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PAGE 4. Oregon City Enterprise CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. Published Every Friday. Subscription Rates: One year JloO Sis months 75 Trial subscription, two months. . 25 Advertising rates on application. Subscribers will find the date of ex plration stamped on their papers fol lowing their name. If this is not changed within two weeks after a payment kindly notify us. and the matter will receive our attention. Entered at the postofflce at Ore Ron City. Oregon, as second-class matter. FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1904. SIZING UP OREGON. Says the anti-Republican Spring' Held (Mass.) Republican: "Signs of an antl-RepublUan uprising are not par ticularly manifest in the Oregon re turns, so far as they have come in. It looks as though the state and the con gressional districts were more strong ly Republican than they were four years ago." It looks that way, indeed. Oregon's Republican lead on president four years ago was 13,000. It is around the 20,000 mark in the election a few days ago on congress. Of course, the lead for president in November will be even longer than this. In order to appreciate the signifi cance of this tremendous majority for the Republican party in Oregon, it is necessary to bear in mind that that state has until recently been very close. The lead of 13.000 for Mc Kinley in 1900 was by far the longest ever rolled up in Oregon for any Re publican candidate for any office. No body at that time supposed that that figure would be touched again, at least in the near future. It is now reason ably certain that the Republican lead a few months hence in that state will be nearly twice as long. It will pass the 20,000 line, at all events. Every Democrat in Oregon realizes this. That state will not be placed in the doubtful column by Democratic arith metic men any longer, so far as re gards 1904. The "signs of an anti-Republican up rising are not particularly manifest In the Oregon returns." They will not be manifest in the returns from any other state this year. The Democrats will carry the solid South, except a few states, like West Virginia and Delaware. These are tolerably sure to be Republican. There is a proba bility that Missouri also will be car ried by the Republicans. In all the Republican and the doubtful states the Republicans will be victorious. It is now safe to predict that the Repub licans will carry the four little states which went to Bryan in 1900 Colo rado, Montana, Idaho and Nevada. These were the only states outside of the old slave region which Bryan won four years ago. The Republicans will have them this year. Oregon has pointed the way in which the country is to go, and has outlined the empha sis In which it is to move in that. way. This is going to be a glorious year for the Republican party. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. o New Era Grange will have a mort gage burning service at the regular meeting tomorrow. This will mark the wiping out of every cent of in debtedness against Warner Grange and the occasion will be one of rejoicing. Oregon City is to have another home industry. Frank Busch, the furniture dealer, is installing a furniture fac tory. These enterprises furnish em ployment for more people, increase the monthly payroll of the community and are deserving of the patronage of a considerate public. o The removal of the powder houses from the city of Milwaukie was prop erly the cause 9t public rejoicing at that place. Such storehouses are an ever-present source of danger and should be tolerated only in extremely isolated districts. There is need for constant alarm on the part of the people of Clackamas In this regard. There are two powder bouses in the immediate vicinity of the town. o A hose team has been organized from among the members of the volun teer fire department of Oregon City for participation in the firemen's tour nament at the Mardi Gras Carnival in Portland. It remains to be seen if Portland will prove as ungenerous and extremely technical as did the Astoria regatta people last summer, when they appropriated to themselves over the Oregon City team one of the principal races by the narrow margin of one-fifth of a second. o There is a question if the business of the local land office can be better transacted through its location in Portland, as has been proposed. This office has long been stationed at Ore gon City, and there is no good reason why it should be removed at this time. I With the assurance of Congressman , IT . V. - k.1- 1.111 4 11.. ..- - I Iiermnuu iul uio um m iuiur ftl m j public building at Oregon City will, pass without a doubt, the claim that ! by removing the office to the Federal building in Tortland a saving can be 1 had In the rental of the building no 1 longer operates as a reason for its re- ! moval. s o ( Thursday was Oregon day at the World's Fair at St Louis. The day's ' exercises included addresses by Jef-1 ferson Meyers and Prof. F. G. Young. Oregoa't building at St Louis Is a re- j production of Fort Clatsop, where the , Lewis and Clark expedition passed the ! winter of 1805-$, on the bluff over-1 looking Astoria bay. It consists of a ' blockhouse, with the central portion j in two wings, covering an area of 100 j square feet All the material used in I its construction was shipped from , Oregon. The Interior of the structure J billtles of the native woods are shown In its finish. j o A. S. Dresser, register of the Oregon City land office, says that be has not received any official information as to the change in location of the land : am - r -.1 , , n,,-M,l j . Inspector Lennen, who was in Oregon I City a few days, has suggested the j hsnvA In ttiA ripnarf mpnt hut therA I will no aouoi oe consiaersuie oppo sition to the change from Clackamas county people. The reason for the change was that there might be less chance for fraud and the work on the department be better transacted. The people who are agitating a federal building for Oregon City will oppose any change in the land office location 1 and it is quite likely that there will be enough influence brought to bear to keep the office there. Clatskanie Chief. o SAINT AS WELL AS SINNER. After the Chicago theatre fire there ' were some, especially ministers, who ; saw in the catastrophe a visitation from the Lord a modern Sodom and Gomorrha fate, as It were. Wednes day's disaster in New York's harbor cannot be regarded in a similar light. for here the victims were mostly little children, Sunday school children at that, who had been allowed a day's absence from the dust and heat of a crowded city. The truth is doubtless that neither disaster proves anything, 1 beyond that the consequences of vio lating nature's laws strike all alike, saints as well as sinners. Aurora no : realis. Sunday excursions have at divers times drawn the fire of the pulpit, and rightly in most cases, we think. But In case of accident it is made to appear In the nature of divine retri-, button. Now the tables are turned In i a way, a Lutheran excursion steamer being burned while going from the j East river into Long Island sound, . with frightful loss of life among the : excursionists, principally women and 1 children. It Is not a healthy mind that contemplates the horrible death ; of scores or hundreds either in rail road or steamer wreck as a retributive act of a loving God. That Is the old Puritan idea that the suprerde power of seemingly illimitable universes punishes his creatures as the parent or school master punishes the refrac tory child. It Is well that the world has about outgrown the revolting idea. God is not hate; "God is love." Eu gene Guard. i o REMEDY THE LAW. One of the first duties of the next legislature should be to amend the Australian ballot law so that candi- j dates for office may all be grouped under the head for which they stand ! politically, instead of mixing them up j in crazy-quilt style so that half the voters can hardly tell whether they j are voting for Republicans, Socialists, ' Democrats or Prohibitionists. Alpha-; betical arrangement of candidates on j the ticket without regard to party Is a I piece of rank nonsense. Let the Republicans all be grouped under the bead of Republican ticket, Democrats under Democratic ticket and so on, each ticket thus segregated being placed side by side with its competitive ticket on the ballot By this process the voter would have the same opportunity to "scratch" that he has under the present system, but it would also- make it more conven ient for him to vote the straight ticket by putting one cross in the circle at the bead of his ticket, instead of searching over a blanket sheet to find all of his party candidates to put a cross in front of each. We call attention of the newly elected Lane county delegation to this phase of the law, and hope that legis lators in other parts of the state will be quick to see the importance of such a change and that the state press will also interest itself In the matter. Eu gene Register. This is identically the same bill that Senator Marsters championed and secured the passage of at the last session of the legislature, and w.Licb was vetoed by Governor Cham-! berlaln after the close of the session, j Gvand Muslin Undegweat Sale X'e have been fortunate enough to secure a large quantity of the famous BAKER MUSLIN UNDERWEAR at prices much under the market and place them on sale as stated. Only at OUR Store - do you have an opportunity of getting garments of this kind at these prices. You pay only for the material at THIS SALE, we throw in the labor of making the garments. These prices are such as only stores handling large quantities can make. Don't wait too long, a few days at the most will clean them out. j j f J Sale Commenced Monday, June 20th Lot I 1 2k Lot 2 1 9c Lot 3 29c Lot 4 55c Lot 5 79c IV tMm m to im r iw inl miw aitm nit m ift tii a 1 I 1 5 mmii) twM ttwl jtvt ,it l Hnl newt, ttm ni m m frott Mr Win ub at rw trt ft If .- - l"t iM dutrt. If TW hllltwwtt T'. -. Tito t In, wtk tin Uil I 1 sir iii M m Lot 6 $1.18 ADAM "GOLDEN RULE BAZAAR" Oregon City's Big Cash Store The bill is a good one and the people should see that it is again taken up and passed over the governor's bead. Roseburg Plaindealer. o THE TELEPHONE LETTER. The hour is coming when the man with a future before him will be a back number, when hope will be a sign of barbarism and anticipation the i confession of imperfection, sayg the San Francisco Argonaut. In other I words, we are saving up so much time that we are getting ahead, and pres- ently we shall not have to draw on the i future at all. It will be very nice, then. The business man will not have to wait to find out the success of his investments, the crown will be simul taneous with the martyrdom, and the kiss with the opportunity. If any thing threatens to make us wait we shall Instantly draw on the time we have saved and avoid Impatience. The very latest time saver is the telephone letter. It is a letter which goes by telephone Just as soon as the mall train deposits it at the nearest postofflce. It Is a Western invention, and the government is to be asked to make it a success by Issuing a special stamp, which, when applied to any letter, will Insure Its being opened and the contents sent by telephone to the addressee. It is expected to work wonders for the much hurried farmers of Iowa, Kannas and Nebraska. They will no longer have to await the tedious processes of the rural postmaster, or waste precious time in deciphering the script after receiving it Instead of the rural delivery man's shrill whistle, the bell will ring and the honest agriculturist will not even be at the pains to open an envelope. Of course, this Is very fine, and the hardy pioneers of the Middle West ought to have every facility for tran sacting business. But the Argonaut ventures a prediction. The telephone letter will never be a startling and prodigal success with the younger generation. Wheat may be sold by this public method, and it is quite possible that the housewife may order her groceries from the nearest city by the reverse process, but farther than that It will not go, for the simple reason that the ordinary swain does not give a fiddler's oath for saving time in matters of real moment. A wooing has no short cut except an elopement, and that is certainly not to be transacted over the telephone letter system. So far the time savers have failed to shorten either aspira tions of the young person or the per iod of gestation. Until tbey do, there will still be futures for a part of the world. o A Frightened Horse. Running like mad down the street, dumping; the occupants, or a hundred othpr accldenu, are every-day occur rences. It behooves everybody to have a reliable Salve handy and there's none as good as Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Burns, Cuts, Borei, Eczema and Piles disappear quickly under Its soothing effect, :5c, at Charman it Co.'s drug tore. j u a r ir it i o (it f ft . . u 3 SmaiT rUVCTR weuucewuars iust j E Jl i J received. r. - - r r i r. j j j (KX WINDOW liKCUTj Energy all gone? Headache? Btomach out of order? 8lmply a caae of torpid liver. Burdock Blood Bitters will make a new man or woman of you. More Fakirs In Town. During this week Oregon City has been visited by a company of four first class medicine fakirs, who have Our buyer is now in New York and within a frw wrrks we will have on display the ntnartcut anil most complete line of Novelties in Ladies' Wear ever shown in this city. Prion Extrtmily Low. Tho Pair Main St.. OREGON CITY 2 been plying their graft. But thanks to the judgment of the people of .this city, the number of stickers has di minished very materially during the last few years. While this aggrega tion made but a limited number of sales during the week, the surprising part of It all is that any sales at all should be accomplished In any com munity. Some of the attaches of this transitory Oriental drug factory are reported to have been connected with a bunco "fish pond" graft a few months ago, but have probably sub stituted a more lucrative avocation. Persons In need of medical advice or drugs will always find it to their ad vantage to call on their local physi cian or trade at the home drug store with men who have an established reputation and whose every interest Is Identified with the growth and pros perity of the community. People who persist in their efforts to obtain some thing for nothing invariably find the conditions reversed. The only way to put an end to the miscellaneous graft ing schemes is to cease patronizing such grafters. Patronize your home people. Beautiful June Wedding. The home of Mr. and Mrs. George Waldron, two miles northeast of Ore gon City, on Crescent Hill, was the scene of a very pretty wedding Mon day afternoon, June 20th, when their daughter. Miss Jennie, and Arthur T. Kraeft were united in marriage. The front rooms were handsomely decorated with roses and ferns; a beautiful floral bell composed of mar guerites and orange blossoms, sup ported by a white arch twined with ivy, had been prepared, benath which, at S o'clock, the bride, very beautiful In a dainty costume of white silk or gandie, carrying a bouquet of white lilies, attended by Miss Mary Mitchell as bridesmaid, becomingly attired in pink peau de crepe, carrying pink roses and maidenhair ferns, and the groom attended by Clyde Waldron, best man, both in the customary black, took their places, and In the presence of a large number of Invited relatives and friends the ceremony was per formed by Rev. E. S. Bollinger, of the First Congregational church of Ore gon City. Congratulations were offered bj those present, the bride's bouquet Do ing caught by Miss Mary Mitchell; the party then repaired to the dining room, where the combination of evergreens on the walls, and table decorations of crimson ramblor rosea made a most pleasing effect A dainty lunch wag served, after which the newly married couple departed for Sellwood, Oregon, where they will re side and be at home to their many friends. Mr. and Mrs. Kraeft are most es timable young people, being well and favorably known. They go forth on life's journey 'mid the best wishes of a host of admiring friends.