Oregon City Enterprise.
Published Kvery Friday.
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, lft7.
AGENTS FOR THE ENTERPRISE.
Bearer Creek,
Osnbr,
Clackamas,
;:ilwkle,
Tnlon Mills.
Meadow Brook,
Hew Era,
Wllsnnvllle,
Park Place,
flladslnne,
Rufford,
Mulino,
Cams,
Molalla.
Marquam,
Suuerllie
Aurora,
Orrllle,
Kagle Creek,
Damascus,
8ndy,
talmbn,
Currinsville,
Cherryville,
Marmot,
Dr.
. T. B. Thomas
Geo. Knlthl
A. JUlher
Oscar Wlsslniter
U J. TrutltiiKer
- Chas Holm mi
W. 8. Newberry
Henry Milev
F. L. Kuwefl
T. M. Cnwa
J. O. (ie.
C. T Howard
R. M. Cooper
Annie Stiihha.
E. M. Hartman
B Jenuin(s
Hei r' A. -nyder
L.J Perdue
U. Wilhern
J. 0. KUiott
F. 0Ki.ich
Mrs. W. M. Mclntyre
Geo. J. Currin
Mrs. M. J. Hammer
Adolph Aschoti
Tux sugar beet is to he tested this season
in Western New York," says the 8t. Louis
Globe-Democrat, " and experienced liorll-
otilturists say there is no doubt that it can be
grown successfully. In a few years a sugar
belt will probably extend from one ocean to
the other, and the vast sums now sent
abroad annually tor sugar will eventually be
kept at home."
For several years past the question of
UNDER THE SNOW.
Cnder th anow Una a evoret, my dear,
t'mtiT thit snow,
And It whinners the eomlna of roaea flna
And the (pildcn Ml of the JiwhuuIu vine,
i uia aenrvi uuiliT the anow.
t'ndcr the anow sleeps a song, my love,
Under the auow,
And, Its nntea unawako to buttvreuiw fair
or wie vuuoia- cull 111 sort atmutior air,
i uia song under tne auow.
Under the snow llspa a prayer, my tweet,
v iHior ne aimw,
And It ini'lt In a hope on the crocna loaf
And proinla llfo lu thn hyacluth wreath,
mia prayer uowu under tliu anow.
Woman 'a Journal.
Tor (CoXortlx
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A DETECTIVE'S PAPER.
KLY'S CREAM IUI.M la a noaltlreeui.
Apply Into the nostril, li la quickly alworhed. SO
cent at IlnnrsUla or by mall ; aaniplr Hie. by mall.
KLY HHOTI1KHS, M Warrvu St, New YutkUiy.
M'KITTMCKS SIIOKS
J.KAT Till: WORM)
FOR-
iBSOLU'lELtPURE DRUGS
00 TO
n A. HARDING.
J.t
NONE ItUT
OOMPm-NT PHARMACISTS cmpioyid
Fine PermmsrlEs and Toilet Articles.
Also a full stock ol
F-A-IJtTTS- OILS ETC.
The) nay to build op Onron
Cllv is to girt Oregon Cltj people jonr
patronage.
W1R CLOUD IN EiaOFE-
A general war throughout Europe seem
imminent if the Greeks persist in tbeir de
termination to protect the Cretans from
Turkish mis-rule and massacre. And sboud
war break out between the Turks and
the Greeks, it would be likely to spread
through the whole European continent like
Are started among the dry grass of prairie.
European statesmen recognize this fact
and are endeavoring to prevent the Greeks
from taking the action on which they have
decided. It is reported that the emperor
of Austria has warned the king of Greece
that if he goes to war, he will have to bear
-tifi brunt alone. It is also reported that
the war of Russia has notified the Cretans
that they must put an end to their Insur
rections against Turkish rule and cease to
menace the peace of Europe by their in
cessant disturbances.
These warnings from Austria and Russia
evince the gravity of the situation felt in
the capitals of both countries. The great
powers of Enroe have been trying for
some time to keep peace in the Levant and
at the same time promote reforms in Tur
key, and it is very evident that they see in
the present dilenma all tbeir plans going to
pieces and that they will soon find them
selves involved in war.
It is not lossible to foretell at this lime
bow the great nations will be divided in tbe
event the war should spread and become
general. Great Britain, Russia ami France
have been in alliance on the Turkish pro
blem for several months past and they
would probably endeavor to act on thai
alliance and take the same side against any
foe that might arise. It is hardly in the
pature of things, however, that this alliance
FW0ild long continue since the interests of
Eng.and and Russia in Turkey are antago
nistic nd so are the interests of England
and Fra-ice in Egypt. Tteconflict of these
interests could soon put an end to any dip
lomatic harmony in the event of actua.1 wr.
"One of the most serious complications of
tbe Eastern questUMi," says the San Fran
Cisco Call, "is found in the fact that the an
tagouistus there are not merely hostilities
of race and commercial interests, but o
religion. The Christians of Greece and Ar
menia and of the Ottoman empire generally
belong to the Greek church and are, there
fore, co-reiigionists with tbe Russians and
in hostility to the Roman Catholics of
France and Austria. These religious an
tagonisms, which have little or no weight
in the Western world, are still matters of
profound importance in the East and will
have much to do with the final determina
tion of the Levantine problem. Altogether
the subject is a most complex and confus
ing one and it is nut to be wondered at that
, European statesmen resort to every means
possible to avoid the Impending conflict."
tome of the Curlona Itama and Advar.
tlseutenU That It Contain.
itio Aiucricau xitiwksimw will go
flowu into litoruture outside of tho dime
Hovel ami tho dotoctivo story, for ho litis
a iiowRtuiiMT rtf hia nun aura n
sugar beet culture has been attracting atten-1 dmugx Thi nnjque BlUUtiou ,0 Hst
uui. ... .... .name.. ,ey, ...ere.... of clttSS pnM U pilblisliod UlOUtlllT Olid
character of the soil and climate conditions U is devoted tOthoiuU'rwUof detective.
appear to be particularly adopted to the amj policemen.
successful production or the sugar beet. It8 U0Wi columna nro Riven over to a
.,..euiiien...ecoiiies(uiasiigsr oeii ex-! bulletin Of Uioro thun $10,000 in TONb
teiiiis irom one oceaiuo anoiner, tne nil- rowanl. with a orih.ldn e.,m.. .l
lameite vauey win oe one of tne richest lory of pictures and descriptions ol
sections of the sugar producing area, i'ro "orooks wanted," while tho latest
ressorU. W.Miaw, chemist, Oregon Expert- swindling schemes mid methods of de
ment Station at Corvallis, gives the follow- tcctiou aro fully explained for ils crime
ing analysis ol sugar beeis raised in dilTerent uivesticutlim readers. It is interestinu
pan of the Willamette valley: Lane to read that "if you want to siuwcd ns H. W. JACKSONf
n..iiuj .u j-r vein sugar, pu I'rr icni W'lCCUW you KUOUIU UUdOrStaUU llVt)'
noiituu.
"Do you neotl bracelets in yortr busi
ness?" queries a dealer in pateut nip'
ptrs, haudcufTs and dark lanterns.
"Mustache, whiskersinst the thinjrs
i to clituiKo your nppearanco when shnd
.xx .uouua.v win oe me anniversary oi owing." BiipKestS another advertitUT,
nasiuiig.onso.r.m.a.v, a uay u.ai every ; whii0 "skeleton keys to Open 0,000
true American reveres and a name that atks. drawers, trnuks and padlocks, set
responsive "mil m every pain- 0f SIX," BJO Offered tO thO profesfiion at
otio breast. There have been many changes $ I. H ig rather growgomo to learn thai
on tne scene oi v asnmgtoirs achievemenla "$100 spot cash buys a pair of thor
since the hero laid himself down to sleep oughbred English bloodhounds, only 10 GunS, Sewinfif Machines.
..,....i,.i,.u,ml ...... ,,,iiuiun ,. OIUIUUB U1U, HUQ UirCUllV KCCD a COlU
been met by those who revere his name, but trail better than most old does: best in
When you buy
.laailiiiiiii
cent sugar, 80
purity; Washington county 11 40 per cent
sugar, St! 85 per cent purity. In the Cinpiiiti j
valley the percentage is somewhat higher,
showing 19 t'O per cent sugar, M $2 per cent
purity. I
-Macoiiisl
AND n
ism.
Agents
for
Pure
Prepared
Paint
Bicycles, Umbrellas,
A Iiouhc you iiinko stiro tho titlo in
clear.
Wlier. you mint it uhu l'uro I'rei'ftml
raitit as it nmkt'H till tho tlillcrenou
in tho worltl whetlier tho itint in
genuine or not.
Color curtls
tiiuntity.
free. SjK-cial prices in
CHAltMAN & CO.
CITY DRUG STORE.
the father of his country stands alone, the j vestment a sheriff or special oflleer can
greatest of all who have ac(e.i a part in life's, make." Also, "for 25 cents you can
drama upon tbe stage founded by Colum
bus In the new world and perpetuated by
the followers of our Puritan and Pilgrim
fathers who made Ameiiea its first Mecca.
Everywhere within the boundaries of this
great nation is tbe natal day of Washington
celebrated and revered.
in a foreign land thinks upon it with feelings
that long to once more bring him upon Ids
native soil and he is a better American and
learn how to detect counterfeit money. "
I he most novel artiole is a brief trea
tise on "psychology" as applied to erime
detection. Tho departments of "Poliea
Pickings" and "Secret Service Snap
Shots" contain suggestive items all the
Every American way from the fact that the city council
at Colfax, ash. , has decided "to reduce
its police force to one man" to tho stato-
nient that "New York has 94 policemen
a purer patriot for the thought. The name I " ,he xiuare mile.
ol Washington will endure so long as there In an article on tbe future of the de-
remains one to love the land over which tective service the detective writer de
float the stars and stripes. I clares that "dime novel writers have
' done amateur detectives more mischiel
Thixx is nothing that succeeds like sue- than anything or anybody in existence.
cess, and success comes only through untir- but remember truth is stranger than flo-
ing effort and unremitting toil. Tbe nier- j tion.
chant never succeeds who sits idly on his xue eanor estimates mat tte "aver
jtool, Micawber-like, wailing for something age earnings of private detectives are-
to turn up. Neither does the newspaper fir8t ycar $850; second year, $1,000. j
man win success who wails in his oflice for tm i J.00O." llo says: "If all
business to come to him The successful
man always gets In and rustles patronage,
works for it and talks for it both in season
and out of season. The man who stands
still will never get trade; business always
goes to the busy man tbe man who isi
never idle. There are hundreds of ways to j
reach the public eye and ear, but one of tho '
most successful means is through judicious
and intelligent advertising. This is done
most effectively through the local news
paper, the business man's best friend.
k 1,11.1 M ..
Anu an Kinas of Fin nil ma
chines put in good order. No
work to dillicult to undertake.
Prices reason ablo.
Shop in Caufleld building
Near Court House,
-Tolophono No.
OREGON CITY IRON WORKS
HELLO 1
?
J New and Enlarged Shop with all appliances for
MACHINE WORK & CASTING.
the detectives and police in tbe United
Etates shoo Id lay off for a month every
citizen would have to tlx up his houxe
like an arsenal to protect his family aud
property."
THE CURRENCY QUESTION.
Recent dispatches from Washington in
dicate that the problem of currency reform
will be submitted to a commission, and that
no actual legislation on tbe currency will
be attempted during the extra session of
congress, which is expected to be called for
tbe loth of March, but that a bill to create
the commission will be submitted. Tbe
time of the extra session will be taken up
chiefly with the consideration ot the tariff
bill. The administration will provide
itself with sufficient revenue to meet ex
penditures and leave currency reform until
December. With revenues equal to ex
penditures, radical currency retorm would
doubtless be found less pressing than it
now seems. It is the part of wisdom that
the consideration of the many propositions
now before the people should be deliberate
and comprehensive and the currency of the
nation not remodeled under the pressure of
an artificial financial stringency.
The bill in contemplation will provide
that two menibers of the commission shall
be menibers of the senate committee on fi
nance, aud two members of tbe house com
mittee on banking and currency. Of the
remaining seven, two shall be bankers of
recognized ability and experience, two agri
culturists and two merchants or manufac
turers of prominence in the stales from
which they are chosen. The remaining
member shall be selected from men versed
in the science of political economy. Of the
Tin unmerited attack ujkjii Senator
George C. Browned in the Oregonian of the
12th ins!., only serves to show the weak
spot in the otherwise brilliant and talented
editor of that paper, tfena or Ilrown-ll
was elected in this county because the
people knew him; knew his previous record ;
knew his allegience to Senator Mitchell and
kne tte mrt!d live up to his promises.
Senator Brownell has made an honest
effort not only to organize the legislature
and give the people needed relief in the
way of reformatory legislation but has also
endeavored to elect the choice of tbe
people of Oregon for United Slates senator
John II. Mitchell
The nation mourns another do-nothing
Congress. Tbe session that will close on
March 4th had as well never met for all the
good it has done. In this respect, however,
Oregon can join hands with the nation in
shedding tears. Our lamented legislature
is enough to melt the hardest heart or make
the jolliest joker weep.
Is asking that the $54,000 set aside to
defray the expense of his inauguration be
used to alleviatie the sufferings of the poor
and the needy, President-elect McKinley
has done a noble and a commendable deed.
"Thebb is every indication," says the
Commercial Review, "that wheat raisers
will get good prices for the coming crops.
The wheat bins will be empty before bar-
vest."
Worti:y of .Notice. '
The 8. B. Medicine company is the
only one out of nine proprietary medi
cine firms incorporated on this coast
since 1887 that has not made an assign
ment. These hard times with new news
paper advertisingcontractslor two years,
it speal.a loudly of their merit. For
sale by C. G. Huntley, druggist.
Money to loan on good real estate
tecurity by A. S.JDresser.
This la Your Opportunity.
On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps,
generous sample will he mailed of the
most popular Catarrh and Hav Fever Cure
lilys Cream Balm) sufficient to demon.
atrate tbe great merits of the remedy.
IAjX JiUOTHElfS,
hu Warren bt., Jcw York City.
Rev. John Reid, Jr., of Great Falls. Mont-
recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. I
can emphasize his statement, "It is a posi
tive cure for catarrh if used as directed." I
Rev. Francis W. Pools, Pastor CeutrulPres.
Church, Helena, Mout. 1
Ely's Cream Ralm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no mercury
nor any injurious drug. Price, 00 cents.
Jay Gould Letter la a Carlo Shop.
In a littlo old curiosity simp in Third
avenuo is an odd letter written by Juy
Gould awny back in 1854, before Gould
begun to dicker in railroads and when
ho was an obscuro and respected sur
veyor. The letter was written by Gould to
the luto A. M. Shcmiuu, aud it was an
appeal for the loan of n surveyor's level,
the young surveyor offering to givo the
topography of tho Newburg uml Syra
cuse railroad for it. Just beforo his
death a few years ago Jay Gould at
tempted to buy tho letter for $25, but it
had been sold tho day before, Not long
ago, however, tho letter camo back into
the possession of tho curio dealer, and a
few days ago ho sent his young son
around to George Gould's office with it,
instructing him to offer it for sale for
$25, the price tho senior Gould had of
fered to pay.
George Gould was pleased with the
old, worn and yellow letter. Uo read it
and then laughingly said:
"I declare, that's funny. My father
wrote that." However, ho refused to
givo more than $5 for it, which offer the
curio dealer refused.
After 42 years the letter is as plain as
the day it was written. Ctit tho paper,
a full sized letter sheet, written on both
sides, is worn at the edges. Tho hand
writing is plain and flowing, with a de
cided tendency to flourish. Two words
are misspelled barometrical and dam
ago, which are written "bernietrio.al"
. and "dammage,"
j Bnt queerest of all is the length of
the epistle. Jay Gould was noted for
the brevity of his business letters. Three
lines often sufficed him, when his wealth
was nearly $100,000,000, to transact
bnsiness involving millions. But as a
poor surveyor he needed plenty of verbi
ago to get around the loan of a $20
level. New York Letter.
The Tempter.
The temptations of the devil aro very
real to poor Jacky, "Satan tempted me
to eat my potato skin today when you
were out at lunch," he confessed to
his mother when she went to tuck him
np one evening. "I did only eat a wetuy
bit, and then I left off. " Poor child, he
had been laboriously scraping tho fine,
transparent skin off his new potato be
cause he bad been forbidden to eat po
tato skin earlier in the season, when
the hardened elderly ones still prevailed!
Bntan trembles when be aw
Tbe weakest salut upon his knees.
"Now, Jacky, why does satan trem
ble sbuke, you know?" "Oh, becanso
I suppose the saint is so dreadfully
heavy!" is the unexpected and rather
coufusing reply, Cornhill Magazine.
1800 mileg of long di
tance telephone wire in
Oregon and Washington
now in operation bv the
i-V m 11 1 m a I a 1 . . .
wregon leicpnoneanu lel-IAU work executed In the best manner possible, rromtitness Euaran-
16.ar, wuipiu,. teeu on an orders.
Fortland, beattle, Spo-
noun imnii, i enuieion,
Albany and 1G other towns
in tho two states oa the
line.
Quick, accurate, cheap.
All tho satisfaction of a
personal communication.
bianco no enect to a
clear understanding. .Spo
kane as easily heard a
Portland.
SPECIALTY.
l rices mo lowest to be had in Port and. Fhon on Fourth fitrM.t.
. "T
near mam, uregon Uty, Oregon.
J. ROAKE & CO.
Oregon City ollice at
Huntley's Drug Store.
d. H. THATCHER, MANAGER,
Portland, - - Oregon.
i:m(allllied latflS.
1 1 nil
T ttlngr Civilized.
The Chrnkeo Indians of KingfiVher,
O. T., have orsuiiiztd a professional
football team. How is that for Lo?
Chicago Times-Herald.
PIONEER
Trangfep and Exppe
Freight and parcels delivered
to all parts of the city.
RATES - REASONABLE.
J. PHILLIPS, Prop.
PjnLflDKLITO
... JJTKflJJ DYKING frD
Ladies' and gentlemen's, doting
cleaned, dyed and repaired in best
poHHible manner.
Oflice, 213 Morrison Street Bet.
First and Front. Works at Me
chanic's Pavilion, 225 2d St., Port
land Oregon.
As to our ability to do good work
and to not ruin a garment left with
us for cleaning, we refer with their
permission to our patrons, many Oi
whom reside in Oregon City.
Goods called for and delivered
PAUL J. 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
The Marketing Point.
OF f!T. A nv A tif a n rnnMTv
Tho factory towns of tho East aro noted
for aiTonling tho bt-Ht market to tho neigh
boring farniera and gardeners in proportion
to tho population of any of tho towns in
that Kcction. Tho reason for this is that
tho people of theso towns havo a fixed in
come 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 number
of farmers, who aro 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 onablo all tho pooplo ol
this county to share in the profitablo mar
ket that Oregon City adbrds. 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 placo for
THE PRODUCE
of the Farmer