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Orcogn City Enterprise. luhUetliel Ever' PrUUvy. OFFICIAL FifER OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY. MKSKKVE vt LAWRENCE, IH H1.IHHKRS AND -Kl'KlKrvK8. BUBSCHIITION RA.TKS. On yar, ....... Six montha, ....... Thrw month. ... J - . nharrlpitona Tabl In advance Advertising raifagueti on apiictloii. $3 00 l w AGENTS FOR THK ENTERPRISE. 0. W. Pmaer tfo, Kntgnt W. H Kunvan Arthur Ntoch 0 J. Trailing r K. HrnmhaU K A. rihl W. Newtvrry Henry Milcy Hamilton Washburn Harlow A Co T. M. Croat J g liaite. . - J. II. Jovtutr - C. T Howard A. 1. Cornwall K. M. Hartuian l'anly, Cla-iainaa, Itilwaiiki. Vuiou Mills, Aims. MoHiow Brook, New Kra. ilnonriUs, park TU., Barlow, Ola1stone, " Suflmt. Mactvkurg, Ninino, M.tlalla. Marnuam, EntenrJ at th Pot Offl In 0r0 City, Or., aa second claw mauer. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, MSI. Trial SulwriHlons. Trial subscriptions to the Kstirvkiss for th remainder of the year will be received till IVoeniber 1 for twemy-liv cents each, strictly in advance. Here is a Kvxxl chance to try" the paper for a very liltle money. Get your iieiplitxirs ami "friends whose iiair.es are not now on our books to send in trial siitv-criidions. The paper will lie stopiM prom pi I v at the expiration of the tnal ieriod if it is not desired loiijter. AS Il-Ll'STRATKD KDITIOX. Tlie Entkrvrise for the dale January 1, 1SI2 will be a double numbei Urgoly de voted to illustrating and descriliimt the industries of Clackamas county and Ore Item City. The work of preparation will be begun at once in order that the pa per may be full and accurate in its repre sentations, and a large edition will be printed. It has been the custom for Oregon City people to pay for having such work a this donn by outside publications, and in too many instances the results have been anything but satisfactory. Not only has the descriptive matter been incorrect and boomy and the illustrations wretch edly executed or altogether too scanty to be useful, but the whole thing has usu ally been jumbled with matter pertain ing to other ambitious localities. The money went from the town and it brought no commensurate benefit. The Enterprise being a borne institu tion is interested in giving this county the very best representation that can be had. This will be an expensive under taking but we believe the benefits to be derived will fully warrant every effort put forth. And when i( shall be done it will not show what a fine advertisement Oregon City is able to buy, but what its own citizensand business establishments are actually doing and how cordially and intelligently they support home enter prise. FOR BETTER ROADS. The Oregon City board of trade has taken np the matter of improving Clack amas county roads in accordance with the plan outlined in last week's Enter prise. It is recognized that there are several of these main thoroughfares from different sections leading to Oregon City that must be improved, but only one can be handled satisfactory at a time and the first one selected is the road from Molalla and Marquam. The board of trade committee to which this work has been assigned has an important job on hand. Thtre is no necessity for unseemly haste in con ducting the prepartory work entrusted to it, but the matter requires vigorous and intelligent treatment from the beginning and the committee should receive the active aid of every business man in Ore gon City as well as of the citizens along the route traversed by the road to be improved. The benefits to accrue from the enterprise are not vague and ab stract. They have a direct and distinct money value. Letters in this week's Enterprise from live people at Carus, New Era, Wilhoit, Beaver Creek and Oregon City show the great interest that is taken in improving the Molalla and Marquam road. Those letters contain many sug gestions that ' may be utilized by the committee with profit. There is a scheme on foot for taking the trade south of the Molalla to Salem but the people there all prefer to come to Oregon City if they can get here. This is shown by the willingness of the country people to con tribute to the expense of the preliminary work,. Various plans and routes will be suggested. Only one can be chosen. But all should unite on that one when it is determined by competent authority and the end sought will be attained. Let the work begin at once. MATTERS POLITICAL. The eastern elections last week devel oped three important things; namely, popular approval of the McKinley tariff and honest money, lamentable weakness in the farmer reformer ranks, and the in expediency of j-uohing Cleveland for the prphidency. Upon each of these there was very distinct pronouncement and jju.i'.iciii ngurers will lake their cues ; corukigly. In Ohio the issues of McKinley tariff and honest money were hatcholed up and dow n the stale, but it is not entirely clear as to which on. If e;thor, outranked the other. The tariff was sometliiini of a personal issue inasmuch as the author of the present law was the republican candidate for governor. Rut Oovernor Campbell attributes his defeat to the plank in the democratic platform declar ing in favor of free silver. Campbell is oi-.e of the best governors Ohio has had, and, democrat though he was, he saw the industrial danger of clap-trap finance and the platform UHn which ho was compelled to make the canvas he knew to be a mischievous one. lie was han dicapped by his party. The disintegration of the farmers' alli ance as a political agency was only sur prising in its swiftness. The alliance is not made of the stuff that lasts in poli tics. The farmers will never be able to organiie a party ol their own that will posseea enduring qualities. It is not In the line for which their training and habits of life fit them. Agriculturists cannot erect and maintain a political party of their own any more than they can successfully hold medical clinics. If they could they wouldn't be farmers. . Cleveland Binelled the flesh pots of Tammany and by contributing what he could to the success of that infamous or ganiiaiion he' may have possessed him self of certain political merchandise in New York but he is vastly weaker out side of that state. Indeed the New York election seems pretty effectually to have put the fat ex-president into eclipse. Oregon is the next state to poll and it will be intently watched. THE RIVER TRAFFIC. Quoting theENTa'Rt'Risx's question as to when the navigability of the Willamette would be improved the Salem Journal adds: The ENTKRrmsi should not despair. It is a republican paper ami all that is required is to semi Hermann to congress eight years more and all tratttc will be wiped otf the Willamette. There will be no necessity for improvements. The railroads w ill have all the business. O fudge 1 If Hermann should be sent to congress ten years more we suppose the Willamette would dry up com pletely ; and still another term would fill (he channel with a devastating flood of molten brimstone. Terrible, isn't it? Let us see how fast traffic Is being " wiped off the Willamette." The Will amette Transportation & Locks company took charge of the locks herein 1887. For the years ending June 30 since tiien the following figures show the number of tons of freight locked arotmd the falls and the amount delivered in the basin at the big flouring mill : Year. 18& 18- 1S90 11 Locks. liS. 132 39,036 35,tT9 24,103 Basin. 13,4.17 14,103 9.IU9 8.444 Total tons. 41.40U M.039 45,00 32,547 There are good reasons for the decrease shown for the last two years. The great flood in the spring of 1K39 se injured the flouring mills here that they could not handle nearly so much as formerly until very late in the season. The California market was good that year and some 4000 tons of wheat, oats and potatoes that would otherwise have been floated down the river were shipped south via Yaqui na. The decrease of last year was caused by the exceptionally dry season, boats not getting to work on the upper river till February, by which time a large share of what would have been carried by boat had been shipped by rail. Al ready this year upper river business is brisk and not pound of wheat will go to San Francisco . Without improving the navigability of the Willamette the river traffic is holding its own w ith ease as to volume, and its influence in modifying rail freight tariffs is still more important. If the river were made navigable at its lowest stage so that water transportation could be de pended on, rain or no rain, the volume of river traffic would of course be greatly augmented and its influence on the rail ways would be more marked. This im provement is what we are all laboring for now all except the Journal and we expect to get it. It may be confidently stated that the last shipment of wheat from the Willamette val ley to Han Francisco has been made. The Northwest is not so dependent on the Bay City for its foreign trade as it once was. There is now a line of steamers from Port land to the Orient and flour shipments are made by this line and by the Canadian line to much better advantage than to send through Sun Francisco. This stimulates flour manufacturing in the Northwest. There is not wheat enough produced in the Willamette valley to run all the flouring mills to their full capacity and the mills can afford to give a much better price than San Francisco can pay here, for they have as good a market for their flour as San Francisco has and can reach it as easily. The big Balem mill that has been lying idle a number of years, through litigation In which it was involved, has just started up this fall and it will require 1,250,000 bush els of wheat to run it the year. There is greater probability that eastern Oregon wheat shall be brought here for converting Into flour than that Willamette valley wheat shall go to California to be ground. Tun veariserowinKold. With prospective fair skies, however, we may yet enjoy pleas antaulumn weather. The geese have fiown, tne small boy bus quit his diurnal ablutions in public and the hearthstone is growing cheerful in anticipation of coming frost. And in th language of Mr. Rill Ny, Lot th autumn leave are tailing, Falltnf everywhere; Felllu. tutliealtuoenhere, AUu lu th air. Th Oregon City KsntarKiss ootnnlaliii he can that elty haauo cow law. It MyOreon City haa a population n( MHO, being larger than Kitgen, McMtnuvtll or Th Pallee, allot which hav oow laws, while th eow ma at larg In th Kail, City and mak bavoe u- srally with shrubbery aud dtaee streets andj ildewalka, claukamaa, although adjoining Portland, mum b ou of Hi " oow eumiilea." KugeuSit Journal, Clackamas county Is all right, and so Is Oregon City for that matter. Its th elty council that l cowy. It rather hard on the surplus women of the Kaat to hav a western bud gather In 111 persimmons as Mattie Mitchell has done. Its also a little rough on th surplus men of th West to hare our Incomparable girls go nosing around European capital for hus bands. It it barely possible, however, that our girls who are really Incomparable are not so strongly attracted by a foreign accent, an empty title, and a bad character. Wh at do the fruit growers of Clackamas think of tlie prHisltton to organise for united action against the pests? lie for th Desert! Oh, ho tor th wild, woolly Wl! Y teuder. come forth and luvat; Com dv up th flume In the realeatate bouia Amoug th financially bint. Oh, ho (or this woolly, wild land Of th lava bed. drl, and aaud, Where the ox Ilea Hark, And th coyote bark. And th hora U too small for Its brand! Th brakeinan rules over th train, Th tage-biuh U lor, I of th plalu, Th prairle-do knrla Ou tho I Mick nfhla heela Still patiently praying for rain. Setmlmy and uuld Is thalr That th redaktu needs only to wear A eool tomahaw k, And a haudy scalp lor k. With a flhr ortwoln hit hair. Thn ho (or the dvwrt so blest, In th heart of the woolly, wild Wot, W here all things couauine With pereunlal lioom Y Under, conic forth aud luteit fia-oaiig I. DiSTiiuvia, In Century. The First Quarter Ontury. worthy or th x srrrosT or the mort s. The Oregon City Estmpbis has entered upon its twenty-sixth Volume, lhiring its quarter of a century of existence the pir has passed through the many vicissitude that strew the path of journalism In Ore gon, but it has surmounted all dilllculties and today is a newspaier creditable to the city in which it Is published and worthy of the supKrt of the people of Clackamas county. It is oil-colored in politics, but en ergetically labors to advance the Interest and prosperity of its town. Wasco Sun. VEHY NIAI THE HEAD. Th Oregon City Enterprise, very near the head of the list of county newspars in this state in excellence, entered uimii Us twenty-sixth volume last week. It gives a lot of interesting history connected with its publication and that of the pioneer press. McMinuville Reporter. . IMPROVES WITH A'iE. The Oregon City Enterprise Is a quarter of a century old, having Ix gnn ils twenty sixth year last week. It has always been a live paper, and improves w ith age. Port land Oregouian. PRINTS THE NEWS. The Oregon City Enterprise has entered its twenty-sixth year. It is a good progress ive paper and prints the news. Pendleton East Oregouian. Not a Hrnsll Town The Oswego Iron Worker has sent out two t snes from Its press. A good local paper (or so small a town. Oswego Correspondence Oregon City Enterprise. We thank the author of the above for the compliment bestowed UKin this paier, but take exception to the " so small a town." The Enterprise is a paper of very large cir culation and it is an error to stale in its col umns that Oswego, with almost half the population of Oregon City, Is "so small a town." Oswego Iron Worker. PRESS OPINIONS. Chicago News: It is hinted that some Chilian statesmen In case of War with this coantry will look to Endland for support. This does not sak well for the Chilians' perspicacity. England has courage, but she also sets high value on an unbroken skin. She will not meddle with Chili while Chill is being meddled with by this nation. Pittnhurgh Dispatch: Sir Morrcll Mrs Kenzie, contributing to the discussion in Ixindon as to whether or not clergymen should smoke, says: "There would be nothing unseemly in the spectacle of an archbishop smoking a eigar, like Mr. Hptir geon, to the glory of Ood, iu Piccadilly; but 1 should consider him a public nuisance if he Insisted on poisoning the air with the acrid fumes of a penny pickwick." Is that what they call a teby over there? Ban Francisco Call : Home of the oldest merchants and bankers in this country are of German birth ; yet In (Jermany finance is almost an occult science. When the first Frederick William accumulated money for the wars he had in contemplation he kept the coin in kegs In his cellar; and to thisday the old stocking is the favorite bank of de posit among the German working class. There are some 4.'),OfXj,000 people in Germa ny, but there are only eighteen banks which are allowed to issue circulating notes. Their aggregate paper Issues amount to $320,00(1,00(1, their coin reserve to $234,000,000 in round numbers and their total discounts to $191,000,000. The figures Indicate a slug gish commercial movement and a lack of confidence in the banks. NEWS PROM HARLOW rmnos ukimhiiu i un:n for a m: Mill. ROL I K. First Sehtwl in Harlow The Railroad Meeting Nrinl (Ipenlnir-(Jeneral Notes and I'eraomiU. Mail Koi'tk I'oslmaster Hands, of Oregon Citv, called at the I'ontolueo here last week. Ho said he found that Mol alla and Mackshurg need a daily mall service, and geographically speaking he thought Barlow the point where the mail should tie distributed (or those two places. If a route could be established ou Tuesdays, Thursday and Saturday, it then would give them each a daily mail service with their present facilities. A petition was gotten up and it ha already been circulated among the patron of each office. A dally mall service is badly needed. Mr. Hand haa done much tor the ostaI service all though the county. School Orgs Monday The first school at Barlow opens Monday (he 10th instant. The director have certainly done seedy work In bringing alwut an orgauisation and oeiiiug the school on such a abort time, Our newly organised disti let was made ten day ago aud the director elected aud a the time had passed for receiving any money from the school fund It (ell to our lot to either wait until March 'tl'J or vote a special tax atillicinut to run the school and I uy seats for this w inter. The director voted a tax to sustain the school for the winter. The latest improved school dek have arrived and are now being put In their places for the opening ou Monday., There are several application to teach the school. Chop or W.usrrs I.ahdk The walnut grove of Wm. Harlow' I a busy place. Ijuitu a force of young people are en gaged in picking up and shelling the nuts. There will lie eoveial hundred bushel of mils o.' fine quality and larger site than ever grown heretofore. Large qtiantitea are also being hippd away daily iu the pod for planting purposu. Nw Sawmill Another sawmill ha started up on Koehler'a place Just one and a half miles from town. This will be much the handiest for people wanting lumber in and around Barlow. Wheat on Auvanck The bulletin board in front of Harlow A Ca' office shows quite a rise in wheat, 00 cent being the quotation on Wednesday last. Still, They Com A letter was re ceived by Goo. Schnetiker stating that his son-in-law, John Myers of Oenver, Col., had sold out and would leave for Barlow Thursday. This will make the third family that has come from Col orado ami located here within the last five months. Has Bocoiit the I1ah. E. Ramsey, of Portland, manager of the city stahles In that city, has bought Barlow A Co's Feed Uvery stable, and will at once equip it with line horses and vehicles. lu the spring he will put on a concord coach from this place to Wilhoit Springs via Molalla. Mr. Ramsey Is wellknown in this county and is a thorough horseman. We bespeak for him a fine and pros perous business. No l't.AiK I.iks Home Mr. (iuorge Schnetiker has returned from Calilornia after an absence of a couple of weeks. He went there expectiug to remain dur ing the winter but the climate was so different and the changes so sudden he concluded to return to Oregon again, where the moisture was necessary to keep the physical machinery in proper motion. Railroad Mketinq. On last Saturday there were not less than 150 people con gregated at Keek's hall, expecting to see a large delegation from Macksburg, Mar quam and Molalla present. As no one from those places appeared the people at tLis end, concluded that if the interior people that had no facilities took no more interest in the proposed road that all certainly could stand it, as we have we the facilities at our door, but were willing and ready to help them out, pro vided they would show some interest themselves. Bo it was concluded to drop the matter until such time as the in terior people would show themselves in dollars and cents. 'There was a private canvass made among the people here and it was estimated that the land and money subsidies would amount to about $18,- 000. Now, if the Molalla and Marquam people want a railroad it certainly would be to their Interest to raise as much at eaob place as is done here. PERSONALS. Mr. E. B, Iiamsby, manager of the city stables of Portland, paid our town a visit this week. Mr. George Hheppard came up last Saturday and spent a few days with his family. Mr. Jay Green went to Astoria on a business trip Monday, Miss Meier came up from Oregon City and will remain at home with her parents this winter. Mrs. S . Jesse and D. Jesse, of Link- ville, are visiting Mrs, W. W, Jesse, this winter. Mr. Joseph Farrett and daughter, of Klickitat, Wash., came down and loft his daughter with Mrs. V. Jesso to at tend school this winter. Mr. Polk Gribblo, a Gribblo Prairie farmer, was seen in town Tuesday. O. E. A. FREYTAG - Tit Best and Cheapest Grocer. Fancy and Staple Grocorios in Groat Varioty. Vegetables, Fruit and Food. Thirteenth and Main, ORECON CITV. GET - H BEFORE IT lloth fiirni mul tow n jiroporty is bound to mlvatico In price, until the nmn with tminll nieaiiH will flml it next to iuiNwsilil to buy a homo for himself. Trice are low now, ml THAYER & AIDES can give you prices not to lo huJ of any other Hcul Estate, firm. lUvo choicv Farm Lainln in lurn nl sniiill tructs, uu easy ierui. AW ill sirable Town ami Suburban jimjuTty. t"rrtsHiiultince solicited, (live tm h call. OFFICE, OriUSlTK CORN Kit FUOM t'OL'KT 1IUUSK, ORECON CITY. OREGON Butte-CreeMIrw-Assflcia MARQUAM, ORECON, P. J. RIDINGS, Manager, -nKAi.it Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, FA KM M A I'll I S F.UY, CLOTH I N(J, NOTIONS, AN 1) Everything Required for the Country Trade. FARM PRODUCE aTYpiir trade i woIIimIihI, and our tiivo u a trial. r. r white. W. a. WHITE WHITE BROTHERS, Practical Architects ij- JluilJort- villi ,ri,'nrv fiiHitR, ivt, ,, wik,ih lalla, ami irlAiailiii fur all kind. ( Imilil- iiiKa niivciai aiir'iiinii aiTfii , mMirru civ UK k.tltnitti', flirill.livil "tl ftillfattin Call on oraiHriii, Will IK Ulliirt , (irnnii cur, oiu DoUblUhrrf IM1, CJ. J Dray age & Expressing Freight ami paice delivered to all part of the city. GREAT REDUCTION IN PHOTOGRAPHS R. Prier, lb old attatillnhwl and reliable DhuWuraiihor, Cabinet PbotoKraph, '! per da. Dr. C. P. Sullivan, 08WKOO, OHKUON. Tbe only DRUGGIST bctweci Portland and Oregon City. Carrlci full line of DIIU08, MKDICINK", TOII.KT AHTICl.KS, NO 'J'lONH AND IIAHKHAI.L OIX1UH. I'HKHt'KII'TlONS CAIIKVUI.LY COMI'OUNDK!) ELY & HARRINGTON, IlKAI.KItH IN Merchandise. Storo located at Mountain View, on Molalla road, one mile south east of Oregon City. 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