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t s TV COUR 21st YEAR. OREGON CITY,' OREGON, FRDAY, MAY 6, 1904.. No. 51. 7 PROFESSIONAL CARDS. Dr. George Hoeye DENTIST All work warranted and satisfaction guar anteed. Crown and Bridge work a spec ialty. CauBeld Building. Phone 1093. Oregon City, Oregon. M. C. Strickland, M. D. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON Does an up-to-date general practice. Spec ial attention given to surgery and dis eases of women. Office in Garde Build ing. Seventh and Main streets, Oregon City, Oregon. C. D. D. C. Latourette ATTY'S AT LAW Commercial, Real Estate and Probate our Specialties. (Jttice in Commercial aank Building, Oregon City, Oregon. Robert A. Miller ATT'Y AT LAW Will practice in all the courts of the State anJ before the Land Department of the Government. Room 3, Weinhard Build ing, Oregon Oityj Oregon. , Grant B. Dimick Att'y and Counselor at Law Will practice m all courts In the state, circuit and district courts of the United States. Insolvent debtors taken through bankruptcy. Office In Garde Building, Oregon City, Oregon. George L. Storey f ATTkY AT LAW Will practice in all the couits of the State Abstracts of title a specialty. Can fur nish abstracts of tlte to any tract of land In Clackamas Countv at lowest rates. Advice free Charges Reasonable Commercial Bank of Oregon City. Capital $100,000 Transacts a general banking business. . Makes loans and collections, discounts bills, buys ana sells domestic and for eign exchange and receives deposits subject to check. Open from 9a.m. to 4 p. m. D. C. Latourette, Presj F. J. Mayet, cashier. George C. Brownell ATT'Y AT LAW OREGON CITY, OREGON C. N. Greenman The Pioneer Expressman Established I865. Prompt delivery to all parts of the city. Oregon City, Oregon. 0. SCHUlBt w. 8. U'EKN JREN & SCHUEBEL ATTORNEYS AT LAW ' tieutfdaet EbDotal Will practice in all courts, make collec tions and settlements of estates, furnish abstracts of title, lend you money and leiiu your money on first mortgage. Office in Enterprise building, Oregon City, Oregon. Spring Has Arrived WE are now prepared to serve you in the following line with Stoves, Hardware & Furniture at greatly reduced prices. Call and examine our stock and get our figures. We will save you from ' 10 to 20 per cent on all goods. Second-hand goods ibought and sold. Sugarman & Son Cor. 5th and Main St., Oregon City The Finest Fruit The very finest fruits of the shoe manufactories have been selected to complete our stock. The swellest styles In all the varieties of lasts, tops, toes and trimmings. Every pair a beauty, with solid, substantial wear to back them and make them sensible bargains will be found at KRAUSE BROS. Oregon Gty Shoe House Good Health to the hildreii CHAMPOEG CELEBRATION Sixty-First Anniversary of Founding of Provisional Government. only with is health- Children especially are fond of dainties, and the housekeeper must look carefully to their food. As good cake can be made good egss, so also a cake that f ul as well as dainty must be raised with a pure and perfect baking powder. Royal Baking Powder is indispensable in the preparation of the highest quality of food. It imparts that peculiar light ness, sweetness and flavor noticed in the finest cake, biscuit, doughnuts, crusts, etc., and what is more important, renders the food wholesome and agreeable to young and old. The sixty-first anniversary of the founding of civil government In Oregon was celebrated at Champoeg last Mon day The day was ideal and the bright sunshine and the warm hands and hearts of the few pioneers present made the occasion all that could be deaired. About one thousand people were in at tendance, two hundred being from Port land and the majority of the remainder being from Marion and Clackamas counties. It made the blood of every Oregonian, native and adopted, thrill to see Hon. F. X. Matthieu, the sole sur vivor of that remote day, May 2, 1843, sitting on the platform hale and heart). Hon. T. T. (jeer presided and the prin cipal address was made by Judge Gal loway, President of the Pioneer's Asso ciation. The Judge spoke in part as follows: "Sixty and one years ago today the first civil organization under the Ameri can governmtnt in this vaBt Oregon ter ritory look place on this historic spot By Oregon at that time, we mean all that vast extent of territory embraced between the summit of the Rocky Mountains on the east and the Pacific Ocean on the west, and from British Columbia on the north to the Mexican border of California on the south. "Three score years have passed since that motley band, clothed in skins and tattered raiment, first unfurled the stars and stripes as the emblem of authority and civil government on the Pacific Coast. Then the waters of the Colnm ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. Pbont 1121 Hes. 1833 Offlet In favorite Cigar Store Opposite tllaaonic Building Williams Bros, transfer Co. Safes, Pianos and furniture Moving . a Specialty Trtlgbtand Parcels Delivered to all Parts of the City Prices Reasonable and Satisfaction Guaranteed the Northwest, the one hundredth anni versary of the explorations of Lewis and Clark. On so grand a scale is this cele bration planned that $5,000,000 will barely represent the national and state expenditure. Every state in the Union will be represented and it will be inter national id character. "Pioneers of Oregon, you have fur nished the material out of which bin been woven the majestic structure of our civil and political institutions we so dearly cherish. It is true many have passed beyond the realm of finite ex istence, yet they have lelt a lasting im press upon the character of our people and the institutions t'iey helped to up build. When first yoa came here you were young, brave and strong ; the weak the halt, the timid and tbe wavering died on the wayside or turned back be fore scaling the Rocky Mountains, or traversing the sagebrush plains of Idaho. Nobly have you performed your work. From out that pioneer tand merchant nrincps. hankers and honored renrn- sentatlves in every profession and trade are today on every nand. OI the seven teen governors tunce 1845, fourteen have been pioneers, one of .whom is also a native son, and the three others are, woithy of honorary membership by long and faithful services as citizens of their adopted state. Of that band one has honorably discharged the duties of attorney-general of the United States, while two others have been appointed judges of the Uniteu States court, the survivor still holding that exalted posi tion. During all these years of chang ing Bcenes, the stability, business ca pacity and statesmanship of the pioneer men have been excelled only by . the spotless purity of character, integrity and virtue of their wives, daughters and motbeis. The heroism of the pioneer women of Oregon has been beautifully Chas. Caufield, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Stevens. . A local band furuished excellent music and the luncheon and the man ner of serving it reminded the visitors of old time hospitality. It is hoped that instead of ona thousand visitors, next year may see five thousand. We owe that attendance to the pioneers and to the state. Prospectors Return. A party of prospectors beaded by the well known mining man, Frank Welch, recently returned from the Table Rock country. A member of the party who has had a great deal of experience and whom it is presumed knows good terri tory when he sees It, is very enthus iastic over the outlook. He saya, and no doubt truly, that if these Clackamas county mines were in Alaska, people would he falling over one another in their efforts to get to them, but their being in such easy reach makes people question their value. A year or two more will settle the question and there is every reason tn believe that the out come will be whbt is hoped for. During the past winter millions of feet of fine timber has been blown down in the couutryjbeyond Table Rock. Evidence was also seen of a gigantic cloudburst, a water course forty feet wide and as many deep, having been cnt through the ground for a distance not possible to determine. Within a week it is ex pected that the trip can be made to within a quarter of a mile from the mine of the Molalla Central Co., without en countering snow. bia and the Willamette flowed undis-' commemorated iu the following poem Cxcluswe Confectionery . BomeWade Candies Tee Cream Truit Tees family trade Especially Desired. Hext to Golden Jule Bazaar Street 1294 turbed to the sea. No great cities with their we'alth, their civilization, their splendor, and vicea adorned the shires of our majestic streams. Then this Northwest empire contained but a few thousand sou b of all nationalities and all conditions of life save those character ized bv wealth and splendor today, as many millions of the Caucasian race, possessing the highest civilization and manhood, inhabit the three states and parts of two others carved out of the Oregon of May 2, 1843. Little could that patriot band have realized that in the life-time of one of their number the prophecy of Colreridge wou'd be more than fulfilled a prophecy In which he saw the 'possible destiny of the United States of America as a natiorof 100,000, 000 freemen, stretching from the Atlan tic to the Pacific, living under the laws of Alfred and speaking the language of Shakespeare and Milton.' Through the gateway on that day secured, our flag has gone neyonu tne sea and we are today recognized as a world power in the' Orient. "Mr. President, all peoples in all times have bad their days of feasting and rejoicing that they migut commem orate tbe great events in their history. These festivities have been sacredly ob served by Jew and Gentile, Christian and Pagan, as faithful chronicles of im portant events. Then why should not we add to our feast days the 2nd day of May in remembrance of this important event In our nation's history? Today the landmarks of discovery and early settlement are fast passing away before the introduction of the steam en gine and rail car. Ocean steamers and sailing vessels from every quarter of the globe enter our harbors ; the waters of our great rivers are spanned by bridges of steel and iron,- and flow by and through cities from ten to one hundred thousand inhabitants. Up to the year 1842 there were less than 200 white people in Ore gon exclusive of the Hudson's Bay Com pany. Even as late as Jane 3, 1845, on the election of Governor Abernethy as the first provisional governor there was cast but 504 votes in all. Yet today, active preparations are being made to celebrate in Portland, the metropolis of written ty inac aoie pioneer woman, Abigal Scott Duniway, and read at the dedication of this monument three years ago: "No braver crew e'er manned a ship of state Than these whose peaceful deeds we celebrate On this historic day. A patriot band Were they who saved this goodly land From the encroaching grasp of monarchy And raised in noble pride the oanner of the free. 'cio ciasn oi arms, no glittering array Of creBted helmets, no vibrant display Of martial music, stirred the listening air; But rose o'er all, instead, the earnest prayer Of border statesmen, met in days agone, To fiame the laws,proincial,for Oregon. "As here we gather on this hallowed ground, . . .. Where silence sympathetic and profound tor eignr, ana nity yean ins reigned supreme, The deeds of these heroic men our theme Be mine the pleasing task to cbant a lay In humble memory of the heroines of that day, "No chiseled lines their strenuous lives proclaim, No marble shaft records their names ;no fame Accrues to them ; in solitude they strove In primitive pursuits, their worth to prove ; And toiling on in their allotted way, Oft held wild beasts and wilder savages at bay. "Thus bravely did they bear their part, and we, Who ripe fruition of their work may see, Will not forget to keep their memory green, Whene'er we meet on this historic scene, In honor of the sturdy zeal that won, For thee, Columbia, for thee, the State of Oregon." Others who made brief addresses were: P. D'Arcy, Geo. H. Himes, Mrs. Dye, Judge R. P. Boise, E. J. Jeffries, and Richard Williams. The visitors from Oregon City were Judge Galloway, Capt. ApperBon, Mrs. Dye, Mr. and Mrs. V. S. Man of War at St. Louis. For the first time in history a torpedo destroyer of the United States Navy is anchored in an interior port. Opposite the foot of Olive Btreet, one of the main arteries of St. Louis, the World's Fair city, lies the Lawrence, a fighting vessel of that class. In her hold are sufficient explosives to blow the entire Louisiana Purchase Exposition into bits no larger than a man's hand, yet she is as harm less as a dove, for it is impossible for the mighty forces to generate without the deliberate adjustment cf oertain mech anism. Anchored near the Lawrence is the U S. Ship Nashvile, of the gunboat class. It is the Nashville's second visit to this port, she having steamed np the Mississippi in the year 1899.. Both ves sels are present to represent the Navy Department in participation at the greatest of all World's JFairs and the living exhibit of which tbev are a part are supplemented by displays in the Government building. The Nashville is historic in that from her deck was fired the first shot in the Spanish-American war and the gun which belched forth the signal for com bat is proudly shown visitors by officers and men. Cured Hit Mother of Rheumatism. "My mother baa been a sufferer for many years with rheumatism," saps W. H. Howard, of Husband, Pa. "At times she was unable to move at all, while at all times walking was painful. I presented her with a bottle of of Cham, berlain'a Pain Balm and after a tew ap licationa she decided it was the most wonderful pain reliever . she had ever tried, in fact, she is never without it now and Is at all times able to walk. An oc casional application of Pain Balm keeps awaythe pain that she was formerly troubled with." For ale by George A. Harding. Oar styles and qnalitie ire thorough, ly correct and our price i the lowest. Miss Goldsmith. ... . .... .. Barefaced Dishonesty. No honest newspaper could make the statements concerning Binger Her man's renomtmttion which appeared on the editorial page of the Oreeonian. No one knows better than the Oregonian the falsity of the assertion that Hotmann "i8-an efficient repreBentativs" and that he is "doing excellent work for the people of his district." "The exper ience of a man like Hermann is worth something in congress," adds his hypo, critical supporter. Does the Oregonian allude to Binger Hermann's experience -as receiver iu the Roseburg land office when be was himself taking up govern ment lands in defiance of tbe express provisions of the federal statutes? Is the reference to Hermann's experience last year, when President Roosevelt peremptorily dismissed him from the office ot land commissioner, because in snector Green had formally charged Hermann with complicity in the fraudu lent surveys of publio lands? Or does . the Oregonian mean to recall Hermann's experience before the recent grand jury at Washington, D. C, when day after day testimony was brought forward showing Hermann's relation with the ring of timber thieves, whose colossal frauds were consummated during his administration ot the land office? Is the experience of a man whose whole public career, extending over a period of more than SO years, baa been attended with scandal and clouded by charges of fraud, "worth something in congrees7" With such a record behind him, nff man not utterly shameless, could go before the people as a candidate for pub lice like. Equally Bbameless is the newspaper, which, knowing the facts as the Oregonian does, lends him its sup port. Last year when Hermann was making bis campaign for election, the Oregonian came to his rescue with a contemptible trick, designed to deceive the voters of the listrict into tbe belief that his cundicacy was acceptable to President Roosevelt. That this pretense was false 1ms been abundantly demon strated since Hermann's return to Wash ington. Hermann has been a failure as a con gressman. ' Possessing neither the res pect nor the confidence of the adminis tration and of his colleagues in tbe House of Representatives, he has been able to do nothing for his district. The Oregonian' assertion that he has been an "efficient representative" plainly shows that the paper proposes to pursue the same policy of deception and mis representation by which it contributed to his election last year. Journal. Silas Wright, the well-known Liberal faimer, called at the Courier office Monday. Incidentally he meitlrd a letter which he had recently received from bis brother, Reuben Wright, of Pearl, Oklahoma. The contents of that letter woold make every Oregonian thank his stars that he is permitted to live in the Webfoot state. Only a few days ago an ice bail storm visited Mr. Wright's neighborhood in Oklahoma and chunks of ice weighing aa high as three pound came crashing through the roof, compelling Mr. W. Wright and family to take refuge under the kitchen table. Chickens, hogs, calves and grown cattle were killed wherever there was no oppoitunity to eeek heavy timber. Nor is thia all. 8and storms lasting eight or nine days are common, and the hot winds accompanying them often destroy vegetation. A local financial depression has alao been on in the sec tion for some time and as a result fine beef cattle have to be sold at from $18 to f 18. A neighbor, who baa to atand these ups and downa, is the noted Gen eral Coxey. He has about twenty iquare miles of land and is engaged in tbe stock business. It would seem from this that the notoriety he acquired a lew years ago must have been accompanied byaome cash. Exposure To cold draughts of air, to keen and cutting winds, audden changes of tern perature, scanty clothing, undue expos ure of the throat and neck after public speaking and singing, bring on coughs and colds. Ballard'a Horehound Syrup ia the beat cure. Mra. A. Barr, Houston, Texas, writes, Jan. 81, 1902: "One bottle of Ballard's Horehound Syrup cured me of a very bad cough. It is vtry pleasant to take." 25c, 50c, $1 . Sold by Charman & Co. 1