Oregon City Enterprise. Published Kvery Frlduy. CHAS. MESERVE, ri'Bl milKR AND PROrRIKTOR SUB8CHIPT10N HATK8, Pn yar, i ,v ink ulwrrlrllon two moalhx, 26 Bnrwrlpttone fayahl la adranr. Adrertietnf rir (lvn ou application. Intertd at the Poot Offlr In Orffon Clty.Or., ft wona nam waiter. FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 18M. AGENTS rOR TDK KNTEKTRISK, Oaweito, Canby, Vlrtrkaman, Mllwaukie, Onion Mills, Alma, Meadow Brook. Nfw Kra, Wllnonvllla, Park Flaoe, Barlow, Gladstone, SierTonl, Nultno, - -Cam. tlolalla. atarqiiam, ButtCTllU -Aurora, Orrllle. - Kaple Orwk, Hininyaidp, Damascus, Sandy, Salmon, Currinavllle, C'lierryville, Marmot, 0. W. Pror Deo. Kiilk-hl A. Vtbr Gary A Wlinirr J. Trillium r E. 8 Hramhall - Chat Moiman W. 8. Newberry Henry Niley Hamilton A Vahturn Mr. J. A. Sheppanl T. M. Croet J. O. Oair. C. T Howard R. M. Cooper Annie Sliibba. K. M. Hamnan B. Jeuiilnt - F. tilesy I. J PeMu II. Wilnrrn John Welsh J. 0. Elliot! K. U.Kt h Mrs. W.M. Mcliityr eo. J. Currin Mrs. M. J. Hammer Atlolph Aschott yThe way to build np Oregon Citjr tit to glT Oregon City people yonr patronage. controversy ii under any ohliK'alton to obey them, Tbe romiiilMion ran sellle nothing. In the preaent r.i.e it ran have no ptwihlc intlitenrc In the conlroverjy one way or th oilier, as the ttbturbanoe in lis lartrtr fea tures, tlie railivail strike, l over, leaving nothing for arbitration except the original and minor dispute, that bet pen Pullman and his employes. However, If the com mission, in its task as a mediator, tlx en tip that quarrel and puis the : or 4iX) idle 0Hratires who caused Hit big trouble to work again, it will do something to vindi cate its existence. cooPEJUTivEsmrrixo. DULUBILITF OF rJVIXGS. Two weeks since the Courier published n article which intimated very broadly that the Main street improvement is not calculated to prove durable and satisfactory. This is what was said: " In a classification of paving materials by D. M. Mead of Chicago, brick is placed as the least durable under traffic and more liable to decay than asphalt, cedar block, cobble stone, granite block or macadam. If be is correct, Main street's pavement wont last much longer than the contractors are obliged by their guarantee to keep it in repair." In order that the readers of the Extsr pkisk may know bow much credence should be placed in this statement and comment, the table prepared by Mr. Mead is here pub lished in full, showing the comparative mer its of different paving materials as classified by him for Chicago, taken from the Scien tific American of June 23, ItffH: a o o e 2 In urging upon its readers the Importance of organiiation to make a success of fruit shipping the Northwest I'acitlo Farmer says : Growers appear to hold back, each afraid that if co-operation is formed some onewill make some money out of them. Of course some one will make some money. No rea sonable man ran expect other men to work and build up a business without some rec- ompeuse. But nevertheless these organiza tions and co-operations must be consum mated, or the growers may as well go out of the business. In a business in which thou sands are engaged and in which all pull agaius! tne outer there is absolutely no money for any of them and the quicker they get out of it the better for them. To the grower with from one to five acres: do you expect buyers to come around to your places to buy fruit? If you wait for them to do so you have a long wait ahead of you. IV) you expect to sell in the borne or local market? If such are your expectations re member that there are hundreds ol others that are contemplating the same thing, and that probably a dozenout ot those hundreds can fully supply the demand. The Portland market for the fruits of the Northwest is now dead and will continue to remain dead, except when our shipping merchants have made a clean np and shipped to eastern markets. The growers within a lew miles can supply and overstock the actual needs of this city. Not a small fractional part of the great fruit crop now on hand or here- alier to come ran be marketed here. It must be shipped, and to be shipped means that a hearty co-operation is demanded of every one if the moat is to be realised. No half-hearted work is admissible if success is desired. Tin figures showing the school popula tion and apportionment are Interesting to the people of this count v since the)' show that Clackamas county stands third ou th lit, Multnomah and Marion only being in advance, Clackamas county has had a steady and rapid groath fora number of years. One by one it baa caught up with and passed a number of other counties In population and wealth and it Is not expect ing too much to look lor it to take second rank before another decade, for it has all the natural advantages to make It grow rapidly. It only requires push to utillr the forces at hand. Parihinixo Pennoyer, Just to keep his hand in, let two prisoners out of the pen on Tuesday. There were over four hundred convicts confined within the walls of the penitentiary but by assiduous and persist ent use of the executive clemency the par doner has succeeded in reducing the num ber to three hundred and forty-live. Well, there is some satisfaction in knowing that Governor Lord w ill not have to worry about the appointment ol penitentiary officials at the beginning of his term, for by that time there will ba no criminals confined there to be g'.iarded. WILL TUEV HEED? - ft 5 r es S 9 S a 2 1 S : IT 6 3 First cost 5 4 Cost of maintenance 4 1 Facility of repair 6 2 Durability nuder traffic.. 4 1 Freedom from noise 3 4 " " dust 1 2 " " decay... 5 1 " " absorption. 1 2 Fooothold for horses 6 4 Ease of iractlon 1 2 A careful examination of this table shows that brick leads in the Tital requirements of a good pavement, being first in cost of main tenance, first in durability under traffic, first in freedom from decay, and second in repairs, ease of traction, freedom from dust and absorption, and therefore brick pave ments are the best all around streets of any In existence. Oregon City can be congratu lated on her wise selection. The Courier probably made a mistake in its interpreta tion of tbe table or took some on's word for the statement The Rogue River Courier expresses the sentiment of a good many ef llie people of the Mate ween it says: The legislature which meets at Salem next January should abolish a lot of commissions, repeal a lot of useless acts, boil down the appropria tions and scatter to its homes. If the members will do this they will earn the lasting gratitude ot the citizens of Ore gon and accomplish more good than any legislature for years. Forty days need not be consumed in tearing down a number of useless and expensive appendages, though a tew days might be devoted to passing a maximum freight and passenger act. As tbey will not do this, let them not beg off by perpetuating a useless railroad com mission "with enlarged powers." " IVti eat dog" is all that tho contest among the democratic members of congress amounts to any way. The republicans have no part in the fiay and are not worrying themselves about the outcome. As It is not a contest lor principles but for individual, cororat!on, and trust supremacy over the masses, for the purpose of enriching the few at the excuse of the many, it does not make much ditlcreuce to the ordinary citi zen who pays the freight which side wins as he will be robbed in either event. l . War brtaeen Japan and China should stimulate trade in this n ut, try, and espe cially on this coast lo a considerable extent. and in case it is long continued it may have salutary influence upon business which Is now depressed beyond precedent. If it in creases the price of farm products and makes a lively demand lor our goods, no one in this section wilt mourn over the death of a few of the almond-eyed race. Orookfd Ohlueit Oonaplrattiri. 1knvkr, Ann. 3. IVputy Collector of Internal Kinemio KinlU liaa discovered that nunieroiiN eerlillcutes o( register lion for Clilimmeii wcro fraudulently obtained at liix-k Spring, Wyo., Wing accompanied with photogriiplia taken by ti pliologmplior nt that pla.-o from ptvturen sent from China, (lenenil Kuhis was toU today ly a Chinaiiia) at Rock Spilnga, that Hun Wall, a merchant nt lVrtlaml, Or,, would pay ,'UH) Rplece for the cerlillcutcH, aa lie was liringlnit Chinamen In from Hritiah Columbia, It is believed that tho discovery w ill lead to tho iineariliing ot an fxttmitive swindle tho headquarter of which uro in Tort land. - Some of the Mate's 1'iifnrtiniutea, Siivorinledent Rowland, of tho Insane asylum, has suhiotlted his monthly re port for July, which shows: Male Females ratleutsat the aoylum June I!0 tltW Received during: July '.'tt Under cam and treatment. .tiSH StVl 0 312 4 very Pair Guaranteed ao dress San Francisco CaL APLE WOOD FARM. Till Inter-Octan cartoons congressmen as gathered in a body before I'm le Sum who sternly orders them to go home. In the background are sullen clouds, bursting thunderbolts and lurid lightning flashes representing public Indignation. Whim pering in response lo the command, and in fear of the fate awaiting them iion their return to (heir homes,;they exclaim, "What! while there's so much electricity in the air!" STRIKE LYVESTiGJTIOJf. The country, of course, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, does not look for any im portant result from the work of the commis sioners who are to inquire into the causes of tbe recent strike, but it is glad, never theless, that the task has been placed incom petent hands. A good deal has been writ ten recently about this so-called "arbitra tion" act of ltm, and it is well to put tbe law to a test that tbe public may learn if it is good for anything. The gentlemen who have been named as commissioners may be relied on to bring out what there is in the law, and thus give the people a chance to find out definitely if anything can be ac complished on the general lines laid down in this statute. If this act, when put in op eration, gives even a hope that in this di rection there may be found a way to avert such labor disturbances as the country has recently been afflicted with it will serve a useful purpose, and the legsliation required can readily be obtained. But this law of 1H8 can of itself do no good directly. Theconimissionersapointed under it are empowered to visit the locality of the disturbance, inquire into its causes, and study out the best means ot adjusting it, and then they shall reKrt to the presi dent and congress, which report is to be made public at once. The good offices of the commission may be tendered by tbe president to the disputants, either upon his own motion or upon that of any of tbe par ties to the controversy. It shall, after such investigation as it thinks proper, in which all parties in interest are expected to be beard, advise each party to tbe dispute what, if antbing, ought to be done. To this extent and no farther can the commission go in the direction of settling disputes, and after it dots this and makes its report to the president and congress it steps down. Tbe commlssioH, that is to say. is a purely advisory body. It can tell what in its judg ment "ought" to be done, but it cannot say what " must" be done. The things w hich it suggests may lie wise, and when the com mission, as in the present case, is carefully chosen, tbey are likely to be wise, but tbey are merely suggestions and recommenda tions, nevertheless, and neither party to the CoxifESTiKo on tbe result of the recent strike and tbe fear of legislators to express themselves in relation thereto, Harper's Weekly says: " The attitude of most of the law-makers at Washington was pitiable. In their fear of losing votes tbey begged the newspaper reporters not to interview them on the subject. Tbey wanted to avoid any expression of opinion that might inflame against them, not peaceful organized labor, not strikers who bad merely quit their em ployment, not even strikers who were en gaged in inducing otber laborers rot to take their places, but violators of tne law defiant of all authority, enemies ol the public peace and of the government. All tbis does not look as if law-makers were the eager tools of capital, but rather as if they were more liekly to be the fearful slaves of organized labor, A viae ago last Tuesday President Cleve land called his wild colts together to pass laws to redeem the country from the de pressing times incident to tbe success of tbe democratic party and start it on tbe high way to prosperity. Wiihdhe assistance of republican votes he was able to secure legis lation on tbe silver question which was only done after monthsof wrangling, since which time the majority has done little or nothing except to convert the balls of congress into a cat and parrot sbow. When it adjourns if it ever does, the members of the dominan party can explain to their constituents in the words of plucked Polly, " We've been having a h-l of a time," in which senti ment tbeir sulfering consittuents will fully concur, and respond, "so have we.". As ORrooK City has suffered les than any otber community in the slate from the dull times, so it will be in (he best shape to prepare upon the first appearance of a re turn of prosperity to lake advantage of the improved conditions and secure the cream of industries which will be looking this way for location. Now is the time to begin to prepare for a season of rapid and substan tial growth. Discharged aa recovered .... I) Discharged as much Impr'd 3 Discharged us not improved 5 Died ft Kiopetl 7 Nuinlier now on hand ball !iOI Number ot oilier rt nud employes 10-1. Monthly expenwo er patient S.ir, Daily exH'iuo !er patient, '.".I cent l'ersvins wishing tine work in photo portraits or view, Interiors ami exterior w ill save money by going to I'otter'a photo pttilorn, '5 First alreet, Portland, tf Flies am great (lesta, but you can keep tl.em out very easily and cheaply by buying a set of screen doont and windows of Jones A Son over tho (). C. Iron Work. tf (iooil reliublo aenls wanted to sell (iladntone proiertv. 2'n rents lure to Oregon City. I.iU'ral commixMion paid Ilcst wiling property on tho market. Cull on or write to H. K. Crotu", presi dent liladstono Real Fstato Aswociution. Alabama has gone democratic, just as every sensible person knew it would in spile ol the populist cluirns that they had a first mortgage on the vote and offices. Not only did it go democratic but it did so with a vim. As republicans expected there is some consolation in knowing that even modern democracy Is better than cur rent populism. Dm. Mickey & Hit-key, dentists from Chicago, who uro now crit!uncntty lo cated in Oregon City, come to tia very highly recommended. Dr. llickey ranks high n a dentist in Cldcngo, w hore he bus for your la-en a sm ce-s-f u 1 practitioner. Mr llickey i also a gradate from the dental depaitmeiil of tho .State University of Io. To Trade. A gxxl farm of 80 acres near Molalla I'urtiully improved buildings, orchard. etc. Level bottom land. Will trade for Oregon City property. Address Tiiavkh A Ai.iikn, Oregon City. A dollar saved is equal to two dollars earned. Pay up your auhsciption to tbe Kntkhi'himk and get the the benefit of tho reduction In price. Have you seen the latest? Tho place to find it is at the mamotli afore of Char man & Son where they havejiiat received nothing ; a fine tf, 0( i,.t novellie in drest Tits next thing for our public spirited citizens to take bold and make a success of is the firemen's meeting next month. It will require a great deal of hard work to get all the possibilities out of this meeting, but as it is coming here nothing should be per mitted to come between the meeting and a pleasant and successful tournament. Not another town in Oregon la spending as much money in new buildings and (spe cially in factories as is Oregon City. With an improvement in the conditions there Is certain to be much greater activity In the way of building, and we will be right in it then even more (ban now. Is an article in Harper's Bazar upon hat etiquette the writer says: " A boy should be trained to take off bis hat to his mother, his sister, or to the little girls he knows. To lift the hat with the grace of good breeding is a much-to-be-desired accomplishment." From reports relative to the petition which is being circulated and numerously signed on the hill, asking the council to grant a reasonable franchise, it is the opin ion of citizens that the parties who are proposing to build the electric lii.e should be encouraged to the -extent of allowing them a franchise that will not increase the probabililies of their losing money beyond what they are in the enterprise under the most favorable circum stances. We do not suppose that any one really thinks the line, if built, will make any money for years. Why then should the council seek to kill the enterprise by undue restrictions? Obegok bas tbe elements of prosperity this season were other conditions suth as to permit fair prices. Crops almost every where are excellent, and if the farmer could be Insured good prices for his commodities and the unemployed be given work, there would be no more occasion to complain of hard times, but'under existing conditions it is doubtful if much more can be expected from the abundant harvests than tbe main tenance of conditions not woriie than they now are. PiK.ioYkB is obeying the precepts of holy writ by making friends of the "mammon of unrighteousness" so that when be ceases to warm the executive chair his ex-convict friends may rise np and call him blessed. As ah evidence of tbe prosperity of Ore gon City in these very depressing times one has but to note the tew vacant houses and the readiness evinced to fake a good house when it is vacated. goods together with a full line of the la teat novelties in tritrminga, including the celebrated Hercules braid. The but tons to match are aomelhlng new und unique w hicb vou should not miss oeeing. Illank note, receipt and ordor books at the F.NTKki'RiHg office. F. R. ANDREWS. Prop., Fresh Vegetables and Fruits, Hy KtiooeHsivo (limiting ami irrignliou my vi'getiiMori tiro nlwnyo crinp and tender. Dally Delivery to nil Ports of the City. Pu.ro Citler Vinegar in Slin k Uemly fur Delivery, Breeder of Pure lUnotl Plymouth Km-k und llrown Leghorn Chickens. IVkin Duck. fi ARNESS AT BEDROCK PRICES Concord Team Harness with 2 1-2 Inch trncea nnd 1 3-4lnch points, madoof ANo. I Suloctcd OakTnnned Loathor, with broochlng and dostonTeam Collars, $25.00 Sittno with hijstrajH find crux'r '.",..r)!). Sumo without hirstnitm und breeching $21.0). An linnictinc Stoclc of Huirity lltinicnn, HiuIiIU-h, IIi'MIcm. I Inllcr, llhinket. Uoliex, Whin, Kto., nt n greut reduction. FIRST CLASS GOODS. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Cull on or write to C. L. HOCAN, Dealer In Harness and Saddlery in all Its Branches, oj mittl v.l Mvoiiml Mlrval, IVirtlticnl, OrKtt. purniture ai?d Underta. .i ll . J ftjTVrHPr i .. - ,; - "I Aft The "Great Commoner" was the name frequently applied to William Pitt. Ore gon's present governor w ill be known as the Great Pardoner. It Is evMent that Pennoyer has freed all of bis friends, tbe rape fiends, as he is now at work on the forgers and thieves. Ai.iuwy is engaged in the laudable at tempt to exterminate all thistles within the city limits. Earned His Fingsri Before. Wahiiinoton, Aiitf. 5. The envoys from ex-Uueen Liltuokalam, who are now in Washington, have not aa yet suc ceeded in obtaining audience with Pren ident Cleveland, and they have begun laying their cane before members of con- grens who belong to the house and sen ate committee on foreign affairs. They do not conceal their disappointment over the coolness of the administration to ward them, although careful to say noth ing acrimoniiiB, they convey the under standing very plainly that tbey think President Cleveland is treating them rather poorly, in view of his former alti tude toward the defunct Hawaiian mon archy. Where Will They fie 8nnt7 Washington, Aug. 0. A bill for the deportage of anarchists pased the sen ate today. DYSPEPSIA Is that misery experienced when suddenly made- aware that yoa possess a diabolical arrangement called stomach. No two" dyspep tics bavo the same predominant symptoms, but whutover form dyspepsia takes The underlying eattM i in the LIVES, and one thing is certain no on will remain a dyspeptio who will ffrTTw Is wtU comet Acidity oftba Stomach, ' Cxpal font (IMS, Allay Irritation, Aatlst Digestion 'and at the sania tuuo Start the Liver working and all bodily ailment will disappear. "Tor mere thaa tbrco years I suftVrerl with rypepia in lu wont form. 1 tried feveral dicton, but thy fTordsd no relief. At lait I Med Simmons Liver Regulator, which cured me I,. hort time. It It a good medicine. I would no. be without lu" Jamm A.,Koas, Fhiutd'a, Pa. K. L. Holman carries a fine line of Furniture, Lounges, Wall Paper and Carpets at lowest pos sible living rates, also a fine lino of Caskots and Coffins, Ladies' and Gents' robes, which ARE NOT EXCELLED OUTSIDE OF PORTLAND. Cut of hcar-BO in this adveitirn'ment. 1T.T7U 1 1 H I. .! . 4S-ETEBT PACKAGE'S Ha our 7. Ntnmp In red on n J. II. ZKILIM 4 CO.. 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