OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1007,
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The forcing Into bankruptcy of La
Belle Bros., prune packers of Albany,
seems to indicate that the holiday
sword was one that cut both ways.
- In his announcement for holidays
to continue through this week Gov-
ernor Chamberlain took occasion to
say that he hoped these would prove
the last So hope we
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Canby Is In the midst of an anti-sa-
loon fight Ohlt Is being made all
along the line; the saloon keeper is
to be punished for the part he took in
electing Chamberlain Governor Just
as if it were not possible for him to
have a choice in the matter.
John W. Loder Is a new "Rich-
mond" wishing for Mayoralty honors,
He has decided to stand against Dr.
Carll, who otherwise would have had
a ciear nem. some preuici inai nis
late decision defeats him from the
outset
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The- teachers of Oregon City are
very much gartified with the consid-
eratlon of C. H. Caufield. of the Ore-
gon City Bank, who kindly advanced
enough money to take up their school
warrants, there not being enough ,
funds in the school treasury to pay '
them. ;
So far in our life we have seen lit
tle good come of movements, private
or puouc. 10 pumsn some man or
men And the fact that we cannot
join in me tuon 10 paj ua an oiu v.vVJ o. v. ....... .-m., w .
score on the saloonist does not argue Qe Injures every one in the community
that we think the saloon, as run by and be injury is irreparable.
some men, is a good thing. A major-!
ity of the saloons are bad, but club-i The temperance-church people have
blng the saloonist is not going to im-' been wrestling with the drinking
prove the business methods of the bablt for sixty years, and the ques
saloon or saloonist. i tlon of temperance has been sinking
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the end sought is one that meets your j
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the contest from afar. And people
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who throw stones at those who do
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policy might learn much if they would ;
stop and think on certain occasions.
More homebuilders have come into This Is a bitter pill for men and
the Pacific Northwest this year than , women who Imagine they have a won
ever before, one system of railroads derful influence for good, and who
reporting for Oregon points alone 230 ; think that the agitation of which they
colonists for every day between Sept. i have been a part must have been pro
1 and Oct. 31. Many of these new ductlve of good, to swallow; but all
settlers have come to the state with the same it is true and facts will
from $2,000 to $30,000 and have in- bear out the statement
vested it the result will be a great I
increase in the productiveness of both To what end are temperance-church
states. j working? Where are they drifting?
The substantial condition-of the Pa-
cific Northwest is illustrated in a tlons; it is a question of hard facts,
most convincing way by the wheat All the legislation on the statute
and flour shipments of Columbia riv- books was put there by temperance
er and Puget Sound ports. For the church people; they have been work
ten months beginning January 1 and infr at this problem for sixty years:
ending October 31. there were export- what has been accomplished corn
ed from Portland and Puget Sound pared with, what they found when
ports( including Seattle, Tacoma and they began? Is it not about time to
other points), a total of 8, 893 480 stop and consider this question?
bushels of wheat and a total of 3,501,- j
726 barrels of flour. j Ohio placed a section in the new
' . . constitution provdlng that no sa-
WHY NOT BE FAIR? J loons should be granted license. It
One of the misfortunes of the dl(l not satisfy the temperance-church
Clackamas county liquor dealers is people. What Is the law now?
that they made no effort to prevent
the sale of whiskey to children until Iowa was a prohibition State for
after a Canby boy had died as a re- several years; the temperance-church
suit of a night's carouse in which a people were dissatisfied and now
number of his companions had en- there Is no temperance In the strict
gaged. Their efforts now to suppress sense of the word. Temperance-
the law-defying dealers wll? of course church people have been able to as-
be taken with a grain of allowance. sert themselves in all the better
The above paragraph from the Ore- States for years, and have done so,
gonian is a sample of what an unfair and how about the laws?
editor can produce when he feels that
way. What had the saloon keepers of The percentage of drunkards, of
Clackamas county In general to do regular drinking men and of crime
With Wliat enmfl UTt tm i Tl -arKv ,1 ( ,1 f rmmitaA V . If ,1 - ( n 1 ! Tl . v.on la InA.nnn.
Why not be fair with the saloonist?
If you don't want any saloons and
we have no criticism if you don't at
least be fair with the saloonist and
apply the golden rule to him; you can
do that. If one erocer elves short
weight It Is not a matter for his com- punishment for drunkeness, for wlfe
petitors to correct, but for those who beating, and for desertion of family
are injured and for the officers of the have been prescribed, and still the
law. The saloons of Oregon Citv are
no more responsible for the evils of
some Canby saloon than the pastors,
Sunday school superintendents, or
deacons. Shoulder up here; don't
try to shirk. ;
LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE.
WThy is it that when a man gets
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nis loot pincned in one hole he wants
to at once try another and see if
there is a pinch hid away there? The
big interests are having trouble with
their finances and sr having tlmp
), Tv,"la ?.a.vinK. Mm?
befor "the, -have one dfflcuity settled
oeiore mey nave one aimculty staled
Already the big Portland Interests
are trying to stir up trouble with their
workmen, and some are claiming that
now is the opportune time to teach
labor unions a lesson. Why now'
Haven't the big Interests enough to
do to get business back to the normal
without stirring up trouble and pro-
longing the day of unsettled condl-,
tlons? Business seems to he drift-
i,r hoM, t tu i.i
fcwv-iv w,c ft,n;u niuc tjl Wl nidi-
ket, why not let things settle down to
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good old prosperity and not hunt up
some way to start things to the bow-
bows again? ;
Vote you convictions; don't let any
one steer you up against what he
4tlt1rn Ifl mmmt wV mV '
la JJgUt,
WISE AND OTHERWISE.
belive that if all the money
j spent for drink was spent for food
and clothing our country would be
I greatly benefitted by the change,
j and we would rather be a merchant
i than a saloonist
We hear much about the Prohibi
tion States of the I'nlon. Which are
they, and what are they? loot's
have the facts.
People who are boasting of the
Prohibiten States of the Union might
i'n something rrom statistics. At
Troy, Ohio, there is a distillery that
sold over a million and a half of
whiskey last year In Prohibition
States exclusively. And there are
about 20 distilleries that sell their
whole product In Prohbltlon States.
Does Prohibition prohibit? We have
reference to political prohibition.
xh .hn ,9 ,,,..,, nrivll,ws
makes a t.ottw man than one who is
so fettered and tied down at home
by unwise parents that he is driven
to steal away if he would have any
recreation. So the man who is forced
to hUJo nis rum cannot but bo ,.
jurod bv the operation. And the fact
that ,ne nim )s an lnjtiry t0 hm;
,niU ho would be w,sor tf he Kt u
alone pntirt,iv, does not enter Into
the. equaslon.
Things that undermine the morals
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are a greater Injury than things which
undermine the physical. And It ans
wers nothing to say that it is better
lor wie man as we wisn 11; we are ;
doing this for his giod, ad Infinitum.
When one can Influence a man to
give P something injurious it Is a
step forward: when you take It away
from him by force It Is often Injurious,
and so far no one has ever been able
to demonstrate a case where force
has proven a benefit.
Prinking to excess is a bad habit.
but the one most injured is the man.
and next comes his family.
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man who organizes his neighbors In- j
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force is a dangerous element In so-
j deeper into the mire all that time.
They have n)t bwn wrestling with
h wn question all that time.
tho"Sh. tot when the tcmperance-
re were no saiooPS w 1
And all this time drunkeness has
st? until today the
percentage of men who are drunkards.
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men who are constant drinkers, and
, j t u
crime as committed by men who
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are reliable prove this.
it Is not a question of good Inten
lng despite the drastic legislation of
the past forty years. Why Is this?
A!l sorts of drastic legislation has
been tried in the past. Compulsory
temperance has been tested. Severe
evil erows. About the onlv sten that i
has not been taken Is that of shooting !
the drunkard or the saloonist. or both, !
on sight, and the country will scarce j
stand for that at this time.
IjOOKlng OVPr tne fip,(, of a,t I
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j present or future legislation we can"c "' n" '
!ee no light. Men cannot, be made a?,??W7.u? " thfi Cnb"
coort hv legislation nnrt thov TBVer
hava hen Whot tnf Tl, -
w,v
aIWap8u."ttl'Ve up the flght or
"Pt new mettl"'8- j
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But thre ,s a way out and th nfl-1
im people may bank on that fart I
The CrPator nas not P'ac man'
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ut an tulte far the evil. Not that
Je pJacel' the wfaPn in man's hands
for hla destruction; he gave him an
''ncv wh'ch may be made valuable,
, man ha3 Perverted It to his de-
"tructlon. And yet the Creator has
p,acf 1 'ithl" ourselves a means of
combatting that evil, as well as all
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The wise parent does not fence the
stove in from the baby: but rather
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f !y lsA the stove's power for
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fn" no ln ,eny that f!rp
f,as "ot a tremendous power for evil ,
" n"1 Properly confined. Its power
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many ioiu swirter than that of rum. i
shown that power, and It takes but;
one little burn to convince it, if at
shown that power, and
mm m . .
the outset It doubts the parent's Judg
ment. And in teaching the, baby this
power, and In convincing the child,
and In teaching It how to handle It
in such a way that "Its teeth are
drawn," so to speak, baby learns Mo
beooino self reliant takes on man
hood, and as It learns these many
other agencies for evil, and broadens
out In Its ability to grasp the truth' of
facts as they are presented It becomes
a man ami is able to stand out in the
world as a man.
Hut supposing a parent fences In
the stove, and all other agencies thut
may harm the baby, t.e lmy and the
young man, how long, think you,
would It take that young man in after
years to become a man? Would he
ever fully rise to -uini's estate? Is-it
not In showing the youngster as It
advances In years how to meet these
evils and how to handle them wlth -
out harm that we make or unmake
him?
It Is the same way with the use
and abuse of liquor that It Is with
the fire. The young man will not "
nearly so often meet the liquor con
dition as he will the fire for the Lt- MR- BRYAN'S PLAN A GOOD ONE.
ter must enter Into his very life. But
It is Just as vital that he be prepared
to meet the one as the other, and if
he Is not and the evil crosses his
path we must not expect too much in
the final wlmlup. ,
And which would give you greater
ease of mind as regards your son, to
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for the present you had the drink
I evl rB!tI,j
Even though It wefr'
caged today, It may not be tomorrow, of this insurance to be collected as a
Hut oiice the young man is fitted to tax from alt the national bniiks.
overthrow It as a temptation there Is If this reform can be effected It
but little danger of failure. will prove the greatest financial boon
So far we have presented to you ever extended to the American peo
but two conditions in connection with pie. I'nder It bank panics would
this evil: First, the young man's con- cease. Credit In a national bank
dltion to combat: second, the evil would be as good and as unquestioned
fenced in. Hut there Is a third, and as a note upon a national bank. There
It Is the greater of them all and the .would be no motive whatever for runs
least understood. The Creator has on national banks, and these t rage
provided for an advancement in the idles of the present banking system
T-afii K.'k had .,.,..!.. .4 t.tm n t p. n . I.
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am, Uot pf tra,nlnK. Suppose we hftv
e
a young man whose parents, previous
u h, wn k) ba, , Jj f
son who should be influenced for right
and not bo an easy prey to evil?
Then suppose the case of a young
man whose ancestry for three genera
tions has had In mind the rearing of
a race with big Ideals' and with power
to trample under foo eveil tenden
cies? What becomes of the power
of the drink habit then?
Now the 'Creator has planned for
that very thing in our make-up. How
many have availed themselves of It
In the rearng of their families? What!
The Christian-temperance people of
Oregon City have not made this one
of the provisions of their bringing
children Into the world! You have
simply been breeding In a hap-ha.ard
manner and then depended on your
ability to fence up the saloon in an
effort to save your boys! You have
Put before the horse and are
now getting out of all friendship with
those of your friends that won't Join
you in an effort to lock the barn door
after the horse has been stolen?
Suppose sixty years ago, when the
temperance-Christian people first be
gan their efforts to fence up this un
tamed agency they had with their
other efforts began to plan for a char
acter too strong to yield. We would
now be working in the second genera
tion, or In the second degree of re
moval from temptation, with success
witnin our grasp. Hut Instead we
have been passing through two gen-!
erations of high fences, and all the
time been developing along the line
of fence scalers! And those whom we
have shielded with our fences have
been growing weaker and weaker in
their power to resist evil, and more
proficient in their ability to scale all
barriers until now nothing save a
barbed wire fence will turn them.!1" normal conditions as wm as the
And when one is found with the habit
fastened on him he Is certain. If cor
nered, to try and blame his habits
to the system. Weakness Is being
personified, and still you wish to build
your fences higher.
Have you not seen the rapid pace
to ruin of the young man or young
woman who has been tied to mother's j art(, MA hg hearers how the tern-apron-strings
until manhood's estate perance ,)f Oregon City were
has heen renrhert? Havn vnn nut i ,
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commented on It? This Is the case
of those who break away; we are
glad to say that many who are close-
ly guarded get settled In life without
any Incllnaton to evil. Rut where
they do go the wrong road Is not the
pace a swift one? Would you not
rather prefer that your young men
and women have the power of self
glance strong within them? But how
can that be made so? Ry in-breedlng
and training, and the former force
Is the greater power and more certain
to win.
You can never chain the saloon so
that it will not do evil If we continue
to rear our children susceptible to
Its evil Influence. Rut you may In the
course of time rear
a generation
against which It will have little pow
er ror evl1- J"'1 can never build a
f(-"nce so high that someone may not
scale It, and the higher the fence the
more agile do our youngsters become
naJ . me inuium, , oil juu nil
,"v'
nrove his handiwork? So far there
never been restrictions made
that have not been futile; man's abil-
ity to devise evasion Is as active as
his Dower to restrict
B P"-r n-sinti.
Not that It is wise to leave the sa-
ta to Itself entirely In the interim,
hut vour nets can be with modern.
tlon, and born of wisdom.
A dispatch from Washington.
Thanksgiving, tells the story that
President Roosevelt may again be a
candidate. The story says that In
case It looks as If he must he a can
didate In order to defeat some can
didate of the trust Interests he will
consent to run, hut not otherwise.
There Is no doubt but Ilosevelt Is sin
cere In his desire to retire; that he
in mn uctiic Italic, Ulttl lit)
has had enough; but his heart Is set
on the people getting a square deal,
and if In order to secure that he must
run again he is likely to do so. This
a. lookhng'to the "good , if
the whole people,, and not prosperity
to the select few. Prosperity
MONEY STRINGENCY PAST. 1
The announcement by Secretary i
torteiyou thai run her subscriptions
to the one year Treasury certificates
would not be reci v. d, Is regarded j
as Indleullng that fie Secretary con
siders that the crlsl;i In the money
market to bo practically over, Official
figures have not been given out lit
the Treasury of the amount of the
certificates allotted nor has It been
stated whether further allotments
would bo made for subscriptions al
ready received. The amount of the
allotment made, however, Is said to
be about $:I5,000,000 and (his Is prob
ably the limit unless strong reasons
are presented from banks which have
already made subscriptions why allot
ments should be made to them. All
Individual subscriptions having been
rejected. It Is anticipated that nearly
the whole of the $:t5.000.IHM allotted
lum i,rt u,i ... ..,.' '.
mn note As these Issues will be
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w, not Climtttllt0 tt ,H,nnanent lutm.
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Kvery note put out by a national
bank Is guaranteed or Insured by the
t'nlted States government If a na -
tional bank fall, Its currency remains
as sound as a gold dollar, and this
fact establishes perfect confidence In
national bank currency.
Mr. Hryan would extend this safe-
vimr.l . ,l..ult ,.f iwill. ,,,,.) I.,,., La
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the payment In full of every dollar
deposited u national bank, the cost
would soon become a dark and unhap
py memory.
The plan advocated by Mr. Hryan
Is deserving of thorough and friendly
consideration. The fact that It
chances to be advocated by the I)emo
cratlc leader should not be permitted
to exert the slightest adverse Influ
ence on the minds of Republican
leaders of Congress. Spokane He
view. FUTURE OF HOLIDAYS.
The Oregonlan of Krlday says:
Governor Chamberlain will welcome
a plain, straightforward statement
from the business men of Portland
and of the rest of the State In regard
to the continuance of the present
bank holladys. If the business Inter
ests of the State wUh the holidays
continued until the first of the year,
as It appears they do, the Governor
would like to have them tell him ho.
He does not feel that he should pro
long the holidays unless there Is a j
general and practically unanimous ;
sentiment in ravor or It. . i
In Oregon City conditions are much
better than when the -holidays were
first begun. There Is more money In
the-local banks and the feeling among
the patrons of the banks Is better.
What little timidity was noticeable at
the outset has practically disappear
ed, and the people of Oregon City and
Clackamas county can be relied on to
do their best to bring about prosper
ity. Mayor Caufield, at the Oregon City
Ra"l(' '8 v,',ry ''H pleased with the
iMuitNK uiiu nil uir eiiiinnii-i tiiiiPii
show by the partons of tKTAOINN
shown by the patrons during the
whole pi the unrest period. He say
that the banks of this city are ready
to take up the usual "work as soon as
the holidays are ended, and that the
home banks are In position to return
representatives at Portland ami the
East can and will recognize drafts on
the balances carried In those money
centers.
Something is the matter with the
wings ot the local temperance move
ment Thev ilnn't fliin tiiL'ether A
f(,w i? n,-v nmnvhop ivu t.ere
koiuk u cui on me hiuooii Keepers
,)al)lu,gH 8ix ,ncne8 at a time until
there were no ,)antH meaning sa-
loon An,i now C(im(.s a H,,conil
paker, Col. Ott, and says you can't
get rid of the saloon entirely, but
must regulate It. Whether the tem
perance people must regulate It along
tax-gathering lines, or as simply re
taliatory restrictions, deponent salth
not. Things are drifting about as
they generally do when people set
out to make some one else be good
by direct legislation there comes a
division before the procession travels
far.
"Don't vote for a man to look after
the public's business that you would
not trust to look after your own" Is a
safe rule to follow. Ue as watchful
for the public good as for your own
private purse. There are men In pub
lic life In Oregon City today who seem
as watchful of the city's Interests as
of their own, and there are many
others among our citizens who can be
trusted; there no dearth of good
men; but It Is often the case that It
is not the better men who are crowd
ing themselves to the front. The
best men must oftn be drafted.
'Election next week, following
Thanksgiving. Not a few will be
thankful that the ordeal Is over, and
perhaps there will be those who
would be thankful for a few more
days In which to hustle. And last,
but not least, there may be the man
who Is thankful It Is no worse.
American trade with Cuba has more
than doubled In the past five years.
Statistics furnished by the Depart
ment of Commerce" and Labor show
that In 1902 our. exports to the Island
amounted to $23,000,000, while for the
year ending next month they will ex
ceed $50,000,000.
A man who will plunder his neigh
bors In private life, or his clients In
business, is not a safe man to put In
charge of a city's affairs. And the
man whose only good trait Is that
"lie's a good fellow" Is not generally
a wise choice for public office.
OREGON DAIRYMAN'S
MEET AT PORTLAND
DAIRYMEN INVITED TO GIVE TWO
DAYS TO PUBLIC
DISCUSSION.
Oregon fruit's rive-million dollar
yield for 1907 Is great, but Oregon's
dairy product growing from nothing
ten years ago to live millions In 1 !)('.',
and seventeen millions In I!I07, Is
going to give a grand entertainment
In Portland December 12 and I.'!.
Two floors of the big Woodmen's
I Hall at Eleventh and Alder have been
1 for that purpose, one for the
j exhibits and the other for the conven-
" 1 ' Prl.ea offered are the great-
est ever presented In the West, The
program will be excellent. There will
be a reception, with refreshments and
music, at the Portland Commercial
, Club, the evening of the 12th.
I It Is the farmer and the dairymen
.who should be present at this conven-
Hon, All of the commercial bodies
should have delegates present and as
the women of Oregon have made the
Stale fatuous for Us dairy products
they will be especially welcome and
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The exercises w open promptly
at 10 o'clock Thursday morning. Ie.
ccniber 12, at Woodmen's Hall, ICach
ami every paper will 1h dismissed so
thut the practical points may be
brought out. All delegate are urged
to be present, however, an hour be
fore the opening Thursday so as to
register, receive badges, and get
time to examine the exhibit lu the
large room Just below the convention
ball.
The officer of the Oregon Palry As
sociation want 'you to come prepared
to ask questions, to feel that you are
present to be benefitted., and to p
preclato that the discussion of tb"
papers after they are delivered Is
more valuable than the pnHr them
selves, for this character of illseus
Klon brings nut all the strong points.
The busineMs men if Portland have
put up money to Insure the publica
tion of the proceeding In the best
possible manner, and to Illustrate the
same, but only facts and vital Infor
mation will be printed, ami those
are wanted from every district In Or
egon. The railroads have made a
rate of a fare and a third from every
point In the State.
NO
FLIES ON
CHRIS SCIIUEBLE
DON'T PROPOSE TO BE CAUGHT
NAPPING BY. MEN
HAVE NO VOTE.
WHO
Chris Schuebel, who I taklni; an
active part In the attempt to pas the
proposed Excise Jiw purMise to
show that he is a watchful leader, and
to that end he I taking step to see
that no "tlonters" count at the elec
tion next week. And Chris promises
to make It warm for any one caugt
with the goods on him on that occa
sion. To that end Mr. Schuebel made a
request on Clerk Oreeiiman that he
produce the reglsl ration hook at the
polls election day. Tha official In
formed Mr. Schuebel that he was not
required by law to do so and hence
would not participate in the event.
He volunteered the information that
If the City Recorder wi.'lied to do so
h' could have psmsesHicn of the books.
Mr. Schuebel then ImiMirtuued Re
corder Dlmlck, but that official said
he did not care to get Into a contro
versy and mo would not appear with
tho hooks unless Judge Mcllrldo ho
ruled.
Mr. Schuebel, ntlll thinking that he
hail right on his side went Into Cir
cuit Court with the case. Mr. Schue
be argued for and Recorder Dlmlck
and City Attorney Campbell nay and
after listening to the pros and cons
Judge McHrldo held that It wa not
necessary to have the registration
books at the polls.
Hut that does not arguu that Mr.
Schuebel will relax hi vigilance In
In any degree; but on the other hand
he is likely to be more watchful from
now until the last vote Is counted.
If vim and vigor were to win this
campaign Mr. Schuebel would come
off winner, hands down.
SHOULD WRITE A
SECOND OPEN LETTER.
Editor Enterprise: I eo four of
our well-known citizens have made an
attack on you because you havo the
courage to print your convictions, and
those convictions do not agree with
their own opinions. I see that tho
saloonkecner comes In for his usual
amount of abuse In the same circular.
Among other things the author
says, and the other signers confirm,
the statement that In all the struggle
to keep a reading room In operation
In Oregon City no saloonkeeper ever
paid a penny to tho work. That Is
absolutely false, for I gave to them
several times and I know of others
who have told mo they contributed.
Perhaps we did not contribute as lib
erally as some others, but if ho it.
wag not that we were stingy fbut for
the reason that as the room was run
It did not just meet our Ideas of what
such an institution should be.
When I first saw that statement 1
said to my friends that I should de
mand to know what was done with
my money; that I should ask for an
accounting to determine whether my
money was paid Into the society or
kept by the men who collected It.
Hut I have since thought better of
the matter; I don't think any of those
Interested In the room would steal;
simply this man who Tvrote that
screed, and Die men who signed It,
made and signed a rash statement
without regard to whether they knew
the facts or not. They were evidently
very mad at the Kutorprlsit and lis
editor and rushed Info print to dis
credit him In the community without,
much regard for falrnesN.
Now If they are fair and honest
men they will again conm out over
their own signatures and say that
they did not know what they were
talking about, for It Is Into that they
did not know, or did not care, for It
Is us I have said above 1, myself, con
tributed several time ami friend
say they gave lu .mail amounts,
If Is not strange, that men make
such rash statement when In tlx
heat- of controversy, with defeat star
ing them In the fuce, but when the
smoke of battle ha cleared away hoy
should be man enough to admit past
rashness.
One reason why contribution wcro
not larger and more frequent from
saloonkeeper wn the fact that tho
room were cheerio, ami not Mipu
lar with the young men they nought
to reach, and there seemed to be con
siderable "politic" mixed In th
movement by the leader. 1 ion onn
of lelr contributor lu last week'
Nntorprlsc ask for a "square deal,"
so I presume they will now do tho
"square" thing by you and correct
their past error.
Ymror a "square deal,"
KX HAliOON'KICKPICK.
pearoii' Magazine for November
ha an able financial article In which
Hie statement made that over a
billion of the money of Hie New York
banks Is tied up all the lime by Walt
Street speculation. The claim I
made, ami with much reason, dint If
Wall Street wn cut off by the bank
Him financial stringency would dis
appear a If by magic. When Wall
Street need money It seem to havo
first call on all I bone largo Inniliu
tlou, and when It needs It badly, a
lu the prcHCttt crisis. It tie thing up
so that a stringency cannot lie avoid
ed, This make another good reaou
why Wall Street should bo wiped off
the map.
It U a well know fiirt that person
living In the Pine foret do not uf
fer from kidney dlae. One do
of Plnule at night usunllv relieve
backache. 30 days' treatment. 110(1.
Your money refunded If not satUfied.
Sold by Huntley JlrtJ.
Postal from Old Clackamai.
On a Mital rnrd to the practical
Parmer, of Philadelphia, J, 1 Mum
power of Route 2, Oregon City, Ore
gon under date Of October 21. say:
"Tbl year ha been a priwperoux
one, a a rule, to all classe of peo
ple, especially to farmer. Our dairy
Interest are very remunerative; t)
August the patron were paid 37
cent per pound for butter fat. The,
amount of butter the creamery mado
in August wa,s h.mmi pound. Thl
creamery I run on the mutual -tem,
ami the company I out of debt,
ami pay their stockholder 5 per cent
Interest of $;(ino of stock. The eras
I a green a In June, and will bo
greeii all winter; tomato vine art
blooming; late corn I In fine roast
ing ear. Our money crop here Is ev
erything that I ralmd on (ho farm
except noxious weeds, bug and
worm. Parmer have been too busy
to do fall plowing crop. A kiI sharo
of plowing and towing of crop I
done In the winter month. Price:
Wheat, ! per bushel; oat. $2,r
(2S; clover. $!2'ifl3 per ton; butter.
25 cents; sweet cream. IU cents;
sour cream, 31 M, cent per pound:
egg, candled, ;ij- fHj cent per
dozen; Hitatoe $1 per cwt."
Weiton Beats Trip of Forty Year
Ago,
Kd ward P. Weston, the ug,. pedes
trian, ended' his tramp of 12; mile
from Portland, Me., to the Federal
building In Chicago at 12:15 p. m.
Wednesday. He left Portland, October
2!t at 5 p. m thu making his travel
ing time, exclusive of Sundays, 21
days 19 hours and 15 minute. We,
ton did not walk on Sundays. Ho
broke his word of 40 years ago by
one day three hours and 25 minute.
HI former time was 25 day 22 hour
and )) minute.
COLLAPSE IN LONG RACE.
Schoolboy Find MaraMion Court
Too Severe for Them.
A Marathon road race held at Yon
kers. N. Y Thanksgiving Day, lert
many casualties In lis wake, j. C.
Cunningham collapsed after running
17 miles. He was removed to a hos
pital, where he wa still unconscious
at a late hour Thursdnv night. It was
said he might die. He suffering
from acuto (Illation of the heart.
Five other runners collapsed and
had to be treated by physicians be
fore they could g( to their home, six
others failed to report at the finish,
but It hi thought they gave up the
race when exhausted and returned
to their homes.
The winner of the race waa John
J. Hayes, of the St. Rartholomew
Academy. He covered tho 25 mllea
in 2 hours, 41 minutes and 15 seconds.
Most of the contestants In the race
were boys who had not been properly
seasoned for the heart-breaking strug
gle. Fulton Would Tax Stock Tranafars.
Senator Fulton Is preparing for tho
introduction of a bill Imposing a rev
enue tax of 20 ner rinl i...
transfer of stock on margins. Ho has
completed the text of a measure
amending the Interstate commerce act
to prevent tho Increase of lumber
freight rates until a hearing is had
before the commission nnd a decision
made thnt the proposed Increases are
reasonaldo,
A stage runaway occurred on the
Monument-Canyon City line tho last
of the week in which the stage was
thrown over the stoop grade above
John Day. A passenger, Klnier Glbbs,
a resident of Uklah. Umatilla county,
Jumped gnd sustained serious inju
rles. HIM was broken at the ankle
and his chin cut open. Ho lay on the
ground two hours while the driver
mado his way to town for help Tho
mall was found and brought to town
next day.