Oregon City Enterprise.
NO. M
OitKUON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1000.
ESTABLISHED 18C6
fl.l'KKN.
ATT)KNKY AT LAW.
opi.o.ll.ntinlloy'i Drug Htor..
. Oregon,
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C, BU PcutM?et Dbpofal.
iTTDKNKY-AT LAW,
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M lUllk Of OfTKUII CHjf.
OaxuoM,
p. D O UTOUMm.
iTTOUNKW' AND
COUNSELORS AT LAW
,,lir arMKKT OSEOOW CITY, GMKUON.
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, eloM Htlll', ul IriuiMl 0iirl
C. 8TKICKI.ANI), M. D.
fHotUl nil Private Klirlence.
tlf.n hl profi-Mlnnal Mrvlcvi lu tin o
pit ol OrrKull Cll All J Vicinity. HHMit
illiitliiii I a I 1 lo ('(rrti and
Cliruiila ulwawt of rfr-
tnm given. Ultti't lu Wlllainrlte
BillilliK Uitlo hoiirii lOloU'a. in.,
4 lu 0 p. in.
oilEOdN CITY ..... OHKdON
IOwNKU. A CAllflHIJ,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
IMON CITY, ..... OSIOOM.
fllltraottittn allthteaart ( Ihsttat. Ol-
, lu CuS.'U tiuidlus.
nil. L. L. PICKENS,
DENTIST.
Prices Moderate. Alt Operation
Guaranteed.
Erclay Building Oreuon City, Or.
H. MILI.KK,
IKN riUT
.li Hti f Unilh, gold crowns, all kinds of
nilloK ' onugsworE.
Smnlh oL near deoL Oregon City, Of.
Q K. HAYES
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
cUl iliniiilmi Klvn to County Court
ml Probate bulliel.
Offlc Untlr, oiHHt Huntley's Book
lore.
JJR.CEO. IIOKYK.
....DENTIST....
Crown ) Hrl'lK work Hpeclalty. All
urk warranted ami lauiiaauon
guaranteed.
Olllca in Cauflsld Hlk.
rPHI COMMf KCIAL BANK
OF ORItUON CITY.
Ctltal. ..... 1100,000
rumr-niA 9miLKixo inim.
1mm mxle. hllli dunoiinted. Make col-
ItffiotiL Hilt, ml .all. .lih.tlf on all Pllltf
lnUnl'ulirO H!te, Huron and lloug Kniif.
Upmlu rceled iiiliJiH'i lo check. Vauk
epto Irom 1 4. u.tnir. M.
D C. LATOL'KITTI, President.
F. J. MKYEK Caihlar.
8. DKKH8EK.
ATTOHSEY-AT-LAW.
Offlosover McKlttrtck'i Bho Btors, near
tli Hank ol Oregon City.
Oktmrn City, Oaioon.
J truid'CR,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AINTRACTB Of f ROMRTY rOSNISMSD.
Oflcs oeit to Oregon Cllr KnU f irl
JR, FRANCIS FREEMAN,
-DENTIST
Graduate of the North went Univer-
itv Dental (School, Chicago.
Auo American College of Dental Burgory,
Willamette Block, Oregon City.
JTjAIH OF OKEOCN CITY,
Olaest Uu Hoist !i the CUT.
t'nlrl up Capltnl, liyo.000.
eiirpiua, A),tu,
!,"'"""' CWAtta I. CArnmu.
i"H. .' . . a. CAWflBMI,
t)''ttiAuklni builnoii trnoled.
i;"" WelTif iubleoi lo check.
cE?,d bl11' and notei dUooiuued.
wunt,,, clty warrsnl, boilRhl.
!"' Bvle on ami I Able leourlty.
CnS" tol'Khtlld told.
ff...'" ' 1vaola la any part of the w
iri-Lt phl eilii"Kei aiild on Portland,
tr..,"col'.,1,loK'' "aw York.
'' pa! J on time depoilts.
orld
Dan
:UblWhid 163.
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PIONEER
Iftnjfcj and Exjijb
freight and parcels delivered
to all parts of the city.
0i"f l"
liBllill
With each bottlo of Uko Link
l'llKI'A RATION WO Will pivo R8 long
an thoy last, ono boautiful Cut-out
" Baby " Free
Uoincmhcr Kkd Line Sarhap-
ifinn ARIU.A makes rich red blood. Tho
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ijuality i.s tho lieHt that Pure Drugs
1UUU will make and tho Trick ia the
! lowest as wo Bell tho $1 .00 sizo for
I only
BABIES ! soc.
Hod Lino Cough Cure Cures
TlTinn coughs and colds at 2oc. and 60c.
J 1 J ! ! per bottlo.
I J J ! lleJ Lino 1i118 CureB KilloU9
1 ! ncBS, price 25c.
I lied Lino Condition Powders
j should ha in every hostlers
. ! hand, as they aro the best con-
dition jiowder made, price 25c.
j CHAKMAN & CO.
Cut Price Druggists.
INSURANCE.
FIRE
j Railroad Tickets to all points hast at low rates. A
c. E.
GROCERIES
Wholesale Prices.
innnio) nnnnrnM First Cornef
A A iQ, A A
Pope s& (Do,
Headquarters for
Hardware,
Wood Choppers
Supplies,
Simonds Saws.
Wo have just received samplos of our Syracuse
Chilled and Steel Plows for next spring trade. Thev
aro tho finest thing out; every plow fully guaranteed.
Don't fail to boo them before you buy,
Plumbing and Jobbing
a Specialty...
Cor. 4th and Main Sts.
OLD WHEAT
Mudo by tho Patent PitocKsa is a
Perfect Flour. Wheat that ia not
seasoned can not make a strong
'flour. The wheat from which our
Patent flour is made, is all old stock.
Ask your grocer for Patent, and
refiiHO to acocpt a iy "just as good,"
as there is none.
Portland Flouring Mills Co.
Oregon City, Oregon. :
AND ACCiDENT
DONALDSON Q
WW
1
For
Cash
Ajft Oi ft A. uOlSi-f5i.-A-A-
Warranted bledges
and Wedges, Steel
Ranges, Air
Tight Heaters
Oroeon'CIty.Or.
FLOUR.
imm'niiinir
THE BIG BLUFF ROAD
I'rod a nil On of the lliorouiflifare
DlM-u'dfil by tltlzciiN.
IIOIJKRT'M IX THE FREE STATE.
Frfiii'h llaa Turned the IIimt Line,
Helrd Minlili r Rlrer CroHinlr and
U Ri Iiik JIaIIy Reinforced.
The qurailon of the advisability of
conntruciing a roa.1 leadiiiK from the
Bootkern portion of the city up on the
blufTliark of Caneinah, la again com
tiiandiiiK pul'llc attention. In order
that the public may know noine of the
pro and con of the road, we herewith
apnd Interview! with aeveral buaineai
mm of tills city, and Invite further brief
comment on th a auhjnrt:
til AH LIC AI.BBIOIIT.
''I think the road good thing for the
city enerally. It will oien up a eection
of the country that will trade in Oreuon
City ioNtead of golnn elaewhere. The
more good roaili we have in all direction
of the town, the better for us all. The
road li a very direct line in the renter of
the county and will be well traveled and
popular. It In not an expensive toad.
There la now f 2,000 ready to construct
the road as hooo at we can Ket the
counly IntereHted. There is (1,000 from
the city and $1000 from private subscrip
tion, and about (1,500 more would com
plete the road to the top of the bilL"
A. I. PRESSES.
"I formerly believed in the value of
the road, but after an examination of the
situation, I am satisfied that it will not
add any value to the property at the
south end of Main street, for the reason
that most ot the farmers already drive
to that end of town to put up their
horses. I aro convinced that it will not
depend upon the road that conies into
Main street as to where people will
trade, but upon the merchant who offers
the Inducements for trading specially
with him. I think the road will cost too
much for the city and the county to
build at ibis time, and I believe that the
policy of both the ciiy and the county
should be, to luild first one good road
leading Into the country from the city
that can be used at any time of Ihe year.
After we have solved the problem of how
to build one good road thst will stand
the Iraflic, then it will be time enouuh
to discuss the advisability of construe
ting another road leading from another
part of the ciiy in the same general di
rection. QKO. LAZkXL.
"Don't know about the cost of it, but
if it can be built for 13,000 we ought to
have it, as it is a practical scheme. It
is not a selfiHh mutive tht prompts me,
because it will open up the entire south
ern portion ol the county. It will evade
high grades that we cannot otherwise
overcome. I heartily endorse it. I am
now unloaning potatoes hauled Irom
Canemah, and every trip I make each
way it li loss of one hour's drive to
come by way of Mt. Pleasant road. My
neighbors are for it and will help pay for
it."
GEO. C. BROWNKI.U
"My objections to this road are these:
First I question the authority of the
county court to use money belonging to
the county road fund to construct a road
which has iU begioning inside the
limits of Oregon City. Second I doubt
with the preseut financial condition ot
the farmers ot this county and the tax
payers generally as to the expediency of
spending the amount of money that will
he required to construct this road at this
time. The largest outlay, as I ain in
formed, would be inside the limits of
Oregon City. The cost it ia stated by
those who know, would lange from ten
to twenty-eight thousand dollars to con
struct this road, I am convinced that
the people generally living in the country
pieciucts, who have to travel over pretty
bad roads to get their produce to maiket,
would seriously object to having their
tax money, at the present time when
they need roads so much in the country,
diverted to the building and construc
tion ot a rood which really does not
benefit the eeneral public and which at
this .time will strike all conservative
Deoule as being impracticable. I en
dorse quite fully the general ideas in
relation to road building as expressed by
Mr. Harvey E. UrosB. Take the road
money and build one good thorough
fare through the county; next year Uke
the money and build another, and in
(our or five years we would have good
roads through the general and central
points of the county. I am opposed to
the policy of taking a few hundred dol
lars and scattering it on this piece of
road and that piece of road when in the
end you have practically nothing to
show for the expenditure of the people s
money. When times are better and the
burdens of tha people have become
easier to carry, then perhaps it might be
well to construct this road, but certainly
not at this time. What should always
be the moving power behind the ex
penditure of the people's money is to
have it expendud where it will giye the
most benefit to the people themselves."
OKO. A. IIAKPINU.
"In justice to the property owners of
this end of the city, who have borne the
great bulk of the expense of improving
Main street, if the city council can see
its way clear to open up a road at the
southern end of the city, it ought to be
done in order to make another inlet and
outlet to the city. We now have but
one, and the proposed road would be a
great convenience to farmers in the
southern portion of the county. I do
not think it will be too expensive for the
benefits that the whole city would de
rive from it.
C, 0. Ill'NTLEY.
"My opinion is it is not at all feasible.
We have no surplus road fund. The
work on other streets that are a neces
city will absorb all the money we will be
able to raise for road purposes this
year."
K. O. CAlflEI.D.
"I am always decidedly in layor of good
roads in any direction, and think that
efforts with that end in view by our
citizens will accomplish more for Oregon
City than any thing else that can be done.
Tnis particular piece of road leading from
Main street at Third, to the top of the
high bluff back of Canemah, 1 have al
ways considered an impracticable under
taking, costing the city and county an
immense sum of money without any
benefit to the city at large commensur
ate with the outlay. We need an out
let from the south end of the city and
the present council should take measures
as soon as possible to repeal the act ot
the last council In giving away to a
private individual the only road we have
leading from that end of town, for a
railroad, practically condemning it as a
county road. The action was taken by
the last council in a hurry and.I do not
believe that it expresses the sentiment
of the people of Oregon City, or that it
was legal."
I. E. CHAJIXAN.
"Most everyone knows how I feel about
roads in general, particularly the road in
the south end of Oregon City. All
roads built in the south end of the
county wilt bring trade and commerce
to Oregon City, and it Is a well known
fact that about 5.00 has been expended
in the north part of this county to $1 00
in the south part on roads. Now why
not all pull touei her. laying politics and
selfish motives aside, and build this pro
posed road from Third street in Oregon
City to Law ton hill, connecting with
the New Era road on a 6 per cent grade
which is only 1 per cent greater than
the grade of the suspension bridge.
This would be a great convenience for
everybody, living in the south end of
the county, as it would be a saving ot at
least two hours time on the road, which
means money to most everybody and I
know that the people of New Era, Mar
qtiam, Macksburg, Needy, Aurora,
Can by and Barlow (eel isolated from
Oregon City. This road would stimu
late the business and commercial in
terest of the entire county, it would pay
for itself iu 5 years in increased taxable
property, and while the land is practi
cally unuoccupied, I consider that one of
the best reasons to go ahead with the
project, as it will save expensive litiga
rion. My motto is, "give us good roads
with easy grades."
General Roberts, with the bulk of the
British army operating against the Boers,
has succeeded in entering the Free State
and has made the first step in his ad
vance toward Bloemfontein. General
French has turned the Boer line, and
with some 20,000 men, has seised a
croesing of the Modder river, to the east
of Jacobsdal, thus placing himself be
tween Cronje's army and the capital of
the Orange Free State. Reinforcements
are being hurried up to him. The main
Boer array in that section . has
not yet been encountered, but a great
battle is imminent.
As shown by the dispatches of Lord
Roberts to the war office, the forward
movement began Monday, when Colonel
Hannnay set out with a brigade of
mounted infantry from Ramah, on the
Riet, eight miles from Jacobsdal, the
Boer supply base.
Monday General French, with the i av
airy division, seized the crossing of hfl
Riet river at Dekil's drift, south of Ja
cobsdal, and 13 miles east of Money
Nest kloof. He skirmished with the
BoerB and cleared the way for 20,000 in
fantry, who followed across.
Tuesday, with his three cavalry bri
gades and the horse artillery, General
French rode to the Modder river, a dis
tance of 25 miles, and took three fords
with high ground beyond the river, and
five Boer camps, He had a few casual
ties in brushes with the Boer horse.
Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets are Sold
on a positive guarantee. Cures heart
burn, raising of the food, distress after
eating or any form of dyspepsia.' One
little tablet gives immediate relief.
25 eta.' and 50 cts. Geo. A. Harding,
agent.
110 A It l OF COMMISSIONED
I'ebrunrif, J900, Tenn1'renent,
H. I''. Mark, Chairman; ..
Motion and 11. Scott, Coinmlit
nlonein. Be it remembered that a regular sea
sion of the board of tounlv commisnion
ers for the counly ot Clackamas, stale of
Oregon, begun and held in the court
Iioiimi in s.iid county and state on Wed
newlay, Ihe 7lh day ot February, 1900,
1 1 1 m name Ixing the regular time fixed by
s.i id hoard for holdings regular sesnion
of said board for the transaction of
county ijnnine'S, Present, ('oimnihsion
em H. F. Marks, J. It Morion, I.'. s, olt;
Kiiiier Dixon, clerk ; J. J.Cooke, Hl,e. i fT.
When the following proceedings were
had, lo-wit:
In the ma'ler of Ihe reports of load
siiiM-rvisois for the month of January,
I'M'). The heard having examined
said reporls and leing(u!ly satinlieil.it ia
orde'ed Ihat thev be, and Ihe came
are hereby approved, and the expense
accounts of the several dihlricl i are here
by alloweJ and O'dered paid, and the
clerk is instructed to draw warrant on
the road fund and on the general fund
for the several amounU and in favor of
the persons named in said road reports:
Road tliniiict No. 1,
John Pollock, road fund ! 7
C II CouiiHell 10 5'
O Malliewsoi), general, fund 7 50
W Hugh 7
Total 50
Road diHiiict No. 2.
John P.ennett, eneial fund $7 50
H J Davis 4 50
Win Hubbard, road fund 1 50)
Ed Hubbard 3 00
Joint IV. ker 3 09
Fred IVcker 1 r0
Keuueily Hi'uiiiioii 3 0O
Km nk Koliinou 2 62
Frank (iiiilith 3 00
A W Hanson 3 00
Harry Reed 6 00
A Conkhn 6 00
A C Davis 6 00
llenrv Kunna 6 00
S b Millard 6 00
James I.'eed 4 .r0
.1 P Davis 3 CO
Peny Hunter VI CO
A Hitnier 6 00
P J Davis 5 OO
Total ; 0S 12
Road district No. 3.
A W fook, ioa.1 Tnnd. f 10 00
J W Helleaiy, general fund 1 9J
Total...... 2 90
Road ili!riet No. 9.
(let man Levis, road fund 2 25
Road district No 13.
.lames tValker, general fund (3 00
W C Ward, road fund 6 00
F Wslker 1 50
li Havden 3 00
F Malloon 2 25
A J Randolph 4 50
TC Jiihh 1 r0
K .Miller :.. 3 00
II M.itioor. 3 00
W M rjione 6 75
W II Malioon 12 00
Tolal .4o 60
Road disliict No. 14.
A Mann, road fund $3 50
R II Taber 9 CO
i Ltu rj:l man .... 645
S Tlioinus 5 25
Waller Rider 3 00
AT Howard 1 50
Tolal .$:)3 70
Road district No. 15.
R H Taber....' $1 C3
Edward Schmilt 75
Thomas l.indolev 75
F W Hacher 1 10
Total...' $3 50
Road district No. 10.
R II Taber, road fund $13 50
S Thomas 8 02
Cieo McCormick , 2 25
A N Gregory 8 6'2
(A Bnrgman 9 37
Waller Rider 7 50
M Huiras 2 70
J Brigiis '. 3 05
C baimian .. 1 20
A K Bremer 3 05
A Bremer 3 50
Total ..$03 18
Road district No. 17.
Carl. on & Rosenkrans, general
fund $21 75
Adam Knivht, road fund 6 00
Harry (iillmoie 9 00
Amlv Kniyht 7 50
Win Tice 3 00
1) R Dimii-k 7 50
Ol is Monis 10 60
Ailkins Bros 5 50
Kdin felly 38 75
Total $102 00
Road district No. 18.
Wilson &' Cooke, general fund .... $:1 00
H Hornshuh, road fund 2J 00
F Billiard 13 50
C May 8 25
Kpli Jones 8 02
J Kalbfleisch 8 25
II Williams 0 0J
M Thomas 3 0)
Ai Jones 1 50
Kimx Cooper 1 00
T Lewis 4 50
Tolal $79 66
Road district No. 19.
A Newkirchner, road fund $16 50
1 Sajjer 0 00
O Smith 7 50
Geo Kouers 7 50
.1 Miard 13 .".0
A Myers 2 25
FU Newkirchuer 27 00
Total $S0 25
Road district No. 20.
(continued on page five.)
RATES
REASONABLE