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V Oiegon City Enterprise. Fubllnhed Every Friday. CliAH. ME8EKVK. PfBLINHKR AND FROPRIKTOR. UBWCHH'TION HATKH, Ou tei, ....... 11 09 B'l BIOBlhn, 1 W Trial lulxrrlptlnn two moath, 'i A dluMMitl o( 50 renti on U iihaorlptlnna for m jnt, cvuu (or tn months, 11 paid lu A'lTrniilac ratglvn on application. fluUrrtlcn will tttid the data of rxplrailon tami ! on tbi'ir plir imlowi f ltwir nam, j nsul'a clilt-f objection to our afu-r a pigment, kindly ootlty ua and o will look J.ru. tai.-red at the Pout Offlc In Oion City, Or., aa accoud clau matter. FRIDAY, APRIL 23. 1897. A'JKNTS FOR THE KNTKRPRISK. BTerCrw?k, Cat) by, lllarkamaa, Htlwankle. Cnlon Mills. Meadow Brook. Few Era, ftllannfUla, -Pa-k Place, fttfeUtone, ViaiTurd, Mullno, Cinia, Molalla. Harquara, ButtCTllla Aurora. Orrtlle, ! Creek, Pamascus, Sandy, o-aimon, CurrinsTille, Oh.rryville, Marmot, Dr. . T. B. Ttinmai (ieo. knight A. Mather Oaoar Wiwlurer U J. Trnlllnier Chat Holman W. 8. Newberry . - . Henry Mtler F. L. Kiiiell T. M. Croat - J. O. Oaae. C. T Howard R. M. Cooper Annie tstiiDM. K. M. Hanman B Jennlnta Heurr A. .nyder L.J Perdue H. Willwrn J. C. Elliott F. Gutsch Mra.W.M. Mclntvre Geo. J. Cumn - Mrs. M. J. Hammer Ailolph Aschon 'The way to build np Oregon City Is to five Oifsoi City people your patronage. THK BRIDGE 50T OVERLOADED. Much noise hat been made lately hy cer tain parties regarding the aafety of the sus pension bridge alleging that the wires trung across it by the Electric company were tbe cause of the damage to the bridge from the late windstorm. Tbey also claim that these wires overload tbe bridge. As to tbe excessive weight of these wires, that is disproved by the report of tbe county sur veyor, published elsewhere, who was or dered by the coonty(court to make a meas urement of tbe btidge and wires, for be finds tbe total weight of the wires and fix tures to be but 7.24 tons tbe weight of two loaded wood wagons. For a bridge capable of sustaining a double line of loaded teams for its entire length, tbongb it is never loaded to one-tenth its capacity, to be en dangered by tbe addition of seven tons to its weight, is a statement no thorough en gineer would endorse. ... Tbe area for wind pressure of tbe wires aid fixtures be gives at,'J64.43 square feet, an area to small that it would exert no per ceptable effect on the bridge even from the nnprecidented wind of last month which wrenched tome of tbe trusses of tbe bridge. Tbe county surveyor is decidedly off when he says that tbe trussing of the bridge, had It not been for the accident, would bave lasted from two to five years longer. The tacts of the case, as can bejproven by an in spection of the timbers removed from the bridge in making ttie 'repairs, is that the wind storm was the means of preventing a more serious accident for many of tbe timbers were so rotten in the tennons that tbey would not hare much longer supported tbe floor of the bridge. There is more politics than a desire for public safety in this attack on tbe Electric company. CLACKAMAS COUNTY ROADS. Oregon lias the nest road laws of any state in the I'liion, its seal seenm to bave over run its iliM'reiiuii. No romi law is good which retains the ancient provision of per milling road taxes to he paid by day's work, and the KaMrrn slates have amply demonstrated the oVsirabilily of advancing slate aid to such communities as are willing to bear a due proportion of the expense of modern roads. Stale aid is not advisable yet in Oregon, because districts will not bear their rightful share of Improved road building. We shall not bave a really good road law till we have an enlightened public sentiment on the subject. This controversy, unfortunately, theds very little light on the subject. The Argo- road lawt it that no provision is made for state high ways, and this Is really the feature we are must delighted to honor In the breach. If we had back some of the money we have squandered in this way, it would be cause for rejoicing. And to we shall have to re ject also the Argonaut's other amendments, a state road commission costing 112,000 a year, and an elective road supervisor. Tbe good vote-getter is seldom a good engineer, as the KNTKHrmsi points out, and he It far better to be appointed by the county court, as it the Oregon practice. Perhaps we ought to say that Clackamas has done nobly at road work, in spite of the laws rather than because of them. Tbey bave done very little there that they could not have done without any law at all. Tbe Cross law has never even been tried They bave really shown how little law amounts to, after all, negatively or positively, when a hustling community sets about accomp lishing something. THK M'SI'KKSION UKIDUK. THE GRECO-TURKISH WAR. Clackamas county is looked to all over tbe coast as the leader in the good roads movement slid the progressive newspapers and men of other sectioiiBjuse our county as a model in arousing an interest in the cause of road building in tbeir sections. The fol lowing compliment to our county appeared in Ibe Oregonian of last Sunday. This compliment is the more appreciated by tbe advocates of good roads from the fact that tbe Oregonian has been a staunch supporter of the cash road system and it is doing a splendid work in arousing the people of Oregon to adopt tbis system in all tbe counties. Tbe only error tbe Oregonian makes is its statement that our road work is carried on by tbe old system of working out tbe road taxea, The fact it we have the cash system and all road taxes are paid in with tbe other taxes. All road work is paid for in cash. Wben tbe Oregonian looks up tbe Oregon road laws and compares them with even those or tbe most progressive states it will agree with the Ektebpkibk that this stale bat the best system : A curious and interesting controversy has sprung up between the Oregon City Enterprise and tbe San Francisco Argo naut over the merits of the Oregon road ' law. Clackamas county, as everybody in Oregon has long been ware, is tbe storm center of good-roads agitation in this part of the world. Perhaps we ought to qualify tbis assertion, for Clackamas has not been so much noted for agitation as for achieve men t. While other counties organized road clubs, held conventions and labori ously bewed out and dragged together news paper articles on road reform, old Clacka mas limply built roadt. Nature blessed Clackamas county with rocky bills and aeep gorges, ana probably that is tbe rea son she bas good roads. If she bad the plains of Marion or the flat bottoms of Lane, her farm wagons might to this day bave been crawling along in mud and water up to tbe hub, as wagons do along tbe lazy Long Tom. So as we go to the Alps for highways that have stood tbe wear and the weather for hundreds of years, in Ore gon we go to rocky Clackamas to learn roadmakmg. Tbis is tbe county that bas given us our two road laws tbe Meld rum law, which has been in force for many years, and the Cross Iuw of 1MD3. But when the Oregon City Enterprise undertakes to convince the Argonaut that War bas at last broken out between Greece and Turkey and heavy fighting b been carried on for several days past on tbe frontier between tbe two countries. Though several severe battles bave been fought, no great decided victory has been won by either side. Both sides display tbe utmost bravery and tbe losses bave been correspond ingly heavy. Tbe Greeks bave called out every able-bodied man in tbe country and thousands residing in foreign countries are burning home to joiu tbe army. Many Italians are also joining the Greek army and some few English. Tbe Turks are put ling every man In tbe field possible, and bave their armies In very good shape. Many German officers are with them and are tbe Ir drill masters. So far tbe Greek fleet, which though small is quite efficient. baa been master of tbe tea and bas shelled several Turkish ports, the Turkish men-ot war descrelely keeping under cover of the forts on the Dardinelles. What the outcome of tbe war is to be Is tbe problem all Europe Is Irving to solve Each of tbe great powers is trying to keep out of tbe conflict, yet all are alert to profit by tbe war and to prevent any one of tbem from gaining an advantage and tbey are all armed and ready to strike at an Instant' notice. Should a general war break out England, France and Italy would probably be on the side with Greece, while Russia, Germany and Austria would help the Turks. Tflf delinquent tax list for 1390 is again to be published and will appear tbis week in the Herald. Sheriff Grace found (hat the tale attempted by bit predecessor.Sherifl Maddock, was so illegal that he was unable to make the sales stand in law and to give perfect title to tbe property so sold. As a consequence the county court ordered him to re-advertise and make another tale and being a populist be gave it to bit party pa per. This will entail an additional cost to tbe taxpayers of Clackamas county of $iG0 or $800. for tbe list is very nearly as large aa it was wben published last summer for but few bave paid their taxes, thinking that after it bad once been advertised an told tbe costs would be no greater if they let it stand until such time as they could conven iently raise tbe money. With the $I2WJ which Maddock and the Three Sisters-Press robbed the taxpayers of and the double ex pense of posting notices on the property by the sheriff and the other fees and perquis ites will make the total cost of collecting tbe tax for over fciOOO. It is little wonder that Clackamas county is getting into debt deeper and deeper. The magnificent monument erected in Riverside park, New York, by citizens of that city, to tbe memory of General Grant, is to be dedicated on Tuesday of next week, The exercises are to be on a scale befitting the great commander and it will be the greatest military pageant witnessed in this country since the grand review in Washing ton at the close of the war. Over one-third of the United Statet regular army will be in line on that day aa well at all the national guard of New York and the greater part of tbe guard from all the adjoining states. A great naval demonstration will also be made participated in by the United Statet war ships and many vessels beloning to foreign countries. President McKInley, hit cabinet, many members of congress and tbe diplo matic corps will be present and assist in the imposing ceremonies attending the placing in their final resting place of tbe re mains of America's greatest soldier. Two dipt of wool were told at Heppner Monday, one for 7 cents and the other for 814 cents. This wool was sold on the sheep's back, and will be delivered in May. The same dipt last season brought 5'i and 7 cents. An eight cent tariff on wool would be a big thing for tbe wool interests of the country, and would not be felt by the con sumer of manufactured woolens. Tbe tar iff on the wool in a suit of clothes would be about 25 cents. From Cripple Creek. After the big fire in Cripple Creek, I took a very severe cold and tried many remedies without help, tbe cold only be coming more settled. After using three email bottles of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, both the coagb and cold left me, and in this high altitude it takes a meritorious cough remedy to do any good. G. B. Henderson, editor Daily Advertiser. F.oi nalu by Geo. A. Harding. Its Tarrying Capacity ami Wind Itesutance Measured. The following Is County Surveyor lsom's report to the county court which was or dered made to ascertain as to bow much the elect no wires carried by the bridge en dangered the structure. To the Honorable County Court of Clacka. mas County, Stale of Oregon, Gentlemen : I herewith submit to you the following reiKirt: Pursuant with your request for the weight of the wires and fixtures of same and also the extra strain produced by them In the average and maximum winds on the sua pension bridge across the Willamette river at Oregon City, I proceeded to make a de tailed calculation of the points at Issue, ami have used the moat approved authority known to the profession for my reference works. At to patta the weight of whic could only be to obtained and are calcu lated the Insulators I obtained duplicates and weighed them. WCIOIITS. 12,911.(9 lbs on top or truss. iXC.M " Inside of trust on posts. 6M.00 " on translers girders. Making a total in which It not considered the wires or fixtures necessary for lighttn the bridge of H,1:(1K! lbs. or 7.21 ton which, It evenly distributed throughout th entire length. SAFI LOADS, Tbe construction of this bridge admits of its carrying titi.6 pounds per square foot of floor with a factor of safely of i. DEDUCTIONS. Tbe sale load being ttJ.S pounds per square foot of Door with a factor of safety of 4. and by adding 1.4S3 pounds per square toot you bave reduced safe load tola. 115 pounds. REMARKS, Although the bridge It likely safe against all possible loading, it Is tbe possibilities that should be considered where lite it con cerned, therefore I do not consider It advi able to add to the weight. The factor would be none to large at 6. with load at 66.6 pounds. a ax At roa wind rauaoaa. 1st Tbe areas for wind pressure above . tbe truss are: Flat 577.72 to. ft. Cylindrical, equivalent to Uatof340.ua " Total OH.02 2nd. Inside of truss 35.31 Orand total U&4.43 VELOCITY or WIND. I here use the greatest velocity aa fur nished me by B. S. Fague of the- weather bureau of Portland, of which tbe following it a copy ; March being our worst month : Date. Average. T'l Miles. Maximum March, lll 5 0 3740 2X. 8. 12 4 8 3UJ3 27. H. E. ' lua 8 7i'7 44. E. " ll 9.8 7.H6 4tL 8. W. " 1!6 9.0 J 45. 8. " lrt 10.0 7474 3D. N. E. " 1IH7 11.2 8350 65. B. reassess psa to., it. in pounds. Average Maximum 11.2 mi. per br.. 65.0 " , " . RESULTS. . 0 808 lbs. .15.12 1st. Av. 0 500 Int. on 918.62 sq. ft. ennivi lent to HA H2 lbs. Maximum 15.12 Int. on 918 02tq. ft, equivalent to 1.WS9 53 lbs. Acting upon areas so constructed as to throw the strain upon the 80 bolts by which they are secured to the upper chords of a breaking strength of 8 83 tons each, or a total ol 7UH v) tout. 2nd. Average 0.5OH lbs. on 35.80 so. ft. equivalent to 18 12 lbs. Maximum 15.12 lbs. on 35.81 to. ft. equivalent to 541.45 lbs. 3rd. Totals. Average O.Wifi Ihs. on 151.43 sq. ft. eqtiiv. aieni to i.v ins. Maximum 15.12 lbs. on 9.V4.43 to. ft, equivalent to IUS0.08 lbs. Acting upon the trust at the connecllon ol the posts with the UDier and low er chords which aredireclly and amply secured by angle irons bolted to cords snd posts and also indirectly by the diagonal rods, and then by bolts to tbe transverse girders, hence leaving no question as to the wind having its full ellect upon the entire ttructure. CONSTRUCTION OP Till BRIDLE. Tbe bridge U limply constructed to with stand possible storms of this vicinity with no allowance for tbe adding in the least to tbe surfaces. DEDUCTION. Then to add 054.43 sq. ft. for the wind to act upon, which gives In velocity used a pressure of 14430.98 pounds does uot appear safe to me, either In a financial tense or as to human life. Therefore I would most urgently recommend that you cause the same to be removed at once. REMARKS. There appearing to be a great deal of alarm in regard to the bridge I will hereto attach a few remarks which I trust will not be considered by you as out of place. It Is perfectly safe to say that if tbe wlret bad not been on the bridge all of the tim bers would have been safe for two yean yet and a large majority far five, for the truss ing being perfectly braced to withstand a strain for which It is called upon, there i no occasion to be alarmed at the fact of partial decay and throw away from two to five years wear. This may seem strange to you after see ing how some of the timbers were decayed but the fact is that the trussing, in a true sense, it not a part of the bridge proper, and to suppose that it is liable to give way with out you have perfectly sound timber is er- roneus, for the trussing doea not add in the least to the carrying capacity but instead detracts Just Its weight, its sole pur.iose be lug to ttitlen it. Respectfully submitted, C. H. Isom. April 13th, 1897. Vegetable Plants. To have an early and successful garden here in Oregon it is necessary to have plants started in the hot house that they may be well grown by the time the weather permits their planting out of doors. Jos. Collins, of the Clackamas greenhouse has a fine selection of cab bage, tomato and other plants now grow ing which he w ill guarantee to be per fectly liardv and strong. He aliso has lettuce and other early vegetables now ready for table use. CATARRH LOCAL DISEASE lMii4 and li I ha mull nl coldi and I ,1 Jfffc. i ludJun climatic changes. For your Protection we pmillltrlT stale Hint t It la remnljr dura not contain nwrvury or auj oilier Injur kms tlruif. Ely's Cream Balm I ai'knowliHkftl lo ta III moat thorotu'h cur tf Naaal I aurih.Ool.l In 1 1 rail (ml Hay Favrr (if all rvmmllni. It oiieiia ami rleanaea I ha tiawl pwwirea, allaye pain aim Inilaimiiauun. heals Ilia aurea, pro. tens In a mviiibntii from cilila, realira iliaai'iiae lit laalr and anirll. Prlt v sue. al Onu-vlala or lr mall. IX I liHVl Halts, 64 Warren ttlnvt, New Yurk. m rrtr fyV j M'KITTMCK'S SHOES MAT TIIK WOULD IjeFMnia dah farht PAULJ. SCHOLZ, Prop. Best Quality of Cold Storage Meats. Smoked hams and bacon cannot be excelled. Game in Reason. Highest price paid for live and dressed stock.. Seventh St between Main and Depot FOR- ABSOLDTELY PORE DRUGS SO TO ft A. HARDING. VJ.r NONE BUT OOMPtTINT PHARMACISTS EMPLOYED me PtrTuiirlEj iU Toilet Articles. Alio a full itoekof zpiiNTy- oixjS etc. H. W. JACKSON, -Macliuiis AND ti tan. Umbrellas, Guns, Sewing Machines, And all kinds of small ma chines put in eood order. No work to dillicult to undertake. Prices reasonable. Shop In Caufleld building Near Court Ilotiae. H J 1800 miles of lone dis tance telephone wire in Oregon and Washington now in operation by the Oregon Telephone anu Tel egraph company. Portland, Seattle, Spo kane, Tacoma, Salem, Walla Walla, Pendleton, Albany and 90 other towns in the two states on the line. Quick, accurate, cheap, All the satisfaction of a personal communication ilistance no ellect to a clear understanding. Spo kane as easily heard as Portland. Oregon City office at Huntley's Drug Store. J. H. THATCHER, MANAGER, Portland, - Oregon. THE POPULAR STR. ItAMONA will run between Oregon City and Portland daily except Sunday as follows: Leave Oregon City: (8th. Street Dock.) 7:30 a.m. 12:00 m. 4 ;30 p. m. Leare Portland; (Taylor St. Dock.) 9:30 a, m. 2:00 p. m. 6:00 p. ni. SUNDAY TIME Leave Oregon city: Leave Portland: 9:00 a. m. 10:30 a.m. I 00p. m. 2:30p.m. 4:30 p. m. 6:00p. ra. ROUND TRIP 25c The Steamer Altona (rom Indepen dence and Sal(;m each Sunday will connect with the Ramonn at the bafiin in Oregon City; leaves on her return trip at 1 o'clock p. m. When you buy aV II li 1 r r 1 r - Agents for Pure Prepared Paint ! A houso you inuko sure the title in clear. When you paint it use Puro Prepared Paint as it makes all the diflVrcnco in the world whether the paint in genuine or not. f Color cards free. Special prices in quantity. CHAKMAN & CO. CITY DRUG STORE. .Telephone No. Blooming Plants. Wo wish to state that we will place on sale, the fluent lot of plants at the lowest price ever offered in Oregon City. Carnations, large plants in bloom, 12 varietios, 20 cenU each. Geraniums, large plants in bloom, 10 cents each. Kofes, two-year-old bushes, 25 cents each. Chrysanthemums, all prite winners, in eluding Kugene Dailledouze, Geo. W. Childs, Mayflower, Mrs K. (J. Hill, Philadelphia, and twenty-five others, 10 cents each, 75 cents per dozen. A large variety of other plants. Cut flowers in season. Greenhouse at Gladstone, on Electric Car Line. Visitors Welcomed. Hardy cabbage and other vegetable plants for sale. Wilkinson Bros. P. O Address, Box 238. Oregon City. I The Marketing Point OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY The factory towns of tho Kant aro notetl for affording tho best market to tho neigh boring farmers and gardeners in proportion to tho population of any of tho towna in that section. . Tho reason for this is that tho people of these towns havo a fixed in come upon which they can always depend, and, as a consequenco, 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 be seen on its streets selling their produce, who, until just tho last few years, sought tho markets of other towns. The system of macadamizod roads that is being built into all parts of Clack amas county, will enable all tho pooplo of this county to share in the 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 place for THE PRODUCE of the Farmer