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ORESON CITY COIIMER, FRIDAY, MAY I 19Qrf 4 Oregon City Courier Whmam A. Shhwman, Jr., Editor Published Every Friday by Oregon City Courier Publishing Co. Entered In Oregon City Poatofflce as Second-Class Mall. SUBSCRIPTION IUTK8. Six months 71 Pali. In advance, per year $1 61 Nonpartisanshlp. When we think of it we know that a Democrat Is no better than a Re publican, no worse, and neither Is bet ter than a Socialist or Prohibitionist. There are very bad men and very good ones in all parties. Party name is simply a classification or grouping of various elements of citizenship ac cording to common views on one or more subjects. The Socialist and Pro hibition Parties are relatively small probably for the reason that they in the case of each, adopt a single idea around which they build their respec tive organizations. One considers col lective ownership of property the pre eminent sociological question, the other the prohibition of the liquor, traffic, and both are inclined to lose sight of the fact that there are press ing every day problems of government that need immediate attention. The two larger parties consist of men who seek progress and reform in every matter that is out of date or that tends toward lax or corrupt govern ment. The dominant party, no matter what party that may happen to be, must carry the hangers on and the un desirable element of citizenship. The worst element is pretty Bure to align itself with the party from which may be derived a mercenary benefit. This would be to-day with the Demo cratic party if it happened to come into control of the Government pa tronage. This worst element may al ways be counted a political asset of the dominant party. As a local proposition, and this ap plies especially to County government, we secure best results by losing Bight of the fact that there are political par ties. We need merely ask of those who apply for County positions; who regardless of political or other belief, is the best fitted for the position sought, who will be of the greatest service to the community. This rule should becomo so well esi tabllshed that a candidate would feel no more assurance of election under one party name than under another. It is well enough to have party res ponsibility back of Buch offices as have an influence in shaping adminis trative policies, but there is no reason to inquire whether a man is even af filiated with any party in considering him for such an office, for example, as County surveyor. In order that this rule of nonpartls anship may be established it is impor tant that a single party shall not claim as its members all of the County officials. The personal qualifications of candidates should claim first at tentlon and after this the matter of dividing along party lines; some Re publicans, some Democrats, and when their party strength warrants It, some Socialists and some Prohibitionists. We may expect the poorest county government, when nomination by any certain pary is equlvolent to election. Though it has become quite the fashion for American heiresses to journey to the Continent in search of noble titles, there is scarcely a case of record wherein such a marrige has turned out otherwise than a miser able, deplorable failure. First impres sion may be that the foreign nobility consists of adventurers, rakes and so cial and moral degenerates. Not so however. In the main the representa tives of the aristocratic families of Europe are accomplished and moral men and women. Title is a thing of inheritance and It sometimes falls on the most unworthy. The titled rakes and society cast-offs that are out for the American heiresses are the fel lows that wish to marry money to re plenish their depleted or dissipated fortunes and men with whom their own countrywomen of means will have nothing to do. The titled nobleman who is fit for any girl to marry wants a companion used to the ways of his own Country, one whose language and manners and ideals are such as he has been taught from infancy constitute genuine wom anhood. Though we may belive the American girl the perfection of young womanhood she is, to the Frenchman or the German who has spent 'his whole life in European environment, a foreigner and an inferior. It may be said to the credit of the American people that little sympathy is wasted on the society belles who throw themselves away on profligate degenerate Dukes and Counts. They are usually such as the Country can well spare. With our inheritance laws we will always have heiresses whose principal attraction is their bank ac count and for such as want them there will always be plenty of cast off noblemen.. No distinguished or ac complished woman of the Continent wants the titled rake and no capable young American with a future before him wants the title-crazed maiden, so possibly they do a minimum of harm by casting their lot together. Fighting the flames will be one of the large concessions on the Pay Streak at the Alaska-Younkon-Pacific Exposition. It will show how a fire de partment fights a big conflagration in o raw of four and five story buildings, and how people are rescued from the burning structures. The Washington State Federation of Woman's Clubs will have a $10,000 buldlng at the Alaska-Youkon-Paclflc Exposition. The Washington State commission set aside the funds for the building and the clubs will furnii'i it and install the exhibits. Frederick Nell Innes, the notod band leader, is director of the bureau of music for the Alaska-Youkon Pad fis Exposition. The musical program will consist of many distinct features which were not presented at former expositions. Henry Roltalre, the famous Illusion ist, will have his large concession, The Creation, at the Alaska-Youkon-Pacific Exposition. The spectacle de picts the creation of the world as de scribed in the hook of Genesis. A Hard Verdict. The extreme ponalty that must be imposed on the five men who "shot up" the Hindus at Boring may be ac cording to the letter of the law. The law is general in Its scope and It can not look beyond the fact that human life was taken. The value or lack of value to society, of the life that was snuffed out, can not be taken into con sideration. The verdict amounts to the giving up of five American lives for the taking of that of a migratory Asiatic. It is terrible emphasis of the injunction, "Thou Bhalt not kill". In the preservation of law and order it will have beneficial effect. In another respect this verdict will have an unfortunate tenduncy. The country is being overrun with a most undesirable class of foreigners and the Hindu, who Is becoming plentiful on this coast Is the least wanted of any of thorn, not excepting the Japan ese and Chinose. Ho is dirty, even fil thy. For the shelter he selcts a de serted outbuilding and bla covorlng is whatever refuse ho may find throw ing around. He buys nothing except Buch eatables as are absolutely neces sary to sustain llfo and ho only buys these when there is no other way of obtaining them. He is absolutely no part and is incapable of bocoming a part of the social organization. Yet American labor must be brought into such competition as this. The verdict ( referred to will have a tendency to make this element feol that It is very welcome here. Immigrants are welcome to this Country, who come here to make it a lionio. Those are most unwelcome, who come to gather in a few hundred dollars to carry back to their Oriental homes. Such is the plan most of the Asiatics who come here, The verdict may have been proper and necessary but most of us will de plore tho fact that live men, five good American soldlors, should the coun try noed thorn, had to be sacrificed for a being Just a trllle above a dumb animal. No announcement made in years has been more interesting to the State at large than the publication of the plans of the Oregon Electric Railway Company, which mean a system aggre gating three hundred and eighty-one miles in length, and reaching the prin cipal towns of the entire Willamette Valley, with an extension to the coast as well. McMlnnville, Newberg, Dal las, Eugene, Albany, Cascadla, Hllls boro and Tillamook with Innumerable other communities, are Included. The line between Portland and Salem has received such excellent patronage that on several different occasions it has been necessary to revise the sche dule to accomodate additloal trains. In the Eastern States the multiplication of the trolley lines has decreased the passenger traffic on the steam roads, but the latter have felt so marked an increase in freight traffic that the pas senger loss has been more than com pensated in their earnings. A very large delegation from Alba ny visited Portland last week for a double purpose. First, the City Council came to investigate the subject of pav- ng, and as a result Albany will im mediately begin the permanent impro vement of her main streets. Then the committee representing the Albany Commercial Club completed arrange ments with Bury I. Dasent to take charge of the city's publicity work as Manager of the Club, May 1st. Mr. Da sent is now Advertising manager of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company, Secretary of the Rose Fes tival Association, and Secretary of the Pacific Coast Advertising Men's As sociation, and his experience will make his work effective. It is said that there is a bottle of brandy more than a hundred years old In the corner stone of a Jersey court house and there is little won der that some of the citizens are ad vocating tearing it down. There was a bargain counter rush in Los Angeles from which one of the women emerged with a broken limb. Department stores should be compell ed by law to keep a bargain counter surgeon on hand. A town in Texas has just had its first annual rainfall within a period of twelve months, but is it probable that it does not feel as dry as many local option towns throughout the Southern States. A judge fined a wife beater five hundred dollars the other day. He was very inconsiderate of the poor wife who will have to hustle around and raise the money for the fine. The Oregon building will be the first State structure finished at the Alaska-Youkon-Paciflc Exposition. The build ing will be finished wihln a month. WOMEN WHO BELIEVE IN PERUNA Honest Women Who Are Not Afraid to Tell the Truth About Pe-ru-na. ST feS?.:::ii:: -.ft-.--'-:.--:-- m 3 5 i i f mm mm Since I have ; used Feruna I fhave a splendid .f appetite, enjoy flj5life and perfeot . - V- MRS. F.E.HENDERSON ,1 Mafc . The Value of Health. Who can set a money value on healthf It is absolutely priceless. No one in good health can fully appreciate what it means to have poor health. Tho days are long and tedious. The nights horrible and painful. Nothing goes right. Even the mind becomes deranged and in jured by continued poor health. Once liberated from the thraldom of sickness words fad to express the Joy and relief. Peruua has been the means of re lieving more women from ill health in the United Slates than, perhaps, any other medicine. A multitude of women stand ready to give testimony in favor of Peruna Whenever occasion offers. Dyspepsia Entirely Relieved. Miss LUlie 0. Martin, Shelbyville, Tenn., writes: "Eyerybody says I look better than I have for two or three years, and 1 sincerely thank you for your kind advice. ' "I believe your treatment has en tlrely cured me. I can eat anything I want. 1 believe your remedies will cure any case of Indigestion or dyspepsia." v We want eggs and we want them bad "advertises a city dealer. It would not have great difficulty in getting that variety. The Alaska-Youkon-Paciflc Exposi tion, which will be held at Seattle, opening June 1, 1909, is fifty percent completed. To develop interest and instruct people on subjects pertaining to the relations of this country with other countries is the ambltlonus object of the American Society of International Law. Secretary of State, Root, presi dent of the society is so interested in Its development which he regards as highly important to the nation. The main plank in the platform of the so ciety is as expressed by its President. "That the great body of the poople in each country should have a just conception of thler international rights and duties. Secretary Root says, fur ther on this point "Governments do not make war now-a-days unless as sured of general and iiarty support among their people, and it sometimes happens that governments aie driven Into war against their will by the pres sure of a strong popular will. It is not uncommon to see two govern inents striving in the most concllatory and patient way to settle some matter of difference peaceably, while a large part of the pooplo in both countries maintain an uncompromising and be llgerant attitude, insisting upon the extreme and utmost view of their own rights in a way which, if it were to control national action, would render peaceable settlement Impossible." GRAY FOR SUPERINTENDENT. Enters Race as Independent Candi date Capable Man. Prof. Joseph W. Gray is completing his petitions for filing before the 15th of May, and Is meeting with encour agement on every side. He will be on the June ticket as an independent candidate for the office of County School Superintendent, and his high standing with the educational ranks in Clackamas County will give him a very strong lead in the contest for that office. He was for many years identified with the educational inter ests of Clackamas County as vice principal of the Oregon City schools, and was for nine years principal of the Parkplace high school. Prof. Gray was one of the originators of the Caught Cold Easily. Mrs. V. E. Henderson, 221 Ninth St., Milwaukee, Wis., writes : ' "I never had any faith In patent medicines nntil I tried Peruna, but my experience with this reliable medicine has taught me that there is one which oaa be trusted, and which will not fall in time of need. "For the past few years I have found that I caught cold easily, which would settle in a most unpleasant catarrh of the head. I had to be especially careful about being out of evenings, and not to get chilled when dressed thin for parties, but since I have used Peruna my general health is improved, and my system Is in such good condition that even though I am exposed to In clement weatner It no longer affects me. "I have a splendid appetite and enjoy life, being in perfect health." rSAviS"' I'M ,"iVL'''V!Tr'M'i M "0 KX MISS HELEN SAUERBIER f Y Alcohol not needed A r ... rtyer s aarsaparwa is not 8 strong drink. As now made, there is not a drop of alcohol in it. It is a non-alcoholic tonic and alterative. Ask your own doctor about your taking this medicine for thin, Impure blood. Follow his advice every time. He knows. A W puDlitit our formulas yers vvm unman atnonoi 7 from our mtdioinai W lira you to oou.ult your dootor Ask your doctor, "What is the first great nil. r9 health 9 lf Njnp rinflnre nm svf ten will quickly reply, ' Keep the bowels regular." Then ssk him another ques tion, "What do you think of Ayer's Pills for constipation?" -Had. by tb i. O. iyn Co., Lowtll, llui That the President regards the at titude of Republican leaders In re fusing to grant tho authority for build ing more than two battle ships as un wise, short-sighted and lacking in pa triotism is evident. He has not glveu up his contention for four battleships aud will appeal to the Senate even more urgently than he appealed to the House, when the Naval appropriation bill was taken up in tho Senate an ef fort was made to have the money ap propriated for four battleships but without avail.. If it had not been that a roll call was choked oft in the House it is known that many members would have voted for the four ships In order to "save their faces" with other measures carrying heavy anoro prlatlotis like the Public llulldlng bills (these bills it la known are helpful to niemuei'B of Congress In their dis tricts), if they refuse his advice to appropriate for battle ships notwith standing mat he may have reasons nat yet mode public for requesting tnem, It need not bo a matter of sur prise if he too can teach a lesson in economy. The President is persuaded that tho country is with him, In his offort to build a powerful navy. It has been planned, since the Naval Cotu tnlttoo In the Senate fulled to mnke provision for the four battleships de sired by the President, that certain Senators shall carry the light to the floor suuported by another sneclal message even more emphatic than that sent by the rresldont to the House. The Gjoa, tho ship in which Capt. Roald Amundsen made his expedition through the Northwest passage, start ing from the Atlantic side, aud nftor going along the North coast of North America emerged through Dehrlng Strait into the Pacific, will be one of tho attractions at tho Alaska-Youkon-Pacific Exposition. Clackamas County Teachers' Associa tion and when he resigned his position to go North, he was serving on tho county examination board. Prof. Gray formed a very wide acquaintance in his connection with the Willamette Valley Chautauqua Association, as secretary for four years. He holds a llfo diploma from the State of Oregon, and was educated in the Northern Indiana Normal School, and also in the Business College of the same place. A man 44 years of age and a tax payer of the county wherein he resides. He served 17 years in the schoolroom as a teacher and is thor oughly conversant with the needs of the schools of our county. Mr. Gray is thoroughly qualified for the position of County School Superlntenent. SOCIALIST MEETING SUNDAY. Tho Socialists will hold their reg ular monthly meeting next Sunday, May 3, at 1:3 p. m., in Knapp's hall. Mr. E. Coalman, Socialist candidate for representative, will deliver the principal address of the day. All per sons are welcome to attend these meetings, ask questions, or if they are opposed to Socialism, they will be giv en the floor to state their objections and will be courteously treated. So cialists of Clackamas county, who wish to form a precinct branch of the Socialist Party should attend this meeting and learn the particulars. If you wish a speaker in your vicinity address the undersigned by mall. CLAUDE S. HOWARD, Secretary Socialist Party, Mulino, Or. Pe-ru-na Tablets. Wot two years Dr. Hartman and his assistants have labored Incessantly to create Feruna in tablet form, and their strenuons efforts have Just been crowned with success. People who object to liquid mediolnes can now secure Feruna tablets. These tablets represent the me dicinal ingredients of Peruna, and each tablet is equivalent to one average dose. Mrs. Josephine Hoist, 162 E. First St., Portland, Ore., writes that she was troubled soriously with catarrh of the throat, that she used Peruna and was wonderfully helped in two weeks, and in a little over two months her system was rid of all traces of catarrh. Head and Throat. Miss Helen Sanerbier, 815 Main St, St. Joseph, Mich., writes i "Last winter I caught a sudden cold whioh developed into an unpleasant ca tarrh of the head and throat, depriving me of my appetite and usual good spirits, "A friend who had been cured by Peruna advised me to try It and I sent for a bottle at once, and I am glad to say that in three days the phlegm had loosened, and I felt better, my appetite returned and within nine days I was In my usual good health." URIC ACID In the blood causes Rheu matism.Sciatica.Lumbago, Neuralgia and Gout. You can remove the cause by wearing one of our REX RHEUMATIC RINGS Mniiufn-fureit by the Rex Rheumatic kiug Co., Hartford, Connecticut. Price $2. CO Sold by Bar mefster & Andresen Covttzt $1.50 Rough and Dressed Cornice. Rustic, Casings. Shiplap. Flooring, Etc. Delivered to order 3 miles out on good road Btifley & Stafford R. F. D. 3 Phone 146 Electric Hotel And Restaurant Meals at all Hours Rooms 25 Cts. Up Family Trade Solicited JOHN J. TOBIN, Proprietor Suokane Countv. Washlnirtnn. wll' have a building at the Alaska-Youkon-Pacifls Exposition. The World's Best Climate. is not entirely free from disease, on tho high elevations fevers prevail, whilo on the lower levels malaria is encountered to a greater or less ex tent, according to altitude. To over come climate alfections lassitude; ma laria, Jaundice, bllliousness, fever and aKiie, and general debility, the most effective remedy is Electric Bitters, tne great alterative and blood purifi er; the antidote for every form of bodily weakness, nervousness and in somnia. Sold under guarantee at How ell & Jones drug store. Price 60c FARMERS! FARMS WANTED We are making things move in the way of Real Estate. If you want to sell your farm or your town property list it with us. We will sell it for you. Send it in. GORBETT ELLIOTT Say, if you are looking for a good bargain in TOWN PROPERTY, call. Postoff.ee Building Oregon City, Oregon Pbont mi HS. 1833 Offict fa TavoriU Cigar Sttn Oppt$ltt masonic Building Williams Bros, transfer Co. Safes, Pianos and Turniture Moving a Specialty Trtlgbt and ParcthlDtllveetd Priets Iltastnabh and Satisfaction Guarantied MEAT Comes to you table three times daily QUALITY, POLITE SERVICE RIGHT WEIGHT, RIGHT PRICE at BROWN'S MARKET rth. Street, A. O. U. W. Building Phone Main271 Insure in the FARMERS MUTUAL FIRE R. A. Conservative, Strong, Safe, Prompt and Cheap Should there be no local agent write to J. J. KERN SECRETARY 565 East Yamhill St. PORTLAND. - OREGON Farm For Sale Our business is to show investors that Clackamas county farms are better investments than U. S. gold bonds. Tlvre are many real estate signs in town but the office over the Bank of Oregon City continues to do the real estate business of the county. Get Down to Business If your farm drags on the market let's talk the mat ter over. Maybe you need- the services of a live agency. The "con" talk of the amateur agent won't sell your land. .For results see Eastham, Patison & Co. Over the Bank of Oregon City Successors to C, N. Plowman & Co. NO GAS NO COCAINE We set the pace in high grade dentistry. We be long to no dental com bination but stand on our reputation and are busy all the time. Our prices are reasonable. BRIDGE WORK $5.00 PER TOOTH g;old crowns $5.00 Don't pay those high prices for dental work but before you contract to some dentist your dental work, come and see us. Examination free. Our Motto: "Honest work at honest prices." Lady Assistant Oregon Dental Parlors Over Harding' Drug Store O. W. Eastham LAWYER Legal work of all kinds carefully at tended to. Charges moderate. Office over Bank of Oregon City, Oregon City, Oregon. GEO. BRADLEY Successor to C. N. CR.EENMAN Pioneer Transfer and Express Furniture and Pianos Mov ed to all Parts of the City SAND and GRAVEL Both Phonei No. 22 Port Office Bldg. Oregon City, Ore. tmm STRAIGHT & SALISBURY SUCCESSORS TO A. MLHLSTLN Plumbing and Tinning Pumps and Spray Pumps MAIN ST., NEAR Ath. PHONE 101 1 H. SCHRADER'S Bakery and Confectionery Phone Main 33 Main Street OREGON CITY LOW RATES CAST WILL BE MADE THIS SEASON BY THE Southern Pacific (Lines in Oregon) From Oregon City. Oregon AS FOLLOWS ; TO Chicago St. Louis St. Paul Omaha Both Ways Through Portland $73.00 68.00 60.50 60.50 Kansas City 60.50 One Way Via California $87.50 82.50 81.75 75.00 75.00 TICKETS WILL BE ON SALE May 4, 18 June 5, 6, 19, 20 July 6. 7, 22, 23 August 6, 7, 21, 22 Good for return in 80 days with stop over privileges at pleasure within limits. Remember the Date For any further information call on E. T FIELDS. Local Agent, Or write to Mm. ricHLBQAY General Passenger Agent PORTLAND, OREGON