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Oregon City Enterprise. Published Every Friday. CHAS. MESEHVE, PKormicTuR. JOHN K. BEKOI.E, Knit ami Mo. HUBHCRIPTION RATKH, On yew 12 00 hi I months 1 00 Trial subscription, two months 23 A discount ot SO cents on til subscriptions for our year, 25 rents lor mix months, II paid in srlvanc. AdvrrlititiK rail's Riven on application. catut in the campaign? Not only illil tliey Ifasarear To what list rould we tver Imp reiuse u make iroixl their promise but they I put those great ileserlsT" also refused to allow any other party to enact legislation for the henelitot the taxpayer!. They refused absolutely to even lake the oath of otlh-e (luring the forty dayi session, and why? lWans they represented no principle save lhat of delivering themselves after the purchase price had been paid. Their object tlrst, last and all the time is to howl calamity and hold olllce. Principle cut no figure. Subscriber will rind the date of expire tton stamped on their paers following their name. If Ibis date is not changed within two weeks after a payment, kindly notify us anil we w ill loo alter u. Kntered at Or the pnstonice in Oregon City , as wcontt class matter. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1897. A9IKT8 FOR THE INTER PRISE, Beaver Creek Dr. T. B. Thomas Canny Oeo. Knight Clackamas A Mather Milwaukee Osoar Wlssmger Union Mills 0 J. Triillinger Meadow Brook (. has. Holman New Kra W. 8. Newberry wiiwinvuie lieurv Miiev Parkplac F. L.'Rnseil Pmtlonl.. Mulino , Cams Molalla ManpiKm "IllteTiile Aurora.. Orrille Kagle Creek.., Damascus Bandy Salmon , CurrinsTille... Cherryville.... War mot .J.Q Gage 0. T. Howard R. M. Cooper Annie tubhs E. M. Harlman B. Jennirgs Henry A. Bnrder L J. Perdue H. Wilbern J. C. Elliott F. Gntch ... Mrs. W. M. Mclntyre Geo. S. Currin ....Mrs. M. J. Hammer Adolph Aschotl ' M wish all onr readers merry Christ inas and t bsppy New Year. Last year Bryan carried Kansas by 13 000 Totes. The vote this year shows a republi can gain of something like 33.000. At the recent election every congressional district in the state gave a republican majority, and that party elected 407 out of G33 county of ficers. Populism seems to have about run Its race in Knausas. Tin Oregonian suggests that In case of a general war in Europe the United States lake the pari of England and later, as a re- ward, demand the British possessions on this continent It might be alright for this government to acquire the territory north of lis, but lor the sake of so doing we could ill afford to enter the entanglements of a general war in Europe and oppose all the other nations save Kngland. Besides ills not certain that Great Britain assisted by the United States could subdue the world, and if so we would then need the help of some of the other nations to make England gireup Canada. England is not of the! giving op disposition, as history has al reaiy indicated. Her policy la to acquire more instead ot parting with that already possessed. Tomorrow Is Christmas, the day looked forward to by all as one lo be spent in rec reation and pleasure, in commemoration of the birth of one now recognized by all the mtionsof the earth. It should be a day of great rejoicing in all Christian lands, since by the Savior's coming the light of day shines upon all God's people. It has been ruggrted lhat a Ion of can celled mortgages would be an interesting exhibit at the Trans-MissisMppi congress to be held in Omaha, Nebraska, Kanas and Missouri could no doubt supply the greater part of the ton, while any number of other tales could be represented. Perhaps the I Indeed, do we not kno -tsar that Ibis exhibit would be made in bis and mothers before us suffered Tery bitterly WK ABE KNOWN ABROAD. On November 2l'.th the Enterprise con tained an article to the effect that Dr. V. E. Carll, as a member of the Oregon City school board, had caused two sterilising ovens to he made at his own expense and put in the school buildings, giving a briel description of each. The article in question reached the sanctum of the Sacramento Record-Cnion and brings forth the follow ing editorial comment trom that influential journal: "At Oeegon City the other day the school board, on the advice of physician who is member or the board, that every day a the pencils and pen holders used by Ihe school children in each school buildins shall be gathered together and fumigated, because the board had been convinced by Its medical member that contagious and infec tions diseases are carried and transmitted In germ lorm by those simple vehicles.! "This may appear to be carrying the disln eviion idea 10 me extreme ana making a fad of it. But what are we lo say to those skilled men, whose duty it Is to know and who tell us that disease is transmitted lo our children through such mediums? Is it sufficient answer lo say that in the years agone our fathers and grandfathers and their progenitors went to the country school and chewed quill ends, and sucked pencil tops, and handled in all sorts of ways all manner of old fashioned pen and pencil holders, and none of them came to barm by reason of such uncleanly practices? "How do we know that they did not suffer tor these things? How are we to know that many of them did not take severe punishment for ignorance of sanitary laws? that our fathers When Daniel Webster discussed the ac quisition of new territory ll w as always with the question in his mind as to Us bearing upon the spread of slavery, Webster o posed Ihe annexation of Texas and a few years later voted lo admit California into the Union as a Tree state. He had no objec tion to the acquisition of territory that could not become a bone of contention between the slave stales and the spirit which he saw rising in the North with the demand that there should be no extension of slavery Believing, as most men living In his day did, that a war between slavery and anil slavery would result In Ibe dissolution of the Union, he opposed every measure lhat seemed likely lo Influence publlo feeling in the two sections. To a later generation, which has seen the New South take Ihe place of the old, and rebuild iia homes on the ruins of it peau liar institutions, it may be dlltlcult to com prehend the tear which guided the course of the conservative statesmen of that day. Webster died ten years betore the war broke out. He died believing that war might be prevented. Compared to what wasendang ered by the proposition to acquire new ter ritory, the entire TacUlo coast teemed worthless. There was a great country east of the Mississippi, to theeducation of which In devotion to Ihe Union he had devoted the best years of his lire. In his belief, when he opposed the acquisition of new territory he was simply opposing the disso lution of the Union, Webster, great statesman that he was, never comprehended the richness ot Ihe Tacillo territory and the future that It I promised. Statesmen of today oppose the acquisition of Hawaii, yet those Islands might prove correspondingly valuable In tbe future. i.. ... ..... .... is iii a more semen coniution and upon a much firmer basis than It has been for years, and it aflords einphnllo ran no in for adherence lo a parly whose wise legislative policy can produce such marked changes within so short a lerm of power, (Tacoma Ledger ) During ihe last days of the Ohio cam paign, Mr. Bryan was called theie lo try ami save something from the wreck. In the few counties where lie put In his hard est blows the republicans received Incfascd majorities, and no wonder. Among oilier statements Mr. Bryan made title) one, lhat "the tlrst alx months of Ihe McKlnley ad ministration were the worst in Ihe history of this country," and that there had heen no improvement since MrKluley's Inaugur ation. It is not surprising that such fool ishtiess as lhat should turn voles Ihe other way among sensible people who live In Ohio and have seen Ihe mills start. Ilia money come from Its hiding places and go into circulation, wllh thousands of more men employed at advanced wages. All these things have happened since and be cause of McKlnley'i election, forge crop In this country and short crops In Europe have aided In the conditions, but it Is only an incident in Ihe general improvement. M'KITTRICK'S SHOES HKAT THE WORLD own town la whit induced Mr. Bryan to ""Make trip to Mexico. Akd so Berkley is to lie a candidate for congress in the first district. Nothing could more tilting. Barkley has more ability than Yanderberg and consequently would be better able to defend his I reason able acts in tbe last legislature. By all means let the names of both Barkley and U'Ren appear on tbe slate ticket. Tbey would fittingly represent their following and the people would have e clmpce to sit in judgment npon their past feMrrk It has been suggested tbat inasmuch as there) are existing differences on personal grounds between certain republicans of this county that all factions get together for the purpose ol an amicable settlement of these differences if possible. No doubt these personal matters have been largely aggravated by reports carried from one to notber which, in such cases always grow as they are passed along, and by the time they return lo the starting point could not be recognized by the alleged author. Re publicans do not seriously differ as to tbe object sought but rather as to the means through which that object may be attained. Every fair minded man who has reason lo believe he has been wronged oneht to be willing for the one whom he accuses to ex plain the matter; not to allow every prat tling tongue to work upon his prejudices. It is a duty every man owes to his fellows that when he has reason to believe he has been wronged to meet the person accused nd come to a fair, unprejudiced under tanding which would not result in tbe injury of either. A failure to do this is an evidence of bad faith on the part of he who refuses. The principles of Ihe republican party are greater than any man or set of men and it is not right that these princi pies should be defeated by the obstinacy of any individual. When a good citizen is shown tbat he has spoken ill of another he is willing to make amends. These are plain wordp, but we believe them applicable to the present situation in Clackamas county. A meeting of the legislative bold-up clans was beld at McMinnville last Satur day. It was the meeting of the state cen tral committee of the populist, democratic and union bi-metalllc parties the same parties t lint prevented Ihe organization of the last legiatattire theobject being to form a coalition lor the purpose of a;turing the offices at tbe nut elate election. Each ol these O'ganizutions pretended to represent, separately, arrest principle, else why would these separate and distinct party organiza' tions I e maintained? The Enterprise has all along contended that all there was to populi-m was for the leaders to hold office, and the contention has never been mo e clearly proven limn in Ibis instance where the three parlies have laid aside their re spective principles and banded themselves together with one object in view, namely, to develop strength in the elections. Their principles count lor nothing; it is votes they want. These three elements have no prin ciples to carry out after they are elected, as was shown by them in the last legislature. Tbey promised the people all things before election, just as thev are now doing, but after election did tbey attempt to have en acted any of the remedial legislation advo. where we are spared, simply because We know lhat diphtheria must besought is we contest with small pox; tbat it must be quarantined, the patient sequestered, the funerals of its victims be unattended save by necessary burial officers, "He know what are the benefits of correct drainage, U.at wells must hot be sunk be low house drains, privies and alablrj; that decaying vegetable matter Induces zymotic diseases; that typhoid fever comes to us through water drinking, not throueh the air we breathe, and so on through a long list of things experience and science have taught us of which our great grandparents were ignorant, and for want of which knowledge tbey must have suffered? "Are we prepared to say, therefore, that the Oregon City school board has gone to tbe extreme in ordering school pencils and pen holder to be fumigated to their com plete disinfection daily? We can easily understand bow these simple utensils can become tbe means ol carriage for germs of disease, common carriers Indeed, since they pass about freely, from hand to hand, not to say mouth to mouth, in tbe schools. The Oregonian calls attention to the I act tbat a dreadful cutaneous disease tbat was widely spread a lew years ago among school chil dren was traced directly to the clay used in modeling in the schools. It was handled by all the art pupils, worked by them over and over again, and thus became the ve hicle for transmission of disease germs de veloped upon a single band. "Of course tbere is no reason why chil dren in schools should not be required to care for their own pencils and penholders, yet it is simply impossible for any teacher in a graded school to woolly prevent the passage of these articles from hand to hand. Where the department furnishes the ar ticles, as most departments do, it is not ex cessive exaction to require it to keep the goods cleanly. Oregon Citv is not alone in her precautionary methods. In Indiana it has long been the rule to disinfect not only the articles used by the school children in school, but to regularly fumigate the school rooms, and to devote especial attention to the cleanliness of all school furniture. "In that state every school house has a disinfeoljng or sterilizing oven, very simple in construction and costing but a trifle. It is brought to the proper degree of heat, dry or moist, as may be required, the small ar ticles are placed in the oven, and after the lapse of the proper time they are taken out, and that is all there is to it. This steriliz ing process informs the children upon the subject of transmission of disease, and sets up Ihe inquiry why we should tie clean and what rilth and uncleaiiliness bring in their train, and how we proceed lo prevent dis ease from spreading. "Just as long as meases, diphtheria, scar let fever, whooping cough, mumps, catarrh, eczema and salt rheum threaten our chil dren, we can afford by mm pie precaution ary measures to protect them from assault so far as their attendance In the public schoolroom is concerned. luHKANT lias again been sentenced to bang. This time the date has been set down for January 7. Let lis bone that on the above date the greatest farce of the age, save and except the 17 session of the Ore gon legislature, will be brought to a close. In the case of Durrant the courts have been toyed with to an astonishing degree and the ends of justice thwarted for more than two years, principally because the people of San rrancisco have been educated up to the sensational rather than Ihe real, and largely because a few lawyers have been over seal oos In their desire to establish a world-wide reputation at the sacrltice of justice. Had the murder for which Wachlin was con. vicled In Hillsboro last week been commit ted in San Francisco there is little doubt that he would have been paraded belorethe public as an Innocent man for many months. San Francisco thrives on sensa tions, its newspaier8 make a specialty of sensational matters, and her courts of jus tice are Imposed upon that the whims of the sensationally Inclined lawyers may be gratified, it is to be boed Ihe end of all this fuss and leathers is near at band: (Toeka Capital ) What does high priced cattle and hogs mean? Simply lhat more people east of Ihe Mississippi river are aatlnir meal Why? Because thev are earning wanes. They are at work. The people who were employed under Hint tariff are getting higher wages. What caused the change? Faith of business men, capitalists, employ er of labor and monev. in the republican parly and it well tried tariff policy. The tariff nothing to do with ll? Il has every, thing to do with It. Canadian eggs and chickens are shut out on the north and Mexican cattle on lb south. The American market for the American tanner, is the re publican principle, and It ia working, as il always has worked, for ihe welfare of the nation Pauper labor ia shut out. Pauper made goods are shutout. The American market ia reserved for the Ameri can laboring man and Ihe Ameri can farmer, and both are read izing the benefits ol this palrlolio busi ness like policy, tested and vindicated bv American history for more than !0 years. The Kansas larmer gives away cattle, hugs, corn, wheal, hay, eggs, butter ami milk In every vole he gives for Bryanlsni, mpiilm or fusion. It ia bad business No level headed farmer will permit Ihe calamity or ators for free silver ami free trade to deceive him again and induce him by specious uui isisp promues io vote away hla own proerty and pnsierity. Crayon and Water Color Portraits. VlewH of Oregon nenpv s Ark Gall cry The only first-class photo gallery In the city. u Pr. Williams' Indian Pile! left Dnnms i uiliiiuiil will cure llilml, I 1 J U liUUttlS. lllccillhtf and luiMntf 1'IU . ll ulicrllhclumor. Kllu llio lu biiiK at niiir. acts ja a uouHlm. ultra liikn.ni m. Ilif. Dr. Wll.lmns Tiiilirinl'ilrOlnt- llietll lNtirnltMn.1 fnr lll.k...l I,..!.. Ing of I tin private purta. Kvrry but Is wttrrantitil. llv ilmi'iiui.' t.w m.ii m - eelpt of pricr m c nn anil Sl.'ou. WILLIaMS MANUr ACTURINQ CO.. Trot. nrvolaZl.WTi For sale by C. O. Huntley, JoHii Stearns. Ctlcf CIcrt HOTEL ST. CHARLES Special Prices for Xinas Trade! FRt'lT Iniorled French In glass; IVaches, Aprlinia, Klg, l'ear, etc. Large bottles. ii.V, regular $1 a. small " 4" " 7.V. r) VK)KrABI.KS, I'ellts I'ols (I'ras) Ft Haricots Verts Besna pi I' but. '.'.V., remilar .IV " can X for Nk reg. 2.V, each. IMTTKI) tjUKKN OUVKS-430. regular 7,!, DI'KKKKri BALAf) I)t F.SHI NOTE AND COMMENT. (Gervais Htar ) Among the several changes noted in the newspapers of Oregon is the pew dress and heading of the Ruseburg Review and Port land Sunday Welcome. If we were called upon to name the three beat country news (lapHrj i the sta e we would say Rose burg Review, Med ford Mail and Enterprise, Oregon City. (Grants Pass Observer.) The friends of silver are becoming fewer and fewer. Senator Stewart has told the people that tbey may as well fall In line and get their share of prosperity, as it is useless to talk silver now; ex-Governor All geld has dropped silver, and is said lo be organizing a paper money party, and ex Governor Boies has denounced the 10 to 1 proposition as suicidal, in view of the great discrepancy between the coinage ratio and tbe commercial ratios of silver. Many other democrats, being greenbackers at heart, have advocated free silver as simply a stepping stone lo true fiatism, and now that free silver is becoming so unpopular they are gradually dropping it. (Eugene Register.) Of all neglected crops In Oregon our apples are the greatest sullerers. There Is no state nor country that can compare with the I'acilic coast in apple culture, and yet our crop Is hardly known to commerce. Thousands of bushels are going to waste in the orchards of Lane county today, with not even bogs to use them, while buyers are scouring the valley for apples worth shipping. Nearly 50 car loads have been shipped from the neighborhood of Grants Pass and a good profit realized on every bushel. One cent per pound has been ol fered in Lane county but not enough wholesome apples can be found here to pay for shipping green. A choice quality of good, red cheeked apples, free from blem ishes, can always be depended upon to bring good prices, and the fact that proper precautions are not taken first In selecting marketable varieties for setting, and sec ondly in lighting insect pests. Orcharding must lead a more vigorous campaign against our fruit enemies. There is no lack of thorough Instruction in this matter, and the experience of years now has impressed uon us the importance of making an ef fective fight. Oregon apples should be worhi renowned and proper vigilance would make them so. (Grants Pass Observer.) Bryan said last year that no country How to I'rerent I'neuiiiniilu. At (his time of the year a cold la very easily contracted, and if left lo run ita course without the aid ot some reliable cough medicine it liable to result in lhat dread disease, pneumonia. We know of no belter remedy to cure a cough or cold than Chamberlain' Cough Remedy We have used it quite extensively and it hat always iveq Wire satisfaction. 01gah, Ind. Ter. Chief, This Is the only remedy that la known id be a certian preventive of pneumonia Among the many thousands who have used It for colda and la grippe, we have never Vet learned ot a single case having resulted in pnetlmunia. 1'erson who have weak lungs or have leason to fear an attack of pneumonia, Mhotild keep the remedy at hand. The 25 and 60 cent sixes for sale by (i. A. Hurtling. What Br. A. K. Halter Mayo. uvrrAVo, s. i. ubmts. from my personal knowledge, gained in observing the effect of your fihiloh's Cure in cases of advanced Consumption, I am prepared to say that it is the moat remarkable Remedy that has ever been brought to my attention. It has certainly saved many from uonHumption. sold by Charman & Co., druggists, Oregon City. For Young Men and Vouug Women There Is nothing that will arouse the re of a young man or woman so quick as to have inferior laundry work put off on them They may dress ever so well, but if their shirt front or shirt waist is mtiHxy their neat appearance la sailed The Troy laundry makes a socially of ladies' ami gentlemen's fine work 1 here can te no better work than is done at the Troy. Leave your orders at Farnsworth's barber shop. Wood wanted at this olfiue, oak, fir or limb In length 10 or 22 inch or four foot. I Si H Front and Morrison His., Portland Or. Dl VI KS JJcCrtUI'KV, PHr KooniB from 25o. to $1.00 jkt day Elevator, di'ctric lights and Lulls and all modern convvnicnci'H. ami .V)".. re :IA ami CAPKKS-aue each, reg. 2'. I'll I I.I MAlTE-aur-, re, r. PKm:itNAlCE-I). it large, 30c, regular ,Vo. De'lclous, Helical Dainties for VOIir Ainaa dinner at moderate prices, A. ROBERTSON. The 7th St. Crocer. Free 'Hub hiMh all bouts and truing Restaurant Connected With Hotel. ELY'S CRKAM T5AT.M la a posltlveenre. AnDlT Into the nostril. It Is quickly absorbed. 60 eent at Diwtrlaui or by mall ; aamplea Hie, by mall, TIME W0KK8 WONDERS. A journal which opposes tbe annexation of Hawaii tjuotes Daniel Webster as asking in discussing the proposition lo establish government over tbe territory acquired from Mexico: What do we want with tbat vast worth- could be prosperous whoseexportsexceeded KLY DKOTIIKKH, M Warren rtu, New York City. its imports, which in a measure is true, and, and if he was able to figure just a lit tle he would be compelled to now say we are returning to prosperity for In the four months ending Oct. 31, our Imports amounted to about $:X),000.000 while our exports footed up $.'100,000,000 which leaves a balance in our favor of about $100,000,000. The total exports lor September and Oc tober for five year or since Harrison left the While House, and notwithstanding the imports are falling off and our exports Increasing still the treasury has more money in it than at any time during Cleve land's admin stration, except immediately after be would sell bonds to replenish it. All this reveals the truth, which cannot be controverted by the enemies of good gov ernment, that the business of our country MUTT'S PENNYROYAL PILLS .w The-y overcome WaknM, Irrfirti. Ittrity niiinlitiloiifliK'iiaii() v(for . and ImntBli "iminpt ut rni-riiti no il..!.." liwy ait, ' I. lie Nuvrri' toifirliiat woiiiiinliuoil, Mm if fin vHiprn'nt of nrimnei and body. No known rfmnljr for wnirien l'(ual thtrn. Cannot do hnriri llfu on romei ft plenwiirp. Wl per ha hv nwill. NfiM by lriitfirlMn 0TT CHEMICAL (5o.,tu...Mi,o. For sole by C. G. Huntley. AANTED TRUSTWORTHY, ACTIVE gentlemen or ladies to travel for re sponsible estahlihsed house in Oregon. Monthly $'ft.OO and expenses. Position steady. Reference. Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope. The Dominion Com pany Dept. Y Chicago. That Lam Itaek can be eurrd with Dr. MUea' MUiVki 1-LKblLH. Only 26c. J NOBLITT'S STABLES Livery, Feed and Sale Stable LOCATKD ORECONCITY. BETWEEN TUB BKIDtif AND UKPOT Double and Single Rigs, and sad dle horwefl always on hand at the loweHt prices. A corrall connected with the barn for loone tttuck. Information regarding any kind oi stock promptly attended to by person ol letter. Horses Bouvht and Sold. Horses Boarded and Fed on reason able terms. JOHN YOUNGER, 1EWELER, Opp. Huntley's Drujr. Store, All Kinds of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry Repaired FORTY YEARS EXPERIENCE ft Ureat Britain and America. Give me atrial. 1A00 nidi's of long Jin i tance telephono wirti in Oregon and Washington now in operation by the Oregon Telephone and Tel egraph com jmny. Portland, Seattle, Spo kane, Tacoma, Halein, Walla Walla, Pendleton, Albany and 1)0 other towns in the two states on th line. Quick, accurate, cheap. All tho satinfoction of a iMTHonal communication, bintanco no effect to a clear undemanding. Spo kano as canity heard as I'ortlnnd. Oregon City office at Huntley's Drug Store. J. H. THATCHER, MANAGER, Portland, - - - Oregon. t:BalIUIied M3. CI man PIONEER 1m$ht and Freight and parcels delivered to all parts of tho city. RATES - REASONABLE. WHEN YOU BUY, ALWAYS GET THE BEST This applies to real estate as well as other comoditios. Every family in need of a home desires the best location. SOUTH OREGON CITY lias tho greatest number of advantages to its credit, of any of the suburbs of Oregon City. It will pay you to investigate this property. Good clear lots at reasonable prices on easy instalments. Call address on or T. L. CHARMAN, Trustee. Charman Bro's. Block, - - Oregon City. Xotal 1251.40 " " Howard et al. for a 'count 'roa'd : John I maomu vuugme m jsummw. ati i. i . aemwaalBmmmmmBjajBBBmmmmmmmmaaBBMaMa