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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY" 2, 1912 4 Oregon City Enterprise Published Evtry Friday E. E. BRODIE, Editor and Publisher. Eatered al Oregon City. Or., Pott office m sooond-class matter. Subscription Ratta: On Tear $10 Mil Montba Tt Trial Subacrlptlon. Two Months .26 Advertising Rate: on application, the matter will receive our attention Subscribers will And the date of ex piration stamped on their paper fol lowing their name. If last payment la not credited, kindly notify u. and the inntter will receive our attention. Advertlulng Rates on application. THE LETTER WRITING HABIT. Ben Selling, clothier and capitalist, or Is It capitalist and clothier, has taken a leaf from Senator Jonathan Bourne's campaign book. Looking back to six years ago, Mr. Selling re members that Bourne flooded Oregon with letters and literally wrote him self into the United State Senate. There Is nothing new under the sun. Mr. Selling's first essay into the let ter writing field Is In the nature of an Inquiry. He wants to know Just how people take him, so he writes letters. Mr. Selling is reputed to be a rich man. He is said to own the new Selling building In Portland, and has an interest In the Selling-Hirsh building and he owns a string of cloth ing stores In the metropolis. Being a rich man, Mr. Selling can afford to aspire to the United States Senate, and the postage stamp route got the place for Bourne, and why not for Selling! Besides there is a de ficit in the postoffice department and the Government needs the money. So Mr. Selling, in hi Initial letter, says Bourne does not represent the people of Oregon. He more than inti mates that Mr. Bourne is allied with the Aldrlch crowd, and that his finan cial interests are Identical with that bunch. That appears to be a reasonable sur mise. But what does the reflector say? Because Mr. Selling has stood for what is known as "progressive' things In politics, does it follow that he is a plain citizen? Does It mean that his Interests are those of yours and mine? To use a New Englandlsm, we want to know. If the possession of city property valued at more than a million and a string on the clothing business of a great and growing metropolis means that Mr. Selling's real Interests are so far separated from Mr. Bourne's that the voters of Oregon will have to choose between them, we want to know that to. Trot out some more friends of the people. policies, originating and carrying them through with vigor and effic iency. Opposed to It is the party of negation, of uncertain principles, and of demonstrated narrowness and fail ure. These are historical facta. Young men about to assume the re sponsibilities of the ballot should weigh them well. BALTIMORE CONVENTION CITY. In the days "befo th wah" Haiti more was the favorite national con vention city of the Democrats. In that city Jackson was nominated In 1S32. Polk In 1844, Cass In 184S, IMerce In 1858, and both Douglas and Brenck enrldge in 18C0, a fateful year for the Democracy. From I860 the Democrats avoided Baltimore as a gathering place until 1872, when Horace Greely was made the standard bearer and led In a cam palgn resulting in his crushing de feat and ultimate death from a broken heart Of the nine conventions held at Baltimore the candidates of only four were successful at the polls. For many year following the war the Democrats had looked upon Balti more as a "Jonah" but a ceruneo. $100,000 check In the year of grace 1912 appears to have dissipated all fears. Baltimore Is an ideal convention city. It has splendid hotels and res taurants, unexcelled transportation facilities, well lighted, well paved and clean streets and a citizenship unsur passed In hospitality anywhere on the globe. 15 CENT FARE 10 PORTLAND ASKED (Continued from page 1) MISSOURI'S YOUNG REPUBLICANS On Abraham Lincoln's birthday, February 12, a good date for a good transaction, will be held In St. Louis the annual meeting and banquet of the Association of Young Republicans of Missouri, an organization formed fifteen years ago, a time when the Democratic party. In union with the Populists, was casting a larger vote than ever before or since. One of the first thlnns to be remarked of the young Republicans of that state Is that they must be increasing at a su perior rate, for in the last fifteen years, Missouri has been Republican three times on the popular vote, and the party is in excellent shape for the contest of the present year. There was in 1910 in many states an unus ual Republican failure to vote. Not so in Missouri, in which the Republi cans held their plurality of 1908 and 1904, and feel glad that their line was steady. Over 30,000 young men in the state will cast their first presidential vote this year. It Is a duty of the first im portance to them. They are Just en tering busines careers, and the lead ing political Issues of the period re late to business. Every intelligent ob server knows that political events and indications have a powerful in fluence on trade and industrial condi tions. Bad politics and bad business are closely related. The Republican party expects to be Judged by its rec ord. With the exception of a few years it has controlled the affairs of the government for half a century. It has had, and has now, constructive DEATHS FROM PREVENTABLE DISEASES. Forty per cent of the persons who died In Chicago during the month of December last died of preventable diseases. That is to say, they died needless deaths. Pneumonia and tu berculosis claimed more than half of this 40 per cent, and science cata logues both as "dirty air" diseases. "The urgent need of the times," says a bicago board of health bulle tin, in discussing the subject, "is the proper airing of homes. If you will not keep your windows open at night, you at least should give your sleeping room a thorough airing before you retire. The other rooms should be ventilated at least twice a day." People generally do not seem to ap preciate that death lurks in badly ventilated apartments. Attempts to maintain comfort and avoid colds by keeping rooms warm at the expense of fresh air defeat their very purpose. There is greater need for fresh air in the winter than in the summer months, when doors and windows are open as a matter of course. TO REFRESH RECOLLECTION. Governor Judson Harmon, of Ohio, who has been maintaining a discreet silence since the launching of his presidential boom, breaks the stillness long enough to give himself a boost that would be a good one, if he could get away with it Governor Harmon was attorney- general in the cabinet of President Cleveland, and as such prosecuted the Addyston Pipe and Steel Company one of the earliest cases under the Sherman anti-tmst law. The -overnor points with pride to his conduct of (hat suit. But the governor falls to mention the fact that the decision of the cir cuit court of appeals in that case, holding the Sherman law enforceable against any and every combination in restraint of interstate commerce, was written by Judge William H. Taft. Just to refresh the governor's recol lection it might not be amiss to allude to the fact. had obtained a renewal of Its Oregon City franchise next fall. John F. Jennings declared thnt the company hnd raised the rates to his station twice within the last six years. Prior to the acquisition of the line by the present corporation, the commu tation rate between Jonnluga Lodge and Portland was It cents with a 5 cent fare to Oregon City. The station was moved to conform with the es tablishment of the main street 100 yards distant and the rate to Oregon City Immediately wont up to 10 cents and the Portlaud rate was not lower ed.' Up to the time the State Rail road Commission made Its recent or der the Jennings Lodge people en Joyed a commutation rate of 7 cents to Oregon City, and since this rate was abolished most of the Jennlnga Lodge people traveling to and from Oregon City get on and off at Mel drum and walk the short dlstauce re maining to Jennings Lodge. Mr. Jennings said the commutation rate to Portlund was later Increased to 12 1-2 cents and now It is 13 cents, The Railroad Commission reduced the cash fare to Portland 5 cents and Increased the commutation rate, though the residents of Jennings Lodge would rather have had the cash fare Increased than the commutation rate lowered. Mr. Jennings pointed out that the distance from Portland to Jennings Lodge is 10.675 miles, for which i fare of 15 cents Is charged. while the distance to Oregon City is only a trifle more than three miles, yet the lnterurban company demands 10 cents to this point "Oregon City is the natural place for us to trade, declared Mr. Jen nings, "and I know that with a cash fare of 5 cents there would be $5 spent here where there is $1 now. B. T. McBaln explained that Glad stone formerly had a commutation rate of 3 cents from Oregon City and later a 4 1-2 cent fare, which could be obtained by the purchase of a 50 rlde book. The traction company dis continued the use of these books, and now the fare to Oregon City is 5 cents, with no commutation rate and the fare to Portland Is 20 cents, which is the same rate as Gladstone had before the Railroad Commission changed the passenger tariff. Mr. McRain said that the company could well afford to give Oregon City a round trip rate of 25 cents and a single trip rate of 15 cents to Portland by double track ing its line. He referred to the fact that the company formerly maintained an excursion fare on Sundays of 25 cent 8 and was compelled to run long trains to carry the crowds. He be lieved the Southern end of the line was being discriminated against. The Live Wires committee, consist ing of M. D. Latourette, H. E. Cross, B. T. McBaln, E. E. Brodie and W. A. Shewman will represent Oregon City and Gladstone at the conferensce with the P. R., L & P. Company of ficials; John F. Jennings and P. D. Newell will go from Jennings Lodge, and W. A. Hedges and S. L Stevens will appear for Canemah. PROGRESS MADE IN FIGHT FOR RATE SOUTHERN PACIFIC AGENT HAS CONFERENCE WITH ASSOCIATION. OREGON CITY HAS BIG ADVANTAGE Official Unable To Give Anything Definite Because Long And 8hort Haul Cats Has Not Been Decided. SECRETARY GIVES PRIMARY RULES (Continued from page 1) MOTHER SEES SON DROWNED IN BASIN (Continued from page 1.) Saying the time is not ripe for the election of a woman to the highest deliberate body in the world, Mrs. Sarah Piatt Decker has declined to become a candidate for United States Senator from Colorado. Mrs. Decker is wise In her day and generation, "Even if a man changes bis mind, it ought not to embarrass him,'' says Dr. Woodrow Wilson. How the Bal timore June gathering will feel upon the subject will continue to give the good doctor considerable anxiety. The first exhibition of local pro ducts ever held in the Philippines will open at Manila in February. No antl- Imperialists will be displayed. They are essentially a Nebraska product WE VALUE SMALL ACCOUNTS AND GIVE THEM FIRST CLASS SERVICE Men of limited means should have an accouut with a good strong Bank. We are not too large to give the small customer our best attention and are seek ing his business. THE BANK OF OREGON CITY THE OLDEST BANK IN THE COUNTY and thought be would soon catch up with them. The accident caused much comment In this city and Canemah, and it is the general belief that the builders of the railing were derelict In not making It so it would be impossible for any one to fall through it At one place the walk slopes toward the railing, and when frost or ice is on the boards it is dangerous for grown persons to walk upon it The attention of the County Court will be called to the fact that the railings on the suspension bridge have similar apertures, and persons might fall through them. IMPROVEMENT OF F, Much work was accomplished at the Clackamas County Fair grounds at Canby Monday, when many of the residents of Canby and farmers of the county assembled at the grounds with teams and shovels to assist In the beautifying the park. There was some talk of the women of the cty preparing a hot dinner for the men engaged In the work, but they did not attend, and the affair proved a stag picnic, as the men were obliged to take lunches with them. The day was spent in plowing and harrowing, but the task of rolling the ground and seeding will be done at a later date, and It Is probable at that time the women will be there to fur nish the tollers, who are working without charge, with a hot dinner. The ground, which is being Improv ed, lies between the pavilion and the grove north of the building, and will be a most attractive camping place for visitors at the fair this year. General Freight Agent II. B. Lounsbury, of the Southern Pacific Company was In conference with the directors of the Oregon City Terminal Rate Association Friday night for sev eral hours, and the net result of the meeting was a bettor understanding between the representatives of the local shippers and the chief repre sentative of the freight department of the Southern Pacific Company in this territory. Mr. Lounsbury arrived here at 6 o'clock from Portland and was met by B. T. McBaln, head of the local association, and was given a dinner at a local restaurant, where an ap petizing menu was discussed. Mr McBaln was the host and there were present besides Mr. Lounsbury, L. Adams, A. A. Price. B. Schwab, W. A. Huntley, M. J. Brown and E. E. Brodie. After dinner a two hours' confer ence took place at the Commercial Club, relative to the application for a terminal rate at Oregon City. Many pertinent points were Introduced, among them being the local rate of 18 cents per 100 pounds that is charg ed on through rate from Portland to Oregon City, and which the associa tion seeks to have eliminated by making Oregon City a terminal point. Care was taken by Mr. Lounsbury to explain that freight rates were be ing Bteadily pounded down and as fast as adverse decisions had been made, the railroad companies had sought to meet those conditions by effecting savings in operating ex penses. In Improving trackage, elim inating curves, making larger cars And in other ways. The railroad man said that he believed the transporta tion companies had about reached their limit and were now facing a condition where a further decrease In revenue would mean that profits would be reduced to next to nothing. Mr. Lounsbury was naturally back ward . In stating his real attitude toward terminal rates for Oregon City In fact he was unable to give any thing definite on account of the Su preme Court not yet having handed down Its decision in the Long and Short Haul case now before it. This decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission was upheld by the Com merce Court and later appealed to the Supreme Court by the railroad com panies, the Interstate Commerce Com mission having decided that it was against the Intent of the fourth sec tion of the Interstate Commerce Act as last amended for railroads to change more for a short haul than for a long haul under like conditions. This section of the law of course, does not cover the entire matter, but Oregon City, with Its natural and geographical advantages, should the Supreme Court sustain the lower Court, will be In a much better posi tion than any other Oregon point now claiming terminal rates. Mr. Lounsbury, of course, could not come out and agree with the terminal rate association directors on this point, but did advise that the asso ciation save its money and await the decision, which has given the dlrec tors more confidence in tbelr Bide of the case. It developed at the meeting that the O.-W. R. & N. Company would soon withdraw from the river service between Portland and Oregon City locks, making it necessary for the mills on the West Side to take care of their own freight. The railroad company, however, has offered to sell Its boat to the West Side industries, but there is more linelibood of a new transportation company being or ganized and Incorporated to handle this business, with a new steamer to work in conjunction with the steamer S. R. Lang. FIGHT FARE RAISE CROUP ENDS LIFE. Many Children Die of Croup Every Year Before a Doctor Can Be Summoned. Parents of children should be pre pared at all times for a spasm of croup. Keep In the houRe a remedy that will give instant relief and keep the child from choking until the arrival of the physician. Get a 50 cent bottle of HVOMEI to day and in case of an attack of croup pour 20 drops Into a kitchen bowl of boiling wafer. Hold the child's head over the bowl so that It can breathe the soothing, penetrating vapor that arises. In the meantime send for a physician. This treatment has saved the lives of many children and Is a precaution that all parents should promptly take. HYOMEI Is sold by Huntley Bros. Co. and druggists everywhere and Is guaranteed for croup, catarrh, asth ma and bronchitis. 2-18 j ESTATE FILED FOR PROBATE. The estate of Clarence Hill, who died September 8, 1911, was filed for I probate Saturday In the county court. W. W. Mvers was appointed adminis trator. The heirs are Joel O. Hill, father of the testator; Annie Hill, a sister, and H. L. and Emmett Hill brother!!. All of the heirs live In West Virginia. Mr. Hill had lived in this county several years. Help Wanted For that congh. Get a bottle of Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey. It Is the best For sale by Harding's Drug Store. A mass meeting of citizens of Cane mah was held Wednesday night at Stokes' store to protest against the fares recently put Into effect by the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company. After the State Railway Commission made Its first order the railway company discontinued Issuing the books to Oregon City for ninety cents, providing a three-cent fare. New books were issued providing a four-cent fare, but the company has abrogated the order for them and residents of Canemah now have to pay five cents to come to Oregon City. The fare formerly from Canemah to Meldrum was five cents, but It has been raised to ten cents. The cltl vens of Canamah are working In con Junction with a committee appointed by the Live Wires of Oregon City, and will insist that the old rates be restored. Formerly the fare from Canemah to Portland was the same as from Oregon City to Portland, but It is now five cents more. The resi dents of Canemah will meet next Tuesday to petition the Oregon City council to use Its influence to have the Portland Railway, Light ft Power Company raise 1U tracks between this cltv and Canemah to prevent the tracks being flooded and service In terfered with as It was a week ago by high water. PILES! PILES! PILES! Williams' Indian Pile Ointment will cure P,Iiod, Bleeding and Itching Piles. It obsorbs the tumors, allays itching at once, acts as a poultice, gives In stant relief. Williams' Indian Pile Ointment Is prepared for Piles and itching of the private parta. Drug gists, mail 50c and $1.00. Williams I Mfg. Co.. Props., Cleveland, O. tot sale by Huntley Bros, and Jones Drug Co. fnvor with the Secretary of State, provided the candidates' petitions have been filed with the Socrctnry of Stnto bfor Murrh 9, 1912. March 19. Onto on which county clerks .hall prepare printed notices of primary nominating election and mult two copies thereof to each Judge mid clerk of election in euch precinct for posting In public places in the respective precincts. March 20. Latest date on which statements and portrait cuts (ondors ing and opposing candidates) shall be handed to the State Printer by tho Secretary of State, proptrly complied, edited, prepared and Indexed for print ing. March 29. latest date on which petitions for nomination for offices to be filled by the State at large or by any district consisting of more than ono county and for Judges of Circuit Courts and for District Attorneys In districts consisting of a single county shall be filed in the office of the Sec retary of State. March 20-AprII 1. Dates during which Secretary of State must arrange names and Information and certify same to the county clerks for primary nominating election, filing one, post ing ono, and registering one copy thereof to each county clerk. March 30- April 4. Time within which Stte Printer shall commence and complete delivery of pamphlets to the Secretary of Stnto. April 2. Latest dute on which conn ty clerks shall mall lists of registered voters of the respective counties to the Secretary of State. April 3. Latest date on which pe titions for nominations for offices to be voted for In only one county or district shall be filed with the county clerk. April 4-6. Dates during which the county clerks of the couutles shall arrange the names and other Informa tion concerning nil the candidates and -parties named In tho valid pell tlons for nomination which have been filed with them and those which have been certified to them by the Socre. tary of State, forthwith certify same. under the seal of the county court. Die same In office and also post a dup licate thereof therein and proceed forthwith to have official ballots print ed as provided by law. April 9. Date on which county clerks close registration books before primary election. April 9. County clerk shall tor medlntely send to the Secretary of State a certified copy of "be numbers and totals of the electors for each party registered In the county. April 9. Immediately on the close of registration for the primary noml nating election the county clerk shall deliver to the Secretary of State the postoffice address and party regis tration of every voter who has regis tered. April 10. Latost date on which Sec retary of State shall forward by mall to every registered voter of the sev eral political parties required to nomi nate their candidates at the primary election a copy of the pamphlet of his political party containing the names and the statements provided for. April 18. Last doy on which any person who has filed a nominating petition by the electors of a political party, and who baa removed from his electoral district before the day of the direct primary nominating election may cause his name to be withdrawn by a writing, duly acknowledged, by filing same with the Secretary of State or the county clerk or clerks with whom the certificate nominating him was filed. April 18. Last day on which any nomination by petition of the electors of a political party, vacated by death or removal from an electoral district may be filled by the committee which has been given Jurisdiction so to do by the political party or the law sub stantially as provided In Sections 3345 and 3340, Lord's Oregon Laws. April 19. Date of primary nomi nating election. Polls open at 8 a. m. and continue open until 7 p. m. Judg es at their discretion may adjourn at 1 p. m. for one hour. April 22. Date on which county clerks shall proceed with the canvaBS of vote; Sec. 3377. Make copies of each abstract of vote and transmit same by mall to the Secretary of State. mm BAKING POWDER Absolutely Pure Tho only Baking Powdor mndo fromRoyalCrapoCroamofTartar NO ALUM, NO LIME PHOSPHATE POULTRY SHOW TO SET RECORD (Continued from nana 1) Unlit, middle, and heavy weight game birds every rooster of them with blood In his eye. The lover of feathered beauty will find the show a delight, and should not miss It under any circumstances. Admission is only fifteen cents. The Philharmonic Military Hand, under It. V. I). Johnston will play each night. On Friday night, Kebrunry 2, the opening night, C. C. Chapman, of Portland, will speak. POULTRY SHOW TO BE SUCCESS MORE THAN 400 ENTRIES FOR EXHIBITION WHICH WILL START TOMORROW. TRAINED ROOSTER TO DO STUNTS Music To Be Furnished By Philhar monic Band Addresses Will Be Made By Lsidlng Poultry Raisers. Sedentary habits, luck of outdoor exercise. Insufficient mastication of food, ronstipntion, a torpid liver, wor ry and anxiety, are the most common causes of stomach troubles. Correct your habits and take Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and you will soon be well again. For sale by all dealers. (I I" IS SOLD TO LOCAL LINE Within a short time the steamer Mountain Gem, which first floated on the L'pper Columbia In 1904, when she was launched at Lewiston, will cease to be known In the material things of the marine sphere, at her purchase from the Columbia Steamboat Com pany completed by the Oregon City Transportation Company, known as the Yellow Stack Line, and ber ma chinery will be used in a speedy new steamer for the Portland-Corvallis run. Captain Clyde Raabe, of the Yellow Stck fleet, reached Kennewlck Thurs day with a certified check for the own ers of the Mountain Gem, and when men can be assembled the work of stripping the vessel will be begun. Her boiler, engines and other gear in that department will be removed, and all deck and cabin equipment will be taken off. Nothing will be left of the upper river craft but the bull and house, which will be sold to be brok en up. When the property reaches Portland, coming by rail, plans will be started for the proposed new stern wbeeler, which will have an approxi mate length of 145 feet, with a beam of 28 feet and a draft of 1G inches. f 1 The program for the Poultry Show which will be given tomorrow and Saturday at the Armory has been ar ranged. The exhibition will be one of the finest ever given In Oregon. There are more than 400 entries. The program follows: Tho program will be as follows: a. m. Judging of Poultry. p. m. Electric Picture show, with lectures on the poultry Industry; In charge of Professor F. J. Tooxe. p. m. Lectures, demonstrations and discussions on the poultry Indus try, under the direction of W. D. Kelly, of Portland. p. m. Performance of "Dollar," the educated roosters; Miss Mildred Smith, of Oregon City, trainer. p. m. Electric picture show. 8 p. in. Addresses by Harvey Beck- with, of Portland and C. C. Char nion, secretary Portland Commer cial Club. 9 p. m. Concert, Oregon City Com mercial Club Bund. 9 a. m. Poultry judging. Instructions. 10 a. m. Organization of Poultry Breeders. 2 p. m. Electric Picture show with lectures upon the resources of Clackamas county, by professor F. J. Tooze. 3 p. m. Short addresses by Poultry breeders. In charge of W. D. Kelly, manager of the Tabor Green Poultry Yards. 7:30 p. in. Elctrlc Pictures. 8:15 p. m. "Dollar"' will perforin un der the direction of Miss Mildred Smith. 8:45 p. m. Concert, Oregon City Com mercial Club Band. Band concert program. R. V. I). Johnston, band muster. 1. March Two-step, "Blaze Away" llolznian 2. Cornet Solo "Serenade. "Schubert Dr. Clyde Mount, Soloist. 3. Entre act "Curly" Morkle 4. Excerps from Grand Opera.... Orr, by Herri 5. Tone Poem Rocker 6. Intcrmezza McKlnley FALLS HURL ACED LOGGER TO DEATH (Continued from Page 1.) worked for Frederick Bchafor, of Mo- lullit. Peter Nehrent, who know Beruart for forty years, said Wednesday night be was one of the most conscientious workers that bad ever done service on the river here, "lie was always busy." snld Nehrent, "and had accu mulated considerable property. He hail rigged up a little cabin on bis luuiuh and frequently when he came to this city he would sluep In the craft. Ho also cooked bis meals on It." Many falsi accidents have occurred at tho fulls and only one man has ever gone over them and escaped with his life. The fortunate man was Harry Kroeiiittii, who with his father, George Freeman, his brothers James, George. Jr., and Mr. Shannon were In a boat that was carried over the fulls In the spring of 1903. The bodies of one or two of the others were not found Edward lUiyles was carried over the fulls and drowned in 1898 A com panion. Edward Brown, Jumped out the boat and saved himself by cling to the breakwater. Frank Perkins and homus Scollurd were drowned thorn lu 1H92, and Charles Stewart was a victim In 1891. It Is also said thut inuny Indians have lost their lives by being swept over the falls In canoes. Asthma. Is a ill hi reusing disease. Dr. Hell's I'lne-Tarlloney relieves almost in stantly. We guarantee It to give sat Isfuctlon. For sale by Harding's Drug Store. Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve Is the best eye remedy ever offered the public. It Is a snow white oint ment painless, harmless and absolute ly guaranteed to cure. At all dealers. 25c a tube. Harding's Drug Store. PROGRESS EDITION LAUDED. Oregon City Enterprise. To the Editor: Some kind and thoughtful friend sent mo a copy of your anniversary edition which I have perused with more than panning Interest. Having been reared on the soli of Clackamas county there clusters about those days some of the fondest recollections of my life. I have watch ed with profound admiration the per slslent energy of the good people of Oregon City and vicinity who have never for one moment lost faith In the iiHlmat supremacy of Clackamas county as a home spot and peculiarly rich In opportunities for profitable personal and financial development. I do not see why Clackamas county shall not become one of the richest farming counties In Oregon. I have observed with peculiar Interest the way In which the ax has made way for the plow, and where In the valleys and on the hills when I was a boy there was nothing but a thick growth of timber, now are located some the finest farms and most beautiful homes thnt I know of anywhere. I do not believe this Is all because of my early attachment, but real merit one will find underlying all the good things you ami others have said about Clack amas county If Inquiry Is made. The Oregon City Enterprise Is one of the papers that always came to my fuiher's home on the farm, and I am glad to note the pretentious and creditable showing In your progress and anniversary edition. Please regnrd me as one of the boosters for Clncknmoj county. Yours very truly, CORWIN 8. SHANK. STiT of Ohio, rmr or Touno, I Lucas m x-rr. ( f J. (Hear ma oath Hut h M Hk) firUirr ol tha arm of K. J. I'hrsrv a Vi-. doing iMnrm tik the Illy ol Tfarrlo, County and Hula arr-aalt. anil that Mltl Ann will pay In turn of ONK HI'NIiKhl) Illll.l.AIIM I. arh and tvrry (mm of t'ATAHMti that fmitnot ba eurru by tiuf uao of UAU. C'ATAHMH OH I. ' HUNK I. CHUNKY. Sworn to (Worn m anrl ul-nlw-1 in my prrwnrv, UiU tin day ol December, A. !.. . , A. W. (ll.KASON. j 1IL MlrTAHT I'rmic. Hani Catarrh Cur la taken Internally and ana dlrrrlly Ukki Ilia dIinxI and miiroua aurlaera ol I ha yilcm. Send for teatliTMMilala, frr. r. J. I IIKNKY 4 CO.. Toledo. O, RoM by all Dniirlata, Ihr. Taka Hall a r anily I'llla for aunitlpatkm. D. C. LATOURETTE, PresldenL F. J. MEYER, Cashier The First National Bank of Oregon City. Oregon CAPITAL, $50,000.00. Transacts a General Banking Business. Open from 8 A. M. to 3 P. M. Dements FLOUR Best $1.35 PER SACK AT ALL GROCERS. CarefuJ of Your Property One of ihe secrets of our success in the Baggage and Transfer Business Safes, Pianos and Furniture Moving Williams Bros. Transfer Co. Phones, Office 50, Residence 1562 612 Main Street Plant brecilinf ind Klertinf hat been our busincsi foryeara. Wt market the rriulu m the shape ol thoronyhored Tefrtable and flower (ceils. Tbcy jrow rood crop. tail sua aaawai Mil DCoucar D.i.FrTjlC.,Dtriiit,lch. Office Both Phones 22 Residence Phone Main 2624 Pioneer Transfer Co. Established 1165 Sucesaor to C. N. Oreenman FUR1TITURE, SAFES AND PIANOS MOVED BY EXPERIENCED HELP. PROMPT AND RELIABLE SERVICE. SAND, GRAVEL AND BRICK Rates Reasonable, Baggage Stored 2 Days Free of Charge Agency for the celebrated MT. HOOD BEER