OKEGOX CITY E5TT12lHi61i, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY , 17, 1905.
Oregon City Enterprise
CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIAL
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aroused to a condition that the bene
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1905.
TOURNAMENT IS ASSURED.
A combined Fourth of July cele
bration and a Firemen's Tournament
linder the auspices of the volunteer
flre department of Oregon City is now
assured for this city, to be held July
3-5 inclusive. There have already
been made subscriptions exceeding
9600 in the aggregate and the commit
tee in charge expects to experience no
(rouble in raising from among the
business men of Oregon City the ad
ditional $400 that it is figured will be
required to successfully carry out the
program that is contemplated. .
The ready manner in which the city
council, and other interests have re
sponded to the solicitation of the Fire
men's committee for funds is very
gratifying to the volunteer flre fight
ers of the city. Few towns in Oregon
or in any other State for that matter,
are afforded the protection from fire,
practically without cost, that the peo
ple of this community enjoy. And it
is only right that at this time there
should be made liberal appropriations
for the proposed Tournament. The
Firemen seldom ask for anything, but
in this instance with the hearty co
operation of the, business interests of
the city now assured, the observance
of the Nation's birthday at Oregon
City this year can but prove a grand
success.
-O-
ELECTION OF FIRE CHIEF.
The microbe flourishes mightily in
the attention of the world. Once an
obscure worker,, he is now one of the
most formidable and established per
ils. He may at any moment cause a
change in the conduct of our govern
ment toward currency, the paper part
of which is now allowed to breed dis
ease until it falls to pieces. One thing,
however, that even he will fail to do
is to change the fashions which apply
to women. Nurses may be forced by
their employers to drop the long skirt
which gathers so many varieties of
infection on the street. The mother's
concern for her infant's chances may
possibly put an end to long skirts in
the nursery. But these mothers
themselves will not drop the sweeping
garment. Such a step is almost as
unlikely as a sudden end to kissing.
Here and there a spasmodic effort is
made to force school teachers into
briefer drapery, but we believe these
efforts .have been without result. "As
well be out of the World as out of
Fashion." Many to whom the mode is
an evil declare it must be obeyed:
"Nothing exceeds in ridicule no doubt,
A fool in fashion, but a fool that's out
Though wrong the mode, comply;
more sense is shown
In wearing other's follies than our
own."
And yet, even while we submit, we
often do so with some shame, in
agreement with him who called fash
ionableness "a kind of elevated vul
garity." Exchange. j
er price than oranges.'
shouldn't they?
And why
TWO CANDIDATES FOR CHIEF.
Frank McGinnis and J. A. McGlashah
Will Contest for the Honor. '
The time In which nominations may
be made for chief and assistant chief of
the Oregon City fire department, also a
member of the board of fire commis
sioners, expired last Friday night and
with the failure of the hill company to
make any nominations at Its special
meeting that night, the contest for chief
lies between J. A. McGlashan. of the j
Fountains, and Frank McGinnis. of the
Columbia Hook & Ladder Company. Both I
men are active, competent and capable j
firemen and in the election of either can
didate the best interests of the city in
event of fire will be intelligently guarded.
For assistant chief, E. L. McFarland of
Cataract Hose Company No. 2. will be
elected, there being no opposing candi
date. At a special meeting of Hose Company
No. 3, known as the Hill Company, in
dorsement was had of E. L. McFarland
for assistant chief, and E. Grazer was
nominated for fire commissioner. This
insures a contest in the election of three
fire commissioners, four candidates hav
ing been named as follows: C. W. Pope.
Columbia Hook & Ladder Company No.
1; Pat Finucane. Cataract" Hose Company
No. 2; Henry P. Roos, Fountain Hose
Company No. 1; and E. Grazer. Hose
Company No. 3.
The Hill Company elected officers as
follows: Ben Doolittle. president; J. R.
Caufield. seeretai-y; V. J. Wilson, treas
urer; C. Grazer, foreman; J. C. Finucane,
assistant foreman; D. Bain, Second as
sistant foreman.
(Bir3sr gMhiOD Sail
At ADAMS BROTHERS
OREGON CITY'S BIG CASH STORE
COMMENCING Saturday February II th and continuing for one week, we will
v-' start a special Sale of Shoes in order to reduce our stock to make room for Spring
goods arriving daily. ,
With each pair of shoes costing $2.35 or over we will present the purchaser witli
one pair of
We carry in stock at all times a full line of Selz, Brown Shoe Company, Walk
Over, Queen Quality and Dr. Reed's Cushion Sole Shoes.
SPECIAL SALE OF LACES AND EMBROIDERIES, SATURDAY, FEB. II
Madame Sophia Samard of Paris, France, who came to this country to give ex
hibitions of lace making at the St. Louis Exposition will bp here on Saturday, from J to
6 p. m. We invite all who are interested to call and see how rapid lace can be made
by hand. .
CO-OPERATION IN PORTLAND.
WANT IMPROVEMENT MADE.
Reasons Assigned for Asking that Two
Streets Be Improved.
The report that the City Council may
adversely act on the petition that has
been filed asking for the improvement of
that portion of Moss and Eleventh Sts..
in Blocks 9 afid 10. has had the effect' of
RUSSIAN FORCES.
If there is. any one event in Oregon
City that is of greater interest to the
150 members of the volunteer fire de
partment of the city; than is any
other event, it is the annual election
of fire chief which is held on the first
Monday in March each year. The
pride of the people of Oregon City in
The discontent in Russia is econ
omic and political, and a weakness of
rebellion against the present system
is that the classes of discontented
subjects have almost no ground in
common. The factory workers have
no interest in the principles of gov
ernment. What they want is larger
pay for shorter hours. The Zemstvos
movement, on the other hand, was an
expression of liberalism of the milder
kind. Beyond that comes the violent
radicalism, with its belief in miscel
laneous dynamite. The progress made
in economic demands in factories is
due largely to the influx of workmen
from other countries. As to the peas
antry, they are of three distinct spec
ies northern, Scandinavian in char
acter, probably the brightest in natur
al quality: middle or Slavic; and Or-
The peasants are almost as
awakening: thhe interested property own
ers, of whom have signed the petition
for the improvement. - to more vigorous
work. For the first time in months, the
petition for this improvement has not
been off -set by a strong remonstrance and
i for this reason if for none other, the pe
titioners feel that their prayer should re
ceive favorable consideration.
They insist that the improvement of
the streets petitioned for is not a matter
of sentiment or of selfish interest but
rather an improvement that if made will
prove of naterial value to the city and
the many business and manufacturing
interests here represented. In support
of their claim for granting the improve
ment, the petitioners represent that the
two streets that are to be improved.
Moss and Eleventh streets, merge into
one before reaching the river front, which
is the only accessible river front directly
off of Main street that affords an easy
grade for teams; that one of the local
steamboat companies is already arrang
ing to establish its dock in that locality;
that it is the only site on the river front
at Oregon City where a big wharf can
be constructed and where the width of
the river is such that the use of the
wharfage privileges will not seriously in
terfere with the changing of the stage
of the river: that by encouraging the
building of a large dock means will be
j provided for regulating freight charges;
that the site is an ideal one for holding
water sports or a regatta: that it is a
desirable point for a public bath house;
that the more general shipping of pro
ducts rather than transporting them by
team to Portland will be encouraged. In
fact the petitioners, who represent with
How the Eilers Piano Clubs Make Possi
ble Large Saving in Price. Further -Particulars.
their fire department is only rivalled iental
by the intense company pride that is j ignorant as it is possible to be, but the
ever manifested by each of the five most intelligent Russians believe that
companies constituting its member- education is all that the peasant needs
ship. This pride is particularly dem- to make him the best man on earth,
onstrated at the annual election and j The situation is complicated of course
the naming of the different candidates j by the bitterness of special classes.
The attending campaign for vote,;' j like the Poles, Finns, and Jews. That j but a si"f,e exception all of the property
, i-i-i i owners directly interested, feel that the
rivals the average political convention j strong but heterogeneous discontent j lmprovement shmM recelve tho indo,,se-
in scheming, wirepulling and solic- j can do little until the army is broken mnt of the Council for the reason that
iting of votes. in its loyalty is everywhere acknow- j tne business and manufacturing
But with it all, the contest is al- ledged. but that the army will feel the t'lests or Ule t,tv require tn
ways good natured and to the credit i pressure of opinion there have, al- j nle" ' - .
of the various teams it must be said ready been indications. It is neces- i God's Art Gallery of the Rockies,
that only competent candidates are I Sary to distrust news against Russia i Kdyth Tozier Weatherhead says, i
n-
mprove-
that conies through England and Eng- ' " "umoer ol Jne Position :
,. , , , . My first trip has recently been made
hsh correspondents, but, even making , ovel. the worM rf.nnw,fl Denver Rio
the sense that in any event, the city j this allowance, there is evidence j Grande Railroad. Any a'ttempt at a
named for the place so that the re
sult of the election is immaterial in
always has an active and capable ; enough that the forces working con- P,n picture would be sacrilege.
chief in its fire department.
While the co-operative piano clubs are I
growing rapidly day by day, the people !
outside of Portland do not seem to com-
prehend the power of this co-operative
plan.,- as scores of inquiries seem, to at-
test.
Now let us take this plan up thoroughly i
once more: First of all, it is not new. j
It is not even new to the piano business. '
The Eilers Piano House itself, in several i
of its stores, brought about a saving to
the piano-buyers of thousands of dollars
in the piano clubs of 1902 and 1903. But
never heretofore was it undertaken on so
large a scale and with practically the
entire Eilers line of pianos, including the
costliest of Chickerings and Kimballs, and
also the Webers.
Co-operation is nothing more nor less
than the strongest business principle in
operation today, , and as such it cannot J
be put into force too often. It would ap- j
ply to shoes, groceries or books just as i
well as it does to pianos. If you bought
a hundred pairs of shoes or if a hundred
of you gave an order for one pair of
shoes each, through some purchasing
agent, you would get, them cheaper than
you do where each of you buys separately.
That is all there is to our co-operative
Piano Club Sale. But in operation as
the price of a piano is greater than the
price of a pair of shoes, so in just that
same proportion is the co-operative sav
ing on a piano that much greater than
would be the co-operative saving upon a
pair or two of shoes.
The average piano is ninety times as
costly as the average pair of shoes, and
the . co-operative saving is ninety times
as great. We have figured that a saving
of from $75 to $150 on the average piano
can be made on a co-operative purchase
of 100 pianos: and we absolutely guaran
tee that we will make you the saving of
at' least $75 on any piano you may choose.
We give you thirty makes of famous
piuuos iu cuoowe num. anu we oner me
smallest of deposits and the easiest of J
terms on your purchase. ,
Think of buying one of the Club "A"
pianos at ,$1.25 a week, at a saving, too.
of at least $118 on a regular new and
warranted $300 piano!
"Economy is the road to wealth," and
music is the road to happiness and cul
ture. So that if you desire both happi
ness and wealth you. will not fail to give
this plan your personal investigation.
Call at or write to Eilers Piano House,
351 Washington street, coiner Park. Port
land. Ore. Large stores also San Fran
cisco. Stockton, and Oakland, Cal.. Spo
kane and Seattle. Wash., Boise and Liw
iston. Idaho.
Cut this out and mail to us. it costs you
nothing
THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF OREGON CITY
Oregon City, Oregon
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL $100,000
D. C. LATOURETTE
F. J. MEYER
President
Cashier
Transacts a general banking business. Open from
9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Prices Reasonable
LET US
DO YOlir Work Work Guaranteed
We do a General Baggage and Trausfer Business.
Safes, Pianos and Furniture Moved
Office Opposite Masonic Building
Williams Bros. Transfer Co.
Telephone? Office 1 121
Residence 1S33
COLUMBIA RIVER SCENERY
Portland and The Dalles
ROUTE
Regulator
Line
Steamers
i
i
i
i y&yf
BAILEY GAT2ERT'' "DALLES CITY'
'REGULATOR" "METLAKO"
"SADIE B."
Oregon
Shoitline
Union Pacific
.THREE TRAIN TO THE EAST
DAILY
AND
Str. "Bailey Gatzert" leaves Portland
7 A. !if f rml v WpnpaTsvii A nri Y'r .
days: leaves The Dalles 7 A. M. Tuea- .-Jj"' Pullman standard and Tour
days, Thusrsdays and Saturdays.
Str. "Regulator" leaves Portland 7 A.
M. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays;
leaves The Dalles 7 A. M. Mondays.
Wednesdays and Fridays.
i - r- n " - i v v. wtuaiu, I1JIUC9,
1 bpokane; tourist sleeping cars daily to.
! Kansas City; through Pullman tourist
sleeping- cars (personally conducted)
j weekly to Chicago. Kansas City, reclin
ing chairs (seats free to the east daily.)
Thislgtantly and studiously to awaken the j MM?e,at e " 18 to 8ee u and De neld SDe-
eondition is none the less true this j nation reach further every year, j ious Deautiful and subIime. .Gos Art
year than in years gone by. J. A. j Whether changes can be made with j Gallery of the Rockies' is unsurpassed
McGlashan, from the Fountains, and the empire remaining geographically j an1 fills one's soul with more love for
Praink McGinnis,- of the Columbia-
Hook & Ladder Company, are the tw
rival candidates for chief. Each of j nected parts, depends upon the behav- I er to enjoy the pieturesques of Amei I
To ap- .-iers Piano House.
: luc cuipnc i GiiiaiiiiLij, jKKJfi aJiucdnv j -
ia jas it is, or only after convulsions ! " Creator, and you are also impressed
! i iwiiln the wonderful achievements of
wo j which will separate its artificially con- mil'n- who made it possibie for tnt. travel.
these gentlemen is an active fireman, j jor of the autocracy.-
competent and capable in every re
spect. In addition to this, each is
popular with a wide circle of men in
the department who, will work until
the last minute to secure the election
of their particular candidate. Let the
good natured contest continue free
from -personalities and all evidence of
any bad feeling and no matter which
candidate is successful, the best in
terests of the city in event of a fire
will be in competent hands.
-Colliers Weekly.
! If you contemplate a trip East, write
i W". C. McBride. 124 Third street. Port-
j land. Ore., for booklets picturing Colo
Newspaper publishers are always j ,ados famous scenery. End, whatever
willing to give their time and space ; information you may desire. 2-3 tf
in whooping it up for other people's j
bills in the Legislature, but they are j "May as well be dead as out of fashion.''"
sad failures when it comes to getting ! Xow is tne time to nave vour photograph
. , . . ' , made. Miss Wisner is having a "Clear-
their own measures through that - , .. , , ' ' , "
, ance Sale and for one month will offer
august body. The first bill ever ask- j everything at a reduction. Call and see
ed by the Oregon Press Association, prices and work. Her studio is on Main
and having the endorsement of every i strt,et. near Seventh.
S51 Washington St., Portland. Oregon.
Please send 1 catalogues and all in
formation about the new piano clubs.
Name
FOR A COUNTY FAtR.
The Enterprise is pleased to note
that the Granges of Clackamas coun
ty are taking the initiative in devel
oping public sentiment and providing
plans for the holding of a county fair
annually. It has been the experience
of other localities that the county .or
district fairs in actual results fully
justified both the efforts and the ex
pense of the undertakfng. With the
rapid settling up of Clackamas county
byx new arrivals from other states,
the holding of a fair where can be
had an interchange of ideas as to the
adaptibility of the soil for different
products,- the particular varieties that
best thrive and , facts pertaining to
stock, there is offered an unequalled
opportunity for promoting the agri
cultural interests of the community
besides contributing to the pros
perity of the entire section. Success
to the Grange in its efforts to arrange
tor a county fair. The place for hold-
newspaper man in the state, was de
nounced as a graft and indefinitely
i postponed. This will teach the boys
I to be humble hereafter, and will also
j impress upon their minds the saintly
purity of the men whom they helped
to elect to the Legislature. Let us
pray. Polk County Observer.
During the year of 1904 and the
month of January, 1905, there were 35
homicides in the State of Oregon. In
14 of these cases there were no ar
rests made in connection with the
crime. In seven of the case arrests
were made and the suspects either
exnoerated by a Coroner's jury or ac
quitted by a court. Seven of the cases
are still hanging fire, some of them
having awaited settlement for months.
In but two of the cases were sentences
of life imprisonment imposed, and
there was not one case of capital pun
ishment. : O
jjers
Take cold easily? Throat
lender? Lungs weak? Any
relatives have consumption?
Then a cough means a great
Cherry
Pectoral
deal to you. Follow your
doctor's advice and take
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. It
heals, strengthens, prevents.
Tnr 40 yean I bare depended on Aver
Cherry l'ectoral for cotigtui am! cold'. I
know it irreatlT atrenvtliena weak Iiuiks."
Mas. J. A. Kobiksos, Sallue, Mich.
DO YOU GT UP
WITH A I,AME BACK?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.
Almost everylxxly who reads the news
papers is sure to know of the wonderful
cures maiie oy Ur.
It Kilmer's Swamn-
Koot, the great kid
ney, liver and blad
der remetlv.
fNi It is the sjreatnied- !
ical triumph of tho
nineteenth century I
discovered after veart f
a of scientific research
by Dr. Kilmer, the i
it X
JT W I
connection at Lyle with C. R. &. N. train
for Gdldendale and Klickitat Valley
points.
C. R. & N. train leaves Goidendale on
Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays al
6:30 A. M.. making connection with
steamer "Regulator" for Portland and
way points.
C. R. & N. train leaves Goidendale on
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays al
8:30 A. M., connecting at Tyle with
steamer "Sadie B." for The Dalles, con
necting there with O. R. &. N. ' trains
East and West.
Str. "Sadie B." leaves Cascade Locks j
I daily (except Sunday) at 7 A. M. for The 1
Dalles and way points; arrives at 11 A j
M. ; leaves The Dalles 2 P. M., arrive! :
Cascade Locks C P. M.
Meals served on all steamers.
Fine ac-ommodaiions xor teams -and
wagons. j
Landing at Portland at Aider Street j
Dock. i
H. C. CAMPBELL, j
Manager
Gen. Office. Portland. Oregon.
Daily River Schedule
Oregon City Boats Dally Schedule:
Steamers Altona and Pomona for Sa
lem and way points, leave Portland daily
! HOURS
wf) Portland to Chicago fX
j w No Change of Cars. J
Depart. Time Schedules. Ariv
; Chicago- Salt Lake, Denver.
! Portland Ft. Worth, Omaha. . .
Special Kansas City. St. 5-J5 P m.
9:16 a. m Louis, Chicago and
Bast.
Atlantic
Kxpress Salt Lake. Denver,
S:I5 p. m. Worth. Omaha. 8:00 a m.
via. Hunt- Kansas City, , St.
lngton. Louis, Chicago and
East.
St. Paul
Fast Mall Walla Walla. Lew
tt:15 p ra iston, Spokane. Min
via Spo- neapolis. St. Paul. 7:j6 m
, 1 Duluth. Milwaukee.
Kane. Chicago and East.
Astoria & Columbia
River Railroad Co.
Leaves. UNION DEPOT Arrives.
i : i -
Oregon City Transoortatfon Co.
2S-., SOc.Jl.OO.
Ail lrurjclTa.
for
.1. O. ATM CO..
Lily M. M;ise.
Weak Lungs
The Youth's Companion, published
in Boston, is authority for the state
ment that CrtVfn tinnlAc a m t- n 1 1 i . n-
in the fruit stores of Boon at a high- tiZ'SVZ ,!. mZtltl S ttt1' Binhamtm. N' Y"
- - . , ; i i iem ana way poi
C111I1ICIH. Jtllllicy anu ,.-rn, Snndav at m 1. rta"
bladdcr specialist, and is wonderfullv eon City, 8:J5 a. m.; returning, leave
successful in uionrptlv curins lame back. Saiem. 7 a- m.; leave Oregon City. 4:3
uric acid, catarrh of the bladder and 1 p"
Blight's Disease, which is the w orst !
r tonn ot kidney iron 04c
! Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec- j
j ommended for everything but if you have ;
kidney, liver or bladder trouble it will be j
' found just the remedy you need. It lias j
work and in private practice, and has
proved so successful in every case that a
special arrangement has been made by
whicli all readers of this paper, who have
not already tried it, may have a sample
bottle sent free by mail, also a liook tell
ing more about Swamp-Root, and how to
find ou t if you have kidney or bladder trou
ble. When writing mention rea li ng this
generous offer in this paper and st ud your
address to Dr. Kilmer
& Co.. Uintrnamton, sr"
j X. V. I he regular
! nftv-cent and one-
; dollar size bottles are Home of Swamp-Boot.
; sold by all good druggists. Don't make
" any mistake, but remember the same,
Snamp-Kooi, jjr. twumer s owanip- ruoi
tt llvtr, and tftum aid recovery ! 'very bottle.
s:00 A.M. (For Maygers. Rainier.
Daily. fClatskanie, Westportl
Linton. Astoria. War
ren ton. Flavel. Ham
mond. Fort Stevens.
Gearhart Park, Sea
side. Astoria and
I Seashore.
! Ex press Daily.
j Astoria Express.
7:00 r-.M. Daily, jfixcept Satur-
I day.
2:30 P.M. j Saturday only.
Daily.
ll:10A.M
9:40 P.M.
C. A. STEWART. Comm'l Agt., s
Aider street. Phone Main 906.
J. C. MATO. G. F. & P. A.. Astoria. Or.
GOOD MORNING
Have you consulted A. Mihlstin about
that plumbing you need done?
Main Street, near Eighth '
Oregon City - - - Oregon
Ocean andRiver Schad j le
For San Francisco Evry five days at
8 p. m. For Astoria, way- point and.
General Passenger Agent,
service (water permitting) on Wlllam-
A. L. CRAIG.
flla 'I 01 jfwpjnjws i"J -d 8
Portland. Oregon. .
For detailed -information of rates.
The Oregon Railroad 4k Navigation C
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