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CM AH. MK8EHVE, Pl'BUNHKH AND I'HOI'KIKTOH. OrArrnn Titr intnrnrieA ! flei'' ci,hle n, VniwJ stm wtmtur VltUU Vlljf niltorlpmitisl.vciit.lowiiexpiMiM-s. Tlmt . . the work of tlie legislature should hot be Publlwliect Kvery Krldoy. blockut by a equatorial content Is a iimttor - of vital limwrttuice lo the welfare of the republican )nrty tn this state for it Is abso lutely necessary to party siuveiia t tlx poola at the next state election that the leg islature make a gooil record in the line ot legislative work as well as to prevent tno lional lights within (he party . It is equally important to the success of tlia parly that the ul most economy be practised in the ap propriations matte. The republicans have the legislature by a pood working majority and with tlie governor of same party, there UHMCKIPTtON HATKt. One rear, ..... Sli months, Trial sulwcrlptloD two months. 12 00 00 24 A dlscour.t of Ml cents on all subwrlpttcns for adTance me year, a rents lor six mouths, it paid lu Adrmlnlnu rale given on application. HOKSELKSS WAHOXS. HOW THEY WILL AFFECT THE COUN TRY ROADS. 8n hum ten will ttud tho data ot expttatlon will be no excuse to be otl'ered if they fail lo tainif lnn their wnioilowiie- their name. j0 their duty lo the people, and that the If 'his a e I-not rhancel within too Wieks ....... : . . ,, party w ill oe tieui siricuy acvuumaui uj the voters of Oregon wan proven In the re- afier a pnuient. kiiiul ootlly us and wc wilt loi'k l.i-r it. tntered at the Post Office In Oregon City, Or. as second class matter. FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 18D7. A-3K.VTS FOR THE ENTERPRISE. Beaver Creek, Can by, Clackamas, kilwaukie, Cnlon Mills. Meadow Brook. Hew Era, WtlsonTllle, Park Place, Gladstone, . afford, Muliuo, Csrnt, Xtolalla. Marqusm, butterllle Aurora, Urvllle, - Sagle Creek, Damascus, 8 indy, p-aliii'on, Currinsville, Cherryville, Marmot, Pr. T. B. Thomss Geo. Knight A. Mather Oscar Wlssiiuer U J. Tnilllnmr Chas Holmsn W. Newberry Itenrv Miley F. 1- rtiissell T. M. Cross J. O. (iaae. C. T Howard K. M. Cooper Annie SlubW E, M. Ilarunan B. Jeuuluts Henrr A. -nyder L.J PeMue H. Willieni J. C. Klliott K. (iiiitsch Mrs. W.M. Mclntyre (5eo. J. Currin Mrs. M. J. Hammer Adolph Aschotl turns for the election last June. ' The nay to bnlld up Oregon Ctjr Is lo five Orepon lily people jonr patronage. THE ROAD TAX. Among the other tax levys to be made by the court at their meeting next week will be that of the road tax. The making of this levy involves the question as to whether Clackamas county shall continue the cash system or go back to the old plan of working the roads by private labor. While it is a fact that taxes are high and money hard to get, yet tlie road tax is one levy that should not be cut down. Clacka mas county is now, with only what roa.ts that are improved, receiving good returns on the money invested and with the opening up of all the main highways of the county an increase of wealth will come to the farmers and business men of our county that will amply repay them for the expense incurred in this work. A lew chronics .scattered over the county on trying to bring about the abolition of the ca-h system and a return of the good old days ot yarn-spinning, hore trailing road work, but any prominent taxpayer of the county without exception is in favor ot retaining the present system of working the roads, for enough has already been accomplished in the im provement of our highways to prove thai this svsteni is the only one that will enable the people of Clackamas county to secure good ruads. Another strong point in lavor of the re tention of the cash system is that neary one third of the tuxes of Clac kamas county is paid by nmire-ntent land holders and cor porations This means that about 00 of our road fund is collected from a class of property owner?, who under the old svsteni contributed very little to the building of our roads. Yet with this added sum to their taxes we do not hear of a single tax payer objecting to the road tax, the kicking what there is is being done by men who pay less than $." taxes. CoKRiaroMiiisrs and other contributors lo the KKTEHi-atss will please bear in mind thai the dictionary in use in this office does not spell Christinas with an "X" or allow the other equally abstud abbreviations that are found in some of the manuscripts re ceived at this office. The waste basket will feel greatly relieved il you will spell out your words in good old English, Electric Hitters. Electric Fitters is a medicine suited for any season, but perhaps more gener ally needed, when the languid exhausted feeling prevails, when the liver is torpid and sluggish and the need of a tonic and alterative is felt. A prompt use of this medicine has often averted long and per haps fatal bilious fevers. No medicine will act more surely in counteracting and freeing the system from the malarial poison. Headache, Indigestion, Consti pation and Dizziness yield to Electric Bitters. 60c and $1.00 per bottle at Charman A Co's Drug Store. The Motor Carriage la ( inning, anil Along With It Muni Appear the Hard, Smixitli llllhnT-;rrat Iteiirnt. Tlmt Will Ac crue to the Natlim. The horsoloss ciirriiipo or motor vehi jlo, na it is variously railed, la nlready an established fact, says tho Siut Fruit riaoo Chronicle. Throughout Franco and all of southern Europe It is already in successful operation, and its advan tages are so manifest that it la only a nucstiou of a short timo when this coun try, always so quick to adopt inventions rf practical merit, will liavo introduced it and have it in active operation in its remotest conntry districts. At present tho cost of these vehicles is slightly in advance or high grade carriage of sim ilar finish, and no really cheap rarts or buggies are shown. Hut when tho cost of keeping a horse, with all the ails and niicortatitica attending reliance npou that uoblo but somewhat uncertain aui- CTllilt o,V HItY liOS. 7TJI tSTKKKT,,SJVKnVS ilIIIMU.Vd FOR KKESII J PICKLES CRANBERRIES SWEET CIDER FRESH CANDIES NUTS, ETC. FOR- ABSOLUTELY jllRE DRUGS UO TO r A. HARDING i&ij ndnk itirr OOMPaTINT PHARMACISTS IMPLOYID Flue Ferneries and Toilet Articles. Also a full stock ol iF-A-IlTTS- OILS ETC Tue apointuieiit of road foremen for the the ensuing year is one of the most impor tant matters that will come before the county court at their meeting next week. For on the class of men given this position deiends in a very great manner the success of our road system. Koacl building is a trade and a science and even though the county has an expert engineer to overseer the work, yet if a foreman has had no ex perience in the work or lack the ability to carry out the engineers Instructions, the money expended 'under his directions will be practical')' wasted. To secure such men is no easy task to the court, especially when there is such pressure, and is now being brought to bear, to force the appointmeut of certain men regardless as to their iiali rications. As in other lines of work the less changes of busses the better for the em ployer, so it is to the interest of the taxpay ers of Clackamas county that the county court re appoint all tlie old foremen, who have proved by their skill and industry that they are worthy of the positions they are holding. These men will not have to waste any time to find out with the opening of road work, next spring, what there is to do in their district and where their work can be applied to the best advantage tor they Will be ableto lake up their work where they left oil' last fall and carry out the pluns out lined by the county engineer. School districts and incorporated towns who iltsire to make a tax levy are required by law to notify in writing the clerk of the county court, in the county, within which is situated the district or town, of the rate per cent of the levy so made on or before the first day of February in each year. A copy of this notice is also required to be kept on file by the several clerks as a part of the records of their districts or towns. City councils have the power to make this levy, but for school districts a special meet ing of the voters will have to be called by I the board. As a ten-day notice is required i for all school meetings it would be well for the school boards to have their notices posted at as an early a date as possible so to be sure that the special meetings of the taxpayers may be so held as to allow the clerks ample time in which to file the levies made w ith the county clerk. Eureka Hotel, Has the reputation of setting the best table in Oregon City. The cooking is done under personal supervision of Mrs. UiblKHis, and the victuals are equal to the best had in a private family. Kooins and beds clean and comfortable. Give the Eureka a trial. Meals and bed 25 cents each, Special rates to regular boarders. Co it Taken np. Taken tip at my place on the Clack amas river, two miles from Logan post oflice, a cow with brass buttons on her horns. Color red, shading to roan with white belly; age about 8 years. Owner by proving property and paying i charges can take the animal. -Logan, Dec. 3, '90. Jons Sciiittel. Books Cheap. Everything required in the school room, books, slates, tablets, sponges, ink, pens, pencils, etc. at Daniel Wil liams, cornel Seventh and Center streets. Full stock of nuts, candies, notions etc . , fresh and of good quality. Sold at reas onable prices. Indigestion Cured. Depressing times depress the mind ; the digestion is disturbed. Tw o or three doses of the S. B. Headache and Cure will restore your health to a nor' trial condition. 50 cents per bottle For sale by C. G. Huntley, druggist. A STATES ISLAND ItOAD. From Oood KoaO. mal, is considered and tho cost ami wear and tear of harness, tho economy is so substantial and so manifest Unit no one but a rich man could afford to longer maintain his stable and buy fod der instead of flvo gallon cam of coal oil or gasoline. Not only passengers, but freight as well, will scon seize upon this conven ient means of transportation, liaising produco will be a very different occupa tion when tho fanner, instead of crowd ing a ton or soot grain or fruit or pota toes into a clumpy wngon and dragging it over rough roads 1 y menus of a pair or more of toilworn horses, run place it in a light vehicle, scat himself on com fortable cushions ami bowl over tho road at tho rate of 10 or 20 miles an hour. But that road! Aye, thrro will bo the rub. In tho present state of country roads, and even the niuin highways all over tho country, tho race is not by any means to tho swift, and comfort and safety aro often only to be assured by a snuillike pace and the careful casing into chuck holes and out again, while the wheels that travel our byways aro so thumped and rattled over stones mid jagged rock3 that even steel tin s amm wear away and must bo replaced. It may be positively asserted that nine tenths of tho benefits to ho derived from the introduction of motor vehicles will be lust to tho people ut largo through tho condition of American roads nnd tho utter impossibility of using them there- ; on. Conversely, tho whole rotintiy would be tienelited and enriched by n lac- Liver l i'lg these roads in good condition. ! or the first time in the history of tho world conditions aro now approaching which make road construction not only a simplo but u permanent matter. Tho hoofs of horses wear away tho hardest and toughest pavements, and even the deep pressuro of tho narrow tires of heavy tracks and wagons cuts deeply c jrner of Water and 1 into tho best rouuded roads and reduces H. W. JACKSON, - Macluiis AND -n -Repairer. Bicycles, Umbrellas, Guns, Sewing Machines, And nil kinds of ninull ma chinos put in good order. No work to dillieult to undertake, I 'rices reaaonalilo. Shop in Caufleld building Near Court House, New Goods Modern Prices. New York (iullery. R. K Clavering, the well known ar tist, has moved the New York gallery to the building on the Fifth streets, where the reputation of , tho best macadamized pavements to this popular establishment will be sus-! dnBt. tho mere tread of human tained. Low rent enables Mr. Claver- j ing to do the very best work at the low i est possible prices. Cabinet pictures at i $1 per dozen. j Ducklen's Arnica Salve. j The best salve in the world for Cuts. Bruises, Sores, L'lcers, Salt Rheum, i Fever Sores, Tetter, Chaiiied hands, feet will wear away stone blocks and convert thick planks to splinters. Tho soft roll of the pneumatic tiro will scarcely leave an impression on tho soft path through tho woodland, but, on the contrary, exert merely u gentle pressure, acting as n roller, to compress and harden tho earth, making more compact the surface which it passes over. When a road is onco properly rounded and I ...i.. i,. i... .,.,. , i ,i. Chilblains, Corns, and all bk.n trap-, maUu ,jr0 fof m y(!ur8 aIlU ull tll0 tions, and positively cures Piles or no b(ift(,r at the eu,j of a ce,i(ury ()f ,,,; A pay required. It is guaranteed to givelgimplo top dressing of macadam, or, perfect satisfaction or money refunded. ! better still, a thin coating of asphalt in For sale by Charman & Co., Charman j its natural state, mixed with sand or Bros. Block. j gravel, would ruuke an ideal road for tho new wheels to travel and one which Insurance. ; would enduro to tho end of time. . . . ... , , I Tho motor is approaching so swiftly If you want to know anything about .. t ., .'' .. , ,J . ,.,, ., ,. , ' that tho country has no tune to losn in Fire or Life Insurance or Budding and j makil)f? rf.U(y f(,r r,.c,.plj()U- Kvfiry Loan Association, call on H. T. Sladen. dolar tl)at ,. Hpar,.a from the conn He has it at his finger ends. try's revenues should be applied in this j direction, for no other measure would so conduce to tho nation's welfare and ' profit The United States produces ! within her borders almost every ma i teriul of value. It has minerals in inex haustible quantity and variety. It has oil, coal, wood, for fuel. It can raise its A dollar saved is equal to two dollars ! own wo1 80,1 ,0 RP"rR its "n cotton, earned Pav on vnor snWintinn to It,, i iU 0Wn raniio' itH 0wn n"x- Xt produce tlie benefit of j and ifg HUIJ1)ies cf fruit iml vegetables, j if properly distributed, would make its j people tho best fed and most comfortablo I of the nations. All that is needed is to j provido for cheap and proper distribu j tion. To effect this it will not be 1 enough to make a highway from ocean j to ocean, as has already been proposed, but equal pains must be taken with ev- m., ... ... ry crossroad and country lune, with This Is Your Opportunity, . . . n . . . . wagon track that penetrates mountain On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps, B ,. . f .. . . , . , . ... .... I ' nnnvntia rip r-limltu tsi (tin Iik,I,Iu w w.m a generous sample will be mailed of the , "7 , ""'""" ' most popular Catarrh and Hay I'ever Cure (Ely's Cream Balm) sufficient to demon- (orner broccry. Complete ntock of Fine Family Groceries, Try my extra Choice Tea.-as2 Richard Frcytag. Mnin nnd Fourteenth Streets. i:tnlIKIi- I MIS. C. 1 Cr t. ! Tor Ihoossa. JIGMD7IY3 'JltTHUK'ft,S In all tho latoHt nnd most attrac tlvu ttlylon . , , Crayon. Wator Color anil Pastol por traits of all bIoh ox ocutod on short notlco Intorlora of ovory tloscrlptlon takon clay or night nt your homes Ninth and main Sts. OroKon City (Joey's Irt Qallery I s I I I I s The Marketing Point OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY Tho fartory towns of tho Kast nn notctl for nll'ortlii); the hent inaikct t tltt nili horinj; fanners ami anlfiicrs in jiii'jHiition to tho population of any of lht towns in that section. The reason lor this is that the people of these towns have u fixed in eonio upon which they can always depend, and, as a conseijuence, they are liieral buy ers, paying cash for all their purchases. As the Gre.it of the Pacific Manufacturing Center Coast OREGON CITY-. Is Cominsr to be One of tho Best Marketing Towns in the State PIONEER For Sale or Trade. 80 acres of lam), partly tinder eultiva tion, within J4' of a mile of sehool, 10 miles from Oregon City. Address M, care of this office. 1 mo Entkhi-risi! and (jet I'm the reduction in price. For sale, ono fresh milch cow one half blood Jersey. Call on or addreeB M II. KiebhofT, Ktone, Or. Lowney's chocolate bonbons are the best. E. E. Williams, the grocer. Im0 and EpiW Freight ami parcels delivered to all parts of tho city. RATES - REASONABLE. The Oregon legislature will convene on Monday, January 11. The members will have two very important duties to perform, strata the great merits of the remedy. ELY PROTIlEItS, 66 Warren St., New York City. Rev. John Reid, Jr.. of Orrat Falls, Mont., recommended Ely's (.'ream Halm to me. I can emphasize his statement, "It is a posi tive rnro for onturrh if lmwl nn rltroploH 11 j J!ev. Francis W. I'oolo, Pastor CtutruU'res. Church, Helena, Mont. Ely's Cream Balm is tho acknowledged cure lor catarrh ami cool iuiiu no mercury nor any injurious drug. Price, 50 cents. the earth yields np its hidden mineral resources to tun industrious miner. The institution of road improvement on a wido scale throughout the land would have a direct beneficial effect Upon tho conntry, promoting internal commerco and aiding every producer within its borders. It would have a no less beneficial effect upon tho people at large through tho great market for la bor which it would create and tho enor mous sums which it would placo in cir culation in tho hands of tliu common people. J. PHILLIPS, Prop. PJIIIiI)KLPjn ... JSThWI DYKING Jfip Lndit'H1 and fjontleinen'fl doting cleaned, dyed and repaired in best pocHihle manner. Olliee, 213 Morrison Street liet. First and Front. Works at Me chanic's Pavilion, 22.") 2d St., Port land Oregon. As to our ability to do stood work and to not ruin a garment left with us for cleaning, wo refer with their permission to our patrons, many ol whom reside in Oregon City. Goods called for and delivered Ijefmania Gagji AJaritet PAULJ. SCHOLZ, Prop. Best Quality of Cold Storage Meats. Smoked hams and bacon cannot be excelled. Game in season. Highest price paid for live and dressed stock.,. Seventh St between Main and Depot This is proven every tlav ty tlie minilier of fanners, who are to he seen on its streets, selling their produce, who, until just tho last few years, sought the markets of other towns. The system of macadamized roads that is hein-: hnilt into all parts of Clack amas county, will enahle all tlie people of this county to share in tho prolitahle mar ket that Oregon City nd'ords. If, as it is sure to do, the demands of Oregon City in crease in the next live years as it has in tho past live years, this city will rank next to rortlaiul as a market place for THE PKODUCE of the Farmer Edoiards Bros., Successors to ELY BROS., 099 Molalla Avenue GENERAL MERCHANDISE NKW GOODS -tty-IXWICST PUICICB Flour, Shorts, Bran, Oats, Wheat, Spuds, Etc. Cash Paid for Chickens and Eggs. OREGON CITY IRON WORKS New and Enlarged Shop with all appliances for MACHINE WORK & CASTING. All work executed in tho beHt manner possible. teed on all orders. Promptness guaran- REPAIRI1TG-A-SPECIALTY. 1'rieen the lowed to be had in Portland. Rlmn r,n near Main, Oregon City, Oregon. J. ROAKE & CO. Fourth Street,