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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY. OCTOBKU 10, 1002 Orjgon City Enterprise, j City and County ttffl.iul Paper ! Tiik poultry crop is reported short, but j Tiik proHKtive coal famines an with a harvest of 2,500,000,000 bushels ! nomiivil from numerous parts of the j of corn I'ncle Sam can be thankful for country aro Uinly a prearranged con 1 PJ02 ami talk turkey for ISMo. I'ubliwlietl Every Friday. L. I.. POUTER, Pbopr;ktob. SUBaCHllTlON HATKS, One year Bix months Tr.ai subscription two months 25 A discount ot W cent on all subscription for one vear, 26 cents (or six months, it paiil in advance. Advertising rates given on application. Subscribers will tinii the date of expira tion stamped on their papeis following iht-ir name. It this date is not changed within two weeks alter a payment, kindiy oowy us and we will look alter it. Aci'iKiMNU to the Chicago News the Milwaukee A St. Paul railroad lias in creased its capital stock $25,000,000. This additional stin k will be issue stockholder at par. It is supposed that ti... ........... ....I ......: .i; . :.. i . i... j. nit n-n-vii i n yi m IJ..11 tun o im 111c 1 110 ! purpose of acquiring Senator Claik'a 2.T 1 rights in a road which is pl umed for con struction between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. The St. Paul lines, witli the Gould roads, gives this combination a route to Salt Luke and the conned ion apiracy against consumer. la this game to be played on SO.OOO.OOO Americans every year. Kntered at the postoftic in Orecon City, Or., as second class matter. 43KSTS KOR THK KKTKKPK1SK. Beaver Creek lr.T. B. Thomas CanbT K. j.Sias Clackamas A Mather Milwaukte "f" V iswinirf r Pnion Mills J.Trullinger Meadow Brook Oias. Holman New Era W. S. Newberry Farkplaoe K. O. Holmes Stafford A - J Mulino T. Howard Cams R- M. Cooper Molalla Annie Stubbs Maniiiam J- lrin Butteviile B. Jennings Aurora Henrv A. Snyder Each? Creek ""l1!'"1 Damascus JJ--,,fcmo" rNndv r. C.vtsch C irrinsville Ceo. J. C urnn Marmot Adolph Ascooll 10 IIKIIK.K Ml.I,AMKI1K. I'l.in tu CiMiiiiM t Kant ami Weal Mile Southern Pm'illc l.lnts. Some very extensive changes are soon to be made in the railroail filiation of the Southern Pacific linoa between Port- Tin. announcement that the Southern j "' ,""ul'-v lo "" hWU ,U ,"' vildl ll.l.ir.iMt til ik itriial iii..iiti 11. ... ill.. . I Pacific Kailwav Company ia to become . , , ,. . . , , ,' d to I 1 1 Arrangements (or this work have already even a more active competitor lor trallic ,,r(,tfresse. lo a point Mint a bill has been along the banks of the Willamette river outlined ami n ill I presented lo eon. may mean lliat some very marked im- g'ess at the coming Kession to allow (he . i.- .1. .1 . .. ;n S Southern Kailwav Company to biidgn piovements are to take place, tl at will 1 ' the illamelte near Oswego (or the pur ine reuse the value of property beta ecu 1 , ... ... ....... i . ' ' i pose of connecting the hast and West Oregon City and Portland. i Side and Yamhill divisions of the road. ... , , , , . i i After the approval of the project, an era, hat has Ik en one of the most pleas- ; ' ' , , ,., : ot Improvement and change w ill be In ant and profitable sea-ona, gene.ally m,u., 011 , v,.H, S,de divisions of with Senator Clark's project will give i speaking, enjoyed in Oregon for many the lines running into Puiiland. With the St. Paul an outlet to the Pacific i years, came to an etui Tueadav by the far seeing eyes the Ilarrimaii railroail Coast. The time is coming w hen the Pacific coast will have eijual railroad ad vantages with the Kast. Woan bas gone up to $16 a cord in Boston. Under such circumstances, back-log studies may run to language more forcible than polite. Something must be radically wrong w ith the coal Industry w hen a strike iu one state sends up prices extortiouately everywhere. The trouble seems to be the greedy, reckless manipulation of op erators. They w ill get the worst of it in trying to hold up 80,000,000 people. Thk genera! farmers' balance sheet of he United States for the year P02 ia an account of b g figures. According to Bradstreet, the corn crop of the country is 2,800,OCK),0;k) bushels as compared with 1,500,000,000 bushels last year and an average of 2,000,0X1,000. The largest crop previous to tbat of the present year w:is in ISM, when the record, was 2,284, 000,000 bushels. The wheat crop of the country is estimated by experts at 700, 000,000 bushels as against 750,000,000 bushels last year, 522,000,000 for 1900 and 547,000,OuO for 1S'J9. Only three times in the history of the country bas the record equaled that of the present year. The cotton output for the Beason, after reckoning some backsets, is ex pected to be 12,000,000 bales, as against aa average of 10,500,000 bales during the past four years. Other general crots are in line with this record. THOSE FIU.YCIIISES. Oregon City is just uow lu the business of granting franchises to railw ay com panies in fact or in contemplation, the enterpriso being so generally engaged in of late that it borders closelv to a whole sale affair, w hether for good or lor had, time only w ill demonstrate. Opposition, fair, open and honorable, has been strongly urged against the granting to the corporations the favors and privileges they seek, and with at least eiiua! teal and determination have other business interests contended for supremecy and won the victory. So far as the writer knows, neither side has employed any but fair, honorable methods in striving to accomplish its purpose, and we believe none are inclined to charge the op poutnt with having acted otherwise than in good faith. Many of the property own ers of the city were opposed to the fran chises being granted for reasons prompt ed by the honest belief that such action by the city would in the future prove its own folly, while numerous other prop erty owners and many business men favored such a policy for the only rea- beginning of w hat is known as the "rainy ' '.v.m.ca.t. i a preparing io gri.nrou me , contiguous sectiona of country near Port season. Indeed, theie can tie no com- , , land. plaint about the rain. Since the first of j Tll0 (or ML-ving ,mt tha ,(Ir. July the weather bad been perfect for I veying party ol the Southern Pacific lias the prosecution of all outdoor pursuits done two months' woik between the and an abundant harvest of all varieties ! r,v"r "'"Merlon with the view ( , , , , putting a bridge across the river at Os of products has Uen garnered and aafelv ' ; wego are very natural ones, lheie is boused. But the advent of the rain was , ,u) m,ri, (l,ailM loinl OI, th welcomed, and perhaps its arrival was j Willamette between Portl indand Ore none too early. , gon City for a railroad biidge. What is more important than all is that the Wiril regard to the rumor that bus i Southern Pacific Company ow n right ol ., ,, , , ... ,v , I wav ground at that point on the river on been cabled from London to the effect ' IhiIIi the west side and east side, lha that Kins Kdward will offer to President w,m,H.tjn(. .Ut.,. the east side ,li Koosevelt th place of honorary colonel- j vision and the Yamhill and forvallia in-chief of a British regiment, the follow 1 divisions can lie formed tinder the most ing provision of the constitution ia im- j "''vantageous conditions at that point on .. .. , ii ii i 1 the river, portant: "No title of nobility shall be I ! An examination of the river bed at granted by the I'niicd States, and that point shows that the channel la very person holding any olli. e of profit and ! narrow. The bluffs on either aide are PE-RU-NA CURES CATARRH OF KIDNEYS EVERY TIME. m fe "ire ukmwM DANCERCUS KIDSEY DISEASES CURED i f WW re-ru-tm Creating n Niillcuint Scnmllon lutlioCuro til inronio Aiimi'iiu or the Kidiirjs. vi lli;;J!j jl Major T. It. Mara.Kf the VlratWIaeon-1 ()(,, T, u "f'l sin Cavalry reglniriit, write from H2Sjr m ,( v I'liniiing sirei"., ( bicagii, 111., llio follow ing h ttrrj trust under thun shall, without the con sent of the Congiess, accept any present, emolument, ollic'e or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince or for eign state." high, and tin re are solid lock formations upon which the bridge could be built. The cost of the structure there would be greatly lessened. It is said to be poshihle lo build a bridge at the point named near Oswego high enough to permit upper-river steamers to pass under without the ne cessity of building a drawbridge. This is a very important item, if true, Ix-cause ' the objection ol the bridge as an obstruc tion to navigation on the upper river A law authorizing school districts to combine and conduct one school for several districts, is a measure that will be proposed for enactment by the next legislature. A similar law is in force in some of the eastern states and is found entirely satisfactory. In Ohio bucu a law has been on the statute books for ten years, and so successful has the cen tralization of the country schools been that the people would not go back to the former method of conducting their schools. The plan for Oregon is that when two, three or four email school districts adjoin each other, each having pnpiis enough for only a small school, the schools should combine their funds, i Conduct one school and provide trans portation for pupils who reside at a dis tance from the central school. Thus, where small districts maintain schools for twenty pupils of all ages and in all grades, having therefore only two or three pupils in each grade, and one teacher to conduct recitations in all the classes, by combining the schools the classes would be do more numerous, but larger, and the teachers would have more time to devote to each subject. It if not uncommon in Oregon to see a teacher with twenty pupils conducting twenty recitations a day. It is apparent that not much time can be given to each recitation. By combining three such schools, making sixty pupils, two teach er" coald do bo much more effective work, each conducting ten recitations a day. By making larger classes the pa pils have a greater incentive to study, they associate with more children of their own age, and have all the advan tages ot attending a well-graded school. Tiik losses of the six railroad compan ies that control the anthracite situation, and are believed to represent the Morgan interests, for the four months of the ' strike, are ollicially reported at $",t24,- j wojild not be brought up. (XX). The Keading is the heaviest loser, That the Southern Pacific Company and is credited with $;J,S00.1W0, the Le- ' r,,,,t P1'1" lie'"1 '" oiinection with son that the city's welfare In the future . . . . ., Ti,UrU l)rll,i'e without saying, t'lli- ' ' high coming next with $2.tio0.000. lhere " ........ ... i " 1 niut.. V a 1 lumu.ii.iii, Iruin. U' i .... inf.. is a provision of the constitution w hich j Vtrlld, 0Vflf , Un Bi, a has never tieen enforsed, prohibiting rail- trallic will be on thia side to avoid the road companies from engaging in the heavy Fourth street gradea In Portland, business of mining or manufacturing ! nfi tlle ""JHt ''"l-ortai.t considerations articles for transportation. All of these railroad companies habitually defy this mandate of the constitution. They do it by evasion and legal trickery. would be benefitted and materially strengthened commercially, and indeed, did this sentiment prevail to such an ex tent that upon the final test by viva voce vote in the council chamber the proposal to grant the franchises had eight-ninths of the council strength in its favor. May be, the council bas acted hastily and in judiciously, and no doubt in such a man ner as to call forth wrath from some sources and vituperation and sharp criti cism from other places, but the decree has been entered and the city has al ready practically ordained. This ia an era of great progression. The tide in that direction ia po strong that in some instances localities are forg ing ahead even against the most stub born and strenuous efforts to fight it back. But let us hope that what ourf city council has done along the lines o iostering enterprise and aiding progres sion will, to the dim eyes of those who have viewed itrotherwise, prove a bleHS ing in disguise. "Nothing ventured, nothing gained," is as truely an axiom today as ever, and if perchance the fathers of the city have acted unwisely, the spirit of earnest endeavor to promote the city's welfare bas been manifested and predominates. Not that the good people wiio opposed the council in this matter were doing so with any desire to " For yenn I suffered with catarrh of the kiUiwf a contrttcWtl fit lha army. Medhinc did not help mo any until a comrade w ho had heen helped by V runa advised ma to try It. I bought tome at once, and toon found bleuned trlfet. I kept taking It four montji. and am now well and atrong and feel better than I have done for tha pt twenty years, thanka to Vrun." 7. . Mara. Mr. John Vance, of Hartford City, 1ml., say! 'My kidney trouble Is much belter. I have Improved no much that evcrylxsly wnnta to know what medi cine lam tislng. I recommend Peruna to every IkkIv and some have euinnienci'd ui use It. The folks all say that If Ir. Ilartiuan'a medlelne eurea me It must Ik) great." John Vance, Air. J. lirakc, ot Fetrolea, Ontario. Canada, n rites: "Four tear ano I had a aercre attack of flrlxht'a dirt ease, which brought me ao low the doctor s.niJ nothing more could he done for mo. I bcxan to take Feruna and Manalin, and In three month I w Jl a well man, and have continued ao ever lnce.""-J. Urnke. At the apiaruiu-ii of the first symptom Ot kidney trouble, Peruna should bo strikes at o n o e the very root nf the disease. 1 1 at once re lieves the p. tarrhal kid neys of th0 stagnant blood, pr- --I'll., venting the escapa of si-rum fmrn th hloul. Penmu sl iulaii a the kldnryt to excreta (nun the Monti the accumt latlng poison, and Hots prevents thocoiv vulsloiia w lilch rtru sura to follow If thl MilMin are allowed In remain. It give! great vigor to the hnirfa action and (If. gcitlve system, lulli of which are apt W tall rapidly In this dl.case. Peruna rures catarrh of the kldnryt Imply Us-uusi) Itcurrsi'ulurrlt wherevvl lix'nlid. If you do not (rive prompt and sat Isfaetory result from tin. inn of peruna, ritual niii ii In pr, llartinan, giving a full statement ( i' vmr ci-n mid lie will bepleiis. il t. give ymi h!s valuable aj vice gratis. Adilros I r. Ilnr..-.iuii, President of The llurUiiaii Natuiuriuiu, Columbia, Ohio. j Asotiikk grist of proposed measure to be presented to the coming legislature have been outlined as follows: For a state grain commission, taxing insurance companies more lor the benefit of the common school fund, for a railroad fran chise tax, taxing telegraph, telephone and express companies on the basis of their gross receipts, for a new and more practical road law, making employers lia ble for injuriee to an employe w hen due to the negligence of a lellow-employe, abolishirg rebate on taxes for early pay ment, for state control of school books and their sale at actual cost, for precinct assessors, making eight hours a day's la bor throughout the state, for graduated income and inheritance taxes. The F.nterprise f 1.50 per year. The Vrl I'vriii. Multitudes are singing the praises of Kodol, the new discovery which is mak ing so many sick people well and weak peonle strong by digesting what they retard progression or combat any move-j eat, by cleansing and sweetening the ment to foster enterprise or block the stomach and by transforming their food it. i.:.i nf ....... -.l i.t..A.i city in its onward march, through anv l"c A""J 'c" selfish impulse. Far from such an idea, is that after the link from lleaverton to the Yamhill road is constructed and it will be, because all the surveying has been June and part of the right of way contracted for trallic from the Yamhill division will lie taken into Portland without the haul to Whiteson Junction, to reach the Fourth street road. It is eight miles from lleaverton across to Oswego, and it can le seen at once that the Southern Pacific Company would be bettering its position greatly by this improvement. The first step is to secure the government's consent to bridge the Willamette. Next to that, the Southern will prob ably arrange to parallel the West Side of the river to Oregon City with a feeder,, in order to get hold of the heavy freight on the West Side and from the paper mills at this place, thus playing even with certain moves of the Oregon Hater Power A Railway Company. .h Out 1'iir IVvrr. I'iliousiiess and liver disorders at this season may be prevented by cleansing the system with DeWitt n Little Farly Risers. These famous little pills do not gripe. They move the bowels gently, but copiously, anil by reason of the tonic properties, give tonic and strength to the I ands. O .A. Harding. KeroiMl-liiiiHl lit-rU itml (inn lor Mtle cheap. JoIiiihiiu A. laimb. DOST GUESS AT IT but if you are going east write us for our rates ami let us tell you about the service mid uccomiiiodatioiis tillered by the IlllnoisCentral Railroad. Throuf;h TourlstCars via the Illinois Contral from Pacific Coast to Chicago and Cincinnati, "ou't fail to write us about your trip as we arc iu a jositioii to give you some valuable informa tion and assistance. 5319 miles of Track over which i operated some of the finest trains in the world. For particulars regarding freight or passenger rales call on or address J. C. UNDSKY, II. p. TKUMbTI.I,, T. V. & P. A. Com'l Agt. 142 Third Street, Portland, Ore. J THE ENTERPRISE ALL KINDS OF COMMKRCIAL PRINTING IX)NE IN Ul'-TO DATE STYLE indeed. The fact ia patent that their op position was prompted only by the most honorable and conscientious motives, but there is an abundance of manifest evidence that their judgment is faulty. It is possible, indeed, that the opposing forces consider their rights and privileges encroached upon, and there ia a chance that such has been the case, but nature has so arranged its laws that slight in convenience must be borne by gome of us in order to promote the welfare of the community of which we constitute a portion, that the greatest good may come to the greatest Dumber. These matters were not acted upon hastily by I that makes you feel good all over. Mrs. Cranfill, of Troy, I. T., writes: For a number of years I was troubled with in digestion and dyspepsia which grew into the worst form. Finally I was induced to use Kodol and after using four bottles I am entirely cured. I heartily recom mend Kodol to ail sufferers from indi gestion and dyspepsia. Take a dose after meals. It digests what you eat. G. A. Harding. Sotlce t Taxpayer ami Property t Owners. Notice is hereby given.'that the Board of Equalization of the County of Clacka mas, Btate of Oregon, will for the week beginning Monday, October 13, 1!X)2, be in attendance at the office of the county clerk, in said county and state, for the the council. It is only after long dedate I purpose 0' publicly examining the assess ment rolls 01 said county lor the year 1002, and correcting of all errors in valu- and careful deliberation Uie decree bas gone forth. The merits of the matter were gone into in a careful, business like manner, and instead of granting free privileges, the city is to receive not only annual remuneration to some consider able extent, but also the reward in the future of having thrown its doors open for the entry of commercial enterprises that will aid in the onward, upward march to a great commercial destiny. Women as Well as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. f It 1 t "W ' ' ation, description or qualities of lands, lots or other property. It is the duty of all persons interested to appear at the time and place herein mentioned, and call the attention of said board to any errors in assessment, or property not as sessed, so that the same may be cor rected in the manner provided by law. Please call early in the week. Em Williams, AsHtssor of Clackamas County. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor anil ,k. .(..! I .i i,iii.m iuiiii;a Gisappear when the kid neys are out ot order or diseased. Kidney trouble has become so prevalent that It Is not uncommon for a child to be born ? afflicted with weak kid neys. If the child urin ates too often, if the urine scalds the flesh or If. when the child reaches an age when It should be able to control the passage, it Is yet afflicted with bed-wetting, depend upon It. the cause of the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first step should be towards the treatment of these Important organs. This unpleasant trouble Is due to a diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as most people suppose. I Women as well as men are made mis-1 erable with kidney and bladder trouble,! and both need the same great remedy. , The mild and the Immediate effect ot Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold 1 by druggists, In fifty cent and one dollar sizes. You may have a IXi; sample Dome cy man tree, also pamphlet tell- Rom ot s-wRom I Ing all about it. Including many of the thousands of testimonial letters received from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kllmei It Co.. Blnghamton, N. Y., be sure and mention this paper. 1 The Red pront COURT HOUSE BLOCK OREGON CITY, OREGON. GROCERIES (iood (ireen Coffee, per lb... 10c Good Itoast " " . , ll'c Ar in A Hammer Koda 8 lbs.. 2oc Washing Powder per lb Ooc (iood Laundry Soap 20 bars. 70c Liquid Khoe Dressing, T.oltle 08c Bluing per box 00c " per bottle 05c Sewing Machine Oil, bottle. . 0!ic liattle Axe Tobacco, 2 plugs. . 75c We carry the Bweet Orr, Union Made Overalls and Jackets. HATS Hoy's Hats, from 35c up Men's Hats, from 40c up We cany the celebrated Gilbert Linings and Near Silks. UMBRELLAS from 40c np MACKINTOSHES Misses Mackintoshes with de tachable collar $1 fiO Womens' Macintoshes from 2 M) Mens' MachinUwhcs from... 1 50 Hoys' Mackintoshes from 1 25 DRESS TRIMMINGS We have the most complete line of Dress Trimmings Laces-Applique Ilraids and Fancy Buttons in Oregon City and carry an assortment epjal to any in Portland Fur Trimmings in all colors, Children's Cloaks per yard. 10c up SHOES Wq carry the .7. B. Lewis Mens Re sister and Bradley and Metcalf Shoes, which always give Satisfac tion and we will sell them at prices to suit. We Trade For Farm Produce and Shingles. THE RED FRONT G . T . H OW A R D , PROP.