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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 20, 1901 Ol'wgOIl LltV HntCrpi'lSC. fermented liquors and mnufi'turodj'"f Bl,iril mvlnts Imvn l-in rut down tlnw r shown in this matter, and lie Otj and County Oflhial I'apcr spirits mie tut n cut uowii, imy are Published Every Krldoy. has boon nothing of Mil vi..l,lintf ihr.inv?li in.-iP..l nro.liutmn. I extraordinary charter ol plillantroptiy has bovn shown to any givator extent mora 1 11 11 n imrii L. I.. roKfKK, 1'KoraiKToa. HUH8CHIPTION 1UTBS, paid in advance. Advertising rates given on application. Last year the pustollioe department came near pay in,; its way. For tbe tlrst j quarter o( the tisoal year there, was a deficit of $;!,t!47,00O, hut in the second and third quarter an excess of receipts was reported, and the fourth quarter will Oneyear I- 00 , probably bring down the deficit for the Bit months 1 00 . ; , Trial subscription two months 23 I entire fiscal year to $1,H),000. Last A Jiscountol Mcents on ailsuhscriptions j voar deficiency was 3,40S,tXH), or for one year, '.'Scents for six months, it j " aPout tne same amount spent to estab lish and operate free delivery routes. The people may congratulate themselves on the increasing business and improv ing finances of the postollice, for these results will encourage congress to bn ad en the work of the department in several important directions. Hie postmaster general has abridged the facilities for abuses In second-class matter, which the government has been carrying at a loss of over 80 per cent. Vigilance In this quarter will be of great advantage to the people. Subscribers will find tbe date of expira tion stamped on their papers following their name. 1' 'his date is not change! within two weeks after a paviuent, kindly notify us and we will look after it. Kuttred at the postoftir in Oregon City, Or., as second class matter. 19KST3 FOR TUB ENTERPRISE. Beaver Creek lr. T. B. Thomas Can by K. 1. Sias ClacKamas A. Mather Milwaukie Oscar Wtssitigvr tnion Mills G. J. Trullinger Meadow Brook Chas. Holman New Kra V. S. Newberry Parkolace K. O. Holme's Stafford J. Q. Ciae Mulino C. T. Howard Cams R. M. Cooper Wolalla Annie Stubbs Variiuam J. C. Manpiam BnttHville B. Jennings Aurora. . Henrv A. Snviler Kaele Creek .'H. Wilbern Damascus J. C. Klliott Randy F. Givtsoh Cnrrinsville Geo. J. Currin Mirruot Adolph AschotT STATE MHI11T AID. The demands made upon the people of Clackamas county to aid the many per sons who have been rendered homeless and destitute by reason of the recent ter rible conflagrations has assumed such proportions that the burden is being keenly felt, and yet only the very im mediate needs have been supplied. There is a vast amount of work yet to be done in order to. place the homeless peo ple in a condition to survive the storms and hardships ot winter, which is now npon them. It would be not at all out of place to ask tbe state to assist in this worthy cause of relieving the reople of this county who have suffered the loss of their homes and crops, and it is not unreasonable to presume that an appro priation could be easily procured for that purpose. Clackamas county is third in wealth in the state, contributes largely to tbe support and maintenance of the slate government, and has never received or asked for aid in any way, and now that a time has arrived when some as sistance could be given we feel justified in making such a demand. Very truly do we appreciate tbe kind ness and generosity of the people of Tortland in their endeavors to relieve tbe suffering, entertaining a similar feel ing for all others who have assisted in this work, but the extent and magni tude of what remains to be done is greater than is realized by those not the most familiar with the conditions exist ing. Thousands of dollars are needed to purchase lumber and other material for providing shelter for both people and t-toi k, and procuring food for both man ami beast in order to prevent suffering throughout the long winter months. We believe the members of the state legisla tive body from this county would exper ience no difficulty whatever in securing an appropriation of several thousand dollars for that purpose. That an effort to this eifect will be made is not an un reasonable supposition. Thk forest tires which have been raf ing in the Northwest during the past week but emphasize the fact that too much caution cannot be exercised in the use of fire in the dry season. During the week scores of lives have been lost and untold horrors experienced by those who had to bend every energy to escape an awful death by tire in the forests. Thou sands of acres of valuable timber have been burned, causing a loss that mounts up into the millions, while the lumber ing industry lias received a severe check in some parts of the two states of Oregon and Washington. Words of warning and caution were passed along the line only a few weeks ago but the tires gained a control which could not be checked until the great damage had been done. Josephine county needs to beever watch ful. It can hardly be supposed that a person would deliberately set a blaze in the forest, but we bave prcof that some one in this county set four fires along a densely wooded ridge in the space of an afternoon. Let us take warning from the events of the past week which have wrought death and destruction so lav ishly. Grants Pass Courier. than our good people would exhibit upon any other similar occasion. I'lain duty promptly performed ia the self-conscloua reward, however. Much misery and sutfering has been relieved, for which the people of Oregon City may rest as sured that they have the thanks of many persons. U" Quay wiil end the coal strike some of us will be disposed to forgive bini for owning Pennsylvania. price as a result of the recem lire. This advance, he nays, is not duo to any ma terial decrease in the quantity of timber, hut to thn cutting oil' of some ot the avail able supply of logs locally. Ho says that some of the logging camps (hut Here burned will not be in operation again for two months, and that this will temporar ily advance the price of Ions. Two shirts are the cause of a '.Ti.tXHl damage suit in the Chicago courts. There must be a sad t.ilo mixed up in this affair somew here. Wk may admire many useful things without wishing to test them. The fen der on a trolley car is a great invention, but no one yearns to he scooped up by it. Tapkr hosiery is the latest thing out It is so manufactured that it resembles a cloth texture, and a pair costs only three cents. Stocking darning w ill soon be a thing of the past. Joy is said to be much the same sort ot a sensation as grief, and often times it is hard to tell one from the other, es pecially w hen a man is weeping over ttie death ol a rich uncle. ANOTHER SURPLUS. When it was found on AoguBt 10 laHt, that the treasury receipts from July 1, the beginning of the fibcal year, had fal len 10,2V,000 below expenditures for the eame time, there was an apprehen sion that the removal of the war taxes would cut more deeply than was antici- Ths coming session of the legislature of Oregon should devise some legislation calculated to more fully protect timber of the state from serious conflagrations, eays the Timberman. A suggestion has been made that a bill be framed with a view of instituting a fire patrol under the direction of the sheriff of each county, the tax to maintain the patrol to be levied by a special tax on each dis trict where the patrol is desired. The owners of timler lands would generally be very willing to pay a tax of this nature. If it were practicable to pass a bill restricting the time for lawfully burning a "slashing" from tbe month of October to the 1st of May, much danger of destroying the green timber would be averted. While the farmer comes in for a considerable share ot criticism in caus ing conflagrations, it is well to keep in mind that many loggers are almost criminally careless in their method, and many serious fires are attributable to their direct negligence. The farmers in the burned sections of Oregon and Washington have probably in the aggre gate been tbe heaviest losers by the j recent conflagrations, hence their assist ance in urging the legislature to pass remedial fire legislation should be easily secured. Commissioner ok Pensions Wakk has issued an order that none of the em ployees of his ollice shall indulge here after in any beverage that intoxicates, during ollice hours. Tne liosehurg Keview pays its respects to knockers in the following forcible lan guage: "There have been knocker on the earth ever since Father Noah first laid the keel of the hi k, and the number remaining in this section would lead to the conclusion that many must have es caped the deluge. Fven progressive Uosehurg has a few, who hoot at enter prise and sneer at their progressive riti tens, yet complacently accept tbe botietl cial reaiilta of public enterprise as if tbe gods had bestowed tliein up iii them aa a S'cial benediction." Ir is stated that an annual report of the .Southern Pacific will thow that a yearly saving of $4,tXX0tX or 50 percent has been made in the fuel bills ot the company by the use of oil. John D. Kockkkki.i.kr owns a park of 90,000 acres in the Adirondack mount ains, lie keeps adding to it right along, and expects in time to use the rest of York State as his back yard. Somebody estimates the treasury sur plus for the present fiscal year at M0, 000,000. The republican surplus, habit ia too big a fact to be overcome, even by the abolition of the war taxes. Notwithstanding the calamitous tires which have visited us during the past fortnight, the grand old county of Clack amas will nevertheless reap an abundant harvest and make a pretty good showing after all. A H,700,0H-bail cotton crop for imv., which is the tl,-ure at which the yield for the year is put, means lota of proa erity for the planteis. The corn and wheat growers, and the hop-raisers o! the Willamette valley are not the only agriculturalists who will be in clover this year. The yield of cotton may be slightly below that of HHH, but in the general tendency toward an increase of the foreign demand the chances aie that it will bring considerably more money limn last year's output did. The coun try is in a flourishing condition in every resect, and the best part of the story is that the prosperity it diffused through out the entire nation, and in almost all Interests. r3wv r vy nil iu TIio Kind You llavo Alwajtt Hought, iiihI which lm hocii lit uso for over XW jonra, lm horno I ho hh;niiiirn of I - nntl lun Imtii iiiiulouiiihT hU Iit- r S Jftf-fT Honul unpen Won nhirn II Infiuu-y. tVV JCC4ti Allow no ono to ilwHvo yon In thin. All CotiiitoriVIK Iniltittlonii mill " JiiNt-uw-tfoiiil" nro lint i:xorluuii(i (but trlllo with nml mlmiKr th ln-ultli of Infants mid Chlldrvii-r.Mri'iifo aKiilitnt i:xHrlnniiU What is CASTORIA CnMorU N a linrinls substitute for Cattor Oil, Puro Rorlr, lros mid Soothing Syrup. It I Heaaaiit. It 'outnliiH mdlliiT Opium, Morphine) nor otlirr Nurcotkl duliNtaiico. lt. ti(;o U Hi Kuiirunlct'. It drnlroy Worms unit allays IVverUhiicss. It nirr IHiirrliuMHind Wind Colli'. It ndlevi'S Torching Troubles, euros Constipation nnd Flatulency. It nsslnillates the Food, regulate" tho Utoiniu li and Itowels, giving healthy and natural Moon. Tho Children's l'aniu-ea-Tlio Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Boars tho Signature of It Beems to us to be a little early to begin worrying over tbe radical things that may be done to tbe trusts. Why borrow trouble? They are still pulling along in spite of the hardships that have not been imiiofed upon them. Thk Yamhill County Reporter ought to be denied transmission through the mails for perpetrating this joke on a helpless public; "Corn ia king, but that trolley car accident in Massachusetts came near making Hay president." A Eurrisn official report shows that it j took an army of 4 18,000 men to subdue j the I5oers, and that tbe British deaths from bullets and disease exceeded L'0,000. No need to say "lest we forget" to the present generation of Englishmen. The attention of taxpayers is directed to the fact that only a few days remain in which taxes can be paid before the delinquency period. The sheriff will be obliged to oley the commands of the law, which say that taxes shall be col lected by law and sale, together with penalty and interest added. On October Oheoon timlsjr land owners should not be too anxious to sell for ten to twenty cents a thousand etumpage offers. In the Wisconsin and Michigan belts and their timtier is about exhausted stump age commands five to seven dollars per thousand. A LEGISLATIVE DUTY. Karly in February of this year the Register iDVesliipttcd the provisions of the new tax law and was the lirst paper in the state to recommend changes In the law in the interest of the maonty of the tax payers. Our position met the hearty endorsement of the K-ople of l.ane county irrespective of party, and the state press also took up the question, viewing the situation in the same light. We published several editorials on tins point, one of which, appearing in the daily issue of February 'JH, W2, con tained recotiimemlatioiiH that slioubl oc upy the attention of the legislature at its next session. Following are our pre vious remarks: In regard to the new law for collection of taxes we believe tho taxpayers will endorse our opposition to two of its features. We want the law chang.-d ho that taxes become due in the fall of the year instead of the spring, for the reason as we have stated several timrs before, that the majority of taxpayers bave nniie ready money after crops are harvested than in tbe springtime. In addition to this we think the provision which gives a discount of three jwr cent as a pre mium for payment of said taxes by March 1 ought also to bo ktns ked out. Oregon is not so bard ill) for money ihat it has to discount its bills. I'rojsjrty over the Btate is good at all times for the amount of taxes due and the giving of a discount is all unnecessary. If every taxpayer could command the ready money by .March I') to pay his taxes and thereby get the rebate but the vast ma jority will probably pay half their taxes by the first Monday in April and the j ha minis the lirsr. Mumluv in fli-lnln.r uml fail to get the discount. Our proposition is that tbe new law would bu satisfactory to the majority of people If taxes become due in the fall and the discount feature waH entirely eliminated. This would' put every taxpayer more nearly on an equal footing Eugene Register. SI s - mm The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. TMff Cf MTAUft OM ; Clackamas Co. Fire Sufferers ; Wo express our nym imtliy in a subsMiitiul manner, wlicre yon find it iieeesenry to rejil;nv li tl r n e il I MPLEMENTS W A G O N S HARROW S Represented In OurStook, We Of fir You 10 Per Cent Discount From Our Regular Prices Mitchell, Lewis 8 Stavcr Co. flRST and TAYLOR STRUTS, PORTUIU). ORE(i0 N. It. If unknown to 111, bringa letter from a prominent man in the community w ho is known to in, certifying to your lost. This olh r gisel until Janurary 1, l')'. - .... 1XT w S t THE ENTERPRISE ALL KINDS OF COMMIikCIAL PRINTING DONE IN UP TO PATE STYI.Ii pated, and that the surplus on June 30 j m t,ie hmit expjres when Uxe, ca be next, might be near tbe vanishing point. But the prospect has decidedly improved within the past thirty days. On Septem ber 8 the deficit since July 1 dropped to $1,323,20.'!, and existing conditions noint to another considerable surplus for the present fiscal year, which has still over nine months to run. Customs receipts are much latger than they were a year ago. They show a gain of $11,000,000 to September 9, or aboot tbe amount of de cline in internal revenue receipts by the repeal of the war taxes. If government expenditures in July and August Lad not been heavier than in 1001 there would have rn a large pnrplns for the tiro months, in spite of the reduction in internal revenue. Though tbe taxes on Thk Aurora Borealis says: "Clackai mas county is making a mistake by not encouraging the use of wide tire wag ons." Indeed, Brother Borealis, the state law encourages the use of wide tire waironstothe extent of giving a rebate pelled to at once turn the roll over to1 ltlrin , ,i t, I of $4.00 annually on road tax to all who paid. After that time the sheriff is com- the county clerk, and that official shall, within ten days, return such delinquent amounts to tbe sheriff, with warrant at tached, commanding him to begin the collection of such delinquent amounts by force and sale. It behooves all who bave not yet paid their taxes to do so at once, and thus avoid the inconvenience they will otherwise be subjected to. The prompt action of the Oregon City populace in generously responding to appeals for aid from the destitute of the neighboring sections, demonstrates the willingneef to and appreciation of the necessity of rising to a duty. Nothing nse such wagons and claim their dues. Anyhow, Clackamas county does not dis courage the use of such vehicles ; indeed, many are in use here. A tim hub land buyer says that logs have advanced CO cents per thousand in I'orliiMe I'ariim a Trian, "Having distressing pains in head, back and stomach, and being without appetite, I began to use Dr. King's New life Pills," writes W. P. Whitehead, of Kennedale, Tex., and soon felt like a new man." Infallible in stomach and liver troubles. Only 25 cents at G. A. Harding's drug store. iff Over-Work Weakens Your Kidneys. Unhealthy Kidneys Hake Impure Blood. All the blood In your body passes through your kidneys once every three minutes. 1 ne Kidneys are your : blood purifiers, they f il : ter out the waste or j Impurities In the blood. If they are sick or out I of order, they fall to do j their work. Pains, achesandrheu- matism come from ex- cess of uric acid In tho j blood, due to neglected kidney trouble. Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady heart btats, and makes one feel as though ' they had heit trouble, because the heart Is ; over-working In pumping thick, kidney-1 poisoned blood through veins and arteries. It used to be considered that only urinary troubles were to be traced to the kidneys, 1 but now modern science proves that nearly j all constitutional diseases have their begin- j nine In kidney trouble. If you are sick you can make no mistake : by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer'i Swamp-koot, the great kidney remedy Is , soon realized. It stands the highest for Its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases and Is sold on Its merits f""- 1 . by all druggists In fifty- frtTjjPrVfiiirS cent and one-dollar siz- 157'"' Sf H'JJ , es. You may have a "iUSSM 1 sample bottle by mall Rom or swmt.Roc. ! free, also pamphlet telling you how to find out If you have kidney or bladder trouble. ' Mention this paper when writing Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. I LOOK AT 111! For the next Hixty 1ny FOR CHSH Straw and G'ranh Hats Below Cmt Shirt WaiHtB from .'!.": tip .'fi-inch IVrcalcB now l2jc yd Tablo Cloth From 20c yd Duck SkirtH in colorH From 7")c Mon'fl and Boys' Capo regular price 25c now lfa Men'H Fancy DrcHH SliirtH, regular price $1 now 7'c NeckticH, regular price 25c now l.rc Men'H SweaterH, regular price 8"c now fi.rc I'oyH Sweaters, regular price 50c .now 40c Men'n Heavy Shirtn, regular price GOc to 75c-. . . . now 45c Fancy Socks 5c pair We are making a big cut in priceH in every thing in the line of SIioch, Dry (!oodn and Fur niKhing (!oo(1h. Call and examine goods and get our priceH. FRONT TBADINC CO. Court House Block OREGON CITY, ORECON. ID t