OREGON CITY KNTERPIUSE, i FRIDAY, JUNK 3. 1898.
5
BARKLKYS CAREER
What Hartley Did While Train-
lng with Colonel Hofor.
Charles II, Moores Kxpliiliis a Few Mai
lers of lulcrml Ilft-artllng the
ei-lteverenrd Urnllonun.
Charles D. Moorea has wrltltm an
opeo loiter to Cut. Ifottr, u( the Capital
Journal. In answer to tlmt r'i pur
ilstent KttM'ka.' Tha latter ahowa how
th IUverenad Hartley got In hia graft
In the legislature, and is In part a fol
lows t ,
"Now than, again, did ymi or did yon
not beg Gov, Moody, Ilka a whipped
inlel, to aware yo a place on that $10
per day oommlttae,
"I'M yoo.or did voo not, while preach.
Ing reform and denouncing extravagance
In vour paper and on tlia floor of the
houan, vote for billa appropriating money
out of the treasury amounting to the
aura of f I,R4o,413 00, and were not
Messrs, Hatklry and Cralu only t ibort; t,, ... ,!. ! im
" " 7af wee " "'hour' vwk in .1
amount which you thus voted to take out
of the treasury several thotiaand dollars
more than we voted hy any other mem
Ixir from any county of either the house
or senate.
"Did you or did you not make any
protest or minority report, a member
of the way and nieana vommlttt of
IHU5, against any of the Item In the
general appropriation bill of that year?
"Did not yourself and Messrs. Berkley
and Craig, who constituted the 'reform'
elomant of the Marlon county delegation
evnry one of you, vote to approprl
ate thouanda of dollar more out of the
treasury than did either Senators Gesnerj
Ilobaon or Pattereon or Mr. Calyortor
mjaolfT
"Did you not employ a clork a chair
man of the committee on IneuranceT
Di I not Mr. Craig employ a clerk aa
chairman of the committee on agricul
ture and did not Mr. Berkley employ
three clerka aa chairman of the commit
to on education la It not fact that
STATE SCHOOL HOOKS
A ITATKHKftT KIIOM TUB AM Kill"
CAN HOOK t'UMIUftY.
Uroi Annanl af h nlnra, Prlcs
4 Olhvr lafurata.
lion.
POnTLAND. Or., May 7.-To the Ed.
tor.)-Murh has Wn pulillslitd of Ult
rrdli)ffj th Amrrlrsn HiMik Company
and th col of ichuul books furnuhvd by
thai company to tha people of Oregon.
Inl.re.t.d prnom hav prllmtly cir
culated inillmrnl. 1 that th
public should U I old th truth, and, thw
fur, brg apar In your paper fur the
following brief .lairm.nl, which may
throw torn lliht upon tha much-mootrd
and groaly ml.rrprriM-ntrd text-book
qu.atlon.
Th American Honk Company Invlir th
closr.t InvtailRutlon of ih irhnol-Uonk
iurtlun, knowing lhal cvrry prrion who
lnv..tli:utea raiulldly and wltliuut priju
dlr will t rnnvliwicl Ihnl It hua il'.ilt
wlih iwopl of Urrcon In a siratahl
forward, liualrir. way, and that ll hua
andtmvurrd lo kivi the propls lulihfuliy
and to priMiioiu tli. luieiv.is of Uu-lr
Schools. We could nul hoi to rnln th
goodwill and lni.;m.. of tliu piuplu In
any othir way. Wo obtained our lontrutt
four i ji una a.itln.l Inavy iuuipi(lllun,
and Ih prkra uf our pulillinllona wor
aa low, If nut lower, tliuii lliu.a of any i
othrr com i' r ll ofti'ilng aunJuitl Uxl- '
book to Ihla aiat.
Th ofTli lul record t.u that tW r
alfoul lou.uu) puplli ehrotlisl In Ontsun In ,
litfj. Our total of buuk of all kind 1
In Orriiun during th year latl, Induutns
all buuk sold to dialvra, prlvnt aihuula, ,
college, academua, pvUoaogiiitl wurka 1
and nilateillaneou book, aa we. I a all
book fur public n hool. Including high
School, mere IH.H1 Ml, Uf Ihla amount,
(tZ.boi a avua fur buoka fur th public
school. Mora limn oiivhlf of tbr
book wera purchnard by th pixiplo at
catalogue price, and tha balunc at th
dealer' contract retail price 10 ier cent
abov lltt u that the tutnl amount paid
by th peuplo for the buuk could nut
exceed I..W)4 aj. '1'lierefoiv, llio tulal Cut
of In boo tu the people wa Ira I hall t0
cent per pupil attetulmg achool, and the
total aiuuuiu received by u for th auuio
wa l than il cent per pupil. Ulivea
ar actual tlgun. They U inoiiiriite tlmt
lb coal of acliuul book In Oregon I nut
cxciwalv. They alau allow tha utter ab
auidliy of h atutruienta puiiilalicd by
suing of our more Ignurunt deiruciora.
that our annual bualue In Orion
aiiioum to Vjou.UW, uml tout we aell buuk
aniuumliig to liuu.uuu a cur In th vuy ol
J'ort.uiid. Thr are but two itatt l Hi
l iuon iArkuna and Aluliaimi) where ill
coal uf acbuul buuk per pupil IB leas limit
in Oregon.
Knciniu of th Amcr.oin Hook loinp.my
Craig
done
wlUi ymn ilutli
yuii W'T" i .1 I ii
thia fmil"VmtMi'
infiif) i,1 IK'.
aliaiii'oa a n! I .
the niilil e iriM u '
' W i.i von fl.ll
tlona, )! or mi ill
d I'ltiw i In in?
"V..Mr linn im iiiA4klioldertthe
oiitiM of 1HU5 n I 1807 and wnrx Mr. .
Bn'klt-v ii.l ir tier n-iiiliri' of the refenn '
eh-menr In tlm h t
bN ranaos Bamflta.
It waa a far back aa 1608, according
to Hammd I'epyi, that one Knipp came
to. blm a boot the "woman'a day" at
the playbonao, wblcb he wa eipeotwl
to patronize in order to increase th
profit. Ptrrbnp the first organized bou
eflt for a particalar favorite, however,
waa that given to Mr. Harry in 1087.
On such ooc-iilou it was oostomary to
charge for admission to ibe atage, wblub
iu oouaerjonuce often became ao throng.
ed that when a player to whom tbe dis
tinction wa accorded bad to n.ake bia
appearanoe before the footlights to take
up bla prt in tbe pieoe it bad not in
freqnoutly to be (topped for aeveral
minutes while tbe attendants forced
taaa(te for the unfortunate ' actor
I frequently .-aati tbroogb tbe throng of bia admirera
..t'ui h-r Iihvc an
tm you and Mcmo
and Hick Icy could not havf
wiihoui iini-rfi-riiiK In miiv way
i-Uinr for which
h Whx not
Im 'r.-fonn ele
' fl ioiih clerk a
iiaiiilM roh'wiy of
DO YOU NEED ANY
.i 'ewer these qtn
ill you continue to
Tboe oo tbe occasion of Qnin' ten-
tilt at Covtnt Garden, in 17S8, tbe eld
actor, who wa incumbered with tbe
heavy dresa of FeUtaff, wa several
mint, tea before be con Id paaa on to tbe
(luge on account of the crowda that
were assembled in tbe winga. Perbapa
cent fmm tha Hat, and th book ar paid
fur nut of a aperlal fund and reimbursed
by aach achool dlatrlct out of th general
achool fund. Th dlatrlct furnUh the
book to th pupil free. Tha coil of
freights and distribution Is paid by the
school dlatrlct from their achool appor
tionment. Th ayatem I ao complicated
thai It I Imooaaibl to aacerlaln iactly
Ih total coal of th book a delivered lo
th pup'la. Rlnc Ih new text-book law
went Into affect In Idaho, In MO. th con
aumptlon of tonka has Increased nearly
luo r rent. There I much greater waale
of book under a free text-book syaltro
than wher tha books ar purchaned snd
owned by Ih pupil, as In Oregon, ll I
a raaa. In Idiiho, of getting something for
nothing, and thers la always eitravuganc
wher limit on rl, generally th las
payee, pay th bill.
II boa been atated that th contract re
tail price of school book In Oregon (that
I, th mailmum price which can be
charged by Ih retail denier) ar 10 per
rent abov the rntaloxu or Hat pr'er
Till I true of moat of th book, tt I
alao true that the bid nf every other pub-
llaher for standard tcit-honk at the adop
tion four yenr ngo provldid for this nm
j profit lo the null dealer. The law of
' Oregon lmpoe conillllona on tbe luilil ih"l
which are not rxtulred by tbe law of any
other alula. It requite the conirtiolng
pub!lber lo mnlntntn a gen-riil depoaltory
, or pine of Inia.ii.M In this atute, and to
1 mMlnlnln I'tMepoptlnrlr at suih lnta
throiiKhout the ta'e (row more thin 27M
a may be from lime to t me dealtinuled
bv the etnle lii. ant of e lm n". We ur'
therefore r.nulred lo keep on n'e a-d ot.
rinili?iitneiit n vnrl.ui furl of the etnie
birne number of bock, amounting to
il oii'nrnl o' ' A ni:r ' r o' tli
Idiice are retnnte from railroad, the
fre'cht In mu ii v rar colliiK a much ai
111 per rent. The cnolrnct require Hint
the book alm'l he aold at uniform pr're
' at every p'pee In ih I'e'e, utid 'n order to
do thi and to n'nre ell sections of th'
late and all dea'er on ei e'ii 'nnt'p
we are obMnnl to pay Di'a rnt of trim
por"itlnn. auimlv 'nree teb of tnw.l-a ru
which there mnv be rn d-mnnil and wlbh
are ul'ifn'elv retiir"-d at our exienan. ani'
In a dnmaerd coed Inn. the ! full n
Upon ll. The retl' pe're leclfled 'n th'
rnr.tract are the rmix'tni'm nrlce allowed
lo he charred by the retull d iiler for lh
book. In mnny placea In the atnte and
at I'ortlnr.d tt'e bO"V nre an'd at relrtll at
ralntoi-iie pr'r . Ve mall the bonk
at retail, poatniie preonld. to imv point In
the etate, at the rainlogne price.
Our opponents are rival pub''''ing
h"ues, or their ason's or ttielr pari! -n.
Their onlv obl-et I in br'nir a-n"i a
rhang of test-books. We ak In all fair
ne why a rhane hould be made. A
chnnire In pubtMiltig houee wou'd tn nt
w'ii b'"en tare or effect anv aavlne: to
the p-ople. becnu-e the n'lee of all stand
ard tett-hpnt' ere a"Ve. II would not
benent the achool. beeau-e our ptih'l'-a-I'on
must be ronccdi-d to eoiial tn educa
tional merit the-e rf my nlh-r pu'!l-''r
Common biitoe-a nrudence and economv
require a unlfcrm ser ea of hook adopted
for definite period. In no other way car
favnraVe price b. aeenred or the peop'e
be protected from frequent and expennlv
rhange. Our boot: a are In tiae in th"
achoola of the atate. Largo numbers of
them, amounting to many thmieanr' of
dollars, sre the property of tha school
1 patron. Thean would become value!?
I If a change were made. Tt l manifest
folly to suggest n change on the grouml
ar attempting lo ronfUH th public mind of economy. T.et us conrldcr wnai
by publlahlng luulr of th coal of book change of text-hook menns. For ex
In olhor States purclun.ed under dineieut aniile, 50 per rent, or S0.OM. pupil In Ore
syalems, and cuiupaiiiiM liiciii with Hie , gon are In the grade that ue a "First
retail or hlghe! pilcc nt which book Header." If a clumr" were made. th
adopted for u In the public achoola of ' ieoii would necerlly have to purchase
Ihla stats may b sold by the retail deal- jo.OoO of the new "First Itenders." No
ars. Th not wnolcile or coniract price standard "First Header" Is sold at leas
In Chicago or New York (which Is uniform thn 20 cents, moot of them at 15 rent
to all state) Is taken as a bals of com- jn other word, It wou'd rot not le
paMson with the maximum retail price al- ! than fif) to buy a aupply of new "First
lowed by th contract to be charged In Readera" alone. Our sales book for 1K30
Oregon; and. disregarding th rolatlva an(j j ,how thst we have sold annually
mrlt of Ih books, the coal of a worm
less or Inferior book used In some states
Is compared with tha price of a standard
book used In this state, It Is a well
known law of production and sale that an
article can be purchased at a less figure
at first coat from the manufacturer at the
piac af production or manufacture than
at soma place removed thousands of mile
and -when aold at retail, ine cost of
transportation must be added to the coat
of manufacture, as well aa tha profit made
by the middleman or retail denier.
In.; liU ciiHi k a1 VYoodtHirn and else-'
whuie,"
It would be t i l-re in; loknuvat
thU limn eyliMtluv or i Dirkl v c4tie.
any cin-ck and, l , In wlmt aiii'itu t.
Surely thi-re wi-rn'l anv tlri in tlitleim
Then, f ir what mild he have received one of the safest of the many tnn fit
checkn? Oli oui-e. tip khI imbniei1 . wbicb bave been celebrated at Dmry
know, hm he pmiialdy won't loll. ' Lnue wa that given on Jone 87, J88,
Ilatklev want! I rtiiru lo the l.-fi-U ' f,,r "Dialdl, tbe greatest clown the
tnrt.mav I. r. are .0m. ,,,r i te bn. known, when the heartbroken
old man wa wheeled on to tbe tae in
cb. k. In Haien, n tTttlchlkit Bud bot)fcieiHil, broke down
! iu bis endeavor to aing bia once famon
! ditty "Hot Codlina" Tbe old mau'a
tliH Koet and tliu gn.- iiiin an lda of I memory had completely forsaken bim.
(Ju that occasion a sum or 1,700 waa
realized, wbicb for many yeara remuin-
ed a record St. Jamea Gaaette.
Ktnd the Kntkki'himi in your (riend in I ,
what In ifoiti; on in t I rkMiim county, i .
It may Induce- Inm " i mle with ua
nernert epencer' Tragedy.
Tbe Kuglisb pupera are citing good
(torict fn ui r!ir Cruut Duff' "Diarioa. "
Here i one: "ArUmr Rusocll made me
laugh by a story of a ilisrosslon al tbe
Leweae. Home one maintained thai
everybody bad written a tragedy. 'Yea,'
aald Lewea, 'evory oue, even Herbert
Bpenoer.' 'Ah!' interposed Hnxloy 'I
know what the catastrophe wonld be
an induction killod by a fact'"
Tha Mod era Agwastle.
We look at onr cbarcbe with their
oongregutious, growing in number and
dwindling in faitb, says II. U. Chap
man iu lbo Atlantic, and we ask onr
selves: In all these buildings, cheap or
costly, wbat real prayer rise, and of
those thut rise do any get above tbe
roof? What God bear tbem and ba
there ever been an answered prayer? We
I look at tbe face of tbe dead and repeat
"When Lord Mnlmrshury came into a burial service. If after tbe uianuor of
office, be fired off a highly patriotio dia
patch. Lord Cowley received it, aaw
that It could ouly result in war and, i
putting It iu his pocket, weut off to
Waluwski. 'Yon mast understand,' be
aaid, 'that I come as Lord Cowley and
not as an ICuglioh emhusriador, but I
bave received a dlKputch from my gov
ernment which i so strong that I should
like yon to se It privately before I bund
it to you ofliciully.' YVulewaki reud the ;
dispatch and said, 'Yon may give me
that dii-patcb, Lot if yon do I will send
you your pusnport tomorrow moruiug.'
Lord Cow ley did not preaeut the dii
pntch, but aeiit it buck for alteration,
and it was altered and realtered before
it waa formally presented."
Hnors whnnws Cta
UUUlUl 1I1UUU1IU
nil.
(JU OTUEIt BUILDING MATERIAL?
:00 TO:
C. H. BESTOW I CO.
Low Prices. First-class Goods.
Corner llth and Main Streets. Oregon City, Oregon.
men I bavo fought with beasts at Epbe
suh, wbat advuntaguth it me if tbe dead
rise not? And ua we say tbe word we
Bhk ourselves, "Do the dead rise?" And
if any one is found who believe these
thing be know that there ia another i
at hia elbow who believes them not a
whit or an atom, and these two can bit
on no universe that shall satisfy both,
nor can oue be poet to tbe other.
jr me miugirin... v. . ...... .. , t nonl nB COBt to the
Our Moallnnts have asserted thRt Idaho ; " " nKn,, ...in 40 ner
,urchases our school publications cheaper r ' wf'1" ,. it
,han doe. ,h. ...t. of Oregon. ThU .. not 'Vnew .W boS." In
purcha
than
true In fact. In Oregon the people buy
th school books from the retail dealers
In their several localities. In Idaho the
' state purchases the books In bulk In Chi
cago at the net whotemile contract price,
and pays the freight from Chicago to
Idaho and th additional expense of
handling and distributing the books to the
various school districts as they may bu
required. If tha amounts paid hy Idnho
for freights nd other expenses In dis
tributing the books be uld d to the prices
paid for the books In Chlcngo. It will be
found thnt the hooks actually cost the peo
ple of Idaho moro than they do the people
of Oregon. The total coat of achool uooks
but (mm "First neaders" In Oregon, wn'en
I nt a retail price of SI cents would! be but
, IIM0. In fsct. a large percentage of these
I books were sold St the catalogue pr.ee of
,10 cents. "First Header." therefore, coat
I the people of Oregon lea than JlWd per
year, while It would cost at least JCJOO
to buy a supply ef s new kind. An annual
I sale of 8000 as against SO.OiiO "First Read-
ers" In use, mi aits practically a renewal
of these books but once lit five years, the
1 same readers serving nve successive olas.
nominal cost to the pupil after
40 per cent of th
tudy geogra
phy. Thor are two books in use. j nere
would, therefore, bo tO.000 pupil In these
classes, one-half In the e'ementary and
one-half In the advanced book. Twenty
thousand nunlls purchasing an elementary
gengrai-hy, If a new book were Introduced
displacing the on now In use, at HO cents
per copy, which la the price of
all Ktuiid.ud gcDKiaphles, rcRurdleis
of the puMlsher, would cost th
slate t'JtW. Yet the annual sale
of "MotiU-llli's Klcuientary Geography,"
the book now usid In our school through
out the state. Is but Mi copies, costing
jl'TiS lit). If space- permuted we would go
through the list ol books in use ana anow
Rom Inste.
Few person who are more than a
little fond of particulur varieties ot
rows are aware of bow receut is a real
ly strong Individuality in foreign va
rieties of their favorite flower.
The Cloirtj de Dijon date from 1853.
The (iunerul Jnoquemiuot wa offered
to the pnblio in 18S0. Tbe MurecJial
Kiel (which beautiful rose seem lately
Diijustly out of vogue) wa perfected in
18(i4. La Krauce came in ltG8. The
Mine. iNuuo-i'ureire is of 18b0. La
Koine is almost tbo oldest of tbe hybrid
till beloved, having luadu ita success
iu 1843.
The new and assumed varieties now
pnt forth annually still reach the num
ber of 70 or 80, but the majority of
tbetu have uo decisive churucteristica
to enable them to hold their own against
others. The Awerlatu Beauty and Cath
erine Menuut are the most significant
additious witbiu a few season to tbe
general catalogue and not yet iu univer
sal fuvor. Harper Weekly.
Huaploion.
I "Do von remember that sirl who
enme here and said thut whut she most
desired wua a good borne?" aaked tbe
housewife.
"What is the matter now?" respond
ed her husband. "Iluve yon missed
something else?"
"Yes. I guess she has a good home
pretty nearly paid for by this time."
Washington btur.
Tor 0xwfo
i nannnfa irP : 1 '
Are V Inhuman
Prate of hnmauity? Rot I What did
the United State do to the Indians?
Remember Wind river. Three tbonsand
red ltieu, women and children were cor
ralled tbere, and 1,030 of them escaped.
The others? Oh, they couldn't escape!
Weren't able to. They were starved to
death. Dying bnbea nursed mothers
whose breast afforded uo nouriahment.
Dying mother uursod dead babes, llu
muiiityf Old Tippecanoe, the grandfather of
"Our Ren," bandied the Indians with
out glove. In one ot bla oumpaigna be
supposed bia nrma bad destroyed every
buck, aquaw and pap poo se, bnt one day
a soldier brought to his tent a fut young
ster who bad escaped tbe general ma
aaore by hiding under a tepee. " What
shall I do with bim, general?"
"Kill him," waa the mandate of
the "Washington of the West." "Nit
make lice." New York Press.
In Oregon last year, as shown above, was cxlll.ty whnt the expense of a change of
leas than 80 cents per pupil. Idaho last ! text-hooks would be. The total would
year paid for Its school hooks In Chlcngo I ftmount to not U-sa tlmn J2I0.0OO. Thut Is
more than .l,0no, not counting frclirhts 1 1l0 ,,, t,0 people of Oregon would have
or expenses of distribution. Their school
enrollment was about 20,0i0 pupils.' There
fore, the'r school books cost them at Chi
cago more thnn T5 cents per pupil. Freights
and expenses of distribution make the
total cost still greater. The maximum
discount from the trade list of publ'aher
received by Idaho (the books being dollv-
ered In Chicago) is 20 per cent, in orepon
n ,i.v mil for books the Aral year If the
tcxt-l0"k were changed. I'nder the pree
em aystcm tho annual cost of books Is
less than f'S.'iOrt. The snles of text-books
In this state are normal. The books hav
been In use for a number of years, th
people are well supplied, and tha sales
ench year are only to fill In snd renew
books actually worn out In the school-
Mark and th Maiden.
At an evening party in London a
gushing young thing waa introduced to
Mark Twain.
"Oh, Air. Clemens I" she said. "Now
please do toll mel I've been thinking of
taking up writing, bnt I am so afraid
of that dreadful writer's cramp did
you ever have it?"
"I did, maduui."
"And what did you take for it?"
"DtooUeuk."
"Just fawnoy. But how and where
did you apply it?"
"L'roiled and internally, "said Clem
en gravely. "I can't answer for its be
ing a punacea, but it cured tbe kind of
cramp I had, all right" Criterion.
Their Llkeneu.
"Really, now, how can yon have tbe
assurance to say that Cornfield ia ai
great an actor a Forrest?" .
V Well, he 1 in one respect, anyway.
Tbe newspaper are telling tbe same an
eodotes about bim that used to be told
of Forrest" Indianapolis Journal.
.u. 4i.fw.nnt in the retail denier fwa da
llverlng th books 111 Oregon), Is 10 per cent Th'iie figures prove the saving to the
from the list. The cot of freights nnd ,oul by continuing In use the books
" distribution, In fact, exceeds the difference hftVg w hundj Th, conditions now
between these discounts, and we would '.mn,r to those exlatlng four year
make a larger profit on our Oregon bual- , bnoV wer n.
t...a If the state bought tho books from us " . w . ... ,fc. .imn.t arj.
. . iu. it r. a ni ra. 1 (ia uuunu ...
at our whoi.saie p ce. n n..o e The)r dld no, . W0Ulen. .iney atana iu every way ai-
,,. .hlrP tol? San we u "ks In then, nor do they now. wish to Incur th mot OU an equality with men. Girl.
filr.t"". " ---u &tt$Sr "IU, boy. in .11 Inherit-
Idaho the State purchases the books tn w QBn.rt, Agent Amerloan Book Co, I anoe.
Chicago at tbe net wholesale price. 20 ner t ,
ELVB CREAM KAI.M liapoaltlferore.
Apply Into the notrll. It Is qnb kly arawrbed.
enU at lanifgtsi or by mail ; aump'ea 10c by mall.
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CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears tha
Signature of
THE FIRST OF THE YEAR
Will be a desirable time to enter the
New classed will be commenced after the holiday yacation.
For catalogue, address
W. I. STALEY, Salem, Oregon.;
The Marketing Point
OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY
The factory towns of the East are noted
for affording the best market to the neigh
boring farmers and gardeners in proportion
to the population of any of the towns in
that section. The reason for this is that
the people of these towns have a fixed in
come upon which they can always depend,
and, as a consequence, they are liberal buy
ers, paying cash for all their purchases.
As the Great Manufacturing Center
of the Pacific Coast
. . OREGON C1TV
Is Coming to be One of the
Best Marketing Towns in the Statt
This Is Tour Opportunity.
On receipt of ten cents, cash or atampa,
a generous sample will be mailed of tbe
most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure
(lily a Uream Halm) easncieni to aemon
alrste the great merits of the remedy.
ELY BROTHERS,
66 Warren St., Kew York City.
HOT. tfonn Jtoiu, r.t ei ui"" i' wut-i
It ia a remarkable fact that Burma i recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. I
ill (Tor. fmm almrut all other oriental ! can amnbasize his statement, "It ia a posi-
nnui.tri.ui In the frewtnin auwirded to ita , tive cure for catarrh if used aa direoted."
Cburoh, Uoleno, Mont.
Ely's Cream Balm ia tbe acknowledged
cure lor eaiarrn ana oodikidb u unnui
Bor any injunoas drug. , rnoe, 60 oeat.
This is proven every day by the number
of farmers, who are to be seen on its streets
selling their produce, who, until just th
last few years, sought the markets of other
towns. The system of macadamized roads
that is being built into all parts of Clack
amas county, will enable all the people ol
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 the
past five years, this city will rank neit to
Portland as a market place for
THE PKODUCE
of the Farmer
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