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I Oregon City Enterprise. Published Every Friday. CH AH. MK8EHVE, PCBLIHIIKR AND rROfBIKTOH. lUBWCRlF'TION HATK8, On. year, Bti month, Trial ulrrlptlon two months. . 1 00 JO A dtw-our I ol MlcriiU on ill itiburrlplloni tor a. rear, ' cenli lor in monini, u pm m torture. AilTertldng ratet glren on application. ftuhacriter will til d the data ol expiration termed on their p-iri toilowli I their naire. Uthlila.i not ehanf..! within two ween after a w meut, ku.Oly ootilj ui look "Iter It. and a will tntered at the Pout Office In Oregon C ity, Or., aa second class matter. FRIDAY, ATRIL 30, 1897. AGENTS FOR TUK INTKRFRISE. Bearer Creek, Oanbr, Claosamaa, Mllwaukle, Onion Mills. Meadow Brook, Kew Era. Wilson Tills, Ps-k Place, SlaJstona, Stafford. Mallno, Cants, Molalla. - Marqusm, BatteTllle Aorora, OrrlUe, JEagle Creek, Damascus, Bandy, salmon, Carrinsville, Oherryville, - Marmot, Dr. T. B. Thomas Geo. Knliht A. Mmher Osrar Wlnnlnirer O J. Trnllluier Chas Holman W. 8. Newberry Henry Milej T. U Ruwel T. M.Crosa J. O. Owe, C. T Howard . R. M. Cooper Annie mubbs. I. M. Hsrtman B Jeunlnn Het r- A. -njrd.r LJ perdue H. WiltH-rn J. U. Klliott F. Gutlsch Mrs. W. M. Mclntyre Ceo. J. Currin Mrs. M. 1. Hammer Adolph Aschotl ' The way to Ho lid ap Oregoi Cltj la to rife Oregon Cltj people jour patronage. A JCST DEMAND. After nearly four years of valient waiting for the East Side Railway Company to do something toward a settlement with Oregon City for their proportion of the cost of im proving Main street, as provided for in their franchise, the mayor and the city council have taken the matter up and propose to ee what can be done in the case. The claim now amounts to some ft,000, principal and interest, and is just that much of an addi. tion to the city's debt, tbe burden of which is already as heavy as tbe taxpayers can stand,' The city authorities, as well as the citizens of Orecon City, have realized that tbe East Side Railway Company bas bad serious financial difficulties to contend against ever since the opening of the rosd, nd consequently the greatest leniency pos sible bas been shown the company that they might not be further embarrassed. But for bearance cannot be further endured and justice to the taxpayers of Oregon City de mands that the city authorities force a settle ment of this claim. It is admitted by all who are posted that the franchise of the East Side Railway Co. is one of tbe most valuable in or about Portland and its value will steadily increase as Portland, Oregon City and tbe Inter urban district th rough which it passes shal crow. This company by the terms of their franchise, which gives them the exclusive right to operate street cars on Main street for 50 years, is placed in absolute control of the Oregon City-Portland traffic, both pas aenger and freight, for no other line can successfully compete with them and be de barred from entering Oregon City and the $0,000 which it is required to pay is a very, very low price for so valuable a franchise. Now that the glamour and glorv of having a street car line bas subsided, there is little doubt but what the people of Oregon City jrould willingly assume this debt the com pany owes the city, if the former would re linquish its exclusive control of Main street and allow competing lines to enter the city, as they will desire toNdo in the years to come. Bat of such importance is this article of their franchise to their future control of tbe traffic of Oregon City, that there is little likelihood of l he company surrendering it, for even twice tbe amount of its debt to this city. While in a sense the East Hide company has got Ori-gon City bound hand and foot, yet with all this advantage, the good will of the people of this city is a most important factor in the prosperity of tbe company and to loose it will be a very serious matter. The people of Oregon City now realize what they have given to this company and they expect and demand that the company fulfill its obligations to them. The city authorities make no exhorbitant demand on the company, only asking that their claim be placed in a shape whereby a set tlement is assured and to attain this they are willing to allow the railway company any reasonable additional time in which to pay off the claim, for ft is no more the in terest of Oregon City than it is of the East Bide Railway Company to inaugurate ex pensive law suits with the attendant ill-will that will be sure to grow out of them, the effects of which will fall more heavily on the railway company than on this city. U'Rem, the legislator that was to have been, is having troublous times in the rati ficst'on meetings be is bolding over the etate. They don't seem to ratify worth a cent, developing more censure than praise for bis work in tbe Simon-U'Ren hold-up. So spirited was the discussion at the recent meeting beld at Med ford that E. J. Kaiser, the editor of the Ashland Record, the pop ulist organ of that section, and Representa tive Howser indulged in a knock-down argument and but for the timely interfer ence of the city marshal a free tight would have been precipitated. Editor Kaiser was In command of the auti-endorsing forces, while Representative Howser was officer of the day under CRen. After the city mar shal had succeeded in restoring order Mr. U'Ren took the platform and made his little speech which was met with cheers and jeers from the two factions. The populist members of the legislature from Jackson county who, with U'Reu were anxious to be endorsed, had packed the meeting so veil that their resolutions were passed and also one mimirlng the lirrorit ami) the kickers. The Inner pentliMiiett, aflrr pac ing the compliments of the day, withdrew and noon Alter the meeting liarnumiouslv adjourned. Verily And the work of the relormer for revenue only Is little apprwl. slid. If ay is now selling in the markets of Oregon City at $JU per ton and the startling fact, to a person who has been led to believe that Oregon is one of the best laruilng states in the Union and Clackamas county one of the best grass counties in the state, is that this hay is nearly all imported from California. Much of the butter and veirela- hle anl.l ham ln mm 1mm r.lin.rnla while the greater part of the cured meats come from the East. During the winter months California supplies us with eggs, and will again so soon as the spring rush Is over with Oregon hens. When we add to these importations sugar, canned goods, dried fruits, soap, starch, vinegar, syrup, shoes, clothing, agricultural implements, tools and the innumerable other articles, which could be easily manufactured here, It is little wonder that Oregoniana complain of the scarcity of money and bard tunes. Sending out as much cash eaoh mouth as does Oregon City, and every other town in Oregon, would bankrupt any ordinary com munity. With this great drain on its re sources Clackamas county is only able to maintain its prosperity by reason of its great natural wealth. Yet were it possible to keep at home tbe thousands of dollars that are sent abroad each month for products that could be produced here, what a pros perous community this would soon become. Tm Emtirpribi is favored this week with eleven new advertisements from business men here in Oregon City, besides those which are enlarged by the persens carrying them to make their spring announcements. This flattering recognition of the worth of the ExTiarRisa as an advertising medium has been brought about by tbe fact that Its advertising patrons always secure good re turns on their investment, which la not always tbe case where indiscriminate news paper advertising is carried on. An Ini prol an t point wbich advertisers are quick to note is that their advertisements In tbe Eti- TERraisi are not vltisted and brought into disrepute by being placed along side ques tionable advertisements whose presence give the readers a distrust for all announce ments the paper may contain, for it can be said, without fear of contradiction that no newspaper in Oregon carries cleaner adver tising columns than does the Ehtiiiprisk. The prelorence the advertisers give the En TiarRisi is bat tbe reflection of the senti ment of the people of Clackamas county who, regadless of politics, look to it as paper that is well edited, newsy and free from the scurrilous and trashy matter so often found in newspapers, and one that is well worthy of their support. What an awful shock it is to tbe reformer. who is a reformer because he believes in reform, to find that the man whom be shouted for, worked for and voted for, as tbe incarnation of political integrity and personal honesty, is only after all an ordi nary human being susceptible to tbe same influences as any other man. Mr. U'Ren was sent to the legislature because be was reputed to be incorruptable and unparchas able, but he, like many another reformer, sold his mess of pottage to the anti-Mitchell gang for ''ISO." But the hardest shock of all was last week when the populist county surveyor put in a bill for $120 to the county court for measuring the weight and wind pressure of the suspension bridge, a jobthat would have taken any ordinary engineer much less than a month to do, lor the meas urements of the bridge are all on file at the court house with original plans, while the weight and wind pressure are calculated and given in tables in books on engineering for sizes of timbers and wires, just as inter est tables are made for the use of bankers, When a populist goes after revenue be dis tances an ordinary man so bad that there is no comparison. Thi suit between Oregon City and Clack aruas county for possession of tbe road fund was decided Thursday by Judge Mc Bride in favor of the city, the judge remarking In bis decision that it waa not in accordance with his views, but that he was following the rulings of tbe supreme court. If the county finally looses this road fund it will be the means almost sure of patting to an end the cash system in this county and then Oregon City will have no road fund or roads. 8o far under the cash system there bss been two dollars spent for the di rect benefit of Oregon City to one dollar contributed by the city. But then ward politicians are never satisfied they want the earth. The war between turkey and oreece ap pears to be about to an end. Tbe Greeks, who started out so bravely and self-conti' dent, have collapsed after the first battle and they are now giving more attention to getting up a revolution at home than to de fending their country against the Turks. In the meantime the Turks are calling out more men and steadily advancing and un less the powers interfere they will soon completely overrun Greece. Having gotten Greece bumbled and convinced that she cannot become the ruler of the Eastern Mediteranian, the powers will doubtless come to her rescue and save her from total Annihilation. The importance ol the sugar beet Indus try to a community where a factory is lo- cated is illustrated by the simple statement of the Chino Valley Champion that tbe company at that place has contracted for 0,500 acres on the Cbino ranch, 4 500 acres in Orange county and over 2,000 acres in Ventura county, making a total of over 13,000 acres. Ten tons per acre is the est! mated yield this Beason, which would give the factory 130,000 to work next fall. At four dollars a ton anyone can figure out tbe value of the crop. No one seems to have cared to hear Mr. U'Ren talk about the late legislative farce. People are tired of the nauseating subject and few who participated in it will ever be given an opportunity to again betray a pub lic trust Roseburg Review. Tiikkk is a (treat hlg split In the populixt patty In Jsekson countv, and all over the question of whether the pop members of the lute lamented did right In refuting to perform their constitutional duties. It will be found that that tame split exlMi all over the state. The populist parly is too hlg lor the heterogeneous elements of which It Is Commsed. It can't hold together. Hose burg rialudenler. The May Midland. "Lincoln Entering Richmond," Tlioa. Nast's latest and greatest liintorlial painting, also Nast thrilling picture "lViellllillK tll Flag," appear ill ttlO 'May Midland Monthly (IV Moines) ei graved from copies supplied by the artist himself. "The Pallet of the St. Croix, are boautKully pictured in this ntttuWr Charles A. Gray, the Chicago artist, well illustrate "The Building of a Violin." Mary Avis Scott's "AeroM Country In a Van." invades Texas and captures the state capital. ' The Club Movement Kansas," by Lilian Walker Hale, with numerous portraits, inspires profound respect fur the better halves of our Kan sas neighbors. "Inland Pirates," by Frank Calkins, Is a true story literary full of fire. The fiction of the number includes a prize story, "Lieut. Burton's Wooing, ".by Captain Romanes of the regular army; "A Most Remarkable Case," a detective story, by Claire 8t Claire, a Chicago writer; "The Rook Col lector," an artistic character sketch by a new writer of promise, Mabel Bradley Fuller. The literary paper of the ntiin j ber is "The Humor of Whittier," by J L. Pickard. LL. P., with an autograph sonnet by Whittier. Colonel Emerson's "Grant's Life in the West,"tloses Grant's career in Mexico The Midland's edito rial departments abound in inteiesling reading, Home Beautifying'. There is nothing that adds more to the attractions of a borne than flowers, The flower-surrounded, home is always a bappy one, for cross tempers and the "blues" are quickly dispelled by the cherry faces of the bright flowers. At the Gladstone greenhouse the finest col lection of carnations ever grown in Ore gon City is now ready for the market, as wejl as that prince of flowers, tbe sweet perfumed hyacinth which is potted and ready to bloom. The primroses are also in their perfection and in a vase make a most pleasinir present to a friend. Other standard flowering plants in stock. Cut flowers tor sale. Prices reasonable. Jas. Wilkinson, Js. Stands at the Head. Aug. J. Bogel, the leading druggist of Shreveport, La., says "Or. King's Dis covery is the only discovery is the only thing that cures my cough, and it is the best seller I have." J. F. Campbell, merchant of SafTord, Ariz., writes: Dr. King's New Discovery is all that is claimed for it: it never fails, and is a sure cure for Consumption. Coughs and Colds. I cannot say enough for its merits." Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds is not an experiment. It Iish been tried for a quarter of a century, and to-day stands at the head. It never disappoints. Free trial bottles at Charman & Co. 'g Drug Store. The 2) cent fare to Gladstone is un precedented in motor line fares, 12,'i cent fare to Portland. CANDIES FKUIT3 FIJSIE CIGARS None but the very bent carried in Btock. Mrs. Wanda Zimmerman, Next door to Oriental Hotel. A. W. PHILLIPS, EXPRESS AND DELIVERY Prompt attention to hauling to any part of Oregon City. Moving attended to promptly and carefully. Special rates given on hauling to and from Gladstone and Park place. FARMERS Your team will have the best of care and Full Measure of Feed At lhe City Stables. W. H. YOUNC, Prop., Buccw.or.to, W. H.' Cooke. Livery Rigs on Short Notice. Telephone No. 42. Tor (iCaXc KI.Y'H ritlCAM lUt.M Uanosltlveenre Aniilt Into the nostrils. It is auk-klr alsvirM. 60 rents at Dnnriilais nr tr nisil ; MMUiea I or. hy mll. KLY II IIO TI IK 118, M W.rrva bL, New York City. 4 Clarence Porter. Geo. G. I Inner Blacksmiths Wagonmakors Horseshoeing a Specialty, r Any design of an Iron or steel shoe lilted up. All kind of repairing at reasonable rates. Shop opposite Pope's hardware store Oregon City. Ore. H. W. JACKSON, Umbrellas, Guns, Sewing Machines, And all kinds of small ma chines put in good order. No work todillicult to undertake. Prices reasonable. Shop in Caufleld building Near Court House, 1800 miles of long dis tance telephone wire in Oregon and Washington now in otieration by the Oregon Telephone ana Tel egraph company. Portland, Seattle, Spo kane, Tacoma, Salem, Walla Walla, Pendleton, Albany and other towns in the two states on the line. Quick, accurate, cheap. All tho satiHfuction of a Jiersonal communication. Mstance no clfcct to a clear understanding. Spo kane as entily heard as Portland. Oregon City oflico at Huntley's Drug Store. J. H. THATCHER, MANAGER, Portland, - Oregon. NOBLITT'S STABLES Livery, Feed and Sale Stable ORECON CITY. LOCATED BETWEEN TUB BKIDOK AND UKPOT Double and Single Rigs, and sad dle horses always on hand at the lowest prices. A corrall connected with the barn for loose stock. Information regarding any kind or stock promptly attended to by person ol letter. Horses Boucht and Sold. Horns Boarded and Fed on reason able terms. 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. ra. 12:00 m. 4 ;30 p. m. Leave Portland: (Taylor Bt. Dock.) 0:30 a, m. 2:00 p. m. 0:00 p.m. SUNDAY TIME Leave Oregon Cltj: 0:00 a. m. 1 00 p. in. 4 :30 p. m. Leave Portland: 10:30 a. m. 2:30 p. m. 0:00 p.m. ROUND TRIP 25c The Steamer Altona from Indepen dence and Hulem each (Sunday will connect with the Kamona at the baain in Oregon City; leaves on her return trip at 1 o'clock p. m. -Macfliiiisi AND t irKlTTJWCKTS SHOES- IIKAT THE WOULD South Oregon City A GOOD PI AC IS TO LIVIC Hi'itutifiil scenery and health giving air, high level land with good productive soil and pure water, a first-cUs public school building attended by nearly a hundred mipils on the premiss; and a good plank road (0110 of tho main thoroughfares in the county), connects with tho macadamized streets of the city. This beautiful tract adjoins Oregon City and no jKirtion of it is beyond a mile from the heart of the city and but a 15 minutes walk on plank walks to the business house. Some attractions of South Oreson City. Now is the time to think of tho place to build your homo or a good place to lay by an investment that will increase in value. Tlio easy terms on which this projH-rty is sold should not einbarass any thrfty person. I.ots aro JiOxlOO ami prices range front I1U0 to fl.r)0. Terms, 15 down and .1 per month until paid, without interest or taxes, a lilnTal discount for ciimIi, and inducements to build. Every lot clear and ready for the garden, Quite a number 0 lots have been sold and there are several houses already occupied on tho tract and quite a settlement in tho neighlKirhood. Oregon City with her big monthly pay roll, great woolen mills, largo pulj pajier and flouring mills and massive electric station, her fine public schools and all the modern inprovenienta, is bound to in creaso her growth. Whero can you find a better place to live in or a safer place for an investment? For further information call on or address T. L. CHARMAN, Trustee, Charman Dros. Block, Blooininjr Plants. We wish to state that wo will placo on sale, the finest lot of plants at the lowest price ever offered in Oregon City. Carnations, largo plants in bloom, 12 varieties, 2) cents each. Geraniums, large plants in bloom, 10 cents each. lloes, two-year old bushes, 23 cents each. Chrysanthemums, all prize winners, in cluding Eugene Dailledouze, Geo. YV. Childs, Mayflower, Mrs E. G. Hill, I'hiladclphia, and twenty-fivo others, 10 cents each, 75 rents per dozen. A large variety of other plants. Cut (lowers 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. The Marketing Point 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 tho markets of other towns. Tho system of macadamized roads that is boing built into all parts of Clack amas county, will enable all tho pooplo ol this county to sharo in tho profitablo 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 PKODUCE -.of the Farmer Orogon City, Or, Oregon City. OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY Tho factory towns of tho East aro noted for a Hording tho hunt market to tho neigh boring farmers and gardenera in projiortion to tho population of any of tho towns in that section. Tho reason for this is that tho peoplo of these 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.