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UMflGON Oil? COURIER FRIDAY, MAY 15, 19C3 OREGON CITY COURIER Published Every Friday br BRECON CITY COURIER PUBLISHING CO J. IT. Wsktovfb, Editor and Biwltieso Manager K. Leb Wesiovkb, Local Kdii.')r. tntured In Oregon ILy Poetuffioe aa 2nd-clas matter SUBSCRIPTION BATES. Paid la advance, per fear 1 50 9tx months 75 Clubbing Rate. Oregon Ctty Courier and Weekly Oregonlan -12.25 Oresrou City Courier and Weekly Oourier- Journal - 2.00 Oregon Olty Courier aud Weekly Examiner.. 2.50 Orogun City Courier and the Cosmopoliuiu..- 2.25 DreguuCity Courip7 aud the Commoner S.UO f-The date opposite your address on the per denotes I he time to which you have paid . V.tuis notice I s marked your subscription Is due. OREGON OITY, M Y 15, 1903. The Sun Shines Bright in Oregon. The family in the White house is entertaining an uninvited guest the measles. The public is still waiting witli in terest to hear what President Roose velt has to say regardingthe "Iowa idea." t The President declares that we have kept our promises to the Phillipinos. Perhaps, but then we never promised much. Russia evidently intends to establish a Monroe Doctrine of her own in Asia and she lias a "stick" big enough to enforce it. George Gould says the present pros perity will continue twelve months longer. Just long enough, no doubt, t ) convince a certain class of republi cans that this party made the prosperity. The Pennsylvania "muzzle law" which practically destroys the liberty of the press, is a fair sample of the limits to which a Matthew Quay machine is willing to go to serve its own ends and perpetuate its own life. Postmaster General Payne strenu ously denied that Attorney General Tyner's resignition was evor de manded. And now it appears that it was not only demanded but that its demand was ordered by the President as far back as last March. Hermann's supporters insist upon the observance of the rule of the In terior Department, whereundor special investigating reports are kept seoret and confidential. Henoe, the text of Special Agent A. R. Greene's report filed last year with Secretary Hitch cock, relating to Mr. Hermann's ad ministration of the Land Office, can not be given to the world. LET MR. HERMANN EXPLAIN. It will be difficult to convince any reasonable person that Binger Her mann was not dismissed from the commissionership of the General Land Office under two charges : Por incompetency. For conduct unworthy of an officer of the government. The statements authorized by the administration since Mr. Hermann left Washington are proof evident that his business methods were inadequate to the proper handling of the affairs of the important department which was in his charge. His suocessor, Com missioner Richards, has effected rad ical improvement although he has been incumbent only a trifle more than three months. However embarrassing the allega tions of incompetency may b?,it is in. comparably more mortifying, or would be to most men of normal ethical con ceptions, to rest under the aspersion of having committed acts that were not consistent with the high duty en trusted to him. No word has come from him, nor any from his friends, as to the under lying causes that led up to his dis missal. Accused of gross mismanage- Some critics say the Washington Monument in Washington is not high art. They ought to be compelled to elimb it. Golf has loft the column of quiet isporta and joined the hair raising variety since it cured John D. Rocke feller's baldness. A fow more accidents in the navy and our naval olfioers will not know which end of the guns to point at the enemy in the nest naval conflict. SenatorJHoar uttered a very eloquent tribute to Thomas Jefferson, but then Senator Hoar never was in favor of the forcible Bubjoation of the Philipinos, If there be nothing in that special ment, charged with culpable' conduct, report that is discreditable to Mr. I he has permitted the allegations to Hermann, then his own supporters , pass unchallenged, r , : themselves should bring it out and pub lish it broadcast. It will be most excel lent material wherewith to refute alle gations made against Mr. Hermann's efficiency or even integrity as Com missioner of the General Land Office. Is it a tact, or is it a dream, that the Presidont, ouly five mouths ago, recommended a tariff revision commis sion to Congress as a practical remedy for trust evils? Apparently the Now Yorkers find the minature cyclones produced by the "Flatirou Building" so eutertian ing that thoy are going to build an other. Senator Piatt and Governor Odell Lave had thoir annual fracas but it is not likely that either can afford to fall out when there is a national elec tion at hand. CASE GOES BY DEFAULT. It is not abuse to call in question tho acts of an American official. No I divinity "doth hedge him around." He stands in the open glare of publi city, and it is proper at any time that the searchlight of inquiry should be turned full upon him. If, finally, that light reveals facts that appear to dis credit him as to efficiency or integrity, it is compoteut to ask him to explain. In the case of Binger Hermann, can didate for congress, specific allogaions have been made, which have been sub stantiated from the records. And the only reply that has been made by his supporters is to make a general denial that there can be any thing questionable in Mr. Hermann's eareer. This is not enough. Lamontablo as the fact may be, officials have beon known to turn a public office into a "private snap" when it should have been a "public trust. " One particular allegation is that Often this is good policy, even for a guilty man. But, in the present in stance, the people want to know just why he was dismissed. They naturally want an explanation. Mr. Hermann is a candidate for the people's suf frages. He aspires to be retained in publio office, the air of which he has breathed for a quarter of a century. He proposes that the people of Ore gon invest him with the robes of authority io stand in Congress and speak for them on publio issues. What manner of man is it who thus aspires? What account can he give of his most recent stewardship? Has he been faithhful? Has lie been com petent ? Was he or was he not guilty of gross ignorance and gross misconduct? These questions are pertinent at this time. They must be answered. If Mr. Hermann has beon unjustly ac cused, then let the accused man stand forth in the dignity of injured in nocency and hurl back into the teeth of his detractors the defense of one whose official life may safely be dis cussed by himself. If Mr. Hermann has been unright eously attacked by his own Republi can associates, then let him say why and how. If he has deserved what has come to him, in the form of charges, then let the lash of publio Largest Clothiers in the tlortbwest Corner Tourthand Itlorrlson Streets Men's Summer Apparel Mr. Hermann acquired between 8000 and 4000 acres of publio land, between COU(jemnation be laid on his back. uunng gmjjj iaan cannot be too sharply wielded. As there were no newspaper men with tho President in tho Yellowtone Parkjthore.is nojreasou why the story of Jiis adventures are not be veritable "'shilling shockers." A Milwuukiewoiu.au has named hor jliild "Theodore Roosevelt Henry OlayJfPayne Brandonburg. " Is this otjacaso for tho'Sxiioty for the pre vention of cruolty to children? Tho President's courtesy to tho lab or unions has offended the oasten cap italists and the Prosidont must take a back track or they will throw their support to sumo other candidate. Tho war department is about to ox- pe.ud $11)0,000 in tho consruetion of a f(iiu carriage. This is but another evi dence of the fact that this administra tion iN running mad with militarism. It islioped that the Alaskan scandal which involvosa number of Army ollloorsjis not a sample of what will occur almost daily when the United States Lets to Ihuilding the Panama caunl. Tho New Jersey trolley lines havo just born absorbed bv tho "holding company with a capital off 250,000,000. Tliey(liiiolJseein(o bo badly fright inodby theNorthern Securities decis ion. A traveler who has just returned from Pompeii says that us tho excavations proceed it is found that the Pompeiians had houses fitted witli modern plumb nig inul, iu fact,' "all modern im provenionts. ' ' The public is beginning to wonder if a strenuous President neeossirily moans an aggregation of weak men iu thtJ Cabint. Moody, Payne, Hitch- ock. and Wilson are all uionuuioutal u that line. President Baer defies tho Interstate OOTjuuerco Commission to prove that Int companies, tney are legion, are breaking the law by owning coal miry is and operating railro ids at one aud (ho same time. If, howover, tho Commission provos that tho companies are within the law it will be a stop iu the right direction. It will demon strate the necessity ! revising the -?r . March 1871 and April 1873, which time he was Receiver of the United States Land Office at Rose burg ; that Soction 452, United States Revised Statutes, explicitly prohibits such an official "from directly or in directly purchasing or becoming in terested in the purchase of any of the publio lands, and that any person who violatos this section "shall forthwith be removed from office;" and that, persuaut with this federal statute, Mr. Hermann was removed from the Re ceivership in April, 1873, when he had served but one month longer, than half his tonn. The allegation that he acquired the land is substantiated by a certificate signod by J. O. Booth, Reoeivor of the Rosoburg Land Office, such certificate being furuishod by him upon demand from citizons of Rosoburg, and given by Roceiver Booth, under compulsion of his official duty. Tho fact of his acquiring tho land, while an officer of tho land office, was unlawful is substantiated, simply by quoting from tho federal statutes, Section 453, tho substance of which is quoted previously in this article, and is made applicable in the statute to ' ' tho olllcors, clerks and employes in tho General Land Office." "In Land Office Docisions," volumes 10 and 11, are tho records of cases tried before tho government in which it is explicitly settled that tho pliraso "the officers , tho clerks and omnloves in tho General Land Officii, " refers to all officers, clerks and omnloves in such local land offices as the Rosoburg office. These decisions were rendered years before Mr. Hermann's term of officii, and stood as tho well known law. In a code of law, when charges are brought against an individual, tho prosecutor must first lmtke specific allegation, an then adduce his testi mony, after which he rests his case. It is then competent for tho defonso to introduce its testimony, which being done.tho prosecution then has tho right 10 tho ear of tho jury and then the case is submitted to them for thoir verdict. Iu the present instance, before a jury of 40,000 voters, the charge has boon made against Mr. Hermann, and tho evnleuoo submitted. The jury of the people await tho introduction of tho testimony by tho defense, Let it bo remembered that failure oh tho part of the defense to appear in court aud answortho charges that have been made is construed by the court as admission ofEguilt'and judg ment is rctiderod agaiust the defendant by default. lAKis Mr. nermann; propose to IcriliMhis case to go by default? Heavyweight garments cannot be discarded too quickly. It's time to don the summer suit. There's only one safe course to follow. Buy your Clothing where the reliability of the fabrics and the cor rectness of the workmanship are backed by the guar antee of a responsible firm. Outing Suits . . . . in single or double breasted and Norfolk styles, made of homespun, serge flannel and tropical worsted materials and equal to Portland best custom tailor work. $10, $12.50, $14.50, $15, $16.50, $18 . Men's Medium-weight Suits and Topcoats extreme and conservative styles $10 to $35 We're headquarters for straw and Panama hats and furnishings for men---boys, too ' -"Ml AO OREGON CITY. Oregon City is one of the busies little towns in the world. Then, too, it is not as small a town as one might infer from the reading of the oensus report of 1900. Within three miles of the court house in this boautiful city there are 10,000 people. They are all busy and industrious and the city itsolf presents ono vast beehive in which there are no droans and every one is working for the health a id happiness that the future holds in store for them. Here three thousand people are earning wages and good wages at at that. Here every line of industry is prosperous and the people are coii tontod aud happy. Boiieath the r.mr and rush of the Willamette river the Willamette Pulp & Paper mills turns out daily -eighty tons of newspaper that not only supplies practically all of the newspapers on tho coast with white news but woekly makes largo shipments to Australia. Tho Crown Paper Mill located in close touch to tho lllametto turns out tons, of tnanilla aud wrappii g papers tuid bagging paper every day. Botwoeu tho owners of tin so ningnifi lent properties and the labor that keeps in motion their mighty machinery tho best of feeling exists. The Port land General Electric Company sup plies the light and power that lights tho great cities of Portland, Oregon City and all tho adjacent suburbs. It also furnishes tho power that drives the trolley lines, and motor cars in this end of the valley. The enlight ened management of this magniflcont property has made of it a power plant second to but ono other power1 and light plant in the world. The Oregon City woolen mills have for thirty and more years given employment to from 200 to 500 peoplo and turned the raw material of this valley into woolen goods that havo found a ready market iu every part of the world Jand the Portland Flouring Mill, which has boeu a fixture iu this city for well on to half a century, ships its goods to every land where white bread is the "staff of life," aud this week alone it is making a shipment of 5,000 barrels of flour to tho Orient. These are a few of the material things that have made of Oregon City the third largest and best city between San Francisco and the bound- ttry line of "BrTt isltT!olumbia. Accord ing to tho last census we are only credited with 3,909 people. Upon that basis Oregon City is the busiest place of its size in the world. It inanufac tures more goods, 'converts more raw material, employs more' labor and pays its labor better than any other city of less than 4,000 that American gonius and Yankee pluck has buildod on this continent. It is not only in its material wealth that Oregon City deserves to be noticed. Its social life is equal to its creative and active business life. Its two fine schools within the city limits and four others within a radius of two miles, its twelve churches with thoir large congregations of Godly aid active Christian works, its t .velve nreachers who each works in his own way to save the lost sheep and who each week preach to their flock as able sermons upon Christian life and duty as one can hear anywhere. Its fourteen secret benevolent socie ties iii which much of the social life of the city abounds. Its business in ' stitutious and social life are the equal 1 of tho best that can be found in any laud. Its people are cosmopolitan aud bohomian to a remarkable extent. They are b'rond mindod and generous to thestranger within thoir gates. Be it remembered thi't Oregon City is in tho heart of the Willamette Valley, that it is 13 miles from Portalud, 185 miles from Seattle, T."i(i miles from San Francisco, ii.O.iO miles from .New York, 8,i!00 miles from London and 10,000 miles from the Orient. When coming this way stop ana wo wiu pledge you a toast iu Good Willam ette water, "There may be better people but we have nofmet them." TREASURER'S NOTICE. I now have money to pay county war rants endorsed prior to Nov. 1st, l'JUO also road warrants endor-ed prior to March Ut. 1903. interest will cease on such warrants ou the date of this notice Oregon City Oregon, May 15th, 1903. r.NOS Uahill, treasurer, 2t Ulackhtnas cotinfy Ore, Wagons, buggies, carnages mowers rakes, binders at Fairclough Bros. & Co, Card of Thanks. We, the wife and children of Joseph Froniong, deceased, desire to express our thanks to the many friends and neighbor and to the A. O. U. W., D. of H. and the K. of P. of Oregon City for their kindness and attention duriug the last illness, death and interment of our dearlv beloved husband and farther. Mrs Joseph Fromono and Family. Dance at Damascus. There was a dance at Ritiau's hall at Damascus Saturday evening. Musie for the occasion was furnished ty Frank and Percy Norton, assisted by Mrs. F, Norton. Oystenand ice cream were served. The dance was successful from every point of view. HOW MANY CHILDREN IN .".' ' OREGON ARE GOOD GUESSERS Wc m Being to Eivt Seventy Dollars in the form of cash prizes to find out what child ch' give the best reason why Eilers Piano House can sell pianos as it does, at fiom $100 to $150 less than any other dealer on the Coast. The 1st prize is $25 cash. The 2d prize is $20 cash, The 3d prize is $10 cash, The 4th prize is $5 cash, The 10 next are each $1 cash This offer appears in the newspapers all over the state, and, of course, every boy and girl who rtiads it want to show what a good guesser he is. So read the questions we give and our advertisement in another part of this paper. They will help ycu. If you do not just exactly understand anything, ask some older person about it. Then sit down and write your own conclusions yourself and send them to us, Is there any difference between selling iu large qualities and small quantities ? Can a dealt r afford to make better prices in one case than in another, and if so in which case? Does it pay to ship pianos and organs in car load lots, and if so, why ? Is it more economical to ship in boxes ? Does this save in weight, and if so, what difference does it make ? Many bright and interesting letters are coming in, and not a single child in Oregon wants to miss the opportunity of winning a prize. We want to hear from you all. The gentlemen who have kindly consented to act as judges of the contest are Mr. C J. Owen, Managing Editor of the Evening Telegram, and Mr' Thomas Milbum, of the Advertising Department of the Oregonian. They will select a third from among the business men of Port, land whose name will be announced next week. Contest closer May 31st, i9o3. ChiWren i6years old and younger, are el gible Letters must not contain over a hundred words. EILERS PIANO HOUSE, Washington St. Corner Park, PORTLAND, OREGON We want to Know