OREGON CITY COURIER FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1906.
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OREGON CITY COURIER
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BROWNELL INVITES IT.
When a man is lying in jail await
ing trial upon & criminal indictment
when, more fortunately for him, he
happens to have sufficient financial
backing to fnrnish bail and to seoure
his liberty pending trial, it seems ap
propriate for public judgment as to
his guilt or innocence to remain sus
pended nntil a jury had declared for
or against the man. The Courier, np
to the present time, 1ms assumed such
an attitude toward Mr. 'Brownell. It
has carefully avoided discussion of his
complicity in the land frauds that
have proved the Waterloo of a number
of the s nator's boon companions.
Mr. Brownell now forces the issue
and if silence on the subjeot be con
tinued he will not hesitate to claim
that sucli silence is a recognition of
his innocence nf the crime his indict
' ment charges, and on which he is to
be tried during tlie coming spring.
Ko man has a right to say, at this
tiem, thut Mr. Brownell is guilty of
the orinie with which he is charged.
A United States granr! jury listened
to the evidence, however, and returned
the ludictnu ut. W. H. H. Wade, of
Clackamas county, was foreman of
that jury.
The substance of the charge is that
Mr. Brownell certified, as a notary
public, that certain persons appeared
beforo him and made affidavits regard
ing oertain government surveys, ' when
in reality these persons did not appear
before him or make the affidavits but
their signatures were forged to the
pretended affidavits. That Mi. Brow
nell, in order to Bave himself, induced
these persons to go before the grand
jury and commit pjrjury
Francis J. Heney canght these fel
lows iu the job they "squealed;"
Mr. Browuell was arrested and is now
oat on bail awaiting his trial.
Mr. Brownell need not have dragged
this disgusting matter before the
Clackamas county poblio, as he did
at Milwaukie. He need not have
vilified the newspapers and maligned
i nose oonneatea witn tnem. The pa
pers on this subjeot have been most
oonsidorato they gave the news feat
ure of the episode and . let it 'go at
that.
But who could conceive of such
effrontery as this man has exhibited.
In his present predicament he asks for
office and position of trust he asks
for the highest honor m the gift of
the ' people of . Clackamas oounty.
Honor for such men? Did we not
have' three of such out of Oregon's
representation at Washington perma
nently "laid on the shelf?" Is
Olackaiuas county so short of material
that she must send to the state senate
a man who may or may not be able
to serve the oounty, all dopeudent on
the outcome of a criminal prosecution?
If the thing has come to this pass, let
us bid farewell to a "government of
the people, by the people, and for the
people," and commit ourselves to the
tender (?) care of a government of the
dollar, by the dollar,- and for the
dollar. '
ing, should it appear that the people
are not yet prepared for this depar
ture, such a showing would be a stun
ning blow to many theories and pro.
posed reforms. This hour calls for
earnest, honest oitizenship. . The
"graft" system has been .carried en
tireiy too iar. uiacKamas county is
not so large but that her voters can
pick out the fellows who'are or hope
to be, : political highwaymen. Sup
pose we do it. We wanted the direct
primary. Let us now make it a suc
cess.
WHY DON'T TttEY SEE IT.
PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE NOW.
Eight now the direct primary law
is being put to a sovere tost. There
are very good men seeking nomination
for office uiidor it. There are others
seeking nomination under it who are
nombre fit for p"ublio oflicetlian3fa
half-oivilized hog7"tWilf"fthe . people
take the trouble toj properly exercise
tlii power placed in their hands?
wTlTtluiy act intelligently with proper
(iiHoriniuiatioii? fcWill they permit
themselves to be fooled by the pulling
audlilowiug of big-mouthod charla
tans' If wo answer yes, the 'primary
lavis doouied."": ' " "
A most vigorous campaign is neces
sary tn secure a contested nomination
under thojlaw. Iu the primary contest
so many discordant elements "are" set
iniiiotioii that election of the nominee
may and oitcnvilMopeiid on spiitod
and energetic campaign! ngTF Let 'it
once be demonstrated tlmt'nndeserviiig
men can win in such a contest and
thereafter yon will see lew men fit
for office entering the struggle The
people will either show from Hie start
that the new system means goodmon
for office or else the law is bouud""to
lead to tlie other extrenio and the
scum ilnd'drogs ofimr population w
MauyJ do
light like cats anddogs torjho spoils
of "office while decontuituenship
htauds aloof tuid looks on. yV-
This is a serious matter.
not oonipreliendjjjliow 'much is in
volved." We are sub8titutiug7iiTa
measure, direct for delegated power.
We artTgettiiig a little farther away
from Alexander Ilanulton'a idea of
government and approaching that of
TilOlUaS 3a1tnrann -"- ' -
Should the issue piove disappoint-
At one time lemons In Southern
California were selling for 85 cents to
60 cents per box. At tho same time
they sold in Portland for $4 per box.
The price in Southern California
went up 25 cents, and the price in
Portland went up two dollars. What
caused this enormous difference in
price? Why, railroad greed, of course.
The result was, the lemon growers
pulled up their trees and the industry
was ruined in Southern California.
At one time, for reasons best known
to themselves, the railroad companies
hauled potatoes from Colorado to San
Francisco for $2 pel ton less than they
hauled them from Oregon to San
Francisco. The haul from 0 lorado
was more difficult. What was the re
sult? Oregon potatoes were shut out
of the California market and we fed
them to the hogs here at home.
Here in Oregon we had started a
promising industry in the growing of
prunes. Prices were good. Prioes in
the East have ever since, been good.
Why did the prune-growers pull up
their trees? Because the railroads
made their freight rato just about
sucn an amount as, added to the cost
of producing prunes, would equal the
Eastern prioe.
Now, some of our abie men. among
them President Roosevelt, are trying
to get a law creating a commission
witn power to put an end to this sort
of thing with power to regfclate
rates. There are so many railroad
senators and congressmen in Washing
ton that the rate bill is having a
hard time of it.
Tlie railroads will probably kill the
bill or render it ineffectual by amend
ing it.
While Oregon is comparatively a
small state she is a power in Washing
ton or wonld be if she had representa
tion there. Oregon has as many votes
in the United States Senate as the
state of New York.
Isn't it Btrange that the average
oitizen fails to understand how im
portant to liim is the selection of
proper congressmen and United States
Senators? The rate bill pending in
congress affects tlie prosperity of
every farmer in Claokamas county.
Transportation companies in these
days practically determine the profit
the farmer is to have for the product
of his toil. By a word they have the
power to destroy any 1. dustry in Oregon.
The railroads do not buy United
States Senators and Congressmen as a
rule. It is cheaper to furnish money
to their agents and hirelings in order
that they may find a place in the state
legislature. In the state legislature
the Senators are made. They are
made largely by railroad agents and
they .are made out of material satis
factory to tlie railroads. These same
fellows who make the railroad Senat
ors usually have the situation well
enough in hand to get railroad Con
gressmen also. But this doesn't mat
ter so much, for everything has to
pass the senate before it hits the rail
roads.
Why do people consent to be huddled
togetner line sneep by tnis cunning
railroad influence. The people in
Clackamas county know who the rail
road hirelings are. How long will
they continue to be fooled and gulled
and duped. ' Are they as a bird stupe
fled and helpless under the charm of
the snake? We shall see in a month
or so. , .
tins cue ignorance or tlie law permis
Bible in a lawyer.
Anyone may easily be mistaken in a
date. This alibi may work for cam
paign purposes it will have short
shrift before Judge Wolverton.
By. the way, does the Senate Jour-
urn snow wnere mr. erownell was
when the train from Salem rolled into
Oregon City the evening of January
10, 1905?
Facta Must Be Followed.
For the last few years Oresron has
been practically down and. out - at
Washington because of the exposures
made of her representatives at the
national capital, and it is a fact that
must be swallowed that from this Re;
ublican state the only man there with
a. Li 11 M 1 . .
out me smen oi nre upon ins gar
ments is a Democrat. The burden of
proof rests upon the Republicans and
tlie oommg elections will render the
verdict. If men are sent to either
house of congress toward whom the
finger of suspicion mar be rjointed. it
will be time to call for Lincoln Steff
ens to come West and write a maga
zine article on "The Shame of Ore
gon." But there is no need of such
a catastrophe. In the First district
the'e are two men of ability and in
tegrity out for the nomination for
oongress, either of whom would do.
Oregon credit. Distinguished men
above reproach are also available for
the Senate. If the voters of the state
should turn from V ese and choose
from the husks of the Republican
party, Oregon doesn't deserve any
oetter treatment tnan sue lias been re
ceiving. She will not be entitled to
recognition.. For her there can be no
' 1 square deal. ' ' Newberg Graphic
TWO BEAUTIFUL WOMEN WHO ESCAPED
SPRIMG CATARRH BY TAKING PERU-MA,
Spring Fever is Spring Catarrh-Nothing Robs One
of Strength Like Spring Catarrh.
Pe-riMia the Finest Tonic
For a Weary Woman.
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THIS IS TOO MUCH.
uovermr u nam tier la in would re
ceive the requisite number of Repub
liean votes in June had it not been
for the exorcise ot his gubernatorial
prerogative in lie appointment ofa
Democratic- United States Senator from
really uepublican Uregon. Uearin is
a good man for a Democrat, but his
politics and that appointment have
set Republicans of Oregon to thinking
that United States Senators are not
exempt l roin death. Wood burn Inde
pendent. And we citizens of Oregon could
hold our heads highor if, we had more
Chamberlains aud Gearins and fewer
Hermanns and Williamsons.
TllAT ALIBI.
" "Ignorance of the law excuses no
one," is a'commou saying. Modify it
a little by saying, "Ignorance of the
law exouses no one except tho law
yer. "
Mr. Brownell says the Senate Jour
uoTshows that he was in Salem Jan
nary 10, 1!05, the datelleged in the
indictme-it. Of curso, he is very
honest with hie audience iu leading it
to believe that if an indictment fails
to state tho exact date of the commis
sion of a crime, it is defective. Or is
MISFITS. .
After . the publication of Secretary
Wilson's blacklist, the seeds men of
the country must rate him as the
Colonel Mann of the government ,ser-vioe.
Ut
Senator Patterson says that not only
has he not resigned from the Demo
cratic party, but that there will be
rough house if, the Democratic party
attempts to resign from him.
Ut '
According to the press dispatches,
L 3 ft .
a-rauuo una uerinany nave now
reached "absolutely irreconcilable
stage tnat usually preoeeds an inter
rational agreement.
tit
Tom Lawson is the frankest man on
record. He Says he has fixed it so
that the "System" can't break him
no matter what it does to his support
era '
tn
It President Castro wants 'real
wealth, he ought to disclose his sys
tem to a lot of tnese banks that are
failing merely because they do not
have the money.
ttt
F. Augustus Heinze has sold out
his copper mines and will now devote
himself strictly to the business of be
coming a United States Senator
ttt
Dr. Wiley says he is muoh afraid ot
the insertion of "the codfish clause"
in the Pure Food Bill. Wonder if he
did not mean lobster?
Miss a, inei Blivera, 189 W. 136th street. New
York City, Grand Recorder Daughters of American
Independence, writes :
"Nine years of work, without a vacation, wore
out my nervous system. I lost my appetite and felt
weak and exhausted nearly all the time.
"Peruna restored me to perfect health la five
weeks. Itlu the finest tonic tai- a
that I know ot I rladlv endorse It. .? in-
Feruna Is the most prompt and permanent cure for
all casee of nervous prostration caused by systemia
catarrh known, to the medical profession.
fk,"
MISS ESTCLLC CAMPBELL.
LOW RATE FROM EAST.
Colonists Tickets May Be Procured
From Local S. P. Office.
Colonists' tickets will be sold from
the East to points on the Oregon lines
fo the Southern Pacicfl Co., via Port
land, commencing February 15, and
continuing daily to and including
April 'I ana irom September 15 until
October 81. The rates irom some of
the principal points are: Chicago,
S25: Bloominston, 111., $31.80: St.
Louis, $30 ; Omaha, $25 ; Kansas City,
$25; Council mutts, $25: St. Joseph,
$25; Sioux City, $25; Denver, $:
Corresponding rates will be made
from other points and will apply to
ali points on Oregon lines. For fur
ther information, inquire at any
Southern Paciflo ticket offlc4. People
wisning to pay rare for any Eastern
person to Oregon may deposit the re
quired amount with the local South
em raeino agent and tlie company
win qo tne rest.
No Collar on Mr. Jaggar.
"I wish to state to the Republican
voters of Clackamas County that I am
not wearing a 'urowneu collar' nor
am I wearing a'Porterocllar,' neither
am I wearing nor' will I wear the ool
lar of any other man or clique," said
ex-Kepresentative Frank Jaggar.
"I make this statement," stated Mr.
Jasgar, who is a candidate on the Re
publican ticket to succeed himself
as Representative from this couutv.
"in refutation of the charges' that are
oeing mane Dy my opponents who as
sert that I am controlled bv Brownell.
I defy any one to show an instance
during the last session of the siate
legislature, of winch I was a member.
in which my vote wai influenced bv
Senator Brownell or any other consid
eration thau the best interests of my
constituency. "
Always
Cough
Cham-
is kept
Keeps Chamberlain's
Remedy In His House.
"We would not be without
berlain's Couch Remedy. It
on hand continually iu OLr home
says W. W. Kearney, editor of the In
dependent, Lowry City, Mo. That is
just what every family should do.
When kept at lia .d ready for instant
use, a cold may be checked at the out
set aud cured iu much less time than
after it has become settled in the sys
tem. This romedy is also without a
peer for croup in children, and will
prevent the attack when eiven as sncn
aa the child becomes hoarse, or even
after the croupy cough appears, which
can only be done when the remedy is
kept at baud. For- sale bv Hnntlnv
Bros. Co., Oregon City aud Molalla.
Miss Estelle Campbell, 140 N. Hiirh street. Nash
ville, Tenn., writes: '
"Peruna helped me when almost everything else
failed. I was rundown from overwork, as I had
not been able to take a vacation for three years
and naturally my nerves were all unstrung and I
was greatly In need of rest and a tonic
"I went away for two months, but did not seem
to get my strength back, although I was taking a
prescription which the doctor gave me beforo I
went away. -
"At the request of my relatives, with whom I was
visiting, I began to use Peruna, and you cannot
realize how glad I was when within a week I found
I was feeling so much better. Inside of a month I
was feeling splendidly, ready and able to take np
my worn. Kin." Hisiene uampDell.
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MISS B. INEZ SILVER.
A Spring Tonic.
Almost everybody needs a tonic in the
Bpring. Something to brace the nerves,
Invigorate the brain, and cleanse the
blood. That Peruna will do this is be
yond all question.
We have on file thousands of letters
which testify to the curative and pre
rentive value of Peruna In cases of
nervous depression and run down con
ditions of the system. We, quote, a
typical case: .
Mr. Frank Williams, 8935 84th street,
New York City, member First Presby
terian Church and Captain Capitol Golf
Club, writes : i
"Lost spring I suffered with malaria
and a run down condition which seemed
very uuhcult to overcome,
"I tried several different tonics but
did not seem to get much better until I
began using Peruna. My recovery was
slow, but I was improving and I was
glad to continue using It.
"At the end of two months my health
was restored and I looked and felt much
better than I had for years. Your rem
edy is well worthy of a recommend
and I am pleased to give It mine."
Frank Williams.
Peruna never falls to prevent
spring catarrh or nervous prostra
tion, if taken In tlmj.
Pe ru na Contains No Narcotics.
One reason why Peruna has found per
manentuse in so many homes is that It
contains no narcotic of any kind. Pe
runa is perfectly harmless. It can be
used any length of time without acquir
ing a drug habit. Peruna does not pro
duce temporary results. It is permanent
in Its effect.
It has no bad effect upon the system,
and gradually eliminates catarrh by re
moving the cause of catarrh; There are
a multitude of homes where Peruna has
been used off and on for twenty years.
Such a thing could not be possible 11
Peruna contained any drugs of a nar
cotic nature. All correspondence held
strictly confidential.
Makes Clothes Waterproof. Leer List
William J. Slhnvder. n rp.mnt. nr.
rival from Bavaria, has compounded a ' nf,"S otters remained uu-
i- .. J..- .. . Called rnr in rim nnofffina at-
preparation ior tne treatment ot clotn-, ritJ r- i 8uu
ing of all kinds, and bv his Drocess'1.?:,. r-.!or the week ending
all wearing apparel is made water- 1,ittru" ,auo-
proof. He will make -application for WOMEN'S LIST.
patent and says that the;flnest fabrics, Smith, Miss Edna ; Warner Miss
as well as coarse material, may be Blanche '
treated with satisfactory ' Jesuits, MEN'S LIST
without discoloring or in anv wav , ... .
damaging the material.'. Alter being ' n A ' D .' U?.ing8' ThoB' 5
treated the garments may be worn all ""UUD1' r uauauo, x. n. ;
day in the exposure of .a continuous eoFKe fauieaudle; Keyser, Leslie;
drenching rain, without being damp
ened. One treatment will last the
entire life of the garment.
A Lively Tussle. J.
With that old enemy of the race,
O nstipation, often ends in appendi
citis. To avoid all serious trouble
with stomach, liver and bowels, take
Dr. King's New Life Pilte. They
perfectly regulate these organs,
without pain or discomfort. 2oo at
Howell & Jones', Drnggists.
Kusianovio. Fronimir; Millard, Ira
u. ; Murask. L. ; Peters, R. D.
Pf ister, Joe ; Roberts, Chas. ; Sin
clair, Robt. E. ; Wire. Rev. M. O.
TOM P. RANDALL, P. M.
mf i.,
Without
wedlock is
summer lif'
that nev.
blooms,
flower tha
never buds,
night withcn
stiii". a scrnn
viihout a be:,
ediction, i.
prayer with
out an Amen
There neve
was a hus
band worthy of tho name, who did no'
aspire to be tho father and the grand
father of healthy, capablo children, t
hand down his name and the fortune ac
cumulated by tlie sweat of his brow, fron,
generation to generation, mere never
was a wife tit to bear that noble title, who
did not wish to wear womanhood's mosi
lorious crown, tne sceptre oi motner
ood. Thousands of wedded couples,
otherwise happy, fall short of wedlock's
fireatest happiness because they are cliild
ess. In the majority of cases, this Is bo
causo tlie wife, through Ignorance or neg
lect, suliers from weaxness and disease
of the organs distinctly feminine. For
women who su;r in this wav thero is
ouo great medicine that does not fail to
accomplish its pu'-iose. it is ur. i'lerce s
Favorite rrjveripuon. It acts directly on
thedelieaurorgnns concerned and makes
them stromr. liealUiv, vi.-'.irons ;-.nd virile.
Itallavs inllivmmatioii. heels ulceration.
Soothes pain and tuies the shuttered
nerves. It iits for wia-iiood and mother
hood. It quickens and vitalizes the dis
tinctly feminine orttaul:'ij. It banishes
tho maladies of the expectant months ami
makes baby's introduction to the tflirkl
easy and almost painless. In insures the
little new-comer's hralth and. jioorish-
ment in plenty. It is the best supHruvc
tonic for nursing mo; hers.
Mrs. Jennie Parks, of Marshall. Smikane Co-
Wash., writes: " i am giad to teil i t tlie (foot!
results of your (Treat medicine Dr. l'W'ire's
avorlte rrescruition. It Rives me strength,
have no tired focline and m.v liabr is the
Elcture of health. 1 ftt'l better thau I ham
1 ten years."
In cases of constiimtion Dr. Plercfl's
Pleasant Pellets should bo used as an ad
junct to "Favorite Prescription." They
are extremely simple, perfectly natura,
and Insure prompt and permanent relief.
New Car Shops.
Preliminary work has been Btarted
on the erection of shops aud car barns
tor the O. W. P. Company on the
grounds south of East Clay street,
where the powerhouse is located.
Wheneompleted the cars that have
been repaired and housed at Milwau
kie ever since, the Oregon City line
was built will be housed in the new
terminal grounds. Milwaukie' is
found too far from the city for hous
ing and repairing oars. There are 70
cars to be provided quarters for.
Walter S. Moss.
Walter S. Moss died Wednesday at
Salt Lake City, Utah, from organic
complications, in the Holy Cross hos
pital, aged 55 years. He was well
known in Oregon City, where he was
hnrn And rpsirlpd liora fnp morn nca
tand was the son of the late S. W.'
Moss, and a brother of Mrs. Theodore
W. Clark. Many years ago he was
prominent in Portland Uheatrical cir
cles and started the Casino and other
theatres. In Salt Lake City he was
manager of the Lvrio, whioh is con
trolled by the John Cort Circuit.
Campaign For Grunge Measures.
The executive committee B. G.
Leedy, A. T. Buxton and 0. E. Spenoe
and the state lecturer, are preparing
to make an active campaign to carry
the two Grange tax bills at the June
election. It is the intention to make '
an active public oampaign in May,
but meanwhile every effort will be
put forth to interst and arouse the
numbers of the farmers' order. This
will be the preliminary campaign of
eduoation among th members, and
will be carried on mainly in the
Grange halls. The executive commit
tee has issued a letter to the Patrons
of this state, congratulating the order
on its supcess in securing enough sig
natures to get a vote on its tax bills
in June.
Celebrates 70th Anniversary.
One of the most pleasant surprises
of the season was that tendered Mon
day evening to J. Irvin, Sr. , of Gar
field, congratulatory of his 70th birth
day. His has been a useful and help
ful -career, and being hale and hearty,
he bids fair to longer continue hiB
usefulness and see many more anni
versaries. After several hours of
social conversation and music, an ap
petising supper was disposed of. The
following neighbors and friendj weie
present to congratulate the recipient
of the surprise: Mr. and Mrs. G.
Krighaum, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Davis,
Sr., Mr. and Mrs. C. Kriebanm. Mr.
and Mrs W. R. Oatfield, Mr and Mrs.
J. J. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Oloyd
Looney, Misses Iva Dale and Graoe
Davis, and J. B. Stnbbs. Estaoada
News.
"Suffered day and night the tor
ment of itching piles. Nothing helped
me nntil I used Doau's Ointment. It
cured me permanently "Hon. John
R. Garett, Mayor, Girard, Ala.
Wc Can Sell It
If there is any sell
to' it. List your
FARM
Where the buj'ers come
and don't wait for summer
DO IT NOW
C. N. PLOWMAN & CO.
OVER BANK OF OREGON CITY.