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OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21 1903
NO. 18
21st YEAR
PROFESSIONAL.
Dr. John Welch Dr. Louia A. Morris
yELCH & MORRIS
DENTISTS
Dr. Welch in personal Attendance at the
office on Wednesday of every week.
Office next door to Courier building
OREGON CirY, OREGON
J)R. GEO. HO EYE
DENTIST
All work warranted and satisfaction guaranteed
Crown and Bridge work a specialty
Canfleld Building
OREGON C1TT ' OBEGON
Jt 0. STRICKLAND, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON .
Does an TJp-To-Date General Praotlce
Special attention given to surgery and diseases
oi women.
Office In Garde Building, 7th and Main St'
OREGON CITY. ORF.GON
J. W. Norms, M. I). J. W. Powell. M.
JJORRIS & POWELL,
Physicians and Surgeons.
Calls in city or country promptly attend ed
Garde Building, Oregon City.
QSTEOPATHY
DR. C. D. LOVE
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN
Graduate of American 8chool of Osteopathy,
Kirksvtlle, Mo.
Successfully treats both acute and chronlo dis
eases. Call lor literature.
Consultation and Examination Free.
Office Hours:
iOr by appointment at any time.
Booms No. 4 and 6, Stevens Building, Main St
OREGON CITY, OBEOOM.
0. BCHUEBEL W. 8. TJ'REN
JJREN & SCHUEBEL
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
, ffieutfcfiet SIbDoIot
Will oraotioe 'In all courts, make collections
and settlements of estates, furnish abstracts of '
title, lend von money and lend your money on
first mortgage. , Office in Enterprise building.
OREGON CITY OREGON
c.
D, & D. C. LATCTJRETTE
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Commercial, Real Estato
rotate our
special
Office in Commercial Ban ..uildlng
OREGON CITY
OREGON
OBERT A. MILLER
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
O. D. EBY, NOTARY PUBLIC.'
Real Estate bought and told, money loaned
tiles examined and abstracts made, oash paid for
county warrants. Probate and commUtoionera'
court business and insurance.
BOOM 8, WEIMHARD BUILDING
OREGON CITY,
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.
Office in Garde Building, Oregon City, Or.
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 receives deposits subject to check.
Open from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
, C. Latoubettr, . J. Meyib
rr Mdent t;asnie
J N. GREENMAN
' THE PIONEER EXPRESSMAN
(Established 1866)
Prompt delivery to all parts of the city
OREGON CITY REGON
OASTOHIA.
Bear the f llM Vou Haw Always BongM
jWe Ijavt Prom
To a majority of the
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. . UUl L1 caci ljjuuu wuii
our preauijniuu wuik
& Because we do it ourself, and that we are better pre-
pared to handle this
appliance. Consequently we boast ot naving a
lLmw tradt
In this line than all other stores in Oregon City com
bined."
D Realizing thatthe success of this store is due to the Interest
X taken by our many customers, We wish to thank you for your
T hpartv co-ODeration. and pledge our earnest endeavor to so con- X
V ri.ict our business, as to merit
HOWELL
PRES CRIPTIN
After the Council.
John Weismantel Expresses
Els, Opinon About the
Sewer District.
Says He Has Been Unjustly and Uufairly
Treated by the Powers That Be .
Mr. Editor. I hope it will not be aek
ing too much ot you to allow an old sub
scriberand Democrat a littla- space in
your paper to express his opinion about
certain goingB on in this little
cfty ofours. The new sewer district,
known as No. 2, in Oregon City is Bear
ing completion and it is a good thing
and ought to have been built; but every
man in the district ought to have been
treated decently.
Now, my property is not in this sewer
district. The main line of the new sewer
run out Jackson street, one block west
of my propertv. Not a Bingle piece of
property on Van Buren s'reet was put
in the new district although some of it
is low and on swampy ground, with the
exception of my own block. The street
and eewer committee run up an entire
block to get to my property and singled
me out alone, not taking the property
ofanyofmy neighbors and compelled
me to build a sewer connection to the
new sewer line more than a full block
aisay, I would not complain at this
were it not for the fact that I was so
singled out. The cost is very consider
able. I did not need the sewer at all
as my property stands upon high ground
and is well drained.' Had thecommittee
taken in the property of my neighbors
it would have been all right. But being
an old-man and neither a Republican or
a Catholic, they bounced upon me and
against my protest and over my will
they forced me into a district I did not
want and for which I had no use.
Had I known how to make the right
kind of a pull I thind I could have got
ten off all right. I was not able to find
out who was responsible for this dirty
and unreasonable piece of work. I went
to Clyde Huntley ind he said Sheehan
was doii g it and that he was the man to
see. I went to grower .uimica, our ai
fable mayor, and Jwho is my good friend,
and he said Dan Lyons had it done .
Now, Dan Lyonsfo my son-in-law, but
lam young enough to know my own
business and express my own opinion.
When I get too old to do so I will get
William and Dan to look after my affairs
for me.
If Mr. Sheehan and Dan Lyons are go
ing to run the affairs of Oregon City it
is about time that the people should
find it .out, and 1 think tnis fall we
Bhould elect' Mr. Sheehan mavor of the
city and Dan Lyons for councilman from
the third ward and your humble servant
will join the Catholic church, and then
possibly he can have what he wants or
at least a little deceit treatment. ' Now,
mind you, Mr. Editor, I don't mind
paying my share, but I do object to be
ing held up in the middle, of the road
and made to deliver. I would also like
for tbe common Icouncil of Oregon City
to understand and Bruce Curry in par
ticular, that I am yet able to run my
own business and don't have to get into
a sewer district by proxy. I havo got a
whole lot more to Bay about this matter
Mr. Editor, but won't trespass on you r
time any more this week. I will give
some of the boy 3 a little hot shot later.
' John Weismantkl,
Of Bewer DiBtrict No. 3.
people of Glackamas County that
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work with our new and modern
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a continuance of your patronage
6 JONES
SPECIALISTS
James Jeffries.
Holds His Title of Champion
of the World.
He Is the Big Fighting Machine of the
Modern Prize Ring.
No man can stand before him. Jeffries
is again proclaimed the chimpion prize
fighter of the world, The following de
scription of the battle between him and
Corbet was written for the San Francisco
Examiner by Ashton Stevens :
"The best of it was its brevity. Kip
ling couldn't write a shorter, swifter
melodrama, barely thirty-eight min
utes, including entre acts, and three out
of every four of thoBe minutes panting
with action such has never been devised
bv the dramatist of commerce. It was
melodrama that plaved tunes up and
down your vertebrae, that had you now
as pink as the bared actors, now erup
tive with the goose-fiash of shock and
surprise; and throughout its ten tense
acts there was never a slack in the sus
pense, never a halt in your demand for
the seauel. It leaped from climax to
climax cu tningly, ingeniously and al
wins cumulatively. And the crowd
the crowd ate it.
"In no other place of amusement have
I ever seen such a crowd. Suiely, never
at Gran opera, whereEames, Sembrieh
De Reezke, Flankon and ScoiU were in
the bill and millions on millions in dia
monds burned in the horseshoe. And I
had thought that the grand opera audi
eiine ranresented the limit of extrava
gance. Beside this gathering in the
Mechanics' Pavilion last night an opera
crowd is a bargain counter bagatelle. I;
Sat among men that had paid forty fifty
dollars lor hard-bottomed, weak-backed
chairs and boasted of their lucky pur
chases. How the sedentary citizen does
thrill to this kind of a Bhow I
Most artfully modern was the ending,
wieh its triumph for the villain. Mr.
Jeffries was the ideal villain, patient,
gloating, inevitable. The crowd the
bit of it in which I sat hated the villain
with a fervor rarely found, in a cheapside
playhouse. Mr. Jeffries wore make-up
to be hated in. Dull, thick and sullen
was his face, except when he smiled ; he
then coaxed shudders. .- His legs and
arms were as the knotted trunks of trees ;
his great body, between the shoulders
and from his chest to the pit of his stom
ach, was shaggy with hair; from head to
hoof he looked a fabulous bison. Never
was a part more Donsistently buffaloed.
Id Jeffries' eyes there glimmered not
so much ot malice as of sheer animal
lust to slay. I have never seen anything
elte quite so primitive and terrible. A
thousand generations of civilization
seemed to stand between Jeffries and
the outer world the outer world of
which, seemingly, Corbet was the most
graceful representative, in all that throng.
Corbett w as the hero without heroics ;
at times, the "intense ' cimeaian 01
manners. Form, good looks, the pride
of the bath were strong In him. To the
epicurean eye he was the diet for dreams.
Only his manner so contemporary and
so gentle of balance saved him from
demigodliness . But it ws hard to real
ize shat he had once been a circuit mono
loguist. His humor was finer than that.
He smiled as the youngest officer smiles
when he goes on the forlorneBt hope.
He boxed in epigrams. Always there
waB wit in the reply of- his lean wbita
arm, and always there was hope in his
eourageous hope, although it was founded
in your fear for him. Yet be never eli
cited mere "under-dog" sympathy. He
was, indeed, never the under dog that
is, never till the last of the last scene,
when he doubled an 1 fell and doubled
and fell again unde' the ram of the bi
son. No: he had your hope stronger
than jour judgment. He made the in
evitable unbelievable. It would be, you
thought, the conventional ending of the
conventional melodrama, with the hero
high and the bad one low. At any sec
ond the heto would shoot out the long
arm of coincidence and flnifeh it all in
the good old-fashioned way. Tkat would
be in keeping with his "aside" to tbe
spectators : 'I'm a pretty bard old guy
to knock out, ain't I?"
The line was colloquial, but sincere,
and won applause, if not victory. I did
not know that there was so much ap
plause in the world as was lavished on
the more fortunate adventures of Cor
bett, aye, on his very defeat. And I can
not recall from any age a more moving,
compelling, nerve-beating, bloodless
performance than this one in the fistri-
onic theatre. It bad the priceless brev
ity. ,
Easeball at Canby.
The Baseball club of the Barclay High
school will journey to Canby on next
Saturday and try conclusions with the
Canby easeball clob. The local club of
the Barclay school is a good one and will
give a good account of itself.
Dog Days.
Political Prognostic atiois, and
Information Abont things of
Which We Know Nothing:
A Few Impossibilities, and Other
Things That Will Probably
JVot Happen.
With tha temperature up in the nine
ties, with everybody out of town, even
tbe printer's devil, excepting the editor,
who must furnish copy and other things
to his readers, we are prone to moralize.
News is very "scace" this week.' Noth
ing much doing. No fights, no "blud"
flowing, everybody gone who can. get
away.
We are led to believe from what we see
and hear that this Fall we are to have
an election in Oregon City for Mayor.
The Hon. Grant B. Dimick, who has
well and truly served the people of this
city for the lat three years and whose
majority baa grown with each succeed
ing election, will not be a candidate to
succeed himself. He has his eye on sev
eral other things. He is ambitious and
cupiible and will succeed. But it is not
of Dimick we started out to write. Who
is the man who will pick up his job when
he is done with it. About the only mean
thing a fellow can say about Mayor Dim
ick ia that he is a Republican, and while
that is about the meanest thing you can
say about anybody, we have known
quite a number of good fellows however
who have made that fatal mistake la
life.. There are two things in Texas that
hang a mac for, stealing horses and vot-
votiug the Republican ticket.
Madame rumor on her round has told
the Courier office lhat Will Sheehan will
be a candidate for Mayor, that Council
man Koerner also has political ambitions
and will contest the place with Sheehan.
It is also whispered that Dr. J. W. Pow
ell would not object to the job. That is a
pretty good bunch of fellows from which
to pick, They are all members of the
"common council " ' Inasmuch as there
are but nine councilmen in Oregou City
and three of them are prospective candi
dates for Mayor, if political ambitions
run as strongly among the remaining 00
voters of Oregon City there ought to be
about 300 more candidates for the - posy
tion. The Courier wants to announcy
right now that it is against any man for
mayor who does not subscribe for this
paper.
The only thing that is not quite clear
to the Courier man, and possibly he
"Sees through a glass darkly" is why
isn't Clyde Huntley a candidate for
mayor? There are good fellows the world
over and the "righter" has seen some of
them but Clyde Huntley has the bland
est smile, the jolliest hand shake of any
of the bunch we have vet met It is a
"dirtv shame" that he belongs to the
Republican party. He would make an
excellent mayor. But he wouldn't have
it unless it was forced upon, him and he
would then obey the Republican maxim
"Don't let anything get away ." And
fin von know that bov Huntley will be
somebody one of these days. He
j -
the making of a man in him, and they
don't grow any belter boys where he
came from. But he don't want any.
thing. Y u can "jest" leave things
laying an und loose.
It is also rumored that Charles Al
bright, one of Oregon City's popular
meat merchants, will likely be in the
race for Mayor. Mr. Albright has not
yet announced his intentions but may
do bo at any time. Politics is some w bat
catching in Oregon City just at present.
By the way there is also a ruinot afloat
that Mr. Ed. Jack who made the race
for sheriff on the Citizens ticket last year
and was defeated by Sheriff .ohn R.
Shaver, may seek the nomination upon
the Democratic tickel m vt year and try
conclusions with Mr. Shaver aga'n. Mr.
Jack is deservedly popular, and while
Sheriff Shaver is not an easy man to
handle Mr. Jack would make a good
showing. However, the June election
is nine months off, ao it Is idle to moral
ize over the matter. '. w
Hon. Harver Cross, 0. H. Dye, George
Harding, Mr. W. A. Huntley and all of
tbe other gentl nmen who were connected
with the managementof the Chautauqua
this year are entitled to a vote of thanks
from the promoters of the Lewis and
. ' a, a A II, 1 nna ot
Clark Fair, lor Dringing uui w w-o.
Hon. Champ Clark, and the Honorable
Senator J. P. Doliver, doiu 01 u"i
pledged their support to a large appropri
ation by the Federal Congress to aid the
Fair. Each of them indicated that they
would be willing to give it as much as
.1 mm rvin Mn t wo men In the Congress
of 'the United States have more influence j
than the-e two distinguiBoeu ca. ,
one a democrat and the other a Republi
can one of them a member of the House
and the other a member of the Senate.
What they have promised will no doubt
iu. Aa Th I.wis and Ciark Board of
Directors ouiiht to give a banquet to the
Management ot the Chautauqua. They
builded wiser than they knew.
At the Regatta.
Senator Rnconich and the Ore
gon City Water Boys.
Hose Team In Great Shape Aud
to Win Some Prizes.
Ought
It was a jolly good bunch of fellows
who went down to Astoria from Oregon
City on Monday afternoon.' They com
posed the crack hose team of Qregon
City and were off for the city at the
mouth of the Columbia for tbe purpose
of demonstrating to the ide, wide world
that they knew a few things about water
and how to use it in a hot place. Sena,
tor L. Rucouich, the chief of the fire de
partment of Oregon City, was iu charge
of the gang. He was proud ot his boys
and had a right to be and was out for all
the good things in sight. The Right
Honorable W. H. Howell, chief manipu
lator of the water works of Oregon City,
was also one of the high muck a mucks
of the good fellows. Mr. Howell ex
plained that he only went along for a
good time, to take care of the "high
balls" and to see that none of the boys
got water logged. The remainder of th e
party was made up of, Harry Trembath ,
time keeper; Charles A. Pope, captain;
L. F. Brown, W. Peter, L. 0. Williams,
R. W. Kritz, R. C. Hall, E, Williams,
A. C. Cox, O. Thompkins, W. F. Mc
Ginnis, Sherman J. Burford. Dr. 0. D.
Love and George Heffner. The boys ar
rived at Astoria on t the afternoon of
Monday in fine fettle and ready for the
fray .
The programme at Astoria this week
is a fine one and will attract a very large
crowd. Boat races, yacht races, foot
races, hose races and every old kind of a
race will be on'the bill of fare. If the
boys win in all their races they will char
ter a boat and sail up the beautiful Wil
lamette and will be met with a brass
band and glad hozannahs by the popu
lace of Oregon City, . Here hoping they
may win, for a better "gang" of boys
never went down tbe river. .'
RUN SECOND.
Astoria, Or.'- August 20, 1903.
(Special to' the Courier.) The flret
race of the competing hose teams at the
ReKalta.alABtaria was run today and
the Oregon tt? boys finished ei-ood,
just 1-5 of a second behind tbe winning
teana, which was furnished jby Astoria.
The distance was three hundred yards
and three ttams competed, Astoria, Ore
gon City and Vancouver. The time was
Astoria first, 0:31 1-6 ; Oregon City, sec
ond, 0 :31 2-6 ; Vancouver, third, 0 :3? 1-5.
The prize won by the Oregon City team
was $50;00 in gold.
foot races ; 1
In tbe races Oregon City carried ff all
of the honors. In the 100 yard dash
there were seven entries Tbe wiimers
were Heppner, of Oregon City, first,
Smith of Oregon City, second j time 0 :10
In the 220 yard race there were five
entries. The winners w re He-pnerof
Oregin City, with Curtis of Astoria sec
ond. Time, 0:22 l-o. . There are more
than 100 people here from Oregon City,
They are all having a good time, some
better than others. Senator L. Rnconich,
Hon. W. H. Howell and Mayor Grant
B. Dimick are doing the honors and
keeping the boys in the "middle of the
road."
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May Go to Maryland and Take
Control of Tunnel Work.
That Dan Lyons i9 one of the most
competent tunnel builders in the world
is testified ta by the fact that he has
within the past few days been offered
the superintendent's position by the
McArthdr Construction Co., of Chicago,
at work in Maryland. They have some
ten or fifteen tunnels to build in the
Cumberland mountains, one of them
4300 feet long. Thy offer Mr. Lyons
$250.00 per month and all expenses.
Another construction company, in Colo
rado, has also offered Mr. Lyons a posi
tion of a similar character and at the
same price. Mr. Lyons has not yet made
up his mind which position he will ac
cept, but he will accept one or the other
of the places.
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