Image provided by: Oregon City Public Library; Oregon City, OR
About Oregon City enterprise. (Oregon City, Or.) 1891-194? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1894)
f Oregon City Enterprise. . PubliMliecl Kvery Krltlny. CHAS. MKS1CRYK, ri tmsilKH AMI riiOI'KIKTOR. SVHSiCHirTIDN HATKN, On rear. ...... 8li month. Trial mliMTiptiou two month, A diM-our.t of Went on all iirtrl pne year, i cents for MX mouths, Mm lire. Advertising rates given on application. . m . '.V 'tloti for f paid in lutervd at the Poat Oflle In Own City. Or., as second olas matter. FRIDAY, PF.CK.MliEK 14, IS;"-.. AGENTS FOR THK KNTEKPKISK. OlwetO, Canhy. Claokaiuas, Mllwaiikie. Tnlon Mill. Alma, Meadow Brook. New Era. Wtlaonville, Park Place. Barlow. tiladstotte, SufTord. Mniiuo, Cartia. Molalla. Mar,iuam. Bnttevllie Aurora, OrriUe. Kac'e I'rvt'k, tuniiysiile, PaniDM'tis, Bandy, Salmon. Currinnville, C'herryville, Marmut, the life of llie six year contract, regard- of the price or iliilntility nl the honk. tins is altogether n wron.; iiiirtiiii. Section i of tin law provnlea against any possiWr Iroutili ol tliis kind, in the follow ing laiifiunne : "I'lovided (nrl lior, thai nothltii; in tins act shall preient I lit slate liaril ol education onli'tit'i: llie Miperiiiteii dent ol public inslnu-tion lo issue special circulars lo the county snpciinlendenl.s and state hoard of examiner to select as in the regular vole any new textbooks or series of ol textbooks in use. hen in the judgment of llie slate board of education any text books or series of textbooks in use is sup plied at an unreasonable liiuli price, or is found to lt excllcd by more recent publi cations in tli.it branch, or for any koo.I or sufticient cause; and it is hereby pro iiled : kno .sniiiethihH of the w lieieahouts of ,1. ' A Chase and myself, ami nliut we liaieseen In the limit expanse of country betneen here and over home in the lar oll Oregon. If I was just paniitiaphint; I would do my Hip oxer by sa Inn that w nil the excep tion of a hlllc strip near 0;den, I would tint like to pay the taxes on all llie land I saw between the t'tiritilt mountains and North I'lalte. Neb. To lo sure I slept hall the Unit on the trip anil so did not see all the country; and I understand that the rail road engineers do not seek the most beauti ful and It rt i It lauds on which lo lay the road bed, but out can jtiilitt by what he sees soiiiethiu); of (lit fertility of the Mir rniindiuc. country, and I tie outlook is tnic.hlv bad for some of it. One uioriiint; in Wyoming, as the train ur K that the county .superintendents and stale was stamlini; at a slailon, a farmer ollered G. W. Pmsser titHV K tit It lit ! A. Mather I Gary Jk Wissiuser j ti J. Trulllnser E. Hrainliall ,u, t lias itoiuiaii W. is New N-rry Henry Miley Hamilton A astiluirii . Mrs. (j. A She ppard T M t'rnx J. tj Haiti. C. T linn aril K M Cooper Annie Slublvt. E. M. llartmati H. Jt'iiuini;"' liiesv - L.J Perdue' tl.Wilborn John Welsh J. 0. Klliott K. ImkiscIi Mrs. W. M. Mclntvre lsard of examiners shall select a textbook or series of text books immediately as In answer to regular circulars of the superin tendent of public instructions and repurt lo him their choice, and such selections shall immediately thertalter be made known o Hie hilly as in the regular selection ; and such textbook or series of textbooks so selected shall he introduced In all the coin- ho. 'Is of the slate within six mouths alter such announcement." SrcKiTtitv Ctiaisi.t's plan of rreatinira national currency tends loo much toward I the old wildcat bank system ol currency to j be a sate scheme to take up. It w.,uld seem 'that the people of the I'nited Slates had ha I all the experience they cared (or in a ! currency issued and controlled by the bank ; exclusively. The secretarv 's explanation is ' that by the banks controlling the money of ; the country we would have an elastic cur- . I rency which would expand and contract to tle. J. I'urrin nieet the demands of buines. Tin same Mrs. M J. Hammer .,.lllk,,rs ,.,lrrelu.v of .,'.', and .-i s w as " A.lolph Ascholt , , ... iv , a - ,in uiii ,piui-i ,'roi'it- tan ie- " . " " ------ ' ; member, that a l erson coiihl not It'll whether C-The way lo llltlM lip Ornt"" ! ,e had live tlollar, or five cents. The (. City Utoplre OrepoU nJ pwpl'jonr bHilvof ll. h.mt.eatiii.lereal. of this con,,. patronage. A .Vjr LAW POLXT. By a recent decision the Connecticut ti jiretue court has decided that a man may be tried twice for the same offense. Its main argument is the point that the old English common law was o cruel that itiJges then wisely held that an accused, try demand that thegoverntnent alone shall issue and control the entire circulating me dium, whether it le gold, silver or t aper. THK KOAlt SYSTEM. Ti the EpiTi'R: I see in your excellent paper some valuable hints on the road ijues. j tion, ami think that a word from a tax- ' payer would not come out of place on this after a jury acouitlal, could not be put in ! U important subject. jeopardy a second time forthesameotlense; but now that the old law has been relaxed, a criminal oi:ght not to benefit by the former practice, and justice be thwarted by errors of judicial ruling. The court of five judges w as unanimous in the opinion n hii h was w ritten by Judge Hamcrsler, of Hart ford. Tliis theory that a man can only be tried once for the same offense is a relic of the The question uppermost just now seem to be what will the present county court do with our road system. During the pat two years I have talked with a larg number of taxpayers on the subject of roads ami roa I work. Two years bl'o the present system was strongly condemned by a cluss of men whose entire tax would not exceed ll.'i per year. It was spoken of as being so verv ex tensive, and us being taxed to death to middle ages and has no place in modem build roads when they did not pay seventy jurisprudence. By this pernicious practice many a criminal is enabled to escape a just punishment for his crimes owing to an in sufficiency of evidence against him at the time of the trial; for it otten occurs that after the accused has been released direct evidence is to be had strong enough to se cure a conviction. Legal technicalities and bribed juries turn loose many men who otherwise would have to pay the penalty for their misdeeds could a second trial he hail. An instance occurred during the last ses- j aion of the circuit court in this county j where a guilty man escaped on a technical-1 ity, he being charged with an assault with i a dangerous weajKin and the evidence against him was most positive; but an in dictment for this offense must Male that the accused is over the age of sixteen years. By an ovrsight this important fact was left out and the counsel for the defendant had the indictment thrown out and the man went free. With justice being constantly cheated it is little wonder that lynch law is resorted to that criminals may be given the punishment they deserve. five cents tow arils the road fund ; in fact i live watermelons, each one as large as a half bisiil measure, lor ten cents apiece, lie said he raised them seven miles out in the mountains, and 1 thought it was mighty good country lor a man to stay out of when one bad to put out so much cllorl for so lit tle. Twice a dav he could get a chance to sell to the passengers on passing trains about half a doi'ii melons. j t i recti Uiter. Wyoming, seemed lo me lo be the most desolate place I ever was in. I could not resist the teiiiptanon to take a "kodak" shot at the wind swept ami sand- ' covered streets ami cabins. 1 had been teeling that 1 would like lo see a little prairie iu-.iiii altera ear and a halt a moil u' the moil n tan is and Iot In, Is ol est eru Oregon ; but long tx'lori I had reach d the Missouri river I had seen enough. The monotony of the level prairie, stretching Iroui i to I'sti iiii.es, gets verv tiresome. Il is worse than H e unchangahle lutttes and dunes, of the liockies, (or there issotueva , riety of shale in the bull, and an occa sional canyon or vallcv vane the inoiioi ' ony. ltut poor, sun .scorched and blizzard I cursed Nebraska! of all lot lorn looking places the western half seemed the worst to eves which for nearly two car had been Used lo being greeted on everv hand and at ; all ligies ntth the ever verdant Willamette I valley. The lact that there were here and j there houses along (he road, the windows j and doors of which were nailed up mid the pl.n ts deserted, only lidded to the appear ance of desolation. I saw niaiiv fanner- rutting the dried-up corn and hauling It tor lodder. and 1 thought if thc-e unfortunate people w ho are saving these corn stalks had . just the fruit w hich is being listed in Ore gon they would think tltey were well lixel. They have some irrigation ditches in West ern Nebraska whu li are ft d by the North I'lalte river. This year the North I'lalte was as dry as a Hour, coiisetieiitly there w as no water in the ditches. I crossed Iowa at night, so saw nothing of the country till n,.ar the Mississippi river. After that time all the country looked line. There had been so much in the papers almt r?ftHTs disease! DR. J. H. McLEAN'S LIVER KIDNEY BALM IS A SOVEREIGN RIMIDV FOR DISEASES OF TNI KIONEVS. Dlnbotos, Dropsy, Inflam- mntlon of tho Kldnoys, Paint In tho Oack. Llvor Troubles, Fumulo Irrugularltlos, Kldnoy Wooknoss In Chlldrun, will yield at once to Its great aiaillilng ami healing ptiwur. Price ! tm wr IkiIHo. "A Dr. J. H. McLean Mod. Co.,St. Louit. 4A For nolo hv t'. i I liinlloy, druggist. Sheriff Nnllee of Sale on Puree Injure. Ill the Circuit Curt ol the Slate o( On noli, lor Claeksiuai County. Iliinnali II Until inrloti. I'Ulntltr. va Cliarlea N XX nit M K Milpl.-v i,d s K. sdilptev hl wib-.J II Kru-e Sir, 'iiml-a K Miielev. blow and i Yiiu. U K. shipl.-v. Ktceutnv ,d A It shlplev dec d M ut.-li W siiiillli. and llie lia K. I'.oters Ml CoiupKiiv. and II. II. l.ol e, i, -It'll. hint-. State otllK-oli. County i, I Cluck-unit". m Notice i. lo -n-l.t tl t on i,l toider and by Mr tile ol mi f xi-i-to ),-n and t ir.. r of it!i- to tut din-cu d ith.l l-sii,-. f llo t irt-illt l ouit ,d Ihe sotte ol tr,-,-..u (.-r l 1 Irion t oiiniv. nn I iter the li-ihd and -,'ni "I t.eo I llorti.it. t'lt'i k j of s-int oiiirl 1','iilni; I tli- llie Ird tiny of I'e eeu.l-er. Is. I lit. oil n j ' 1.1,; mi, lit slid il,-.-rt II T sld e.'iin. iicfle nlnl filler, d .'it llie -Mr. I ihtv td I j No,, -ml. , r. l'l. In llie Mli.'te ,'ttlill,-, e-ooe. ' J it lo-t.-tu -tin I tt lt,.r,-t.v It ordt ri-d mi,.1 -id j J JinU'i'd III .1 Hit- plnltiliir. Il-ilttialt II ll-illiiul. il. I ill fyERY Pair Guaranteed. address 6an Francisco Cal aw, Jna.iiiMilll AAAm So li It avc lvloney And Encourag,! Home Industry ...THE Qregqn Picture Frame Company I !... alo.L I ....... ;.. II ia I a I ( C 1 1 1 I nilltj.i I r 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' , Ul' lll I i 1 1 1 1 III 1 1 U most of the complaint came from that claw t cnuntrv I wuh nut i.rtMurl t. k I o! taxpayers, while I now fail to remember auii.U of rum ar It u-ual ht-re. it .'f rttnl from th- .li fi-ii. tin. t hxiH S W h!1. tho - inn f i ,,i, i i, I Itoltirit, rifii'l p-il. Ith hiii ri'H thiTt'ot, from the l.'iti .! i of Sol riiili.T, 1 -''.. m( Mn' ril- h( rlfc'ht prr -lit I'cr milium. tin- nuui f r'ortv I'oll.r thi-rr tt-li-li' n lh(rrrt nn.) ttir (nrtlliT siu HI t( 1 m iMit' ii'iiiiri-i tni ii'iit rue iii.ir. n't-.r lit') fit-, iiinl III.- r;'l I'UlllMlt (.! I1I ill tni rr mi' it Iti 1 1 1 -till Hit-'li rvi, mnl w IhtiMii tnl H tirri'tiy 11 or-liTi-l. n-t)ii.ti;-'l him I -I i rrvf'l tliit tin ilrf. ii'Uni li II .oiii u ihu 1 1, rum i-r ( ntitl Itotn tin- i1i'friilnni M K Sliiplc hihI J. II Krui', Hit mini of Hi; M I li -ii-tti-l )liil"lMt niil l...'iit flw I iirn, M Ul InU'lfHl llitTt'ntl Nf lilt' Mil" of i i(T I'.-nt i-tT miiMiiii from Ihe U'.li Uy nf url-'lM-r. IM'.'. Itic (iiftlier mim of Koiir Him.lri'-I I I U r n mlorni lti- In frivur f !! rfi'intini I one ntnl Mitrtihtl n i . I it ft-nUnt M K hi)lfv Ktl.t J. II krilM mitt tlit mtl'l irffll)iul I ' r i' (in-1 ii-liiiri'iiii'ii( .rij,'iiint ml-l ilc f'ti' h ni M K shii.i.-y wi,tl J kniM nikI ( wrilrh It-rr.-f Hit hrr itm(l-r ) rtl'f-l ri-. rrtv rtii-l all iln r!k;ht tttU-uii'l t nf rft nti'l Nil of the ilrfi'ii'UntH, rriilh lir .). I. inl'U.i M. II Ion' Mini Milloii W "innh. ilirri'in. 1 o!. upon I'x. rntlon, an.) t tit r. dT. I. ( mx li "tft' jpi'llfl Hri, lownr.U tin itt lof'it'tlnn of Hit mn-'iini iiii . 1 1 1 1 rT mior iit !rtv nii'1 rotn nn. I illkliiirrniriii. ft' oii.lly lo t fit itt? it (ton of flu- n moll HI .ut Hit Irl.-h.Uiu l It lour .tnin I lit .l.-fiMnlnif M K Millie, ri in I J f Kr nn, ,,, t,.(, ii.nt .oH k lll.la Mil 1 . ta 1 1 r f Ml I'll T M ft W (tta Ulf-1 Mtl'l ir pi)' hi. 1 1 K r i ii' . t hin: , to I hi- urn I fui ion of -h. HIUolllll .I'M' Hit- l'frtlUlll Mlltoli W. t r 1 1 r r i (rum lrf,'l. lh(- ililHf nit 1 1 knii. ttn-l k'Oil ilflt iiilnht nilttl i t'ot mill tnirii-mi'iiM nn Miiitiiot tatl'l tli-ft'ii'lnui Hhlp It-V rtiwl K "lit. (iim! IIh mini t-f Two Hiiinlrt-i K i ft y Hfvi'ii loI!nr hip I Mtirly.flvr riiu. with tiitfrrt IhiTc-on frnm NommiiIht Uth, I nml llifmitn if Mufhm l''MIr nl ixty rriitv roM m nl iiiliiiriMiiM'iitii. Hip r- Makes a Specialty of Miuiuf itclurinK JL Mouldings . . . I ano picturo Frames New and Novel Dpsins Br?? ? 100 Second Street Near Wiiliin(.toii M. J. MORSE, Mammor. Eaii'I Picliiri mid Art Mutrn.il. rrrr- OREGON CITY HOSPITAL GLADS'PONIC PA KMC. NOW OPEN FOR PATIENTS. mnlmlrr. II , ny Ihi'rf l-r. in lit- i,.i, ti, ifl ,,. li rnUnt M. K Slui.li'v ami J II K rtif. vtlililt I rrnwl !"",'' J""' ( "t y . 1 1 r-, t .-. I l,y inl,r nl a sinple heavy taxpayer criin,lainin; of liia ' (, nii, ut IIUrliiit,.n ; went tt. .M.tlii.c i ..tn portion of roa'i tax. Of rtitir tliev wonlil v; M,,nniiintli from llirri to Cliii uL'ti via 1 """ hall l thr 1'i'iiatl.ni l.an l Claim , r . ., ' i of Jmnr M Mimrr ainl Maria M. Mtw.n lit. not complain, for the man that pays the (iulc.i.itrc, ami hut k via Menil.tla, ntl o ; wlft lnti..l in ( la. kama. my. In tltf Siair larcesl tax is llie man trial jrives jnen tlti-1 ur ... I ( ,iiil.l t-e the rorn uu nut tiTionslv "' "r '" i i-niy aoven i.i ivtt-nrv however, wi re jc-t'ts careful jtinly, ami they at once te that the present is bv far th cheaper. To illustrate, Farmer A nl Heaver Creek, with his two sons, a ceil respectively tenty one and twenty-three years, own jointly I'm acres assessed at fia under Inst year's assessment. A two mill road tax wan levied making runner As tax includim.' that nf his two sons flail told. Now for injured ant w here. I'otnti late ripening, and were not very good. On ions are only ahi'tit the size of lien's !',:, and hill vejfial'l'-s are not well developed, thus shuwinf the elici t of the lotti; sum mer's drouth. 'runt s tire ahout as haul a thev are at hi'ine. There will he tniich sutlerini; tins winter, lor there will he nniiiv liiuulies wtio Convenient of Access and Pleasantly Located. Free from tho noiso and dust of tho city. Skilful nurse. and every niiivctiieiice of a lirstclass hospital. Ample room that patients may have miictness am Special rooms for lalirs. 1 rest. the old 'have hct'it used to having U-nty of fuel who svstem : assessment meant two dm s " ' "" hard ttine nit it this wi.i. r. . , . . .1 'he weather ha heen l:id all the lull, worn or f.t. jnen tiie iutner was mil i full v us t lutiilv as it is in Orciton. antl the ruin i very cold ami chilly. We have had set era! days already that were colder than anv day in Oregon last winter. l i e day I It-It imaha a storm amse (mm a clear sky, and in less than live minute the wind was hlowini; a perfect Kale anil the thermometer had lalleti alstut ide- nr..fu Tli i.itr.oru llin 111. rt t.u irrt 111 1, Irtl.t nl work done. Simply because from the fact H ,,'f ii,,,t, ,i,.v,i.,tiiii rvt lonea l,vini- fortv-seven years old and was subject to two days poll tax or f3, and each son two days or f'i each, making a total of $12 against l under the present. Well, say the "kickers" in one breath, why not po bark to the old system? vou would set more eitht i i, thlr.y thrt-e i;lii ami thirty fmir cm, in i,iUIIltlp tvt,, j, s.iitti,, Itnni;,. ,,m. , K..I. eiiutiilnlhir I w n lunlr,-i and Ninety sevt-ti and iiiie-half i;s.i7',i acre, nf land, nmrf or Ii-m; I hat e It", n-.l ilion ainl w III. t-ll Hit- l.'tli riny af January, sti,, at the hniir nf n i liH'k f M nl .itlil ilay, k,-ll at piilitlc aii'tlili, lo Ihe hli,-li,'t rt II 'I l"-t tilihlt-r fur rash, at the Ciiirt ll-.tMe ilnnr id thf I'niiiily I'nilrt i,.tic ,,f I Int'k slliatt eiiimty Hi ori'inui I lly In ali enmity, nil ihe ' PI hfti-liil'i-fnri-ilr.rnhril real t-tat,-, ainl all tin- nit lit tiH.- nii'l InliTt'.l Hint hi li-!i-lnlniti I thnrli's.S Walt, M k HM.l.-v and si K Ship, ley. hi wife:.!. II Krnn- Mr t .-llnda K Slup-l,- , wi'lnw. anil 1',-lui't t K shi,l,'v, .-trriitrlx "f A K Sliipley ilt-t r iM-.l, ali, IhelraF I'nut-r. Mill i iinip'ilit . a I'nipnritilt.it. have nr had ttirreln i n llir 'l.'ili tlity i,t Nnti-iiiher, Is'M Wlllll" 111)' hittnl till lllll tiny nf I - her, l 'l K i M A 1 1 1 t il ' K , .shrriir nf t'l tckniuiiN Cniinty, Mtate nl iireimn. Hy N. -M. M tv. I'fi'iity I.' u 1 II St'i iu-s of tin1 k'st phvsii ians of the Terms reastinahle idiinty in attinJaiKi?. ADDRESS, MISS M. OREGON CITY. E. LIBKER, Supt., ORECON. that work tinder the old system was too i swept across Northern Iowa, wreckinK I much like volunteer or donated work "bv ! I"wl", and villaues and killing people hv the THE ROADS AGALY. i the kickers" under the new system. Thev i Tbe Kmekprise this week has lour com munications on the road question. All favor tbe new Bystem of road work and op pose tbe old system. Several suggestions are made by them that are well worth con sidering. That of placing the roads of the -entire county under the charge of an en gineer and dispensing with the four super visors has much to recommend its adoption. It would doubtless bring a saving to tbe county both in salary and in efficiency of work. Road building is a trade that cannot be picked up in a day, and it requires long practice and thorough training to construct road that will till every requirement in grade, drainage and location. As to plank roads, the good qualities of which are commended in one of the com munications, it is a question whether they are anything more than a make-shift to lie used only until a macadamized covering can be put on. Doubtless in many parts of Clack amas county plank roads are all that can be had for some years to come. But in the end gravel or macadam will have to be used and are tbe only covering that fills all the came late and quit early, and if the foreman a-ks them to get to the work earlier, and put in a good days work, they tell him (as one foreman told me today) "vou can't get anything out of me any way, and I guess I II do as I like about it." Not so under the present svstem : the foreman selects his men and they are given to know at once that thev are ei r.ecteil to do as eood work as if i on a farm or in a shop, ami they are re- ""K ,,r' 1V,i I', T V I . , , , . eral ,assenger agent of the ht. Louis divis- quired to be regular in their time; not so i jon wno ,aVe so esteemed for twentv under the old. A supervisor warns out his years or more, and more recently Mr. A. C. men Ihe flUlrlr l ia Inri.o anil II Inlr... Ian Sheldon at I'ortlaild, Oregon. I BUI ill- (lays to see all ; one has just a little plowing Sheriff's Mntlee nf Sale on Fnrrrloaiire, In llie t'lrriiit Cimrt nf tlie Ktate uf Ort'inU, fur the t iiiillty nl Im kninaa. Kinmn Mrl'ntianl, Plaintiff, va. Harsh M. Mr ( tut u, tier, -ml .ut tale nf l irrjiiii. Cinility id ('Urkalnnv sa V,.tl, a I. I, ..!.,' ..It... .!..., t... ..I. .... what a comfort it is to leel secure from such j t , r,i,., ,,i i i,.,i . i things, and that Western Oreuon was such circuit i rt nf ihe Ninte nl (ireunn fr the a secure place, the W illame tie valley would i ( ty f f.laeKamaa, Iwarlnij tlntu the pith .lay tie ovcrcrow'fleij in a lew vears scores. If these pco.ilc w ho have to live ! . with one eye on their c clone cellars knew j I traveled from Omaha to Moline via the Ilurlinglon route. It seemed like old limes lo hoard a Ilurlington train, lor that used lo be my lavorile route to go any where I could reach on its trains, ami that is pretty much everywhere in this country. I have a good many personal friends on this road ; to do, so he'll be on in a few days and so on. The time of each runs from two to six days. The supervisor begins his work, his plans are made for fifteen men, and behold there are but six on hand at noon, four more come and the next day nineteen men are on, and the superintendent has planned for but nine men, so the work Is never planned just to agree with the num ber of men that come to work. Under the "new" the foreman, if he is beginning bis work in the spring, starts wilh, say ten men and soon finds that be can demands of a practicable road surface. Iniempioy ten more, lie Knows every night order to get the views of the taxpayers of I JU9t n'y men expect in the morn- this county on this road question, the K.v- i 9" ,l,at w,,e" he eomes on the road in teki'Rise will publish all communications !,he 1,is l'li"H are aM lai(J ,or t,,e Mnj j,, j day, and he knows just w here to place each man. Under the "new" it is made That inexorable law tf the survival or P0"si,,le 10 do ""re al"1 ''T work. ''y the fittest has lately been demonstrated at I '"'"S a'''e p'a'e more work on a given Seattle where the Telegraph has suspended publication, tbe plant and good will being taken up by the I'ost-Intelligencer ol that city. With type-setting machines, a new perlectiug press, and an enlarged paper, the Post-Intelligencer lakes its place as one of the great dailies of the Coast and the. fad ing daily of the Sound country. Dei. p. wa he is not a densely populated State, but were Texas as thickly peopled her population would be about 7!ffffiii. Were Texas as numerously peopled as Massachu setts her population would exceed by 10, - 000,000 the total population of the United States according to the census of liO. More impressive still, if Texas were as densely peopled as Rhode Island her population --would be more than a3,000,000. An impression seems prevalent regarding Ihe school law, to the eliect that once selected, a textbook must be used through- road, and it our supervisors do their duty, the worst roads will he fixed lirst. And in favor of the present road tax system, let me say there has been more good roads built in the last two years of its existence than in the forty years previous under the "old.'- And still I have thought possibly, it would be better for our county court to drop the five supervisors and put It all into the hands of one man. Ithim be an en gineer and have some know ledge of roads and road work. Much a one could doubtless be bad for f00 to $1000, and let him de vote his entire tinie to road work. IStit, go back to the old system, never. Tax pay eh. OKK00.MA.NS I.N THK EAST. Hock Islanii, III., Nov. 21, 1WU. To the Kihtor: Having a little time this morning I will write a letter for the Knteh pkisb so that a host of kind friends may dented to these gentlemen, ami to Mr. W. II. llnrlhnrt of the O. K. A N. Co., for lavors shown me and courtesies extended, and I can recommend them to persons who have railroad business. I met Mr, Chase as per arrangement at Moline, The condition of busines here and w hat we have seen will have to be de ferred till some future letter. J. K. fillOOat. SI'IKIT OK THE I'KKSH.' A movement is on foot to orgonize a new county from that portion ol Iiotiglasand Lane counties laying on the Coast. Of the dismemberment ol I. ane county, the fiuard, puhlisheil at Kugene, has Ihe following to say: If the coast sections of l.ane anil Douglas counties ask for a new county we believe there will he no objections from the other portions ol the counties. J'loriMii e is i eighty miles from Kugene ami persons at the county seal are compelled to make this long trip at considerable expense. In winter the roads are very bud and ut times j almost Impassable, and at that season the trip is one not to he sought even by a per son of strong constitution. Oardiner In Douglas county, twenty miles south of Florence, bus a considerable number of residence, anil is about 100 miles from Hose berg, the county seat. While Ihe new county would have a limited population and small tax list, it could he conducted economically, besides the population is In creasing steadily, and a convenient county seat would he a strong inducement to set tlers. The political part of the county would cut no figure as the new county would be sufcly republican and the old counties would be left with republican ma jorities. It is entirely a question of linance. The coast part of I.une county has cost the county ten dollars for every dollar received in taxes, and if not cut oil will continue lo be a source of expense for several years to come. of lieeeiiiher. 1'.H. Ill a "Ut wherein Kiniiia Mclncialil waa plaintiff, and Harnh M. Mei'owii wit defend Hht cniniiianillnK me, In Ihe imine nl ihe Male nl Oreitiiii, th,,t nut uf the re-,1 entate heretnnfter ilesrrllieil tn rtllcfl mini aillllt'lelit tn sallfly the ilenialiilN nf said decree, t'twlt- f Mhmi M ,,i,,J the further Mini nil!! i' c.i.ls. ami the lurther "Hill ii! IIXI a allnrni'V. fee. In- pether with Inn -rent tin the aaine nine Jnimary T... I'H, at Hi ner rent per annum, ami alan uie cnttia (iianti aiieriiunK una nhjc. Now, therefore, in nlx-illi-nee In such derree, I nnl Hilly levy ii,nu, ami will, nn Hnlurilay, the p.'thihiynf .liinunry. IMi',, at the hour nf II n'rhifk A. M nf a .1.1 day al the frnut tlmir ut Hie etiiirt limine In said nniinty. nlfer fur Mle at pilhllcftilrtliill, anil fell tn the lllilhent Hint het bidder, (nr cnh In hand, all id the rluht, title and hiti-ret the sahl ilt-ft-udMii nn the 'i.Mh nf .Jituiinry. IK'-', had In anil tu the ("How lux ile. acrlhed real prnperly, to-wli: The north iimi- half f lllnrk Ilia of Orea-nll City, accnrdlli to llie reenriieti niat nl aani city aa lain nut liv llr. Jnhn Mrbmurhllii, aald pmporty helhit In Clack- Bin.a einimy, niare Ml tirt'Knil. lialedthla I'Jth day nl lleceinher, A. II. !S!M K ; MAIilMH'K, BherltTof Clackamas county, Htatcnf (renn fly N. M. Jtouliy, Deputy 12-14:1 11 Leave Iioiihtful Heeda alone. The beat are ettay to get, and cost no more. Ask your dealer for FERRY'S SEEDS Aiwa-a the brat. Known everywhere. Vrry'a Hcnl Annual for ihua tat J In you wiihi. now. unn when to n hul native rue. titiiiu AKlrea I). M. FlittRV A CO., Detroit, Mich. W. J. S0UTHW0KTI1, Electrician. "MANt'FAC'TI'KKH OK Galvanic Chain Belts. TRUSSES, INSOLES, ETC. If in need of anything in bin lino, vrrito for full infor mation or call at his ollit'B while in foil land. A consultation cohiH you nothing. 145 1-2 3d Street, Boom, 11 and 12. BOX 3G3. Mention this paper. m m no YOU need r DOORS, WINDOWS, MOULDING, Or Building Mcitericil? to C- H. BESTOW- I.owcft ciihIi )riccn ever tillcri'd for Go FIRST CLASS - GOODS. A!no ciiiiiiiitiatiou wir ami U'k-t fi'tift', HARTMAN - STEEL - PICKET - FENCE. And I'PHt farm fencing tmitlt. VriwH to Htiit lnml tinicH. Shop Opp. Congregational Church, MAIN STREET, OREGON CITY. FOR ASTORIA-FAST TIME. Steam'r Telephone i,' l tt ".v V , ' "' . .! " ' Leaves foot of Alder st., Portland. Leaves Portland daily, except Sunday, 7 A. M Leaves Astoria daily, except Sunday, 7 P. M. Tug Ilwaco from II waco connocts tit AHtoria with Telrplione everr night, for Portland. TicketH of all other lincH good on Telephone