ECoON QTY ENTERPRISE iSl!
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Tht EnUrprle li the
4 only Clackamas County
Newspaper that prints
all of tin news of thli
4- growing County.
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OUKHON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1911.
ESTABLISHED 18
FORTY EIGHTH YIAR-No. 1.
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YEAR'S EDITION
ALMOST
READY
FORMS WILL CLOBE'THIN A
fCW DAYS AND BULK,? '
MATTER IN TYPE
TIME TO CLT IN LINE CROWS SHORT
picture Never Bafora Publlahad to ba
Uatd Thl Yaar and Many New
Scanaa In and About
County Ara Shown
After three, weeks of steady ami
consistent wtirk In roinplllna tint pro
gress ami anniversary number of Ihu
MiirtiltiK Enterprise (he limn la draw
ing uvnr when tho big boosters num
ber will be flnully rnniplctml mid will
Mtnrt mi lla way t ihe fniir corners of
Hut inrt h carrying tlx' gladsome inrna
age f Unrkiunna t-iiiitiiy'e opportun
ities A itrf-iii ileal nf tint mutter thai
will go lulu the Issue In iiln-ailr In
i t !. tlm bulk of It In furl, nml the
1 presses will In' Kin In a four duya.
; Slaty Page In Thla Annual.
IlirltldlUK k hulidaouic two rnlnr cnV-
i it designed "k tally for tlita Issue by
' nun of tbn beat coinim-rclul artlala In
Ibn Purine iiortliwiat. tbn II4 an
nual will roii ml n ality piiKra of Una-
; trailnna mid reading innlti-r di-acrlp-
i tlvi. of Clurkainaa rounty a ruminiT.
i-lnl, Indiiatrlnl. aicrli iillnrul and t itle
; proKreaa and o'MrtiiiiHli'a.
Many Ntw Halftonaa.
On" of tint tlrctlv! fi-nlurra of llio
' li.mil. will b" lb" number nf hltbiTti)
; unimldlHlnd .uloKrdia nf orl
y a. ..m a Hint will appear In It. Tb" fui l
I that rood book paper will bit uned kti'l
! that th" prea work will colli" up to
lb" IiIkIi alandarda llint have been at
1 by prrvlmia KnterjirlB" mimiara per
- nilla or a fin" abnwItiK kloliK pli'torlal
i llin-a,
i Advanlatra Yat to ba Saan.
Wlill" thern iiri- a goodly iiumber of i
1 bimllieaa men y.-t to be ae.-u r knrd
lug tnkllig Hpnre III the liniiinilnit Unit
i nan i.f ilm work remaliiliia to be doii.i
I will b" goiin Hironxli wlili very rupld
ly, mnkliiK k "wimwiiiti iinixn ' aa
wer". tin" of th" remilta of tint high
rbiimi'ter i-ntnlillnbed and maintained
In prevloiia Ktiterprliin unminra la that
old and new putrona reipilre but little
urging t lata year. It Ik hircdy a tniit-
ler nf aeelug litem aim 'taking un'
i order." Tlm holiday season tin a ol
I j course, Interfered wilt) soliciting, bill
if f llio lliti" ha been devoted id IIiiImi
k "f iin 111" (I'ticrnl descriptive matter anil
order." Th" bolldny aenann hna or
but
g
d
llluatnuuinn m wlili ti..i rr.
provided for. It la now a matter of a
quirk flnli-li aa regnrda aollrltlug tint
Ini''M men vet to b" aeeli.
Viitwlilialnndliig It la Hi" denlr" nl
tb" pulillnb"ra to ovrrlonk no reapnn
alblo tiiiHtiicxH Intereat or lliillvldiinl
who inllit be Interested lii having
ri'pri'Heutiitlon In th" nniiunl, It often
bnppena I hut aonie are overliMiked, r
giirdlina of th" l ure taken In mnklng
n eloae cunviiHH. In previous yenrJ
thla hna hnppened and It la micKente.l
(but thoao di'HlrliiK full Information n
... i I. ..r tl. i.l.l.li,.,.tl,.ii nml
i T ill Hie t limn' i' I in.' 'ii..i.
tint luiaU of repreneiilatloii therein,
I ! would do well to riunniuulciitii with
' tlm KnierprNn offlre le for" January
J ' t.th. Iii'low la u llt o ftbe progreHi'
, ninl publli' aplrlted flrma and Individ-
' Inula wltn tmv" ulrendy aliinlfled their
. Inieiitlon of roiiperiitlng with lb" Ku-
terprlH" In milking piwalbln the pul)
llriitlon nf thlH greiit boontiT nuiiibi-r
inr t'lnel;ai' n rounlj
Vou are Invlli-d during the net few
iliiya to WATCH THIS 1. 1ST liHt)W.
Publicity department, Oragon City
Commercial club.
Willamette Pulp 4 Paper company.
Crown-Columbia Pulp 4 Paper com
pany.
Hawley Pulp A Paper company. .
Portland Hallway, Light & Power
' company.
V Oregon City Manufacturing Co..
f Woolen mllla.
1 Flrat National Bank of Oregon City.
' rii. a in..i.ni u i a.
der, prealdent; S. P. Davie, aacretary,
Burmelater & Andreaen, Clackamaa
county'a leading Jewelera.
Joa. E. Hedgea, prominent attorney.
Northwestern Association, real ea-
1' tate.
Miller-Parker company, Overland
and Cadillac automobllea and garage.
I E. H. Cooper, "Insurance that In
j aurea."
McLoughlln Institute,
i, O. D. Eby, attorney,
j Price Bros., Willamette Vail'
; I leading clothlera.
I 1 1 1 I. BA... - 4 , . .
White Brol, archltecta and r'ae
P. C. Cadke, plumber. citw'a
W. J. Wilson A Co., Or" v '
f great implement house.
it Pacific Paper company
y Geo. A. Harding, dru
i Hub 0r0"r "TP? company.
I Oregon City Abatr-k r '
Bar:rco:r,v -p-y.
Ing contractora. flroceri
A. R. Dunml; tompyi Gladetona
t V't Wi SVU I IIW
, .,, general merchandlae,
wfJTy1 r,yt
r I U 8t Bank, Molalla.
JGdiier 4 Hart addition, Molalla.
A. onavor, iiununiiitii
paugherty Broa., "breedera of pedl
.reed seed," Molalla.
t M. Henrlkaen, hardware and Im
plements, Molalla.
Oeorgv n. wivui;, wiiu.a
.inn. Molalla.
Fermann 4 company, general mer
chandise, MolaJa.
W. A. Beck 4 company, live wire
realty dealera, Molalla.
Alfred Wall building contractor,
Molalla.
( I I. M. Tolllvir. "Tolllver't Acres,"
I Molalla.
W. Vf. Everiart, thoroughbred atock-
I Ibreede-, Mola'la.
t I t. ft. Daugnerty, paint (tor and
contractor, Molalla.
0. V. Robblns, thoroughbred stock
breeder, Molalla.
0. V. Adama, thoroughbred nog-
brewer, Molalla.
(Continued an PI )
L
KILLS BUSINESS
HIih-ii III ii medical f nuinlnut lit In w
Mi nt lulu rlfi-i l, the imirrliiKii 1 1 it
IiIihIiii-iin In IIiIn county tiua decreased
tl per ci-nl.
At i ln i liiNii nf Hi" yi-ur, llin ri'i-iinU
III tin office i if Will I.. Mulviy, coull
ly clerk, show lint 2k2 Ilri-mu a grant
ii UN Mgullist 47.1 nf 111" yi'iir before,
a iliffrn ni ii of (ill. Tim rcuami f'ir
thla decrciisM la not lul'l at Hi" door of
t'upld fur lhi urcutcsl nli. in nf tint
huitlmas linn gone to other i at
wlirrn no mull requirement la mini".
Vancouver, In Clnrkn county, Wash
liiKtoii, luia issued a number of II
i-eimcs tn (Iri'iiun City applicants and
tlm report from tlmt place have frit
ini'litly shown tlin iiumi'H nl thoii i
(pun Clni kainiM county.
luntcnd nf til" hualncs going to tint
office of tlm clerk nf III" llnimi conn
ly, It linn kciiii' to I hut of other stud h.
Tlm records nf th" court also chnw
Hint tlm rmiiily clerk hue received
7ii(ii.t& III li in us agiilnat 7:!H7XI lai.t
)"r. Mm county recorder received
Vt'..'lii fill for flllim th 3775 d I.
.'l.'liil mortgagee, rclliuiulshiinnts, inn.
assignments, MX rliiilli'l nmrtgngi ,
Mil inlsrcllniifnua records, and ll roll
! dltlonul hills of anle
T FIXES A
20 HILL LEW
FIGURES ON THE ASSESSABLE
PROPERTY OF COUNTY AND
MAKES RATE
SPECIAL TAXES WILL BE ADDED
Many Dlatrlcta Feel They Need Mora
Money For Own Plana and
Vote Heavy Levies to
Get Mora Funda
TAX LEVY
Stiito S.I tn ills
futility 1.4 mllla
HihiKila 3.1 mllla
Itouda b u nulla
Honda 1.4 mllla
Total 2D.0 mllla
I'lHUI al) annel-nt VI1 1 ll 1 1 oil of 10.
.2112. a levy of iti mllla for atutu and
ruunty purpoaea will be ninile for the
year.
'I ti I h declalon waa reached by the
county court Wednesday. After val:i
i fforta to cut down thu exiiennea and
the klteiidiint levy that would have to
be made, th" court finally got Ilm rat"
down to 20 in H 1m and fixed that aa the
laala upon which all property Inldera
In tint county will bp taxed tbla com
Ing year.
Thla nniina that Oregon City wl'l
pay IIS :i mllla on every dollar's worth
of property In the city. Th" city na-Hi-HMiniit
alone U 10 iiillU. The
m hool dlatrlct hna a levy of H.3 mllla.
Totaling nil of th" various depart
incuts that need money during the
mining years, property owners In tho
city w ill have to pay 3s. 3 mills on ev
ery dollar that they own.
In addition to this, tint people them-
selvis have, through the county, voted
for special levies for various purpose.
Ill 2S out nf the S'J rond district). "I"'
cliil taxes have been levied. In a largo
proportion of the school dlstrt'ts. the
voters have decided that ther hismhi
lion need more money tbij' state
ami county have been psr'K- Many
nf the cities have aim) B,',",'',1 sph;IiiI
taxes against their p'H'crty owners
for vnrlous inunlcipii"' 1 ,'rl"' nl
umiiillil .if ''il tuxes
with
which the count
nectlon whutevi
court has no run
will lie more than
'"An'error l ""' orKml1 figures of
Mm mute T romiiiissioii nas snveu
!he lax iav-l r, h county $.,1,000.
The first ' showed that this
coiinlv rnlH" '"r 'ut"
$170,000 and that amount was
flgiir' lh" '""'K'''- 11 ll,t,,r (,,
vi.(.d, however, that a mistake had
. ,i made and that the state would
f.nnnd from the county but $1S4.0VU
) cover tho share of the expenses In
curred by tho last session of thu legis
lature. This meant a considerable saving In
the taxes. Other smaller Items were
figured In and tho county rourt final
ly determined that It could get along
on 20 mills Instead of upon the original
21 that had been tho first estimate.
Tho tux roll last year amounted to
more than $tS5X,fmo. This year, It will
run above $700,000. The special taxes
that tho people have voted ore the
largest In the history of tho county
and show a great deal more special
Improvement than tins ever before
been plunned by the district.
HAY FORECLOSE ON
LARGE CORPORATIOH
To foreclose a mortgage on S5 acres
of land, A. C. Thomas brought suit In
Ihe circuit court Friday against Henry
C. rrudhomme company and the Port
land Trust company as well as oth
ers Interested.
The Prudhommo company Is one of
the large corporations of Portland.
The complaint alleges that Its offlrers
signed a note for $11500 and gave, as
security, 80 acre of land located tn
Clackamas county. Several others
are Interested In 25 acres of the land
and the plaintiff asks to foreclose the
mortgage on the remaining 65 acres
for the amount sold to be still due anil
unpaid. $1835.20 and $S00 a(torne
fees.
ou
SPECIAL TAXES
OF $237,190.77
AMOIHOUS PLANS FOR ROADS
AND SCHOOLS TAKE VAST
SUMS OF MONEY
ROLL TO BE HICHEST YET MADE
Belief That State and County Funda
Can ba Cut Somewhat But all
Departments Must Have
a Share
Hperlul tnii-a, voted by tint people
llieiuai llea lit their own eliK linliH. will
udd y:ri.ii."l to the coat of govern
ment In thla roiiiity thla year.
Twenty-eight dlnlrlcta through the
i-oiinty have voted for additional road
taxes. Many m.liool dlatriila have
voted for additional road lute. Many
ailiool dlatrlita have voted to give
more money to tin Ir ediicutlonal In
atilutlime. Bev ral rlllea bavi. planned
for belter municipal worka of one
kind or other.
All of tlu-K" pans have run Into
money and th total UHHi-Homeiit
ugHlust Hi" people for thine Improve
ment la near onu quarter million dol
lars. Of tbla amount, $ 1 lt.403.25 U
fur ai lioola aa aitalnal S lort.ar. 1 .C3 laitt
year; $7 l,3!n! for ronda agaltiHt l;t.
(Tdl'Sri hint year; lfl.3t2.CJ agalimt
.1.1.2H!'9 for rlllea In 1912.
Tlm tax roll of laal year waa ijli.
7 So. Tbla year. It will b nearly
17011,(101). Tint ruunty rourt will make
tb" levy for tb" year Wednesday and
will tin n determine all of the money
that has to be mlm-d and the levy that
will luve to lie fixed to meet the
amount. It la probable, that tb" bud
get t lint baa been puhllnhed will be
llitl" rhanged and that tint levy made
Wednesday will bit either 2(1 or 1
mllla. Now that the taxpayers nre
anved tlti.ooo by an i-rror In the office
of the alate tin roiniiilHslou when th.'
amount figured fur Btato purpoaea was
reported, the county court will be ablo
to materially rut down the amount
that It will need and may bit able, to
rriluc" tho levy that It was originally
tboiiKlit waa iieo'siury.
01 110
DAMAGE SUIT
MAN HELD ON CHARGE OF LAW
VIOLATION COMES BACK
AT OFFICER
SAYS HIS REPUTATION IS INJURED
Trial Before Justice Court and the
Subsequent Acquittal Does Not
Satiafy One Held by the
Deputy Warden
For the first time In many moons,
an officer of the county Is made a de
fendant In the circuit court in a dam
age suit tin the grounds of alleged
false urrvst.
T. Nlcoll brought an action Friday
ugiijiist Hen I'm ton, deputy game war
den, fur the arrest mn..nn November
17 on the charge that he, an unnatural
ized person, was walking through a
county highway carrying a weapon. In
this instance. It was said to he a shot
gun. He was tried before Justice W.
(Mven at Kstncadu on December 3 and
was admitted by the Jury.
The defendnnt In that case now be
comes the plaintiff and asks the clr
cult court for $5000 damages from the
warden and $200 attorney fee which
ho Is alleged to have paid for his do
fense in that rase and his prosecution
In this one. He assert that the story
of thu arrest was printed in the pa
pers of thu county and that the Injury
to his reputation among his nclKhborj
at Kstacada Is worth $S000. Ho says
the report of the arrest has become
current and that the people of the part
of the county In which he lives do not
have that regard for him as a law
abiding citl7.cn that they hud before
the arrest wa made. Kvcn the ver
dict of the Jury according to the com
plaint, did not measurably sustain his
reputation and he wants the court to
make the warden suffer for the injury
that he hna received.
MIX UP IN NAMES
Hobert J. I'pton, a Portland attorney
with offices In the Fenton building, is
charged by Mr. Hell ltrowrlgge with
attempting to obtain possession of her
$20,000 home on a note for $7. She
says Upton accepted $20 as part pay
ment on the note and acceeded to her
promise to pay the balance as rapidly
as possible, and that thereafter uo
took default Judgment and sold her 52
acre farm near Gladstone for $112,
buying In the property himself.
She ay she knew nothing of the
default Judgment taken for more than
a year afterwards and that I'pton re
fused to give over possession of the
property. I'pton Is not connected with
Jay II. I'ntnn aim a Portland attne-
tey and a former member of the state!
legislature.
ADDFCT np DFC
HitllL
FHGS
FOIL ALL
OFFICERS
SLIP OF A CIRL HAS KEY TO BIG
MYSTERY THAT HOLDS THE
TOWN IN SUSPENSE
REPEATED CALLS BEFORE FIRES FROM
AN UNKNOWN MAN FRIGHTENS
OPERATOR; SHE FAINTS
AT HER POST
Miss Ithodit Kvans, a slip nf a girl, Is
the key to the pol'-e mystery that has
baffled the office) j for the past few
days a to the Identity of the man who
bus been culling her on the phone ani:
telling her of the Impending fires.
Monday she was still far from her
normal frame of mind. The Incidents
nf the past week had preyed heavily
upon In r and the nervous shock was
more than she could recover from in
a short while. Sh-t waa unable to aid
the officers throui b the day and they
are waiting for hi r recovery in order
to conduct the ln estlgatlon.
Holds .o Story.
Though some w. re Inclined to think
her story the resul' of a nervous strum
from the happenings of the past sev-
rul days, sh deriured Monday night
that she believed some one had tr.ed
to enter the office and that there hud
been an attempt Made to prevent her
from turning in a i alarm.
Flftien minutes before the home of
W. (.'. (ireen. Se.-enth and Center
streets was scheduled to burst Into
flumes. Miss Ithi la Kvans, the lone
operator on duty at the office of the
Home Telephone 'ompuny fell uncon
scious to the floor as a result of a com
plete nervous br akdown due to the
events of ;!. i.. -.i-e.
At 3:45 o'clock Sunday morumg. the
red police lights flushed violently. The
officers arrmd and found Miss Kvuns
lying on the floor unconscious. When
she was revived by the doctors, she
could tell them nothing.
Just a few minutes before each of
the big fires of laRt week burst out a
voice called the cirl to the telephone
and told her that an alarm would come
In within a few minutes over her line.
She was instructed to disregard the
call for the department as the alarm
would be fake. The first time that
this report came to her. she believed
It and refused to turn in the alurm
when one of the stores burned. A
few second later however, auother
call came la and she responded wltn
the gencml alarm.
Calls Her to Task.
On the next night, the same voice
tailed to her over the police telephone
en the hill and criticised her severe"
for turning in the alarm. It also noti
fied her that there would be another
fire that night, and within a few min
utes, the alarm came in from the Kl
liott Hruthcrg store where a loss esti
mated by the company at $40,000 was
sustained.
Kuch time that a large fire has
struck the city, this voice has called
tho girl to the telephone and notified
her of the impending blaie. Finally,
after she had turned in tho alarms us
they came to her, the man at the other
end of the lino became angry and told
her that they would burn the roof
over her head but that she would be
taken out before the fire started. The
voice declared that It did not have any
greivance against the girl hut that it
proposed to "get the company and its
THREATS ARE MADE
manager. Hen I lay burst, " she says.
Meets Her On Street.
After a visit to her relatives at
Heaver Creek on Christmas, she was
brought bark into the city and started
to walk to work at a lute hour of the
night. Just as she reached the point
from which the man usually telephon
ed, she saw- a rough looking customer
come out from behind the telephone
pole and speak to her on the street,
she says. He criticised her again for
turning in the alarm and Insisted upon
walking down tho street with her. As
they came down the steps, she says
she heard him suy to another man of
about the same appearance, "Hello
pard," and they passed. In a few
more steps, he left her and poined the
other.
In order to determine who the voire
was at the other end of the line, and
to assist the officers in locating the
man, she disguised her voire and told
the man that she had left the com
pany. He turned to someone standing
near him and said, according to her
story.. "The coast is clear. We have
got rid of the central who rung the
alarms." On earn of these occasions,
he always Inquired as to the number
of girls on duty, the number of police
men scattered through the city, their
position at certain hours of the night
and other information about which the
girl always gave him incorrect data.
He seemed to know, however, for she
say that he said: "What's the use of
lying to me. We have Just as many
fly cop and spies a you have."
Tell Manager.
Finally, she reported the matter to
Men Hayhurst, her manager. She
finally located the men whose voices
she had heard and followed them
down the street From Sixth to
Twelfth street on Main, she trailed
them. They gave her the slip at last,
secluded themselves behind a store.
(Continued on page 4)
CROWDS YELUS
BUSINESS
NEW YEAR SEES TOWN CHANGE
FROM WET TO DRY AND 10
BARS CLOSE
CITY FATHERS HAVE UPPER HAND
May Grant or Refuae to Grant Any or
All of Licenses and Majority
la Now for Dry City and
Locked Saloon
With the rliilng of church bells, tho
blowing of whistles, and the yelling of
the crowd on the afreets, the New
Year was ushered In and the saloon
were closed In Oregon City.
I'lilll the New Year came in, the sa
loons were allowed to run full blast.
All of them were filled through tte
night with the crowds celebrating tho
advent of the yeur. Promptly at th
storke of 12 o'clock, the bells of tfn?
chur ties through the city began to
ring, the crowds Jostled out of the
bur rooms, the doors swung behind
them and were locked.
1'ntil the supreme court of the state
passe upon the legality of the last
election, they will remain locked. With
the city council aa it is now cotistltti:
ed. It Is probable that they will re
muln locked for a long time to come.
In th eoplnion of many of the attor
neys of the city, the council bus thj
light to grant or refuse to grant the
licenses to any saloons and the pres
ent majority in the council Is dry. Tw j
of the three members were elected at
the polls last month because of their
stand on the prohlbtion issue and It
I assumed that they will take every
measure that the can. leally, to pre
vent the reopening of the bars through
the town.
The supreme court will have the
case in hand, however, on January 13
and w ill determine whether or not the
last electlo wa a legal one und r the
law. At least two circuit judge of
the state have decided in different
ways. Judge J. V. Campbell of this
district has sustained the last election
while Judge William Galloway of Sa
lem has held it void on two occasions.
Ten saloon closed their doors at
midnight. In all of them, the stock
of goods was practically exhausted and
most of the owners seem to have giv
en up the idea of continuing the fight.
UP JANUARY 15
ATTORNEYS GET DATE FIXED
FOR HEARING ON ISSUES
IN SALOON MATTER
COUNCIL STILL HAS A COME BACK
Even if Court Goes Against Last Vote
of People, City Father May
Yet Refute to Grant Per
mit to do Business
l'efore the suprerme court of the
state, the Oregon City liquor case will
be argued on January 15. For fifteen
days, at east, Oregon C!!j' will Le dry.
C. D. Latourette went to Salem Mon
day and arranged with the clerk of the
court to have the hearing fixed for
that date. The argument will be
made before the court at that time
and the briefs submitted that have
been prepured and fled. I'ntil the su
preme court rules upon tUa matter at
Issue, the saloons of the city will have
to close their doors.
It is more than probable that the
city council acting in accordance with
the expressed will of the people, will
refuse to grant any liquor licenses to
th saloons regardless of the action of
the supreme court or of anw other
court The decision of Judge J. V.
Campbell has settled the questions un
til the supreme court takes a whack
at the saloons and determines, final
ly, whether or not the election last
month was illegal.
The saloons now face the decision
of the supreme court and the possible
action that ihe city council will take
after that decision is known. Law
yers in the city assert that the couu
cll ha the authority to grant or re
fuse to grant any licenses that It may
see fit to do so and that the entire
matter is in the hand of the city
fathers. In view of the result of the election,
it is thought probable that the coun
cil will refuse the saloons the licenses
for which they will ask on the ground
that the people of the city want a
dry town and that they ought to have
it.
BRYAN HAY SOON BE
DRIVEN FROM POST
OREGONIAN NEWS Bl'REAV,
Washington, Dec. 26. William Jen
nings Hryan Is each day becoming a
heavier handicap on the Wilson ad
ministration, but the president has giv
en no public Indication of disapproval
of the premier of his cabinet.
There is considerable speculation,
however, as to whether the relations
between President Wilson and Secre
tary Bryan are really as cordial today
as when the administration came into
power.
LIQUOR CASE IS
AT
COMMERCIAL CLUB
(Vmsideruble talk of late on the
part of members of the Commercial
club of Oregon City brings to mind the
early date of the annual election of the
club echeduled for Saturday, January
17, ISM.
A number of names are already fa
vorably mentioned, among them. iJr.
I,. A. Morrla and T. W. Hiilllvan, the
former being president of the Moun
tain Water leagiur now doing yeoma.i
duty for the city and the latter
chairman of the Pacific Highway as
sociation of Marlon, Multnomah and
Clackamas counties organized recently
for the furtherance of good roads and
the bulld'ng of the Pacific Highway
through the counties mentioned. Itoth
are untiring workers for Clackamas
county and either, it la though by
many, would make a suitable head for
the grinding of the destinies of the
commercial club.
The present president. It. T. Mcltaln
has held offlre for two terms, as well
as being a member of the publicity
committee for the past four years.
IT
OAK GROVE BELIEVES BEST WA
TO SPEND FUND IS ON THE
MAIN TRUNK LINES
WANTS PACIFIC HICHWAY FIXED
Swarms of Tourists to Invade
State Like Flies in Summer
Time and Counties Ought
to Get Ready
the
Oak Grove has fallen in line with
Molalla. Clackamas and Oregon City
and has adopted a series of retentions
clliug for aid from the State Highway
commission in the repair of the Pa
cific Highway.
The boosters al Oak Grove believe
that the highway ought to be repaired
and put in better condition for the re
ception of the swarm of tourists who
will visit the state during the year
1915. The club has expressed its view 3
in the following resolutions:
"Whereas the last Oregon legisla
ture passed a bill providing for the
levy of a quarter of a mill tax ou the
property in the state, which levy
would raise about J23S.000.OO which
Is to be spent on roads within the state j
and.
"Whereas, the Pacific Highway is a
main road leading from Alaska to ',
Mexico and passing through Oregon, I
Washington and California, and direct
ly through Clackamas county and.
"Whereas efforts have been made to
divert the course of the said highway
as now laid out through Clackamas
county, to a location further west aud
passing through Newburg and.
"Whereas we realize the great bene
fit to the farmers which would accrue
from the creation of a good hard sur
faced road from the north to the south
line of Clackamas county, and also to
the great benefit that it would be in
bringing tourist traffic right through
the heart of our county.
"THEREFORE, HE IT RESOLVED,
That the Oak Grove Commercial club
ask the county court of Clackamas
county, to apply to the State Highway
Commission for a portion of the said
$238,000.00 highway fund to be ex
pended on the Pacific Highway in
Clackamas county.
"He it further resolved, that the Oak
Grove Commercial club express to the
county court our deep interest in this
movement, and that we tender them
our hearty support in any action they
may take in furtherance of this great
cause.
"He it further resolved, that these
resolutions be made a part of the min
utes, and a copy thereof be sent to tho
county court."
SEALER EXPECTS TO
EXPOSE BAD SCALES
William Grisenthwaite of Heaver
Creek, the newly appointed deputy
sealer of weights and measures, will
take charge of the duties of his office
on the first of the year.
Vnder the provisions of the new
state law, the county court is given
the authority to appoint a deputy seal
er for the county, the state treasurer
being given all of the duties of state
sealer.
The deputy plans to investigate the
conditions through the county and to
check ud on everv one of the scale3
and measures used through the stores
in his district. He proposes to show
the merchants where their scales are
wrong, if he finds that they are, and
to teach them how the instruments
may be corrected and kept in perfect
condition. He plans to conduct u
thorough Investigation as soon as he
begins his regular work.
Uncorker of Ocean Bottle.
It la not many years line th high
sounding post of uncorker of ocean
bottles was abolished in England.
News traveled slowly In Queen Eliza
beth's time, sod tb first news she
bad of the taking of Nora Zembla by
the Dutch was found In a bottle picked
up by a Deal fisherman named Ton
field, who forwarded the message to
the lord high admiral. Queen Eliza
beth was struck by the Idea and de
creed that all bottles with inrloxure
found on the coast should be forward
ed to tbe lord high admiral, Tonneld
being appointed uncorker. The post
survived for centuries.
WHY WASTE ROAD
MOOT
E
AVERAGE COST TO
CONSUMER $1.74
BIO BOND ISSUE DOES NOT CALL
FOR MUCH ADDITIONAL EX
PENSE TO USERS
PLAN TO SELL PRESENT STATION
Scheme Includes Method of Care For
Interest and Sinking Fund on
Debts of Both of the
City Plants
While the city will be called upon to
issue $:!oo,000 worth of bonds for the
construction of a pipe line to the south
fork of the Clackamas, the average
cost to the consumer for the retire
ment of the bonds will be but $1.74.
This is the estimate given by It. T.
Mi ltain w ho has spent sometime work
ing on the problem. The comm'tee
figures on a commission of five meu
to superintend the constriction, allov
ing the people to vote on the names
at the time the matter is submitted.
The increase In the greater water rate
making a revenue of $27,000, and the
other sources of income are figured
great enough to handle the present
$10.000 debt on the filter and pumping
plant, care of the Interest and sinking
fund, salary of a superintendent, and
maintenance of the system. West Linn
and other towns will want the same
water supply, increasing the total rev
enue. The plan includes the construc
tion of a reservoir four miles from
town to handle a reserve supply that
will last the city for two weeks. It
also includes the sale of the present
oj sivrui auu mv a.i.j uiflBriWNUI lut M
now available at the plant.
Following is the report of B. T. Mc-"
Bain on the subject:
"The latest thing In bonds is a plan
similar to buying a home on the in
stallment plan. A bond issue of SW,-
000.00 can be readily disposed of even
in these so called hard tlmea.aai
money Is tight, for bond buyers iuv
been around looking for a chance to
bid on this proposition and to aid tho
Mountain Water league in its work.
It is almost a certainty that the Hsut
will sell at par value and at 5 per cent
rate of interest These bonds can be
called in each year in certain stated
amounts as named before the sale
thereof, so within 25 years the city can
be out of debt, own its own lant and
sell water to the consumer for practi
cally little more than half us present
selling price.
'"A 25 year plan. $300,000.00 :U fi pi'r
cent, shevs as follows:
"Sell bonds April 1. 1Si4.
"Water in system April I, i'J!5, sure
ly, and possibly by January 1st, 19ir.
The first year's Interest therefore is
payable before the income ii sufficient
to take care of same. Our plan would
be to pay this with the sun lus frmn
the bonds as it is almost a certiinty
that the pipe line and rescrvoh- will
be completed without uj -ig the 'inci
dental' charge of 10 per ce'it provided
in the estimate, with a n an l.ke II.
A. Rands in charge of is -3 work aud
contractors hungry for a chance to
bid. With the first year's Interest
taken cire of the interest Tot succeed
ing years will come out of the reveuue
from a sale of water and after three
years with a sinking fund charge of
2 percent; payment of i " ,0'.0.0o per
year can be mada for ten y-ars;
500.00 paid for four years; 415.000.00
paid for five years and $20,0t0 00 per
year thereafter until the wlioij amount
is liquidated in twenty-five y?ars.
"These payments greater tuch rer
lod as time goes on are posjilue by re
duction in total bonds outstanding, the
interest being less, while th: total
charge of 7 per cent to the ccusunicr
remains In force, even though our 12u')
present water takers only are connect
ed with the system ten years nence.
$300,000.00 at 5 per cent in
terest $15,000.00 yr.
$300,000.00 at 2 per cent
sinking fund 6,000.00 yr.
Expenses of system 4,000.00 yr.
$25,000.00
12 consumers average ....$20.83 yr.
At 12 months 1.74 mo
Present average cost to con
sumer 1.50 mo
While the smaller consumer
pay 1.25 mo
"Extensions In pipe lines in the city
will cost no more with the water from
the mountains than from th? river aud
there is no argument against the new
plan on that point. Elyville will be on
a gravity system and be supplied with
water. Other portions of the city will
come in and the Increase in number of
consumers will certainly pay for the
extensions; if not It would be poor
business to extend.
"With an Increase of5 per cent In
consumers each year, the rates would
be reduced an equal amount, without
taking any chances on the bond issue.
"Sales to adjoining cities are pos
sible at three to five times the cost of
delivering at the reservoir, therefore
each sale of 1,000 gallons to our neigh
bors pays for from 3,000 to 5.000 gal
lons delivered to Ortgon City con
sumers and makes it possible to great
ly reduce the rate.
"The present Indebtedness of the
water commissioners Is In round num
bers: Bonds $10,000.00
Warrants $50,000.0)
$90,000.00
, "The value of the present pumping
plant is appraised at $100,000 so the
debt can be wiped out either by sale
of the property if not needed aa an
auxilliary plant, or by rental of It and
Its power to others which can nj
doubt be done considering Us loca
tion. "In any event this debt Is part on
long time bonds at 5 per cent rate of
Interest and only the Interest need be
considered, while the rest Is on war
rants at 6 per cent and the sales to
outside districts will easily take care
of these charges If the rental or tbn
sale of tbe property will not
"With three mlllons gallon of water
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