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CITY ENTEIWDS ITS "The Enterprise only Clackama Hit your subscription plredf Look at th label. You ihould not mlit any of our new number. Newapaper that all of th new h HK 0" . H""'""1 " .growing County. OIIKCION CITY, OKI-WON, KKIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1910. ESTABLISHED 1888 mm FORTY FOURTH YEAR NO. 4. HOP MARKET VERY STRONG SEVERAL GROWERS HAVE BOLD THEIR HOLDINGS DURINQ WEEK FOR 22 CENTS. FLOUR TAKES A DROP Butter la Firm and Poultry Still Dull With Light Receipt Da. mand lor Livestock Continual. "I'lin Impression irvullM Unit Imp buyer huvf hail thlr limit mlaml, iin In evidenced iy Ike aacendluk prlc a Th" iIi'iiiiiikI friim both foreign mill douicatlr amircea appear strong Within IIik paat week several grow cm liiivn aolil their IioIiIIiikh for 22 Mini ceiita, till lii'lllR nil llirri'linn cf fi tun (1 in ceiita over mat week A California letter U ri'Hirti'il a of. fiTliiK ID I'l'iita fur niiti year contract Mini H mn 15 for three year con tract In HoiKiiiui. mill III cent for HiirmiiHMitn roinruclH.' KiirIIsIi rlr culiira rxirt a quint ronautuptlvn di- in u ml innl It U nut expected (lint there will Im any Itnpuritint change mil II after election aro over. No Advance In Whtat Mcea. Wheal price ur' firm nt II mid furnicr are holding their crop. For- I'ltiii shipment tliU week srn i iIihii liulf uf Innl week, l-ncnl flour price have ilruppnT from Inn lo tlf- hen cent per barrel. Country Product Firm. Mutter r in it lint firm. with a Riaid iivitiik" Hiipply fur the si-aaun, the- il'iimnd from I ho north InkliiK earn of tlio aurplua. Ki'tiillitrH am now pro curing mom of llii'lr ckr from th roiintry Tin' iNiultry market I atlll lull, wild IlKht rerelpta In I hi' local mnrki't potiiiiic have advanced from III to Ki rent per biiahcl. Mill feed hna Incn-nn-d from f to 2 pur ton Livestock In Good Demand. Th Portland Cnlon Stork Yard Company report n rih run of ritiili' thi pimt week, Ii17 head Im'Iiir re ceived. Tin' Iiok Hiipply alo ha Iiwii pnKirtlonmi'ly IIIkthI. Iluyrra have i iik on tin' offering promptly at good prlrea, I In' hulk of aalca runnlliK from I'.l to f!l III. The rerelpta of ilKX'p ' have been vt-ry IIrIii ami there ban pot been iMiiiiiKh aheep In th" yanU lo mak a market. UkM calve am In ili'iiiand anil only a few am being received. Following am quointloiia an all rlaasee of livestock : Heat ateera. .nr ; fulr to good to r III; airlrtly good row. HIS; fair to itooil, f:l.i to ft. 10; ahi'i'p, iM'at wi'thira. $5 78; good ewe I'll,', to If. fill; Intnl. a, $0.2fi In (U.7S ; li't heavy, aniootli hiK. $9 10; medl- urn. IM 75 to J'.Hi"; calve. IlKlit 15 to 5 50; lirnvy, ft 00 to fl.25; hulla. J.I Ml to J 75. OREGON CITY MARKETS. Grain, Flour, Feed, Etc. Wtiolt'aalo tAiyliiR prlroa. Ori'Kon Tlly ("ommlaalon Co. (irnln Whi-at. $1.00 Im; oata 29it V.o.oo in'r ton; harli-y $J7.00 por ton; vetch ai'i'il. tn Hi; chrvor il. piimu ri'O. I Or; nlalM', funry, I lo. Huy lieal clover $15 per Ion; rlieat f I r : timothy $17: Kraln liny $1(1; al falfa, aelllnx at $22 per ton. Straw fancy lirlKht. $5.00. Selling. Kiii'kM liiirlnp, new 74c; aeconda. 5c. Twine heat, 15c akeln. Hnuer Kraut $16 barrel. Mill feed llrim $2900 per ton; alioriH. roiintry, $:i5.0(i; city, $111.00; nilddlliiKH, $.'U.00; rolled harley $:I5.IKI, chop $:iil.0ii; a I fa I fa nl $25; cracked corn $:i.50. tlraaa aeeil Timothy riiff7c fb. Ken tucky hluenrniia 20c; orchard ntflSc; red clover 15c; alHike, 17c; Kuitllah live Kniaa, 10c. Flour beat valley, $l.50 Mil; hard wheal $7.00 Mil : boat Krnhani; $7.00. Vegetablea and Frulta. Freah KriillN IttiyltiR. Applca fftney ripe. 75cif$1.00 per box; cniba, 4c lb. rear Winter, 35rflRiV Imx. I'runi'H Italian: Heat dried 50 to i',0 count, at 3n per pound; Potltn, fimcy, l'ic. l'umpklna nOcifffiOc cwt. Bnek veRi'lnlile. currola, lurnlpa, etc.. fine. C'lihlmRO $1.00. I'olaloea heal fancy 70 lo 75c per cwt; ordinary Mlo; a I 15c Im; Karly Itoae (!5 to 70c. Carnela 00c. Provlalona Retail. Quotation furnlHhi'd by iJiraen & Co SiiRiir per aiick, beat berry, $(1.35, olber, $0.10. Onions $1.25 to $1.25 per cwt. IteiuiB little whllo Re; brown 6c. Salt boat tnblo. $1.00 J $1.B0 cwt. 1'lcklea aoiir, 0c qt; (IIIIh, 10c qt; awei'la, 10c pint; green chill poppera, 8c lb. Ulce fnncy, lb; ordinary Cc. Sweet polatoea 4c lb. Irlab polntoi'B $lfi $1.25 per cwt. Chor-an 25o lb; cream brick, 25c. Cured mcatH best country bacon 18c; ICiiatern llreakfaat, 25c. HamB country, 17c; packing hoimo 20c; fancy bacon 25o. Cranbnrrlea 15c lb. (IrapRH California, 70lOc. Celery 5cfa 10c por bunch. Cuullflower per head 10cQ15c. Bauer kraut 10c quart. Iettuco 5o bunch. Honoy comb 15a lb. -OraiiKOB 25c to 35c dor. IomonB 30c do. IlnnaniiB 30o dot. Cocamits 10c each. Orapo fruit 10c or 8 for 40c. PornlmmoiiB 30c. dm. Applca fancy, 75c$l.G0 per box. crabs, 4c lb KIrb 10c lb. (Continued on Page 4.) CHAUTAUQUA ELECTS T. J. GARY SECRETARY WELL KNOWN EDUCATOR CHOS EN TO FILL PLACE VACATED BY H. E. CROSS. Ilmi. Cbnrlea II. Mnorca. of Port land) waa Wedlieaday elerled preal dent of the Willamette Valley C'linu iitiupia Aaaeuihly. Mr. Miairea waa formerly HeRialer of the OreRon City IjiiiiI Oltlcii. Tlieodurn J. (iary, coun ty atipc rluteiiilcnt of achoola, waa iilecled aecrelury, aucceedliiR Harvey K, Cruaa, who luia been aeorelnry of I he (llndatouii Park Chautauqua firr llin laat elRht yeara. Mr. Cruaa de-i-lliii'il to aervo loiiRer. Mr. Miairea aucceeda ColiRreaainiill W. C llnwley, for many yeara prealdeul of Dm Chan tiiiinua. Hon C. II. ly waa feelect nil vlce-prnaldellt, and fi. (i. Caulleld waa hkiiIii clioaou treaaurnr. ALVIN KNAPP IS DEAD. Prteldent of City Council and Well Known Butineet Man. Alvlu Knapp, a well known liualiieita man of OrcRou City and prealdeut of Din city rooncll, died Weilni-ailay at hla realileiice. 1U0 Main at met, after mi lllneaa of a few weeka. neumonla waa the Immediate cauae of hla death. He waa born In pommeriinla, tier many. IH-cemlier 4. I Mil. I In aerved lila country durliiR thn Franco-Prua-alan war In 187071 and after lh war he ramn to Amirlca. In 1K75 Im aet tied In Cincinnati, Ohio, and waa mar ried In IKK I to Mlaa ICinllle Wlchard. who anrvlveii Mm, bIoiir with one win, John Knapp Mr. Knapp waa the owner of eonalileraliln proterly and baa bi'll eleted to the rlty council fur three aucreaalvo terma, He waa prealdeut of the council for the lat two year. II" waa treaaurer of the DiMitucher Vereln mid a member of the Foreatera, FjirIcb, It tl Men and many other fraternal ordera. The funeral aervlcea will lie held at tlin Cerinan Zluit Lutheran church on KlKhili and Jcfforaun atmela, Hun day afterniMiii (it 1:30, Hev. Krax icrxer. oltlclatliiR, EXAMINE COLLEGE COURSES. State Senator Hedgea Will Attend Meeting of Curricula Board. Wale Senator HedRi-a. aecrctary of thn Hoard of Wither Curricula, leaven next week for KiiRcnn and Corvallla to attend a aeaalon of thi lbiard that will probably lual a week. KmlltiR with a meetliiR at Portland. Thla lli mnl waa created at thn laat aeaalon of the atatn ItRtalaium and Ita prl marr nurnoae la to determine what brauchea. If any. ahull ! eliminated fnun thn pouraea of the Cnlveralty of OreRon and thn OreRon ARrlrulttirnl Colli'Ke. (ine ImiMirtnnt mlaalon of thn Hoard la to make a rlRld examlna Hon of the duplication of rouraea re ported at thn two lenillliK Inatltullotia of learnliiR In On-Rou. Similar rom- mlaalona III oilier alalia have K'-ncr ally declined to mconimend ellnilnn- tlon of any branch nven where tlm couran may he duplicated. ECHO OF REAL AUTO TRAGEDY IS HEARD MRS. HAZEL MADDUX DIVORCED FROM MAN WHO SAYS WIFE LIKED JOY RIDES. An echo of thn triiRlc May Ileal man waa heard here Saturday when W. Maddux waa Rranted a divorce from lliii-.cl Maddux, who waa arreat- ed nloiiR with Frank Hodman,- ou a clinrRn uf miinalauRhtor. Hui suit waa llled Friday mid Mra. .Maddux accepted aervlcn, They have no child ren. Mr. and Mra. Maddux were mar ried In Portland, April 7. 1009. The former arcuaea till wife of roIiir nut aiiiomolillliiK at all hours of thn niRht and of taklliR Joy rldea will) other men In the amall hoiira of the morn Iiir. NotwIthalauliiR Maddux's pro- text a aRiilnal hla wife's conduct and his frequent outbursts of forRlveneaa he woman peralated In her happy llfo until (lie Injured husband could aland It no loiiRer. They have been living nt thn home of her mother In Port land and on Monday, January 10, hla wife ordered him out. HELP SCHOLARSHIP FUND. Women's Club Give Programme and Raiae $15 for Cauae. Tlio Women's Club held a meet- Iiir In the rooms of the Commercial rliih Wednesday nfternoon. This be Iiir scholarship loan fund day tliroiiRh- nut thn stale a donation waa taken. The president, Mrs. .1. W. Norrls. hud at a previous meet Iiir announced that she would rIvo a prlsto to the mem ber who told tlio best story of how she had earned hor money for thla causo. The prize was rIvpii lo Mra. Downey, of VMIIIamotte. Many nmusliiR Inci dents were related by the members of how they had earned their mlln. About $15 was turned ovor to the tivnsuror. The Civic Improvement Committee set apart February 22, as the day to plant the rones In the park on the hill, known ns MclxiiRhlln Park7 The prnRrammo for Wednesday afternoon: I'laiio solo, Miss Marlon Money; rend Iiir, from Shakespeare's "Othello,'1 Mrs. E. W. Scott; paper, "Reflex Ac tion of Work on the Individual," Mrs. Nolllo Tooxe; recitation. Miss Tooze; vocal solo, Mrs. Leon DoUiraeB, There were about 40 momberB pres ent. , Set of Dlckena For Library. At a meeting of the Dickens Club Monday It was decided to buy a set of Pickens' works for the free rend ing room of the Oregon City Library Association. Mrs. E. A. Sommer was appointed a committee, of one to pur chase and deliver the books. SALEM LINE TO MOLALLA RUMORS OF ANOTHER ROAD THROUGH CLACKAMAS TO PORTLAND STRIKES OREGON CITY Welch Intereati Said to Contemplate Conatruction of Syatem to Connect With Swift Project. Halem repri-ai-ntatlvea of the Welch ililereala have Intimated that thoae lieblnd what are known na the Welch llnea conteinpluiH the conatruction of an electric line to Portland from Ka li in. paaaliiR tliroiiRh Ullverton, then li-adliiR nm Hi tliroiiRh thn Molalla valley, connect Iiir with tint llnea pro jected for that dlalrlct, thence to Ore rod City and down thu eaat aldo of (lie river Into Portland, acroaa the al met urn which la to aiipplant the preaenl Hteel lirldRD. Thatlin Welch llnea will alao even tually he a part of a ayatcm with tin Kalem, Falla City & Weatern, a aoon aa a hrldK" can be put acroaa the river at I hla point, an that thn Falla City line can enter, la alao conaldered al toReiher pnilmble, which, with the Halem and Falla City cxtendliiR weat ward tliroiiRh the rich Bllctx cninlry to the coaat, will make a direct con nection between Portland and the coiiat country. It la conceded that thla ayatem aa prooai'd la not to be Immediately conaunimnted, but la a Rcncral plan to lie kept In view and ultimately coinpleleil. Thn Welch Ititereata are tlniKii whlrh am operallnR thn KuRcne & Kaatern railway, and which la re ported to be rotitemplalliiR an extcn- Inn north to Balem from KiiReno. WILLAMETTE CLOSED TO SALMON FISHING DISCIPLES OF PISCATOR MU8T STAY OFF RIVER FOR THREE MONTH8. Thn Willamette Ulvnr and lt trib utaries, below and north nf the Falls, will Im closed to flshliiR. In any man ner whatever, for salmon flailing lm tween March 1 and May 1. It will be unlawful to flah for, or take, or catch any salmon during thnt period Thla notice haa been laaund by the Btate Hoard of Flah Commissioners and the uroer notices have been posted niton the banks of the stream. H. C. McCalllaicr, master fllah war den, was In the city Monday In con ference with Henry O'Malley, superln tendent of the I'nlled States Human of Fisheries, and B. C. Greennian. who Is connected wllh the OreRon fisher lea. The State Hoard of Fish Com- mlttsloners and the United States Hu man of Fisheries are working In liar niony In propaRating and stocking the waters of the Willamette Hlver. FISHERMEN WILL FIGHT. Do Not Take Kindly to Edict of State Flah Commlttlon.- The fishermen of OreRon City, Wil lamette SloiiRh, Parkplace, Oswcro and other points along the Willamette Hlver will hold a muss meeting In the olllce of Attorney Ueorge C. Ilro-wnell next Satiirduy evening at 7 o'clock for the purpose of discussing the re cent order of the Slate Hoard of Fish Commissioners In closing the Willam ette Hlver to salmon llshlng from March 1 to Miiy 1. The local fisher men nre a unit against the proposal lo close the stream, and last year they succeeded In defeating In the Courts a similar movement principally upon the Rnninil that the notices along the banks of the stream had not been posied -In accordance with the law. Harry Anne, secretary of the Fisher men's l'non, has issued a call for a special meet Iiir, and the fishermen aro expected to pass resolutions de nouncing the plan of the State Hoard of Fisli Commlssloiirs and Master Fish Warden McAllister. SUIT TO TEST JUDGMENT. Multnomah County Lien Is Cloud on Title of Gladstone Lota. In order to determine whether, a Multnomah County Judgment shall ap ply iiRiilnst three lots at Gladstone, which have been sold since the trans cript of judgment was tiled In Clack amas County, a friendly suit lias been Instituted by C. H. and lilela Johnson against John W. Loder for $501. 13, this being. the amount of the Judgment obtained by M. 0. Hnlley against the Johnsons In Multnomah County. Cross & Hammond appear for thn plaintiffs. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson purchnsed three lots at Gladstone and last No vember they sold the property to R. W. and Amanda Porter. Prior to the sale, however, the Judgment obtained by Hnlley was docketed and It Is clnlmed that the Multnomah County Judgment Is effective ns a lien against the property. In order to defend the title and to protect the Porters, It was mutually agreed between the In terested pintles thnt the Johnsons should place a sum aggregating the amount of the Judgment In the hands of John Wr. Loder to await the de termination of the courts. . Mr. and Mrs, Johnson now bring suit for the money, which It Is clnlm ed by both of them nnd by the Judg ment creditor, Hnlley. The plain tiffs asks 'that the Judgment be de clared not a Hen agninst the property that they have sold to Mr. and Mrs. Porter. s TEACHERS INSTITUTE HELD AT CLACKAMAS COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT GARY GIVES CONSTRUCTION OF EXEMPTION LAW. The second of the aerli-i of local teachers' Institute t" ' h"M through out the county during thla achool year waa held at Clackamas Btailon Saturday. Many teachers of thla rounty were present and a good pro gramme waa rendered. The flrat subject dlamased was "Opening Kxerclws and How lo Teach Quotations," by Mr. Kwlly C. Khaw. principal of the MHwaukle schools. After that Austin Winn oix-ned the talk about "The Certification of the Teacher." Mr. Winn itave a abort history of the gro'" "' school for training teachers in the l.ulted States. At the conclusion of hla address a popular dlscnaalon occurred on that auliject, at which onit- very good Idea were put forth. The dlacuaalon became rwitered on the "exemption law," and Superin tendent Gary tated that he Intended to give only one exemption from ex amlna! Ion for two uwi-Kful exam inations with a grade above 85 per cent. Ho also stated that some of ii... ,,ntv aiinerlntendcDta through out the state were granting total ex emption from examinations, bui mai he did not Interpret the law that way. The law provides that an applicant for teachers' certificate, passing two n,.iiti,,. teachers' examination with an average of 85 per cent. Is exempt from examination. I ne poim vi con tention, and ono upon which the opin ion I about evenly divided, is whether the law mean "exempt from all ex amination afterward, or exempt from ,.iv i i.n net examination This. difference of opinion will be settled at the next state legiaiaiure. hti.. t-w.ii v Prnirram" was next talk ed on by O. E. Ramshv. who gave practical Illustrations of his program and how It worked out. Other who talked on the subject were Austin Winn, H. It. Eccle and Kmiennienn f.rv -ho at the clnaeof hi talk nnnounced that he would distribute to anvono desiring them number oi (he Clackamas County Ilulletln, to mall to their friends In the east. ti ..mil mrhnni nucntlnn wan dis cussed for a short time and the as semblv dismissed for dinner, which waa given by the Home and School club. In the I. O. O. F. hall- Thl club entertained royally, and the banquet prepared by them was bounteous. The organlwitlon wa formed for the ....n..u.. ,.r llm reali lenti of that dis trict keeping In better touch with the chool. and the work none in mm line haa been beneflclnl to botn tnem mdvea and the school tfeAChers. L C. C. Sarpent Is Ita president, Mr. Hay wood vice-president, and Mr. Hay cock secretary. The afternoon session was u-i. with the following programme, given by the pupil or me I lacaanma Kiwi nm nn the Lake." school song, by secondaiy girls. "Over the Fleecy 8now"; selected aeciamaiion. elchth grade. "Beautiful Star"! wand drill, by primary pupils; song by ninth grade. "Beautiful Rlv or", inuirumentnl solo. Miss Mary Jones; song by double quartet, "My Native village nous. The aeaalon was concluded by tw discussions, one by Professor T. P. Kendall of West urcgon uiv. uu unw inMi Attention Should be Giv en in the Practical Education." the other by Howard H. Eccles. of Canby on "School Exhibits at the Count Fair." EX- COUNTY ASSESSOR JOINS THE MAJORITY ELI WILLIAMS WAS PIONEER OF 1852 LEAVES WIDOW AND SEVEN CHILDREN. Ell Wllllnma former- county asses sor of Clackamas County, died at 8:30 r.'tiu.lr Wnilnenitnv niornlllir at hiS residence. 802 Fifth street, after an Illness of nbont one year. He nan been confined to his home for the last three months. Mr. Wllllnma was born In Ohio In 184t;. and crossed the plains with his i.nrnnta in nreirnn In 1852. The fam ily settled In Portland. In 1883 Mr. Villlnnis moved to Eastern Clacka nins County and obtained a farm where the town of Estacada Is now located. In 1S08 he was the choice of the Republican county convention for assessor nnd he was etecten aim served four years. Mr. Wllllnma was married n enrs mrn when ho u-n 22 Years Of nge. Ills' widow and the following children survive him: Dr. Arthur H, of nnirnv rtr Mrs. Mvrtle Tllsoti. of Salem; 'Lloyd, of Oregon City: Mrs. Iva Leroy. of Portland; I. w. oi Portland; Harry C. of Texas, and Walter R., of Portland. Publicity Committee Meet. The first meeting of the new pub licity committee of the Oregon City Commercial Club wns held Tuesday night with nil members and Secre tnry Davis present. The meeting wns rnther Informal nnd Secretary Davis stated thnt he wns under Instructions to give nothing to the press, pending definite nctlon next Frldny evening nt a Joint menilng of the publicity com mittee anxthe members of the ndvis- ory committee. ' Organize Violin Club. Leon De Lnrzes. of this city, has organized a violin club, which meets at his homo on Seventh nnd John Adams Btreets. The club, which at present numbers about 12 vlollnsls, meets every two weeks. Besides the violins are the cello and piano. Mr. De Lnrzes, who has hud several years as Instructor on the violin, will act aa Instructor of the club. It Is prob ablo that this orchestra will be heard In concert. INJUNCTION KNOCKED OUT JUDGE EAKIN HAND3 DOWN A DECISION IN ELEVENTH STREET CASE. COUNCIL WANTS BIDS Court' Ruling I Welcome New to Property Owner Who Have Sought Improvement For Months. Eleventh street will be Improved. This was assured Friday by a deci sion handed down In the Circuit Court by Judge J. A. Eakln dissolv ing the temporary restraining order obtained some months ago by Captain J. T. Appcrson, and dismissing the complnlnt. Judgn, Eakln has had the matter under advisement for a long while, and his decision will be wel come neB to a majority of the prop erty owners on Eleventh street, which have been fighting for the Improve ment for years. The decision of JudRe Eakln Is a long one, covering many typewritten pages and very clearly defines the legal status of the caae. Frank Busch. Dan Lyons, Jameg Roake and other prominent Eleventh street champions are Jubilant over the outcome of the matter. The whole project was held up when Captain Apperson was granted a temporary Injunction restraining the city from proceeding with the Im provement of Eleventh treet In front of his property, on the ground that the assessment was confiscatory and that due notice of .the Improvement had not been given by the city coun cil. Captain Apperson makes his home at Parkplace, and as a non resident property owner he has not permitted to file a remonstrance against the Improvement. The city council Monday night di rected the committee on streets and public property to advertise for bids for the Improvement of Eleventh street. It was suggested that the city Improve Twelfth street and Washing tun street, as well as Eleventh street. Brief talks favoring Immediate action looking to the Improvement of Elev enth street were made by George A. Harding, Jame Roake, and Dan Lyon. Complaint was registered against the condition of some of the sidewalk on Eleventh street, but no action was taken. Councilman Pope fathered a motion designed to secure bids for the Improvement. MANY BOOKS FOR LIBRARY. Two Hundred and Seven Volumes Are Given to Association. Two hundred and seven books were received Thursday night at the book social foT the benefit of the Oregon City Library Association. The affair took place in the free reading room on the third floor of the Masonic nnlldlnir and .was well attended About 250 mom books were promis ed, whlrh. together, with over 100 al ready on the shelves, make a very good beginning for a library. .Three numbers were given by the Concert Band. They were well rendered and warmly received. Harold Swafford gave one of his whistling solos, ac companied by Miss Nellie Swafford. Mrs. W. A. Shewman, Jr., gave sever al plenslng recitations. Miss Morieta Hickman and Leo Burdon rendered a nlano duet and a recitation by Miss Kathryn Slnnott closed the program. Nearly every one has one or more books that they have read and would be willing to part with and the As sociation would be pleased to nave them brought to the reading room, or If notified, they will gladly call for them. The reading room Itself Is well patronized at all times and Is supplied with all the current maga zines and periodicals and dally papers from Portland. Seattle. San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Chicago, Bos ton and New York and most of the cities In Oregon are always on file. The Association Is supported by subscription and at present the sub scriptions amount to $67 per month, but this Is barely enough to support It, nnd the association would be pleas ed to receive subscriptions from any. one who feels that the proposition Is a good one and should be continued. ROBERT WILKINSON DEAD. Native of Ireland Was For Thirty Year Resident of Oregon City. Robert Wilkinson, a highly respect ed and well-known resident of this city, died Saturdny morning at his home on Fourteenth .and Madison streets, after an lllnes of about six months with tuberculosis. Mr. Wil kinson was born In County Antrim, Ireland, 6G years ago, his parents be Ine Jumes nnd Jane Wilkinson. He was married at Albany, New York, to Martha Pntterson, and came to Ore gon, settling at Oregon City, 30 years ago, making his home here ever since. Deceased was a millrlght by trade. nnd wns In the employ of the Portlnnd Flouring Mills over 20 years. Mr. Wilkinson leaves besides his wife, the following children: James, of Gladstone; William, of Browns vlllo; David, of Portland; John, East ern Oregon; Henry and Samuel, Ore gon City; Mrs. Jennie Boyd, of Al bany, New York; Mrs. Margaret Rugg, of Oregon City. He also leaves two brothers, William Wilkinson, of The Dalles, and James Wilkinson, of this city, John Wilkinson, another brother died In this city several years ago. The funeral services were held at the family home Monday. The Inter ment wns In Mountain View cemetery. ELEVATORS MAY BE BUILT BY JACOBS WOOLEN MILL MAN WOULD HAVE FRANCHISE ON THIRD AND EIGHTH 8TREET8. Paaaenger elevators connecting the bluff, or residence section of the city, with the business part of town, may be In operation before many months. If the plans of M. II. Jacobs are car ried out. Mr. Jacobs la connected wlih the woolen mill of the Oregon City Manufacturing Company and Monday night presented a communi cation to the city council asking for a franchise to construct and operate passenger elevator at Third and ElRhth Btreeta. He proposes to charge a fare of one cent per trip. The mat ter was referred to the committee on streets and public property. Many times during the recent years this matter has been discussed. Judge Thomas K. Ryan was several year ago granted a franchise to build and operate elevators and he has always manifested a deep Interest In the scheme. 8WITCHES MAY BE TORN UP. Complaint la Made of Tracks of Port land Railway, Light A. Power Co. I'nU-BS the switches of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company In the south end of the city near the mills of the Hawley Pulp & Paper Company are replaced by modern switches before February 10, the pres ent switches will be torn out by the superintendent of. streets. This ac tion was determined upon Monday night through a motion of Council man Cooke at a meeting of the city fathers. Councilman Fred J. Meyer told the member of the council of the condition of the switches. Mayor Carll stated that he waa absent from the city when the switches were In stalled, otherwise he would never have allowed them to go In. It la supposed that the traction company will conform with the wishes of the councilmen and Install modern switch es. TWO LICENSES TRANSFERRED. ,1 Liepot Saloon Is Moved and Surber Buys Hode Resort. Transfer of two saloon licenses were authorized Monday night at a special meeting of the city council. The license of Carl Hodes, at the corner of Main and Third streets, wag transferred to A. J. Surber, who has purchased the saloon. The Depot saloon was permitted to move from Its present location near the Southern Pacific Depot to the Holman building on Main street, near Fifth. The committee on fire and water was directed to Investigate the com plaint of the Columbia Hook & Lad der Company that a stove in the meeting hall is unsafe. Councilman J. J. Cooke announced that at the next meeting of the coun cil he intended to introduce an ordi nance prohibiting the keeping of more than one cow within the limits of the city by any one person. FRANK BUSCH FARM SELLS FOS 15,000 CHOICE FRUIT LAND AT SPRING WATER TO BE PLACED ON THE MARKET. The Springwater farm of Frank Busch, consisting of 1100 acres of choice fruit land, has been sold to a holding company at Portland, and will be placed upon the market In small acreage tracts. It is understood that Mr. Busch received about $15,000 for the property. The land Is situ nted rtear Dodge, and on It Is located a remarkably fine water power, de veloped from the Falls of Clear Creek. Adjoining the Busch ranch is the 100 acre farm of John T. Myers. This also has been sold to the same com pany that secured the Busch place Myers Is said to have received $2300 for his farm. Land around Dodge Is admirably adapted for fruit raising and It Is probable that within the next few years that country will show a remarkable growth. BARTSCH IS PAROLED. Gladstone Man Charged With Profane and Abusive Language. C. Bartsch, of Gladstone, has been paroled by Justice of the Peace Sam son, following a hearing on a charge of using profane and abusive lan guage.. Bartsch Is a neighbor of G. F. Nlckerson, special agent of the Northwestern National Life Insurance Co., with offices in the McKay build ing, and Nlckerson has a dog that hns sn nntlplthy toward Bartsch's chick ens, which have been allowed to roam In the county road at their own sweet will. This was the real cause of the profauity and of the subsequent ar rest of Bartsch, who was told to go and sin no more. Justice Bate Discharge Irwin. Justice of the Peace Bates, of Esta cada. Friday afternoon ordered the discharge of Will Irwin, who was charged with larceny from a dwelling. Mrs. William Stubbe was the prose cuting witness. Deputy District At torney Stlpp and State Senator Hedges appeared for the State and Irwin was represented by Attorney E. W. Bartlett. Third Victim of Typhoid. Lizzie Zirbel Is dead at her home In Willamette, aged 14 years. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Zir bel and is the third victim of ty phoid fever epidemic, which has been raging at Willamette for the last six weeks. The family came here a short time ago from Wisconsin. BUSCH HEADS ADVERTISING WELL KNOWN MERCHANT CHOS EN CHAIRMAN OF PUB LICITY COMMITTEE. CLUB GOVERNORS ELECT Five Men Have Been Appointed to Attend the Annexation Meet ing at Oak Grove Next Thursday. The discovery that the by-laws of the Commercial Club provide for the appointment of a publicity by the Board of Governors, Instead of the club's president, put an end to the discussion that haa been carried on for the last week, relative to the re fusal of the Governor to confirm the appointments of President T. P. Ran dall, and the Governors last Saturday night chose the following committee: Frank Busch, chairman; O. D. Eby, Linn B. Jones. V. Harris. E. S. Lar son. These are the five men who will handle the publicity funds and only one of the five. O. D. Eby, was on the former publicity committee. The fol lowing subscriber to the publicity fund constitute the advisory commit tee: Charles H. Caufleld. W. A. Huntley, William Andresen, George V. Ely, George A. Harding. L. Adams, C. D. Latourette, G. B. Dimlck, C. H. Dye and Dr. Hugh S. Mount. Judge Thomas F. Ryan, treasurer of the Commercial Club, wilt also act as treasure of the publicity fund, which will be kept separate and apart from the regular fund of theCom mercial Club. The publicity commit tee will get together this week and organize. Five men have been named by President T. P. Randall, of the Com mercial Club, to attend the annexation meeting on Thursday evening. Feb ruary 3. at Oak Grove. The author ity for the appointments was given to the president at a special meeting of the Board of Governor Saturday night. This committee Is expected to attend the meeting and obtain such Information as will be useful" In fight ing the scheme to divide Clackamas County by attaching all the territory north of the Clackamas River to Multnomah County. There will also be present at this meeting represen tatives of the improvement clubs of MHwaukle and Gladstone and a large delegation is expected from Sandy and the Mount Hood road section. The committee Is Grant B. Dimlck, O. D. Eby. T. J. Gary, J. E. Jack and Q. L. Hedges. Walter A. Dimlck was appointed chairman of a committee to endeavor to obtain closer connections between the county seat and the territory north of Hie Clackamas River. This committee will work along the line suggested In the annual report of Judge Ryan. Other members of this committee are John F. Rlsley. Thomas F. Ryan, .George Lazelle and Charles H. Dye. By a resolution a movement was placed on foot for a Joint meeting of the Commercial Club and other civic Improvement clubs and societies In Clackamas County, with the avowed object of discussing matters of gen eral Interest to the people of Clack amas County. This matter was re ferred 'to the President, Secretary and members of the executive committee. Dr. A. L. Beatle, for the last six months chairman of the publicity committee, and the other members of the outgoing committee were tendered a vote of thanks for their work in behalf of advertising the city and county. The president and treasurer, named as a committee to examine the arti cles of Incorporation and by-laws, with a view to a revision of same. In ac cordance with the Hedges resolution, were given until the next regular meeting of the Board of Governors to file a report. HUMANE SOCIETY MEETS- Good Work Accomplished During the Last Month. The Clackamas County Humane So ciety met Monday night. Humane Of ficer Bradley reported several horses that had been turned out to die by the owners, and the latter were forced to look after the same. Much good work was reported having been ac complished during the past month. Although the Humane Officer is work ing without compensation, he has al ways taken an active Interest In look ing after the comfort of the dumb an. lmals, and In many cases he ihas brought the owners of animals which have been treated In a cruel manner to light, and in several cases they have been forced to pay a fine or to look after their animals. DAIRYMEN AT SPRINGWATER, M. S. Shrock and Other Speakers Will Be Present. A local dairyman's meeting will be held in the Grange hall at Spring water at 1:30 o'clock Friday after noon, February 4. M. S. Shrock, dep uty dairy and food commissioner, will talk on the methods of profitable dairying, as It Is being conducted by some of the most successful dairy men of the state. Other speakers will be present and any subject of Inter est to the dairymen will be discussed. Teacher' Institute at Clackamas. Clackamas County Teachers' Insti tute held at Clackamas Saturday wa proved to be a very successful meet ing. There was a good attendance, and the programme arranged by County School Superintendent Gary was carried out a scheduled. At noon the ladles of Clackamas served a hot dinner, which was enjoyed by the visitors.