OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FIJI PAY, JULY 100.V
Oregon Gty Enterprise
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FRIDAY, JULY 88, 1905.
OREGON CITY'S GROWTH.
When the census for Oregon City
has been completed. It Is announced
from the Assessor's office that the
population of Oregon City will be
shown to haTe Increased about twenty
per cent, within the last fire year.
This year's enumeration will show
about 3711 population or an increase
of about 600 in the five years.
This is a remarkable growth that
promises to continue indefinitely.
Hundreds of homeseekers are reach
ing Oregon monthly. No other sec
tion of the state offers greater in
ducements to new comers than does
Oregon City and Clackamas county.
There is abundant opportunity for
the laborer of every das as well as
the capitalist For this reason, then,
the population of this section may be
eipected to increase still further.
We hare the room and the advant
ages to interest the bomeseeker and
by properly advertising this section, ,
as is being done by the Oregon City
Board of Trade, we will get our share
of this influx of new people,
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THE COUNTY'S FINANCES,
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By promptly applying all available
fond in the cancellation of the coun
ty's outstanding Indebtedness, County
Treasurer Cahill has succeeded In re
ducing the aggregate of Clackamas
County's obligations to $66,302.83.
This condition was shown by the rec
ords last Saturday. This outstanding
indebtedness, which consists entirely
of warrants, is made up of warrants
issued for three years as follows:
1903, $13,761.17; 1904. $34,883.54;
1905. 17.658.12. Warrants aggregat
ing $10,286.41, hare been called in,
but as yet hare not been presented.
Since the collection of taxes was
begun in February, Treasurer Cahill
has handled an immense amount of
money. In that length of time he has
received and applied in the cancella
tion of warrants, the sum of $82,423.
22. During the month of March, alone,
$32,853.15 was paid out in redeeming
warrants an average of more than
$1000 per day, the greatest sum ever
disbursed by the county during a
single month.
These figures afford food for
thought. By continuing the conserva
tive policy of those now in charge of
the administration of county affairs,
it will be but a few short years until
the county will be restored to a pay-as-you-go
basis. This showing is cer
tainly most gratifying to the taxpayer,
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One of the most elaborate souve
nir editions ever issued by a country
newspaper in this state was that pub
lished last week by Messrs. E. H. and
W. C. Woodward, of the Newberg
Graphic. Printed on good book paper
with a souvenir first page of clever
design, the fifty pages are devoted to
an exposition of the resourceful in
dustries of Newberg and Yamhill
county. So well are the advantages
of Yamhill county set forth in this
publication that were our lot not cast
in Clackamas we would feel sorely
tempted to locate In our enterprising
neighboring county.
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IMPROVE THE MAIL SERVICE.
week he would bring some pork to
market. He arrived with the hog on
the following Tuesday, but the butch
er had not yet received the letter.
It would seem that the blame for
this miserable mall service and of
which the Colton people bar com
plained for more than a year, should
be placed where It belongs and a bet
ter service provided,
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FAILURE OF LIBEL SUITS.
The Oregonian well and truthfully
says: R. D. Hume, "King of the
Rogue." defeats Representative
Burnes of Coos, who brought suit for
libel.
Recently a libel suit in Astoria
came to nothing. A few years ago a
libel suit against the Oregonlan end
ed the same way. So with a suit
brought against a newspaper in Bak
er county a year ago. Likewise other
cases. It appears that actions for
libel thus far in Oregon have not met
popular approval or that pleas of In
jured feelings and damaged reputa
tions have not gone to the hearts of
juries. Why?
Largely because the publication
and the resentment caused thereby
were viewed by Juries as the surplus
fruit of political vitality. So long as
a man engages in politics he Is a pub
lic character and is subject to critic
isms which would be libelous were he
a private citizen. Politics Is a great
game with the American people: it is
the National sport and when a person
play it, he is expected to endure its
bard knocks as he enjoys its soft pals.
After a political campaign the wounds
soon heal up and hair over and the
public forgets all about them or re
members them with a smile.
The public and juries of Oregon
have been lenient with the press. It
behooves newspapers to use well the
privileges they hold. The failure of
libel suits in the past should make
editors not bolder but more cautious
and more considerate. The honest
newspaper libels nobody. Yet It is
exposed to danger of a libelous slip
of a word or sentence or a libelous er
ror of statement In a great daily
newspaper office this danger is ever
present The honest newspaper re
duces it to a minimum. Roseburg
Plaindealer.
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THIS YEAR'S ARCTIC EXPLORA
TIONS.
Commander Peary, who sailed from
New York on his quest for the north
pole, hopes to winter this year farther
north than ever before, and so to be
In better position than on any of his
six previous expeditions to make a
dash toward his goal. His ship, the
Roosevelt, is the best he has ever
had, and to offset all the bad luck
that has befallen him in the past he
hopes for good luck in his battle
with the ice this summer.
From 1882 to 1895 the United States
held the "farthest north" record,
which had been made by a member of
Greeley's party. Both Nansen. in
1895, and Cagni of Abruzzi's party, in
1900, have beaten that record, but
Peary himself now holds third place
by reason of his adventure of 1902.
There are in the arctic regions at
the present time two expeditions, of
which one. Flala's. seeks the north
pole, and the other, Amundsen's. Is
searching for the magnetic pole. Not
only Peary but also the Duke of Or
leans begin voyages this summer, so
that there are four parties for the
world to watch.
Flala who was equipped by William
Ziegler and the Duke of Orleans
both have chosen the route across
Franz Josef Land, but Peary has no
confidence in the feasibility of that
route. This time, as before, he goes
by way of Greenland. If he succeeds,
as he hopes, in attaining a point near
the shore of the Polar ocean by boat,
he will save himself the 400-mlle
march on land that he has previously
had to make and have an excellent
chance for ultimate success.
The world is impartial in the good
wishes which it sends with all polar
adventurers, however much it may
think that they are making great ex
penditure of time, money, of comfort,
and sometimes of life, for a reward
of little real worth. But surely if fate
gives it to Peary to win, the fame he
gains may be considered especially
well deserved, considering the years
of his life and the great material sac
rifices he has devoted to the effort.
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If the Oregon City Board of Trade
does not accomplish another thing
besides improving the mail service
for the people of Oregon City and
Clackamas county it will have per
formed a most appreciable service.
Not only are the mail facilities be
tween this city and. Portland lame,
but conditions under which mail is
transmitted to the interior of the
county, that is. in some sections, is
miserably poor and perhaps could
only be worse, if there were no serv
ice attempted at all.
John A. Stromgreen and J. J. Jones,
farmers, residing at Colton, were in
the city this week and they certainly
had a grievance to make. These gen
tlemen are readers of the Enterprise
which is generally mailed at the Ore
gon City post office Thursday after
noon. Instead of receiving the paper
Friday evening or Saturday at the
latest, the Colton subscribers do not
receive the paper until the following
Tuesday or five days after it has been
mailed at Oregon City.
This sort of mail service is a farce.
Colton is about sixteen miles distant
from Oregon City, still five days are
required for the delivery of mail that
is posted at Oregon City. The same
is true of letters.
This condition Is not blamable to
the Oregon City office for the reason
that all mail posted at the local office
is forwarded by the very first mail
train. Just where the blame belongs
it is not known, but suffice it to say
that the people of Colton are entitled
to a better service than they are re
ceiving. At present the Colton mail goes via
Portland to Estacada thence to Spring
water and then by star route to the
Colton people.
Wishing to market some hogs a few
weeks ago, Mr. Stromgreen mailed a
letter to an Oregon City butcher, to
whom he makes sales regularly, noti
fying the dealer that the first of the
THE TERMS OF PEACE.
Now that Sergius Witte has spoken,
and we are getting an indication of
both the condition and intentions of
the Russian government, what was
stated in these columns several weeks
j ago, immediately following the an
j nonneement of peace terms to be
proposed by Japan, is clearly justi
i fled. The statement of the tentative
I propositions to be advanced by the
(Japanese commissioners Included
i some propositions which it could
Avers
Losing your hair? Coming
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Hair Vigor
promptly stop the falling?
Your hair will begin to grow,
too, and all dandruff will dis
appear. Could you reason
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clearly be seen could not be accepted
by Russia unless she were rent by
internal discords and forced to ab
dicate her position among the great
powers of the world. The Globe-Democrat
expressed the opinion that Rus
sia was not reduced to a condition of
absolute submission, and the hope that
some of Japan's preliminary proposi
tions would be found to be advanced
only tentatively.
Since then discussion has appar
ently drifted In the direction of the
conclusion that Russia must have
peace at any price. It is well that M.
Witte disposes of this delusion as
thoroughly as he does. Exaggerated
reports of everything really occurring
in Russia, and Inventions of stories
with no foundation In fact account
for much of the delusion concerning
the internal condition of affairs In
that country and Its bearing upon the
war situation. But even had all that
has been told been true, the facts
would not have meant revolution in
Russia, which Is. as M. Witte tells
us, different In temperament and as
piration from all other nations of the
Western world. Had everything which
Is said to have happened in Russia
really happened, the nation could
have borne much more without show-
Ing symptoms of decay or division.
To those realizing this Important
truth It was clear that the war party
at court could not be bowled over as
easily as many supposed. M. Witte
makes this even clearer, pointing out
that the war party is hardly less
strong now than at the beginning of
the war. and intimating that the ac
ceptance of any degrading terms of
peace would at once restore It to full
ascendancy. What Russia will be apt
to consider degrading- terms has al
ready been indicated in the Globe
Democrat discussion of Japan's ten
tative propositions. That she can not
consent to turning over her Pacific
railroad to Japan, or even to an In
ternationalizing of that property, is
as true now as It was six weeks ago.
Neither can she surrender Saghallen.
unless it be as a set-off for money In
nemnity. Nor can she make surren
der of her war vessels in neutral ports
or accept restrictions on her naval
activities in the East All this has
been clear enough to people not mud
dled and fuddled by a mass of sen
sational reports and exaggerations.
As a matter of course, Russia can not
dictate at Portsmouth, but she is too
strong a power to have to accept
terms humiliating or disgraceful to
her. It is not a case of going to Can-
ossa by any means, and Japanese di
plomacy is apt to meet its highest
test at Portsmouth In avoiding respon
sibility for the continuance of a war
of which the Christian world is be
ginning to grow a little tired. ..St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
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COCKRELL ON 1908.
Gen. Cockrell has been giving out
some Delphic utterances about 1908.
He says he has an "abiding faith In
the Democracy;" declares that "the
percentage of men who believe In
Democratic principles Is just as large
now as ever;" says his party "will be
strongly In evidence when 1908 rolls
round;" confesses that he does not
know what the issues of that year will
be, but adds that he looks forward to
the election of that year with "high
hopes."
If either Gen. Cockrell or anybody
else gets any comfort out of these
out givings he must have a buoyancy
which would make Mark Tapley look
like the melancholy Jacques In the
comparison. His abiding "faith In
the 'Democracy," for example, Is not
shared by all his friends. If the De
mocracy had carried Missouri in 1904
it is not at all certain that Gen. Cock
rell would have been returned to the
Senate. When his party found out
that it could not elect anybody, its
members of the legislature put up
Cockrell. The element, however,
which deluded Cockrell into posing as
a presidential aspirant at the St. Louis
convention of 1904 had his defeat for
the senatorship in mind, and that ele
ment would have worked hard against
him in the legislature had the Demo
crats won a majority of that body.
There are more Benedict Arnolds and
Capt. Kidds in Missouri Democracy
than in any political sect extant in any
other state. Cockrell's old friend.
Bland, could testify to this if he were
alive.
It is all right for Gen. Cockrell to
look forward to 1908 with "high
hopes." Hope Rprings eternal in the
breast of every well-regulated Amer
ican Democrat, Populist, Republican
and everybody else. The ex,-senator
had high hopes In 1904 also. He said
Parker would be elected. Cockrell's
piratical friend. Captain Roaring Ralph
Stackpole. the Ring Tail Squealer, of
Pike County, went all the way to Eso
pus to tell Parker that his majority
in the electoral college would be the
biggest since Pierce cleaned out Scott.
Roaring Ralph will say the same thing
to the poor fellow who chances to
get the Democratic candidacy in 1908,
whatever his name happens to be.
But if that prediction of 1904 had
turned out to be true, and if Missouri
had joined the bulk of the other states
in the Democratic columns. Roaring
Ralph would have worked very hard
in Jefferson City last January to
write that bar sinster of an "ex."
across Cockrell's .name. St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
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fight one another over the spoils.
Business and the professions will look
as overcrowded as the elevated. Many
times they will yearn for the shade of
the oak in the yard at home and a
taste of mother's pie.
In the fullness of time a certain
proportion of them let us hope It
will be ninety-nine per cent will suc
ceed in some measure, and by that
time they will find that their measure
of success is this: to be able to go
back to the country and live where
they might have been all the time.
The country town afforded them lit
tle. They coald only get an Interest
in a dry goods store, or work Into a
practice at law or medicine that would
pay two or three thousand a year.
But It required very little, and the
two or three thousand would go as
far as six or eight go in the city.
They knew this very well, hut It
seemed to them that Life is in the
city. Perhaps it Is until the time
comes when It seems Just as clear
that Life is In the country. It Is more
and more a matter of every-day ex
perience that country youth Is no more
anxious to get into the city, where a
man has a chance to do business, than
city middle age Is to get Into the coun
try. It hurts the small boy to get a stone
bruise on his heel. Also, it distin
guishes him. He can 'show It to ad
miring companions who never had a
stone-bruise. When the man has lived
in the city ami gets back to the coun
try he is distinguishpd. He can show
his stone-bruises. Saturday Evening
Post.
You Will Be Satisfied;
WITH YOUR JOURNEY I
If vonr tu Vet. rm1 orr the tirintrr j
anil Kin ('.ramie ki.ilr.ii.il, the "Srcnlr !
Line of ihe Worl.l" j
BECAUSE
There are " many (centc attrncti.ni. !
anil (lnt. of tntrrr.t along the line
lirt ween OKlrn and Denier that the
trip never ietomn tirr.ome.
Oregon
Shoit line
ahd union Pacific
THREE TRAS TO THE EAST
DAILY -
If you are going Kait. write or Inlorma-
ti..n and iret a i.reti book that will t.ll you . "hroush Pullrrmn standard and Touf
? . ' ' I "pin curi dally to Omaha. Chlrago.
allatK.utlt. fl.kn; tourlat lMpln earn dally U
.., u ,,,. . . kanaaa City; through Pullman lourtal
W . C. McBRIUL, General Agent 1 Imping ran (personally conducted)
weekly to Chicago. Kanaaa City, rwlln-
PORTLAND, OREGON . Ing chalit (aeata fr to tba cast dally.)
OLIMBIA RIVER S EERY
Portland and The Dalles
ROUTE
j
Regulator
Line
Steamers
70
HOURS
Portland to Chicago
No Change of Car.
70
Eailly Explained. j
"I am ha iy to nay that I have never '
hnl a orosa won! with my iimtliPi-ln law."
"Remai kahlt-:"
"Nut ho v.-ry. She li.l gooil many
year bf-foif I was mari'lt-d."
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THE BUSINESS OF LIVING.
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At this writing an army of youths
with banners, is marching from col
lege to join the ranks of the fortune
hunters. Very many of these youths came
from country towns where life has a
wide and pleasant margin, and is still
democratically conditioned with one
honest man who can earn a living as
good as any other. But not many of
them will consent to do their fortune
hunting at home. Most of them will
go to the city,' where existence has
some ginger and there are prizes
worthy the beneficiary of higher edu
cation. There they will live in hall'bedrcxjms
up dingy streets. They will nearly
break their necks morn and night to
catch the elevated, and wish they had
quite broken them after they are
ground Into its Jam. They will find
that the city knows democracy no
more, but Is a place of classes that
If You Don't Forget to Mail It
A letter can nive you lot of time, trouble ,
and travel. W will be glai to rail up- '
on you promptly, if mi rf-ojit-xti-d. Kind j
out Juxt what you want nd in a day or
two. we will -nl you our low estimate
oovprtnir the oot of any large or ftraall j
plumbing JoU. on which you b-slie figure. ,
A. MIHLSTIN, j
Main Street, near Eighth
j Oregon City - Oregon
"BAILEY OATZERT" "DALLES CITY"
"REGULATOR" "METLAKO"
"SADIE B."
Btr. "Bailey Gatrt" Uave Portland
1 A. M. Monday. Wednesday and Fri
day; leave The Dalle 7 A. M. Tues
day. Thuiraday and Baturdaya.
8tr. "Regulator" leave Portland t A.
M. Tueadaya. Thursday and Baturdaya;
leave The Dalle 7 A. M. Monday,
Wednesday nd FrJay.
8tamers leaving Portland make, dally
connection at Lyle with C. R. N, train
for Goldendale and Klickitat Valley
point.
C R. 4 N. train leave Ooldendal on
Monday. Wednesday and Friday al
1:30 A. M., making connection with
teamer "Regulator" for Portland and
way point.
C. R. A N. train leave Ooldendal on
Tuesday. Thursday and Baturdaya at
840 A. M.. connecting at Tyls with
teamer "Badie B." for The Dalle, con
necting there with O. R. A N. train
East and West.
Btr. "Sadie B." leave Cascade Lock
dally (except Bunday) at 1 A. M. for The
Dallea and way point; arrive at 11 A
M.; leave The Dalle t P. M arrive
Cascade Locke P. M,
Meal served on all iteamerm.
Fin accommodation tor team and
wagon.
Landing at Portland at Alder Street
Dock.
H. C. CAMPBELL.
Manager.
Gen. Office, Portland, Oregon.
Depart, j Time Schedules, j Amivs
Chicago- ! Bait Lake. Denver, j
Portland i Ft. Worth. Omaha, l ;c
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Kane. Chicago and East!
Astoria & Columbia
River Railroad Co.
Leave.
1:00 A M.
Daily.
7:00 P.M.
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UNION DEPOT Arrive.
For Mavger. Rainier,
Clntakanie, Westport
Clifton, Astorla.War-
n-nton, Flavel. Ham
mond, Fort Bteven.
lOearhart Park, Sea-
aide, Astoria and
Heaahore. j
Ex pre Dally. '
Astoria Express.
Dally.
11:10A.M.
9:40 P.M-
C. A. STEWART. Comm'l Aft..
Alder street. Phone Main 0.
3. C. MATO. O. F. & P. A.. Astoria. Or.
Ocean and River Schedule
I For Ban Francisco Kvetry five day at
! 8 p. m. For Astoria, way point a
DallT
Portland. Oregon.
service (water permitting) on WBIaffl
ette and Yamhill river.
For detailed Information of rat.
The Oregon Railroad Navigation t
your nearest ticket agent, or
Geaaral Paaaenger An
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