OREGON CITY COURIER
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OREGON OITY, JAN. 27, 1899.
SAXCTIMONIOUS CHARLEY.
borne ot our contemporaries seem
worried about the Enterprise. They
question lie republicanism. Neverfear
oretnren, tnis journal will continue in
toe future as in the past to champion
the best interest of our people, attain
able only by and through the republican
party anil lot us add. tins paper has
not and will not refuse to sunnort each
and every nominee on the republican
ticket, worthy of the position, without
first demanding a "fee ' from him for
doing our duty. Let it not be forgotten
tnat tne enterprise is the only paper in
the county that did give loyal support
to every man on the republican ticket at
tne last election.
Don't foreet lhat Mr. Cheney seldom
did support the candidates on the demo
cratic ticket until they put up to him for
nia support that he learned what little
he knows of practical priming in the
Enterprise otiice, and that Gabbert,who
writes most o( his editorials, never pro
fessed to be a democrat, much let-s I
populist. It will be remembered also
that Bum used to run a free silver sheet
at Barlow and absolutely refused to sup
port the candidates en the republican
ticket at the last election until mid for
it, and then suppoited only a part of the
iicKei, or, mat (jin, ot the uanby inde
pendent, established the Industrial Her
ald in this city as a nonulist naner
Pretty specimensthese, to question the
loyalty of the Enterprise to ihe republi
can party, lMiierprise
Does Mr. Fitch, writer of above and
erstwhile populist editor, expect us to
support the republican ticket because h
partially did while running the Herald.
AVe are proud of the fact th at we did
not support a few of the candidates iri
the campaign of '98 and we had reasons
for so doing. When the leaders of any
party sio p so low as to sell out body
ami sow to tne republicans we will re
fuse to Bupport them. It is a well known
fact that republicans will support a yel
low dog if placed on the ticket by the
bos-es of the party. As lar as support
lor us is concerned we have asked no
one to assist us financially and we think
wecan"p.idille our own canoe" for a few
years more at least. We did not have
our friends carry our financial obliga
tions for year.) and when Ihe fat was all
out of the ollice sell out and leave them
in the lurch. We learned our trade in
the Enterprise olliee, did we? We
worked as foreman of the mechanical
deportment of the Enterprise about two
months nine years ago, 12 years after we
began the trade. Mr. Fitch's two
months' apprenticeship must be nearly
up although a native of Columbia
county has been trying for nine yean to
learn something there. Mr. Gabbert has
never written an editoral for the Courier
or the Courirk-IIbkald, if he did for the
Herald, and Mr. Fitch knows the state
ment is a lie. We did not come out in a
letter in the Oregonian and ask God to
iorgive us if we ever ran a populist paper
again and in two weeks run a populist
paper In Oregon City ; we did not turn
republican merely to get a job J we are
not now editing a republican paper and
at the same time making arrangements
to run a populist paper again. The ed
itor and proprietor of this paper wm al
ways a dotuocrat (even if his father was
a republican) and never voted any other
ticket except the reform ticket last year;
repudiated C'levelandism and Btands on
the Chicago platform. What Mr. Fitch
says of the other publishers of the coun
ty is probably true but nono of them
have ftjopeil as low as ho has If this
xepublioau-populist-i'eiuocratic-tcpubli
can-about-to-be populist water preds'g
in lying about us we can give him some
thing that will make him w ince. There
are other pebbles on the beach.
through his good administration that
our forces were permitted to elect anoth
er sheriff. During the campaign we
praised the populists on the ticket more,
if any difference was made, than the
democrats. We now learn that the mis
take of one cent was not the sheriff's
but of a clerk in another office. If the
democrats swallowed the populists the
writer of the above comment, Mr. Fitch,
was the first to get swallowed, but like
Jonah, he didn't slay swallowed, he was
too much for its stomach. Since then
he has been taken into the stomach of
the republican whale and has stirred it
up to such an extent that he is about to
be coughed up. He is a bitter pill.
This is what direct legislation will do :
It will simplify laws, simplify govern
ment, kill monopoly, purify the ballot,
supplant violence, broaden manhood,
prevent revolution, make men think,
accelerate progress, banish sectionalism,
sever party bondage, abolish special
privileges, wipe out plutocratic rule, re
duce taxation, prevent the bribery of
law-makers, establish borne rule, restore
the people to their natural rights, it
will aid honest representatives in saving
the people and give us a government of,
for and by the people on a foundation
of equal and exact justice to all. It is
the quintessence of pure democracy .
Tub movement in Ohio for a national
convention to organize the Union Re
form party nationally, may be the
thing. What is done should be by gen
eral agreement of reformers. In 1894
Ooxey received about fifty thousand
votes for governor of Ohio. In 1898 the
united minority parties received less
than twelve thousand just about one
fourth the populist vote in '94. A dozen
projects are out for reorganization all
of them good, perhaps, but they cannot
all be adopted. So we repeat, that
whatever is done should be by common
consent of reformers.
That the system of postal savings
banksMn Great Britain is an unqualified
success has long been an acknwledged
fact. The people have confidence in
thenj, and, owing largely to this confi
dence, thousands who would not other
wise lay up a penny have contractrd
abits of thrift and become depositors.
There is no earthly reason why a simi
lar system would not be equally success
ful and at the same time highly benefi
cial to large numbers of the people of
this country.
The reform party is the only safety
from revolution, the prolea're is in
creasing at a rapid ratio. Ti lists are
the pioduct of greed, and injustice is
the parent of anarchy, and liberty can;
not exist where the trusis rule supreme.
The law of sell-preservation demands
their abolishment. And the mission of
the reformer is to abolish all forms of
trusts and monopolies and to institute
the rule of justice and freedom anions
men. A party wuh such a mission can
not die.
FJTCll IX THE WHALE,
To show that the voters did right in
electing J. J. Cooke tdieriff of Clacka
mas county we reler to the reports of
the exports mentioned In another col
umn. Din ing the first six months of his
term o ollice Mr. Cooke handled over
$."8,0O0 with an error of but one cent.
Courier. Herald
Notice how carefully the editor con
ceals the fact that ex (Sheriff Grace's ac
counts were also exoerted ; that ho han
dled over $;t"iO,000 with an error of but a
lew cents w hich amount was due him
instead of the county. But Grace is a
populist and the Courier Herald i just
now praising democrats and trying to
assist that purty in its hopulesa task of
swallowing the people's party. Enter
prise, The republican organs are still at It
trying to cieate dissention in the ranks
of the opposition, the reformers. To
show the wilfull preverting of state
ments wo might mention the fact that
when Mr. Stout retired from the ollice
of assessor we gave him & much better
notice than the above. When the writer
of the alrcve was editor of the Herald he
failed to give Mr. Grace more than pas.
slug notice when he retired from the
sheriff's olliee. We don't see how the
above notice reflects on Mr. Grace's ad-
ministration in the le.ist. He was not a
camli Jate for ti e ollice and it was partly
Prominent democrats including Sen.
Jones, ex-Governor Altgeld, "Coin"
Harvey and others met with Sen. Teller,
ex Congressmen Towne, of Minn., and
others at Chicago this week to discuss
die situation The general opinion was
that the democratic national convention
in 1900 would readopt the principles of
the Chicago platform and Mr. Towne
openly declared that if it did not, silver
republicans, democrats and populists
would nominate a third ticket..
Br way of civilizing the Hawaians our
"best government on earth," has
abolished their old, hea1 he nish postals
savings banks and granted several
charters for the erection of breweries
and distilleries. Thesebenighted bar
barians who have heretofore been put
ting their spare nickels into the savings
banks for the good of their families will
now have them to buy beer and whisky
with for themselves.
Thr campaign in behalf of "Equal
rights to all ; special privileges to none,"
has not ended, neither will it end until
victory has crowned the struggle of the
wealth producing class to secuie a just
system of government. The campaign
will become more intensified as the re
sult of unequal privileges granted by
claes legislation in the interest of the
wealth absorber.
Wbeg pardon of readers for occupy
ing so much space this week answering
the scurrilous atlacks of the assistant
editor of the Enterprise, who, as a ma
jority of the people know, has no prin
ciples or Bcruples. lie is respectfully re
ferred to an editorial in the last issue of
theCoumKK-IlKKAi.D entitled' Gator De
serts Populism ."
1 V-
Tun expense of running the army is
to be increased fourfold: This is entire
ly unnecessary. We have demonstrated
thoroughly that our volunteer soldiery
is entirely equal to emergencies. A
large standing army savors of imporal-V
ism, and it is with regret that the policy
of our government is chsnged in this
respect.
T'ik voters of North Dakota have
adopted a constiiutiomd mucinl merit
providing for compulsory suffrage. If a
voter does noi perform his duty as a
citizen on election day ho is subject to a
line. This is a new departure, and (he
result will te watched with great in
COMMENTARIES. , ..
Matters Concerning Local Every
day Affairs Noticed by the
Courier-Herald Reporter.
The individual, who fills the position
of sub-editor on the Enterprise while
Senator Porter is at the legislature, took
advantage of the absence of the Dronrie-
tor to give vent to his petty personal
spite against certain individuals. He is
evidently very weary of his Dr. Jekyll-
jui. "jruo exiuience continually ex
plaining to republicans that he has ex
perienced an honest chanon nf haarf
and is true blue, while on the contrary,
'ens popuiists and democrats that it
is a matter ot bread and butter with
him reasons for accepting his present
position. Fitch, did you not tell cer
tain people that you intended to flop
over in the matter of politics, but that
you would be a little slow about making
mo quango i a is statea tnat you had
an opportunity to secure employment
mi n iree silver paper, Dut you wanted
to iurn a political somersault. Mr,
uneney writes his own editorials. Did
you write your own editorials in the
campaign oi law We can tell you
iriiuuiu. xou were nonored py your
niciiuo wuh me nomination tor the
highest office within their Dower to h-
stow, yet you received the smallest vote
of any state candidate. You borrowed
your local news from the Courier, and
was left to your own resources to make
a vigo.-ous campaign hunt last sprint?
And is it not a fact that Curtis made
you swallow slime, rubbed it
in your eyes, nose, mouth and ears, and
you could only shriek back: "Mud
Slinger ! Mud Slinger I" Had it not been
for you the entire fusion) ticket would
have been elected in Clactamas county.
Notwithstanding the fact that like vour
counierpart, the rag in the oid church,
without any circulation, yon still wap
indebted to the writer for news fur
nished, and was mad when we kiekprl
against longer furnishing for your paper
news without compensation. As a re
sult, you went out of business after con-
tiuinu: on your own resources for a very
it w wteKs. inis is wnat sucks in your
Craw now. You went to Vancouver
ai:d made a most miserable failure. A
populist official in the court house here,
said the paper was worse than the rag,
without any circulation, nrinied in t,h
old church. Is it not a fact that you
cannot look your old political associates
fairly in the face, whom you proved
airauortof And you lack the confi
dence and esteem ol your newly adopted
political associates. Judge Ryan says
there are a dczen errors in the proceed
ings of the county court you reported for
the two ofticiid papers for the January
term. Other important matters are
left out. You expect to ride on the
front seat in the republican band waeon.
carry a flag and blow a brass horn, but
you will only be an onery wart on the
tail end ol the procession.
The reporter is not the correspondent
of the Eevenina Telegram, hav.ng given
up that important position at the close
of 1898. We mention this as protection
against Doing attacked about six times
daily on "account of glaring mis state
ments printed in that sheet from Ore
gon City. Of course, lots rj news are
rehashed from the Morning Oregonian,
some of it being reproduced word for
word without any attempt at a change.
The correspondent knew he lied when
he said it had heretofore been the cus
tom for the council to elect the standing
committees that 12.000 could be Baved
by electing a county attorney, or that
tne court stenographer gets $7,000 a yt ar.
During the year 1898, the county clerk
drew warrants in favor of the court re
porter far only $537 75. He may have
received fees in outside cafes amount
ing to f 1200, but the sum total is a long
way from $7,000.
LOCAL NEWS ITEHS.
Try Courier-Herald six months for
75 cents.
Mrs. D. H. Purcell has recovered
from an extended siege of illness.
Gordon E. Hayes and J. W. Loder
went Salem yesterday.
County Clerk Dixon issued a license
to wed to Laura Rider and Charles Mc-
Cormack on the 23rd.
Mrs. Charles Humbell, of Portland,
who was visiting Mrs. C. Schuebel at
Ely, returned home Saturday.
Miss Cornelia McCown was taken ill
at Salem, and wsb brought home by
her brother, Meldrum, Wednesday.
A 0. Tower left for Pendleton last
night, where he will accept a tempo
rary position in the flouring mills.
A dispatch from Oanby announces
that John D. Stevens has purchased the
Can by Independent, and will thence
forth conduct it as a socialistic paper.
M. Buckstein has filed a suit for a di
vorce from Sarah Buckstein, and Mrs.
A. C, Barry was given a divorce from
W. H. Barry, in tne circuit court dur
ing the past week.
Rev. E. S. Bollinger, of Astoria, will
fill the pulpit of the Congregational
next Sunday, morning and evening.
Members and all others interested are
requested be present. The Bernhard-
Waltber Concert Company has prom
isedtogiea sacred selection in the
evening.
A representative of the Evening Tel
egram informed a number of Oregon
City business and professional men
that the paper had a circulation of 1,000
copies here; when, it fact, only 200 or
300 copies are delivered. These adver
tisers evidently exnect to cet liii? trmln
- : o" o
irom rortiand.
Ex Commissioner Frank Jaesar. of
Carus, mid John Shannon, of Beaver
Creek, went to Salem Monday mornimr.
J hey are interested in the paseaee of a
law maKing it obligatory upon county
courts to put down extra plank on
bridges and culverts, so that enirines
can cross in satety.
The Martell Family, the greatest trick
bicyclist in the world and who were the
principle features two seasons ago with
the Barnum and Baily circus and last
Beason with the Wallace show are head
lines of the Martell IVlerry Makers who
open a one night engagement at Shive
ly's on Saturday night.
Bernhard Walther, solo violinist.
Madame Walther, English ba laclist
Franklin Laura Eschalman, solo pian-
lste, and Hurry VV. ray. humorist, will
give a concert at Shivey's htrll Monday
evening, January 30th, under the aus
pices of trie Ladies' Aid Society of the
iinn.,...,i;ni i i.
Clara L , the 14 year old daughter of
Mr. 8nd Mrs. KicharJ Barbur, died
Sunday of consumption. She was 14
years, b months and 27 davs old, at the
time of her demise. The funeral oc
curred from the family residence on up
per Seventh street, Tuesday, and the
services were conducted by Kev. A. J
Montgomery.
DR. REED'S
CUSHION 'SHOE
For Tender Feet.
Greatest Wonder of the Age
The
FOR LADIES OR GENTLEMEN.
MeKittrick
The Shoeiaan, Sole Agent, Oregon City
Work is progressing slowly, but
on a sure foundation n the Singer hill
road. Some one was to blame for the
faulty construction of this piece of road,
but it will soon be remedied and in time
the slide will be forgotten. Not so,
however, with the darkness of the Sev
enth street stairway. Somebody was
to blame for removing the light from
this stairway, and the hundreds of peo
ple who pick their way down the steps
after dsrk, will continue to think.
The coming season promises to be
one of improvement in Oregon City
ana uiackamas county. The new wa
ter works improvement bringing pure
water from the Clackamas, the improve
ment of the olnlla road, and other
proposed enterprises, will put several
dollars into circulation.
Henry Cans, who has been a direc
tor of the Oswego school district con
tinuously for the past 27 years, was in
town Wednesday, lie s'ates, that al
though Oswego appears dull, almost ev
ery house m town is occupied, and the
attendance at the public school in
creased to such an extent, that it be
came necexsary, to open another room in
me uumiiiiK, anu employ a new
teacher. The teachers row employed
at this school are H.T. Evans, princi
pal, and Misses Nellie lounger, Lu'u
Harnett and
era.
Mies Smith, grade teach-
The Sprint-field (Mo.) Republican of
January 20th, has the following notice
of Mrs, Frazier's funeral, who was a
former well knwn resident of West Or
egon City: The funeral of Mrs. W.
Kiazier, who died of typhoid fever at.
the home of her father, H. It. Ronton.
occurred yesterday. Mrs. Frnzier was
norn in lennessee June 22nd, 1K71. ami
was married to J. W, Frazitr in Lsi2.
settling in Oregon City, Or., the same
year. Sho came to Sprinetield last
June to visit h-r parents. She was a
mcmlier of the Woodmen circle and in-
ceived many visits from the members
during her illness.
Allie Lemons, of Canbv, a remilar in
the 14th Infantry, of Vancouver, now
stationed at Manila, has completed his
live years term ot enlistment, and re
turned home the first of tl.is week.
Since August he was messenger forfi.n.
eral Amlerton to Aguinaldo, and carried
many dispatches between them. He
desciibes Aguinaldo as a nsle-faeed,
intelligent individual, spuiking Eng
lish and several other lamritiore!" fin.
entlv. Mr. Lemons received pav for
coming home on the basis of a day's
py for every 20 mils traveled; also
traveling expem-cs. The tiovernment
if certainly very liberal to the soldiers
who serve out the full time of their en-
ist, and Rre discharged from servien in
foreign lauds,
, Miss Kate Kradley was married to
Albert Lindsley, of VVukesha, Wis.,
on Monday, January 23rd at St. Paul's
Episcopal church. The ceremony was
solemnized by the rector, Rev. P. K.
Hammond. Immediately after thecer
emony Mr. and Mrs. Lindsley boarded
the train for Portland, accompanied by
C. A. MuCargar, also of Portland.
A list of 37 rejected volunteers has
oeen sent to the secretary of state's of
fice by Adjutant-Ueticral'Tuttle. whose
names could not be found on the mus
ter rolls These will now receive their
pay, satisfactory proof having been fur
nished. Among the names on this list
are Charles L. (jray and Emory J. No
ble, of Oregon City, who will receive
22 60 each.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Y. M.
C. A., will give the members of the As
sociation a banquet at the Baptist
cnurcn tonigni. mere will be music,
toasts, add rebses by prominent speak
ers, etc. The first basket ball team will
play a Salem team , Saturday ninht.
Secretary Dumtnitt was here assisting
to raise lunos lor tne new building dur
ing me weea.
L. W. Robbins. the popular vouncr
merchant of M' lulls, whs married Sun
day to Miss Iona Rivets, recently of
Palestine. The ceremony took place at
the residence of Rev. C. B. Dart, who
also was the oflicicating minister. The
bride is a roost estimable young lady
Mr. and Mrs. Robbins will make their
home at Molalla, and are receiving the
congratulations of a host of friends.
They are having an ocean of
trouble
over the Miiwaukie cemetery. It con
tains about two acres and was donated
a" a cemetery to the public in the early
'50b by J. H. Lambert. For awhile Mr.
Lambert looked after tli cemetery per
sonally, but later turned it over to the
custody t.f a board of trustees An
other meeting of the citizens will Ire
held Saturday to consider tire matter.
A large barge 30x00 floated down the
rivtr Saturday afternoon. and it
struck the falls and went over into the
seething waters below. Although the
w.ters were high the barge broke into
a hundred fragments when it reached
the turmoil of foaming billows below
the cataract. .The rise in the river ev
idently caused the barge to break looi-e
from its mooiings at somo up-river
point.
Mr. and Mrs. William Dixon, parents
of County Clerk Klmer Dixon cele
brated their fiftieth marriage anniver
sary Wednesday, having been married
at Newark, Ohio, in 1848. Mr. Dixon
is 71 and Mrs. Dixon 09 years of age.
This hale and venerable couple have a
pleasant country home, nicely located
one aird a half miles from Oregon City
on the Robert Oaufield donation land
claim.
Charles F. Beelie, chairman of the
soldiers' monument fund has attainted
H. L. Kelly committeeman Tor this
county to solicit subscriptions for a
monument to the Oregon Volunteers,
who have died during the late Spanish
war. , It is intended to raise this money
by popular subscription, and each con
Hibutor d 25 cents, will receive a new
unique history. Mr. Kelly will reo-ive
sulwcript:oirs here, and look after, ap
pointing local salicitors
To Exchange Orange groves and
other property in the land of sunshine,
Southern California for Oregon im
proved farina and inside property. Call
at this office for particulars.
Christmas
Is Past
But you want good flour for your
bread and pastry. The best is
made by the Portland Flouring
Mills Company and
SOLD BY ALL
GROCERS
THE BEST VALUE
in all lines of Groceries have been
found here during the past year.
In 1899 we intend to redouble our
efforts toward securing the finest
the land produces and also toward
making prices which will compel
the economically inclined to trade
with us.
In our Bakery Department can
be found everything in the line of
choice Pastry and the best Bread
in the city made fresh every day
HEINZ & CO.,
Bakers and Grocers
Opposite Post-office,
Oregon City
Make
Yourself
Sure......
The new year is upon us and you
cannot tell what we have in store for
you. We know what we have in
store for you if you will only come
and get it. The time will fly so do
our bargains, and if you don't grasp
your opportunity as it presents itself,
some other man will get what you
might have had
KRAUSSE BROS.
" "'
HARRIS'
GROCERY...
Fresh Stock of
First-Clasp
Depot for HAT and FEED
THE
LEADER
OF LOW PRICES
GROCERIES
Willamette Block, Oregon City
t iSS5 Srf!( ,
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mm
Li: " " " ;
Do
You
Understand
That you can get First
Class Fresh Groceries of
all kinds of MARR &
MUIR at very reasonable
prices ? Why pay more ?
H. . STRKIGHT,
Dealer In
Groceries
and
Provisions.
Also Fall lifls cl Mill Feed, Lime, Cement affl land Plaster.
Look at Your Houses Jffl1!
If you haven t got time, call on G. REDDAWAY.
He will do you an honest job at a reasonable price. A
full stock of Pamts and Oils kept on hand. Call and see
him before buying your order. Paper Hanging and
kalsomining done to perfection. All work guaranteed.
G EO. RE D DA WAY c a-Kr
&oie Agent In Clackamas County for OUR NATIVE HERBS.