Oregon City enterprise., November 20, 1896, Image 4

Oregon City Enterprise.
Published Bvery Friday.
CIIAS, MESERVK,
Pl'BLlKHKS AND TKOFRIKTOR.
IUBCHIPTION HATKS,
milBlllI
Trial sulKcrtpltoD two month.
n on
i dlnooutt of lOrail on nil iiiberiptlotu for
, u
m rvw, Niu lor tix mouwi, u piu m
Adrenlilni rate iIt q on tppllcttloo.
8utcriter will Hud th dtto ol rxputiiott
tatmrO on ihoir papt-n lollowlt'f thtir nttna,
If ihn.t e l not en within two wk
fir iMvmcul kmdly not i It u and we will
look nlir It.
stored at the Pot Offlre In Ortgon City, Or.
at tecond clax matter.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1SSK5.
AGENTS FOR THE ENTERPRISE.
Barer Creek,
Oaubr,
C'.arkamaa,
Mllwaakle.
Union Mill.
Meadow Brook.
Hew Era,
WIUonTllle,
rark Plo,
eiadirtone,
Stafford.
H uliuo,
Carus,
Molalla.
Harqnam,
BuUerllle - -Aarora,
Orrille,
Kle Creek,
Damascus,
Bandy, -
Balmon,
Cnrrinivills,
Cherryville, -Marmot,
Dr. T. B. ThomM
Geo. Knliht
A. Mather
Otcar Wlulnccr
(J. . Trullltiiter
Chat Holtnan
W. 8. Newberry
Henry Miiej
F. L. Kuweli
T. M. Croat
i. O. Uate.
C. T Howard
R. M. Cooper
Annie Sttibba,
K. M. Hartman
B. JenntuKt
Henr A. nydr
L.J Perdue
H. Wilhern
J. C. Elliott
- - F. 0Et9i h
Mrs. W.M. Mclntyre
Geo. J. Currin
Mr. M. J. Hammer
Adolph Ascuofl
The war to build op Oregon
Cltj U to rlT Oregon City people jour
patronage.
MJT WITHOUT 1 PARTI.
It is a fact, strange, J et never the lesstru.
that the men who voted tbe populist demo
cratic-free silver-republican ticket and also
those who oted the. national democratic
ticket at the late election, will find them
elves unable to hold a convention
to nominate candidates for the next
general election and all their nomina
tions will have to be by petition, the repub
licans being the only party that will be en
titled to make nominations and have their
nominees lluJ certihd 10 bS ,h fcre,r)'
of Hate end placed upon the official blli
Without the formality of petition. This
serious predicament conies about by reason
Of the laws of Oregon which prescribe that
a political party in order to have its nomi
nees made in a convention .recognized and
placed upon ths official ballot, must have
polled at the preceding election at least
three per cent of the entire uote cast in the
elate, county, precinct or other electoral
district for which the nomination is made.
The returns of the last election show that
the regular democrats polled less than three
per cent of the vote cast, so they will be de
barred from making their next nominations
by convention. The popnlist democratic
Iree silver republicans polled over the three
per cent, but as free silver with a republican
annex will be a thing of the past in the
next election the populists, democrats and
kicking republicans will not care to hold a
convention and give their partv the same
name under which they voted this fall, and
nnless they do they will be debarred from
having their nominees recognized by the
secretary of state. It will be both distress
ing and embarrassing for these old political
war horses of many battles and many par
ties to be left without a party and have to
begin life over attain by forming a new
partv and making their nominations by
petition.
It is a matter of comment among the far
mers of Clackamas county, tbe profitable
market Oregon City has come to be to them.
It was not to very many years ago that a
load of potatoes or a few dozen eggs or rolls
of butter would slock the market of this
place. The consequence was that farmers
would drive by to Portland where they w ere
aure of making a sale. But with the new
growth that has come to Oregon City with
in the last five years, it has come to a (lord
a market of steady prices and large de
mands, and the day is not distant when it
will require even more than the produce
of Clackamas county to supply Its needs.
In fact, it is often the case now that our
merchants have to draw on Portland for
batter, eggs, etc. to replenish their
stock, tbe supply from the country not
meeting the demands. The large and grow
ing market that Oregon City now affords,
will be tbe means of building one of the
most prosperous farming communities of
the state in Ibis county, for the farmer that
is able to meet the consumer direct and
svoid paying freights and commission bouse
charges, will be the man that will be mak
ing money when his less fortunate brother
will be running behind. ;
the school fund to their building fund. To
accomplish this scheme, they bave hired a
teacher at $00 per month with s prlvateoou
tract that she la to refund to them out
of ber salary each month. This money
th- are using to purchase teats and other
fixtures for the school building. As the
law specillU-ally says that no part of the
state apiortloiinient shall be used for any
other puriHise than to pay the teacher's sal,
ary, these school olllcer are laying them
selves liable for misappropriating school
money and if a suit was brought It would
go hard with them. It appears that the
board offered the school to several teachera
before they could til id one that would lake
it on their terms and the teacher they now
have could flatly refuse to refund
any of her wages, and the board could not,
nor would they dare to try to make her
divy up with them on this private contract.
Th( climate of Oregon has not changed
neither do we have any heavier storms than
those ol years ago, but the liability to Hoods
In our streams is growing greater each yr.
The forests are being rapidly destroyed by
both the ax and fire, and with them are go
ing the great bed of moss that hold back
the water like a sponge and which restrain
the water from running elf at once, while
the shade of the trees prevented the quick
melting of the snow in the mountains.
This, with the drainage of all the marshes
and low places in the larming districts, has
made it so that when a big storm Is on, the
water having no reservoir of any kind to
WORLD'S 00IJ) PRODUCTION.
Th gold production of the world for the
present calendar year Is still estimated at
the mint bureau at f-.W.OiV.iiiiO. This Is con
sidered a conservative estimate, In spite of
the fact that strikes at l-eadvllle and Cripple
Creek have somewhat restricted production
in those districts. There hay been ad
verse Inlluences also in 8outh Africa, but
they have now been removed, and produc
tion Is resuming its old activity,
The four great gold producing countries
of the world are the I'nited States, South
Africa, Australia and Russia. Austral!
was in the lead until a few years ago, but
she will probably be surpassed this year by
both the United Stale and South Africa.
The production of the latter two Is reckoned
at f.t0,0CO,U0 each, while Australia will not
go much above 18,000,0110, according to
present estimate.
Tbe estimate of W.OOO.OOO for the Unite
Slates is well within the possible limit ol
her production, and It will not be surprising
if the actual total Is found to be $.VI.QO0,O0O
or f.t,000,OlX). Colorado Is promising a pro
duction of nearly 17,0n,nj0, California of
,1)1,000,000, Month Dakota and Montana
more than $4,000,000 each, and other statea
and territories considerable gains If the
I'nited States should raise her production
to $.4,000,000 it would carry th total lor the
world close to $;",lXHlXs.
The increase In the Russian Empire Is
largely in Siberia, where some Important
gold fields have been otened In the Lena
hold it back, rushes into the streams at delta by French capitalists. Important
FOR-
ABSOLUTELY JURE DRUGS
go to
n A. HARDING
NONK HUT
OOMP1TINT PHARMACISTS EMPLOYED
once and forcing them out of their banks
with a fall of water that a few years ago
would have made no serious inconvenience
to tbe residents along their banks. Tbe
danger of floods is one of the penalties that
all communities par, who destroy the bar
riers that nature has crested to bold them
In check.
The voters of Oregon City will be called
upon to choose a mayor, two councilman
for the First ward, two coitncilmen for the
Second ward and a city treasurer at the an
nual city election to be held on Monday,
December, 7. On the character and ability
of the men chosen will depend in a very
great measure tbe prosperity and welfare of
this city. Oregon City has reached that
size and importance that holding a city
office is no longer a sinecure that brings to
the bolder honor without labor. To be
mayor or a councilman requires that a man
ball be willing to devote such time to the amount of gold available lor use as
discharge of the duties entrusted to him as
may be necessary that the interests of tbe
city do net sutler. It should be the aim of
the voters, who assemble at Weinhard's
ball next Monday evening to make tbeir
nominations, to see that candidates are men
who will comply with these requisites and
who. if elected, will give to Oregon City an
administration of its affairs that will be an
honor to themselves and a credit to the city.
Japasj, which by the way now has a
postal system equal to that of this or any
European country, has just issued two new
stamps of two sen and five sen. They are
to commemorate two Japanese heroes who
fell in the late war with China. Prince Ans
ugawa and Prince Kitashirikawa.
It has been decided by the postoffice de
partment to exeriment in the way of rural
free delivery of mail. Under the authority
of congress the postoflice department will
establish, as rapidly as possible, a free rural
delivery in 30 counties scattered throughout
tbe country. The intention is to deliver
mail by mounted carriers to farmers resid
ing within a radius of three and one-half
miles from the city limits. There has been
considerable discission as to the practica
bility of the scheme. In the East, where
the farming districts are thickly nettled and
the roads good, the plan is practicable and
it would be a much appreciated convenience
to tbe farmers; but, as this new system
would be quite costly and here in the West
our postal service being badly crippled by
the lack of means to carry on the service. It
would seem best to wait until all the coun
try oflices were supplied with a dailv mail
service before this free delivery scheme is
put into effect.
An enterprising school board of one of
the country districts in Multnomah county
bave hit on a way, which to them is work
ing quite satisfactory, of transferring a part
of their state school apportionment from
If Constantinople Fall.
What the two powws, Germany and
Austria, would do iu some future Rus
sian advance toward Constantinople re
mains to be seen. As long as they are
not occupied with serious business of
their own they will be at liberty to
watch the movements of their giant ri
val. But let war break out between Ger
many and France, and the situation will
be changed at ouce. How wjny it will
be then for Russia to claim tho object
of her ambition ns a reward for support
to Germany or even in return for a be
nevolent neutrality! A precedent for
such a courne is to be fonnrl in her in
forming the powers axuernbled in Lon
don in 1871 that she considered herself
no longer bound by the article in the
treaty of Paris which required the neu
tralization of the Bluck sea. Vilmt Rus
sia would do with her prize when she
had secured it is a speculation into which
there is little need to enter. That con
sideration does not trouble the minds of
those who cast longing eyes upon the
glories of the Golden Horn.
Russia will not be deterred from seek
ing possession of Constantinople by
fears of criticism without or complica
tions within her borders. For the one
sho will still have her diplomacy and
for the other her divine mission. If, as
the mistress of Constantinople, she com
manded the months of the Danube, she
might soothe Germany and Austria with
a promise of a strict neutrality in those
waters. If "Moscow would be jealous
of the new Byzantium and Byzantium
would hate Moscow" the sanio tactics
that reconciled Mo, cow to .St. Peters
burg would recunc ie born to the new
metropolis at O.iirtuni'iinple. Fort
nightly Review.
' COneejLsiona have hitn tfritl,l In lliat ..at..
i Italian, but not without the exaction of a
share in the profit for the government. The
government requires all gold produced In
the empire to pass through the Kussian
mints, and has lately been making tlrenu
ous efforts to break up th smuggling of
gold, which has heretofore prevails,!. Th
Russian empire will probably show an In
crease of $.'.000,vn0 In production over th
figures of la
Japan and China will also Increase their
production, now that the war between them
is at an end. Mexico will raise both her
nominal and real figures, and her otllcials
vill endeavor to wipe out th discrepancy
which bas been caused by the smuggling of
gold to escape the export duty.
A production of iU.ono.OU) In gold for
the present year will be about $17.tO,n00
larger than for Htt, and nearly twice the
production of so recent a year as HO. Th
money
will be increased in a much greater propor
tion, becaus th amount required fot th
arts will remain more nearly lined. Assum
ing the amount required for the arts to be
fioi. 0,010, three tunes as much will 1 left
for monetary uses at when the production
as half at large as at the present time It
was pointed out by th director of the mint
a few year ft) that the probable gold pro
duction of the near future would provide a
Supply of metal tor use as money greater
than the combined supply of gold and silver
thus available prior to 173, Th estimates
tlieu mad aere lower than the actual pn
duction of the past two years, and all the
evidence points to a still larger production
in the years to come.
The growth of the gold production of the
world during the past 10 ears may be
judged from the fact that the produrtiou
Was lUCi.774.WJU in 1Mi7, $H0.1lsi.UO0 III 1H.sk,
ll-SMsliX) in 1M1. $11,1,81.1,700 in IKD,
ll.iO.HjO.OHJin 18!d,$l lt;.Hl.,10iiin I!i2,$l.ri7,
27.1.00 in Ittifl, $l.so,ti.lii0 in 1-!1, and
l-lttaCneuiii l.siO, and promises to be $.Jn,.
isio.ouo in lsj5. Boston Herald.
rise Ferftnisrle! aad Toilet Article.
Also a full stock of
P-A.IZSTTa- OILS ETC,
Shingles
The beat on the market.
In small lota or in car loads.
dimension shingles cut to order
Cedar
Posts
Ry carload or mixed car lot will
shingles.
W. H. & L S. IJ0XXEY,
Al'KOttA, . OKKC.ON
,
JOHN A. BECK,
THE
RELIABLE JEWELER
No. 270, Morrison .Street,
ORTLAND, OREGON.
IS STILL ON EARTH.
For general repairing he stand
without a tH'tr. For firnt-clft(is, re
liable goods his storo ia nocoiid to
none. Trv him I
Geo. T. Howard,
l)KAl.KJt IN
...pecoqd land jooil?
Highest price paid for Furni
ture, Stove, etc , etc.
Good line of Tinwari', Glass
ware, Crockery, etc., always on
hand.
7th Street, Near Depots
t-'oar Grapes.
The fox had jumped and jumped
and jumped. He sat down with his
tongue hanging out and eyed tho unat
tainable grapes with a well assumed air
of indifference.
"Dear mel" he remarked airily.
"How careless of me not to notice that
they were not edible grapes, but good
only to make into table d'hote wine. "
Indianapolis Journal.
Fateful.
Mr. Hardlot One thing, our son
John can never bore his wife by telling
her what a fine cook his mother was.
Mrs. Hardlot What do you meanf
Mr. Hardlot Ho can never forget
that his old father (lied from dyspepsia.
Kansas City Star.
Any citizen of the United States may
file in the patont ofllce a claim to a par
tial invention, stating that he has not
yet completed it and praying probation
nntil he shall have had time to bring it
to perfection.
The Order of Baronets was establish
ed by James I in 1011. This title is
found in no oonntry of the continent,
existing only in the British dominions.
What Makea sMatrara Falls' Towerf
What makes Niagara falls' power pos
sible is the fact that Lako Superior,
Lake Michigan, Lako Huron and Lako
Erie, with a combined area of 00,000
square miles, representing tho reservoirs
of some 250,000 square miles of water
shed, are situated (100 feet above the sea
level. Tho great volume of water fall
ing over the vast territory flows on its
natural course to tho Atlantic ocean
with but a slight descent, until it is
brought into tho narrow Niagara river,
when, in the rapids just above the falls,
it declines 55 f-et and then, with a sin
gle plungo, drops into the abyss, 105 feet
below. Eminent engineers have com
puted that 275,000 , cubic feet of water
pass over tbe falls every second, repre
senting in theoretical energy over 6,000,
000 horsepower. Cassier'g Magazine.
Thia Is lour Opportunity.
On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps,
a generous sample will be mailed of the
most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure
(Ely s Cream Halm) aunicieut to demon
strate the great merits of the remedy.
ELY BR0TIIER8,
60 Warren Kt., New York City.
Rev. John Held, Jr. . of Great Falls, Mont.,
recommended Ely's Cream Iialin to me. I
can emphasize his statement, "It is a posi.
tire cure for catarrh if nsed aa directed."
Itev. Francis W, Poole. Pastor Central Pres.
Church, Helena, Mont.
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains nn mercury
nor any injurious drug. Price, CO cents.
Fresh Olyinpia oysters for your
Thanksgiving dinner. Leave orders at
the Novelty candy factory. Full meas
nre and solid oysters.
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The Marketing Point
OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY
Tho factory towns of tho Hunt nro nUl
for n Html ing tho hont market to tho neigh
boring furmern find gunlonorH in proportion
to tho population of any of tho towns in
that Hoction. Tho reason for this is that
tho people of thoso towns have ft fixed in
como upon which they can always depend,
and, as a consequence, they aro liberal buy
ers, paying cash for all their purchases.
As the Great Manufacturing Center
of the Pacific Coast
OREGON CITY-.
Is Coming to be One of the
Best Marketing Towns In the State
This is proven every day by tho numbor
of farmers, who are to bo seen on its street
selling their product), who, until just tho
last few years, sought tho markets of other
towns. Tho system of macadamized roads
that is being built into all parts of Clack
amas county, will enable all tho jM'Oplt) of
this county to share in tbe profitable mar
ket that Oregon City nflords. If, ns it is
sure to do, tho demands of Oregon City in
crease in the next five years as it has in tho
past five yearsjhis city will rank next to
Portland as a market place for
THE PKODUOE
of the Farmer
Edttiards Bros.,
Successors to ELY BROS.,
990 Molalla Avenue
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
NICW .GOODS
LOW1CST PRICKS
;lour, Shorts, Bran, Oats, Wheat, Spuds. Etc.
Cash Paid for Chickens and Eggs.
Who mn think
of tome ilmple
thing to patent?
Wanted-An Idea
Protect rotir Mpm thuy may bring you wealth.
WrlUi JOHN WKDDKKJJUKN A CO., Patent At tor
neya, Wanlilniitmi, L. C, for thnlr prla ofJr
I 1UI OI (WO UUOUTM UiTWlUQUa wutva
do you m:ki) axy
Doors, Windows,
Moulding,
Window Glass,
OR OTHER IIUILDIXO MATERIA?
iGOTO:
C. H. BESTOW CO.
Low Prices. First-class Goods.
Corner 1 1th and Main Streets. Oregon City, Oregon.
OREGON CITY IRON WORKS
New and Enlarged Shop with nil applianceo for j
MACHINE WORK & CASTING.
All work executed in tho heat manner possible.
teed on all orderB.
Promptness guaran-
REPAIRI1TG - .A. - SPECIALTY.
Prices the lowest to be had in Portland. Shon on
near Main, Oregon City, Oregon.
J. ROAKE. & CO.
Fourth Street,