OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE FRIDAY, NOV KM HER 21 , 1902
Greonlity Enterprise.
City and Ooimly 0 flic I a 1 l'aipor
I'ublislieil Every KrUloy,
L. L. PORTER, rgorR.sTot.
UBDCHIPTION MXTK8,
Onfyfar $2 ft)
Hix months 1ft'
Trial subscription two months '
A discount ot SO cents on all subscriptions
for one year, 25 cents lor six month, it
paid in advance.
Advertising rates given on application.
Subscribers will find the date of expira
tion stamped on their papers following
thrxir name. If this dale is not changed
wiitiu two wte'Mj alter a payment, kindly
notify us and we will look af;er it.
Ku:erd at tt postotlic in Urecon City,
Or., as second class matter.
a'JESTS FOR THE KSTKKl'KISK.
Beaver Creek.
I'siny
,l)r. T. B. Thomas
. K. 1. Sias
Cackamas A. Mather
Kuwenkie
Pnion Mills.. .
J'.evlow Urook
New Kra
Parkplace
B-a. lord
.Oscar issincer
l!. J . Trullinger
.... Cha. Holman
...V. S. Newberry
R. O. Holmes
. J . Q. Ga:e
llulino.. C. T. Howard
stand by each other ami especially your seeker ami settlors lias never been so
own merchant. He is the first one that groat during the history o( the western
is approached when tho-e is a church to i railroads. It is now exHicted that oolo
huild, or a society to be added, and hej nists' rates will bo put into elled again
always responds liben . What do the ' next spring, w hen it is expected (lint the
supply houses do for t-.e beiiotlt of your ! movement of the. last two months w ill be.
town? The? take your money in the ! exceeded, a thousands of inquiries art"
first place long before, you know what being received by every western road r
you w ill got for it, and when you do get carding homes and conditions in every
what von send for it costs von more than , state of the Pacific slope.
your home metchant would charge for
the same article. The profits your mer
chant should have and is justly entitled
to, have been given to a concern which
does not care for your welfare any more
than the man in Siatu. The nppl
house man does not help par tuxes to
keep up your schools, churches and
municipal government, not he. These
are reasons w hy you should stand by
your home merchant. He in your friend
iu need.
Oxk hears continually of Andrew Car
negie's gift of books to others, but it is
not so well known that he possesses a
very profuse library of his ow n. Some
Wmu'Iikk It is for future good or had,
Clackamas county lias received many
columns of newspaper advertising as a
result of the forest tires occurring this
slimmer. At this late day such com
ment is plentiful. The diversity of opin
ion in regard to the damage sustained is
very wide, hut the fact remains that a
good many people were rendeied home
less and some people nearly destitute,
w bile in other instances the tire accom
plished some gixkl roiulla. The Lincoln
extensions f the service last year l.tk'tl
postolllces wi re discontinued, elToetlng a
saving in iho salaries of postmasters g
gregating fIlll,Si7. Although these
economies were not anticipated by those
who Hdviwvied the free mail delivery for
rural districts, it was inevitable that the
delivery of mail to farms in the vicinity
of the smaller rural villsges would do
away witli the necessity (or puMotlice In
such communities.
proposed legislation (or reducing the
IVuhy Hi sinkmc. There lias never
been a lime In the past ten years when
the outlook for the future of the dairy In
dustry in Oregon was so blight h it is
today, I here has never been a tune
when the prospect for rapid expansion
of the home market was as favorable ss
it is now. It is true that some ol t tin
other branches o( agriculture are enjoy
ing more than ordinary prosperity, hut
it is no time to neglect the dairy Indus
try. I he anuuul meeting of the Oregon
Dairymen's Association is to bo it pail of
the Farmers.' Congress which will he
held iu llillshoro, Vcemhor li!, 17 and
I IS. There should be u record breaking
probability of recurring conflagrations of
that character, said: "An effort will be
Cans
itolalla
M srquam
B.itteviile
Aurora. . . . . .
Fagle Creek..
l)an a sens
tjvidv
CuTinsville
. R. M. Coowr
Annie Stnbbs
J. C. Marona"!
B. Jenninirs
... Henry A. Snyder
.. H. Wilbem
J. C. Klliott
F. Go'tsch
.Geo. J. Currin
Ms-mot Adoiph AsehotT
Tub population of the United States
according to tbe ceusus of 1900, is 76,
3X3.000. The total amount of money in
circulation is f l,9i9,3,0u0, or J-'G.L'l per
capita. The national debt is fl ,213,04$,
111. or 115. S! for each inhabitant. The
total estimated value o! property is (100,
000,000,000, or $1,310.01 per capita.
I'p in Benton county there must be
wonderful determination to collect taxes
The local papers at Corvallis. announce
that the delinquent list this year makes
less than one-half column. That record,
perhaps, cannot be equalled in any other
county in the state. The sheriff of
Clackamas county collected taxes this
year until the delinquent roll contained
less than $5,500, which everybody here
considered to be a good record, but we'll
have to go way back and sit down.
A third of the next House of Repre
senUtives w ill be new members. With
a total membership oi 3it it biings into
public life fifty-three new republicans
and Feventv-one new democrats. The
House will probably stand 206 republi
eans and ISO democrats, so it will be
seen that only one-fourth of the strength
of the dominant party is new material,
while almost half of the democratic min
ority will be untried. Many of the old
timers will leave the House with the
close of the next eesaion. The most
prominent withdrawal will be Speaker
Her.derson, who temporarily at least,
goes back to private life.
The cost of the temporary work of the
t.ve!i'th census, accordingto the director's
annual report was $11,8-34 818, or an av
erage cost of 15.5 cents per capita of the
population of the United States. The
total cost of field work in connection
with the twelfth census was $4,358,070,
or an average cost of 5 7 cents per capita.
A total of 5'J,373 persons were employed
in the census and 3.010,000 bulletins were
issued. The director reports that he will
later submit a more effective plan of se
curing the original information upon
w hich rests the whole structure of statis
tical work at each census.
Thk forest fire problem will always be
a problem as long as there are forests.
There are so many ways in which a for
est may be set on fire that it is almost
certain that the fire will occur some time.
And it is also certain that each year in
creases the amount of inflammable ma
terial in the forests, to add to the fury of
the flames should the conflagration ever
occur. The fires of last summer were
the woiat ever known in the state. For
several years past there had been few
forest fires and these years of accumula
tion of inflammable debris added im
measurably to the deetructiveness of the
fire when it did occur.
p..om-,iy .,as recenuy neen given to tins j ....,, M. . ,..; u,;,;,,,,.,.,. to ena.-l
fact by the news that he is having a Luge , , Uw wljl.,, , m ,,:lV( a ,lltn,v ,0 re.
number of books put into most U.v ' a,e losses from forest tires to a inini-bindings-greatly
to the joy of F.nglish !, T,,e r,,t, liri ,,,,,,1 a l,s to
bookbinders. The statement that ! Clackamas county farmers alone of about
famous ironmaster has ordered this work , UH,Am, the value of the limber being
u ,-. lu ..m-.rsuug comroversy wly , j;, lm. lo;a
to the best and most durable leather lor
attendance at this mooting. .tiryueii
can hardly p'ead poverty as an i'xciihh
I (or not attending. This is tho only or
g .miration in the slato hi, h represent
the dairy interests. It culls lor the active
support nnd attendance of both dairy
men and ere linen men.
A NMV Tl tM.
bindings. It appears that the very finest
skin of all is sealskin stripped of the (nr.
Another excellent material is the skin ol
the Cape Colony goat, tanned with bu
mac.
losses in
the state all to 'h charged to careless
ness reach a largo figure. "
According; to Poor's Manual for 190:.
the aggregatelength of railroads of the
United States at the close of 1001 was
198, 7S7 miles. At the present date the
mileage is considerably in excess of 200,
000 miles. The increase in I'.VOl was
4 453 miles. The total earnings were
1,612,44$,S26 and net earnings were
$50,294,727. Adding $i8,30S,814 of re
ceipts from other sources, the total rev
enue was $588,003,541. This was teceived
on a total capital of $12,000,000,000.
Stock aggregated $5,915, So4,?;M, funded
debt $0,002,797,963. The amount paid
out in interest on bonds was $215,11,
170, in dividends $132,102,1)35, in rentals
$8014.',505.
Hals Johnson, prohibition candidate
for vice-president in HO0, and well
known for hii advocacy of the principles
of the prohibition party, was shot and
instantly killed last week at Iingota,
Jaspar county, thirty miles southeast of
Etlingharu, IU., by Harry Harris. Har
ris was arrested and imprisoned, but
after being put in a cell committed sui
cide by taking poison. Before becoming
prominent as a prohibitionist he was a
strong republican, and was conspicuous
in Illinois politics until lv.)2 when he
and others bolted the republican state
convention. He was regarded as the
mainstay of prohibition in Illinois.
Tug most encouraging reports are
coming from all up and down the valley
fn regard to the growth of towns ami the
settlement and development of the
country surrounding them. Woodburn
is growing and piospering. The- town
of Gervais, badly damaged by a fire that
swept away its main business district, is
beginning to build up, and will be a
more substantial place than ever. Sil
verton and Dallas and all the towns of
the country surrounding Salem, are go
ing ahead. We are entering upon a
period of expansion and the whole val
ley and the whole state are beneficially
affected.
Fnw of our readers realize the amount
of money that Is yearly sent away to
Eastern houses for goods which can be
bought from Lome merchants as cheap
as they can be bad by sending abroad
for them. This Is a very poor way to
help build up your town. We believe
that the people of any community should
Leopold II, King of Belgium, who bas
formally accepted an invitation to visit
the United States during the St. Louis
world's fair of 1904 has been in the pub
lic eye more than any other crowned
head of Europe, not uecause of his king
ship, but by reason of his wild escs pages
in Paris and other European capitals.
He is said to be a remarkably brilliant
man and a wise ruler, excepting for bis
personal shortcomings. He is immense
ly wealthy and a royal spender. He
draws nearly a million dollars a year
salary, baa another million a year lrom
bis private estates and as administrator
for the insane ex-Queen Carlotta be is
said to have spent all the interest on ber
$3,000,000.
Dubinq the last week of the $33 rate to
the Pacific coast, the railways carried
fully 20,000 colonists out of Chicago, St.
Louis, St. Paul and other large cities n
the middle west. Between 40,000 and
50,000 passengers came to tbe Pacific
Coast during tbe months of September
and October. The movement of home
TiiKHK is some pathos iu the circum
stance of a penitentiary sentence which
was pronounced in the circuit court
in this city last week upon a very
young man. Not that the court over-
otopt'd the bounds of reason ur was more
exacting in his judgment man is ueces
sary to enforce the strictest observance of
the state's mandates, but from the fact
that one so young should embark upon a
life of criminality, the dealt apparently
manifesting what is bred in bone. This
young fellow is not nearly out of his
teens, yet he is already a hardened crim
inal, with little hope (or his reformation.
The desire to follow sucb a life his al
ready gained such a hold upon him that
even though the inclination to shake it
off were present his past and future en
vironment is such as to all the more cer
tainly fasten his criminal inclination
upon his being. The prospects are that
the punishment he is now receiving will
in no way tend to accoinplinli a reforma
tion, and that tie will leave the ixuiiten
liary a conliriin-d, casi-hanlem-d criminal
several years before he has attained to
his majority.
Tiie statement tbat Oregon City is no
longer a village can be made without itn
punity of conscience. Time was when of
necessity our people were compiled to
go elsewhere to purchase many necessary
articles, but that time is past. Our mer
chants are today carrying as large and
complete stocks of general merchandise
as are to be found in any city of three
fold population, eliminating the necessity
for onr people of the rural districts going
elsewhere to make their purchases. One
other very important feature in this re
gard, also, is the fact that priefs for com
modities asked by our home merchants
are in a considerable measure less than
prices demanded for similar goods in the
metropolis. The beHt method to employ
to further this very satisfactory condition
of affairs is to give our merchants our un
divided support, encouraging them to
enlarge their stocks, thus enabling them
to handle a greater variety, and by a
greater volume of business being tran
sacted enabling them to sell at a closer
margin. If there is an existing skepti
cifrn in regard to the ability of Oregon
City's merchants to carry out all we
claim for them, we recommend that you
at least make an examination of stocks
and prices. ,
Sliindej's Opera Holism SecHret One uf
tile Fu in mi-. Unhurt '1. (utile i'iiinu.
That we have needed a new piano in
the opera house has long been a recov'
nued (act here iu Oregon C'lty. Theatre
goers will therelore be glad to know that
the old one, which bus .lone duty long
enough to be retired on full pay has at
lat been replaced by a linn lnnnio new
llohart M. Cable, which Manager
Shiveley procured at Kilers Piano House
iu Portland last week. It is tune. I at
concert pitch, and ia undoubtedly one of
the finest instruments in nan in any
Western Theatre. Filers Piano House
is selling an enormous number of pianos.
Huriug the month of October alone no
less than 37 carloads ol tine piumm were
received by this firm at their Portland
store.
WORTH A KING'S RANSOM:)
Saved 1 From Sallow Feruna
Saves
Mil
Catarrh
Mivos
'i4
S sT-
Ho. A. W. Mac-hen, general superin
tendent of tbe rnral free delivery mail
service, in his annual report submitted
to tbe department, says the annual gro
cost of a complete rural service through
out the United States will approximate
$24,000,000. Seven hundred square
miles yet to be covered will require 20,-
000 carriers In addition to the present
force. To extend the service 12,000
routes a year until it becomes universal,
the report aays, will require such largely
increased appropriations that the annual
postoffice deficits for the ensuing two or
three years will probably reach $8,000,-
An All Abiding Fallli.
The Illinois Central IUilroa.1 Company
has an all abiding fa th in the future ol
the (ireat Northwest. A short lime ago,
this was manifested by the establish
ment, in Seattle, of an agency 'to take
care of their interests there. The lates
effort is to put on a splendidly equipped
new train service Ix-tween St. Paul anil
Chicago. The new trains will l.o run
ning Sunday, November Un.l. They will
use their own rails between I'liii-uio and
Albert Ieu, Minn., and the Miiuiapolia
and St. Paul, running into the Union Pe
pot at St. Paul, which is'ilm s.iino tint
is used by all lines in that city.
The train is to be known as "Tim Chi
cago, St. Paul and Minneapolis Limited"
and will consist of sleeping car, bullet
library car and reclining chair cur,
through without change between Chicago
ami Minneapolis and St, Paul. Pining
car service will also t) maintain)!. 1, sne
per being served out of Chicngo ami
breakfast into Chicago. Trains will
leave St. Paul at 7 :10 P. M. and arrive
in Chicago 0:30 A. M. I'ave Chicago
at0:I0 P. M. and arrive at St. Paul 8:4(1
A. M,, making close connection at St.
Paul with all western lines. Tickets
can l) purchased via this line, in con
nection with all western lines, at ull tta
tions. For further information regarding
rates, routes, time, etc.. call on or ad
dress, U H. Tki huui.i,,
Commercial Agent 111. Cent. K. K.
142 Third St., Portland, Ore.
Paul 15. Thompson,
Freight and Passengr Agent,
111. Cent. K. K., health), Wash.
M Its. COL. V. J.r.Hi:siIAM,Tra
tirer Iiaulitersof thaColifederacy,
ami President Her udmi Yillagn luiprovn
niotil Society, rlt tlm follow lug lot tor
from llnrndon, Fairfax county, Va.1
ld-rndon, V.
Tho Penina Modtolno Co., Columbus, ().:
(ioutleinon "I cannot speak too high
ly of tin) vuluo of Peruna. I believe
that I we my lif" t I" Wonderful
merits. I mifToriM with catarrh of tlm
head and lun.a iu its worst form, until
the doctor fairly gvn mn up, and I tie-
paired of vir getting well again.
"I noticed your ad vertUeinenl and the
plelidld testimonial given by Jn-'plo
w Iu had Ix-cn cum! by peruna, and dr
trmlul to try a Is.ltln. 1 felt but llttlo
tx'ttcr, but iis.nl a pocond and a third
Uiltlo and kpt on Improving slowly.
It tottk lit iWfr to euro me, but
they were worth m king' rnim to
me. I talk I'vruiiM to all my trleatit
and am a true believer In It wurtb."
Mr. Cut. II. J. ilmtham.
Thousand of woiio u own tlmlr llvwj
to Peruna. Tmiaof thousands owe thtlr
health to I'eriinri. llundrisla of th fin
nan. la ara pral.lng lVruna In every slat
Iu the Union. Wo havo on llluagrcal
luultltud of lottor, Willi w niton pr
iiuxlon for oo In jxildio print, which
oau nrverlm uisl f. .r waul of space.
Address Tho Peruna M.ll.ino Co.,
Columbus, ()., for a ti.k written mik
cially for women, Instructively Illustra
ted, entitled "Health and lleauty." hal
fr.-o to woman.
DO YOU RE AD O
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ALL KINDS OK COMMI'.KCIAL
PRINTING
IWNU IN UP TO tiATR STYLE
Iiiillrbluals Money to I.oiui.
At 6 and 7 per cent. Call on or write
JSO. W. I.OlIKU,
Oregon City Oregon
Stevens' building.
PILES
snitF: rtjrtK
llllllil. Hired.
lug and llrliliig File, ii al.i..,ri. ilia tiuunr. allay Ihn
ll hins M once, yn.-i Imunt reltrt. KuTy Imi la wurrnnti'd. Nolit
hv driiKgNi Sent hv unill on rx.oliit or price, to ruiia n.1 II u)
per boi. WILLIAMa MFU. CO., Prop., CUvolaud, Ohio.
ThotisanJa Ilare Kidney Trouble
and Don't Know it.
000 or $10,000,000. One of tbe unex- J
pected results of tbe extension of the ' more about It, both tent
How To Find Out.
Fill a bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand twenty-four hours; a
Kdiment or set
tling Indicates an
unhealthy condi
tion of the kid
neys; If It stains
your linen It Is
evidence of kid
ney trouble; too
frequent desire to
pass It or pain In
the back Is also
convincing proof that the kidneys and blad
der are out of order.
What to So.
There Is comfort In the knowledge so
often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-
Koot, tne great money remedy fulfills every
wish in curing rheumatism, tain In th
back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part
of the urinary passage. It corrects Inability
to hold water and scalding pain In passing
It, or bad effects following use of liquor.
wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity or oeing compelled to go often
during the day, and to get up many times
during the night. The mild and the extra
ordinary effect of Swamp-Root Is soon
realized. It stands the highest for Its won
derful cures of the most distressing cases.
If you need a medicine you should hare the
best. Sold by druggists In 50c. andjl. sizes.
You may nave a sample bottle cl this
wonderful discovery f
i and a book that tells aTrrrffi.
IrHfl. Hit!"?'":
-i i....i.. u ii cnn'rwoj
mrol f tla HaltvorT Pf V I TP I H flirt fllWin. . . J
' address Dr. Kilmer at nom or swampKaai.
tinuanceof postoffices in tbe smaller Co., Binphamton, N. Y. Vhen writing men-
i -.- i. . .u i i ttoo reading thla ocaeroua offer to thla paper,
rural communities. As a result of the
The Red front
COURT HOUSE DLOCK
OREGON CITY,
ORECON.
10c
lUJuC.
2oc
or.c
70c
OHc
GROCERIES
(Jood Ureon CofTne, r lb...
(iood ItoaHt " "
At hi itHamiiier Soda 8 llm. .
Washing Powder per lb.
Good Laundry Hoap 0 bars.
Liquid Hhoe HreflHing, Tlottle
Iiluing per box 05c
" per bottle 05c
Sewing Machine Oil, bottle. . 0lc
Jiattle Axe Tobacco, 2 plugs.. 75c
We carry the Sweet Orr, Union
Made Overall and Jackets.
HATS
lioy's Hate, from ,'15c up
Men's Hate, from 40c op
We cany the celebrated Gilbert
Linings and Near Silks.
UMBRELLA8
from 40c op
MACKINTOSHES
Misses Mackintoshes with de
tachable collar $1 M
Womena' Miichiiitoidies from 2 U0
Mens' MachliitotdicB from... 1 fiO
Hoys' Mackintoshes from. . . . 1
t
DRESS TRIMMINGS
We have the most complete linn of
llress TrimininuH Laces-Applique
llraids and Fancy Pultons in Oregon
City and carry an asBortmcnt equal
to any in Portland
Pur Trimmings in all colors,
Children's Cloaks jwr yard. 10c up
SHOES
We carry the .1. R. 1 wis' Mens Re
sistor and Bradley and MetcaTf
Shoes, which always give satisfac
tion and we will sell them at prioea
to suit.
We Trade For Farm Produce and Shingles.
THE RED FRONT
G . T . H O W A R D , PROP.