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OREGON CITY PRESS
Published Every Wednesday,
Maurice E. Bain,
I'UBLIHIIKK.
Entered at the postofiice in Oregon City,
Or., as second-class matter.
.TERMS.
One year (in advance) $1 00
Six months " " 50
Three months " 25
If not paid in advance CO cents addtiunal
will be charged for erst of keeping the
account and to nuke good the losses
that are sure to occur with deferred
payments.
OREGON CITY, APRIL 5, 189?.
The country hits been thoroughly
vaccinated against the ravages of popu
lism and is now thoroughly immune.
A trip over the roads soon convinces
ono of the nocossity of adopting measures
to restrict the hauling- of heavy loads
on nurrow tired wagon.
Some 14.C03 sucks of potatoes have
been shipped from New Era during the
past season. Is there another point in
the valley that can say as much?.
America pays toll to French and Eng
lish enterprise by paying $12,000 to pass
a single troop ship through the Suez
canal. The only way to get it back is to
build the Niuaraugua canal.
D. Kauffman, of Needy, has made
study of the dairy business for a few
years and now produces butter In winter
at afooil cost of 10 cent per pounds wide
gives a handsome profit. Other fanners
f this county uuu do as well.
China Ih being very much tormented
by "the world, the flush and the devil
Besides being in danger of being sliced
up by the world, mid destroyed by In
terual wars, she is daily bothered
sundry and diverse earthquakes.
by
Columbia county is the first to pay it
taxes In full. Columbia is a dairying
county. Of course it has the ready
cash. Will our farmers and business
men take notice? The dairying there is
done with the aid of creameries. Salem
Statesman.
General (Joiuez says the only autbori'
ty he recognizes in Cuba is the United
States. The Ciiht'li aaseinby, so-called
be Bays "can only talk." tiomez rightly
has faith in the great government that
lias assumed guardianship of the islan
until the people can form their own gov
eminent anil make it stable.
The people ol husteru Oregon are
working for another Biignrbeet factory
with good prospecia of success. The
Willamette valloy farmers should bustle
fur a sugar factory. The shipping fa:
cilitiei, soil and climate are here.
A little effort will tiring the necessary
capital.
The Washington politicians believe
that McKinley and llobart will be
most unanimously chosen by the next
republican convention to head the
national ticket, The country is im
mensely well Bitt'iHllud with their work
and the politicians am compelled to fall
in line,
The $3,000,000 shipped to Ciina are
in gold pieces from an eagle to 5-cent
pieces. If the money remains in circiila
tion, it Is argued, it will indicate a de
sire for aiincxalio.i bv the Uuhaiis. If
it is exchanged lor Spanish pieces it wi
mean the opposite. The progress of
this nionev in Cuban commerce w ill be
watched with interest.
Reports are coining in from all sec
tions of the valley that orchards proper
ly drained were not injured by the
revere weather, Heretofore it was
known that drainage was beneficial in
wet seasons and in dry seasons and now
comes proof that it is beuelicial in cold
seasons. Every dollar invested in tilling
brings the farmer good returns for his
money.
Cuban liberty has cost America nearly
500.000,000 and many lives in war,
$1,000,000 in rations to 40,000 Cuban tin
fortunatea, $3,000,000 loan to assist
Cuban soldiers to begin life In the deso
late laud. America is even now with
drawing troops from the country to per
mit the people to govern themselves if
they choose. If the Yankee is not the
"Knight of the twentieth century"
what is be?
The farmers of the different sections of
the county are stirring themselves more
than ever before, to secure good roads.
In many section the farmers have
agreed to donate more than half the
cost of permanent Improvements, the
county to give the balance from tbe road
fund. So numerous have these petitions
become that the court cannot entertain
them, a tiie luuds are too limited to go
Around, It i ul,t '8W J'ear ,im'9
I gi milur propitious were offered by the
COUIIUIIU lew pieviuuLa iwun Buniiingo ui
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them. This showsareuiarkanlrteliangeoi
sentiment in favor of good roads. Tiie
few miles of road built have been abject
lessons, and all are now eager for good
roads to market
The peace congress called by Czar
Nicholas III, of Russia, tJ consider the
question of .universal disarmament, is
to meet at The Hague, May 18. It is to
consist of representatives of the principal
nations of the civilized world. If the
Czar can cause the nations to turn their
snords into plow shares and their
spears into pruning books, he will ac
coiuplibh more than all the preachers
and priests of Christendom have done in
18110 years ol united effort.
The news from Manila indicates that
the insurrection has been dealt a
severe blow. The natives realize they
are no match for our soldiers and the
favorable conditions oflered by the com
missioners has induced many to lay
down their arms, return home and go to
work. The Oregon regiment was in the
thickest of tli fljit and are counted
among the bravest of the brave. More
regulars will toon reach Manila and
then our boys will prubthly be order
home.
The foreign military journals are dis
cussing another matter in connection
with America with as much interest and
astonishment us the remarkable accuracy
of the bhuo'ing of the gunners in tlu
American fleets. This is the fine troop
ships furnished to carry troops to Ma
nila. Though there never was lhq
necessity before to convey even a single
squad of troops across the ocean, yet
English authorities who inspected the
ships, stale that witti hundreds of yearn
experience England lia-t never had such
troop ship. It will be wonderful if the
despised Yankee should yet become the
schoolmaster of military Europe.
MINNESOTA HIGHWAYS.
Proposed Law For the Improvement
of Roads.
Under the preseut laws it is almost an
impossibility for oounties In this state
to build macadam roads on account of
the expense it would impose upon the
property ownors along the improved
roads, sayB the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Not only do tbe existing laws stand in
the way of constructing permanent flood
roads, but also rendor it impossible in
tbe less populous oounties to keep snob
roads as we have in repair. To keep a
road in good condition requires constant
care and intelligent supervision. Under
the preseut system of allowing the farm
ers to pay their road tax in labor a great
amount of time and effort are expended
onoe a year making repairs which are
often unnecessary or made in the wrong
place, and at all events undone by the
first storm, aud tbe road is permitted to
go from bad to worse until the next sea
son for working out road tuxes oornos
around.
Tbe system of paying taxes by labor
is ineffective, and consequently extrava
gant. Data of the good roads advocates
show that it costs less to keep roads in
perfeot repair when the taxes are paid in
HUTS TWO FKKT PKKP.
from L. A. W. Hullollu.l v
money and competont supervisors are
hired than it does to krrp them in a
semipaBsablo condition under the labor
Inw. Slight repairs muilu wheu needed
cost little nud avoid thu necessity of an
extensive outlay of tiuio and money
Inter.
The proposed amendment modeled
after the New Jersey law whioh has
proved to be highly satisfactory, makes
provision for a state road and bridge
fund, and for a state highway commis
sion, which shall have general sapor
vislou of the expenditure of the money
in tbe road aud bridge fund. Tbe com
missioners serve without compensation.
The state contributes, not toexoeed one
third, to tbe building of any road, and
the work is done under the direction ot
tbe local authorities. The state does not
undertake to build any roads, but to as
sist the different localities. The state
board shall approve the plans of a pro
posed road before any aid is given to its
oonstruotiou. A tax of one-twentieth of
a mill may be levied for the fund. No
oouuty shall receive less than oue-balf
of 1 perceut nor more than 3 per cent of
the amouut expended by the etute in auy
one year.
The proposed law will do away with
the preseut wasteful and unsatisfaotpry
method of maintaining the country
highways and substitute a rational and
economical system of paying for the
work necessary and having it performed
under oompeteut supervision. It will
take from the farmers the burden of
building tbe improved roads and dis
tribute tbe expense to that the cities
will pay their share. The theory of the
law ia the same as that noon whioh a
state tax is levied for publlo schools.
The state does not undertake to estab
lish schools, but it assists tbe districts.
Next to schools there is uo improvement
of more vital importance to tho dovolop-
meut of the country districts than good
roads.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Matters or National Interest Discussed
by W., E. Curtis.
The budget just adopted by the
parliament of Japan provides for the
maintiiinunce of 75 students abroad
instead of 50, the liui.ibor heretofore
supported by the state. Young men
trom the university ana the technical 1
schools who have shown the highest'
degree of talent, zeal and '
BDtitude will be selected and sent to
the United States, England, France,
Germany, Belgium and other
countries to pursue a practical educa
tion in political economy, agriculture,
the mechanical industries, ship build
ing, naval and military affairs, art,
science, mercantile and educational
methods.' After three years of ex
perience abroad they are expected to
return to Japan and become in
strutors of other youtig men in the
line of study which they themselves
pursued. A thousund or more such
teachers, already educated by the gov
ernment, now till the faculties of the
various educational institutions in the
empire.
The Chinese government formerly
4ent students to the United btntes and
tlie European countries, but ceased to
do so some years ago, and only recent
ly decided to resume the practice.
Thus fur, however, it has sent students
. ' T ,a
to no country except Japan were 40
cadets Irom the mandarin class have,
entered the military schools by the '
permission ot the Japanese govern-
inent.
It appears from an official report
just made to the war department that
the trade of Havana is reviving and
the indications are that Cuba will
soon enjoy another era of prosperity.
During the month of Februury last
1,677,856 pounds of tobacco in 13,
488 bales were exported from Havana,
15,744,490 cigars, 1,010,405 pack-
ages of cigarettes, 62,378 pounds of
cut woacco ana o.tuo pounus oi icai ntiIityi ia the attendant increase in tbe
tobacco, Nearly all this trade was gelling price of laud in tbe vicinity of
with the United States. In addition the improvement In Indiana the in
to the tobacco 11,913,864 pounds of i crease in the prioe of land baa been very
other merchandise, chiefly sugar, carefully estimated by a eomparisou of
iiiPimnlca niwl nmservpd fruits, was '
;.io.. V..-t.i tu t L
that during the month 1,813 passen
gers arrived from the United States,
850 from Spain and 347 from other
countries, a total of 3,012, while
1,312 left for tho United States,264 for
Spam and 62 for other countries, a
total of 1,638, or a gain of 1,374.
It seems very queer that a man
who has been examined by a medical
board of the pension office and found
sufficiently disabled to entitle him
to a pension should go a lew
blocks west to the wnr department
and be reported physically sound by a
military medical board, and then,
after the W ar, go back to the pension
office for re-exaniinntion and get
another report of total physical dis
ability. The fact that the army
medical board has declared a man
sound has no weight with the pension
medical boards, and vice versa.
When a pensioner enlisted in the
army ho inul to lorteit ins pension,
and now when he is mustered out it is
grunted him again. These eases are
occuritig every day, and simply illus
trates the weakness in tho pension
bureau.
There is little excitement in Wash
ington over the Samoun trouble. Al
though there is a belief in certain
quarters that tho navy department has
suppressed a report from Admiral
Kautz, it is assured at the depart
ment of state that nothing is known
beyond the reports from the Associated
Press correspondent. The admiral
and consul were evidently too busy
fighting to do much writing. Nor is
there any prospect of trouble with
Germany over the rumpus. The gov
ernment at Berlin will repudiate the
action of its consul, and the new man
who is now on his way to Washington
will reorganize matters on a basis sat
isfactory to the three nations con
cerned. Two sets of instructions were sent to
Admiral Kautz. The first were gen
eral and authorized him to use his
discretion. The second were prepared
after a conference between Secretary
Hav and the British and German
ambassadors and were more in detail.
It is evident that tliesecund draft had
not been received at tho tune i the
bombardment, and, although the gov.
ernnient officials will sustain the ad
miral, thev rega't that hostilities
occurred.
The friends of Archbishop Ireland
are pressing him for one of the dele
gates to the disarmament convention,
and believe that if he is honored in
sueh a manner by the government of
the United States Foe Leo will make
him a cardinal. While the president
has high respect for Archbishop Ire
land, he has practically decided to
designate two or three of our ambassa
dors in Europe and detail Capt.
Mahan from the navy to represent the
United States.
Gen. Miles has at last achieved his
highest ambition. For several years
he has been a candidate for the presi
dency. Ho has been nominated by
the National Constitutional Cromwel
lian Union League of all the states but
Dalifornia.
GOOD ROADS SAVING.
ECONOMY OF TIME AND FORCE IN
TRANSPORTATION.
Increased Facilities For Reaching
Markets and Reduction of Wear
and Tear of Hones, Waarons and
Harness Cost of Hatntenance Lei.
xhe patent advantages of a system of
good roads are economy or time and
force in transportation, to enable those
living out of the oity to transport prod-
Dd purchased articles at an sea
sons of the year and at times when it
la praotically impossible to accomplish
nytbing in this direction under the
present method of maintaining the coun
ty highways; to reduce the wear and
tear on horses, vehicles, etc. ; to en
hance tbe market value of the adjoining
land and for tbe land that may not bor
der upon the improved way, but is so
situated that tbe owners can make use
of the road in getting to and from mar
ket. A properly graded and filled road will
not only save time for the farmer, bat
it means a saving of from 60 to 80 per
rent in traction He will be able to bad
two or three times as much to a load as
be can do over tbe present roads and
do it in less time and with less incon
venience. The saving that a first
class system of roads would produce
cannot be accurately estimated In dol-
lars aud cents, but that the totul for a
year would be very large is evident.
Ioale properly maintained are
J'?8 " ? "
time in tbe year wben it it impossible
or thfl . f(rn tQg0 tQ town tt, take
whatever he nag t0 ,arket or bring
home whatever be may dosire to pur-
ohase, such as lumber or other heavy ar-
tides. Under the present system tbe
seasons of the year during which tbe
farmer is not busy and could do bis
bauliug with tbe greatest economy of
time the roads are least available. It is
estimated that the item of wear aud
tear on vehicles and horses is enough to
pay for tbe maintenance of first olasj
roads when they have once been con
structed. Another advantage resulting from the
improvement of the pnblio highways,
aside from those of . convenience and
lnrf?e number of letters received from
the farmers in different parts of the
SOMK MARYLAND SAND.
I rcm L. A. W. rulleiln.l
state, in response to an inquiry sent out
in xegard to the subject. It is estimated
that tbe increase in the selling price of
tbe land per acre, iu consequence of the
building of improved roads, averages
$0.48. This average, in many instances,
includes all lauds in counties where
good roads have been built, .both those
contiguous and those remote from the
improvement. The estimated average
increase per aote that would result from
improving all publio roads is $9. It is
estimated that the loss to the land every
five years occasioned by the lack of im
proved roads would pay for the con
struction of the most improved high
ways, and that tbe preseut road tax,
which, under existing laws, is largely
thrown away, would, undor a proper
system of road maintenance, more than
keep improved highways in perfect re
pair. Tbe agricultural department of the
government uudertook to find out, as
nearly as possible, the amount of mouey
it costs the people of this country each
year to haul their products to market.
From the replies received to 10,000 let
ters, seut to all poiuls in the country,
thoy were able to arrive at oouolusious
aud to make estimates which are ap
proximately correct. The total for the
whole country is so large that it pro
duces no adequate effect upon the mind
of an ordinary man, and tbe figureB for
the one state of Minnesota aloue are al
most incredible.
In investigating the traffic on the
country roads tbe department finds that
the average length of the haul varies In
different parts of the country. The aver
age dlstanoe that a load la hauled over
the country roads in the eastern states
ia 6.9 miles; in the northern states,
6.8; in tbe middle states, 8.8; in the
ootton states, 12.6; luthe prairie states,
8.8; in the Pacific coast and mountain
states, 23.8 miles, aud for the whole of
the United States, 12.1 miles.
The average weight of a load varies
from 2,400 pounds in tbe prairie states
to 1,897 pounds iu tbe ootton states, and
for the entire country it is ascertained
to be 2,002 pounds.
The investigation of the government
developed that it costs 82 cents to haul
one ton one mile over the country roads
of the eastern states. The cost per ton
per mile is less iu other states aud is
cheapest in Minnesota and the prairie
states, where it costs but 22 cents.
Economy of Good Roads.
The economy of first olass highways,
although the first cost is high, is becom
ing daily more apparent as the experi
ments of the eastern states demonstrate
the practical advantages and success of
those improvements. St. Paul Pioneer
Press.
Spill
Oregon City Market Report.
Corrected March 29.
Wheat No. 1 merchantable, wagon
wheat, 63u per bush.
' Flour Portland, in qr. sacks, $3 35.
" -Dayton, " " -$3 50.
' " Howard, 3 35.
" Fisher, 3 25.
Oats in sacks White, 45u per bushel ,
gray, 45c per bush.
Bran 15; aborts, $10.
Butter Ranch, 4045c per roll.
Egttt 12,'jjc per dozen.
Potatoes 25 per sai:k.
Bacon HnmR ,10,1illc; sides, 78c;
shoulders, 7Hc, lard, K-j,,a9c.
Livestock and messed Meats Beef,
live, 3)s(a4)iic;boi,'S, live, 44jc; hog
dressed, 5,34'; sheep, $44 60 per
bead; veal, dressed, 77Jic.
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cheap, "at the Oregon
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parlor ortian
City Auction
Services will be held in St. Paul's
Episcopal church every Sunday at 11 a.
m. and 7:30 p. m.; Sunday school at 10
o'clock. Service every Friday evei ing
at 7:30. All seats free. Strangers cor
dially welcome. Rev. P. Hammond,
rector.
ACTIVE SOLICITORS WANTED
everywhere for "Tne St'ry of the
rinlippines' by Mural Malsteau com
missioned by the Government, as Of
ficial Historian t the War Department.
The book was written in army camp at
San Francisco, on the Pacific with Gen
eral Merritt, in the hospitals at Honolulu
in HontiKong, in the American trenches
at Manila, in the instirueiU camp with
Atmiuahlo. on the deck of the Olympia
wiih Dewey, and in the roar of buttle at
Manila. Bonanza for agents. Brimful
of original pictures takiui by (fovernmenl
photographers on the spot. Lare book.
Low prices. Bi(j profits. Freight paid.
Credit given. Drop all trashy unotllcial
war books Outfit free. Address, V. T.
Barber, Secy'y , Star Insurance Bldg.,
Chicago,
'Ifjr Trrmiirer'n Nolle.
Notice is hereby given that there are
eullicient funds on hand In the general
fund of Oregon City to pay all outstand
ing warrants endorsed piior to Decem
ber 1, 1800. Interest cease with the
date of this notice.
If. E. Stuaioiit,
City Treasurer.
Oregon City, Oregon, November 22,
1898.
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Loans made. Bills discounted. Makes
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