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f ! Clackamas County Record Twice a Week. Published Every Monday and Thurs . day by THE RECORD PUBLISHING COMPANY. Subscription Per Year 11.75 Advertising Rates on Application. ONQ STEP BACKWARDS. By tlie enactment of the last legisla ture we are to go back to the old method of appointment of road super visors by the county court. The law providing for their election by the people was a progressive step and its repeal by the last legislature was a political move which is certain to arouse the just indignation of the public. The people for a long time recog sized the fact that the inhabitants of a road district were best qualified to judge as to what individual in the dis trict could best superintend the con- Btruotiun of roads. They saw no reason why they themselves should not be perinmitted to select the . man. They donianded a pledge from can didates for the legislature that they should enact a law granting them this priveloge. The law was passed to give entire satisfaction, but without the mention of such a plan in the June campaign, without any warning or opportunity for expression of public opinion on the proposed action of the legislature the law was repealed. The county court may now bo expected to return to the old system of appointing road super visors with regard to their influence in political affairs and with little concern as to their ability to perform the duties of the. position. The fact that in Clackamas county we happen to have a court above such methods does not argue that the fortunate condition will always prevail and we feel that the legislature in its action in the matter dosorvod the usparing oonsure of the people. BE MEN NOT BABIES. The striking carpenters and painters of Portland are threatening to resort to the referendum for the purpose of defeating the Lewis and Clark fair appropriation, in case their demands for bettor pay and shorter hours are not acceded to. Suppose the carpenters and painters should succeed in killing the fair altoether, what more would they aucomplishli than to stop all tmilding nnd improvements in Port land. But when building stops, where are the carpenters and painters jobs? If the men wast to inforce their rightful demands by strikes or other lawful menus they have a right to do o, and public sympathy will be with thorn so long hs they show a manly spirit. If, however, tliero should happvn to be a general demand for the ref.'ri'iidum on the appropriation, this fact would not excuse the men to threaten it in any spirit other than a sort of blackmail on the business ou the business men of Portland. The power of organized labor is in tho fact thnt in its struggles it has the sympathy of tho general public. Such Methods as tho one anticipated in respect to the 1U05 fair will destroy tho efficacy and strength of any organ isation, ami members of unions should recognize thoimportance of choosing leaders with ideas broad enough and mindH big enough to grasp and deol with the questions of the day like men and not like babies. The "Elks" of Baker City have nndor construction a hall to cost J 10,. 000. It will contain a lodge room, b&nqmit room, library, gymnnsium and billiard room, besides rooms for ooial enjoyment. Baker City is a town of about the same sizo of our wn, aud we ore reminded that Oregon City ran claim little in the way of public conveniences or pleasnro re aorta. Couldu't we l.ave a town ball, a publio library, or somo little luxury suoh as cities usually enjoy. Florence Olson, referee in bank Itcy, was iiv town Saturday and lis jsued to tlw petition of George S. VifcCcrd, who filed a petition to bo ad judged a bankrupt about a year ago, . Rain prevented the clerks aud team atorsrom playing ball at Cauemah PrtV yesterday. W. D. BOWERS, OF CAEMAH. Hii Memory Euloriied By His Comrades ol the L A. R. On Sunday evening at 11 :30 o'clock, April 4, death laid his cold and pallid hand upon all that was mortal of W. D. Bowers, of Canemah, Oregon, and called from earth a citizen and friend of which any community should be proud. Mr. Bowers came to Oregon in the early nineties, and has been a resident of Oregon City and vicinity ever since. He was a mem ber of the Baptist Church for about forty years and all who knew him intimately can aver that his life was one of consistent Christian, always ready with a helping hand for the needy and oppressed, true to every principle of manhood and at home an affectionate husband and father. Mr. Bowers was a member of Meade Post, No. 3. Department of Oregon, O. A. R., where he was highly esteemed by comrades of the Post, who deplore the loss it has sustained in his death. Our heartfelt sympathy is given in the sincerity of comradeship to his wife and family. Comrade Bowers enlisted as a private in Q Company, K. Y. Infty.,in 1861, and saw service in the Army of Potomno until the end of the struggle from Bull Run to Appo tomax. He participated in all the great battles fought, was with Mc Clellen in his advance on Richmond, South Mountain, Antietim, Fred ricksburg, Chancelorsville, Gettys burg, through the battles of the Wil derness, seige of Petersburg, and ultimate capture of Lee's army at Appomatax. He was through the ranks of the different non-commissioned offices to the rank of 1st lieutenant, commanding his company in many battles. ' DEATH OF CHARLES C. DANIELS. Prominent 0. A. R. Veteran Succumbs to Heart Disease. Charles Daniels died last Saturday night at his home in Oak Grove, aeed 66 years 9 weeks. He was born in Albany, N. Y. He enlisted in Co. B, 91 111., Inf. and served during the war of the rebellion with the 17th army corps. He was a member of Segdwick Post, No, 10, Grand Army of the Republic, of Salem, where he resided for many years. His death was caused by a complication . of heart disease and dropsy. He is survived bv a wife and four sons. Mr. Daniels had been ill four mouths. The funeral took place at 10 o'clock this moraine under the auspicesof Meade Post, No. 2, G. A. R. and the interment was in Milwaukie ccmctary. PERSONAL MENTION. Robert DeShazer, of Dover was in the city on legal business Saturday. Miss' Hazel Bickers, of Portland. visited relatives in this city yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Sydney' Smvth. of Portland, visited friends here yester day. H. Leighton Kelly, of the U. S Fish Commission, is spending a few days in this city. John O. Elliott, a prosperous mer chant of Damascus was in town Sat turday on business. Dr. A. L. Boatie and Harry Draper took a fishing trin vestordnv and brought home 85,000 trout. G. C. Kinnoy, formerly an Oregon City contractor, now resident of Los Angeles, will leave this week for Southern California. Capt. Newt Gralum. Charles Mil- Jor, and Messrs. McLaren and Bush- nell, of Portland, came up Saturday night and early Sunday morning went fishing up Clear Creek with James W. Church and R. C. Ganong. Miss Mary Convers. who has been clerkin j in tho sheriff's ofllco for the past several months, left; last night for Portland. She will remain there until Friday when she will come to tho city to attend the Y. P. S. O. E. entertainment and social at Shivelv's opera houso, aud Saturday evening win sing at tne iiigu school atheletic benefit in Willamette Hall. Miss Con- yers will probably spend the summer at nor Home in Columbia county. Hal A. Rands loaves June 1st for Wallaeo, Idaho. He has a contract to survey three townships in the Coeur d'Alene mountains which are heavy timbered, so that tho work will nroh. ably consume the eutire suummer. Most of the quarter sections have been squatted on and the settlers are all anxious to have their holdings en tered at the lecal land office there, so they will probably render all the as sistance possible to tho surveying party in order to koep posted on tho lines, ns these manifest themselves. Mr. I a uls will take most of his crew from Orogon City. The Oregon City Maccabees had a big time Thursday evening. Many members and friends were present, and speeches were made by local men of prominenoe. anions whom wan Judge G. E. Haves. Judge Haves' remarks were in relation to the bene fits of fraternal oragnization and were highly appreciated. The Maccabee quartetto furnished aood vocal music for the occasion. SCALE TO CONTINUE NO CHANGE MADE IN PAY OP WOOL EN MILL OPERATIVES. Employes Well Satisfied With Past Treitneat Coafemce Results a Adbereace to Preseat Ceodltloa. The Oregon City Manufacturing Companyand its employes have agreed to' continue for another year the scale which been in force for the past year, and ever since the termination of the big strike. The local textile union several days ago, presented a revised scale to President Jacobs, and among other things asked that the employes be paid semi-monthly, instead of montly. A conference was held with the result that there will bo no change in present conditions. President Jacobs said that the em ployes had declared themselves well satisfied with the treatment they have received and assured the com pany they would do all in their power to further the interests of the woolen mills. Local Teachers' Institute Twenty - five Clackamas County teachers held a local institute at Au rora Saturday. The program com menced at 10 A. M. by an interesting talk oil school law by County Superin tendent J. O. Zinser, after which was a very instructive paper on "The Art of Questioning," by G. A. Prenitss, principal of the West Oregon City schools. The afternoon programme consisted of a paper on "Nature Study," by Prof. Millard Hyatt, of Willamette Falls, illustrated by a number of splendid natural history specimens. He was followed by a masterly address on the same subject by Prof. E. R. Lake, of the Oregon Agricultural College, of Corvallis. The pupils of the Aurora schools rendered an inter esting programme. . Our City to Have Liquid Air. Oregon City is to have an opportun ity of witnessing the marvelous things done by Liquid Air, an engagement having been made for the splendid lecturer and expert demonstrator to appear here on Thursday evening, April 80 bringing a supply of genuine iiquifled air, and complete apparatus with which to perform the dozens of startling experiments that have re cently attracted world-wide attention. Liquid air boils violently when placed on ice, and freezes water when placed over a fire ; it renders tin and iron brittle as glass, freezes quicksilver so hard that nails are driven in a two inch plank, steel and electric light car- UtU kU bollUif on block f kfc bons will burn in it, rubber becomes like glass, tin and iron are made so brittle that they will crush in the hand. Liquid Air can run a heavy engino, can be made a more powerful explosive than dynamite, will produce complete combustion of coal, garbago, etc. , and there are cores of practical uses for its copouuut gases. An enter tainment on this up-to-dute subject cannot fail to be interesting and pro fitable. Reserved seats 75 cents, gen eral admission 50 cents. Get tickets early at Hunt leys. River Trips To Portland. In another column will be found the time card of the Oregon City Trans portation Company's steamer Leona, which makes four round trips daily between Portland and this city. This a comfortablo and speedy way of traveling and the publio is appreciat ing the convenience. No way landings will be made between Oregon City and Portland except on Sunday. Through trips will be made and schedule time maintained. The Socialists will open the cam paign in this county next week. M. W.Wilkins, of Lorin, CaL, J.W.Ingle, Socialist candidate for congress, and Mrs. C. B. Harritt, will speak at Canby on the afternoon of Thurs day, April SO, and will address the voters of Oregon City the same even ing in Willamette HalL C. R. Stephens, a worker in the Crown pulp mills, met with an ac cident Friday that will lay him off for a few weeks. His hand was caught between a pair of grinders and the tops of the fingers baply squeezed. AN ARAB'S NOR:!. Tk HmT of mm Baarllak-aM A teq-pt to Pnrchaae It. - In Us "Souvenirs d'un Voyage" M. Spoil deaerfbes a visit to Arabia and tba attempt of aa English friend to buy an Arabian horse. The Englishman was at great pains to Induce the Arab who owned the horse to agree to sell hfc. He persuaded the man to make aa appointment to conclude the sale after employing "as much diplomacy as would be used in a year in making or breaking the balance of power in Europe." On the eventful day the Englishman, with M. Spoil and M. Linearis, rode to the rendezvous and found the Arab sit ting by his horse, which was browsing quietly. "Las salam alelk" (I salute you), be gan the Englishman cautiously. "What shall I pay yon for your horse?" '"Who knows?" said the Arab. "Throw on my cloak here whatever you offer." Three thousand plasters fell at the feet of the Impassive Arab, then 10,000, then 10,000 more. The Arab's eyes shone. Ten thousand plasters more won him. "Ah," be said, going up to his magnificent animal, "we must part" The Englishman began to bridle the horse. The Arab sobbed. Suddenly the Intelligent animal, perceiving his new owner, sprang away and neighed mournfully. No one could doubt that he knew what was going on. With one bound the child of the des ert was In the saddle. "Adieu!" he said. "Tour money could never replace my only friend !" And he vanished in n cloud of dust ."Stupid!" cried my English friend, and then we rode home In silence. Mirth, Hot Misery, Love Company. ' I have always doubted the proposi tion that "misery loves company" and have believed that such a statement was first put forth by some arch hypo crite whose misery was but a pretense and who was beckoning some other sham sufferer into a quiet corner where they could both be jovial on the sly. However slight my knowledge of uni versal misery may be, I can attest from personal experience that my own misery claims solitude and slips away all by Itself and turns the key upon the curious world, asking nothing so much as to be "let alone." I do not care to weep in company, nor would it cheer me to have a chorus of other weepers to sob in unison with me. Rather would I remain in unmolested wretchedness until my tears had vanished and my eyes and nose assumed normal appear ance. . Tls mirth then, and not misery, which pines for company. Fun cannot thrive alone and flourishes only among congenial spirits. Our laughter must be shared, our smiles responded to, and every glance X merriment needs recog nition to make It worth the while. Caroline Ticknor In Atlantic. Tho Essential Thing. The primary class in Sunday school was listening to a lesson on patience. This, according to the Boston Herald, was what came of it at least in the minds of the more literal minded chil dren: The topic bad been carefully ex plained, and as an aid to understand ing tho toucher had given each pupil a card bearing the picture of a boy fish ing. "Even pleasure," said she, "requires the exercise of patience. See the boy fishing. He must sit and wait and wait He must be patient" Having treated the subject very fully, she began with the simplest most practical question: "And now can any little boy tell me what we need most when we go fish ing?" The answer was shouted with one voice: "Bait!" Pat's Pnasle. Five or six men were recently chat ting In a village inn when one of them said: "I say, I bets ye dinners all round ye can't tell me the answer to a puzzle I knows of." "Done," they said. "I bet we caa. What is ltr "Well," said Tat "why Is a Journal ist the funniest creature, In the world?" After vainly trying for about two hours tbey sadly said they must give It ap. "Why," said the delighted Tat "be cause his tulo comes out of his bead, don't it?" Spare Moments. Willie and His Politeness. Willie (reading bis verse at Sunday school) "And they took Joseph's coat, killed a boy and dipped the coat In the blood." "Now, Willie," said the teacher, "you know the text reads 'killed a kid,' not a boy." "Yes, but didn't you tell us it Is vul gar to say kid' when talking about lit tle boys?" replied the apt scholar, beaming with delight at his good mem ory. Philadelphia Telegraph. A Good Pall. "How does youug Swift manage to uncork so much champagne? He doesn't earn any money." "Well, he pulls the same cork over and over." "Why, how do you mean?" . "Has a rich uncle with a cork leg." Boston Transcript Mot Without Reason. Sunday School Teacher Well, who was sorry at the return of the prodigal son? Little Girl The fatted calf. Boston Christian Register. Every dty should study Its own op portcaltles for beautifying Its sur roundings and Improve them. Hart ford Tost Great 71 Iteration Sate Strain Tailoring Co. 285 Washington Street, 4 Doors Below Perkins Hotel PORTLAND, OR. TAILOR MADE SUITS. 7 Et to 15 or choice o' onr stock of 2,000 Custom-Made U mXJ Suits from the Royal Tailors, Lamm & Co., High-Art T . , McCarty, the $f0-no-more-no-less tailor of Chicago. ve are the sole agents for all undelivered goods from these tailors. Union journeymen tailor-made (see label), sewed with double-test pure silk, all thoroughly sponged and shrunk, all hand made throughout, with broad shoulder effects, suits that were made to order at from $20 to 60. They come in every color and stylo of material known. SPRING OVERCOATS. tf tZf and P 15 for choice of all our 20 to 50 uncalled J? J mJ for; spring or winter, short box, medium length box, or form-fitting garments. This includes our elegant full satin and silk lined from the Royal Tailors, Lamm & Co., and High Art McCarty in all colors of correct cloth, Vicunas, Stocknets, soft worsteds; also meltons, dress weight Kerseys and cheviots. PANTS. $2 .50 to 60 'or choice of "viu , uu v ytui. ouuix, uiuti, noDDy stripes, checks, plaids, and mixtures; a list of trousers that would please a king. MADE TO $25 flhnirn nf 9 fin otu-loo In - u vnuuiM vllw T 1UvO TV vl DLvUD RUU UaHBllUoroB . . . " vasd Tailoring Co. brants your trade by BANK OF OREGON CITY The Pioneer Bank of Oregon City. Established in 1881. Deposits received subject to check. x Interest paid on Time Deposits. Money to loan on favorable terms. County and City Warrants bought. We buy and sell drafts and exchange on all parts of the United States and Europe. CHARLES H. CAUFIELD, Manager. E. G. CATJTTELD, Cashier. Williams Bf os. 'Phone FREIGHT AND PARCELS Delivered to All Pianos, Safes and Furniture Moved J. W. Fine Whiskies and Cigars All poods bought la bond. Purity and quality guaranteed. v - Some Famous Old Brands James E. Pepper, Kentucky Bourbon Old Sam Harris, Kentucky Bourbon :::::::;: Old Roxbury Rye ::::::::: Cor. Railroad Ave. and Main Street, Oregon City THE FAY SHOLES OUR LEADER SINGLE KEYBOARD Send lor Booklet. Typewriters SOLD -and- Expert Repairing at Reasonable Prices. Parts and Supplies for all Machines. RUBBER STAMPS, SCALES, ETC. Your Orders Solicited. 231 Stark Street, COAST .AGENCY CO., Portland. 0re ET CTAQEXPERT 1. OliiO JEWELER Repairing of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, a Specialty ALL VORK GUARANTEED CANBY, OREGON 218 acres, one mile east of Molalla, Oregon. 160 acres cultivated. Terms to suit purchaser. Apply to G. B. DIMICK, Trustee, Oregon City. Mom ad to Get There. "Don't you think," said the generous minded man, "that you would feel more kindly toward your political rival If you could Imagine yourself lnhlsprkceT "My dear sir," auswered the energet ic man, 'Huere Imagination won't do. I'm going to put myself In his place if It ran poaslbly be managed. He baa one of the best places In the govern nut service." Washington Star. Clackamas County Record. $1.75. over 2,000 pairs that were made to ORDER. viisugo J UU irtj frU JL. Dirt 111 deserving it. Tfansfe Co. 1833 Parts of the City. Prices Reasonable and Satisfaction Guaranteed COLE THE JEWETT OUR LEADER DOUBLE KEYBOARD Send for Booklet. of All Makes RENTED Large Families Are commendod by the President of the United States and we are commended by hundreds of fathers and mothers as , "Feeders of Large Fancies' Pure Goods and Low Prices that's 1L HEADQUARTERS FOR White House Coffee Eastern Buckwheat Flonr Elk Brand Maple Syrup "Preferred Stock" Canucd Vcgo tables and Fruits, Eta A. Robertson, Tne rth Street Grocer.