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VOL. I.
OREGON CITY, CLACKAMAS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1903.
No. 26.
FIRST STEP TAKEN
WOMEN WILL AID LEWIS AND CLARK
' EXPOSITION. " '
Mrs. William Galloway Organizes Club la
This City and Its Members Are Very
Enthusiastic Over Proposed Work.
The initial effort towards organizing
women's clubs throughout the state to
aid the Lewis and Clark exposition
was made yesterday hy Mr William
Galloway, who has been delegated by
the Fair directors to make a tour of
the principal towns of the state, with
a view to organizing the women of
Oregon. The meeting was held in
WillametteHall and the attendance,
considering that the announcement of
the meeting was made bnt a few days
ago, was very good. A club of 81
was formed with the following officers :
Mrs. Geo. A. ' Harding, president ;
Mrs. S. M. MoOown, first vice pres
ident ; Mrs. M. M. Charman, second
vice president; Mrs. W. 8. U'Ken,
secretary; Mrs. Ernest Linwood Jones,
assistant secretary ; Mrs. Frank A.
Sleight, treasurer. A meeting will be
held next Wednesday afternoon at 2 :80
o'clock in Willamette Hall to perfect
organization and appoint committees.
The following women signed the
charter list : Mrs. J. O. Bradley, Mrs.
J.W. Loder, Mrs. S.M. MoCown, Mr?.
M. M. Charman, Mrs. William Gard
iner, Mrs. J. K. Humphrys, Mrs. Al
gernon S. Dresser, Mrs. T. E. Gault,
Mrs. W. S. U'Ren, Mrs. George W.
Bibee, Mrs. F. A. Sleight, Mrs. May
A. Waldron, Mrs. J. J. Cooke, Mrs.
"T. W. Fonts, Mrs. W. L. Block, Mrs.
Mary A. Ingram, Mrs J. J. Tingle,
Mrs. Eva Emery Dye, Mrs. Ernest
Linwood Jones! Mrs.T- F. Ryan, Mrs.'
- Gexjrge A. Harding, - Mrs. Roswell
Holman, Mrs. F. E. Weed, Mrs. Mat-
i ilda Ganong Miller, Mrs. H. L. Kelly,
Mrs O. B. Frissell, Mrs. John Adams,
Miss Zilpha Galloway, Miss Mina
Kelly and Miss Amy Kelly.
- Mrs. Galloway urged organization
strongly and outlined the work that
the clubs might take up for the benefit
of the Fair and for their own com
munities. She said that the news had
gone out to all the world that Oregon
was to have a big Exposition and state
pride demanded that it be 'made a
success and the women of Oregon
should do their share. This could be
accomplished only through organisa
tion. Mrs. Galloway suggested that
the following committees be named :
advisory, exhibits, distribution of lit
erature, excursions, receptions, wom
en's handiwork, finance and civic im
provement. ...
Mrs. Eva Emery Dye was piesent
and made a few remarks. ' She spoke
of the possible work that women might
do and advised that a statute of Sac-
ajewa, the Indian Girl, who led.Lewis
and Clark through an- unknown land,
be erected by the' Oregon women.
Two gentlemen were present, Dr. C.
P. Mars, and L. W. Ingram, and they
talked encouragingly on the prospects
of the Fair and what the women might
do to make it successful.
Mrs. Galloway left this morning
for Woodburn, where she will form a
club today. ' Friday afternoon she will
address the women of Salem in the
Methoodist Church and will talk be
fore the members of the Modern Trav
elers Club in Albany on Saturday
afternoon. In a letter received by
Mrs. Galloway, from Mrs. S. S. Train
of Albany, the latter says that the
people of Alt any are not lacking in in
terest of the Lewis and Clark Centen
. nial.
CITY COUNCIL MEETS.
Ordrnace Passed Establishing Boundaries
of Sewer District No. 3.
The city council met in regular ses
sion last night and passed the ord
inance establishing the boundaries of
sewer district No. 8. An ordinance
establishing the grade of Jackson
street was read the first time and
ordered published. The grades on
certain parts of Madison, Jefferson and
John Q. Adams streets were ordered
reestablished. Property owners resid
ing in sewer districts Nos. 1 and 2
were ordered to make sewer connec
tion within four weoks. If this is not
done they will be prosecuted. Among
the property owners are Judge T. F.
Ryan, Judge G. E. Hayes, Mrs. New
ton, Mrs. Potter and the Eastham
school. A special meeting of the
council will be held next Tuesday
evening and the city engineer was
instructed to prepare plans and spec
ifications for the improvement of
Jackson street and present them at
that meeting. The proposition of City
Engineer Rands to superintend the
construction of the sewers in district
No. 8 was ordered filed.
Wisner Pratt.
The marriage of Field Superintend
ent J. Nelson Wisner, of the United
States Fish .Commission, to Miss
Hattie-Mary Pratt, second daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Pratt, will
be solemnized at 7 o'clock tonight at
the residence of the bride's parents.
Rev. P. K. Hammond, rector of "St
Paul's Episoopal Church, will be the
officiating clergyman. The wedding
will be a quiet one, on account of the
recent death of Mr. Wisner's father,
and only the immediate relatives will
be present. The bride and groom will
leave on tonight's overland for a brief
honeymoon in California and upon
their return will reside in this city.
f Mr. Dresser Is Appointed.
Just before starting his western
tour yesterday President Roosevelt
appointed A. S. Dresser Register of
the Oregon City land office. Mr
Dresser, will probably assume charge
of the office May 1. ; -
L Mayor Dimick has given the matter
of the appointment of a new city at
torney to succeed, Mr. Dresser little
thought. John W. Loder is mentioned
for the position. '
Maccabees Fay Death Benefit.
Reoord Keeper E. E. Taylor, of
Tualatin Tent, No. 74, Knights of the
Maccabees, .Tuesday received a check
for $1000, the death benefit of Virgil
Dake, who was formerly employed in
the wood camps at Willamette and
who died of typhoid fever in Turner,
Marion County, last February. The
beneficiary who will receive the
money is the mother of the deceased,
Mrs. Mary Dake, of Turner. She is
very ill, and is not expected to live.
The Board of County Commissioners
is in session and is transacting mostly
routine business, ' pertaining to road
matters,
Somebody Lied.
A certain woman hug a husband who
has done such a thing us to forget to
do what his wife had requested. The
other evening about 5 o'clock he came
home, and she went at him.
"John," she said, "did you tell that
expressman to come here this after
noon?" . "Yes, Mary," he answered meekly.
"Well, he hasn't come." ,
"Is that bo?"
"Yes, It Is. Now, how do yon ac
count for itr
John gave the matter a few mo
ments' -consideration.
"Well my dear," he said finally,
Veither he's lying or I am, and to re
lieve us both from your suspicions I'll
Just step down to his place and see
what's the matter." And the charita
ble John went to see the expressman.
The German class of Rev. A. A.
Engelbart will meet hereafter on Mon
day evenings at the office of Dr. L. L.
Pickens in the Barclay building. .The
first lesson of the second series will
begin next Monday. ,Those wJKMTgja
any way interested in the study of
German, or who may desire to learn
to read, write or speak German, should
communicate with Mr. Engelbart.
Clackamas County Record. $1.75.
GOING TO EUGENE?
MANY WANT TO BE DELEGATES TO
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION. ; '
Republican County Convention Meets Saturday
Afternoon to Elect Seventeen Delegates
Probability of Fight By Antl-BrowneU Men.
A Guttory Gem. -
The chef was Ignorant of the pres
ence of the cannibal king, who eyed
him critically, while a sunny smile
danced gayly over his dimpled fea
tures. Suddenly the chef became aware
of bis presence and said as he most
artistically salaamed:
"I would have your majesty know
that I have Just created a formula for
a soup that shall win an Instant im
mortality."
"And what may It be?" asked the
monarch Impatiently. "I never was an
expert In the art of guessing, and I
would know the name of your new de
coction."
And the chef, appreciating the king's
Interest and his own Importance, i
laamed again and replied: -
"Mock missionary." New York
flues.
The Clackamas County, Republicans
will assemble in convention next Sat
urday at 1 o'clock in Willamette Hall
for the purpose of electing 17 delegates
to attend the congressional convention.
" It is not probable that the delibera
tions of the convention will consume
a geat deal of time. Unless there is a
dispute in one or more precincts as to
the delegates elected, there will be no
committee on credentials appointed,
but the delegates elected will "be re
ported by the officers of the central
committee and permanent organiza
tion effected without delay. No names
have yet been suggested for permanent
chairman and secretary. The chair
man of the last county convention was
A. S. Dresser and the secretary was
Franklin T. Griffith, and both were
very well qualified for the position,
which they filled acceptably. . A
There is likely to be inharmonious
elements ejected into the convention,
but they will be in the minority!
State Senator Brownell's friends coif.
i
trol a majority of the votiS, and , in
the minority are some o his bitter
enemies, who will not be expected to
see tilings go the other way without
making an effort to gain a point. '
Every other Republican in the coun
ty wants to go to Eugene as a delegate.
As there are considerably more than
34 Republicans, someone will be dis-1
appointed. J
So far as heard from, the delegates
are: - ' v- w
Oregon City, No. 1. W. H. Howell,
T. F. Ryan, J. O.. Bradley, R. Koern
er, H. W. Trembath, W. J. Wilson,
W. H. Young, James Church, 8. J.
Burford.
Oregon City, No. 2. E. P. Rands,
Eli Maddock, O. G. Huntlev. Nick
Story, William Sheahan, E. A. Som-
mer', O. Schnebel, M. D. Phillips, J.
Campbell, L. Stipp.
Oregon City, No. 8. John R. Wil
liams, Tom P. Randall, Ed. F. Story,
Henry Gilbert, G. E. Dimick, J. N.
Harrington.
Beaver Creek. Gus Sohuebel, Henry
Hughes, Henry Hornshuh, Godfrey
Moehnke, Frank Jagger, WililamGris-
senthwaite.
Tualatin. J. L. Kruse, Fred Barnes,
S - . Kruse.
Milwaukie. R. N. McLoughlin, J.
W. Grasle, John W. Gibson, Henry E.
Stevens. J. D. Wetzler, B. M. Fish,
H. Mnllan.
Abernethy. J. E. Smith, 0. F.
Jones, J. W. McAnulty, E. O. Hack-
ett, W. J.' Ranch, John Page, W. H.
Smith.
Eagle Creek. H. S. Gibson, James
Gibson, Jr., Ben Forrester.
Canemah. D. W. Kinnaird, Sam
Stevens, Ed. Taylor, W. Midlam.
Damascus. A. W.Cook, S. O.Young,
O. W. Griffin, A. Mathies."
Pleasant HilL T. M. Baker, S. B.
Seely, A. P. Todd, William Scott.
Harding. Eugene Arthur, J.S. Gill,
W. P. Kirchem.
Highland. E. Harrington, F. B.
Madison, M. E. Kandle, E. A. Dun-
lap.
Killen. Bud Thompson, J. C. Reas-
oner, A. Francis, C. R. Goldren.
Borings. W. H. Boring, S. E. Card,
U. AemiseKser.
Bullrun. Adolph Ashcoff, E. S.
BramhalL
Milk Creek. C. T. Howard, Robert
Schnebel, John Evans.
New Era. R. Dundas, W. S. Rider,
Aug. Stachley.
Soda Sprinsg. Robert Leslie, A H.
Rich,
Viola. James Fullon, W.H.Matoon,
Jacob Gerber.
U.
Appearances Deceptlre.
Tate Appearances are not always tc
be trusted.
Brady That's so. It's a mighty bright
book that lives up to Its cover. Boston
Tinuscrlpt.
NEW POSTMASTER IN CHARGE.
Tom P. Randall Succeeds George F.
Horton Wednesday.
Tom P. Randall assumed charge of
the Oregon City postofflce yesterday
morning, succeeding George F. Hor
ton, who has discharged the dt ies of
postmaster to the satisfactions he
public for the past five years. One of
the clerks will be Miss Nellie Boyd
and a portion of the present force will
be retained for a time, until the new
appointees get on the ways of the
office.
Annual Firemen's Banquet.
The annual banquet of the firemen
was held in Woodmen Hall Tuesday
evening and was successful in every
particular. Two hundred covers were
laid for the active and exempt firemen
and toothsome dainties were served.
Dr. W. E. Carll officiated as toast
master. Jasper Slover, who was a
member of old Dr. McLaughlin's
bucket brigade in the 50's, was present
and made a speech which was full of
reminiscences.
Mayor Diiniok made some approp
riate remarks and paid glowing com
pliments to the firemen. Judge Ryan
also graced the occasin with his pres
ence and voice, as did William Shea
han. Songs were sung, toasts were drunk
and the fireboys have the satisfaction
of knowing that they did tilings as
they should have been dne. The ban
quet ended at a late hour and the fire
men are anticipating as pleasant a
time next year.
The new implement store of D. 0.
Ely has just been completed and the
building lias been stocked with a com
plete line of farm implements and
machinery of standard quality. This
is the only institution of the kind in
Oregon City and should be well patron
ized by Clackamas County farmers.
Next Sunday will be Palm Sunday
and it will be observed in the Epis
copal Church with apprpriate services.
Easter Sunday follows and the serv
ices Of the day will be conduoted as
usual The first service will be at 8
A M. and the prinoipal service will
be at 10:30, instead of 11 o'clock. J :
MORE THAN DOUBLE
VALUATION OF COUNTY PROPERTY
WILL REACH $11,000,000.
Last Year It Was Only $5,000,000 Big In
crease Made In Valuation of Timber
Lands and Roadbeds of Railroads Lines.
County Assessor J. F. Nelson at
tended the assessors' convention in
Salem Tuesday. The assessors from
Willamette Valley Counties agreed
to raise the assessed value of timber
lands from the present figure of $1.25
an acre 'flat on an acreage value of $6.
Timber lands of the first class will be
assessed at $8 to $10 an acre ; those of
the second class from $4 to $0, and of
the third class the valuation will be
$3 an acre. Lands will be classed ac
cording to the quality and quantity of
timber and its convenience to market.
Three hundred thousand dollars will
be added to the assessed valuation of
County property this year. Railroad
roadbeds will be assessed at $10,000
por mile. This does not include the
electrio lines and their value has not
yet been determined.
"There are fully 60,000 acres of
timber lands in Clackamas County, "
says the assessor, "and as these lands
have heretofore been let off at $1. 25 an
acre the raise in the valuation alone
will add $300,000 to the taxable prop
erty of the County. Much of this
timber land is owned by Eastern spec
ulators, the Northern Pacific and other
outside corporations, and I believe in
making such property bear its just
proportion of the taxation. This will
lighten the burden on the farmers,
who have heretofore paid more than
their share, I shall also raise the as
sessment on the paper mills of Oregon
City, though I don't yet know how
much. I do know, however, that these
mills have not been paying thoir just
proportion heretofore.
"There are 21 miles of Southern
Pacific track in this county. That
company has paid only $1000 per mile,
or on a total valuation of. $84,000.
Next year it will pay on a valuation
of $10,000 per mile, or on a total val
uation of $310, OliO. I shall double the
company's assessment on tho reduced
50 per cent levy, and add 20 per cent
on the valuation for direct taxation.
This raise from $84,000 to (210,000 is
not so great as it seems, and is sub
stantially but 20 per cent advance over
last year, as the Couuty Court has
promised to reduce the levy One-half
on condition that I raise the valuation
100 per cent all over the county. The
assessable property of ClackamasCoun
ty will take a jump this year from its
former total of $5,000,000 to the res
pectable figure of $11,000,000."
Dyeing at Johnson's
BARBER SHOPra
LEAVE ORDERS FOR DYEING AND CLEANING. "
Our representative will be in Oregon City Tuesdays
and Saturdays.
Gents Clothing Cleaned, Colored and Repaired.
All work left at Johnson's Barber Shop will recoive
prompt attention.
OREGON STEAM DYING AND CLEANING WORKS
858 Burnside Street, Corner 8th, Portland, Ore. ,.
p FRANK BUSCH,
i ne novseitirmsner
The annual ball of the Knighjts and
Ladies of Security will be held in
Willamette Hall Friday evening, April
8. Turney's orchestra will furnish
musio, and there will be a prizj waltz.
Admission gentlemen 60 cents. Ladies
free.
R. L. Holman,
Oregon City, Or.
leading undertaker,
County coroner.
FRANK BUSCH,
The Hotiseftiraishe
Neighbor Tells Neighbor
mm
all over the country of the
extraordinary offerings we
are making in all lines rep
resented In this big store.
You ought to get your in
formation at first hand ; you
ought to see for yourself,
and choose for yourself.
In Your Favor
When we weigh tilings for
you, you get right count
no disadvantage on either
side. But when we buy
the hardware we see that
the best quality is there for
you.
Pleasing Work.
There are many points
about the new Cnnover
Sewing Machine which will
please the owner. They
are simple in construction,
but they do perfect work.
It's easy to operate them
and the seems are so even
you can't expect to find
better. Price $20.00. Five
years guarantee.
$3.85 Cents Will Boy
6 High Back Sitting
Room Chairs! Why
Be Without Them?
A Complete Line
whatever is needed for the
kitchen pots, kettles, pans
you find here. We are
always looking for a better
quality, which is why our
tttock contains only the
very best. Tin, Iron,
Nickel, Copper, Granite
ware. You take your choice
of material, but be sure
and ask for our warranted graniteware. 25 cents
will buy a nice pan of this ware.
Linoleums.
OilCloths,
For kitchen, dining room,
bath room, or back hall,
you can't have any thing
as good for floor covering
as linoleum. It's strong
and durable, fast colors,
and will not scale or crack.
It will save you scrubbing and your floor will look
always clean. H5 cents por square yard. A
CHEAPER COVERING is oil cloth. It won't
hold it's color as well, nor last as lonf nt the
price equalizes the matter. .85 cents p ' square
yard
' "Rfn$-
z Y Easy.
We are carrying . the most artistio productions
attainable and just now new stock is arriving
daily. We assure you 60 cents will buy paper
enough for a medium sized room. - We are offer
ing odds and ends of last year's stock for 6 .cents
a double roll Come early.
FRANK BUSCH,
The Honseftiniishe
FRANK BUSCH,
The Hottseftfrnishe