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Y 22nd YEAR. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRDAY, JUNE 3 1904. No. 3. COURIER, if PROFESSIONAL CARDS. Dr. George Hoeye DENTIST All work warranted and satisfaction guar anteed. Crown and Bridge work a spec ialty. Caufield Building. Phone 1093. Oregon City, Oregon. CD. D. C. Latourette ATTY'S AT LAW Commercial, Real Estate and Probate our Specialties., Office in Commercial Bank Building, Oregon City, Oregon. Robert A. Miller ATT'Y AT LAW Will practice in all the courts of the State and before the Land Department of the Government. Room 3, Weinhard Build ing, Oregon City, Oregon. . Grant B. Dimick Att'y 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, Oregon. George L. Storey ATT'Y AT LAW Will practice In all the couits of the State. Abstracts of title a specialty. Can fur n'lBh abstracts of tite to any tract of land In Clackamas County 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, Pres; F. J. Meyeij cashier. George C. Brownell ATT'Y AT LAW ORECON CITY, OREGON C. N. Greenman The Pioneer Expressman Established I865. Prompt delivery to all parts of the city. Oregon City, Oregon. 0. BcHOBBIl W. B. U'BSN UEN A SCHUEBEL ATTORNEYS AT LAW Deutfcbtt Sbbofat ' Will practice In all courts, make collec tions and settlements of estates, furnish abstracts of title, lend you money and lend 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 bought and sold. Goods stored. f Sugarman & Son Cor. 5th and Main St., Oregon City The Finest Fruit The very finest fruits of trie shoe manufactories have been selected to complete our stock. Tbsswel lest 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 Now is the time to clean bouse clean your system first, drive out the microbes of winter with Uollister'i Rocky Moun tain Tea. It will keep you well all Bum mer. 5 cents. Tea or tablets. CAMPAIGN OF MIS REPRESENTATIVE AND ABUSE. Unable to Defend their Extrav agance and Mismanagement, The Republicans Resort to Misstatements and Half Truths to Mislad the Public. The Republican ring that has mismanaged the business of this county for so many years, cannot defend their gross carelessness andl wilful extravagance by an appeal to facts, and have been compelled to resort to the grossest misrepre sentation in their efforts to retain their hold upon the Offices. They know that none but art expert book keeper can quickly arrive at the amount expended on the various accounts, . and have carefully avoided giving the figures for per iods covered by the official reports. They hope thus to be able to make it impossible for the people to learn the truth. Among the various partial and false statements 'made, may be cited the one wherein it is claimed that the Clerk's and Sheriff's offi ces a.e conducted more economi cally than when these offices were held by Cooke and Cooper. This is absolutely false, as has been proven. It is also claimed that the present Assessor has saved money to the county, as compared with his Republican predecessor. The fact is, that under Assessor Wil liams, the county court ordered that "ownership'.' maps be pre pared. 1 his was properly charg ed to the assessor s office, but it was in the nature of an investment and not an expense. Mr. Williams must feel greatly indebted to his successor for this false showing that he (Williams) was wasteful of the county funds. Another false statement is to the effect that the county court has practiced rigid economy, and there by reduced the annual expenses. 1 he actual amount of county war rants issued during the past year is less than that of preceedmg years, but how has the reducticn been ef fected? By cutting out road appro priations, while the expenditures on the court house and county offices have actually been increas ed. There has also been an attempt to fool the people into believing that taxes have not materially in creased during the past two years. As proof, they cite the number of mills levied in different years. Those who pay the taxasknow only too well that the doubling of the assessment without a corres ponding lowering of the rate, has made the burden of taxation heav ier than ever. It certainly calls for the greatest effrontery on the part of officials to state that "the burden of taxation has been greatly overstated by the Democratic press," when, in fact, it is the whole people who have that burden to bear and know full well the weight of it. Even the county superintendent cannot be satisfied with fair and impartial statements, but must seek to obtain credit for' work that he has not done. He has also failed to state to the people that he jssued for the sake of corralling the Ger man "vote; a teacher's permit to a German preacher who could not speak good English; and that when he was informed that mandamus proceedings would be instituted compelling him to revoke the certi ficate, he revoked It instantly, thus virtually admitting - that he had wilfully violated the law. With a campaign conducted on such lines; with the burden of tax ation already next to unbearable; with the specific statement of the Republican campaigners that taxes must be still higher next year; with the roads neglected, and the County officials provided for; with the odium of Congressman Her mann's record to bear; and with their pitiable attempt to attach all this mass of mismanagement and corruption on the tail of the Roose velt kite, it does not seem possible that a majority of the voters of Clackamas county will be able to swallow the pill that the. Ring is attempting to force down their throats, General News as Gathered From Various Sources. Brief Resume of the More Important Happenings of the Week in Oregon Senator Quay, 1 Matthew Stanley Quay died Saturday oi what the physicians pronounced chronic gastritis. His illness was a re currence of the trouble that beset bim the latter part of 1900 when he was undergoing the strain of a desperate fight for re-election to the Senate. Matthew Stanley ' Quay, without question the most prominent and force ful man in the politics of his own State during the last two decades and second to but few in active influence in the national arena, was born at Dillsburg, York County, Fa., September 30, 1833. Quay wag a ready student and at tained great proficiency in the natural sciences, history and logic."" On leaving college he began tbe etudy of law, but his health failing he spent eome time in traveling in the South, engaging in var ious enterprises to make bis way, lec turing on astronomy, publishing a news paper and teaching school. In 1865 he entered political life 88 Representative in the State Legislature, and in the political field he remt ined more or less actively engaged until his deatb. He held many important ap pointive and elective State offices. In 1886 he was elected to the United States Senate and in 1888 was a member and chairman of the National Republican Executive Commttee, winning by his masterful ability the election of Presi dent Harrison in the face of almos' cer tain defeat. For many years before he had had a large hand in the political campaigns of his stat e. After his el ection to the Senate he was one of the great leaders in the councils of hia party. Two Million For a School. Mrs. S. U. Reed, a pioneer of Portland who recently died in California, by the terms of her will, leaves a sum which will approximate $2,000,000 to be used for the establishment and endowment of a school in Portland to be known as the Reed Institute. In general, the school will teach the arts, sciences, manual training, and will be conducted with the view of equipping young men and women with the means of earning a livlihood. Cashier Robbed. W. H. Aurelius, cashier of the Pull man Car Company, reported to the Portland police yesterday that he had been robbed at noon of $2500. He states that two negroes walked into his office at a time when no other employe was present and with drawn revolvers forced him to hand over the amount on hand; Tne detectives thus far have failed to find any clew to the robbers. One de tective expressed himself as suspicious of the story. , May Use Electricity. A plan is being considered . by the of ficials of the Southern Pacific Company for electrifying the road from Portland to Forest Grove, The reason for the proposed change lies in the fact that more frequent communication is needed with the country lying along this road and because of the grades requiring helper locomotives. The point being considered, and on which the decision to make or not make the change rests, is the kind of motive power will be the more economical. WilllamsFound Guilty. Norman Williams, who has been on trial at The Dalles charged with the murder of Alma Nesbitt, was found guilty of murder in the first degree. The case has attracted a great deal of at tention because of its being a particular ly peculiar and cold blooded one. Wil liams enticed Alma Nesbitt and her mother to come West and file on a claim near his own in Wasco county. Later the women disappeared and Williams' conflicting stories as to their where abouts led to his arrest, although about four years has elapsed since their mur der The bodies were carefully disposed of, but a few gray hairs and some blood stained sacks helped to complete the chain of circumstantial evidence that led to, Williams conviction. Judge McGinn, of Portland, conducted the defense and did it in a very able manner, but the case against bis client was too strong. Oregon Note. Another mean man has been beard from. He broke into a Lion county achoolhouse and destroyed a $75 set of encyclopedia and a fine wall chart, Albany bas aranted a franchise to an independent telephone company, which win connect Tne tarmcrs witn tne Dull ness houses. A representative of the Pacific States Telephone A Telegraph Uompany was present and lent bis nnu ence against the passage ol the ordi nance. Two more reserves have been recom mended for Eastern Oregon one kuowa as the Blue Mountain reserve, to con' tain about 3,000.000 acres and the other to be known as the Maury Mountain re serve, to contain ' about 60,000 acres. Commissioner Richards will make a per sonal investigation of these lands before definite action is taken . Thirty-six flat Cars were shipped from Portland baturday to Kobe, Japan, A forest fire, started by sparks fron a logging locomotire, raged three days near Columbia City. No great damage was done. The contract for building a survey steamer lor the t nited States engineer ing corps will probably be let to a Port' land firm. and Elsewhere. Silverton is endeavoring to get a Sun day train service lhe 'people of Vale, Oregon, are anxious to co-operate with the govern ment in adjusting conflicting water rixht claims that may tend to delay the com pletion of irrigating plans for that sec tion. They have written the chief en gineer of the reclamation service stating their position. Within the past few days five prison ers have escaped from the Portland city jail. Two of tnem managed to get out of new$4500 cells. The latest in the way of a trust is a local combinaton of threshing machine men in the Waldo Hills country. They have decided to equip all machines with weighers, fixing 38 pounds as the stan dard for a bushel of oats and 61 pounds for a bushel of wheat. The rates are left open to be fixed later. There is con siderable dissatisfaction among those ho do not own machines. General JSeivs Notes. Jeffries is training at Harbin Springs Cal., for his coming match with Monroe. He now weighs about 215 pounds but will enter the ring at about 220 pounds. Besides his other exercises, he takes about 20 miles on the road each day. Monroe is also in training, but uot so much is known oi his methods. A log from a tree in Ohio on which an outlaw was hanged, was taken to a saw mill to be cut into lumber but it was so filled with bullets and nails that it bad to be cast aside. A man in. Ohio bored a well nine feet deep for water but struck oil instead. A new protection against burglars has been devised by an Indiana man. It consists of an apparatus which scatters noxious fumes that will cause instant death. General Bell, Adjutant General of Colorado, says the reason for hie resig nation is that the National Guard of Colorado is used to enforce the law against workingmeu and to shield cor porations that defy law. Prince Pu Lun, heir apparent to the throne of China, prefers American clothes to the garb of his ancestors He wears a double breasted, sack coat, peg top trousers, a black Derby, oxford tan shoes. He has had his queue amputated and will try to introduce the new fash ion into his native land on bis return. The National Board of Fire Under writers has appointed a committee to co operate with municipal, state and fed eral officials in determining causes and means of prevention of tires. Hobson of Merriraac fame, is getting into politics. Failing to get a nomina tion for Congress, be is now working for election as delegate to the Democratic National Convention. mitted suicide in order that his creditors might realize on his life insurance. He carried over one million dollars insur ance in eleven companies. The sultan of Fez, a country in north ern Africa, caused the murder of a Ger man newspaper man who dared report the truth about his majesty's doings. It is reported that a boy in the leper's home in Louisiana has been entirely cured of leprosy by Dr. Isadora Dyer of fiew Ureleans. It is said that between April 15 and June 10, 75,000 employees of the Van derbilt railroads will have been dis charged. This is by reason of the sweeping wave of economy wnicn the system has adopted . James J. Hill, the railroad magnate, does not believe very much in ship sub sidies. He holds more to the sensible idea that when we have the goods and the markets the ships will come -as a matter of course. Speaking ol his own experience with ships, he says that he Would rather build 1000 miles ol railroad than to build two ships. The Methodist church at Its general conference at Loe Angeles, and the Pres byterian church at its general assembly in uunaio, nave taien some strong stands on the divorce question. The former refuses to recognise bat ene cause for legal separation, while the latter in a wayrefnses to allow its ministers to marry persons who have been divorced In the suit brought by W. R. Hearst asalnst the Coal Trust, the testimony ot the letter's officers showed that- the Increased cost of producing the coal ' was 10 cents per ton and that the advance In price was 60 cents per ton. - President Baer said there would be do reduction in the price of coal nntil the Reading Iron A- Coal Company paid $50,000,000 a year profit, four per cent on watered stock. Following a dsnaed' policy In vogue for the past ten years, the postal author ities will, whenever compleiota are made Investigate proprietary medicines, and if they are found deleterious to health or palpably catch-penny lakes, iraud or ders are to be issued forbidding the use of the mail service by the promoters of the nostrums. An International tuberculosis Congress is in session at Copenhaeen. The par liament houie is being used for the meetings. Fire in a logging camp near Columbia City, Wash., burned over about 300 acres of logged land but did no great a nount of damage. Selling a gold brick to a rural citizen has been a common occurrence, but passing one on a business man is some what rare. Nevertheless Oohn Bros, brokers of San Francisco, invested in one to the amount of about $18,000 and did not discover the trick until thev tried to turn it over to the mint. Tne "poison squad" has been dis banded. It consisted of twelye young men. who under the direction of a Gov ernment chemist, have eaten nothing but adulterated foods since January. All of their lood contained mors or less of salacylic, sulphuric, or benzoic acid. The health of all the men was affected. Andrew Carneeie has decided to oive an additional $20,000 to the Seattle li- Drary tund. DEATH OF C. W. GANONO. Pioneer Dies at His Home Near Canemah. " In the death of Charles W. Ganong, which occurred last Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, Clackamas county loses one of its moat prominent and respected citizens. "Uncle Billy, as he was called by everyone, , was a man of business ability, sterling integrity, and broad- minded liberality. Mr. Ganong was born in Toronto, Canada , on December 26, 1837. With his parents he moved to Missouri at an early age. In 1852 be crossed the plains to California, and came to Oregon seven years later. In 1862, he married Miss Klizabeth Allen, daughter of Dr. W. R. Allen a native of Kentucky and a pioneer of '50. ' 1 l THE LATE C, W, GANONO. ' Mr. Ganong and his wife have lived on their farm south of Oregon City dur ing tbe past 88 years. In 1890, "Uncle Billy" was a candidate for Sheriff on the Democratic ticket, and was defeated by tfnly 27 i votes. Two years later be was tbe successful candidate lor the same position. His administration was marked for its honesty and efficiency. The funeral services were held at tbe Episcopal church at 2 o'clock last Tues day, Rev. P. K. Hammond officiating. Mr. Ganong leaves a wife, Elizabeth Ganong, and four children, Joseph W. Ganong, of Portland ; Ricnard Clark Ga nong, Mrs Annie Howard and Mrs. Ma tilda Miller, all of Oregon City. POOLING PROVES PROFITABLE. Success of Pooling of Wool Clips Leads Wheatgrowen to Be lief a That Fooling of Harvest Would Be Profitable to Them. There is a movement now on foot which, if carried out, will result in the pooling of practically the entire wheat crop of Umatilla couuty for this year. V. L. Smith, the well-known Implement dealer and one of the most extensive , 1 . 1 - . .. oeaigrowers in ine county, is tne , father of tbe Idea and says that he bas hid it under consideration for some time and Is convinced that it can be made a big success. The plan which Mr. Smith proposes, and in which be has tbe hearty co-operation of a number of prominent wbeatgrowers, is to form an association or wheatgrowen ot Umatilla county for tbe purpose 01 controlling tbe sale of tbe wheat raided by the members oi tbe association. With . the association formed the members would pool all their wheat or any part of their hold ings. Tbe association would then agree upon certain day upon which 1 this wkeat would be onered lor sale to the highest bidder. The sales day wonld ba advertised sufficiently so that all buyers who might wish to bid for the nl could be present. Mr. Smith firm, wlieves that a far better price could be secured for tbe wheat through this method than as at present. The success of the pooling of tbe wool clips of tbe county by tbe sheepmen un der the auspices of the Woolgroweri' as sociation is what set tbe wheatgroweri to thinking about tbe advisability of pooling their harvests. Tbey - contend that If the wool can be disposed of to an advantage by the pooling of the clips the result will be the same with the wheat. And this la made more planaa. ble and possible by tbe fact that tbe fluctuations of the speculative markets, such as Chicago and New York, do not affect the priee of wheat in the Pacific Northwest. Sure Cure for Piles. Itching Piles produce moisture and cause itching.tbia form, as well as Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles are cured by Dr. Bo-san-ko's Pile Remedy. Stops itching and bleeding. Absorbs tumors. 50 cents a jar at Druggists, or sent by mail. Treatise free. Write me about vourcsse. Dr. Bosanko, l'hila.. Pa. .V1" tJ- BINGER'S DEFENSE FAILS. His Supporters in Oregon City are not Overjoyed at the Reception Accorded Him Last Tuesday Night. Chagrin is depicted on the counte nances of those who felt assured that Binger Hermann would be able to satis factorily explain his conduct in the Roaeburg landoffice as well av in the General Land Office. Not once during his address was any enthusiasm mani fested. The few Republican leaders on tbe platform with tbe speaker tried by ' stamping and hand-clapping to start the applause, but it refused to be started. As the speaker proceeded, tbe audience became, if possible, lew responsive, and soon began to file out of the hall . wien he concluded, but few were left. The remarks of Geo. C. Brownell were met with some show of approval, and the Maccabee Quartette was roundly applauded. But "Our Binger" was left to console himself with the thought that if he has lost the confidence of the peo ple, he still has the land and money . with which be has enriched himself at their expense. Hermann's money and political pull may land him in Congress; but if so, it is only because there is a sufficiently large number of purcbassble voters in the district to hold the balance of power. Honest men of all parties ard disgusted with his record, and would willingly re tire him to private life. Some however, will vote for him because they have been led erroneously to believe that a vote for him is an indorsement ot Roosevelt. Others will support him because they ' always vote a "staaight ticket." Still others will vote for him thinking there by to put him in a position where be may be of service in protecting them against prosecution for their share in the public-land frauds. Another contingent will be furnished from those who can be bought outright; and a small nnmber will support him because they really be leive bim to be the best man lor the place. But the latter number is small. and for the most part uniformed. It does not seem possible that a man with Herman's record can obtain the indorse ment of a majority of the people of his .,, district ; it is impossible that he obtain, the support of a majority of tbe respect-, able, honest, ' law-a-blding citizens. '' Even if elected, he knows that he does " not carry with him tbe confidence of the ') people, but that he is favored by a com- : binatlon of circumstances that can not-, long maintain in office a man whose record is one of graft and rascality. Decoration Day Observed. Meade Post, G. K. R., and Meade Re lief Corps, of Oregon City, observed Decoration Day in a manner befitting tbe memory of the dead heroes of the Civil War. The day was an ideal one, and nature seemed to vie with the "Boys in Blue," in doing honor to tbe soldiers and sailors who have passed to the great beyond. For two days, friends and relatives of the dead who Bleep in Mountain View cemetery, had been decorating the graves with a profusion of flowers such as only Orgon can pro duce. On Monday, the streets were lined with crowds of people, most of them carrying bouquets of roses and other flowers, so that the city put on al most a gala day appearance. And why should it not 7 Those in whose honor the services were held, are no longer called upon to take part in lift's battle, no longer do they struggle against foes within or without, no longer are they called upon to sacrifice the dearest things in life for the sake of humanity and prin ciple. They are at rest; and while we revere their memory, while their near eit friends can never wholly cease to grieve for them, it is but fitting that we should feel more pleasure in contempts ting the nobleness of their Uvea and the - .u- 1 . la uwoob vubv uruwuou vnair mcnuis. than sorrow in realizing that tbey have joined the "innumerable throng" whose sorrows have ceased. It is not the dead, but the living, toward wuoinour sympathies should go out. -At 8:30, tbe members ot the Pott ar tembledat Willamette Hall, marched to Barclay and SU John's schools, and headed by the Parkplace Band, escorted tbe pupils, to tbe Willamette Hall, where . short exercises were held. Then re forming, the column marched to the suspension bridge, where was performed the beautiful and touching ceremony of Strewing flowers on tbe waters I J mem--ory ot the dead sailors of the Civil War.. The column then marched to Shively'e Opera House) where tbe 'principal eier clses ol tbe day were held. Alter a few remarks by Dr. Carll, tbe president et the day, the general orders ol toe ne tional organization were read by Adju tant C. A. Williams. Post Commander Jerry Doremus delivered an address, and prayer waa oiler ad by Rev J. U. Wood. Recitations by Miss Gertrude Oswald and Miss Dorothy Cross, and vocal solos by Miss Imogen Harding were highly appreciated by the audi, ence. The oration of DrE. 8. Bol'lccer, on "The Remembrance of the Crimson im Our Banner." was full of beautifwl thought and noble seotiraeat. It wonld be difficult to make fitting extracts from it, as it sparkled with gems of truth and beauty from beginning to end. It is well worthy of publication in its en tirety. The usual exercises were held at the cemetery. Tha rebponse to "Our Un known Dead," by Rev. P. K. Hammond was an able address. After the short ceremonies by the Re lief Corps, the roll of honor wat read, the bugler Hounded "laps,'' and the soldiers and their friends departed, feeling that the day's services uot only did honor to the dead, but that it will promote patriotism among the living. , 1 i I For tale by Charman A Co. wm - . y ss
