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The Socialistic party, to a certain
extent, is made up of extremists. This
class of citizens .Is necessary to a
country's progress for Jthey stir it to
thought and action. In suoh minds
originate the theories that when ap
plied in practice, advance civilisation
and build up greatations.
We do not believe, 'however, that
the class of citizens, that now forms
the Socialist Party in the United
States woyld successfully conduct a
government. They are lacking in
conservatism and that degree of pru
dence tha is necessarily associated
with good statesmanship. These men
suggest innumerable reforms the con-
versative element weighs these pro
posed reforms as they J are advanced
and from the mass selects such ideas
as will add to the practical advance
ment of the Country. In this way the
meritorious principles of new parties
have always been absorbed by the
older parties, and the newly born have
been left without an issue to stand on.
Socialism, within the United States
has made rapid strides within the lost
few years. It has advanced during a
time of great prosperity. Reform
moremonts have nearly always been
successful only during times of bus
iness depression. The Socialist party,
contrary to this general rule, has in
tlio recont contests in Eastern Cities
for Mayer and city officers, cast in
frequent instances double the vote it
did in the election just preceding. A
Michigan town of considerable im
portance elected a Socialist Mayor.
Slight investigation will load one
to believe that the Socialist party in
Clackamas County will cast fully
duoble the vote in 1904 that it cast lost
June.
What may we expect then, should a
period of industrial depression follow
within the next few years. It is prob
able that in such a condition socialism
would grow like a mushroom.
The moral is this. If the Repub
lican party , would continue in the
ascondency, its masses must domand
that more attention be paid to the
deep principles of government, on
which the party is founded, and less
to promoting the private ambitions of
occasional individual mombers of the
party. Not disallowing altogether
the proposition tlmt "To tho victor
belongs tho spoils, " it must be kept
prominoutly in mind that the whole
party is the victor, and not a few of
its mombers, and that tho spoils to be
first handed .out are goodjgovornmout
and good legislation' in the intorest of
the nation.
Socialism is in earnest. Ridicule
but fans tho fl.irao. Now as never
before, our Country calls for tmo
Btati-smen.
Complaint is heard on all sides of
the condition of tho city's sidewalks.
Mention is made also of tho Btreets.
The general giving way of tho side
walks is accounted for in tho fact that
it has' been just about twelve years
since Oregou City experienced build
ing boom. At that time numerous
sidewalks were constructedjand tho ago
of their usefulness is now about passed.
This matter should have the atten
tion of tho Btroet committee It is
not necessary or proper for these
gentlemen to wait for complaints from
persons ineonveuieneod. Oregou City
has a patient, long suffering popula
tion. It is the religion of many to
endure without complaining.
A dilapidated impaiwahlo sidewalk
is a publio nuissauce and the commit
too on streets with tho assistanoo of
tho street commissioners should give
tho matter attention.
Oregon City is not well supplied
with residences for her workmen.
The manufacturing enterprises in the
city. are continually increasing the
number of employees, and at this
time it is an every day occurance to
see persons going the rounds in their
Tain attempt to fiuda roof to shelter
them. -
Tho hoarded treasure of many of
oar citisens could b made productive
of a handsoine revenue - by being ex
pended in the construction of neat,
inexpensive cottages.
Expensive residences here are un
profitable because of the limited num
ber of renters able to pay more than
f 10 or $13 a month.' Less expensive
buildings, however, may easily be
made to yield 10 to 13 per cent net on
the investment.
The scarcity of houses may serve
useful purpose in being a means of
inducing heads of families to own
their own homes. To the extent that
the condition brings about this end,
it could only be considered good for
tune. But for the little good that is
accomplished in this respect it greatly
retards the growth and prosperity of
the city and we hope for many new
buildings in the near future.
PERSONAL MENTOR..
T. 8. Stipp, of Liberal, was in town
Saturday. -'
William H. Davis, of Carus, was in
the city Tuesday.
Mrs. A. H. Adams will go to Port
land to reside about May 1.
t Walter F. Pruden, of Highland, was
in town Saturday on business.
Captain E. H. Longley, of Clack
am as, was in town this morning.
J. Wallace Cole has returned from
a two week's trip in San Francisco.
Mis Harriet Verstig, of Portland,
visited friends in this city yesterday.
2 Mrs. T. A. McBride and Miss May
McBride have gone to Deer Island for
the Summer.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Pres
byterian Church will give a church
Fair April 16.
Livy Stipp returned yesterday morn
ing from a threo day's visit with
friends in Eugene.
Miss Josephine Chase, ' of Portland,
is spending a week in the city, the
guest of Mrs. R. D. Wilsson.
W. R. U'Ren went to Dayton,
Wash., Friday to attend the funeral
of his brother, Rev. John U'Ren.
William R. Logus leaves nexl Wed
nesday for Pendleton, where he will
assume the management of theWestern
Union offices in that city. Mr. Logus
will also supervise the American
District Telegraph Company's bus
iness in Pendleton. This company
has a complete fire alarm system there.
Dr. E. A. Sommer and Mrs. Sommer
will leave in a few days for the , East
to be absent several months. They
will go direct to Buffalo, where Mrs.
Sommer will remain during the Sum
mer. Dr. Sommer will spend two
months in Johns Hopkins hospital,
Baltimore, and the later will go to
Philadelphia, New York and Boston.
During his absence, his office will be
in charge of Dr. Hugh M. Mount, of
Portland.
Mrs. Mary T. Roes, tho wife of
Frank Rees, died Thursday at her
home in Highland, of consumption.
aged 28 years. She was born in this
county. The funeral took place Satur
day afternoon at Clarkes. The de
ceased is survived by one daughter,
aged 6 years.
City Recorder Curry is busy making
out a list of propcrty-ownors subjoct
to assessment for sewer purposes in
sewer district No. 8. There are 880
lots to be benefited by the new sewer,
and the average assessment on each
lot will bo 43. There are about 200
owucrsg on the list.
County Superintendent Zinser has
returned from a visitto the'sohools in
the oastorn part "of tho county. .Ho
says tho schools are all in lino condi
tion, though the oastorn end of the
county is very sparsoly sottlod. Tho
school at Chorryvillo lias but nine
pupils enrollod. A now building is
goon to bo constructed in this district,
which is 30 miles from Oregon City.
Mrs. Ross Charman and Miss Myrtle
Slioukwilor entertainod at whist last
Friday evening. Tho occasion was a
very pleasant ouo. Ico cream and cake
were served. Those prosout were:
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Jones, Mr. and
Mrs. John R. Humphrys, Mrs. T. W.
Clark, Miss Marjorie Caufield, Miss
Ethel Canfleld, Miss Eva Meldrum,
Messrs. Goorgo Swafford, Mort Cock
roll, Harry E. Drapor, Edgar Faulk
and Jack Caufield.
The martyrs to vice far exceed the
martyrs to virtue, both in endurance
tud number. Col ton.
Ths Poo Halo.
Kwoter Well, if s a poor rule that
wont work both ways, you know.
Jlgglns I say it's a poor rule thfct
n-nulil wnrb iinv wav. If It wasn't poor.
It wouldn't have to work. Philadelphia
Press.
Qalck latoroaeo.
Judge He has often declared that
the lot of the poor Is to be eurled and
that poverty Is often a blessing.
t'wlKe Wlwt! Is he as rich as all
that?-Bult!uiore llcruld.
MEN'S FIVE SENSES.
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CUWOUn FACTS ABOUT THEM NOT
GENERALLY KNOWN.
Vhm err. of Taato An Paralys
r Bltlta Terr Rot or Tery Cot
LlUa Tho Est la m Wootortol
Orarm Tho Brn Baallr Doeolvo.
' For some unknown reason different
parts of the tongue are assigned for
the perception .of different tastes.
With the tip we taste sweet substances
and salts, w:tb the back we taste bitter
things and with the sides we taste
acids. The middle part of the tongue's
surface has scarcely any sense of taste
talL
The long named substance parabrom-
bensotc snlpbtnld produces a most re
markable effect, for It gives a sense of
sweetness to the point of the tongue
and of bitterness to the back. Pure
water tastes sweet after sulphate of
msgnesta.
We can only taste things In solu
tion; hence If the tongue were perfect
ly dry It would not be affected by the
strongest flavored. substance la a dry
state. '
The taste nerves are paralysed by
very hot or very cold liquids. After
drinking very hot or Ice cold water
we could not taste even such a sub
stance as quinine. This fact supplied
a useful hint for consumers of 111 fla
vored medicines.
Smell, though the least useful, Is the
most delicate of all our senses. We
can smell the three-hundred-mlUlonth
part of a grain of musk. No chemical
analysis can detect such minute quan
tities. The most powerful microscope
would not render a particle ten thou
sand times as large visible. We could
not taste It were it many thousand
times as large.
While we taste liquids, we can smell
only gases. Fill your nostrils with eau
de cologne, and you will experience no
odor whatever. Fine as our sense of
smell Is, it has deteriorated immensely
since the time when our forefathers
were wild men. The Calmucks can
smell an encampment twenty miles
nway; the Peruvians can distinguish
all the. South American races by their
odor.
But smell is a sense highly suscep
tible of cultivation even by the modern
white man. Dealers in tea, spices, per
fumes and drugs, in consequence of
their training, can distinguish the
faintest differences in odors.
The organ of hearing Is one of the
most marvelous pieces of mechanism
in the body. In animals the external
ear acts as a trumpet to collect the
sound waves; in man It Is little more
than an ornament, but the Internal ear
Is alike In both. . So wonderful Is Its
construction that we can distinguish
sounds varying from forty to 4,000 vi
brations per second. This feat is per
formed by a portion of the ear called
the organ of CortL What a wonderful
organ that is may be -understood from
the fact, that It consists of 5,000 pieces
of apparatus, each piece being made
up of two rods, one Inner, hair cell and
four outer hair cells that Is, 85,000
separate parts. "; In some mysterious
manner the rods, with other things, are
tuned to different notes, and when they
vibrate they cause the hairs to trans
mit an Impulse to the nerve of hearing.
To be musical, therefore, Is to have a
good organ of Cortl.
Why is it that scratching a piece of
glass with metal causes such an un
pleasant sound? Because it is what la
called the fundamental tone of the ear,
which Is very high. What the funda
mental tone exactly is would take too
much space to explain, but if you blow
across the mouth of a bottle, a hollow
globe, etc., you get its fundamental
tone.
Tho ear is a deceptive organ, and It
Is often a matter of guesswork to. tell
whence a sound comes. Indeed, If you
place the open hands in front of your
ears and curve them backward sounds
produced In trout will appear to come
from behind. . .
Human beings and monkeys see most
thliiKS with both eyes. Our whole Hold
of vision exteuds over 180 degrees or
half a circle. The middle half of this
we see with both eyes together, but
the quarter at each side is seen only
with one eye.
All other animals Bee most things
with one eye only. Scarcely ever can
they fix both eyes on anything at the
same time. But tliere are considerable
variations. A bulldog, for instunee,
somewhat closely approaches the con
dition of n monkey. The larger the pu
pil the greiwer the quantity of light
which enters the eye. Large puptled
people, therefore, see the world In n
brighter and more cheerful stute than
those with small pupils. Tbey can see
things better In the dusk or at night
As every one knows from the optical
Illusion pictures, the eyes are easily
deceived. A white square on a black
ground appears larger than a black
square of the same size on a white
ground. Red near green looks redder;
blue near yellow looks bluer; white
near black looks whiter.
Touch rotilly includes several senses.
Thus there are spots on the skin which
feel heat only, spots which feel only
cold, spots which feel only pain, spots
which feel only pressure and spots
which feel tickling. These spots are
supplied with nerves capable of doing
ouly one particular duty. The sensa
tions of the skin are grouped by physi
ologists Into three kinds touch, pain
and temperature. The skin which cov
ers a scar has only one kind of sensa
tion. It can feel neither pressure (touch
proper) nor temperature, but perceives
pain very acutely. The tongue Is the
most sensitive of all parts to touch, the
forehead and elbow to heat or cold.
We only dream sights and sounds.
We never dream tastes or smells. If
we dream of a (lower garden, we see
the Dowers, but do uot smell thorn. If
we dream cf a dinner, we see the dish-
t, but do i'Ot taste them.
A STRANGE LEGEND.
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Nine master masons 'who were en
gaged In building a citadel In the time
ef the Vol void -Neagoe- found on re
turning to their work each morning
that the portion of the wall which tbey
bad completed the day. before had fall
en to pieces during the night and was
lying In a beep of ruins In the ditch.
Manol of Curtea, the bead mason, In
formed his comrades one morning that
a voice from heaven had warned him
In his sleep the night before that their
labors would continue to come to
nsught unless they all swore on that
very morning to Immure In the struc
ture the first woman, be It wife, moth
er, daughter or sister,- who should ar
rive with the morning meal of one
or either of them. They all took the
oath, and the last man bad hardly been
sworn, when Manors own wife appear
ed, carrying her husband's breakfast
The oath was kept, and the woman,
known In the legend as "Flora of the
Fields,' was murdered, and her blood
and flesh Incorporated with the wall of
masonry. ' ' - v- "'
A curious practice of the Bulgarian
masons (the above scene Is laid In Bul
garia), which survives to this day, tes
tifies to the vitality of the legend. To
insure the solidity of the houses they
build they measure with a reed the
shadow of the first person who passes
after the digging of the foundation
has been completed.''' When the foun
dation Is commenced, this reed Is buried
under the first rock, usually the corner
stone. ' "' .
Old Holds d Cllmato.
, The unenlightened frequently make
the mistake of thinking that lack of op
portunity Is responsible for the exist
ence of single women, but I lay most
of It to climate. The New England cli
mate Is not conducive to matrimony
or even lovcmaklng. And even after
the crucial moment has passed and the
single woman has drifted from girl
hood to splnsterhood, a cold climate,
raw winds, chill rains and snow tend
to increase the loneliness of it There
may be old maids in the south, but I
never beard of them being called by
that name. I bare known some single
women, schoolteachers, anywhere from
seventeen to fifty, and some of their
grown boy pupils were eternally and
perennially In love with them. A sin
gle woman who has made up her mind
not to marry has a hard time to keep
her resolution In the south, for she is
always assailed to break It The very
climate breathes love. Ah, there it lsl
As I said, old maids are surely a mat
ter of climate. Harper's Bazar.
The Polar Bear.
The animal par excellence which the
hunter, the amateur arctic traveler and
the young explorer hopes and dreams
of killing is the polar bear. The reason
for this Is the magnificent trophy
which the great white - skin makes.
This feeling was no less strong centa
uries ago than It is now, for . we read
tnat one or the early Icelandic sea rov
ers to 'Greenland quarreled with and
killed his bosom companion because be
had slain a large bear Instead of leav
ing that honor to his chief. With the
modern repeating rifle the bear stands
no 'chance against the hunter, no mat
ter under what conditions they may
meet, and if he is hunted in the native
way, with the assistance of dogs, there
la hardly more excitement than in kill
ing musk oxen, except for the wild,
belter skelter dash over the ice to over
take the animal after the dogs strike
the hot scent Leslie's Monthly.
London' Hlarhe.t Level.
The highest part of the city of Lon
don is the middle of Pannier alley, run
ning between Newgate street and
Paternoster row. Ben Jonson tells us
that in his day this was a stand for
tripe sellers and earlier still for bakers.
The exact spot is indicated on the east
wall by a stone monument consisting
of a boy sitting upon a pannier, or
baker's bosket, holding in his hand a
bunch of grapes. On the pedestal is the
following inscription:
When ya have sought the city round,
' Tet still this is the highest ground.
; . Aug. 27, 1688.
"Were we to Include Greater London
then Hempstead heath .would be the
spot, for It is 421 feet above sea level,'
or 8i feet above the cross of St Faul.
London Standard.
Taking; Cnre of the Heart.
A physician writes: "Life would be
prolonged by a little more attention to
the heart, by paying a little respect to
the most faithful servant we ever have.
Much good might bo done olso If par
ents would teach their children the
danger of overtaxing the heart. They
should teach thorn to stop and rest a
few moments during their play when
they begin to feel the violent throb
bing of tbelr hearts against the chest
wall."
The Which men of the Throb.
Susie Jackson (ecstatically) Ob, mud
der, I'ze sbuab Absalom lubs me, 'cause
when he presses me toe his bosom I klu
feel his heart t'robbln violently I
Mrs. Jackson Humph! Am yo' shuah
It ain't his dollar watch yo' feel t'rob
bln' T I got fooled dat way malisnlf on
jouab fadder. Leslie's Weekly.
' The llelnctant Reiineat.
Edgar Ethel, I've left my umbrella
downtown.
Ethel-Well?
Edgar I'm afraid you'll have to lend
me the gold handled umbrella you gave
me on my birthday. Detroit Free
Press.
A Rotable Occasion.
, "Qjilte a stormy time at the theater
tms weeK, said me jocose manager.
"What happened r
"The lightning calculator performed
to thunders of applause." Washington
star. .
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$L7 K( &fi.5? 'S9 nr ,Btock ' 3.000 Custom-Made
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SrateS1 (8? label)' dwXdouble-teTt pw
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te w TerieffecU' "i1 that wero made o order at from ?X
to $60. They come in every color and style of material known. -
, SPRING OVERCOATS.
1 ni np 1S toT choice o' U our $30 to $50 tmcailed
P vJU winter, short box, medium TCngth box"
Z,, .... . or form-fitting garments. This includes our eletfant
n?u?J2$ J1 h?.ed .,rom the y1 Tailors, Lamm & O0..I and
Si! h ioCaTtr in ,al1 lon oorrect cloth, VicuW StwknetsT
sof t worsteds ; also meltons, dress weight Kerseys andlheTiotsT
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Deposits received subject to "check. - . ..
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. ! Money to loan on favorable terms.
! County and City Warrants bought.
We buy and sell drafts and exchange on all parts of the
1 United States and Europe.
CHARLES H. CAUFIELD, Manager.
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The heavy hail storms of Thursday
did considerable damage to ruit
throughout the county. Many of the
trees were in full bloom and the entire
blossom was knocked off.
William Mellien has replaced the
smooth tires on his automobile wood
saw with flange tires. It was dis
covered, after the machine was brought
to this city, that smooth tires were
not the thing for a town having as
many hills as Oregon City.
Mary Falch has commenced suit
against Martin Falch for divorce. She
alleges cruel and inhuman treatment
and habitual drunkeness. ' They were
married in Portlrand in April, 1900.
The plaintiff desires to resume her
maiden name of StrasseL
The finest hosiery in town for ladies
and children. Racket Store.
R. L. Holman, leading undertaker,
Oregon City, Or. m County coroner. ,
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