OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE
PubiithM Ivtry FrKy
I I SNOOll. H'tor a"" Puklihr
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salsa thaur aaa If last parraaal Is MM rradlteo klMll sollfy a,
the msttr will rrlr our attaatloa
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tenor pracrwii nialing (krntany or Hntsin brfote the Wit sooth" I'
ta gianirj that ditliar cuuplr.1 with hate ii dantfrroui .ignhinalion, ann1
it 1 1 mulct uth ciiiumstamT a trifle will itralr open host lit t . hoi iMilhin
i 10 hr gained b, pirmrrJnr when prrpainln is awiwd ' ' "
extent (hat militart ptivirt n dominating gut ct omental and social life and
biudming the people with lave with a thii same pfrt,iaieilnr. burdened
r ranee and (jMMM uhrn ihrt were building up fighting nialunr
AdTanlalBf FU1M oa aaplleatloa
TIIOSK OK I S WHO HAW NMVIIrl) Kruiinrrr Harold A.
Kandi btnld the South r'ork pipeline in In than the sdiruJrlril fin
and Im than the amount appfupriairJ for thr umk, will prohibit
tu ...m.a.I t.t l.tii k, ks.l .t.l-.l afltthrt III his list til jhlllfirv In lltf jll
rnginrcrini: wotk were toppnd. Mr. Kandi undouf
trripti paaf thr most iWriminatiflg edifon it he continues to writ with the
ante rnthutiavm that hu in an article pirparrd fur the Wetter rt Mms
Journal thta month. Mt. Randi ay. in pa' :
Tut air. purr water, pwe food! These iprll health and hanpinr.. ..r
the inditidual. and progrr and proaprt tv for the mminunflY
"No section ni our treat country i mote favored ith rrprct to these
three essential of like than ii the Willamette t allrt. line the Pacific .ttt.
. trr thr land iti cool and relrnhinff brrew ; here the protmity of the moun
tain range rendert possible the Mcuting of pure water, and hen? all the
product of the temprrate gone are produced n the gretarst abundance. Out
climate, the mildne of our w inten and the coolneia of our vummcr. and the
wonderful productitttt of our toil hate long been exploited, while little ha
been atd about the w ater, w hich nature ha put w ithin our reach pure and
oft. free from alkali and diiease beating germ, vet in the end this t to be
come one of our ten greatot aaaet. The town and in cities of the et and
of the middle wet. far from the mountain wild. mut depend on tilteration
and chemical treatment, but here the purest and the het can be had bv thov
willing to pay the price and make the effort.
"The German hate a proverb to the effect that "(od teldom make
for men anything jut right." and the procuring of a pure and abundant
water wply for even the town and citie of the Willamette valley i no
exception to this rule.
"Time was when the Willamette itself offered a upply both pure and
vt holeume, but thii day ha gone by. Sewage long vince rendered it water
unfit for ue, and tewer and farm hate done the same to the tream and
creek of the valley lowland. o that now thoae citie w hich would give to
their citizens pure water must extend their pipe line out across the rolling
valley lands and through the foothills to the rugged range and the foret re
ires lying beyond.
"From its earliest settlement Oregon City has secured its water from
thr Willamette. For many year it was pumped into the main in its natural
tatr, then mechanical filters, costing many thousands of dollars, were in
stalled, and last of all a hypochlorite treating plant was added. Notwith
standing these safeguards several bad typhoid epidemics were charged up
a,3insT the water, and these, together w ith the thoughts of the sewage poured
into the river by Salem, Albany and other towns, led the people in MarcS
last to tote the filter plant out and new gravity supply in.
"The source of Oregon City's new water supply is the South Fork of
the Clackamas, thrre-fourths of a mile from its confiuenc: with the main
Clackamas river. Twenty-one miles by an air line, and twenty-four and one
lourth miles by the pipe line from the city reservoir within the Oregon
national forcest is located the intake. The region is wild and nigged. In
tower cliffs and scenic waterfalls, it rivals even the Columbia river gorge.
"In quality the water leaves nothing to be desired. Not even Portland
with its famous Bull Run supply 'has anything on' Oregon City and West
Linn in this respect, for at the time of the preliminary sun-et a sample of
tiic South Fork water was taken to a well known bacteriologist of Portland
tor examination. After waiting several days for a report, the engineer who
had taken the sample, called up and the bacteriologist said, 'Didn't you boil
that sample? Why, it is better than Bull Run.' "
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M KARMKRS ALONG THK LINE m ilie Willimitt.
Vallrt Soiitlirin ate ,'omprllrd to wotk undei .1 rnou liaiuliiap
in ihinmni to point to the muth, and not thimigh ant lault ot
the local electric line. ITie Willamette Valley Southern tooctte the South
rtn Pacific at three point Oregon City, Molalla and Mt -ngei. bui at
Hour of these place i there a track connection, owing, Willamrttr Valley
Southern offtciaU at, to the other toad.
When a Monitor larinei want to hip a car. of potato tu Salem, that
car mut be hauled thtough Molalla. Oregon City and into Portland and
tlien MKith from Portland on the Southern Pacific. Several tuin thr duett
distance between the two town it covered before the car is delivered. It
tramtrr oiuld be made at Mt. Angel, or even at Molalla. their would be
i materia! reduction in thr freight charge and that Monitor t mnrr would
be much hettet able to compete in ptice with potato growers in other
i.'imiir. In hit caie, the shipping point and the plate of deliveit ate in
the amc county, but to reach it destination the car of putatoe mutt travel
through Clackamai and Multnomah counties and then bask again.
The immediate result to the Willamette Valley Southern would be a
lot in freight receipt, but the oltlcialt of the line are bnud minded enough
ti that in the eml the country would deveiope tatter ami tne irveipi
he much greater.
I he nutlet is now before the statr railway cotntntMion and .1 datr lor
iir hearing hat been act The point to be proven by those favoring thi
onnection between the two line it where the traffic over the coiMNCtfatf
I nr would warrant irs ant. A thousand farmer in Clack. mu .in. I l.un
counties say that it will.
TAXPAYERS' MT
COMMITS URGED
NAHVIY CltOM PLtAOk fON MONK
CAMIPUL UNVgV Of Ti
MATH Of tXPINMt
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HKRF IS AN KLKMFNT OF DANGER in thr principle brought
out by several recent decisions of the supreme couit that a cit) CM
by charter amendment free itself of the county court in matters of
road tax. A recent ruling of the court in an appeal in ihr .w it Johnson
gainst Jackson county involves tne shland charter and the decision of the
court holds that the people shall be exempt from paying road taxe and the
within its units tor mad work, except Mich tar a
may be levied by the city council.
In a more recent case, involving the new charter of tlir town ot Huh
bard, Attorney General Brow n, at the request of the ttatr tax commission,
lecided that Hubbard is exempt trom the pajment of road taxes levied by
. m .m.f a I .
rite countt court. He says that various ruling ot the charter must snow
the following intentions: First To withdraw all the territoy within
he citv limits from the jurisdiction of the county court and place the same
within the complete and exclusive control of the city council: second I o
exempt the inhabitants of the city and jhe propert) within the city limits
from the assessment of road work except when levied by the council.
Such law is apt to make the city too independent of thr countt ami the
state. The city, while it benefits. With the farmer from thr resultt of road
building, can successfully dodge all financial aid in the pawnent of road
ra.xes if it pleases, w hile the farmer and other outsiders must pay his share
a before.
Other decisions of the supreme court have tended to put the city above
the county and even the state and to get from under responsibilities which
other districts must shoulder.
AMERICANS HOPE THAT MR. JOSEPH H. CHOATE is put
ting it little too strong w hen he declares that of all the world,
the United States is the most hated of nations. The statement
is a strong one, even today when hatted is the most dominant passion and th-.1
leading nations of the world are engaged in a war that for its cause, to a
large extent, blind hatred. Hate is a hard word, representing an active
passion, and we hardly believe that tve are regarded by any nation in such
a way, although there arc probably many individuals who would like nothinj
better than to get at our throat.
Germans and her allies are angered at us because we allow the sale
of munitions of war to her enemies. The mass of the people of Great Britain
dislike us because they believe that we should make their cause ouis. Japan
would like nothing better than to wrest from our control the possesions
of the United States in the Pacific. Spain has hardly forgotten '98 and
Russia and Turkey, officially, were never pleased with us. France, we rr.ay
hope, is our friend; Italy has shown no ill feeling, and the smaller nations
of Europe vary greatly in their feeling toward us.
On our own side of the world, however, we are regarded with feelings
that range from unfriendly indifference to actual hatred.
On the whole we are generally disliked. There are many reasons for
this attitude of the nations toward us. One will oppose us for one reason,
some for another, but there is one emotion that influences all of them, and
that is envy. The United States is the richest nation on the globe Although
we have only 6 per cent of the world's population, we have one-fourth of
the wealth of the world and we are making rapid progress toward con
tinuing the rest of it
But even with these facts, the United States should not enter the race
"I battle-ship building and an organization of armies which features the
history of Europe during the 10 years before the present conflict. Reason
able preparedness, adopted along reasonable lines, is one thing, and a national
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NINETY PER CENT
of the world's business is done
with checks. If you have been
doing without the use of checks
in your business, come in and let
us tell you of some of the many
advantages of having a check
account.
The Bank of Oregon City
THE OLDEST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY
V POINTING OUT one of the wonderful laws of the Irgislaturr which
hampers the progress of the state the Salem Capital Journal calls-
utrenrinn to hridtre buildimi in the valley. Lanr countt as well as
Polk is having trouble of her own over bridges that are badly needed but
that cannot be built, because the legislature by limiting the county tax levies
to not more than a six per cent raise over that of the preceding year has cut
off the power to raise money for bridge work. Polk county is up against
the same proposition with regard to the bridge across the Wil Lunette here.
It is ralized that a new bridge is an absolute necessity, and the county is
willing to put up its share toward building it but as the funds cannot be raised
without violating the "six per cent law" (which is about what it is) the
problem is a serious one. Lane county is up against the same proposition
in the matter of the bridge at HarrisbuTg.
The Saturday Evening Post some weeks ago had an editorial suggestion
that certainly has considerable merit. It suggested that the legislatures
.take a look at their own shortcoming, and pass a bill preventing legislatures
making "blamed fool laws." It would certainly simplify things if the
legislatures generally would take the Post's advice. Under the Bingham
law, which fixes the tax levy as above stated, the people cannot get what
they must absolutely have, and what they would gladlt nay for.
(IHRUON CITV, Ore. Nov. IS.
i Kill I or of Tba Kntarprt ' mil l
II,. i. mill) .null ha inailii puhlli the
official . o i.i, t . . i, t at i- anil the aama
III i-oiiif up for viauilnatliin and ap
protal al a taipariir' Hireling tallml
fur llvcvmtMr It Aa rliilti II ion
lain alxmi our huntlrmj anil thiro
linns ami agrallng otur 00,uoo
riuirl) anything mvpi a moat iuroi
examination ttoultl rulr a moal carv
ful and thorough aluily. anil Ihla would
rntall much time and llkal mum
pcim. Without Ihla prsvloua viainlna
tlou and lutrallaallou the ail tier- of
UMar would ho of Utile value and
mlahl do more harm that good.
A year au II waa discovered when
(he lax budget mealing waa half oter
that I he county court had not held bid
prevloua meeting when the hinlgel
waa rrltli-atlly examined. Il waa almil
compilation made up of Items com
lug from the different county official
Now, I aay that Itte rounly court
ought not to Mil. mil a budget to the
taxpayer uuly after Ihe moal careful
examination auch aa I living glieu In
Ibe city of IVrtland and Multnomah
county.
The county rourt ought to ha In a
poalton lo ay lo th taxpayer Mere
la a budget which baa been NMSjISS
lloualy examined by u In Ita avary
detail, we hate added lo It where
neceaaary and we hate auhatrarted
from, tint II It now, In all lla different
features, reprvaenl our deliberate
Judgment, and we recommend Ita adop
lion.
If the present budget la not Ibe prod.
uet ot aucb a prior Inveatlgatloii. then
Ihe court ought at once to name a rep
reaentallte committee lo make auch
examination, or a mans meeting ahould
ha called for the appointment of auch
a committee, tu me end that tne tax
payers' meeting njay be advised and
bate some substantial baala of action
II K CKOBH
sa last ailuw must lie otiglual with
you and qulla asa I wonder If a g
ni has been applied fur II II sounds
Ilka that a underfill wisdoas a stU
bear fioin some debt ildden giangef
lhal he Is luuklng lor work btil utais
lo Mod not In find a fob "
I on I) trlllelaa the grange aa aa
in i in 1 1 ii 1 1 1 oigaulialli'ti in I phasi
no duubt furnishes upp-oitunlD lot Ibe
soclrly i rating of mankind In And el
preaalun My poallloa is tals. thai Ibe
farmera are Ihe moal neieaaarr of
all industrial group and as kmh are
muled lo all Ih henerlls uf rlvlllisv
lb, lhal wa daaerta baaullful homes
and baaullful aurroundlngs. lhal our
homes should he beautiful') furnished
and lhal wa should hate ample 1 1 a tg)
live baaullful lite rree front debt
or the fear of want I rind fault llh
the grange and kindred organisations
Ibr Sot teaching Ihe Hieiui-ershlp lhal
Ihese Iblnga belong to us a a elaaa,
learh (hem In desire I hem leach Ibein
that hi taking possession of Ihe funr
lloll o goternilielll the) HIS) possess
the full frulls of Hi. ii labor In short
they should uf right and can be free
JOHN K HTAHK
and sagoii ir ks oa Ibe sulfate and
I bay are tar rarefy low Hawaii tu
drain (Is louaaUlkua of Its roads
Tte a I pease of Ills dralaase would
be am ksea I aa Ik ssoaey speni la
repairs of Ibe ru4 a I key aais al
ware been, greater nasals maid la
hauled and motor tru . Ikuae kea
slyt freight trains a Ilk a stalluS) si
vary farmer's door would do Um
roads very Mark lea Wantage
ii is ... aa pa real lhal I be edd ay at
must ba ahaadoaed tkal Ik writer Is
muik eurprlaed tkal. wllk all Ma
forts, ke ha not yet fouwd owe super
tlewr or other author!!) who seen a
a mini lo evea trr. oa a akort akwe of
road. Ibis ibeaper and more efTeatlte
- ' k y MiiJtr
FORUM OF THE PEOPLE
T
HE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMI TTEE ii without a
secretary and a considerable number of its ni'-mbers want to dis
charge the chairman. But the committee does not lack a humorist.
He is the gentleman who composed the official comment of the committee
on this year's election results. They mean merely, said this document, that
the Progressives and the Republicans arc reunited. Nothing more is needed
to assure Republican victory in 1916. Wilson received the electoral vote
of forty-one states in 1912 and had 4.15 votes in the electoral college. He had
a majority support in only fourteen states, with electoral votes, jn me
other thirty-four states the combined Republican and Progressive strength
tar outnumbered the Democracy, and Wilson won by a plurality. 'I he
teunion of the Progressives and Republicans in 1916 is made certain by the
elections of 1914 and 1915, and means that Wilson will have his fourteen
states the Solid South and no more.
In his speech to the Manhattan club at New Vork the president again
complained that he does not feel free to express his ..pinions as other men
can. In view of the radical change which has come over his expression of
opinion regarding national defense within the past eleven months, his cjucrnl
ousness seems hardly well-founded. However, let him cheer up. After
sixteen months he will be at liberty to talk as freely and as volubly as ex
Presldcnts Roosevelt and Taft.
Administration Democrats in Washington affect to find some partisan
comfort in the Tammany victory in New York city. For two years the
administration has tried to starve Tammany men and Tammany congress
men have not been welcome at the White House. Yet Tammany, inde
pendent of Wilson, is able to win in an election where the Wilson cause
has suffered. Eextracting joy from this situation is like manufacturing sun
shine from cucumbers. ,
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Hon. Eugene N. Foss,
agree that the Underwood
saved the situation for the
of Massachusetts, is quoted as saying: "All
aw is inadetpjate. Nothing but the war has
American manufacturer." As Mr. Foss has
played politics on both sides of the protective issue, pir-sibly this points his
arrival at a settled conviction at last.
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Neither the resignation of Diaz, nor the assassination of Madero nor the
forced withdrawal of Huerta served to "pacify" Mexico. Why should
Mr. Wilson think that the recognition of Carranza will do it? The fact
is that Mexico can be pacified only by a firm hand ; the hand of the United
States, to be exact.
John Stark Writ.
MAI'I.K I.ANK. Or.. Nov. JO.
(Editor of The Kntarprlse. ) The fol-
lowing I condensed from a reply I
wrote tu i .i :r i I.. Klrrhem which waa
rejected by Ihe Courier. Th original
manuacrlpt waa aenl to her by reg
istered mall:
While iHinderlng over the problem
ot writing a series of articles uf farm
reditu. I waa confronted with the
lueallon how to avoid belug mlaiinder
atood. to hate my motive miscon
strued. Thla ha been the caae with
etiTt revolutionist The temiM-latlon
waa great to I '.I up. Vt hlle thi
devil did not offer me the whole world
If I did not write It I knew I would
catch the devil" If I did The poet
huIiI. Thrice urmed Is be whose ijunr
rel I Just." So the die waa cast Com,
fortune goud or ill I would undertake
the taak.
While ho engaged you enmc to tny
rescue liy lellltiK mc you lunl Peon ii
member of Ihe grange IT years With
nut tlndliiK mil that the fiirmer Is the
hunlctst uorked and most exploited or
all Industrial group. Likewise were
also denied Ihe civil aurroundlngs
tfielr labor makes possible. What is
till worse you were never laugh to
desire these conditions; yoOr mind ha
been so engrossed with thla "beautiful
and impressive ritunllatle work." Ho
tin- iopi has accomplished tvlutt It was
put on tlie niurket for. The September
irutiKe bulletin contains a column
headed The , Importance of Making
Degree Work Impressive." The gist
of which Is. teach tilt) victim the funny
little KtiiutM und they will forget they
are plundered by an unust economic
system. In these day of war i
on dross It Is cheap urtoilyric. Yon tell
me the number of tn sabers in count
and Hluto. not all are tillers of Ihe soli,
some of these are busy furmlng their
bucolic brethren. Hut sad to relate,
it HceniH that among Ihem not 0M lias
the courage or comprehension to bo
ITae from t,ln' tribute taker. Indeed
the worthy password peddler In con
junction Willi the beads of three, other
so-called worklnginen'H societies pro
pose to hamstring uh elbdhoppen for
"say 50 lo 100 years."
You nay the "worthy master" Is held
in high esteem. If he will start an
agitation to drive the money change
nut of our industrial temple, this es
teem will evaporate and you will Join
the rabble cry "Awuy with liltn! Cruci
fy blml" He, however, proposes to re
main a friend to the money, Caosars.
If his house has been newly painted
perhaps the customary thirty piece of
silver have neon paid over. Treason
to the working class did not always
pay so well: for a different outcome
see Acts 1:18. "Please chuck that In
to your" pipe and smoke It.
You tell me "it takes work nnd Waiter
to put the green Into said lawns In dry
weather." Is work and water con
trary to the declaration of principles
of the P, of H.? I want to know if the
farmer Is not entitled to a beautiful
lawn? I never read the, declaration of
purposes but will believe it to lie fine
literature. So Is the Rublayat. King
James' translation Interests. me also:
likewise the Declaration of Independ
ence Is "something worth while." Hut
In none can I And that the farmer
should remain In bondage for "say 50
to 100 years." Our worthy password
pcddler'miiHt have taken that, out of
the "beautiful or Impreanlve rituals.
In one of these publications I read
to call no one master. In another
something about equality; no seven
degree nonsenae there. Do you sup
pose those Ideas were written as mere
rhapsodies to be handed to us ruta
baga nibes once a year by some politi
cal bum?
If you will loan me your "adjusted
glasses to the proper focus" I may be
able to see the benefit the grange has
been. I gness It must have a range as
long as Lick's telescope for none can
be seen in this locality.
"I take It for granted you are one
of those who think this world owes you
a living without working for It." You
On "lay It In Oran City.'
(HtKUON CITV, Nov. I.-1 Editor uf
(he Knlerprlsel lluy In Oregon City
Why? lluy In Oregon City Is a good
mine fur Ihe mrrcbaut Kamium
ihe mute etldrnrea are adduced ami
argunirnta arrayed Hut I bar are
two aides In the quraUon. else there
could lie no argument The right In
buy w here one a money will go far
Ihest will hot b qiiealloaed If a p. I
dlrr cornea In town, eten nn-i. hauls
will pick up a rare bargain even
though a duien men hauls tarry the
same line Thus the merchant altiltl-
flea hie own argument
Walking down street aome daya ago
Ihe writer bard two men dlaruaalng
ihla question. Uk th two gentlemen
..f the colored erauaalon lhal n ml
"that aandy Und I beat fur awt pu
tallies." these men both took Ihe aain
aide I paused to quaallon whether
Ihey would go back on their home town
when one replied "A lung a I ran
tab five or ten dullar. buy a round
trip to Portland, pay for my
dinner, have a laraer stork
make my purrhasee and return home
with more and better goods than I can
get In Oregon City for the same cash,
so long will I give my own town th
go by." I did not Join Isau here fur
tKith fellow s ware bigger than I. but
I said lu myself If thla la true there Is
argument un huth aid."
.Mui men I thought ' If these men
hate famiilea they ahould take pride
In their treeis. parka, schools and
bun ilea, and spend their money with
men hanls who tax thmslvs lo sup
pott these varluua institution, rather
than where it help other town and
other Inallutlooa.
Hut why ahould Oregon City mer
chanta expwt inon than Portland mer
chanta? True, ibey do nol buy In such
quantllle. pay more for good and
higher freights, but this Is more than
offaet by differences In rents and coat
of bnlldlnga Ho It aum a fair con
I" ion that It la up to the merchants
'.i keep the money at home by offering
hargalna in all line that will dupll
rate any offerings Portland haa to
make
Hut I it true that there am belter
bargain In Portland? Well, In cases
nf bankrupt sales, apeclal sale and
fire sale there ure apparently aplen
did bargains offered, bul It la the . v
perlenre of many that real liaraalna
urn ran and many w ho leave Oregon
City to take In auch sales are more
often bitten limn benefitted.
Now, barring apeclnl soles, take Ibe
price Hats of any of the great Portland
OkC AN W. TUIIQI ANO Wlf I
AMI ON WAV TO MCOVINV
H .mi ii. ued fruut re ii
i III,, al iii it M Ion mi. I II 4. ft an d It.al
Mrs Hlurgl. ako la (I yar old. might
die. a th rall of lb return of their
'nag i mi Mr Nturgta, aged TI
years and one nf the rotialy bl
known pioneers waa able lo alaad ibe
shiH-k twiter than kls wlf. aad la noa
rallylaa II ram to (trrgua III ISM
and i Hi. I In Ihe Mulalla dlalrlcl
for ike llrsl time tb sua waa allow
ed lu spend some lime as II ti hi paranls
Tueadat Tkay ware rarafullr i
Hired hi Mrs llertha llursl thedaush
let. for Ihr first tsn tarsal has and he
was allo.nl lo alay a akort lime wllk
Ihem II saw bl motto i nnli fur a
moment buweter. Monday ablle Or
Iteduian waa wllk ker.
Charier Hlurgl. aaa titled In
the slate hoplll for Ihe insane lo
year ago thla month. ea aped aarly
laal year and a body aaawerlng la all
detail Ike dvscrlpllun uf Ike missing
man aaa found near Kugene laal
May A frtvnd of Ike family identified
Ih body, which aaa ahipped In I'anhy
and on Mar IT a funeral was bald The
moal Intimate friends uf the mlaslng
man and eten hla parents thought that
Ih body brought up from latne count)
wa thai uf Charles Hlurgla and the
remain. wr burled In Ihe I'anhy rem
elry.
Mondat afternoon, nearer aane thin
he had Men fur vear. he returned lu
Candy with a story that b had g-me
tu Waahlnglon wurked In a or of
towns In lhal alale and had derided to
come horn to visit bis parents Kor
fear of ihr .ft. t that the wlerd tela
may hate un hla mind, the alurr of the
(uueral and the cause of bla parent
lllneaa are bvlng withheld from him
The rtniimalancrs whlih led up In
the Idrntlfleallun uf the body found at
Kugene aa thai nf Charl Hlurgl wer
among Ihe moat Important develop
ments In Ihe caae Tuesday The re
mam. of a man. wearing Ihe clothe of
the mlulng Charles Hlurgla and bear
Ing Ihe same number as worn by him
at lb stale hospital fur Ihe insane, waa
found near Kugene. Through Ike num
ber, lain county authorttlra Identified
Ihe man aa Charlea Hlurgla and the
family al Canby was nntlflnd A. J.
Iliirdett. a friend of the family, went
In Kugene and Identified ihe body a
Charlea Hlurgl. and Ihr remain ware
ahlpitetl tu Canby fur the funeral which
was held un May 17 lliinlell. un mak
ing Ihe Ideiitini utloti. noticed run
larly a scar un the neck uf th body ex
actly similar tu on on Charlea Hlurgla'
neck. The Identification waa made
anme time after the body waa found
and It waa dlalntcrred an that llurdetl
could examine II
Several Inmates of Ihe asylum ea
capetl wllh Hlurgls and It developed
Tuesday from statements made by
Hlurgla himself that scleral other ca
stor- where go the rich and the bon ' "" " "". "' V .
in i iitiitise lite lllllliortlien, met
changed clothing In Ibis way, the
man wearing Hlurgla' clothing waa
kll'ed hlle Hlurgls. safe and apparent
ly sane, visited it score nf Washington
tnwns before rot liming to bis home
Monday.
Coroner Hempstead was interested
In the case Tuesday and Is willing to
Investigate Ihe manner in which Ihe
body, now in the Canby cemetery, came
tu death, iilthniigh he does not desire
In take the Initiative In the matter.
The body la hurled in the Hlurgls
family plot In the Canby Oddfellows
cemetery. It has not been announced
whether It will be rinoved or not.
ton to buy and prices are higher, al
ways higher, than In Oregon City. Ho
It Is the honest conviction of Ihe writ
r, a thing he haa always said and
generally practiced, that It la belter
and sbnuld he a pleasure for home
folks to buy In their hnme town.
A. If. Mt'LKEY.
County's Beauties Are Praised.
0RB00N CITY. Nov. 18 (To the
Kdltor of the Knterprlsc.l The pun
pie of Clackamas county have for iniinv
years been complaining i li..r although
Ibey have been paying large sums In
road taxes, they still have wretched
roads. The j method of construc
tion Is still persisted In anil Hie money
is still thrown Into the mud. It Is
ama.lng that the old system should
still he euntlnued for these many
years, as though the height of siientlfli-
rnail building hud been attained, and
no better could lin Imagined.
Cluckumas county Is one of Ihe most
picture .que in Ihe state or nation
There are a great tunny line views nnd
beautiful trossncbs. If Its roads were
good it would he noted for the beauty
of Its scenery, even by Its own inhabit
ants. When the roads are good the
ntbor advantages nnd beauties are
noted and admired, but when Ihey nre
bad they are about the only part of
llin landscape seen by i In- anxious
trnvolor.
The ConStfUOtlOO or good roads has
the same effoct as putting fine clothes
on a woman. Her niipenratiee !h muetl
Improved no matter how beautiful she
was before. Clackamas county, evon
though now beautiful, should "dress
up."
Tho best dress Is the hard surface
roads, But that dressing will bo slow
because so expensive, so that while
we nre Indulging In that meritorious
improvement, we must find ti better
way to Improve tho dirt roads so as to
make thorn n.ore sightly and set vie
able so the Ira teller will not feal so
apprnhenslv.! v 'o ,".mfort ninl ilo'us-
tor when travolir.ti over them.
This can lie accdtiipliBtied by putting
tile drulns under the roads and thus
keeping the foundations dry so thut
the wuter on the surface may Im- ab
sorbed by the foundation and carried
off by the drains. This would muki
the roads dryer and neater and tho cost
of repairs would hu greatly rodueed.
The side ditches might be almost
if not entirely dispensed with, so that
tho farmers would not bo obllgod to
bridge them to reach their farms from
the road. This Is done In Europe
where all the roads are good, as no
ticed by the writer when traveling
there, and It seems preposterous to de
vote from forty to sixty feet ot good
land to a road when twenty feet Is all
that Is needed. The Important matter
Is the drainage. The side drains or
ditches do not drain the hole and nits
NEW BANK TO OPEN
(Cunllnued from Pugo l ).
rencjr and the oilier for Ihe safe de
posit boxes, have been constructed. In
tile former will he stationed one of tho
latest and most Improved manganesn
safes, which are thoroughly burglar
prnof, while tho oilier will he provided
with the lutest sufety deposit Htoel
boxes.
What Good Druggists Say
of Foley's Honey and
Tar Compound.
Iniial aaa Um It b Tasir Own FaasHa
b Masses t Aay Otkar Cak
Medic hu.
Foi.rVs Hon fit amd Ta Cournnai) haa
a clean record for hoallngcoturhannd oolds,
throat and long troubles, of over forty years.
It Is sa popular t.lili ths dealer ss with th
ctutomor, Immune It can be depended upon
to satisfy the naer, and It contain! no opiatos.
P. A. EHUD, Cam in, Calif., wrllest "I
have sold Foi.it 'a IlnNir and Ta, and
also other cough modlolnei for a number ot
jean, but nerer no anything- but Foley's
Hosier and Tau for myself end tntnlly, si I
find It produces the beet remits, always cure
severs colds, lore cbest snd lungs, snd does
nol contain opiates or other harmful drugs."
DB. JOHN W.TAVLOH, Lnthererllle.Oa.,
writes t " I am retired physician and bare
sold Foi.rt's IIonet AND Tab for ynsra snd
itgivatlre satisfaction. I sell it because
I heller e It lo be an bonoit medicine, anil it
eatisflei my patrons."
W. h. COOK, Drags-lit, Nelhert, Mont.,
writes: "I recommend Foley 'a IIonet and
Tab to all my customeri, because It sites
Ihs beet remits for coughs and cold of
any thin I sell."
G. O. EFFKKTH, Drock, Minn , writes:
Foi.et's flnNBT AMD Tab aires better sst
lifaotlon than any preparation of the kind
I bar ever handled."
e A good drngglst la tied to sell Foi.et's
Hot and Tab for oongha, eolds, eronp,
whooplna cough, hoarseness, tickling throat,
bronchial and Is grippe coughs, snd for week
throat and lungs, became It Ii an Inmost and
pore medicine that satisfies the user.
gviRV y san ia a friend.
Jones Drug Co.