I U entirety ntts-dld tlmi the 1" i. . for olmitw IlUrnli VIU'UU LU L.LIILI UmUMivi.U-d votv of Xlii-hUtnn may throw Hip V.J w a. i .r f .'la riUXS Ol'INIOXS, luVUt!eil Kvery KrUluy. OFFICIAL FAPERJF CLACKAMAS COUNTY MKSKKYE X- LAWKKNCK. IU III 1SIIKKS AMI I'KOI'KlKTtlKS. KVUSCKU'TION KATKI, Oni- voar. 12 (V Six m.-iiihs, I Tlirw months, J Suhsoripunns ivaWe in laiio AivrrtiiiiK rsn ive mi itli-tUn. Cauby, V'U.-kamas, I ni.m Jaills, Aims. Mellow Rrook. Viol. Kra. Witsotivitle, I'ark !;., lurlow. tjlailMiUl. floiKinl. NitslMirj, Mu'.tlKV, Motrtii. Mar,tiin, i-itvtion of pttMdi-ul to the luniM of ivpiv- : sontnitvos; that is, aMUtning ttmt two or ! more of the clov-tors belong to mime third party. The dinuH-ratio house wouhl of ' i-oitrw elect a ilenwraik- prc-sideiit mid the ! republican Mvime a republican vice presi dent. There is, imiiwwr, a possibility that ; some of the other western states shall fol low Mirhigan in changing the mode ol "chiHVsiiiR presidential electors, in which esse the election will lniost certainly he thrown to congress, j With the prevailing tendency to bring the J higher otrlccs nearer llie people some impor tant eh.nigcs maybe looked for to v ;r witnin the coming ttccao-c. 1 he people want AOKSTS MK THIS KNTKKrKlSK. , i (hv Knight i ,0 'I1' "ntors a they ilo representatives, w s K.;i( an mul they will !o no More many yours pass. 0 ni!imnerT,lii,,!'ll'lt lilrtiit linn-lion front K. si Hramliall state legislatures and will teiut to purify "i!'"1! ' I iI'hIoiiiiis bodies. The district s- W. 8 Newtvrry (em of choosing presidential akvlor will Hamilton Wwhbliru undoubtedly revive unless it shall prove to Barlow 4 Co ; defeat rather than aid th expression of the " T. M. Crow ... . ...... .... J. O. Oa. j 1 1 -"'v o,v irstiueiiviy inrowuiK J. tt. -lo tier the election mxm coni'i-ess. To mike nlii. C. T Howard ,,, .., . ... A. 1. K. M. Cornwall Hanmau rohty elect instead of a majority of the electoral vote would remedy this dillicultv. tHcia School Hoot Tin Washington Kditorial aastwialiuu With the onii.Sof the I'ut'lie -lwl m-et.tlv resolve.1 that no forerii mlvertia this year a great howl went up from Port-1 in ,Ik,uM ken t lmt ,, ,w1v lana, witn ynii.iiiieuc vruiuimngs ironi y nous otlier localities in th slate, o- er the change in sehotd boolts. Consi.lering the pricw that prevail in the Sorthwest for tchool books it is not surprising that there should be dissatisfaction when a change ne cessitating new purchases Is wiade. The discussion this year develop a pretty pen- tier cent discount from regular rates. Such resolutions hare, no value, No relf-respect-ing newspar would mak greater reduc tions to outsiders, and the other kind will not heed advice. The trouble with most country iiewsre is that they hold their spare too cheap. They will sell for next to nothing any space they have, or all their era! sentiment in favor of having the state j Hmci regardleaa of the right of their read provide the hooks and either kutn I hem to pupils or sell them at cost. Indiana and Minnesota have uniform school-buok laws that are eminently satis factory. A year or so ago the legislature of Towa investigated the subject and balbre a committee of that body the following in Mructive comparison of prices prevailing in Iowa and Minnesota was presented: Books, In Iowa first Reader, 2S cents. fcoeood Reailer .-tt cents. Third Header ft cents. Fourth Header 60 rents. veotraphr . IsOtoUOO. United States H fstor II.A. Tbe Iowa prices quoted above miv be con sidered fully as low as prevail in '.Iregon. It was stated that the cost of books in Minne sota for a child from the first department up to tiie huh school was 10.71. Oregon legis lators should study Uie Minnesota law. In sllnn. 10 cents. JO cents si cents. t cents. SOceliU. Wceuu. ers to get what they pay for, and get it in a readable shape, tiuch paiers look upon elei-trotyied foreign advertisements as sav. ing just so much composition, wid they will run them by the year for a lew cents an inch. Tbe liome advertiser is the main stay of a good Mewser and in the distribution of favors he should come in for tilt best share, foreign advertising is a were incident in the business anvwav. FA MM Kits' AII.UNi- KM'KiTkttotia, Toledo Made: The Karnu'i-s' allianee now says it w ill have llftydlve ineiulnra of the house of representatives and lour in the sennte of the congress hieh meets next l'e ivinlr, The four semilors are IVIIer, Kyle, li-hy ami Vance, At the hemhiiar ters of the snler In Washington they are preparing a hill, to Ke introdm-eit in ltli houses, upon lines similar to the sub treas ury lull which was repudiated by Ilia last congress. The StanloM laud loan hill will not le touched by the alliance, hut bill U-aring on the same aiihcvt will lie Intro ducesl. The alliance will also demund a free silver coinage hill. The three meas ures arc the ones tiHin which the alliance will spend their strength next winter. TM llt'ATKM.U.AIt TKol'al K, New York Herald: The news from tluate mala illustrates the facility with which a revolution may be precipitated In that un stable republic. The masses object to the orators chosen by President Uarillaa to cele brate the national holiday. The appearance of the sHakers is the occasion lor a riot which develops into a revolt, which in turn threatens to develop into a revolution. Such is republican government in that little Cen tral American state. ITBISFROM HARLOW N r:VM 1IO0I. IMSl li'lt T oi;aMu w i hi nn v n ru.s. Kicked In H li luit" H'M-xt K.mhI Mot k nil Oakley Kill -tieiiiiitl News Nolin. Xavlgatioaoa The Lower Willamette. tkimething like $2S,0U0 is about to be ex-! pended by the government for a dam at the What's the matter with Judge Taylor of this circuit t After the notorious murderer, Satidy Olds, had been twice sentenced to hang a third trial before Judge Taylor re sulted in his getting the very lightest pen alty permitted by law, one year in the peni tentiary. Recently a Clatsopcounty Usher man stole two salmon valued at 2, and upon conviction Judge Taylor sentenced him to the penitentiary for three years. When a few years ago Judge Stearns, of the Portland criminal court, sentenced three boys to three years apiece in the peniten tiary tor stealing three shirts apiece, it was ,.r -i :.i I . ..i. . i l i P rti.rVv i . 7 i . nlt needlessly severe, but Judge Portland. This improrement is calculated I u .,,.(..,,.,',., , ., . . i . .. , i -'-'"".. w mw inui WII9..-WII, III ltv OTirr- v ioiiiMiK; iiiv tosue oi uceu water craft to the metropolis. This is a good thing but while nioiiey is continually being paid out to improve navigation be tween Portland and the eea, why is there auch persistent neglect of the river above Portland? Tidewater reaches nearly to Oregon City. But during the fall months when both the Columbia and the Williamette are lowest it is sometimes difficult for river boats, ex cept those of the Tery lightest draught, to pass between Oregon City and Portland. During the season of lowest water there is barely two feet of water on MelUrum bar just below the Clackamas rapids. At the top of the rapids is another shallow spot and again at the upper end of Ross island just above Portland. So long as Meldrum bar exists the others cause no trouble, but thev should be included in any plan for improv ing the navigability of the Willamette be tween here and Portland. Away back early in the sixties business men of Oregon City contributed money to pay for the rude wing dam that still turns the waters of the Clackamas to the right of the boat channel at the rapids. A few years ago United States engineers nsed a few hun dred pounds of powder in blowing gravel into the air to fall directly back into place again. No other attempts have been made to improve the channel above Portland. The volume of business seeking this trans portation route is enough to warrant the government in removing the impediments to navigation which lie in the channel. A little dredging is all that is needed. Ten thousand dollars judiciously expended would make the channel free to all the com mon river boats that is, f 10,000 for the act ual work, not for re-surveys and salaries of engineers to spend months in elaborating a plan of work. The government srvey was made once. It is hoped that the coming congress will do something to aid naviga tion below Oregon City. ity of hit sentences. It was he who twice sentenced Olds to bang. Tuxai will be a Moiart erformauce in December in Vienna. All over Germany arrangements are being made to celebrate the memory of the musician who a hundred years ago was buried in a paupers grave, No other comoser ever combined genius and learning in such perfect proportions as did Moxart. He died at the age of thirty- five, but he had established his reputation as the greatest musician the world had seen. The great oiera, "Idomenes," confirmed his fame and marked an epoch in the history of music. It was composed during his twenty-fourth year with the view to induce the parents of Constance Weber, afterwards bis wife, to consent to the marriage, and of course he was successful. Foa lour seasons North Dakota suffered severely from failure of crops. This year the state has an abundant crop of grain but large quantities of it are rotting in the field because of the scarcity of farm lalior to properly take care of It. Some of the rail roads have been carrying laborers free to the needy fields, but still much grain will waste. The threshers will not have their work half done even if the weather permits them to work till Christmas. It is best to live in a state where such extremes do not prevail. Presidential Elections. The last legislature of Michigan passed a law providing for the choice of presidential electors by districts. Each congressional district will choose an elector, and in addi tion, the state is divided into two districts in each of which a presidential elector will be chosen corresponding to the senatorial rep resentation of the state. Thus it is not at all likely that the Michigan electoral college will be composed of electors of one political faith. Michigan is considered a safely re publican state in presidential elections un der the methods heretofore in vogue. Har rison bad a plurality of 23,000 in 188. The legislature is now democratic and if it were to choose an electoral college it would be of course, democratic. By choosing electors by districts some of them will be democratic and some republican with a possibility of some third party men. During the first quarter centurvjof the United States the new Michigan plan of choosing presidential electors was common. Hew York elected by the legislature till 1928 when it held one election by districts and then changed to the present plan of pop ular vote of the whole state. South Caro lina elected by legislature till the civil war. Maryland elected by popular vote in dis tricts till 1832, but ever since that time, with the single exception of South Carolina to 1WJ0, the plan of choosing electors on one ticket by vote of the whole state has been in vogue in every state of the union. In thenextnaiional electoral college there will be m members, making 223 necessary The hot potation administered to Gov ernor Pennoyer by Dr. Lane on his retire ment from the suierintendency of the state insane asylum apears to be bringing out a rash on the Oregon democracy. The monthly report of Dr. L. L. Rowland, Dr. Lane's suc cessor, is now published to show that he found the asylum filthy and the inmates not properly cared for. Put Dr. Rowland is not proficient in linguistic gymnastics, and Dr. Lane's verbal mustard plaster will continue to burn. From Mate Exchanges, 11 w tk Frank Worthington had an encounter with a huge bear in lib door yard up Foley. With the aid of few dogs lm obtained some fun, ami got bruin's hide with the aid of a gun. The bear weighed in the neighborhood of 450 pounds. Hay City Tribune. The htt game for money making ap peared on the) street of Weston on Mon day.' A well dressed slick lingered man old rolls ot paer two for $1, in some of which were greenbacks of denomination of fl, and H- Of course the percent age was in favor ol the man who con ducted the arrangement, and this discovered to the financial depr-xssion of quile number of tucker, particular! one old gentleman, who, the reporter waa informed, expentled $;10 in Tain endeavor to beat the swindler at his own game. -Weston Leader. The contract has been let for the new lighthouse at 1 levels head, and work will probably begin in the spring. A wagon-road is now being built from the site to tbe nearest steamer landing, for the transportation of material The base of the tower will be ltH) feet above the sea level and the tower will be fifty feet high, making a total distance to the light proper from sea level of 210 feet. The lenwa to be used will cost 13,000, will be a flash light, and will be shipped direct from London, Kngland. The light will be visible at sea a distance of thirty-six mile. Bay City Tribune. More men have been sent out the past week te work in the Myrtle Creek mines. One hundred ami eighty men are now employed there and the pav roll this month will amount to over $.V)00, Six pack horses are employed all the time in carrying provisions and tools to this large force of workmen. The ten mile ditch dug last fall is being widened at the rate of 100 roils per day. It was first made three feet wide at the top and two feet wide at the bottom but is now being timde five feet at the top and three feet at the bottom. About three miles of ditzh remains to be dug to connect this ten mile ditch with the Umpqiia and this is being accomplished at the rate of a mile every eight or ten days. About 500 roil of hew flumes have been constructed and are now ready for winter operations, which will commence in about a month. Ten acres of land havu been cleared of the timber and brush ready for mining. Some big clean up may be looked for before another full. Kugene Register. Albany, the second city in the state, with its 7,000 population has only 431 punil en rolled in the public schools, and it has plenty of room for more. Oregon City, credited with scarcely half as many Inhabit ants as Albany, has enrolled 432 pupils, and might have more but for tle crowded con dition ot tbe schools. The Myrtle Point West Oregonian in giv ing an account of the accidental discharge of a revolver says, '-He had been to church and on reaching home drew his revolver from his pocket to put it away." Going to church must be dangerous business in the Coos bay country. Dm anybody notice how sedulously Hon. Binger Herman sawed wood this year? He never toiled more unremittingly In his life. Probably be has never heard of that toutl era Oregon man named Miller. Will the parliamentarians of the city council please define the difference between "accept" and "adopt" as applied to the treatment of committee reports? October "Bummer's gone and over; Fogs are failing down, And with russet tinges Autumn'sdolng brown. Bough" are dally rifled Bj tbe gusty tblsvea, And tbe book of Nature ueueth short of leaves." Brief Washington Sews. Oil wells are being bored at Blain and Sumaa. John J. Calhoun, one of the brightest lawyers of Port Townsend, is dead. Carp are being ruthlessly slaughtered in a lake near Cheney with dynamite. Horsethieves are again at work in the vicinity of Spokane. Five animals were taken during the past week. The Tacoma smelting and refining works shipped 4250 bars of bullion, valued at $05,000 during September. Tacoma's wheat receipt now average 100 cars daily or about 67,000 bushels; Seattle, thirty-five cars daily or about 24,000 bushels. Tbe fall meeting of the Puget Bound Livestock association will be held at Stanwood, October 9 and 10. Several food race have been arranged and a good time is assured, weather permit ting. The State Board of Horticulture will hold its semi-annual meeting in Tacoma October 12. At this meeting regulations will be made to inspect all fruit trees shipped Into the slate and for cleatisiog fruit trees. The artesian well at Farmington ia down 185 feet, and the water is running over the top of the pipe two and one- half feet above the surface at the rate of 500 gallons per hour. The flow in creases as the hole goes down. The Union Pacific company have made a contract with the Northern Pacific Coal Company at Koslyn, wher by they take about 600 tons tier day after October 7. This arrangement will give employment to upwards of 1000 mon and Roslyn and Ronald people are feel ing very much elated over tho prospects. Nkw School Ihsimrt'. Since putlii g on wile siinill Irui la uf land on llailou Prairie there haslvoii agn-at iiieieasool population and alioady there are lid children that tire lame imoiigh to go to school and a demand lr a district of our own haa boon ntado and the di.trict organised. The timet dilhYult pail h boctl that the west pit ol thepiaii ie a in the Canhy and the south In Aurora district and ill order to got a district ol our owit we were oliligvd to get enough signers from the two rvitpoctiv district to lot ll out and thu. establish Olio of our own. This now has lioeii accom plished and wi toon xi t to get the niiinlvor from (he m-hool nieriiiteiidcnt. KtcxEti P.Y A Hoii. Mr, Lewis Arnf, a teamster hauling wood (or Win. Har low, met with an ai-cidenl that nearly re sulted fatally. While looking after and tending liisU-am last Thursday morning he a usual walked in beaida his horse and began lo curry them, when suddenly (he horse kicked, striking him In the hip and throwing him violently against the back Mrtitiun. Mr A rut, on trying to rescue himself (mm the tight place, wt kicked again on the arm Ik-low the elimw breaking it. lie was at once taken to the hotel and Dr. Martin Oeisy called. It was found that no othar hone were broken, but Mr. Ant waa badly bruited. I.akais FoacK At Woax. Ten teams and a Ion of men are at work on the Oakley hill graveling and grading, under t'te management of Mr. Parker, the con tractor. Ti e contract call for ten niche of gravel and a coating of clay on top. This, when flniidicd, will make one of the best road in the county. Nearly Com.tTieu. Mr. W. K. Bald win ha nearly completed hi cottage on Main atreet and it ill tie ready for occu pancy by the tenth of the mouth. Fink Iki"oveiis.nt. Messrs Koehler A Scliwarti, the proprietors of The Koehler, are having a double porch sixty- two feet long built along on Railroad avenue. It adds greatly to the apar aucA of the house, beside being of great convenience. A Fisx Machine. Mr. Hen. Wolfwr, the well known threslierman who ha run a J. I. Case 'Agitator" for the past ten years and has made for himself and machine reputation of no little credit, has recently sold hi engine and separa tor to Messr. Uraves llro. who will hereafter try to please their customer a did Mr. Wolfer. Pitman's Faii.i he To Connect. An nouncement was made through the columns of f it Knteki-hisi of last week that Samuel P. I'utuian would addreeM the people at Zeek's hall Friday Oct. 2. Also bills were gutton out and a large crowd was here awaiting his arrival on theevening train, but to their dinapioint ment he did not come. Now by way of explanation we publish the following letter which was our authority (or mak ing the announcement: Tacoha. Waah., Sep. 14, 18111. Mr. W.W. Jkshik, F.s , Harlow, Or. Dear Jessie; I want to sta?ak at Bar low Friday Oct. 2nd., so please socure a hall. Have lieen very busy upon the ."oiina and am due in Portland on t tie 3rd and we expect a large delegation irom ine interior to attend the coiiven lion. We will all come down together From there I must push on to San Fran Cisco, and will not return to the north west coast for some length of time Make the announcement and get as large a crowu as possime. Signed, BasU'ei, P. Pitman. Tt. : ,.i . . . Aim aiiuve is aouiit uie contents ot me letter so far as the announcement is con cerned. Another letter was received from I'titman on Thursday, Oct. 1st. dated Snohomish, Wash., Sept. 2ll stat ing it was impossible foi him to be here but too late to revoke the announcement. Wnx Move In. I). J. Parmenteer, who recently purchased a 40 acre tract of land o( Barlow A Co. has nearlv com pleted his two and one-half story house and will move in within a week. Mr. Parmenteer is an enterprising man and we are very glad to welcome him. PERSONALS. Mr. Fred Murshburger, a Mulalla farmer, was in town this week. Mrs. Goo. A. Hheppard returned from Denver last Saturday, making the trip in 07 hours from Denver to Barlow. Messrs. oeo. and Vim. Miller, of Aurora, paid us a visit this week. Mrs. W. R. Baldrie is visiting her mother in Ihllsboro. Mr. Homer Trullinger, of Portland waa up one day this week looking after ins crop of wheat. Mis Mertie Howull, of Cancmah, was visiting MrB. W. W. Jessie a few days this week. Mr. W. Weed, wife and daughter, of Canby, were seen on our streets one day last week. Mr. J. A. Waite, road master o( tho Southern Pacific railway was in town this week and registered at The Koehler. Geo. Sunderland, Harry Lako, Gus Sangrea, J. R. Fosis, Tom Waite, C. W. Baker, W. A. Winchester, Gus Rhodes, of Portland and W. L. Brown and R. J. Goodfellow, of Oregon City itro at The Koehler. MRS. C. H. v.5V'" y. ' t L. BURMEISTEB, Watches, : Jewelry, 40SlLVERWARE, Clocks, Spectacles 0. E. A. FREYTAG, THK Best and Cheapest Grocer Fancy and Staple Grocories in Groat Variety, Vegotaulos, Fruit ana Food. GARDEN SEEDS IN BULK. Thirteenth and Main, ORECON CITY. SOBENSEN & YOUNG, M.iiuf.elurn of sad !tWni la MM MD HHI III Fir, fyruco ami IVlar, also rit kotH, Shingle, Etc. r;liijjH' to all jHiints tin tl river, or by rail. Mill Located on Willamette River at Sellwood Or. f. r. SUMMIT. r, atsintu, WIXKSKT A SCltli'TUKK, UNDERTAKERS & EMBALMERS I-argoM dork of lolllu and I akt kopt South of J'orlland. AlaO sloth and MrtMllu- Canki-t furnished to onlrr. I.di Hurlal Hobrt am! Units' It n rial liuU'S in stink. Also Wagon and Carriajjo Making, Home ShtH'ing and Cut oral lllarkxruitliiug on nhort notice. r. r. wiiitk. W., WlliTK JOHN DUFFY WHITE BROTHERS, (Oregon City Express Ni iraeiieai .ire nit era j- jiutwert. Light fmlKlil Slid imn-iilideliirMwf k4 "in prepare nun., lavtiinn.. vnriitif n- 'rv wl Hit i lly hiii, man iarinr.llll. liir all Bltlil. ill btlll.l- Ins. Serial atiiMiUiiti slvva tu tumtiira r4 Ua. fctltnata lurul.liwS on atilit-aiKia Call oo or adilreaa W IIIIE Kilos , Urasua CUy, dm i:l.bllltrl IMS. C. I. tali Drayage & Expressing Freight and parr j dnllvsml to all parts ot tho city. ! mlr villi I T ! GREAT REDUCTION' IN PHOTOGRAPHS R. Prier, the cl.l tahlhhvil and rellal.lo bhuiiisTaiihor, -allnl I'hotogP.l..,n pepd.a. Dr. C. P. Sullivan, OSWKUO, OKKOON. Tit onlr DRUGOIST between Portlana ail Oreeon city. Carrlci a full II ua of UKUOS, M KDICINRS, TOII.KT AKTICI.SS, NO TIONS AND MASMIIAIX OOOUS, PKKSCRIITION CARKITUUY WlMWirNOSt) ely&harrTngton7 IIKALKHS IN Merchandise. H. A. VORPAHL, 4Jrrl IUrliMiliMaf a' IMtrlaar. Wagon and llurgy Wnrk tfWj lliirm ihiirliig hi a lint claa mass'' t'aiihy. - . . Oris JOHN ZEEK, lUltLOW, OH., Illn kamliM ! Waa Hr llomrahertng NirclultT. Hi-tlring of all kinds roinlly 1om at rramiialuv lirutm, W. S. MAPLE. sTJ-In rarof Iiw'a hardware turs.fj I.A( Kfatll l lll.M hi:iaiki Of every description on short nolle. HORSESOOEINQ A 8PECIALTT FRANK NELDON, GUNSMITH AND LOCKSMlS , Oregon City, Oregon. It.alrson all kind of smalt m1 'Miiiitly mail. Itii!lil any lock nianiifaotureil. HIiopW WineiHit A Hr-rlptur' hlat'k' smith shop. Store lwatod at Mountain Viow.on Guiana road, one mile south east of Oregon City. We dal in Flour. Corn M,.i i.- i i.rooiinesof all kinds UrioU Vi ' (jenta; UtKhirwJran, ottrswr" Clothing and mimnrotis otli. r J, Zul Sftft, .Ci;!"r,i'"lrduttii''2 f..r UHTI'e..llih0Mt n"rkot price i,ttld for lit, ttr, KgKH and Fowls. 1 id ""I'wjiiiuur li, Inyo, F. t POU MOLALLA, OREGON. Dealer In all klmls of MQU0KS and Summer DRI None but tho best brand ' 0 I O A R S . Llverv and Feed Stable With Ample Aoraiinoiliitliii" Tf lrl- tuoiittll". ut lie l-0 it, 0. nut 1 i iiiiHiinr,,vi