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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1907.
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GRAND DUKES.
Nearly every dispatch from Russia
cations a grand duke, and it might
mot be uninteresting to know some
thing about them.
All male relatives of the czar down
to second cousins are grand dukes.
There are at this time nineteen of
them one brother, four uncles, four
irst cousins, and ten second cousins.
All other male relatives are only
princes. There are thirty-two of them,
all told, including the grand dukes.
The imperial house of Russia, of
which all grand dukes and princes are
members. Is the richest in the world.
Hrery member of it receives an in
come of $500,000 per year, beginning
upon the day of birth. In addition,
the house owns absolutely more than
58,008 square miles of land. There
are upon these lands 325 castle3 and
palaces, employing about 20,000 ser
Tants and retainers.
There Is but one authority a grand
duke need obey, that is the czar him
self. They may not be arrested for
any crime, unless the czar orders it.
They cannot be sued in the courts.
They are not required to testify under '
oath at any time, but in the event
they want to give voluntary testimony,
they are permitted to do so without
being sworn.
And yet a grand duke can do noth
ing without the permission of the
ctar. They cannot leave Russia un
less the czar says so; they must noti
fy the czar even when they want to
travel in Russia, and he can order
them not to leave a certain palace. He
selects their brides for them; at least,
they are not permitted to marry with
out the czar's consent, and In the
event the czar demands that a grand
duke marry a certain person, that set
lies it Disobedience to the czar's
will on the part of a grand duke means
imprisonment and confiscation of his
estates.
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The Russian people hate the grand
dukes, perhaps, more Intensely than
they do the cstar himself. It Is the
land owned by them that the peasants
want divided among the people. Sov-
eral of the grand dukes are greater
tyrants than the cz.ar, and It Is gen-
orally believed that but for them the
czar would grant reforms more radl-
cal than any he has as yet proposed,
Every one of them is in line to be-
come czar, upon the death of those
Immediately preceding him, so that
until about three dozen people are
blown up. the terrorists would have
no hope of overthrowing the ruling
line. There Is no possibility of the
revolutionists wiping out the entire
dynasty, and it is certain that each
and every one of the grand dukes
would put lip the best tight possible
before surrendering to the people. !
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RECIPROCAL DEMURRAGE
There will be a good deal said In
t!,e legislative, wh'.cu enlivened at
alr m MonJu.v, about toi ) -c.il de
murrage. Those are two pretty large
u,. in .an., -m..v ... """(Tribune would be glad to see thorn
a good many people havn't taken tho, M ,Q ,h(J Mmo 8tr,ng unJ wa
time to ascertain their exact moaning o holl t0g0tnor
as applied to a plan to relieve the I
car shortage. I
Railroads now charge shippers BILL BEFORE HOUSE
what they call demurrage. That Is, j FOR FREE LOCKS
it a snipper laus to unload a car i
promptly, he must pay the railroad
company so much per day for every
day the car contains his goods.
It is proposed that the legislature
pasr a bill and it is generally cor.
ceded that such a bill will pass to
the effect that a railroad shall be
fined In the sum of 11 a day for fail
ure to provide a car within twenty-
fol,r Dours after 1 ordered by the
shipper.
The proposers of the bill argue that
wnal 3 sauce for the goose should
be sauce for the gander; that there
should be such a thing as reciprocal
demunage, and that la what they pro
pose.
Whether such a law would cure the
ills is doubtful. Kansas has a simi
lar law, and there is a car famine in
Kansas. The railroads of this coun
try long ago got into the habit nf
conducting their business as they saw
fit, regardless of state legislation.
Petty Political Grafters.
From the Canby Tribune.
Hon. W. S. U'Ren Is preparing a
law, which, if passed by the people,
will put the precinct grafter out of
if
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$27.50 H.
$25.00 H.
$22.50 H.
$20.00 H.
$ 1 8.50 H.
2
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$15.00 Suits, now
$12.50 Suits, now
$10.00 to
business during political campaign. the state, and a similar tax In 1908.
The now law will innke It a violation These two levies, It Is estimated, will
of the statutes to try to Influence n1 raise the J 100,000 to build or buy ,
man to vote for any particular caudl- locks. When locks uro constructed or ;
date on election day, and anyone 'acquired they are free to passage of j
caught in the act of electioneering all river craft. In order to expedite
on that day w ill bo subject to a flue,
upon conviction. Trior to elect! m !
day political leg pullers can do ail ,
the electioneering they please.
The Tribune is heartily In favo.1 of i
this law. We have seen enougti of
putty grafters In politics to become
thoroughly disgusted. They will em-
ploy any method to pull a few dol
lars out of some candidate, and the
money goes Into the grafter's pocket
and stays there. One esteemed gen
tleman who lives not a thousand 1
miles away, secured money from I wo,
opposing candidates by promising to
support both men for the same office
At least ho told the editor of this
; paper that he did. This same man people In obtaining appropriations
boasts of his honesty and uulmpeach- for the Columbia river.
able Integrity. Ills moral fibre Is s The Oregon City locks are receiving
I w eak that he doesn't know w hat ho:t- extra attention this year. Ilestdea the
;osty Is. j action Representative Jones desires
The day of the political blackmailer j the State legislature to imike, Con
land petty grafter is about past. Tie) gressman llawley proposes taking P
Jones of Polk Working for Free Locks
at Oregon City Two
Tax Levies.
To obtain free waterway In the Wil
lamette river, at Willamette Falls,
Representative Jones, of Folk and
Lincoln, has Introduced a bill cre
ating a Roard of Commissioners of
the Willamette Locks. This board,
which Is to consist of the Governor,
Secretary of State and State Treas
urer, Is empowered to build, construct,
operate and maintain locks on the
east bank of the river at Oregon City.
To raise the necessary funds, estimat
ed at $400,000, two tax levies are pro-
j vided. In the discretion of the board,
i if the present locks on the west side
. of the river can be obtained for a
' less sum than necessary to build
locks on the east bank, the board has
I the privilege of acquiring the locks
; now In operation.
i Tower Is given the board to con
demn private property for the purpose
of acquiring right of way. A levy
of one-half of 1 mill is provided for
1907, on all taxable property within
llil,
THIS label not only
means the best
of workmanship,
but means that the gar
ment is absolutely
ALL WOOL We not
only say so, but guar
antee them to be.
We are cleaning up for spring -the
prices quoted here :
-Note
S. & M. Suits
$23.25
S.&M. Suits
$20.50
S. & M. Suits $18.75
S. &M. Suits $1 6.90
S. & M. Suits $ 1 4.75
$n.25
$9.50
$7.90
$11.50 Suits, now
mutters, the bill carries an emergency
clause and Is exempt from the opera-
tlon of the referendum. The measure
states that free locks are of Immediate I
Importance to the people of Oregon.
Representative Jones has had his
measure carefully drafted and this,
with his railroad reciprocal demur
rage bill, will occupy his entire atten
tion during the session. Mr. Jones
believes that the free locks will
celve the support of all the Western!
Oregon members because they realize
the necessity of such accommodation
and that Eastern Oregon legislators
should help Western Oregon Just as
that section aided the Eastern Oregon
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uir iiwuii'i n Hiiuiiuii. i imi won
will be a lobby against the bill Is gen
erally anticipated.
LINEMAN W. G. bMITH
HAS NARROW ESCAPE.
Walter Smith, an experienced line
man of the Pacific States Telephone
and Telegraph company, narowly os
raped death Monday pftcrnoon while
at work on one of the company's
poles.
Smith had been working on ono of
the oles In front of the store of the
Pope Hardware company of Oregon
City when his hand came In contact
with one of the steps placed along
the polo, on which had grounded a
live trolley wire. Smith, however,
kept his prosonco of mind and made
a grab for tho large cable over head,
without losing a moment's time, from
which ho fell to tho pavement below,
a dlstanco of 23 feet. The only thing
that saved him in that hazardous fall
Is the fact that ho managed some way
to slide along the pole and land on
his feet.
Smith's Injuries are not exurtly se
rious although they are very pain
ful. His hands and arms were burned
and his nerves somewhat shaken as
the result of the full from tho dizzy
height to tho hard brick pavement.
Smith was climbing poles again
Tuesday morning.
MT. PLEASANT.
Mr. and Mrs. King of Ilwacco art
visiting at locust Farm.
Mrs. E. Kellogg made a business
trip to Portland, Wednesday.
Miss Olive Conway and Herman
Fronuneyer was calling at the Ruck
ner residence last Wednesday even
ing. Walter S. C.orbett of Mulalla was a
Mt. Pleasant and Elyvlllo visitor, Sat
urday and Sunday.
Say, don't you know It's cold?
Miss Ethel M. Holmes spent her
vacation at St. John's visiting rela
tives and friends.
Quite a number of young people
gathered at tho homo of Mr. Olds'
New Year's eve. The evening was
spent in dancing and playing games
which continued until after midnight
when all said good morning and de
parted for home.
Lester Marrs has returned to Corval
lis after spending his vacation with
his parents.
Mrs, Kellogg has just received tho
news that her father who has been
111 for some time Is very much worse.
She starts for his homo at Walla Wal
la, Wash., Tuesday.
Miss Iiarbey of Portland was vis
iting the Mt. Pleasant school, Friday.
Miss Ethel Holmes and Miss A. Mil
lard were also school visitors last
week.
STAFORD.
Unprecedented cold weather; at
least we forget when It was ever ho
cold before. V2 above Monday night
and all one can do !g to watch how
fast the wood Is t-eten up, and pity
those poor people where fuel Is
scarce, and wish each family hud one
of our big trees.
A couple of dogs killed ten sheep
for the Borland Hoys and Mr. Wcddle
last week. Chased one Into the barn
yard and had to be beaten off with a
club. They have not found tho dogs
yet, but they will get short shift
when they do find them.
. Adolph Delker and Ida Kekel were
married January C. Her father had
told her if Hhe married a farmer he
would buy her a silk dross. She got
the dress all right and was married
in it.
Mrs, Maud Decker of Willamette is
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Iiarnes.
John Schatz married a nleco of his
aunt Barbara last Wednesday and has
rented a flat In Portland. By tho way,
what relation Is ho to hlmHclf now?
We wish tho young couple every blessing.
It Is said the lion company ban
withdrawn their land from market,
waiting to boo how near the electric
road will come.
Mr. Waehlte nay ho guesses lie
might as well hold onto his nineteen
acre farm, as It brought him In over
i hundred dollars, besides plenty of
fruit and vegetables for his family,
not saying any thing about the healthy
exercise to himself.
GREENWOOD.
The five year old son of J
II.
t'umlngs died of canker sore throat
ro-Ouinlngs died of cancer of the throat
at IiIh home neur darken, The Inter
mont took place at darken Thursday
afternoon. The three year old girl Is
reported to be getting better,
Mrs. Lottie Tenninnn Is sick with
typhoid malaria, but is reported bet
ter. John Stoker cumo from Columbia
and spent a day with his brother this
w eek.
Mrs, 0, E. Jones Is homo again. She
has been three weeks attending her
mother, who Is sick at Oswego,
Miss Josle llowland has como to
stay for a while with Mrs. C. V. Stok
er, Mrs. 1). Uavles spent a few days
last week with friends In Portland.
Miss Ruth Hraker entertained a few
of her young friends last week In a
delightful manner.
Mrs. Erlcksoii spent a day
Mrs. W. 11. Jones this week.
with
MARKS PRAIRIE.
Very cidd weather for Oregon and
most of our people are complaining
of tho terrible cold. Why my friends,
this would not even he called a Kan
sas Hcphyr.
Fall sown grain Is badly damaged
If not all killed by the freeze us tho
ground was very wet.
Our veterinary aurgeon, R. J. Car
rett, Is kept very busy attending sick
horses of our vicinity.
Our school commenced today with
W. J. Dunton at the helm. We wish
him success as nearly all our schools
hero have been almost a failure.
Our people are well pleased by the
appointment of R. W. Zimmerman as
road boss.
The apoiiituicnt of herman Harms
as supervisor In district 25 is all
right although severul are kicking.
There will be a great many potutoos
lost In our vicinity on account of the
cold weather.
C.ooige Oglosby was called to Kstn
enda last week to assist in tho division
of the estate of Geo. Marshall, de
ceased. Ills two suns Frank and
Charles, are two of tho heirs.
Tho rag social and dunco at Mr.
Cooper's of Paradise City was all
right ami alt had a good time.
polk Cribble was out with his dogs
running coyotes one day last week.
Henry Kraus purchased a lot of
wire fencing which he will put up
In tho near future.
Our hop raisers are cleaning up
their hop yards and will soon be ready
for spring work.
We learn that Kph Jones of Liber
al, will hooii move to this vicinity. No
place like Paradise City, Kph.
At our special school election Jack
Kerr, (Jeo, Keuek and Mr. Jnlsen,
were elected directors.
MULINO ITEMS.
Mullno young people are enjoying
the cold weather greatly, They have
skating almost every evening near
the Howard resilience.
Mrs. Udell made n business trip to
town last week.
Everybody Is complaining of bail
colds.
lien Adklns sold one of his horses
last week.
Mr. Wiles spent Sunday with his
folks.
W. A. Woods Ido killed a beef for
Mr. Chase one day last week.
Mr. Dunton was seen on our Ktreets
last week. Wonder what the attrac
tlon Is down hero this cold weather?
C. Mallatt made a business trip to
town last week.
Mrs. Wallace called on her daugh
ter one day lust week.
FROG POND.
Toodtotnolcr Pros, and Koellermeler
Pros, were In Oregon City ono day
lust week.
Mrs. Fred Koellermeler Is still very
sick.
Tho boys hero were out hunting
foxes one day lust week and killed
two.
Our rural mull carrier keeps him
self pretty well wrapped up this warm
weather.
Tho people here Heern to bo as
tonished about tho weather, for there
wero about five changes in about ono
hour.
H. A. Toedtcmeler's eyesight is Im
proving very rapidly.
EAGLE CREEK NOTES.
Cold weather with a light snow and
the mercury at 10 above r.ero In the
order of the day hero?
I Elmer Ikiuglu had the mlsfortuno
'to out off the ends of three of his flu-
gors lust' week, but he lias hopes of
their growing on again.
Elder J. V, Brown's hand Is nearly
well again, lie has been laid up with
It about six weeks,
William Wood and family left here
last week for Alabama, their former
home,
Mr. King of Hood lllver Valley was
visiting frlondH hero a short Hum ago.
Several of the Eagle ('reek grang
ers attended the Pomona grange, at
Oaiflold last Wednesiluy,
Farming Is ut n standstill now on
account of the cold weather.
SCHOOL REPORT
Of West Oregon City 8chools for the
Month Ending January It, 1907.
First Primary
Enrollment. 31; days absent, 47;
times tardy, 11; pupils neither absent
nor tardy, 9. tirace Robinson, teach
er. Second Primary-- Enrollment,
21;
pu-Al-
days absent, 115; times tardy, 1;
tills neither absent nor tardy, 7.
blna Tblbert, teacher.
Intermediate Enrollment 17, days
absent, 28 12; times tardy. 1; neither
absent nor tardy, 6. Jessie Planck,
toucher.
Itolton Enrollment, 32; days ab
sent, id; times tardy, 1; neither ab
sent nor tardy, 11. Clara Koerner,
teacher.
Advanced Enrollment, 20; days
absent. 23; tl s tardy, 2; neither ab
sent nor turdy, G. T. P. Kendall, Trlu.
EVERYBODY CRIES
FOR MORE WATER
HILL DISTRICTS ARE IN 80RE
NEED OF WATER WASTED
DOWN TOWN.
SEWER SYSTEM CAUSES TROUBLE
Schools Are Cloied For Lack of Water
Sewer Syttem Out of Re
pair Lesions
Assigned.
The Water Commission Is
nguliist the reul thing dun to
UP
the
great amount of water that la being
wasted dining the cold weuther to
keep tiie pipes from freezing. As thu
roMiilt the people in the bill district
have been suffering for want of water.
Tho w ater that is being pumped In
to the reservoir on the hill Is taken
out so fast that the reoervolr has
been empty for several days.
When W. II. Howell of Iho water
commission was seen Thursday morn
ing on this subject, he said that there
would be no wuter for the residents
of the hill district until the freezing
spell was over.
In order to escape from the clutch
es of the plumbers the residents havo
been wasting the water.
Provision has been made In caso
of fire when the wuter can bo tnrned
on In a moment's notice.
Tho water proposition has not only
caused worry among the residents of
the city, but has forced the closing
of the schools of the city on Heveral
occasions dining tho last few days.
The real trouble at the Barclay
school which makes It necessary for
the Superintendent to close the school
Is the lack of water for the Howerngo
system.
Several men have been at work fix
ing the sewers Thursday Morning and
it Is expected that the trouble will
bo fixed ho that classes can bo re
sumed for good.
All classes met Thursday morning
at the Barclay, school, but hud to bo
dismissed In the forenoon, As the
examinations are ho near at hand this
delay In the reviewing work Horlous
ly handicaps the pupils. Tho examin
ations begin In a little over a week
ami the Intervening tlmo Is getting
very short.
When Superintendent McKco was
seen Thursday morning, upon the
problem confronting the schools (iur.
Ing the cold weather, ho said that ev
erything was being dono to keep tho
work of tho schools moving ulong,
"The pupils come to their different
grades every morning and lessons In
reviewing are assigned them hud al
though not able to reclto they can
study their work. There will not bo
much tlmo for them left, before ex
aminations ns only ono week Inter
venes before thut time.
Tho high school pupils are greatly
handicapped by this temporary clos
ing up as the two first years of work
dono hero must bo made In terms of
nine months Instead of ten as in the
Portland schools thus crowding tho
work to a grent extent.