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Oregon City Enterprise. Published Every Fridny. CM AH. MK8EKVK, Pl'HLIKIIKR AND rKOI'RIKTOH. UBUCHIPTION RATKH, 9ns jtr. Ill moath. Trial tulwrrtption two month, ti 00 A dlnroutt nt SPctnti on all siitwrlpttons (or m jcr, '45 null lor tlx mouths, II paid lu MTance. Ailrertlnlni rti glv n on application. 8uborllr will tltid I ho data ol rxnlratln: stmt e.l on thlr p-o r tollowhii th.ir name. If this Is e I- not ri't ur I within two wctki afir a pnymem, kuittly notify ui and e will loo alter II. Intern! at the Font Office In Oregon City, Or., aa teooud clan matter. FRIDAY, PKIEMBER 18, ISM. A'JKNTS FOR THE ENTERPRISE, Dr Bearer Creek, Oanbr, Olaraamat, Mllwaukle, Colon Mills, Meadow Brook, Hew Era, WllaonvUle, Park Place, Gladnlone, QtafrVml. Mullno, Carua, Molalla. Maniuam, ButtoTllle Airora, OrTllle. Esjtle Oreek, 'niascus, 8 indy, -alni'on, Currinsrille, C'lierryville, Marmot, T. B. ThomM tieo. kulirut A. Mather Oicar Wlaaiuirer O j. Trulllnger trta Hoiman W. 8. Newberry Heurr Mile T. L. Kuaael T. M. Crtwi J. O. Gate. C. T Howard K. M. Cooper Annie Stubba. E. M. Hartman B. Jeiuiinft He:iry A. iiyder L.J Perdue H. Wiltwrn J. 0. Klliott F. G.Ktsch Mrs. W.M. Mclntvr Geo. J. C urnn Mrs. M. J. Hummer Ailolph Asclioll tW The way to bnlld np Oregon City Is to (ire Oregon Cltj people jonr patroiia?. COl'XTT BOARD OF HEALTH. Pr. J. P. Tamiesie, of Hillsboro, one of the leading physicians of the state, has pre pared a bill for introduction at the session of the legislature in January asking for the enactment of a law creating county boards of health in Ihe several counties of Oregon, the board to consist of two physicians to cl in conjunction with the county judge, who shall be chairman of the board and continue in ottiee during the term of o It ice of such county judge. The board shall bold stated monthly meetings and its duties shall be to guard against the introduction of contagious and infectious diseases by a vigilant medical in spection and control of all persons and things arriving from infected districts; re quire the isolation of all persons and things infected with or exposed to such contagious diseases; received and examine into all complaints made by any inhabitants of the county concerning nuisances or causes of danger or injury to lile and health within the county; enter upon or within any places where such things are. supposed to exist; and shall have ower to order the suppression and removal of all nuisances detrimental to life and health within ten days after furnishing the owners, agents or occupants of infected premises with a writ ten statement of its conclusions in the mat ter and shall have the same removed at the expense of the occupant of the premises, if i .heir order is not complied with. It shall also be the duty of the board to prescribe sanitary regulations for Ihe burial and removal of corpse, a certificate from the county judge and a certificate of the attending physician or (be affidavit of two persons who were present at the time of death of such person, being necessary for the removal of a corpse from the county fur burial. Undertakers, sextons or other per sons having charge of any corpse shall not inter the same until such permit has been obtained and filed ailh the board, lielore a Corpse can be transported over anv rail- roa l or by any steamboat in the state, it must be enclosed in a hermetically sealed casket of metal or other indestructible ma terial, II the cause of death shall have been from a contagious or infectious diseases. The bill also provides that certificates ol birth, containing the names, ages, nation ality and residence of the parents, date of birth and sex of the child, duly witnessed and signed by Ihe physician or midwife in attendance, be transmitted to the county clerk within 30 days after the birth has occured; and that a register of births and deaths be kept in the county clerk's oflice. The county court shall audit and pay all bills and expenses of the board incurred in the performance of its duties as provided by the bill, This is a good law and merits the support of every member of the legislature. Few people have any adeiUule conception of the number of deaths that occur Irora scarlet fever, diphtheria, measles and kindred dis eases, to say nothing of the number of per sons who are left with weak eyes and lungs and other inlirmaties for We as a result of the carelessness regarding the spread of such diseases. The section providing lor the registration of births would be the means of saving thousands of dollars now lost in litiguti in over the establishment of heirs to property in dispute, besides being of value as a matter of statistics. clly may require, bolus required to give no fixed sum, for the county court alone Is left to decide how imioli road district shall have I nun the road fund. The county's control of the wad fund it further strength ened by Ihe slate constitution which pro vides that all funds derived from a special lax levy shall he expended only for the pur pose for which It was raised and by the au thorities making the levy. Vnder this clause of the constitution It would compel the county which made ihe special road levy to spend the money so raised on (he public roads of the county and no town would be allowed to use any portion of this fund in repairing streets that had not been declared public highways by ihe county, or in opening alleys, building crosswalks, etc The city of Portland does not share In the Multnomah county road fund, the county court spending this fund In or about the city or In the county as thev see best That Oregon City has received its just share of Ihe road fund is proven by the countv reoords.for during this past year the county has put on roads within the city limits over tt,500 and on the roads within three miles of the city over fl.fiOO, making a total of about JS.OM that has been spent for the ill rect benefit of Oregon City, while the clly has only contributed '.:Y to the Mad fund. The county records show that each year since the organisation of the county Oregon Oily has had the lion's share of Ihe road fund and consequently has no kick coming. In fact the;, principal kicking is being done in tbelinterest of ward poll licians who see in the road fund a valuable adjunct to their power. A chronic by Ihe name of Garner, who belongs lo that class who are forever hunt ing work and yet are(alwavs Idle, Is quoted as follows by the McMinnville Telephone- Register: "W. C. Garner, of this cttv, who recently visited the woolen mills at Salem and Oregon City in search of employment. reports that a majority of the hands at Sa lem receive 50 cents er day for their labor. At Oregon City he found persons with three and lour years experience in the business getting as low as 35 cents per day. They were receiving SO cents per day before the election and have been reduced since al though they were promised fair wages If McKiuley was elected. Mr. Gamer said the majority of them .voted for McKinley on that promise and ar now much exercised at their condition. Such cattle ought to re ceive 20 cents per day and should not kick." From the figures given it is evident that this chronic is not familiar with the wage scale in the O.-egon City woolen mills, but probably got his information from some ol the gentlemen of leasure who hold duwn dry goods boxes in this city. As a matter of fact the Oregon City Manufacturing Co. pays the same wage scale as is paid by the other manufacturing establishments of this city. As to a reduction in wages since Ihe election, that is another one of bis false hoods as well as is his statement that the hands were promised an immediate raise of the wages in the event of McKinley's elec tion. That an increase of wages in all lines of labor is sure to come now that the prin ciples of the Republican party are lo gov ern this country, is a fact that cannot be disputed, but it will n it come in a day, or a month but will come with the general re vival that is setting in all over the country. In the meantime Mr. Garner, not being able to get $.1.00 per day for his services as a laborer, will have to hold his peace and hold down a dry good box. The good roads convention that will be held in Portland on Friday of Ibis week will be an important factor in arousing a deeiier Interest in the question of good roads. It is only within the last five years that the people of Oregon have (taken any special interest in their roads and have be gun to realize that money put into im proved highways is one of thebest invest ments they can make in advancing the de velopment of the slate. Clackamas and Multnomah counties have been the pioneers in the good road movement and these counties have made much progress in road building, under the new system, that it would be impossible to induce the residents of either county to go back to the system In vogue in other parts or the slate. These road conventions should be encouraged by every person who has the advancement of Oregon at heart, fur through them is it pos sible to reach the people to get them to see the necessity of adopting the cash system that the state may have roads such as will attract the class ol immigrants who by their industry and wealth will be a help to Oregon and who will only settle in sections that show progress and have roads, schools, etc., such as they were used to in their Eastern homes. The coinage of silver dollars still goes on. More than 1i;,(jOO,0O0 of them were coined during the 10 months from February 1 to November 1 of the present year. This is twich as many as were coined in all the years of so-called free coinage from 1712 to 1"3. The Ohio legislature lias passed a bill pro viding lor the execution of criminals by electricity instead ol by hanging. This is the second state to adopt electrocution in carrying out the death penalty. THE C01NTV ROAD FL'.N'D. It will be worth the trouble of calling and pelting our piicoH on candies and man for tl; ( 'hiistiiniH tree. K. K. Williams, the grocer, The E.vri'.ici'i:i-K publishes elsewhere the full text, id the decision ol the supreme court In the appealed case of Oregon City Oysters, tin; fluent and bent ever broulit io Oregon City, served in any myle ut tin; Portland restaurant. Plai'k and aguii-i c lacK.arnas county lor ine control ty a the Puck the city of that portion of thy road fundi derived from the levy on property within the city limits. As briefly mentioned in the Oreoniau list week the inference was given that the city had really won the ra-e. Hut o i u close perusal of tho d-ci-ion it will be found that the county has really won for it admits that the county has the right to divide the county into road districts und apportion such sums to them out of the road fund as the court mat' see fit, having colon t stole d kid gloves, cheap Thin Is Your Opportunity. On receipt of ten cents, c.-ikIi or Rtrimps, a (."iiierous Fiimple will b mailed of the m'e-t popular Cah.rrli and Hay Fever Cure (Fly's Cn-ani Palnij (,nf!icicnt In demon strate t'ne (ji-ent merits of tho remedy. IOiV PPOTIiKIiS, CO Wurrc-u .St., New York City. P.ev.Jolin lirid, Jr., of fir. nt Falls, Mont., recommended Fly's ( ream Palm lo me. I doe ree.nl fr lh. ,,,. nt f.v,,, .,i . -"i" . " pom- " ' -' ! live cure lor catarrh if uhoiI imdirccled." in tho districts and the condition of the ! Pev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor Central Pres. roads and the amount of travel. The I Church, Helena, llout. county can therefore make Oregon City Ely's Cream Palm i. the acknowledged into a rotil district and give the city su li a euro for cnfnrrh mid coutnina no mercury sum a- the needs of the rouds within the nor any injurious drug. Price, 50 cents. KITUEMK (HURT PrTISION. Helow Is given in full Ihe decision ol Ihe supreme court In the suit of Oregon City against Clackamas county on an appeal from the circuit court, Ihe case having been tried before Judge Mcltrlde, and a verdict rendered lu favor of the county. The argu ment before Ihe supreme court was made by C. 1). I.atotirvtle on behalf ol Ihe city, and Get). C. Prowuell represented the county "This is a mandamus proceeding to rom- pcl the county treasurer of Clackamas county lo pay over lo the plaintiff certain road taxes collected under Ihe general laws of the stale. The record discloses that in January, 1SW, the county court of that county levied a tax of (our mills on Ihe dol lar on all the taxable property within the county, and a poll tax of two dollars upon each and every person liable therefor for road purposes as authorised by subdivision four, ol section -UK'S, Hill's Annotated Paws of Oregon, as amended In ISitt, (laws 1S1U, page ('), and that pursuant to such levy, there has been collected from the properly and Inhabitants of the plaintill and paid over to the defendant, the sum or JJ,S7I,77, which the plaintill claims bv virtue of sub division 2S, of chapter 5, of its charter, which reads as follows: 'The council shall have exclusive control and direction of all funds collected under general laws for the Im provement or roads and streets within said corporation, and Ihe street superintendent shall perform the duties of supervisor as re quired by the general laws of this stale re lating to streets and highways; but be shall reiwt to and be under the direction of Ihe city council and not to the board of county commissioners of Clackamas county; pro vided, that the cltv council may, by ordi nance, direct that any or all of such funds collected for road purposes be expended on any main county road leading Into Oregon City, when, in their judgment, Ibe city would be benefitted thereby ; provided, that the city council shall turn over to the county court or Clackamas county to per cent of the funds so collected each year and the same shall be eipended under the di rect ion of said county court on the main county roads leading Into Oregon City 1 In behalf of tbe delendanl it is contended that this provision of plaintiffs charter Is In con tlict with article si, section 23, subdivisions 7 and 10, of Ihe stale constitution, which in hibits tbe legislature from passing special or local laws 'lor lay It g, opening and work ing on highways and for Ihe election or a- pouitment of supervisors,' and 'for the assessment and collection of taxes for state, county, township or road pursues,' and is therefore void. Put Is seems lo us that Uon this question the case is ruled by Ihe City of East Portland vs. County of Mult nomah, 6 Or. 13, in which it was held (hat a provision In an act incorporating a city excepting the territory within the limits of the mu-iicipality from the jurisdiction of the county court for road purposes and vest lug the same in the municipality was not violative of the provisions of Ihe constitu tion referred to. This case was re alllrmed in Multnomah County vs Sliker, 10 1 r. (!., and City of Astoria vs. Clatsop County, not reported. Now, if the legislature may, by a siwcial law incorporating a city, constitu tionally vest In the municipality exclusive Jurisdiction over the county roads within its boundaries, it seems lo us no valid ob jection can be made on constitutional grounds lo a provision in such an act merely conferring upon the municipal authorises Ihe right lo control the expen diture of funds applicable to the improve ment of roads and streets within Ihe muni cipality collected under general laws. Hut notwithstanding trie constittitioiiahtv of nlntnt ill's rhnrlpr tliA ilniipFHr i,, tl,.. uti native writ was properly sustained because il does not appear Irom the record that the portion of the tax collected under the levy of January, IKK, to which plaintilf is en titled, has ever been ascertained or deter mined by the proper tribunal or at all. The statute under which it was levied provides: 'That in any countv of this state Ihe county court of such county at the time of levying Ihe lax for county purposes, may, il In the judgment of Ihe county court, it Is for the best interests of the county, levy a tax upon all the taxable property in the county, not lo exceed five mills upon the dollar, and in addition thereto a poll lax of two dollars be assessed upon every person w ho shall be liable lo pay a state poll tax, whi'-h taxes shall be collected with and at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes shall be collected, and shall be paid into the county treasury, and shall lie kept as a separate fund to he known us the mail fund, ami shall be used for the purpose of laying out, opening, making and repairing county roads, and building and repairing bridges; and no other lax or other taxes for Ihe purpose in this section mentioned shall be levied or collected except that the county court may order bridges built or re paired out of the general fund. Huch county court shall u portion the taxes so collected among the several road distticts in the county, having due regrrd to the amount of taxes collected in the several road districts, to the condition of the roads, and necessity for repairs, and to the amount of travel thereon. The county clerk shall thereupon notify the road supervisor in each of the road districts in his county of the amount of the road ititid set apart for the use of his road district for oneniiiL'. making and repairing county roads and j building bridges in his road district; and such sopervisor shall direct ami supervise the expenditure of such amount of the mail fund so set apart for the purposes herein named, and certify his accounts for labor perlormed or materia fund-died to the county court; and if the county court an-1 proves the same, it shall order wariiiiits Oh the county trea-urer in laeor of the per-on performing such labor or furnishing such material payable out of the fund to the credit of such road district and until such fund is exhausted.' ( Laws of I -II.'!, page (JO.) I'nder the general law the county court is invested with jurisdiction to divide the County into road districts, and, liy the sta tute in question, to levy and collect aspeeial tax for road purposes and apportion the same among the several road districts of the county in Ihe manner therein provided and through supervisors appointed by it to control and direct the expenditure of the amount set apart for each road district. This jurisdiction extends lo all parts of the county, Including (lie territory of Oregon City, except as It may be limited and quali fied by Ihe city charter, And Ihe only lim itation to be round In (he charter la Hint the municipal and not Ihe comity authori ties shall 'have the control anil direction of all funds collected under the general laws lor Ihe improvement of road and streets wllhlii said corporation,' and the right lo appoint the road supervisor. In all other re specie the Jurisdiction of Ihe county court over the territory or Oregon City remains unimpaired. It may divide It Into road districts, levy and collect from Ihe Inliahi- lants thereof and the property (herein, In connection with ihe remainder or the county, a road tax, ascertain and determine Ihe amount thereof which shall be apHir- lionrd to and expended in the road dn tricta or district within Ibe limits of Ihe mu nicipality but when the apportionment Is made Its jurisdiction ceases so far as the r v pemlitiire of the amount set apart for Ihe district or districts within Oregon City Is concerned and thalofthe municipality be gins. I' mil such apportionment there ran be no fund arising out of the lax 'for the Im provement of roads and streets' within Ore gon City or In any other district of the county. The statute does not require the lax to be expended In repairing Ihe roads and hlghwayi in the district from which il is collected but It becomes a common road fund lo be aporlioned by the county court among the several districts of Ihe county, having due regard to the amount of the tax collected from each district, the condition of the mads and the amount of travel there on. This apportionment la a judicial and until It la made the county treasurer certainly cannot be compelled by manda mus lo pay over any part of the fund to the plaintiff. No such proceeding seems have been bad and therefore (lie Judgment must tie atllrmrd and it is so ordered." 0', tUt IMM1CNSIC .STOCK of Holitliiy Ooo.lrt will m tiniplctotl, ami our juIcph will lm (lie lnwcMt over Oregon City. Coino ami noii tin lipforo Kiiij( I'lwwlii'ro, in 771 Moii'h ht'iivy ('iiih, liniM with lllllllK'1, clirup ut Junt wluit you wimt for ooltl wi'iitlu'r. . . , Hoyri' foil IiiiIh, H'o, . . . Moii'h niul IniyH' golf nim from i!0 to Jl.lo .... Holiday fancy work luiitcniilri.Htitinp oil lini'iiH, fl lo nilk .embroidery ilk nml nil kintlrt ol knitting hi I k . . , . JiiuinrNu hi 1 k lininlkt'ri'liii'fn nicn Hclcrtioii price to unit nil iniike nice Xiiiiih prt'HcntH. We have a il.Vilo.en uHHortmeiil of iniiHk, clienp. lhm't forgot wo luive n full genuine lino of cornel tho kitl fitting. Atonihingly low price, Wo will toko ploosuro In showing you our goods Como and boo us bofore going olsowhoro Shingles The best on the market. In small lota or in car loads. Dimension shingles cut to order Cedar Posts By carload or mixed car lots with shingles. W. II. & L. S. IJ0XXEY, AIK0RA, - . DKKGOX FOR- ABSOLDTELY'PURE DRUGS OO TO n A. HARDING NONE IlliT COMPETENT PHARMACISTS EMPLOYED Flue Perrnmsrles and Toilet Articles. Also s full atnrk of PAINTS' OILS ETC, H. W. JACKSON, . AND t Repairer. Bicycles, Umbrellas, Guns, Sewing Machines, And all kinds of email ma chine nut in good order. No work to diflieult to undertake, l'riceg reuHouaMo. Shop in Caufielil building Near Court Moiine. New GoocIh Modern Prices. ( orner Grocery. Complete tock of Fine Family Groceries, Try ray extra Choice Teav-scs- Richard Frcytag. fain and Fourteenth Streets. ImIiiMKIm Mt.1. C. I. toil PIONEER Transfer1 and Ex;ppe$ Freight and parcels delivered to all parts of the city. RATES - REASONABLE. I The Marketing Point. OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY Tho factory towns of tho Must nro notiul for nllordinn tho host market lo tho neigh boring fanners ami gardeners in jiroHrtion to the population of any of ihe towns in that section. Tho reason for this is that tho people of tlieso towns have a fixed in come upon which they can always depend, and, as a consequence, they are liberal buy ers, paying cash for all their purchases. As the Great Manufacturing Center of the Pacific Coast OREGON CITY- Is Cominsr to be One of the Best Marketing Towns in the State This is proven every day by tho number of farmers, who are to bo seen on its streets selling their produce, who, until just tho last few years, sought the markets of other towns. Tho system of macadamized roads that is being built into all parts of Clack amas county, will enable all the people ol this county to share in tho profitable mar ket that Oregon City affords. If, as it is sure to do, the demands of Oregon City in crease in the next five years as it has in tho past five years, this city will rank next to Portland as a market placo for THE PKODUCE of the Farmer Edcuards Bros., Successors to ELY BROS., 999 Molalla Avenue GENERAL MERCHANDISE NICW GOODS LOWIiST PRICES ;lour, Shorts, Bran, Oats, Wheat, Spuds. Etc. Cash Paid for Chickens and Eggs. QREGON CITY IRON WORKS Jsew pml Enlarged Hhop with all appliances for MACHINE WORK & CASTING. All work exi'ciited in tho best manner possible. teed on all orders. Promptness gtiaran- J - SPECIALTY. rices the lowest to bo bad in Portland. Sbon on Fourth Rl reef near Main, Oregon City, Oregon. J. ROAKE & CO.