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OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1903.
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OREGON OITY, JAN. 2, 1903.
It has been said of the late Thomas
Nast that he caricatured Tweed into jail,
the Tammany judges off the bench,
David Dudley Field out of court and
Horace Greely to defeat and death.
Sbmatob Cullom'b trust bill has a most
in viting feature. It provides for the ap.
pointment of some 50 spies to watch the
trusts. With 50 new appointees, Mr.
Cullom can afford to risk the displeasure
oftbetruslB.
Tub approprietion of half a million
dollars to be distributed among such
lawyers as Attorney General Knox may
see fit to favor, appears to be about all
the trust legislation. Congress will
enact this winter. "
Postmaster Genetai Payne recom
mends that he be permitted to say what
are and what are not newspapers, and i'
would be easy for him, if so disposed, to
limit second class privileges to those
publications whose editorial policy con
formed with his vlewB.
Guatemala has boen reduced to woe
ful distress by the eruption of the Santa
Maria volcano. Great quantities of
coffee, wheat and corn haye been destroy
ed and the people lack means to buy
from foreign countries. If the
mountain had bsen n.imed after
Beelzebub instead of the holy Virgin it
could not have behaved worse.
Representative Gaines, of Tennessee
recently moved to amend a bill, admitt
ing some bonded tea tree from duty, by
removing the tariff on coal. "Will the
gentleman inform me what possible con
section there is between tea and coal?
asked Mr. Payne, sarcastically." "I
thought you might like a little coal to
warm your tea with," was the prompt
reply.
If we need a navy equal to Great
Britian's, why not a standing army
equal to Germany's ? Then, with several
hundred thousaud wage earners retnov
ed from their sphere of usefulness and
trained only in the art of cutting the
throats of their fellowmen, the remainder
of the wage workers can work oyer time
to support the soldiers and sailors and
their families.
A vesBel owner recently sailed from
.New York with wheat valued at $30,000.
In Great Britain he exchanged it for
cutlery which he carried to Brazil and
thore exchanged it for coffee. When he
returned to New York his coffee cargo
was valued at $20,000. The balance of
trade was $10,000 in favor of the United
States and the officials told the skipper
the country was $10,000 richer, but as he
had lost $10,000 on the transaction he
could not understand that method of
getting rich,
Thkhk are more than thirty million
acres of public lauds iu the state of Ore
gon, much of which is valuable either
for its timber mineral or for agricultural
purpose. All of this land which can be
utilized for any of these purposes will
oueday become the property of private
citizens, and whon that time comes the
population of Oregon will have more than
quadrupled and her wealth have
multiplied an hundred-fold. The follow
ing report shows the number of acres of
of public land now in this state: Ore
gon Cily land office district 098,409 acres ;
Koseburg, including Lane Douglas,
Jackson, Josephine, Coos and Curry
counties, 3,2S9,(i33; The Dalles, 4,296,
flL7 J La Grande, 5,078,815 ; Burns, 7,540,
109 ; Lakeview, 10,961,128. Not mention
ing the quality of much of this land,
desert aud mountain, there is plenty to
choose from. There are over thirty
million acres in all.
THE OLD AND THE NEW.
This issue of the Courier completes
the history of 1903 and begins that of
1903, The old year with all of its prom
ises, its hopes (and fears has passed into
the great beyond and is a memory, a
thing of the past. We can only now
view it in retrospection and view the
good we may have done or might
have done as we have or not
made the most d the opportuni
ties which came to our hands and the
things which the Lord gave to us to do.
The new year has much In prospect lor
all of us. In its womb there is much of
promise for this great Norsh western
country. For the undeveloped resources
of Oregon, for the upbuilding of Clacka
mas county for the betterment of the
civilization of the coast country. As
the sun sets on the old year it rises on
the new. Those things which were bad
in the old ought to be forgotten and
those things which were worthy and
good ought to be remembered and far.
nish an incentlye for better work in the
days that are to come. May we, one
and all, draw inspiration from the past
and make the new year the best of all
years for those things in life which are
worthy of emulation which make men
better, people happier and the country
more prosperous and her institutions
more stable.
FREE RURAL DELIVERY.
The cost of the rural mail service
ought not to prevent its extension.
About 13,000 carriers are now employed
and the superintendent estimates that
40,000 will be needed to make the ser
vice practically complete. The gross
cost of rural free delivery throughout
the country is estimated at 24 million
dollars. This will entail a deficit for
two or three years of from 8 to 10 mill
ions annually from 4 to 6 millions more
than last year's . But once the system
is completed the superintendent an
nounces that it will pay for itself, Bays
the Kansas City Star.
The question reduces itself to this :
Is it advisable for the government to ex
pend from 12 to 18 million dollars to
give the farmers free delivery with no
expectation of an immediate return on
the capital? It haa been the policy for
many years to keep the service devel
oped beyond the limit set by its reve
nues. The deficit has ranged from 4 to
9 million dollars within the last decade.
The extension of the rural delivery
would not increase it beyond what it has
often been. The failure of the depart
ment in jaying its way has caused no
complaint, however. The service has
been so satisfactory that nobody has ob
jected to the necessity for a government
grant. The only fault found has been
with the abuse of the second-class rate
privilege which has really caused the
deficit for the last year or two.
There is no reason why the question
of expense Bhould stand in the wav of
the perfection of the mail service. The
reduction of letter postage to a cent has
been urged in recent years. But most
persons will agree that it is better to im
prove the service at present than to
cheapen rates. The rural delivery has
proved thoroughly successful. It is no
longer an experiment. Its advantages
to the farmer are evident. It is a great
convenience and it keeps him in much
closer touch with the outside world than
it was possible for him to be without it.
The Initial cost of the system is small
compared with the benefits It will afford ,
The fact that it is expected to prove self
sustaining shortly is evidence that there
is a demand that warrants the expense.
The matter ought to receive the favora
ble consideration of congress.
UNITED WE STAND AND DIVIDED WE
FALL.
The Democracy of Clackamas county
and the state of Oregon and in fact the
Democracy of every Btate in all the
sisterhood of commonwealth ought,
with the beginning of the year 1903 read
the motto of the state of Kentucky and
adopt it aa their Shibboleth. "United
we stand divided we fall." The Demo
cratic party in the years gone by has
been wrecked undone, it-i armies scatter
ed, its forces rendered non effective, its
best efforts subverted by reason of the
fact that there was no party unity.
There has not been a time iu twenty
years that the Democracy of the Nation
did not have a majority of all the suf
frages of the people if all of the individual
members of the party would
vote as a unit for the same
platform, It is useless now, yes
worse than useless to recall the past, It
is but a history and a nightmare. It
may or may not serve aa a chastening
aud in that event prove a blessing. It
would be well in the beginning of the
yearl903 to let "The dead past bury
its dead" turn our faces to the future
and work with all our might for the best
interests of the great Democracy of the
country and that means working for the
best interest of the common every day
man, the man with a humble home,
the man who earns his right to liye by
theBweat of his face, the man who
supports his family and hij loved ones
by his daily toil. Let's get together.l it's
burrythe past, forget our differences
and all who love the flag, and who
would perpetuate Republican institu
tions, agree to stand once more as a
solid phalanx of Spartan soldiers in de
fense of houeat government, honest
politics, honest men and then and not
uutil then, will we win in every county
aud state of this broad land. "United
we stand divided we fall."
Bain the lyf Kind You Haw Always Bc
, .TMindYot
signature
of
'THE PROOF OF
There has been quite a good deal of talk occasioned by the Comma's com
ments on the delinquent tax list of Clackamas county as published in the Enter
prise. Many of the tax payers of the county do not understand how the list is so
much longer this year than it has ever been before. The Courier suggested last
week that the list had been padded.thatfs stretched out so as to make as many lines
as possible and thereby increase the cost of publication. We said also that the de
linquent tax list of Multnomah county as published in the Oregonian made only
three pages whereas the delinquent tax list ot uiackamaa county as pumisnea
makes ten pages, more than three times as much. It is very easy to see just how
it is done. In Multnomah county all lots in one block are described in one item
of four lines ; in Clackamas county it matterB not how many lots there are in and
block each one is set out separately and described by itself and it takes four lines.
If there are twenty lots in one block the description is repeated twenty times
making eighty lines of printed matter and
publication, whereas in Multnomah county
a whole, and four lines of space occupied ana tne cost at twentv-nve cents per
line is only $1.00. So the tax payer of the county has lost $11.00 on the
transaction and somebody is just that much ahead.
THIS IS THE WAY IT IS DONE:
TWENTY lfn AS ADVERTISED IN MULTNO
MAH COUNTY.
Hexter, H. L-Lots 1, 8, 4, S, , T, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 18,14, 15, 16, 17, 18J8, 20, block,
4, Meadow Park Addition H8 80
Cost of advertising twenty lots in Clackamas county at fifteen cents
per line $12 OO
Cost of advertising twenty lots in Multnomah coun'y at
twenty-five cents per line 1 OO
Multnomah county has ten times as many people as Chckamas county and
ten times as much wealth , In fact Portland and Multnomah are about half
of the state in wealth and population. It is presumed that they are advertising
their tax list according to law and it is not to be supposed for an instant that the
Oregonian is losing any gra't that is coming to it. The tax list in this county con
sidering its length could have been published at a much lower figure than it has
been, stretched to its present length, If a tax payer whose property has been ad
vertised for sale Bhould enjoin the collection of the cost of advertising his property
on account of its being excessive and wrongful he would no doubt succeed in his
contention, but the county through Its Board of Commissioners having made the
contract, and as it is of record, signed, sealed and delivered aud the copy for pub
lication has been properly certified to the publisher, the county will have to pay,
The contract for the county printing is let by the Board of County Commis
sioners and they pay the bills. The price of doing the work at fifteen cents per
line is not excessive. The trouble is that the list has been "stretched" until its
rn "Daddy wouldn't know it."
WANTED A MAN.
The Democratic party, and if not the
Democratic party, at least many of its
friends and all of its enemies, are cast
ing about aud looking around them to
discover the leader of the party in the
campaign of 1904, which is drawing
ulgh, as this is now 1903. It matters
little to the Courier, in the abstract,
who it may or shall be, as this paper
aud all it is or may become will support
the Democratic nominees and the Dem
ocratic platform of the year of our Lord,
1904, with a willing heart and a helping
hand. While this is true, it is well to
look around us and if not prognosticate
at least suggest in our humble way some
men who might be acceptable leaders
in that struggle, which is impending, of
labor against capital, brawn and brain
against greed, the many against the
few. It seems to us that the impossi
bility of the old leaders ought to be pat
ent to every one. 'Twould be folly to
name Bryan as the standard bearer
again. He was the young Achilles of
the last two fights. He made as gal
lant a leader of the right against the
wrong of the people against the increas
ing grasp of corporate and plutocratic
wealth as human mind and heart
could make. No political army in
the history of human government had a
more brilliant, able, aggressive and
manly leader than was W. J. Bryan to
the Democratic party in the last two
national struggles. Yet it would be
folly, yes worse than folly, to name
Bryan as the candidate in 1904, No one
THE PUDDING."
coating at lo cents per lines f 12 for the
the twenty lots would be described as
TWENTY LOTS AS ADEERTISED IN CLACKA
MAS COUNTY.
Shaw, Jm, W. Page 104, Hie 14, Bhaw's
Annex to Oregon uiiy, 101 1, diock ;
ruination S10. tax 80.38. DenaltT 0.03. in
terest 80.01 t .45
Shaw, Jas. W.Page 104, line 15, Shaw's
Annex to uregoni;iiy,otz,Diock:Taiu
ation $10: tax 80.3d. DenaltT $0.03. inter
est 80.04 M
Shaw, Jas. W.Page 104, 11ns 1, Shaw's
Annex to uiegon uity, lots, Dioca :
valuation 810: tax 80.38. Denaltv 80.03. In
terest 10.04 I .45
Shaw, Jas. W.Page 104. line '.11, Shaw's
Annex to Oregon Uity.lot 1, MOCK u; val
uation 810: tax 80.38. Denaltv 80.03. in
terest $0.04 S .44
Sharf, Jas. W.- Page 104, line 18, Shaw's
Annex to Oregon i;ity, lot 5, diook hj
valuation 10: tax 0.38. nenaltv $0.03.
interest 0.04 I .45
Shaw, Jas. W -.Page 104, line 19, Shaw's
Annex to Oregon City, lot 6,blook 9; val
uation 810: tax $0.38. Denaltv 80.30. In
terest 80.04 $ .40
Shaw, Jas. W.Page 101 line 20, Shaw's
Annex to Oregon City,lot 7,block 9 ; vahia
tax 0.38, penalty $0.03, inter-
.45
Shaw, Jas. W.Page 104, line 21, Shaw's
Annex to Oregon City, lot 8, block 9, val
uation 810; tax $0.38, penalty 10.03, inter
est 80.04 8 .45
Shaw, Jas. W.Page 104, line 22, Shaw's
Annex to Oregon City, lot 8, block 9,;
valuation 810; tax S0.38, penally $0.03, In
terest 80.04 8 .46
Shaw.rjas. W.Page 104, line 23, Shaw's
Annex to Oregon City,, lot 10, block 9;
valuation $10; tax 80.38, penalty $0.03
interest $0 01 $ .45
Shaw. Jas. W.Page 104, line 24, Shaw's
Annex to Oregon City, lot 11, block 9,
valuation $10; tax $0.38, petalty $0.03,
interest $0.04 0.45
Shaw, James W, Page 101, line 25,
Shaw's Annex to Oregon City, lot 12,
block 9; valuation $10; tax $0.88, penalty
$0.03, Interest $0.04 $ .45
Shaw, Jas. W Page 101, line 26, Shaw's
Annex to Oreeon City, lot 13, block 9:
vatuation $10; tax $0.38, penalty $0.03
interest $0.04 .45
Shaw, Jas. W.Page 104, line 27, Shaw's
Annex to Oregon City, lot 14, block 9:
valuation $10; tax $0.38, penally $0.03,
interest $0.04 $ .45
Shaw, Jas. W Page 104, line 28, Shaw's
Annex 2o Oregon City, lot 15, block 9;
valuation $10: tax $0,381 Denaltv $0.03,
interest 80 04 $ .45
Shaw, Jas. W.Page 104, line 29, Shaw's
Annex to Oregon Cltv, lot 14, block 9;
valuation $10; tax $0.38, penalty $0.03,
Interest $0.04 $ -46
Shaw, Jas. W.Page 105, line 1, Shaw's
Annex to Oregon City, lot 17, block d;
valuation 810; tax $0.39, penalty 10.08,
interest $0.04 f .45
Shaw, Jas. W.Page 105, line 2 , Shaw'B
Annex to Oregon City, lot 18, block 9;
valuation $10; tax 80.38, penalty 80.03,
interest $0.04 f " .45
Shaw, Jas. W.Page 1105, line 8. Shaw's
Annex to Oregon City, lot 19, block 9;
valuation $10; tax $0.38, penalty $0.03
interest $0.04 I .45
Shaw Jas. W.Page 105, line 4, Shaw's
Annex to Oregon City, lot 20, block 9;
valuation $10; tax $0.38, penalty $0.03,
interest $0 04 $ .45
knows that better than Bryan himself.
Tallyrand, the most versatile statesman
of the French revolution, and the first
empire, probed all of the depths of hu
man life and political ambition when he
said that "nothing succeeds like suc
cess." Bryan did not succeed. He was
right, but in this latter day the right
does not always at first succeed.
If Bryan is an impossibility, so is
Hill and Cleveland, Cleveland wrecked
the Democratic party in 1895-96. He
scattered its forces, dismembered its
army and abandoned it for the time to
route and ruin. He is again in the
Democratic ranks and we are glad of
it. But as a vote getter in 1904 he
would not carry a state in the Union.
Hill is little better. He sulked in his
tent at Woolferfs Roost, in 1S98, and
gave the party but a half-hearted sup
port in 1900. He has destroyed more
than his hands have ever built, or can
build in the few years that may be left
for him . The old leaders were all right,
"in their day and generation," but the
Democratic party is a live party and
ought to turn its face to the future and se
lect a leader againBt whom no man can say
aught. A I young man in years.actiya in
intellect, vigorous in strength, iwith
enough character to guarantee to the
American people that he will fulfil all
promises made.
Such a man is not hard to find. "The
woods are full of them." Such a man
is Chief Justice Parker, of New York,
who has twice carried that great state,
once in in 1897, and again in 1902, for
the distinguished office which he now
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kindness and courtesy to us and assure them that we shall do
our very best to please them,
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Complete stock of men's and boy's suits and overcoats.
The real up-to-date make, and patterns enough to
suit every taste at a price 20 per cent less in compari
son to any other store. You will be surprised to see
the good variety in ladies', men's and children's shoes,
sold all the way from 50c to $1 less on every pair than
any shoe store's prices. A convincing argament as to
our low prices is the prices quoted on the following
staples : Men's underwear, regular 50c and 75c value,
we sell for 37c; soft or stiff bosom shirts, regular $1
and $1.50 values, we sell for 60c and 75c; regular 25c
neckties we sell for 1 2c; regular 25c caps we sell
for 15c.
Portland Clothing House
Next Door to Harding's Drug Store
holds. His character is above reap
prjach, his years mature and he has
been a follower of his party in "All of its
trials and tribulations." Randolph
Heirst, of the New York Journal is
a young man who has blazed a broads
path in the history and politics of the
last few years. In strength of character,
breadth of convictions and scope of ac
tive usefulness he is the peer of any man
n all the land.
He is very rich, is the friend of the
"lowly and the oppressed," the defender
of the man who "earns his right to
live" in every part of the country. He
U a native Californian, of whom Califor
nia is extremely proud ; an adopted New
Yorker, whom New York sends to con
gress with the biggest majority ever
cst for any man in any district of that
state. He is a genius of labor, and toil
of brain and brawn. He has been true
to his party and to himself and is enti
tled to consideration.
Then there is J. W. Bailey, of Texas,
the rising star of the great Southwest.
Of course it may be and probably will
be impolitic to go south of the Ohio
river or Mason's and Dixon's line for a
candidate. He is one of the boys, He
comes out of the loins of the Lone Star
state the equal of any man in ability,
integrity and honor in all the land.
He is brilliant, he is sound, and there is
no Democrat, East.WeBt, North or South
but would do himself an honor to vote
for Bailey of Texas. There are others,
many other?. But at last it is not the
man so much as the issues upon which
the battle should be waged. Democrats
of the country should adopt as
their motto, the Motto of the etate of
Kentucky ,and all fight logether for com
1
Bros.
New Era, re.
mon cause, "United wa stand divided
we fall."
QRANT B. D1MICK
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Will practice in all Courts in ihe State, Cirenit
and District Courts ot the United States.
Insolvent debtors taken through bankruptcy.
Offloe in btevena Building, Oregon City, Or.
J. W. Nobbis, M. X). J. W. Poweix. M. D.
JJORRIS & POWELL,
Physicians and Surgeons.
Calls in city orcountry promptly attended
Office: 1,2,17,
Charman Bros. Block, Oregon City.
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