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Uulvorsity Monthly " 3n TERPRISE. -JLi VOL.3U. NO. 44 OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER V., 1902. ESTABLISHED 18CC Oregon City Ouiit L. llmioxi Wii.mau Oai.i.iiwi Ki-Hn-elvrr V. H. Laud Ollict. I Oz HEDGES it GALLOWAY J. AND OFFICE BUhINKSS Welnhard Building. 1,1V y stipp Attokney at Law. Justice of tli I'wio, Jagger Hll(i., Oregon Ui'y J V. CAM I'll KIX, ATTOKNEY AT LAW, Oomom City, OaooH. Will irctlo lu nil the courti f lb Hale. Ol io, lit i ..nil I I hin.dliia. Q D A CO. LATOUKCTTa. ATTOKNKY8 AND COUNSELORS AT LAW AIM MTKKKT ORKUON CITY, OKKOOH. rornlih Alulrauta of Tttln, Lonn Monof, fora- eiore muni.. nit. Law huhidc" Q A.STUAKT.M-D. ofti in wtiiHMii-ii BiiiK. Offloa lioun: 10 a ni. to VI ni., I to 4 p. in. and 7 to M p, in. Bpoolal att-ntinn paid to Iieuinallin anu Farnale Dlwann. Call aniwarvd day or night. E. H. COOPER, ...Notary Public... Knd EMate, Inmiraiice, Titles Kiiimin cd. Abitracts Made, Deeds, Mortgages ud Etc, drawn. with J. W. Loukk, Stevens bloq, omoan city, or. F. VICTOR AUSTIN Grariunt oH'arla and Hrumrla In chance f tbtr Mu.lc Ifcpt, Columbia Uaiwtlty Oonoert Violinist and Soloist A toasted nam tier of pupil, rtcrlvol. Far trrmi and rtlcular, apply to aallTER It ANOREBON rpMX COMMERCIAL BANK OF OKEOOM CITY. Ca4Ul, 1100,000 mamum a muni. nniiKH annum. laun uixlo. Ililln iliiuouulvil. Mnkun cnl Imiddi. Huiraaiiil .till, eirlitnre on all i.olnta iatfc United Htataa. Kunipe anil llniii Kong. Itaaxmlt. roonl'ed minjmt to cbeci Bank aaBirom i. M. to r. M. D. C. LATOUKKTTK, Hroildeiit. K. J. Mfcir.K i;iier. O. W. EAKTIIAM An'OKNKY AT LAW Laad THlfn Examined. Ahntrach Made. Daeda, Mortgages Drawn, .Money Loanfd. orrwt ovkr Bank of Oregon City. Oaa-onn Cut, On. D R. FRANCIS FREEMAN, DENTIST Graduate of the Northwestern Utiivcr- laily Dental School, Chicago. AlaoAim riean Collego of Deiitnl Surgery Willamette Block , Oregon City. W. D'Beo 0. Bohuebel U'REN & SCIIUEI5EL Attorneys at Law. 5ntrijer 2bot4tnt, Will pracilce in all ronru, make collodions aid iPttlemrnls of F.siales. Fmrti'sh abstracts of title, lend you money nd lend your money on tirst inorgaga. Office In Enterprise Building, Oregon City, Oregon. JJOBERT A. MILLER ATTORNEY AT LAW Land TitleMand Land Office UuRinenn a Specialty WiU practice in all Courts of the State Room 3, Weinhard Bldg. pp. Court House, Oregon City, Oregon jr-JL. PORTER, ATTORNEY AT LAW ABRIACTI or rtoriKTT rOBMIIRID. OiMneil to Oregon City EnU-rpri'a Q.KO. C. BKOWNKLL, ATTOKNEY AT LAW Oregon City, - - Oregon Will practice In all the courts of the state. Office in Can field building. QEO. T. HOWARD HEAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE NOTARY PUBLIC . At Red Front, Court House Block Oregon City, Oregon :0 NOTICE TO OUR PATRONS Having found tho Poston Rubber Shoo Company'H Rubber Goods uiiHatiHfuctory, we have decided to handle tho J jt o J . J CELEBRATED WOONSOCKET RUBBERS tho coming season. Thanking our patrons for their gcneroiiM patronage in the pant, ami anking for a continuance of name in tho future. Wo are yours to command, j fc j o . McKITTRICK NEXT DOOR TO OREGON CITY BANK. it THE SHOE MAN. O: COCOCCCOCGCCOfCCOCCGCCOOCOD o o o o o o o o o o o o CDachine Shop Fourth and Water Streets. Phllipp Bucklein, Prop. NEW MACHINERY CONSTRUCTED STEAM FITTING Repairing of all kinds of Mill and Farm Machinery and Engines COCCCCCOOOCOOOGOCOOOCOOGCO o o o o o o o o o o a () o Built to Fit the Feet, Yet combining style with blissful comfort. Come in and look at our summer footwear. Late styles and bottom prices. KRATJSSE BROS. IJruiLswick House & llcstnunint Newly Furnished Rooms. Meals at All Hours. Prices Reasonable. Opposite Suspension Bridge. Only First Class Restaurant In Town. CHARLES CATTA, Proprietor MURROW'S BARRED ROCKS Are at the top. Have won at two of tho largest shows in the Northwest, 11)01 1902, also at the state fairs. Look up their record. Some fine breeding cockrels from our prize winning strain $2.00 and up. Also a few white rock cockrels $2.00. Eggs $2.00 per Betting. J. MURROW & SON, Oregon City, Ore. SCALI'JiOUNTYLAW NOW CJ1ATEK PAIiK The .Measure May I5e Rcpfuled 'Hi in Winter. EAS I KBN ()KK(;ON HAS COM CLAIM KuTe.s for lis O'overuinent. Flour is a Necessity There are many kinds of flour. But none so good as ours. Try it and bo convinced. Made by patent process. Pure, wholesome and of a superior grade. Portland Flouring mills Co. JOHN YOUNGER, tTIaWIalLlIalE Near Huntley's Drufl Store FORTY YEARS EXPERIENCE IN Great Britain and America. DOFT GUESS AT IT but if you are going east write us for our rates and let ug tell you about the service and accommodations offered by the IllinoisCentral Railroad. Through TouristCars via the Illinois Central from Pacific Coast to Chicago and Cincinnati. Don't fail to write us about your trip as we are in a position to give you some valuable informa tion and assistance. 5319 miles of Track over which is operated some of the finest trains in the world. For particulars regarding freight or passenger rates call on or address J. C. LINDSEY, B. P. TRUMBULL, T. F. & P. A. Com'l Agt 143 Third 8treet, Portland, Ore. Some C'liiitnlcH Iti-rusH to 1'iiy (lie Tax The Mutter Will lie I)leused xt Wetk. The repeal or the continuance of the cnli bounty law Ih a matter that will oiiie before the next legiidatiire fur de toi initiation. In the lunt few months there has been more or less comment adverse to the law, and even in Eastern Oregon, where the law was expected to do the most iood, there are some who believe that the measure has done more harm than good. It has been contended that in paying out L'50 000 in four years nnder the scalp bounty act, the Stale of Oregon has paid for the killing of many coyotes that were horn and reared in ad joining s.ates, and the killing of the coy otes has resulted in hi multiplication of rabbits and squirrels, which do "great damage to crops. Some counties have already ceased paying the bounty, and the bounty fund is exhausted, others may follow the example rather than truht to a leuM.iture to a money for a deficiency. State Senator J. N. Williamson, of Crook county, who was just elected to congress from the second district, was father of the bounty law, and he still be lieves it a meritorious measure for bis section of the state. Whether be will favor a continuance of the bounty be has not decided. He is on the program for a discussion of the subject at a woolgrow era' meeting at Pendleton, next Monday, but will not make up bis mind what course to take in the legislature until be learns the wishes of the people of bis section. While speaking on the subject last week. Senator Williamson said that he regards the matter as one of great in terest to Eastern Oregon, and if the peo ple of that section want the law repealed he will be ready to introduce a bill for that purpose. While some of the West ern Oregon counties have received bene fit from the law tnrough the killing of wildcats, by far the greater part of the money was spent east of the Cascades, though taken principally from the pock1 ets of the taxpayers of the western part of the state. He does not regard the measure as objectionable uoon the ground of unequal distribution of benefits, how ever, for the western counties get the greater part of the benefits from any ap propriutions to which Eeaetern Oregon contributes its share. Senator Williamson says that the popu- ar opinion that the sheepmen are the only people who are getting protection from the bounty law is erroneous. , Set tlers and small farmers get the greatest benefit. Of course large sheepowners suffer much less loss since the coyotes have been diminished in numbers, but the men who feel the good effects of the bounty law most are settlers whose poul- ry, pigs, turkeys, sheep and calves were lestroved when coyotes were so plenti ful. Settlers have not only been pro tected in this matter, they are the ones who have received the greater part of the money paid out as bounties. The large sheepowners have received none of the money. The men who are hired to herd eheep, the farmer boys on the frontier and the men who have gone out on the prairie to make homes have been the di rect beneficiaries of the appropriation. While there have been a very few men who have made a business of killing coy otes for their scalps, these have not been tiumeroue enough to mention. The men who ueeded the money most to belp them in building their homes and mak ing a living were the ones who got it. Senator Williamson says that a few years ago the coyotes were so numerous on the plains of Eastern Oregon that the farmers could scarcely raise chickens, and eggs could hardly he fonnd. The coyotes would run into the yards and carry off full-grown chickens, and would kill and eat pigs caught roaming through the fields. There is now very little com plaint of loss from this source. The theory that the multiplication of rabbits bas been due to the killing off of coyotes is not credited by Senator Wil liamson. He says that in the 26 years he lias lived in Eastern Oregon he has seen the rabbit pest assume alarming pro portions, and then almost entirely disap pear in a single season. That was when the coyotes were plentiful and the num ber of coyotes seemed to have no notice able influence upon the number of rab bits. His explanation of the variation in the number of rabbits is that these animals increased rapidly as long as the we.ither conditions were not unfavorable, but that about once in four or five years a deep snow would lie on the ground for 10 days or more while the thermometer was down to zero. Under such condi tions the rabbits either starved or froze to death. The fact that the farmers have a number of times been alarmed over the increase of rabbits, only to find that they nearly all disappeared in a single win- j tor, leads to the belief that the large number now causing apprehension among the farmers of Eastern Oregon will he killed oft gome winter, regarding of the number of coyotes. At any rate, p t , s Senator William.on does not believe. halr(rdary f lnt I"eS the time has yet come to encourage the multiplication of wolves as a means of spreading civilization. In his speech at Pendleton Senator Williamson will take up the coyole ques tion in detail, and alter presenting bis views will try to draw out a general ex tension, through the press or otherwise, go as to learn what the Eastern Oregon people want done with the bounty law. II they don't want the bounty, he will try to see that they do not get it. NO I'BOSrrXTlXU FOR .MIX ERA L Herdliisr or Grazing of Stork In I'nrk M ill he So icily Prohibited. the SOL'TIIERM PACIFIC OIL TAXKS mil Handle the Oil Business r Pacific Coast. With the construction of thirty-three big oil reservoirs going on along the lines of the Western division and over 200 men engaged in the work of construction the Southern Pacific seems to be prepared to Secretary ol the Interior Hitchcock has issued regulations for the manage ment of the Crater Lake National park, to become effective immediately. Tho rtarlr njlll I.a ..ln I .1 I ' "" "c H'eu in cnarge ol a super ,hft jintendent appointed Saturday, who will. jur ine present at least, be its only official. i-naer the regulations mineral locations may be made in a manner not detrimen tal to the park, but all prospecting is pro hibited. Persons wishing to locate min ing claims must file with the snperin- tenaeni 01 the park a description of the lunule the oil question in a way that ,BUU ueBlreu t-o oe located, together with will save it thousands of dollars in fuel jevi(lent'e 'hat they are qualified entry bills every week with a yearly total of I men- Bef,jre entering the park to make millions when all the divisions on the ,ocat,on. they must obtain coast are considered. iirom the becretury of the The thirty-three tanks in question are only for the Western division, while a ppropriate like condition of activity is reported on me oiner nve divisions west ol El Paso. East of El Paeo on the lines of the Atlan tic system the Texas oil fields will supply the demand of the company's lines. According to present indications the Southern Pacific will soon have on its lines on this coast at least, a lufficient number of storage tanks to furnish the reserve supply of one yejr which is de sired in case the present sources of sup ply give out. To add to this information regarding storage tanks comes the news from New York that President Harriman has just ordered 250 new tank cars with a capacity of 10,000 gallons each and 650 cars with a capacity of 12,300 gallons each. The Southern Pacific is apparently going Into the oil business on a scale that is equalled only by the Standard Oil Company. The tanks which are going up on the Western Division will be placed at the various terminal points and junctions where there are headquarters for several locomotives. They will range in size from a capacity of 630,000 gallons to tlie size of the largest Melrose tank 2,310, 000 gallons. All the tanks are being erected by contractors, but the pumping plants for pumping the oil to and from the tanks are being put in by the South ern Pacific crew which bas been organ ized for that purpose. During the past week a crew has been at work at West Oakland, putting in a new pump with a capacity of 300,000 gal lons per hour, and also completing the installation of the new boiler for its op eration. In order to facilitate the work of the crew a special pipe machine for cutting threads and other similar work has been mounted on a car and will be carried with them on the trips about the division. THE STORY TOLD BY THE SEA (o to the Beach uu A. & C. K. R. and Hear What the Wild Waves Sny. The story, "What the Wild Waves Say at Seaside" so strikingly told in the atttacttve pamphlet recently issued by J. C. Mayo, G. P. A., Astoria, is better appreciated after a trip to the now popular Clatsop Beach, via the A. &. C. 11. K. Cheap round trip excursion rates and unexcelled transportation fa' cilities offered between Portland and the beaches continues to attract large crowds to t lavel, bearhart and Seaside. Kound trip excursion tickets between Portland and all Clatsop and North Beach points are sold every Saturday at $2.50, inter- changahle with all boat lines and good to return Sunday evening. Trains leav ing Portland at 8 o'clock A. M. daily runs tnrougn direct to uearlmrt and Sea side without transfer, making close con. nections at Warrenton for Flavel. Portland-Seaside express leaves union depot every Saturday at 2:30 p. in. and runs through direct with transfer, arriv ing at Astoria at 5:50 p. m Uearbart 6:40 p. m. and Seaside. 6:50 d. m. making close connections at Warrenton for if lavel. Smith's Dandruff Tomade. Cures dandruff, eczema, itching scalp, and stops tailing ol the hair. One appli cation stops itching scalp, three to six applications removes all dandruff. Doc tors and druggists regard it as the only standard remedy for dandruff and all itching, scaley skin diseases; price, 50c, At all druggists. Book on Catarrh free, address Smith Bros., Fresno, Cal. The Best is Sone Too ttood For You and we can furnish you with the best for no more than you might pay lor the worst, therefore, don't throw away good money for poor service, but if you are going East, or have friends coming West, let us tell you what we can offer on Chi cago, Washington, New York, Boston. St. Louis, Memphis, New Orleans, and all intermediate points. Our rails are laid in fourteen dilterent states of the Union. Communicate with us regarding freight and passenger business; It's a pleasure to reply to your letter. B. II. Trumbull, 142 Third Street. Com'l Agt. Portland, Ore. . permit Interior. Lands in the park upon which valmM- deposits of mineral have been found may be located and worked under the mining laws by any person duly quali fied and holding a permit. These persons may use, for mining purposes, such timber and stone found upon the land located, as in the judg ment of the superintendent may be used without damage lo the park. Within 30 days after the location of anv minimr claim, and betore development work is commenced, satisfactory proof must be hied with the superintendent showing that the discovery of a valuable mineral deposit has been made within the limit of the location, and if it be a placer loca tion, that every ten-acre tract embraced therein bag been found to contain valu able deposits of mineral. Locators will not be permitted to acquire title to min ing claims within the park, and will for feit all right upon breach of the regula tions or when they do not appear to be acting in good faith, and may also be ejected from the park. The berding or grazing of loose stock or the driving of auoh stock -over tKe park is forbidden, except where authority is granted by the superintendent. Horses, cattle and other livestock run-, ning at large or being grazed within tb park without authority will be impound ed by the superintendent, and if not claimed by the owner within 30 daye shall be sold at public auction. Funds so arising will be held for six months, subject to claim of the owner, who must pay all costs attending the impounding. and if not then called for, will go into the general park fund. A number of customary prohibitions, such as the destruction of natural curi osities, cutting the timber, except for construction of places for entertainment and for mining purposes, the abandon ment of fires, killing of eame, fish, except by rod and line selling of intoxicating liquors, posting of advertisements or gen eral obnoxious behavior within the park are to be enforced. Permission to reside in the park must be obtained from the superintendent, who also bas authority to appoint guides. An Exhibition Piano. We note from the Portland papers that Mr. C. W. Evans, of the Willamette Pulo and Paper Company, bas secured a very choice Kimball piano in fancy quarter sawed English oak case. The instru ment is said to be an excellent duplicate of the pianos as exhibited at the World's Fair in Chicago, where the Kimball re ceived highest honors. Mr. Evans' piano is occupying a pro minent exhibit at the Eileas booth, which has been unanimously voted the handsomest, most novel and most strik ing exhibit at the Portlaud Carnival. Eilers Piano House last year secured four first prizes and awards over all competi tion at the Portland Exposition. f-T-r-rr-r-g : w. c k w. v. v. w -r rj N s Foreign Lands We issue drafts payable in other countries. J Whenever you have occa sion to send money to foreign H 1 1 fi Ml X- 1 no. lanus, it win pay you to sena a it through this bank. o g THE BANK OF OREGON CITY W (irpcrnni ifv Orpcrnn W Wl "t "J