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I OREGON CITY EKTEM'RISF., FBIDAY, FEBRUARY 20 1U0S Oregon City. Enterprise. ! IT! AMI COl'NTY (ll'FUni. PATER. Published Evfry Fiiday. Subscription Rates. $2 00 1 00 Olio year fts months Trial subscript ion. two months A discount if "0 cents on all subscriptions for ono jir, 'J" cents for six months, if paid in advance. APYKKVISINU UATKS ON A J'H.IC ATIOS. SuhsoriU-rs will find the date of expiration stamped an their papers following tlieir name. If this is tint tanged within two works after a payment kindly no tify ua and the matter will receive our attention. Intered at the postoflioe at Oregon City, Orepon, as second class matter. there can ho no question. Kaeh year a cry poei up from the farmers that they are unable to handle their crops because of their inability to secure farm labor. Last year the crops were abundant in all parts of the state, yet vast uantit:cs of fruit went to waste in the orchards, merely because the fanners could not pt it picked. I'nder the direction of these two committees, five prominent fruit-growers will travel through the Central States explaining to the people there the needs of California and the opportunities o tie red here. They will be provided with stereopticon outfits, with views showing not only the scenic tit tract ions of the country, but also the industrial conditions. As each of them has bad many years of experience in fruit- irrowimi here, and as thev are residents of dill',. root , twelve cipher iiitiiohod. A billion tie . .-.i . . .1 i . , , , I mrdlnir t tlio trench nietlioil In the sections ol : the state, they are prepared to give rehablo 1 ,,, ,,v mil, xvllll and practical information. .They will travel together! nine ciphers mid iioeortllni; to the Knit- llsh methoil with twelve cipher nil-nexctt. IIIIIIiih mot Trllllim. Tlii'l'e n iv two h.vhcius of liumcra t Ion In um at the present day, com monly eulleil tlio Knullsli iiikI tli l'reiieh n.vsienis. In Hie former tha hllllon Is a million of millions, n trillion a million of lillllnns, nnd cuoh dcnoiul- tuition In ii million times the one pre-I ceiling. In the hi tor. which In the ays tern used in the l:nllcil Slates, the hllllon Is a tliousiiml minimis, ami eiirh ileliomliint Ion In ii thou-nnd tliuca the preei'dliin. Tliireloiv, tieooidllitf to the I'ucllsh notation, ii trillion In the product of a million Involved to the third power, or the tiilinhiT represented I I'V a unit with Its ciphers nnneM'd; in eordllltf to the I'roneh lintiitloii, the nnmher expressed lv a unit with HAPPY AND HEALTHY. A llcnutirul Canadlnii (J hi Saved lYom (Catarrh of tlio Lungs ly ru-im. The Bilious Mr. Hill. , For some inexplicable reason Mr. James J. Nil! takes a bilious pleasure in predicting disaster for the industries of his country, and his own success in bust mess naturally attracts attention to what he says. An examination shows, however, that his prophecies re not based upon superior information. We all know that it is the ordinary course for jn'riods of trade activity to be followed by periods of depression. We all f.'t'l, therefore, as Mr. Hill does, that the present era of prosperity must have its limit. Hut he him self is not convincingly definite ns to the time, and some of the references which he makes to prove his case are both conflicting and misleading. In one place he says that labor unions killed in dustrial England, and he argues that they will follow the precedent and kill industrial America. Later he gives out the impression that England was not "killed dead" and that it is beating the I' nited States even now. "We can't meet the prices of German and English manufacturers," he asserts, "and pay the wages which the unions compel.". His idea of the relative position of the various com peting countries of great trade is erroneous. "Germ any," lie declares, ' is leading the world now and is making much swifter progress than this country or any other." That is certainly not true as regards general foreign trade, on which the figures fur W01 were: Exports. Imports. 1.0.3 J. 4,000 1.2'.iO,-r4,XHt l.'4S7,7G4,,.t!t 82:i,l72,lii.") That is the latest year for which full returns are available, and though it is a fact that our imports have increased Kin .-what of late and our exports de creased, and that some lines of manufacture have been fleeted by the decline of the latter, the enviable position of Germany is wholly imaginary. The truth is that Germany is only slowly emerging from a period of very hard times. No country has com plained more loudly of idle factories and unsatisfac tory finance. But it is not neces-ary to go into a thorough exposition of all the conditions to show that Mr. Hill is guilty of an ill-considered generalization. He has clearly overshot the mark, and in so doing ha.3 deprived his comment of any value. as far as Nebraska, and then separate, each one tak ing his own particular field, the intention being to cover the rural districts of the states Uirdering on the Missouti river. Public meetings will be called in the small towns, addresses will be made, and as far as possible communication will be established with the farm-bands, in order to ascertain tlieir views regard ing coming to California These tenth mi have un dertaken this work at tin ir own expense, but there is - j something for the fruit-growers and farmers to do as well. The employment committee lias establi.-died headquarters at 2") New Montgomery Street, and wants information regarding the number of farm hands that can be guaranteed employment in each section. England Germany Cnited States More Victims to '"Four Week." Per Cent a That ti.e E. J. Arnold Company, a co-operative toot-making concern of St. Louis, has succeeded in collecting $2,"00.t)00 from confiding speculators, and that the day has come when it suspends the repay ment of deosits, are matters of much less surprise than that the company kept its doors ojien and paid interest regularly for several years, as it did. There seems to be no limit in times of prosperity to the sup. ply of willing victims of such schemes, and the ulti mate ft lit; re of all the alluring companies, at least as Thk canal tieaty with Columbia has not only leen signed by the representatives of the two governments but the document has lx-en favorably reported by a committee of the Senate w ithout amendment. The crucial point in the negotiation has therefore been reached. Will it be ratified by the Senate? Will it be ratified by the Colombian authorities. The treaty provisions have been made public, andthey do not vary much from the terms w hich have been discussed during the negotiations. Itoth pattiis have made, some concessions. The treaty provides for n hundred year lease of a strip six miles wide along the canal route, and renewal on expiration for a similar term. Within the region police and sanitary supervision are granted the Cnited States, while actual sovereignty remains with Colombia. The termini at Colon and Panama are embraced in similar pro0ions. Colom bia is to receive $ 10,000.000 on the exchange of ratifi cations, and an annuity of -f 2"0,(HM) a vear, to com mence nine yeors hence, ns an offset to the revenue from the Panama railroad, which will be turned over to this government. The canal must le commenced in two years from ratification, ami finished within fourteen years, unless there arise unforeseen dillicul- !ths, when an extension of ten years more may be had Ditlieulties about ratifying appear already at both ends of the line. Senator Morgan, famous for his advocacy of the Nicaragua route, has objected to the validity of the treaty, on the ground that Dr. Herran, who signed tbedocument for Colombia, was not a legally accredited representative of that country. Senor Conch has gone home to Bogota in a hull', vowing that he will prevent ratification by his government. The general tone of public Aentiinent iuitlie United Status is one of satis faction that a decisive step toward building a canal has been made; it is, however, coupled with warnings that any commission appointed must be of the best materials, and no scandals permitted to disgrace the enterprise. There are those still who think a blunder has been made in the selection of the route. These point mainly to the climatic and engineering dillieul ties, as compared with Nicaragua. The American Association for the Advancement of Science, at its re cent session in Baltimore, memorialized the President on the subject of appointing a medical man on the Isthmian Canal Commission, to combat malarja and yellow fever among the workmen during the building of the canal. Tiik union depot at Portland is going to maintain an exhibit of the procucts of each county for the bene fit of eastern visitors as they arrive in that city. Each county is to be given a space in which to exhibit her products. Portland has provided all but the ex hibit itself and it is up to each county to say as to far as outsiders are concerned, is a-certainty, but the ! what kind of an exhibit it shall have if much greater rapidity. For those who invested in the Arnold company no sympathy can be felt. They deliberately chose not merely to gamble on horse races, but to involve them selves in a double gamble, in which the men with whom they dealt were more uncertain factors than the torses or. whose running the bets were placed. If the investors reaped profits for a time at the exorbitant rates of four, then three, and at last two per cent, a week, ev.-n for a short time, they were receiving back ju.-t that much more than public opinion would prob ably lieli.-ve them entitled to. It is eafe to assume that any man fit to be allowed to handle !iis own affairs without the intervention of a guardian Miust know that the only way he can make two per o nt a week, through the agency of other peo ple, in these days, is by getting an advance participa tion in the fleecing of late corners. If the first comers could be relieved in each instance of their wealth as thoroughly and completely as late investors always are, it would be better in the long run for all con cerned. I ' ' -Wanted: 5.0O0 Farm-Hands. The California Promotion Committee, acting In conjunction with the California Employment Coin- mittee, i making an effort to secure the immigration of farm-banda from the Central States. Concerning the pressing need of such an accession to the popula tion, and the certainty of their getting employment, any at all, If Clackamas county wants to show the eastearn visi tor or prospective settler what she can produce in the way of grain, fruit, fish, hops, hay, lumber or miner als, she must get her exhibit ready. Many a man looking for a location will be influenced by what he sees at this exhibit. Can Clackamas county aflTord not to exhibit, and if she puts up an exhibit can she afford to put up anything except the best she ia capa ble of? The people having charge of this matter want a map of Mie county showing the condition of the various parts of the county in reference to her re sources. This h an important matter to the county and we believe she should get in line as this will in fluence many a man to locate here if a proper showing is made. Each side has made concessions in that contest be- tweeen the miners of soft coal and the operators. This will be good news for the country. A report was ex tant a week ago that Mitchell intended to advise the miners to strike next April if their demands were not met in the interval. It is well that a different state of things has come to pass. With each side giving up something in favor of peace, there is a chance now that the strike of 1002 will not be repeated in 1!)0.'5. This country will not, for two or three years yet, fully recover from the effects of that conflict. It will take two years for the coal production to catch up with the consumption, and to cut prices to their former level. The demand is rapidly increasing on account of the business prosperity. The prosperity, however, would be greater had the coal strike of last year been averted, j ltilllnK a Tooth. All Irishman who hud piiio Into a dciitlNl'N to pi ii ti otli pulled liml It out in n few iiilmiti s. "Thill will he half n crown." mild the dentist. 'Half ii ennui:" said I'at. "Why, tin last In it li 1 pit pulled nt home the old doctor set nie down on Hie Moor and put ti e nippers In my inonili ami pulled Hie round anil round the room, out of the door and down the stairs. When we fc"t to the foot, the doctor ttald. 'Ky the help of heaven nln! the altractloll of crnvlly we'll In v her nut yet,' ) when we pit to the top mil en mo the tooth. ( nil he only look a li ! 1 1 1 it !" London Tit tills. Huiitt ll-i I il. "And when you innriy." she Miftly mild. "1 hope you'll rcinenili. r to Invite uie to t!u" ceremony." . lie I 'iiked tliyiiKhtl'nl. "N will he nwfiilly erovvilcil. no dniiht." lie wild, "Imt 1 think I can rln v..n In Hume how." And it moment or two Inter she de clared the iIiik was an astonishingly good lit.-(.'Iceland I'hiln hculcr. siot Wnrrleil l) 'I linn. Mamma .loliimv . vv hen 1 1 told me that that .Sever Im.v I. new M.nics at yoil you did lot till me lh.it it was lifter voii had thrown stones nt Imiii. Johnny wasn't afraid of the stones I threw' at hlin. ii.i. It was only the ones coi iin; my way that I wan Heart of. Ilosion Transcript. Wanted An eneri-lio mn&k'i'r for olllee to li npenfil in this city for Ur'x nunnfuctiiiini; concern. Salary, Oiih Hundred )nllnrn per in nth etrn coin inwuonn ami expenses. Five Hundred Ii'ilUrn cash security reipiired. Ilesi of relerenctot. Addres Maimer, P. (). li'ix 'JI Ji San Francisco, l aid. Ilurkliii r ii leu Nul vr. Tim best and most taniono compound in the world to eoinpier ache and Vlll pnins ('urea Cut, heal Ilnrna and Itruhea, niihilni'S Inflammation, musters files. Millimn of lioxen mild yearly. Work womlera in Boil, t'leera, Felon, Skin Kriiption. It euroa or no pay. L'.'ic at (ieo. A. Harding 'a dru store. c . .;.. , . V -fs ' - ., : f - ' -r ! Hl' Kiss n.oiii:x(i: ki:xah. Mlsa l'loreiien 1'., Keniih, id Maria atrcct, Ottawa, Out , w I -ilesi "A few months ago I caught a sevcro cold, which tcttLi! on my lungs and remained there so persistently th.it I bemme alarmed. I took medklne without benefit, until my d'the tir.'.-ini Irvcitmj upset, and my head and back began to ache severely firuf frequently, w.is advised to try Peruna, and although It. -id V faith I felt so sick that I was ready to try anything. It t rim;!-! ;.- : J relief at once, and I felt that I had the right meiUcinc tit l.i t !t ( i three weeks I was completely restored and i.ave cr.j yed pcrft health since. I now have the greatest faith In Peruna. " P. P.. A7..Y. ft. t OMKN ahoiild t'W are of contrael-1 lsiuhl a Isillln to try. I tun plev. that I did, f..r II hroiisl't s 'y rdi i It only I'M.k t vo U.i , and t I'olmlderi d this o .lu".' vv!l f nl. " Von have a Ilrm f: ' en I In me, an I I llol olll y ad V Ise tin Use lo , I v f I li Ills, I I have pnreh i "si sevi r.il ho'lles to l n ! thoso Wllll'illl the lurit't 'ii I lie, ',,it tiuvn noticod witnoiil cvepii .11 thai :t ha Iir"li;:!il 11! "lit a up- e.'.v erne w hcio I'Yur It ha Isieu ti.ed." M . 1 Uornl tier'iliiK. If y.ii do not d -i I vo prompt a!ul atM- faet'.ry re-u!N f r.nn the 11 f Peru. w rite at otii'" I 1 It. I ! .1 "' 'inn, fl vine a full Helm ut of v 1 r e i . -i I ),. v 111 i in ''lie ' ti Ins :il ml hi nd- InK ratnrrli. Tlio oold wind and rain, alnshnnd mud of winter aroi'six chilly conducive to catarrhal derange ment. 1'evy women escape. I" k m the first nymptoina of eaU'lilnn Ould l'crnna should tsj taken. It forti flea the yUjiu aninst colds and ca tarrh. Tho following letter islvca onn yoium momau'a es'rJ"neo with l'eruna! Miss ltiHuiioTl'Init Is a jsipular ais'lety woman of Crown l'ulut, Iinl., and ahu wrltea tho followliiKi "Heeelltly I hsilc onn drlvo In th" country, and Is'lnu t.si thinly rlad 1 eauKhta hail cold which set tied on my he pi luncs, liml whleli I emild Imt aeein to , :i " m adako (iff. I had h-ard a Kreat ileal of j All.' t'erui:a for col, la and catarrh mid 1 1 I'lm l.u. 1 t:n 'mhui, I'r. -ulcnt f - 11 S i miii riu 111, 1 1 lijiuliua.tV no YOU RE AD O THE ARGONAUT Soul Por Ff SimpU Copy. It roniiilu mmiiKly Amfil nltlnruil, lriKl. I'Trlyti It-Mria, wlitklfiK lrtf, ml. tltttitin, ttiuiu-. nifty, iiihI mi inv ami itnv y nrwt The Ahoonaut Puo. Co. 340 butter st. Sun i'riitnUi'ii - t'ul. occco o o o t 1 This is Your Chance! To lniy goodrf at jiricon to suit 3'owr purse- Wo liavo just finislioil stocktaking and must reduce our stock to make room for Spring and Summer (Joods. I5ig Reductions in Shirt Waists, and Skirts of tlio latest Styles, Dry Good, Under wear, Hosiery, Shoes and etc, of the best make and quality. Men's and I'oy's Clothing, Hats, Gloves and etc. at prices that no prudent buyer ever overlooks. I The Red Fontj COURT HOUSE BLOCK 2 OREGON CITY, OREGON. o o o o CwwwO o o o o W WW w w 1