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OREGON CITY KNTKUTUISE, FKIHAY, MAKCH 31, 1905.
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Oregon City Enterprise
City and county official
Published Every Friday.
Subscription Ratei:
4 . IA
Six months t50f dollars with the merchants of
Trial subscription, two months.. 25
Advertising rates on application.
Subscribers will find the date of ex
tlrction 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 Oregon
City, Oregon, as second-class matter.
FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1905.
FOR WHAT REASON.
The Oregon City Land Oflioe is
to be moved to Portland. And for
what reason?
But a single reason has been indi
cated in the telegraphic reports
touching on the subject. And that
is for economical reasons. In what
upsnert eeonomv can be Dracticed in
the removal of an office from Oregon
City where a suite of five rooms oc
cupied at a monthly rental of 5.10,
to Portland where it is admitted
no available accommodations are to
be had in any of the Government
buildings, while office rooms in any
suitable building are not to be had,
it is not plain to be seen. Similar
office rooms at Portland could not
be had for several times the rental
that is being paid for the suite of
rooms in this city while it is an
nounced by the officials of the Ore
gon City Land Office that it would
be absolutely impossible for the of
fice to transact the business of the
district it serves in more restricted
quarters.
It is largely the work of. the
special agents who would prefer to
stay in Portland rather than Ore
gon City, and if the matter is shown
up that no one has asked for the
removal of the office except these
special agents who want to put in
time where there is more to amuse
than this place affords, but they
must do something to earn their
salary.
There has been developing for years
a hoggish disposition on the part of
Portland that has for its ultimate
the locating at Portland all of the
federal and state offices and insti
tutions. There has been appointed a com
mittee of eleven representative cit
izens to prevent if possible the re
moval of the Land Office and while
they appear to be hoping against
hope since the' change has been de
creed by the powers that be, the
movement might be defeated by a
unanimous remonstrance on the part
of the people of the city who have
only the Ind Office in the way of
a state or federal office. Timely and
aggressive action by the committee
may accomplish the retention of the
office when the extreme unreason
ableness of the claim that the re
moval of the office is required for
economical reasons. The excuse is
lame, absurdly flimsy and positive
ly inconsistent.
REMOVE THE RUBBISH.
If anything is to be done towards
beautifying the general appearance
of Oregon City before the Lewie
& Clark Fair opens, it certainly is
about time that a beginning was
being made. The appearance of. a
number of the streets of Oregon
City are positively a disgrace to any
community that possesses a frag
ment of civic pride. They are
strewn with rubbish of all kinds
and description. This should all be
removed and the streets and allevs
of the city cleansed and renovated.
I hw work would not require any
great effort or sacrifice in the part
of any individual while in the ag
gregate the improvement woufd
prove of great advantage to the citv
at this time.
Without further command of the
city authorities the residents of Ore
gon City should assert their civic
pride by proceeding with the mak
ing of this improvement to their
property. Hundreds of Eastern
people will visit Oregon City dur
ing the Summer of 1905 and it is
an admitted fact that the tidiness
of well-kept streets is a powerful
factor m influencing the visitor with
respect to any community. Let's
, make of Oregon City, one of the
the principal manufacturing points
west of the Mississippi, a place of
unuHual beauty and attractiveness
before the time for the opening of
the Lewi8 & Clark Centennial
1VK US DKSEKVKI) KKCOG
XITlOtf. Oregon City may certainly he con
siileml an important suburb of Port
la ml. Annually the people of this
citv spend a srreat many thousand
Portland to the noirlect of the homo
denier. Many Oregon City people
say they cannot afford to take their
local and county paper but join the
several hundred others who are reg
ular subscribers to the Portland
dailies. For these reasons, then, it
is singular that it should he nee;s.
snry for a meeting of the business
men of Oregon City to complain
Invause this city and Clackamas
county is not receiving a proper
representation in the general edi
tions of those papers.
Hut such apH-ars to bo the ease.
At Friday night's meeting when pre
liminary steps were taken looking
to the organization of an atrsrressive
commercial organization, complaint
was made against this apparent dis
crimination which has been ox?rat
ing to the disadvantage of Oregon
Citv and Clackamas count v. The
people in this section do not desire
to appear unreasonaoie in tnis. re
ard, but that under the circum
stances thev are certainly entitled to
something near the attention ' that
is given Aurora. Woodburn, (5er
vais and other Willamette Valley
towns of no greater importance.
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SUPPORT THE MOYKMKNT.
Wluui visited by the committee
that has been appointed to complete
the organization of an Oregon City
Board of Trade, subscribe for a
number of shares of stock. This
movement has for its purpose the
many advantages that are offered
the Eastern settler in this section.
It is srratifvinff to see Clackamas
county people awaken to the need of
doing something along this line in
the interests of their count v which
has not received its share of the East
ern home-seekers just because of
this lack of advertising of opportun
ities here offered. .Now that the
eountv is to be given this needed
publicity, the job should be thor
oughly well done. We have the
available lands and all that is nec
essary to provide for their settle
ment is to reach the many intend
ing hastern settlers with reliable
literature concorning thds sedUon.
These proposed descriptive DainDh-
lets should be goten out with rea
sonable dispatch and their distribu
tion should be vested in a committee
that the best results obtainable may
be naa.
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INTEREST OF THE VALLEY.
The Willamette Vallev Develon-
ment League was organized at Sa
lem last week at a meeting of 200
delegates representing all sections
of the Willamette Valley. Officers
were electd as follows. President.
E. Hofer of Salem ; Secretary, Wal
ter Lyon of Independence; Treas
urer, Walter L. iooze, Woodburn;
Committee on Constitution and by
laws, Frank Davey of Salem ; J. C.
Hayter, of Dallas: F. P. Nuttimr.
of Forest Grove; G. A. Hurlev of
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independence. .
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A SURE DEFENSE AGAINST
DIPHTHERIA.
The latest renort nf the With
department speaks of a wholly nn-
anticipated increase of deaths from
ciipththena, which it savs, could
not have been due to a common
source of infection since tbp rps
were widely distributed over the
city. In the view of the department
"the obvious explanation is that
some sinster coincidence the rlinh.
theria anti-toxin was not adminis
tered in the early sta'e of the .dis
ease, or' not in sufficient quantity,"
and this very positive assertion is
maae:
No child dies of dinhtprin to
whom 3,000 units of anfi-tnvhi i
andministered within the first forty-
eigni nours oi the attack positive
of course, if necessary.
lhat is to sav. one of the most
malignant of diseases has become one
of the least dangerous through the
discovery of a sneeifie. It mav l.
confidently defied where there is the
intelligence to insist on the employ
ment of the remedv. Tho
public ought to understand this,
and to understand also that the con
viction of the department is based
upon the intimate knowing
record that has been made in the
city since the use of anti-toxin lie
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THE MARCH OF THE MERIT
PRINCIPLE.
Some time atro a. renort fmm
Washington concerning the P resi
dent's alleged determination to
make wholesale changes in the con
sular service excited considerable
surprise and not a little criticism.
A lew commentators fonroA thof a
backward step in the civil service which the acts of the legislature arc
of the country was intended. to appear in the principle of cloc
The event Vas shown that those tion that is to govern the nuthori
were utterly baseless apprehensions, ties in awarding the miblieaion con
Forward, not backward, steps were j tracts. The esscnial provision of
under consideration, and the deci-jthe bill is, howevvr, approved,
sions reached, now definitely an- H is pointed out that, although
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iiitiineeii. win lrniinv everv mono,
of the merit of the principle
In the first place the President
has just put a new set of employes
(agents of the land othce, inspect
ors of general and district land of
fice, etc.) under the classified ser
vice, and in the second place a gen-
;cral policy as to federal appoint
' incuts has been determined upon
which appnes me spirit oi me merit
law to hundreds, if not thousands,
of employes who are not within the
purview of the act at all. lhe new
policy, it is authoritatively stated,
will he to retain incumbants in office
during satisfactory behavior, ir
respective of the length of their
service. This is in line with the
announcement made earlier with re
gard to postmasters. It will not
matter with the incumbent has
completed a term or two terms. If
he has faithfully discharged his
duties and shown due efficiency he
will not be disturbed.
This is common sense, of course,
and elementary justice, although the
spoils politicians have been unable
or unwilling to look upon public
offii-is as anything but reward for
party work. The new policy is'
better from the standpoint of the
administration, better for the in
cumbents, and, above all, better for
the people.
As was pointed out at a recent
civil service reform meeting in New
York, the merit plan if appoint
ments is essentially an anti-boss and
anti-machine plan. It represents
the "square-deal" principle. It
means equal opportunity and the
survival of the fittest in a fair and
honest coiujH'tition. Eighty per cent
of those who pass the federal exami
nations and obtain places are grad
uates of the public schools, said one
of the speakers at the New York
gathering. The bosses do not like
the system because it undermines
their power, but the taxpayers like
it because it insures economy and
efficiency and personal responsibil
ity. In the words of another speak
er, those, who believe in proper busi
ness methods are bound to believe in
the merit system, which is "a busi
ness proposition" as well as a cor
ollary from popular government.
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' DO YOUR PART.
What kind of a country would we
have today if for the la,st forty
years we had hen favored with such
a democratic tariff as we had from
1893 to 1897? All of our various
industries were nearly wiped out
"in the good old democratic times"
and there are few among us who are
not aware of the fact, if they would
but admit it.
Now, all sorts of industries are
forging ahead in a manner most
gratifying to a large majority of
the jx'ople at least. The recollec
tion of the difference in results of
republican and democratic Ideas of
running the United States is what
makes so many republicans. It is
a good thing to "let well enough
alone," but letter still is to firmly
entrench the idea of so doing.
In order to render impossible a
change of tariff schedules and poli
cies that experience has proved bene
ficial to our own and country's best
interests, we must strengthen the
party advocating such policies and
tariffs. From experience, it is
known to which party belongs the
credit the republican party. There
fore, to serve your own interests
you must assist your party politi
cally. Your little hom& organiza
tion is a feeder for the party of the
state and the state organization in
the best interest of all classes are
so it goes under our form of govern
ment. Knowing what the republican
party has done for the people of the
Unied States, it is -easy to see that
the tost ineress of all classes are
served by he promulgation of its
doctrines. From a selfish motive,
if from no other, you should be a re-1
publican. You have a voice in mak
ing your condition better. Then
why not use it? Come out in the
open and stand for a nrinr-inlr fhnf
will protect you and yours.
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GREATER
PUBLICITY
LAWS.
FOR
An interesting bill, which is said
to command "pretty strong support"
is UKeiy to pass the legislature of
Pennsylvania. It provides for the
publication of new statutes of the
lawmaking body of the state in "at I
least two newspapers in each coun
ty." The state, of course, is to pay
the newspapers for this service.
As drawn the bill unfortunately
opens the door to abuse and graft,
and its more responsible advocates
want amendments more definitely
fixing thenumbers of newspapers in
iinioitimv ui uic uim rutins n"
one," it is notoriously the case that
very few citizens know, when a leg
islature has adjourned and tho ex
ecutive lias exercised his veto power,
how many new laws have been added
to the statute book and what the
character and apparent purpose and
elftH-t are of such additions as have
been made. A few of the hundreds
of bills introduced and passed at
tract popular attention, but even
these are often so changed, by the
process of amendment, reaniend
ment and final adjustment of inter
house differences, that the most dili
gent reader cannot be sure of the
net result.
New statutes are published after
each session in a book to bo had nt
small cost, but not one citizen in a
thousand ever sees this book, and
not in ten thousand buys it for ref
erence. Publication of the enacted
statutes in newspapers of circula
tion might not materially uutcuso
the knowledge of the law on the part
of the average mini for you cannot
make jieoplo read texts of act9 in
which they are not directly concern
ed but the Pennsylvania argument
is that the state would do its duty
by affording the opportunity to study
the new legislation and that ground
for complaint now not infrequently
made would be removed. It appears
that in many Pennsylvania cities
local ordinances are published in the
newspapers for general information.
Chicago Record-Herald.
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IN LENTIN DAYS.
I would know htr anywhrre
Ity her modest, srrtous air.
And ht-r trick of looking down;
By the beauty of her fact?.
By hi-r figure's gliding gTace.
8wwt girl In the Inton gown.
Tall and slim, she's tailor-made,
'Tla her fad to b arrayed
By an artist of renown ;
She will fashionably irpent '
Through the forty dity of lent;
Smurt Kill In the Int.-n sown.
And her shupHy tinners bear
In their clasp a book of prayer.
.fiCmbelliHhfd with a croe and cro
As I follow h-r about
Ix, a curd ha fluttered out;
Ivur kIiI In the Lenten gown.
There I read to my surprise:
"Hasten, sinner, to be wlw."
to"Hymn for I-nt si- lraf turned
down,"
Oh, then, I know for rert.
That she will not deign to flirt!
My girl In the Lenten gown.
A Foregone Conclusion.
"Are you ur! your new book will be
a aucceaa?"
Absolutely sure. I have used the
word 'obsession fourteen times, 'banal'
twenty-one times, and the pagea bristle
with 'view-point' and 'strenuoslty.' It
can't help being a sui-cess."
8h Was Eligible.
"My wife haa become a member of the
Ki-d Hand Society."
"What? Vou dare to tell of It?"
"Yes, she Is doing her own housework
now."
Fruit raisers of Tierce County, Wn.,
will give away apples and strawberries
at the Lewis & Clark Exposition in order
to convince easterners that Tierce county
Is an unsurpassed locality for raising
these products.
Attacked by A Mob.
and beaten, In a labor riot, until covered
with sores, a Chicago street car conduc
tor applied Bucklen's Arnica 8alve, and
was soon sound and well. "I use It in my
family." writes O. J. Welch, of Tekon
shtt, Mich., and find It perfect." Simply
greut for cuts and burns. Only 26 cents
at Howell & Jones drug store.
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Regarded With Suspicion.
"I understand, Senator, that you re
gard your colleague us an unsafe man."
"I do. It would be Jimt like him to get
scared uixl turn stale's evidence at the
first Indication of danger."
Ayers
For hard colds, bronchitis,
asthma, and coughs of all
kinds, you cannot take anv
il thing better than Ayer's
Cherry
Pectoral
Cherry Pectoral. Ask your
own doctor if this is not so.
He uses It. He understands
why it soothes and heals.
" I had a terrible eonRh for wenki. Then I
took Ayer's Cherrr Pentoral and only one
bottls completely cured ms."
Mrs. J. B. DANroRTH, St. Joieph, MIeh.
.... l.0. .t.o.ATsnco.,
Coughs,Colds
!,Yngue"ofh
THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF OREGON CITY
Oregon City, Oregon
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL $100,000
D. C. LATOURETTE
F. J- MEYER
Transacts a general banking business. Open from
9 a. m. to 4 p. in.
LET US
DO YOUr Work VVork Ouaranteed
We do a General BnRRag" and Transfer Uunineim.
Safes, Pianos and Furniture Moved
Otlice Opponite Masonic Building
""EEJST Williams Bros. Transfer Co.
COLUMBIA RIVER SCEERY
Portland and The Dalles
Regulator
Line
Steamers
CS5S
"BAILIV QATZIRT""DALLEI CITY"
"JBOULATOR' "METLAKO" I
"SADIE U."
Dir. "Btllsr QttMrt" PortUM
T A. II. Mondays, Wtdncsdsy tnd rrt
days; ! tarts Th Dalits t A. II. Tu to
days. Thutrsdayi and Saturdays.
Btr. "RtcuUtor" Itavts Portland T A.
M. Tuttdays. Thursdays and Saturday;
Ismvra Th Dalit T A. M. Monday.
Wsdntsday and FY Jays.
Sttamtra leaving Portland mak daily
connection at Lylt with C. R( A N. Irate
for Goldtndala and Klickitat Vallty
points.
C. R. A N. train tear Ooldtndals on
Mondays, Wtdnttdays and Friday at
i.tO A. M., maUnc eonnsctlon wlU
attaantr R(ulator" for Portland and
way point.
C. H. A K. train I tarts Ooldsndal tm
Tuesdays, Thursday and Saturday at
1:10 A. M.. connsetlna- at Tyl wit
sttamer "Badl B." for Tba Dalls. con
necting ther with O. R. A N. train
East and Wtst.
Btr. "Sad! B." Ware C a scad Lawk
dairy (cioapt Sunday) at T A. M. for Tb
Dalle and way point; arrlTts at U A.
M-; Uavta Tha Dalit I P. M., antra
Caacad Lock I P. M.
Meals senred on all sttamtra.
Fins accommodations tor teams aad
wacon.
I-andlnt at Portland at Aider Street
Dock.
H. C. CAMPBELL,
Manager.
Can. Office. Portland. Oregon.
Daily
River
Schedule
of
- Oregon City Beats Dally Schedules
Steamers Altona and Pomona for Sa
lem and way points, leave Portland dally
(except Sunday) at 1:46 a. m.; leave Ore-
Son City, S:lt a. tn.; returning, leave
alem, 7 a. m.; leave Oregon City, 4:1
p. m.
Oregon City Transoortatlon Co.
Lga
You Will' Be Satisfied
WITH YOUR JOURNEY
If your tickets rmil over the Denver
nm1 Rio Grande Knllrosd, the "Rernlc
Line of the World"
BECAUSE
There sre so many acenic attraction
and point (if Intercut along the line
bet ween Ox'len and Denver thnt the
trip never become tlrenome.
If you ore K"ii! Kant, write for Inform.
tlon nnd get a pretty hook thnt will tell you
nil about It.
W. C. McBRlDE, General Agent
PORTLAND, OREGON
GOOD MORNING
Have you consulted A. Mihlstin about
that plumbing you need done?
Main Street, near Kighth
Oregon City . . . Oregon
OASTortlA,
Bean tbe I ne Kind YOU Have Always
Signature
of
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life! I ie oil
X ! Mole
President
Cashier
Price Reasonable
Oregon
Union Pacific
THREE TRAS TO THE EAST
DAILY
III
Through I'lillmsn standard and Tour
ist aili- rars nMly to Omaha, ('hlrago,
Houkane; tout 1st nl.rpliig rars dally I
Hanaas City; thioiili Pullman tourtot ,
alwning cars t pvi tonally conducted)
weekly to Chlraao. Kansas City, reclin
ing chairs esl Oct to the eaat dally.)
M OHMS
Portland to Chicago
No dinner tif Cura.
70
70
Depart
TImi cl. adults, j Ataivg
Chicago
I'ortland ft social
1 11 a. tn
Salt ikr. !!. r,'
Ft. Worth, Omun.
Kansas City, Ht. ,
l-oula. Chicago und
Kaat.
P m.
Atlantic
Kxprtte
1:11 p. m
via. Hunt
Inglon.
Salt 1-akt, Denver,
Ft. Worth, Omaha.1 1:00 a m
Kansas City. St.)
Loula, Chicago and;
task I
St Paul
Fast Mall
Walla Walla. Iw.l
Iston. Spokane, Mln-
neapolls, Ht. Paul. t. it .
Duluth. Milwaukee, i1'" '
Chicago and Kaat.
:ll p m
via Spo
kane, Astoria & Columbia
River Railroad Co.
Leaves.
UNION DEPOT
I
Arrives.
1:00 A.M.
Dally.
Vot Maygers Ttalnler.
Dally.
1 1:10 AM.
I
40 P.M
Clatskanla, Weetnort
Clifton. Attorla.War-
renton, Flavel, Ham
mond. Fort Stevens.
Oearhart Park, Sta
sias. Astoria and
Hraahore.
Kx press Dally.
Astoria Kiprtas.
MO P.M.
C. A. STEWART. Comm'l Agt., vA
Alder street. Phone Main lot.
J. C. MA TO. O. F. A P. A.. Astoria, Or.
Ocean and River Schedule
For San Francisco Every five day at
I p. m. For Astoria, way points and
Portland, Oregon.
I P- m.; Saturday at 10 p. m. Dally
e"7lrnd(V.tmrh.rer,.,n, WMta
Kor detailed Information of rate.
The Oregon Hallroad A Navigation Co..
your nearest ticket agent, or
General Pasaenger Agent
A. U CRAIQ,
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up
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t7'-sw?;
F. C. GADKE THE PLUMBER
OASTOniA.
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