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OK EC! OX CITY ENTEHTKIS E, Vti 1 DAY, MARCH -l, 190D. Oregon City Enterprise Publlihed Every Friday E. E. BROOIE, Editor and Publisher. Entered at Oregon City, Or, office aa second-class matter, Post- Subscription Rate: Onn Year . .$1.50 Six Month! k 76 Trial Subscription, Two Months .25 Subscribers will find the date of ex piration stamped on their papers fol lowing their name. It last payment Is not credited, kindly notify us, and the matter will receive our attention. Advertising Rates on application. Japanese People Demand Social Equality. By Dr. WILLIAM ILLICIT C.RIFUS of New York, Founder or the Amiflfiii -itra of Scbooli lit Jipm. II F, basis for the t rouble with the Japanese in California is the CONGESTION OF THE RACE in that state. Tho whole matter can bo happily solvtvl if tho Japanese and tho Chinese will but SCATTER THROlT.IIOiT THE UNITED STATES. The wune problem exists in any part of tho country where any foreign raee gathers in largo numbers. Tkero are waste lands in tho gulf region which no one but a Japanese eaa develop. lie would have a flourishing rice tiehl there within a year. at But do not misunderstand the attitude of the Japanese people,. THEIR NATIONAL PRIDE IS EQUALED NOWHERE IN THE WORLD BUT BY OUR OWN. They will be LEADERS, and they will play no part nor will they enter into any treaty with any nation which gives them a subordinate position. THEY INSIST WITH ALL THE DETERMINATION OF A RE , . MARKABLE PEOPLE UPON SOCIAL EQUALITY WITH THE WORLD, . . . . a !'.. i..,,.. i.,tiAND T0 GET IT THEY W,LL FIQHT ANY NATION UNDER THE era materials during January last I ' with those of the two preceding Jan-1 UN. uarle? renewed activity is shown ac-, Thev would cheerfully enter into a war with the United States at cording to the figures prepared by J anv t;me if tnat oqualitv WERE DENIED THEM, and thev the bureau of statistics. The quan-, ni'vUT r,s ir.WV IT .,.1 ;!,. T'.' iA V.' V tv ll.k Li 11. ..OI 11 I UilWI C 19 W tlllll It? lOl California, the tail of the ':og, wag tho dog on this question it Dl SERVES TO FACE YiXFUCT. SUBSCRIPTIONS IN ADVANCE. The United States postal regulations compel publishers to discontinue a newspaper after the subscription ex pires. For this reason The Enterprise will not be sent after expiration. Sub scribers will receive ample notice be fore the paper Is discontinued. tity of wool, for example, imported in January, 1S09, was more than 24,000. 000 pounds against ?, 500,000 pounds in January, 190S. aud 1S.000.000 pounds In January, 1007. Of lumber there was Imported In January, 1309, .15.7So.00O feet as against 30.744,000 feet in January, 190$, and 44,747,000 feet in January, 1S07. Men Are Responsible For Wc men's Extravagance In Dress. In spite of the pressure that has been brought to bear on Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agri- J culture, to have him refer the whole , question of bleached flour, branded by I the department as adulterated, to the referee board of the department which recently permitted the use of ben zoate of soda condemned by Dr. Wiley and clamored for by many of the food packers, bleached flour contin ues under the ban. X It Is announced that Secretary Dick inson of the War Department will go to Panama at his earliest convenience and that ha will occupy a private stateroom upon a public liner, and not pre-empt a war vessel. This would seem to indicate that traveling by the cabinet officers under the new regime is to be conducted along aim' By Ma BELLE ARMSTRONG WHITNEY, Editor and Mioiln. Writer. T is not the fault of women that thev wear so manv and varied, more or less beautiful, earinonts. It is the FAULT OF THE MEN who make their fortunes in women's clothes. Woman is, not vain, but merely weakminded enough to FOLLOW THE DICTATES OF MAN . in regard to what .i.e shall wear. And it is a good thing that she does, for if sho did not the people at largo would have little either to wear or to eat. Let the women refuse to buv new clothes for six mouths and there would be such a commercial crisis as the world has never known. THERE ARE MILLIONS AND BILLIONS' OF DpLLARS SPENT FOR 'WOMEN'S CLOTHES EVERY YEAR, AND IF WE WORE OUT THE CLOTHES OF LAST YEAR THE MEN WOULD pJOT MAKE ANY DIVIDENDS THIS YEAR. THE MEN MAKE THE FASHIONS AND THEN. WITH THE HELP OF THE DRESSMAKERS, MAKE CHANGES WHICH ARE SUFFICIENTLY RADICAL ' - ' BUY OTHER CLOTHES. AND THEY GET RICH take him to Chicago. Denver, the Pa- so much to put as little money as cine Coast and possibly Alaska. Evl- j possible into public activities as It is , .. . . . , . idently the President is Intending noi to get largest possible returns from pier lines than has heretofore been ( . ' . , .. . ... . j . nn v kun i,n Ma rannt n t tnn fnr fhp mnnpv nil! In mill to hnvn All ' I knowing things at first hand by per-i share In the contribution according to sonal investigation, as far as possible, the Just standard. a me-sixe dusi ot iormer ice-rrea-. but lntends aIso to get hls cablnet the! Ho adopts ability- to pay as the ident Fairbanks has been placed in ; example. Trips have been announced ! true standard. In order to maintain a mcne in tne senate cnamoer ar . alreadv for tha secretaries of War. . a system of taxation in Oregon secur Capitol recently, and this makes the;of Interlor of AgrCulture and of ling revenues from taxpayers in pro- collection of lce-rresiaenis dusis Commerce and uboft to investigate : portion to their respective abilities to complete with the exception of Tneo- j the admml9tra,l(m of the affair8 Un- j pay he thinks that the first requisite dore Roosevelt, which is not yet com- j def the,r lmmedate U Is J is the establishment of a high-grade from them direct their wishes and difficulties as well as their criticisms of the conduct of the various depart ments of the national government. pleted by James Frailer, of New York The bust of Mr. Fairbanks is the work of Franklin Simmons, an Amer ican sculptor at present residing in Rome. It is a splendid likeness of Mr. Fairbanks and is of white marble, like the others. In the same corri dor are busts of Andrew Johnson and John Tyler, two Vice-Presidents who became Presidents, and William A. I There seems to be little doubt that Wheeler, who served with President I a clash between Nicaragua and Sal Hayes, j vador Is imminent, though the reports ' are conflicting as to the actual exist- , , ,, , .. . , . tience of hostilities, and that President Legislation is pending, and is to be . , ... u . . . ... ,,,, Ar Zelaya of Nicaragua is at the bottom pressed to enactment if possible dur- - , , " , . i i , nno.. of it- Evidently these turbulent re ins the special session of Congress, ... , f . . r . ,, , .,,Jpub cs need to be brought to a rea- intended to confer explicitly upon the ' n u . . n . m ,h t zatlon of the fact that the Central President full authority to govern the. P.nal 7ino anrt Tr ttrimill UtOr ITS Bl- I fairs according to his discretion. It is difficult to see how objection can well for the members of the cabinet i tax commission, which should have to keep in touch with the people in ! power to assess corporations of gen all sections of the country and to learn : eral situs, especially public service corporations, to supervise all local as sessments, to Investigate closely the whole subject of taxation and to su pervise the accounting systems of all state institutions, of counties and of municipalities. The second step he thinks should be the amendment of the State constitution so that Intangi ble personality could be taxed at such rates and by such methods as (o se cure . full returns better exempt al together than continue the present In iquitous farce of invisible personality taxation. Corporations should be tax ed by an ad valorum system that se cures assessment In proportion to In come earning power. The third re adjustment he advocates Is a scien- be made to such legislation. It seems I ' tlflc adJuBtment of taxes co taxing to be desirable, from every point of!Pames lo aua DOla " , ,C8,U ' jurisdictions obviating the difficulties view, that the President should have their to Intervene In case of f attendl appor. such power, and there is already pre- j """""" l" " . , tlonment of state taxeg among coun- cedent for such a course on the part more than printed paper. Both the United States and Mexico were rep- resented at this convention and are of Congress, in the case of the Louis iana purchase, for example, and again when Florida was annexed to the United States. The Sixty-first Congress which con vened in extraordinary session last week Is confronted with anything but child's play in the stupendous un dertaking of revising the tariff. And to this delicate task is added its con comitant, that of enacting a la to create sources of additional revenue required to meet the growing expen ditures of the nation, and It is of vital importance that this law shall not impose undusirable burdens on the average American Citizen. The Sixiy-flrst Congress Is not to hi en vied lis complicated and delicate tasks. if need be. These governments be-1 lieve unqoestionably that the signing fcy wrUIng Reglgtrar of the ties. The Bulletin may be secured of the peace conventions at Washing ton on December 20, 1907, by them selves and the Central American re publics was virtually an acknowledge- j, University. ment of their right and duty to main I tain peace and order In Central Amer ica. OABTOHIA. i U Tba Kuul yen Haw Unit BcsjM SfUtllM It is announced that President Taft has accepted invitations which will Mrs. Dickenson Made Administratrix. Through their attorney Thos. F. t ,v, ri,,o nrr,h.4- nf thp TTnl. Ryan. Charles Cottee and Eliza Dick- ' . r, it D.fQJ., 1 enson have filed a petition praying versuy of Oregon Bulletin, Professor fop ,eUerg Qf admnatratlon ln th(J F. O. Young, head of the University , estale of jhn Cottee, who died March department of Economics and Socio-i 13. The estate consists of personal logy discusses one of the two ways property is appraised at $300, and real . ' , . . , , ,. ioa, 1 property to the value of 3600. The of making the burden of taxes bear ftre cbar,e8 CoUee M(J less heavily on the average citizen ofiMrs Kllza Dickenson. Mrs. Dlcken Oregon. He points out the methods j son was appointed administratrix. of taxation that must be adopted to secure an equitable distribution of the weight of public expenditures and dis cusses means of keeping down the ag gregate. Prof. Young believes that the vital matter for the people ot Oregon in their public affairs Is not MANY REAL ESTATE DEAL8. . H. Cooper & Co., Report Five Re cent Sales. Take A Look Afoiind and yotf will find that every person in this town, that is at all contented, has a bank account. Why not yoo? If you put a way a part of yoar earnings each pay day, ' you will find that yoa will soon be oat of the worrying class, and on the road to pros perity. We will help yoo all we can if yoo will let os. Will yoo? Then call in andsee os. , ' The Bank of Oregon City Ofegon City, Oregon Real estate Is moving with rapidity this week, and many strangers are here every day looking for locations. E. H. Cooper & Co. report the follow ing recent sales: Two lots and house on Ninth and VanBuren streets, , belonging to Chambers' Howell, to Richard Tobln, for $1200. Mr. Tobln Is a machine tender In the Crown mill. E. J. Wolf place of 411 acres on Molalla road at Beaver Creek to Rob ert Drown, for $15,000. The Mary Shank property on Fourth and Center streets, to K. W. Howard of the Howard & Hunt grocery, for 2)2,. i Two lots at corner of Ninth and Washington streets to J. Baker, city mall carrier, for $850, who will build ' a nice cottage thereon the coming , summer. Two lots at corner of Eleventh and J. Q. Adams street, formerly the old Calif place, to Carl Statts, for $1700. Mr. Statts Is an employee of the Southern pacific. ' Piles! Piles! Piles! Williams' Indian Pile Ointment will cure Blind, Bleeding and Itching Plies. It absorbs the tumors, allays itching at once, acts as a poultice, gives in stant relief. Williams' Indian Pile Ointment Is prepared for Piles and Itching of the private parts. Sold by druggists, mall 50c and $1.00, Williams Mfg. Co., Props., Clavaland, O. For sa'e by Jones Drug Co. GOT HIM CHEAP. Ths Wy Famous Sergtim Wi Ones Clsvsrly Trifktd, Sir Morel Mnckeiulc onre rtvolvod n wire from Antwerp uskliitf lilm hi chnrires for a certain operation. He replied (,VH) nud wns told lo oonie at once. When he steid upon (he dock he wns met by tluve men In itiouritlnir. who Informed him sadly that lie Imd con too late, the patient had died "But," mild the spokesman of (lie parly, "we Nlmll pay you year full fee," And they did. "And now," said tin' man, "since you are hero, what do yon snjr t visiting the city hospital and giving a clinic for the bouetlt of our local mtrueou? It Is not often they have an opportunity of Ivnetltlng by such science as yours." Sir Morel said lie would gladly com ply. llo went to the liixpltnl and per formed many operation, amoiij which were two of a similar nature to that for which lie hail boon called for When lie hud finished "II lli.'inkitl him profusely. On the steamer gidnit home ho met a friend, who Imd a business house In Antwerp. "Pretty scurvy trb they played 'nn you, Sir Morel." "What do you moan?" asked the sur geon. "Told you the patient died In-fore you arrived, didn't tbeyV "Yea." "Lies. You operated on him and a friend with the same trouble at the clinic. Got two operations for one price." HE WAS EXCITED. And Ytt Ht Was Making Only, a Vsry Reonbl Rtqutit. It was a dramatic scene, pregnant with the most tragic possibilities. Thus thought a witness to the mooting of three Italians near the bin express depot at Fifteenth and Market street. A man and woman who were deliver Ing a trunk Into tho hands of a clerk were suddenly confronted by another man, who was highly excited, lie ap proached the woman. In volublo Ital ian he raved and swore ami pleaded, while sho shrilled eirnally excited an swers. The other man stood back against tho wall, his arms folded defi antly, his head sunk on his chest. It certainly looked as If daggers were to bo drawn. The Interested bystander asked of some listeners who under stood tho rapidly spluttered dialect what the trouble was all about. Why." was the volunteered transla tion, "this woman has run away from her husband with this man." pointing to tho sulky Individual. Ob, and be Is begging her to. re turn T was tho next query. Not on your life." was the express ive reply. "She has packed up all her husbaud'a clothes In her trunk, as well as her own, aud he Is begging ber to give back at least his Sunday suit Philadelphia Record. MAMMOTH MINERS. Th Exptrli Who Protpaot and Dl For Prolilstorio Cronturss. Mammoth miners are. experts wli know- whore to prospect for mum moths and how to dig them out, even as the mining engineer knows wliero to prospect for stiver and how to ex tract It. ln (ho west, In Alaska and In Hide rla mammoth miners arc always a work. They are always tmoarthlu oroaluros that died li0,ii(Hl yim uyo.. Slberlu was the mammoth's truo home. Slliorta liKUHK) years ago wa ono luxuriant forest. Hero I lie. fur covered leasts, with their ten foot trunks and their fifteen f.mt stature, warmed. Then an earthquake re moved a barrier range between HI berla and the Arctic wean, and thone low lying forests worn Inundated. All their animal and vegotablo life was killed. The llrst of the drowned Siberian mammoths was found lu 17UU by nn Eskimo villager on the banks of the Lena. It was Imbedded u n vast cake of Ice. The villagers molted tho Ice, they feasted on the UHUKHl year-old nosh, and then they sold the tusks. Only the bones remained when 7M- tover of tho Petersburg liuorlal mil' soma reached that outlandish village sfter a Journey of ".3oo miles, llo took tho bones back lo Jtu museum, whore you may see them mounted ! day. llo bought the tusks from the Ivory traders and tlxed them on the skeleton, and tho hook lie wroto about m nud is still a text book among tho mammoth miners of our day. Safeguarding Crlmo. It Is Inexplicable hor thoso m' mlstlo carpers who are accustomed to lilt all the minor chords with the loud pedal ou can full to see nil about them tho unmistakable Hgus of progress nud tho reddening dawn of n new duy In the social yeast. And especially la this true in matters pertaining to crime I hero la no doubt that the general milliards of erlnsj have been liumen urably raised of late. Nowadays man can do nlmost anything and get away with It, provided lie can arouse tho sympathy of the special lady writ rr and pay the oxiorts. Ah, brothers. who can say that all this does not make for tho general uplift? How can ws hope to real lie the better things of life until crime has been made perfectly safo?-I.lfe. ' Baktd Man. Workers in porvelalu factories are literally baked, but by tome miracle of use and wont they remain sufficiently underdone to live. At least If they are not quite baked they endure a stronger beat than that which browns the Sun day sirloin. TlftT furnaces wherein porcelain Is finished are kept at the fiercest beat used ln any Industry. A chain of workmen, their brads and bodies swathed In fireproof garments. take the finished pieces from the fire one at a time and pass them to the cooling room. The mno at tho bead of this chain ho who stands nearest tho furnace can work In only five minute shifts. In his Interims of rest be 'lies on a mattress drinking glass after glass of Ire water from the bands of a small boy. At lunchtime all about the chain of men steaks grill. Cincin nati Enquirer. Jutt Tolsrabla. Concerning a certain time serving Washington clergyman of whom a vis- itor was one day expressing a harsh estimate President Lincoln said: I think you are rather hard on Mr. . lis reminds me of a man In Illinois who waa arrested for passing a counterfeit bill. He admitted that he had taken It to a ban cashier to know If It waa a good bill. "Well, what was the reply of the cashier?" asked his lawyer. "Why." evasively answered the ptlaoner, "ho Bald It waa a pretty tolerable, respectable aort of a bill." Mr. Lincoln thought the clergyman a pretty tolerable, respectable sort of a clergyman." At Clot Range. Who Is that neglected looking little boy with dirt over his face?" "He Is the child of the noted astron omer who lives over the way." 'Oh, Is he? Come here, sonny. Run borne and tell your father be doesn't need his telescope If he wants to see spots on the son." Baltimore American. His Trouble. Friend Don't worry because your sweethesrt has turned you down since you lost your money. There are as good flsb In the sea a1 ever were caught Jilted One Yes, bet I've lost my bait. Harper's Bazar. Rips Old Ago. Little Willie Hny, pa. what Is a ripe old age? Pa It's the age, my son, at which a man is willing to admit that he's not the only dried apple in tho pantry. Chicago News. Th Doctor's Orders. Mrs. O'llarrignn-rhoy have yo stuck this empty flask under th' baby? Mrs. Cnrey-Th' doctor's ordthcrs. He told mo Ol'd have to keep th' baby on a bottle! Judge. Not to ontshlnf, bnt to shine upon, bis neighbors is the successful man's mission. Towne. 1 Letter List. List of unclaimed lettors at the Ore gon City postofflco for week ending March 2fi, 1909: , Woman's list Baker, Thursla A.; Davis, Miss A.; Elnkopf, Mrs. Han nah; Thompson, Mrs. May. Men's list Bell. M.; Flood, jonn; Hunter, Fred; Myers, J.; Murnane, Thomas. For Week Ending March 19. Woman's list Dalilin, Miss Mahlo; Dodge, Mrs. Mary B. Men's list Andrews, Ves.; Carlisle, J. E. (2); Davison, Frank; Lewis, Preston C.ltay, Frank. Oregon Dental Parlors, over hard Ing Drug Store. Examination free. A Slight. "Isn't MoCorkle awfully thin sine his return?" "Yes. Do you know whst they call his valet at the club?" "No." "They call him tho valet of the shadow." Cleveland Plain Dealer, i Receive no satisfaction for premrdl tnted liuportlnence. Forgot It snd for give It. but keep Inexorably at a dis tance from hltn who offered It. Ijva tor. ', CLACKAMAS ABSTRACT A TRUST COMPANY, land Titles Examined. Abstracts of Tltl Mad. Office oer Bank of Oregon City, JOHN F. CLARK. Mgr. LODER USES NO MITTENS (Continued from page 1.) prove a profitable Investment certain ly It would be established forthwith. Then the reason we haven't It Is he- causo we lark confidence In our selves to establish It. On the other hand, If the world could know Oregon City Is going to develop wonderfully In the next few years, tho world would come our way fast enough. Where then Is the confidence In our city to originate Nature has done great things for the city. Whatever other excuse and criticism we may pass up. nn the city, surely no one will blame the Creator of heaven and earth for lack of beauty or commercial loca tion. Everything In Nature about this City should give Its Inhabitants un bounded confidence In Its future wel fare, and there should never he ut tered a word by any Inhabitant not complimentary to our city. But It Is shamefully evident all about us that public spirit and enterprise Is lax and dormant on every hand. Wo live by tho mnxlm, "It Is not what wo have but what we can do without, thnt makes us rich." How many Improved streets can we get along without? How many brick buildings do we not need? How little water are we compelled to consume? What is the leaHt possible amount of tax under any consideration do we have to pay? How many lights can we do without? How many street crossings and overhead railroad cross ings are we compelled to build? How many saloon licenses can we keep? The free reading room at first de scribed herein, Is a glaring symbol of the little, narrow, stingy mltn of pub lic spirit pervading Oregon City. The metropolis and business 'center of Clackamas County should be filled with optimism and business energy and be foremost In every venture and enterprise for tho betterment and development of the city nnd county. Oregon City should have at heart tho Interest of tho entire Clackamas County, and a reading room for all of Clackamas County and Oregon City In particular, as all enterprises In the city should be, Is bound to win. Oregon City should be just as anxious and Interested in Handy and a good road from there to Portland as In Molalla, and a good road from there to Oregon City. If petty, selfish feelings are shown by Oregon City toward these outlying precincts, then Oregon City In turn Is bound to reap tho whirl wind of like feelings against her from these precincts. A 10c fare from Oregon City to Portland means a lasting, permanent benefit to Clackamas County. If It is in tho power of Oregon City to give Clackamas County this benefit, the county will never havo any confi dence In tho city unless It delivers this benefit to tho county. (Jive the county this1 benellt. Iit Oregon City pay Its deblH to the county, and tho county will repay a thousand fold. Wo often lose sight of the rellex damage or rellex benellt derived from condi tions. A 10c faro to Portland as a rellex benellt to Oregon City, opens the way for 200,000 or 300,000 people to come our way and have the effect ilunf Powder Absolutely Tare Renders the food more wholesome and su perior in lightness and flavor. The only baking powder . mad from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar. of Increasing property values, while, at the most If all of Clackamas ('utility went to rortliuid It would be only 25.1100 or 30,000. Oak (.iinvo wants a 5c (are to Portland, not so much to bring (Ink drove nearer Portland as to draw Portland tmaror Oak drove, Oregon City nuisi luivo tho nmlldonco of the county, slain nnd nation If tho county, stnto and nation ate going to favor, foster and promote. Oregon t'lly. Oregon t'lly should suggest ways and means for the bettor ment and dovelopiiiont of every product and load out In her conn- douce lu tho outlying hii nnd lu turn those places will rally to Hie support and promotion of Oregon City and full roiifldeiico bo perpetu ated. No bottor nor more nrotituhlo itvoatinont could bo made by Oregon t'lly t this opportune Hum than to launc&.a movement (or tho erection and construction if a commodious city hall and tree reading room and iidvorttsomont bureau combined. In his Institution ampin provision could bo made for apartments for tho city. Our piosvnt city hall Is a dlsgrnco lo a town tho sUe of Oregon city. Not oven a safe for valuablo papers. A building several stories In height Is necessary to moot tho demands at thu present and provide for future emerg encies. Tho entire lower lloor could aslly bo used for froo reading and Ibrary and general Information ami ad vertising biironu and Hi" best corner if the heart of the city la nolle loo xpoiislvo for the building. If tho doyiand requires more than IttKl.noo e the iiotiinnu bo mot iiml tho price bo a secondary consideration. It Hist tilings bo llrst. l tho iniostlun of taxes bo forced to tho background. Taxes are not first and foremost to o stood lu (ho way like n scarecrow to retard and stagnate, every enter prise snd Improvement of the rlty. soful equipment must bo had. With sot Mug to work with we do no work; with nothing with which to advertise, we do not advertise;, with nothing with which to display, we havo Hotti ng on display. Ufo holds first place. Energy, Improvement. Present a lunch room for our farmer and coun try patrons Is almost a nocvsslty, Also out of these two or throe thou sand people each day from live or six o'clock to midnight the HI saloons of the city have at dull times 15 or 2(1 patrons nn hour aggregating dm lug the evening IMIO. A Iree reeling room would have some effect upon this class of unforiiiuaies who have) no other plnro In Oregon ('It y lo spnul their oveiilugs. ii. I If Ore -hi city should over got ooiilblii.ieo and back bone enough lo toll t lie.ui friend of widows nnd orphaiH lo quit their ne farious business, ir.'goa City would I hen be obliged to proud.' some such plate. I bollevo any mail who says Oregou City can I - oil wtMioiit Milooll license Is utter!,,' devoid of any con fidence in hlma-'lf or Ills cliy and do.-a lint deserve eve 1 the ordinary respoo( of the humblest .mil. lent mall, 11.0 law makes an iird'uaiv business mull deal honorably, decor ly, lawfully. Too law will not allow a !nmiie is mini pri vately to hire u Inw breaker lo tusks money fur him, lint Oregon City hni unlimited power to llceuio law In oak era and protect law breukei In oieVr that the rlty may make a living. I am off my subject a I r I Mo, mi I ami at a good plui e to close, but s long as tho city as mailer nf budiio4 cannot get along without money derived Innn licensed crime It Is pr.'ioU'iviu 10 preach free rending risinis, beautiful city, city murals or anything t'uo along the lino of moral luinnivomout and expect Such' Institutions (o Lave tho support of Ihn hullie. lueu of (Jio city, Tho saloon Is an obnoxious parasite In the way of everything uplift lug and elevating. I charge Ihi'iu more tbau any other clement with rloalng the d.iors of the Young Mou'n Chrl'tlaa Association In this city. They uI.hi mum than any other element, (lie ruiisn of Ihn blasphemy and vu!xui:y disgracing the streets of Oregon I Ity. They, themselves, curse a pre.uihor and touch I heir patrons lu riirso a preacher as ipilckty as a og, and when thnt element In nay city gets any consideration no city can prosper MARKETS oaauhlo plan to a money broker. !-, Ht morals or charily or anyililut up- iiiiii ii uiiy inn ui euioiprmo mm f ... oval nu uiiHinesa. una me IHillUS ( that City will tint go bogging. The man of ndoslry and enterprise In private life, by that very condition, alone, has no dllflculty getting backing from a isiiklng Institution, hut the buy, be- iiddlod, whining, stingy, pessimistic, penurious, grasping, selfish, miserly parasite with no cotifldoiicv In himself nor any one else, seldom has any credit, nor does ho deserve any. Ore gon City Is very much like tho latter. hen In nil the history of Oregon Ity was any public Improvement un- ertaken without opoaltlon? The lain street of the rlty was flunlly rompletod and placed there over the protest and strenuous opposition of lie best business men of the city. Tho completion of tho railway from Ore gon City to Portland wus celebrated with walls and moans ami sobs and Ighlng. A tax levy of a few thou sand dollars would actually prostrate to lifeless corpses some of the busl- ess men of Oregon City, even If It hould be shown beyond all doubt that the permanent benefit derived hould be everlasting nnd repay a housand fold for tho Investment. Not high tnx for valuablo Improve ments, for that requires too much faith and confidence In ourselves ami hose having eh's;o of tbo handling f the tax money. The money might e squandered. Tin rending room might by soiuu hook or crook not provo profitable. Therefore the so- called (ufo, conservative, wise, pro found ami only Judicial decision Is, not to levy a tnx for any Improvement nd do without everything and starve oar I lit lo souls to death In order to xtal. "There Is that scatteroth abroad anl yet Increasetli, and Just as rtily thorn Is that w thlio doth and yet tbndoth to poverty." You novor card of a city going bankrupt over mprovemunt of streets, of Its morals, or because of anything for Its bet- rnient. Such a proposition Is ab- urd. Kiigeno never has prospered more than at tho present time and never made so many Improvements, and uvury cltl.en of that city feels proud that ho lives In Eugene. If Oregon City had tho confidence) of Clackamas County, to say nothing of the rest of tho slate, and had any conlldetice lu borsolf, tho Institution under discussion would simply have to bo established. Tho cry against high taxes Is not because taxes are too high, hut because nothing extra or unusual Is in evidence to show and -count for tho extra and unusual tax. Not so much tho number of mills on tho dollar assuased against us, but what for. There nover was a cry agulnst high tax If the money wns used for a worthy object. Kvory cent f tax money spent unwisely Is wrong of course nnd should ho slopped, but on tho other hand every cent of tnx money unwisely withhold nnd not pent is Just as truly wrong; and as far reaching In evil consequence and should he Just as strenuously con tinued, Ciirnoglo believes In a rending room and library and backs with the coin, but Oregon City for ar of a small tax will not uvon ask r It. , Considering this proposition from purely selfish views for the benefit of Oregon City alone, there Is an urgent mand for a freo reading room, No ss than two or three thousand poo o trend Main street every day and such a room fitted up In such a way afford rest and recreation and WHOLESALE QUOTATIONS. Vegetables, Fruits, Etc CAMPUKNIA CAHIIAOK-30 lb. OKKliON ONIONS-1 1 60 sack. IIEET8 40c domn bunches. CAKUOT3(0c dos. 1 IKI.KHY 0c per dm, I'OTATOEH-II 25 to U0. CAl'I.IFUnVKK 00c do. PAUSNIPS-20 lb. UUTAIIKOAS-II OO sack. TrUNll'H-II.OO sack. IIKETS-M OO sack. CAKKOTM-fl.OO sack. Itlll llAKII-Cc lb. l.KTTCCE 3&c dox bunches. liKL'KNA 30 dox. Butter and Eggs. llUTTEIt Itancli, GOfcOSc; cream ery. ?i)c per roll. Et!(iH 20c dox. HONEY 13c frame. HONEY Strained. 7o lo to lb. Fresh Fruits. APPLES SOW 11.25 box. Dried Fruits. nillEO APPLES Quartered, sun dried, 6 cents; evaporated 0 and 7o; prunes, 3H'o4c, silver prunes 0c to G'ic; pears 10c. Grain and Hay. , WHEAT $ LOG. CRAY OATS-:iG.OO. HAY Valley timothy SIS per ton; Clover, $12,00; Cheat, $11.00; Grain, $12.00. WHOLE COUN-$39.00. MIDDLING!) $34. CKACKED COHN $10. SHOUTS $31. Clackamas County Llv Stock. HEIKEK3 $3.2r.(fi $3.50. . BTICEHH $3.30(f $3.45. LAM IIS $.I.ROf$l.no. COWS $2.50ff $2.75. HO(iH-$a.50'ir$r,.oo. M UTTON $3.2fiJ $.1.75. , HAMS IGciff lKc. DKESSED VEALr-$8(!J$8.(;0. DRESSED POltK $7.50$8.00. HIIJE8 Iloef hides, So; calf hides, Gc. TAL1.0W 3c, per lb. Poultry, OLD HENS 11c per pound, young; roosters, lie; old roostors, 9o; mlxod chickens, 12c. AT THE MILLS AND 8TORE8. Flour and Fsad. FLOUR Hard Wheat, $4.95; Val iy, $4.oo. WHY NOT TRY Popham's ASTHMA REMEDY Gives Prompt and positive roller In every case. Sold by druggists. Trial packago by mall 10 cents, Williams Mfg. Co,, Props., Cleveland, O For sale by Huntley Bros. Co. THE JOHN80N REALTY CO. City Lots, Acreage and Farma a Specialty. P. 0. Box 213 Milwaukee, Ore. D. C. LATOURETTJS P'rosldont. T. J. MEYER, Cashier THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK of OREGON CITY , OREGON CAPITAL, $50,000.00. Open from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M Transacts a General Banking Business.