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.j i ii i mi mmu ! "t'ii mi mw f i . u. i , iu l iuu . mw nijiiiiniiiiwiwwi"ir y- ,. r OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE FRIDAY APRIL 17 1903 Oregon City Enterprise CITY AMI COI NTY OFFICIAL PAPER. Published Every Friday. Subscription fates. One year $2 (X) S$ months 1 00 Tiial subscription, two months ! A discount of fit) cents on all subscriptions for one ywir, '2") cents for six months, if paid in advance. AIYKHTISIXU KATKS OX AITI.ICATIOX. or four out of every dozen people are willing to under go them. With the promise of improved conditions Canton can hardly fail to secure a fine trade right at the start. The President's Appeal to the West. The speech delivered by President Roosevelt at Chicago was in the main a repetit ion of the ora tor's previous utterances. The idea of the strong navy, of peace secured by the preparation for war, is one that he has emphasized in several of his address ee, and the interpretation of the .Monroe doctrine had appeared in his annual message. Such additions as were made to the earlier documents were intended to show that the government was carrying out the pro gramme of preparation and that it had applied the ftnlwrrilvra will find tnp t.l:itanf vnirntimi ct'imnpd on their papers following their name. If this is not I dwtrine according to the imerpretatum. changed within two weeks after a payment kindly no tity us and the matter will receive our attention. T Entered at the postotlice at Oregon City, Oregon, as second class matter. unio"n:Alabel 3: Roosevelt on Regulation ot the Trusts The visit of the President at Milwaukee was made notable by his exposition of the attitude of the admin iteration on the trust question. An outline of what lie said may be presented as follows: The administration is not "anti-trust" nor "anti corporation," popularly speaking. Neither does it as sume that if a corporation is large enough, it can do wrong. Our economic evolution has developed giant indus trial organizations engaged in commerce between the states. They have brought some good and much evil We reioice in the former, and endeavor to curb tne latter. Where an evil is to be remedied, the state, and 1 need be, the nation must have the right to supervise and control the great corporutions which are its creat ures. When their acts touch the subject of interstate commerce the nation must be the regulator. Such control and regulation must be reasonable not in the interest of the rich as such, nor in the in-' terest of the poor as such, but for the general benefit of the whole people, composed of law-abiding mem both rich and poor. Acting on these lines, the last Congress has created a Department of Congees and Labor, and charged it with the duty of supervising and investigating the conduct of corporations engaged in interstate com merce. It is a significant contribution to the solution -of the trust problem. The same Congress passed laws intending to re vitalize and strengthen the existing statutes under which unjust discriminations and combinations to raise prices which tend toward monopoly may be pre vented, and funds have been appropriated to carry the Jaws into effect. It is the duty of the President to execute these laws, and the work has begun. Fourteen railroads of the' Middle West have been restrained by injunctions from violating the provisions of these statutes. The North" ern Securities Company has been prevented by lega .action from consumating a merger of two great trans-1 continental roads detrimental to the interests of the people of the Northwest. The great packing house companies have been en joined from combining illegally to raise the prices of meats. The cotton growers, buyers, and shippers have been protected against injury from the methods of Southern railroads, and the Federal Salt Company has been defeated in its purpose to advance the price of salt four hundred per cent. The President is opposed to drastic measures calcu lated to "destroy the disease by killing the patient.' That is his answer to the proposition to revise the .tar iiT to destroy the trusts. Waking the Dakota Divorce Pleasant. The citizens of Canton, South Dakota, have held a mass meeting and decided to advertise the town as a desirable place in which citizens of other states may secure divorces. Heretofore Sioux Falls has had a monopoly of the South Dakota divorce business, which is worth nearly 11,000,000 annually. No won der the enterprising people of Canton want to share in the profits and are anxious to have the advantages of their town generally known. It is set forth as one of Canton's good points that jiewspaper correspondents are barred from the town, so that applicants for divorces need have no fear of figuring in sensational dispatches to their home pa pers. This will no doubt be regarded by most people who go to South Dakota for divorces as a fine recom mendation for Canton, but it would seem that the pub lic spirited citizens of the place might arrange still other attractions to lure the divorce seekers. A nice golf course, to be at the disposal of the la dies and gentlemen who find it necessary to adjourn there long enough to get decrees, would serve a high and noble purpose. Also it might be well to have a club for the divorce seekers, where dances, card par ties, dinners and receptions could be held, and the residents of the town might kindly volunteer to go about blindfolded in order to avoid seeing sensitive sojourners who were anxious to avoid being recog nized. x Canton has made a splendid move in the right di rection. Everything should be done to make it pleas . ant for the Dakota divorce hunters, for as matters ;etaad the hardships attending the securing of a decree out there are so terrible that hardly more than three Hut the motive tor tne repetition is perteetly clear. ( The speaker wished to interest the interior of the j country in a subject that does not appeal to the into j rioi as it does to the seaboard. For this purpose the ! more auditors he can reach the better, and his merej presence in the various communities he is visiting will stimulate and broaden the discussion. Persons' who do not read annual messages and who pay little j attention to speeches delivered a thousand miles from their homes, will be distinctly interested. The peo pie will talk the question over among themselves, and j the politicians will take it up for its value on the J stump. i The debate, it is true, will not be one-sided, j Against the President's contention that if we are to' sustain the Monroe doctrine wo must make an im-1 pressive display of military strength, it will be urged that his method of preserving peace is the European method, which we have always decried, and more complaint will be made about swelling appropriate lis But it is manifest that with our long coasts and our' new interests in remote islands, and in an isthmian cana', there has been nothing extravagant so far in our naval plans. Nor can we say now when the limit will be reached. That can be determined only by many complicated deve opments in the future, some of which are undreamed of, as the Cuban war was ten years ago. Mrs. Jacob II. Vaxdeubilt, whose husband is a cousin, several degrees removed from the parent head of that house, has opened a shop on Fifth avenue, where she proposes to sell novelties, brew and serve tea, and furnish cigars and cigarettes for swell dinner parties. Well, why not? There is an old saying that it is ordinarily but three generations from shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves. Applied to women folk, it might be sajd that the distance between kitchen apron and kitchen apron, shopkeeping and shopkeeping, is not infrequently covered in less than three generations. The mother of the house of Vanderbilt was a worthy, industrious woman and practical withal a genuine old-fashioned helpmeet to her husband the bind' old Commodore. She did not disdain the work incident to keeping a boardinghouse any more than did her husband the work incident '.o running a ferry. If this young woman who acquired the name of Vanderbilt by marriage makes money in her shopkeeping venture1 she will follow logically, and, it may be hoped, worth ily, in the train of the early Vanderbilts. Bixgkr Hermann, he of the double-handshake, was nominated for congress at Eugene after he had been beaten to a standstill. Each opponent believing that he was going to get the nomination and not getting th opposition united, resulted in Hermann's nomina tion. In acquaintance with public men and public affairs, and in ability to reach people and results, Hermann is by all odds the best man that could be nominated. He is not a new man at the business, and can do what a. new man could not do, at the begin ning of his term. The fact that he is at outs with the Secretary of the Interior, is not believed will cut any figure in his election. The convention was unique in that after the leading candidate was hopelessly beat en, his forces rallied and landed their man. Some thing that seldom happens. It is said that Hermann, and Prownell, who was president of the convention, had left the hall some time before the suc cessful ballot, believing the ex-commissioner out of the race, but came back when his forces rallied. This is the closest shave George C. has had in some time in missing the band wagon. This adds to his reputa tion of being able to pick the winner under all cir cumstances. The Federal court has held that the merger of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific is unlawful and it is restrained from carrying out the purpose for which it was organized. This was contrary to what the trusts expected and it has caused considerable anxiety in the inner circle of the large corporations of the country. It will be well to bear in mind that it is a Republican administration that is pushing this prose cution against the unlawful combination of capital. Democracy has had much to say about the Republi. can party and trusts. It is safe to say that this case will not please the Democrats as it disproves so many of their statements. jVL piCHAELi . SUCCESSOR TO m. miCHAEIa The pcoplo of this city aro well awaro of llio chango that lias taken place in this store. It is indeed a pleasure to enter such a store, where there is plenty light, a fresh lino of gents' apparel hoiiio thing that always attracts the eyes. . - "Midget" Comes Out With The HUDS We have the dressest neck wear ever shown. In these days of critical attention to details, you must have a dressey tiea We are showing the very latest in "Midgets." They fairly pull the 2oc out of your pocket, (for that is the price of them) Pe sure and ask for a "Midget". See Show Window Golf Shirts We are showing extreme novelties in Golf Shirts. A more choice and select line cannot be found. The "Lion Prand" S h i r t s stands over them all. CLOTHING $1 224 $1.25 THE FELIX CAHN CO. SUITS FOR SPRING AND SUMMER Aro the most perfect fitting ready-to-wear garments sold in this city and tho appreciation shown by tho trade generally for this high-art workmanship is .of the most substantial nature, Somo of the special features in the making of these garments are hand made button-holes, hand-filled and hand-padded collars and lapels, and are all Union-Made Spring Hats The newest of this line can be found on display in our HAT DEPARTMENT. AH shapo and styles and all prices. . . . Shoes Gun ran teed The Red Star Shoes all nrict'H. Wo aro solu agents for the Geo. E. Keith 'Orthopedic" Shoes $3.50 Every Shape and Style . . W half a century 'C" rf Ferry's u U Seeds haw Itrt'ii irrowlnn f&ntoua liiMry m f kind of nuil,wrvwlMTH. Hulil ly m Lm r X n ilfulerfc 10 m.h'U Annual I 1 D. M. FKKKY A t'O. - 1 j Oregon Washington State Fair Victories ' .... ON BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS Origin Mai- I-ill r 1 -2-3 on Cock Hints, 6 in Competition 1st on Hun, loin Competition 1-3-3 on l'ullets. . . .40 in Competition 3iil on. . .Cockerel 21 in Competition 1 st on pen, 11 in Competition 1st in American Class HttVt' WOII 1 it Oil HllltH tilt' pttNt .1 yi'iim. Stock for mhIo, ckk In mcuhoii. Wiisliinirioii Stale Fair 1H02 We only sent 3 pullets, 1 lien and I Cock unci won on every entry but one besides specials, iiicluif iii best pen In the show, l'riws won 1st Cockk 1st lien: 1st and 2nd l'lillet; 1st pen. Mklilliltlon Stork h Npeelulty Noma Krmitl pullet for ml. Kkk1 Ba.ott I MUROW & SON, Oregon City, Oregon. 03030 O O :CQOOO O O o Mrs. McKinley. whose world went into total and perpetual eclipse when her husband died, still visits daily the tomb where his body lies. This useless in dulgence in grief and its outward show would, in a stronger woman, he censurable; in this gentle, child like widow, conscious only of her great loss, it is only pathetic. All the news all the time, by reading the Enterprise 'V "' - t i. V ? f ? I s t t- 7 y f i 9 READ THIS Good Laundry Soap, 8 bars 2jc. Good Table Syrup, I gallon can 2"c. Wasbing Powder, 1 pound "e. Good Roast Colee, 2 pounds 2c. Good Green Coffee, 2 " 2.jc. Yosemite CoTee, per pkgo 11c. Soperla-sanie as Sapolio, (J bars 2.1c. English Breakfast 'Pea, 1 pound 30c. Lemon and Vinallo Extracts, (Bring Bottle) 1 oz 5a. Bex Lye, 2 cans 25c. Ground Spices (Bulk) 1 pound 25c. Liquid Bluing, 1 bottle 5c. Wheat Flake, 1 pounds 25c. Good Maple Syrup, I quart 25c. Wo Trade for Farm Produce and Shingles. The f?ed front j COURT HOUSE BLOCK OREGON CITY, OREGON. o o o 'WW o o o 00