OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 190?.
Published Every Friday.
By THE STAR PRESS.
Entered at Oregon City, On
office at second class matter.
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Post-
The S. P. won't sell Us land, eh?
Put up the taxes and see.
A yellow pulpit Is about as repre
hensible as a yellow Journal.
The Beaver State Herald publish
ed at Gresham, will advance Its price
November 1, to 1.50 a year.
The next move of the Standard Oil
attorneys should be to claim the ben
efit of the "unwritten law," for
there's no other excuse for the way
they have outraged the people.
Your friends don't need to enter
into a long story as to whom you are
If you are a man that advertises; peo
ple know who you are as soon as you
are pointed out to them.
If Charles W. Fulton goes before
the people as a candidate for re-election
to the United States Senate as he
has said be will, Francis J. Heney de
clares he wll come to Oregon and take
the stump against him.
Orc?onGtyEntcrpriscMR-BRYAN AND H,GH ,DEALS;
1 his chances for a third nomination by
the Democrats these days, not a little
of which Is tiresome. ,The question of
I Mr. Bryan's chances seem to be the
I most popular point for discussion,
$1.50 which In Itself does not argue well for
SU Month! 75, what Is running through the minds of
Trial subscription, two months.. .S5 the average citlien.
Subscrlbon will find the date of ex- Why should Mr. Bryan be a candl
plraUon stamped on their papen 'o- date If he Is to be a candidate?
V!nitotalll ;Many M nswtr that th Dom,v
not credited, kindly notify us, ana , 1 . ,
the matter will receive our attention. jcrats may elect a President. What Is
all this contention aoout, anyway?
It Is generally supposed that elec
tion contentions have for their end the
securing of the best possible govern-'
ment. In that cast It is not necessary
for great good that the best candidate
may always win. To secure the great
est good the better party or more
competent party to govern should
win. But if that is impossible, and it
looks at this time as It It would be.
then the next best thing is for the mi
nority party to run a man for Presi
dent who has ideals, and who will run
only on a high-Ideal platform. For In
so doing may he direct the attention
of the people to that which is good,
and may even Instill Into the minds
of the people of the opposition much
for which their own party does not
stand.
There are too many Rockefellers,
Morgans, Harrimans and Carnegies in
the Republican party for Its good at
this time. And such Republicans as
Roosevelt recognize this and are fight
ing against it. But the Republican
party has the money and the votes
and it looks as if it would prove an
Impossible task for Bryan and "the
Democracy to unseat the Republican
leaders. How, then, can Mr. Bryan
and his party do the greatest good for
the country and we are assured that
such is the one aim in life of Mr.
Bryan and his party? By running a
campaign of high ideals. In doing
this they will accomplish wonders In
supporting right measures and In
holding up the hands of the men In
the Republican party who stand for
that which Is wise and right. And this
seems to be one of the limitations of
the Democratic party at this time.
Will Mr. Bryan and his followers
rise to the occasion? If the party de
cides to stand by Mr. Bryan, and nom
inates him for President, and runs a
campaign of high ideals, the campaign
funds spent by the Democracy will not
be lost, and the country at large will
be doae great good. Every good Re
publican should rejoice In the nomina
tion of Mr. Bryan by the Democrats;
every Republican should be pleased to
see the eDmoerats conduct a cam
paign of high Ideals. There are enough
good men in this country, if they
could be led to Join hands, to control
every department of government, and
the making and enforcement of wise
laws would bring prosperity to all,
and not simply to a few millionaires
who sit In Wall street and plan how
they may, in the division of the sin
ews of labor, divide so that they take
the dollars and leave to the men who
do the actual work but dimes, and in
many cases only pennies.
May Mr. Bryan win in his conten
tion for a campaign along the line of
high Ideals; may the Republican party
r,vrft Viv t'na viairn mnv th unaafa
Tf- to nnniinrprl frnm Washington
I rr-, t, n in all n.ptlaa I.a QAnt tn tho roar
mat n 1LUIU LUC ucai icb n ccr.j ,,.,.,
, I ana sucn men as me rresiueni come
tsryan win aeciare nis intentions in i
.... ..... , to the front.
regard to me presmeniiai nomination
next year. It is said that he will lay
down the principles under which he
will be a candidate and leave it to
the party whether to accept them and
himself as the candidate. He regards
his chances of election. In the event
that he makes the race, as better than
either of the two preceding campaigns
when he was the standard bearer.
SCHOOLS OPEN;
LARGE ENROLLMENT
There was a general disposition to Now that the Southern 1'aclflc lias
believe that the Philippine election do- thrown down the gauntlet In the mat-,
monstrated that the Filipinos were ut- jter of its public lands, and assures the
terly Incapble of self government and public that it will not keun Its agree
that the Philippine Assembly was des-Jment as to their sale, there Is an
tined to prove a failure. Secretary jeusy solution for the people, Simply
Taft and others who have made a, put on the taxes, taxing their land
study of the Philippine problem, take the sumo as others. And there Is no
wholly contrary view. They say, reason why unimproved lands, in a
they appreciate that the Filipinos arejseetlon or State where there Is a
not capable of self government and ( natural demand for those lands for
they have known It all along, but the Improvement, should pay less thaui if
only way the Filipinos can lear Is Improved, Assess these lands what
by practice and the new assembly will they should be assessed and you will
give them the opportunity thus ac- .see the Southern Pacific hunting for
quire the art. while no measure adopt- 'cover quickly. Start the ball to roll
ed by the assembly can become a law Ing at once; here Is a good siibejot to
id referendum atlw: wvnth grade,
dltor In the State Blth ",,lt. I!,mh c
School opened In Oregon City on
Monday with a large number of chil
dren at their pluees ready for a good
year's work. Ileport says the number
enrolled Is larger than lust year, The
following teachers are at work, and
their grade assignments are:
Barclay building Tenth grade W.
C, McKee, city superintendent and
principal; ninth grade, Helen O, Ale
without the approval of the commls- put the initiative and referendum at ,Mm' "',ni" i1"" ".
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slim, and therefore, no harm can be work on. If everv editor In the Stle """n ', tviun t nrr, mui grane,
Walter H. Moore, president of the
defunct Oregon Trust Savings Bank,
was considerably scared by the report
of Receiver Devlin. He is hustling
in earnest to fix things up and save
any possible chance for prosecution.
They now tell a story pt a St.
Louis man who was given the alter
native of choosing between his wife
and cigarettes and choose the latter
-toorn to the dilema. Cigarettes are
not a good thing, by any means, but
the choice may hive been a wise one
nevertheless.
There Is one significant fact in con
nectlon with the announcement ' by
Senator Depew that he is for Roose
velt for another term. The history of
Depew proves him to be a trimmer
who intends to get all possible benefit
from the direction of the wind,
hence, when he announces himself for
Roosevelt you can accept it that he
belle s public opinion is for Mr.
Roosevelt
done. On the other hand, when the as- will take this question up and push It
sembly passes a good law It will re- there Is an opportunity for the press
celve the approval of the commission, to win lasting laurels for the pencil
which, it will be remembered, Is ap- pushers behind the throne,
pointed by the President of the United
States, and the exultation of the Fll- HIGHLAND.
Iplno legislators when they have pas- p,vn Kellowa has a new plow and
sed a good law will constitute an in- promises to "show us how,"
centlve to further efforts atong the School District Eleven Is nlannlnii
right lines. In a word, the United t rt.nt the Highland church for this
States has undertaken to educate the yr'g school. A teacher has been
Philippine people In the difficult art hlred-a yonng lady from North Da-
of self government and It Is not going kota who will hold a seven-months'
to be disappointed because the first school.
attempts along that line are crude and School In No. 33 ' began Monday.
Injudicious. gopt. 23.
Ji Omar Schockley Injured his back
What a lot of suckers the Standard while helping threshers, and is laid
Oil officials Imagine the American up for repairs.
people are. The latest published Jack Rlngo has gone to Eastern Or
statement Is to the effect that when egon. where he has purchased a ranch,
the company can settle Its lawsuits I Thirteen people from here hunted
and get from under fire It intends to all day Sunday and killed one poor,
The bigges'. stores generally do the
biggest advertising, sell the most
goods and rake the most money. And
the store that sells the most goods
can do business on the smallest pos
sible margin, for the expense per
thousaand of goods sold Is not as
great where one sells J30.000 as
where one sells only $10,000. Moral:
Advertise If you would grow. Buy
goods of the man who advertises and
sells a large volume of goods.
Every town and city in the State
should demand that the Pacific States
Telephone and Telegraph Co with
draw its suit to defeat the Initiative
and referendum or at its earliest op
portunity turn down any and every
application for franchise which that
company makes of its council All the
people need do is to stand together
against the big corporations who do
not wish to do right and they can win.
Teach these big corporations what
It is to be in a fight to the death and
the officers of the big corporations
will beg for mercy.
The statement published several
days ago that the Government "loan"
of $1,000,000 for the promotion of the
Jamestown Fair would resolve itself
into a Government "gift," and that
no part of the large sum advanced by
vote of Congress to aid this enterprise
was likely to be returned, proved to
be premature. It Is now stated that
the Secretary of the Treasury receiv
ed on the 5th of September a check
for $50,000 from the managers of the
fair to appropriate on the sum ad
vanced, and that other substantial
payments are assured in the near fu
ture. It Is now confidently expected
that the Government debt will be
materallly reduced during September
and October, which it Is predicted
will be the best-paying months of the
Exposition, ,
Ellen Brobst; fourth grade, Pearl (1.
Cartlldge; third grade. Elizabeth Kel-
ly; second grade, Harrle Cochran;
first grade, Margaret Williams.
Eastham building Eighth grade,
Claude Turrell, principal; sixth and
seventh grades Stella Pennlck; fifth
grade, Retta Scoggan; fourth grade,
Emily O'Malley; third grade, Laura
Pope; second grade. Irene Carter;
first grade Beatrice Harrison.
PUBLIC SALES.
John Acker, on tlm Abernnthy road
four miles from this city, will sell at
public auction on Thursday, Sept. 2fl,
farm machinery and stock, (niggle,
harness, etc. Sale at 10 a. m., with
W, W, If. Samson as auctioneer.
Humphry Jones, on his farm five
miles south of Oregon City, near
Chi'iia, will sell ut public auction on
Suturday, October 5, horses, cattle,
hogs, wagons buggy, farm machinery,
I household effects, etc. Sate at 10 a.
mwlth sums over $10 on time. V. W.
II. Samson, auctioneer,
TIME CARD.
0. W. P. RAILWAY
BIG HATCHING
SALMON EGGS
reorganize and Increase Its stock in
proportion to its dividends. That Is,
it will add three hundreds of millions
of water to Its present stock so that
when it comes to divide the profits,
or pay its dividends, the percentage
of profits will not be so large. No
mora capital Is to be added, the per
centage of profits on its products are
to be the same, simply that In an ef
fort to fool the people the company
will add three hundred millions of
watered stock so that the dividends
will approach the normal. The high
price of oil will be maintained, the
big profits to the Standard will be the
same, the people will be robbed as In
the past, but when the company pays
ten per cent on all the stock. Instead
of forty on what la now In force, the
people are expected to "grin and bear
It." for ten per cent is not such a big
dividend after all. What a poor
opinion the Standard officials have
of the common people. Are the com
mon people as easy as the Standard
officials think? We hope not.
Postmaster General Meyer states
again that he will recommend an im
proved parcels post In his annual re
port. The fact that an American pays
fourteen times as much postage per
pound as a German in mailing a par
cel suggests that every congressman
ought to do something for the people
he represents or resign.
little frightened deer. And on Sun
day, too.
Curtis Handle will move Into the
Wlrt home soon.
IJttle Mary Lucas of Parkplace was
severely Injured by a cow at her
home Monday evening. She went to
the barn to see her brother, who had
Just returned home from a visit and
the cow he was milking made a sud
den rush and Impaled the little girl
on her horns. One horn penetrated
the child's neck and cut the cheek but
It Is thought no serious results need
follow. The Injured child Is but six.
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Lucas.
Superintendent V. W. Smith of the
Cazadero hatchery on the Claeakmaa
river reports that 2.600,000 eggs have
been taken from the fall run of Chi
nook salmon, and that 1,035.000 eyed
eggs have been shipped to the hatch
ery on Salmon river. Thomas Brown.
superintendent of Salmon river, will
come In next Thursday for 400.000
more eyed eggs, leaving more than
1.000,000 to be hatched at Caadero.
The new Clackamas plant was In
stalled by Master Fish Warden Van
Dusen and has developed so well that
he Intends to make It permanent.
The Portland Railway. Ught t Power
Company Is constructing a flshway at
the Car.adero dam, and this will be
completed In time for the winter run
of salmon to ascend to the upper riv
er. The racks that have been
used this fall have been stored for
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i future use. and Mr. Smith has 100
Bolton school will open Monday. 'pounds of powder with which to blast
The delay In completing the building .out rock obstructions In the fishing
made the postponement necessary, 'grounds.
To Mllwaukt only.
!VIa Lenta Junction, dally except
8unday. leave on Sundays, 4:30 a. m.
A. M. figures in Roman; P. M. U
black.
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OREGON CITY, OREGON
The forest reserve Just created by
the President in Southeastern Alaska
embraces 2,000,000 acres, or almost
enough to make two states as large as
Delaware or Rhode Island. This Ton
gass National Forest, as It Is called. Is
composed of rough land, but its Is
lands and mainland are well covered
with trees.
The Pacific States Telephone and
Telegraph Company has commenced a
suit to declare void the initiative and
referendum law. The suit was filed
in the circuit court in Multnomah
county, September 14. It charges that
the initiative and referendum amend
ment to the constitution of Oregon vio
lates the constitution of the United
States in many ways, ad nauseam.
What a lot these grabbers think of the
constitution of both state and nation
when it can be used as an excuse to
thwart the will of the people. In the
first place the people have a right
to put on the shelf any portion of the
constitution that Is not for their good,
or that we have outgrown; and they
show their good sense In trying to im
prove on the ways of fifty or an hun
dred years ago.
"When Spain owned the Philippines
the natives had one nation they could
trade with; now they have none," de
clares Congressman Hull, of the house
committee on military affairs, refer
ring to the failure of Congress hither
to to provide a favorable tariff law af
fecting the Philippines
Now the naughty newspaper man
comes to the front with a story that
Harriman won't build a railway In Or
gon because he is feaful he might be
compelled to shovel snow for several
months in the year. But this same
newspaper man says Harriman won't
have to Bhovel snow In the place for
which he Is headed.
It Is a hard thing to say about one's
countrymen, but Is not far from the
truth, that It is doubtful if 25 percent
of our Senators and Congressmen hold
seats not tainted with fraud and
crookedness. In many cases crooked
ness Is the only method that will win,
in Democratic or Republican legislatures.
Enterprise readers must not take
Alton B. Parker too seriously. When
he was candidate for President he fig
ured it out that by this time the Na
tional Government would have a de
ficit of several million dollars. He Is
not infallible, you can see.
The preachers of Claveland are talk
ing of a union as a means of increas
ing their salaries. What about that
Congress fine-spun theory of the preacher
pased a tariff law for the Philippines
but the "dignity of the Senate" re
quired that it wait until the trust
magnates had had another year or
two of plucking the natives. The
"dignity of the Senate" needs an oc
casional stirring up; the Senate has
a fondness for going to seed and then
asking the country at large to call It
dignity.
Speaekr Cannon says of the Phil
ippines: "We are In a mess-and must
do the best we can." Official reports
'say nothing of a "mess."
"working for the Master" and salva
tion "without money and without
price?"
I
Carrie Nation was arrested In Wash
ington for refusing to discontinue an
address to 2'f) men in front of the
postofflce department. The charge
was disorderly conduct.
A sweeping reduction in all our deport
ments. I dm going to put in new lines
and must therefore sacrifice my entire
stock in order to make room.
ABSOIrVTEILY BJO FAKE
Following arc a few of the many lines we are trying to sacrifice :
CARPETS
Granite Carpets, fast color, 50c
now 35c per yd.
Half wool, 65c carpet now 45c
All wool 90c carpet now 75c
$1.25 wool carpet now $1.00
LINOLEUMS
75c values now 50c per yard
$1.00 " " 75c " "
PAINTS
Imperial best garanteed 5 years
per gallon $1.25
per quart 35c
$1.25 screen doors for 75c each
$2.00 " " $1.25 "
25c val. window screens 1 5c "
35c " 44 " 20c "
$3.50 top matress $2.25
4.50 ' .3.00
2.50 spring mattress 1.50
3.50 " " 2.25
GLASS
8x10, 5c each
10x12, 6c each
10x14, 7c each
12x14, 8c each
14x18, 10c each
16x20, 20c each
2Cx24, 25c each
24x30, 40c each
24x32, 45c each
24x28, 40c each
28x32, 60c each
30x30, 60c each
24x36, 55c each
Fruit
Jars
at
Cost
CROCKERY
60c cups and saucers, set 40c
75c " " " 44 50c
and all our stock accordingly,
WALL PAPER
10c paper, 5c per double roll
20c M 10c 14 . " "
25c 44 15c 44 44
30c 44 20c 44
40c 41 30c 44
44
u
Kitchen Chairs
75c values - - 5c each
$1.25 values . - 1.00 "
AXES
$1.25 values - - 75c each
Ranges and Stoves
Ranges from - - $22.50 up
Among those whom the London
Times blames for the Vancouver out
rage Is ex-Mayor Schmitz of San Fran
cisco. Schmltz has been in the pent-
jtentlary for several weeks.
These are facts. If you see it in out ad it's so. Call
and be convinced.
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