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Oregon City Enterprise.
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AGENTS FOR THE ENTERPRISE.
OtWtgO,
Canbv,
Clackamas,
Mtlwaukie.
I'nion Mills,
Aim.
Meadow Brook.
New Era.
Wtlaonrllla,
Park Place,
Barlow,
Ulailxone,
Stafford,
atuitno,
Cams,
Molalla.
Uarquam,
Enltevllia
Aurora,
Orfllle, -
KaRle (Vfk,
ftunnvside,
Damascus,
Sandy,
Salmon,
Currinsville,
Oierryville,
Uarmot,
0. W. Pror
Geo. Kulirhl
A. Mather
Gary 4 Wisstuger
U J.Trulllnger
E. 8 Bramaall
Chaa Hotman
W. 8. Newtvrrr
Henry slllcy
Hamilton 4 Washburn
Jlra. 0. A. Sheppanl
T. U. CroM,
J. O. Gate.
C. T Howard
R. Si. Copr
Annie Htubt.
E, M. Hartman
B Jennings
f. Oleny
LJ Perdue
H. Wilhern
Jolm Welsh
J. 0. Elliott
F. Goctst h
Mrs. W.M. Mclntvre
Geo. J. Currin
Mrs. M. J. Hammer
Adolph Aschotl
R EDUCE EXPENSES.
Under the title of "A Just Demand" the
Oregoniar. enters Into the deplorable condi
tion of the city and county finances and
says :
Nothing is rnore certain than that the offi
cial eienditures during the past year es
pecially have been out of all proportion to
the taxpayers' resources. While economy
of the most rigid type is necessary in thous
ands of instances, in order that the owners
of property niay pay the heavy taxes Ini
posedpo meet an extravagant administra
tion of city and county affairs, and while
even the most rigid economy and unremit
ting industry combined have not been able
to meet these obligations in hundreds of in
stances, es the large delinquent tax list
shows, there is not the slightest indication
of hard times in official circles. More than
this, in the absence of a published state-
of democratic, senators, w ho proles to be
in its favor. It is moM probable that It whs
these sctiemiiig and treacherous democrat
whom the president had in his mind when,
in his letter to liovcrnor Northen he wrote:
" I confess I ant astonished by the opposl
lion in the senate to audi prompt action as
would relieve the present unfortunate situa
tion. My daily prayer Is Hint the delay
occasioned by such opposition may not he
the cause of plunging the county Into
deeper depression than it has yet known,
and that the democratic party may not be
justly held responsible for such a catas
trophe."
If matters were going on harmoniously In
the democratic party Mr. Cleveland would
not have written in this strain. Hut It has
been clear from the first that there are men
in that party who are not favorable to legis
lation in favor of a sound currency, and who
will go as far as they dare to disappoint the
hopes which the prompt and patriotic ac
tion of the president has raised. Hut It is
safe to predict that these unpatriotic and
unscrupulous Americans will not prevail.
Mr. Cleveland is known to be steadfast and
courageous, and he has the intelligence and
the patriotism of the country at his back
He has, in fact, ceased to be the representa
tive of a party. There are democrat who
say that he has turned republican. This Is
not likely, but there is no doubt that what
he says and what he does on the financial
question is heartily approved by the best
Americans of all parties.
ive variety ot native woods. In anyone
of these Holds of Industry there Is still
ample room for the Investment of capital
In almost unlimited amount, and what has
already been done point out the security
of the roads which invite the Investor. In
agriculture, horticulture, mines or forestry,
Oregon is surpassed by no other state, and,
while the development of all four of these
Industries has already been sullUient to
attract the attention ot the world through
the excellent exhibits made at Chicago, vet
all might I said to he still In their Infancy,
so great are the possibilities which yet re
main untouched.
ELECTJilC ClJt HR.iK'ES.
Some time since the East Side Hallway
Company procured a number of air brakes
whk'h It was its intention to place on the
cars of their road for the purpose of seeing
how they would operate, but as yet none ol
them have been seen as tar from the oillce
as this. Not only has experience shown
them to be much more convenient for the
motorman in charge of the car but they are
much safer and better and many accidents
which cannot be obviated by the present
method of hand-braking could be prevented
by the application and use ol the air brake.
In discussing this matter the Hlectric Age
says :
Several cars on the electric road from Bos
ton to Lynn, Massachusetts, have been fit
ted with air brakes. The results obtuined
from the tests of these cars are very satis
factory. A car running at the rate of ten
miles an hour may be brought to a full stop
almost within its length.
If brakes of this nature are generally
adopted throughout the country, much of
the danger to life of rapidly moving cars in
a crowded thoroughfare, w ill, to a great ex
tent, be eliminated.
Think for a moment of the motions a mo
torman has to go through with to suddenly
stop an electric car. With one band he re
volves the handle controlling tiie rheostat,
Turn la on the part or a certain few a
determined movement lo have the rates of
postage reduced to one-half that now
charged, this being particularly the case
so far as first and third class matter Is con
cerned. It seems to us that the time has
hardly come for that inasmuch as the post-
otiu-e depart meiit is not yet on a self sin
porting basis and there is usually a dell
clency which has to be made up from other
resources of the government. Further tha
this it seems that the department niliili
better Improve It service in some respects
so as to give the whole people and espee tally
those living in the country a better service
before trying to cheapen it for the benefit
of a few. With but lew exceptions the
people living In the country do not receive
their mail as at present carried above once
or twice a week and most of them do not
send enough letters to make much dlf-
r. , ..i . . . ,
irmicv mieiuer ine rate is reduced or
tint. But it would be greatly to their conven.
lenee If a plan or delivery could be devised
and successfully carried out which would
give the people living in the rural districts
a service akin to the free delivery now sec
ured to the larger cities. Of course it could
n no way rival or approach the freiuenl
delivery made several times during the day,
but if instead of this farmers and others liv
ing in the country could have their letters
and pars delivered at their doors regu
larly daily or every other day they could
well artord and we believe would willingly
pay the present rates of ostage for the sake
of securing such service. The expvriinent
has been successfully and satisfactorly tried
of supplying some of the smaller towns with
the free delivery system and why should
not the rural communities which do their
full share toward the suptxirt of the govern
ment, either directly or indirectly be privi
leged to enjoy some more of Its advantages.
Their wishes ought at least to be consulted
in this as well as other matters.
v TV LOOK AT Til K
I V- SI.K of the or-
f-rl A dinar pill.
A 'I ! I Think of all the
f tef trouble and die-
A : l V- L tui Unce that It
KZMv1 eeus.s yoo.
rod!
mentor the receipts and disbursement ofw''ile with the other he endeavors to turn
the county, as required by law, the people
who furnish the money are left without spe
cific knowledge as to what becomes of it.
While ilia fair to suppose that the coun
ty's books are honestly and carefully kept,
and that every dollar of the county's funds
Is legitimately extended, the people have a
right to know that this is ;so by the means
provided by law for the dissemination of
suc h knowledge.
Let the public, by all means, know where
the money goes, item by item. It will then
be able to exercise the first right of a self-
governing community in deciding whether
It car, atlord the things for which it is called
upon to pay, and, if not, to devise intelli
gent means for cutting down expenses with
out injury to its sen-ice, and in accordance
with just demands for retrencment
That the administration of city and coun
ty affairs is needlessly e pensive there is
no room to doubt; that, in view of the enor
mous pressure towhieh the general finan
cial depression has subjected the property
owners, the taxes exscted threaten confisca
tion of property, is equally true. This state
of affairs, though deplorable, should not
be without remedy, and the remedy plainly
suggested is that the public expenditures be
made to conform to private resonrce. There
should be no favored individuals in a re
public. Hence, when salaries have been
cut down and wages scaled in every bus!
riessand industrial enterprise In the coun
try, to meet conditions forced by unwisdom
at the polls and perpetuated by demagogues
in congress, there is no reason why county
na city officials, school teachers and all,
indeed, who owe their salaries to the levy
ana payment of taxes, should not share
me general reduction. More than this,
there are many reasons framed by justice
and indorsed by necessity which urge that
sucn public servants should share the com
mon lot and so help to equalize, as far as
possible, the burdens of adversity.
the brake-handle, at least two revolutions.
He has to finish turning tlie rheostat han
dle before he can use both hands on the
brake handle; thus allowing some little
tune to elapse from the moment of starting
to stop the car to the time when he can a
plv his full strength to the brake. Even
when he has the bruke as tight as he can
get it the car will cover quite a space before
coming to a full stop. How much better it
would be to have on the dashboard of the
car a little lever, which by a slight motion
will set in action the powerful electric or
air-brake,
AN OUTSIDE VIEW.
It Is sometimes well to read what those
outside ol the bustle and beat of battle think
of our actions. The Colonist, published at
Victoria, B. C, seems not to see.much to
admire in the senate as it Is now failing to
transact Its business. It remarks:
It is very evident that if the 8herman Act
is not repealed, and if confidence is not re
stored in the United States, the fault will
not be President Cleveland's. He has done
II that a man in his position can do to re
store financial matters in the United 6tates
to a healthy and normal condition. His
calling an extra session of congress when he
did had of itself a good eflect. His sensi
ble message did a good deal toward the re
storation of confidence, and his Influence
had no doubt much to do in prevailing upon
the House of Representatives to act as
promptly and as effectively as it did. His
efforts to improve the financial condition
ofhis country appear now to be in danger of
proving unavailing through the selfish and
unpatriotic stand taken by a number of Sen
ators, who do not represent more than
tbree-quartersof a million of the population
Of the united States, aided by a number of
democratic senators, who for factionist pur
poses appear determined to obstruct tlie
legislation which the people want, merely
because It Is favored by the president.
It has now become pretty clear that the
progress of the bill io repeal the Sherman
act turough the Senate is retarded not so
OBSTRUCTIONISTS.
The Victoria Colonist, referring to the an
ticsof the United States Senate, says:
The United States Senate is testing its ca
pacity for obstructing legislation. It is get
ting to be pretty clear now that Its powers
in that direction are illimitable. Many pat
riotic Americans are disgusted with the spec
tacle which the senate is presenting. There
was a time, and that not very long past,
when the Americans were proud of their
senate. They considered it the ablest, the
pnrest and the most effective legislative
body in existence. But it has not main
tained its high character. It has greatly de,
generated of late years. United Slates citi-
tens are now comparing it with the British
I, , .... .
nouse oi Lorns, ana tnat not by any
means favorably. This is what the New
York Times says about such comparisons
" Those who are comparing our Senate as
an obstructive body to the British House of
Lords should remember that, while the
House of Lords now and then gets in tlie
way of legislation passed by the House of
Commons, it has never allowed its own
action to be blocked by a minority of its
own members. If the senate were to defeat
the repeal bill, it would make itself unpop
ular, but would not lose its 'dignity.'
has been permitting the minority to prevent
it from coming to any action on the bill.
The House of Lords never does that sort of
thing."
This from the New York Bun should
prove comforting reading just now to the
thousands of lubonng men whom the clos
ing of these mills throws out of employ
nient: "In the midst of the appalling stag
nation and trouble in business, there Is,
under the circumstances, one cheering and
all-sulllcient thought to every anti-protec-lionist,
to every individual who, with his
mind on tlie tariff, voted last year against
the historic policy of protection. The shut
ting ol protected factory door and the
clicking or their locks are signals that some
robber has ceased to rob. As soon as the
mill is closed, the owner, formerly the
plunderer of many and Ihe.'oppressor of the
poor, has to sit idle and helpless. He can
not wring a cent of his old profit from the
labor and savings of others. His outrage
ous and unconstitutional business is aU
ped. The democrats have brought the old
time robber barons to an end. Protection
Is robbery. Down with It!" Homebody Is
suffering while the mills of the "robber
barons" are closed. Since the democratic
party has closed these mills it is in order
for the workmen and their fnmlies who are
out of work and bread to call upon that
party for the loss which they are suffering.
Somebody is robbing them every day of
their inforced idleness, the price ofa day's
work.
Wouldn't you
welivme some
thing eaainr to
tnko, and enaler
In its way, If
at th same time
It did Tim mora
That la the case with lr. Plan'
leaaant lVIMa. They're the sinallvat In
sin, the mildest In action, but tlie moat
thorough aud far-reaching tu raiulta, Tlioy
follow nature's nwUi.sU, and thoy give help
that lif. Constipation, IiidlgMtlou, Bilious
Attacks, Hick ami lllllou llwtdactua, and all
daraiuroinentaof the utt, itumach ami UwU
art promptly relieved and permanently cured.
" IT ww cant eurv your Catarrh, no matter
hew bad your Me or f how long standing,
we'll pay you A.VK) In cash." Thai to what
is promised by the rrorlor of Dr. (Ugei
Catarrh llemedy. IXwun't It prova, Iwttvr
thaa any wont could, thai una u a renwuy
tbal eurM Uktarrti I luata oiuy ou reuia.
RIVETED
COPPER ivtitu.-
tytKY ylf VWnn i ecu.
AODRCSS: N rRANCISCO, CA
R. E. DYER,
Tin and Plumbing Shop
First-class Mechanica
Work Guaranteed.
Seventh street, Oregon City
BROWN
The photographer
Is prepnrtil to innko htog-ri!ia
of all kinds promptly
and in
FIRST CLASS STYLE
Babies' and Children PirturvM
a Sjx'ciuly.
Call and examine Inn work
At the Old New York Gallery
Second diKir
)rug Store.
north of IIardiiip4
Needy - Nursery,
J. B. NOE. Prop
NEEDY, - - OHEGON.
KEEP COOL.
Henry W. Cannon, of the Chase Na
tional Bank says: "In times like these peo
ple are apt to lose sight of the important
features of the situation in the contemplation
ot the details. The country is all right,
Our crops are good this year. The crops
In other parts of the world are poor. Kn
rope wants some of all our crops, even hay,
and Europe must take them and send us
money for them. We shall receive a great
deal of . money from Eurone this fall.
People have no need to be scared. Let
them keep their heads cool, and exercise a
little patience. It will pay them best in
the long run."
l
OPPORTUNE WORDS.
The Pacific Builder and Investor says:
" With a very limited state appropriation
Oregon has succeeded in making a very
creditable display or her many and varied
resources at the world' fair. There is no
better method of securing the attention of
capitalist to any section of the country
than by pointing out the substantial evi
dences of natural wealth which that section
posesses a positive proof iu itself that capi
tal invested will be sore to yield quick and
"Czah Reed" and the republican policy
will yet be vindicated by the democratic
party. The house of representatives has
already adopted rules very near akin to
those permitting the speaker to couut a
member a present who Is sitting in his
seat and striving to obstruct legislation, and
now Senator Hill of New York is on record
as raying that there was no reason why, In
tlie absence ol rules, the presiding olllcer
should not tell the truth aud make the
Journal refuse to tell lies. The presiding
officer hail a right to exercise his senses,
and when a member sat right In front of
him and did not vote, to have the Journal
show the fact of his presence. The senate
was inclined to pass traditions, and there
was no sense In It. The duty of a senator
was more than merely remaining in his
seat; It was his duty to take part In the
business. To hold that the only way to
ascertain the presence of a senator was a
response to the roll-call Involved an ab
surdity,
A fine lot of all kind of
FRUIT-:-TREES
Ready for Fall Trade.
A lot of one and two-year-old
Italian and Petet Prune
TREES. All healthy.
Apple, and Pear Trees,
A fine line of 1 and 2 year old.
When your purso in light, your oamingrt nmall ami you wit!,
to inako your dollar do uoumo tiuty,
LOOK OUR PRICES OVER
And bo convinced that thU is tho jdaco to tradt
Produce of all Kinds Taken,
FOR 2.V. WE WII.I CIVIC YOU
1 Pair litdiiV cnthnifro hunt.
1 uir children and nnWn wool done.
7 kikw.Ih Clitrko' O. N. T. thmul.
0 yttnlH K'khI Ir m i.
2 jmir all wool I why hi'.
1 criK'ht'tnl wool hithy Unmet,
1 lndit'it' rihhrd dhrvrd undi rvt st.
FOR $1.00 WE WILL- SELL.
l.r, 1, nnd IS pound of Mignr.
J. I HUIUl1 Ol In'IUIH.
'JO iHititicl-t of rico.
5 2 H)Uiitl run corn N t f.
KLOUK, - PICK - 1 f AkkICL
Park Placo Cash Storo.
$3-25
o-
-ft-
R. L. Holman carries a flno lino of Furniture,
Lounges, Wall Paper and Carpots at lowest pos
sible living rates, also a flno lino of Caskets and
Coffins, Ladies' and Gents' robos, which ARE
NOT EXCELLED OUTSIDE OF PORTLAND.
Cut of hcarHO in thin ndveitist'iiiuiit.
CP. WINESET.H
Will not
the lowest.
be undersold. Prices
Tut New York Times reiuls tlie demo
crats a lecture as follows: "Since tlie men
who are openly or secretly advocating com
promise, and wlio are democrats, make this
a party question, it is well to recall to tliem
the fact that there Is a republican party.
that only a few months since that party
held the executive aud one house ol the
legislative branch or the government, that
it was driven from its stronghold by voters
who believed the democratic party would
be sound In It action as to the currency:
that, if that belief Is found to be mistaken,
these same voters will withdraw their sup
port from the democratic party, and it will
sink back to the position from which it was
raised by them. It is all In a nutshell.
Any man who calls himself a l Hmrwritt and
surrender himself to the minority on the
repeal bill Is a fool or a traitor or both."
SUMMONS.
In the Circuit Court of the 8tte of Ormon for
ins voiimjr oi l lcm
Alice Smiers. plaintiff, v, Calvlu Bouert, doft.
ToCalrln Hnuers, lieirnasnt:
In the Bsme of the Htsteof Orrion: Ynu sre
rc'iulrcl tnsrnear In ami m.wur n,,m,.i.i,,,
n urn iiiainuii ncrein on Motnisjr, the flth day
" ... .no. aim ii jroii inn io an
swer to plaintiff will apply to the court for the
relief prayed for In the complaint, to wit for
a net-re. aiMoiTinf ine boii'lsol mstrlmonv
now exIstliiK rx-twrrn you and plaintiff on the
(round of willful dxsertlon and aliHiidomnniit
ui pinuin iicrem mr a period ol more limn one
year prior lo the commeui einent of till, milt, to
wu: amce tMM'Uimner, A. V. 1H7; and that
plaintiff have the care, coatodyaiid control of
nr mmor conn, r.inei nouers, and for such
other and further relief a to the court may
seem equitable aud Just, and for ber costs aud
ui.miriiiiciiva.
This niminona Is published by order of Hon,
1-oyal B. Htt-ariis, Jmlie of the 4th Judicial Ills
trlct of the Htate of Oreifon.
listed September IV, A. I). m.
liKOVVNKM, A DRHHSKIl,
-:ll- Attorneys for Plaintiff,
Safe returns. Tha hunt Unn.ntnn.'.
i.4i . . . '
. UJ v... auver men, who are Its open exhibit at Chicago are her fruits, her grains
auid avswed opponents, at by tha intrigue I ber rioh mineral specimens andberexteu.
That is a very ertinerit (inestion in a
Portland paper. Everybody who was at
the Portland Exposition last year will re
member a handsome model of the war ship
Oregon, and a contribution box, (also hand-
sunie; at tue siue oi it. pow there was a
good deal of money pnt In this contribution
box while the fair lasted. Where did it go
to? Borne one should answer this mum inn
before any further appeal is made to the
public lor money.
s s
A GOOD "I
INVESTMENT
la one that brlnga big
returns,
A COOD MEDICINE
la tha one that doea
what la claimed for It
OREGON
KIDNEY
TEA
wlllenreatl nlaraar of the Kid
arya and Urinary (irirana. Connll.
patlon, Dinlietm, tkuldlng l'liiin
when Urinaiiiijf, pnina In the
nacK sua Li in i. Irritation oi
the Bladder, Hrick I)ut Dcpoaltn
and Brig-lit's Dueaae,
CURE YOURSELF anH
Llva a Long Time with
out paying Intoreat on
your Leaaa of Life, bv
Buffering.
UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER.
Larue! stock ol Coffin and Casket kept South of I'yrtlaml. Alo clolh eorwJ
and Metallic Caskft furnished 0 ord.-r. U.lies and UenU' Durial
Kol. in st.x k. Fine Hearse r.ly at ny rail.
Prairie Nurseries
DAVID J. COX, Prop.,
tAA. - - ohiccon.
Apple, Pear, Cherry, Poach,
Prune. Plum, Apricot,
Nectarine and
Almond.
Tra-s Strong and Healthy and
Irue to Name.
Rpciul euro, taken in diwin,.
prijvcnt mutilatinif thu ru,m
Unli.-rH uroini.tlv fi
t, .i . ' v.
iw nun niu IIII10H,
to
I'riccH
W'rito for priftr.
In the line of furniture, rarnpto win.
dow shade, wall paper, lonnge and
mattresses yon can beat Portland price
by calling in tha Oregon City bank
block ander tha Esrauiiia office, x
TREASURER'S NOTICE.
J have now In mr hands funds applicable to
the pavment of all warrants endorMed prior to
JlT I". 11. Interest will eeate from dale of
lata notice. H. H. CAI-JFF,
Treasurer of Clackamas auuDtr.
Dated Oregea City. Mcpl. u, 1W. sf
OKEQOK CITY HOHK CO., Ho S
Regular meeting third TuewUv of each
uthet7:80P M" , V Rshnrb Pre,
a, a. DTAea, Bto. H, tiaraeaa, f rm.
DHVIES
THEI'IIOTOfiluniER,
Would pleoHed to f.RU hi frion.lH
" piiirotiH m ,i new
quartern on
Third and Morrison Streets,
Over (UMm Rulo Uazaar.
W. S. MAPLE,
Blacksmithingjnd Repairing.
Having oneofth. l.hoer. n
tiito in mv , ,n ll,e
HOMING A sSaITV
OREGON CITY. OREGON. 1
AGENTS WANTED
On Salary anil Cotiuiilealnn for tli !?
authorised
Bionraphy of James G. BlairJ
BY OAIL HAMILTON,
Hi literary oxwutor. wit" e
oHTatiun of hi family, and firJh
IMaino'H coim.lcto work. "TireDfy
YcarH of Conjtn'HM," nnd hi l
iKiok, "rolitical DiHcuHHion. Ul"
r(iHi'ctun fur theHO three Wf"
I iik Imm lt in tho market. A K."
Jordan of Maine took 112 urdf"
from firm 110 ciiIIh; wiit.
l!t(!..rMl, Mr. Italian! of Ohio M
fifteen order, thirteen Seftl Ro
in on day; profit Wi.'.'.l. K. ?
Hire of MiiMKiu-l.tiMetU. tool twenty
neveti order In two day"; ProDt
I7.2.. J. l'urtridgo of Maine, M
forty-three order from thirty-"1
miIIh; profit 7fi.iif. K. A. rjlll(f
of North Dakota, took fiftyf?
orders in threu day; jrofit
Kxcliinivo Territory given. If J
wirih to mnko Largo Money, wnt
immediately for terms to
THKHKfNltY WLLPUBCO,
Norwich, Conn.
WOOl) TUKNIKG
scrolIsawing
BOXES OF ANY SIZES MANUFACTlJEfl
Parties
rt-
dwslrinir Wood Turning,
torn, Jlrackot. or
Shop Carpenter's Wort
Will .aun..,i i... rvitinffonM'
Doors, Windows and BHnf j
TO ORDER.' '
Opp. tfia Uongreiwtloiial 'lu'