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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1908. DIXON DECLARES HI8 PLATFORM. !;""r" W- mum, editor of Ihc Citnl.y Tribune, . nii'ii'iuui mr iinpriKfiitiiilvn on llxoii malti-H the following pledgor ii i itin fitiiiiiiuiiiMi ami cllOll'11 elect Iiiih announced him- tli'i Kcpulillriui ticket. Mr. 4 a. f V 1 fur llmlr not a gov- aiid for tlm elected I w support Ui't peoplim United Milieu Ki'lllili.r. I.ol tin. iicriuln II. H. Hi'iialoiH iirid i Iiiih mill bribery In our le:lnliituie, There Im mo trim n-piiiiMi'iiii form of government Unit Ih eminent Of the people, ,y (In) pwiple people, 2. Kipmllty in titxaf Ki'ipilni that the manu facturer Hlmll pay IiIh JumI hIihiii of taxes tint Maine im the farmer iiml producer. I wiih IIki f)ntt nmn In Oregon to (Uncover and expose Iho attempt now be ing iiimln to exempt nil personal nioiiertv from tax- ittloti and Hiulille the Imrili'ii of ta x tit Ion wholly upon the Intnl. tlniM reuniting the fanner to pay double ti Ih present tuxes, I am still lighting lli iiieiuiiiie through the newiipiiperH of the Hlato. ' II. A depoitlloiM' gllillllMre law, guaranteeing depor.llorH UKalllllt loss of their money In Insolvent bunks, During the past 12 months over 40 millions of ih.. people' money di.poHlteil In hank have been f squandered by illiiboiieiit buiilierM. The imiikM demand aecurlty be- for.' leHlnc m y out of the bunk, and I Hlmll demand Hoeurlly for the people before putting their money Into the ImiikK. If noinliiatnd find elected, Hlmll Introduce till h bill In the IglHlntiirn und fight for lfn piiHMiiKe, I tiirlitK Ihe campaign uliull explain thin proponed law und bow It will operate to neciire the people, and greatly benefit " the IiuiiIih by restoring ronlldciirc and putting Into circulation money Unit Im now hoarded away. . I nhall advocaii. belter roadii and public highway", und a more ( liberal policy toward our public whooln and educational InHtltntloiiH. t' f. IHgM economy In the expenditure of public money, which Ih tho ' people's money, , I have no pant political record, but I believe a young man can have t ' no hlgliur umlilllon than to Nerve It Ih Ktate honorably and well, and If ? the perfple will Htaiid bark of inn I promlNi) that my every act Hlmll ' be fnrlhe udvaiicemeut o. their IntereHtH, iih oppoHed to the Interests of the corporiillonit und the money power. GKOKCH W. DIXON t 'r , ! 'V THE LENTEN SEASON 1 ! i 1 1 1 Ii i 'V ;, i. .Jj. 4. . 4. $ 1- 4. I, ii .. .j. i. .J. 4, .s. rv 4. 4, 4.. A, $1.00 $1.00 A WEEK WILL DO Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry and Silverware SOLD ON EASY PAYMENTS AND YOU WEAR THE GOODS WHILE PAYING FOR THEM EVERY ARTICLE GUARANTEED STANDARD JEWELRY STORE 189 THIRD STREET BETWEEN YAMHILL AND TAYLOR PORTLAND, OREGON (Iiy Itev. T. V. Itowcn.) WedneHdny of thin week Ih Aiih Wed ncmlay, the flrat day In I!tit, and for the next nix weidiH, of the more, than four hundred million CbrlHtlan people In the world u lare majority will with more or Iohh devotion keep the Imt niHt. Homo will a liHl.ii 1 11 from popular umiiHomentH mid cnt.ertalninciitH, oomo will ubidaln from InxurleH In tlm way of food, nearly all will uttend more fre quently on the public nervlcen of tlio church and kIvo more time to Hplrltual thliiKH than they are imerl to do. In varloiiM way und with different do ereen of falt.bfiiliienn Ient will bo oh nerveil. Wliut (Ioch It ull mean? AVhat Ih I'iit? 'I'ho (iieHtlon Ih aHked many time each Hprlng ,and many annwerH aro Klven. Komo Hay It Ih almply "a Burvlval of medieval wiperHtltlon," Homo Bay that "church people are taking a reHt from Koclnl HctlvltleB, ull of which will be ri'Hiuned with renewed energy after KaHler." OtherH will kIvo It up, ami look mi, puzzled at the Htrangu Idea which year by yeur dominate!) ho many mlndH. AKaln, then, what docn It mean, what Im I'iit, bow and when did It originate? t( find the annwer we miiHt k hack nearly 1800 yearn In tho blHtory of the churchea. Tho carlleat reference to tho ly nted faHt Ih found In the writing of tho church father, IrenaeiiH. Irenaeun wa born In A. I) 130 and wuh HlHhop of Lyoim In Gaul, modern France. There was dtfrlng tho time of Irenaeun u controvemy con cernliiR tho proper time for obHervIng Kantr-r. IrenaeiiH, In a letter to anoth er HlHhop, refer to the controversy, and Incidentally to tho faHt which was kept before KaHter. IIIh words are: "Some think they Hhould faHt one day, others two, others yet more, and this variety In if b observance has not orig inated In our time, but long before In the days of our anciHtors." Now, when wo remember that Iren aeiiH wan born within forty years after the death of the laHt of the A pontics, that ho had been Instructed by Poly crap, whoawnH a companion and pupil of tho ApoKtle St. John, and wben we remember that IrenaeiiH Rpeaks of the fast before KaHter as long established, It Is obvious that tho fast must have originated noon after tho days of the ApoHtles, If not while they lived. At fliHt the length of tho fast was 40 hourH, but the time was grudually In creased until. In the fourth century, we find It lasting 40 days. The present mode, by which It begins on Ash Wed- ' ncHiIay dates from tho close of tho nlxth century. The primitive purpose of tho Lenten fiiHt was tho commemoration of tho Morrows, death and burial of the Sa viour, the 40 hours corresponding t the llmo that elapsed between the suffering death of Christ and IIIh res urrection. Hut. as time went on anoth er feature came In, und luit was made b season of spiritual discipline for sins a neaiion of spiritual discipline. On tho first day of the fast those who were under eccleniaatlca! discipline for sins committed appeared before the lilsh opn "clothed with Hack cloth, with bare feet and eyes turned t tho ground." The Jilshops and clergy recited the penitential pnaluiH and suitable pray ern, then riHlng, the Hlshops threw usheH over the penitents as a Hlgn of their mortality. Jienco the origin of tho Ash Wednesday. Ihe modern puriKse of .Lent Is to provide a Benson of special prayer and penitence, a time of Holf-dlsclpllne of examining one's Hplrltual standing. I Joes not every man need some such provision? The purpose of this life is to educate tho houI in a righteous ness that will make it meet for enter ing on tho future life. Does not every man need a time at which to stop and enquire what progress ho Is making in righteousness? 1 ne lynien season proviries such a time, at which to ask one's self for what am I living? Is It for the present or tho future? For hIii or for rights eoimncss? For self or for God? Am I living to eat and drink, and dress, to buy and Bell, and get gain?? Or is there, back of all these things, a bet tor and higher motive God and right eousness? Now this Ih tho question the church desires every soul to face during the Lenten season ; to face It manfully, to face It honestly, and to protlt by fac ing It This Is the purpose of Lent. This being so, those customs which have prevailed In the church In all agoB find an adequate explanation. Prayer, abstinence, alms-giving, self denial, multiplied religious services, all find a place, because they help to bring the soul into that Rtate in which It is able to search for itself. In the observance of Lent It will be as in the observance of other means of Grace. Some will use It faithfully. by a consistent use of Its time honor ed customs. Others will "make light of It" And here as elsewhere "what soever a man soweth that shall be reap." 3 t VS Tho Kind You Havo Always Bought, and which has been la uho for over 30 years, has borno the signature of and has been made under his per- rii onal supervision since Its infancy. All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just-as-good "are but . Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children Experience against Experiment What is CASTORIA Castorla is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Irops and Soothing Syrups. It Is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium. Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is Its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Peverlshncss. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates tho Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea The 3Iother's Friend. , GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears tho Signature of The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Oyer 30 Years. tmb ciirr.un cmmhv, tt hwhiut rrntrr, NnrvOfW omr. NO CAS NO COCAINE We Set Ihe Pace in HIGH-GRADE DENTISTRY U'e belong to no ili'iitiil combination but' stand mi our n-pulullon ami are , busy all tho 1 1 me. Our rlces are leu-1 Homible. BRIDGE WORK $5 PER TOOTH GOLD CROWNS $5. Don't pay those hlnh prices for den tal work, but before you contract to Homo (lentlH1. your dental work come ami nee iih. (examination free. OUR MOTTO: "Honest Work at Honest Prices." at honcHt pricey. Lady aHHlHtiint. Oregon Dental Parlors Over Harding and Pottofflco. CATARRH COUNTY DEATHS Mr. Eliza Kernes. Mrs. Klla Kernea died Wednesday at her home on Firm und Center HtreetH, itfter an ' illness of thr moiitliH. The funeral took place to day from thu Kirnt Baptist Church. Itev. John M. Mndeti, oIllclatliiK', and the Interment wiih In .Mountain Vlew cemctery, where the. body whs laid to rent by tho side of deceased's bus band, Jacob Kernes, who died here H yearn UK". Mrs. Kernus wua horn In llardInK County, ().. In 1S5S. coiiiIdk to Oregon In 1 SV. and has since resided In tho Willamette Valley. She bnd been a resident of Oregon City for several years, and Is survived by six children: Mrs. Sarah Woodward, James anil (ieorge Kernes of Oregon City; Mid Kiln Fields, of Pullman, Wash. Thomas Kernes, of Kelso, Wash.; and Mrs. Clara Nlebecker. of Napa, Cal She also leaves two brothers. Warren Moore, of Manchester, In., and George Moore, of Marysvllle, Mo., and three sisters, Mrs. Sophia Hosklns, of Ne braska, and Mrs. Sarah Wlckham and Mrs. Mary Charles, of Oregon City, Mrs. Fourtner was Iwrn In Madison, Wis., anil was married at Tecumseh, Neb., In 1875, and came to Oregon a year later. Hesldes her husband, three Hons, George H., Kiley and Alvle, and four daughters, Mrs. Clara Stanford of Seattle and Misses Maggie, Ksther and Alice Fourtner, survive her. Her funeral was held at Oswego ceme tery Tuesday at 1:30 p. in., Itev. W. H. .Moore olliclating. CLACKAMAS DEMOCRATS HOLD BIENNIAL FEAST iirranK tiuscBii i I Housefurnisher Miss UNTERRIFIED STAND FOR BRYAN, THE PEERLESS, AND FOR STATEMENT NO. 1. Delcie Rose. Delcle Rose, aged 1C years. I Democrats of Clackamas County died Friday at her home In Jennings wen given the keys of the city Thurs Idge. Death was due to pneumonia 'lay and during the day and night they and her illness was of short duration, i ere given full sway. To the number Tho funeral took place Sunday. Ser-!or 200 they came to tho city from out- vlces were held at the residence and the remains wero Interred in Clacka mas cemetery. OUR prices on furniture and than Portland dosing out sale prices, No rent to pay that's why we cannot be undersold. HERZIG WINS A HOME. Flnda lying districts, and Thursday night I held their biennial banquet in Wil jlamette Hall. In the afternoon the county conven tion took place In Woodmen of the World Hall, with Chairman J. J. ! Cooke, of the county central commit l tee, presiding. H. G. Starkweather ; was secretary of the meeting. Several ! rousing speeches were made, and a j i resolution was unanimously endorsed i favoring the nomination of William I Strong Matting 1 5c per yard In Mrs. Hoskins an Affiinity through "Want Ad." Fred Herzlg has procured a help mate for life through a " ant Ad. mill IK'ii hnnlthv nlillilrnn Tinva linen I thrown Into the bargain. She lives n,nl'P "ryan Blr resident or me at Oregon City, where she baa a good "u,'u , 'T .i DlflelW1"- -home on Adams street, and with heriTne delegates to the state convention .i th rhii,ir..n . ti.o hnmn Hnr ! were instructed to support the state- nntm, u mn MninHo MnRiH,ia Thnt I ent and to use their efforts to send a i she Is bis afWnlty, says Herzlg, Is un doubtedly a fact. Moreover, he picked her out of six applicants, be- i Bryan delegation to the Democratic I national convention. Mr. Cooke was re-elcted chairman of the county cen- 6 Foot p5fr555f Extension .... aaIig Table 11 1 $4.50 f 1 3k CM . I . . 1 MRAlm Id? Y-FEVER Elvs Cream Balm Sure to Clve Satisfaction. OIVIS riliep AT 6nce. It clonnsei, nontlma, benla and protects the dimnuwd nii'inbrnne reHiilting from CnUirrb and drives away a Cold in thn Houd quickly. IluHtoros the Seiwes of Taxt and SniclL Eady to nse. Coutains no injurious drugs Applied into ths nostrils- and absorbed. Large Sizo, CO cents tit Druggists or by mail. Liquid Croain Bttlin for Use In atomizers, 75 oents. ELY BROTHERS, 68 Wirr.it St.. Nsw York. OA0TOIIIA. tk. m liM Th Him tint Blfiatan f bwtZ ...... Mrs. E. D. Kelly. Mrs. Lucy Wnttrous Kelly, wlfo of K. I). Kelly, died at the home of her Hon-ln law, Chief of Police Charles E. Hums, at (1:15 o'clock Wednesday night. She had been In feeblo health for some time, and an attack of la kHppo hastened lior death. She was iKirn April 7, 1831, in Livingston County. N. Y.. and was married to Mr. Kelly In 1852, at Crane! Dlnnc, Mich. They crossed the plnlns to Oregon In 18P. and in 185G returned by way of tho Isthmus, again cross ing west to Callfomln across the plains In 1859, and from thero came to Ore- con, where they have since resided. Mrs. Kelly is survived by a husband and three children, Charles W. Kelly, and Mrs. Mngglo nurna, of Oregon City, and John W. Kelly, of Portland. Seven grand children and two great grand children also survive her. Walter D. Curran. Walter D. Curran died Tuesday morning at his homo in Ely. after an Illness of about four months. Death was due to liver trouble. He was aged 40 years, 11 months, 11 days, and was born In Ohio, coming to Oregon In 1891. He Is survived by three daughters, Josephine, aged 1C years, Frankle, aged 13 years, and Adeline, aged 8 years. Tne runerai was held Wednesday atfernoon from the Mountain View church, under the aiisnlces of Willamette Falls Camp, Wodmen of the World, and Court Bob- In . Hood. Foresters of America, of which lodges deceased was a member. Rev. J. M. Llndon. pastor Of the First BaDtlat Church., was the officiating clergyman. The . interment was in Mountain View, cemetery. fore. V. R. Fourtner. , Mrs. - V. R.. : Fourtnef. wife of A. Fourtner, died Sunday morning at 3 o'clock at, her .hbjni IB' Oswego, of typhoid fsTeCr.at the. age of-45 4s. cause she got in on the ground and nnswered the "ad." first. "She do tings quick," said Herzlg, und so I vlll marry her." Moreover, Herzlg Is deeply grateful to the Telegram for assisting him In his quest of a woman to be his wife. Ho asserts that while acting as a mat rimonial bureau may not be the spe cialty of tho paper, In that field it baa professed matrimonial agencies rac ing for seats in tho rear. Taking his own assertions at their face value, the facts In tho case appear to be as fol lows: Her.lg Is a carpenter, who has for some time lived at Washougnl, Wash. weeks ago he came to Portland and Inserted the following advertisement In the Telegram: WANTED-i-A woman with a home in city or town. Within a day or two he received six answers. One was from Mrs. Hos kins, at Oregon City. He liked her letter because she wrote first and her language sounded like that of an affinity. He wrote Mrs. Hosklns at Oregon City and discovered that she was the roal thing. Ho kept up a correspond ence with her for two weeks, and then went to Oregon City, where he court ed her a month. . "Now," he said proudly, "I get me a license at uregon city tomorrow, und Sunday she become Mrs. Herzlg. I take her nnd de five kiddles und de home all at vunce. Und I make her vun d n good husband, too." flooritral committee, in Measuring Hay in Stacks. To find the number of tons In long, square stacks, multiply the length in yards, and that by half the altitude In yards. Then divide that by fifteen. For circular stacks, multiply the square of the circumference - or tne stack In yards by four times the alti tude In yards and divide by two. The quotient will be the number of Quhlc yards. Divide by pfteen for the num ber ol tons. a race against V. D. Stafford, and 0. D. Eby was elected secretary. The .following uelegtitP3 ' ? to the state convention were chosen . A. D. Cribble. Thomas L. Turner. W. j O. Vaughan, Harvey G. Starkweather, J L. H. Klrchem. Alfred L. Heatie, Louis : Funk. John Gaffney, J. E. Hedges and ' O. D. Eby. I I ' Two hundred Democrats surrounded the banquet tables Thursday night. ! The menu was discussed for more than ' an hour, and then the toastmaster. Dr. W. E. Carll, announced that the first ? toast would be "Democracy," and that all other toasts would be the same. There was a slight sprinkling of Re publicans present to watch their Dem ocratic brethren. The prevailing sen timent of the speakers was all for Statement No. 1 and Bryan, the Peer less, and the speeches of Governor Chamberlain, W. B. Dillard. of Colum bia County; Frederick V. Holman, Colonel- Robert A. Miller, Judge Foley ; and Mr. Hanson, of Portland, all' aroused much Interest. Mr. Dillard's subject was "The Donkey and the Ele phant," and he said that when the ele phant goes astray the donkey must ' straighten him up. Pleasing music from Portland was an attractive fea ture of the affair. ; The Rhodes Double Cut Pruning Shears Y FOR SALE BY FRANK BUSCH furniture, Hardware, Doors, Windows, Wall Paper, Gils and Paint. t 'Phone 22 't Res. 'Phone 2633 GEO. W. BRADLEY Successor to C. N. Greenman. Pioneer Transfer and Express - SAND AND GRAVEL Office: Poatofflce Blda.. Main St Oreaon Citv. Ore. Every civil service reformer in the United States ought at once to write a protest to his member of Congress and his Senator against the purpose of Congress to ignore civil service meth ods in organizing the Census Bureau. The President has protested most ear nestly, 'and the people should uphold his hands. Don't be deceived, either. -by the specious assertion that no clerk , - , j Till ba admitted who does not pass an examination. This was true of the last census and yet, as the President k said, the examinations were a' mere sham to hide a gross perpetua tion of the spoils system; , MILWAUKIE NEWS. A leap year ball was given recently at the band hall, under the auspices of the Linden Circle, Ladles Of Wood craft, which was a great success both socially and financially. - ' .. A Mothers' Club has been organis ed In Mllwsukie for the general lnr prove ment of school affairs.1 -It prom be watched with interest by all the," mothers In this district The officers are: jars. , Margaret Roberta, presl- dent; Mrs. James Reid, vice-president;. Mrs.;. George Wessinger, . secretary ;'.; Miss gtella Nile, treasurer. Meet. ' logs ore held every other Friday. Chester McLaughlin Is confined to ' isee to bear mack good -fruit and will ) m ana win bis home with the mumps. "' "- -' f-