OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY,- OCTOBER 4, 1907.
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Oregon Gty Enterprise
Published Evtry Friday.
By THE STAR PRESS.
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PARCELS POST BUGABOO.
The Commercial Club of Portland
don't want the parcels post; and sots
up a howl that It will ruin the retail
trade t the Coast. The only inter
ence is that the local merchant Is
robbing the people of Portland and
vicinity, aud that the lack of a parcels
post Is what makes this robbery pos
sible. We don't believe this to be true.
Trial subscription, two months.. .25 Generally spoaklnK. we think the re
Subscriber, will find the data of merchants of Oregon City are sel
niration itinMd on their DD6r fol- lln x,,1s as clo,e as lHxl bll!,ln,,!'9
Inartmcnt stores could under soil them
The sophmore class at the Univer-.jf we nftlj cheap postage, nut it would
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.75
Blty at Eugene has gone on record as
opposed to hazing. Score one for the
sophomores.
There Is one thing the government
Inquiry into the methods, business and
conditions of the Standard Oil Com
pany is doing, and that is, it's proving
what a nation of undiluted "suckers"
we are.
When a company's profits have
been so enormous that no one con
nected with the enterprise can be
found who can compute them, there
should be no holler on a fine of
twenty-nine millions.
' Admiral Dewey has been telling the
be but a short time until those things
would readjust themselves and then
the department store would lose even
that advantage.
And what the local merchant lost in
one way he would make up in another.
He would have as good an opportunity
to sell by mall as the department
store, and In many cases he could get
his goods In from the East in much
shorter time than now, thus obviating
buying so largely, and he would save
in more ways than one. The parcels
post Is not such a bugaboo as the
(Commercial Club would have you be
lieve. The Commercial Club has that
old yellow streak as old as the world
which has opposed, all progress. The
history of the past shows that the best
advancement that has been made was
newspapers and through them the oppoiseU by those ultra conservatives
puDiic, tne reason wny me umu-u who fought everything that tlld not
States should not give up the Philip
pines. We don't' believe anyone every
seriously supposed that the United
States would give up the Philippines.
Secretary Root may put his foot In
ft in going to Mexico "for a time."
The Mexicans are preparing to enter
tain him royally, and if the Mexican
Secretary of State should decide to
return the compliment .the expense of
his entertainment In like manner
would bankrupt the Secretary.
In a recent poll of prominent Re
publicans all over the country on their
choice for Republican Presedintial
candidate. Secretary Taft received
2.512 votes. President Roosevelt was
second with CSO votes. Governor
Hughes third with 6'10 votes. Cannon
fourth, with 281. Fairbanks fifth with
260 and Cortelyou last with 42 votes.
Besides the millions of net profits
Harriman has made from Oregon he
Is causing Oregonians an actual, liter
al loss of millions annually because
he will not equip his few miles of
roads in this state so as to transport
their products. We wonder how
long the people of this State are go
ing to stand this? Roseburg News.
promise an "early grist for their mill."
The Commercial Club Is tarred with
that old stick.
And If the city merchant can sell
cheaper than the local merchant will
not hundreds be benefitted where one
suiters a loss? And who are to be
benefitted by legislation, the many or
the few? And do not those things
that benefit the many work around in
the end to be for the good of all, If
given an honest trial?
The honest merchant In Oregon City
has nothing to fear from the parcels
post In the long run: and we don't
know where we could put a hand on
a merchant in Oregon City who Is not
honest. That being the case the Or
egon City merchant can let the Com
mercial Club of Portland do the wor
rying while he sits by ready to take
advantage of the benefits and not
worry over the evils that the parcels
post Is to bring him.
It is very difficult to understand
why so much fuss should have been
made over the fact that Vice-President
Fairbanks served cocktails at a
luncheon at his home in Indianapolis.
At his home in Washington he serves
rnrktails rlaret and fhamnaene at
everv dinner h elvea and he eives!ion of the spoils, and they set up an
on almost everv nieht during the ses- 'awful wail when no division of spoils
"LOAVES AND FISHES" POLITICS.
The "loaves and the fishes' are the
only .attraction to a large number of
people. These people never see any
thing beyond the sordid gains for
own personal ends. These people
never understand what party is for,
The whole aim of the Republican
party should be to secure a wise and
economical government to the people
National, State, county and local
And that is the aim of those Republi
cans who have the best interests of
the people and the party at heart.
But there are some who want only
party success and a subsequent dlvla-
Bion of Congress.
The State Grange, wishing to
is In sight. Note the wail of the edi
tor of the Polk county Observer:
Things have come to a pretty pass
in Oregon. Here we are, with a Re-
awBKen a aeeper jnieresi iu me B : pubUcan majority of 40.000, shaking
and Its work, has aranged for a series and quaklng n our for fear our
of prizes for attendance, etc., along the next Unke(, gtatfls genator wi 5e a
line of the prizes offered a year ago , Democrat. We have played Into the
.ine couiesi uesaa i hands of the Democrats. Populists
ana it is sam w oe pobsu. uu?. me !Socialist3 anJ prohibltioni.sts so long
rules governing the prizes, for every ,that WJ have bout ,ogt a the nprve
Grange in the State to win. F . M- we ever nal We have swallowed the
Gill of Estacada is to be in charge of ,lnitiatlve aml r9ferendum and direct
the contest. primary and other sucker bait, while
'the smooth politicians of the minority
The Colorado potato growers have (parties have been busily engaged In
entered the markets cf the Southwest gobbling up the best offices In the
and it Is said underbid the Oregon j State. Following Populisttc gods, we
potato price. Potatoes are selling have shouted ourselves hoarse for
now at 75 cents, but it is said these the dear "poepul," while our friends,
prices will need to be cut to 50 or 55 the enemy, have taken about every
in order to meet the prices quoted in j thing In sight. How much longer is
the Texas Panhandle. Oregon growers the silly season to continue? Are the
will do well to wait a little until the j members of the majority going to
potato quotations brighten up. i permit themselves to he used as cats-
paws by the minority through another
. . .. . . campaign? Think-, it over, brethren
surveying party is running Iine3 along
Oak Grove Creek with a view to build- Why are good straight Republicans
ine a dam for power purposes. Soon -trying to shy at Statement No. 1
all the streams in this neck o' the,Will it not solidify the party, or do
woods will be put to work. That is as ; some of the political hacks want to
it should be let nature do the work, i go back to one-man bosslsm? Auro-
it's cheaper than the Goldust twins ra Borea'.is
but when nature begins to work the
public will be wise if they see to it
that nature Is working for the people
at large and not for a few who wish
to become millionaires on the efforts
put forth by nature.
Six Sailors I
By JANE LUDLUN LEE.
OopxrlahUd, 1WT, by C. 11. Buloltffe. T
I hope you fellows know that I am
hiring this launch by the hour, $10 for
each hour, and as she has already
been here for thirty minutes we have
wasted $.5. Come along."
We're coming. Jack, coming. You
are a regular obi Phyiock to ask a
man up here na your guest on a little
blow out and then throw the cost of It
In his teeth. The rest of us have been
ready for some time, but Leigh can't
tear himself away from the ladles and
you would make this a stag."
"Very well, then let lgi stay with
the girls, for I'm not going t have
all efforts nil the part of ths skipper
and the six tueu wers futile. They
drifted ami drifted until It became s
serious problem. What was to be dons
aud who was to do It? Hy this time
the launch had drifted Into a cove
about a tulle from laud, nnd after much
discussion Leigh volunteered to swim
tD the laud and get help, Tim others,
knowing he was a famous swimmer,
agreed to the plan, aud without much
delay be was ovortmnrd and with long,
sternly strokes was covering the dis
tance. When ho finally rescued the
shot- he rested awhile, nnd then start
ed to walk towards s handsome resi
dence at the top of the cliff.
Suddenly from the bushes near him
came s clear soprano voice. Lelgn
stopped and listened aud looked. Not
far from where he stood there was
little rustic summer Imuho, and leaning
ng.'ilnst the side of It was a young girl
dressed: all In white. He crept a little
nearer to make quite sure that he was
T flidn't.Vnow I thought you didn't
care," she murmured.
"Didn't care-why, darling, that day
that I held your listless form lu my
arms wss the happiest moment lu my
whole life. I looked st your white
face and know just how much you
were to mo. I couldn't tell you so
theu, desr, so I went away until 1
could. Will you have me now, Edith?"
"Leigh, dear, I've Ixnm waiting for
you a whole long yesr, twelve whole
months, and each mouth seemed a
year. I, text, huve bceu yours ever
since that day you hold mo In your
arms. How much longer must we
waltr
j "Jdst long enough for mo to get rid
of the boys and find some clothes."
"Ixt's go to the boys together, Leigh,
and tell them, for, you see, If the old
launch had not broken down, I would
have been waltlug yet"
them aboard. They would all be eea- n,,t llt " lrl
sick or giggling. Here comes Ilgh UW "'"K"' b IrMtlwd
' sigh, and Leigh could bear It lie
now. . . . ......
T . th-t mni,f thr. hi fl.' Igel 'B" Of r ItlCe SI1U WOU-
lows appeared In the doorway of the
dered If It were half as sweet as the
i . . a. t. - I I I. ...... .1 . ft. UJ.
house carrying another being who '"". .....
aeemed to U all legs aud anus, which- t0 W-T The rustle of
were flying in all directions. At the bushes nutnV her tun., and seeing
top of their voices, and each man on- hl,u " 'r'wl: ......
a different key. they were Shoutln ""I.h-Mr. Rl.-hnnta! .Is It really
"How can I besr to lesve thee?" Car- J'0"", .,!,, . , .
rylng their burden down to the land- " U tvoll Mgli K etmrds, Miss Ap
ing, they deposited Leigh and all P". ,wm,fI rtltng
joined hands and started an Indian l,u lmt 1 wn vHuiblng up the c ft
war dfltioe around him whlln iwt.iwr.. ''u J"ur ""' ""'I'i"
by slowed up to see six strapping fel
lows, clad only In their bathing suits,
doing a wild dance around their tIc
tlra. Jack broke the spell by yelling.
"That parade wou'twalt boys, for
any one except Roosevelt, and be
ten. I am ou an errand of mercy aud
perhnps you can help me out."
"An errand of mercy. In a bathing
suit! Why, I do not quite usderstand.
Where Is the rest of your psrtyT
lAlgh soon explained to ber the
plight of the boys. Slid finished by
savlug. "Your father dislikes me so
that I expeVt If he knows who's In
the party he'll never let one of his
men to go to our help. Will he?"
"Father has gone o-eVr to see ths
naval parade In Judge Cowan's boat,
and our men are ou the grounds doing
nothing. One of them can take our
little launch out aud tow yours In."
"Thst's nsklug almost too much, but
If you could direct me to some other
place."
"Don't say that to me after what
you did last year. Do you tbluk I
have forgotten bow you saved my life
when I was drowning In that treacher
ous lake? Why did you go away with
out ever giving me a chance to thank
you?"
"Miss Appleton Edith I didn't
know you wanted to have me stay,
any. anyway, your father had no use
for me. He was right enough, too, nt
the time, but I'm a steady old ship
now, dearest. If you will ouly under
take to tr"l '. no."
MAPLE LANE.
The Grange Fair, announced for
Saturday, promises to be a success.
The Misses Jackson lisvo mowed to
Oregon City, so they may be more con
venient to school and work.
Ionian Dcmk-k and Albert Man!
are visiting here this week.
Mr.) llumllton has the contract to
disc Mr. Parker's potatoes: he'll have
a long and tiresome job,
Lawrence Mant has sold his team
to Arthur Warner.
Jars, Fruits and Spices a
The cunning suason Is drawing to a
close but we are still In tho midst of
the season of Preserves and Pickles.
Nice Preserves aud Sweet Pickles
prove very toothsome,
FULL LINE OF FRUITS IN SEASON
And the prices are ulwuys as low as
good Fruits run bo sold, and we can
sell you spices and seasonings to pre
serve them and to give flavor,
GROCERIES IN AIL BEST BRANDS
In convenient shape for delivery and
In best possible shape to keep until
such time as you can use them.
A little cash goes a long way st our
tors.
We are buyers of farm produce, and
pay the highest price for nice goods.
Always In ths market for good butter
and fresh eggs.
STONE.
We have come to the change In tho
seasons and need not count much m
the prospects for weather from this
time on. Hut the rains of the past
few days have done much for the far
mer, nevertheless.
treasurer. The treasurer was given
out 14o pounds of butter fat last
month, which netted the farmer 37c.
This creamery Is something to brsg of
both as to inansgement and prices
paid.
Mr. and Mrs. Carr have relatives
visiting them from Oklahoma, who
think they would like the country aud
may decide to buy,
What do you think of roasting ears
In Clackamas county In nine weeks?
One of our neighbors did It, but he's
too modest to wsnt his name In print.
I'ncle John Mutton, who Is quite
feeble, vlsltud at his son John's lout
week.
A. ROBERTSON
Seventh St. Grocer.
OSWEGO.
John Hall has moved Into his new
home, after making extensive Im
provements. Home of our people are planning to
remonstrate against the nullum.
Heboid has begun and the small boy
is very busy.
Mrs. Kil Wanker Is numbered
among the sick.
ELW00O.
Pert Hendernon Is on a business
trip to Oregon City.
Heavy showers have softened the
ground In good nil ape for fall work.
Miss Julia Hurfus and Mrs, Anna
iloylan visited the Parks home at
Dodge over Sunday.
Mr. Dibble lout a fine horse recent
ly-
People here have begun their fall
plowing.
Many peoplo are selling thlr tim
ber; Its a mistake
Home of our people went after tho
festive huckleberry the pant week.
They found plenty but they were very
sour.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
J.rn V. Mllhy and Adeline T. Whit-
Iker.
John F. Nordhausen and Annie Hol
land. V. W. O'Flynn and Gertrude N.
Johnson,
(i. W. Peters and Anne Byroads,
M. I). Telford and F.lla M. Lutv
('has. F. YYclsmaiulid and Julia K.
Miller.
Money transferred by Postal Telegraph.
Governor Harris of Ohio says: "I
feel quite sure that Ohio will send a
(solid Taft delegation to the national .., . .,, , w m
. , . n V II . til l" Wi it wij n v.1 v. n uuj iiiut inn
The Government's prosecution of
the Standard Oil Company Is progres
sing steadily. It has thus far revealed
the fact that the Standard Oil Com
pany ba3 made profits of $800,000,000
in the last twenty-five years; that It
has frequently violated the law and
the mandates of the state supreme
courts; that John D. Rockefeller owns
convention. Ohio Republicans will
holdings are worth $109,000,000; that
Aim l. !,, "Wiu6
Factional trouble will be a laye and ; tha the Standi Oil Co;p;ny
the party will put on a united front of , ort f , , flct,on t
They have a wa-s done so In the past , ctual f , standard
and they win dO it now Of that am 0 Coffl wh,ch Jud Lan(lig
confident. There has been entirely . ,9(Wim,nnft ,,. w'm.nn. .
too much Bald in the East about what
the newspapers are pleased to call our
factional quarrel."
President! Roosevelt does not be
lieve It is sufficient to fight the rail
ways In one way only. He Is satis
fied that the railways of this country
are so firmly intrenched, in their
wrongdoing that more than one meth
od will be necessary to bring railway
managers to do what is right. With
that thought in mind he Is now plau
profit of 1000 per cent a year. The
Government's suit prays the dissolu
tion of the Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey, the real company which
owns all the little companies; little
by comparison. The suit Is being
conducted under the Sherman anti
trust law.
One of the latest sensations in this
part of the State is what purports to
be an attempt to blackmail Mayor
Lane, of Portlaad. There la little new
nlng to give every possible encourage-1 rn the methods used from those so
ment to the navigators of our sea 'often tried in the past, and If the
coasts, inland lakes and rivers, im-1 charge that there was an attempt to
proving our waterways In every way
possible so as to increase the number
of navigable miles and enlarge upon
the capacity of the ships that may be
blackmail proves to be true,, the
scheme is nothing to wondered at. It
has come about In the course of
events that men who are deep in
floated. Laws are good in a way to crooked politics stoop to anything and
curb the power of lawbreakers, but everything to win. And the plan to
there is nothing that will make trans-1 destroy character seems to be one of
portation companies-so tractable 1 as the most popular in striking down a
competing lines, either of water or candidate. That being the case Mayor
by land. While it seems possible to Lane ought, to start out with the sym
organlze the parallel lines and stop'pathy and, support of the community,
competition, is is not so, easy to or-j for It is a known fact that he has
ganize or control parallel waterways, made enemies of a considerable num
May the President prove a winner in -ber of 'ma6hlne politicians, and there
his fight to make our corrupt railway sefems to be nothing - too low for a
officials keep within the law, both machine politician when necesslt
"statutory and moral. seems to him to demand it.
IHI BRgATHXD A HKAVT SIOII, ANliLEIOB
COl'Ll UEAli it;
does not happen to be one of our par
ty, so all aboard and some one sit on
Leigh until we are well under way."
Leigh's tenor voice squawked "iood
by. ladies," but he was Immediately j
Jumped ou by about J00 pounds of hu- j
maulty, and he quieted down. i
"Now, skipper, for Oyster liny in
the best time you can muke It," said
Jack.
The Aphrodite puffed and kicked for
a moment, then started out, aud soon
Bellevlew was only a sMH-k In the dis
tance. It was a rainy, misty morning,
but the boys did not mind. Jack aud
Alice had a dear old house at Ilelle
view and had filled It over Sunday
with their best friends. Jack had hired
this launch to take the Ixiys for a salt,
and Alice had agreed to stay nt home
and give the girls a dove luncheou.
. "Leigh," ssld Jack, "If you don't
watch out the next dunce you do will
be to the tune of the wedding march.
Better go easy."
"Jack, old man, your hand on It.
You, being a married man, must know
the symptoms, nnd I don't mlud say
ing that ever since last summer at the
lake I've had an uneasy feeling in my
heart, but up at your house I'm Just
making myself useful amusing the la
dles." Bryan Macgregor, the basso of the
party, saw fit to Interrupt the boys
here and, taking bis old meerschaum
pipe out of his mouth, drawled:
"I say, fellows, you two better quit.
It's too early In the morning to get
twitting on facts, and It's a mean thing
to do at any time of da). Jack, you
give an Imitation of a gentleman and
don't talk back, ant Leigh, for love of
Mike, shut up. that howl. Granting
that your 'bonny lies over the ocean,
I do not blame her for staying there
If she ever Ueard that voice of yours."
Finally the six men seated them-1
selves in comfortable positions, and
snatches of songs, bits of stories, much
laughter and general good fellowship
prevailed. Leigh again had the floor
la the midst of a story about six sail
ors who were shipwrecked and had no
food.
"No food!" he reiterated. "No food
Just the same as we are, fellows no
food."
Jack took the hint, and soon baskets
came forth heavily laden with de
licious food that tho girls had packed
for them. They sat down and Ijegan
to eat like the proverbial hungry sail
ors, and Leigh was commenting on
women in the capacity of cooks when
t queer gurgling sound was heard,
then another. The Aphrodite was evi
dently in trouble.
,"Maybe she's bnngry, skipper. Give
her some gasoline ec a bit of oil." 1 1
The Aphrodite, as If in answer to the
suggestion, began Spitting oil over the
floor of the boat. 11 1 ! '
"Evidently not hungry In facti full
to overflowing," commented Leigh. i
The Aphrodite suddenly stopped aad
VV O LUIO
MAIN STREET, CORNER 7TH
OREGON CITY, OREGON
A sweeping reduction in all our depart
ments. I am going to put in new lines
and must therefore sacrifice my entire
stock in order to make room.
ABSOILVTEILY NO '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 44 44 75c 44 44
PAINTS
Imperial best garanteed 5 years
per gallon $1.25
per quart 35c
$1.25 screen doors for 75c each
$2.00 44 44 '. 41 $1.25."
25c val. window screens 15c 44
35c 44 44 44 20c 44
I,
$3.50 top matress
4.50
2.50 spring mattress
3.50 44
$2.25
3.00
1.50
2.25
GLASS
8x10,
10x12,
10x14,
12x14,
5c each
6c each
7c each
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
Jors
at
Cost
CROCKERY
60c cups and saucers, set 40c
75c 44 44 44 44 50c
and all our stock accordingly,
WALL PAPER
10c paper, 5c per double roll
20c 44 10c '
25c 44 15c 44 44
30c 44 20c . 44
40c 41 30c' " . 44
Kitchen Chairs
75c values
$1.25 values
55c each
1.00 44
AXES
$l25 values - 75c each
Ranges and Stoves
Ranges from - $22.50 up
These are facts,
and be convinced.
If you see it in 001 ad it's so. Call
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