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ORCOON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1908. Jlgents Tor Blue Ribbon Shoes JIgcnis Tor Stand' ard Patterns Watch Our Business Grow! EMBROIDERY SALE CORSET COVER EMBROIDERY 18 inches wide, with good edges and fine material 35c Quality Special Price 25c yd Children's Summer Hats ALL WHITE or Mixed Straws; a 50 cent Hat Sale Price 25c New Hosiery JHE wearing of Oxfords mates Pretty Hos iery a necessity. Besides fine plain ones we have Beautiful Lace and Embroidered one. Ladies' Fine Lace Hose in Black, White, Tan and Gray, at 15c 20c 25c and 45c Children's Tine Lace Hose in Black, White and Tan, at 15C and 25C Lace Curtains TTE offer another money-saving Sale of Lace Curtains. We bought these Curtains before the decline and are now offering them at about ONE HALF the regular price. White Curtains 27 inches wide, 24 yds. long Trice 50c. Sale Price CO C White Lace Curtains 31 inches wide, 24 yds. - long; Price C3c f Sale Price 48C White Lace Curtains 3 yds. Long, 38 inches wide; Price $1.25. Sale Price BSC Ecru Lace- Curtains, 45 inches wide, 3 yds. long; Price $1.50. Sale Price $1 .25 Ecru Lace Curtains, 3 yds. long, 54 4 f inches wide; Price $1.85. Safe Price 41 .OU Jl he U u Store, OPEN LETTER TO GOVERNOR CHAMBERLAIN. Ontgon City, Or. May 24, 1908. Hon. CinrKo 10. C'liambcrlnlii, Hiili'tn, Oregon. My Dnir (inventor: You ask with Home scorn "Why should 1 quit tho nm. for Srimtor?" For the sanm rea sons Hint you Hhoultl not Imvo enter I'd tho race. Flmt. IIitiiiiho tho Stnti'iniMil No, 1 principle him not yi't Kninetl n do cIhIvo vli'tory. anil uiull It iIoi'h tho lt"iiiilillcaii legislature will not oli'ct you or uny otlu-r Democrat. Only 35 Statement No. I Republicans WlTi nominated out of 75 candidates to bo elected this yi'iir. lIuli'HH tho people I'li-ct nmny inoro Democrats to tho legislature than thoy ilhl two years uko, there will not bo enough Statu nii'iit No. 1 ini'inl)irH of thu legisla ture to elect you. viui If you gut tho popular vote In Juno. Second. Hecuuso your Influence would he very much greater for tho election of Statement No. 1 members of tho legislature- If you wero only un iidvoeuto of thu principle, luHteud of being iiIho a rundldnto for tho olllce, and you would thus have greater In lluence than uny other Democrat In electing Stiitenient No. 1 members to thu leglHlnturc. Third. Ilecnuso lis n cnndlduto you nro re)reHenting to tho pooplo that Stiitenient No. 1 Ih miro of such a ma jority In tho leglHlnture that you will ho elected by that body If you get tho lilght'Ht number of votes In tho Juno election. livury politician In Oregon known that lu not true, and thus you risk defeat of tho principle for tho doubtful chance of gratifying your Hellish ambition to bo senator. Your public reference to my action In tho recent campaign and your statement ua to your own work for Statement No. 1 require Homo further niiHwer. I do not wIhIi to detract lu any wuy from tho true value of your Horvlce an Governor, though you proh nbly do not underestimate even that, but as to Statement No. 1, your cluluis uro much greater than your perform ance. In tho campaign of 1902, under tho Mayo law for tho people's selection of United States Senutor, Governor (leer defeated Mr. Wood by a major ity of about twelve thousand votes. In the legislature of lfllKl Mr. Wood pub licly advised every Democrat member to vote always for Governor Geer bo cause ho was tho peoples' cholco, and thereforo Hhoultl bo unanimously elected by the legislature. You did not add tho weight of your indorse ment to Mr. Wood's advice, nor did you then advocate applying the State ment No. 1 principle to the oloctlon of Governor Goer as Senator." Again, when Senator Mitchell's death In 1905 caused a vacancy, in stead of appointing Governor Goor, who was the peoples' choice by a twelve thousand majority, or even Mr. Wood, who was the choice of your party, you went far outside the ranks of tho reformers and appointed Mr. Onrln. Whuu you appointed Mr. (ienrln In 1905 you were not yet con vinced that tho Statement No. 1 meth od of enforcing tho Mays law for the people's direct election of U. S. Sen ator wan a practical thing for a poli tician, though you had been a mem ber of the l'ugue which proposed the law to tho people In 1904. In tho Statement No. 1 campaign of 19oti you did not nuiko any great effort for tho principle. Antl-Stnte-mont No. 1 Senutor Milton A. Miller Is one of your wuniient Democratic friends and admlrerH and ho promis ed some of tho Republican anti-State-nieiit No. 1 leaders that If they would help elect him, he would never vote for Jonuthun llourne. Ho was elected and ho did not. Senator Miller won the nomination against a good Demo crat who had signed Statement No. 1. You did not lift you voice for tho Statement No, 1 man. That case is u Hiimplo of your devotion to tho prin ciple of Statement No. 1 In 190(i. I could give other examples. You wero a candidate for re-election In 1900, and I listened to your masterly two hours' speech nt Oregon City. In pruise of the work you had done as governor, but you never men tioned Statement No. 1. Neither did I hear of your spending time Hpeaklng for tho Statement In other places, and I was listening. It Is very clear that you acquired what my Methodist friends would call a "saving conviction" of the righte ousness and power of Statement No. 1 after the Juno election In 1U0C, be cause you helped to organize the leg islature of 1907 In Its favor. Then It was clearly good politics for a popu lar Democrat to help Statement No. 1 If ho wanted to be United States Sen ator. Remembering these things, are you not something of a pharlsee, a "Holler than thou," when you accuso Mr. Cake of being untrue to tho principle be cause he ddos not seek to elect about :t5 Democrats und five Independent Statement No. 1 candidates for the leg islature, Instead of 40 Republicans who were nominated by tho Republi can voters of theelr districts, notwith standing their refusal to sign State ment No. 1? You did not so much as try to nominate Statement No. 1 Dem ocrat Daw-Bon against anti-Statement No. 1 Miller two years ago, and there wore othor cases. Is it only for tho good of tho principle that you ami your friends demand that Mr. Cake shall antagonize those 40 Republi cans? Or is it that thereby Cake would bo driving into tho Chamber lain corral? It is more than a year since friends said to you that no man in Oregon could do so much for Statement No. 1 as yourself and only by declaring that you would not be a candidate to suc ceed Senator Fulton, and that you would glvo all your lnlluonce to the success of the principle, by working for the election of none but State ment No. 1 members of the legisla ture this year. If you had done that, working for tho nomination of Inde pendent Statement No. 1 candidates against the successful anti-Statement No. 1 Republican nominees, and at the same time had employed your elo quence In your party councils to per suade your friends not to nominate Democratic candidates for the legisla ture, as Democrats, the victory this ar would have been so complete that no one In Oregon would ever again refuse to sign Statement No. 1. Then there would bo no doubt about the r.e.xt legislature electing a Democrat candidate for senator If the peoplo should give him tho highest number of votes In Juue. Wo know that you are right In preaching that the highest patrlotlsn it, the sncnflco of self and personal ambitions for the success of "eat principles. Some of your friends thought you would practice that pat riotlsm for the sake of finally estab lishing and making certain the succor of Statement No. 1 by allowing some other Democrat to run for the olllce while you worked for the principle. They wero mistaken in their man. As between yourself and Mr. Cake, he has done and is doing more for the principle than yourself in this cam paign. He Is risking defeat now from Republicans who will vote for you he cause they hope to give you the popu lar vote In June, and defeat you In January before the legislature. They believe they can prevent the election of a safe Statement No. 1 ma jority, and I very much fear they are right and that your success in June will mean your defeat and the defeat of tho law in January. If this hap pens it enn only be charged to your selfish ambition. You, above all other men In Oregon, will be responsible If there Is a holdup in the legislature next wlntor. About the close of the nominating campaign In 1906 I charged Mr. Cake with being a Standard Oil servant be cause ho had appeared as counsel for that Company in the Supreme Court of Oregon. A few days afterward it was proved to my satisfaction that Mr. Cake had been employed only as spe cltl counsel in thnt one case an em ployment which almost any lawyer, even yourself, would have acepted be tween lS'.Hi and 1900. I was also as sured, and I verily believe, that neither Mr. Cake nor his law firm did any. other business with the Standard Oil Company either before or since that case was decided, which was nearly eight years ago. You and your campaign managers know the facts concerning such employment. Do you think it is right and honest to con tlnuo the circulation of that charge without assuming the responsibility for its truth? I do not. If Mr. Cake shall be chosen by the people's vote there is no question about his election in January, because in addition to the Statement No. 1 members there will be about twenty five members who will be obliged to vote for the Republican party choice. If you receive the people's vote there is every prospect of a holdup, because it Is unlikely that Statement No. 1 will have a safe working majority in the legislature. Therefore, wholly aside from the fact that you are a Democrat and I am a Republican, I hope the people may decide In June that Mr. Cake shall go to the United States Senate and you shall stay In Salem. Y'ours truly, W. S. U'REN. The County High School. SHUBEL, Oregon, May 14 (To the Editor of the Enterprise.) Being in terested in the educational welfare of our county as well as education in general, our attention has been attract ed to the movement of those who are trying to have the County Court es tablish a high school at the general ex pense of all. They have been traveling through various parts of the county and have been working earnestly for their Idea. These men reside in Ore gon City and Its immediate vicinity and are naturally desirous of having a county high school in their midst and are of course delighted at the prospect of having every farmer and taxpayer In the county help them pay for it. These men are entitled to full ' credit for the patriotism they display. ! Being men of learning with a learned man of the law among them, they easily recognize that a high school will enhance the value of the com munity wherein it is built. For this same reason we are strongly attach ed to the Idea that several districts should, and in due time will build what we are beginning to know as union or district high schools. It will be vastly better for our county and state to develop the union high school Idea in preference to what are known as county high schools. These men who are advocating the county idea may have told you that there are sev eral county high schools in successful operation and are giving general sat isfaction; but we like to have it known at the same time that in those few counties the property owners re side mostly within the city containing the high school. Farms In those coun ties are equal to fifty or a hundred of Clackamas County farms, and while the high school in those counties will give satisfaction until the large farms are divided Into smaller farms, our county cannot follow in their footsteps. To have twenty, thirty, or ten union high schools in our county built and controlled by the districts that have built tbeni, will do more to develop in terest in higher education by all our citizens, than anything else that we can do. It will put responsibility di rectly where it belongs and where there is conscious responsibility you will And awakened interest in public advancement. It seems to us that it Is to our best interest to vote against the county high school and at the same time work for the establishment of union high schools. j ROBERT GINTHER. IIAWLEY MAKING GOOD IN WASHINGTON CITY OREGON'8 CONGRESSMAN IS A MAN OF TIRELE8S INDUSTRY AND ORATORICAL ABILITY. CORVALLIS, May 2C "Sentiment In favor of the re-election of Congress man W. C. Hawley Is ho nearly unan imous that there can scarcely be said to be a Congressional campaign In progress," said Chairman C. V. Johnson, of the First District Commit tee, today. "The people of this dis trict, regardless of party lines, j ap preciate the fact that Hawley Is mak ing good at Washington. They rec ognize In him a man of high Intellect ual attainments, tireless Industry and rare oratorical ability. The Republi cans of tho district were so well sat isfied with their Representative that they re-nomlnated him without oppo sition. "It has been a pleasure to the peo ple of this district . to read in the news dispatches from time to time that by his earnestness, his sincer ity and his devotion to duty, Hawley has made a favorable impression In Washington. Though the unwritten rules forbid a new Congressman to thrust himself forward, we are glad to learn that Hawley has made many warm friends in the House of Repre renlatives and that during his first session he had opportunity, in dls cuslng the Oregon & California land grant resolution, to demonstrate his ability as an effective public speaker. "Here in Oregon we know Hawley as a man fitted both by native talents and by education for the work of a statesman. All his life he has kept himself well informed upon all public questions. We are Justified, there fore, in believing that he will soon at tain a position of Influence In the House of RepresentaUves. We all un derstand that it takes time for any man to rise to leadership and we ex pect to keep Hawley in Washington until he has had a chance to work his way to the top. "Hawley's persistent efforts for the cancellation of the railroad land grant, his systematic work in behalf of a government appropriation for free locks at Oregon City, his advocacy of river and harbor Improvements, and bis attitude in favor of tariff revision while maintaining the protecUve prin ciple, have met the hearty approval of the people of bis district. This satisfactory public record, together with the personal esteem in which he is held because of bis high moral character, his genial disposition and bis intellectual attainments, make it a pleasure for the people of his dis trict to vote for him regardless of party lines." to Frank Alldredge last Sunday. They escaped a charivari by residing down town. - ! . : Improvements still go on. Mr. Chluro In building a new sidewalk and fence. this week. A new sidewalk Is being built all along Pleasant avonue. There will be a lecture at the Mountain View church next Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock by Mrs. Wil kinson. Mrs. Roberts, who has been spend ing the last two years In Iowa with her daughter, Mrs. Mulr, was calling on friends In this vicinity last Satur day. Mrs. Harlan, of Damascus, was call ing here last Saturday. Miss Mary Ott, who Is staying with Mrs. Mitchell on Molalla road, spent Saturday with her parents. Rosco Clark la at home again after an absence of three months. Mrs. McCune.had friends from Al bina visiting her last Sunday. Miss Ollle Mason was out to church Sunday for the first time since her serious Illness. Charlie Albright and wife of Lib eral were doing business in town Mon day. Mrs. Bob Caseday, of Carus, was visiting Urn Baker's family last week. Mr. Everhart is hauling shingles for the Superior Mill Co., this week. Miss Bertha Prlebe is at home from the hospital again. Mr. Hall Is able to work again af ter his few days' Illness and rest Miss Maude Moran is clerking for. George Ely again this Summer. Miss Hazel Francis is sewing in the woolen mill this week. Mr. and Mrs. Dlx, of Colton, were visiting Mrs. Gorbett Tuesday. Grandma Gottberg la still poorly. Word came Wednesday morning that her grandson at EI wood died. MOUNTAIN VIEW. Mrs. White and sons, living in J. D. Locke's house, packed up their house hold goods to move to their place at Canby, then changed their minds. The boys went to hauling poles again. Tom Gerber, of the Postal Tele graph office at The Dalles, . was at home with his parents on Saturday and Sunday. He returned to his work Sunday evening. Wedding bells are reported for the WIL80NVILLE. The funeral of J. N. Wood, who died at his farm home, two miles east of here, Sunday, at 2 A. M., was held in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Tues day at 2 P. M., conducted By Rev. El liott, of Portland. Mr. Wood was born January 25, 71 years ago in Nolrsccla; was a member of the Unitarian Church; was married to Miss Jane Campbell 46 years ago in that coun try; to them were born six children, Hiram Orby, and one son, dead; Clara, Nettie and Alice, who died at the age of 32. They came to the United States some time in the early eighties, living in Portland a few years, where the little boy died. They moved to the home where his death occurred about 26 years ago, where Alice died about eleven years ago. Mrs. Clara Lam be and her two children are in the Eaat; Stanley in school at Dulutb. Mr. Lamb is at their home in The Dalles and is a photographer. Hiram and Orby are married and live in Oregon Mrs. Nettie Chllvers lives at Spring field, Wash., but was at home with her parents since her father's Illness. There are four grand children. Mr. Wood was a fine carpenter, by trade, and quite well to do, despite the fact that fire had destroyed two homes for them, one In Noriscocia and one here five years ago Christmas Day at 6 P. M., caused by the explosion of a lamp. Mr. and Mrs. Wood were quite badly burned about the face and hands and nothing in the house was saved. A small insurance was car ried. They immediately set to work like newly married people to rebuild and at the time of his death had a nice home well filled, nearly the same SALE ! npnr fiifnrp n era In in fhla vloln it w Tar Tun wPrtriWa 1 f,m tMo ' kii.w i model of the last one burned. The within the last week. . "Q'' ,, , L1 , , ho, w. wjmsiucK, n.imer jones, xar. Mr. Rose brought his bride home cm..o. ,. . last Wednesday afternoon. , tn Mr an(1 Mra cWart Miss Bessie Crawford was married Thursday morning, a daughter. TO SATISFY CREDITORS THE ENTIRE STOCK OF I. TOLPOLAR MUST BE SOLD: NOTHING IS RESERVED Garland Steel Ranges and Stoves Complete Line of Furniture and Carpets Hardware, Tinware and Granite-ware EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE t Wallpaper, Lineoleum, Crockery, etc" Large Assortment of Paints, Oils and Varnish Moulding, Pictureframes, Glass, Screens and Mirrors. COME EARLY AND REAP THE BENEFIT OF THIS GREAT SALE EVERYTHING MUST GO X o"A I. TOLPOLAR m j