OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE. FRIDAY, JULY 27. 190.
$1111,000 ON
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INCREASE OF OVER A MILLION
DOLLARS. MOSTLY ON COR
PORATIONS, ANNOUNCED
BY ASSESSOR NELSON.
The total assessment of Clackamas
county for 1906 will exceed $11,000,000
paid Assessor Nelson. Wednesday
The assessment on lands will be the
same as last year, but there will be
an increase of over a million dollars
in the assessed valuation of corpor
ate property.
The assessment for 1504 footed up
to is.siti.oou. That for 1903. to $10.
0S3.520 total, or less the J175.4;5
household goods exemption, to $9.
608,045. So the eleven million .this
year means an Increase of almost a
million and a half dollars.
The Portland General Electric com
pany contributes the largest sum year
ly -to the Clackamas county treasury
oi any taxpayer. The big monopoly
paid in over $15,000 taxes last year on
an assessed value of their property
xi b0O.(KO. The same property will
be assessed this year between seven
and eight hundred thousand, says Mr.
fseison. ,
The total Increase on the mills tn
uregon cuy win amount to over
$300,000. The Willamette Pulp & Pa
per company will pay on at least
$325,000 this year. When Mr. Nelson
came Into office four years aeo the
same company was assessed $S4.000.
The Crown mills will pay on at least
$125,000 this year; four years ago
their assessment was $29,000.
The assessment of the Southern
Pacific railroad company will be more
than doubled, and there will be a big
increase of the valuation of the O.
W. P. R. Co. The latter was only
assessed at $18,800 four years ago,
$162,060 last year, but this year must
pay on $210,000. During this big in
crease not a mile of track has been
added in this county. The assessed
value per mile has risen from $14v0 to
$7000. :
1 he Southern Pacific assessment
per mile has been boosted in four
years from $3500 a mile to $15,0o0 a
mile. Mr. Nelson does not value the
S. P. quite so highly as the recent
conference of assessors proposed
$19.000 yet his more than doubling
of last year's figures is relatively a
far greater increase, for lands are
not increased here at aJJL In the
counties that are going t J 'assess at
$19,000, the general assessment has
been correspondingly raised on all
property and full cash valuation plac
ed on lands and personal property, so
in reality the boasted raise on the S.
P. is no increase at all.
THE SMILE
that won't come off. appears on baby's
face after one bottle of White's Cream
Vermifuge, the great worm medicine.
Why not keep up that smile on baby's
face. If you keep this medicine on
hand, you will never see anything else
but smiles on his face. Mrs. S.
Blackwell, Ok'a., 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
and he has not had a sick day since."
Sold by Huntley Bros. Co.
bowels. For sale by Howell & Jones.
C. S. EXAMINATION
FOR FISH CULTURIST
GOOD UNITED STATES GOVERN
- MENT POSITION OPEN REL
ATIVE GRADES GIVEN.
t
Field Superintendent J. Nelson Wis
ner has announced that a civil ser
vice examination will be held Wed
nesday, August 8, for the position of
fish culturist in the I'nited States bu
reau of fisheries. The examination
will be conducted at postoffices in As
toria, Portland, Eugene and Baker
City, and the department desires that
all men, between the ages of 20 and
40, who have been employed tempor
arily and otherwise in the work of
'fish culture should participate.
Fifty grades are given for experi
ence in fish culture, 5 for spelling, 15
for arithmetic, 5 for penmanship, 15
for letter writing and 5 for copying
rough drafts.
SPRINKLING CART
COMING THURSDAY
BIDS FOR PUBLIC WORK ACCEPT
ED BY COUNCIL AT MEET
ING WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
The sprinkling cart has been bought
for $290 and will arrive In Oregon City
Thursday by boat, so the committee
reported to the council Wednesday
night. The committee was authoriz
ed to contract with Williams Bros,
to run same on trial one week at $5
for each week day and $7.50 on Sun
day, in order to secure data on which
bids for longer contract may be ask
ed. There was only one bid for the im
provement of Sixth street from Water
street to Railroad avenue. It was
from Harry Jones and totaled $1175.32.
The engineer's estimate as $1032.07,
but Jones' bid was accepted.
Jones also secured the contract for
the new bridge on Madisou avenue,
his bid being $410. C. K. Koyal &Jon
of Salem bid $619 and J. D. Rentier
$470.
The Oregon City Transportation
company considers $7.60 a month ex
cessive rental for the Eighth street
docks. The company has been trying
to settle a year's rent at $5 a month,
but council ordered Recorder to col
lect $7.50 until January 1st next.
The ordinance for purchase of
crushed rock was passed, and ordi
nances for numbering houses, naming
strvt ts. limiting speed of automobiles
to 8 miles an hour, and directing
Chief of Police to collect licenses,
sprinkling subscriptions, etc.. at a sal
ary of $15 a month, were each read
once and ordered published. They
are printed on page 0 of this paper.
Resolution to cancel two Center
street improvement bonds of $300
each, due August 1st. was passed. The
bonds are held by the Hank of Oregon
City, and were issued two years ago
to anticipate payment of assessments
by property owners.
BIG GUNS RIDING
ON BLIND BAGGAGE
TWO YOUTHFUL SUSPECTS "ARM
ED TO THE TEETH" PULLED
FROM EUGENE LOCAL.
Fred Jorgeson and Ralnh Lewis,
two boys, aged about IS years, were
taken from the "blind baggage" of
the Eugene Local Monday by Chief
of Police Burns, on advice from Sher
iff Culver of Marion county. They
had big guns and enough ammunition
to supply a thirteen inch gun turret.
The lads were suspected of having
burglarized a store at Marlon, but a
deputy from Salem came down Mon
day night and said the boys were not
the parties wanted, so they were re
leased. A SS calibre revolver was found in
Jorgeson's pocket and a 32 calibre
shooting iron in a valise owned by
Lewis. They claimed to live west of
Corvallls and to be on their way to
Portland to look for work.
DO NOT NEGLECT YOUR BOWELS.
Many serious diseases arise from ne
glect of the bowels. Chamberlain's
pleasant and agreeable laxative. They
invigorate the liver and regulate the
Stomach and Liver Tablets are a
The Twice-a-week Journal and the
Enterprise, one year, $2.25, 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 rafs from some of the princi
pal points are: Chicago. $25; Bloom
ington. 111.. $31.80; St. Louis, $30;
Omaha. $25: Kansas City, $25; Coun
cil Bluffs. $25; St. Joseph, $25; Sioux
City, $25: Denver. $25; corresponding
rates will be made from other points
and will appear to all points on Ore
gon lines.
Persons desiring to pay for tick
ets to bring 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 Southern Pacific ticket
office.
GRANGE SECRETARY CONVALES
CENT. Mrs. Mary S. Howard, of Mulino,
secretary of the Oregon State grange,
is Just recovering from a serious ill-
CASTOniA.
inn , !:3 K.rd Vc;i Hy y-nn B::?i
Dustless Road Test.
At Sharon Hill, Pa., automobiles and
horsemen are deeply Interested in a
mile, of dustless and waterproof road
way that is being constructed by the
Darby & Chester Turnpike company
as an experiment. The cost of the
mile Is to be $1200. The new sub
stance which is known as Westernite
Is a German invention, it Is said, and
has been imported only eight weeks.
It is mixed and spread like cement.
A German expert has charge of the
work. The experimental mile is being
laid at Rodley park.
OASTOTIIA,
Be&rttha . ) I1" K'"d Yen Haw Always Baagfa
The Marriage Knot.
A good deal is heard of the "mar
riage knot," but very few of us realize
that the knot was ever anything more
than a figure of speech. Among the
Babylonians tying the knot was part
of the marriage ceremony, says Home
Chat. The priest took a thread from
the garment of the bride and another
from that of the bridegroom and tied
them into a knot, which he gave to the
bride, thus symbolizing the binding na
ture of the union which now existed
between herself and her husband.
Mother's Ear
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Nuimma ai irMT, una m rum
MOUTHS THAT COM FOa THAT
J SCOTT'3 EMULSION
h eurpuca thm mxtha tinqth ado
houribhmcnt mo wcaar mom
1 THB HCALTM Of BOTH MOTHER AHO
$ CHILD.
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J SCOTT & BOWNE, ChemteU,
1 49-4 "5 I'rl Street, New York.
-fl toe. and ft nn . alt 4mr...
Large 10c Box of
1500 Matches
CARNIVAL
PRICE
5c
Thp firpflt Rarrfain Fvpnt nf thp Yp,iH a money-maker for you-a clearance for us.
I IIC UI Oil OUIgdlll LVtlll Ul UlC I vdl! Hundreds of things for less than cost. We will close out a big
lot of goods to prepare for fall shipments. Bring your cash, it will do double duty. If you have chickens or eggs, will pay
you more than market price. Come as soon as you can, for many of our offerings cannot be supplied when gone.
Here is an example of fake sales, as told by a Portland wholesale house: This' man runs " Fire," "Wreckage" or
"Earthquake" sales, three or four at once under different names; he bought high-grade overalls at 63c and advertised them at
39c. His clerk would size up his customer and tell him he hadn't 34 but had 38 and would look over a few odd sizes and
try to sell another brand at 75c. Said a wholesale shoe man: "There are no genuine sales in Portland except the annual
clearance sales of the big stores." Our store does not fake. We will take less than cost for broken stock and slow sellers, but
on part of our groceries will make a profit to stand off expenses.
Miscellaneous Hot Shot.
Full cream cheese, half price ....10c!
Oranges, for a day or two 1c ;
Flour sifter (15c Value) 9c '
10c mirrors ;.4c
10c combs 7C ;
Summer coats, 31 to 3G sizes, were
70c, now 19c and 24c, vests 5c!
Bovs' Japanette handkerchiefs, I
...
ac value for , 30
Ladies
bleashed vests usually 10c
Carnival price 6c
Odd lot paper patterns each 1c
Same patterns, package of 25 .... 5c
Card callar buttons 2c
Boys' heavy plow shoes ($1.30) $1.08
Men's 10c black sox 7c
Good big washboard 21c
Ladles stock collars were 25c to 50c,
odds and ends 4e
Ladles Windsor ties cut to 19c
Men's linen collars 2c to
20c window screens cut to
9c
.10c
Groceries
Our grocery counter is the busiest
place in the city and no wonder.
We have planned to wait on larger
crowds and to handle lots of butter.
. eggs, chickens, etc.
Toilet Soap, bar 2c
Tar Soap 2 for 5c
Laundry Soap, 5 for 10c
luc stove polish 4c and 6e
Odd lot spices 2c and 6c
loc box matches 1300 5c
Smoked meat for seasoning, Tb..7!,'ac
Union Leader tobacco 4c
Chewing tobacco 35c and 45c
13c large market basket 9c
10c market basket 5c
10-qt. galvanized pail 19c
14-qt. galvanized pail 23c
Box toothpicks 3c; barrel tacks.. 3c
20c and 25c coffee pots cut to.... 10c
30c camping coffee pots cut to ...,15c
THIS IS A GREAT CASH-GETTING SALE-WE CANNOT CHARGE
We will do oar level best to give you greater values than you ever .received here or elsewhere. Come! we
will treat you well. '
S?T7
-
$2 Picture Frames j
11
39c
Carnival
Price
ii
LOWER PRICES FOR
CREAMERY BUTTER
MARKET AFFECTED BY THE SAN
FRANCISCO DISASTER PROS
PEROUS CREAMERY.
"This season is not so "good for
cream sellers and creameries as for
several years past," said P. Vetsch of
the Damascus creamery, who was In
Oregon City, Wednesday, on business.
Prices are considerably lower, the
wholesale market for top grade cream
ery being only 21 Vi cents today."
P. Vetsch is the Portland represen
tative of the Damascus factory and
handles the entire optput. The cream
ery Is owned by M. Vetsch and sons.
It ships in no cream, but relies whol
ly on the supply from the country
within wagon drive. Its output is
5000 pounds a week and five wagons
are kept busy gathering the cream.
Its butter brings top of market. It Is
handled In Oregon City by E. h. Wol
vorton. The Frisco fire Is In part the cause
of lower prices for butter as that city
was the main market for the poorer
grades. The loss of that market of
course affected all grades.
SEALED BIDS WANTED.
Sealed bids will bo received by the
undersigned up to August C, 1906, for
11 iOiil
Men's 10 cent Nock or Ton Sox -7 rf-Q
Carnival Price , vIO
Ladies' 10 cent Black Hose 7 rJc
Carnival Price via
ED
SECOND
Is now in
Small washlManls cut to 10c
I M I I. .I.....
I iiiiiienpoi". mi '.en
loaspoons. set or 0 5c
'nli 4c; sjmirllagij 4c ,
l0c ttl bluing 5c '
IU st quality syrup rut to 40c t
Baking powder and pri.es cut to. . 43c J
Fine roast peanut, pound 10c,
Need not buy a sack to get low price i
n sugar 25 lbs $1.35.
"-i i A
. ,vj. jwjuuu iuc
; lour St'c, 'J.,e, $1.0.i up.
i Arm : 11 bona c; uuik soon 4c ;
Pure spices, bulk, about Half.
Pure Extracts, bulk, about half.
Bring bottle.
Saving machine oil. good grade
1 bottle 3c and 5c
j My wife's salad dressing, none better , Large 1.1c towels 11c
j a half 15cjlie blenched turklh towels 8c
Teas at two-thirds price, 23c to ..45c Pearl buttons, dozen 3c
Dry Goods, Etc.
Anything that sold slow will now go
quickly. Prices will do It. Calicoes
and muslins will stand only a small
reduction other goods will be cut
unsparingly. It will pay to buy all
you can stand.
1 'c percales now 8' -jc
Apron gingham now 4c
12c shirting now 9c and 10c
7'2c gingham now gc
5c envelopes. Carnival price 3c
I.ares took a tumble 10c laces for fie
and 7c
Trimmings whittled down to factory
cost.
Ribbons have been laid low, some at
half, others at one third. Buy them
now and buy plenty for you get
them now below cost. 1c, 2c, 3c, 7e,
and 9c.
Wash skirts were $1 00 and $1.50, cut
to 73c, Carnival price 29c and 39c
White waists cut to CKc 40c, others
cut to 3'Jc ami 19c
REB FRONT,
With cash purchases of $5.00 in one day, you can have
EIGHT POUNDS DRY GRANULATED SUGAR for
With cash purchases of $10.00 in one day, you can have
SIXTEEN POUNDS DRY GRANULATED SUGAR
Feed, Flour anil Sugar by the sack excepted.
twenty-five cordn of four-foot wood.
The wood to be from Hound flr.st
growth timber, xplit fine and delivered
at Willamette Falls Hchool house.
The board reserve the right to re
ject any or all hid. Otto V. Olson,
clerk of School District No. 105, Wil
lamette, Oregon.
OREGON CITY MARKET REPORT.
(Corrected Weekly.)
Wheat No. 1, 67730 per bu.
Flour Valley, $4.25 per bbl. Hard
j wheat $4.90, Portland, $1.10 per sack.
Howard's Best, $1.25 per sack.
! Oats In sacks, $1.15 per cental,
j Hay Timothy, baled $1W?$12 per
'ton; clover $9; oat, $3; ralxtj hay $9
j cheat, $8.50.
I Mlllstuffa Bran $19.50 per ton;
'shorts, $20.50 per ton: chop $18.00 per
ton; barley rolled $25.50 per ton.
I Potatoes $1.00 $1.50 per sack.
Eggs Oregon 20 Ii 25c.
I Butter Kanch 1820; separator,
25; creamery, 25ft 30.
Rutabegas, Carrots, Turnips, Par
snips and Iloets 75c per sack.
Oood Apples Choice $3.00.
Honey ll12c per lb.
Prunes (dried) Petite 4 l-2c per
lb; Italian, largo 7c per lb; medium
5 l-2c per lb ; Silver 7c per lb.
Dried Apples Sun Dried, quartered,
4c lb; sliced, 6c; fancy bleached,
I 721;.
Dressed Chickens 12V4c lb.
Live Stock and Dressed Meats
Beef, live $2.50&$3.00 per hundred.
Hogs, live, C'2; dressed 8'; sheep,
$2.50(&$3.00 head; veal, dressed Cc;
lambs, live, $2$2.50 per head.
$3.50 per head.
1
wm.
ANNUAL
progress.
121- and He lawn cut to
. ... .... . .
ICIMIlt 111 HllK mill lisle, also gloves In
close, at half 9c,
14c
Handkerchiefs, lie 4c 8c,
liiHtcud of 5c. 10c nnd l."e
Child's handkerchiefs lc mid 2c
Ladles' fancy hose supporters 14e
Hutu supporters 8c
Small corsets cut to 19e, 39c
were 5oe to $1 00.
.......
nns or nuirpins pug ic
(Yarn to reduce at 4c und 6c
lend pencils rub. tip 5c
Fine lead pencils, 3 for
j Pens. 5c dozen. Tubh-l
.5c
.1e
Casturlu 22c
Chlorate Potash Tablets 7c
Ladies' in c hose 7c
Safety pins, card 3c and 4c
' Hooks and eyes, card 1c
Metal buck combs about half
price 8c
Fine celluloid combs cut to 15c
Ribbons cut prices.. 1c, 3c, 7e
Shoo luce, pair 1c
Furnishings
1 Men's Furnishings greatly reduced
half to two-thirds on many item.
.Men's oc course hox 6e
.Men's 8c course sox 5c
Men's 5c marse sox 3c
Men's w hite handkerchiefs now . . 3c
Men's colored handkerchiefs 3c and 5c
loc underwear now 28c
Jewelry ut half or less.
Leather braces 4"c valuu 18c
Boys' 2uc ami 25c suspenders. ... 13c
Boys' Bc suspender 7c
.Men's 4uc and 50c suspender cut to
sue; mens 2.1C and 3jC suspenders
cut to 18c
Men's belts 14c and lftc; they were;
worth double. I
25C
50C
TAXATION DECISION
HITS THE POOR MAN
EXEMPTION OF HOUSEHOLD
GOODS DECLARED UN
. CONSTITUTIONAL.
The value of household goods In
Clackamas county that were exempt
ed from taxation last vear under the
;$:i00 exempt law, amounted to $ 175.
I 475. The amount would be practically
the same this year."
The Muprerno Court rendered a tie
jcision Tuesday that the exempt, law
! Is unconstitutional The law had been
j in operation since 1851 und It Is estl
I mated that 8. 000,000 will be added
;to the taxable property In the state
j becairm of the decision.
The decision will fall luml nil iUn
' poor for It Is their little bit of goods
,tbat have been exempted. Tho total
'In Clackamas county Is relatively
Ismail, and If added would not make a
difference of one-half of 0110 mill In
the rate of taxation.
I It is the general opinion all over tho
I'nited States that tho exemption of
a small lot of household goods Is just
and equitable. It Is notorious tliut
the rich evado many times tho total
of exempted goods of the poor man.
Fried Bananas.
Peel eight good-sl.ed bananas and
cut each Into three pieces. Beat two
eggs light, with one-half cup of milk
V AX
Ladies Box Calf
Shoes, i2 volue
Carnival
Price
KIT
9c'.M. h h fl '.': und ! 53 Mt
.
Hood shirt
69a
go Ul
Mi'ii's f 1 00 mIuk cut to 59o
Men's Hue and 7..t value at 40c A. &5o
Men's l aiinin gloves, 2 pair 15o
Men's $2 50 punlit now $140
Men u $1 25 pnuU now 97c
Men's 7.fii- huts cut to 45o
other huts 9c, 39c up.
Shoes
Leather ndvitni-ed nearly otiehnlf and
shoes How cuHt nmre, We secured
noine factory surplus and hnvo a
good jnuny hiti'Kuius. Our nhoes arc
Hew stock; the style are good They
look neat und are comfortable.
Few men's canvas shoes half . ,49e
Men's $150 shoe rut to 1.25
Ladies heavy shoes, $1.75 and $200
grade rut to $1.47
Ladles' $2 23 and $2 5o (life shoes rut
to 1.95
i.MlnKes' line mIhmis. $150. now .... $1.19
i Child's $10D tine shoes S8c
' Ladies' and Child s oifords and slip
pers white, black and tnn, now 59c,
83c, 99c and $1.49. Better hurry if
. .you want any
ladles' heavy whoes. udd and end
ut half 97c
Cork soleM ,1c, shun thread 4c.
Shoe laces, pair 1e
leather at two-thirds.
Millinery
former prices, or far below cost.
Prices-- 39c. 49c, 99c, $1.47 up.
Some of them at a Ions of several
dollars, but they must go.
! r lowers rut to bunch ..
Ribbons cut to 1c. 3c, 9c
'.,9c
14e, worth
nearly double,
choice.
Come und get early
COURT HOUSE BLOCK
Full Cream Cheese
Half
Price
10c
Per
Pound
and one-half cup of (lour Hirted with
one level teaspoon (,f baking Hoda nnd
a pinch of salt. Dip the bannnax In
the batter and fry In deep, hot fat un
til a light brown; drain nnd dust with
powdered Hiigar.
SUMMONS.
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon, for Clackamas County.
Edmund W. Clarke, Plaintiff,
vs.
(leorgltina M. Clarke. Defendant.
In tho namo of tho Statu of Oregon:
To (ieorglna M. Clarke, the above
named defendant. You are hereby
required to appear and answer tho
complaint (lied ngalnst. you In tho
nbove entitled court and suit at or
before tho expiration of hIx weeks
from the date of the first publication
of this Summons, and If you fall to so
appear nnd nnswer said complaint, tho
above named plaintiff will apply to
(the court for the relief demanded
therein, to-wlt: For a deereo forever
dissolving tho bonds of matrimony
now existing between said plulnt IfT
and you, anil that plaintiff lm decreed
the care and custody of the four minor
children named In mild complaint of
plaintiff und you. This summons Is
published In piirsunneo ,,f nu order
of Hon. (irunt 11. Dlmlck. 0f
the County Court of the Slate of Ore
gon, for Cluckanins County, made on
tho 2ith of July, luoti. The tlmo pre
scribed In said order for Uio publica
tion of this summons Is six consecu
tive weeks, and tho date of tho first
publication thereof lu lw. 'nu. .1.,..
July, l!)0(i.
HEN11Y ST. RAYNIflR,
iot Attorney for Plaintiff.