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About Clackamas County record. (Oregon City, Clackamas County, Or.) 1903-190? | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1903)
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON CLACKAMAS FIFTY YEAKS AQO. Old Record Give Interesting Figure on Wage and Assessments. ' In rummaging about his office a few days ago County Clerk Sleight un manned some official records that con tain some interesting statistics with reference to Clackamas county In the parly '60s. They consist of some statis tics compiled by Joseph T. Meek, who was then territorial marshal for Clack amas county In June, 1850. In that year the assessable value of property in this county was $1,020,344, classi fied as follows: Real estate, $836, C50; personal, $183,694. The schedule of wanes paid at that time was re markable. The average monthly wage to farm hands, including board, was $80; the average wages paid day laborers with board was $4, with out board $6; average doily wages for carpenters, $12; board per week for laboring men cost $8. There were published in the county at that time two weekly papers, name ly, Oregon Spectator, Territorial; and Western Star, Multnomah. An Idea of the value Rnd profit In the lumber business at that early date may be gathered from the statistics which show that Benjamin Simpson from 400 logs, for which he paid $3 each, manufactured 100,000 feet of lumber, which had a salable value of $75 per thousand. COLUMBIA COUNTY FILLINQ UP. Recent County Seat Election Shows Large Increase of Voters. The returns from the late special election indicates that the voting pop ulation of Columbia county has in creased several hundred since the gen eral state election held a little over a year ago. While It is true that much of this Increased vote is due to the employment of an increased number of hands in sawmills and logging camps, many of them single men, it also Is evident that there is a consid erable Increase In the number of fam ilies which have become actual res idents. County School Superintendent Cope land has received complete returns from almost every school district in the county, and now estimates that there are 2.10 more children of school age than were shown by the census of lust year. Reports from every sec tion of the county lndicnte thnt new comers from the Fast are arriving, and the majority of them expect to become permanent residents. Heavy Sales of Live Stock. The sale of sheep, cattle and horses from the Oregon ranges this fall will be the heaviest In years. This Is the opinion of C. J. Mlllls, who has charge of the stock department of the O. R. & N. Ho has been over a large por tion of the ranges and reports that feed will be scarce this fall. Large shipments of cattle were made from this district laRt spring and Mr. Mlllls expects that still larger shipments will be made this fall. He says a large amount of stock will have to be sent out of the country in order to even up for the Rhortage of the feed crop. The shortage of feed in some parts is probably due to a lack of rain. Wool Prices are Climbing. Owing to the shortage of wool In Montana and Utah the prices of wool in Eastern Oregon will be higher than had been anticipated. At the large sale held at Ontario a short time ago wool sold, at from 13 to 14 cents. Many did not sell and since that time some have sold at 15 cents. The prices are still going up. Some of the leading sheep and wool men say the range is exceptionally short this sen son, as there has been scarcely any rain since spring. Everything is dried up. There Is lots of stock in the district, and It Is feared by the owners there will be large losses this year if a wet season does not start soon. Quarrying Rock for the Jetty. Work on opening the rock quarry at Dugby is progressing rapidly and 100 additional men have been put to work there. Great difficulty is be Ing encountered at the quarry as well a at the Jetty in securing enough In borers, as many of them feel too rich ns soon as they have earned a few dollors, and they loaf until they spend it. Two rock trains are now being run on the railway, and each makes two round trips to the jetty daily, so a large amount of rock Is being uellv cred. Will Enlarge Baker Cltv Depot. In response to the crying needs of Baker City the O. R. & N. Company haa decided to enlarge and improve tne passenger and freight depot In that city. Material for the Im provements is now on the ground and Just as soon as the carpen tirs' can be relieved from the Heppnor branch the work will be commenced. The Improvement will consist in the enlargement of the de pot building, so as to permit of the sdd'tlon of a separate waiting room for ladies. Oreat Boon to Ontario. The contract for building the new steel bridge across the Malheur river, near where It emntles Into Snake riv er, about two miles below Ontario, has been lot. The price is $4100. This bridge will supply a long-felt need. It gives an opportunity for the neop'e living on Dead Ox Flat of com Ine to Ontario to do their trading without going about ten miles above Ontario to the Halliday bridge. . Surveying Soil of Baker County. Charles A. Jensen, of the depart ment of agriculture, bureau of soils. ho beM sent out to make a survey of the soils of Baker county. He has es tablished his headquarters at Haines, and is now actloly engaged In the work. It is thought this is one of the preliminary steps to government-aided Irrigation. LOO BOOM ON "NORTH UMPQUA. Franchise Granted for Extensive Im provements by County Court. One of the most Important stepB made In the development of the lum bering Industry in Douglas county was taken when the county court voted to grant a franchise to the Ore gon Boom & Timber Company for cleaning out the cbstructlons In the North Umpqua river and preparing that stream for the floating of logs and timber. This franchise gives the company the right to use that stream n the manner mentioned from the west boundary line of the ' Cascade for est reserve to the main line of the Southern Pacific railroad at Winches ter, live miles north of Roseburg. After the improvements are made the com pany In given the right to collect a maximum toll of 50 cents per thousand feet for floating logs for other persons in compensation for the outlay in im proving the stream. The estimated cost of the Improvements is $200,000. Besides improving the stream, the company expects to erect a sawmill of 100,000 feet dally capacity at Win chester, to be ready for use as soon as logs can be floated, and other par ties also expect to erect sawmills and woodworking plants at the same place. New York capitalists are back ing the enterprise, their representa tive. F. J. Blakely, having been here most of the time for the past two years. PUBLIC LAND STILL OPEN. Nearly 600,000 Acres Remain In Oregon City District. The annual report of the United Statei land office at Oregon City has been completed. Fourteen counties are embraced In the Oregon City dis trict and the report gives the follow ing statistics as to area in acres un appropriated and unreserved: Surveyed, 455,048; unsurveyed. 141.- hao; total, 596,738 as against 537,279 surveyed; 161,190 unsurveyed; 898,469 total, as shown in the report a year ago. The 14 counties constituting the Oregon City land district are: Ben ton, Clackamas, Clatson, Columbia, Crook, Lincoln. Linn, Marion, Mult nomah, Polk, Tillamook, Wasco, Yam hill nnd Washington. The total area of the land surface of these counties Is 7,468.250 acres. The area in acres appropriated last year was 5,675,115, while the acreage under the same classification this year is 5,629,846. Union County Cherry Crop. The cherry crop is JiiBt coming on In Union county. There were reports early in the season that this crop would be very short, but, as with the other products of this county, the prospects get brighter as harvest time approaches. The Indications now are that the yield will not be far below the average. There will prob ably bo about 15.000 boxes of the 'fruit handled there this season. Outlook for County Seat Fight. County Judge J. B. Doan, whose home is at Rainier, says that St. Hel ena will have to receive over 1000 votes at the second special election on the first Monday in August to retain the county Reat, aa It is evident that 2000 votes will be polled as the outcome of the present contest. Judge Doan also expresses the opinion that Marsh land and Oak Point precincts, which gave a part of their vote to Clatska nle. at the first special election, will go solid for Rainier Electric Power for Lane County. Tho Lane County Electric Company has begun work on its new power sta tion to be erected at Springfield. The- immense boilers have arrived and will ot once be put In place, the founda tion being nearly completed. The power plant will be one of the finest in the state, and current will be gen crated and sold for all purposes in Eu Cene and Springfield. Call for Union County Warrants. County Treasurer John Frawley has Issued a call for all warrants of Un Ion county issued prior to January 12, 1898. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 7074c; val ley, 77c. Barley Feed, $20.00 per ton; brew int. $21. . , r Flour Beet grades, $3.05 4.80; graham, $3.4533.85. MillitufTs Bran, $23 per ton; mid dlings, $27; Bhorta, $23; chop, $18. lOate No. 1 white, $1.10(81.15 gray, $1.05 per cental. Hay Timothy, $2021; clover, nominal; cheat, $15 16 per ton. ' Potatoes Best Bnrpanks, 5086c per sack; ordinary, 354Sc per cental, growers' prices; Merced sweets, $3 S.50 per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, 10(91 11c young, 1314e; hens, 12c; turkeys live, 16ai7c; dressed, 2022c; ducks 17.007.50 per dozen; eese, $6.00 6.50. Cheese Full cream, twins, 15Vj 16c; oung America, 1515Hc; fact ory prices, KA1 Sc less. Butter Fancy ' creamery, 2022V!t per pound; extras, 22-; dairy. 20$ J!2Sc; store, 16c18. .. Eggs 17 20c per dozen. Hops Choice, 1820c per pound. Wool Valley,1217c;Ea8tern Or egon, 8 14c; mohair, 85337c. JJeeJ Grots, cows, S(g4c, per ponnd; steers, 55)ic; dressed, 8 He Veal 7K(8Sc. Mutton Gross, $3.60 per pound dressed, G6 Sc. Lambs Gross, 4c per pound d re seed, 'He. Hogs Gross, 6Q6c per ponnd dressed, "$8, DEATH ENDS EXCURSION. Fast Train Crashes Into Tralnload of Negroes With Fatal Results. Kansas City, Mo., July 16. Mis souri Pacific fast mail No. 7, which left St. Louia at 3 o'clock this morning for Kansas City, crashed into an excursion south bound from KansaH Citv. thnt ad become stalled at "Dead Man's Curve" between Little Ki.ob and Lee Humrait, at 10:25 this morning. Three persons were killed, two of them tramps, and 60 were injured. With the ecxpetion of one or two of the crew on the fast mail, all the injured were on the excursion train. Most of them were Kansas City negroes. Eiiihteen were seriously hurt. The injuries of the others consisted of cuts and brnises. None of the psBsengers on the'fast mail were hurt. The engines, the mail and bagaege cars on the fast mail went down an em bankment, bnt the rest of that train re mained nprigbt, aa did the excursion train. Only the engine, one baggage car and a mail car on the fast mail left the track. Responsibility for the wreck seems to rest with the engineer of the fast mail, who failed to Btop promptly when flagged. The engine on the excursion tiain, which consisted of 12 coaches heavily loaded, broke down. A flag man was sent ahead to stop the fast mail then about due. The engineer of the fast mail failed to see the foremost flagman and only slackened up when warned by the second man, who was within a abort distance of the excurs ion train. The fast mail was running at a high rate of speed and it was un able to come to a full stop. When the fast mail struck, it was making 15 miles an hour. The engine, the bag gage car and the foremost mail car left the track and rolled down the em bankment. The empact badly damaged the engine and baggage car of the ex cursion train, bnt the cars remained upright. IDAHO LANDS ARB WITHDRAWN. QeologlcBl Survey Will Pass on Tbelr Worth for Irrigation. Washington, July 15. The secretary of the interior today authorized the temporary withdrawal fiom all entry of three tracts oi about 3,000 acres each, lying in the Black foot land district, Idaho, with a view to examination to determine their desirability as reserve sites. The first is known aa the Henry lake reseive site. It lies in the north east extremity of Fremont county and embraces the whole of Lake Henry. The second proposed reservoir lies 20 miles to the south, and is known as Island lake reservoir site, while the third, Flat Rock reservoir site, lies be tween the two named. The geological eurvey, ruponT whore recommendation the withdrawal is made, is examining to determine the feasibility of the reclamation scheme in Fiemont county, Idubo, the propo sition being to store water in a series of natural reservoirs. These examina tions will continue through the sum mer. RIDE FOR LIFE ON CAR. Fifteen People Escape From Fire Jump Into a Subway Excavation. New York, July 15. Fifteen'persons hive been hurt by falling into the sub way excavation at Lexon aveune and One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street, after jumping from a burning trolley car. on which they had a thrilling ride for several blocks, while the motorman was making desperate attempts to reach fire engine house. The car was filled with about 80 passengers, mostly women and children. When they discovered the fire many tried to 'jump, but the motorman put on the lull power. He hadgnot gone two blocks before the car was enveloped in flames. The conductor saw ;that there was danger of burning the whole carload of passengers and rang the bell. The car came to a stop right over the excava tions for the subway. iThe 'passengers piled off on top of oneTanother. The planking over the hole, collapsed about 25 persona were carried down. Those on the bottom were severely bruised, but only one was in a serious condition. To Inspect the Kearsarge. Portsmouth, Eng., July 15. The Prince of Wales arrived this evening for the inspection of Read-Admiral Cotton'B flagship Kearsarge. Ambas sador Choate and becretary White traveled in the same'' train from Lon don. Admiral Charles F. Hotham re reived them at the station and the whole party drove to the Admiralty house as the Admiral's guests. H. O. Arnold-Foster, parliamentary secretary to the admiralty, and other depart mental officials have also arrived from London for tomorrow's inspections. War In the Balkans. Paris, July 15. According to a dis patch from Constantinople published here, engagements have taken place be tween Turkish and Bulgarian troops on the frontier, which the Turks accuse the Bulgarians of crossing. On the other hand the Bulgarians assert that the Turks tried to occupy the neutral cone. The dispatch adds that a minis terial council was hurriedly ajimmoned at the Yildii Kiosk last night and more troops have been'.called. For Cuban Loan. Havana, July 15. President. Pal ma sent a message to congress recommend ing'the appointment of 'a member of each house to 'act with an appointee of the executive commissioners to pro reed to the United States and negotiate the $35,000,000 loan. The senate held an extended session this evening but did not reach the matter of the ratifi cation of theJUnited States naval sta tion treaty. THE POPE IS WORSE END SEEMS NEARER NOW EVER BEFORE. THAr Suffers a Second Relapse Mind ia Fast becoming Confused Stimulants Kce Life Up Too Weak to Speak Longs Pontiff Shows HU Weakness by Docility to Doctors. Rome, JIuy 14, 2:16 A. M. "Whili there is life there ii hope," was all th consolation that Dr. Lapponi wonlo give tonight in admitting that Pope Leo's condition was very grave. The pontiff haa suffered another relapse, and he lies this morning in a more crit ical condition than at any time since the middle of last week. The semi comatose condition into which he fell at midnight, and the confused state of his heretofore lucid mind on ' his awak ening at an early hour this morning, accompanied by still greater depression than during yesterday, are regarded as symptoms of the grave,t nature and as pointing to an imminent dissolution. Even in the early evening medical opinion was less pessimistic, and Dr. Mazzoni thought the end was not with in Bight. He expressed the belief that unless the disease took an unexpected turn there was no reason to apprehend death for two or three days. This statement, however, did not relieve the anxiety of those who know what pow erful stimulants are being constantly administered. Borne attribute the pontiff's extteme weakness tonight to the excessive mental and physical efforts undertaken yesterday in receiv ing visitors, hearing mass, etc. A ever before baa the patient's weac- ness progressed aa it did yesterday. For the first time since his illness, the pontiff asked to have the shutters al most closed, us the light hurt his eyes, and at the same time, contrary to his custom, he begged to be left as quiet as possible. Another noteworthy symptom of his weakening condition was the docility with which he took his medicine and nourishment. Previously, indeed, dur ing his whole life, Pope Leo has been against the prescriptions of doctors or anything that had the aspect of being forced upon him. His feeling of fa tigue and indifference was interpreted as a Bign that his vitality was fast di minishing. Late last evening nine car dinals, including Satolli and Marten elli, were admitted to the sick room, but the pope could not even speak, to them, merely giving them his hand to kiss. NATIONAL FRIENDSHIP FOSTERED. Britain Believes It Scored a Triumph on the Visit of Lobbet. New York, July 15. King Edward's visits to Portugal, Italy and France; President Loubet'g reception in London and the toasts and sentiments ex changed with the officers of the Ameri can squadron force upon German poli ticians certain facts sometimes studi ously ignored, says a Berliu dispatch to the Times by way of Jxmdon. The leading part played by King Edward in developing British foreign relations is becoming generally recognized. More over the popularity of the British gov ernment's foreign policy ia beginning to be appreciated. Attempts to make out that the whole British nation, including the parliamentary opposition, does not stand behind the government with its friendship for America, France and Italy and its alliances with Portugal and Japan, become "TJaily more feeble and intermittent. The friendship of these nations which on both sides of the Atlantic stand for progress in lib erty's paths is recognized to be sort of Gulf str-am, encircling and warming the world and bearing everywhere, by the happiest coincidences, the surest guarantee of freedom in the invincible and unapproachable naval power of the co-operating empires and states. Falls to Find Kldd'a Oold. New York, July 15. Another search for Captain Kidd's treasure has come to naught, and all there is to show for it ia a big hole in the cellar of a storehouse connected with a big coffee mill in Brooklyn. The manager of the plant baa stopped the treasure search, in spite of the fact that Henry Endum is poaithe that the "spirits" whirh caused the search were playing no idle joke when they transmitted to him the information that Captain Kidd had deposited $50 000,000 worth of loot in the ground there. Few Favor the Treaty. New York, July 15. A rough can vass of the Colombian senate seems to show that only one-fonrth of th mem bers are favorable to the Hay-Herran canal treaty without amendments, says a Herald's dispatch from Bogota. The Colombian government has not official ly assumed responsibility for the trea ty. Dr. Rico, the minister of foreign affairs has sent a message to congress on the treatv following the same lines as that sent to the United States senate, Czar Says to Qo. St. Petersburg, July 15. According to the newspaper Novikrat, published at Port Arthur, Russia has informed China that she is compelled to ex clude foreigners from Manchuria, and postpone the opening of Manchurian ports, cwing to the presence of Englishmen and Americans, who, in disguise, are engaged in espionage, Russia, according to the paper, prom ises to open the ports six years hence, when the country has been tranqnilized and settled. In proved Stock Waterer. No matter how pure a source of sup ply may be at hand for watering stock, if -it Is pumped Into an open trough and left exposed for any length of tint it soon becomes polluted and unfit for the animals to drink. This will not be the case, according to the Inventor, If the stock-watering ap paratus here shown is put Into use. If pure water Is furnished to the tank or barrel to which this fountain 1b at tached, It Is claimed that there la no way by which the animal that Is drlDklng can make It foul. The wa terer consists of a double drinking bowl, made of cast iron, which Is at tached to the outside of a tank or bar- rel. On the Inside is aaother chamber, Inclosed in which Is a brass float and lever, controlling the flow of water to the outside bowl. The fountain Is aa tomatlc In its action, as the float rises with the water in the bowl and cuts off the supply when the proper height has been reached. As the valve Is al ways closed, except whea water Is flowing from the tank to the drinking bowl, there Is no opportunity for for eign matter to find its way to the inte rior of the storage reservoir. Profitable Cows. The owner of a herxTof twenty -five grade Guernseys and Jerseys In Wis consin submits this account of theav erage per cow: Cost of feed, $28; re turns from creamery, $57.18; pounds of milk, 6,809; pounds of butter, 208; price of butter, 19.2 cents; price of milk, 08.4 cents; return for one dollar In feed, $2.04; net profit of butter over cost of feed. $29.18 per cow. Ration: Bran and malt sprouts, six pounds; well-eared ensilage, thirty pounds; straw; fodder corn in fall; in sum mer pasture only. Adding value of skim milk makes profit $40.80 per cow.. Thus the ow-Her has netted over $1,000 for his cows. Part of the profit Is in skim milk at one-third to one-half eent per quart, but worth the estimate for making veal, pork and poultry prod ucts. The value of feed in States fur ther East would be-$10 to $20 greater per cow, while the price for milk and butter would be considerably Increas ed. The net returns would not vary greatly. The open secret of success in this case seems to be the fact that every cow 1b a heavy ylelder of rich milk. Massachusetts Plamghman. Orchards aad Birds. Every tree In an, orchard should be washed at least twice a year with trong soapsuds, but there will be no necessity for scraping them. The cater pillars should be destroyed as soon as the nests are seen, which will end large numbers of Insects at once. As the Insects multiply with amazing ra pidity, the escape of a single pair means thousands next season. One of the best assistants to the orchard is the little wren. If farmers will give him proper protection by constructing boxes with entrances so small that no bird but a wren can enter, the spar row will be unable to drive it away, As the wren Is an active and busy creature, it destroys a large number ot Insects In a very short time, and. a , it Increases rapidly under favor able circumstances, may be secured and Induced to remain fn the orchard If proper facilities are afforded for their proteetlpn aad accommodation. New England Farmer. Covering Peach Trees. Several years ago the writer par ticipated In the work of laying down peach trees In autumn and covering them In various ways to protect thera through the winter and spring. This plan baa been tried in various ways -almost every year, and nearly always with success. In a sea Bon like the present one, when peachaB promise to be a rarity, any scheme of carrvin the fruit buds through the freezing weather Is especially attract ive. Prof. W. Paddock has recently reported the success of several grow er in various parts of Colorado who have been practicing this method. They find It profitable as a commer cial Tenture. It looks- like an im practicability, to be sure, to lay down and partially cover a fruiting tree every fall, but It has been shown re peatedly that it la perfectly feasible JLNIMAiB CAN HOT BEFOTJX SUPPLY. The expense is only about 10 or 15. cents a tree, and even a dozen good peaches will almost cover the cost Country Gentleman. Farmers' Wives mud the Cow The wives of the farmers of Mis souri are getting so industrious and. thrifty that it is becoming a question whether they or thjlr husbands are contributing more to the prosperity ot" the State. They have stimulated the activity of the Missouri hen until that valuable member of barnyard society Is almost faying gold dollars, and now they are making the Missouri cow ac complish results that would have as tounded her ancestors. Here, for in stance, Is Mrs. Anna Gowln, of Pop lar Bluff, who, without, perhaps, being -the champion dairy woman of the State, is doing an amount of business In this line sufficient to keep her and her husband comfortably without oth er resources. "I kept account of the milk and butter we sold last year," Mrs. Gowln writes to her mother, Mrs. W. H. Boulden, of Farber, "beginning the 1st of last May, and by the 1st of this month we had sold 2,100 gal lons of milk and 1,439 pounds of but ter. We got 25 cents a pound for all. the butter and 10 cents a gallon for the milk. Charlie Da vault Is always bragging about how much the Audrain women sell, but I don't think any of them can beat that on milk and but ter." Probably not Mrs. Gowln's re ceipts from milk and butter were $578.75, or almost $48.25 per month. They show how much the farmers of Missouri have lost by not giving the Missouri cow the chance and encour agement she deserves. Kansas City Journal. Uainar Bordeaux Mixture. As fruit growers become more famil iar with the use of bordeaux mixture they more fully appreciate Its value, although experiments, during the past season demonstrate that it has been. used stronger than Is necessary ex cept where the plaats have been In fested unusually bad. The most de sirable formula Is four pounds of cop per sulphate and four pounds of un slaked lime to forty gallons of water.. Place the copper In an old bag aad hang It in a few gallons of water un til dissolved. Tlie lime should be slaked and then strained into the cop per solution, at the same time adding the balance of the water. When the mixture Is to be used it should be kept stirred, so that the ingredients will be well mixed. As the mixture is given it is used mainly for scale, and when it Is to be used on insects, such as po tato bugs, parls green may be added at the rate of one pound to 150 gal lons of the bordeaux. St. Paul Dis patch. A Kettle Swing. An exceedingly simple vet conven ient hanger for a kettle is.shawn.- Let a represent a post 4x38 Inches; b a piece 3x4 edgewise, with a three-quarter-Inch bolt through k and the post, so b cam turn easily; c is a small iron. BWWO FOB HANDLING KETTLE. loop-like rod on wagon end gate, so chain can turn easily; d is a chain run ning from c to e, which Is a half-Inch hook for, hanging chain. On the other hook, e, at other end of rod, b, bang the kettle. This arrangement allows the kettle to be swung off the fire easily at any moment, and without legs or anything under the kettle to Interfere with building a fire. Such a hanger is easy to siake, but should be made of enly good, strong material and put up substantial or firm. E. C Beergisser, In Farm aid Home. Farm Note., The kind of crops and the manner ot cultivation determine the profit. While some farmers barely subsist on a farm, of a hundred acres. It Is not difficult for others to make small farms of only ten acres pay. There are some sec tions In which a twenty-acre farm Is considered a large one, and yet such farms pay well and their owners art prosperous. A saving of labor may be made In the garden by frequently using the rake. Very young weeds may be easi ly destroyed bypassing the rake be tween the rows, while by allowing the L weeds to remain until well rootfd a boe -ay be necessary. Economy of labor Is in keeping weeds and grass down as their seeds germinate, which renders the task easier. ' Sow some annual and biennial grassee with the perennials for perma nent pasture, especially If the soil be wanting tn richness and moisture. The perennials will make but little -herbage for two or three years, because their first effort are to establish strong roots. Axnuala, on the contrary, make but little roots; their growth Is chiefly above ground, and what re mains et them supplies some food and shelter.