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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, V1UDAY, APRIL 2, 1000.
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suit of the absence of member. From
Washington comes the gratifying re
port that Speaker Cannon inttmU to
look after those delinquents who do
not stay on the Job during ihe consid
eration of the tariff bill and that they
will be "docked" If they fail to at
tend the sessions. History affords
ample precedent for such a course.
Speaker Crisp In the Klftyihird and
Speaker Reed In the Fifty-fourth Con
grosses both brought a lot of absen
tees to their senses by ordering that
deductions should 1h made from th
salaries of those who failed to attend
the session. The ulty of It Is that
Thlt White House conference seems
not to have been given over entirely
to pessimism, however, as the opinion
was there expressed than an issue
of bonds would not be necessary be
fore next fall, If at all, to meet cur
rent expenditures. The revenues of
the Treasury are Increasing, It is
stated, and the outlook is more prom
ising than some time ago. Issues of
Panama bonds are expected before
long to repay advances from the
Treasury funds for the construction of
the canal, and with the proceeds of
the sale of these bonds and the regu
lar Income from other sources, the
Treasury may be able to avoid selling
bonds or Treasury certificates for rev
enue purposes for many months. Evi
dently the outlook is far from hopeless.
It Is disclosed that the surplus of
$6,000 of the Inaugural committee has
been turned over to the Natloual Com
mittee for use in bringing about a
change in the" date of Inauguration. It
could not be better expended.
The conference at the White House
on Saturday last when the President
discussed at some length the new tar-'such method must needs be resorted
iff bill with Senator Aldrich, the Sec-1 to In order to enforce a responslbll
retary of State and the Secretary of ( Ity that should be regarded as a duty
the Treasury, crystaltxed into serious , ana a privilege.
difficulties what have heretofore been
discordant notes in the somewhat ten
tative discussions of the proposed
methods for Increasing the revenue.
For Instance, Senator Aldrich advised
the President that the inheritance tax
provision of the Payne bill would not
pass the Senate as that body enter
tains intense and Insuperable opposi
tion to any such measure on the
ground that while It is a proper source
of revenue for the state, the federal
government ought not to resort to it
except in Umea of extreme need; the
Income tax, too, it developed, la not
considered altogether advisable, the
contention is made that the maximum
and minimum provision in the bill It
based on a wrong principle, that it
Implies retributive Instead of concil
iatory action. Truly the lines of the
party leaden are not cast in pleasant
places. N
Millinery Department Is Added.
The large show windows of John
Adams' store In the Masonic building
have attracted no little attention by
the new spring styles and the hand
some line of millinery. This is a new
venture for this up-to-date store in
having a millinery department, and
Mr. Adams has secured the services
of Miss Marrs, a milliner from New
Tors, who will have full charge of
this department Miss Marrs makes
it a point to have no two hata alike,
and the atyles that she has selected
and placed on exhibition, speaks well
for her artistic ability as a designer
and trimmer.
From the State Department comes
the report that Secretary Knox has
delivered an ultimatum to President
Zelaya, of Nicagua, requiring htm to
submit to arbitration, as he promised
to do, certain cases in which Ameri
cans are involved. It Is Intimated,
also, that if the ultimatum' should fail
in the desired effect, the President
will ask Congres for authority to take
such steps as may be necessary to
bring Nicaragua to terms. Had It not
been for the Insignificance of Nicara
gua there would have been a stiong
public demand for action Ion; ere
Improving Streets in Gladstone.
Surveyor Hal Rands has completed
the survey of Arlington and Dart
mouth streets in Gladstone. Mr.
Rands has set grade stakea in nreo-
aration for rradinar. the nmtwrtf rvvn.
ers adjacent to these streets in con''
Junction with the Gladstone Real Es
tate Association will grade Arlington
street from the county road near the
Southern Pacific to the 0. W. P. rail
way and will lay a new walk on the
north side of the street Dartmouth
street will be graded on the south and
a walk will be built from the station
to and Including the block where the
Christian church stands.
Notice of Sale.
Notice Is hereby given that in pur
sance of an order of the county court
of the State of Oregon, for Clacka
mas County, made the 1st day of
April, 1909, the undersigned as guard
ian of the person and estate of Hlldur
R. I. Swanson. a minor, will, on and
after the 3rd day of May, 1909, sell
at private sale at rooms 3, 4. and 5,
Stevens Building, at Oregon City, Or
egon, to the highest bidder for cash
in gold coin of the United States and
subject to confirmation by said county
court, all the right, title and interest
of said minor in and to the following
described real property to-wit: The
Northeast quarter of the Northeast
quarter of section seven (7), Town
ship Two (2) South, Range Three (3)
East of the Willamette Meridian. Also
a strip of land Sixteen (16) feet wide
along the South Bide of the North
west quarter of the Northeast quarter
i of said Section Seven (7) said tract
o $7
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SENATOR JOSEPH E. HEDGES, who In a Speech last Sunday evening,
revealed many Immoral methods practiced politically, commercially
and socially. ,
OUR MORAL CONDITIONS
(Continued from Page One,)
this, even to the extent, of war, for the
wrongs perpetrated on American clti- j containlng (40) acres more or
it looks nowever, as mougn jess.
Dated this 1st dav of April, 1909.
MARIE J. SWANSON-CHITWOOD,
Guardian of the person and estate of
Hlldur R. I. Swanson, a minor.
GORDON E. HAYES. Attorney for
' Guardian.
zens.
forbearance on the part of the United
States has ceased to be a virtue.
Representative Tawney, of Minne
sota, and chairman of the Hou.ie Ap
propriations Committee, was a black
smith before be was called upon to
represent his district In Congress, and
is of a mechanical turn of mind. Ow
ing to this fact the United States gov-
Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has been appointed admin
istrator of the Estate of Thomas E.
ernment will save about 1140.000 an- Battin deceased. The County Court
T i r t PitoI'I mi a Pnnntv itrnrrnn and all
nually. Mr. Tawney Is responsible , persons bavng cia(ms aKalnBt Bai(
for the Invention and Installation In : estate are hereby notified to present
the bureau of engraving and printing, ' the same, properly verified, to the
of an Improved,, bank-note printing ; f'd administrator at the office of
. , . , . y ' ... John W. Loder, Stevens Building, Ore-
machine which V one operation will . gon ci(y 0regon wlthn glx (C)
do the work heretofore performed by j months from the date of first publl
three machines and three operations. I cation of this notice.
Dated April 1, 1909.
ORREN A. BATTIN,
In spite of the strenuous efforts j Administrator of the Estate of Tnom
made to create an impression that the I as E' Battln- Deceased.
United States Steel Corporation Is to
lead a campaign for widespread wage
reduction, there Is no definite basis
in fact for such representations and
it is with pleasure we learn that the
corporation and its employees are on
the friendliest terifl3, for which, no
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In the case than was required In It.
For example, a lawyer has In an ordi
nary divorce case where the costs and
disbursements were about twenty-five
dollars represented that they were
one hundred and seventy five dollars.
The client being Ignorant of the mat
ter has paid the full amount asked and
the lawyer has taken their one hun
dred and fifty dollars to put Into his
own pocket In addition to reason
able attorney's fee already demanded
and paid.
Some physicians likewise practiced
deceit and fraud by allowing patients
and their relatives to believe the pa
tient to be In. much worse condition
than the actual one, for mercenary
purposes. And some have done other
acts quite aa immoral.
I might add that In the past eight
years I have In the fall of the year
only twice received full measure when
I have received my winter's wood. A
pile of twelve cords has usually been
composed of wood cut from four to
six Inches short, the pile has been
about one foot Bhort and wanted alx
Inches of being high enough, and In
addition to this the wood was so piled
as to contain almost as much air as
wood. Thus often a twelve cord pile 1
has contained ten and a fraction cords.
Thus you see the Immoral acts are
idely dispersed over lines of busi
ness and professions.
The remedy for all this Is for every
man to become better to be as noble.
AS snnnra anrt m trim aa It la lutoDlkla !
for him to be, that these Immoral act
ors may become lonesome in their
deceit and fraud. In other words by I
higher moral education.
I have promised you In the second
place to speak of political immorality.
The situation here Is becoming bettor
in this division yearly. As Illustra
tions of the evil conduct of men In
politics I will tell you of some experi
ences and observations I have had
during the time I have in a small way
been slightly active In politics. In
the year 1901 and during the session
of the Legislature of that year I went
to the Capitol on the last day, Sat
urday. You will remember that the
United States Senator was not elect
ed until midnight, that night.
During the afternoon while I was
on the floor of the house, there was
common talk of . men's receiving
money, or its equivalent, for their
votes. It was spoken openly that one
man received fifteen thousand dol
lars for his support of the candidate;
another ten thousand and others
smaller amounts; that still another
received one hundred dollars for each
vote. I was told to watch this last
man and I would see him leave his
seat after each ballot, and go to tho
the cloak room where tho money
would be paid him.
Others, I was told, and It seemed
to be conceded, were promised offices
for their support Thus manhood In
many cases seemed to have lost out
In its conflict with Immorality, and
corruption seemed everywhere pres
ent. Much of this condition has been
eliminated, and In addition laws that
are passed now are not the result of,
or influenced by trades for votes for
United States Senator as was the case
too often in former days.
As I have held office you know I
have campaigned. To show you that
some voters have too low standards
In political matters I shall mention
only two experiences I had during rrfy
campaign. I was met at the end of
the bridge in this city one day by a
man who, I believed and still believe,
was working for another candidate
than myself. He said "Hedges, I wish
you would give me some of your
cards." As I carried cards with me,
I put my hand into my pocket and
handed him a bunch of the cards say
ing, "All right, sir." He said, "I am
going over Into the Tualatin precinct
and will do you what good I can." I
had been approached In these matters
so often that I felt I knew some de
mand was yet coming and tried to
head it off. One of my more enthus
iastic supporters had told me the
Southwestern precincts of the county
were solid for me so I said, "I tell
you what I wish you would do. I
have it from one I bellovo knows that
I shall get every vote In Tualatin pre
cinct, and so If you find anyone who
is going to vote agalnstt mo, let mo
know." He answered that ho would
also go to Union precinct. Whereup
on I told him that this was true of
the whole county south of West Ore
gon City. I had hoard I would got
every vote In the county south of
West Oregon City. I felt I had cov
ered all that portion of the county he
would visit. He said ho would not
forget me and I thanked him and
started on my way when he said,
"Now. of course. If you are elected
I'll expect you to pay my expenses."
.My answer was such that I do not
doubt he opposed me in the election,
and probably my cards were deposited
In the Willamette River as he crossed
the bridge.
On election day In the early after
noon I was approached by one who
said. "Hedges, I have been working
all day." (he did not say for whom)
"and would like to got enough to buy
something to eat" He was not drunk
but had been drinking. Without hesi
tation, without. I may say, considera
tion. I took from my pockot the only
piece of money I had, one dollar, and
offered It whereupon he said, "What
the
-Is the matter with you, why
don't you give inn five?" 1 pul Iho
coin back Into my pockot mid wont
on my way. and I huvo ever believed
ho voted against mo.
Those are only a few of llio thing
I have observed mid experienced that
show- the want of high Mtnndiiid of
morality In polltlciil mutters,
The remedy hero ngitln Is higher
moral education. It Booms to mo. )t
us all ho lu polities us square and Inm
ost n.-i possible, mid lu tho end this
community uiwl tho world will bo bet
tor. I now ronio to that part of tho ev
enings talk that I approach with re
luctance for tho reason that 1 have
Biieh Intense fooling In those mutters
I fear I may permit my -"feelings to
overcome my Intellect or reason and
may suy things that nro Inappropri
ate. I expect to bo plain in my talk
though I hope I shall not bo offensive.
I shall now speak of tho social evil or
Immorality.
1 place tho Mil mo of the social
wrongs upon throe clussos of per
sons who sjhoiil to mo to bo most blnm
able, though there tuny bo other at
fault In a lesser degree. Firstly I
blame the parents In tho homo. Do
you know that tho child as early us
It Is able to understand begins to
form Its moral code from tho expres
sions of Its parents? It fools toward
Its parents as people formerly did
toward the king that they can do no
wrong. When tho expression of the
parent manifests tho holding In nil ml
of a thought, the child understands
nt once that the thought Is moral and
true and Immediately stores it away
as a part of Its moral code. Thus It
puts thought upon thought and cre
ates the structure of Its moral stand
ard. How necessary, therefore, for
the parents to bo pure hearted and
clean minded: It Is a disgrace to a
parent for a child at tho time of leav
lug home to be not moral. And groat
euro should be exercised by tho par
ent to bo Just aa noble and pure as
possible.
secondly i blame a class ot per
sons who are influential socially and
who are the more blamable for the
reason that they make capital out of
their Influence, use It to accomplish
their Immoral ends. Does any one ot
you have the least feeling of revul
sion when I say to you that (he Karl
of locator ought to have been drown
and quartered for his treatment of
btautlful and Innocent Amy Hobsart?
Not one. Did yoit ever feel that that
noblest of the Romans, Vlrglnlus, was
not Justified In the awful moans re
sorted to by him to save his Innocent
child from being robbed of the most
precious Jewel her (ioi endowed her
with when ho gave her the breath of
life her virtue? No. I know, there
fore, you will not feel I am too harrh
when I say to you that If I had my
way I Hhmild so change tho laws that
such as IIiobk would bo drawn ami
unaltered mid their rolling remains
bunged In llml telephone polo us n
warning iitnl an example to iniy others
who would dure to think of doing such
nu net ; it ml wo have too tunny of
thoNO In every community.
Thirdly, nml lastly. I plueo the
hlmmi upon the offenders IheiiiselroH,
but hero It Is hard to pliteo the hliuno
for In nearly all cases there Is one
Innocent party.
And us to dm remedy generally and
a moans to avoid nil those condi
tions I wish to rend to you an extract
from the sermon of Pr. Iluilley de
livered lu a Yalo graduating ojuss:
"To tho man of strong feelings anil
passions tho only real safeguard for
chastity Is nil habitual and Inslliio
live shrinking from personal contact
with what Is common, To tho man
who Is nmhlilous of biisltiosN or pro
fessloiiaauooosH the only Hiiro guard
against" dishonor Is nu Instinctive and
umtccountalilo reluctance to do any
thing which ho will have to explain
to hla own ciuicleiico, To tho man
whoso dangers lie in tho direction or
discouragement or pessimism, the
best support Is a refusal to repeat no
proved scandals and an essential tin
willingness lu bellovo evil of his neigh
bors. Kor with those safeguards tho
evil 1 crushed with Its Inception; and
without thorn every stop I one of
peril. If a man has no bettor guide
than the statutes and convention, of
those about him, he Is safe from
neither personal nor professional dis
honor. It may be true that honesty
Is tho best policy; but It Is undeniably
true that nobody was ever really
honest If that was hi reason. Tho
only men who are safe am those
whose standards of honor are what
the world calls quixotic which really
means that they are Christian."
And again
"He who delude himself with tho
Idea that his personal souse of honor
can bo hedged about with rule that
will keep It safe from deterioration
Is fundamentally wrong. It ran he
kept bright only by the unstinted use
which makes It each day a larger and
larger part of a man's own self.
"You are ambitious for success In
life; and we are ambitious for you
You desire professional eminence,
wealth, office. They are all good
thing. If they come as Incidents In
an honorable career. If they come
as the price for tho slightest loss of
personal purity or personal straight-
ness, they are bad. The man who
takes them at this price ha not clean
hand and a pure heart. The man
who even thinks of taking them at
till price ha lifted up hi soul unto
vanity, lie may at this price gain the
position of eminence which ho covet;
hut It will be as a hired servunt, not
aa a Hod given loader, I hope (hut It
may bo snld of each one of you that
ho routined the objects of his ambition-
that ho did his business with
success, or Unit ho extended I hit
IhiiiiiiIs of human knowledge lu his pro
fession, or that ho waa chosen to iom.
(Ions of omluelice among his fellow
men, Hut I beg you to count ouch
olio of these things as small lis com
pared with the Imiyirtaiico of extend
ing those standards of honor which
you have received from those who
have gone before until they shall
huvo become n pint of yourselves nml
an Inlliieiieo which shall murk you
as true leader ami helper to your
fellows,"
"There I one word of Jesus that
always route buck to mo as nlioiit tho
noblest thing Unit tho Hp of man
huvo ever said uhiii earth, nml tho
most comprehensive thing, which
seem to Nweop into Itself all the
comiiioiiplneo experience of nintiklnd.
! you remember when ho was nit
sing with hi disciple nt the Inst sup
per how ho raised up his voice and
prayed, and lu (hit midst of hi prayer
came those wondrous words: "Kor
their suite I sanctify myself, Hint
they also might bo sanctified."
And further In language Hint Is
both beautiful and plain, lot mo In
conclusion quota from )r. Phillip
HriHik sermon on "The elUuty of
I,lfu of Service":
"Tho whole human life I there.
Shall a man cultivate himself? No,
not primarily. Hhall he serve tho
world, strive to Increase tho kingdom
of Ood In tho world? Ye. Indeed. h
hall. How shall ho do It? Ity nil
tlvatlng himself and Immediately he
I thrown back upon hi own I If".
'Kor tholr ake do I anctlfy myself,
that they also might be sanctified.'
"I am boat not for myself, but for
tho world. My brothern, I there any
thing In all the teaching man baa
recolvod drum hi folio wman, all that
has come down to him from the lip
of Ood, that I nobler, that I mure far
reaching than that to be my best, not
for my own take, but for the sake of
the world Into which, lotting my hot,
I shall make that world more com
plete, I shall do my little part to re
new and recreate It In the Image of
Cod.
"That I the law of my existence.
And tho man that makes that Hie law
of hi existence neither neglect him
self nor hi fellow man, neither does
ho become the aolf absorbed student
or cultivator of hi own life on the
one hand, nor doe he become, aban
doning himself, the wasting benefac
tor of hi brethren on the other.
You can holii your followmen; you
must help yohr followmen. Hut the
only way you can help thorn I by
being tho noblest and best man that
It I possible for you to bo."
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v
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Yard wide bleached Muslin 0c grade 8c
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Eight quarter bleached sheeting, special per yd. 21c
Nine quarter bleached sheeting, special per yd. 23c
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Ladies light weight long sleeves, knit vests, pure white garmentsthat
are worth 25c Special for the week 18c
The well known Broadhead dress goods, different weaves, 40 inches
wide, worth 65c, during this sale the price will be 50c
60 inch bleached table damask, special sale price 25c
Ladies black petticoats, both light and heavy weight, special price 75c
i
Ladies black sateen petticoats, always sold at $1.40. This sale
Ladies corsets in both light or heavy weights, high or low bust
Ladies Military front pad hose supporter. 4 straps, 30c values
Ladies kid bluch?r oxfords, patent tip, colors tan or black, $1.75
values during this sale $ 1 .25
The greatest reductions on ladies dress skirts ever known in Oregon City
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