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Oregon City Enterprise. Published Kvery Friday. CHA8. MK8KKVK, Fl'BI.ISHKR AND FBOl'BlETOH. UBUCHIPTION HATES, One yr, Bis month, Trial luliaortpllnn two months, 12 00 00 a A dtacourt of M cents on 1I tiilwrlptlons for year, 2& cents (or in months, ll Mid In MTanre. AJrenlilng rates (Wen on application. Bubsrrlter mill Hud the date of expiration tamt-ed on ihclr pn)H rs lollowlnf their name. If thlnls el not eha:ire1 within two weeks after a pyuieut, kindly notify us and o will look after It. Entered at the Post Office In Oregon City, Or., as second class matter. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1807. A0K.NT8 FOR THK ENTERPRISE, Bearer Creek, Cauby, Clackamas, Htlwaukle. Fulon Mills, Meadow Brook. Hew Era, KllaoDTlllt, Pa-k Place, filadstone, tafford, Mulino, Cams, Molalla. Hartinsm, Buttevllie Aurora, Orville, - Eale Creek, Damascus, Bandy, c-almon, Ourrinsville, Cherryville, - Ifarmot, Dr. T. B. Thomas Geo. Knight A. Mather Oscar Wlnsitifter ii J.Trullltiger Chas Hnlman W. 8. Newberry Henry MUey F. L. Rusnell T. M. Cross J. O. tiaxe. C. T Howard R. M. Cooper Annie 8tubba, E. M. Hartman B Jennines Henrv A. enyder L.J Perdue H. Wilhern J. 0. Klliott F. G.itsch Mrs. W. M. Mclntyr Geo. J. Currin Mrs, M. J. Uanimer Adolph Aschotl The way to bolld up Oregon City U to flie Oregon City people jour fatronape. SILVER CU BS DYING. A withering blight seems to have fallen upon the free silver clubs in Oregon of lite. The Clackamas county clubs some time since gave up the ghost, or announced themselves as oat and out populist organiz ations. North Yamhill, which by the way is one of the great wheat producing dis tricts of the Willamette valley and in former years was one of the banner republican precincts of Yamhill county, had a tree silver club ol nearly 200 members, which held meetings each week that were largely attended and full of enthusiasm. A prom inent feature in the paraphernalia of their hall was a large blackboard upon which was printed a table giving the relative prices of wheat and silver for the last 25 years and at nearly every meeting of the club some one of the members would call attention to this table and deliver a denerva tion on the way w heat was being dragged town by the fall in the ppce of silver. So plausable were the arguments and so con vincing was the table that the wheat grow ers were led to believe that all mankind not favoring free silver were their enemies, to be crushed and annihilated without favor or mercy. But now Saturday night comes and goes and no meetlngof the North Yam hill free silver club is held, and deep, pro found silence reigns where once was heard the silvery oratory of the 1G to 1 patriot and the answering plaudits of the down-trodden wheat growers. $100 wheat and 40 cent ailver was too much for even this once pow erful organization and it has gone into that sleep that knows no wakening, and the hum of the threshing machine and the merry whistle of the plowboy has drowned the shout of the silver fanatic and the wail of the calamity howler. CLACKAMAS COl'HTY COXIFER8. The Enterprise this week publishes an interesting and instructive article by Kev. A. J. Montgomery on the ever green trees of Clackamas county. Mr. Montgomery is an acknowledged authority on the conifers of Oregon and bis descrip tion of some of our best known trees to gether with his correction of the confusion into which their names have fallen should be read and heeded by everyone who admires the beauty and realizes the value of our grand forests. As he says, no county in this state has so great a variety of ever green trees, or forests of greater value than has Clackamas county and the time has come when our people should give more heed how best to preserve them rather than to stand by and see (hern wantonly destroyed, for at the rate the fire is doing its destructive work there will not be a mer chantable tree left in this county in 25 years from now, even if the settlers and loggers were to cease their labors. That the incorrect and mis leading names given to many of our best Iret-s has caused a serious handi cap to be put upon our lumber in the markets of the Eastern states is too well known to need further mention. Our so called larch, the true name of which is noble fir, and which makes a lumber of siinerior oualitv. is. when advertised in the I Eat. compared to their larch which makes a very inferior lumber and consequently the sale of the liiinbrr of our noble fir is hurt by the comparison. Three kinds of hemlock grow . in this county, though neither ol them is a true hemlock, but hem-' lo('k ?iirii(:c, a tr-e very ilillerent from the I Eastern hemlock, the lumber of which is ' rough, splintery anil ol little value to ' builders. The two varieties, of our hem- I lock-spruce, which grow in the higher al 1 1 lUor,, a r ,m..oer, j ei ii j juiiiijci BMcMi in an j.d.-m-iu lllillKet, III! der the name ol hemlock, it would he un salable until the builders of that section foun I that it was not like their hemlock. But the law of custom is as undiangable us were the laws of li e Medes and Persians, and Douglas spruce will probably continue to b called "yellow fir'' or "red fir-1 as the wood may indicate by its color, and Eastern people will have to learn by experience that the lumber from our misnamed trees is of a different and better quality than that of similar named frees growing in the East, THE HOP CHOP. This week will bring to a close hop pick ing for this year In Oregon. So fur as re- ports are in, it appears that there will not be much over half of the crop saved in good condition in yards in (he level districts on the east side of the Willamette and in the rmpuiia river district. On the rolling land In the western part of the Willamette valley the loos has been much less, in many yards not a pound of hops being lost. The southwest part of this county and the North Yamhill district being escially fortunate In saving their crop. In the North Yam hill yards very little spraying was done this season, many of the growers not spray ing at all, trusting to the work of the lady bugs to keep the lice In subjection, holding that the spraying as ordinarily done killed ofT the lady bugs and only gave a tempor ary check to the lice. These growers think they have proved their theory correct, for they had very few lice on their bops while the industrious and voracious little lady bugs fairly swarmed over the vines and lived fat and One on the eggs of the lice. As to whether the ladybugs can be relied upon to guard against the lice Is yet an un settled point among hopmen and it is a matter that the experts at the State Agri cultural college might investigate. This and last years experience proves that the hop growers have got to provide better accommodations lor their pickers, if they expect to secure sufficient help to han dle their crop without delay. Much oT the lose this year was occasioned by the lack of pickers, many yards having only half or two-thirds of a crew. Most of the people that go to the hopfields are not prepared to shelter themselves as t'.ey should be to withstand the cold rains so often had dur ing the picking season, in fact, for the short time that they exect to camp out, they do ( not leei mat iney can anora to spend much money in fixing up their quarters, so they get along with a make-shift outfit trusting to baring good weather while in the hop yards. There is but little doubt but what next year will witness the greatest dearth of hop pickers ever known in Oregon, lor with the low wages and the inclement weather so many of the pickers did not make expenses and have come home disgusted with hoppicking and unless better Inducements are offered the towns will furnish very few pickers another yer. If the growers would provide houses that would be dry and comfortable, with fuel and other conveniences, the camp ing expenses ol the pickers would be re duced one-half and many families would go to the yards who now do not for they can not aftord to buy a tent and pay the other extra expenses. These houses could be of rough boards and put up at little coast and during the winter season they could be used for storing tools and lor other purposes. As the hopmen claim not to be able to pay big wages for picking they will have to give such inducements in the way of better ac commodations as will attract pickers in numbers sufficient to handle their crop without delay and thereby minimize the danger from lice and rain. The shortage in the yield all over the coast as well as in the East insures a fair price for hops next year, and the far-seeicg hop grower will put his yard in firstclass shape and engage early in the season the necessary help to harvest his crop. Ose of those incidents that would make a preacher swear, unless be had more grace than ordinary humanity possesses, was witnessed on Main street Thursday morning ' . ... . . , ..... , : when a big, husky man a white man in color of skin only came walking down the sidewalk accompanied by a woman, who was evidently his wife from the way he treated her, and a ten year oh I girl, who was staggering along under the weight ol an overgrown baby. The woman was a frail little body, very weak and emaciated from consumption or some other wasting disease, and it was with the greatest effort that she could walk. At Sixth street the party boarded an electric car for Portland, the conductor helping the mother, babe and little girl aboard, while the man succeeded in getting himself into the seat beside his wile and was complacently looking out of window as the car moved off, while the wife was holding the baby and had a look of agony and despair upon her face which seemed to mutely say, When will this bond age come to an end? It is to be regretted that modern theology has done away with a hell of seething fire and brimstone for only in such a place could a proper punish ment be meted out to such brutes in hu man form. CLACKAMAS COUNTY THEKS. In the Atlantic Monthly for August Mr. John Muir, the California scientist who made known to the world the great glacier in Alaska which bears his name, begins a discussion of "The American Forests" in these words: "The forests of America, however slighted by man, must have been a great delight to God; for they were the best he ever planted. The whole continent was a garden, and from Ihe beginning it seemed to le favored above all the other wild parks and gardens of the globe." After describing the preparation of soil and cliina e mid environment, he says these groves were planted with 501 Bpecies of trees, "all of them in some way useful to man, ranging in size from twenty-five feet in height and less than one loot in diameter at the ground to 1'iO feet in height and more than twenty feet in diameter lordly niotiMrchs proclaiming the gospel of beauty like apostles." These words should be greatly appreci ated by Ihe people of this s'ale, for in no other place on the continent, or in the world, is there such a inagriilicciit and sy metrical development of forest trees all of theui crowned moiiHicliM as ill Oreg,,,.. We are dwelling in one of the few spots where the wanton hand of destruction has lei i remaining a fragment of the historic primeval forest. It is not saying too much, perhaps, to assert that Clackamas county is liistin Oregon in the number and size of arboreal giants. One reason for this is the fact that in one part of the county we have tide water elevation and at the other extrem ity, on the slopes of Mt. Hood, all the rigors of the Arctic winters arelelt. This gives diversity and beauty to Clackamas county forests such as cannot lie easily found else where. There are about six kinds of trees, all evergreens and ronifers, which every child in the public schools ought to know. The first of these Is the imich-ahoied Pouglas Spruce The tree that shades lis, that feels our tires winter and summer, builds our fences and furnishes much of our rough lumber, has fared as badly In the matter of ila name as the ninn who tell In with thieves on the Jericho road, hen Pavld IVtiglass ill covered It in ISM, It xas christened " Douglass Pine." Later on ll began to be known as "IKniglass rir." If the lumber happens to have a vellow tinge it la called "yellow fir;" if ll is darker, then ll goes under the cognomen of "red fir." To add to this universal babel of confusion, when the milled product is placed on the market lumber dealers in our slate and In Wash ington often call it "Oregon pine." It matter not whom Hilly Patterson hit, or whether the moon is built of green curds, one thing Is settled; this tree Is not a fir at all. Until it becomes fashionable to rail a band of Linnton cay uses cattle and a lot of steers by the nobler name of "hoss," no body has the right to misname this regal tree. It thrives from the Rockies to the Coast, and Irom British Columbia to Mex ico. It is more typical of this Coast than any other tree, shrub, rock, manor thing. In the neighbood of Sandy, especially on the divide between Sandv and Clackamas waters, this tree has as tine growth as per haps can be found In the county. Another tree which everybody should know by its proper name is the fir. There is an infallible sign by means ol which this tree can be always recognized; Its cones grow upward. There are several varieties in our localities. The most common of these is the Grand Kir (abies grandls), beautiful Seclmens of which can be seen near Cross' sawmill, at Gladstone, and on the bluff In the upper part of Canemah. Woodmen call It the "white fir," but that term is not descriptive, because all fir is white. A large portion of the timber In ihe forests, In the eastern bounds of the county, is composed of this flr. In the Mt. Hood region is found the Noble Kir (abies nobilis). , No more beautiful or symmetrical tree stands on earth today. Its lumber is highly prized fur finishing, furniture, etc., and often is sold under the name of "larch," which is like calling the Douglas Spruce fir, each name being utterly confusing, misleading and altogether wrong. The traveler who crosses the Har low pass, provided he has eyes to see, will heboid at high elevations another beautiful fir, not so lame but itiite as beautiful. In summer time it exhales a delightful odor, its presence In the forest being thereby detected long before its beautiful sprays of dense foliage come into sight. This is the Lovely Fir (abies amabilis). The Western Hemlock (tsuga Merten siana) is one of our most beautiful trees. Banked with others in a park it would make a picturesque landscape. There is a great deal of it in the mountains. Today, without railroads, it is commercially worth less, but the time is coming when the lum ber will be largely employed for rough work and tor the manufacture of pulp. In the numerous swamps of the Cascades will be found a tree remarkable for both its sharp leaves and aromatic odor, the Blue Spruce. Its wood is hard, free from resin and does not thrink. All the sounding- boards lor pianos manufactured in the I V. ii. l Bi.ia, ..k, . : 1 r. - : -. , ,, . ... , of this tree which grows in the Adiron- dacks. His Just possible that there is a great commercial future for our spruce. An Austrian violin maker is at present ex perimenting with it and if its fiber possesses sufficient resonance, there will undoubtedly be added to the already splendid resources of our county another, by no means the smallest. Everybody knows the Pacific lied Cedar, but all do not know that it is not a cedar at all. There is no true cellar indigenous to our county. This Pacific Red Cedar is the true arbor vitae, the thuya plicate of the botanists. At Government camp the mis- called "white cedar'' is found. Its true name is "Alaska Cypress." Mt. Hood Is its southern boundary, The lumber is hard, white, satiny, will take a splendid polish. The peculiar beauty of the tree should lead people w ith lawns, who desire to adorn them, to send to Mr. Yocum, Salmon P. 0., for seed. It will grow finely in the valley and its far northem appear ance would be very attractive. I.ovkr or Tiikf.s. How's Tllisl We offer One Hundred Dollars Ke ward for any cane of catarrh that sannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cmknkv & Co., Props , Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last l' yearn, and be lieve him perfectly honorable in all biiH ineH transitions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their Grin. Wkht A Tkcax, Wholesale DriigiHta, Toledo, O. Wamjink, Kinsan & Mahvix, Whole sale I)iuggintH, Toledo, O. Hall's) Catarrh Cure !h taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mu cous surfaces of the system. Prion 7";c per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testi monials free. Hall's Family Pill are the best. It Siives the Crimpy Children Skavikw, Va W'e have a splendid sale on Cliamberlin'g Cougli Kemcdy, and our customers coining from fur and near, speak of it in the highest terms. Many have said that their children would have died of croup if Chamber lain 's Cough Kemedy bad not been given. Kellain & Ourren. The L'5 and f0 cents sizi-B for sale by (Jeo. A. Hard ing. Insurance. If you want to know anything about Fire or Life Insurance or Building and Loan Association, call on H. T, Sladen. He has it at bis linger ends. IwflcoVc, FLY'S CREAM HAT M U po.ltlrerur Annlv Into the nostrils, It Is quickly absorbed. 60 rent at Pnik'iilii or h nisil ; sample UK', by mail, XLY UUOTIltKS, M YVsirvn bu, Now York City, pARMERS . . . Your team will have the host of care and Full Measure of Feed At ihe City Stnblea. W. H. YOUNC, Prop., ??lfL W. H. Cooke. Livery Rigs on Short Notice Telephone No, 42. 1S00 miles of long dis tance telephone wire in Oregon and Washington now in otK-ration by the Oregon Telephone ana Tel egraph com puny. Portland, Seattle, Sjm kane, Tacoma, Salem, Walla Walla, Pendleton, Albany and other towns in the two states on the lino. Quick, accurate, cheap. All tho satisfaction of a B'rsonal communication, .stance no effect to a clear understanding. Spo kane as easily heard ae Portland. Oregon City office at Huntley's Drug Store. J. H. THATCHER, MANAGER, Portland, - Oregon. VKEKLY llie JJW.VTJUiY Outlook PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY 13 Astor Place New York The Oi'Tlook will be in 181)7, as it has been during each of its twenty-seyen years, a History of Otir Own Tunes, In its various editorial departments Thk Outlook gives a compact review of the world's progress; it follows with care all the important philanthropic and indus trial movements of the dav ; has a com plete department of religious news; devotes much spaco to the interests of the home; reviews current literature; furnishes cheerful table talk about men and things; and, in short, aims to give fresh information, original observation, and reasonable entertainment. Beginning with the fifty-fifth volume, the paper will assumo the regular maga zine size, which will add greatly to its convenience and attractiveness. Tuk Outlook is published every Saturday fifty-two issues a year. The first issue in each month in an Illustrated Maga.ine Number, containing about tw ice as many pages as tho ordinary issues, together with a large number of pictures. 'Ihe price of Tuk Outlook is three dollars a year in advance, or less than a cent a day, Keml for a spneiman copy and illus trated proiK!ctus to Thk Outlook, 13 Astor Place, New Yoik City. H..W. JACKSON, Umbrellas, Guns, Sewing Machines, And all kinds of small ma chines put in good order. No work to dillicult to undertake. Prices reasonable. Hhop in Caufield building Near Court House, andJ - 5 M'KIITJtlCKS SUMS KKAT TUB W)HU WHEN YOU BUY, ALWAYS GET THE BEST This applios to rtal estate as well as othor coinoditics. Kvery family in need of a homo desires tho host loca tion. SOUTH OREGON CITY lias the greatest nutnher of advantages to its credit, of any of tho suhurhs of Oregon City. It will pay you to investigate this property. (Sood clear hits tit reasonable prices on easy instalments. Call on or address T. L. CHARMAN, Trustee. Charman Bro's. Block, 150 Boons. Join Stearns. Ctilef Clerk HOTEL ST. CHARLES Front suit Murrlson Sis., I'urtlsud Or. Rooms from 2c. to 1.00 jwr day Elevator, electric lights and bolls and all modern conveniences. Free 'Bus meets all boats and trains Restaurant Connected With Hotel. J. ZEEK, BLACKSMITH AND WAGON MAKING. HORSE SHOEING. All kinds of repairing done on short notice. Satisfaction guaranteed. Husiness done on the pay down ysteiu. Produce taken in exchange for work. Clackamas, Ore. A. W. PHILLIPS, EXPRESS AND DELIVERY Prompt attention to hauling to any part of Oregon City. Moving attended to promptly carefully. and Special rates given on hauling to and from (.Jladstono and Park-' place. Qefm&nia Gh IVjaiiet PAUL J. SCHOLZ, Prop. Best Quality of Cold Storage Moats. Smoked hairm and bacon cannot be excelled. Game in season. Highest price paid for live and dressed stock -ssfc- Seventh St between Main and Depot - - Oregon City. NOBLITT'S STABLES Livery, Feed and Sale Stable ORECONCITY. LOCATED KKTWKKN Till UKI'OT IIK1UOI AND Double and Singlo Rigs, and sad die horses always on hand at the lowest prices. A oorrall connected with the barn for loose stock. Information regarding any kind or stock promptly attended to by person ol letter. Horsos Bourht and Sold. Homes Hoarded and Fed able terms. on resjion- A Personal Matter A well painted house is like ft neatly dressed penon always attractive and pleasant to look UM)1. YOUR HOUSE Can lie repainted and freshened up at a very reasonable price paintH are very cheap now. Ion't leave it until the sun makes any mora marks and cracks in it. SEE MURROW The painter. Ho first-class work. can guarantee JOHN A. BECK, THE. RELIABLE JEWELER No. 270, Morrison Street, PORTLAND, OREGON, IS 8T1I.L ON KA IiTII. For general repairing he standi without a ieer. For first-class, re- I K00,1h Mb store ' second to none. Trv him I f'J,. HIXIAKLE MAN OR tiiuUi jti WOMAN. ASSUIiD l'r.ni!!Irt!.J INCOME TO MfciiJIV niciiT rcR- son. tiiu IJES'i? PAY EVER OF- FRD I'OXt SIMILAU BtfiVICU I hp (nmiiolii.in Mf-.i'lie,iinl liv Inns llmsui M Wai.kkk, wikliin In ,l, i.,rfr of .1 liilllinn to ill rlirhlf lr, i.ltrii.ly hr Imn. cl. ',1 iiilrlli,;riil llm.km,. r.-ail,.r,,.i:,ricl by a'iy p.-i ii,.li:;il in l he uurlu. IT 13 PREPARED TO PAY HAND. BOMELY I'OR ASSISTANCE REN. DERED. It wishes tho services of ono reliable man or woman in eveiy town, village, country district, or manufacturing establishment in every State. All that ia required of any ouo Is reliability, earnestness and work. No matter on what other work you are engaged. It will pay you to examine into this oiler. Apply, nt.nlne poldon, rnpabillty and refer, tncei, to THK COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE, Irvington-on-iht-Hudton. New York