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City Oregon VOLUIfK 37. NO. 14. OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12,1904. ESTABLISHED 18?. I All PV ALL EYES TURN TO REAL ESTATE WHEN SPECULATIVE INVESTMENTS FAIL 1 a. A..l?1r.T '4 First Residence ISullt In Gladstone, 1893. Never has the stability of Real Estate been more forcibly emphasized than by the sharp contrast of values which these market convulsions reveal.: over against the purely speculative, fluctuating and fictitious, stands Real Estate, solid, substantial a very Gibraltar of stability the most pronounced examplo of a commodity unaffected by tho gusty winds of Wall Street or tho unscrupulous manipulations of overcapitalized juggler. Today, as never before, tho country over is money being transferred, from wild cat securities and placed in REAL PROPERTY. As land values inevitably increase hand in hand with population, the wise buyer of today will bo tho rich man of tomorrow. Test, the matter and buy a couple of Choice High Class Residence Lots in 100 lots of your own selection, at $100.00 per lot, without interest or taxes. 2r per cent in terest guaranteed on the investment. Make your selection at an early day and before prices advance. Gladstone is a part of Oregon City and a suburb of Portland, on the Oregon Water Power and Railway line, and Southern Pacifio Railroad. . Full information mailed to any address. , H. E. CROSS, Sole Agent " Oregon City, Oregon . ROBERTA. MILLER" ATTORNEY AT LAW Lnnd Title unci Ijind Office HunineHHii Mpeclulty Will practice in all Courts of the State Room 3, Weinhard Bldg . opp. Court House, Oregon City, Oregon L.POHTKR, ATTORNEY AT LAW Aimicrior roriTT rrjamiHSD. Offlo next to Oregon Cltr KnUri'ri QKO. O. DKOWNEI.L, ATTORNEY AT LAW Oregon City, - - Oregon Will practice In ill the courts of the state. Oflloe in Ceulleld building. Q W. EA8TIIAM ATTORNEY AT LAW Land Titles Examined. Abstracts Made. lMedi, Mortgavea Drawn. Money Loaned. orrira ova Bank of Oregon City. Obioos Citt, Ob. W. B. U'ita 0. Sonasbsl U'REN & SCHUEBEL Attorneys at Law. Will practice in all courts, make collections ana settlements of Estates. Furnish ahalracta of title, lend you money and lend your money on first morgage. Office In Enterprise Building, Oregon City, Oregon JjIVY STIPP Attorney at Law. Justice of tiie Teace. Jaeger Bldg., Oregon City J U.CAMPBELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 1ISOK CITT, - Oaaaos. WlllDraetlreln allthesonrtsaftha state. 01 Oce, la Oufleld tmildlna. q D. A D.C. LaTOORETTI ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW MAIM STBI1T OBIOOB CITT, OBEOOll. turatik AWIraets of Tills, Leaa Kyiiey.Fore atesa ertee.anl lrao fceneral Law JestBMS. will GLADSTONE FTWHUUa JUST RECEIVED A V- a - i t t 11 If you need anything in the way of Hardware, Crockery, Glass-ware or Gianite-ware, I can supply your wants. Call and inspect my stock. Complete lino of new and second-hand FURNITURE carried. Let me supply you with a bonne- keeping outtit WALL PAPER of the best quality and latest styles at right prices. Attention, Here's a Bargain 6000 feet, i Inch first class Manila rope, In one piece, is offered for ale at barin for few days. I. TOLPOLAR Main Street, Oregon City. Bnnswick House & Restaurant Newly Furnished Rooms. Meals at All Hours. Prices Reasonable. Opposite Suspension Bridge. Only First ClaBS Restaurant In Town. Oregon 0 Washington State Fair Victories ON BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS Oregon Mate Fair 1002 1-2-3 on Cock IHrds, 6 in Competition 1st oh Hen, io in Competition I-2-J 00 Fullets. -40 in Competition 2nd on... Cockerel 21 in Competition ist on pen, II in Competition 1st ia America! Class at wa 1 pullets the pant S ears. Slock for sale. In on. J. MURROW & SON, Public confidence in epccu lative Ht-curiticH has recently received one of the grcatent shocks in the history of finance-As burnts a bubble, bo in almoHt a day millions of dol lars were swept away, carry ing many hudreJs of invent orBto ruin. Wall Street's woe is the wise man's warning. The entire stock market has become demoralized dur ing the last year and the pub lic has shown a decided dis inclination to invest in the clans of stock there ofl'ered. On the other hand, heavy investments 2ro daily being made by most conservative interests in select real estate atconstantly increuings prices In The Grand Opening Sale 1111 FULL LINE OF STEEL RANGES CHARLES CATTA, Proprietor Washington Stale 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, lt Ilea: 1st and 2nd Pullet; 1st pen. Inhibition Stock specialty (rand pallets for sale. K(gT S.OO Oregon City. Oregon. Ml t WAS i0T PADDED Judge Mcltrlde Makes- Haling on 11)01 Delinquent List. Shj Advertisement af List Went to "Ibe Extreme Limit of Ion able ('oinpretloii." Circuit Judya Mi-Bride Inst Thursday rendered an important decision a con cerning tbe validity of tho delinquent tax list for 1902 as published in the En terprise at the time of its delinquency. The cae involved wae that of the UUd- atone Keal Eslatn Association against Sheriff Kuaver and was brought to defeat the collection of taxes againet the prop erty ol the plaintiff corporation. Taxes aKiunt the property for that year amounted to about H.r0 which with the accrued coMa aggregated about $1200. lif the decision of the court, the plaintiff company is obliged to pay the amount of ita taxes and one-half of the cost or ebuut $101)0 in all. In deciding the caee, Judge Mcliride eaid: "This is a suit to restrain the collec tion of taxes of l'JOl upon the property of the plaintiff. The complaint sets forth many alleged irregularities in the proceedings of the county and the sheriff which it claims render the tax void and uncollectabie. It is claimed among other things Ntt the tax roll as adver lined was unwarrantably padded, so as to greatly Increase the coat of advertising Section 31-1) of the code requires a des cription of tbe parcels to be sold, the name ol the owner, the amount of the lax, tbe interest to date of tale, and the penalties acrrued againut each tract. I'd in necessitates a full description of each tract separately, and 1 am unible to aee that such description could be made in fewer words and yet remain afe advertisement. Each lot constitutes a aeparate parcel, has to he aHdessed sep arately, and any ettempt to bunch l ben) together would render the Bale void. In my judgment, the advertisement goes to the extreme limit of reasonable com preseion. "Abother objection made is that there ia no certificate of apportionment at tached to the transcript of the assess ment roll delivered by the clerk to the sheriff. The certificate ia in due form, hut onsigned, and is, therefore, not valid for any purpose. "There is, therefore, no legal evidence that there was in the bands of the sheriff any valid transcript of the asseeement roll for the ) ear l'JOl. In fact, the al leged trariHcript without the certificate had no legal validity, and could not au thorize the sheriff to proceed to collect taxes, and any sale under such circum stances would he unauthorized and void. "Section b057 of tbe Code requires tbe assessor to return the asse'pmenl roll to the county clerk on or before the first Monday in September, but provides that I the couuty court may extend tbe time until the nrst Monday in October. 1 lie roll was not actually returned until the 14th Uay of October, long after the ex treme limit permitted by law. Under the authorities, this failure loreturu the roll within the time prescribed by law rendered the assessment void. "For the reasons above mentioned the assessment was void, and the county bid no right to sell plaintiff's property or to advertise it for sale. "But under the rule announced by tbe suprenie court in Welch vs. Clatsop county, and under the rule which thii court announced in a recent case, the plaintiff cannot be permitted to enjoin a lax w hen it appears that it has property in the county which was subject to taxa tion without first contributing ita equit able share to tbe general burden of taxa tion. The plaintiff entered the eum ol about (850, being the amount of the tax, less costs and penalties against the Glad stone tonnsite proper; in addition to this, it should pay tbe amount charged againBt the Gladstone Park, amounting io $106, and upon tbe payment of said sum within 20 days, the injunction will be made perpetual, otherwise tbe com plaint will be dismissed." WERE PERFECT 15 ATTENDANCE Superintendent Zinser Awards More Certificates to Punctual Scholars. Term certificates to public school scholars of the county have been issued by Superintendent Zinser to such as were perfect in attendance for an entire term. Awards were made as follows : Canemab school, F. J. Meindl, prin cipal Dora Lnbeck, Alfred Tate, Mandy Moline, Naideen Blanchard, Mary Nuttal, May Paddock, Albert Searle, Horace Minor, Thornton Howard. Union Hall school, Grace Miller, teacher Fred Molzan, Mary Molzan, Herman Molzan, Martha Heilman. Willamette school, Millard Hyatt, principal Ernest Mass, Earl Koplin, Clifford Koplin, Georgia Edmunds, Avah Mass, Etta Rogers, Eva Hovers, Bernice Buckles, Mary Wood, Lena Milstine, Emory Rrsam, Ida Berdine, Earl Obrien, Orville Hnnt, John Ream, Mar Egge, Moreita Hickman, Nellie Johnson, Arline Olson. Dist. No. 69, Irene Bach, teacher BesBie Clark, May Clark, Homer Mc Cormick. Stone school, Edith Toon, teacher Kenneth llavden, EtTie Watts, Ivy Mnmpower, Elton Hatton, Genevieve Mumpower, Elsie Watts, Ruth Dye, Myrtle Scbmale, Rutb Brown, Vada Watts. Lillie Anderson, Anna Riebhotf, Nellie Riehlioff, Clyde McMurry. Sandy Ridge school, Anna Bachman, teacher Anna Strasser, Laura Widmer, Lydia Strasser. Have Tou Indigestion? If yon have Indigestion, Kodol Dys pepsia Core will cure yon. It baa cured thousands. It is curing people every day every hour. Yon owe it to your self to give it trial. You will continue to suffer until you do try it. There is no other combination of digeetants that di gest and rebuild at the same time. Ko dol does both. Kodol cures, strengthens and rebuilds. Sold by Geo. A. Harding. UMTKU I1V K FIKK AT ISALl'lMOKK Eire limits Out Hun day and Destroys 200,(X)0,0H) of Property. Baltimore, Md., Feb. 8. A fire which started Sunday morning about 11 o'clock in tbe dry goods houxeof John E. II u rut & Co., and which for almost thirty hour raged with unabated fury, deapite the efforts of probably tbe largest fire fight ing force ever u-ed, was brought under control this afternoon. At the pieoent lime, while there are large fires blazing at places in ttie ruins, it is thought thene will either be pnt out by the firemen a soon as they can be reached, or elne will burn themselves out. Whichever way they ate extinguished, it is now highly unlikely that any fnrthei spread will occur, though should a strong wind arise the danger would again become imminent. The area burnt over is about 140 acres located in tbe heart of the city. Pubhc buildings, newspaper offices, tbe principal mercantile establishments, warehouses and portions of ttie wharves have been consumed. Not even a cloxe approximation can be made of l he loss. No gue8 can be made of the insurance. An expert. l e city building inspector, estimates the loss in buildings alone at $150,000,000. On the other hand, it is said the insurance eittiiuates do nut place the loss at so great a figure. So far I here has bten no systematic attempt to fix ttie values. Nut a sinxlti life has been lost and not a human being has been even dangerously injured. Fire apparatus was brought from Washing ton, rhiladelpliia, ew York, New Jer sey City and Wilmington. HOSTILITIES HAVE COMMENCED Japan aral Fleet Engaged Rosslan ablps and Sink One Tesel. War between Japan and Ro sia began with a naval engagement at Port Arthur on tbe night of tbe 8 h mst. Japan scored tbe firft victory. Two Russian battleships and a cruiser were disabled and in ibe engagement two Russian offi cers and nine men were killed and 51 injured while the Japanese fleet escaped nndamaued. By the fight, the Russian fleet is badly cripple'! since it has no means near the scene of the fight of re pairing the damage sustained by its men- of-war. Russia has landed a large force of men in Corea and this has called forth a note from Secretary of State Hay, addressed lo tbe powers in which it is proposed for the different powers to reach an agree ment by which the scene of the pending hostilities, outside of Japanese and Rus sian territory, may be confined to Man chnria. The m'te.aleo. proposes that when the war has ended, Russia and Japan shall be prevented from seizing any Chinese possessions. (Confirmed on page 7 ) A Cure tor Eritiua. My baby had Erzema so bad that its bead was a solid mass of scabs, and its hair ail came out. I tried many reme dies but none seemed to do any perma nent itood until I nsed DeWiit's Witch Hazel Salve. Tbe Eczema is enred, the scabs are gone and the little one's scalp is perfectly clean and healthy, and its hair is growing beautifully again. I can not give too much praise to De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve. Frank Farmer, Blur! City. Ky. In buying Witch Hazel Salve look out for counterfeits. DeWitt's is tbe original and the only one contain ing pure Witch Hazel. Tbe name E. C. DeWitt A Co. is on every box. Sold by Geo. A. Harding. CoixicTiON or Taxes. Sheriff J. R. Shaver has begun the collection of taxes on the 1903 roll which was formally de livered to biro by County Clerk Sleigbt last Friday after tbe proper extensions bad been made. Last year the roll was cot delivered to tbe sheriff nntil Febru ary 23 but by a special effort this year Clerk Sleigbt and Assessor Nelson com pleted their part of tbe work two weeks earlier. The roll represents an assessed valuation io the county of $9,016,161 from which taxes to tbe amount of $-12,-743.83 are to be collected. Of that sum $99,178 41 ia for state arid county pur poses, $45,081.09 will be expended for the schools of the coonty and $40,572.88 will be nsed for road purposes. CtT You cannot possibly lose any thing, and at tbe same time' you bave a chance to get more than your money back. How? By suhecrioing tor me Enterprise. There is no reason on earth why yon should not have the Enterprise in vnnr hnnanhnlit. In fact, if VOU are to be kept informed as to the news of tbe county, it is imperative that you read the Enterprise. Royal Bating PowcJsi' Saves Healtli aiic& Saves Money ROYAL BAKINfl POWDER CO.. NEW YORK. HAD ENOUGH VOTES Direct Primary and Local Op tion Measure. Receive Enoiish Mgna'nres Through Initiative to be Placed en Offlciul Ballot. Both the Direct Primary Nominating Law and the Local Option measure re ceived tbe requisite number of signatures) tbrongh tbe Initiative petition to have them placed on the official ballot at the June election. Each of the measures re ceived more than 8000 signatures when but 7018 were necessary. The fate of the two mesfturei at tbe polls is a inattrr for speculation, bnt it is quite lively that a fiht will he wsged anaint the direct nominating law. In writing from Salem, the Orrgoniiin correspondent says: "The eei retary is requited, not l!er than the first .lundny ol tbe third month prior to election, lo cauee to he prime I 30,0tK) copies of each of the laws tw be voied noon and to distrihnte these tu ne several county clerks in sufficient num ber so that each vow may secure H c-;-jr i! he so desires. The law provi'' f t one copy for each voter, and tht. e are bout 90.000 voters. Ii psmnliiet" stor ing or opposing the laws had oeen sup plied, one copy ol each ol tne pampme s would be bound op with each copy of the Uw. to that the voter would bave com plete information from which to form l"S opinion. As the promoters of the direct primary and local option laws did not file their petitions nntil the last day al lowed, they are too late to file any pam nhlets. and if they wish their literature distributed they must attend to tbe mat ter themst Ives. "As near as can be estimates!, tbe printing and distribution of tbe copies of the proposed laws will costs bctoea $2500 and $3000. The local option law takes np 12 panes, without covers 'l i e direct primary law fills 42 pages. Print ing and binding will cost $2000, pa er about $500, and to this will be added the cost of distribution. The copies of the laws will be printed by the State Printer at the nsual rates allowed bt law. Altr the firs. Monday in March voters can se cure copies of tbe proposed laws by ao- plymg to their county cierxs. "Thus lar the direct primary law seems to be a popular measure among Ihn peo ple at large, but is opposed by politicians. Tbe people favor it as a measure that will give them the power io cnowe. "an didates instead of merely accepting tbe candidates chosen by their party con vention. Those who oppose the law usually give as their reason therefor 'he additional expense. The direct primary law will require an additional gererat election, costing as much as tbe election ender existing laws. Tbe expense of a primary election would be about foO.OoO every two years. "The following table shows the signers to the direct primary petition by coun ties, the total number required being 7018 Baker 508 Benton.. 4b" Lin. oil 97 Marion 52 Morrow 127 Polk. HO Sherman 78 Umatilla 8 Union 2-3 Washington ... 1' J Yamhill 324 Multnomah . . .304S Wallowa 8 Malheur b8 Clatsop 188 Columbia 112 Clackamas . Coos Crook Donglas Gilliam .... Jackson ... Josephine . Lane ... . Linn .1041 . 32 . 104 ! 17 . 447 . 200 . 650 . 201 Total. .8097 Republicans to Meet. The republi can state central committee is hereby called to meet in the city of Portland on Friday, the 12th day of February, 19! 4 (Abraham Lincoln's birthday), in room 12 Hamilton building, at 10:30 o'clock a. m., for the purpose of selecting the time an.! place for holding the next state convention, apportiouin- delegates to said convention, recommending date for holding primaries, and for the transac tion of such other businees as may prop erly come before the committee. Frank C. Baker, chairman; Harrison Allen, secretary. Co-opebativ Rtjbal Telephone. J. W. Scramlin, of Macksburg, this county, reports the successful operation of a farmers' co-operative telephone system in the southern part of the county. Three prominent farmers are at tbs bead of tbe enterprise and tbe service extends to the people ot the Molaila, Macksburg, Needy, Canby, Woodburn. Barlow, and Aurora neighborhoods. Ii sufficient encouragement is given the movement, it is proposed to make con nections with Oregon City. There are now more than 200 subscribers.