MSI -OREGON CITY 'ENTERPRISERS
growing County
OKEOON CITY, OREGON, Fill DAY, FKHRUAUY20, 1911.
ESTABLISHED 188
FORTYEIQHTH YEAR No, B. .
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A HISTORY OF CLACKAMAS ROADS
DISTRICT
On Million and Quartr
4 Total xnndllur all
road district, llice 4
year 19U7- 11,222.91(4.80 (
At Show by District
District No. I $ 83.S27.S4
District No. 8
1H.1I6.60
District No. 3 ,
33.84137
District No. 4
District N. 6 .
District No. . .
District No. 7 .
District No. 8 .
9.0U0.4S
22.124 43
18,901.03
88.Sll.ol
8.1M61
District No.
8.8(1. 38
District No. 10 25.140.67
I nlrlcl No. II 16.3D2 90
District No. 12 12.236 41
District No. 13 19.7..D7
District No. 14 40.SI7.4O
DUtrlet No. II 24.143 S3
riHlrlrt No. 10 12.220.20
District No. 17 17.Oit4.47
Logun country, surrounded by Die
trlct No. 12 of Clackamas road dis
tricts, comprising a territory of np
proximately IS aiiuura nill. ba ex
pended alni'r thi yi-ur 1W)7, lliu gross
aum of tl2.23S.4t. comparatively aj
small amount with aouiu of the other,
dlntrlct of about thn same acr.d
valuation. Number 12 begin out at
Clear Creek, runuliiK eaat for almost
five m'les, and north and aoulh from,
th Clckma river to a pulut a mile
aotith of l.ogan. The roada aro for
DISTRICT
Itoad Dlntrlct No. 13, asldo from Ita
superstitious title, hua ths further dla
Unction of being one of thn very few
road dlatrlrta In Clnckainaa county,
which ha inn every dollar of the
taxpayer' money with a dollar of It
own. To bit more specific, alncu tho
year 19u7, the county ha kIvu thla
dla'rlrt f9.04S.4X: during tlm aamt
period, by resort to thn special levy
five veara out of tho seven, tho peoplo
of the dlntrlct have apent $10,710.09
out of their own pocket, thn raising
the county' min by a cool $170.
Tlil I a practical application of thn
benefit of aclf help, aa fur a allow
ing (lint tho people of tho dlntrlct huve
been willing to do thrlr aharo financi
ally. Hut how about ths road?
Dlntrlct No. 13 la what 1 known aa
the Ttedland dlntrlct, comprising
about alxteen square nillea, beginning
about three mllea cast of Oregon City
and x'gaxKlng In a southeasterly di
rection for about acivun mile. Thla
dlntrlct run ennt to a point about 1H
mile aoulh of lKan, and It niont
anutlierly Klut I probably five mile
aouth of that place. It Include Red-
DISTRICT
Dlntrlct Number 14. lying out eaat
nd In a southerly direction from the
corporate limit of Oregon City In the
Maple l.ane country, lont out complete
ly In the annual uunriout for road ex
pennc for the year 190K. The coun
ty record show that during thla year
work waa entirely abandoned by tho
county and no expenditure were made
In the dlntrlct. In 1909 the district waa
again restored and Number 14 "got
buay" with a vengeance. Notwlth
stand n the fact that wholo year
waa aklpped. the district bus since
1907 expended the gros sum of $40,
827.40. by far thn largest amount of
any district yet discussed In this pa
per. Incidentally, In striking contrast
to Dlntrlct Number 13 published yea
terdny, where the Inhabitants by spe
cial levlea, have met dollar for dollar
the country's apportionment. District
Number 14 has never once helped
along by resorting to the special levy.
Evidently It hasn't been necessary In
foor'een to learn the "benefits of
sulfhelp."
One might expect to read of some
Frest h'ghways In number 14, In view
of the enormous expenditures made In
six years. On the contrary the fig
ures are unite commonplace and unin
DISTRICT
One of the small but Important road
districts of the county Is No. 15, ly
ing Just south of and adjoining the
eorporute limits of Oregon City, ex
tending south Just a little over two
miles, and running westward follow
ing th" banks of the Willamette for
2a miles. Including the Ahsolem Hed
ge claim, and the 1'omeroy, Drown
and McCarver claim.
District No. 15 haa 15 mile of road
within its boundaries. Of these five
are crushed rock and the balance aro
plain dirt. In 1913 three-fourths of a
mile of crushed rock road was built,
tha total evpendUure for that yenr,
Including a $794.00 special levy, ag
gregating $3,988.96.
Figures In No. 18 since the year
1907 are as follows:
1907 $ 3,702.33
190H 4.764.77
1909 1,959.10
1910 2.832.21
1911 4.092.02
DISTRICT
New Era road district, embracing
i whaps seven square mile, ha ex
i "nried since 1907, the sum of $12,
'6 2ft. This sum Is Just, about one
hlf the amount spent In No. 15 In
the same period of time, notwithstand
ing the fact that No. 16 has three more
miles of roada to look after, and Is a
much larger district. The two die
trtcts today have each five miles of
crushed rock, and In addition No. IS
with only half the amount expended,
ha a mile of gravel. Certainly a di
vergence 'n result under our super
visor system!
New Era district Joins No. 15 on the
north, or to be more explicit, begins
Probably two mllea and half aouth
of Oregon City, ly'ng between tha
township line of township 2 S range
1 rant and the Willamette liver, and
running south for a distance of about
tnree and one-half miles, or to a po'nt
aooui i miles below New
(Continue
NO. 12.
the most purt, under heavy traffic Uio
year roiiml, or at least until ttiut ag
KravalliiK season of tlm year when
truffle In Clackamas county ha to
cease on account of "mere mud."
Today UKim district ha 2 Hi miles
of road, 7S of gravel, 4 mlli'i of plank
and 10 or dirt. Of th 7 mile of
gravel roadi at least five mlli'i wore
Imllt 14 year ago at a tomI of about
$1,000 per mill. HI ma 1107. assuming
that all uthxr permanent roada were
Imllt since that dut, tha district hua
tiiillt i miles of gravel roada and
four mlli a of plank. In 1913 district
12 spent thfl aum of 13.I94.B8, 11.500
of which w raised by a special levy.
During thla year three fourths of a
mllu of plank roada waa coslructcd.
Figures In district 12 aro aa fol
io wa:
1P07
I'JOK
()!
mio
imi
i!H2
1!M3
$ 2.19S.OO
. 1,219 ns
. 1.876.89
. 1.109.41
. 1,225 37
. 1.416.38
Total $10,731.92
Special li-vy 1913
. .$ 1.503 49
Tolnl expended $12,235.41
8uifrvlMloii In lUntrlrt No. 12 haa
been aa folio : 1W07, Edward Hutch
lua; 11)08, Fred Gerbcr; 1909, Fred
(ierber; 1910, Joe Gill; 1911. P. W.
Ilulbuff; 1912, Henry Swale; 1913.
Henry Dahlcr.
NO. 11
luml. There am 20 mile of road In
dlntrlct No. 13, Including ninny of the
old highway of the county. Today
out of thla total mileago there are 2'i
mllea of'crunhcd riH'k road and nix
mile of plank. ThH other 17ft mile
aro mud. Thn year 1913 saw nne-hulf
mile of plank rond built In number 13;
$990.97 wn ipent during that yenr.
Figure from number 13, since 1907
aro a follow:
IleKlllur
1907 $ 1.677 9f4
I90S 699.89
1909 1,197 52
1910 1.449 83
1911 1.1.10 39
1912 1.999 90
1913 990.97
Bpeclal
f-
3.197.1R
72.75
1.508.75
3.217.26
2.714.15
Total $ 9.040.48 $10,710.09
$10,710.09
Total expanded
nine 1907 . .. $19,758.57
Hupervlnlon In No. 13 haa been aa
follow: ibiiT, 190". AiiKunt Hubert;
1909. 1910, W. C. Ward; 1911. J. C.
KuIImii; 1912. J. T. Villain; 1913. 3.
T. Kullam.
NO. 14.
teresting. There are 12 mllea of
roada In number 14 today, four mites
of crushed rock, no gravel whatever,
one mile of old planking and one mile
of comparatively new. In addition
there are seven long miles of mud. In
J913 one-half mile of the rock road was
redressed. This tells the story.
Figures In number 15 since 1907
follow:
1907 f 7,401.45
1908 (Abandoned).
1909 9,636.43
1910 3.398.33
1911 18,182.13
1912 1,227.45
1913 .i 981.81
Total $40,827.40
In 1908 District 14 was abandoned
because It was too small. The pres
ent boundaries begin Just east of Ore
gon City, a atrip about two miles In
width running out towards Highland
Including probably about 10 square
mllea. The district Is about six miles
long.
Supervisors In number 14 have been
as follows; 1907, O. F. Olbbs; 1909,
Chris Murnlt; 1910,. Chris Muralt;
1911, 0. F. Olbbs; 1912, Henry Henrlcl;
1913, Henry Henrlcl.
NO. 1
1912 2.927.S4
1913 3,194.96
Total $23,483.03
Special levies 1912 and 1913 $ 1.070.29
Total $24,543.32
Supervision In District 15 has been
aa follows: 1907-8, Wm. Fine; 1909,
Max Telford; 1910-1911. Leandcr Mat
toon; 19121913. Wm. Fine.
A glance at the the totala at the
head of thla article will convey gome
Idea of the vast and unequal expendi
tures that have been made In the first
15 district of the county since 1907.
Although Just about one-fourth of the
total districts have been given so far,
the aggregate sum Is way up above
the $300,000.00 mark and close to one
third of a million. Taxpayers of the
county ahould keep their eye on the
above figures and watch the figures
grow to an almost unbelievable sum.
NO. 16
Figures In No. IS are as follows:
1907 $ 2,505.47
1908 1.098.00
1909 1,073.04
1910 1.152.26
1911 2.244.21
1912 1,832.02
1913 1,234.90
Total $10,639.89
Special levies 1911, 1913....$ 1.586.37
Total spent $12,226.26
In 1913 when a special levy of 1.
537.77 as made district 16 laid 1.660
feet of crashed rock road, and 1600
feet of gravel, spending for the year
the sum of $2,772.(7. There are 18
miles of road In No. 16. of which five
re crushed rock, 1 gravel and 12 dirt
In 1907 W. O. Randall supervised
No. IS; since that time August Stea
hely has had charge of the work continuously.
o ffe S.)
BOND
DERATE SUBJECT
AT MILWAUKIE MEETINQ PROMI
NENT MEN TALK PRO AND
CON OF GOOD ROADS
PROGRAM FOR PAYINC BONDS, SHOP
Speaker Opposed to Plan Raaort to
Rldleult to Anawtr th Argu
mant of tha Highway
Booatora
Tho proposed $600,000 good road
bond Issue was the subject of debate
ut a fulrly well attended meeting bold
at Mllwauklu Tuesday evening under
the direction of the Mllwauklu Com
mercial club.
There were two apeaker on each
side, Judge Grant II. Dimlck and T.
W. Kulllvnn. favoring the bond lue,
and C. K. H pence and H. 0. Stark
weather taking the opposite taud. C.
I. Hansen, of tha commercial club,
presided over the meeting.
Mr. Dimlck waa the first to speak
and after he hud Introduced the sub
ject told of tha benefits that would be
derived from such an Issue and closed
with a brief sketch of a flnae-.lal pro
Krum for paying the bonda.
Judge Dimlck was followed by Mr.
Starkweather who attempted to ridi
cule the arguments of his opponent.
The third seuker was Mr. Sullivan.
He explained tho many ways In which
better road would aid the farmer, how
they would Increase the value of hi
land, would bring him closer to the
markets, and bring more people to
his farm. Then Mr. Sullivan explained
at length the plan which he has drawn
mi by which the debt could be paid by
a one mill tax in 20 year. Mr. Sulli
van told the details of the scheme and
showed the many advantage. Charles
Spence closed the case sgalnst the
bond Issue.
Mr. lilmlck's speech was a follows:
The commercial club of Oregon
City has appointed a committee to
take up the question of bonding the
county for the Improvement of some
of Its main arteries, and as tne oonu
inir Question Is aomethlng new with
our people we have been Instructed to
co Into the county and discuss tne
question from an economic standpoint.
for the purpose of ascertaining
the J
will of the majority of our voters.
There la nothing personal In the poa'.
tlon which we occupy a members of
the committee, a our mission la In
tended only aa educational work along
the lines of Termanent road Improve
ment
Club Lead Fight
"Tho commercial club of Oregon
City that appointed this committee,
represent more than one-fourth of the
taxable property In Clackamas county,
and therefore ba a deep Interest in
the welfare of the county, Including
the Improvement of its public high
ways. It Is true that a few narrow
minded men In writing letter to the
press, question the motives which ac
tuate the members of the commercial
club In carrying on this work, but
from the articles written. It Is easy
to see the motives behind those who
write these little Inflammatory let
ters.
Economic Question.
"This being an economic question,
the proper way of arriving at a def
inite and Just conclusion Is to figure
the saving that would accrue to the
farmer and consumers If the jnaln
arterlea over which, our freight and
other traffic Is conveyed, as compared
with charge of Interest and mainte
nance, together with the sinking fund
which would have to be set aside for
redemption of the obligation. The
question then submits Itself as to
whether the Investment would be a
profitable one, and thaf is our mission
here this evening, to discuss the sev
eral phases of the question and leave
It to the solemn Judgment or tne tax
payers who will be called upon to set
tle the question when duly submitted.
Must Etabllth Location of Roada.
"The location of these mnln arteries
proposed to be Improved, must be def
initely established, and In the minds
of tho legal voters before the ques
tion Is submitted, so that every legal
voter In the county will know exactly
where the money is going to be ex
pended and what roads will be im
proved from the proceeds of the bond
Issue. The main arterlea rrom tne
folowing points, have been suggested.
and I believe that If these roads were
Improved aa suggested that the great-
eat good would be derived therefrom.
First, from Marqunm by Molalla to
Oregon City; from Oregon City by
Deaver Creek to the Clark and High
land country; from the Hubbard road
east through the Needy country; from
Aurora, east through the Macksburg
country; from Canby, east through
that rich farming section; from Will
amette to Wllaonvllle; from Canby to
Portland; from Logan down the Clack
amas river; from Damascus to the
Multnomah county line; from Oregon
City up the Abernethy; from EBta
cada, easterly Into Its rich farming
section; and from Sandy to lloring
and on to the Multnomah county line.
Impossible to Surface All Roada.
"It would be Impossible with the
amount of the proposed bond issue to
hard surface the roada which have
been suggested, but in any event the
nature of the proposed Improvement
must be In keeping with the spirit of
tne law, so that the work accomplish
ed will be aa nearly permanent as can
he done.
A part of the roads mentioned
above have been Improved, and the
cost of their further Improvement will
be light as It has been shown that
a surface covering can be placed upon
those roads as a dressing and binder
that will last ordinary travel for sev
eral years to come.
Consider Other Routes of Travel.
Anotner important question pre
sents Itself, and that Is the building
of electric lines through the county,
which necessarily changes the travel
from roada parallel with the lines to
TWO ARE IN
RACE
T
COUNTY CLERK MULVEY AND H.
S. ANDERSON, INCUMBENT,
ENTER PRIMARIES.
BOTH SEEK REPUBLICAN NOMINATION
Dual Announcement On 8m Day
Crats No Little Interest In
Political Circle And Add"
Spice to Campaign.
The race for the Republican nom
ination for county Judge of Clacka
maa County opened up today In real
earnest, when County Clerk W. L.
Mulvey and County Judge H. S. An-
VV. U Mulvey, who has announced his
candidacy for County Judge on the
Republican ticket
derson announced tholr intention to
become candidates for that office In
the Republican primary May 15 next
Mr. Mulvey' announcement was not
unexpected, but it had been reported
for more than a week that Judge An
derson bad In contemplation running
for reelection a an independent can
dldate. This report proved to be un
founded however, as he said today he
would enter the Republican primary.
He waa elected last August In a Bpec
Inl recall election, defeating R. B.
Iteatie, Democrat
Mr. Mulvey is a young man, able and
energetic, with a fine record as coun
ty clerk. He says that If nominated
and elected he will always work for
the best Interests of the county, will
as far as within his power keep ex
penses down: will see there Is no
waste of the taxpayers' money; fav
ors good roads for the country; will
oppose an Increase In the present rate
of taxation and will endeavor to lower
the present levy. Mr. Mulvey states
he has no interests to serve but the
interests of Clackamas County.
The announcements of these can
didates, coming the same day, created
no little stir in local political circles
and will unquestionably add spice to
the primary campaign. It Is not an
ticlpated that there will be other Re
publican candidates for this office.
Clackamas already has four candi
dates for treasurer and five for sheriff.
A feature of the race for sheriff is that
three of the candidates are Democrats.
D. J. Thorpe. Henry Strebig and H. W.
Koehler, while two are Republicans,
William J. Wilson and D. M. Klemsen.
James F. Nelson, of Mullno, was in
the city Saturday and announced his
candidacy for county treasurer In the
Republican primaries. This office is
one that is evidently going to be hot
ly contested, for J. K. Pardee. Republi
can and J. O. Staats, Democrat, have
already filed their nominating peti
tions, while M. E. Dunn is being urged
by many of his friends to go after the
Republican nomination. Captain James
P. Shaw, of Mllwaukie, is considering
making the race aa an independent
candidate. Mr. Nelson was assessor of
Clsckamas county for alx years.
roads running at right angles with the
electric lines into the farming sections
and In determining the advisability of
bonding the county for road purposes
those questions should also be taken
Into consideration.
"The mileage of the proposed Im
provement might be greatly lessenec
bv eliminating certain sections, and
In fact certain section would have to
be eliminated under a bond Issue of
only six hundred thousand dollars,
for the reason that there would not be
funds enough to complete all of those
proposed roads, especially out of the
first issue, but In any event the roads
to be improved should be settled up
on before the question Is submitted to
the legal voters for their verdict
Bond Should Be Serial.
"Bonds Issued for road Improve
ments should be serial In their char
acter, ao that after the first two or
three years the accumulated sinking
fund should be gradually used to take
np the first series so as to stop Inter
est and at thn same time gradually
diminish the outstanding obligations
so that the sinking fund will not ac
cumulate. "Issuing bonds for road Improve
ments every detail of the Improvement
should be worked oat In advance, and
ever safe guard against extravagance
and graft should be definitely estab
lished, ao that the taxpayers may be
assured that their money la going to
be expended Judiciously and that full
value will be returned.
FOR COLIN
Y JUDGE
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BRQWNELL STANDS
ON HIS PLATFORMj
OREGON CITY
CANDIDATE FOR i
GOVERNOR REPLIES TO
THE OREGONIAN
LIQUOR QUESTION IS LIVE ISSUE
Clackama Statesman Say Failure
of Republicans to Endorse
Hi Position Will Mean
U'Ren's Election.
(The following open letter was sent
by George C. Iirownell, Republican
candidate for Governor, to The Oro
gonlan, Monday):
OREGON CITY. Feb. 16. (To the
Editor of the Oregonlan.) I notice
In your lasue of the 14lh Inst your
article reflecting upon my platform.
I am somewhat surprised that you
would take tbis position. Will you
have any objection to pointing out in
detail your objections to the dlfterent
planks in my platform? You cerUin
ly do not want the people of this s'jite
to suppose for a moment that the
Oregonlan Is opposed to the distrac
tion and abolishment of the liquor
traffic. If you do, will you fcludly ex
plain In detail or otherwise wbat your
objections are based upon; or do jou
feel that it is a question that ought
not he raised in the Republican pri
maries. I feel that it is Just as much
a political nuestlon as slavery etr
was. The Republican party destroy
ed that, or at least was opposed to
It What la there objectionable: It
the liquor traffic is wrong from a
moral and economic standpoint for
It to be-made an issue In the Repub
lican primaries? It is self-evident
that any man nominated In the Re
publican or Democratic primaries this
year, will not be permittee to uoui;e
this proposition. He will have to say
that he is In favor of it or he will
have to aay that he is opposed to it.
He cannot Dlay the game ol pontics
this year, as George Chamberlain his
always played It in mis suae, wuu
one foot In a north end saloon and
the other in the M. E. church, trying
to be on both sides an l on all sMea
of every proposition. I take It that
the people of this state, this year, are
going to demand an open and frank
declaration, either in favor of or op
posed to the abolishment of tho lliruor
traffic by constitutional ameuuraeu
Then again, do you oppose Nation
al Suffraxe to the women of ih'a coun
try? That Is also In my platform. If
so will you kindly Inform aie what
your reasons for such opiioslton.
Then again, can it be posiiblf. that
a newspaper of the acknowledged
force and power of the Oregonlan,
can be opposed to that other plank
In my platform, "free speech and free
press." If you are opposed to this,
will you also explain in detail the
grounds of your opposition.
Then again, I have a declaration
in my platform. In opposition to the
Asiatics and Hindus and other kinds
of cheap labor of that class, coming
Into Oregon and on this coast, and
competing with the progress and op
portunities of the Isboring men now
here. You know very well, that If I
happen to be governor of this state,
that If I could not get rid of this kind
of people In any other way, I would
make the militia of the state throw
them out. The time has come when
we have got to take a stand and pro
tect and defend the laboring people
of the state. If you are opposed to
this proposition of mine, will you
kindly and in detail tell the people
why, and for what reasons.
Will you also explain In detail how
you expect any Republican candidate
who should happen to be nominated
for governor, to be elected, unless he
takes a square position on tms ques
tion of the adoption of a Constitu
tional Amendment against the sale
and manufacture of intoxicating liq
uor in the state of Oregon. You cer
tainly know that the vote is very ev
enly divided in this state, upon this
proposition. Suppose now that Mr.
Mo8er or Mr. Stevens or any other
gentleman should happen to be suc
cessful In the primaries, how far do
you suppose thes gentlemen would
be able to go in their champaign, be
fore the people would rise up In the
meetings and elsewhere, and demand
to know Just exactly bow they stood
upon this question? If this Is true,
then why Is It not better to meet tms
proposition openly and frankly in the
primaries, and settle It there. You
may rely upon one thing, that It does
not make any difference what position
you take, or I take, or anyone else
connected with the Republican party
In thla state, the people will demand
a full and complete explanation and
declaration from every candidate
from United States Senators down to
Constables in the present campaign.
Please remember this, that Just as
sure as there is a failure upon the
part of leading newspapers, like the
Oregonlan, and leading Republican
candidates In this state, taking a po
sition frankly and avowedly in favor
of this Constitutional Amendment.
Mr. W. S. U'Ren will be elected gov
ernor of the state of Oregon. This
prediction of mine, please kindly file
away for reference arter tne election.
There cannot be. In the logic of
things, any other result My posi
tion. If adopted and accepted by the
Influences that yon represent, will re
sult in the nomination and election
of some Republican and In the defeat
of Mr. U'Ren, and you cannot do it
In any other way.
Sincerely yours,
GEO. C. BROWNELX
ADMINISTRATORS APPOINTED
Conrad P. Olson was appointed the
administrator for thn rtte of Fred
erick TS. Pelonger rd J. W. Marquatc
for the estate of William Shewmaker
Tuesdsy.
Many Things, New
And Strange, That
The Wires Tell
JKftSEY CITY. N. J., Feb 17. Snow
I ... U I..L. LI .... L ... i, I - Oil.
7 . V l " , . ' , , 7 ,7'
urin-u uy w urn x. is u i n n uB aiuc tt sama)
saved the lives of his six children to
duy. When fire destroyed the house.
he dropped them one at a time from
the roof Into the snow. None waa
hurt, although the youngest child Is
only a year old.
8AI.EM, Ore.. Feb. 17. If there Is
any nice young man In Oregon who
w'shes to correspond with an eastern
girl the opportunity for him ha ar
rived, for Mis C. Davl, of 527 Den
on street, Camden, N. J., I In search
of Just such a man, and ba written
Governor West, Inclosing her address.
EUGENE, Or., Feb. 17. Four dol
lars In gold nugges were discovered
In a 10-cent box of common baiting
soda opened in the home of Will C.
Cook, a farmer living west of Eugene,
yesterday.
TWO QUESTIONS REMAIN TO BE
SETTLED BEFORE COURT
WILL ACT.
MUST MAKE A FILL OVER RAVINE
All Material For Improvement
ol
Highway From Boring to San
dy Mut Be Trantported
Free.
The county court and the Clacka
mas County Development Company
have not yet arrived at a definite
agreement over the terms of the
franchise that the company has pe
titioned for over the county road from
Boring to Sandy for the construction
of a single track railway. The com-
pany haa asked for permission to con
struct its line in the middle of the'
county road.
County Judge Anderson said Mon
day that two main question remain to
be settled and until they are adjusted.
the franchise would not be granted.
The court will insist that the company
agree to transport free all of the ma
terial necessary to Improve the coun
ty road between Boring and Sandy. It
is understood that the company will
acceed to this condition, providing the
Portland Railway Light & Power Co.
will haul the material as far as Bor
ing, where its line diverts toward Es
tucada. The Clackamas County Development
Co. is composed of Portland men.
They proposed to build a trestle over a
ravine on the road, but the county
court, according to Judge Anderson,
will not permit this, but will compel
the company to make a fill, contin
gent upon granting the franchise.
The promoters will use gasoline as
a motive power at the start though
they later expect to electrify the line,
which will give the Sandy valley rail
connection with Portland and Oregon
City. Many of the people of that sec
tion petitioned the court to have the
line run on the south side, of the road,
thereby leaving the main portion of
the road unoccupied. The distance
from Sandy to Boring is about seven
miles. The matter may be cortcluded
at the next term of the county court.
GILL HIGH HAN
E
SEATTLE. Feb. 17. Hiram C. Gill,
who was elected Mayor of Seattle In
1910, recalled for alleged misconduct
in office the next year and defeated by
Mayor Cotterill In 1912, waa nomin
ated for mayor In today's preferential
primary, receiving as many votes as
his three nearest competitors com
bined. For second place, James D. Tren
holme, so-called "business men's can
didate, Is about 400 votes ahead of
Richard Winsor, with returns from
one-fifth of the city counted. Although
Winsor, nnder the- law, filed as a non
partisan candidate, his nomination was
made and his campaign managed by
the Socialist party.
Austin E. Griffiths, indorsed by the
Ministeral Federat'on. is fourth in the
votes thus far counted.
BURGLARS COLLECT
EUGENE, Ore., Feb. 17. Burglars
attended services at the Methodist
church Sunday evening. They remain
ed In the building after the sermon
waa over, and then robbed the church.
They stole $20, which represented
special collection given by children In
the Sunday school claases, but did not
disturb the safe In the pastor's study.
Th'a contained a considerable sum of
money taken as collections during
series of revival services now under
way.
The found a chest of carpenter'
tools In the basement of the church,
and used the chisel and hammer In
liOERAICHSEiET
FOR SANDY ROAD
I breaking open doors.
T
E
F. E. HOBSON, OF PORTLAND, IS
NAMED TO SUPERVISE
HARD SURFACING.
HE WILL WORK UNDER COUNTY COURT
Clackamas Will Construct A Ftw
Mile of Permanent Highway
r As Dcmonatration of Ita
Practicability.
Tbe county court of Clackamas
County has taken a step in the right
direction In the appointment of F. E.
Hobson, a resident of Portland, who
has been engaged in engineering work
at Grants Pass, to undertake the gen
eral supervision of bighway construc
tion In Clackamas County. While Mr.
Hobson has not been given the title
of roadmaster. under the provisions
of the law authorizing the appointment
of such an official, be wilt have prac
tically the duties of that official
The court plans to make a more
systematic expenditure of the general
road funds that has been-the custom
In the past and with that end in view,
will construct a few miles of hard
surfaced road, which will be laid on
highways where the travel is the
heaviest While the court is not yet
prepared to make a definite statement
aa to how many miles of permanent
road will be built, nor how much mon
ey is to be spent in pursuance of this
plan, it Is intended to construct a
considerable amount of hard surfaced
road, with the purpose of demonstrat
ing its practicability to withstand the
heavy traffic that the main roada will
have to bear.
There has been a great deal of agi
tation here within the last few months
for hard surfaced highways, coming
from people who believe the day of the
macadam road, as a main thoroughfare
is passing, and who are Insisting that
a practical demonstration is all that
is needed to convince the people of
the wisdom of building roads that can
be maintained at a minimum cost
Mr. Hobson Is an experienced road!
engineer and comes here highly rec
ommended. He will have direct charge
of the surfacing with hard pavement
of some of the macadam roada now
constructed and win be employed lor
at least four months.
County Judge Anderson said this
afternoon that Mr. Hobson will work
under the instructions of the county
court and of County Surveyor D. T.
Meldram, who, under the law, acta as
the county roadmaster, unless a sep
arate appointment is made by the
court
OREGON CITY ATTORNEY WILL
AGAIN MAKE RACE FOR
REPRESENTATIVE
H. S. CLYDE BECOMES CANDIDATE
Dr. W. E. Hempttead Is Atpirant for
Coroner on Republican Ticket
Dimlck to Run for
Re-election
Three hats were thrown into the
ring Wednesday for political offices,
all of them Republican, marking the
iirst entries in the race for represen
tative and for coroner.
C. Schuebel, who was a member of
the 1913 session, announced his can
didacy for re-election? His platform
commits him to the abolishment of
useless commissions, legislation for
the betterment of labor conditions,
fewer and better laws, economy In ap
propriations and the assessment of
public service corporation franchise
on a capitalization breea on the net
earnings computed at 6 per cent per
annum. Mr. Schuebel Is a law part
ner of W. 8. U'Ren. He was formerly
chairman of the Republican county
central committee and is at the pres
ent city attorney of Oregon City.
H. 3. Clyde, a well known member
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
also announced his candidacy for the
lower bouse. He aays be is a pro
gressive Republican.
Dr. W. E. Hempstead, an Oregon
City physician and a resident of Glad
stone, will file his petition for the
nomination for coroner on the Repub
lican ticket He is the only candidate
so far for this position. Dr. Hemp
stead was for five years coroner of
Custer county, Oklahoma. He has re
sided in Oregon five years and Is as
sociated with Dr. Meissner.
Candidates for the legislature have
been 'slow to appear this year. State
Senator W. A. Dimlck will certainly
be a candidate for re-election, and it
is not likely he will have opposition
at the Republican primary.
Guy T. Hunt, a farmer of the Gar
field district la being urged by his
friends to become a candidate for the
bouse of representatives on the Re
publican ticket Clackama has one
senator and three representatlvea In
tbe state legislature.
DANCE AT BEAVER CREEK
CUR
IS
ROAD
NulNEER
SC1EBEL ENTERS
FOR SECOND TERM
BEAVER CREEK, Ore, Feb. 17.
John Moehnke la arranging to give
dance at thla place next Saturday
sight.