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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1906.
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FRIOAY, JULY 13, 1906.
.NEW INTERSTATE
MERCE COMMISSION.
THE
COM-
VrtW Ihftf ratu linrtulnt Ln Jo nn oc
complished fact, it may be asked byjfa;Ltor- 8,1 ""tonioblle or
some people what the new and enlarg
ed Interstate Commerce Commission
is going to do with itself. It Is safe
to say that there will be work enough
for all seven of the new commissioners
provided for under new law. Hereto
fore the Commission lias been more of
a court than anything else and has
worked more or less on the lines of the
Supreme Court, only Instead of sitting
exclusively !n Washington, it sat in
Washington or elsewhere as the ex
igencies of the situation demanded !
and heard the complaints that were
brought to it by the shippers. It is
worthy of remark that none of the
complaints were brought by the rail
roads. They were able to create a
situation with which they were per
fectly satisfied.
But even the most of the complaints
of the shippers never came to a hear
ing. Numerous as the hearings were,
nine-tenths of the cases were settled
out of court, as it were, and this was
really the sort of work that demanded
the largest attention of the commis
sioners. Heretofore also, the Commission al
ways worked together. No commis
sioner was assigned to any particular
duty. Hut in the emergency created
by the Tillman-Gillespie resolution, the
Commission found that it had to split,
and one hearing before Judge Prouty
and Commissioner Clements was held
on the oil business in Cleveland while
another on the coal roads was held by
the rest of the Commission in Phila
delphia. With a larger force and with
the growing railroad system of the
country, it is likely that the Commis
sion now will split oftener and simul
taneous hearings may be held in Wash
ington and San Francisco. And it Is
possible with the court review feature'
to the law, that there may be one or
two commissioners always engaged
in defending the rulintrs of the" bodv
before the courts. This is the day of
specialization, and it is not likely that
the Interstate Commerce Commission
will escape. Hereafter it is more like
ly that the commission will seldom
. be all found in one place and if the
commission lives up to its privileges
and attempts to earn its salary under
the new law, there will be work enough
for all seven of the commissioners and
they will not get much holiday in the
summer either.
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PORTLAND'S FUTURE AND IT'S
RELATION TO THIS VALLEY.
Portland is throwing boqttets at her
self these days because of her rapid
growth in population and the building
boom that will transform the appear
ance of the business section.
Portland, while never really slow
as a city, seems to have awakened
from a long sleep so great is the con
trast made by the present conditions.
With one new competing transcon
tinental line sure, and two or three
probable, there is ample reason for
the faith in the city's future that is
now the predominating note in the
busy hum that electrifies Oregon's
metropolis.
Portland, by right of location and
start, should be undisputed metropo
lis of the North Pacific Coa.it, an
eventually of the entire Pacific Coast
Whether It fulfills its destiny or not
rests with the present generation of
business men in that city.
It goes without saying that ail of
western Oregon and especially the
Willamette valley will benefit by Port
land's prosperity. The larger the
market the better for growers is the
rule with few exceptions.
But aside from the influence unon
the agricultural, horticultural and live
stock interests, the growth of Port
land has a special significance for
Clackamas county and Oregon City
Thiit growth will be just in proportion
to the expansion of the manufactur
ing and commerce of the city and vi
cinity. Western Clackamas, including
Oregon City are a part of the vicinity
of Portland and we will grow with that
city if we are one-half alive to our
interests.
The day is not far distant when the
beautiful banks of the Willamette will
be marred in the esthetic sense by
factories all the way up the river to
the falls and beyond.
We say that time is not far distant
but it would be brought much nearer
as far as Oregon City is concerned if
the remaining natural advantages here
were conserved to the general welfare
of the town, steps taken to regain tht
natural advantages appropriated to in
dividual profit, and, lastly and imper
atively, be for Oregon City first, last
and all the time.
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A SURE SIGN OF A LIVE TOWN
Nothing succeeds like success. A
town Is ninety-nine times out of a
hundred, what its business men m;iks
it. Your opinion of your town, shovn
by your actions, is the opinion the
etranger will form of your town.
If you believe In Oregon City, want
IU trade to grow and strangers to say
'There Is a live town," get you name
and business in the local papers.
There Is not a prosperous town in
the United States without its pros-
pcrotts papers. Kllhor Is Impossible
without u.o other. mi o.r
papers are patronized the bettor S'or
papers wMl bo. or thoy will din of
competition from a live pafirr that will
be started w hore live merchants ap-
predate the groat Inlluence on their'
business by such a publication.
Cot your name and business In the
I local papers. That Is the first requi
site for success ami always a sure
sign of a live town.
There Isn't h business man In Ore
gon City, who has been a hundred
miles from home, hut who knows the
foregoing to bo absolutely true. It Is
;only a question of having the nerve to
spend a few dollars, which if wisely
done will return many fold.
PRISON FOR SCORCHERS.
Chauffeurs who drive their machines
at reckless snood should be broucht
up short by lawful methods, but we
would hardly ondorse the Oiegonlan's
I suggestion to shoot them.
j That paper may not have meant
i quite so drastic a remedy but It Is
Ihn tnf.tnm.., tti-i, will tw .t,.,.tt
,nv. inn i . tu v it". I "ill ' ui un iiv.'IU
Its paragraph intimating the police
may show such chauffeurs which Is the
bullet.
The sensible, lawful plan would be
to prescribe strong doses of Imprison
ment for scorching with no alterna
tive of fines, which are paid by the
rich owners of machines as a neces
sary expense of their luxury.
Theu enforce the law!
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BEST EVER IN CANBY.
The celebration at Canby was a big
success In every way. Big crowd, good
sports, and the speech by County Judge
lnmlck is declared by the Canby
Tribune to bo the best ever delivered
at Canby and the town has heard con
gressmen and governors.
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The Chautauqua assembly Idea may
not be absolutely original. The an
cient Greeks mixed recreation anil
learning to the everlasting gratitude
of beauty-loving mankind. The Chau
tauqua assembly, moreover, may bo
likened unto a widened camp-meeting,
where a catholic spirit of regard for
all truth takes the place of worship of
the great truth. Hut whether original
or not, the Chautauqua assembly is a
benefit and a blessing to all who par
take, either as a regular or a transient.
The one now in progress at Gladstone
Park will no doubt be as successful as
its predecessors. The program is at
tractive and no more comfortable
place than Gladstone Park can be
found these hot days in all this favored
valley.
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It is now stated that the packing
house exposures cost the Chicago
magnates $20.i00,umo in ten days.
With the per capita circulation of the
country only $:;2. it will take some
time for them to get all of this back
out of the consumer.
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It is about the limit of ordinary po
liteness when a gentleman gives up
his seat to a lady In the street car.
But it Is reported that Secretary Taft
Is the politest man In the country for
he always gives up his seat to three
ladies at the same time.
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There are circumstances and con
ditions that excuse or even Justify
short cuts that are not exactly legal.
by the city council. The urgency of the
new bridge on Madison avenue is a
case in point.
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It is reported that an earthquake
truck the edge of Wales but was dis
couraged from proceeding further by
the names of some of the towns it ran
against.
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Dick Crocker says he hopes to live
to see Byran elected president of this
country. Evidently Richard is no ad
mirer of that good old tune "I would
not live always."
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Meldrum's and Puter's sentences
to the penitentiary and heavy fines
lo not afford much comfort to the oth
ers whom Uncle Sam is pursuing.
Oregonian.
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Watches on the Hryan battlement.
have not yet noticed any cloud of
du.st hurrying toward them on the
road to Princeton.
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How the Czar must envy President
Roosevelt at having a Congress that
would not insist on staying in session
and talking back.
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Unless the Board of Trade gets a
move on, a higher power will solve the
sprinkling question in Oregon City In
a month or two.
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Senator Piatt rises to explain that
one wife and an express company are
quite as much as any man can man
age at once.
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Harry Thaw is doing everything
possible to prove himself perfectly
sane. Why, the man must be crazy.
An efficient policeman fairly earns
$73 a month or more; an inefficient
one Is dear at any price.
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Weekly Oregonian and Enterprise,
one year, 82.25 cash. tf
Colonist's tickets will be sold from
the East to points on the Oregon lines
of the Southern Pacific Co. via Port
land, commencing February 15 and
continuing daily to and Including April
7 and from September 15 until October
31. The rates from some of the princi
pal points are: Chicago, $25; Bloom
ington. 111.. $31.80; St. Louis, $30;
Omaha, $25; Kansas City, $23; Coun
eil Tilnffs t?
St. Joseph, $25; Sloux
City, $2
Denver, $25: corresponding
rates will be made from other points
and will appear to all points on Ore-
gon lines.
Persons desiring to nav for tick-
ets to tiring anyone from the East or
middle West to Oregon may deposit
the amount required with the local
agent of the S. P. The company will
do the rest. For further information
inquire at any aoumern racinc ucneiand he has not had a sick day since.
office.
J THE LAND FRAUD CASES
MELDRLM WILL APPEAL
U. 8. District Judge Hunt Grants
Petition to Prosecute a
Writ of Review.
Henry Meldniiu was granted an
order to prosecute a writ of review by
I'nited Slates District Judge Hunt at
Portland. Monday. The case will go
to the l uited ttutes Circuit Court of
Appeals, and his attorney ami friends
are
confident the higher court's do-
cislon will inure to Mr. Moldruiu's ad
vantage.
The appeal bond was fixed at $."0t).
The old bond was for fioeo. but that
did not cover the amount of the lines
in the sentence, which aggregate
The attorney for Meldruni Insisted
that the new bond be drawn so that
the surrender of the defetidants's per
son should satisfy the bond. The pros
ecutor raised the question whether
the old bond was not liable for the
tines Imposed. This was not decided
by Judge Hunt, as the point Is a new
one.
EXPECTED NO IMPRISONMENT.
Henry Meldrum Comments on
tence of Federal Court.
Sen
A dispatch in Saturday's Oregoulan
from Oregon City gave the following
interview with Henry Meldrum, nnent
his heavy sentence by the I'ulted
States District Court:
"The sentence was more severe
than I had expected: In fact I did not
look for any Imprisonment. My at
torney next Monday will argue a mo
tion appealing from the sentence that
has been imposed, and until then I
have no further statement to make,
other than to say I do not propose to
play the baby act. Whatever the re
sult may be, I will be found on hand
at the required time.
"I have dune nothing." he said, in
concluding, "that I would not n'pent
tomorrow under the same clrcumstanc
es."
In the interview, however. Mr. Mel
drum intimated that at the proper
time he might make an extended state
ment pertaining tj the offense of
which he stands convicted. Hut ho de
clined to divulge anything as to the
nature of the revelations he may
make at that time.
Oregon's Big Hop Crop.
Almost incredible though it may
seem, well posted Oregon hop growers
expect a crop of KlO.ooo bales In this
state thU xeason. This l an expec
tation based upon the present condi
tion of the yards. Some men who are
both dealers and growers say they will
not be surprised at a crop of HO.noo j
bales, and will be disapxilrited If It j
goes under MO.Oiio, with continued fa-j
vorable weather conditions. The larg-j
est crop heretofore gathered was that ,
of last year, aggregating los.umi bales.
A Ituft of I nrmnali.
A curi ius picture It; the Tar Eastern
Review, Manila, show several cocoa
nut rafts in a still lagoon, apparently
ready to go to market. The cucoanut i
are much lighter than water. They are
simply thrown In by tin- thousand ami
then roped together l y ioug strands of !
bark tiber into circular group about j
twenty fi-et across, all the cocoa tints' j
lying side by side. A single native j
:it can tow a number of these odd :
rafts dowu a sluggish stream where no !
r xid could be found for ordinary trans- j
It t a steamer wharf, rocoiinuts thus j
rafted will bear iitiite a bit of wind I
aud rough water without Ix-ing seat- ;
tered.
Ilnn'l Wailr.
Let nothing be wtisied or lost. Us
ing well or wasting the fragments of
time, of opportunity, the nooks aiideo:--
ners of life, makes ail the difference be-
twocn success and failure. This U espo-
clally true of spiritual work. Often the
best results are gained fr m the use of
fragments of our business or daily life,
the byproducts of living. Nature says,
"Gather up the fragments." In na-
ture's household there Is no waste.
Thn ,Wnv of roefcs fnrm On. ull t,f
plants. The decay of plants forms th
mold In which future plants will grow.
Tin; water dissipated in the air be
comes clouds mid rain. Woman' Life.
Mfnr tho Danirrr I.lnr. I SeaHon tickets Will be good for re-
In an account of a recent London ( tnrn frotn n ponts until October 10.
tragedy a slip Is made by a contem- j Three-day tickets will be good going
porn 17. It explains 'that "three doc-1 Saturdays and returning Mondays
tor are In attendance, but the woman j only. Tickets from Portland and vlcl
Is not yet dead." Not long ago n dally ! rilty will be good for return via the
nearly got Into a libel action by saying
that a patient was "no longer In dan
ger, though Dr. X. Is still visiting biro."
London Globe.
Mrs. Quiverful Tommy, (lid you give
your little brother the best part ol tliet
apple, r.s I told you? Tommy Q.
Ycssum; I g ive Mm til' seVs. lie can
plant 'en' tin' have 11 whole orchard.
Cleveland Lender.
To give pnln Is tyranny; tt ii'iitke hap
py, the true empire of beauty. Steele.
THE SMILE
;that won't come off. appears on baby's
face after one bottle of White's Cream
Vermifuge, the great worm mrtdlcino.
j Why not keep up that smile on baby's
face. If you keep this medicine, on
band, vou will never see anvthlnir else
but smiles on his face. Mrs. S.
Illackwell
Okla., writes: "My baby
was peevish and fretful
Would not
eat and I feared he would die. I used
a bottle of White's Cream Vermifuge
Sold by Huntley Bros. Co.
STAY TILL THE FINISH
Special Prosecutor Heney Returns To
Portland to "Clear the
Calendar."
r'raitcla .1. Honey, the special ns
tilslaut to the Attorney-General In pros
ecuting the land fraud cases, return
ed to Portland last week, ami will
stay until ho has cleared the calendar
of everything In which he whs special
ly Injerested In securing the Indict
ments. lie has a big Job on his hands.
About thirty cases Involving nearly
too persons resulted from Unit grand
Jury's work. At thtj usual rate of law
court work, It Is probable Mr. Menuy
will be counted n permanent resident
of Portland and be included In the
not National census.
The triul of the cases will begin next
Monday.
FARMERS COMBINE
IN BUYING SACKS
MOVE AGAINST WAREHOUSEMEN
WHO RESOLVED NOT TO
SUPPLY BAGS.
Salem, Or., July 7.-There Is a lively
war on between Willamette Valley
fanners and the valley millers and
warehousemen, growing out of Iho
question of furnishing sacks for grain.
It lias always been the practice ' for
warehousemen and millers to furnish
sacks to fanners and take the value
of the sacks out of the purchase price
of the grain when sold. Recently mill
ers and warehousemen In other valley
counties decided to discontinue this
practice and to require fanner . to
buy the sacks outright. Marlon and
Polk county gnilnbuyers have practi
cally agreed to tin' same plan though
no formal action has been taken.
"This Is a blessing to vulley farm
ers." declared W. . Taylor, a prominent
grain farmer today. "The warehouse
men have gut none the start of us.
for already we have begun arrange
lug to buy sacks Independent of them.
We have placed ourselves lit their
potter tin) long. Now the fanners will
build granaries on their own farms,
buy only sacks enough to haul their
grain from the field to the granary, let
the grain lie loose In bins, and thus be
compelled to buy only one tenth us
many sacks as they do.
"I have learned by experience that
I can sometimes get 8 cents more a
bushel for my wheat by having pos
session of the grain when I get ready
to sell. Farmers can make enough In
a single season by Increased prleo of
wheat, to pay for their granaries,
"I't the warehousemen combine.
We are doing something In that line
ourselves uud we shall buy our sacks
without paying tribute to the ware
houseux n."
OABTOIIIA,
! Botntha tia8 Htm BOilfflt
RATES.
Newport, Yaquina Bay, Breltenbush
Hot Springt From All S. P.
and C. A E. Polnti.
j On and after June 1. lOrtC, the South-1
! ern Pacific In connection with the !
: Corvallis & Eastern railroad will havo '
: on iialo round trip tickets from points
on their lines to Newport, Yaquina and
j Detroit at very low rates, good for re
turn until October 10, 19or,.
Throe dav tickets to Newnort. and
yaqllna, good going Saturdays and
i returning Mondays, are also on sale
! from all East Side points. Portland to
j Eugene, Inclusive, and from all West
Side points, enabling people to visit
j their families and spend Sunday at
j the seaside.
! Season tickets from all East Sldo
! and from 8,1 WeHt SI,I P"1"- ar0'
nrtl" lu """ '-Ty low
rates with atop-over privileges at Mill
City or any point east, enabling tour
ists to visit the Sant.iam and Hrelten
bush Hot Springs In the Cascade
mountains, which can be reached In
! one day.
East or West side at option of pas
senger. Tickets from Eugene and vi
cinity will be good going via the Lebanon-Springfield
branch If desired.
Iiaggage on Newport tickets checked
through to Newport, on Yaquina tick
ets to Yaquina only. Sunday excur
sions to Newport on the C. & E. will
begin Juno 10th or 17th and run every
Sunday thereafter, leaving Albany at
7:30 a. m.; leave Corvallls 8 a. m.
S. P. trains connect with the C. &
E. at Albany and Corvallls for Ya
quina and Newport. Trains on the
C. & E. for Detroit leave Albany at
7:30 a. m., enabling tourists to the
Hot Springs to reach thero the same
day, Trains from and to Corvallls
connect with nil East Side trains on
the S. P.
Full Information as to rates, time
table, etc., can be obtained on appli
cation to J. C. Mayo, Gen. Pass. Agt
C. & E. It. It. Albany; A. L. Craig, 0.
P. A., S. P. C6., Portland, or to any
S. P, or C. & E. agent.
Rates from Oregon City to Newport
$C.OO.
To Yaquina $0.00. '
Three day Rate from Oregon City
to Newport, $3.00.
HELLO 1 j
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2,(HI0 mile of lonjt ilis
tiutee telephone wlr In
Oregon, Washington, Ouli
Corn in aiut Unlit) now In
operation by lltt' I'uoitU
Station Telephone Com
pany, covoring 2,'-'oH
towns
' (Jtiick, iicc-urate, clump
All the natisfiittion of n
personal communication,
biHtatu-o no cfl'ect to
clear umlcrHUmling. Ko
kiine and San Francisco
us easily heard a Port
land. Oregon City office at
Hard mi: s I)rur SUm
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PIONEER
Transfer and Kxpress
Freight and parwU (K-livt'it'tl
to all parts of tho citv
RATES REASONABLE
Sold In Oregon t'lty by Muntley Urns.
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ELECTRIC LIGHT
AND POWER
A talk with us will convince you that ELEC
TRIC LIGHT is the only light you can afford
to use in your home, or put in the house you
are building. Your property will rent more
readily, will pay a higher income on the invest
ment and attract a better class of tenants
IF IT IS EQUIPPED WITH EI ECTRIC
LIGHT.
ELECTRIC POWER never tires. It setves
faithfully, never complains. Requires little or no
space, less care. Absolute adaptation to all con
ditions. Expense starts and stops 1 at your
command.
The use of ELECTRIC POWER means: Great
saving in machinery and initial cost of installa
tion of plant, high ECONOMY in cost of oper
ation, and an INTENSIFIED PRODUCTION
possible only where ELECTRICITY is used.
Advantages in the cost of producing power in
Oregon City, in comparison with other cities
of the country, enables us to make terms ex
ceptionally favorable to manufacturers, and to
furnish unequalled service at lowest rates.
REDUCED RATES
METER BASIS.
PORTLAND GENERAL
ELECTRIC COMPANY
C. G. Miller, Contract Agent for Oregon City
If You Want
if
a "Cracker Jack" Plumbing
Job at a little cost, by all
means confer with us bclore
handing out your contract.
A. MIHLSTIN,
Miilu Street, "'r Itlghth
JOHN YOUNGER,
jr je: jr jez x 3B ire,
Seventh Street, near Depot.
FORTY YHAKS LXI'KKIIiNCK IN
Urcnt Hrilain tind America,
FOR CURRENT ON
I Famous at home for I
1 Generations past; 1
1 Famous now all over I
1 the World. I
ror Sal 0 I
I . E. MATTHIAS- 1
H Sol Aony ,or Ortgon City. H