OttKGOJJ CITY COURIER, FRIDAV, FEBRUARY 28, 1908,
Oregon City Courier
WiUiam A. Shewman, Jr., Editor
Published Every Friday by
Oregon City Courier Publlihlng J?o.
Entered In" Oregon City Postofflce as
Second-Clase Mall.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Six month 71
Palu In advance, per year $1 8t
MATCH FOR ANY NAVY.
The reply of Admiral Converse to
criticism of the navy's fighting effi
ciency Is a temperate and comprehen
sive statement of actual conditions
and an analysis of charges.
The Admiral quotes from log-boohs
to refute the statement that the navy
has had practically no battle drill
since the Spanish war. The charge
that the freeboard of battleships Is
too low for effectiveness In combat In
heavy weather Is not denied so far as
it concerns the Indiana and Kearsarge
classes. But these are more properly
to be considered as coast-line battle
ships. Seagoing battleships of the
later type are "fully the equal" of for
eign Bhips of the line In effective free
board. Japan, as one of the 'lessons
of the Russian war, haa not elevated
its gun position or raised the height of
the freeboard In Its vessels of latest
design.
The height of the armor belts of
our ships Is shown to be somewhat
above those of foreign ships of the
same date and design. The armor is
thicker and is well distributed above
and below the water line. The turret
designs are In the main similar to
those of British, French and Japanese
magazines with regard to "handling
room" and ammunition hoists, while
admittedly imperfect, Is the best yet
devised. In the matter of port-hole
openings, the exposed openings on the
Kearsarge and Kentucky have an
area of 9.12 square feet Instead of 100
square feet, as charged.
Admiral Converse instances for
praise the personnel of the navy, on
which in the last analysis its efficien
cy depends; and in this, at least, the
non-expert can heartily agree with
him. What weaknesses our ships show
they share with other navies; the per
. feet battleship is yet the goal of the
designer. But ship for ship and gun
for gun we are, he says, a match for
any navy. We hope he Is not too op
timistic. A great fear Is being expressed
through the columns of the great Re
publican dallies throughout the coun
try generally, in reference to the se
rious splitting up of the Republican
party, the feeling appears so strong
that there is no room for argument,
and those papers are saying so in the
strongest terms. The antagonistic
view of the President against the very
soul-Juggling interests of Wall street,
and like gambling centers of the
United States, together with his one
continuous act of heroism, from the
Plii's to the "Jungle' and to the
Standard Oil, his spot-light continuity,
the successful gladiator of a thou
sand battles against the strongest foe
the world has ever known. Thus the
President, with his followers forming
the line of battle on the one side, and
. the allied monled interests, with the
most modern political warfare equip
ment known to man, with the crest
line spotted with sharp-shooters, pick
ing off the scouts whenever one ven
tures across the dead line. Thus the
war Is being waged, and the Hero of
a Thousand Battlos will undoubtedly
march triumphantly over the writhing
forms of countless foes, where with
laud and honor they will glorify his
name and placaupon his head a crown
of glory, and In the dim distance we
can faintly see the faithful Joining
hands and circling round and around,
while carried on the winds come the
huzzas of "Long live the King de
Roosevelt." Will the Republicans all
fall In line and declare that they were
for Roosevelt first, last and all the
time? No; there will be a much divid
ed opinion as to the advisability of
fostering such a strenuous policy.
The President got himself Into a
pretty mix-up recently whon he wrote
that letter to W. Dudley Foulke, of
Richmond, Ind., in which ho branded
as "false and malicious" the charges
that he had misused his authority by
appointing men to office in the Inter
est of the Taft Presidential boom.
And about this timo Mr. Forakor rose
to a question of privilege; he produced
correspondence rolutlng to tho ap
pointment of Charles S. Dry son, whose
nomination as postmaster at Athens,
Ohio, was withheld temporarily for
the alleged reason that Dry son had
glvon an Interview while In Washing
ton expressing the opinion that Taft
was losing ground in tho Ohio con
test. The correspondence allowed
that lhyson had stood his ground, and
his declaration of political independ
ence had resulted In another order
from the White House making the ap
pointment. The communications on
the subject were betweou Representa
tive Douglass, of Ohio, and Mr. liry
son, Iu a very temperate manner
Senator Forakor commented on the
case, but insisted that the records
clearly showed an attempt to 'coerce'
Bryson, and that his fearless stand
had been responsible for his retention
by the President. The Senator said
that it was no exaggeration to say
that, there aro 100 cases In Okie whore
the appointments had been mude for
political purposes, but there aro few
where documentary evidence can bo
produced."
Desperate
Coughs
Dangerous coughs. Extremely
perilous coughs. Coughs that
rasp and tear the throat and
lungs. Coughs that shake the
whole body. You need a regu
lar medicine, a doctor's medi
cine, for such a cough. Ask
your doctor about Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral.
A
W publish our formulM
we Dentin iconoi
from our medtolnw
iers
W urg you to
oomuit your
doctor
Any cood doctor will tell you that t medi
cine like Ayer's Cherry Pectoril cannot
do its best work if the bowels ire con
stipated. Ask your doctor if he knows
nything better than Ayer's Pills for cor
recting this sluggishness of the liver.
Md by the I. C. Asm Co- LowU. UM
WHO SHALL ELECT OUR SENATORS
The People or
What Is a Republican?
Is he a man who votes the Republi
can ticket?
If not, what kind of a Republican Is
he?
This Is rather a pertinent question
at this time and will be more perti
nent before the State and county elec
tion next June.
The Republican party of Clackamas
County, at the primary nominating
election in April will place before the
people of Clackamas county a set
of men for the various offles to be
filled. These offices embrace three
candidates for the Legislature. The
members of the Legislature will be
called upon to elect a United States
Senator next January. Assuming that
the Legislature will have a Republi
can majority, It follows that it should
elect a United States Senator vho is
a Republican. Assuming that a ma
jority of the members of the Legisla
ture sign Statement No. 1, it follows
that they will vote for the candidate
for United States Senator who re
ceives the majority of the votes of the
people of Oregon at the June elec
tion. Assuming that this man shall
be a Democrat, then the Republican
majority of the Legislature will elect
a Democrat to the United States Sen
ate. How does this fit your stomach, you
Republicans?
Does It appeal to you, who have
been Republicans from the cradle;
you who are Republicans from princi
ple; you Vho believe that the policies
of Theodore Roosevelt must he car
ried out? If you elect a Democrat
United States Senators, will that man
go to Washington and uphold Republi
can policies and principles?
Put your thinking cap on and con
sider this matter.
You men of Clackamas county who
are going to become candidates for the
Legislature on the Republican ticket,
will you subscribe to Statement No. 1,
and thus be pledged to go to Salem
and vote for a man who may be a
Democrat? Can you do this and still
be a Republican? How do you think
your fellow Republicans will like It
if you do? How Is your backbone, and
your reasoning power and your gen
eral Republicanism, anyhow? Oregon
City Enterprise.
The foregoing articles, taken from the editorial page of the Oregon City
Enterprise, stand properly side by side they are fit company for each oth
er. Inch by inch the Oregon people have crowded in on a coterie of Oregon
politicians until the popular election of & United States Senator has be
come, to all Intents and purposes, an accomplished fact. The people vote
for United States Senator, the Legislative candidates pledge themselves in
advance to formally elect whomsoever gets the largest vote, and, by this
means, without an amendment to the United States Constitution, the peo
ple, instead of the Legislature, name the Senator.
The people of almost every state in the Union are making their fight
against the politicians for this privilege. They have contended for It in
Oregon for more than twenty years. By a peculiar combination of circum
stances, they got this privilege in Oregon, and now on what pretext are
we asked to relinquish the constitutional provision commonly known as
Statement No. 1, that establishes a means by which the people may say who
Is the fit and proper person to represent them in the United States Senate?
We are told that the people might elect a Democratic Senator and that a
Republican Legislature, If pledged to Statement No. 1, would be under ob
ligation to ratify the selection. Does the remnant of an old, crooked politi
cal ring mean to say that the people of Oregon are not to be trusted with
this privilege of electing a Democrat If the dominant party puts forward a
man too inefficient or too corrupt to command even a respectable percent
age of his party vote? This, and no other, is the logical conclusion of the
reasoning. -
This 1b not a contention between the Republican and Democratic parties.
It is the fight of the olean element in both of these parties and in all other
parties against those who are in politics for the boodle. There are those
who wish to return to the old system of electing United States Senators.
They yearn for the days that are no more for the forty days of corruption,
crime and debauchery that have heretofore made our Capitol a hotbed of
wickedness and Indecency. Will a sane people vote for a return to such
conditions? Do we want again a Legislature bought and owned by an as
pirant for the Senatorshlp? Is this what is sought to be accomplished In
the name of Republicanism?
Never fear; the people will not relinquish what It might take twenty
years of heroic strife to regain. It would have been as reasonable for the
people, after they had secured It, to have given up Magna Charta. Time
doeg not turn backward in her flight; never has a step forward in the
march toward popular government boen retracted. There may be Repub
licans In Oregon who would deplore the election of a Democratic United
States Senator there may be those who dread the possibility of such a
contingent, but they will not, on account of such fear, surrender their
rare prerogative and return to the Legislature the power to elect United
States Senators.
And Senator Fulton, who has placed himself at the head of the broken
ranks of the old machine, Is on the march to his Waterloo. It is not the
dart from the Heney quiver he need fear. Though the famous prosecutor
paint him black as night, and though events show the picture a true like
ness, a greater impediment than his personal character will rise before him.
He has championed tho cause of those who oppose the popular election of
United States Senators and In his way appears this impassible barrier
the wrath of an outraged people. The treasure we have striven for, the
treasure we have already grasped he would snatch from us. Whether or not
Honey's charge that Fulton Is a boodler be true, it is enough that he con
sents to wear tho Kingly crown of the Doodling politicians of Oregon, it Is
enough that he does not stand up and renounce their plot against popular
liberty for this must he be named enemy of the people.
Baron Kogora Takuhlra has returned
to this country as Ambassador from
Japan. He succeeds Mr. Aokt, who,
while an estimable gentleman, did not
altogether lit the position in Wash
ington. The new Ambassador reaches
Washington just as the battleship
squadron Is on the last stretch of its
journey to the Pacitlc Coast, and the
first thing that he did not landing was
to explain to tho assembled newspaper
men that he regarded tho cruise as
purely an American affair and ono on
which Japan had no right to comment.
The whole tone of his interview was
most friendly and cordial, lie pointed
out tho reasons for this country and
Japan continuing on a friendly basis
and the reasons against their being
anything but friendly. Mr. Tnkahlra
has served in this country before. He
knows American ways and tho position
of the newspapers as disseminators, if
not moulders of public opinion. His
statement was prepared in wilting, so
that there could be no mistake a '..out
it, and truly, as a friendly statement,
it left nothing to bo desired. No se
cret Is made now of the fact that the
relations between Japan and tho Unit
ed States have been severely strained
by the jingo element in both countries.
Tho governments of the two countries
have always desired to be friendly. It
is said now that the points of differ
ence are noarlng an adjustment. Am
bassador Takohlra has been sent to
aid in the agreement, and It Is the
duty of all good American citizens to
help him and to help their own govern
ment in every possible way. There
is perhaps an Irreconcilable difference
between the white and the yellow race.
This, In the courso of time. Is likely
to break out Into open conflict. But
the time of collision Is not necessarily
In sight by many years, and while tho
Japanese may have their opinion of
us and we may have our opinion of
them, tho easiest way to adjust dif
ferences Is to take the new Ambassa
dor's statement of friendship at its
face value, and let the future take
care of itself. Meanwhile, of course,
proper naval provisions are not out
of order.
A benevolent government will not
let tho men behind the steam shovels
In the Canal Zone suffer for lack of
the Legislature.
The effort of Francis J. Heney Dem
ocrat, to besmirch the character of
Charles W. Fulton, Republican, is cre
atine widespread Interest among the
members of both parties in the State.
Mr. Honey has evidently taken a con
tract to defeat Mr. Fulton for re-elec
tion and seetris to be succeeding admir
ably. Judging from the sensation auui
ences that he has and the fulsome
praise that follows his remarks in the
Democratic and imitation Republican
press.
Heney, a bird of passage, a hired
prosecutor, has brought no credit to
Oregon. He has done his best to drag
her name In the mire and has not
failed altogether. He blows his own
horn, and with a loud blast of his
trumpet he draws up an Indictment,
tries and convicts his man, hikes to
another scene of action, repeats the
performance, talk publicly and Inces
santly on good citizenship, keeps rep
utable men under the shadow of in
dictment for three years, presumably
having no evidence to give them a
trial, and bathes four men until they
are immune In order to convict the
fifth, who is no more guilty' than the
I four.
i Yet Mr. Heney is sincere, so they
1 say. "He is after the big fellows," so
i he says. Once In a while one of them
escapes clutches, but even so, his po
litical prospects are blighted and the
finger of accusation is lifted and does
not fall.
Charley Fulton has many friends
here In Oregon. He has made a good
record In the Senate of the United
States. He has played politics, It is
true, but how far he has stepped out
of the beaten track is for Mr. Heney
to prove, and not simply to mouthe
his utterances from the public plat
form to win the plaudits of a curiosity
seeking multitude. Oregon City En
terprlse.
elevating influences. Four women
musicians have sailed to give concerts
along the ditch. What with bowling
and ball matches and billiard, chess
and lawn tennis tournaments ,tlie phy
sical side of Ufo has boon cored for.
Now the aesthotic nature Is to be culti
vated. The grading gangs that laid
tho tracks of our transcontinental
railroads had no such opportunities
for self-Improvement. The contract
ors' camps were not civilizing social
centers. There was plenty of rum and
ruffianism for all comers. But we are
in the twentieth century now and are
building the Panama Canal on the
most up-to-date scientific lines. Tho
photographer, the simplified speller,
the lady violinist and the soprano are
to have their part in the work no less
than the military engineer, the rock
driller and the West Indian and Span
ish laborer.
Tho Taft boom met with a serious
setback In the Republican county con
vention for Lancaster County, Ne
braska. The Lincoln (Neb.) Journal
tells the story In this way; "In the
Lancaster county convention of the
Republican party yesterday tho 540
delegates present Insisted on Instruct
ing delegates for President Roosevelt
for auother term and would listen to
no compromise. Three times thoy
turned down opportunities of going on
record in favor of William H. Taft at
least for second choice, declaring that
there was no second choice."
It Is stated that the Nevada legisla
ture Is going to kill prize-fighting. It
Is kind of the legislature to help out
the crooked fighters who have been do
ing their best to kill it for several
years past.
The voyage of the battleship squad
ron so fur has been a great Biiceess.
But the public Is Just as much In the
dark as ever about why it was origin
ally decided on.
The Department of Agriculture has
just Issued a pamphlet on Cures for
Snake Bites, which will be read with
absorbing Interest in Uxiorgla and
other prohibition Btates.
HOME FOR THE NEEDY.
Unemployed to Have Self Supporting
Workihop In New York.
New York philanthropists have de
cided upon the erection In New York
of a $200,000 building In which work
wlll.be given unemployed men. It was
stated at the meeting at which this de
cision was reached that there are at
least 10,000 unemployed men In New
York city. ' Of 907 men of the worthy
unemployed class, It was said, eighty
were graduates of the biggest universi
ties of the east.
Dr. Hnrvey Furbay said:
"The .Institution is now a reality,
and, altbougbt the contracts have not
been signed, I can make a few an
nouncements concerning the scope of
the enterprise. The building will be
situated at Lafayette street and Bond
street. It will not be a mere lodging
bouse, but a workshop as well, and he
who does not work shall not eat. This
Is merely to take care of the worthy
men who are willing and industrious.
The home, therefore, will not appeal to
the professional vagrant.
"The Influx of professional loafers
Into the city has staggered the charity
organizations. By the thousands they
have been trooping into New York In
the belief that the city Is easy. Often
they guess aright, and by playing on
the sympathies of credulous people
during these cold days they live well.
"It Is often difficult to discriminate
between a man genuinely In hard luck
and generally In hard luck. This will
be the purpose of the proposed home.
A big workshop will keep the men
busy throughout the day. There will
be a furniture repair shop, as this Is
work any man can do under the direc
tion of a skilled foreman."
USE FOR FOREST REFUSE.
Califarnian Buya Leaf Litter From the
Government For Orange Growers.
Leaves are the latest product of the
national forests to be put to good use.
A southern California man has gone
in the business of making fertilizer
from the accumulations of leaf litter
for use on the orange groves around
Pasadena and recently closed a deal
with Uncle Sam for leaves from the
San Gabriel national forest.
The purchaser Intends to haul out the
leaves, allow them to decay and then
sell them for fertilizer for $5 or more
a load. The sale of humus, or decayed
leaf litter, from the forests Is quite
generally practiced in Europe, where
Intensive conditions of farm and forest
management prevail, and the humus Is
used for fertilizing agricultural land.
Since, however, good soil conditions
and therefore good tree growth are
largely dependent on the existence of
humus Its removal Is carefully regu
lated. In the proper farming regions of the
United States the use of decayed litter
for fertilizing purposes has long been
practiced, but In contrast to Europe no
thought has been given to the deterio
ration of the soil conditions In the for
ests. It has been a case of "robbing
Peter to pay Paul."
The leaves Involved In this sale In
southern California will be taken only
from areas designated by forest offi
cers, chiefly around public camping
places, where their removal will help
to lessen the forest fire danger. In no
case will leaf litter be removed from
tracts where there Is seedling growth
nor where Its removal would cause the
soil to wash.
MANY AIRSHIP CRANKS.
Victims of Deluaiona Write to Sena
tors and Representatives.
numan delusions keep pace with
human Inventions. A few years ago
the United States was filled with men
who had delusions about the telephone.
A little later disordered brains work
ed out theories about the phonograph.
Now the airship delusion seems to be
the rage, says a special Washington
correspondent of the New York Post
Hardly a week passes that senators
and representatives do not receive let
ters from harmless cranks who think
they have solved the problem of aerial
navigation. A few days ago a repre
sentative from Illinois received a long
letter from a man In Chicago. The
first part of the letter was a well writ
ten criticism of army engineers and
other government officials who have
been testing various devices for con
quering the air. The representative
read on with Interest, thinking bis
correspondent an expert He was
about to dictate a letter of thanks
wheu he observed a postscript read
ing ns follows:
"If you will let me have $125,000, I
will give you the finest airship ever
built. I want fifteen acres all fenced
In and shops and tools for manufac
turing. I will furnish airships for
war, freight or passengers from Chi
cago to the north pole and back in
fourteen days or through the center
of the earth and come out at the south
pole In seventy days. My airships will
carry 200 meu aud baggage. Let the
government put up tho money, nnd I
will show you that It can be done. It
Is up to you whether you Intend to
protect the country."
Mechanical Stckcr For Locomotives.
Successful tests have been made by
the Erie road of a mechanical stoker,
for which It is predicted that It will
revolutionize the methods of firing lo
comotives aud effect an Innuense sav
ing In fuel. With the device in use
the fireman simply rakes coal Into a
conveyor, which deposits It on a shelf
Inside the Are box, from whence It Is
blown by tstear.i jets to nil portions of
the grate, evenly distributed and su
pcrl'eated. This avoids the constant
opening of the door, with Its conse
quent loss of her.t.
The Sultan of Turkey seems to
have heard and fully appreciated the
story about letting tho other man walk
the floor.
Of course those questions to Mr.
Harriman will be couched iu polite
language, but boiled down they will
simply amount to, "Where did you get
It?"
Thf fnnf-roslnnnl snlnr vincrease
twiner no Innenr an Issue, there are
lots of members ready to fight trench
antly for economy at the present session.
Real Estate Moving.
Eastham, Patison & Co., report the
sale of the Rudolf Ruprecht place in
the, Logan country, to Lloyd. Vincent,
of Washington county. The tract has
forty acres, and Mr. Vincent will occu
py the same at once and begin nn
proyements. Elliott & Gorbett 'report business
very satisfactory, with quite a num
ber of sales. They have recently sold
two houses belonging to T. F. Ryan
to John Albright, of Green Point. The
latter gentleman is pretty well known
here, having lived In the city many
years.
They also report the salo of a fine
residence to Mr. Wm. Hamm at Ely
ville. Mr. Hamm is from Kausas, and
this Is his second trip to this country
and says that Oregon is good enough
for him.
Mr. G. W. Young, also from Kansas,
has purchased from the same real es
tate firm a finely located 110-acre farm
in the Sprlngwater country. This Is
Mr. Young's second trip to this coun
try also, and he is of the Bame opin
ion as the others that are fortunate in
investigating this country. They come
to stay.
The Oregon National Guard Is very
active in its efforts to obtain a suita
ble and permanent rifle range, near
Portland. Besides being Immediately
available for the use of six companies,
including those stationed at Vancou
ver, Wash., the range would attract
any United States cruisers and other
naval vessels to this port, since this
practice is required of the Navy as
well. Tho matter has been taken up
with the United States War Depart
ment and strongest posible endorse
ment has gone forward from the Port
land Commercial Club and other organ
izations of Portland.
OVERTAXED.
Hundreds of Oregon City Readers
Know What It Means.
The kidneys are overtaxed;
Have too much to do.
They tell about It In many aches
and pains
Backache, sideache, headache,
Early symptoms of kidney ills.
Urinary troubles, diabetes, Bright's
disease follow.
G. H. Sprlngmeyer, expressman, of
101G First St., Portland, Ore., says:
"Exposure to rough weather and the
jarring of my wagon brought on kid
ney trouble. My back ached almost
constantly and the action of the kid
neys seemed weak and the passages
of the secretions too frequent. Doan's
Kidney Pills came to my notice and I
got a box and began using them at
once. The pain in my back was soon
releived and the kidney secretions
became normal. Two boxes of Doan's
Kidney Pills brought about this re
sult." (From statement made Feb. 28,
1903.)
On Jan. 12, 190C, Mr. Sprlngmeyer
confirmed the above statement and
added: "Since the time referred to
In my former testimony I have not
had a trace of kidney trouble. I have
recommended Doan's Kidney Pills to
many people and am always glad to
do so."
Plenty more proof like this from
Oregon City people. Call at Huntley
Bros.' drug store and ask what custo
mers report.
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the Unit
ed States. ,
Remember the name Doan's and
take no other.
We have been to I. Tolpolar and bought
our Furniture and saved 25 per cent
by so doing.
You will never know how much you
can save until you call and see for
yourself. All kinds of Furniture, Car
pets, Stoves, and Ranges, and you can
save from 25 to 50 per cent at this
big Store.
You ae sistz to to get
what you want here
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PIPE EXTENSIONS
We received a good supply of strong Rubber. Hose
and can make you Very Interesting Prices
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store building and can UNDERSELL PORTLAND.
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B.nt'grmi
Ask Yourself the Question.
Why not use Chamberlain's Pain
Balm when you have rheumatism? We
feel sure that the result will be prompt
and satisfactory. One application re
lieves the pain, and many have been
permanently cured by Its use. 25 and
50 cent sizes. For sale by Huntley
Bros., Oregon City and Molalla.
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We are making things
Estate. If you want to sell
property list it with us.
FARMS WANTED
Send it in.
GOR.BETT , ELLIOTT
Say, if you are looking for a good bargain in
TOWN PROPERTY, call.
DO NOT LOOK FOR
CHEAP SPRAY II
BUY m BEST
and save time and labor.
We handle the best in the
market. If you need a
Spray Pump, give us a
chance to figure with you.
OUR STOCK
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COMPLETE
Q. B DIMICK
W. A. DIMICK
DIMICK (Sb DIMICK
Attorneys at Law
Notary Public v Mor'Sjavjes Foreclosed.
Abstrai'te Furnished. Money Loaned
on Ileal and Chattel Sn-nrity,
And resell Blrfg- Oregon City
move in the way of Real
your farm or your town
We will sell it for you.
"Gar'and"' is the mark of
perfection in Stoves, Ran
ges and Heaters.
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