OREGON CITY COURIER- FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1902.
t)REGON CITY COURIER
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R. LEE Wsstovhb, Local Editor.
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OREGON OITY, NOV. 28, 1902.
A Texas old maid lias adopted a girl
baby.. Barely tlie necessity for such po
tion couiu nave neen prevented.
"Thk industry of President Roose
"velt" says a repablican organ "is, re
markable, lie tins already done most of
3iis work for 1904." He ought therefore
o have considerable time now, to de
vote t the work of his office.
The new Republican senator from
Utah will be a Mormon and a Republi
can. With Mormonism in Utah, Tay
'iorism in Kentucky and Booker
vVaBhingtonism in the White House,
what Republicanism stands for is a
plenty.
Thk President now hopes to secure a
tariff reduction of 25 per cent on Cuban
imports while Cuba v ill in no instance
lower her tariff but will advance it 50
per cent on imports from all coun
tries except the United States. This is a
specimen of the republican idea of
"making Cuba free." '
A reader, asks authority for the state
silent that lead pencils are sold to for
'eifin dealers for one half what they are
.priced to American dealers. The figures
:are taken from the catalogues of the
Dixon Pencil Company, which is one of
the four concerns which monopolize the
Jfcrnde in this country.
Attorney Wilcox attempted to BtU'
ipify President Mitchell with the state'
'ment that the increased wages demand'
d by the miners would amount to $12,'
'000,000, added to the running expenses
of the mines, but Mr. Mitchell promptly
replied by calling the attorney's atten
tion to the fact that that would mean
vnot over 35 cents per ton
(increase at most.
'Tub Oregonian with its usual lucid
i'ity figures out that the Democrats will
Lave no chance to carry a National elec
tion and place a Democrat in the White
House until 1908. It costs nothing to
'become a prophet in these days; but
Hi ere are breakers ahead for the G. O P.
and an united Democracy in 1904 may
shove forward the date the Oregonian
has fixed by a full four years. If Roose
velt does not succeed in getting the Re
publican party to reform itself within
the next few months long before 1904 it
will have pulled its temple of power
3own upon its own head. Abe Lincoln
was wiser than his day aud generation
when he enid "You can fool all of the
people a '.part of the time and a part of
the people all of the time; but you can't
fool all ol the people all of the time."
The Republican party has been trying
to fool all of the people all of the time.
The storm of righteous wrath by an out
raged people whose luritagehas been
sold to the money powe.' and to corpor
ate greed inny break lonir before 1904,
Theebt title of Republicanism is about
to set in and we shall see what we shall
ste.
In itH comments upon the assessment
roll of Clackamas county for the current
year in the last ismie the Coi'iiikh did
iK)t mean to cast any tellection upon the
administration of the Assessor's ollice.
We have no doubt that the Assessor's
olltce in this county has been adminis
tered accoiding to law and that Mr.
Williams, the present Assessor, has per
formed the duties of his ollice as well
and possibly better than any Assessor
in the state of Oregon. It is the results
and not the work to which we call the
attention of our readers. It is not criii
vism of an oll'ic'ial's work. He is oily
following in beaten paths. An Asnt'ssor
who knows not hi mi of the value of rail
road, telephone and telegraph property
and franchise rights ouglit not to be re-
quired to pass judgment thereon and lix
values upon something of which he
knows nothing. It is the law which
makes the conditions possible that is to
blame. If a citizen has $10,000 in coin
of the realm and assesses but $100 there
ought to be, if there is not some method
uf rt aching his herd. Mr. Williams has
no doubt followed in the footsteps of his
predecessors in making his assessment
and has done as others have done before
him, The result reached, however,
ought to put every intelligent man in
Clackamas county to thinking and pos.
e b'.y menus can be advised to remedy an
evil that is apparent to all.
A WORO TO WISE.
We may not nudersMnJ the condi
'fioi s o' public sjniimeir .n this county
nd as "stranger in a stMn.-e country"
we ouuht not be expected to r.nderBtand
them. There is no reason why we ought
to criticise things we know to be palpa-1
bly wrong. We are not here to find
fault. We believe "in living and let
live." We have found the people here
magnanimous and cosmopolitan. Wre
like '.hem and will cultivate their ac
quaintance more and more as the days
go by. In the meantime we will pub
lish the Courier along Democratic lines.
We believe in Democracy straight. We
think it 's the only salvation for the
country in the future. We do not be
lieve in isms and eide issues. Our pol
icy shall be always to keep "in the mid
dle of the road" politically speaking and
keep this sheet clean and above reproach.
We shtll not vilifv or abuse but will
criticise as we see fit. Ifour Republican
friends in office or out do anything they
ought not to do, they n.ay find the Cour
ier camping on their trail. We like to
have our friends and political opponents
come in and talk to us. Because we
are a Democrat and publishing a Demo
cratic paper, whose columns are not for
sale and whoso influence can not be
bought, is no reason why we should not
treat the opposition with becoming court
esy and give them all they are entitled
to in a newspaper way. We shall only
tell the truth about them and God knows
that is bad enough. We hope to be
helpful to the Democrats in this county,
we have a right to expect them to help
us. We desire to do all in our power
to build up the waste places of this part
of the earth and in this laudable enter
prise we ought to have the help of all
men regarf'esa of parly. We will do
our part, w4,i you do yours?
THE DEMOCRATIC LEADER.
The immediate future will be largely
occupied by the forgivings of demo
cratic opinions as to the future leader
ship of the party. It is already accept
ed by the most influential newspapers
of the party that the recent elections
have served to eliminate from the list of
ehgibles the names of a number of gen
tlemen who have been boomed by their
too partial friends as being of Moses
Wisdom and dimensions.
The democratic party is not hunting
any Moses. It is neither bound in the
brickyards of the Pharaohs nor wander
ing in the wilderness without water or
flesh for its po s. It is in the field, hand
to hand with the Amalekites of auto
cracy, aristocracy and up-Americanism.
It has its courage with it in full fervor ;
it knows now its issue of battle without
further delineat and what it needs
is a Joshua who can lead the host with
confidence and even make the sun stand
Btill while the foes of the people, the ,
destroyers of eqaal rights, and the per
verters of American der.ocratic govern
ment are put to consummate route 1
Whether that Joshua will be found in
the ranks of some who have grown gray
bearded in the service of the party or in
some new man of recent significance as a J
democat ot wisdom, conservatism and ,
public confidence, we do not yet know,
Nobody does know. But that, when
found, he will be acclaimed bv a united !
democracy we do uot allow ourselves to
doubt. He will be one whose past rela
tions to party questions will at least
command the verdict that he was hon
est and patriotic in purpose, And he
will be one who has the principles and
the character that will of themselves
commend him to the American people
as one worthy of leadership and safe to
be trusted in the highest ollica ot the na
tion.
We do not here diverge to discuss in
dividuals. The questions of the future
with which the democracy has to grap
ple and do are not those that will yield
to hero-worship or bend their exigen
cies to exalt personal ambitions. The
public weal is involved in a most vital
way in the great reforms of governme nt
which the people are. increasingly rec
ognizing as necessary aome of them of
utmost urgency.
It is our opinion that two years more
of experience will co tvince them of the
paltering and perfunctory purposes of
the republican leaders and then the
masses will turn to the democratic party
as the only physician of their ills. When
that day arrives the people should find
ready a party united, dignified in pur
poses and solidly committed to policies
that are sound in Americanism and safe
in all their p'ouuses. i-or such a party
a leader will not be lacking who can
command a conquering campaign and
win a timely victory.
THE REFUGE OF ROOSEVELT.
Now comes the president with a plea
of confession and avoidance with respect
to the verdict of the late elections and
the duty imposed upou himself, with
impulsive truth, that tl e Republicans
have been retaiued iu full power that
they may be without excuse hereafter
if they fail to afford the people relief
from the oppressions of trusts and mo-
nopolie.s. lie realizes tbat there is on
that subject no divided responsibility,
! no chance of cross purposes, no escape
by charging the evils of the case up to
the Democrats.
But how does the president propose to
meet the situation? Most men would
promptly say, judging from his vaunted
courage and frankness of character, that
he will at once commend to congress a
j prompt revion o! the ta.m and the
. . . .
iel UK uut u. .!., oii.ruuia mm litis
j too evideutly become the shelter of'
trusts and monopolies I That is the plain, '
straightforward course that nine of any
ten honest men would bukbhc and Dre-
fer. But that is exactly what the nreei-
dent announces he positively will not
dol
Prenideut Roosevelt says that the tar
iff and the trust questions are two issues
In his opinion they do not work under
the same yoke and must only be dealt
with separately each injts season and
after methods essentially different. In
fact, the president is already hedging
and trying to postpone the evil day of
having to do something radical and
tangible to satisfy growing popular de
mands. 4s to the tariff, the president intends
to recommend a commission a vaue
and irresponsible body of men who will
absorb all the time they are commanded
in making "investigations" and recom
mending tariff'adjustments " Of course,
this will be a most attractive tub to
throw to the whale an' enable the presi
dent and his party to claim immunity
from taiiff action of any cort until after
the next election. Clever scheme is it
not?
And, then, as to trusts, how excellent
is the plan of setting the attorney gen
eral after them in the courts courts
that are happily selected for their abil
ity to delay action on the real issues in
the cases until after 1904 1 Aud with
these thin and almost insultlr g subter
fuges the Republican party will seek to
escape doing anything for the relief of
the people until the people shall have
given them four years more of power, or
bodily kicked them off the earth in
sheer disgust of their duplicities !
GOOD ROADS.
There is no more importaut question
before the American public this day than
the subject of good roads. It is a ques
tion that apptala to every neighborhood
and to every citizen alike. It is a ques
tion that is non-political and non-sectarian.
It has neither party nor creed,
yet it appeals to all. The roads of every
country are index to its civilisation, and
a monument to its progressiveness. In
older sections of the country, where the
population i? dense and the people are
rich, we of course expect to find better
roads than in a new country where the
population is sparse and the people have
not become fixed to the soil. There is
one thing that it always pays to do well
in building roads in any country and
that is to build them for the future,
build them on the latest scientific prin
ciples, with approved labor saving ma
chinery, and build them for "keeps."
Millions have b.en wasted in every eec-
tion ot the country in building roads in
a "slip shod" manner. Poorly built
roads wear out in a few years and it
costs more to maintain them and keep
them in repair from year to year than
the first cost of their construction,
Clackamas county has much to learn in
road building. Her territory is large
and in many p'aces in the county the
building of the roads is very expensive.
Yet withal it pays to do what we do in
this line well. Build for the future.
Wherever a new road is put in build it
of material that will stand for all time
to come. Build it for our children and
grandchildren. The old Romans knew
something about the building of roads.
In many parts of the Italian peninsula
there are today roads in fairly go rd re
pair built by them more than fifteen
centuries ago. It is wasteful extrava
gance to build poor roads. Money to
put into them is money thtown away.
It is bStter to build fewir miles end
build what you do build well. It will
take millions of dollars to build the right
kind of roads In this valley. It is beet
to begin now and build them r ight.
Build slow but build for th.- generations
yet unborn, for the hordes of people
that will in time to come plant their
homes iu this valley. That which is
worth doing at all is worth doing well
and it is cheaper in the long run. Turn
pike aud gravel roads are possible in
this conn y if built along scientific prin
cipals and built to shed water: and pub
lic sentiment should be crystalized
around the question of good roads until
their construction v ill be possible.
County olliciala are not pioneers in this
or any other line. They are as a rule
content to follow in the beaten paths.
Titey will not bla.e the way. If this
county is to have better roads it will
come because there is in the county a
healthy public sentiment th.tt demands
them. What say the people? Pro Bono
Pulico.
TuANKsiiIvino day is a blessing and a
benediction. It is the time of harvest
and nlentv. It. ifi Htl 1 11 Hi i t II 1 I rin it inn-
alin character ami universal in ot-
eervauce. v ell may we be thankful for
all of the good thing the Loid has
vouchsafed unto us. For health and
happiness, fur abundant crops, for
full granaries, (or abundance of woi k to
do, for happy homes and contented
families. In this year of our Lord ll02
the "Horn of Plenty " has been inverted
over this valley and we should indeed
be thankful and render praises unto him
"Who doeth all things well."
Timber Men Wanted.
Tvto hundred timber men to make
piliiH. Twentv foremen. Hurhest waees.
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Cottage Urove, On aim
1 V T...I.,
PACIFIC TIM'ltER CO
I'v M. 1! Sii.snv, AVt Acc't.
0. D. & D. C. LATOURETTE
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
fhmmercial, Real Estate and Probate law
Specialties
Offlce In Commercial Bank Building
OREGON CITY ; , OREGON
COMMERCIAL BANK
of OREGON CITY
CAPITAL $100,000
Transacts a general banking business
Makes loans and collections, discounts bllis
boys and sells domestic and foreign exchange,
and receives deposits subject to check.
Open from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
LiATOUBETTE,
1 1- ...dent
F. J. Meteb
Cashie
C. N-
THE
GREENMAN
PIONEER EXPRESSMAN
(Established 1865)
Prompt delivery to all parts of the city
OREGON ClTt OREGON
J)R. GEO. HOEYE
DENTIST
All work warranted and satisfaction guaranteed
Crown and Bridge work a speoialty
Oaufleld Building
OREGON CITY OREGON
)R. FRANCIS FREEMAN
DENTIST
Graduate of Northwestern University Dental
School, also of American College of
Dental Surgery. Chicago
Willamette Block
OREGON CITY OREGON
E.
H. COOPER,
' Notary Pudlic.
Real Estate and Insurance, Titles Exam
ined, Abstracts Made, Deeds, Mort
gages, Etc., Drawn.
With J. W. Loder, Stevens Building,
Oregon Cky, Ore.
Q E. HAYES
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Stevens Building, opp.
OREGON CITY
Bank of Oregon City
OREGON
QEO. T. HOWARD
NOTARY PUBLIC
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
At Red Front
OREGON CITY
Court House Block
OREGON
QRANT B. DIMICK
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Will practice in all Courts In the State, Circuit
and District Courts of the United States.
Insolvent debtors taken through bankruptcy.
Offloe in btevens Building, Oregon City, Or.
J. W. Norms, M. D. J. W. Powell. M. D.
flORRIS & POWELL,
Physicians and Surgeons.
Calls in city orcoutitry promptly attended
Offlce: 1, 2, 17,
Charman Bros. Block, Oregon City.
JJOBERT A. MILLER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
O. D. EBY, NOTARY PUBLIC.
Ral Estate bought and sold, money loaned
titles examined and abstracts made cash paid or
county warrants. Probate and commissioners'
court business and Insurance.
ROOM 3, WEINHARD BUILDING
OREGON CITY, - - - - OREGON,
0. 8CHUEBEL W. S. U'REN
JJREN & SCUUEBEL
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
$eutftr Slbnofal
Will practice in all courts, make collections
Mid settlements of estates, furnish abstracts of
title, lend you uionw and lend your money on
Srst mortgage. Offloe in Enterprise building.
OREGON CITY OREGON
E , I. SIAS
DEALER IN
WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY
Silverware and Spectacles
OANBY OREGON
Vf. n. Youxcrs
Livery & feed Stab.a
FintstTurnouts in City
O&EGON CITY. OREGON
S. J. VAUGHAN'S
Livery, Feed and Sale Stables
Nearly opposite Suspension bridge
First-Class Rigs of All Kinds
OREGON CITY, OREGON
ACKER'S
j DYSPEPSIA TABLETS
cures dyspepsia and all dieordpri arising from Ind
gpstlon. Kudorsed by phwiciaus everywhere
(old by all dronxistti. No otire no pay; 2Snt
Trial packatre free by writing to W. H. looker &
0., Bultato, N. Y.
DR. KINC'S
try new DISCOVERY
FOR THAT COLD.
TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE.
Cures Consumption.Couerhs.
Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma,
d. : ii r ri .
! i.llt :"iiiuiiia,liajrx ffr, 1
! HSV. LatTrmnP. Iloai'SOnfiSS.
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Throat, CfOlip and
U :.u, n. fnrrf.
NO CURE. tSOPAY.
i les 50c. and $ t . TS'l BOTTLES FRE6
Brunswick Hi use and Restaurant
NEWLY Fl'BNISHEP SQ0M8
Meals at All Hours Open Day and Night
Prices Reasonable
Only First Class Restaurant in the City
CHAS CATTA, Prop.
Opposite Suspension Bridge OREGON CITY, ORE.
I POPE & CO.
I HEADQUARTERS FOR
Hardware, Stoves. Syracuse Chilled and Steel Plows,
t Harrows and Cultivators, Planet Jr., Drills and
Hoes, Spray Pumps, Imperial Bicycles.
PLUMBING A SPECIALTY
Cor. Fourth and Main Sts. OREGON CITY
:
The Flour
of the Family
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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.
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lamJjiiiiilfc.iiiiifr lit til. iHij.iMillli
'in i)flhmiimi;i,i'
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SHANK & BISSELL, Und ERTAKERS
ones4iianc! 304.
"'"V w 'TF"i)T"l"ff flliyliffi'"iian''ifii
CHARMAN
t Saves You Money:
c
Thre is not an item in the
money Dy getting it 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 most
expensive form of economy. Here you take no chances
everything is of the quality you want. That1 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.
SO EE E TiRYDAY PRI CES :
"BrOtttO Eax"ccste,co'ds Price, 25c.
and la grippe, a boy
To the users of BROMO LAX we are going to "ive a 1
G U Alt AXTKIH ) GOLD WATCH FREE.
Call and get particulars.
criAimAr & co.
City Drug Store, Cut Price Druggists.
Mail orders solicited
."5
GET YOUR
MONEY'S WORTH
Money we're so often told is the
root of all evil, ye; who of us have not
wished at times we might have a few
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 competition.
A. Robertson,
7th St. Grocer.
fl Min.1ili.iliiii,idlliii,i,iiai iH u,lti .nBi,rnllCt
We carry the only complete line
of Caskets, Coffins, Robes and
Linings in Ulackamas County.
We have the only Firs-t Class
Hearse in the County, which we
will furnish for less than can be
had elsewhere.
Embttlmirf? a Specialty.
Our prices always reasonable.
Satisfaction guaranteed .
Main St., Opp. Huntley's. , f
pi piuf if i y''iyf'i.ipiHiiCTin p.i. yn
Brown & Welch
i
PKOI'RIKTORS OF TflK
Seventh Street
Meat Market
A. O. U. W. Building
OREGON CITY, OREGON
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drug liue but that you can save t
Phone 13.