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OREGON CITY, OREGON, y FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1903
20th YEAR, NO.
17
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COMMERCIAL BANK
of OREGON CITY
CAPITAL $100,000
Transacts a general banking business
Makes loans and collections, discounts bills
buys and sells domestic and foreign exchange
and receires; deposits subject to check.
Open from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
V. C. liATOrBETTK, F. J- Mktm
N. GREENMAN
THE PIONEER EXPRESSMAN
(Established 1866)
Prompt delivery to all parts of the city
OREGON CITY
OREGON
HOT TIME COMING.
fl D, & D.,0. LATCURETTE
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Commercial, Eeal Estate and Probate law
Specialties
Office In Commercial Bank Building .
OREGON CITY OREGON
SENATORIAL FIGHT GROW
ING INTERESTING
AND THE FUN
HAS JUST
BEGUN.
"The Dark Horse" Judiciously
Concealed in the Bach
Ground is Groomed
ard Leady.
Tha Senatorial Fight Absorbs More Inter
est Than All Other Matter Combined.
DR.
GEO. HOEYE
DENTIST
All work'warranted and satisfaction guaranteed
Crown and Bridge work a specialty
Canfleld Building
OREGON CITY , BM0N
EH. COOPER, -
Natibt Public.
Eeal Estate and Insurance, Titles Exam.
ined, Anstracis imuuo,
cncrpn. Etc.. Drawn.
Boom 16, Garde B'd'g. Oregon City, Orf.
E i. sus
dialeb IN
BATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY
Silverware and Spectacles
CAM ORKGON
J E. HAYES
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Stevens Bnlldlng, oppBank of Oregon City
OBIGON CITS
OREGON
QRANT B. D1MICK
AtTOBNKY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
WIU nraelloe in aTl Crmrts In Hie State, Circuit
and Distrlet Courts of the United States.
Insolvent debtors taken through bankruptcy.
, Offlae in GardalBuildlng, Oregon City, Or.
Geo.
T. HOWARD
NOTARY PUBLIC
EEAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
At Rod Front Court Home Block
OREGON CITY
OREGON
flk 0. STRICKLAND, M. D. -
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
iw an Un-To-Date General Practice
Special attention given to surgery and diseases
7th and Main Sts,
OREGON
Office In Garde Building,
OREGON CITY,
J.W.Nootis.M.D. J.W.POWBXL.M.D.
JJORRIS & POWELL,
Physicians and Surgeons.
alia in city or country promptly attend ed
Garde Building, Oregon City.
JJ F. CAUFIELD
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER
All Work Warranted
Watches that others have failed to make
run property especially suuuku.
Main Street, - Opposite Huntley's
OREGON CITY. OREGON.
QSTEOPATHY
DR. C. D. LOVE
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN
Braduate of American School of Osteopathy,
KlrkKVllle, Mo. , ..
HiipcMiafullv treats both acute and chronio ais
" eases. CalUor literature.
Consultation and Examination Free.
1 1 to 12 A.M.
Office Bours: J no 4 P.M.
iOr by appointment at any time.
imKn. and 5. Stevons Building, Main Bt
OREOOlf CITY, OBKOOK.
JJOBERT A. MILLER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
O. D. EBY, NOTARY.PUBLia
m I r..n( VAtI rrlf .Till mid. TllOTlBV lOflTlfld
titles examined and abstracts made eash paid for
eounty warranto. uu
court business and Insurance.
BOOH 8, WXIMHABD BDHDINO
OREGON CITY. - - - - OREGON,
o.
JJREN
ScHDiBUi W. B. TJ'BEN
4 SCHUEBEL
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
' iDtutfditt Sltioolalr
WiH'vraotioe Tin all courts, make collections
and settlements of estates, furnish abstracts of
title, lend too money and lend your money on
frst mortgage. Omca In Enterprise ballding.
OREGON CITY OREGON
Choicest Meats
AT
R. PetZOldS Meat Market
Salem, February. 6, 1903.
To tha "looker on" and the unsophis
ticated this has been an . uneventful
week in the Oregon Legislature. Day
after day and night after night the same
program his been enacted. The little
fellows as well as the bit; fellows have
come before the foot-lights made ttieir
bew to the dear people and retired with
grace and decency. No Senator has
been elected at the hour at which these
lines are written. No Senator will be
elected for days to come if the signs of
the times are lived up to. It is as hard
to prognosticate, however, what an Ore
gon Legislature will do from day to day
as it is to predict with acenracy when
we will have a clear day in Oregon this
winter. The indications now are that
the deadlock will continue indefinitely
and that the "dark horse" will be trot
ted out, groomed and- ready for the race
during the closing days of the session.
There is much speculation as to who tne
dark horee will be. There are at least a
dozen members of the house and Senate
who have their lightning roods up ready
to be sacrificed if the dear people make
the call. Fulton has evidently reached
tbe maximum of his strength, Geer is
an impossibility, Bourne is only Flotsam
and Jetsam of the political tide up to
this hour, .button ought to win. He is
entitled to win. If there was a caucus
of the Republican party he would win
But there is tne rub. There win he no
caucus, in the mean time while the
members of G. O. J?, are wrestling with
their friends and enemies the Demo
crats have with decency and becoming
regularity caBt their votes for the candi
date of their choice, Mr. Wood. It is
to be hoped that they will keep this up
to tne end. While they have no chance
to win it is a good sign, an omen of the
good times coming" to see all Demo
crats standing together and voting day
after-day and . week after week for a
Democratic candidate. When Demo
crats cease to make nnwholy trades and
unholy alliances and keep in the middle
of the road something is going to hap
pen one of these days.
Tbe Smith bill which seeks to compel
all patent medicines cold in this state to
carry upon their label the formlua of
the drug contained in the bottle has
awakened the makers of this kind of
goods from Maine to California. The
members of the Legislature are striking
pretty hard at this meritorious indus
try of selling bottled rain water and poke
berry juice to the credulous public. If
a maker of this kind of goods, cure alls,
must perforce sell with each bottle he
puts on tbe market a prescription, by
which any and every druggist in the
state can make the same goods as cheap
and possibly a great deal better, it ends
tbe business in this great state. The
country newepapers of the state have
been deluged with telegrams from the
makers of these goods during the past
week asking that something be done to
stop the Li itiMatiire in its mad career.
We ought not to be cut off from our pat
ent medicine?. We have beeu buying
Paine's Celery Compound, Dr. Hall's
Catarrh cure, and John Smith's corn
remedy since 1870. and we would not be
deprived of these household comforts in
our old age.. Mr. Legislator go slow
You are treading on doubtful if not holy
ground. We know our riglits, the peo
ple are with with us, we propose to pro
tectour right to bay any kiud of a pat
ent cure-all m any market or this Btate
where we can get the biggest promise
tor our money.
The Suavest and Sweetest spoken
man in either house of the Legislature
Senator Brownell from the
cuunty of Clhckamas, the big
gest and best comity in (he state. Me
is presiding over the deliberations of the
beuate with becoming dignity and
pushing business along as fast as tbe ne
ceesities of the case demand. President
Brownell s woi ds are sweet as honey and
as pleasant as the scent ot ottarof roses,
There is not a man in the state who calls
upon the benator from Oregon City and
tells him what he wants but goes away
feeling that he owns 4 bout half of the
city oibalem, that be lies a proprietary
interest in aometning line naif of t e
state house, lie treads on air and builds
castles that are doomed to fall again
Brownell may be as big a scamp as some
oi niB constituents Bi ggest that he is
but he likes along ways of being a fool
He is tbe easiest man in Salem to get to
and will make you more promises than
all of tbe other members of both houses
combined. .
The best looking man in either house
from a stand point of pure pulchritude
is Representative Huntley, of Oregon
City. Representative Huntley is mak
ing a first class member to and is well
liked by all of his fellow workers.
About tbe only main thing that yon can
say about Huntley, and God knows that
is as bad as it can be, is that be is a Re.
publican. But "the tree will grow as
twig was bent," and if Huntley had half
a chance when be was a boy he might
have been a Democrat. W ho knows ?
An amusing episode occurred Wed
nesday morning during tbe debate
which preceded the passage of the House
bill for transferring the county seat of
Union county from the town of Union
to La Grande.
Malarkey of Multnomah championed
the bill and made a vehetnt nt argument,
saying that 2,500 of Union county's 3000
voteis had petitioned the Legislature to
pass the bill.
"We have no right to ignore such an
expression of the will of the people ol
Union connty," declared Mala k y.
Roll was called on the passage of tbe
bill and when the name of Kay of Mar
io" was reached he roseani said:"!
should like to ask the gentleman from
Multnonah whether he always obferyes
tha- expiessed wishes of bis constitu
ents?" Kay's obvious reference was to the
popular exresHon last Jtne for Geer
for senator which is being ignored by
the Multnomah delegation, and there
was a burst of laughter at Malarkey's
expanse.
The Senate has passed the loiiowmg
bills:
House Bill No. 8, ammenling the ex
isting code relative to wire fences east
of the Cascade mountains.
House Bill No. 47,making the salaries
of ptate officers gmnishable for debt.
House Bill No. 155, to amend the
charter of Albany.
Senate Bill No. 185, to amend the
charter of Roseburg.
St nate Bill No 86, providing for as
sistance to the Oregon Historical So
ciety. Senate Bill No. 120, for restricting the
ne sta te.
Senate Bill No. 35, lor the purifica
tion of all pictures and books.
Senate Bill No. 176, to amend the
charter of Union, Ore.
The following House bills, all local
in their nature, have passed the Senate:
11, 43, 75, 80, 76.
Lawyers and (he law wera the
principal factors before the com
bined Senate and House committees on
railways Monday evening, there was
an array ol legal talent alone on the one
band and of the laboring men assinted
by legal talent on the other. Dr. W. T.
Smith presided. W. W. Cotton repre
sented the O. It. &. N. Oo, and W. D
Fenton was before the commitees in the
interests of the Southern Pacific. The
Uolumbia Southern had Wallace Mo
Oamant on the scene, and Superintend
ent Koehler of the O. R. & N. Southern
Pacific, respectively, were interested
listeners Irom the corporations' side. C.
C. Louks. a brakeman. and Judge Ben
nett spoke for the workingmen .' The
question discussed was Senate Bill No
26 and House Bill No. 74, companion
measures for the betterment of servant
conditions in railroad employ. It was
tbe much-mooted fellow servant prob
lem, and a great deal was said both pro
and con. The aim of these bills is to
enable employes to recover damages
from the company they serve when fel
low servants are to blame for injuries
administered and received, Although
many of the remarks were of a personal
character and Mr. Cotton and Judge
Bennett engaged in a lively tilt, good
feeline prevailed and members of the
committees expressed themselves as
ranch edified.
H. O. Van Dusen, master fish war
den, has filed his report for last month
with the Secretary of State. The re
ceipts from licenses issued during tbe
month amounted to ?b7", ana aisourBe-
mentswere S782.67, of which 1629,17
was against the Hatchery Fund. The
report includes a statement of the work
done as the various hatchery Btatlons.
The Associated Press bill, now in the
hands of the Senate committee on ju
diciary, is quiie the chief topic of con
sideration -nd sentiment in its tavor is
steadily gaining ground despite the vig
orous campaign that is being waged
against it by a number of hired lobby
ists and by Senator Henry McGinn.
BIG STEAL m ORE.
GIGAS1IC
POSED
SCHEME EX
AT BAKEB
cirr.
Mines 100,000 Short.
STRUCK OIL.
WHILE DIGGING A WELL ON
the ho wlett dona'
ton claim.
Laborers Make a Find Which
May Frove of Great Value
to Oregon City and
Clackamas County.
One day last week some men were en
paired in digging a well on the Hewlett
place, a couple ol mues northwest ot una
city, when they struck a fluid which
did not appear to be water. An exami
nation revealed the fact that it was a
a very fine Quality of oil, unrefintion re
veiled tbe tact that it was a very fine
Quality of oil. unrefined, it is trun, but
of great value if it existed in auy great
Quantities.
The men immediately notified the
owner of the land of the find and had an
investigation made which was eutirely
satisfactory. The oil is no dou.it of a
fine Quality and it is believed to ex
ist in anv great many Quantities
The men immediately notified the
owner of the tand of the find and had
an investigation made which was en
tirely satisfactory. The oil is no donbt
of a fine Quality and it is believed to ex
ist in large Quantities. If such be tbe
case it will be one of the richest finds
made in Clackamas connty in many a
long day and may be the means of mat
in? some immense fortunes.
The Minnesota Oil Company, whose
headnnarters are at St. Paul. Minn.
have had an agent on the ground . look
ing over the situation, and they have a'i
ready maue a proposition to iea.se mo
land. Just what steps will be taken to
wards tbe development ol tne land
Baker City, Or. On of the largest
ore-stealing schemes ever carrird out in
the Northwest was exposed at Baker
City last week.
I he thieving had been apparent for
some time, and three mouths ago tbe
manager of the Columbia secured a de
tective, who has unearthed the woi k of
an organized gang, who, during the past
three years have stolen gild ore to the
amount of $100,000.
The lending mines of linker Uounty
have suffered through the work of the
thieves, and could tbe whole story be
told it is thought the sum stolen would
exceed the estimate.
One miner is in cuttouy, and other ar
rests will follow.
Part of the stolen ore has been lo
cated in Portland. . ,
Tbe arrest of Peter Peterson, a miner
in the employ cf the Columbia mine at
Bourne, near the city of Sumpter, today,
brings to light the most gig.mtic ore
thieving scheme in tbe mining annals
of the West. Peterson is charged with
taking 150 pounds of ore from the Co
lumbia mine, which he sold in Sumpter
for $10 a pound. A bout 40 pounds of
this ore was recovered by the officers
making the arrest, and is now in the
possession of the Bheriff of this county,
and is easily worth from $50 to $60 per
pound .
About three months ago Frank S.
Bttillie, manager of the Columbia mine,
became suspicious of some of the miners
working in his mine, and be employed a
detective from San Francisco, who spent
three months in the mine and discovi rod
that iheie was an o-ganized gang of
thieves who have been' at work for past
three years stealing ore from the Colum
bia, North Pole, Red Boy, Golconda,
Bonanza. Psyche and other mines. Tlmy
sold the ore at tht uniform price of $10
per pound, regardless ot the assay
value. The ore takeo is what is known
as specimen ore, that ii used by jewel
ers and lapidaries for jewelry and orna;
mental purposes.
It is estimated that the ore taken
from tbe Columbia mine alone is worth
$10,000. and tbe lowest estimate placed
on the specimens taken from all the
mines is $100,000 . The specimens were
sent all over United States. At the
present time there are 300 pounds known
to be in Portland. There is a bo a lot in
San Francisco. Warrants are out for
six more men, and the officers hope to
capture several more within tne. next z
hours.
So far it is known that there was an
organized gang of trusted men three at
the Colombia, two at tbe North Pole
aud one at the Red Boy who have been
engaged in the systematic robbery of
the rich mines, in an oi tnese mioeB
the miners often run across fabulously
rich one in small pockets. The detec
tive discovered that the men would pur
loin a few choice samples when tney
came on snitt, especially at. nignt.
These samples were cached away until a
favorable opportunity came to dispose of
thim. The mmeowners ana (tracers
claim to be in possession of evidence
which will show through what source
these samples found their way to mar
ket. ...
Person's arrest was procured througn
the rjurchase of a rich lot of samples by
: , - - i i .
Hairy T. tienuryx, a mining uroner v
Sumpter, who was acting for the miue
owners, and purchased over 100 pounds
of ore, for which he paid iu per pouuu.
One of the leading mining managers
sajs that if he wanted to procure- a
specially rich specimen of ore from the
mine he was obliged to go into the
specimen market and purchase it.
The specimen aeaiers insin mat tney
had no means of telling if specimens
were stolen : therefore they bought all
that was offered. The mining men are
preparing to show that specimen experts
are able to tell from what mine each
specimen comes. A test was made at
Sumpter yesterday, when a number of
marked samples irom uinereiit mmes
were miugled' together and an old miner
called in to separate and clarify them.
He picked out every piece and named
the mine from which it came, it is
known that Moss, a Portland lapidary,
and All ert Ftldenheimer, a manuiac.-
taring jeweler, putcbastd lrg3 quanti
ties of the ore.
The mineowntrs saj that the Port
land dealers purchased the samples in
good faith, not knowing they werestolen,
Lately they have been keeping track of
the specimens and the mine from which
they came, A large lot of pppcimens
hat been lent to Simpson or Simpson
Bros., San FrancUco. Most of the ore
was' sent from Sumpter end from this
c ty by expreps. It is quite well e.tab
lisbed from estimates made during the
past three months that mines named
have lost over- $100,000 by the thefts,
yet it is believed that if the truth was
known it would exceed this figure. Tbe
mining men are determined to break
up this unlawful traffic, and tonight it
is hinted that the biggest sensation Is
yet to come. The whole mining com
munity is in ferment tonight over the
day's developments.
E ection of Officers of Hose Co.
No. 3.
On last Tuesday night Hose Co. No. 3
etected officers for the next year : P. t
Finnucan, Pres'dent; Clarence Brnner,
Foreman; O. E. Nash, First Assistant;
E. Grasier, Second Assistant; W. J.
Wilson, Treasurer ; B. M. Doolittle, Sec
retary. William J. Wilson was placed
in nom nation for Chief of the fire de
partment of Oregon City. Mr. Wilson
is the present Assistant Engineer of the
fire department and a splendid good fel
low and will be a bard man to beat lor
the place. He would certainly make a
good chief.
. For Sale.
Five dozen White Wyandottes in one
lot price for immediate sale ; cheaper
than raising.
Box 348, uregon Uty.
OASTOIIIA.
Beanfh Ilie Kind Vcii Have Always Bougjit
Signature
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THE OLD RELIABLE
0M
Absolutely Purer
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
We Want Your Trade
at Harris Grocery
And are going to make special induce
ments to close buyers
Cash and Small Profits is Our Motto.
J. W. COLE,
Fine Whiskies and Cigars
All goods bought in bond. Furity and quality guaranteed
SOME FAMOUS
OLD BRANDS
James E. Pepper, Kentucky Burbon
Old Sam Harris Kentucky Bourton
v OldRoxbury Rye . ,; .
Cor. Railroad Ave. and Main St.
i Wilson Cooke
HAVE JUST RECEIVED
A LARGE SHIPMENT OF
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we are not informed, but it is a safe tr isting M a
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that any one
Anr L. Ulouser. win ao
proposition to wager that if oil exists in
paying quantities that wells will be
drilled at an early date.
County Treasurer's Notice.
I now have money to pay road war
rants endorsed prior to June 14th, 1902.
Interest will cease on warrants
included in this call on the date of ,
this notice.
EjnCAniLL.Treas.
CWtuSfias County, Or.
DateJ this 5th day of Feb,, 1903.
ao at their own I n, for I wil' not be re
sponsible for any bills she may contract.
John Cloubkb.
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AND EXTRAS ;
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Also Harrows, Cultivators and Seeders g
WE ALSO CARRY
Stoves, Tinware, Hardware, Cutlery, Woodchoppers'
and Loggers' Supplies
We have also added to our stock, a large shipment
' of STEEL ENAMELED WARE. Lisk's g
anti-rust Tinware.
Jit Prices tfat Cannot be Duplicated in tbe City g
Wilson & Cooke 9
$ 0
To Cure a Cold in One Day
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tabids, a
' 1 u t- ttlwAHtka
Seven Million poxes soia m pt
Cures drip
In Two Days.
Oft every
box. 25c. f