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i VOL. II. PEAS AND BARLEY BEST FEED ON WHICH TO FATTEN THE OREGON HOG. Clover and Rape Are the Best For Sammer Feedlmg Hoji Should Alwayi Have Comfortable Cleaa Qnarteas. In the following letter to W. E. Coman, general freight and passenger a gent of the Southern Paciflo Com pany, William Schnlmerich, President of the Oregon State Dairymen's As sociation, and a practical farmer and stock raiser of Washington County, gives some valuable information on the feeding and raising of hogs. Mr. Schnlmerich says: ' "I will give my experience in rais ing and fattening hogs, which lias proved to be the most profitable stock I have on the farm at present . prices of pork and bacon. I have the hogs that are slaughtered in the Fall and Winter farrowed in March or April. They, are pastured in April, May, June and July on alsike clover. I find alsike preferable to red clover as it is eaten with more relish by hogs and cattle. The end of May or first of June a field is sown to rape. The land should be finely pulverized and 8 lbs. of seed sown broadcast per acre. The seed should be harrowed in with a peg tooth harrow and the land rolled or clod-mashed. . The rape can be pastured all Fall and Winter, and the shoats will be in fine condition to fatten. "Last Summer I pastured 42 shoats on two acres of rape for two months. The shoats kept in growing condition all the while. This plainly shows the value of rap for hog pasture. I would recommend, alsike clover for Sprong pasture In the Willamette Val ley and Alfalfa whereever it can be grown. Alfalfa hay has about the same feeding value as wheat bran and makes and excellent winter ration for stock hogs, when ran through a feed cotter, with a little skim milk added. ' 'Pens and barley mixed make the best ration for fattening hogs that I 'have UBe3.'iliW pecks f each should be sowed1 per acre. They ripen' to gether and can be harvested with a binder, and yield from 40 to 50 bushels per acre. V "The year 1901 1 kept account with 12 hogs. When pat tip to fatten they aeraged live weight 75 pounds each. They consumed an average of 460 pounds rolled barley, and 800 pounds skimmed milk in 50 days. When slaughtered their average weight dres sed was : 161 pounds, v-TJiemeat was cured, and ' the fibs, lard 'and bacon sold for 1307.60. Valae of shoats and feed consumed $98.00. . 'Net income f 100. 50, besides the offal. I have gone into detail on this to show what can be done when the product is finished on the farm. "Hogs should always have comfort able clean quarters. If their beds are not dry and warm they require a large amount of extra feed to keep up the animal heat of the body. They should always be kept in a growing condition also. It is a mistake to grow hogs too large, for it requires more feed to pro duce a pound of gain on a 300 pound hog than one weighing 200 pounds. "I have noticed several carloads of hogs shipped on your West Side Divi sion, thier manure showing large quantities of undigested whole wheat. It is extremely unprofitable to feed wheat in this mariner, or any other grain. All should be- crushed and fed dry. The saliva required to swallow dry grain aids the animal to digest its food better. "In conclusion I will say that farm ers of Western Oregon should try the clover and rape for Summer feeding and grow peas and barley for fatening hogs. At present, we have a market for many more than are produced. If we increase the production of hogs it will not be long before we will have a first class packing establishment in our midst, Then we will be able to compete with the East in their own domain by furnishing them a better article than corn fed bacon." Jackson street will not be improved between 13th and 17th streets. At , Tuesday night's meeting of the conn cil a remonstrance, signed by a major itv of the nroDorty owners, was pre- Rented, and in accordance with the established rule in such cases, the street will not be improved. The lm movement of Jackson street from 6th to 13th will be pushed. The city engineer has ' been instructed to draw up plans and speciflctions for its improvement. OREGON CITY, CLACKAMAS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1903. No. 2. PETTY THIEVES AT STAFFORD. Stole Bacon From the Store-Keeper, Mr. G. Reutter. STAFFORD, April 8, (Special.) G. Reutter had a midnight visitor the other night. This visitor entered his smoke home and procured some eight or ten doihirs worth cf bacon. Mr. Gage butchered two hogs the other day. Mark Baker has been visiting at In dependence. Ferd.Schmithe made a short visit at Beaver Creek, Sunday. Only a few days and the wheel, which has been standirg in the show window in the Stafford general store, will be raffled off. G, Reutter has returned from a ten days' trip to Seattle. We are having very disagreeable weather, although the rain was needed badly. . Fruit trees will soon be in bloom. Mr. Schroeder was visiting here, He is the father-in-law of Mr. Sam Moser. August Delker spent Sunday with friends on the mountain. Rev. Carl Waehlte has returned from Tacoma and Seattle. WILL IT BE BUILT? SOUTH END ROAD PROVOKES COM' MltTEE REPORT. . Proposition Has Been Hanging Fire For Years and Estimates As to Its Cost Range Be tween $3000 and $20000. ENLARGING CEMETERY. Canby Burial Grounds Will Be Improved and Fenced. , CANBY, April 8. (SpeoiaL ) The Zion Cemetery Association has pur chased two acres joining the old cem etery and will improve the same. They exneot to enclose the irrounds with an iron fence and when complet ed will be the finest burial grounds in the county. The city council met in regular ses sion last Monday evening. The saloon license of H. A. Vorpahl and Frank Ashman were passed. The city will grade and gravel Front street from A to D streets. Rev. Encelbart and daughter, from Oregon City, were visiting in Canby last bunday.7 v . Maroh weajther. 1 Mrs. Guvett. mother of A. A. Por ter, died at the home of her son last Friday, froni old age. ; ' . : A. H. Knight. H. Bair-andE. I Bi as were delegates to the county eon vention at Oregon City last Saturdny. Mrs. Gurley. mother of Geo. and S! A. Gar ley, died at Arlington last week. The body was brought to Canby last Sunday for interment, in the Canby cemetery. A large number of friends and relatives mourn for the departed one. , . . . Needy School Report, . " Following is the report of District No. 40, Needy, for the month ending April 8, 1908. No. of pupils in attend ance, 87 ; No. of days taught, 20 ; av erage daily attendance, 84 ; Those who were neither absent nor tardy daring the month are : Jlda Kropf, Grace Rit ter, Lela Moreland, Lena Kummer, Johnnie Ritter, Edith Johnson, . Syl- anas and Jonas Toder. Visitors present during the month were : Charlie Spagle, J. D. Ritter, Frank Spagle, Misses Ida Grimm, Millie Ginthor, Mabel Ackerson, Zoa Fish. Visitors always welcome. ROBERT GINTHER, Teaoher. Easter Day at Congregational Church. The auditorium of the Congrega tional Church has ' been beautifully decorated, a new carpet has been laid and the wood work revarnished during the last month. So, on next Sunday morning the congregation will meet in its usual place instead of the lecture room where the services were held for a number of Sundays. All the frionds of the church are cor dially invited to the services of the day. There will be no special solic itations for funds as all the expend itures for the improvements, are being provided for privately. The following will be the services : The pastor will preach the sermon seven o'clock in the morning, taking the theme "Vic tory over Death and the Grave." At 10:30 new members will be received and the Lord's Death Commemorated. The . special musical numbers will be an anthem, "Now Is Chr hit Risen," by Gabriel; a vocal solo, Mrs. Kate Ward Pope, "The Risen King" Loud; a violin solo.Miss Anna English "The Holy City." At 12 the Sunday School will render appropriate Easter praise services, the numbers of which will be announced later. Among the items of this program will be? vocal solos by Miss Maysie Foster and Mrs. W. B.. Wiggins. Beatie & Beatie, dentists, Weinhard What is consiered as a direct blow at the proposed south end road was sprung at the council meeting Tuesday night in the shape of a report from Messrs. William Sheahan, C. G. Hunt ley and E. F. Story, comprising the committee on streets and publio prop erty. The report has coma after years of turmoil and strife over the road Some "three or four years ago construc tion of the road was proposed and estimates ' varied between 120,000 and 3000. There has been a great deal of controversy over what nature ' of a crossing should be constructed, wheth er it should be a' grade crossing or an underground crossing. It is admitted that an underground crossing would cost a great deal of money, . and many are opposed to a grade crossing on ac count of the danger and also because it is said that the grade from Main street - to the railroad track would be too heavy. The council took no action upon the report, but ordered the city reoorder to advertise for bids for the construction of that portion of the road beginning at the top of the bluff to a point where the road would cross the Southern Paciflo tracks on Third street. It is believed that the S. P. Co. would defray part or all the ex pense of the construction of an under ground crossing as the company natur ally would prefer that kind of a cross ing in preference to any other. The report of the street committed fallows ! We, your committee on Streets and Publio Property beg to submit the fol lowing report' Regarding tbeoropoaed , oad in the South end of OVegeoXHty t, We believre it is;generalry agreed that the overhead crossing first (proposed woulld be dangerous in the extreme and therefore recommend, the under. ground roadway as the only feasible plan. ' , ' ' .Inasmuch as the City is now in debted in the sum of (21,488.88 in out standing warrants with interest there on for more than one year together with "outstanding bonds in the sum of (62,607.01 not including water bonds, making a- total indebtedness of over 183,000, not including the indebted ness of the Board of Water Commis sioners and in consideration of the fact that the item of interest is each year becoming a greater burden and as the money to be received by the Road Fund from this year's taxes will prac tically be consumed in making the necessary repairs on those streets here tofore reported by this committee, we would recommend that a special elec tion be immediately called and a special tax levy be made to cover the cost of building this proposed road ; we would further recommend that after said levy be made that the work of building said road be let by con tract. ' We would also suggest, if it has not already been done, that the subscrip' tion list covering donations for this road be turned in as soon as practic able to the council that we may know the exact amount necessary to be raised by this special tax. The Ryan ordinance asking for el evator and railway franchise was or dered published at last night's meet ing of the council. At St. Paul's Church, Rev. P. K. Hammond, rector, the great festival of Easter will be appropriately observed. Beginning with a celebration of the Holy Communion at 8 AM., followed by the Sunday School at 9 :45. The regular morning service will begin at 10:30 instead of the usual hour of 11 o'clock. - New electroliers are being put in and the church beautifully de corated. At the 5 o'clock service Miss Foster will sing the Offertory Solo. An offering will be taken at both ser vices, for the purpose of painting the church and rectory, etc. . John W. Bennett, of Clackamas County, nephew of Uriah Daniels, deceased, made application for letters of administration on the estate, in the County Court Monday. The property is valued at 18056, and there are sev eral heirs scattered throughout the Inducements Offered to Consumers By Water Commission. The Oregon Citv Water Hoard h decided to make some inducements for consumers to pay their water rates in aavance. a discount of 2 per cent will be allowed on those Darin? six months' dues, and 5 per cent will be deducted rrom yearly bills. The Oregon City water works are owned by the city, and the rates are about the same as those of Portland. The water is taken from the Willamette River and filtered through four feet of pure sand, which renders it clear as crystal. The Board paid out the sum of 41800 at the last meeting for the purpose of bettering the facilities on Madison and Jefferson streets. A new main h.-.r. been laid, and one now hvdrant set nn at the corner of Madisou and Eigth streets, tour more new hydrants are to be placed in position between Eighth and Twelfth, right away. Collins Williams. Collins Wiliams. a native of Clack- amas County, died Monday of con sumption at his residence at Wilholt. His age was 88. He leaves a widow and one child. The interment took place yesterday at Canby. Dr. S. L Roberds. Dr. S. L. Roberds, for several years Practicing tlhvsiciim nt, TCaola ProaV died Monday in Portlii nd n.t. St. Vin cent's hospital from the result of an operation. His age was 68 years. The funeral took Dlaoe vesterdnv n.fWnnnn ( r in this city under the auspices of Meade Post ,G. A. R. Interment WAP in Mountain View cemetery. J. W. Wallace. The death of J. W. Wallace, an old resident of Highland, oocured at that place Monday. His age was 86 years. The funeral was held yesterday and the interment took place in Highland cemetery. See the new lot of dress skirts and new waists at the Racket Store. Ladies' lace gloves, elbow length; also ladies' fine button gloves. Racket store. . ; WATER RATES IN ADVANCE. LOOKED OVER ROAD PLANS MADE FOR GRADING AND RECONSTRUCTION. Hills Will Haye to Be Cut Down Considerably and Whole Cost Will Be $8000 Judge Ryan Opposed to Grade Over 9 Per Cent County Judge T. F. Ryan, Commis sioners T: B. Killen and William Brobst, Surveyor E. P. Rands, and Attorney Harvey E. Cross went to Viola Tuesday to look over the Oregon Oity-Viola road in order to ascertain what improvements might be neces sary. They wero accompanied by G. O. Armstrong and James Fullam, the road supervisor, and tlio routo was thoroughly gone over. The grade on the road will have to be lessened con siderably. Some of the hills are as high as 15 and 16 per cent grade and must be cut down. Judge Ryan is opposed to a grade over nine per cent. The whole cost of the improvement will probably not be less than (8000 and half of this amount has been sub scribed by the citizens of Oregon City and people living along the road. Marriage licenses have been granted to Isaac Pursiful and Louise Schuler, and to Elgin D. Soules and E. Caldwell NEW OPERA HOUSE, NTH 0. W. P. & Ry. Co. Abandons Its Object of Erecting Theatre. Oregon City contractors are figuring on the cost of building the new ware house which the O. W. P. & R. Co. is to erect on South Main street. The ground plan is 68x124, and the struc ture will be of one story. Tracks are to run in from the street for the ac commodation of freight cars, and the building is to be covered with cor rugated iron wkljs and roof. There was some talk' of an opera house for the upper story, but this project har fallen through. Recorder Curry fined two drunks fit each Monday. They have been booz ing around town for several dnvs. and were inclined to be quarrelsome and . abusive. One is named Walsh, and protends to be a priest. He will repose in the City Jail for five days. The other is a cook, who gave the name of Jake Johnson. He. paid his f 10 and departed for Portlnn.l. Clark's Trial Postponed. The examination of Sol Clark. th Indian who is accused of catchina salmon out of season, has been post poned on acjruut of the absence of Deputy District Attorney Campbell in Eugene, ana the case will probably be heard Saturday. At the Baptist Church next Sunday there will be special Easter services. In the morning the pastor will preach an appropriate service and in theevon ing the choir and Sunday School will have charge. They will render solos, songs, recitations and readings. Dyeing Jonnsofi's i BARBER SHOPi LEAVE ORDERS FOR DYEING AND CLEANING. Our representative will be in Oregon City Tuesdays and Saturdays. ; Gents Clotting Cleaned, Colored and Repaired. All work left at Johnson's Barber. Shop will receive , , I prompt attention. - OREGON STEAM DYING AND CLEANING WORKS 863 Burnslde Street, Corner 8th, Portland, Ore. , , -"n;! '?- ,. FRANK BUSCH, The Housef urhishcr FRANK BUSCH, The Hoaseftuaisher 1 Neighbor Tells Neighbor ill all over the country of the extraordinary offerings we (are making in all lines rep resented, in this big store. 'Yon Ought to get your in- formation at first hand; you ought to see for yourself, , and choose for yourself. In Yoar Favor When we weigh things for you, yon get right count no disadvantage on either side. But when we buy the hardware we see that the bebt quality is tliore for you. Pleasing Work. Therq are ninny points about the new Cnnover Sewing Machine which will please the owner.. They are simple in construction, but they do perfect work. It's ensy 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 I .. 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 itock contains only the " very nest. Tin, iron, ' Nickel, Copper, Granite , ware. Yon take your choice of material, but be sure and ask for our warranted gran i tew are. 25 cents will bay a nice pan of this ware. Linoleums. OilCloths, For kitohen, dining room, bath room, or back hall, you can't lmve any thing as good for floor covering as linoleum. It's strong and. durable, fast colors, and will not scale cr crack. It will save you scrubbing and your floor will look always clean. S5 cents per pqunre yard. A CHEAPER COVERING is oil cloth. It won't hold it's color as well,' nor last bh lonf mt the price equalizes the matter. 85 cents p ' lquaro yurd ' , V srf "Si 1 Wall Paper Ji Bavin jyiaae Easy. We are carryir r the most artistic 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 5 cents a double roll. Come early. FRANK BUSCH, The HotJseftsrnislief FRANK BUSCH, The Hotsseftsttusfcei OREGCN CITY OREGON. ... 1. building, rooms 16, 17 and 18. Northwest.