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Oregon City Enterprise. lubllnhed IS very Kriday. OFFICIAL PAPER OF CLACIAMAS COUNTY- Kuterel M th INvit Ditto In Oroot, iUy, Or., tml clou mutter. MESERVE A LAWRENCE, rCHUSHKRS AND l'HorKlKTOKg. SUBSCRIPTION HATES, One yewr. ..... 8ix mmtli, ..... The mouths, 8uvscripiioos fayahliME stlvanee Aiiverusiug riaivu on application. AGENTS rOK TUB RSYKRCKISK. li. W. Prosser ueo. knttfhl W S. Ktiuyan Gary A Wtsstinnr U J. TriillUmer K. t Bramhall K. A. Wright V. 8 Nmtvrry Henry Mlley Ha4iitltc.li fc V aVhtmrn Cstibv, Cla.kamas, Slilwaukie. I moil Mills, Alms. Mea.low Brook. w Kra. Wtlsonvill. !'rk Place, Barlow. l,li!-IiMl, tttford, Nacksburg. siu'ono, Cirus, Volalla, Uariuam. Aurora, Ely - - Mrs. li. A She ppM J. H. Jovuer C. T Howard R M. Cooper M. N. M.ssl.r E. M. tl.Hiiiaii - r Oiev Puan Kly FRIDAY, APKIL 22, 1S!2. ItT Th way to bullJ up Oregon I'lly is to give Oregon t'itj people jour patronaee. EKPI BUCA.V TICKET. Flit CrXI Jl'DOl, t. A. MOORK, Si. IteltM rO iTTlHSKT QKSK1UL. L. R WKBSTKR Jacisonvtll fob coxeaKssaax-riasT turun, DINGER HKKMA.NN KoMburj. ro ciaccrr jvdok, T. A McBKIDK, ,. .. OnfonClty FOB DI8TS1CT iTlOHMY, W.N BARRETT, HUUboro FOS SINAToa. GORDON' K. HAYKS . Oregon City fob aaruFsssTATtvss, JOF.LP. GEKR Piearaut Hill. A. S LA WTO .V Cauemah. HENRY JEW ELL Highland. rv)R COl'.NTV OlMKlSStONBa. RICHARD SCOTT Milwaukee. F" 8HSK1FF, EU C. HADDOCK New Er roll CLERK. GEORGE r. HORTOS Newly rot RKORORR, 8. iL RAM3BY M.ilalta. FOE TREASI'IISR, J. 0 WETHERKI.L POR SCRVKYfB, SIDNEY SMYTH Cauomah. Oregon City. FOR l PKRISTKSDENT Of SIHOOLS, H. 8. GIBSON" .Clackamas. roR ASSSHR, 1 C. BRADLEY Borings FOR COROXP.R, R. I. HOI.MA.N Oregon City. The Motor Line Proposition. The plan of building a narrow gauge rail road to he orated by steam motors, sug gested in Mr. Hardety's communication to the' board of trade, is somewhat novel but not so impracticable as it might seem at first thought. In view of the difficulty in getting wagon roads to suit the people it may tie well tocons-i'ter the motor line plan. Take for instance a line from Oregon City to Mulino or Wright's bridge. The distance by the present wagon road is aixiut twelve miles. A steam motor road, traversing the country having the lightest grades and that would afford plenty of business, could make the distance lt ween its termini about six teen miles. There are mills along the route now in operation that would furnish fifteen to twenty carloads of freight a day ami the passenger trattic would not lie inconsiderable. With the transKirtation facilities such a line would furnish the business of the country would increase rapidly from the atart and the arrangement would be pro fitable all around. The cost of such a road fully eiiiped for business ought to lie less than f l)0a 0. A company giving satisfactory assurance of good service could get important bonuses to encourage the enterprise. This and other motor lines in different directiong from Ore gon City oiler surior inducement to cap italists in quest of profitable investments. The Australian Ballot and the City Klertion. At the last regular council nieetingin this city the mayor was instructed to confer with the city attorney as to the hearing of the Australian ballot law 0on the forthcoming city election. The charter stated so plainly that the municipal elections should be gov erned by the atate laws regulating general elections that it was deemed best to hold the city election under the Australian system, and a special council meeting was called and a special committee appointed to make preparations in accordance therewith. Last Saturday was the last day to have the nom inations legally made for the Australian bal lot and some parties by doing some lively hustling got a ticket duly filed with the county clerk. Some others did not. . The result is another variety of the customary municipal election row. The provision of the charter which led to the conclusion that the city election must be prepared for and conducted under the state law known as the Australian ballot law reads as follows: Sec 25. All Uws of this state regulating and governing general elections, and proceedings and matters Incidental thereto, shall apply to and govern elections under this act, except as bereln otherwise provided There is no other provision of the charter bearing on general conduct of city elections. Without going further it seems clear that the intent of the charter is to have the muni cipal elections conducted precisely as are the state elections. Indeed, we must go to -the state law for nearly all directions as to the manner of preparing for and conducting elections under the city charter. There are various views of the bearing of the state election law upon the city election. Mr. Bingham, tli Portland attorney who Is Ilia r.uUl father of the Australian ballot law, writes Oily Attorney Cross lhl ih law was not Intended to govern municipal elections and that lie cannot r how it mil be in ink' U apply without lodging In the council riiiI recorder poaeni now belonging exclusively to Hie county court and county clerk. Mr. Bingham also stales tlit the law as designed lor stm elwlloiu only, but lli Uw it.elf exprewly nuntions "lte, district, couiily ih! piecincl otlUtr." In one view or I lie ;ise the tte Uw nmkes it ; the iluty of (lie county clerk to Hrfortn the functions upccithM in the Uw even ir it I for city election. The fact tlit tli county elniiou rvciiict ami the city wanU are not co-incident in bumlry wouUI not alTin-t thin nmlicr of the ailh'ation of Ihelnw, for that is one of the things " otherwi.i pro viilrd ' in the charter. While it may U tm thai the Australian ballot law was not designed to p'ru mu-uici-al elections it is also true thai if it he wholly i;min.l Hie iirci-vn City eUvtion woultt tie a mwlily loose atl'nir. And if the hlmlinit force of one inirtion of the law be recruited on a hat ground shall another portion of enual fone le abrogated? The coiivenicm- of city official cliariwd with oliserviii)! and nforcinK the laws ouxht not to determine the validity of them. It is to he regretted that this matter did not come up in season to be adjusted without friction or unseemly haste, but it is now loo lata to repair any negligence of the council in this n-spect As ln'tween holding the election under a law the application of which is in ,Ucstiou and holding it outside of law by a sort of general consent of the more or less iMcomiftent we are in favor of Ilia tormer. It is not all that niiuht be desired but we believe it to be the best that can ha done in present circumstances. Th lVnioeratir Tlrket. The republicans are pleased with the ticket nominated by the democratic conven tion in this cilv last week. Wherever deima:rals congregata there is alwarsalut ol noise. This as true ol the Clai kanias conntv denuvratic convention, but it was painfully apparent that even the mechanical emliusiaMu that characteriied that body early in the session had waned long before the work was done. It didn't have streiisjili enough to adjourn. It simply iaeredolf, tered nut and left undone a considerable part of the work for which it was called. The job of attempting to concilliate the Oswego people because of the reporteii dis infection among the republicans of that local ity was so bungingly handled that it can not do the democrats any good. The ostenta tious play for different nationalities also re coiled upon them. The action in this regard can hardly be considered in any other light than a deliberate snub of the Hermans Com.kessm w John I.. Wilson ol Spokane j lias again gotten himself noticed by having a scuttle with some of the guanls at the I trensury in Washington. The idea that an old waichmaii should not permit a real, live .congressman to have full swing in the es tablishment in violation of all rules was so obnoxious to the Hon. Johnny that he smote the old gentleman on the jaw, accom I panying this graceful act with a few well chosen cusa wonls. Hut the pugnacious gentleman had to toe the mark. Aii Ais has that very vulgar and very vapid individual, Mike de Young, suffered a breaking out. Returning to San Francisco from a trip to the Kast he oracularly de clares that HI, line is still in the presidential race and that he will take the nomination if the republican convention will give it to him. Mr. Illaine i truly unfortunate. He deserves the prayers of all good people that he may lie delivered from such insects as Mikede Young of the San Francisco Chron icle. We have another anonymous news letter this w eek. This time it is from Oswego and I is signed " Iihiiiderbus.'' We must know j w ho is resKniiile for the matter we pub-1 I i 1 and ieoplc who are not willing that ; their names should accompany their manu script would better not write. We will not publish matter of this kind, no matter how meritorious, unless we know who is respon sible for it. The man named by the prohibitionists for county superintendent of schools is C. T. Howard of Mulino, a good republican who gives notice of his declination of tue honor thus thrust upon him. This leaves the prohibitionists of Clackamas county with twelve votes instead of thirteen one for each man on the ticket. Ir asy one hapens to let his horse go on the sidewalks he is arrested and lined. Hut such is the tender regard for the inquisitive cow that she is invited to inhabit the side walks all the livelong day. Now if Palmer, Boies, Russell, Gorman, Flower, (J ray and the rest of the hoys will only keep oil the grass the Cleveland polit ical lawn will lie in tip-top condition for the Chicago convention. Isn'Tlt about time that that Seventh street job should be completed? ' PBEBH OPINIONS. Philadelphia Record : It will be interest ing to see the department of justice make the lumber trust walk a plank. Boston Herald: Considering that Mr. Illair is still a candidate for presidential honors the administration is displaying a Lood deal of magnanimity in taking up the cudgels for hit against the Chinese. Is it desired to send Mr. Blair abroad prior to June? Chicago News: Some cynic is complain ing that Christopher Columbus probably did not care a rap for his fine theories about there being a continent somewhere in the great unexplored brine-vat west of Lisbon. He was out for the money to be gained, says the cynic. If the author of this vir tuous complaint will make a rapid survey of mankind from pole to pole he will find material for an immense amount of similar faultfinding. THKUOODULP TIMKS. A t'engrwmaa Keaiemliera and Telia alwnt th llayi of Kevfiiua Tariff, Mr. Josejm 1. Taylor (of Ohlo-" I can remember' very well when I waa a boy thai the neighbor used to gather around my father's fireside and talk about their mort gage and debts. He did a good deal of business: and it was a very common occur rence for them to com them and talk about such mailers. Them was more poverty among the people, more property mild by the sheriff, more su tiering and want in those day than 1 have ever seen since. Kggs sold at 4 cents a doen, oats at l'-(t cent a bush el, corn al 'i! cents, wheat at .ITIj cent, and vegetables would not sell at all, " When I waa a boy we hauled wheal to the canal, a disluuce of forty mill's, and sold our w heat at :T V cents a bushel, and I can remember the time when there waa ab solutely no market al all for wheat. I know that my father had a largo crop of wheal several hundred bushels, and was ahso. tutdy unable to sell It at any price, and many farmer let their wheat rot in the Held. It was the same with apples and po tatoes; there was absolutely no market for them. We had two large orchards on my father's farm, very good ones too, ami I re member that al one time we picked one hun dred barrels of splendid apples, the choices, that w could select, and put Ibeni in new, clean barrels, but w could not sell them anywhere, and those apples rotted. 1 think a few of them were ased in making vine gar." A Member" Why didn't you eat them?" laughter. Another Member" Why didn't yoti make ciiler of theuif" U-aiighler.J Mr. Joseph D, Taylor" There was no market whatever lor them. lVi not talk to to me about mortgages and debt. In that part of the country at that time even body was in debt. When a man went to church on Sunday he often w ent in his shirt sleeve. Laughter. He and his wife would ride the same horse and sometimes carry one or two of the children. I ha no sort of pa tience w ith this talk about the depression of agriculture as compared with the times when we had a revenuetaritl. The farmers are hating a hard tlm and I think they w ill have a harder time when wool is on the free list. Hut they are not having as hard a time as they had forty or fifty yearn ago, when the democratic party was in power. 1 remember too well the sail condition of the country under democratic rule. " Mr. Chairman, these older men who lived In the rural districts know that I am telling the truth. The farmers know it. Fanners now have carriages, spring wag ons, carpeted Moors, pa;ered walls, comfort able homes, comfortable clothing, and a thousand conveniences and comfort which they did not have then. "There was not a young man in my neighborhood who hail a good overcoat be fore he was twenty -one year of age. The first one I ever bad 1 bought when I was aUiut this age; and I bought that on credit. At that time everything was bought on credit, and debt and w age were paid by order to the stores. Congressional Kwonl April . Correction. Kiutoh KsTFRruisg: I wish to correct an error you made in giving the proceedings of the democratic convention of this county on the Mtb instant. You say, " David Wright proposed that J. II. Wright, the people's party candidate for surveyor, be indorsed as he was not really a eople's party man.'' The point 1 wish to cornvt is this: 1 did not suy "he was not really a people' party man," for in fact he is a jeal ous advocate of the principles of the people's party. Hepoctfiilly, IUvto Wrioiit. HAPPY HOVK.S OF LIKE. Writtkx ma th KsruKrKisx. Happy the hours to the chlhlre !vcu. Innocence hlentliinr with miier Joy; Hkie smile so kindly, and pai.lng day Fill with tha pleasure which never cloy. Happy the hours which to youth belong' Kapiiirouj visions, ecstatic bliss! Tremulous hopes towards maturity's dwn, Breathing of vows and a lover's kiss. Happy the hours ol life's bright uoon! Oone la the glamor o'er early days thrown; Deeper the heart-throbs of Joy or pOu, Visions and dreams to reality grown. Heurhts of leavor pcrchanne are won ; , Fruitage where blossoms of hope were horn ; Quailing thecupof the wine of llle, Who would regret having passed Its mora? Radiant the skies when the sun goes down : Happy a world by his parting lieams blest; Teudcr the light e'er the night comes on, lion's of slumber and peaeelul rent. Such are the hours of life's gentle cloNe, Happy In hope, oalm, restful an 1 "Wet. (tales of eternity oon swing ajar, Hllas crowns the hours of a life complete. Martha L. C. Hatward. Cams, Oregon. I.'tler I,1n. The following is the list of letters remain ing in the post olllce at Oregon City, Oregon, April 22, IK2: Andrcss H. Miller Mrs. A. K. Andres Thurman Miller John Austin Jennie Hmith John Bowers Martin h. Hendinan George HugleMr.lt. Scatter John Justice M. Williams W. W. Kineelaml F. h. If called for, please sav when advertised. E. M. KAN OH, P. M. Umatilla county Hlu'cpown.'rs are con gratulating themselves oyer their succeas in lambing thin seaaon. The weather has been cold, stormy and diaagreeable in the sheep regions, but ewes are in a fine fix, grass is plentiful and the loss will be Inconsiderable, Friday evening George A. Young of Bake Oven, and Captain Pratt of oaiein, met (or the first time in many years and bad a good old-time chat in The Dalles. They were of those who, in 1857, built the first woolen mil In in Oregon, the Pioneer, of Salem, and when It was ded icated with a cotillion party, the build ing was allumiriatcd with a tullow dip for every pane of glass. NEWS FROM BARLOW TIIKUKUK cUW.MIIX llKlilNS 01'. durum mit tows. lumber Arrive fur the Soup I'aclurj -i:str IVaUIUe-rolltl'ttl Talk-Other .Nolo. Haklow, Or. April 18. The SchioKU saw mill, located a mill ami a hall from town started up Thursday morning and had Hue success from tho very first They employ fourteen men In tha null proHr Ix'sido the hands hauling and logging. Everything la arranged very conveniently about the mill. The pro prietor w 111 do good liusincsa Tlicy were compoUud to commence work a couple of davs ea'lier than they In tended owing to the rush of orders, Yoi'NU I'koi'lk'i Whist I'amty. The young people' whlsl party mot at the residence of W. W, Joaao last .Saturday evening and had an enjoyable time. The evening wa apont playing whist alter w hich followed music. Who Wu.i. Uk tiik lmx kATic; Jp. tick? Tho democrat to the county con vention (nun Needy, Lower Mola.Ua and Harlow d,d not divide upon a justice and constable, a the time waa limited. The delegates for the three precinct are called to meet at Mr Ike t'lonaer's res idence on dribble prairie, Friday, the .".'nd (or the purpoae ot selecting their candidate (or juati.-e of the peace and constable. The way It now look, It' either Jeaaa or Keek (or justice. I.i hhk roH Soar Faitohv A car load of lumber arrived from Cortland last week (or Mr. Ingram's soap (aclory. The building will lie erected on tho Molalla river a half mile (rom town. Mr. Ingram lias purchased thirty-two acres and will also go into the poultry business and will eventually woikupa nice trade. The wise manufacturer no longer acvkt a largo city in which to lo cate an extensive plant and croct large works because land is high, rent are high, taxca are high and he ia ultimately cramped (or room. He will locate ouUide the city every time I' he titnla ) equal facilities (or gelling raw material and shipping his products to market. Siiii'i'ixo Toot. Several car loads of cedar pout have been hipied the pasi week to the secretary o( the State Inatir- ance company of Salem. Good cedar poet are t-eeoming scarce and will be ' . . . . valuable in the lultire. Small Tract or Land. Tho demand lor small tract of land ha been no great, that Harlow A Co. are now sub- j dividing a (ew twenty-acre tract into i five and ten acre lota. j Hor Mxm Fakl Jinii.Asr. All the, hop growers in the country are busily at work cultivating and poling their' yards. The pro'cls look good (or a , large crop The hops are in some cases three (eet high. Boa h n or Tmaiir. At the next meet ing ol the tiourd of trade it is announced that Messrs Wollcr, llylaud and liar- I dusty of Needy w ill attend (or the pur- j pose of talking and urging the mutter of ; improvement to the baH,. line hilluoiirl Needy. It is hoped that there will be j a (nil ,'atteiidunce the 7th o( May aa , there are some very iniortaiit mutters which will come up. Arrangements have been made (or a hop at Zeck's hall, Friday night tho L'L'nd itiMt. A cordial invitation to all. Manuel Pure of Portland has rented I Sol Miller's corner building on Second and Main atrcct and opened up a bar ber shop. Faster Sunday was observed at every house in town. PKHHONtl.. Mr. .. A. Mohan, special agent o( San Francisco Examiner, cuuiu up and spent a couple of days In town this week and was registered at The Kobler. Kx-Judgo V. I,. White spent Sunday in town and waa the guest o( Wm. Harlow. Jay Green went to Portland Monday on a flying business trip. J. I. Dozier of Murks prairie was seen on our streets this week, lie fuels en thusiastic over the Republican candi dates. X. V. Kork will talk to the people of Barlow and vicinity May 1st, at 'i :.'() p, ui. Subject, People's Party. Mr, Samuel Marks of Murks' prairie was in 'town last week, Another family has arrived (rom Fos ter, Kansas, and will make Bailow their home. All are welcome. Theexperiment of driving the Klamath river, which the timber men will proba bly make this season, will be awaited with wide spread interest. Lumbermen differ emphatically in the in their opin ions as to the practicability of running sugar pine logs down even the most fav orable streams, and some think that the Klamath would be a hard si ream to drive with any sort of logs, A number of expert limber men, however, declare that sugar pine logs will be run down the Klamath without difficulty after being burked and seasoned (or about (our months, if cut at the proper time. The Arlington board of trade in pre paring to do a big lot o( adyertisinjj all through the eastern states by means of newspapers, (olders, stickers, etc. The board hopes to induce a lot of good and desirable immigration, by making known I abroad Gilliam county's record o( 1852. CLOSING Crockery, Lamps, Etc, AT Crockery Store, 0mI( the I'ukI OHIoc, THE Oregon City Sasli and Door Co. Carry tho LitrgoMt Block of kSash, Doors, Winds, Mouldings, Etc. In Ortun City. Special i.oH of Ioor utul Winilow iiiiulo to onlcr. Turning of all kimla Estimator for Stair Work end Store Fronts Furninheil on ap-plication. HuiUlerH, givo u a call, ami mw if our work ia not of the betd, ami our priced aa low an tho lowest. Trice Lint aunt on application. Factory, Cor. Main and llth Sts.. Oregon City. Matt. E. M. IH ItMKISVKIt. BURMEISTER & ANDRESEN, Successors lo Mn C. B. L Bnrasbttr. t'UM IN Ropalrlni- a Specialty. Main Mlrrel, Oregon III, O !-- a tiuurauteed Cure. We autliorite our advertised lomdl Vr. King's New IMacovorv (or Consumption, Cough and Colds, uni this condition. If you are atlliclod with a Cough, Cold or anv l.ting. Throat or Cheat trouble, j and will use Una remedy as directed, giving it a lair trial, and epcrience no 1 '" '" '""'I" and have your inonev ndtimlc W e i could not make this ulmrdid we not kimw that hr. King's Now I'ls. ovorv could I relied on. it never disappoint. Trial laittln Iron at ti. A Harding diugatore. l.argo site MV and 1.00 Illtl Mauled. Sealed bid will be received f""il April 4th up to the i'dh o( the same month lor the building of a Hew school liouao in district No. lit, the house to be 4jx:'ll, I'.' loot ceiling. The director will furnish all materials ami have a right to take or reject any or all bids. Address all bid to J iron Mi Mioitrr, Canity, Orgon. Hcuiitlfitl Siiliur'iaii Home. j tine mile and a nuarter from town, j "Id Pictures Copied to Any Sine. Satis gtssl board walk past the laud. Acre j (action Guaranteed, tract to suit purchaser, term easy, the I finest suburban property ollered lor sale, yet on the market New iroHied motor line from Portland. High and sightly. See l I!, Jannkv with W. Carey Johnson If Farm for Sale Heaver Creek, Oregon, Mil acres, road on two sides, about L'O acre in cultiva tion, good water, a variety ol fruit trees The whole or half (or sulo to suit pur chaser. By J. W. May, owners, or I.. K. Jansky with W.Carey Johnson. i( F ir the next few mouths you can get upholstering at greatly reduced rules ul lloluian A Wurner' Call and you will learn why we am doing tlm work for so little money. Sick headache is tho bane of many lives: to cure mid prevent this annoying complaint oho Or. J. II. I .can's l.tttlo Liver and Kidney Pillels. They are agreeable to taku and genllo in their action. TULL'S HOTEL-RESTAURANT BARLOW, OREGON. Best 'i!to Isling and Meals in tho Town. Hot Meals at All Hours. CKIAHS AND CONKKCTIONKRY. Hamilton k Washburn PARK PLACE, OREQON, Have Hie Agency for Judson Powder, Giant Powder, CAPH, Kimii, ETC. For Oregon City and Vicinity. Wo will hoII all of tho above at Portland prices, pltiH Jc. por lb. for freight. It will pay contractors and all parties who have blasting to do to figure with us, as we can save you money. - Wo will deliver tho above in rea sonable amounts and reasonable distances free. OUT SAUI 1 ; or oitt'.uo rri, oiir.uo. WM. ANUHKKKX. Beautiful Fruit Farm ! Forty acre, level an a (loor, all cleared, well I'i'iicttI into fiv (lelila, c;om1 huilae '.VixL'tl feet, apleiuliil well of (iihkI water and forec pump, good luirii and out houaer), several hundred fruit tree primes, apple, clierriea, etc., small fruit in abund ance, xeveral aheep, hog, cow, two young horaea. Kverything in firat claim condition. For particular, apply to owner, Milton Stingliv, near Curriimvillo, or ace I,, (l. Janiiey, with W. Carey Johnson, Oregon City, Oregon. NEW YORK GALLERY. Photograph IVIiverod Promptly In tha Finest Style of Art. l'Tne Crayon Work a Sjvtialty. Oall.ry N.ar Po.l Oici, OBEQUH CITT, OB. JOHN A BECK, THE RELIABLE JEWELER Corner o( Front and Morrison, PORTLAND, OREGON, is STU.I, ON F.AKTU. For general repairing ho ntanda without a iM-er. For limt-claHH, re liable goodo hiri Htoru in Heeond to none. Trv him ! E. F. KENNEDY, Oregon 'Hj, On t,u, Concrete and Artificial Stone. Sldewulks, Steps and Curbing, Base ment Moors, Monuments, Ftc. All work guaranteed. P.NtiniutcB fur nished (roe. Address care ('barman A (o. WOOD TURNING SCROLL SAWING BOXES OF ANY SIZES MANUFACTURED larties desiring Wood Turning, Pat- terns, isruckets, or Shop Carpenter's Work Will la Suited by Calling on Me. Doors, Windows and Blinds TO ORDER. Or. IT. BESTOW, )Opp. tlm Congregational Church ICalubllnlK'd IM03. C. N. bun J Drayage & Expressing Freight and puree's dolivered to all parts of the city.