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'8 OREGON CITY COURIER Publlihed Erery Friday by OREGON CITY COURIER PUBLISHING CI J. H. WlflTOVM. Editor and Buitneu Manager B. LEI Weiiotkr. Local tailor. tutored In Oregon Olt PoatofflMW 2nd-oUa nattot 8CBBCR1FTIOH RATES . Paid In advance, per yea mon ha ... I 60 78 V , Clubbing Eifea Oreeon CI ' ouner and Weekly Oregonlao .02.2 S Oregon City Courier ami Weok.y Courier- Journal i-ri Onwon City Courier and Weekly Exam net.. 2.60 Orenon City Oourif- and the Commoner... . 2.25 2.00 rim Aata nnnnsitA vanr address on the irper donotesthe tiraetownic-.younwi'". this notice ia marked your subsei lptlon la due. OREGON OITY. OCTOBER 2, 1903 General Fred Grant declares the drorjoin2of the armv canteen to have been a drop too much. Undoubtedly Postmaster Gen eral Payne thinks all the civil ser vice regulations are "hot air." When we told Sir Thomas Lip ton that he was welcome to all we had we did not intend to include ap pendicitis. OREGON CITY COURIER, FRlbXV, OCTOBER 2 1903, Manchuria. New York politicians believe that State Senator Green isrro longer available as candidate for the governorship. It is all right to write about de porting the negroes, but they do come in handy when there are chores to do. Dr. Louis Haupt is authority for the statement that there is baby born in New York city every fifteen minutes. No race suicide there. Professor Langley has applied for more money for his flying ma chine. Probably the Professor has heard tha riches have wings. Fortunately the movement to in augurate a farmer's union 'ailed. Think what would happen to the country if the farmers went on a strike. The new member of Congress will learn the meaning of "at the cannon's mouth" when he attempts his florid oratory before the new speaker. Doctor Wiley has no intention of making experiments with either beer or wineon his "poison squad". Nothing but plain prosaic salicylic acid. California has a "pest of quail" while New York would welcome the "little grain thieves" in any quan tity. This is a case of matter out of place. France is to have a nickel but will pronounce It "neekelle." However, the pronunciation will make no difference as long as it will pay for a "biere." As neither the Prince of Wales nor Lord Roberts can come to the Saint Louis fair we will have to be satisfied with the Sultan of Sulu and the "King of Dahomey." When Charles J. Bonaparte came to Washington , to learn what there was to investigate in the adminis tration of the Interior Department he found that Secretary Hitchcock had left town. When General Grant calls the abolition of the canteen a "vital er ror" he errs. It is an error not vi tal that can be easily remedied if Congress has the courage of its conviction. The public is anxiously awaiting that expert legal opinion on the Tulloch charges. The opinion it is said, will make very interesting reading, especially tor a former First Assistant Postmaster Gen eral. According to carefully prepared statistics. Uncle Sam's Income for a sinele day averages $2,020,836. His expenditures now average ,' 630,000 per day. l he old genue man Is laying by something. When Senator Allee expressed dislike for Postmaster Todd she was removed. When the people of lndianola expressed a dislike for the negro postmaster the postoffice Was HU0I1JUCU. I uai a puin.ii. j. "The men whom we most de light to honor in all the land are thnse who in the iron years from '61 to '6s bore on their shoulders the burden of saving the Union," President Roosevelt at Syracuse on Labor Day, after saying which the President proceeds to promote Gen eral Leonard Wood over the heads of 494 Civil War veterans. Democracy is growing apace these days. The signs of the times are brightening and another twelve months the people may come into their own, Czar Nicholas evidently believes I a timely warning to our statesment that his ftagyshould stay put in and tradesmen. it sounds uncommon strange to hear ourselves less than a year and a half quit or our absolute hold on Cuba, urged to recover our suprem acy in her markets from our rivals across seas, what sort of states manship has it been that now in the face of oiir own interests, repu-y- diated the moral pledges of McKin ley, defeated a liberal opening of our ports to Cuban imports and so lost the friendship and trade of the Cuban merchants and people? No more gross blundering in com mercial diplomacy could have been possible and it is- up to congress to take hold upon this extraordinary situation and do about it what the public sentiment of the country has always demanded. We owe it to ourselves, to say nothing of our ob ligations to Cuba, to so adjust our tariff laws with respect to the island as that we can pay it forts sugar and tobacco, mostl market ed in th's country, in our owp pro ducts rather than in cash to be turned oyer .to European merchants. Our new possessions are officially referred to as our "non-contiguous territory." Before long we may speak of Yankees, Southerners, Westerners and Noncontigs. We shall no doubt .easily arrange with England the boundary line of our possessions off the coast of Borneo, unless,gold is discovered in the little islands whice form the dis puted territory. work and another forest was hurl ed into the voracious mud maw of the lake, and now the bridge is a solid structure, the wonder of the engineering world aid the delight of the owners of the road, though they expended $7$, 000,000 in its construction. The lesson to be learmed from this bridge is the value of time. Here we see a corporation whose sole object and purpose of existence is to make money, deliberately ex pending 75,000,000 so that it can carry passengers and freight three hours quickerb etween the Missouri river arid' San Francisco. If that three hours time was not worth tne money to the company, it would not have expended it to secure it. Eastern Oregon Observer. , The revision of the tariff on strict ly business lines will be one of the dominant issues io the next Presi dential campaign. Where will our free trade and tariff revision Re publicans stand. There would be some reason in the movement on the part of of cer tain ex-postoffice officials if they should ask Congress to make the day it enacted the statute of limita tions a national holiday. EVERY INCH A KING. BRIDGE 28 MILES LONG Was the reason that the Presi dent forgot, at Anietam, to mention General McClellan who won the battle, because Mr. Roosevelt feared tnat "Little Mac's" son might be a candidate for mayor' against Low? An addition of the Macedonians reported killed gives a figure which, when you tome to subtract it from the population of that un fortunate country, will lead you to believe that someone has been guilty of exaggeration'. The indications from the public prints are that Kentucky will give a Democratic majority of 10,000 this year and that the entire Democratic ticket will be handsomely elected, The commonwealth has had enough of riot and bloodshed and should now settle down to Democracy and business and de elope its wonder ful resources of the state. The President rides over the Re publicans of Oregon rough shod. He and his private Secretary have but little respect for the powers that be in this part of the mortal vineyard. If the leaders and big men and grand "Muck-amucks" of the Republican party in this state are as corrupt and worthless as the President and his Secretary would have us believe they are indeed a bad-lot. A Missouri police judge recently asked a prisoner if he was intoxi cated when arrested. The prisoner replied, "No, your Honoi, 1 was dead drunk." This recalls the case of the officer who asked a ser geant if his prisoner used profane language, The reply was, "I couldn't say as to that, sir, but he swore most awful." Who invented or built the first bridge is unknown, hi? name has vanished from the memory of man. Whether' it was a forest tree that , accidently fell across a creek or the I large rocks in a ripple that sugges ted j the first idea of a bridge over deep 'water is unknown, for all this hap ; pened long before the beginning of ; our present record of man's think j ing and doing on earth. While the idea aad practice of making bridges over water is a" old one and the art of bridge making is older than his tory, it is t e boast of the driest state in the Union that it has the longest bridge in tho world. , It js one of the marvels of Utah, the focus of the scorching forces of the desert, the cradle of irrigation in th; United States, the region from which not a drop of water has flowed from its arid bosom to ,the ocean since the morning stars sang together, that in that state is the longest bridge in the world. This is tha bridge from Ogden across iho brackish water of Salt Lake, It is 28 miles long and cost $75,000,000. For years the managers of the Pacific Railroad paused in Ogden, looked across the sullen stretch of Salt. Lake that presented a tempt ing level tine for 28 miles in the direction it wanted to go, and re luctantly deflected to the north ,jto climb high mountains and chizsel a track along stony hillsides and by a circuitous, tedious and laborious de tour reach the coveted point but 28 miles distant. This crooked route lengthened the distance between the terminals of the transcontinent- The musicians of Chicago belong ing to the union declined to make music at the celebration of the Chicago Centennial, because for sooth the marine band of the United States army was invited to be pre sent and render music at the bie mass meeting. Unionism is run ning riot in spots in the United States. The laborer is "worthy of his hire it is true but radicalism brings the downfal of any party or organization that permits it to con trol its councils and its actions. OUR TRADE IN CUBA. Consul-General Steinhart, of Havana, is a man whose official representatians deserve more than the ordinary attention given to the consular reports. He has been closely identified with the details of Cuban reconstruction from the first day of the American occupation. As chief clerk In the headquarters of Military Governors Brooke and Wood, and subsequently as custodian of the files left for the in formation of President Palma and his cabinet, Mr. Steinhart was the very proper person to become con sul general at the Cuban capital after old General Bragg had made a pesky mess of thesituation. When Consul General bteinhart tells us what the economic condi- tians are in Cuba and by what measures European countries are occupying its markets with their 1 manufactures to the detrimtnt of our trade, , his words are authentic and his report rises to the dignity of ? 'v.Edward VII reveals himself in a new and interesting fashion in his dealings with the cabinet crisis in his government. That his assertion of his kingly prerogative to be satisr fied -1 with the competency and patriotism of his cabinet min sters should excite surprise is evidence only that his illustrious mother and other sovereigns before her were too content to bear about a puppet crown. I he ministers of their reigns determined all serious intents and directed all political movements of the government. The sover eign was needed only to preserve the personally royal assent to the acts of the cabinet. But King Edward, as might have been suspected from his life and setiments before he came to the throne, is it not set up to be that sort of sovereign. H? is a man of 'learning, of full contact with kings and courts, of wide political obser. vation, with fixed ideas of the part he has the right to assume and dis charge in the government of the British people. Laying aside all the vagaries of his career as prince or Wales, like Prince Hal, his coro nation brought himtohisfeetevery inch a king. A spirit came upon him as upon Saul and he was "turned into another man." The opportunity for him to show the fact and the value of his trans formation has come with, the resignation 'of a batch of cabinet ministers and the effort of Prime Minister Balfour to reconstruct that body. King Edward insists that no man shall be nominated for the vacancies who is not prepared to take office on terms that will bind him to perdurance in hisstation and to a loyal performance of his duties with an eye single to the success of tne government and the safeguard ing of every interest of the em pire. While he conforms perfectly to the constitution of the kingdom and is wise enough not to express a pre ference in the fiscal conteution that al railroad by three hours. For over thirtvvears the mana gers of the Pacific Railroad chafed j has brought on the crisis, it would at this loss' of time. They sent j-be a great mistake to judge that their engineers to work planning a .Edward VII is not alertly and pro bridge and figuring on its cost. The j foundly interested in what his fig'uresthey brought to headquarters, govern meat is to propose or do, would have staggered the boldest ; with respect to the welfare of his financiers of a half century ago. But people. He, more than any other in the inexorable economies of this ! English sovereign, perhaps, takes age, time is one thing that must not a sincere personal interest in the be wasted and the bridge must be built though it cost $25,000,000 to save an hour of the precious ele ment of wealth. The bridge must be built on piles in a region where forests were not, and it was hundreds of miles to the wooded mountain sides where "tall cedars grow," For nearly two years, 4,000 men toiled on this tremendous undertaking. rarouttn the lake was a deep conditions of labor, of trade and of British prestige among the powers. He has soughtthe confidence of the masses oft .e people.hassympathiz ed with the workers In the indus tries and entered with conspicuous zeal into measures for the relief of poverty and the increase of popular prosperity. Therefore it should please Eng land and win the applause of on lookers that King Edward has risen channel where the water was forty to the full height of his kingship, feet deep.the bottom a mass of soft spoken a strong, even if startling, slimy mud. Long piles were driven i axiom to his premier that the upon piles into this bed of ooze un- cabinetsof his reign mustbe patriots til down 350 feet from the surface rather than only politicians. of the water and 31O feet from the j top of the mud a solid bottom was 1 GoPS LlkB Hot Cake- Struck, -.fter a forest of piles had ! " rhe frstent jpllinif article I have in been driven into the abvss of mud mytore,' writ .insist C t. Snith, the bridge was completed but under tXlZChS, Z crust whicn the piles had struck proved insufficient to sustain the weight of one of the long train of cars that thunder over that road and the structure sank canying down a whole train of cars. Again the pile driver Was DUt to Kuftr,,n"' daiiafitctioii or refund pi r Trial bottle free. Reg. tiiea, 60c and d Colds, hecgiiffe it hIhvi cures. In my fix ye in of rIh it Iiax never failed. I have kti 'n it to save sufferers from Throat and Lnnir diseases, who could get no hlp from doctors or any other re medy " Mother rely on it, best phy sicians prescribe it, and Geo. A. Harding rice. 1. Beckers Announce that their Imported Pat tern Hats and choice selections of Millinery Goods !;'and Novelties are now on display. s 214 Third Street Cor. Salmon THIS IS FOR YOU The COURIER has on exhibition in the window of pits office a magnificent $400.00 Kimball piano. It is to be given away absolutely free to one of its subscribers. This piano was bought of the Eilers Piano House It is one of the best makes in the world. It is worth all it cost. It is perfect in tone and workmanship. Do you want it? P i fl r P4 I 1 iimijw.iui)uwiimuM"' .MSi.il 4ti- ft msmmmmm HOW IT WILL BE DONE The Courier has secured a magnificent pumpkin, raised on the farm of Mr. J. H. Lindsey. It is a perfect specimen and weighs more than 100 pounds. It, too, will, in a few days, be on exhibition in the Courier office. It was raised from the seed af the big pumpkin we exhibited last fall. Every subscriber to the Courier who pays his or her subscription to the Courier for one vear will be permitted to make cne estimate upon the number of seed in this monster pumpkin. The one making the nearest correct estimate takes the piano. In the event that two or more sub scribers make the same estimate the piano will go to them jointly and they can sell or dispose of it as they please. Time is not of essence of the contest. We will cut the pumpkin January f 1904 On New Yers aftera a.id n j gjiss or estim ite will be received after twelvo'clock mi if 1 1 1 1 date. At that time the pumpkin win be turned over to a committee composed or the following well known agriculturists who will cut the pumpkin, count the seed, xsmirtthe estimates and award the piano to the person or per sons who have made the correct or nearest correct estimate of the number of seed therein contained. The names of the committee are Hon. William Ganong, of Canemah. Hon. Thomas Turner, of Stafford, Hon. William H. Vaughan, of Molalla. The Seed of a Pjumpkin Only such seed in the pumpkin will be counted as are tully developed. By a seed we accept the defini tion of Webster. It is something which has life and will grow if planted. A shell which has no heart and an imperfect seed which will not grow is not a seed un der this contest. The committee will determine this matter for themselves, and their judgment will be final and conclusive. Why Not Renew Your Subscription Now. The Courier has more than 1.800 subscribers. It wants enough more to make the total 2,500. The subscription list ot a paper is its capital stock. We neeu yuur i.5o aim yuu ueea ina.vouner . 1 ne paper is wortn,the price asked iui 11. rye give yuu uie cnance a; me piano ausoiuteiy tree. A HOT TIP ' There are many people who sav thev "don't know anvthlnc ahnnt the num. ber of seed in a pumpkin," and these people are not what vou would call "numn- kin heads" either. We. will give you a tip: This pumpkin has in between two and five thousand seed. Any person who gueses less than two will miss It, and any subscriber who goes over five thousand will likely be too high. How to Send Your Money. Mall us your check, or money order or cash for $1.50 and renew your sub scription or become one of our many new subscribers. Send in your estimate on the coupon found below. We wi 1 send you a receipt both for your subscription and your estimate. Don't delay the matter. Now Is your "pumpkin" opportunity .1903 To the Oregon City Courier : Enclosed herewith find $ , to be credited on my subscriptiov to the Courier. Mg estimate on the number of seed in the Courier Prize Pumpkin is Name... Address . The Early Bird Gets the Worm Be in Time OREGON CITY COURIER, Box 338 Oregon City, Ore.