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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law was repealed.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
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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
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High Art McCarty in all colors of correct cloth, Vicunas, Stocknets,
soft worsteds; also meltons, dress weight Kerseys and cheviots.
PANTS.
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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.
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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
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