OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 J. 1907.
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The weather man must have kept
his warm weather for September.
A Portland preacher is suing to tell
his hearers how Satan would run a
newspaper. Perhaps he knows.
When through with , the. Panama
"canal Uncle Sam will have all kinds
of machinery with which to improve
rivers and harbors In our several interiors.
Burton might make a better Mayor
of Cleveland than Tom Johnson Unie
alone can tell Tom Johnson has the
satisfaction of knowing that be has
been a great improvement over pre
decessors. - - " "
One thing Is noticeable In, connec
tion with anarchist outbreaks, , and
that is that few anarchists are in
places of danger when the fighting be
gins. They generally know enough
to hunt a cyclone cellar.
The New York girl who is introduc
ing the Roman toga and sandals on
Fifth avenue just at the dose of a big
Wall street cleanup, gave the shorn
lambs an example of how they may
curtail certain expenses for clothes.
They have fined the harvester trust
a million In Texas. The trusts ought
to hare known when to quit; they
should have known that the worm
would turn, and the "turning" fad
was certain to be contagious.
Foraker has been endorsed by the
Republican state league of Georgia.
As the league is mostly negroes, and
as Foraker has been playing to the
colored side of the gallery for several
months, this action Is not far to seek.
Congressman Longworth, Roose
. velt's son-in-law, seems to think that
Pa Roosevelt might be inclined to
run for President again if the people
rise en masse and accomplish his
nomination with something of unanimity.
Report is out that the Democratic
members of the Willamette Develop
ment League are sore to think that
they went to Portland to hear Secre
tary Taft, and that he talked Repub
lican politics. What Is the dif, boys?
You'll never know In a thousand years
perhaps In less time.
Judge Dimlck has his war paint on
and is after Fruit Inspector Reid's
scalp with a sharp tomahawk and an
unerring rifle. It Is fair to say, in
Mr. Reid's defense, that the story In
the Oregonlan was made from a few
word Interview, and that Mr. Reld did
not give vent to such drastic criticism.
Let's "give the Devil his dues," In
this disucssion.
The news dispatches tell us that
Congressman Burton, backed with
the power of the National Administra
tion, is to try and defeat Tom Johnson
in a contest for Mayor of Cleveland.
Tom must be mighty big game when
it is necessary for such strenuous do
ings in an effort to elect a Republi
can candidate In a Republican city.
Some enterprising Upper Willam
ette transportation folk have In hand
a project to establish a line of steam
ers capable of running "on a heavy
dew," to ply between Salemn and
Portland. They want a craft that will
carry a maximum of cargo on a min
imum of draft, and they are liable to
keep after it until they get It,
PUBLIC WHARF LOOKS GOOD.
The question" of a public wharf In
Oregon City seems to h larger than
the question of the good or some One
Individual, or some set of Individuals.,
That a city the sUe of Oregon City,
and with a stream of watr with the
commercial' Interests of the Wlllsm-1
ette river, should have a public wharf
goes without argument. And that the
cltlsens of Oregon City should all
prove loyal to that proposition should
also receive unanimous acceptance
without any necessity for argument.
How then, Is the city to got such an
Improvement? By all joining hands
and pulling for the main chance. No
one should hold back; it cannot prove
profitable In the years to come for
any one now at this time to hold back.
' And yet there seems to be a spirit
of hold back on the part of .certain
business men. and there are those
who insist In pointing to fact that
the dividing line Is Seventh street.
It this Is the case it is not as It should
be. The primary benefit may come to
those who own property above Sev
enth street, as some say; but In the
end there Is certain to be profit for
all the city in case the wharf is made
a success. And If any one has been
holding back because of the fact that
his property was "below the line" at
which a public wharf would benefit
at the outset, now is the time for him
to "back up" and get a new start: a
start for the new wharf.
The new wharf discussion takes In
to consideration but one site that at
the foot of Eleventh street. No other
site Is under discussion and no other
site Is said to be feasible. There are
two private wharves that do consider
able business but If they cannot com
pete with the new wharf from the fact
of Its superior location or facilities
offered then that in itself Is an argu
ment for the new wharf.
Those who have given the new site
consideration say that It Is an Ideal
spot for such an Improvement. They
say that nature certainly had in mind
a public wharf when the land and
surroundings were made. The water
conditions are said to be Ideal, the
approaches are the best In the city
and boats can land at this new site
when it is Impossible to land any
where else along the river front.
Water Is always to be found In abun
dance and even now, when the water
Is at its lowest, boats going up and
down the river pass at stone's toss
from the proposed site.
One citizen asks: "What is the use
to have a contention over this new
wharf? Who cares where the 0. W.
P. freight depot is; who cares when
his freight is delivered, whether the
delivery team backs up to his store
from the north or the south? The
question Is what 'is the rate rather
than where did it land In the city.
There is nothing to fear from the es
tablishment of a new wharf, even if
it is public. Even if it does prove a
great convenience to people wishing
to ship by river, that does not prove
that it will take considerable portion
of business from certain other sec
tions of the business portion of the
city. And what is for the good of one
Is certain In the end In the matter of
public improvements, at least to be
for the good of all."
The history of Oregon City and Its
business men Is that there has been
too much of Jealousy and contention
In the past. The business men have
often got together on a certain propo
sition, and in those cases something
of moment has been done, but at oth
er times there has been a disunion
and a consequent Injury to someET
good business in consequence.
But in the securing of a public
wharf for the city we now have an
opportunity for a pull all-together. An
opportunity for citizens to show where
they are at as regarding improve
ments that shall be for the good of
all. Here Is a chance for those be
low Seventh street to show the busi
ness men above that thoroughfare
that the business men below that' line
are as loyal to public Interests . as
those above, even If present gain
shall be largely In the Interest of the
latter. Here Is a chance for magnan
imous action and every one "found
guilty" can rest assured that It will
prove a good asset.
, ' THE " PARCELS POST. ' '
The Enterprise favors a parcel post,
tt Is high time that new methods are.
adopted by our Postoffteo Department
and methods that will bring in suffi
cient revenue to make the department
pay. At present there are few rural
routes that pay more than ono-thlrd
the cost. Vndor a wise system of par
cols post there are few but would
pay all expenses. There Is no good
reason why the express companies of
this country should pay large divi
dends and the postal department
stand to lose twenty millions a year,
Postmaster General Meyer, In his
annual report now In preparation, will
recommend a more extensive use of
the parcels post, with Improved facili
ties and lower rates. The present
treatment of parcels In the mails of
the United States Is simply amazing,
No package weighing over four poumla
can be mailed and the postage on the
four pounds Is 64 cents," or one cent
an ounce. A comparison with par
cels post regulations and rates abroad
shows this country to bo so far be
hind that the case is scarcely com
prehensible. Germany has develop
ed the parcels post more than any
other country, and Its operations In
this line have covered so many years
that the general results are thorough
ly understood. Around each distri
buting center Is a series of tones with
a radius of 10 miles, 20 miles, 50, 100
and 150. Within the first zone the
postage on an eleven-pound package
Is G cents, and a package of this
weight can be mailed anywhere In the
empire for 12 cents. In the United
States the eleven pounds would have
to bo divided Into three packages and
the postage would be f 1.71. or four
teen times the German rate. The
German postofflce will carry pack
ages up to 110 pounds, or twenty
seven times the allowance In the Uni
ted States.
Parcels weighing eleven pounds or
less can be mailed within a German
city for 2 cents, or 5 cents If rural
delivery Is required. Parcels may be
registered, or sent special delivery or
C. O. D. In the last case the govern
ment collects and pays over the money
for a small fee. For a small extra
payment the parcel Is sent by the
fastest train and delivered by a spe
cial messenger. In 1904 the German
postofflce handled 6.894.899.0O0 pieces
of mail matter, and its surplus at the
end of the year was $14,624.095.There
was a postal deficit Jn the United
States. In England a one-pound par
cel Is carried by mall for 6 cents two
pounds for 8 cents and eleven pound...
the limit in weight, for 24 cents, or
one-seventh tha charge In this coun
try. In Japan a one and one. a.
pound parcel Is mailed for 5 e JSd
twelve pounds, the maximum, for 25
cents, again only one-seventh of the
charge in the United States, to say
nothing of the more liberal weight
allowance. The postal rate on a par
cel from Great Britain to Hong Kong
Is 12 cents a pound. From St. Louis
to East St. Louis, or any domestic
postofflce, the rate Is 16 cents a
pound, but the postage on the same
parcel to London would be one
fourth loss.
King Edward was terribly shocked
at some of the singing that ho heard
when he recently visited a Venice
music halt. King Edward reminds us
of Solomon when he became too
old for sinful pleasure bo, too, be
came good and wroto Psalms In which
ho told how naughty It was to bo
naughty, and how disappointing It was
to find yon could no longer be naugh
ty. Wo prefer to alt under the preach
ing of one who has not had so wide
an experience In naughtiness, "
In a 20-round fight for the welter
weight championship,, Monday night
(Jans put Drift out of business lu, tho
fifth round. The negro had tho Cal
Ifornlan at his mercy even In tho five
rounds fought. ' , ' '
; Honey says that when tho oais
against the land fraud culprits are
started there will To "no lack of ex-
icltoment," That will suit tho Knral
public, and the wtHhos of those guilty
'are not worth considering.
No reply has been received from
tho Southern Pacific In answer to
Council's Instructions for that com
pany to proceed to the erection of an
overhead bridge or cut thler trains at
that point. The people living on the
bluff have rights In tho matter and
Council Is determined that no long
waits shall bo enforced on" patrons of
that stairway In order that the 8. P.
may save a trifling expense $r a now
bridge.
Fruit Inspector Reid's wish to get
tho farmers angry st they would do
something was accomplished as to
tho first part of the statement. The
farmers of the county are angry, sure
and certain; now we will sen If the
auger turns Into a destroying ven
geance against tho things which miti
gate against good fruit.
Who says nature never intended
beer for any uso? It Is now said that
cactus watered with beer will grow
four times as fast as the natural way.
When some one solves tho mystery of
turlng catus Into paper wo will have
a new use for the product of our brew
eries.
Powers now says he knows who
killed Goubol. If this ts true why has
he not told the world a long time ago?
It was his duty to do so even If the
one who did it was his personal friend.
Friendship has no right to hide a vll
llan of that stripe.
A Philadelphia court has decided
the two-cent fare law unconstitutional.
No othor proof Is needed of the really
truly slowness of that staid old town.
, The Phllllpplnes and the drink hab
It 'cost the American people about tho
same. Ana tne excitement is about
the same, too.
NEW STEAMER
RACING PALACE
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Tho Lustluns, tho i now turbiuu
steamer that Is racing across tho
ocean has definitely settled tt that
she wilt break all previous records,
The Umltanla cost $(5,250,000. Hho
Is simply a floating city. Her popula
tion is .1000, uiatlo up as follows:
Passengers, first cabin, 610; second.
400; third. 1200; crew, 800. There
Is plenty of room, however, as the
gross tonnage Is 33,500 tons; dis
placement. 45,0H) tons; length, 785
feet; breadth. 88 foot; draft, loaded,
37H foot;. ., The engines turbines
are 08.000 horse power.
When lighted up at night with her
5000 electric lamps, tho splendid Cun
ardor will appear a stalojy spectacle
racing across the ocean, and tho 1200
windows will mark tho enormous out
lino; while tho four huge funnels
belching out smoke will In dsyllght bo
sighted from afar.
Family suites, elevators, telephones,
nursery, gymnasium, Turkish, vapor
and nevdlu baths are special features.
So. too. am tho regal rooms for mil
lionaires. Each regal suite has two
room and a bathroom. All tho apart
ments are 104 foot high and furn
ished In shore hotel fashion. There
are brass bedsteads and brocsded sut
tees under tho largo sUed windows.
Delicate papers are on tho walls, and
the dressing tables are In Sheraton
style. Interesting It Is to note that r.tl
tho staterooms have their bed sheets
warmed with electric bedwarmer,s.
Threo times round tho promenade
dock gives a mile, so tho passengers
ran have their constitutional pedes
trlan exercise under tho best condi
tions. In fact, the only restriction
placed upon the athletic disposed pas-
tsenger Is that ho cannot play golf.
TIME CARP.
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I Via Lent s Junction, dally except
Sunday, leave on Sundays, 4:30 a. tn.
A. M. figures In Roman; P. M. la
black.
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LETTER LIST.
LHtt-r list for week ending Sept. 1J:
Woman's list Mrs. I-surs Carr,
Miss C. Johnson, Mrs. Iloso Owens,
Mrs. Pearl Sams.
Men's list K. M Addison, Floyd
Clark.
HORSE WANTED.
Would like to hire a saddlo horse
for two or threo days a week. Will
be given good care and not overridden.
Address, IX I,, rare Enterprise.
Chester Prink and Hultla Ounder
son were married Wednesday at the
court houso by Judge Dimlck.
MAIN STREET, CORNER 7TH
OREGON CITY, OREGON
A sweeping reduction in all our deport
ments. I am going to put in new lines
and must therefore sacrifice my entire
stock in order to make room.
ABSOIL17TIS1LY .NO FABLE
The city press Is slow in Its pre
scription department; It Is needlessly
worried about Harriman and his Or
egon acreage of timber lands. What
do we care whether Harriman 'sells
his lands to acutal settlers at $2.50 an
acre, the price agreed upon between
his company and the Government
years ago, or not? Let him hold It
for fifty years If he wishes to do so.
But let's be, wise and if he decides to
hold It we will simply pile on the
taxes until he Is satisfied to let go.
There Is no occasion to worry; all we
need to do is to do right as between
Mr. Harriman and the people that
Is, put on the taxes and Mr. Harri
man will see where he "comes across,"
so to speak.
Following arc a few of the many lines w$ are trying to sacrifice :
Report says that President Roose
velt Is Interested In Inland waterways,
and has in contemplation a trip down
the Mississippi river to see what that
stream needs. We would respectfully
Invite the President to Oregon to see
the Willamette and Columbia rivers
he'll see something worth seeing then:
he'll see rivers that look clean, smell
clean, and are clean.
The news that Heney will come to
Oregon to try and convict the land
fraud perpetrators will be good news
to thousands who believe In fair play.
Honest men have nothing to ; fear
from land '. fraud ,1 prosecutions, , and
those who 'have profited 'by crooked
deals ought to be willing to "pay the
fiddler" when caught with the goods
on them. ...... ,
It makes all the difference in the
world whose ox Is gored. A few weeks
ago one Haywood was on trial for his
life In Idaho and the only witness was
a man named Orchard who confessed
to much crime and tried to Implicate
Haywood. Senator Borah was the
prosecuting lawyer and he tried to
hang Haywood on evidence given by
I one who confessed part of the crime".
Now this same Borah Is on trial for
defrauding the government and the
main wjtness Is a man who was Im
plicated In the crime but confesses
and puts part of the blame on Borah.
And Borah and his friends cry out
that the witness Is a liar. They would
not concede that the self-Implicated
witness against Haywood couldpoftsi
bly lie, but wanted to hang Haywood
on that kind of evidence. We hope
Borah will get a full dose of the med
icine he tried so hard to prescribe for
Haywood. , '
The Oregonlan Is still picking at
Mr. U'Ren. It says:
"Mr. U'Ren's latest great Idea Is to
enact a law under the Initiative to
'Instruct' members of the Oregon Leg
islature to sign Statement No. 1 ex
actly as it Is written In the primary
law. Now suppose they don't and
won't sign it, what Is Mr. U'Ren going
to do about It? Of course bis scheme
Is silly and entirely Ineffective, be
cause contrary to the constitution of
the United States. Mr. U'Ren seems
determined to make a Joke of the Ini
tiative and referendum."
A large number of people met Sec
retary Taft last week wheri he visited
Portland, and he no doubt made many
new friends on that occasion. Taft
Is a large man In more than one sense
of the word, and those who met him
face to face on his recent visit were'
made aware of that fact. There is
no doubt that the Secretary Is good
presidential timber, and there Is no
doubt that his recent visit made him
many votes In case he secures the
nomination and the opportunity is
given to vote one's preferences.
CARPETS I GLASS CROCKERY
now 35c per yd. jQxI2, 6c each JSc " " ;" 50c
Half wool, 65c carpet now 45c ffW14 7earri -11 i j. i
All wool ?0c carpit now 75c g -d all ou, stock accordingly,
$I.25wool carpet now $1.00 UM 0c each , ... .
16x20, 20c each WALL PAPER
LINOLEUMS fg$ g 10c paper, 5c per doMe roll
75c values now 50c per yard 24x32, 45c each iz u 4t tl
$1.00 " " 75c " 2425. 40c each . $ ,
. 28x32, 60c each zZr an u
DATWTC ; 30x30, 60c each 40c 30c ' .
' 24x36 55c each : :
Impe1SyeafS 7 Kitchen Chairs.
per quart 35c i p ( ., 75c values - 55c each
I I III I $1.25 values - 1.00 "
$1.25 screen doors for 75c each ' . - ,
$2.00 " " $1.25 " Inrs
25c val. window screens J 5c vui o AVCC ,
35c" " " 20c4' "fWV"
, Ul $1.25 values ' - - '75c each
$3.50 top matress $2.25
" fS CSt Ranges and Stoves
3.50 " " 2.25 Ranges from - - $22.50 up
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These are facts. If yoti see it in out ad it's so. Call
and be convinced.
T7 TO T7 TtS7Tfy
6 n-ao lumjuJv
The Home Furnisher ' Main and Seventh Sts.
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