OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1905.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1905.
MONDAY'S ELECTION.
it would have been better had the re
ported "mystery" been looked into,
to the end at least, that any injustice
to the young woman could have been
avoided.
A member of the "upper ten", of even
less mature years could have gone to
Portland under the same circumstan
ces and remained for a longer time
and there would not have been started
any such sensational rumors as re
sulted in the case here spoken of.
But this girl was a working girl
and what mattered it if her reputation
was assailed? The report offered a
good foundation for a sensational story
and ' scandal mongers relish that sort
of reading. So let them have it re
gardless of the consequences.
The world would be a great deal be-
ter off if he who cannot speak well of
his fellows would say nothing.
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VOTERS MUST REGISTER.
By decisive majorities E. G. Cau-
field and his associates, candidates
for Councilmen were elected in the
annual municipal election Monday. The
contest proved too one-siaea to oe
reallv interesting. The election turn
ed on the franchise question although
the Oregon Water Power Company's
freight franchise, having been killed
by Mayor Sommer's veto, was in
reality not an issue. Indirectly, how
ever, the franchise did figure in the
election and the opponents of the
dead ordinance conducted an extreme
ly aggressive campaign and scored a
big victory.
It is not to be inferred, neither do
we think the Council as it will be con
stituted after the first of the year, will
for an instant hesitate to negotiate
with the Oregon Water rower sc
Railway Co. or any other corporation
for the granting of any franchise that
is right and fair to both smes ana in
the operation of which the interests of
both the transportation corporation
and the municiDality will receive
protection and encouragement in the
development of the country and its
extensive resources.
Rut there are other problems, equal
ly perplexing, that will confront the
new administration. The finances of
Oregon City are not in the condition
hat thev should be. For a number
of years the obligations of the city
bave been gradually increasing until
now the aggregate of outstanding in
terest-bearing warrants is too large
the interest charges constituting the
principal item of expense in the city's
government.
There should be a vigorous pruning
along all lines to the end that . the
expenses of the city may be kept
within its resources. The cost of the
various departments should be cur
tailed. The practice of dislodging
hoboes from the brake-beams of pass
ing freight trains or routing these
transients from empty box cars and
prosecuting them on vagrancy char
ges at the expense of the city might
be abandoned or at least not conduct
ed on the wholesale scale that has
been followed, without very greatly
sacrificing the public peace and safe
ty, while an appreciable saving
would result to the taxpayer who foots
these bills.
Any attempt to limit the city's ex
nenriitures to an amount less than
its resources will be duly appreciated
by the tax paying public. Along this
line, Mayor-elect Caufield and the
newly organized council has a good op
portunity to make a record. We feel
confident that the opportunity will not
be overlooked.
In order to participate in the pri
mary election that will be held early
in April, voters must register at the
office of the county clerk or with a
notary public prior to that time. Oth
erwise they will not be permitted to
vote at the primaries since any previ
ous rgistration does not hold good
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doctor's medicine for all
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for over 60 years.
"I have used Ayer's Cfierrv Pectoral in my
family for eight years. There is nothii
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ers should get out of the habit of put
ting off to the last minute the matter
of registering and thereby run the
risk of having to forfeit his right to
vote. Registration books will be open
ed early in January and voters should
lose no time in qualifying as electors.
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MAKING POSTAL ENDS MEET.
The postal deficit in the United
States for the last fiscal year was over the interstate commerce commission
with" the President only on details,
and the details, of course, are some
thing that will have to be arranged in
Congress. The President has nothing
to do with the minute provisions of j
the regulation scheme. In his forth
coming message he will urge the enact
ment of a law which will give certain
powers in the regulation of rates to
$14,000,000, and will be larger this
year. It is said by the department
that the rapid extension of rural free
delivery is the cause of the deficit.
But the annual postal deficits have
been the rule for a long time, and have
reacnea into some minions before a
or to some board belonging to the gen
eral government, but Congress, if it
agrees with the scheme, will frame
the measure.
From present indications the maj
ority of the Republican members of
the committee will be on the Presi-
single rural delivery route was estab- dent's side bv 'the opening of Cone-
Jished. It was then clearly perceived ress. Cullom, of Illinois and Dolliver
and pointed out that the annual deficit of Iowa have been with the President
was caused by the transportation of from the beginning. Millard of Ne
an immense amount of matter at los- j braska, who is counted as doubtful,
ing rates. Some of the waste has is also with the President. Several
been stopped, but a big leak there ! times in the past few months he has
siui exists, many persons wno nave I made his attitude plain to the coun
looked into the matter say the govern- ! try. There is now a reasonable chance
mem pays extravagantly for trans- , that Elkins will side with the adminis
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gate and stop abuses. Approximate
legislation will stop the deficit.
Rural free delivery has come to
stay. It is a good thing, and ought to
be broadened in its work, 'especially in
the conveyance of parcels. One of the
existing postal absurdities is that it
costs less, to send a parcel from any
aomestic omce to London than to send
the same parcel between two domestic
offices, no matter how close to each
other. The people do " not ask, that
the post office should turn a big net
profit into the treasury, as is custom
ary m .Europe, but they want the de
partment to pay its way and lop off
me aeaa weight and impositions it is
saddled' with. European postal work
has many branches not introduced in
the United States, and this matter is
worth examining. A $14,000,000 defirit
will compel attention in Congress. It
will probably cover the treasury de
ficit for the present year. Exchange.
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ADVERTISING PAYS.
Some of our doubting Oregon City
friends, who insist that advertising
does not pay, would have experienced
a remarkable change of mind had they
been in the vicinity of Rosenstein's
clothing store in this city Wednesday,
or in fact any of the succeeding days
of this week. The printing of a one
page ad and the distributing of sev
eral thousand dodgers throughout the
country surrounding Oregon City did
the work.
In these advertisements it was an
nounced that this business house would
be opened promptly at 9 o'clock Wed
nesday morning and the entire stock
closed out - at a sacrifice. The re
sponse from the people of the com
munity was astonishing. With a score
of assistants the management was un
able to serve the customers. Repeat
edly during the"' day did the store be
come so congested that it became nec
essary to close the doors in order that
fstles might be made with any degree
rof uatisfaction. This condition con
tinued during the remainder of the
week with the result that the entire
istocSf will be disposed of in considera
bly less time than those in charge of
the sale contemplated.
The argument that advertising does
not pay is too ridiculously absurd to
require that anything be said in re
futation. Advertising is the lubricat
ing oil of the business world and the
successful operation of your machin
ery depends upon its use.
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SCANDAL.
An Oregon City girl, twenty years
of age, went to Portland the other
day and because she did not happen
to return to her home before dusk the
news reporters published scandalous
reports of the incident of a sensation
al character.
The foundation of the story of the
young lady's "mysterious disappear
cean" undoubtedly originated in the
fertile imagination of some member of
the scandal circulating society, which
works overtime that something detri
mental, rather than complimentary
may be said of a neighbor's character.
The reporters are not especially de
serving of censure for, in preparing
their news, there is little time usually
in which they may investigate and
run down the genuineness of the infor
mation on which many items are writ
ten. But in this instance, where the
reputation of a young girl was at stake
The supreme court has again passed
upon a case where a municipal gov
ernment, or the legislature, has at
tempted to qualify or restrict a citi
zen's right to vote and has declared
what is the plain mandate of the mn.
stitution of Oregon, that no conditions
as to the qualifications of an elector
can be prescribed by the legislature
or any other power in this state, ex
cept the people themselves by the
method of constitutional amndment.
Roseburg has a law or ordinance lim
iting the right to vote to realty hold
ers, but it is clearly void and perhaps
is only partially observed. A property
quanncation limiting the choice of j
counciimen to tree holders is not re
called that there has been any case
passed upon by the supreme court in
volving this particular point. Its ob
servance in any case has not been
punctilous. In the past few years
there have been two members, and
possibly more, sitting on the council
of Ashland who owned no real estate
in their own names, but it has not
been the pratice here to elect men to
the council who were not realty hold
ers at the time. In each case they
were accredited as owning land in
their own right. Section 2 of Article
2 of the constitution defines the quali
fications of electors and a qualified
elector is eligible to office. Neither
the legislature nor city governments
possesses any power to chanere the
fundamental law. Ashland Tidings.
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Hon. B. L. Eddy, of Tillamook, and
J. M. Lawrence, of Bend, Eastern Or
egon, have been appointed by Presi
dent Roosevelt as Register and Re
ceiver, respectively, of the Roseburg
Land Office. Mr. Eddy is a prominent
lawyer and leading Republican of
tration by the time the bill is framed
which will present the matter to the
Senate. Foraker's friends say there
is no irrepressible conflict between
him and the President on the rate is
sue, which means that they belieye
Foraker will be over on the Presi
dent's side by the time the subject
comes up in Congress. Keane of New
Jersey, who is a new man in the Sen
ate, and who has been placed among
the opponents of the President s pol
icy, is reported to be swinging over
to the administration. The division
among the Republicans of the Senate
interstate commerce committee will
not be serious enough to give the
Democrats any aid and comfort.
At least three facts 'will prevent a
split among the Senate Republicans
on the rate regulation question. The
people of the country, by a large ma
jority, favor that policy. A rate-regulation
bill will pass the House early
in the session, and will receive the
votes of three-fourths or more of the
Republican members of that cham
ber. All the Republican leaders of
the popular branch, from Cannon
down, are in favor of a measure sub
stantially on the lines which the Pres
ident urges. If the Republicans of
the Senate fail to give rate regulation
the support which it needs to carry
it through that body the Democrats
will do the work. These considera
tions will prevent any serious break
among the Republican senators on
that policy. A regulation bill in some
shape is sure to be enacted. The
senators who stand out against that
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FOR SALE BY
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BRTGHTBILL
Phone 1261
503 MAIN STREET.
Newell, is a man in whose capacity,
vice camped one night in the sage
brush, in the midst of an Idaho desert
integrity, impartiality and freedom
from political maneuvering every one
has confidence. This confidence has
been justified by results. He has sur
rounded himself with a thoroughly ef
ficient corps of energetic men, select
ed solely on the score of their quali
fications for their particular tasks.
Already there are under way eleven
important .irrigation projects in vari
ous states and territories, one of which
in Nevada, is so far completed that
water is being delivered to some 50
UPPER WILLAMETTE
RIVER ROUTE.
SALEM, INDEPENDENCE, ALBANY,
CORVALL.IS AND WAY LANDINGS.
JOHN YOUNGER,
if they appeaT Tor reflection. The 00 cres f WaS former,y a bS
country is resolved to try the experi
ment of placing a supervision over
railway rates in the hands of some
government board, and the people usu
ally accomplish what they set out to
do. On the rate regulation question
as on all other Important issues the
Republican line in Congress is likely
to remain unbroken. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
ren desert. Others are nearing com
pletion. The progress has been made
in spite of obstacles encountered in
all government work, the series of an
noying and, at times, costly delays,
in the dispatch of business due to the
red tape of departmental methods.
The secondary result, the peopling
of the irrigable tracts with an ener
getic population, has been instantane
ous. It has not even awaited the de-1
liverv of water. The land has no soon-
Principal among the subjects cover-1 er been opened to settlement than it
ed in President Roosevelt's message has swarmed with home-builders and
to Congress are those of graft and 1 their families. A concrete illustra- i
railroads which are discussed at some i tion fviU afford some idea of what ir
length. But in Clackamas county the j rigatlon means to the West. A year
more intimately a public officer can ago a member of the reclamation ser
become associated with railroad cor- thirty miles from the nearest house.
oorations the more solid appears to This was on a tract comprising 100,
be his standing with the populace, j 000 acres which was included in one
But then, things are done differently j of the irrigation projects. Two weeks
here in Oregon. You must first be j ago, though the project is not yet com
in the employ of one or more corpor- j pleted and though not a drop of water
otiin o hafnra vin s.ov n .. - 1. vat haan f 1 I'll i 70 CO rl t Pfd hnrl
the people in an official capacity. - j sprung up about the spot where he ;
i had slept 1400 well built homes, nous- ;
ing as many iamines wnicn were sup-
Leave Portland 6:45 a. m. dally (except
Sunday) for Salem and way points.
Leave Portland 6:45 Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday for Independence, Al
bany and Corvallis, stages of water
permitting:.
DAILY
RIVER EXCURSIONS
OF
OREGON CITY BOATS
Near Huntley's Drujr Store,
FORTY. EARSEXPERIENCE IV
Great Britain and America.
TIME CARD
Week Days
Leave Portland. .
a. xn. a m.
8:00 11:30
p.m.
3:30
p. in. p.m.
1:30 5:30
Leave Oregon City. .10:00
ROUND TRIP 45c
Tickets exchanged with O. W. P. & Ry.
Senator Fulton has introduced a bill
in Congress appropriating $100,000 for
Tillamook county and Mr. Lawrence a public 'building at Oregon City.
was formerly editor of the Enterprise o
and at the time of his appointment was
editor and publisher of the Bend Bui- j WHAT IRRIGATION IS DOING,
letin. Mr. Lawrence is being warmly '
congratulated on his appointment When the advocates of irrigation other roads running into St. Paul the
which he was successful in landing ' first began theirs educational propagan- j forecast, that within a few years ir-
porting three thriving towns. What
had been a desert given over to jack :
babbits and sage brush was selling as
high-priced farm land.
In the light of such transformations
and in view of the number of projects
lying along the Northern Pacific and
SPECIAL
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ROUND TRIP 25c
Leave a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m.
Portland 8:30 9:30 11:30 1:30 3:30
Leave a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m p.m.
Or. City 10:00 11:30 1:30 3:30 5:30
OREGON CITY TRANSPORTATION CO.
Office and Dock:
Foot Taylor Street
Phone Main 40.
We Carry Fine Bath Tabs
without the assistance of Senator Ful- da their estimates of the new Donula-
ton who supported and recommended tion that could be put on the enormous
another aspirant for the place. irrigable, acreage of the arid belt was
received with some incredulity, not'
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rigation will add 500,000 inhabitants
to the population tributary to St. Paul
is not over-sanguine. And the value
of this population as a market will be -
ine numane societies ought to ad- as beinsr nracticallv improbable. Th
vocate a change of the manner of kill- capacity of a small acreage under ir-
ing turkeys, as the one usually pursued rigation to sustain a family and the
seems brutal. The turkey is hung up value of the crops that could be taken
by the legs and the main artery in off irrigated lands year after year with-
iue ukvk. is cm ana me Dira is tnen out those uncertainties due to wide
as being theoretically impossible, but l far above the average. Their per cap
allowed to bleed to death. Why not
cut its head off as is ordinarily done in
killing a chicken ?--pEx.
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NO SPLIT AMONG REPUBLICANS.
variations in rainfall and sunshine
which have to be reckoned with in the
humid belt were not thoroughly com
prehended. The extent of the area
suscepttble to irrigation and the popu
lation which it could support in corn-
It is safe to disregard the story fort and even in luxury, under a sys-
from Washington that the Republi
cans in Congress will split over the
question of railroad rate legislation
A division of opinion exists now a
mong the Republican members of the
Senate interstate commerce commit
tee, but there are evidences that this
tern of small farms, rose in the pre
liminary calculations to a figure that
was so difficult to grasp that many
set the estimate down as more or less"
imaginary.
It seems only a few months since
the irrigation act was passed, but al
will practically or actualy disappear ready enough has been accomplished
when Cngress meets. Chairman to indicate that the estimates are not
Elkins of that committee denies that likely to prove excessive. . The re-
he is opposed to the principle of the clamation service has been splendidly
President s plan. He says he differs organized,
C. N. Greeiifflau,
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All the satisfaction of a
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Distance no effect to a
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Hard ilia's Driur Store
ita wealth, the margin they will have
to spend on other than the necessities
of life, their average . producing and '
consuming capacity, will be far higher-';
than that to be expected of an equal ;
population located on ordinary lands i
or in cities, towns, and villages. The ; '
creation of such a population and such and everything else in the line of first
a market is what irrigation has al- 'class Plumbing Equipment. The val
ready begun to do for St. Paul, and it ue of modern, absolutely sanitary
will not be many years before the ben- plumbing is inestimable; it saves
efits are fully realized if the present much work and worry and may save
efficient, impartial and far-sighted or- your life. Don't endaneer health and
ganization and plan of operation in happiness by living in the house that !
Deserves Your Patronage.
The growth of a community and the
success of its local institutions depends
entirely on the loyalty of its people. It
Is well enoueh to preach "patronize home
industry" but except the ser-lce given
at a home institution- equals that of out-of-town
enterprises, this argument car
ries no weight and is entirely disregard
ed. as It should be. But -with Oregon Mt
people it is different. A few months
ago E. L. Johnson established the Cas
cade Laundry. It is equipped with the
latest improved machinery and is daily
tnrnlng out work that is equal to anv
the reclamation service is zealously is equipped with old fashioned fix- ! a"d superior to much of the laundry
maintained. j tures. Get our prices on refitting ! w'"k that is being done In Portlan.
AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULE.
"Do you believe in' the survival of
the fittest?"
."Generally, yes: but not when it
The chief engineer, F. H. comes to Thanksgiving turkeys."
; your entire house with good Plumb- ; Bein a home institution and furnishing
employment tor many Oregon City people
it is enjoying an immense patronage.
The high standard of the work being
done commends it to the general public.
Laundry left at the O. K. barber shop will
be promptly called for and delivered to
any part of the city. Telephone 1204.
I E. L. Johnson, proprietor.
F.C.GADKE
The Plumber,
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