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OREGON CITY COURIER FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1902. SMiEGON CITY COURIER Fublislied by fffREEUM aTV COURIER PUBLISHING CO. 'J. H. 'WESTftTEn, Editor and Bmlncsa Manager. E. Lek Wsbtovkb, Local Editor. 'Sutered In Oregon Cit Pontoffice as 2nd-cla8 matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES. "Vald la advance, per year .... 1 50 i. months 75 ifhree mouths 'trial 25 Clubbing Hate. Oregon City Courier and Wei-kly Oregonian ,82.2! Oregon. City Courier and Weekly Courier- Journal . 2.00 Oretorj City Courier and Weekly Examiner.. 2.50 Orogon City Courier and the Cosmopolitan... 2.25 '-Oregon City Courier and the Commoner .. 2.00 FBh'The date opposite your address on the 3per denotes the time to which you have paid, f tills notice is marked your aubae.iptlon l due. Cut out the coupon about the pumpkin j and send it in at the same time with your guess. Remember the pumpkin will be cut and the seed counted and the $150 in gold distributed on New Year's dny next, Your interest and our own are mutual The more sub scribers we get, the more encourage ment we receive the better panerwe can afford to make you. This is a heart to heart talk. Bills will be mailed this "veek and we will await the results. THE. WILLAMETTE VALLEY. OEEGON CITY, NOV. 21, 1902. ' About the middle of January the Cour ser will install a new Simplex type set ting machine and will then be in a po sition to set twice as much type as it sets now and will give the people of Clacka mas county a twice-a-week newspaper, each issue the same size as the Courier is at present. One operator on the ma ushine will be able to set as much type in a day as five typos at the case. The -.saving to the office in composition will .he very considerable but at the same time it will enable us to give our con stituents the best paper they have yet njoyed. The price of the paper when made a semi weekly will likely be ad vanced to $2 per year. All persons who have paid their subscriptions ahead be fore that date will get the paper for the next year at the old price. So it will aaveyoa money now to pay up in ad vance and it will help us to pay for the i'.mproyements we expect to make. ' TatE Courier will not get out a New Year's addition this year. Christinas ilime is too busy a season in a country printing office to do justice to a New Year's illuEtrated number. We promise -our readers however, that early in the Spring we will get out a Souvenir edi tion of the Courier devoted to there sources and wealth of the cUy of Oregon City and the county of Clackamas that will be a credit to this part of the world. We have had abundant experience in this line of work and believe that an edi tion can be gotten out here that will do 9very man, woman and child in the county much good. A fifty-page book, eaame oiza as our regular issue, on fine Jbook paper, bonnd in artistic covers, i with fivo hundred half tone illustrations, !U?vod to every material interest of tUnia amnty is what we propose to Ibbuo ttiidUw will begin the field work on it imitliately after the hollidays. We promise in cdvance to make it the most jomplete-onl handsome edition yet got ten out.vCD. tbe Pacific coast. Early '3pririgand Summer is the best time to get good views, and for that purpose if if for no o'.her we would be compelled to delay the undertaking until the early 'Spring. How few people there be in these United States who know aught of the wealth and glory of the Willamette val ley. There are millions who do not even know that it is on the map. Yet it is God's acre. Lying between the Cas cade and Coast mountains, with an ex treme breadth of seventy miles, and stretching from south of the center of the state to where the waters of the Wil lamete river commingle with the blue waters of the Co.umbia A valley as rich as the Nile, as beautiful as the "Hue grass" of Kentncky, it is capable of supporting a population of 2,500,000 people. The "chinook" winds sweep ing in from the broad stretches of the Pacific make its summers glorious and its winters mild. Its crops never fail and its fertility is inexhaustable. Here grows in abundance every thing that enters into the enjoyment of life. Here is all of the beauties of life without many of its rigors. Mountains of eter nal snow stand as sentinels on its east ern border, and millions of acres of tim ber as glorious as ever grew out of the ground mark its line to the West. Its people a.e happy and contented. They live easy and have plenty. Their homes are substantial; many of them live like feudal barons of old. They grow richer each year as the harvest is ever more than they can consume. The people are hospitable and generous. They are coemopolitan in the extreme and prac tical above all things. It is a wonder ful valley and its riches have hardly been touched. We should all exploit the riches of this valley and herald its resources to the end of the earth. And by the way, Clackamas county lies in the heart of the Willamette valley and far. ner uoor is ever opeu to the stranger seeking a new home in a land of "milk and honey," where the "burden is light and the yoke is easy." In lookinif over the assessment of 'Clackamas county for the present year onade by that splendid official, Mr. Will- vianiH, we Bue some things that are re- iunarkable. to sav the least. As one of -our old Kentucky friends would say, .some things Unit are a little "incongru viul." For instance, in all of the county yf Clackamas there is listed with the as- ; sessor for taxation only $14,755 in money. ' This includes money of all kinds money in bank, money in safes and iu one's pocket. We do not doubt in the least ."that on the date of the assessment that there was in the county of Clackamas in . good hard coin of the realm $2,000,000 in .'-money. Of this less than one-tenth of - one per cent was listed with the asses . sor. Was this the fault of the law, of the auBeseor, or of the people? We no tice, further, that the county of Clacka mas has over one hundred miles of steam and electric railways within her - borders, and that they are put down on the usHOdami'iit roll at the pittance of --. fU'O.OOO, about $1000 per mile. The name lines iu Ohio, Kentucky or New York would be listed at fiom $20,000 to $1)0,000 pur milo, and aouM add an ad ditional $L',0iW O.'O to the tax roll of the county. Again, where is the fault? It is somewhere, and it is very apparent. -It will pay any fanner in Clackamas and other citizen for that matter to .study the assessment roll and see where i. the trouble lies, and then ask the powers that be to find a remedy. her of cattle and heep that lo.iru over it. Bv the introduction , of irrigation methods on a broad and liberal scale a great deal of it can be reclaimed and made to blossom and bloom as the very Garden of the Uods. Irrigation is as old as hittory. It was one of the first meth ods employed bv civilized man to make the earth give up its harvest of riches. Along the valley of the Nile th irriga tion ditch has conveyed water to the burnt fields of Egypt since before the dawn of authentic history. Much of the future of Oregon will depend on the irrigation canal. In this age of modern methods and utilitarian spirit the irri gation canal should be dug deep and broaii and a foundation laid for the wealth of the future that will come from this system of agriculture. The state should not barter away her rights in the premises, and the government should see to it that the money spent for irriga tion purposes should be for the good of the common people and not for the ben efit of combinations,' corporations and speculators. Every irrigation ditch along which the waters flow from the rivers to the lands of the honest huabandman will add to the wealth of the state and bring us one day nearer the time when Oregon will be the home ol five millions of peo ple. It is always best to do things well. It is especially important to the state and its citizens that the matter be handled in a business like manner, and that every dollar expended by the Fed eral government shall be honestly ex pended. We are in this matter build ing for the future and every misstep is a bad stone in the foundation of the future greatness of this state. Qt D. & D. C. LATOURETTE ATTORNEYS AT LAW Commercial, Beat Estate and Probate lav Specialties Office in Commercial Bank Building OREGON CITY OREGON COMMERCIAL BANK or OREGON CITY CAPITAL $100,000 Transacts a general banking business Makes loans and collections, discounts bills buys and sells domestic and foreign exchange, and receives depoalts subject to oheck. Open from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. . C. A.ATOUHETTE, rrbident T.J. MSYBB Cashie c. N. GREENMAN THE PIONEER EXPRESSMAN (Established 1865) Prompt delivery to all parte of the olty OREGON CITY OREGON J)R. GEO. HOEYE , , DENTIST all work warranted and satisfaction guaranteed Crown and Bridge work a specialty Caufleld Building OREGON CITY OREGON J)R. FRANCIS FREEMAN DENTIST Graduate of Northwestern University Dental School, also of American College of Dental Surgery, Chicago Willamette; Block ' OREGON CITY OREGON What a glorious week this has been for the holding of an irrigation conven tion. While the d elegates to the city of Portland have been devising ways and means to get more water, Jupiter Pluvius has opened the flood-gates of heaven and poured forth in a stream of water upon this part of the earth. The dele gates are getting what they want, but not in the way they want it. Molalla. Farmers in this section are busy plow ing, but little seeding has been done so DON'T RAIL AT PORTLAND. To our subscribers who are in arrears with their subset iptions to the Courier and whine lime is about up "we would Like to have them renew at as early a date as they can ami nuke a guess on the number of seed in the Courier pumpkin. We want to have on our 1 ist by the first of Apiil 2,500 paid up in advance subscribe! s. You ean help us and at the same time put yourselves to very little inconvenience. I'o not wait for us to call on you with a bill. You Can tell from the printed slip on the pa per von receive each week just when yo'ir time expired. Send us a cheek or money order, for what yon owe with one year ahead if you can. A money order for less than $5 will cost you but two cents. Many of yon live miles from the county seat, the roads are bad, the weather is more or less disagreeable, you will nave us a great denial trouble and inconvenience by sending us a money order or check for the "old" and sn vjlitt year alieid. Won't you do it' It is never a good thing for the coun try to be jealous of e town or for the town to deny tliB country upon which it depends anything that is rightly its due. There is in the country press of Oiegon just rrow more or less of a desire to rail at the city of Portland, because, for sooth, the city of Portland is pushing the Lewis and Clark Exposition of 1905, and her representatives in the state leg islature are in favor of an appropriation of $500,000 by the Btate to assist in that laudable enterprise. Portland is a part of Oregon. It is a very large part. It pays a considerable percentage of the state's taxes. It is located on one of our noble rivers, at the mouth of one of the l ichest valleys in the world. Portland wants the fair. Of course, the enter prising citizenship of the state wants the fair. It will do us all much good. Ihe costs will be a bagatelle as com pared with the good results that will surely follow. There is no other city at which the fair can be held. Portland is our metropolis. It ia the metropolis of the great Northwest. More than any other place on the coast it has an histo rical connection with the Lewis and Clark Exploration. The state of Oregon could not well get along without the city of Portland and its progressive and push ing spirit. The city of Portland could not live weie it not for the fertile vallevs and rich uplands and wonderful moun tains, with their wealth of timber land and mineral resources of the remain der of this great commonwealth. We are all constituent parts of one great Btate. Then would it not be well for all of us "country fellows" to quit making faces at Portland, and saying bad things about Portland and join hands with her and help to make the Lewis and Clark Exposition of 1905 the success it ought to be, and reap from it the harvest of good citizenship we have reason to be lieve will come from that sowing. Thpre are many things that the country wants that Portland will not soe the need ot, but we opine that when the time comes Portland will help the country get what the country needs and then help to pay the tiddler. H. COOPER, Notrv Public!. Real Estate and insurance, Titles Exam ined, Abstracts made, ueeas, wort gages, Etc., Drawn. With J. W. Loder, Stevens Building, Oregon City, Ore. Qt E. HAYES ATTORNEY AT LAW Stevens Building, opp. OREGON CITY Bank of Oregon City OREGON Oregon Irrigation. The Artizans at this place had a supper and entertainment last Saturday evening, none but members attended. The Molalla Grange is preparing to give a ball and supper on Thanksgiving evening. nits There will also be a shooting match here ortthanksniving day, consisting of trap shooting principally. Jesse Bagby has gone to Sheridan and if all accounts be true, he will bring back a housekeeper with him, Jesse, says that if the boya conclude to seran ade him in the usual style of cow-bells, tin pans etc; he will royally welcome them and treat them decent. Billy Vaughan and Johnnie Dungan started from here on the 5th, for the desert some fifty or sixth miles south of Prineville. They expect to bring over a band of horses, and will return ia a short time. In a letter received from them, written at Prineville they state that the roads are dry and dusty over there. Quite a number of Molalla people went out in the vicinity ol Rosebu rg re cently and took up timber claims, which shows that there fs some timber left yet. The Russell Bros., passed through hore recently with quite a lot of new machinery for their saw mill. Among other things they ha la new cut off saw. The boys have a tie contract that will keep them bujy for some time. They are going to try to run ties down the Molalla river, and if they can suc ceed in doing this, it will be a cheap way of transportation. Fay M ody pti )tie 1 ovar to JMt Angel to have Kroueburg to coma and see what CJtild be done for Vaugluu'a sick hor-je. The doctor pronounced it heart trouble, Judging from ayiuptons de scribed to him that the several .horses that he has recently lost, have died with a kind of staggers. The Milalla grangers are building a large shed back of their hall, to shelter their horses while attending theGrante in stormy weather. They have not finished it yet, but will have it com pleted in time for next meeting. The Btiow is appearing very low down on the foothills now, which bids fair for a hard winter. Only a few of the Jstock men aroun.'. hore have succeeded in bringing all their cattle out of the mountains. Cattle iu the mountains seem to be scattered mote this (all than usual: probably caused by forest fires or the feeding ground so poor. Our postmistress is on the sick list this week and Johnnie Stubbs is hand ling the mail. Some morn of the Molalla people started to Southern Oregon today to take timber claims. X. V. z. Mr. M. Clemens, of New Kra, has ad- vertlseil to sen an oi nis personal prop- QEO. T. HOWARD NOTARY PUBLip REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE At Red Front. Court House Block OREGON CITY OREGON QRANT B. D1MICK Attorney and Counselor at Law Will practice In all Courts In Ihe Btate, Circuit and District Courts of the United States. Insolvent debtors taken through bankruptcy. Offloe in Stevens Building, Oregon City, Or. Brunswick Hcuseand Restaurant NEWLY" FURNISHED ROOMS Meals at All Hours . Open Bay and Night Prices Reasonable Only First Class Restaurant in the City CHAS CATTA, Prop. Opposite Suspension, Bridge OREGON CITY, ORE. V J I POPE & CO. HEADQUARTERS FOR Hardware, Stoves, Syracuse Chilled and Steel Plows, Harrows and Cultivators, Planet Jr., Drills and Hoes, Spray Pumps, Imperial Bicycles. PLUMBING A SPECIALTY Cor. Fourth and Main Sta. OREGON CITY GET YOUR MONEY'S WORTH Money we're bo often told is the. root of all evil, yec who of us have not wisnea at times we mignt nave a tew cords of the root. But instead of the idle wishing prudent people look closer after their expenditures. Right here we can help you. We covet confidence and challenge com petition. A. Robertson, 7th St. Grocer. w r n, The Flour of the Family J. W. Norms, M. D. J. W. Powell. M. D. JJORRIS & POWELL, Physicians and Surgeons. Calls in city orcountry promptly attended Office: 1,2,17, Charman Bros. Block, Oregon City. JJOBERT A. MILLER ATTORNEY AT LAW O. D.EBY, NOTARY PUBLIC. Real Estate bought and sold, money loaned titles examined nnd abstracts made cash paid for oouuty warrants. Probate and commissioners' court business and insurauce. BOOM 3, WBINHARD BUILDING OREGON CITY, - - - - OREGON, 0. BCHUEBW. W. S. U'REN JJREN & SCUUEBEL ATTORNEYS AT LAW eutfiier Slbootat, Will praotloe In all courts, make collections nd settlements of estates, famish abstracts of title, lend you mnnoy and lend your money on Brst mortgage. Office in Enterprise building. OREGON CITY OBKOON g I. SIAS DKALEB IN WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY Silverware and Spectacles OAKJIY OREGON W. H. YOUNG'S Livery & Feed StabSs Fini'stJTurnouts inj City OREGON CITY. ORF.no The flour of all the Oregon City families is "Patent" flour. The intelligent house wife always gets "Patent" flour because, it is better and more ecomonical to use Made in Oregon City by the Portland Flouring Mills Co i 4 jf ''''iHllllllnlllILllllJIMMliiy,,lili 4 4 1 K 1 fcls him jjfcli-n;Ulil-.,ilJl.im'lffli;ui, lJ;in.: Jji ,u fctvHi JUjum.hJji, ift ,Jliii.Nillllil.i,nJliraiaiiiii,iilti We carry the only complete line of Caskets, Coffins, Robes and LiningB in Clackamas County. We have the only First-Class Hearse in the County, which we will furnish for less than can be had elsewhere. Embalming a Specialty. Our prices always reasonable. Satisfaction guaranteed. 4W J&f fed SHANK & BISSELL. Undertakers 4 ' q Phones 411 and 304 wiifiNiilfiiwiyimmiiiiTi Main St., Opp. Huntley's. Hli W if'""mp if Hump irtirn""irnr"""ipi TTP Brown & Welch -Proprietors op the- Seventh Street Meat Market A. O. OREGON U. W. CITY, Building OREGON CHARMAN S. J. VAUGHAN'S liverv, F33J ail ale t ables Nearly opposite Suspension bridge First-Class Ris of .All Kinds OREGON CITY, OREGON The tpieslion of irrigation of the nub- arid lands of the state of Oregon is one of the most important Questions with which the good people of this state have had to deal iu a generation. The ques tion just now is especially prominent from the fact that both the t title govern ment and the national government have taken steps to reclaim a great deal of this arid land by encouraging irrigation There are literally millions of acres of erty, including some good horses, cattle, land in the state of Oiegon, lying mostly anj hogs, at his residence on the Oregon east of the Cascade mountains, as rich j Rrl,i Sulem road, on Saturday, Nov. 29, as any land under the sun, if water could j j!i02. He has some very desirable be gotteu to it by way of the irrigation gtock lor sale, and many articles of farm ditch. This land is practically worthless, ing implements that should attract per or at least furnishes only a scanty and (0ns looking for bargains. The sale unreliable Mtstenance to a limited mini- begin promptly at eleven'o'cioek. ACKER'S DYSPEPSIA TABLETS cures dyspepsia and all disorder! arising from init gestlon. Endorsed by phvaicUos everywhere , Sold by U druiglsu. No cure no pay: '2fl cni ! Trial package tree by writing to W. II. Hooker & ' 0., uu Halo, is. i . Saves You Money j There is not an item in the drug liue but that you can save money oy gelling n. nere. If we sold you a poor grade at a less price you would be sav ing nothing. In fact, poor drugs at any price is the roost expensive foptn of economy. Here you take no chances everything is of the quality you want. That is the greatest satisfaction in buying anything of us it is right as to quality. The next satisfaction is, you pay less for the pure article here than you do for the poor article elsewhere. Better get what you want by getting it here. j DR. KING'S try NEW DISCOVERY FOR THAT COLD. TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. Cures Consumption,Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma, LaGrippe, Hoarseness, .Sore Throat, Croup and Whooping Cough. NO CURE. NO PAY. ric5!)c. and$1. T?'t BOTTLES FR3 SOMK KVKRVDAV il T2haiiia r"vft cures coughs, colds promo Lax and la grippe; Price, 25c. a box To the users of BROMO LAX we are going to give a y GUARANTEED GOLD WATCH FREE. 7. Call and get particulars. CHAm.LAJSJ City Drug Store, Cut Price Druggists. Mail orders solicited CO. Phone 1 3.