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()reSon City Enterprise. SCHEDULES OF T1ME 0 C.T CO "THAXIEUS In Krracr Ms, m 14. Imrj lainN Al.TuKA a H AMoN 4 -mv imxi.it mrv, isms rruin '"'a "i. 'Msia. m. SIS'. UI. III. 19 l III. IJIHIIII. ifin. asou. m, t ! m Sii. mi. . 8l, iu. Nil laii.lliifa I I'wliltol) no ltcihl isksa 1111 the. lrli. HI'NI'AV. a . hi ui. n. ''f "I- II '! Ill, sun i' hi. mp. 111. 1'twe i'n. ub)'l Ui i haii llhviil ti.itli .laaiuin 1 irt, siaaasu, aisstt.x usuinii s..irs. tii Max MakitNiuji, .V1 l (I A an e M. lull Ntsalii (M A M. ai nv Isms esstsi ' 3 A M U sur. U IOWA M. TWA H Kimf! o )tiita friMjhl earrird no all lrli. ftOtlHKKM I'Al inr HAILWAV ..st loi nn Allxnf Ijxsil (way ttsilim.i . Ham. Calitutala Saursw ulirouin) lui UiM-iiiiri twal iar auiUma) -lap. m. tuna eorso HiMlMira Utc iwmy tMtliiu.) Ml a. ta Albany Im-sl .wa, alalli.ti.f . S MS p m s'sIiimuis Itireaa iittimiibi T l to Malta rM .nnf N.inh. M A. M.,A P. M Alula etna ulu mnilb. I OU A. M 7 St. ma sot'tsa, Otesnit'ttr In Kly.t'arua, M.iHn,M"lalls anil XHIn.lL Uaioa al low a. ut Mun4re, M 4 taesMsta rrt'laja ami return at m.coi. m. ua Ifllli.s-lli ilsys Orin I'll y in Kly M 10k Clark li-aduvRmok I'uluu mils ami slnlluu. levies at 10 iu a m Tuewtar Ta.ir.lar ami Saiiitttsv, an.! returns ua iniinwiiia Oava at J as e. m, KUIDAY, JI'LY H, m. OfcATti or A I'tUSKta FkKICMAltoN. Vlmi'Ur Tsvlur, who tiM at Pay 1n, (li'fin, lal seek tuuk a prominent fait in lit early history of tlila state, tin turn In (ivmntiUiwn, O., In IM7 I'tuawl III plains till tirm-rsl JimI Calmer. In tli Ceyiiseaar lie wa tniloyetl in tliu cuuimissary ilvpart II aftarwaMa Weui t clerk t rttttygtute, who onil tli only tore At thai time In the settlement nl I'onUnd. tnhii t law gol.l exrtletuent of IH4H I10 went 10 California, but re turned to I'urtUnd In tli (olluwini rear ml wtt!ai M Ivtoo, Ytinblll county. whsr I f 0imiKl twnal mn'hmlia tor. IWiiilr SI, K0, b niarriol Urn Ptriili A. Willlamt. Tlmy bad but ana etulil, KlU t , now Mr, (i. f. lMmruit Colonel Ttjrlor bot an lin' rtMit rt In tin) or)iinittlon o( the Omgon ttt ntllltl On Anjnt f, ItMil, li H coiimilaaiooffj iatiUnt d-Jiitnt-eiirrl on tb aUffU MaJ'ir-tion-rrl l'lur by (iovarnor Adiliton C. Oililx, ih! ou May U, Irt&i, ! r cttvwl tt lb bod ol Gorernor Moody (be oomtnlMlon o( ni)jr-uwrl. II wii tlm flrot "m'le" Mon on tbe 1'Acifto C0at bq til loti M Of- KniMKl in Oregon City. Tin Road and Bhidui Accouict. The ro l imi brblg account (or Clrk ii)A county (or tbe year ending June 30, 1842 bo tbe. total eipenditurea to have been 110.041 .17 o( which tbe turn ul fMiS wa private contribution. De ductint the (urtlier Mini o( l-'U'.'S wbloh (be county had o n the PnHlte Bridw romptny (or ottrii on tbe iuinlon Ixldil iidy;S lot altoriuiy' foe in U unit with tbe rclfl' Bridge compauy 1eei total fA what Way be Uirmed irdinry expend lor I'ubllc road Ul tbi county for tbe year fH.lwii.17. Tbla I the not aiitn after dnlm tinc prf vato eontrthuttun and tbe extraorllnry t iridic expnneei. ; 1 A I.ivi CaKfiro. drocer David OauuhIiI wa! handling a bunch of liananaa in till (tore on Seventh (treat I ant Tudy wbn be (nit a queer enu tian ei bit bend and found what at first appnared to be a big. greenish worm bout three inobe Ion reatlng there. The oreattire wa removed an4 dl ovoril toll a rentlMvl, a bin (ellow, ulivoaiul healthy. It wa too danger out a toy to preerve , allvo (or ware Aiuufwtutint and w ben put in a bottle of nlooliol It av up Ita life. 60 Mr. Cau Hold now ha tbe corpae on e xbibitlon. Nitw Townniiipto m Oi'knkd. Four townhl of (tovernuient Innd In tbi dintricl will noon be openml to the pul lio. Tlmy are townahip S and 6, range 8 woAt, townililp 0 ratige 7 went and lownitliip S ranife 10 wet. These lie In TiUiook ootinty, lownhlp 5 rnge 10 bordering tbe coaat. It Is mostly timber land thuu'Ji theie are many Niitiittflr in U't country now, Aptillcutiuna will be iwived at 9 a. m. July U. Found. A leather purae letween Kd. Jomm'a and tbe Hpmiglor place on the Moliillnroud. Owner can hnveRiuneby chIUiik at till oillco proving prprty nnd paying idiargo. loungnrt, clmir, etc., upbolctore'' at Ilolman A Warner'. All work guar antied, Kopnir all your old lounge for little uioney and tlioy will be good a nw.w Contral addition to Oiegon City in lots and block to suit pihcliaMor. Property cheap, terms easy. Hoe L. K. Jannky1, with W. Caroy JohnHon. . tf Don't be (ooIIhIi and pay blghrioe for your goods when Hamilton A Washburn of Park Place have one of the brat assort ment of dry goods, fancy goods and millinery good in Clackamas county. THE REPORT IS PILED Many IrwifularHlW ur Ft mid ; In the Hlnrir OHlt p. ItrTOMHEIimMM OK KXfKUTK. An Entirely .lew IMlniiieut Tax Hull Had to be Mmle-Tlie H. . I anee Hheel. . II. C Hlvmia and C. II. Dye, the ex perts who have tiwn examining the herlir M-iiomita, fUr twenty day of bard work completed their report last week but It wa not filed till the -neetliig of (he county commissioner tbi week. The report In full except the exhibit accompanying It appear below, together ffllb lb balance sheet. The exhibits eoiiiain a lot of detail that neither time nor apace Will permit to publish In full, It would I nearly a big a Job a pub lishing the delinquent tax Mil. The re- lull are here given : To the lliimiralile County Court of Clai ka- luaa county, OrSKoii : Oeiitliniieii Tli umUnilgiieit, employed by you 10 examine and rwrc u tu the eon dllinn ol InutiieM In il hetilf oRloe of Clai'kauiM county with referent' to the collection of Uiki for III year KM, beg Iray ou)ni(t Hi adlowlng eiOrt: in m fine) pliw hv uumen In our lliTr.tlxatl.iii that Ilia fotiling of tbe tax roll as delivered to III sheriff with warrant of collection, tud ow4 hf him, lo-wlt, ni,lt7.41 was ciirrint, and hat haawl all our inlculalions on that aiMiimpllon, and In lb flrt place have chargwl tlis aherift wlih dial niouiit. Tliersla to b sddwl to iliat a debits the alierlrTs aneaaiuenta, siimniiliiiK to ll.T7t.iW. W have alao Irblled him In addition to III alxive an c- ciiunt of double odlei'tlon of taxes In aoin lintnncee Ilia (Xwealv collei'lloii u olliera, III onllwlion of laxe not apparently IIUhI auywlier and other minor lleuia the furtlier sum of fl0.S. rr fur ther partii'ulsni n-Kanllng tliran ri'fer- eiu-e la bad to "Kiliililt D" hereto atlachol ahere names of parties, number of re ceipt atubs and bus and K" of lax roll will In found. For further Itema of dt-Mt referwuc la had lo balanr sheet hereto at- lai hed and wblrli w submit herewith. A a tialanoe lor these debit ws bare first given Ui alierift crvlit for Ut aniounl of iuony and warrants turned over to the oounty ' trcorsr and fbr whiib h bolda III IresMircr'a rmvlpts agKcettaUng T,SHi.:M; next with claims of double Saneaanienls snd errors In ssaemmeulii, etc., In the further sum of ll,'J"o.JT. This 1st Ut credit has been mad up from three claim of case as shown in exhibits A, B Slid C reepectUely, hereto sunexed. Kxlitblt A is mwW up of Ihsl clsas of rs which n clearly double amenietit and should, w think, he allowed as such without (urtlier iueetlou. Exhibit B is collection of thoM cases whsraia the par ties clalnied that the assessor' statement differed from Ux mil sud diminution of lax ww allowed by sheriff. As to whether a pn-er rssttirtion was nisil In erb case could beat be determined by th court, and 5 hey have been led without Judgment Ex libit C Is t collsclion Of kll doubtful clsimi of doubl assseamenla nd various other claims allowed by Ui sheriff but too dis similar for classification. Msny of the claims, psrhaps most, silos d a doubl assssamenl and of lh other clsltns r doubtless worthy and must b sllowed on farther Investlgstion ; but th descriptions on the assessment roll in many cases clslmsd as double sasssanienla trs so diffsr nt and In other so tndeflult thst we could not determine Uit milter without in trinsic evidence, sud so hsvs segregsted Uisiu and rstumsd Uiciu to lh court for Its Investigstlon If It itrem best to do so. In msking up our balanc sheet these htv been clsssed with and msde a part of the credit. - j , 1 , We here next credited the sheriff with tli delinquent Ux roll in hill and bar charged him with collections mad si no lh delinquent roll was tnad up. W think th proper way would liav been lo orsllt hint ti dtllnutieut roll in full nd clos th books at the time iaxes be came delinquent, carrying all unpaid taxes Into that mil: and when he rroui veil war rant to proceed against th delinquents to har charged, him slth th deliuquant roll as With th t roll In tb first In stance. tiulsr lb ctnmmstaiKs w Ihouxbt It simpler to credit him with th delinquent roll snd debit him with those taxes only which bad been collected on thst roll tud balanc the books up to th close of our Investigation. In order hi make up a true list of delin quent tax pay vrs, sine we found so many names on UtndsliuqiiMit Ux roll that were shown by - h stubs o have paid their tax' and so msny othsrs who bsd not paid their taxes who were omitted from the roll altogether, It became necessary to dis credit the sheriffs delinquent list and make out an entirely new delinquent tx roll al th expense of much time and labor, In our rufexMuoe to the delinquent roll in this rcort the roll made by us Is meant unless otherwls Indicated. The total fooling of the delinquent Ux roll for which wa have given the sheriff credit (see Kxhlhit K) amount to the sum of ).U,.in.'.,M. rutting the three items of credit, to-wit, the money accounted for loth county, the double assessments and the di'llnqnmit tux roll, and charging the shoriir with taxes collected on the delin quent roll tve find an apparent balance due tlie comity of $,'1,0H4.IH and yet uneooountcd for up to and including collection stub No. 4182. For all th items and particulars reference Is bad to exhibits A, H,C, I), Kand F and balance sheet, all of which are hereto annexed, and to blotter where these items are more fully drawn out. - 1 We wish to say that we find nothing whatever In the conduct of the ofllce to Indicate dishonesty or an intention on tho part of the sheriff to defraud the county, but on the contrary everything Indicates honest purpose , and intention.. We dp find, ''however, most slovenly and reprsj- henslhle method, or rather lack of met hod, In tli oltloe which oanuot be too heartily condemned in the conductor public atl'aira. W dud th Ux roll so bsdly mutllsted by raaiirss, enuring of new fluurrs snd lust ier wrltuu In concerning double ssessmnU etc.. that on many pages it 1 almost lin pusslul to Ull whsi th origin! roll was. Ws would sugKsst thst columns for rs msrki, . extensions snd all necessary entries b added to lb lax roll so that th mil Itself nerd not bs mutllsted by new entries or eresurea of ny kind. Ws slso found msny receipt stubs so bsdly niutlls Ul thai th nsinns and amounts oottld not be certainly determined without reference to th Is I roil. On th following stubs no Ux ws marked collected: 1, 277, 307, ll,m, i4, S77, 107, .'MKl and 4077. The stubs any marked "error" and otherwise mutllsted, but lbs receipt themaehla are missing. W think business methods would sug gest thst lh receipts ought to be preserved snd turned over with the stubs, slue thai Is the only way the comity pan know thst th recelpU sre not for tax pais! in fact but relumed delinquent. We also find a very loose method of al lowing double assessuieiiW many limes on llis simple statement of th parties and wheu the descriptions on th Ux roll would Indicate th lands wer mile part. To descriptions may be incorrect on th UX roll, but certainly Is sea ought not to b re mlttsd sicept on slrar end competent erl denca that th property is idmitirst, and if it is found In any raws thst thtand belongs to ether parties It should be entered at once to those parties on th sheriff"! assessment. In some Instances when double tsnsaamenU htve been claimed noUlion "see afMdsvIt", or som such remark, Is found on th Ux mil or stub,- but these trtldaViU do not seem to bar been preserved as they should bav bsu nd returned a voucher that tli claim wa allowed and properly so as indicated on roll or stub. We feel that th manner of keeping th accounts In the ot!h sre wholly Insdequat lo lh need of th olh(, considering th smoimt of money handled and Its Import ance to the public. The business oiiKht to beau conducted that In a very abort aime the whols business could be cliecksst up did Isils.-crd so that th amount of Uxs cob Ischsl could l determined from th books, snd the money In the safe ought to corres pond therewith. Under the present system the free snd taxes are all dumped In togeth er, and no account taken of the Uxes except th memorandum ou th stub, snd no method of diet king up tli stubs and com- liaring same with cash on hand, nor any apparent otethod of balancing accounts for Uis purpoa of noting the progress of th business or detecting errors snd misUkee, but tn sppsrent relying on good luck and the general honesty of everybody connected lift thcofflctto bring things out all right and cenaidering that If the contents of th safe wars turned over at th end of lb mouth to lb county the duty and responsi bility of lh offtc were fully accomplishes!. This method ol doing business might do in tli early days of th county, but th Mm has certainly com when th county business should be don according to bust. ness methods snd ths books of th sheriff offlos sbonld be a carefully kept and bal anced as those of a bank or other privaU enterprise Involving th saiu amount of money. W think if th book were so kept H would be Impossible (or ton persons to psy their Uxes t to in on years would seem to be the case from ths stub in tb oftlr as shown in ourxhlbil D beraiobefor referred to. And th suggestion thst nat urally arise thst these receipt, through soma blunder, liny be out for taxes marked on lh book a delinquent, rather than that so msny double psyments wer actually made would then be avoided. We cannot clos this report without con demning the practice so prevalent smong ux yr of Influence of asking th sher iff to keep their nsmes off th delinquent roll and thus carry them along after they sre delinquent In (act and In law, in many case even lo tbe present time. It is wrong in theory s w sll as in practice and is on of the principal reasons for th confusion in th aheriir olHc today. It to on of th fundsmeiital principle In th conduct ot public business that all man should b treated alike. When th day Uxes become du arrive all names of person who bav not txid should go on the delinquent roll snd be made to bear their proportion of th costs of delinquent collection. Th practice of letting some go for weeks with out cost while other, on th plea of som fictitious service of notice, are made to pay more than th Ux Itself In costs, cannot but meet tb disapproval f every fair minded person. The ones who compel the sheriff by their influence to grant such favors are tb onts especially to be blamed, even more than the sheriff. In submitting this report we w ill say that we hsve trWd to be fair to all parties and faithlul to tb public interest. We have had ho personal feeling In the matter to ward any one but have tried to do our duty sswesaw it. Hoping that our work may not be without value in the future conduct of public busin we are, - -. -Respectfully yours, H. 0. Stxvxns ,, . .... C.H. Pva. Dated June i!8. law. , , Itl KXIUBITS. , (. ; Exhibit A Is a list of fifty case of double asuewtments amounting to 3a."4 These in the estimation of tbe experts should lie allowed aa such, and they are all that dearly appear to be duplicate Kxhlhit B Is a list of twelye case In which the ahoriff excused the pronerty- owner, in part at least, on account of the alleged discrepancy between the Ui roll and the assessor's statement given to pai-tioa at the time of the as sessment. The total of this exhibit is (12.80, Exhibit 0 is made up of emhty-four doubtful claims aggregating $71)4.25. Their validity could not be determined from tbe data In the hands of the ex pert. . Exhibit D contains instances of double collections of taxes amounting to $26.75) excessive collection of taxes $74.50; sheriff's , assessments not listed ; and extensions of the tax, roll not included In the footings. Exhibit E is a statement of the page ((Ming of tit delinquent Ux roll a made out aim by the expert. Exhibit F contain the dieting of delinquent Uxes paid since the book wer made up, BAI,ANCKHliiKET, Hhowlng business of Hherlirs Office as re-gards-Tsi ftoll and Tax Collections for the year H!) op u snd including Jun 25, W. W. 11. Kamso, i. . Ain't Tax ltoll 1KU as r warrant of col lection ,1 w;,!it7.3 Ain't sheriffs assessment roll . . 1,271 Collections Kxhlhit I) 101. Delinquent Tsi Costs collected . 'Mi Ml Delinquent 'fsxes colh-nti-d slur di-llnquuet mil was made up.. I, MX. 10 $l',l10.4fl W. W. II. 8wso, Ca. Cash lo Treasurer to date $ 74.SWJ.20 Doubl sssessnieiits as r sched ule A Band C I.ifi.W Footings of Delinquent Tax Roll Appsreut amount due County 3.94.04 $100i0.49 svm.smsTASr stusci snarr. Taking collection of IWH Use from June 25, W, to July , WrJ, closing on ux re ceipt Ko. 30. - W. W. II. Bsasos, Da. Balanc du county June 25 3tW4.M Del. Use eollei-Ud sine June 25 . fSXl.m - OesU ' I21.7W M.7U36 W. W. II. 8.KSO. Ca, Am't p'd Trees, since June 25 3,!6.l? " tiIldneoiiiity... 77.I t.7t'..16 BUSINESS LOCALS. Clocks at Rurmeister k Andersen's. Everyone warrantod. Ladies' and Gents', robe at Holtran & Warnor' Undertaking parlor. tf Ilolman & Warner, Undertakers and Embelmers, Oregon City Bank building. No need to Uke those h'ir cathartic pill. Ir. 1. II. McUao'l Little I.iver nd Kidney I'llli-U re more aKreeahle and etfoclive. From Mentor Park dairy you will get nothing but pur, fresh milk, such a is required lor the babr. Blank note, receipt and order books al the KsTxsrsis otbee. DO YOU Ask why Caufleld & Hunt loy's More is the best place for you to BUY Drugs or have your pre scriptions filled? Because we always have, and always will keep, only PURE And reliable chemicals even though they may cost ub a trifle mor. Carrying as we do, a com plete line of DRUGS, Toilet articles.perfumeriee, soaps, etc., you may de pend upon obtaining just what you want, and at the most reasonable prices. Caufleld & Huntley, frsioriptio Fhsrsaoiiti. SOMEl WONDERFUL VALUES IN BOOKS. About July 15th we expect a shipment of stra wboard, cloth bound books direct from the Eastern Press. There are about 150 titles se lected from standard authors. . Every book is brand new. Make your seleations early for they all go in a special sale, AT 25 CENTS. OREGON CITY BOOK STORE, (Nextdoor to P.O.) W. A. HUNTLEY. BANDALL k ARE STILL IN I: Basil TWICE FULL MEASURE AND MKS. I M. BVBMKrmK. BURMEISTER & ANDRESEN, ivxtam to JLi C. H. L IjtkKit, WatCueCloep.pilVEfWarE.JeWBl. Repairing a Specialty. Seventh Street Livery Stable, WM. R. WADE, Proprietor. Feed, Sale and Livery Stable Rigs and Saddle Home furnished on abort notice. Stock bx)rded by the day or week. Price" Reaeonable. . - THE Oregon City Sash and Door Co. Carry the Largest Stock of : 4l &is!i, Doors, Blinds, Mouldings, Etc. In Oregon City. Special sizes of Doors and Windows Estimates fqr Stair Work and Store Fronts Furnished on application. Builders, give us a call, and see if our work is not of the best, and our prices as low as the lowest. Price List sent on application. Factory, Cor. Main and ltth Stv, Oregon City. Ts IVlCe OO, IVICsVXXCsVfsCs t DKALIB X Dry GoOuS, Boats &SljesJGFOCuFies HARDWARE, PROVISIONS, CB0CEKT, WLaSSWAKE, ......... Holiday Goods and Gents Furnishing Goods. ' sMMHHMWsVMMMs A. TsV. SCHWAB!, STOVES, TIN & HOLLOW WARE. All Kinds of Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper Work Promptly Done, PLUM3ING AND GENERAL JOBBING TO ORDER. . !. (fteTrattfc 8U IX-p). rr CUy. Brsmeh at Osrs. Rupture, Asthma and Piles. DfVS SHIMP &. HOUSER, Specialists in the treatment of all forms of Chronic, Catarrhal, Nervous and Female Diseases. ...... - Twenty (20) Years' Experience in Medicine, Surgery and Electricity. All curable cases guaranteed. Office, 259 Commercial Street, Salem, Oregon. Mr"Correspoudence solicited. ' P0PE& TbU old and reliable firm always keep in Btock a fult line of 10 Plumbing, Gas Fitting & Jobbing Attended to Promptly. Es timates Furnished. OREGON CITY OREGON CITY VI EW MARKET, , Boyer & Gale, Props., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in ; , . Fresh Beef, Mutton; Pork, Ham, Bacon and Lard. THE BEST OF MEAT KEPT AND SATISFACTION GIVEN, SHOP ON SEVENTH STREET, AT HEAO Of STAIRS. II THE FIELD. A DAY, PROMPT SERVICE. WM. ASDKMIX. made to order. Turning of all kinda v9 d allParts eftliB City GO