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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, DECEMRER 11, 19M Oregon City Enterprise cm ami tor my oii'Kiii, rirat. Published Evfry Friday. Subscription Rates. One year 2 00 Six months 1 00 Trial subscription, two months J" A discount of 50 cents on all subscriptions for one year, '2'y cents for six months, if uid in advance. ADVERTISING RATES ON Arrl.ICATIO!. Subscribers will find the date of expiration stamped on their papers following their name. If this is not changed within two weeks after a payment kindly no tify us and the matter will receive our attention. Entered at the postoffice at Oregon City, Oregon, as second-class matter. HANSBROIWS PRETTY RILL. The timber land bill introduced in the senate on the 11th to sell the timber to the highest bidder and the government holds title to the land, is an ideal measure and ought to find favor in the eyes of corpo rations and capitalists. Doubtless Senator llatis brough can be considered in earnest in presenting this bill to this congress, and the fact that the bill was among the very first to be presented may be taken as an indication of the burning importance of the timber land issue in the United States. It is humiliating that, like the last Oregon legisla ture, congress cannot let well enough alone. As we have said before in these columns, the timber and stone act of 1S78 is as fair and impartial as is possi ble for a law to be framed. It needs no criticism, no t amendments; far less" does it require repealing or a substitute. The law is all right. If congress can frame and pass a timber law by which capitalists are shorn of all power to secure timber, let it go ahead and pass such a measure. If not, and it cannot, then let it leave well enough alone. Congress will not repeal the timber and stone act Senator Hansbrough's bill looks plausible enough on the surface, but it is rotten, and can have been insti gated only by capitalists, and if passed would to a cer tainty defeat the very object of the present law to . keep timber lands in the hands of the middle class. The securing by capitalists of nil the timber lands dis posed of in 'he past year by the government is at prsent somewhat problematic; the Hansbrough bill reduces the poor chances of securing a claim to a min imum and the rich man's to a certainty of hogging it all. While Senator Hansbrough has got it figured out the capitalists will have all the timber in time, any how, and the government might s well sell it to them outright. It is extremely probable that congress will refuse to take his bill seriously, and it will tro the way of all unpopular measure- to an indefinite po.t ponernent. Prineville Review. FARMKRS' ALLIANCE IN CONN LYTIC IT. Connecticut has a Farmers' Alliance that is neither an ineffective survival of one of the earlier farmers' movements nor a Utopian promoter of impossible commercial projects. The Connecticut Alliance is a hard-headed body that gets down to business in very successful style Tin-strength of the Alliance lies in the fact that some Sil farmers were members of the lower house of the legislature at the last oession. Regardless of party these eighty-nine got together in a compact body and proceeded to take care of the interests they felt were' peculiarly their own. The formed over one-third of the total membership of the house. j Recently these men have held sjHvial meeting at' which they formed an "outlook" committee, withj members from each county in the state. They laidj plans for capturing the nominations for state officers, at the party conventions next May, and they also dis- cussed ways and means for supHrting the small ; towns in their resistance to the constitutional reforms ! which are demanded by the larger cities. I A peculiar thing alout the Alliance, and one which bodes little good for its future, is that instead of stand ing for economies in state administration, as would naturally be expected of it, it has gained the reputa tion of being as joyful a spender of publio funds bs any clique of bosses that ever gained power in a large city. The Alliance will doubtless draw much strength from the new grange movement in the state, with its 11G active societies and its 11,000 members. The granges disclaim politics, but are nevertheless easily capable of being used for political purpose. It is a somewhat surprising thing to see a farmers' movement so successful in a New Kngland state. One cause of it lies, however, in tho social features of the state constitution, which give tho country districts disproportionate representation in the legislature Exchange. TALK OF COL'NTV FAIR. j Granges throughout the county are discussing at : their monthly meetings the feasibility of holding a county fair. Now is the time for a thorough discus-! sn and consideration of this proposition. Other' counties support and maintain county or district fairs, and there is no valid reason why Clackamas , county cannot do likewise. The advantages of an ex-' position of the products of tho farm are too numerous and patent to be urged in supHrt of a fair. The question of whether or not a fair should Ik held seems to hinge on what society or organization shall take the initiative in the matter. There has been shown ' no positive opposition to the project which could profitably be considered by the Oregon City board of trade in connection with the various Grange orgnniza tions of the county. Let's get together and decide tnis question which is of such concern to the com-' bined interests of the count v. ! GREHT OVERSTOCK Rekoke the Oregon City man who hurled a lot of rresiuy ruiKea pies at different members of his family is finally adjudged insane, as is charged, the affair should be looked into with onie cure. There is room for great injustice to be done here. The quality of pies, in this country often takes unto it.-e!f an unlim ited and aggravating scojh-. Salem State-mini Since the man was le-ally adjudged .-,lm-, the 1u--ti.n as to tic-quality of the ,M.try remains unsolved. OREGON CITY NEEDS A LILRARY. There is an opportunity for some public -piritcd man to erect for himself in Oregon City a las'ing monument. This city is badly in need of a public ( Mommy'- city election, the .puete-t in year- re library. The need should be supplied. At the pres-; M1i,l jM Ul,. r,..,.,.,.tillI1 wit(l,)llt ,1,(,,0,itj1)n"of M,v,,r ent time there is no place for the seyeral hundred (;ral,t j;. ijimi(.k uniI ('itv Tr,.u,ur,r ,.-r,(1 j M, ;.,.r men of the city to pass the evening- profitably. The j Hiralu straight, a substantial young, l,u iness man great majority of the young men who have employ-j from the South End succeeds l)'r. J. Powell, a- a ment 1V1 the many manufacturing institutions ot' this j, uemher of the council from Fi'r-t Ward city, have no fixed residence here, and the advantages Knap,, and Mark Chapman become council,,,!,, from' and attractions of a home are absent. On the other the Second Ward, replacing C. C. Huntley and W. nanu, wnenm search ota place to spend the long ph-i-ter. Mat Justin in the Third Ward had no o winter evenings ne nas to choose as between the a-! position. Only a li"ht vote loon and other resorts of a similar character. lie i given no opportunity to keep in touch with the be.-t newspapers tnd other periodicals. The proposed reopening of the Y. M. C. A. rooms will in a measure supply this field, and the effort to maintain this re port throughout the year should be liberally kuj ported. At the same time, however, the city should have a library. Who will be our Carnegie? "COLLEGE SPIRIT A FACTOR IN EDUCATION" In addressing the students of the State University on "College Spirit as a Factor in Education," Presi dent P. L. Campbell said: "Self-activity is essential to the advancement of every individual; self-restraint must be present to avoid the misuse of enthusiasm. But, after all, the only true and good college spirit is based upon those influences that better the individual. "A student's vocation in college should be a general and hard cause of study, but an avocation is also nec essary, for after all it is not learning, but wisdom, that makes leaders. To know how to use what we know is the eecret of success. "Fortunately the state of Oregon is loyal to all of its colleges. There is a general feeling throughout the state to assist in every enterprise that in anyway furthers the interests of our commonwealth, arid Ore gon educational factors are having a marked influence in moulding the character of our civilization. Imi grants soon become to be true Oregonians, due to edu cational influences and the true power of our colleges is pending upon the kind of college spirit involved." 'Im position. Only a light vote was polled and the inter- est in the outcome was slight, the only contents re sulting in the First and Second Wards. The ratification at Monday's election of the amend ment to the city charter ami providing for the crea tion of a permanent street improvement fund, in its operation will prove a good thing for the city. It will slightly increase the taxes of the individual, but will make possible the more extensive improvement of streets, of which the city is in need. While this provis ion may work a hardship for a time, tho Enterprise predicts that it will eventually give satisfaction. The cost, as does that of all public improvements, neces sarily falls upon the property owner arid taxpayer, but with every mile of good road that is constructed in and about this city, the value of property is en hanced, rents advance and the availability of Oregon City as a business center is oenefited. The past four years have been a period of unexam led prosperity in the United States. The demand for all kinds of products has been great, the average prices of commodities have risen (although not as ! much en the average as is supposed); the profit in I manufacturing has been great, and labor has received I its full share of benefit in the form of a greatly in creased scale of wages. There have been, and are to day, various branches of industry which have yielded 1 00 per cent profit on the actual cost of the plant at recent enhanced cost of construction. It is not ex pected that things will remain forever on such a ba sis. There is amnio evidence that the tide hna i : SHLE Q. MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING IN AM. Til K I.ATKHT KAHU1CS Men's Regular 1 15.00 and $12..M Suits overstock price ; .... f Men's Regular 1 1.00 and !..'() Suits overstock price Young Mens Long Trouser Suits, regular lO.(K) and IllOO ov-rstx k price Young Men' long trouser suit, regular tS.M) and f 7,.r.(V overstock price Roys' Kne Pnts Suits, regular H 00 and M.f--overstock price Roys' Knee Pants Suits, regular .'1.00 and 12 In overstock price .r00 pair Men's Odd Pants, regular H.00 and t.KV-ovrrntock price ISO pairs of Odd Knee Pants, regular 7.1c and .', overstock price 10 2', 8 25 0 00 4 2S 5 8J I 65 I 95 05 MEN'S AND BOYS' OVERCOATS In Long, Medium and Short Stylos Men's Regular Jfl. H.IK) und 1 .1.00 Overcoat's overstock price Men's Regular .fl'J.oO and I 1 1.00 Overcoats overstock print. Mens' Regular t in (Hi and .f S..K) Overcoats over-lock pric . . Roys' Regular fs, ',U mid 7.Kl Overcoats over-tofk price.. Roy-' Regular 'fii..'" and 'f". o Overc.iuiover-toi'k price II 2 '. 5 2 5 .1 !. Men's, Ladies and Children's Shoos MenV f;.. Ml and -f ':. mi Ooodyear welt -hoe, during over-torn :l ul Men's f 1 .71 and fJ.OO heavy Shoes, during over-lock sale ut Men's odd and ends in ,f J.IM ami .f 1.7.", SI,,,, during oy.-r-tock sab- at I. ailies' -t.'t.llO and f.'.eO Sh.M'H, during oer-tock -ale at Odds and ends, in Ladies' and Children's Shoe-, p-uar J.'J1 and 1.7'. value during overstock sale at 1 ol I 00 i in 1 (If) MEN'S AND BOYS' HATS Men's Regular 12.10 and f2.00 Hats, in soft and still' Mve during overstock sale at Roys' .t'2.00 and 11.10 Hatsduring overstock sale at 1 JO 3 Men's and Boys Furnishings Men's ilvcr 11,00 .Shirts in soft or stiir bosom-during overstock sab, at Odds and edds in Men's and Roys' Shirts, regular 1.00 ami 71c values-luring over stock sale at Men's and Roys' Underwear, regular -t 1 .10 and 1 .21 ganmmts-overst(k price Men's and Roys' Underwear, regular 7.1c and 10c garments-overstock price When you Seo It in Our ad Its So. J. M. PRICE Clothier and Haberdasher Corner 6th and Main Stroetha OREGON CITY, ORE. 50 95 40 AWING TO THE UNEXPCETED SLOW TRADE We are compelled to sacrifice our $20,000.00 stock of up to-date Clothing, Furnhthlngs, Shoes, Hats, etc., rrgnrdlcas of cost, in order tt II make room ror new Goods for the coming scuson, and to meet our obligations. We meaa what we say, at we are In need of money, and we are going to give the people of Clacknmaa County tne benefit er the greatest sale that was ever had In Oregon City. Prlcet that will startle eyerybody and tempt the purses of all economic buyers. Make you Holiday purchases and save goodly sums. A suitable present given to all the youngsters h, clothe themselves here before Christmas or New Tears. Come early and get your choice. Note few of our record-breaking bargains. OUR MOTTO-Satisactlon or Your Mony Rick. ready began to recede; but '.here is no evidence of any Ex-GovtH.voR Gkek has acquired an interest in the! 7 ' '"ai caiamroprie or pcr.oM of business It is understood that R. J. Hen-L new basis that will be more even and more m,,K ' stantial than the previous one. Salem Statesman dricks still holds a controlling interest in the paper, P' S,;?ntnv!t?retithe Place- one door south of Bank of Oregon City & it) A?