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Oregon City Enterprise. Published Kvery Friday. ! TEACHING KKAP1NG CHAS, MESEKVE, Pl'BLlHHICR AND rROl'KirTOR. IUBNCK1PTION HATKH, Oil rar, R mnalht. Trial uluKrlptlon two moulh, n w . 1 00 'JA A dlwoutt ol Went on nil suWrlMlotw lor m year, conn lor m mouini, u pm iu IdYSnC. AdTertWInf rl ilvso on sppllcstlon. 8utnpntr will tin d Ihr dt ol vxpirstlmi tm .l ou iheir p)r lo.lowi' f their nm. If ihn !! not chil illvti two wcrkt aftrr nnvnieul kimllr oolity u .nil 0 will look ulirr'il. TIip following article ws prcpartnt ly Helen Kerr, of Milwaukee, ml rvnl l a recent meeting u( the Clmkuiims County Tescliei' Association, aiul in ptiblibhed by reiitHt of the association. Cntercd l ths Pot Offlo In Oreiton City, Or., u leooud clftM matter. FRIDAY, PKl'KMBER 4. lHi. AGENTS TOR TUB ENTERPRISE. Dr BeTer Creek, 00 by, Olat'iunss, IHlwtukie. Cnlon Mill. MMdow Brook. Hew Brm, WtltonTille, Park Pltr, fii.rtntoue, ufford, ktullno, Csrus, Molill. ' Marquitm, Butwillie Aurora, OrrlUe, Xtile Creek, Damascus, Bandy, Salmon, Currinsville, CbanyviU,. . Uanuot. T. B. Ttaouiii Geo, kntthl A. Ntther Otc.r Wimlnier O J. TrtilliiiRwr Chu Holman W. 8. Newberry Henry Mlley F. L. Ku vell T. M. I'rou J. Q. due. . C. T Howard R. M. Cooper Annte Siubb. B. M. Hartman B. Jenulnn Hsnrr A. Miyder I J perdue H. Villem J. 0. Klliott - F. GdUch Mrs. W.M. Mclnlyrc Geo. J. Currin Mrs. M. J. Hammer Aviolpb AschoB tW The war to build bp Oresroi City Is to rife Or ron llty people joor patronage. WORTHY Of SfPfOBT. As eflort is being made by certain par ties to cast odium upon L. L. Porter, the candidate (or mayor on the Citixens' ticket, by stating tbat he is not a taxpayer and property owner In Oregon City and tbat bis record as a public officer was not as up right as it should hare been. As regards his property interests in Oregon City, be is the owner ol considerable real estate within the city, though much of it is in partnership with other parties, tbe deed not being in his name. As a matter ot fact be owns enough property in Oregon City to make biiu an active worker for retrenchment and economy in tbe expenditures ol the city, that our tax lery may be reduced. In tbe discharge ol duties as city recorder no eridence in any instance can be brought against bim wherein be worked tbe office or was guilty of any dereliction of duly or showed special favors The records will sbow that when be received pay from the city other than bis regular salary it bas been as an attorney to represent the city in suits in which it was interested and in no case was bis lee over SM), except in the 7th street case when be worked on a percent age. As be won every suit he undertook for tbe city, when other attorneys who were paid as high as $oOJ and Il.O.iO did not always win their caees for tbe city, it speaks well for the fidelity and ability he displayed. Such bas been the confidence ol tbe coun cil in his ability tbat he has, at the request of tbe members, drawn up over ball of the ordinances that- passed the coun cil while he was recorder, and later while a councilman. The members of tbe various councils with which he bas been connected give bim the credit of being the most willing attorney that has ever been in the council to give gratitutious legal advice when asked lor bis opinion on intricate questions that were up for consideration. Mr. Porter went into tbe rare lor mayor not by reason of any selfish motives but at the solicitation of the best men in Oregon City and if elected he will without iear or favor discharge tbe duties ol the office to the best interests of Oregon City. Stch lias been the growth of Oregon City with the last five years, tbat tbe creation of another ward out of the east parts of wards No. 1 and 2, bas come to be a neces sity. The county has recognized tbe growth of that part of the city and two years ago created precinct No 3, which at the last election polled some 175 votes. Of course, tbe forming of another ward will be opposed by certain Main street politicians who fear that they could not control the hill vole if of! in a wiird by themselves. But tbe broad minded men of the citv all agree that the people residing in the upper part of Oregon City should hare a ward and polling place of their own. It is too far and inconvenient for them to come down town to vote be sides the number of voters in the cit is get ting so large that it will soon be impossible for there all to vote at the two polling places now provided. A ix street reports to the contrary, the Kntf.hpkise has no fight to make against the candidates in opposition to the Citizens' ticket for they are personally, all clean, honorable men, whose standing in the city is such as to entitle them to courteous treatment at the hands of their political opponents. That the E.NTUKPKfse would make a personal attack upon these men in its lust issue before election has not been contemplated by the editor of this paper, or encouraged or countenanced by the candi dates on the Citizens' ticket. Hucli low, contemptible journalism is only resorted to by tin horn sheets whose motto is boodle, and who will stoop to anything so long as they see a chance to advance their own selfish interests. The Citizens' ticket is tbe peoples' ticket and as such will receive the hearty support of the voters of Oregon City at the polls next Monday. The candidates on it are all men of known ability and honor and they will be sure to give to Oregon City a clean and economical administration of tbe affairs of the city. The Entkkpkise will admit that the non partisan ticket lias made some gains during tbe past week for Mayor Straight and his followers have announced their intention of supporting it. In the first place, I must say that love for our work, our pupils, even our books ami our principals, must he the founda tion lor any good work we atleinpt. Next comes cheerfulness. ljnot forget how she fame, "A nymph of healthiest hue, her bow across her shoulder Hung, her buskins gemmed with morning dew," and "Blew an inspiring air." Now, of all lessons during the day, reailing is the most tedious and dragging, if we cannot bring this morning dew, this freshness, it is the inspinrg air so sadly needed in so.ne leading l-1hsims. I blush with shame to recall many scores of mine, but, "Foryive me, (or I knew not what I did." Thanks to a dear friend, my price, I learned my errors and the remedy. If I could bring a real class before you, thete would be no need ot this preface. So I'll bring to your minds a reader and a lesion familiar to all Barnes' Second, pave 7. Let us supiose what rarely happens that the pupils are familiar with all the first reader words, can pronounce, spell, place in sentences and read them readily. Suppose I have just received them on Monday after they were promoted on Friday, Whether 1 promoted them or not, it's all the same. Before they attempt to read today, I'd ask, "What did we read Friday T" Of course few will remember, if they be not used to my plans. After a few have told the main part of tbe lesson, let some one tell it all in the briefest manner. And here let me say, that to fix these new words, I require the pupils to pronounce every new lesson. If the? are promoted by me on Friday, after the regular read ing work of that day, we'd take our new books and examine the new words. Ask them to lee who first ran pronounce all the new words. They will pin their eyes to the pate most attentively. Be surn to allow the most diffident and deficient lo take the best hand in this work. Let all pronounce and one of these poor un favored ones act as teacher. Thus : Class. "Air;" teacher, "Air," very slowly and distinctly; class, "Bees," (not sounded very distinctly); teacher, "B-e e-s;" and so on through every uew word. Point out the peculiarities of the meet difficult words and require them to spell them aloud several limes. Let :hem study these new words four or five minutes after pronouncing, and when language writing is in order, place each word in a sentence, and later on, two or three of the words in a sentence. We can ring many changes on the same old lesson bv introducing a few whiffs of in spiring air. This may sound more like spelling than reading, but vou asked me to talk about primary reading, member. This is yesterday's work. Now today I K to the board or send my most rpid writer, for time is bo precious. I auk for the new words pupils give them without books. Once in a very long time, I misspell an easy, common word, just to please them, for they delight in criticising and they almost believe that I really missed it. After a little of this kind ol work, a large majority can write 10 or 15 words from memory, and this we often try, too. I erase the words one at a time and they spelt them, some times in a very boisterous manner, for they love to think they are doing the moet important work. Then thee take slate and pencil or pen and paper, for we do our work in ink as soon as the pu pils of tbe second reader can hold the pen properly. Pupils pronounce very slowly and all write. I never pronounce until their memories fail to bring out every word or they mispronounce. Pu pils change slates, correcting without a book, then open books ana" recorrect. Whoever fails to criticise properly, the word is counted his miss the same as his neighbor s, and this makes them moet careful and attentive. Every i must be dotted and every t crossed. There must be no ins for no, etc. All these are er rors in spelling and must be broken up. Brethren and sisters, I know you are slyly nixlgin one another and saying, "There's nottime." Sometimes it takes a long, long time to tell how to perform a small duty. Permit me to say, that I have 15 minutes for spelling and 20 minutes for reading, and there are from 12 to 15 in this class. Of course, we work very rapidly and at first cannot manage the whole lesson, but once your pupils know, they'll appreciate, and it will work wonders and marvels untold. Do not permit the same pupils to change slates each day, for they may form combinations, as, "I'll not tell, if you will not," etc. I think we old folks can remember some of our early trans gressions of this kind. It always ammes me and I break it up withou letting them know that I ever saw it. Now we'll drop the wordB, and pupils will write their number lesson. After re cess comes the reading class, then occurs the review for a minute of yesterday's lesson, and now, "How many will tell me something about today's lesson?" Be sure sure to call on that diffident, freckled, pitiful child, who never can read a sentence perfectly, but who can tell the whole story, if you'll listen kindly, and smooth out the rough places for him. Alas for these poor ugly duck lings! You may in this simple reading lesson by unvarying patience and love transform their houIm into the beautiful swans of (hut fable, though their hair will still K a brush and their freckles will still 1h brown. Well, now we've learned who went to see the bees, who took them and how thew went in a buggy with two gray horsee, "lUvim wo seen it in the picksher." Wo'vo admired the beauty of those dashing grays, and sev eral on w hom you can never "sit" so to speak have told about "My lather's gray horse," "My pony," etc. "Well, let us see who can read just as papa talked." "Theodore, you may rend." Now, Theodore's, eyes are as blue as (he sky and his hair has borrow ed many beams from the sun. He ran "beat" any boy running, jumping or wrestling, but he rjiu'l remember those iinpoi taut words we talked over a bit ago. So he save, "Frank. I em going t o drive my noo pair ol horse. I'o you wush to go with meT bands "What's the matter, Frank?" Frank My, uh, lbeo diJn t have no expres sion, he called wish, 'wush,' and new, 'noo.'" "Well, Frank, you may try." Frank reads it properly and goes on "0, yes. May Jane go too? " Teacher : "Well, Frank, may who go too?" This time the emphasis will be on Jane and too. "Now, George, tell what papa said." (I have often found pupils who did not know who was speaking in cer tain paragraphs or sentences.) George is a good boy, but his mind just then wandered to those fish he caught laat Saturday, and he ha forgotten about this dull lesson. So we must repeat the trial. Teacher: "George, whom are they going to tee and what are they go ing to see?'' (I always try to teach to this way that who and it form always mean people, and what mean things, asking them such questions, a, "Whom ia the lesson about and what is it about?" Never form a habit, unless it is) fit to be a fixture in the minds w are trying to direct properly.) George now find it easy to read. "Yes, we will go out to see Fred and look at hi bees." Audio on, with endless, fathomless love and patience, and no frown or croea words, till the lesson rnds and every sentence has been expressed perfectly by some child. Ik not read for a pattern. They must discover the thought and it ex pression. "How did the horse go? How fast? What did Jane say a soon as they were there? How did Frank act? How do you know? How did he say 'Oh, Oh,' when he was stung ? How did Jane tivat hitu? Did she laugh? Did you ever get slung?" Edna and Fanny bold up their hands. "Well." "I've been stunged by a yellerjacket," they both shout. Bertha and Helen exchange glances and raise their hands, but the teacher has no more time for reminiscences, so the les son again "What do bees gather? Where? (Honey, wax and bread.) Soe who can find out about bees making bread and why?" (I've found pupils who knew nothing about wax or how the cells are sealed.) Tell them ot the cun ning bees canning up their fruit like old ladies do, and then sealing a nice little lid on each jar. Get them to tell about queens, drones and workers, and never fail to show them that the school ia beehive and that once in a while there is a drone in the hive. Ask them to name other insects that sting. Bead them from Seaside and Wayside. Of course, this ia not the work of one lesson, for it sometimes takes day to get that simple story read anything near the way we want to hear it. But, dear teachers, if we succeed with it, we'll never sleep till every lesson in that book is conquered. Now, let someone "play" he's papa, some one be Frank, one Jane and another tell what happened. Here the best thing I ever tried for lileless reading, for the pupils are now acting those scenes, and leeling the spirit. "Oh, yes," "Run into the barn," very sis terly, "Uh! Oh!" etc. all coma out in natural, round voices, and faces aglow with pleasure and enthusiasm. FOR- ABSOLUTELY" FORE DRUGS ftUK ,MMKNSK HTCK of Holiday (JwhIh will goTO J wmi'lctt'tl, in ul our jiriocH will bo (ho lowest G.r A. HARDING. Li r, Oregon City. NONK M!T OOMPtTINT PHARMACISTS IMPLOYID I , I HI l flu Permmerles aod Toilet Articles. U Also lull stork ol PAINTH- OILS KT0. Shingles The best on the market. In small lots or in car loads. Dimension shingle cut to order. Cedar Posts HOOIl 0 over in I'omo iuhI Hen uh before going elsewhere, men h Heavy ('iiis, lined with ininnei, cheap ul Junt what you want for cold weather, ... Hoys' felt bats, 10o.... Men'H and Iniys' golf nips from i!0 (o II.Io , . . , Holiday fancy work materials, stamp ed linens, 11 lo nilk, embroidery silk and nil kinds oi knitting silk ... Japanese A silk handkerchiefs nice Hclectioii prici'H lo unit nil inakn nice Xiiihh presmitH. Wo httvo u S.ViIommi assortment of niaskn, cliMtp. Don't forget we have a full lino of corsetd (ho genuine kid II King. AHtonishingly low pricoH. Wo will toko ploaauro In showing you our goods Como and soo ut boforo going olsowhoro By carload or mixed tar lot with shingles. W. 11. & L S. B0XXEY, AURORA, . OREGON. JOHN A. BECK, THE RELIABLE JEWELER No. 270, Morrison Htreet, PORTLAND, OREGON, 18 STILL ON EARTH. For gener&l repairing he stand i without a peer. For first-class-, re liable goods hit store is second to none. Try him I The Marketing Point OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY Tho factory towns of tho Kant aro noted for a Hording tho le8t inarkot to tho neigh boring farmers and gardeneVa in proportion to tho imputation of any of tho towns in that Heetion. Tho reason for this is that tlto jKioplo of theso towns have a fixed in come upon which they can always depend, . and, as a connoquonco, they aro lilwral buy-1 crs, paying cash for all their purchases. As the Great Manufacturing Center of the Pacific Coast A.W. I IIII.UI' JOHN MONTUOMkaV Phillips & Montgomery, EXPRESS AND DELIVERY. OREGON CITY- Is Coming to be One of the Best Marketing Towns In the State Prompt attention to hnuling to any part of Oregon City. Moving attended to promptly and carefully. Special raten given on hauling to and from ulad.itono and l ark- place. H. W. JACKSON, Cheap Lund For Sale. UK) acres of land, nearly all level but torn land; easily cleared; well watered; two fine mountai i etreanm running through it; line trout slrcaniH; would make a fine stock ranch; near public road; one mile and a fourth from Cotton post office and school hoi we ; wo have six months Hchool in each year; three miles from naw mill; large range for stock; can give good title. Trice per acre $4.50. For terms and further information call at my place or address W. E. Uonnkv, Colton poHt office, Clackamas Co., Ore. New I'liilertaklng Kooin. County Coroner, W. N. Godfrey has oH:ned an undertaking room on Main street near Tenth Htreet, where he will keep in titock a full line of cofliim, caKkets and burial rubes. His prices will be found reasonable. tf This Is Your Opportunity. On receipt of ten cents, cimli or stamps, a generous sample will be nmiled of the moat popular Cuturrh and Nay Fever Cure (Ely's Cream Balm) sufficient to demon strate the great merits of the remedy. ELY BROTHERS, CO Warren Kt., New York City. Rt. John Reid, Jr., of Great FalIs,Mont., recommended Ely's Cream Balm to m. I can emphasize bis statement, "It is a posi tive cure for catarrh if nsed as directed." Rev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor CeutrulPre. Church, Helena, Mont. Ely' Cream Balm is the acknowledged cure for catarrh and contains no mercury nor an iojurioa drug. Price, CO cent. Macras AND ta Bejairer. Bicycles, Umbrellas, Guns, Sewing Machines, And all kinds of email ma chines put in Rood order. No work to diflicult to undertake. Prices reasonable. Shop in Canfield building Near Court House, This is proven every day by tho number of farmers, who aro to bo won on its Btreota selling their produce, who, until just tho last few years, sought the markets of other towns. Tho system of macadamized roads that js being built into all parts of Clack amas county, will enable all the jH'oplo of this county to share in tho profitable mar ket that Oregon City aflbrds. If, as it is sure to do, tho demands of Oregon City in crease in tho next five years as it has in tho past five years, this city will rank next to Portland as a market place for THE PKODUCE of the Farmer New Good Modern PriceH. orner brocerv. V J J Complete Htock of Fine Family Groceries, Try my extra Choice Teav-ssss Richard Prey tag. Main and Fourteenth Streeto. Edcuapds Bros., Successors to ELY BROS., 999 Molalla Avenue- GENERAL MERCHANDISE NEW GOODS LOWEST PRICES Flour, Shorts, Bran, Oats, Wheat, Spuds. Etc. Cash Paid for Chickens and Eggs. OREGON CITY IRON WORKS i:tttlllNhed INS. New und Enlarged Shop with all appliance for MACHINE WORK & CASTING. mm PIONEER Transfer and EreJ Freight and parcels delivered to all parts of the city. RATES - REASONABLE. All work executed in tho best manner politic. Promptness guaran teed on all orders. REPAIRING - A. - SPEGI ATiT1 V Prices the lowest to be had in Portland. Shrm fn vnnrth near Main, Oregon City, Oregon. J. ROAKE & CO.