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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY. MARCH 31, 1002 - m- Oiegon City Enterprise.! City and Conn! iWkinl Paper Published Every Friday. I,. L. rORTER, Psora.. tOlfCRIfTION HATKS. J 2 00 Onevear Buim'iuhi 1 Trial sutwcriptiou two months A discount ot N) cents on all subscriptions for one year, 25 cents for six months, It paiil in advance. Advertising rates given on application. Subscribers will tind the date of expira tion stamped on their papers following thur name. If this date is not changed wil!iiuto weeks after a pavment, kindly notify us and we will look after it. Entered at the postofflce in Oregon City. Or., as second class matter. 4-iKSTS FOB THK INTKKPKISK. Beaver Creek Or. T. B. Thomas p h . K. I. Siaa - Mather Milwaukie Oscar W issmger Cnion Mills J. TruMinger Meadow Brook :;,Ch,H,,'",'"1 v., Er W. . Newberry Parkplace R.O. Holmes Btartord A ' J 3 , Muii.10 .t "mvr,i f..lrl, R. M. Conner Molalia..' Annie Stubbs Marquara C. Marunani BuuAviile ,V-B,'Jn,T A-inira Hl,ryAf ':!'1rr Eie'e Creek W Hhem pvil)v F. detach Cnrrinsv'iile'.'.'.V.'.V Oeo. J. Cnrrir. Mtrr.iot Adolph AschntT ahout two miles east of thla city, and t$ more for needed repairs. Even had the county not agreed to lot the rock-crusher go to Mount Ansel, it would have been brought in just the same, a the com missioners intended to line it on the west side of the river. It was delivered to j the Benedictine Father: at the corner of Main and Seventh street in Oregon City. The cost of hauling to the depot was 4, loading on car was $15, and the freight eharges from Oregon Ci'.y to Mount Angel and return were $30, mak ing total of $4!, all of which was paid by the Benedictine Father. The rock emitter wilt be returned to the place from which it wag taken without the cobI of one cent to the county. A long aa the rock-crusher is hant the county receives $1 per day from Mt. Angel. This income in like (hiding it. The county cannot use the roek-erimher at this time and it would be idle in any event. "" A MISTAKEN OKFKNSK. In Hargreaves' defense of Cross in an other column he aaya the large t?) tax payer have aright to ask why the bridge fund is so large. This is quite true. It is the duty of the clerk to see that the correct amount is certified to the secre- starve to death. Just why people should patronlte a Chinese or Japanese mer chant when there are white men In busi ness ia more than we pretend to under stand. Their ware re no ohea-e.. Their presence cannot be termed agree able. They add nothing to a community and the people who buy from them are responsible for the failure of another ami a better class of eiliaena. Mr. U'Uen pertiuently says: "If the Chinese came here as preachers and wholesale mer chants, Doctor Wise ami the IVrtUnd Chamber of Commerce would be no more anxious for their presence than the laboring men and women with whom they now come into direct comMition. It i with regret that the new of the close ol the Oregon City branch f the Portland Flouring Mills is given out. The condition of the market at this time and the scarcity of wheat is responsible for the cessation of operations. That such condition prevail at this time can not be helped, t tit Oregon Citv loses much when the mill i not in oration. The mill will resume after harvest, and the busy bum in the south end of the city will mean the manufacture of hun dreds of barrels of Hour dally and the shipment to the market of the world. dmlng the last year, costing nearly 1000 per mile U'side the incidental expense- While many of u who know Mr. Lew dim, could not In.pnjn his -neral hon esty, yet his heat and Indignation on the charge of msl administration baa led him to accuse the county cleik of the delinquency, and impute the lowest mo tives for it. If the clerk I wrong In hi statement ol accounts, It is part of Mr. I.ewelhV busine-s as commissioner to have them ectifled. After giving his nllldal sign tor. lor their being correct, he must bear hia share ol the blame If ativihing l ? as it ought to be. This method ol doing the county business was not initialed I'.v the present coiiim sshmeis, nor y-t dur ing Mr. Dixon's term, who preceded Mr. Cooper, but away back when every olllclal was a Republican, and I believe It was lnaiigmate.1 for the purpo of evading the law limiting the amount id county indebtedness, lltit now that It I found to be doing a serious Injury to the county, let us acknowledge the mistake and look for the best way lor a remedy. Mr. Cross may be partly right with re Hard to his charge of the machinery hav ing too many wl I". It Is seldom that bosa legislation, such as was used ana n-t Judge Ryan, can be of line to the people, hut often, as lu this case, lias a louirary euVt. '.IttO. E. II AMliKKAVKS. j A .O. A fO. A A A A A A it. jS. J9 AVhcre Lies the Maine. JOIST LEGISLATIVE TICKET. The Oregonian of last Monday con tained the following reference to Clacka ims County politics, and it is not quite clear on the subject to w hich it reiera. Penator Brownell has good reason to take it for granted that there will be no opposition to hia candidacy for renomi nation. But how this matter affects the joint eenatorship ia aometbing the Enter prise ia unable to fathom. Brownell is not a candidate for joint senator. It is true that Multaomah County is always at It, by reason of her fargreater number tf delegates, to dictate the nominees lor jo nt senator and joint representative. Senator Porter ia the present senator and was elected from Marion and Chick s.nai before the state waa redisiricted. He is not a candidate for renomination. It ia generally understood that had Si mon prevailed in the Portland primaries Otorge A. Steel, chairman of the Slate Central Committee, would have been t'.e nominee for joint tenator. But he went down to defeat with Simon, whose louely lieutenant he was, and is no bnger a possibility. But the woods will be full of candidates Irom the Multno mah aide of the line on convention day. Representative A. S. Dresser bas said that he ia not a candidate for renomina tion for joint representative. Two Clack amas County men have been mentioned for this office, Richard Scott, of Mil- waikie, and J. L. Jariacti, of Oawego: tary of atate and the county commission A Joint Senator and Joint Representa- ers i,ave nothing to do with it. The law tive with Clackamas County are 4o La(t8ed at the last session ot the legisla elected this year. At the last election , I tore makes it the duty of the clerk, and these places were given to Clackamas j County, and if the rule of rotation holds eo,el'r t,,e clerk-,0 certify tl,e ant good it will be the turn of Multnomah 1 spent on all matters. Now, Mr. Har- County to name the candidates. Slate greaves saya it is the duty of Mr. Lewel- Sena'or Brownell, of Oregon City, has already announced his candidacy to suc ceed himself, and has apparently taken it fur granted that there will be no oppo sition to his renomination. So far as i" known there is no reason to expect any inteiference with Mr. Brownell' plans, bntashas been previously stated, the candidates are not making announce ments, and it is possible that eome one may aspire to the pot-ition, and thereby be moved to antagonize the candidacy of the Clackamas statesman. The law creates the county clerk and preseniies his duty. The law provides that he fliall keep the records, accounts and con tracts of the county. The law provides that he shall certify to the 'secretary of state the running expenses of the county, ex clusive of road expenses. The law provides that in certifying- to the secretary of itnte all expenses must be given, including bridges, with the one ex ception of the money used on roads and highways. The law provides that bridges costing over $'200 1k let by contract. The county clerk under the law advertises for bids for thene bridges and enters up tho contracts for the same. The secretary of Btate furnishes to the county clerks a blank showing by detail in columns the different items making tho running expenses of the county, including a column headed ' bridges built by contract." The secretary of state wishes these figures to apportion the state tax. The larger the running expenses of tho county the larger the state tax. The county clerk certified to the secretary of state under the column "bridges built by contract" nearly $.3:1,000 for 1901. Clackamas county spent in 11)01 for bridges built by contract about $11,000. The county clerk put in this column about $22,000 more than he should about one third of the runnint: ex penses of the county. The state tax of Clackamas County, if r based on one year instead of five, would be increased one third. The state tax as it is will be increased by this mistake at least ifl'iOO, or the salary of the clerk for one year. The clerk and his friends, Hargreaves and Cross, say it is the fault of the county board. These people want the voters to believe that the county board are to blame for this "mistake." fi vy y yv w4 q t,v-vv 'V w w v v? - MOT" len to see that it is rectified. Better iot have a clerk if he can not do hie duty and properly keep hi accounts. The com missioners have nothing to do with thexe Senator Mmciikm, called up the Nica ragua canal bill in the si-nate the other day and eueceeded in obtaining a favor able report from the committee in charge of the bill. He is doing great work in Washington for the Pacific Coast and his work ia recognized. Up to hour of going to press Mr. Cross has not denied that he has dodgerl about 2000 of the tsxea due to Clackamas accounts and in no way certify to their county from him. being correct. This ia a new thing un 1IOKEGOOD T FINANCIERING. The habitual misrepresentation of the Courier-Herald is demonstrated by its article in last week's issue on the county rock-crusher. William Kraemer, Busi ness Manager of Mount Angel College, nukes a forcible reply in another col umn. No one, with a sound reason, believea the Courier-Herald's state ment. It ha lied to the public so much and a j long that whatever little reputation for veracity that it ever pos eesfced lias been destroyed. A large der the law and does not go back for ita initiation to any preceeding board or clerk, but a new law paired at the last session of the legislature requires the clerk to certify among other things to the amount of money used in building bridges. Instead of doing this he in eluded about (22,000 used on roads and increased our state tax proportionately bv that much. In other words, it w ill cost the county something like $1500 if this error is not corrected and we think it too late to correct it. MR HAIMiREA VEH II4S HIS SAV. We Should Acknowledge the MMake anil Look For a K mi dy. Okieuon Citv, March 17th, l!)02. (To the Editor.) As a reader of the local papers 1 have been not a little interested and amused at the hot-hadednes with which we have our politics served up, towards election time. "Hot Shot for Harvey Cross" is the last. I have no particular interest in defending Mr. Cross. He is no donbt able to give a good account of himself, but I want to point out, in a friendly way if possible, where our commissioner ha somewhat missed it, through getting too hot over what he considers Mr. Crow' insinua tions of a graft. He shows the county money to have been largely spent, on the demand of the taxpayers for the im provement of the roads, but in his haste to denounce Mr. Cross, be makes an un just and unfair charge on the county clerk, which cannot be sustained for a moment. It is quite pertinent for Mr. Cross as a large tax-payer, or any other I tax-payer, to ack why such a large liberal use of soft soap on Commissioner none. Chinese and Japanese are of no1 K , r",K8 I uuf Doure oi State taxes. . Hox. W. S. U'IIkji severely criticises Dr. Stephen S. Wise in Monday morn ing's Oregonian for the etand taken by the doctor on the Chinese exclusion MO UK MIsUKPKr.NOr.niON. Coiiilcr-lleriihl Klltr l Made the Dupe i f nilM hhir. Mot nt A sum., Or., March 17. I':'. j (To the lvhtor.) The issue ol the Coiir- ier-tlcrald of last week contained the: following minlcudiiig and lying co lent on a certain aciion Ukeu by the Honor able Hoard of County CoinuuKMioi.ioa of j CI ickms County : (i ol (Ij FliittitrliTlng. The County Commisnioiii-rii on Keh. l:tth ni'idii an order loaning the County look cm .her to the Ml. Antfel ( atholic School lor 4(1 d.y al i till per day. Sev eral days were spent in renair.ng the crusher at a cost of Over f S.t. and over $:I2 00 were spent ill loading it on the cars for shipment. The date set for re turn was Mitrch It), ami Ukmir out tune lost In repairing, leaven hut '&') da in l;!5 Oil as incoiii". Iln-ldes repairs an I expenses amountinx Mover f 10.00 cine the expense of unloading, of v til, muking a total expense of I'.'i.i HI and an income of ):(.'. 00; the I'ouuiy make an income uf f. 10.00 out of pocket. How's ttiis for tlualii -iering? To this misleading ami lying statement the Courier-lferald u.ighl, w ith the Name logic, have added the cost of running the crusher, as fallows : To wages of foreman, 40 iUys at ) 120 Help of 10 men at 2 Six teams at :t 720 Kxpenses as figured by Courier . . li'i Total $i;oo Deduct income .'IC lialance $1070 "out of pocket" of the County of Clacka mas. Sow let the much l'iiei County Commissioners Imw4re lest the under signed send in a bill tor the above named balance of $1070. What, however, is the true statement ot the whole hiisiriess lriiiH,ictioh be tween Mmnt Angel College an I the County Commissioner of the County of Clm kaman? In the month of February the County CommiH.ioners agreed to lend their rock crusber to Mount Angel College, charg ing a rental ol $1 per day. It was under stood that the college was to defray all the expenses of loading, freight, and un loading, and return the crusher in the same condition as when received. As at the time of contracting the rock-crusber was about two miles east of Oiegon City and was to lie used us soon as practica ble on the west siibt of the river ami therefore bud to be brought to the city, and needed repairing, it stands to reason that the hauling to the city and Jhe re pairs would have to be paid from the county funds of said county, hence the expenses referred toby the Courier-Hei-aid can by no meani mean the loailing and shipping of the crusher to Mt. Angel and return. According to this true staUwieut then, the county will not lie "$.'10 out of pocktt" but by loaning it to the undersigned, will cover the expenses of having it hauled to the city and re paired ami a few dollars over and above. Hoping that this statement bas sufli ciently cleired the Hon. County Coin miesioners of bad financiering, I remain, yours truly, William Khamkk, Business M'g'r of Mount Angel College. C0SIDRIA AYci'c lbK' IVpntoltonhVAv slmilailnK cJV.xlan.lltotfula -lint? Hie Sfc'uuitlw iul 1 VjwvIS k rroinoUDi.HlhntChirrriil niHflmllli'slfi'nl.tliitiwIllaT Optuiii.Morphmi' norMuu'fal. KOTN AMI' OTIC.. tf,n4 w u man A, Smut I, 'viMi Ul ApcrfVcl Hi incdy fnrronsliW Uim.SiHir Slonvvlt.HirtrrU.rti Wiirnw.t'imvtil.sHiitH.lcwrih pes nnd I.OHSOr Sl-fFl'. Facsimile Sulnotur uf . NKW YOHK. Itt'll W Ol ni' IMUt d For Infrtntu undClif; The Kind You i Always Bot Boars tho Signature iiuu ltb oh Aims ft I' I IF ForP Thirty )i J 111 A Wll 1 lh rtthi I n w tlrwnfS'IH"XH " 1 'ixl n ui M IIL I M H n D ES 1 ' Va I .. s!ln ' Mi I ii f if 1 II V II l 1 1 ! I ,0t '' I, , T - ,!, t .ev. :rAV'ATrfi.lu proportion of its patronage ia given j question. Mr. U'Ren contends that a through fear of its slanders. Ita sole majority of Americans are for exclusion lope is centered in the election of a and against Chinese and be is right. Democratic or fusion commissioner to j Locally very little interest is taken in succeed Commissioner Morton. With J the ipieMion. There are a few Chinese this expectation fulfilled and with the laundrymen here who take all and spend Lewelling, it banks on securing the benefit to a community. They do not comity printing. Eut they have mis- make good citizens. They are not enter takea their man. Mr. Lewelling baa prising. They do not progress becaiibe been in public life too long to be gulled by Uffy from an opposition newspaper. The county paid $21 for bringing in the rock-crusher from John Myera' place, they have no desire to progress. They keep store that might well be termed econd-hand stores. They live cheaply and exist where a white man would Commissioner Lewellen's answer is, 'that our clerk has seen fit, (I suppose for political purposes) to charge up to the bridge fund all the plank, all the col verts, and all the sawed timbers of every description that have gone into the J2 or 14 miles of roads that bave been built An Author Npeiiks. The late Charles Dudley Warner- author, editor and traveior while battl ing in Great Sail Lake remarked to a friend, that in all his travels be never before saw such a glorious combination of salt sea bathing, blue sunlit skies, pure mountain air and pretty women and happy children. The only trans continental line passing directly through Lslt Lake City is the Rio Grande Hys. tern. It in also the ".Scenic Line of the World." No Knrnnean trip of equal length can compare with it in grandeur of scenery or wealth of novel interest. All Agents sell through tickets to the East by way of the Kio Grande Lines. Send for pamphlet, to J. I). Mansfield, General Agent, 121 Third Street, Port land j or Geo. W. Heintx, Asst. General Passenger Agent, Halt Lake City. A Sech lls' Jou'll il C .mmeiiiU the H j pub li-aiM f O i C"ii. Our ilcmo-fstlc Inoii Is te'l us tl ry favor the p. pi ' Inoir t isii the n p ibli- j rn. Will, tbev do ai'h the r inou'lir. You lny Ihii'k Una unkind. I.nd li e your sunluiriMiI car, mv fesiim and giMMl liileiitioiied ilemiM-rat, lor a Ino- j unit. Your na'i.nisl pl ! -r it nd: "Wo fa mi ihieit liginla'ioii aloreier pncliml" Nowddu'lil? Well, Is .Ii- reel lei-i' loll pia lieai ill a s'sle? Mt any deiiiM iatic l'e paswil si), h a law ? Nary I.,. Hut Dn-gon, a red hot n publican stale, with overwhelming ma joriiy in leg stature, has twice p4i d such a Uw, and it will be mil. nulled to the s' iple next J il lie. That is the mom iliiKii(ant piece ol legislation that lias lieeli pi""i-o'l since the foundaiio'l ol ihe goieriimeiit. Don'l Ulk to inn alxo.t the d mm-rats lavoring a rule by li e pe-i le. They will lint do what tin y pi' ini-e. In tins inni ii m n llm repiilll cittis ilhl not promise, and have d u e. I am iilliig lo itivn the dev II hia due. . A ppeiil to lieaeon. ! Miirklii til llnura a IIiij. j There's no rent lor lleisn tneli ss little w.irkem r. King's New I, lie Tills. .Millions are always hiiy, curing Torpid Liver, Jaumlli e, lilluiliies, (-ever and Ague. They Imnisii hu k Headache, drive out Miliaria. Never gripe or Wcukch. hlliHll, tasln hue, Work Won d. is Try them. 2-V at den, A. Haul ina's. In going over llm dm mt "MuMa Itoiile" nf thr Soiilhern I'acillc Co , I lie traveler ever lii.il soinelhiiiK hew lo ri ciln his liiiHgination and Interest, fitarl- ; ing at l'.,itUii,, one traverses the whole . length ol the Willametui Valley, the gem : of the Northweiil. Ml. IIikhI, Mt. JeHitr- j son and the Three .Sisters and other snow-capisid peaks are kept in siirht for ! I hours. The beautiful Valleys of the j Uiipquaand Rogue Rivers, with their j orchards of prunes, iieachcs. amilus. and : other fruits, are a delight in themselves. The crossing of the groat mountain bar rier between Oregon and California re veals the giandest mountain scenery in the United Stales. The wonderful turn lugs, twistings, and doublings of the rail road bring into view a grand array of towering mountains and profound gorges into which we ga.e from dizzy heights, forest clad mountain slopes stretching up to the line of perpetual snow, and the foaming mountain streams dashing fiercely down deep canyons, now arm then stopping for a short rest in some quiet pool. After a day's mjoyment of old Mt. .Shasta, the finest peak on the continent, we drop rapidly down the csnyon of the Sacramento to tho hroml plains of the Sacramento Valley in Cali- lornia, and thence throuirh vinvanla an. I orchards to San Francisco. For maps and ilcrlnti ve literature ddress i it u.,,.. G. P. A..H. P. Co., Portland, Oregon. A Few J'olnffra. The recent statistiea .t tl... .......i. . . ' "iiiiiir oi , deatha show that a large majority die, with constirnption. 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