Morning enterprise. (Oregon City, Or.) 1911-1933, January 13, 1912, Image 1

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WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1566
VOL. Ill No. 10.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1912.
Per Week, 10 Cents
ING SPELLS
PUTTING UP A ROAR.
POULTRY SHOW TO
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IRONMASTER ON STAND SAYS HE
PUT BAN ON STOCK
JOBBING.
OPPOSED PHILIPPINE ANNEXATION
Roosevelt Policy Preferred To That
Of Taft Millionaire Declares
He Did Not Oppose
McKinley.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. Andrew
Carnegie concluded his testimony to
day before the House "steel trust" in
vestigating committee. He admitted
that in 1900 he contributed $15,000 to
oppose the policy of imperialism and
tne annexation of the Philippines;
that he assailed Wall street and
branded "stock jobbers" as "para
sites," urged the Roosevelt trust pol
icy in preference to that of Presi
dent Taft, and asked Congress to con
sider that problem carefully.
Mr. Carnegie was subjected to a
fire of questions which put him on his
mettle. Chairman Stanley elicited
from him an attack on stock jobbing,
which probably will influence legisla
tion to be proposed by the commit
tee, and Representative McGillicuddy,
of Maine, took the ironmaster over
some unexpected political jumps.
"Mr. Carnegie,''' asked Chairman
Stanley, "in the organization of the
Carnegie Steel Company of New Jer
sey, why did you divide your stock
into $1,000 shares?"
"To keep them off the Stock Ex
change," was Mr. Carnegie's quick
reply."-
"Why did you want to keep them off
the Stock Exchange?"
"Because I did not believe in stock
jobbing. Because I did not wish to
have any partners in business tempt
ed to speculation. I never in my life
bought or sold a share of stock on the
speculative market. . I was reared dif
ferently. I had a grandfather ruined
in Scotland by stock speculation; I
resolved that it was ruinous to a
young man. Throughtout my business
career I never bought long or sold
short."
Mr. Carnegie said he never opposed
Mr. McKinley.
VERE1N TO GIVE BIG
MASQUE BALL TONIGHT
It is believed that Busch's hall will
be crowded to its capacity tonight
with dancers and spectators, at the
German Verein's annual masquerade
ball. The floor will be reserved for
maskers until 10:30 o'clock, after
which the masks will be removed.
This society always gives successful
affairs, and the committees in charge
will not spare any pains to make this
event more successful than those
heretofore given. An orchestra of
seven pieces of home talent has been
engaged to furnish the music.
The following are the committees
in charge:
Reception " Committee Gustav
Schnoerr, J. Busch, F. Muller, D. M.
Klemsen, R. Seiler.
Door Committee C . Hartmann,
Peter Winkel, William Schwartz.
Floor Committee P. Kloostra, Wil
liam Kruger, C. Hartmann, H. Stre
big. Coffee, cakes and light lunch will
be served by the ladies. The Philhar
monic band will furnish the music.
LEAP YEAR DANCE
GIVEN JY ARTISANS
One of the most enjoyable social
meetings ever held by the United Arti
sans was on Thursday night at the
Woodmen hall, the occasion being a
leap year party. There was an un
usually large attendance, as friends
of the order were invited to attend
as well as the members. The ladies
were not backward in asking their
gentlemen friends to have 'the next
dance" with them. There were very
few "wall flowers," however. The
committee in charge of the affair was
composed of Ren Holsclaw, L. C.
Burke and Miss Anna Gardner. Leon
DesLarzes and Oscar Wooding fur
nished the music for the dancing. It
was the first leap year affair given in
this city this year.
Public Demon
stration of the Vacuum Clothes Washer
every day at 2:30 except Sun
day. Wednesday and Saturday
evenings at 7:30. o'clock. 401
Main street.
Oregon Specialty Co.
SEE HERE!
I have four nice level
lots, nearly new 5-room
house, wood house, barn
and wf 11, 3 blocks' from
school. Price $1500. Will
trad for acreage. What
have you? Call on or
address Cyrus Powell,
f Oregon City, Or., Steph
ens building, room 11.
PARDEE INSISTS
HE IS TREASURER
GLADSTONE MAN DENIES MAYOR
TENDERED HIM WARRANT
FOR SERVICES.
CALLED CROSS 'PETTY LARCENIST'
William Hammond, Former Recorder,
Says Claimant Signed Peti
tion of Man
Elected.
"J. C. Paddock has not qualified for
the office of treasurer of Gladstone,"
said J. K. Pardee, who insists that
he is the hold-over treasurer of the
municipality Friday. "He filed his
bond and his oath of office and that
was all. He has never been recogniz
ed by the City Council as the treas
urer. At the meeting of the City
Council I simply asked the Recorder
to give me my warrant for my last
quarter of service, but Mayor Cross
took it. The Mayor took three war
rants signed them and put them in
his pocket. I asked Mr. Cross for my
warrant and he replied: 'You can't
have it' 'Mr. Cross isn't that mine?'1
said. He said ,'By what authority?'
and I said because it wa3 my prop
erty. Mr. Pardee said that he went to Mr.
Cross-' office the following day and
was refused the warrant. He declares
he told Mr. Cross that he Cross) was
guilty of the smallest piece of petty
larceny he (Pardee) had ever heard
of.
"I was elected when the city was
incorporated, said Mr. Pardee. "My
term was extended by the following
in the city charter:"
"All laws, ordinances, rules of order,
passed or adopted by the present City
Council of the City of Gladstone, or
business transacted by said Council,
are hereby validated.
"The election and appointment of
all officers of the present City of Glad
stone are hereby confirmed and their
terms of office shall conform to the
requirements of this Charter. The
term of office of the three Councilmen
now serving for the one-year period,
shall expire on the last day of Decem
ber, 1911, and their successors shall
be elected at the next election pro
vided herein. The term of office of
the three councilmen now serving
for the two-year period shall expire on
the last, day of December, 1912, and
their successors shall be elected as
herein provided. The term of office
of all other officials of the City of
Gladstone, heretofore elected, shall ex
pire on the last day of December,
1912, and their successors shall be
elected as herein provided. Present
appointive officials shall hold their
office under and subject to the pro
visions or this Charter.
"That all acts and parts of acts, in
so far as they conflict herewith, be
and the same are hereby repealed."
William Hammond, former Record
er of Gladstone made the following
statement:
"Under the provisions of the State
law passed in 1893 and found in Sec
tion 3208 of Lord's Oregon Laws, this
being the law under which the City
of Gladstone was incorporated by the
election held on December 24, 1909,
the officers elected at the time of the
incorporation held 'such offices re
spectively only until the next general
municipal election.' If Gladstone had
remained under the provisional char
ter such next general election would
have been held on 'December 5, 1911.
However as the city adopted a char
ter of its own on July 31, 1911, said
next general election was by said
charter fixed for December 4, 1911.
"Those who drafted the new char
ter and the attorneys hired by the city
to pass upon its legality and all of
the officers, with the exception of J.
K. Pariee, the treasurer, and T. C.
Howell, a councilman, who was a can
dicate for re-election, filed their resig
nations to take effect on the first
Monday in January, 1912, the day pro
vided in the charter for new officers
(Continued on page four.)
FRANK W00TT0N.
English Boy Jockey Who Leads
All Competitors For the Year.
Photo by American Press Association.
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IN BIG DEMAND
; Ordinarily the special or an
$ nual edition of the average news
s paper consists of bulk rather
? than interest. A larger number $
3 than usual of newspaper pages, S
filled for the most part with V
"canned" reading matter. This
$ is true of our biggest cities, as $
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s- A conspicuous exception to this
r-ile is the PROGRESS AND AN- G
5 NIVERSARY EDITION, 1912, OF S
THE OREGON CITY MORNING $
ENTERPRISE. If ever that over
? worked phrase "Edition de Luxe" $
i could be applied to a newspaper
rrodoct, it applies to the Pro- ?
v gress Edition which left the $
A wcss Thursday afternoon. $
? True, it contains advertising $
.- matter but it is advertising that
3 advertises our city and county bet-
Ut than any oth ;r form of . pub-
S licity tould hope to do. There is
not a line of advertising in the
entire publication that will not
do more active missionary work
S than would a whole library of
booster pamphlets; not merely 3
S for the individual, but for the 4
S onmmunitv at. laree. And ft ia
right here that every good citi- 8
$ zen of Clackamas ounty and of
Oregon city especially is per- &
sonally concerned. 3
Buy a copy, it costs only ten
S cent3. . Read it. Read it first
4s of all for the absorbing interest 8
it will naturally have for you. ?
S Then read it from the point of $
3 view of a man interested in the $
$ welfare of the community In
which he lives makes his living,
$ and brings up his family. You
will want every copy you can
$ afford to buy, for a thousand let-
$ ters could not begin to describe
the locality in which you live, as
does this special edition.
Not a feature has been slight- $
ed. Manufacturers, business 8
S houses, professional men, stores, S
3 in fact every enterprise that
helps to make our city what it is, 3
as well as the men back of the $
enterprise get full recognition
8 in this splendid publication. In $
3 brief it is a graphically fasincat- $
S ing description of Oregon City 3
$ and. its environs, pictorially and 3
8 otherwise. - S
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LECTION OFFICERS
NAMED BY COURT
LIST COMPLETED AFTER SESSION
LASTING ALL DAY AND
PART OF NIGHT.
CHANGES PROBABLY WILL BE MADE
Appointees Epected To Serve At Pri
mary, General And Special
Elections For Two
Years.
The County Court, at a meeting Fri
day, selected the election officers to
serve at the general, primary and
special elections in 1912 and 1913.
Changes probably will be made be
cause heretofore all the officers ap
pointed have not served. The Court
worked all of Friday on the lists and
completed the task late at night. The
list follows: -
Abernethy.
Day Board.
Judges W. W. Smith, John Kent,
C. J. Jones.
Clerks E. C. Hackett, J.
die, I. D. Taylor.
Night Board.
Judges E. R. Liek, D. J
W. Yan-
Wyman,
G. W. Waldron.
Clerks E. L. Pope, Fred Kimler,
J. W, McAnulty.
Barlow.
Judges C. Kocher, W. W. Jesse,
J. F. Oglesby.
Clerks R. W. Zimmerman, Theo.
Campau, J. H. Kraus.
Beaver Creek.
Day Board.
Judges John Heft, W. C. Martin,
Ab. Thomas.
Clerks J. L. Ashton, Luke Duffy,
John L. Kline.
Night Board.
Judges Ed. Hornschuh, Fred Ka
meath, C. A. Casseday.
Clerks William Moehnke, E. S.
Stewart, N. Gresenthwaite.
Bull Run.
Judges Luiai Vaeketta, George G.
Gibons, J. D. Abbott.
Clerks A. Aschoff, F. E. Mc
Gugin, Homer Moulton.
Boring.
Judges E. F. Donahue, J. W.
Stone, F. Ml Morgan.
Clerks C. M. Lake, John Myers,
Orville Boring.
. Canyon Creek.
Judges W. E. Bonney, Claude
Winslow, Frank Arquette.
Clerks N. P. Hult, W. H. Schief
fer, J. E. Morris.
Candy.
Day Board.
Judges A. M Vinyari, C. N.
Waite, C. Boring.
Clerks Harry Balr, Claude Baty,
R. S. Coe.
Night Board,
Judges L. D. Walker, Frank
Patch, D. R. Dimick.
Clerks H. H. Eccles. Harry Gil
more, O. R. Mack.
Clackamas.
John Talbert, F. T. Johns
m Judges-
ton, O. R. Hartwell, E. P. Dedman,
R. B. Halcomb, M. B. Webster.
Cherryville.
Judges W. E. Welch, C. W. Har
ris, O. G. Mclntyre.
Clerks-C. A. King, H. W. Lang,
Pete Stone.
Canemah,
Judges Ward C. Lawton,
Feaster, Max Telford, Sr.
Clerks Clarence L. Eaton,
Ganong, W. J. W.-McCord.
Cascade.
' Day Board.
L. H
R. C
Judges Robert Jonsend, John Kei
secker, J. H. Werber.
Clerks John Revenne, Stillman
Andrews, Charles Sharnke.
Night Board.
Judges W. A. Proctor, George C.
Maroney, James Bell.
Clerks A. G. Bornstedt, J. M. C.
Miller, H. RidderDusch.
Damascus. Judges A. W. Cooke, Jo3eph
Bachman, W. R. Dallas.
Clerks J. C. Elliott, G. Nothnagel,
P. R. Winston.
(Continued on page 3.)
PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCIAL CLUB WILL
HAVE CHARGE.
MANY PROMISE TO HAVE EXHIBITS
Rooster, Trained By Little Girl,
Be Feature Cash Prizes
And Ribbons For Win- '
ing Fowls.
To
The first poultry show in Oregon
City will be given February 2 and 3,
at the Armory, under the auspices of
the Publicity Department of the Ore
gon City Commercial Club, the com
mittee being composed of O. D. Eby,
chairman; B. T. McBain, J. E.
Hedges, M. D. Latourette and Frank
Busch, with M. J. Lazelle chairman.
It had been planned to give
the affair at the Masonic Temple, but
owing to the large number of entries
it was found that the room would not
be large enough to accommodate the
large number of birds. Many of the
poultrymen of the county as well as
the state have decided to have ex
hibits, and from all indications the
exhibition will be an unusually fine
one.
M. J. Lazelle, secretary of the Promo
tion Department of the Commercial
Club, who will have charge of the
poultry show. , ... r9
Among those who have signified
their intention of having displays are
F. Fisher, Oregon City; C. A. Nash,
Oregon City; Mrs. George Story, Ore
gon City; C. Mier, Oregon City, R. F.
D. 3; Everard Hiatt, Oregon City, R.
F. D. 1;.R. S. Coe, Canby; W. A.
Dodds, Oregon City, R. F. D. 6; F.
A. Rosenkrans, Oregon City; W. A.
Shewman, Oregon City; I. D. Taylor,
Oregon City; J. H. Graw, Oregon
City, R. F. D. 5; S. S. Mohler, Ore
gon City; Elmer Dixon, Oregon City;
B. ie Paget, Oak Grove; A. C. War
ner, Mount Pleasant; W. B. Lawton,
Mount Pleasant; Mrs. L. J. Ewalt,
Springwater; Dr. M. C. Strickland,
Oregon City; William Gardner, Frank
Spulak, New Era; Mrs. E. M. Shaw,
Oregon City, R. F. D. 5; W. W.
Quinn, Oregon City; Max Telford,
Oregon City; P. M. Hart, Oregon
City; A. J. Lewis, Maple Lane; C.
W. Swallow, Maple Lane; B. A. An
derson, Oregon City; R. V. Hoffman,
Pleasant Valley, Oregon; Thomas
Smith, Oregon City; Mrs. Lloyd Wil
liams, Oregon City; "James B. Rob
inson, Portland. Many poultrymen of
Portland, will have exhibits. Mr.
Robinson will have some of fine poul
try here from his farm in Yamhill
county. R. V. Hoffman, an employe
of the Oregon City Enterprise, who
is making a specialty of raising White
Wyandottes at his home at Pleasant
Valley on the Estacada line, will have
some of his choicest birds here. Mrs.
Lloyd Williams has a fine Silver Pen
ciled Hamburg cock and hen that will
be on hibibition.
Photograph of Black Minorcas that
will be exhibited all the poultry
show.
There will be many attractive fea
tures of the show among them being
the educated rooster belonging to li
tle Mildred Smith, eight-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Smith, of this city. The rooster's
name is "Dollar," having been given
this name by Mr. Smith. He had pur
chased a setting of eggs, which cost
him $1 and this chicken was the only
one that hatched from the eggs." The
little girl has taught the rooster many
tricks. His delight is to coast with
the little girl on the coasting wagon.
He takes his place in the wagon when
ready to start, and to give his com
panian, the little girl, sufficient room,
he will move to one side of the wagon
to allow her to have her "position, and
when she is in her place, he will
"cuddle up a little closer" and be
come ready for the ride down hill
He also enjoys a feast at the little
table of Mildred. The little girl has
I a chair especially for the rooster and
, (Continued on page four.)
Q 5: 5S 3 J 4J $ $ 3 Q S
S SCHUEBEL CHARGES
8 ANSWERED BY DIMICK. S
Fel's soap is being well adver-
$ tised by his paid agent, C. Schue- $
$ bel, and I would advise every
citizen to say nothing about sin-
gle tax if he desires to keep S
Schuebel's friendship. He is get- $
S ting a little hard up for proof S
s of his assertions so he intimates $
S that Mr. Latourette was offered
money to allow the slot machines S
3 to run, and therefore I must have $
been corrupted. Schuebel was $
$ Deputy District Attorney at the
time the Proebstel law was $
3 passed by the Legislature mak- 3
S ing it the duty of the District At- S
$ torney's office to enforce the law, S
and Schuebel took the oath of $
S office, but he forgot his oath of
office immediately after he took $
$ it.
G Schuebel speaks of the Third
$ street franchise which runs into S
$ the short street north of the
3 woolen mill and connects on to s
8 the Schuebel franchise which he J
S got through the council for 3
Fields, that ruined the Canemah S
$ road. The citizens tried to stop.
S the laying of the track under the
$ Schuebel franchise on upper
Main street but they laid it on $
S Sunday so the sheriff could not J
serve an injunction.
$ There never was any objection
S to the franchise which Schuebel J
S speaks of that? was granted Sep- &
3 tember 5, 1902, as it was pre-
pared by Mr. Koerner, Dr. Pow- $
$ ell, Mr. d. Story, Mr. William 8
S Sheahan and agreed upon by all
S members of the Council in com-
S mittee of the whole. Schuebel is
S thinking of the Canemah' road &
$ franchise which he granted to 3
Clarence Fields and was severely
censured by the members of the S
S Populist party of which he was
a member, for violating one of
3 the cardinal principals of the party
S which he was pledged to oppose.
S Now, Schuebel,' give us a full $
history of that Canemah Road S
3 Fields franchise and why you
voted as you did in granting it to
S Fields.
3 Also show one franchise that e
I ever urged when I was Mayor. 8
Now tell the truth for once in
your life.
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TO START HOTEL
Oregon Ciby is to have another ho
tel, Mrs. Armstrong, who Is at pres
ent occupying the building recently
purchased by the Elks, has leased the
building on the corner of Ninth and
Main streets, and formerly occupied
Dy tne J . is. seeiy grocery store, and
W. Hardy has the contract of remod
eling the interior of the building. The
second story will be used for sleep
ing apartments, while the lower floor
will be used as office, dining room and
kitcnen. TUe building will be re
painted, re-papered and will present
a much different appearance when
completed, which will be about the lat
ter part of January when Mrs. Arm
strong will take possession. There
will be twelve sleeping apartments on
the second floor. This building is well
located, but has been vacant several
months.
Rev. J. Bruce Evans, the evange
list, spoke to a large audience Friday
night at the Baptist chureh on "Adam,
Where Art Thou?" He said: "Some
people profess sanctification. They
have more cranktification than holi
ness. There is a difference between
holiness and howliness."
"A father when resting under a
shade-tree through neglect permitted
his child to wander away and over a
high precipice to death. So many
professors of religion through sleepy
indifference permit souls to slide into
hell' -
"A mother by carelessness cave
her children 'rough on rats' instead
of healing medicine. When a mother
either by indifference of positive op
position Hinders a child from accept
ing Christ, that is a thousand times
worse."
"I saw a cow once that had a calf
wrap her long tongue around the calf.
There are many women who can sit
m a parlor and lick their neighbors
several squares away."
T fight fire with fire. When a devil
ish editor attacks me in the spirit of
hateful opposition I never miss a
chance to peel the bark off him.
"A man who is trying to live the
Christian life, if he amounts to any
thing, will -be tempted to go back to
the, world. When a man tells me he
is not tempted, I know that the power
of evil has its grip on him and there
is no hope."
Mr. Evans will preach tonight and
Sunday, both morning and evening.
The meetings will continue next week.
There have been several converts.
Mill Worker Injured.
Vicyor Vasiljett, an employe of the
Hawley Pulp & Paper Company, waa
seriously injured while working at the
company's plant this week. His right
arm was broken.
We notice that most people who are
consumed by curiosity still survive.
EX-
A
, HE SAYS
DIMICK ASKS POINTED QUESTIONS
SINGLE TAXER CALLED UPON TO
HISTORY OF CANEMAH
ROAD FRANCHISE COUN
CILMEN ALSO ARE
ACCUSED.
C. Schuebel, Friday, issued another -statement
regarding the former ad
ministrations of Mayor Dimick. He
asserts that the slot machines and
other forms of gambling had not been
stopped three months before the ex
piration of Dimick's last term as
Mayor. Mr. Schuebel alleges that C.
D. Latourette, when Mayor, was of
fered $500 a month to permit slot ma
chines and other gambling games to
operate, but that he permitted no
gambling. He says Dimick succeeded
Latourette, and slot machines and
other gambling games "were run op
enly in violation of the law during
Mayor Dimick's four years of admin
istration. Were the saloonkeepers
and gamblers willing to pay as much
during Dimick's administration for the
Mayor's protection a they offered
Mayor Latourette?"
Mr. Schuebel's letter follows:
Oregon City, Or., Jan. 12, 1912.
To. the Editor:
Possibly there are one or two citi
zens in Oregon City who believe May- .
or Dimick's statements are correct in
regard to granting franchises. For
their benefit I will state the facta as
they are of record.
Ordinance No. 274 on page 162 of
the charter was passed November 5",
1902, and approved by Mayor Dimick,
November 10, 1902.
This ordinance grants to the O.
W. P. & Railway Company's fran
chise to operate express and freight
cars on Main street, and Third street
for a period of ten years, for which
the company pays the following com
pensation. (Sec. 10 of the Ordinance.)
Sec. 10. ''For the first five years,
from November 1ft 1902, four hundred .
($400) dollars per annum, and for the
remaining five years, the sum of five
hundred ($500) per annum; as a
further consideration for the granting
of this ordinance the aaid railway
company, its successors and assigns,
shall within five years from Novem
ber 10, 1902, put down on and along
said railway, on the paved portion of
Main street, rails not less than six and
one-half (6 1-2) inches in depth and
weighing not less than seventy-five
(75) pounds per yard, provided that
curved rails in sidetracks, turnouts,
and switches may be six (6) inches in
depth, and all such rails shall be of a.
pattern and shall be laid on a founda
tion to be approved by the said City
Council.".
The citizens of Oregon City objected
to granting the franchise because it
did not provide for sufficient compen
sation, and further that no freight
franchise should be granted on Main
street, but that all freight should be
carried on Water street, Mayor Dim
ick disregarded the will of the pub
lic and the best interests of the city
in granting the freight franchise, just
as he is now doing in regard to the
appointment of a Chief of Police.
Just three years after Mayor Dim
ick's freight franchise was granted to
the O.-W. P. & Railway Company for
ten years for practically a song, the
railway company proposed another
freight franchise for which they were
willing to pay as follows: (Sec. 6 of
the Ordinance.)
. Sec. 6. "The Oregon Water Power
and Railway Company, its successors
and assigns, shall pay, annually in
advance to the City of Oregon City,
as a license for the running and oper
ating of said passenger, express and
freight cars as aforesaid, the follow
ing sums, to-wit:
For the first five (5) years from the
date of approval of this ordinance
the sum of eight hundred ($800) dol
lars per annum; for the second five
(5) years the sum of eleven hundred
($1100) dollars per annum: for the
third five (5) years the sum of four
teen hundred ($1400) per annum; for
the fourth five (5) years the sum of
seventeen hundred ($1700) dollars
per annum ; for the fifth five (5) years
the sum of two thousand ($2,000) dol
lars per annum; for the sixth five (5)
years the sum of twenty-three ($2,300)
dollars per annum; for the seventh
five (5) year3 the sum of twentysix
hundred ($2,600) dollars per annum."
This franchise was passed by the
council (with the assistance of the
councilmen who were in the employ
of the railroad company). The citi
zens protested against the franchise
because they were oppsed to grant
ing a freight franchise for Main street,
also it was for too long a term and
the compensation was not sufficient.
Dr. Sommer vetoed the ordinance.
The franchise also provided for
groved rails 7 inches in depth, weight
to be not less than 75 pounds per
yard, the tracks to be laid in concrete,
and Belgium blocks to be laid between
the rails and one foot on each side,
and in other ways protected the in
terest of the city.
The above franchise was Drinted in
the Oregon City Enterprise in the
issue of September 22, 1905, and is
now on file in the Enterprise office.
In three short years, according to
the railway company, the value or
the freight franchise had more than
doubled. Was Mr. Dimick looking af
ter the interests of the city or the
railroad company at the time he ap
proved the freight franchise in 1902?
Mayor Dimick's freight franchise
November 10, the same year he again
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