Oregon City enterprise., April 10, 1903, Page 4, Image 4

OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, APRIL 10 1903
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second class matter.
It has become the fad in New York among horse
men with more money than brains to,open their new
stables formally with a luncheon on horseback. Men
forfeited upon all that idle ness and wealth can com
bine to give may find in eating, drinking and toasting
each other in stables temporury re.ief from them
selves bv drawing upon their horses for companionship.
If so, no' one should grudge them the brief respite.
The Courier is doing this county an immense
amount of good especially with new comers in its
bowlings about the high taxes. The taxes are high
uiough but no higher than in many other counties of
the state. It prevents new settlers from coming here and
counts for nothing. It in an old story and has been
shown to be incorrect so often that little or no atten
tion is paid to it.
The President is off on his journey of 14,000 miles.
Ail along tlie route the people are prepared to pay
tribute to him, and to his position, in earnest, loyal
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greeting. The basis of the enthusiasm witn wnicn ne
will be greeted is. of course, the fact that he is Presi
dent of the United States. In addition to this, how
ever, Theodore Roosevelt is a genial approachable
man and a thorough American. The masses believe
in him. . '. -
The fact that it was necessary to shut out all bal
lots except the machine ballot in the county conven
tion may be considered a smart trick but it does not.
help the party. If it is necessary to win a victory for
the machine "to shut out all votes that might not be
for the machine ticket then that ticket should be de
feated. A persistence in these methods will not build
up the party but in the end defeat it. The disaffec
tion in the partv will grow under these methods and
it should.
The statement that a number of citizens of Baker
County have become infected by ''lumpy jaw" from
eating the meat of cattle that were suffering from the
disease when slaughtered is revolting. Indorsement
of the declaration of Dr. Woods Hutchinson, State
UAalt'd Officer, that upon proper inspection all cattle
found to be afllicted with this disease should be killed
is phv in the presence of this statement. Thisis the
safest and best way to stamp out a distressing dis
ease a-uong cattle and its disgusting menace to
human beinsis, and it should be rigidly pursued,
even though the decimation or extinction of the herds
of the entire section affected were to follow the exe
cution of the order.
The report that the brains of another reckless auto-
mobilist had been knocked out lacks confirmation,
rmiia awirlpnt, to Oount Zaborowski, of
lliuilt a .-cihw.j -
New York, in a headlong race near Nice, is admitted.
Whether the disaster results fatally or not, it may as
...u i.,. tint a na nf 90 kilometers an hour is a
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fool's pace, and it is hard to conceive that a man who
values his life, or whose life is of any great Yalue, will
deliberately set such a pace for himself. However,
this is largely a matter of opinion, and, since this
little grandson-irKlaw of John Jacob Astor staked his
life in this way and may lose it, it is well to be chari
table arid place him in the category with the Fairs and
others among the idle rich, who have nothing better
to do than to kill time, and incidentally themselves,
in th's way.
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The Famous Case of Florence May
brick. The news that Mrs. Florence Maybrick will be re
leased in 1!04 appears to be authentic. At that time
will 1e ended one of the most celebrated cases in the
annals of crime. In 1879, at the age of seventeen,
this beautiful daughter of a Mobiie banker married
James Maybrick, a Liverpool merchant, aged forty.
He was a ha f-worn-out debauchee, and an arsenic
eater. Both husband and wife violated their marriage
vows. Inl8S9,he died, after a short illness. Ar
senic was found in his stomach, and in food Mrs.
Maybrick had prepared for him. In the trial that
followed the judge. Sir James Stephen, charged so
so strongly against the prisoner that the jury had no
choice but to bring in a verdict of guilty. Mrs. May
brick was sentenced to death. This sentence was af
terward commuted to imprisonment for life. Parti
sans of Mrs. Maybrick are wont to make much of the
act that fahortly after the trial the judge became a rav
ing maniac, and later died in the madhouse. Whether j
Mrs. Maybrick was or was not guilty 'will proba-,
bly never be known. Her release, when it is effected,
will be by royal pardon. Certainly it will be greeted (
with joy by tho great mass of the American people!
whose sympathy she has always had and who, in thej
past, havo vainly petitioned the English authorities :
in her liehaK. '
The Poor Whites of New England, j
If the statoments made by Key. L. llutchins, in a J
paper recently read before the Connecticut Bible So-,
ciety are correct, the moral and physical extinction of,
the New Fngland Yankee is drawing near. It has i
long been kr.own bow foreign immigration has sup-j
planted native Americans in the large New England ;
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cities. Mr. llutchins observations nave wen con-1
fined to the small rural towns of New England, where
ho finds similar conditions, with complications. In
termairying of neighbors and relatives, or abstention
from marrying at all, he says, has weakened tin mor
al fibre of the Yankee stock in many such communi
ties. In consequence, illiterancy, insanity and imbe
cility are becoming more and more frequent. The
offspring of this "dead Yankee blood become degen j
crate, and are forming a class to which lie refers as i
"ihrt noor whites of the North." At the same time a j
new stock of foreigners is coming in, first as hirelings,
aftcwards as property owners, and revolutionizing the
character of the New England population. The com
ing American nice will be determined by the charac
ter of our immigrants. In the large cities native
whites of native parentage comprise only from 17 to
35 per cent, of the inhabitants. San Francisco is
rated at 2U per cent. There are manifettly good
reasons for looking after our immigration laws and
sifting the material offered from abroad.
Should End This Brutalizing Sport.
It hardly seems credible that in this age of progress
when the agencies of refinement are so active and
wide-reaching, that anyone could be found to openly
oppose a measure to prohibit the shooting of trapjied
pigeons and other birds for "sport."
Whatever these "interests" are they are not entitled
to the serious consideration of the legislators. The
practice of shooting pigeons and other birds as they fly
f,,i a tmn ia now universally condemned as a most
cruel and inhuman pastime, degrading and brutalizing
in its influence upon those who witness it or take part
in it, and unworthy of the true sportsman.
it von though everv Diireon were killed as it Hies
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tVnm a tran the pastime could not be justified by any
argument that would appeal to a person of refined)
humane or decent instinct. A3 a matter of fact, how
ever, hundreds of the feathered innocents are not kill.
ed in these shoots, but fall fluttering to the ground,
maimed and mangled.
If the obiect of the "pigeon shoots is merely to test
skill at markmanship, and not to kill something, the
object can be attained just as well by shooting clay
iiicFPnns or elass balls from a trap. 1 tie only kind ot
sport that appeals to a true sportsman must have
some hazard about it and must call tor somj courage
as well as skill. There is no courage or hazard about
shooting at trapped pidgeons.
Public sentiment is demanding the prohibition -ot
the inhuman sport in all the states. A bill in Illinois
fixes a punishment of a fine of not less than three dol
lars nor more than two hundred dollars for any per
unn whr shall keen or use any live pidgeon, fowl or
other bird for the purpose of a target to be shot at, or
who sholl shoot at any bird as aforesaid or shall rent
or permit to be used any premises for this purpose
Such a bill should be passed in Oregon.
Radium, the Marvelous Metal.
Vnt. tbft least interesting fact regarding the marvel
ous newly discovered element, radium, is that it was
identified bv a woman, Mine. Curie, who engages jn
complex chemical experiments in company with her
husband. The more that is learned of radium the
more wonderful does the metal seem, and the greater,
tv.ow.foro u-ill be Mme. Curie's fame. Radium is a
nnnctitiionr nf nitchblende. which itself is rare. From
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a ton of pitch blende only fifteen and one-half grains
of radium can be extracted, and that witn me utmost,
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difficulty. A gram of radium is now estimated to be
worth -12000, and the value of a kilogram (a trine
over two pounds) is theoretically placed at about $2,
000,000. Radium would, however, he an awkward
thing to have about the housa. "Probably if half a
kilogram were in a bottle on that table, said hi
William Crookes, in a lecture recently, it would kill
us all. It would almost certainly destroy our signt
and burn our skins to such an ! extent that we could
not survive." Radium is self-luminous, shining with
a bluish light. It also continously gives off "parti
cles," or electrons," with a velocity approaching that
of light. The energy so developed by a single gram
is said by Professor Crookes to be "enough to lift the
whole of the British fleet to the top of Ben Nevis; and
I am not quite certain that we could not throw in the
French fleet a3 well." Whence comes this tremendous
energy That is the question which now perplexes
physicists. The law of conversation of energy
seems 'to be in the balance. From nothing can
come nothing is the first law of physics, yet radium
seems to gives off particles indefinitely, and to lose
not at all in mass. And if this were not enough of a
marvel, M. Curie slated to the French Academy only
a few dayB ago that radium ahso gives off heat, con
stantly maintaining its temperature 27 deg. F. above
its environment. From where does this heat come?
Very likely it will eventually be found that radium
does actually lose in weight, but the loss must be in
finitesimal. Not since the discovery of the Roentgen
rays have bo interesting chemico-physical questions
been raised as those regarding radium.
" successor to m. miCHABU
The peoploof this city aro well awaro of tho change that has taken,
place in this store. It is indeed a pleasure to enter such a store,
whtro there is plenty light, a fresh lino of gents' apparel-some,
thing that always attracts tho eyes. -
"Midget"
Comes Out With The
BUDS
We have the dressest neck
wear ever shown. In these
days of critical attention
to details, you must have
a dressey ties' We are
showing the ve'y latet-tin
"Midgets." They faiily
pull the 2"c out of your
pocket, (for that is tho
price of them) He sure;
and ask for a "Midget".
S.e Sluiw Window
Golf Shirts
We are showing extreme
novelties in liolf Shirts.
A more choice and select
line cannot be found. The
"Lion Rrand" Shirts
stands over them all.
$f and $.25
iCLOTHING;
THE FELIX CAHN CO. SUITS
FOR SPRING AND SUMMER
Aro tho most perfect fitting ready-to-wear garments
sold in this city and tho appreciation shown by tho
trade generally for this high-art workmanship f
tho most substantial nature, Some of tho special
features in tho making of those garments aro hand
made button-holes, hand-filled and hand-padded
collars and lapels, and aro all Union-Mado
Spring Hats
The newest of this line
can be found on display
in our
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HAT DEPARTMENT.
All shape and styles
and all prices. . . .
Shoes
The lied Star (iuarantecd
Shoes all prices. , .
We are solo agents fo r th o
(ieo. 15. Keith "Orthopedic"
Shoes
$3.50
Every Shape and Style . .
Oregon & Washington State Fair Victories
... ON BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS
()rii:ii Mali- f air WWi
I-2-3 on Cock Birds, 6 in Competition
lSt 0n lien, 10 111 voinjj!-uu"ii
l-j-- on I'uliets. . .40 in Competition
and on. . .Cockerel 21 111 Competition
,st on Petli " in competition
Istin. American Class
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Wiisliliik'ioii Male Fair
We only sent 3 pullets, I lien iinit I
Cock and wort on every entry but one
besides specials; including best pen In
the show. I'ri.es won 1st Cock, 1st
lien: 1st and 2nd l'ullet; 1st pen.
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t Good Table Syrup, J gallpn call
f Washing Powder, 1 pound 'r,c- 'v
Z Good Roast Cofl'ee, 2 pounds 2"c. 4
Z Good Green Coffee, 2 " Wc. J
Yosemite CoTee, per pkge He v
Soperla-sanie as Sapolio,. 0 bars 2oc.
Englisli5roak("ast Tea, 1 pound ?0c.
X Lemon and Vinallo Extracts, (Bring Bottle)
t 1 oz fa- Z
Bex Lye, 2 cans: 2oc.
Ground Spices (Bulk) 1 pound 25c.
Z Liquid Bluing, 1 bottle.... 5c.
Wheat Flake, 7J pounds 25c. I
f Gocd Maple Syrup, I quart 25c.
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