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Oregon City ENTERPRISE. OKI-WON CITY, OKKOON, IHIPAY, MARCH 2, 1000. ESTABLISHED 18C0 yr h t iu:n. AlfllNKV AT LAW. (iifl ii-jhiIi lliMiilry't Irnn Hd.ra Of"1' " " tlraguil. H'lll'KIHCI.. ATloHSKY-AT LAW. i,.r McKnirl. k Him Niora. hsar ii. lum or Of.guii in jr , lk.M t'ltl i liaauua, y 1 p A l C UTolaStlS. M.LI'VJ IVtl AT 1 r "' I OU'NHr.PMtH AT LAW 4i atBMf uaeuos) itr, uaaiioN. fginiik ''l',, t'llf. Im M.ir tm- 14 PUIIIHI J ('. h fit ICK LAND, M. I. II x. 111 ni I'Hta'a r'lllhr ) (i(?fi h. (i.trt! ii.l Mhlitl In Hi . I ,. DifjiiM I'lit aixl li.llv, h 11 atianil-.u l l I In 'alati ami I l.fuhle iflwa. '-l iif flf. ii. gltn inn In Wlllamalta iiiicn( (iflir Ih.hi. i luiolJe in, ID 0 ('. III. MUX'S 1 1 V OllLooN imi iu'iiix . r.cru. ATTUllNKYM AT l.AVV, OaaaoS Of V. 0o Will alr la all iba wmlt ( lb 01 ! J)U. I.. I. I'll' K F.N. 4, DKNT1ST. I'llree Molaial. All Opafaliolie Guaranteed. I'.arttay Building Orrtfun City, Of. I. II. Ml 1. 1. Kit, -I'KSriHT - wit of Uib, f'll rroan. all alnil of 0ili' aii'l bilJcauk. Srttal'l hi hl iU. OliH TllT. Of. j K. II A V f H ATTollNKV AT LAW. atii'il" (in I" (orly Cuurl aifl l'ri butliKM (i- l'ltaln, ofi'Mit llnniUy'a l.i jyi. 0'.' lloKYK. ...tlKSTIST.... flv.an ai t llfMr ""f a f 1 1 T . kti ork "'11 au l uUlll'n j L auaia.nl. om i. Caur.l.l X vt omoj fitr. I'lUl, IIOD.IU) l.n u. am tim "! )! ! Urii.m Dili t n4 U aafhaara all Hu Imr l aluj aiaiaa. url a4 Hmi( VMli K-'U frl4 1Mb). I l ikok la liuw t . a llf u c Ltn an. rri.uni f. J. MKYKK rafc'. A. N. lIU.iK.U. ATTOUNKYATLAW. OU aorer MKlllrli k'l Hlii r'e, nrf ll.a Hank u(Orr nun I'lty. DIM"! ("Iff, . ii. j LfuHtK, ATTOHSKY AT LAW iiitatt iaor raoriai v rviai. Oflr hail lo Oregon CUT KnWf'ri-a. jyt. FRANCIS FKF.KMAN, -HKNTIST- Uta luatn of the Northi'lein Ulllvc lt iN-ntal hchool. Clilraito. Aluo Atnerltan College of Ivntal Hurcery, Willamette Mock, Uteu-m City. INK Of OKKdON I'ITT, OUeit hXii House Ii Itt CIIL HaM ftp raillal, irfl.Orfl. Muililu. lA'.V". 'limit, cei. a C4i'ita. fii a maiimuT, . . a. MAaniKM. etiiiiaa. a. e cauriiku. '("iioral lianklii biitluet IrauiantaJ. lr....lli rocnUfiulilerl lo elierk. A'P"iyiI lillla ami mile (llano" mad. ! 'mi) aut rlljr warranla biitiilil. lpn m via nn avallalila oiirllf. Ki'hii( lMinhl ami aolit, 'll'ril(iii mia romllr. Iit.lii x.l.l avallaula In any PM nl (ha worm volfrililn idhtnim anlit on I'orllaml, au rtitntMHi.OlilnaiAaiul Naw York. lrrii pal J on lime dapoatla., I.atabllalied N8. PIONEER i: i. Green, Tfangfei1 and Epre, Freight and jmrcolii doliverod to all parts of the city, RATES - REASONABLE t "II" I I mm m i I 1 INSURANCE. Railroad Tickcti to all N F. I 0 a--vf" '"V'W . f y GROCERIES I HARRIS' GROCERY, t 1900 Model IMPERIAL WHEELS $25 f $30 Strictly llih-fira.lf, Fittd with Any Kind of Tire. Call and S Our Siinij-li-i lUTre You l?uy. V.TERMS EASY.V OLD WHEAT Oregon City, Oregon. With ali hottlo of Rn Link I'ltrrA tiATioN wo will p;i us long an lliyl;iHt, ono beautiful Cut-out "Baby" Free RcmomlxT Rku Link Saiwai' Aiiii.i.A makcM rich rril Mood. The quality is tho PcHt that 1'uro Dru will mako mid tho Thick i tho I'Avmt u wo n il tho S) nizofor only OOc. Ri-1 Lino Coujrh Curo Ci klh roiilm and coMi4 at H.'c. and tote, Jkt hottlo. Kd Lino Pill Curin Rilloun iu'hh, price 2'V. Kd Lino Condition Powder hhould 1 10 in cvtry hok-rn hanl, an they aro tho lr,t con dition jM)wd.r made, price 2.0c. CI I ARM AN & CO. Cut Price Druggists. FIRE AND ACCIDENT (J point Eat at low rate?. jj E. DONALDSON jj For Cash ermr '' f vy v vyv vv Wholesale Prices. First Corner From Court Hsuso. Pope & Co. Oregon City, Or. Cor. 4th and Main Sts. FLOUR. 'MMIHI'IIIH Muilo by tlio Patknt im is a I'kkkki'T Ki.ot k. Wheat thnt in not HruHoiifd enn mt itutko a ptrong Hour. Tim wheat from which our Patent Hour in mndo, is all old stock . Ank your grocer for Patkst, and rt'fiiHQ to accept any "just aa gootl," rh thero in nono. Portland Flouring Mills Co. I IlKM BF AT LAST. I'urllon of llullrr'a Men Iteuli Lad; umllli. (.L.I. ( IUMV. A J'IS0LK. Itrlll.li (rbhrate III A mil rrrf u( Majulia. LONfeON, March ,;S2 A. M.-The War OMiro Iim reivd Ihcj fullon intf dispatch from liriifiral l!ullr: "l.ylll' loii'a lli-j''jrir, Mirrh I, 'J.(i.'(, M'riiiiiu (iifiirral I)iiinl';riall, wl'li dm NVal Carljinrrra ril com cwit iflmi-iit, I'll ervl Iji'Immlli lat ii!gl(. llii country U-lwern ir ari'l (.'lyiiiiilli la fi'iilwl rlar of llm en my. I am inovinK on N-liliof." j UKtrttS, Man.li 1, i U) A. M.-iri. rial liul'nr'i tMifig ciiriD wlglill itli , !)! I'iIik lint i( c j I'lira, Ilia I'M wa in , Hi luf attniiia lei lift (ivtieial While ' oiit arrj(lfl i Q. j La'lyaiiiiUi In IvalM'raU atraiia. ("Iiaflra Witliama, tli military firt, ) hp leariia on vr'y hi(li uiliority rrUiiiah'jr that of WolMtlry, (hat l"(i-Dcral While' lore aa alnxxt at ila , latl fai." lKia, ('. ?7. Tlia War Olfl.: ha rwfivo'l Ida folioaing JUpaUli Irom 11 koUrta: ' Taarilrhrrf, Feb. 77. 7 A't a. m. (irnnat Cfoii anl all of hla fofca capi lulall, umcnlitonalljr, at ilaylinht, ao l ii now a prisoner in my camp. Th IreriKth of hi force ill I common!-ratt-l later. I hop that her Majeaty't lorernmenl will roniicler this etebt aatiafarViry, ot-currinK a it d'Xf on the nnivrraary of Majila. Mm Ii IKIIiriCT' ilt'M The tlr mrm ml II ! Mrrjr, bal km la Trvallag Ihrm aldrallf . !m., Feb. 2(J. The Iai!y Mail hi the f .Ili.in Jinwlch from Laar lelwrtf, , JaUnJ humlar : Tl.ere ar alxut m) beleagareil In (imeral Cronje'a camp, eicluaive of the hotel he ha hliherto titinrj. Ilia ' a ifo 1 not itli him, altlioaKli there are omen anl chihlren lo the ramp. The Ilorr oithm i now etiuoat eicuUirrly conflne-l to the rirer 4 Tlie enemy 'are entirolv at onr merry, bat IxrJ HotirrU i treat ini Ihein ith I'ett con iilrrajn, front motive nt humanity." m iixi An Aiinr. , lloera CaarvBlrallng at Illuvuifoa ela. l.oaiNig, Feb. "7, 4:'i0 a. m. The IWre are aaa-m'.l.n ao army near r.lomlontein. a itli hich to tlirpute the ..U VI AAI.I IIUIT'I". j Ttiia Intelligenie cornea from Pretoria by way of lonrenco Mr'iea, The com mle are ilearrilJ at "hiening from all quarter of the two Republic." No eniimate i maJe In their number, bnt ! the withdrawal of the Iloera from moat ol the placee where they have been in 'contact with the British, except the ' dialrict near LaJyamith. may rain the neitmK force to 30.1XX) men. Tin figure awiiiiif that the Ikwra hive be tween C(l,(XiO anJ 70.0t.i0 men in the field. The tiatherinu of thi army arros the path of I.orJ KoNrta give aiftiirtoani-e to General CroiiKe'a atealfaiit uYfcnae. He baa enh'Kinl the corp of IirJ Rob ert' (or 10 Jay. anJ ha given time for the Jiperae.l Iloer factlona to get to gether ami to piepare ioaitions to re ceive the ailvance of the Itrilmh when Ixinl Roberta move forward. General Holler Saturday faced the lait and atrongeiit position of the loer who Ur hi way to Udysiuitli. The attenuoua fighting indiratea a battle l tween armiiva, rather than rear guard acliona protecting a retreat. Thuradiy and Filday he loaHJ oflicera killed and wounded, representing probably a total Iota of from 400 to 500. General White'a guns worked Satur day upon the IWr position, and a heli ogram from Lad vHinith reported that the Boer were retreating, and that larger ration were being immed, in view of the fact that telief waa at hand. Nothing baa Wen heard from Mafo king aince February 12. The movement on the veldt away from the railway is becoming increas ingly dilli.ult for Urge bodieaof troops, aa the gram ia burned up. General French hna to wagon forage for hta horaea. and even the Infantry finda the long niarcbea harder than before, aa forage for the tianaport animala must be carried. This re quires the formation of garrisoned depots. The ordinary campaigning season Is over and the ait kly season for both men and animala haa Bet in. Technical mili tary w ritera take these things into con sideration in forecasting events, The Daily Chronicle Bays that it learns from private letters that British rifles and ammunition have been landed on the southern coast of Cape Colouy, presumably for the Dutch colonists. , Lord Roberta haa recently received 72 a'l lilional i.ht- of artillery. Whnther all have l-n ent i I'aanlrtr i not knoan. f'rohahly the Kightii livilon illli-ave Kri;lanl n-t M'.tijjy. hr.tr.tnte. or ni.ov.Mtnntr.iH. lUliif.irratnvnU Are Arrltlna; All Part. Vrnm Iaikiiom, Feb. 2. K diapatch to the Daily New from lurenco Harbin;, ilU;d Febrnrry 2-1, aayi; "It la reported here thai frtOQ burgher In e left lA.)yiiruth for Ilia Frn HtaUi. The Boera are cuicwntraling their forci 'Jl) mill- oitid of f'.loernfontein. and the Free Kla'e government ia moving to Wlnhiirg. lUinforccrnents from all pirta are paaaing through i'.loemfontein hourly. I'reaident Hteyn huUtlegriphed 1're.i'ler.t Krugi-r that lird Hoberta i within a few hour of fitoeuifontein, and be ur-e that every male, irreapwiive of nationality, ahould !e c.mmandeered. I'reaident fi:eyn i aaid to favor peae. "The 'x (ieneral who waa In com maiid at ColrriM sent a Uieaaag" to I'reaident Kruger, Baying thai he Lad been amaahed lip there, and recommend ing overt ore for peace. The burgher at Mafeking are aWj rervjrte-l to have aent word to Kruirer that they would rather defend their own farms than fight elwwhere. "The Frefiri government is paying ita debta with bar gold, the Kngliah pro'e aional coiner having relrned to work. Understanding bow Continental share holder are aQVted by the cloning of the ltol.iiirn iUnk, I'reai'lent Krnger al low Hie Inntil'iiion to reopen." Ht'LLKK'B AUVA5CK. Hoar OOTar Blabborw Oppoallloa Hrltl.il Laaea lla.. Ixiaix!, Feb. 27 Winaton Chorchill, in a diapatcb to the Moming I'ost from Frere Camp, dated Sunday, aayr: "The id a that the Ikier are raising the aiege of Ladyamilh ia premature. The advance ia being pursue-1 In the face of the mot alub'Kirn opposition and of heivy loan. 1'resident Kniger'a grand son is among the Boers killed." Mr. Chorchill then proceed to de- .... , - , .. . . i ' : K-nU the heavy fighting last Friday, in .ii... i ii - i i.. i. wlikh tlie Inniakiliinirsaproaciieii Willi in 5K) yard of the summit of a rocky Boer position, and then galleutly etiarged in the (are of a bail of bul'.eta. IIesa)S: "After repeated attempts, having lost heavily, th.y recognixad that they were unable to prevail. Nevertheless, they refused to retreat, but lay down on the aim, behind a abetter of wall. T'ie Connangtita and the Dublin Fusiliers were sent to their support, but the light faJed, and the night closed in belore the main attack had developed." Spem-er Wilkinson' article in the Morning I'oat today ia almost wholly devoted to criticism of General Duller' apparently mistaken tactics in sending small forces to take positions, and then reinforcing these by detaila, as revealed in the dispatch from Winston Churchill. Mr. Wilkinson admits however, that Mr. Churchill's advice are too incom plete to enable a correct ioVa to be formed, since his distch breaks off in the middle, leaving the battle unfinished. The Times haa the following from I'ietermaritxburg, dated Friday, Feb. 23: "The Dublin Fusiliers again distin guished themselves by volunteering to take Groebler'a kloof, which they did. This gallant batta'ion, which began the campaign SoO strong, can today be said to muster on parade only between 100 and 200 of iu original members." I'Uea Replies to Ogle. Let na first define the two plans. It is not worth while to waste time attacking or defending individual democrats or republicans, though even the worst of them ia far better than creatures who wiite and publish personal attacks to which they sign falte names like "A Populist." The referendum men offer an affima tive policy they propose to re-elect by the Urgent possible majorities, such members of the last legislature as may be re nominated who supported the direct legislation amendment and pub licly promise to do ao again, democrats, republicans, populists and silver repub licans. We propose to be true at the ballot box to those w ho have helped us, regardless of party lines. I know that Brother Ogle started in good faith for a new and independ ent party to include the whole sUte. But as nearly as I ran understand his position now, he has landed plump in a little local fusion puddle for Clackamas county alone, striving in effect only to defeat republicans, saying nothing about the re-election of any of our members. It seems to be simply and only "anti republican." You say our plan is an "attempt to bribe practical politicians" by the hope of votes in the future. Yet you propose to vote for Mr. Bryan, and the democrats are going to nominate him for no other reason than that he can get the populist vote. The democrats would vote for any democrat but the populiBts will vote only for Bryan. If it is right for xpu to trade your vote and Influence for the promise of democratic endorsement of our principles, why is it wrong for as to trade part ol our vote and Influence for both republican and democrat help for the mot important of our state princi ples? U It "the moral quality of cn trnilain that make it right for yon to do this trading with the democrat machine, but "brilry" for n to do the same thing with individual di;mjcratt and republican who have been true to our principle? If ao. why? Which of the principle of the people' party do yon advance by your "onion" In Clackamas county? Nosiinb "onion" is proposed in the atate, and the demo crat do not ek it in any county wlier they ar strong enough to "Btan l on their own prop"." In inch counties if yon "don't want to ri le in toe demo cratic band wagon you need'nt." Brother Ogle haa been honored by the people's party aa often as I have been. Purely I have aa good a right lo ait in Ita council and advocate independ ent voting for our principb-s aa he haa to ait In ita council and preach fusion or "onion" with democrats for the same) principle. Thia "onion" may helo some democrat into paying office again, but how will that advance our reform? It ia not many year since Brother Ogle waa proclaiming that there waa no difference between the oil party Ma chine and the onfaithfalneaa of old pai ty politician. I believed Mm theo and think it is still true. Has the demo cratic machine grown tore and honest by fusing or "onionixing" the people' party dowo'near death? Does Mr. Oifte think the populiiU would endorse the details of the alleged "onion" ia this county if the democrat had permitted the plan to be eabmitted to oar people in the primaries? I do not. Is it poeeible that Brother Ogle would rather wait until we can get direct legis lation from professed reforner than try to get it now one non-partiaan effort? 1 have beard such expressions (rout others, but I cannot believe he baa grown ao partisan. He thinks our plan is wone than eating crow, and be ia authority on crow diet, because middle of the roe lere are the i OH V poi'U.ins wuo nave oau butiuiok i 'K . , . o . lelsennce the Bryan fu-ion. Bat yoa . . . . . i i . i . L. ; will strike a new flavor, George, wh o yoa tsckle the "reform" re-ord of the democrat end of our fusion bird. VY. 8. U'Rm. We pHnt the above letter because we believe in fair play. The reform paper, the Courier-Herald refusea to print it after print. ng Ogle's letter. It is only another evidence that the "anion" is to be ran by the democrats and the popu list simply anked to contribute their vote. What kind of a anion is it when the secretarv of the populist state central committee can cot be beard in a paper that haa been calling loudly for "union and reform ?" After refusing to publish my letter I boutiht 4 Inches of advertising apace at top of third colomn of first page, for the purpose of letting my friend know why my reply did not appear in the Herald. On last Tuesday the Herald absolutely refused to publish anything from me on the subject, even as paid advertise ment. W. S. U'Ris. U. S. Department of Agriculture. The following data, covering a period of 28 years, have been compiled from the Weather Bureau records at Portland, Or. Month, March for 27 years. TKMI-EBaU'HC. Mean or normal temperature, 47 deg. The warmest month was that of lSS'J, with an average of 54 deg. The coldest month was that of 1397, with an average of 40 deg. The highest temperature was 79 deg on the JJtb, ISSti. The lowest temperature was 20 deg. on the 2nd, lSsXJ. Average date on which first "killing" frost occurred in autumn, Nov. 26. Average date on which last "killing" trost occurred in spring, April 11 rRKCIPITATIOH (Rain and melted snow). Average for the month, 5 5 inches. Average numlier of days with .01 of an inch or more, 17. The greatest monthly precipitation was 12.76 inches in 1373. The least monthly precipitation was O.tvl inches in 1S85. The greatest amount of precipitation recorded in any 24 consecutive hours was 2.25 inches on the 20 th 1883. The greatest amount of snowfall re corded in 24 consecutive hours (record extending to winter of 1&U-85 only) was 3.0 inches on the 20tb, 1387. CLOUDS AMD WIATHIR. Average number ot clear days, 5; partly cloudy days 10; cloudy days, 10 WIND. The prevailing winds have been from the south. The highest velocity of the wind was 55 milea from the south on the 25, 1897 SUtion: Portlaud, Oregon. Pate of issue, Feb. 24, 1900. G. N. Salisbury, Section Director.