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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
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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.
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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,
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