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Oregon City Enterprise. Published Every Pridny. CHAS. MESEUVE, Pl'BUOHKR AND rKOI'RIKTOR. SUBSCRIPTION BATKS, On yr. ...... Six month, ..... Thrr monihs, ..... 8ubrrltton ryhlf In advance Advertising rates given on application. 40 OVli VET CIUS'K. Entered at the Pom Offloe In Oregon City, Or., u second clM matter. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, m. Tbe EXTERPR1SK guarantees a larger bona Bds circulation than that of the other three paper In the count; combined. AGENTS FOR THE ENTERPRISE. Oswego, Canby, Clai'kamas, Milwaukie, I'nlon JllUs, Aims, Nwulow Brook. New Era. WUaonviUe, Park Place, Barlow. Gladstone, Stafford, Mulino, I'ania, Molalla. Maniuam, Eutievlli Aurora, Orrille. Eale Creek, tninnyside, Damascus, Bandy, Salmon, Cuiritisville, Clierryvilie, Marmot, Q. W. Proaaer Geo. Knight A. Mather Gary A Wlsstuger li J. TnilliUKPr E. 8 Hrumtmll - Cuss Holraan W. S. Newrvrry Henry Miley Ramtlton A Washburn Mrs. G. A Sheppard T. M. Cni J. U. ling. C. T Howard R. M. Cooper Annie Stutib. E, M. Hartman B. Jemituga f. liiey L.J Perdue - - H. VViltwrn John Welsh J. 0. KUiott F. CuKtsoh Mrs. W. M. Mclntyre tteo. J. Ourrin Mrs. M. J. Hummer Alolh Aseliotf In last Saturday's ine State. Journal, its editor, Ir. Vim-aid, scores Oregon's governor in !t lie following lasliion: In the inia'innttttli df (tlee worshipper of vaporing conceit ami empty arroitaiioe, our governor weighs Ml. V lien he stops into his sawmill nt IVrlland the southern etui oi Oregon tiw ip, and thai is hy Jackson comity is aUutl lUXi feet higher than Multnomah county. Ho promised the Tutors to drive all of the Chine: out of Oregon In six months after his election as governor the Chinese are now, in the latter part of the sixth year of (he reign of I'ennoyer the First, doing busi ness at the same old stand. Having brought on these "good times" by taxing people on theirdebtsaiui Inducing foreign caital to " How In" he is now trying to persuade the legislature to pass a " stay law" to j'revent the collection of the money that has " Howed in." Ilia t the fact that Oregon's " crunk gov ernor" The Kiu-kle-bur under the tail of the state, the Canada thistle of the wild and wooly west has proposed to have such a law passed, will damage the business and future prosperity of Oregon vastly more than all the appropriations made by the legislature at the last session. OXLY IX r.iiii. The repeal of the purchase clause of the silver law will remove one ol the causes of these evil times, but only one. It is not as many suppose the sole cause of the finan cial depression, but it is gratifying to note its probable real not only for the good which that repeal will work, but for the in dication which it gives relative to the legis lation to be exacted from the present con gress. The democratic platform declared for free silver, yet within but little more than a year of its adoption by a decisive ma jority a bid is passed by congress which runs counter to the declaration of the platform and receives not only the support of a ma jority of the republicans but of the demo crats as well. If the democratic party with the resKnsibi!ity of power finds it proper to vote counter to its latest platform relative to silver it may pursue the same course rel- What's the matter with the Telegram? It fnirlv boo-hoos in its grief over the passage of the Wilson repeal bill by the "re publican minority aided by some demo cratic backsliders," and like the populisf governor ot Colorado is prepared to wade in blood for "seven years" if need be. The bellicose colonel presumably wrote his war like article before noting that a majority ol bis own party bad voted lor the measure, leaving him in something of the predica ment of the juryman on with eleven obsti nate men. THE N1IHRIKF SCORKD. This communication was banded in last week, but was too late lor insertion in that issue. To tuc Eiutob: In las: week's issue of the Courier there appeared a short and ivi dently inspired paragraph to the eflect thut my buggy horse hail been attached by the sheriff for delinquent taxes, and would I sold on the 24tli of this month. The un fairness and intent of the item were plainly noticeable. I ask a brief spare for an ex planation with an apology for so doing at the same time, as I have never sought the nse of the columns of any paper to answer or even explain attacks made Ukjm me by the press or otherwise. My county tales this year, directly and indirectly, amounted to a little over $.no and were paid some time ago, and at the time I supposed all claims that the county had against me for taxes were settled. Shortly afterwards the sheriff informed tne thut he had some mortgage taxes aguinst me amounting to ii 52, and desired me to pay stive to other things whirh in our nninion are more of a disturbing element at tllis j l'm-and in the same conversation intima time than the silver .n.Mimn. Thp .ilve, lru 1 1 5r,lie ' dollar passes at par among the people of thiscountrv and no one is difixised to sav it nay, but it ? n looked upon with distrust by the nations of the old world w ho were our creditors in large sums, but the tariff question and tbe labor question have com bined to unsettle things at home and to shut up the mills and stop work all along the line, so that hundreds of thousands are now out of employment and on the verge of want and destitution. These questions will have to be met and decided in the right way before money w ill be forthcoming for im provements and the transaction of legiti mate business. Will the party in power be dominated in these questions by platform, or by the actual demands of the best bust ness interests of the country? Thebk is a general disposition to lay to General Compson's door the blame for the death of Lieut. Nelson which we believe is not warranted by the facts. Gei.eralComp- son was unuoutiteiliy acting in accordance with bis best judgment in ordering a sham battle, and no one can say with authority for his statement that the death, much as it is to be deplored, was the result of careless ness, obstinacy or lack of judgmet upon the part of the commanding otlicer. Much as every one regrets the deatli of Lieut. Nelson the experience of that day and battle may prove in the end extremely valuable to the state and to the militia. True, except lor the battle it maybe supposed that the young otlicer would today be alive and well; but the experience of that battle may in the end save many lives. If blame lies at all it probably should be at the door of the la mented lieutenant and the man who held tbe gun. Maht of the evils of today have been at tributed to tbe purchase clause of the Sher man law relative to silver, and now that the Wilson bill for the repeal of that clause has passed the house by a vote decisive enough to insure its passage by the senate and its becoming a law it is to be hoped that it will give an impetus to better times and no one ought to be found to object if it should prove the only rock in the way of the ship of pros perity, which, being removed, would insure for the nation a long period of unequaled prosperity. But many persons of good judgment and discernment do not feel dis posed to take a rosy view of tbeoutlookeven with the probable removal of a silver basis which has so long threatened our currency, and there will be many who having money to invest will still be disposed to wait and see what the future has in store before let ting it go out from their control. Cokohessmasi Springer who experienced the vicissitudes of wild cat money in Illi nois from 1K48 down through the panic of 1857, is now chairman of the committee on banking and currency, and when asked concerning the probability of the commit tee's reporting In favor of a repeal of the state bank tax be said: " I do not believe the committee will report tbe bill in favor of the repeal of the tax on state banks. I do not believe in going back to the days of the state banking system, I favor a sta ble currency, good alike in all states. Any other currency is destruction to business, and I stall oppose it," ted that if I didn't settle up he would at I ....!. I......... 1. ...! ...II T ...I.I 1. 1... iuiii in, i.up;,.,, iiui nun Dm. & t.ini nun emphatically that I didn t own a single mortgage in the county, but on an examin ation ascertained that there were lour small mortgages on record that were really paid otr, some of them vears ago. but had not been cancelled of record, w hich I at once did. He then suid as he had allowed other to tile an atliilavit where mortgages had 1 been paid off before the assessment he j would allow me to do the same, which I promised to do. Some delay was necessary as I didn't know exactly at that time when the mortgages were paid, and the sherill was in no hurry and the matter w as allowed to run along. He spoke casually about the matter to me once or twice on the street, the last time alter the militia encampment was running at Gladstone. I then said to the sheriir that 1 was exceedingly busy w ith matters connected with the encampment and told him that I would come in immedi ately after it was over and fix the whole thing up to his satisfaction. As he yet had plenty of time to make his returns to the court be acquiesced, and I had no reason in the world to supise he was not in a good humor about it and satisfied to wait a few days until I had a little leisure. No one was trying to cheat mm out of a cent of taxes hut but only sought the same priv ilege be had allowed others in like circum stances. 1 on can imagine my surprise then when on Wednesday the l'ith of Au gust he rode" into the enclosure where my self and family were encamped at Gladstone and eremptorily declared his intention of levying on my buggy horse. He was in a great passion and I saw it was of no Use to reason with him as I tried to do, reminding him of our agreement and of my willing- ess to arrange the matter as soon as the encampment was over. My wife and chil dren were badly frightened, and so to avoid any further trouble and consequent pub licity, and any misunderstanding of my motives, and the cost and delay of litiga tion, I then in the presence of several disin terested witnesses offered to pay the amount, right or wrong. But no! the sheriff wasn't after money he was after my horse, and without waiting a moment for me to count him out the money he made a straight break toward the stable where the horses were. I then remonstrated with him at the stable door and took hold of the chain that fastened it to prevent in a reasonable way an altogether unnecessary and uncalled for act. But the great sheriff of Clackamas county was in one of his towering passions, and pulled out his bulldog pistol, and thus reinforced broke the door open and took the horse and led him away triumphantly, all for 28.52. The sheriffhas since been en joined by an order coming from JudgeKhat tuck of Portland, and we will See in due course of law whether the average man has any rights In this country or not. The animus of this whole transaction is as follows: Eli Maddock dared to run agaiusi uanong lor eiienn. mat was a crime in itself, as Mr. Ganong seems to feej that he was entitled to the office by divine succession. So as early as possible after the delinquent list came into his hands the Inched the I'twV i of Jacob Kntwlt, Kli Muddtnkv(iithcMn-lav-n old pioneer df 'fli fVeuou ! w ho bus lived in the comity many years and has anvniVSAliI reputation for honesty and . uprightness. Then ho went for V, J, ' liaitvh, MaddiK'k's brother-in-law. These j three, with llenjamlu JugKar and myself, all ' republicans, arc the only tinea that the 'shcritl has gone for by any attachment pro j feeding, notwithstanding there are scores of democrats in the county who have not I paid II teir mortgage taxes. Now the point ! against mu was that 1 was attorney for Kit Maddock, and dared to allow him to come into my ottic to consult about the legality and met hod of the sheriff In collecting mort gage taxea, and I have it Iruin the very best authority that the slierilV bragged that he was going for me on this account, and then maliciously timed bis attack at a tlmo when there were thousands of people present at thcencampment, so that, in street parlance, lie could " fuirly rub it in on me." Now let me say, please, that f'.l.M of (his tax was against the C. P. lleatie estate, and for which I could in no wise be held per sonally responsible; f.VK. of it was on a mortgage of I'JiiX.iKl given lo me as trustee, and paid April IV littrj, and the proceeds given in and assessed for the year lr; 7.(X was a lax en a mortgage given lo me by Henry Nemyre and so me three or four years ago sold to Hon. W. C. Johnson, who now owns the same, and he has made atildavlt that he has paid taxes on it for this fiscal year, and the affidavit Is now with the alter iff. That leaves a very small matter to lie adjusted. And yet my horse was attached for all these items that I otTered to pav lie- lore the attachment was made simply to save trouble. Finally, permit me lo say that I have found and heard ol hundreds of good, con scientious iople in our county, who have felt justitl! in refusing to pay mortgage taxes, and any and all taxes this year where payment could 1 avoided in any possible way. It was little less than highway rob bery for the county court lo levy a lax of f ltr,0i 0 against the ieople of this county this vear or any year. Added lo that is the tar from consoling thought that the pay ment of all taxes Into this county court is like pouring water into a bottomless pit. Law abiding citizens have plead and remon strated and passed resolutions, but all lo no purpose. The ceaseless and reckless ex" penditure Koes on ami on, and t tie debt grows and grows, until no one but the great God of the universe can tell what the ilebt is. Hut this is a digression, w hich may be entered into more fully later on. I have simply desired to show the parti san and centemptible way the sheriff bus of using his high office to get even on his ene mies. If it were In order I might w ith per fect fairness add that ever since the last ses sion of the legislature oursheritl, with other sheriffs, have an abiding grudge against me for daring, in spite of their opposition, to help pass a law putting them upon a salary along w ith the clerks and recorders a law that will save the taxpayers of this state I nearly f'.fii.msj a year, and our county soinc ' thing like ten thousand dollars a year. Gu I nong expects to succeed himself, and he t never did like the idea of cominir dow n from the princely sum of from eight to ten thousand a year to the "lieggarly" sum of 2,'l r year. H. K. Ckh. For Sale or It cut. Tlio Sovenlh at toot livery ittalile ami feed storo building on liberal tonus Heat arranged burn In tlto city and well located, Kinnilro on premises, or nt Krienmn's Coll'eei Homo, 1M0 Wnidiliig- ton strwt, Portland. tf (hit of Might. Tlio traveling public art now fully allvu to tlio fitct that tlio Clilcwiio, t'nion l'acillo ami Northwestern Line oIl'erH tlio very Wat accommodations lo tlio public from ami to Chicago, Omaha and intermediate points, not only during the World'a Fair lint all the your arouinl 8evfn-rooinHl house and 1 14 acres of tin proved land on Clackatnaa Heights, near graded school ami iololnco. Worth tlM) will sell (or tttiO. Olfor to hold good till Angiiat 1st. Call at Park Pine atore fat particulars A TWKT) TTO.VAjf, lust m much as aick and ailing one, neadi Ir. IWtVs Favorite IW-rtp-tlon. That builds up, stmnrthitna, anil In vigoratea the entire famal systnm. It regulate and pro motes all the propsr functions ol woman hood. Improve diirn- tlon. enrtchr the blood, disiwls ache and pains, Diolancholy and nrvouans, brings rof rndilng sleep, and ratter health and strength. It's a powerful rnstorativ tonic and sooth lag nervine, made eafiecuillr for woman s amis, and tn only punnntfwd remedy for wunuuiw sauimM and ailments. Jo au "female (vninluinu " and Irregularltiea, If It star fail to Unrrtt or cur, you have your mousy buck. A C'lieup Nome. One-I.alf mile from Mulino poatiillice, school house, public hull, grist mill, store ect , til acrea all under fence, tint f Khiabed, 15 acres, under cultivation, orchard, houne barn etc. Land Kr fectly level, on bench and Molulla bottom, no rocky waste land. Is a rare bargain. AddreHH C. T. Howakii, tf Mulino, Or. Wood Sun lug. The lisbcock woodsaw. Work quickly and cheaply done. Leave orders at Grout & Confer', ollice or address me at Ely. El.MKK IllXON. A grrat many medicine "rllvH Ca tarrh In the HmwI. That mean that It' drivra from tu brail into tli throat and lungs. Hut, by It mild, soothing, cleansing and healing prortli, Ir. Sage' Catarrh Remedy rtirfoclly and pnriiuumntly runs. JAPANESB pi LE CURE A new mnl complete trritnifiu, rnimimini nt MttptiiUirie, t'ltiimrnt tn iuit. n1o in Hx an., I'llln; a Ulvr vum lT Kxicniail, littrriial, Hllnd nr l-t'-cll iif, lirhluir. t ttmuir, Kti'enl Iternlllary I'llr. aix mnity ill aud ffUil wrakiueH'; ll It alwnyi tfrrat ttjiit-flt to tht fftiiiml hvalth. Th (Irm illi cove ry of a nmlltalcur muliTlug an friMt) with (he k ill ft iiiiiicrraxary tivrrnftrr. 'Dili finely ha never len known (o (nil per Ihix. ttfnrl-V M-ht by milt. VShy tutTrr fnMu thli terrible illaie wht-n a written fUNrantre l if i v e f i with 1 hoxea tit tf futnl Ihr mnry If not eureil. hetnl .tamp fur (rp .amplf, duar an lee lnel by W imiaM t i.ahkk Al Co, wlmlf ale a till retail triiajtr lta. 'le aKriita. l'iirtlaiiI, Oregon. Kor mIc by d. Iliiullry, Oreom City, Oregon. ami "v.v'rvi ft f-nrmi COPPER RIVETED H "Bottom rANK AODRIS: AN FRANCISCO, CAL It is Money We Wait And money wo must have. We are going to soli you goods sc cheap that it will bo to your advantago to buy of us. SOME PRICES:- ArWklos nntl Lion roU'rc '2" tvntft. Supirl.", K, uiitl 17 jMiiuxU fur $1.0. Lanl and bacon p'ttinj; lower. 1 jMiuiitls Ann k Humint r mila mita. Host rirt "2t pouiulft for $UM), Small whit Loans ''." hiiiIs $1.M). Koyal and rionrrr linking powder l.r tuMitM ju r jamml. Host pearl oil, r gallons ('." rents. (Ininj; ran) Small t an oysters 111 rents. I pounds can eorn leef '.'n cents. All other p ods sold in same proportion. A pod nut of Hour and feed constantly on hand, (lotlune Hold ut times prices. 1 rv piods in great yaiiety. Moots and hW all grades at prices neyer lefort ollt id in any htoro in the ounty. PRODUCE f TAKEN. PARK - PLACE - CASH - STORE. ni!v liar'! furniture ayd Jrdertai. Children's shoes l'."c to $ 1 .00, mostly lace ; Ladies lace bIioch fine and coarae $1.00; Hoy's brouans 7oc. Clothing greatly reduced at tbe Red Front. Call and see tbe lounLfs ut K. 1 llolman and you will see Rome trood ones which they aie scllinir almost at maniifucturer'a prices ' Sk-ts., il.igjyr liottic; U'lOIH'titU dfti. hub 1 1 uitat i iiniin i i tit: .i.;iii.ii niix whorn all othrrs fa:l. Coui'hs. froun. &or Throat, Ilorciics Whooping Cuuifh nnd Ait: ma. Tor Cunmmniion it 1ir no rinl: iiacuie! ttiausan js. Mid will icna vol! If tnkr-iiln fltuo. S-.lil ' y lrt!irlt i n n Knar aiitni 1'or n Uti:. - linelc or ( lu-t. n) SHILOU 8 ULI.'.A.QINA HLASTtKi;. CKILOH'Syi CATARRH Have tout mnihy Vlns nnmlv lurimmn. toed to euro you. I'r'i-e . wicta. In Joctor f roe. For sale by C. ('. Huntley. Red Cross Tansy Pills 8 pounds 8-penny The Red Front . nails 25 cents at MARKET REPORT. Below is (riven the Oregon City Market Report, corrected AiiK.'iM, from quotations furnished the Khtkuhkisi by local mer chants: OKA IN. Wheat, valley, per bushel not posted. Oals, jier bushel :06t'.Vi ruivu. Oregon City Mills, 1'ortland brand. . . 3 50 rtr.u. Hhorts, per ton 21 Of) liran 1H m Clover hay, baled Timothy hay, baled 10 to 12 00 PKOIlL'CE, rotaioes, per nw ins ,a Onions, nominal, none in market. Apples, green, per box Htlolli Apples, dried, per lb Chickens 2 00 to 4 00 Turkeys, per lb 12 Geese, per dnz 10 00 to 11 00 Htitler, per lb 20 Kkks, per dos Hi Honey, r lb Prunes, dried I'llllllM, " MEATS. Beef, live, per lb 2(iiL'i licef, dressed 4(rt5 Mutton, live, per head 2 H0r2 m I'ork, live peril) fWiVi Pork, dressed, per lb oh Veal, live, per lb 8 Veal, dressed, tier lb. .Irir.iu Hums, per lb 13 lo 14 liacon , ; bard 12 HONIm FOlt 8AI.E. Rested bids will be racelvcd hi tlio Tmm, ol Clackamas county at lilsolllee In the court house In Oregon City uptol'io'cliM k noon, Sept ember 1H, lhtS. fur the sale ol bonds to the amount sheriff, to get even on Eli, goes out and ol$7(io of school district No. m. makes an example of him by attaching his span of borses while at work in the field and brought them to town. Then, not sat isfied with this much revenge he, under cover of the awful majesty of tbe law, at- Of ClHfknmHa county, Oregon. Bald bonds not t be sold be low par. Kndorse envelope. "Propossl for tbe pur chsu ol school bonds " Klht rtsvrved tn rejer-t ny or all bids. B. B. CAUKK, County Treasurer. Oregon City, Aug. 80, IsM. The Ladies Suppressed ManttruatloR PAINFUL Minitruatlon And PHCVLNTIVEIor 1'Mtl.K i,, lUUMitUaillJ. ' Ar Sjf. snd Rrtlabl. 10" firfri-lly Harmlxs. Purely Vrf I Ublsl n-vtr PRICE SI.OO. Spnl pmtpiid on rrrinl of nrlc. Nffinry ffftinded if not "y- Yin de Cinchona Co., Del Maine. Iowa. For Hale by Chnrman & Co. At. ' ATI P If you are interested in b AdvertlHinK you ought to bo a Hub j Bcriber ot I'kintehh' Ink: a journal for advertiHers. PrinterH' Ink is issued weekly and is filled with contributions and helpful HtiL'KcHtionH j from the brightest minds P in the advertising busi- r ness. PrlnterH' Ink costs only two dollars a year. A sample copy will be sent on receipt of five cents. ADDKKHS I'HINTEHS' INK, 10 8piu St., " Paul York 4 j 'siy'': '" T .,rl7''t'-'-4 R. L. Holman carries a flno lino of Furniture, Lounges, Wall Paper and Carpets at ldwesfpos sible living rates, also a fine lino of Caskets and Coffins, Ladies' and Gents' robos, which ARE NOT EXCELLED 0UT8IDE OF PORTLAND. Cut of hoarse in this advoitisoiiiont. OREGON CITY JOBBING SHOP. All kinds of Tinning, Jluinbin and (icnoral Jobbiii? DONE TO OltDKR ON SHOUT NOTICE. SEWER AND WATER CONNECTIONS MADE At the inoHt reasonable rates. NEW YORK GALLERY rhotograpbs Delivered Promptly in the Finest Style of Art. Fine Crayon Work a Specialty. Old rictures Copied to Any Bite. faction Guaranteed. flatis- Gallary opposite Commercial Bauk, Oregon City fflT A 11 work is done with a view to last and Hntisfy all conccrm'i A. W. SCHWAN. Nhop wis Nrrrnlh Ml Hr l- Mt(, J. JONES & SON, I'KAI.KIt IN Doors, Windows, Mouldings, DOOR AND WINDOW FRAMES. Cabinet Work, Fitting p Stores and Repairing of all kinds. Jobbing Orders Promptly Execute VHH V.H THK I OU I W. sWHI.op corner Fot.nl. and Wufr HtreeU. M,V ,,f !,. A fV. Oregon W OREGON CITY FENCE WORKS, M,,l"',"'"'f""''fii.l.lMl.-rsli.il.tyl,..,,l COMBlTlOll WlE AND pi(JIET FEHCJE, Both roujfh and dressed for lawn an.l division fence, also Hartman Steel Picket Fence. Ana Wire Tanol Farm Pon oiu vaa nrai Fence Call and see Samnlea and nft Shop over BesW. Sa8h & Door factory, Oregon City, 0t.