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MORNING ENTERPRISE
OREGON CITY, OREGON.
E. E. Brodie, Editor and Publisher.
"Entered as second-class matter Jan
uary 9, 1911, at the post o'ffice at Oregon
City, Oregon, under the Act of March
8. 1879."
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CITY OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
March 30 In American History.
1811) John Cresson Troutwiue, civil
engineer noted in-railway construc
tion, '"'in iu Philadelphia: died
18K5.
18i3;"-Tt)e strainer General Lyou burn
ed en route from Wilmington. N.
CTto Fortress Monroe and 500 lives
lost, chiefly lederal soldiers.
1870-Fifteenth amendment to the
United States constitution adopted.
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
(From noon today to noon tomorrow.)
Sun sets 6:21. rises 5:48. Evening
stars: Venus, Saturn. Morning stars:
Jupiter, Mars, Mercury.
HARDSURFACE AND Alas, our
RECALL THREAT. Mayor and city
council are threatened with a recall.
Mr. Mattley advises these men to
consult Hiram Gill, ex-mayor ok Se
attle that they may gain knowledge
and be able to hold their positions.
If the tenure of office of these men
depends upon the course they take,
which they believe is for and the
people believe is for the city's bene
fit, we have no fear that such a move
would be overwhelmingly defeated.
It is suggested that hardsurface
pavements on Washington and Mor
rison Streets in Portland is not a suc
cess, at least as far as horses are
concerned. If this is the case Mr.
Mattley should enlighten the people
of Portland upon the matter, for
many miles of pavement is being
laid on the Portland streets every
year. Macadam streets are being
torn up in all parts of the city and
in their place hard pavement is be
ing placed.
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duce Cost
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Bee what advantage the general puhlic has gained by the dissolution of
the trust.
IT IS, CLEAR TO ME THAT THE SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM
CONSISTS IN PERMITTING CO-OPERATION AND WITH CO-OPERATION
IMPOSING PUBLIC CONTROL.
f'uture development, both with the farmers and with industry,
must be along the lines of CO-OPERATION AND CO-OPERATION
IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE PRODUCERS WILL
RECEIVE A FAIR PRICE FOR THEIR PRODUCTS and at
the same time the consumers secure them at a fair price. The work
ing out of a satisfactory marketing system between the FARMERS
AND TnK CONSUMERS will be a difficult problem. The solu
tion will le different for some commodities than for others. How
ever, sufficient progress has been made to show that the problem can
be successfully solved. --
Investigation regarding comparative prices received by the farm
ers and paid by the consumers show HOW GREAT IS THE
MARGIN IN THE TRANSFER FROM ONE TO THE OTHER.
This is especially true for perishable goods.
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MONEY
TO
LOAN
Dillman&Howland
Opposite Court House
It is advised that if the council
would use less energy in talking
hard surface and a little more time
in investigating the streets in other
cities having a grade similar to that
on Seventh, which are paved, it
would soon determine that hardsur
face would not do. If pavement in
other cities is investigated we be
lieve that just the opposite will be
found to be the case. Many of the
principle streets in both Seattle and
Portland have steeper grades than
has Seventh Street. Spokane Aven
ue, leading from the Selhvood Ferry,
has been improved with macadam for
many years, but recently Portland
has placed a hardsurface over this
macadam. This hill which has a
grade as bad as any portion , of Sev
enth Street, has heavy horse traffic,
both from the Sellwood Ferry and
the East Side Mill which is located
at the foot of the hill.
j OREGON CITY'S In his report to
iFUTURE ASSURED, the council
j March 19,, Robert. Dieck, engineer
employed by the colncil on pure
water, made an estimate on" the fu
ture growth of Oregon City which
is extremely distressing to contem
plate. Back in 1850 Oregon City's
census was a little more than 7J0,
while in 1910 it was a little more
than 4,000.
This rate of growth he assumes to
continue and points out that in
1940 our population will be about
8000 that would be a gain of 100
per cent in 30 years or 4 per cent a
year. Mr. Dieck evidently forgets
that the Panama Canal opens soon;
that the Northwest is being covered
of Living
By CHARLES R. VAN HISE, Presi
dent of the University
of Wisconsin
ass HE question of prices for
fl commodities to thf nn-
ducer and to the con
sumer is a fundamental
one, not only to those engaged in
industry, but to the farmer. The
recent attempts to remedy the de
fects in the present system have
been by disintegration of the so
called tmst!. A number have
been dissolved or reorganized.
I know of no instance of a
standard article produced by a
trust in which the price has been
DECKKASFJ) because of the
disintegration of such trust. This
being the situation, it is hard to
MORNING- ENTERPRISE. SUNDAY, MARCH 30,
Never
with electric lines; that the Com
mercial Club is bringing in - many
emigrants; that the whole state is
j on the eve of a great era of pros
perity and that numerous other
things are in progress all of which
will aid Oregon City. We can prove
that the effort of these combined ac
tivities is being felt already by point
ing out the increased school roll;
postoffice receipts and bank deposits.
This is why we say Mr. Dieck's re
port is unfair and are glad to hold
out greater hopes.
A Course Deferred.
True story about a schoolboy in a
Cleveland public school.
This hoy brought borne his report
card last Friday. His parents looked it
over and noticed a blank in the place
where the mark for "deportment"
should have been.
flow is this?"' nsked the father.
"Yon have no mark for 'deportment?"
"Oh." answered I he child brightly,
"we don"t take that subject this year!
Thai comes in next year's course."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
It Won Him Over.
An actor said at the Lambs, in New
York:
"Charles Froliman in my younger
days once offered me a very little, part
at a very little salary. Out of work as
I was, 1 hesitated to accept the prop
osition, but Frohman, clapping me joc
ularly on the back, won me over with
the remark:
" "Come, come, now. don't be a fool.
Yon know well enough that a small
role is better than a whole loaf."
New York Tribune.
The "Suicide Symphony."
Frederick Nietzsche agreed with those
who found no inspiration iu music. In
deed, he regarded music as a nerve
poison and declared that some- mu
sic, particularly that of Wagner and
TschaiUowsky. deranged the minds of
many who heard it.- Tschaikowsky kill-
ed himself after completing his famous
j "Sixth Symphony," which, as several
j others have died by their o;.vn hands
' after playing it. has come to be known
; as the "suicide symphony." Chicago
News.
The Lawyer Had No Sucn Scruples.
A towu character who had been in
trouble with the police many times
was arrested recently on a minor crim
inal charge. The arresting officer was
amazed when the feliow appeared in
police court with a lawyer prepared to
make a defense. Finally his case was
called, and (he judge asked:
"Prisoner, are you guilty or not
guilty?"
"Let my lawyer plead not guilty for
me, judge,"' was the reply. "1 ain't got
the nerve."-Kansas City Star.
His Definition.
A teacher Iu a certain school nsked
for the definition of a furrier. A band
was raised. "Well. John, you tell us
whal a furrier is." "A man who deals
in furs." correctly replied the pupil.
Then, turning to another scholar, the
teacher asked for a definition of a
currier "A man who deals In curs."
was the unexpected reply of the eager
Voy.
Animals Hate Solitude.
In all the animal world there is no
voluntary recluse or hermit. No ani
mal, whether wild or domestic, ever
likes to be alone for very long at a
time. Even the birds of all kinds and
snecies hate solitude. Parrots partic-
i ularly and all gregarious birds of the
tropics begin to mope and pine away
if kept in solitary captivity. Ellen Vel
vin iu St. Nicholas.
Peru' Lost Golden Chain.
The most iersisteut treasure hunt
carried on by the Peruvians has been
that for the golden chaiu made by the
II mi y ana Capac. whicb was long
enough to Ite stretched all around the
great square of Cuzco and was thrown
into the lake of Urocos lest it should
fall into the bauds of the Spauiards.
Everybody believes it to be still at the
bottom of the lake which is very deep.
Pretty Patient.
"What objects in tin ma u form are
the most patient?"
"Why, statues, of course"
AIDS TO HAPPINESS.
It is not rare gifts that make men
happy. It is the common and sim
ple and universal gifts ; it is health
and the glan-.e of sunshine in the
morning; it is fresh air; it is the
friend, the lover; it is 'the kindli
ness thai ' meets us on the journey ;
it may be only a word, a smile, a
look it is" these, one or all of them,
and not any ranty of blessing, that
aie God's gentle art of making happy-
G. H. Morrison.
Sneeze In Wartime, Scoop
Guess There Are Other Canals
Besides Uncle Sam's Big Ditch
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Photos by American Press Association.
It'TUKES often fool you Indeed,
the eye flashes wrong impressions to the brain? If the above illustra
tions were not captioned you would, nine out of ten chances, say they
were of the Panama canal work Well, the $101,000,000 barge canal
In New York state, uow nearing completion, is In many ways like the "big
ditch " It's a minimized Panama canal, an artificial river broken by locks
Instead of by waterfalls, an up to the minute water highway built for trans
portation speeding The pictures show one of the big locks, worked by elec
tricity, just as are Uncle Sam's own isthmian gates, and a combination steam
shovel and crane, rivaling anything the war department ever put Into the
field in the Panama dirt struggle. .
Wants, For Sale, Etc
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Anyone that is c-t of employment
-and feels he cannot afford to ad
vertise for work, can have the use
of our want columns free of charge.
This places no obligation of any
sore on you, we simply wish to be
of assistance to any worthy person.
THE ENTERPRISE
WANTED: A chance to ' show you
how quick a For Rent ad will fill
that vacant house or room.
WANTED Nice up-to-date 5 or 6
room plastered house, must be cen
trally located, up to date and the
price must be right. Will pay part
cash and balance terms. See M.
A. Elliott at Elliott & Son's office,
Seventh and Main Streets.
WANTED A position on a farm by
middle age man. Fred Herzig, ad
dress Enterprise.
DRESSMAKING
Dressmaking.
Plain Sewing and Dressmaking at
reasonable prices, neat finishing.
Have had several years' experience
Mrs. M. E. Pierce, near Abernethy
Bridge in brick house
FOR RENT
Furnished room for rent connecting
with bath, furnace heat. 620, 12th
St.
FOR SALE
COAL- COAL
The famous (King) coal from Utah,
free delivery. Telephone your or
der to A 56 or Main 14. Oregon City
Tee Works, 12th and Main Streets.
FOR SALE The New American En
cyclopedic Dictionary, and Compre
hensive Encyclopedia. 10 large vol
umes, a bargain.
OTIS RAY DATJGHERTT,
Route No. 1, Molalla, Or.
FOR SALE Two grey 4-year-old
brood mares, well matched. Inquire
James Petty, Oregon City, Oregon.
FOR SALE OR TRADE House and
lot in Eugene for Clackamas or
Multnomah County property. Ad
dress Will Moehnke, Oregon City,
. Route 4.
FOR SALE Fresh Jersey cow and
calf, second calf. Phone A 287 or
1913.
did you ever stop to think how often
call Mrs. L. C. Williams, 16th and
Division.
FOR SALE 32 sheep with 25 lambs.
Price $175.00. H. G. Starkweather,
Risley Station.
EARLY MONTANA POTATOES
If you want to raise good clean po
tatoes, plant new seed. The Early
Montana is the coming Potato as
a money maker; for seed inquire
of J. R. Livesay, R No. 6, Oregon
City.
Shadeland Challenge White Seed Oats,
FOR SALE Shadeland Challenge
White Seed Oats, D. C. Fouts, Clear
Creek, one mile from" Logan on
Clear Creek Road.
FOR TRADE
WILL TRADE one binder for cow,
horse or buggy. Inquire this office.
WOOD AND COAL
OREGON CITT WOOD AND FUEL
C , F. M. Bluhm. Wood .and coal
delivered to all parts of the city
8AW1N 4 SPECIALTY. Phon
your orde-s. Pacific 1371, Home
THE SPIRELLA CORSET
The best made to measure corset, un
equaled for style and comfort, an
official guarantee with each corset
will be pleased to call and take
your measure. Mrs. Adalyn Davis,
Corsetiere. Phone 3552, Room 4
Willamette Bldg.
NOTICES
Noeice of Application for Liquor
License.
Notice is hereby given, that I will
at the next regular meeting of the
City Council apply for a license to
sell liquor at my place of business,
Corner of Seventh and Main Streets,
for a period of three months.
EDWARD RECKNER.
Notice of Application for Liquor Li
cense. Notice is hereby given, that we will
at the next regular meeting of the
City Council apply for a license to
sell liquor at our place of business,
207 Eighth Street, for a period of
three months.
DAVIS & LOVIN.
FORUM OF THE PEOPLE
OFFICER PLEADS FOR CHILDREN
OREGON CITY, March 28. (Edi
tor of the Morning Enterprise.) I
note that the city council (or a very
small part of it) wants to drive the
Automobiles for Hire
PHONES: MAIN 77; A 193
Miller-Parkier Co.
kiddies off the sidewalks by enforc
ing an ordinance which any man
with a heart in the right place knows
was never drawn to prevent the boys
and girls from having their innocent
fun.
The ordinance as published in your
paper says "it shall be unlawful for
any person to slide any sled or any
vehicle whatever, for amusement in
any of the streets," etc.
Now if this ordinance was made to
be enforced literally, as one of our
great (?) city fathers proposes, let
us forbid any auto to be driven on
the streets for amusement, any bi
cycles, any horse and buggy, any doll
cart, any baby buggy. If we are go
ing to enforce the laws to the letter
let us give the grown one a whirl at
it.
Where do you want the kids to
go? The city does not enforce the
law for selling liquor to minors, but
will for children skating . on the
walks. Does the city want to force
them off the streets at one end and
rope them in at the"" other?
I do not believe a majority of the
council members favor this fight
against the school children, nor do
I believe they wiU let one man who
has dogs and .no children and who
does not pay a dollar's worth of tax
es, dictate to the hundreds of par
ents and children, and cause the en
forcement of an ordinance that we
all know was never meant to, be en
forced on the little tots. -
Let us back up the Woman's Club
protest and give our children an ev
en break with the dogs.
Oreg'v City can't afford to fight
the children, nor any other city, and
the other cities don't. You will see
them skating in Portland, in Salem,
or any other city, and if the police
are instructed to arrest these kids,
every father and mother should rise
up, call an indignation mass meet
ing and show a child-hating council
man he is not running Oregon City.
D. E. FROST,
Juvenile Officer.
HARDSURFACE IS OPPOSED.
OREGON CITY, March '29. (Edi
tor of the Morning Enterprise.)
Please permit me to use some of
your valuable space to express my
views in regard to the improvement
of Seventh Street. It seems to be
the desire of the city council to dis
regard the expressed wish of the
people who put up the money to
pay the bills. We admit that the
street is rough and in very poor con
dition, that it has been neglected in
the past, but that is a very poor ex
cuse for spending from $23,000 to
$35,000 the estimate of the engi
neers for this work, when 'taking in
to consideration that the grade has
already been established and that a
better base can be found here than
on any of the streets that were im
proved later.
It is very pathetic to attend one
of the council meetings and hear kind
expressions of sympathy for the
misinformed property owners on Sev
enth Street, that ask for something
they want, but which will be harm
ful to them if they get it. It seems ,
to grieve the city dads to have the j
dear people, who pay the bills, sug
gest to them how the work should be i
done. It it a wast of time to talk
WE REPAIR ANYTHING
AND EVERYTHING
MILLER-PARKER COMPANY
Next Door to Bonk of Oregon City
A BANK
is the first mile-stone on the
it. .
THE BANK OF OREGON CITY
OLDc&T BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY
D. C. LATOURETTE, President.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
s " OF OREGON CITY, OREGON
' CAPITAL $50,000.00
Transacts a General Banking Business. Open from t A. M. to 3 P. M
By HOP
hardsurface for Seventh Street above
John Adams Street. If the council
would use less energy in talking
hardsurface, and a little more in in
vestigating the streets in cities, hav
ing a grade similar to that on Sev
enth Street, which are paved, they
would soon determine for themselves
that there are better ways for im-
proving Seventh. With ino more
grade than we find on Washington
and Morrison Streets in Portland,
and on the approaches to the sever
al bridges, it is the usual sight to
see a fallen horse struggling to re
gain its footing on the street. Imag
ine the conditions with the heavy
traffic and steep grade that there is
on our own street.
To place 4 to 6 inches of crushed
rock in the center of - the "street,
then make the proper grade to the
curb, build concrete gutters, in my
judgment, will, be better than to lay
hardsurface, even if the cost were
the same. However, we all know
that this could not be the case. Since
the street "was repaired at the small
outlay of $125 to $150 there -have
been two teams passing to one be
fore. Of course we "property owners are
not supposed to know much, bue we
do know that the taxes are high,
that a lemon was handed us when
JVi')Dnroe Street was improved, and.
that we should have the privilege,
at least, of saying how our money
should be used. As a rule the ma
jority of those concerned are permit
ted to help decide questions of this
kind. . Many of the property owners
of Seventh Street have had street
assessments in the past year or so
amounting into the hundreds of dol
lars, and it is an added burden to
them as well as being impracticable
to pave Seventh.
It is well to note that among the
property owners on this street, are
many of our newly made -' citizens;
and by being citizens have the right
of ballot. Somewhere on Jthe statute
books we find a law whefeby public
officials may be removed for exceed
ing their authoritiy. Ex-Mayor Gill
of Seattle, might give further infor
mation on this subject and could
probably tell you that the council
as well as the mayor is subject to
this recall.
J. H. MATTI2EY.
MAKES'PLEA FOR CHILDREN.
OREGON CITY, March 29. (Edi
tor of the "Morning Enterprise.) I
notice complaint has been made
about children skating on the walks,
and some of the councilmen intend
to inforce the law. I do not think
it is giving the children a square
deal. We step aside and let them
pass and I like to see them enjoy
themselves. If the councilmen want
to enforce the law why don't they
take the license away from the sa
loonkeepers when they sell liquor to
drunkards and the boys. Or why do
they take the license from a man on
Saturday and give ot back on Mon
day. The people would like to know.
Prior to our local option election the
saloonmen had speakers that told us
a prohibition law could not be en
forced but a license law would be
enforced. Now why does the coun
cil fail to enforce it if they have the
power?
SQUARE DEAL.
ACCOUNT
road to success. See us about
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F. J. MEYER, Cashier.