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X Oregon Enterprise. VOLUMK 37. NO. 1. OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1903. ESTABLISHED 18C6. HO Curry City SHaBaMaVHJIIlllttBVflncnB ! i , I I GLADSTONE GLADSTONE PARK Extraordinary Announcement 100 Beautiful and Choice Lots For $100 a Lot $10 Down and $10 Per Month Without Interest N Onty a Small Monthly Payment Secures an Ideal Homeslte In the Handsomest Spot In Oregon or It in not hitondoil that tho MX) lots shall lo soloctod in out of the way places, nhall bo of inferior or even Becond quality, but in each instance, the parchaser makes his or her own selection, with only two reservations: the first four lots from tho motor lino are reserved, and a party only buying one lot can not select tho corner. Parties living at a distance can send their payments to me or lo the Bank of Oregon City, and it will bo held until final payments are made, when a war ranty deed will bo promptly executed and an abstract of title furnished, when required, hhjwing a fee nimplo title in the purchaser, free of all incum brances. Absolute good faith will bo kept with all parties and the utmost t'ilbrt will bo made to please and satisfy .every ono. To prove our faith in tho future of Gladstone, wo make this proposition to all purchasers: The Association, when final payments are made, will upon receiving 30 days prior notice thereof, in caso of dissatisfaction, pay back the entire purchase money, with $25 per lot additional. This will only apply to sales made before Juno 1st, 190-1. We feel that this is an entirely safe proposition, for in our candid judgment no lot will bo sold that is not worth double the money at tho present moment. Gladstone is on tho 0. V. 1 it Ry Company's motor line, a short mile north of Oregon City. Five cent fare to Oregon City and 15 cent fare to Portland. Klegant motor cars pans through the property every thirty minutes. The Southern Pacific ear also pass through Gladstone. When tho 100 lots are sold and paid for the Gladstone Real Estate Associa tion will give a check for One Thousand Dollars to the Willamette Valley Chautauqua Association, provided the last of the hundred lots are sold by the end of the next annual assembly in July, 190 iLo be used tor permanent im provements on its grounds at Gladstone Park. H E. CROSS, Sole Agent Oregon City, Oregon DEBT IS LARGER Obligations of County Are fiQ, 00 More Than Reported. Discrepancies Found In Record Conotj-CoDdltlon Du te Fault; bookkeeping. or Dlectepanclea have been disclosed In U records of Clackamas county by which ilia total of tha county warrant In debtedness la shown to ba about $144, OUU net, initrad of $102,000, aa reported In March, 1902. Tbla apparent increase In tha county indebterinese haa Juat been disclosed after an eibauative examina tion of the record! of the county made by County J mine Kyn and Coonty Clerk 8lei(ht. The aeini-annual report of the county oflicera have been made public, and in these the iudebtedneeaof the county ia reported and explained. The discrepancy, report the preeent officers, ia the reeult of faulty metbodi employed by different county officers in keeping the records. Nothing of a criminal nature ia diacloaed by the inves tigation that baa Just been concluded. By deducting from the total of out- landing warrant the aggregate of the warrant! that have been redeemed, to gether with the accrued interest thereon, the balance of outstanding warranta has been for aeveral years incorrectly reported. Each succeeding county clerk baa accented aa infallible the ngurea ot his predecemor in oflice until few weeks ago the present official, becom ing satisfied that there waa some irregu larity, went over the records from the year 1803, the date that the fee system waa abolished In this county and record books inHtalled. witb the result hereto fore reported. In this way, while the county debt waa being apparently re duced, the discrepancy in the atatiatica waa increasing at the same time with each succeeding year on a aort of com- Dound interest basis. County Judge Ryan reports that dur ing the last aiz months the county's road fund Indebtedness baa been reduced from ahout $34,000 to less than $9000, The current expenaea of the county for the six months ending September 30th Isstarnouted to $29,905.72, aa against 134,641 for the preceding six months and $50,867.81 for the corresponding balf year In 1902. SAW II1TCUC0CK AJiD RICHARDS Gorernor Chamberlain Telia of Recent Trip te National Capital. lOBEKT A. MIM.KK ATTORNEY AT I.AW . . . . - . . i -wn,M JH1!1 lincnmm ; TlimlncHM Hpeclnlty Will i.raclice in all Courts of the State K'' "A JUST RECEIVED A FULL LINE OF 0.J. Room v Wi inhiiril Hldg. Court House, Or.-n City. Oregon r I twiuTKR. 1j ATTORNEY AT LAW BrracTaorrorsaTT rcamiHao. Omc neit lo Oroiou City KiiU'riri " KO. C. HROWNKLL. ATTORN KY AT LAW Oregon City, Oregon iL'tn III all tliftcuurta of tha itit. Oltloe In OautlKld building. I VferJ RANGES tr -in ft C?TTT A 1 . ATTORNEY AT LAW Land Thin Examined, lined, Mortgam-s Drawn. Abstracts Mail Money Loa lade.!fc tied. 'W nrrics ovia Rank of Oregon City. Orkioii City, Ob. jj W. B. 0'R.a B"1"1 U'REN & SCIIUEBEL Attorneys at Law. Will practice in all courts, make collections and settlements of Estates. Furnish abstracts of title, lend you money and lend your money on first morgana. Office In Enterprise Building, Oregon City, Oregon. LIVY STIPP Attorney at Law. Justice of the Peace. Jagger Bldg., Oregon City J. U. CAMPBELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, aieoit city, - OaaaoRc Will practice In all the oourti ef the state, floe, lu Csuflold liuildlua. 01 Q D. A D.C. LATOURKTTB ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW MAIN STRKET ORKOON CITY, ORBOOM. rurnlsh Ahstraots olTHle.Loin Money, ?;re un,i...u md transact Ganeral If you need anything in the way of Hardware, Crockery, Glass-ware or Gianite-ware, I can supply your wants. Call and inhpect my stock. Complete line of new and second hand FURNITURE carried. Let me aupply you with a house- keeping outfit yyLL PAPER of the best quality and latest styles at right prices. Altention, Here's a Bargain 6000 feet, U inch first class Manila rope, In one piece, ia offered for eale at bargain for a few days. I. TOLPOLAR Main Street, Uregon oity. Bnnswick House & Restaurant Newly Furnished Rooms. Meals at All Hours. Prices Reasonable. Opposite Suspension Bridge. Only First Class Restaurant In Town. ' CHARLES CATTA, Proprietor Governor Chamberlain is not entirely satisfied witb the result of hia trip to Washington, and yet feela that hia visit haa been productive of some good, says the Salem correspondent to tbe Orego nian. Both he and the commissioner of the general land nrtice have a better tin deretanding of public land affairs in Ore gon, though he and the department could not auree upon the point which was of greatest moment to Oiegon'a ex ecutive. "The principal purpose of my visit," said the governor, "was to induce the secretary of the interior to give a pref erence to purchasers of state lieu land where the Btate's titles have failed, that the o'lrchafere could have time protect themselves by making their titles if ooii with scrip or otherwise. Hie sec retary received me very cordially and heard all that I had to offer in behalf of those who are about lo lose title to lieu lands in this state. He said that, however much h might desire to do so, he waa powerless to itive the preference I desired. 1 du: not agree wi'.b him, and do not yet, lor have observed that tho land department is practically supreme in tbe manage ment of land businei-a, and it seemed to me that be could have granted this pref erence if be would. "The eecretary'a opinion prevailed, however, and it seems that the only way for the purchasers of these lieu lands to pave tnemselvei is to settle npon tbe lands, take ai relinquishment from the etate and file as homeeteadera. Many of them cannot do thia. "While I ws in Washington, or shortly after I left there, the department made announcement ot a toreet reserve policy which is radically different from that which haa prevailed in the past. The new plan has already been published in the Oregoniana wasnington ais patchea. If that policy shall be pursued In the future, I have nothing further to aay against forest reserves, but if the old policy is ever resumed, I shall rise and protest aa vigorously as ever. "I do not know whether the policy ia of very recent adoption or whether it bas been in mind for some time, ana nas just been announced. I do know, how ever, that when tne extensive wiinuraw Oregon if Washington State Fair Victories . . ON BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS Oregon Mate Fair 11)02 l.j.i on Cock Birds, 6 In Competition ' t on Hen, io in Competition t.2. on l'ulleU. . . .40 in Competition and on Cockerel 21 iu Competition 1st on ; pen, If in Competition t j American Class IIt won 1 t on pullrts tho pat S ,.."." "took for .ale. "" Washington Slate Fair 1002 We only sent 3 pullets, I hen and I Cock and won on every entry but one besides specials, including best pen in the show. Prizes won 1st Cock, 1st Hen: 1st and and Pullet; 1st pen. Kxhlbltlon Stock a spocUlty Some grand pullets for !. Kt;s S3.00 MURROW & SON. Oregon City. Oregon. der present laws would only make more scrip and extend the scrlpplng abuse. "I believe that Congressional action la influenced by these corporate Interests, and I doubt whe her lawa will be amended. Whatever approval I give to the forest reserve system ia conditioned : upon the carrying ont of the policy re cently announced by the department, that of not making permanent reserves until the laws are properly amended. Tbe stripping abnae haa been tbe evil ot tbe forest reserve ay stem, and wben that evil haa been removed I have no ob jections to tbe creation of forest reserves where there ia valuable timber to be preserved. I Have good evidence toat mere are now in tins atate land operators wuo scrip for 100,000 acres of land, and that they are waiting for some of tbe reserves to lie thrown open ao that tbey ean use the scrip to aeize the beat of the lands. I should be sorry to aee any reeervea thrown open. "I took back to Waahinirtoa witb me a complete list of all tbe state lands that have been aold within tbe boundary 01 prouoaed forest reserves in Oregon, evi dently in anticipation of the creation of a reserve Tbla hat contained tne names of the purchasers. "The department now has a copy 01 the list and the secretary of tbe interior told me that when tbe reserve ia created he will try to see that tbe land pur- chaned in this manner are left out. I understand that 'base' ia depreciating in value." The dav Governor Chamberlain left for Washington Tbe Oregonian published acaitoon picturing hia visit to tiitcncocK. tbe governor approached wasnington he was represented aa diminishing in size, while Hitchcock grew to monstrous proportions. Tbe governor took tbe car toon to Washington and on bia first visit to Hitchcock made mentioo ot it. "Secretary Hitchcock wanted to see it," said the governor, "ao tbe next day I took it od to bim and we both baa a heartv laugh over it." "Comparatively few people in the Eaat have ever beard of tbe Lewie and Clark Fair and lota of them don't even know who Lewis and Clark were or what they did," said Governor Chamberlain 'Still. I do not think this ia a good time to begin advertising the fair, bo far aa people are taking an interest in fairs at all, tbey are now siviog their attention to the St. Louis Exposition wnicn win h held next vear. From the impressions I received dur ing my trip, I judge that it will pay the Lewie and (Jlark management dcbi 10 oe gin their Eastern advertising about tbe time tbe St. Louis Exposition ia opened and the advertising ehoold be poshed hard after the fair at St. Louis closes. It is a case of "strike while the iron is hot.' Advertising now vould do some good but tbe best returns for the money will in my opinion, be secured by waiting un til after the St. Louis Fair ia over. "People are not taking as much Inter est in fairs now as they did when these enterprises were new. Of course, there are some men, those connected with transportation companies, who are thinking and talking more or less about our fair in 1905, but the great mass of the people have not even heard of it. "I was told by a prominent newspaper man while in California that the news papers are not dealing as liberallv with fairs now as they did when tbe World'a Fair idea was new and matter concern ing fairs had a news value. He told me that the newspapers will hereafter give very little free advertising for fairs held at a dixtancp. "Just at preeent it is Oregon's indus trial resources that needs advertising and to this we should give more atten tion. There is woeful ignorance con cerning Oregon all through the East. Men who travel know something of this country and its advantages, but the great mags of individuals know nothing of the opportunities which are here offered for bomeseekers. California on the South and Washington on the North have been extensively advertised, while Oregon has been neglected. The railroads have done some advertising for ua, but if we are to experience the growth we desire we muBt remember our state and 'Fly with our own wings.' "A prominent Eastern railroad man told me one day that for tbe man who has capital to invest Oregon ie the most promising field, for it ia yet almost un touched and ita resources are aa unlim ited as they are unknown. By proper advertising at St. Louis and elsewhere in the East, a larger number of people can be brought here to purchase property and make homes. "I holieva thare will be a large attend ance of Eastern people at the Lewis and Clark Fair, and that in tbe next few years there will be a heavy immigration to this state, but thia will not be brought about without hard work on the part of our own people. I have talked Oregon and the Lewis and Clark Fair everywhere I have been. This is a great state with a great future and I realize it more than ever since I have returned from a circle around the United States. I am happy to be Daca here again in my own beloved Oregon." K0LL IS DOUBLED Assessor Nelson Makes Record In Assessing Coontj. lacreane 1 Dae te Doubling of poralion Assessments ef Previous Tears. Cer- The doubling of an assessment roll of a county within a year ia rarely accom plished but thia haa been done in the laat twelve months by Assessor J. F. Nelson, of Clackamas county. Io 1902 the total taxable property of tbe county waa listed at H,528,502 while tbe roll for tbe year 1903, which baa juat been com pleted by Aaeeesor Nelson, repreeents a total of $9,014,877 in taxable properly. This remarkable increase in property values In thia county waa accomplished by Assessor Nelson by doubling and in many inetancea trebling tbe previous assessments of property owned by tim ber land speculators, railroads and other corporations. The personal property of farmers waa not disturbed but was listed at practically the same values aa a year' ago. Aa an Instance of the increased assessments that weie nude by Assessor Nelson may be cited tbat of tbe Crown Paper Mills, of this city. Thia corpora tion last year paid taxes on only )29,000 while it is this year listed at 175,000. A year ago the Oregon City Manufacturing Company. (Woolen Milla) paid taxes on $42,500 and this year it will pay on f 100 000. Tbe Portland General Electric Company bas betn assessed with prop erty o the value of $4'9,000 instead of bout 1190,000 a year ago. This corpor ation is thia year assessed witb the locks which have heretofore been listed at a nominal valuation. Assessor Nelson baa placed on tbe lock an assessable valuation thia year of $269,000. Other corporations have been assessed in pro portion bringing tbe assessable value of. the property of tbe county np to some thing of ita true value. menu were not disturbed In a single in stance by the county board of equaliza tion at ita meeting a few weeks ago. ' Valuable timber land in this county owned by speculators that has been as sessed at $1.25 and 11.50 per acre was tbis year listed at from 6 to $10 an acre, not a single tract being assessed at leas than $6 per acre. In thia connection it ia noted tbat 498.413 acres of non-tillable land waa assessed a year ago at $1,486, 447, property of the eame classification to the amount of 523,173 acres is assessed at $3,220,055. Manufacturing machinery listed last year at $167,586, baa been raised thia year to $369,065: merchandise and stock in trade from $90,071 to $146,-620. In view of the fact that the assess ment roll bas been doubled, the people of Clackamas county are especially de sirous that some remedial legislation be provided at the proponed special session tbat will enable tbe county to collect a tax on this roll of increased property valuations. By levying even a nominal tax on bo large an assessment roll, enough revenue would be derived to meet all current expenses and at tne same time cancel some of the county's outstanding indebtedness. The summary of the roll snows tne following totals: 81 484 acres of tillable land. . .$2,512,440 13.173 acres of nontillable land 3,220,055 Improvements on patented or deeded land 878.8WJ Town or city lots 1,034,522 Improvements on town or city lots 514,030 Improvements ou land not deeded i.vio 27.38 miles of railroad bed. . . . 140,330 104 .50 miles of telegraph and telephone lines 22,135 Rolling stock 23,055 20 miles of street railway bed 60,650 Manufacturing mactiinery 36tJ,0bd Merchandise and stock in trade 146,620 Farming implements 65,465 Money 20,545 Notes and accounts 22,255 798 shares of stock 33,500 Household furniture ll'7,8U Horses and mules 4193) 91,020 12,157 cattle 114,870 13.508 sheep and goats 14,555 2903 hogs 4.995 Total $9,407,877 Exemption 393,500 s of public lands were made in the Blue Mountains, in 6otltbwestern Oregon, in Southern- Oregon east ot tbe Cascades and in Noitheastern Oregon, the people of this state had no reason to believe that any other policy would be pursued than that which lbs preyaueu in me past. " ' ' " "Every forest reserve "that "has Deen created in tbe past has made 'scrip' by the wholesale lor the large corporations, and by means of that scrip the Corpora' tiona were enabled to take our best tim ber landa. When new reserves were nronoaed we had everv reason to expect a renewal of the senpping abase. No wonder that a protest went np in this state. "It is announced now, however, that the temporary withdrawals will not be made permanent until the laws govern ing the exchange of lands in the reserves for lands outside the reserves have been amended so that worthless lands cannot be exchanged for valuable lands. If this policy is to be pursued, then I say tbe department cannot tie up too much tim ber iand in temporary withdrawals. If Congress fails to pass the remedial Inns aa recommended, none of the re serves should be made permanent Tem Dorarv withdrawals keep the timber lands ont of the hands of the scrippers, The creation of permanent reserves on His Injurt Pboved Fatal. Charles Lankin, a brother of Mrs. Chas. Catta, of Oregon City, died at Eureka, Califor nia, Sunday, Nov. 1, from injuries re- mivAd on the dav. before. While em ployed as a carpenter Lankin fell down . iipht well, a distance of 16 feet, strik ing on tha side of hia bead. He never MirainaH nnniviniianMw. and from an ex minatinn that was made it ia believed the man sustained a fracture of tbe skull near its base. Lankins resided near this city for a number of years, going to Haiifnrnia abont four years ago. He was about 33 years of age and is ear- vivH hv a wife and an infant cnuo. Funeral services were conducted Toes- it. Nov. 3. under the auspices of the Woodmen ot tne world. Taxable... .$9,014,377 Bais Damaged Bridges. County Judge Ryan reports tbat the heavy rain bas washed out or seriously damaged at least a dozen bridges in Clackamas county. The Clackamas river always rises rapidly but the raise loiiowing tue recent heavy raina was greater than ever. It will cost the county a large amount of money to repair the damage that bas been done. The repairs muBt necessarily be made to enable travel about the county. THEOLD RELIABLE The He nt Llnlmeat. "Chamberlain's Pain Balm is consid ered the best liniment on the market," writes Post A Bliss, of Georgia, Vt, No other liniment will heal a cut or bruise so promptly. No other aflords such quick relief from rheumatic pains. No other is bo . valuable for deep-seated pains, like lame back am pains in the chest. Give this liniment a trial and vou will never wish to be without it. For sale by G. A. Harding. Absolutely Puro THERE IS SUBSTITUTE La w Business.