currants among your nil uiey can to spoil lurm boys, gtv-j larger trees, the gooseberries may be Ing them nl sorts of instruction ex- left the longest, as they do weil In cept. about what pretnlns to tho farm. ! the shade. Let me advise you not For this reason tho best of them are, to confine yourself to one or two tumbled Into the city, and It Is hard , specialties, the,re are ten or twelve work to counteract this drift and lo-' different fruits that make up a fruit cate the tired out city, folks In gar- grower's roll and I advise ou to plant dens, we nre gaining, however, and moderately of each, the result will or vegetables and has the knack of putting them up In an attractive man ner will be sure to reap a rich reward. Everything should be the best of Its kind, put up in an honest attractive manner and It will find a readv sale at good prices even on an overstock ed market. There can be no cast Iron rule laid down for conducting such a place, you must find out for yourself what varieties do best in your soil and locality and In manv In stances what your local market wants and fill Its requirements a little bet ter than any one else, and remember that the world is moving and nowhere is mere more progress than in hor ticulture. Our Agricultural Colleges are already at the front and every state has its experiment stations for finding out the best way of doine things. This is what you must know. tho percentage of increase of popu-, be that you will have a small Income latlon that fnecs countryward Is doub- from each one and all these small , Write to vom- .iniinn i .t,i lo that of 1890. Huge cities are not things put together will jlvo you a I bulletins, they will help vou Take what we want, our greatest problem respectable Income for tho year, j one or two of the best fruit and agri- now Is to secure n more equal dlstrl button of population as well as of products, what you want of a small place like I have mentioned Is to build a home not to get rich, but If you nre wlso In planning and work ing you will bo sure to have some-' thing beyond your dally needs nnd thnt Is about all you can ask for, all you could do with more would bo to make homo more homcful, thnt Is the end of It every time or eNe your riches nre a burden and n hurt. All we want Is enough nnd then Just enough over so ns not to have to pinch nnd worry. You will, of course, be In a hurry to begin to get a return from 'our garden and orchard, not" only for mnrket, but for yanr family and you will want to know what fruits will most promptly give you a return. I presume tho strawberry Ih one of the quickest fruits to glvo return. You may get n full crop the second year from planting; Then raspberries,-both red and black, about the third year, also gooseberries' and cur rants apd grapes and a few years latef cherries and plums and pears Strawberries, Loganberries, black berries, gooseberries currants, grapes. cherries, plums, prunes, pears and cultural papers published, experiment yourself and know something from your own exuerlonce. Pmvo thi....o iilMiien. nere you nave iwcivu mum ann noiu fast that which is Kood It tor income, you must rechon on 11 tan- seems to me there is no calling more ure ui some 01 your sine iriius eaeu year. It will almost always come about, however, that the rest will give you something extra and you 111 hnvo an average annual return. There is another source of Income that I want to mention here that I think should go Into the total for a small place and thai Is two pr three Jersey cows and from fifty to one hundred thoroughbred chickens of some good breed, and a couple of pigs. No family cm live as they should without cream and butter and fresh eggs, and tho surplus always finds a ready sale at good prices. The pigs can be kept and fattened on the milk and refuse fruit and will pay good Interest on all trouble and expense they may make. Now what about the location of this place for-a home? It should not be to far from some good and growing market It this be possible, if -out then near mirncuve, especially ror a man a little past his physical prime than that along horticultural lines. The work is not hard and does not require the expenditure of a great amount of strength. It requires Just enough' mental effort and study to keep to the front to make life worth living, and there is remuneration' enough In It to make one feel independent and of some use In the world. If I were to advise a man and wife who bad reached the age of 50 years or there abouts and were in reasonable good health how to spend their declining yearr happily I would say, buy , 10 acres of good land near a good market and follow horticultural pursuits. Live within your income, pay your honest debts and keep busy as long as health and strength will permit and you snould . live to , a rips old . ace and die- lamented, . . ,- , .A., J-LEWIS . . State Senator J. E. Hedges made an address to the students of the Oregon City high school at the assembly hour Wednesday morning, taking for his subject "The Oregon Senate." Sena tor Hedges explained to the students the manner of electing state senators and how legislative business Is trans acted. His talk was full of interest to the high school students. The high school assemblies are held every Wednesday morning and City Superin tendent Tooze is arranging for a ser ies of talks by prominent men. Next Wednesday Dr. A. L. Beatie will talk on "The Care and Preservation of the Teeth," and on the following Wednesday O. D. Eby will make an address on "The Attorney and His Work." The Wednesday morning programmes are an innovation In the city, schools and will be warmly ap preciated by the students and teachers. CHARLES WILSON DROWNED. Native of Oregon City and Was Rais ed on Farm at Logan. Charles Wilson, who was born in Oregon City nnd who was raised on a farm at Logan, was drowned last Friday at Kamilche, Wash., where he conducted a general merchandise store. He was also postmaster of the town. Details concerning his death were not received here, but a telegram came from his bondsman at Olympia, Tuesday to Chief of Police Burns, who communicated with Wilson's relatives at Logan. His father, Peter Wilson, Is a well known resident of Clack amas County, and his brother, Frank Wilson, is also a resident of Logan The latter left today for Kamilche, to assist in the serch for the body, which has not yet been recovered. Charles Wilson was 47 years of age, and was unmarried. FIRST SNOW OF SEASON. Many Apples Yet on Trees and Po tatoea In Ground. The first snow of the season fell Saturday morning. Very little fell in this city, but at Molalla and Beaver Creek and the vicinities it started to full about 8 o'clock and reached a depth of two inches, disappearing in the afternoon. At Logan it fell to a depth of about one Inch. Many of the farmers of the county have not yet dug their potatoes, owing to the neavy rainfall, and there are still many apples on the trees, but It Is not probable that a snowstorm will be experienced so as to Injure anv of the fruit that is still on the trees. Price Sued by Hotel Comrianv. , H.. L. Price, a well known Clothing merchant of this city, was Wednesday sued for 450 by The Dalles. Hotel Company. U is charged that while Price was In business at The Dalles he subscribed for . stock in the hotel company, to the value of 1500 and lishlng the delinquent tax -lists' but Emenatlng from Salem, the homo of Colonel E. Hofer, the rainmaker, comes a boomlet for the Colonel for Governor. It has long been suspect ed through the Willamette Valley, In view of Hofer's activity during the last three yearB for Statement No. 1 and because of his prominence as a champion of development that he had some kind of a bee buzzing In his bonnet, and a letter just Issued by N. D. Elliott, a Salem printer, bears some ear marks of the colonel. Including the occasional lines of bold face type that are so familiar to read ers of his editorials in the Capitol Journal. The letter Is printed and Is sent to "The Publishers of Country News papers and Job Printers of Oregon". It contains a carefully constructed appeal to this fraternity and more than implies that In return for their support public patronage legislation will be forthcoming. This remarkable letter follows: "Mechanical departments of news papers having motive power for the operation of presses and other machi nery other than hand power are sub ject to the factory Inspection law of Oregon, which requires inspection of machinery for the protection of work men and a payment of a small fee for such Inspection." The above. In substance, is the opinion rendered by Attorney General Crawford upon request of the Labor Press. Colonel E. Hofer, of the Capital Journal of Salem, believed the charge of $5.00 for the inspection of country newspaper unjust, and did not wish to pay the same. However, he-consented to an amic able settlement of the question wheth er country printing plants should be brought under the annual Inspection provided by the factory Inspection act. by agreeing to accept an Inter pretation of the law from the legal department, and to abide by the de cision of the attorney general, and will pay the Inspection fee. Colonel Hofer has asked for a hear ing before the legislative committee of the Central Labor Council to se cure an amendment that will do away with any injustice to the country printing plants, which he believes should not be subjected to an annual inspection tax of $5.00 where their machinery is not dangerous to em ployes. He says he is strongly in favor of the factory and workship law and wants to see it perfected and rig Idly enforced, and was unwilling to have it brought into the ocurts which would have materially interferred ' with ita operation to the detriment of labor. I believe we are indebted to Col. Hofer for his magnificent fight ln. calling attention to the unfairness of collecting the annual inspection tax of 5.00 the two hundred country print ing offices of this state. The labor commissioner believes that the fee should be much reduced, and CoL Hofer will secure a hearing before the Central Labor Council to have the law amended so as to exempt if pos sible all small country printing plants that do not run fast presses. He has paid his fee and says: "Obey the law um.il it is amended." Col. Hofer has been accused of fighting the tax because he has been mentioned as a possible candidate for governor. I happen to know that this was not necessary In his case, as I was for many years In his employ, and he always run a fair office, and is now paying the union scale and above for an eight-hour day, and for many years conducted a country weekly and job office In Iowa, and knows what the craft has to struggle with. The newspaper men and printers of the state have had no more con sistent friend for over twenty years past than Col. Hofer of the Capital Journal. When he had been Id the state but a few years he secured the passage of the law requiring publica tion of the county court proceedings and list of claims allowed, which If it were strictly complied with In every county In the state would pre vent grafts innumerable which are possible without publicity. He made a fight in the last legis lature to have Insurance companies publish a semi-annual statement In every county In whieh they do busi ness In the state, but the bill was amended to confine It to three locali ties in the state. He also made a fight and helped secure the passage of the bill requiring publication of the delinquent tax lists to be compul sory, bttf a fight among the Portland newspapers over the patronage re sulted In a veto of the bill. In many way the country newspa pers are robbed of legitimate adver tising and publicity that would help their business and give the public the Information they want. The legisla ture has repealed the law requiring publication of amendments to tha constitution that are submitted to a popular vote. Is not that an outrage ous system that there can be "foisted on the people vital charges in their form of government without their ' knowledge. ; Col. Hofer advocates not only pub- oply $50 of the amount has been paid. I ' (Continued on Page i.) '