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Oreogn City Enterprise. Published Kvery Friday. OFFICIAL PAPER OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY. MESEKVE & LAWRENCE, HHl.lSHKRS AND I'ROI-RIKTDRS. 8VU8CH1PTION HATK8, One year, H CO Six month, ....... j i Three month, so 8ih-rtptlon payable In advance Advertising rates given n application. AUKNTS POK TUB ENTRM'tHSK. Cauby, Clackamas, ieilwautte, UninD Mill. Aims, tlfiilw Brook. New k.'ra, Wtlsfloville, -f ark Plaee, - Burlow. OlarfstolM. Stafford. Mscesbilrf, Mu.tno, Molalla, Maniuam, - , -O. W. Proaser 0v Kuihi W. 8. Rimyau Arthur Hloeh U J. TruIUuiior K. 8 Hramhall K. A. Wriht W, KewWrrjr Henry Miley Bunlllno Washburn Barlow A Co T. M. Croaa J. W Oejie. J, H. Jojruar - C. T Howard A. I. Cornwall S, M. Hantaan Enured al tha Post Ofllce In Oregon OUT, Or., as second clasa mailer. FRIDAY, XOVEMBEK 6, 1891. Trial Subarrtptiona. Trial subscriptions to the EsTiaraiat for tl remainder of the year will be received till December I for twenty-live cent each, strictly in advance. Here is a (rood chance to try the paper for a very little money. Get your neighbors and friends whose names are not now on our books to send in trial subscriptions. The paper will be stopped promptly at the expiration of the trial period if it is not desired longer. YOOKUEES ON FKEE SILVER. j It will be remembered by a grateful public that Senator Pan W. Yooi hues. of Indiana, the Tall Sycamore of the Wabash, got Uncled up with the Kan ts cyclone., Ingitile, some inont'is prior to the retirement of the latter from the United State senate. The result of the contact on that occasion was that the j oughfare in the county Tall Sycamore went into total collapse and has since been one of the most peaceable vitixens of the republic There was a fervent hope that this un reconetructeil copperhead had received Lis quietus but lie is wriggling into notoriety again. In the November num ber of the Noith American Review he occupies nine pages with what he calls Plea for Free Silver, in which there is such a lamentable lack of either sense or humor that one is alrpost forced to the conclusion that the old man is in his do tage. It is safe to say that only the pictor esqueness of the career suggested by the name of Daniel Voorhees sec urea the publication of such matter in the Re view. Even the article by Governor Pennoyer that recently appeared in the same periodical contained more " food for thought" than does this demagogic nonsense of the back-number Hoosier. To attempt a criticism of the '"Plea' .would be beating the air. Tne only value that attaches to Sena or Voorhees's article is that it serves as a sort of democratic weather vane indi cating the attitude of the party on the money question. There was hardly a necessity for this declaration, however, since the democratic party has always been opposed to sound finance and it is consistent in now advocating free silver -and whatever else that it fancies will bring to it a few more votes. For a temporary gain the democrats are seek ing to make themselves agreeable to the farmers' alliance reformers regardless of the fact that the farmers would themselves be the worst sufferers if their owu wild notions of money were carried out. It is not the permanent good of the laboring man which concerns such blatherskite democrats as Voorhees but merely the ballot he holds in his hand and which Voorhees thinks a little glam orous rhetoric will win. Long experience with poverty does not qualify one to elucidate intricate financial problems but it does make one an easy victim to the oily tongued dem agogue who paints rosy pictures ef golden glory just waiting to fall within the grasp of the toiling millions. It is bard enough now to get money honestly, it will always be hard to get money hon estly; and the measures of the cheap money advocates would only make the poor man's dollar less valuable, not easier to get, than it now ie. given was that " the I'amellites are be ginning to realise that they am in such a minority that they cannot even make a formidable atreei light, and that they are obliged to send to Wattirford, Limer ick, and Dublin for troops to aid them. The Cork men are declaring, however, that they will show what they can do in the way of lighting next Sunday," Con' tinuiug, the account reads : The anil- Parnellites loudly oomplaln of the partiality of the police In yesterday's Agluing. but the rariiellitea do not seem any belter satisfied with the treatment ac corded them by the otttcers of the law, and disinterested outsiders are of opinion that the guardians of the peace bestowed their cmlgcllmr impartially among the combat ants. The Farnellitos assert that the govern ment has ordered the trooa to be used mercilessly on the first occasion when a lively scrimmage shall give an excuse for calling out the military. A strange rumor is current to-night that the (runs at the bar racks on the top of St. Patrick's bill were turned upon the city and that the cavalry at Balincolig were hooted and spurred ready for an instant descent upon the town. One female I'arnellila partisan tried to strike 0' Urien with a bust of I'artiett, but her aiiu was a little wild, and tin bust was smashed to pieces. And to the merry war goes on. Par nellite and McCarthyite stand pitted against each other with a most malevo lent bitterness and wage their fratricidal stri.'e unrelentingly. And then they wonder why home rnle is long in com ing. TO START THE BALL ROLLING. The sentiment in Clackamas county ) in favor of better roads to Oregon City may be said to be unanimous. But the need of good roads has l-een talked of before and the thoroughfares are still im passable. Now, in order to get the question bo fore the house, as it were, the Entkh frisi suggests the following plan of ar tion: First, take up the road from Or egon City to Molalla and Murrpiam, which may be considered the chief thor- Let the Oregon slon of railway trains we may expect tome surprising changes In rntltvny management in the coining few years. Henry Vlllard Is quite intimately associated with Kdlson and takes great Interest In his electrical In ventions, and Mr. Ylllard's statement that the trains of the Northern 1'soltlc would be run by electric power within a few years must be taken as something more tlisn empty speculation. Electricity will probably do more to reduce, freight tarllts than granger legislatures have done. ITEMS FROM BARLOW NEW M'HOOI. DIM Itlt T OKU IMZ1U AMI OHM HUH ELECTED, Now that Secretary of War UedtUld Proc tor has been actually appointed senator from Vermont in place of Ono. T. Edmunds, resigned, the talented newspaper corres pondents will have a fresh oportuiilty to recast the president's cabinet However, Mr. Itlalne is back at work again now and it will be difficult to arouse anxiety as to the government at Washington. No matter what exigency shall arise the people feel that it will be taken rare of promptly and completely, and there Is no use worrying about it. Ohskrvir riH's Hmls himself somewhat liandifap)ed in collecting agricultural stat istics through the neglect of the persons whom he has addressed for Information. It Is not necessary that any canvassing he done before answering the questions; only such knowledge as is already possessed by the person from whom the report is asked is de sired. An eil'ort should be made to make these reports as full and prompt as possible. Thi Oregon City council makes a mis take in not dealing with the cow ordinance when the matter is rie. If the ordinance be brought up again when the late contest shall have been forgot ten all the argument ative old straw will have to be threshed over again and with uncertain results. If it j the " be left to rest as it now is a long-sutlering . Harlow public will he inclined to take this council for a private interview In the woodshed. A Hallowe'en Hull llarrelt Cunieilj Cimipini) lliillilinir Mil Occupied lVrwoiml mill rieucnil News Wii.t, OmiANisa A general railroad meeting will be held in Harlow next Sat' iirday, Nov. 7, todotortiflne the best plan to adopt in promoting the early coni t ion of the proHisel railroad hoin thl point to Macksbnrg, Wrights, Molalla ami Marqiiam. At this meeting there will no doubt he step taken to organise and put men Into the Held for action to make a thorough and complete, canvass during the winter so as to get a report from each and every farmer as to the amount of subsidy he will give. The people In this vicinity are looking for ward with the expectation of seeing a largo and enthusiastic meeting, and at it it pecuniarily of interest to each and every land owner and resident along and In the vicinity of this proposed line no doubt there will be a large gathering that will help the good work along. School Mkktino. At P. M. last Sat urdav a school meeting was hold at Zcek't hall here (or the purpose of duly and legally o'goniiiiig school district No, 07, by order of Mr, Alex Thomson county school superintendent. The meeting was called to order by W. W. Jesse, chairman-elect ; T. Andrews, sec retary. The following are the officer of district : W, W, Jesse, William and William Irvin, director, THE IRISH CAMPAIGN. And sure its a beautiful time they're having over in auld Minister all along of themselves. The Oregon City munic ipal row just isn't "in it" in comparison with the interchange of compliments among our Hibernian cousins across the wather. At this distance the press ac counts of the Irish political canvas have a certain grim humor that throws Amer ican politics quite into the shade. For instance one dispatch from Cork says: As soon as the convention had closed its proceedings Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien passed through the city, still accompanied by the procession which met them at the railroad station. my bount ot trade employ a surveyor to relocate certain portions of the road to avoid the present steep hills, or to re port a feasible plan for reducing the grade so as to permit the passage of heavy loads. Coming from Marquara this way there is the Everhart bill first to receive attention. Thea coming up from the Molalla bottom there are the Howard and Paine hills that should be reduced in grade. The Howard hill has now a grade of about fifteen per cent, which nouiu oe reduced tuny nail. When the surveyor shall have reported the changes necessary to secure a good road let a petition be drawn and submit ted to the interested voters for the road to be on that line. Then the matter can he brought to the attention of the county court and some action obtained. To ex pend county funds in repairing the road as it now is, is merely to throw away public money. A definite and intelli gent plan of action should be determined on in the beginning, and then enough money spent to bring the desired relief. The county court cannot spend money on the preliminary work mentioned in the foregoing plan. The only practicable way of dealing with the matter is to have some organization like the board of trade conduct the preparatory work. Monday night will be none too soon to start the ball rolling. Pl'xiso his ride up the Willamette by steamer last Saturday alternoon Congress man Hermann observed the river to tie a lit tle wetter than usual at this season of the year owing to the late copious rains. Our river is alt right, what there is of it; the bunting question is, When will the channel lie improved so as to admit ordinary river boats as far up as Oregon City at the lowest stage of water? A CoRRitsro.MDisT writing from Cams warmly endorsee the suggestion In last week's Ettirmisi tor the formation of a county fruit growers association. Let us hear from others interested in this matter. Two weeks hence we hope to he able to pub lish a rail for a meeting of truit raisers of Clackamas. Ttt statement was published last week that tbe first uewsper on the Pacific coast was started at Milwaukle in this county. This was eroneous. The Spectator was started in Oregon City, not Milwaukle, in Wi wonder what the recent people's party convert, Governor Pennoyer, ia thinking these dsvs. THE EASTERN ELECTIONS. Last Tuesday's state elections in tbe East were not so decisive as it was hoped they would be. Still the state in which the most significant fight was made, Ohio, went republican by a plurality ap proaching 25,000. New York elected a democratic governor as did also Massa chusetts and Iowa. Pennsylvania sur prised even tbe republicans by defeating the democratic candidate by 40,000 votes. The legislatures at this writing are in doubt, though the indications for Ohio and New York are that the legislature of the former will be safely republican and of the latter democratic. Outside of those states the most no ticeable feature of the elections was the development of unexpected weakness in the alliance forces in Kansas and Ne braska and rather more strength than was expected in the indocrat party of South Dakota in fact the indocrats polled more votes than the democrats. Prosperity is killing the farmers' alliance as a political factor. In Iowa the demo cratic tactics on the non-enforcement of the liquor laws proved seductive and Boies was re-elected by about the same plurality as before. The returns at this writing are too meager to warrant any analysis of the vote. We are pleased to welcome an interna tional complication in the western hemi sphere to give a much needed rest to our old friend, the European war cloud. It is hardly probable that there will be war between the United States and Chili, but it must be ad mitte'l that this country is just now pretty well prepared for a contingency of this sort, and Chili would welcome outside strife as a Suddenly the McCarthy- j means of unifyingits present discordant po- ites were attacked by a large mob of Par nellites, and both sides fought desperately with sticks, clubs, shovel and pikes. Alare nun. her of wounded were stretched bleed ing and groaning in the streets before the trocars restored order. The neiI;!)ori::g ho:' ital had to find accommodation f r ma: v wounded persons by the time hostili ties were suspended. TLe next night the news was that the city as quieter and the unique reason litieal elements. America's having an Irish agitator to represent her in Chili appears to be at the bottom of this whole trouble. And if Pat Egan reaps no illegitimate personal reward lor his contumacious intermeddling in Chilian domestic affairs then will his ris'lit hand have forgotten its cunning. Now that the wizard of Menlo Park has about perfected a means for making practi cal application of electricity to the propul- TWO FAILl'RKS. She married a man (or his money, Not an atom of lore In her heart; But little he thought what his wealth bought How a woman can plar her part! Of course deception will never last lone; He learned It too late to repslr the wrour, But the thought of It oraeps Into every song And clouds tbe fairest sky. He married a girl for her money, And yet he had made her believe It was not (or pelf, but her own dear sell How a man will sometimes deceive I She (ound that bis soul was steeped In guile, And her (ace Is marred by a cynic's smile. Though we gain a point la It worth the while To act a tiring lie? Lillian Plunkrtt, had PRESS omiONH. New York Tribune: Maud 8. is no longer queen of the turf. She made the record of 2 MX in l8o, but this was reduced by Suuol, who trotted a mile at Stockton, Cal., in 2:08L. Mr. Bonner's wisdom in purchas ing her at a price larger than he paid for Maud S. has been justilied. The reduction of half a second in the mile record is a no table accomplishment. New York Herald: If Mr. Edison be not self-deceived there are children of to-day who will in their old age regard the ateatu locomotive as one of tbe vague impressions of their very early youth. It must be re lueniliered in making this qualification that Mr. Edison has never been self-deceived. If Mr. Edison can give us safety and speed in city streets he will be more than a magician. He will be a benefactor. It may be that electricity's grandest era is at hand. New York Sun: This year has proved a poor one for the Labrador cod fisheries and the September gales supplied all the misfor tune needed to complete the season's fail ure. Nine-tenths of these ioor fishermen come from the west side of Newfoundland, and as they are not permitted to lish on their own coast owing to the treaty lietwccn England and France, they cross the straits to Labrador and until the season closes sail along that shore catching cod. Their com forts are meager enough in any ycur, anil such a bail season as they have had this summer greatly intensities their hard lot. Excellent Local Newspaper. The Oregon City Enteri'Bibk is a quurter of a century old, having begun its twenty sixth year this week. It is an excellent lo cal newspaer, and though editors and pro prietors may come and go, it will go on for centuries. Portland Telegram. Trial Suhscriftions, The Entkkimusk will be sent on trial for two mouths for twenty-five cents. Send in a trial subscrip tion and if you do not get your money's worth the two bits will be refunded to you. The paper will be stopped, promptly at the expiration of the trial period if it is not de sired longer. and T. Andrews, clerk, A vote of thank was ler.dered W 11. Mary by the newly elected Ixwtrd (or the goneronty shown by him in presenting the newly formed district with a handsomely drawn map showing the Umndary of our newly formed district. After voting a wial tax to provide the iiecesiwrie for a three months' term of school this winter the meeting adjourned. Two Niuiir with Si ccus, The lUr rett Comedy company that were billed here last Thursday and Friday night, October 21) and 30, were to gratified with the success financially attained that they remained over Sunday to take in the tow,i and see the tight. The clever comedian. Mr Harrutt, did him self credit in his Irish turn, a also did Mr. Barrett In her character of a flirt ing Irish girl. All the member of the company were clever. Has Com to Stat. W. R. Marye a deputy county surveyor of (hit county, it now a permanent resident of Barlow. Through the kindness ol Sindev Smyth, county surveyor, Mr. May re retain hi commission as deputy and make thi place hit beadqnaitei. He has rented tfio Sims building on Main street and will at once relit it for hi purpose. A r Hon a Hallowk'km IUi.i.. No les than 200 attended the Hollow e'en ball given at Aurora Saturday night last. A few guiiie were indulged in, but none so far at heard from have been able to dis cover their future husband or wife. The merry maker wore all out for fun and a general good time was bad. Homi Aoai.n. For three long month Thomas Grady has been down to (irant's Pass running a steam sl.ovul, but lie re turned home thi week fooling satisfied to again open up business at the Blue Front. Buildings all Occppikii. There is not a building of any description here that is not occupied, and many more could be rented if erected. Many fami lies are contemplating moving here on account of school accommodation. Supplt and Dirtwbutino Point. Bar low is now the center and distributing point of a large section of country, and our merchant are holding their trade on on the plan of ' live and let live." PKKSONALS. . Mr. Thomas Orady is registered at The Koelilor. Mr. George Schncttker ha gone to California to spend the winter. Mr. George Schicli went to Oregon City on a business trip lust Monday, Mr. P. Mulor, from Oakland, Or., was teen on our streets one day this week. Mr. T. H. Scott, of Ashland, Or., was registered at " Tull'a Cafe" on Tuesday. Mr. Neil Jackson will move into town for the winter to send his children to school. Judge VT. L. White spent lust Sunday in our town and was the guest of Will iam Barlow. Mr. J, O. Johnson, brldgemaster on the Southern Pacific, was seen in town last Tuesday. Mr. Ed Hope went to Portland on a business trip Monday. Ho received a letter from Germany acquainting him of money sent to the United States hank for liim from his mother's estate. 0. E. A. FREYTAG, THK Best and Cheapest Grocer. Fancy and Staple Groceries in Great Variety. Vegetables, Fruit and Food. Thirteenth and Main, ORECON CITY. GET- H- HOME BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. Both farm ami town proiHirty is bound to advance in pritf, until thu man jvith mall mi'an will tlml it mxt to imiKiejiblti to bti a home for liiniHelf. l'riccs aru low now, mid THAYIUl & ALWSS can givo you prices not to lo hud of any othor Heal Kstate firm. Uve ohoioo Kuriii Land in large mid sinitll trnotn, on easy icrm. Also d sirahle Town and Suburban property. CorrvHiHiiidonre solicited, (iive u h a call. OFFICK, 01TOSITK CORXKU FROM COl'KT HOUSK, ORECON CITY. OREGON. Bntte-CreeGraup-Associaiioii, MARQUAM, ORECON, P. J. RIDINGS. Manager, -IlIALta IN Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, FA KM MAl'lllNKUY, CLOTHINU, .NOTIONS, AND Everything Required for the Country Trade. FARM PRODUCE BOUCHT AND SOLD. 4TYour trails Is n,-itd, and our prltvt will be found t low i (live n a trial. i the lowest , r. white. w. . Willi It WHITE BROTHERS, fractioal Architects $ Builders. WIU prnar pUnt, tvatlitn, worklni rti- Ulla, nut -pM-lnctttlnni for all ItlittJ u( btitUI- tltttiiiti f If eo l mtxlrrn (V- list BIWCMtU U(i. Mtimntca fitrulauiHi Call on or adilrtM pt-ilniiiion WHIIK fl KUti , OfM"i City, Out) Ubilnlird 1S. nil H. A. VORPAHL, 4Jrnrrsl lllnt-liamllhlsiy staid it. paring. H ii If on tad Dinticr Work MpecUIl;. lionrshorlr.g in llrst class manner, Candy. OrvipMi. Drayage & Expressing Freight and parce l delivered to all parti of the city. GREAT REDUCTION IN PHOTOGRAPHS R. Prier, the old established and rollalilu tihotngraphor, 'ablate t I'tiotnicrnphs, 0t per dot. Dr. C. P. Sullivan, OSWKOO, OKKOOJf. It only DRUGGIST Detwcei Portland and Oregon City. Carries a lull line ul DKIIOH, MKDICINKH, TOII.KT ABTICI.IIH, NO TIONS AND BASKIIA1.L UOODH. HKHCHII'TION CAHKKUM.Y COMI'OUNDKD For the cure of headache, constipation. stomach and liver trouhlos, and all do- ranimments of the diicstivo and aHsimi- lative orKan, Ayer'g I'illsare invalualilo. lieinu Buxar-coated, they ure ilc,Hant to take, always reliable, and retain their virtue in any climate. There are times when a lcclin of latitude will overcome the most rohtiHt, whon the BVHtein crave for ptiro blood. tofurniHli the olmnontH of health anil strength. The best remedy for piirfyinjj the blood is Dr. J, H. McLean's Hur-sujiarilla. ELY & HARRINGTON, DKAliKKS HI Merchandise. Store locatod at Mountain View, on Molalla road, one mile south oitHt of Oregon City. 00 We deal In Flour, Corn Meal, Food, Groceries of all kinds, Hoots ami HIioch, (ients' Underwear and other utylcs of Clothing, and numfiroun other articles suitable for tho needs of tho dinner and Li family. !y prompt and fuir dealing we hope to receive in future, as in the past, a liboral share of patronage. IM" 'l't IiiKhest market price paid for Butter, Egg and Fowl. JOHN ZEEK, BARLOW, OK., IliacliaHiItU anal Wtisroa Worker Horseshoeing a Kperlaltjr. It.alrlnnof ill kinds promptly don tnd tt reasonable prices, W. S. MAPLE. lT"ln rear of 1'ope'i hardware store., m.A'M.TllTIIIKU and Hi:iAiunu Of every description on short notice. HORSE-SHOEING A SPECIALTY' FRANK NELDON, GUNSMITH AND LOCKSMITH Oregon City, Oregon. Iti'piilrs on til kind of small machines promptly made. Duplicate keys to any lock miinufactiiri'd. Hhop in Wlnesct it Hcrlpturo't black smith shop. Practical Ilorseshoer, Shop on Uslu HI., 0p WiHileu Mills. SDeclel Attention Gl?eo to Contracted or Bad FeeL HIIOKINO M'KKD IIDltKKH A SPECIALTY. Ten years expeiiuuru In tiastoru chins. Great Reduction Cabinet Photographs 1 ONLY S2.BO PER DOZEN Tliwaito'a , 187 First Htrnet, lift, Morrison am! Yamhill. rOKTLAND, OUKUO.N