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o , 1 60 . 75 .OftEQON' city COURIER Published Ererj Friday by OREGON CITY COURIER PUBLISHINGCO- J. H. Wisto.teb, Editor and Bmlnese Manager E. Lll Wmtotek, Looal Editor. l nterfld in Oregon City Portofflee aa 2nd-clM8 utter SUBSCRIPTION BATES. 'aid In advance, per year . : ciKmontlu riuhMna Mates uregon City Courier and Weekly Oregonlan .$2.26 , .. ru nnnrlor and Weekiy Oourier- Journal .regen City Courier and Weekly Examiner.. 2.60 n tn. .r. ha f!nmnnolitan... 2.25 regonCity Courier and the Commoner 2.UO Oregon City Courier and Twlce..a-Week Journal ! A t .regon City Courier and Weekly Journal .... 2.00 , .regon City Cornier and Dally Jonrnal 4.o0 !jp-The date opposite your address on the ,.aper denotes the time to which youhave paid, i ( this notice is marked yonrsubaciiptlon l due. OBEGON CITY. fvUKCH 18, 19C4 OUR MILLION DOLLAR PRESIDENT A despatch to the New York American Buys: , Filled with liquors of all binds and thflnliieetof a thousand jests, the side board presented to Mrs. Lucy Hayes when she was mistress of the White House will be one of the principal feat ures of a saloon to be started at the St. Imis Exposition There will be not only the Lucy Hayes iiideboard in the "White House Saloon," t St Louis, but many other objects from the executive mansion sold to a Wash ington brewer and saloon keeper by President Roosevelt. The sideboard was presented to Mrs. Ilftvas bv the temperance women of Cin- ,.iaii. and the subtle humor of the ipst. which only Mr. Roosevelt could have -penetrated and which oily he could properly enjoy, will lie in the use of the sideboard amid environments which Mrs. Hayes bad always warred against as a temperance leader. This act of President Roosevelt in selling the relics of the White House, which would ordinarily have been re- . yarded as worthy of preservation from desecration at least, is but the keynote of the vandalism which has made of the White House a thing which would offend the taste of a levej roustabout, and which led to the two years of great- , est extravagance ever known in the White House. While favored thieves were looting it, Postofflce department, President Roosevelt was adding to the expenses of the government at Washington by a wide-flung wasting of money utterly unprecedented in the history of the cap ital. ' It was not until he demanded recently the sum of $90,000 to care for the White House horses that any attempt was made to check his extravagance. A MILLION DOLLAR EXECUTIVE. President Roosevelt has made his rec ord as a million dollar executive. He lias squandered more than half a million upon the White House repairs, and has left that building the most fearfully de formed and most wonderfully alterea oi any building in the history of the world. Were one to attempt to build a gaudy saloon front on the Parthenon, the same effect achieved by President Roosevelt might be approached. It cost half a million to secure the' effect, and no American citiwin seeing it bat would be willing to have Congress appropriate a million in restore the White House to what it was before the weird and won derful taste of President RooBevelt had a hand in its designing. As it stood, the White House was a joy to artists as well architects. It was pure in desikn. It fitted perfectly into its surroundings and was one of the most beautiful and graceful buildings in Washington. To this President Roose velt has made a series of additions, at tached in strange ways. GAME HEADS REPLACE rKUSlDENTS' HEADS Here his vandalism did not halt, how ever. The interior of the White House was filled with portraits of former presi dents and former mistresses of the White House. Until the coming of Mr. Roosevelt these had been regarded aa most appropriate and against their presence no word had been said. Now, however, they lay in the cellar of the White liaise, their places have been taken by mooue heads, deer heads, and other objects of this Bort, giving the White House the gmier.il appearance of a prosperous taxidermist's xhop. These headB in no wiBe illustrate President RoobbvoU'b skill with the rifle. The head of the bear lie killed while it lay clamped in a trap is not there, as it was a mangy, unpleasant looklug! bear and hardly worth while. The wild cats or mountain lions he killed are also absent, as they would have been hard to distinguish from the ord. aary wanderer of the roofs. Those he has on exhibition were either given him or were bought. They cost the gov ernment $2,0.0. President Kooaevelt guys that he will take thera with him when he leaves. Herein he differs lom U his predecessors, who have left in the White House everything purchased by the government, as well ai those things given to them during their term. It was in this manner that the sideboard of Mrs. Hayes came to be in the White House. NO RITIRENCl FOB TRADITION. In other wayi Mr. Roosevelt has ripped out of the White House every thing that tended to give it anything of traditional distinction, tie has doubled the cost of the greenhouse, and now he maintains a staff of 11 army officers, who give his place a general military air. His en'ertainmenls, moreover, have be come noted throughout Washington a' beine of a sort more nearly annroachina those of the court of King William than those of an American president. Last year President Roosevelt asked $110,000 for the mere maintenance of the White House, and this year he asks for $140,000. There is a bill now sending which will give him $75,000 instead of $50,0-0 a year. Million dollar summer home. There is no evidence that President Roosevelt intends to check the wasteful extravagance that has marked his ad ministration. He has asked of Congress a million dollar appropriation for a summer hone, and there is a very likely chance that he will get it. Of course will cost twice that much by the time it ia completed, an 1 if built in accordance with the taste thus far exhibited by Mr Roosevelt, will have the gariBh and florid appearance of a Coney Island temple of mirth. In the meantime the ordinary ex penses of the White House have risen to a point, that will make impossible a re turn to the simpler, more tasteful methods of Mr. Roosevelt's predecessors without a severe shock THE 'SACRED WORD' OF MORGAN The extract printed eleewhere upon this page from the pamphlet prepared by "Spectator" to reconcile Wall street with the inevitable renomination of .President Roosevelt is an astonishing confession by and for American pluto cracv. By internal evidence and by the sig nificant circumstances of its isBue the pamphlet is marked as being tie work of a man at once familiar with the Wall street point of view and si ncerely friendly to the President. It is not to Mr. Roose velt's discredit that ''high Finance' needs to be coaxed to "be good" and swallow him as a nauseous dose, and this frank explanation of the reasons for the breach between plutocracy and the people deserves to be put on record. How far the Wall street viewpoint differs from that of the plain people how far the average man who is not a "financier ' but merely earns his living may differ from the promoter, is Bhown in this significant sentence by "Specta tor:" I have never beard the word of Mr. J. P. Morgan questioned ; popular he is not, but his word is sacred. ' Inevitably this positive statement, to which Wall street is evidently expected to assent, is suggestive of certain queries : Was Mr. Morgan's word sacred when he in writing assured the government that there was no gold in the country as an excuse for obtainfng enormous profits bv a secret sale of Government bonds to him and his syndicate for at least $10,000,000 less than the market price? WaB his word sacred when he organ ized the Steel Corporation whose com mon stock is now worm in a snare, and placed that stock upon the market at five times that price upon the repre sentation, implies if not expressed, that such "insecurities" were Becure to re ceive their publicly slated dividend? Was his word sucred when with one hand he carried on the management of the Steel Trust "bond-conversion syndi-! cate" and with the other hand he wrote contracts with himself on terms which involved certainly jobbery, perhaps rob bery, of the corporation? WaB his woid sacred when he organ ized the International Mercantile Marine Company, representing, or permitting it to be represented, that there would be great profits from monopoly of ocean traffic, whereas the common stock is now unsalable and the "cumulative pre ferred" is a aam bier's playthiugat one fifth of parity? Was his word sacred, or that ol nis firm, when it cabled to its Paris branch a brief message calculated to make for eign investors believe that the infamous Ship-Building Trust scheme was in dorsed by him? Was his word aacred when he per mitted the shrewdly silly Schwab in his "sacred" name to contract with Harris, Gates & Co. that the Morgan-Schwab holdincB of Shin-Building Trust waste- paper should be "unloaded" before that of the others who were likewise plan ning to nroiltbv the plucking of pigeons? "Spectator," who iutimately knows the replies to these and many other piquant queries, must hold that Wall street would answer "Yes" to them all. And so might indeed reply the financiers that three years ago shared merrily the profits of the universal "underwriting." But would it not be better for "Specta tor, as Mr. Roosevelt's friend, to aban don the hopeless attempt to range with thesi great magnates the plain people, who hold such hopelessly divergent views of wrong and right? Would he not better cheerfully leave to the Presi dent the advantage of the love he may derive "for the enemies he has made?" AS TO DEMOCRATIC HARMONY Governor Garvin, in a recent speech at Providence, Rhode Island, touched upon some matters that are of consider able interest to Democrats who are try ing their utmost to restore to the party the harmony that is essential to success. He did not, it is true, go very deeply in to the matters with which the party Is concerned, but he said enough to show that harmony will not at all be difficult i if the democrats of the east are of his way of thinking. . In his opinion, the live issues of the day are the tariff, the trusts and our foreign policy, and he dwelt on these with some degree of emphasis, and yet not with that measure of particularity that might have been expected. As a matter of fact, however, there l" not much harmony necessary to be effected in dealing with these issues, for demo crats in all paits of the country are agreed as to tbeir.importahce. Where harmony is really necessary, and where it seemed a few years ago to be well nigh hopeless, is the money question. Fortunately, however, events have done more toward furthering the interests of harmony than the wisest statesmanship could have accomplished. Governor Garvin finds' no difficulty in disposine of it to his own satisfaction, and this dieposition will be endorsed by democrats who understood what they were aiming to secure by the means of the free coinage of Silver. Governor Garvin savs that the issue, in its old form, as between the single standard and the double standard, is not, for the present at least, either pressing or vital. This is bo true that The Constitution, which was one of the first and most per sistent advocates of the restoration of silver to coinage, can most heartly en dorse it. The only object which those who favored the free coinage of silver had In view was to secure a steadily in creasing supply of primary money. Our readers will have a leeimg recol lection of the conditions and circum stances under! which the demand for free coinage waB made. The supply of primary money was bo low that the purchasing power of the dollar was im mensely increased. Prices of all the products of human labor were at so low an ebb that some remedy seemed to be absolutely necessary, and the people, falling back on the experience of the world as a guide, demanded the restor ation of silver to the miners at a ratio which they thought would place it on fair terms of equality with gold. As the result of this demand the party found itself divided, and this division brought about defeat. Now, at the be ginning of a new campaign, all the con ditions and circumstances of the finan cial situation are changed; the gold dollar has lost more than half of its purchasing power, as compared with the nineties; the staple commodities have increased in price, and the coun try is ehjoying a large measure of pros perity. In other words, the contention of the advocates of the fiee coinage that an increase in the supply of the pri mary money would result in fair prices and bring about prosperity has been more than justified; for the prices that prevail, and the prosperity that grows out of the situation, are the direct re sults of the large increase that has tab en place in the supply of gold. In all the circumstances, we think that the advocates of free coinage can afford to harmonize with their late op ponents with a cheerfulness rarely seen. DEMOCRATIC CONVEN TION CALLED Primaries to Be Held April 4 Convention April 9th. The County Central Committee of the Democratic purty of Clackamas count) met at the club room of the Jefferson Democratic Club Wednesday morning at eleven o'clock. A full attendance of the Committee was present and great enthusiasm was manifested on all Bides. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Robert Beatie and its object plated. After a full aud free discussion it was decided to hold the Democratic primaries. to elect delegates to the county convention, on Monday, April -Ich next, a,i.l 1-ir-iLl tha unnvpnr.mn in Orpton Ctttf on the following Saturday, which is the ninth, lue state convention anu tne congressional convention will be held in Portland the following week on the 16th day ot the month. The apportionment made out and approved is one delegate tor every ten otes cast for Governor George Chamberlain in his race for Governor two years ago, and under that rnle each precinct will be entitled to the following number of delegates in the convention : Precinct No. Delegates GLADSTONE Get a home where you have all the fresh air, and freedom of the country, and at' the same time every advantage of city life. The elegant cars of the Oregon Water Power and Railway C jm pany make the run tj Glad stone from Oregon City in six minutes. After your day's work you travel home in luxury and comfort. TITLE GUARANTEED Every purchaser of property In Gladstone wHjjre ceive a Warranty Deed, and an absolute title in fee simple, free of all incumbrances. Call In at the .office of the com pany and see the map ( of Glad stone, and an agent will cheer fully conduct you to ths prop erty without expense to yourself, and give all needed information In making a selection M your future home. Remember you are under no obligation to buy, only come and we will show you the handsomest tract of of land in Oregan. . PARK i . ' . I -The great offer of the Gladstone Real Estate Association made to the people of Oregon, of one hundred lots to be se lected bv th purchaser in the handsome townsite of Gladstone, at an even ioo per lot, $.o down and Ho per month with u terest has attracted widespread attention. Already lots are being sold to careful, conscientious buyers, who not only know Sa m when they see it, but are taking advantage of the low price to get an elegant property wherettetacadoo . is ideal and the enhancemeut in values is sure to follow. Already Ported buyers are rapidly approaching Gladstone on the norfrT S tw yWrTtL the electric cars will not dwellings in the entire run of wm.te irom Oregon City to Portland. There is no longer any doubt that the moter company will have a double track railway between the So cities by the time of the great Lewis and Clark exposition. Ask any fair man, consult yu-r own good, common se an? Lere can be but one conclusion, and that Is, that property between Oregon City and Portland is as safe as stock mfoeFlrS It Is far better than money at hterest. Again, rf you ask any fair and unpreju-- iked mS who does not own property of his own so situated as to oe a rival for public favor, as to the handsomest suburb of Oregon City and with greatest promise for the future, and he will unhesitatingly say : GLADM VNb. Already there is a population of five hundred people at Gladstone and not a vacant house. Schools, churches, telephone system and all other modern and up-to-date conveniences rapidly following. Remember the Great Proposition is- 100 lots of your own selection, in the splendid townsite of Gladstone, on the banks of the Clackamas river, a mountain stream famed for its beauty and purity, at $100 per lot, $10 down and $10 per month without taxes or interest. Any purchaser can have his money back with $25 profit on each lot when he has paid for his property, if he is then dissatisfied, provided he give 30 days previous notice to that effect bright, capable agents wanted in every commu nity to whom liberal inducements willbe made to sell Gladstone Property. Write for full infor mation. Main and Seventh Streets, OREGON CITY. H. E. CROSS- New Era Oswego Or City No 1 Or City No 2 Or City No 3 Pleasant Hill Soda Springs Bull Kun Bpringwater Tualitin Union Viola W Ore City Killin 5 6 13 12 8 5 2 2 3 6 2 2 10 4 192 '.'Ib.iidll lHnimlJl illlJi,i,,illll Illl dl llllllii,.illllliiilllllu,iiillmllilllilillillillll 3 mUlBUuiBtUkl lllfllltlllllffl'll"!11" uulfta We carry the only complete line of Caskets, Coffins, Eobee and Linings in Clackamas County. We have the only First-Class Hearse in the County, which we will famish for less thancan be had elsewhere. Embalming a Specialty. Ou: prices always reasonable. Satisfaction guaranteed. SHANK & BISSELL, Undertakers Vote caBt for Gov Chamberlain Jlorg Oockrell went to Corvallis Wed nesday to attend the funeral ol a friend who died at that place a conple oi days previous, 97 47 28 10 14 24 64 60 IS ,41. 53 40 23 ;io (41 31 54 111 41 57 94 38 30 Abernathy Barlow Beaver Creek Boring Canyon Creek Cascades Canby Clackamas Cherryville Canemah Damascus Eagle Creek Gat field George Harding Highland Macksburg Mollala Milk Creek Marquam Milwauke Maple Lana Needy 11 5 3 1 2 3 7 7 1 5 6 4 S 1 5 3 12 5 6 10 4 3 ' The committeemen from the various precincts were enthusiastia and brought in good reports, the prevailing opinion being that this is a democratic year, and that by using good judgment and putting .1 i .1.., ..flrii rtnmni'rat.ic up me uest men iua ouwo v. ticket might be elected, and that cer- . i T... M U alanfpfl in ftnV lailliy BUnio ui ii, nuuiu - - , . - event. Preparations for the primaries l. . .j v thn vurinllH are now ueing uiauo u ,..-.. committeemen, to whom was delegated mai worn. Mrs. Helen Williams Post was until recently, making an income of $60,000 from her "absent treatment" system of curing diseases. She haB been found guilty by a federal court of using the mails ,for fraudulent purposes, as most of her business was being done through the mails. Mrs. Post has taken an appeal from the decision and its rever sal would not be a remarkable Bequel to the trial. It cropped out in the testi mony that the prosecution was instigated by a medical society ot r lorma wuose members were determined to put a crimp in Mrs. Post's success. It was also claimed by her defenders that if she was guilty ol fraudulent practice in sending her literature through the mail, those who are continually using the mails to advertise patent medicines, of which are doing more injury than they are good, are guilty of the same sort of fraud, and that if the gov ernment is determined to shut out one class of business from the mails, it should mete out the same drastic treat mnt to the other classes. If the deci sion be allowed to stand the curing of the sick will have to be done by not ad vertising any particular method. The rapidity with which the burr flouring millB have been superseded, i- lonlmit wRHtnrn nart of the union, by roller milling has a deep rea- son. Millstones cruen uio " leave a pulverized flour; rolls remove from the wheat the outer shell of five coats and the "germ" which impairs the keeping qualities ot flour, and produce a flour of a sharp granules-a food bud- MnnnaJ nf march and cluten its specially adapted to the human , Y . .a trt trial AI stomacn as Dran r buuivo the hog or cow. Phones 411 and 304, MalnSt., Opp. Huntley's. 1 .llllftlliip5fllll :-:We Are In a Position::- Aaa q a t0 save you fn?m J t0 20 A. vtt ".y V Per cent on unertakers sup- i T. ' rV-i-jw Plies' of which we ca"y a under small expense. Have no middle men to pay, own our own herse, and will treat you fair. One price to all.. R. L. HOLM AN, Undertaker and Embalmer. Office one door south of courthouse, or at cigar store op posite Bank of Oregon City. In Every Department of Banking, the SPECIAL 30 DAYS SALE At Bradley's Second Hand Store All Goods in Hardware Line Greatly Reduced. We can save you money if you want anything we handle. New and second hand goods kept in stock. Examine our stock before buying elsewhere. W. W. BRADLEY Next door to Heinz Bakery. Bank of Oregon Cilv Is Prepared to Serve You in a Satisfactory Manner.