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Clackamas County Record Twice a Week. Published Ever ery Monday day by and Thurs- THE RECORD PUBLISHING COMPAHY. Entered January 6, 1903, at Oregon City, Oregon, as second-clam matter, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Subscription Per Year fl.60 Advertising Rates on Application, FRIENDS AND ENEMIES. There is little hope for the "In itiative and Referendum" as an after thought i t is apparent that there never was much hope for it after its friends compromised with its enemies. A large majority of the men who gave publio matters considerable dis interested thought, 'decided that the Amendment would better the con dition of government and politics. So it would. Bat institutions of re form oome only by education, they axe not the outgrowth of political job bery. In this county, as well as in Others of the state, it is well kaown that the friends of the Initiative and Referendum Amendment made a com pact with its enemies, whereby those who denounoed the measure but a short time previously should sup port it in consideration that they re ceive what had formerly been the populist vote, to, return them again into office, The populist leaders many of whom were laboring sin cerely for the amendment, delivered the goods. They received in pay-1 mont therefor a gold brick. Now what oIho does a man of judgment ex pect when he bribes a man to re uounoe his convictions. A man whose profession is politics will give the people the "Initiative and Refer endum," a direot primary law, laws that protect the people against the injustice of large finanoial interests, eto. , only when he discovers in them a condition that makes them ineffec tive, for they make it more difficult for him to dupe the people. The men who engineered the bar gain with those boodlors should have known and did know it was an in iquitous job, out of which they should have known no good could oome. We are where we started some Ave years ago. In the same spot we will remain ontil the people rocognize one princi ple. Namely, that a man in a re presentative position, whether he be a delegate to a county convention, a. representative in the legislative balls of the Btate, or a state represen tative in the Senate or House of the United States, will prove a thorn in the side of his constituents unless lie be a man of honor, honesty and probity, It may bo the dream of (somo men, but it is a vain dream, -.that good fruit may spring from an tevil tree. Not while effect follows cause. tlEO. T. HOWARD, BANKRUPT. Financial disaster, failure in busi ness and bankruptcy come to more titan half of the mon who engage in mercantile enterprises. The under taking is hazardous, is universally reoognizod as so, and t horofore, the man whose hope goes to pieces on the reef of business adversity neods to but weathor the sting of crushed pride for a time and a charitable publio stands ready to assist him to his feet again. Go iuto our largest cities and point out the most successful merchants in the town more than half of the time you will indicate mon who have endured the strain and humiliation of bankruptcy. But these, when ad- rorsity overtook them submitted, like mon, to the inevitable. They faced their creditors with disappointed faces of course, but ready to undergo the criticism of the business world for bad judgmout. These errors of jndg mont are the mistakes that are soon est forgotten. But Might from the siclit of frionds who have assisted and sustained a man when the tido was running against him will bo long remembered. Hero on the scene of his misfortnuo, Nr. Howard could have lived the oe currence down, arison with renewed endeavor and eventually he could have made good to his creditors their loss he could one day have laughed at the little corner store that saw his hopes go down. Now his hurried parting, his flight from men that have befriended him and who had no thought of prosecut ing him, will hang over his pillow by night and cloud his memory by day. Hope, ambition, the dream of a higli place among men were all his in place of them now is the memory of the day when a soul was tried and found wanting. From the occurrence men younger in business than Mr. Howard will draw a valuable lesson. Above all, bend every sinew to succeed. But if failure must come, flight from its consequences is no more possible than flight from one's shadow. ' Great oities have risen on the ruins of the old so has obscurity in its darkest hour caught glimpses of the pathway to greatness, striven, and triumphed. PERSONAL MENTION. Geo, G. Hess, of Beaverton, was in the city this morning. J. L. Erase, a prominent farmer of Stafford was in the city Friday morn ing. Edward Dixon, special agent for the interior department, was in town Friday. Mrs. Harry A. Symes has returned from a two weeks visit with relatives in Salem Fountain Hose Comany, Nc 1, will give a dance in CanemahPark next Wednesday evening E. E. Charman and S. S. Mohler will leave this week for a two weeks outing on the Clackamas. Mrs. John Gleason left Saturday morning for a few weeks visit with Mr. Gleason in Eastern Oregon. Attorney Gilbert L. Hedges left to day for a business trip to Lake County and will be absent several weeks. John W Noble is arranging his busi ness affairs in this city preparatory to making a trip east in the noar future Final citizen ship papers were granted Thursday to Edward Dean, who renounced his allegiance to the King of Great Britian and Ireland. Miss Neita Bennett, a daughter of Judge A. S. Bennett, of The Dales, is the guest of Judge and Mra Will aim Galloway at Parkplace, and will stay during the coming session of Chautauqua. Oscar F. Williams, Ed Reckner, Rhea Cole and Frank Freeman will leave early in August for a month's trip through Southern Oregon. They will go to Medford by rail and from there will go across the mountains to Crater Lake, Pelican Bay and Klamath Falls. Miss Hannah Stromgreen, a profes sional nurse from San Francisco, visited friends in this citv Friday. She arrived here Friday morning and left Saturday to visit an uncle near Colton, Ore. Miss Stromereen will camp at Chautauqua during the com ing assembly. Circuit Court Adjourns. Judge McBrido adjourned Circuit Court Friday but may hold a duy or two term later in July. 'He has gone to Marion Lake on an outing. A dooree of divorce was handed down in the suit of Bertha Bell vs. William H. Bell. Frederick D. Love has oommenced suit in the Circuit Court for a divorce from Elizabeth A. Love. They were married in Portland in 1894. Desertion is alleged by the plaintiff. An order of confirmation was handed down Thursday in the suit of Mary E. Freeman et al., vs. John P. Freeman, et al. A foreclosure decree was rendered in the siut of Sherman & Harmon vs. Geo. W. Frooman and Mattie F. Freeman. The proprety is five acres in the Matlock donation laud claim near Clackamas. A divorce was granted in the suit of Chris. Timm vs. Edith A. Timm. Mrs. Timm is restrained from taking thetohild, William, out of the juris diction of the court, and she must preinit tho father to visit the child at occasional times. Candy Pull at Willamette. A number of the young people of this city went to Willmautte Friday night to participate in a candy pull, given in honor of Miss Nellie Vizolich, of San Francisco, who is visiting relatives here. The perfect night and the happy spirits of those attending combined to make the out ing a pleasent one. The party re turned to Oregon City about half past ten. Lawn Social at Mt. Pleasant. The lawn social at Locust Farm, Mount Pleasant, Friday night, was attended by over ISO people and was one of the most enjoyable affairs of the year. Tho Oregon City Band was present and provided music for the occasion and a short program was rendered. CO. A DISB4NDED OREGON CITV MILITIA GOES OUT OF EXISTENCE. Poor Atteadtfiice at Inspecuoa Said t Have Caused tbe Mllltla Board t Take this Action. Oompany A, Third Regiment.lQre gon National Unard, is out or it.jgone where jtho good liWgMen go.!nwent out oi existence suddenly and without warning. "The action'ofTlieTJmTRTary "'"miiik uie aisDanaonment of the Company was a surprise in military circles here. Both the Grants Pass Company and the Oregon City Company have been ordered dis banded. It is said that the poor show ing made at the last inspection of Company A was the cause of the action being taken. The men are well drilled but the inspection was at tended by very few members and little interest was shown. The Com pany will meet tonight. The members have about $90 in the treasury, besides owning a piano and other property. The boys may make what disposition they will of this property. The nros. pects of the Company were bright. Captain J. U. Campbell has been in charge but a few months and was making arrangements to recruit the Company to its full strength and had succeeded in induoing many of the old Second Oregon men to enlist. Death of Orimel Jones Orimel Jones, the 18 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Hfinrv Jniins AiaA at six o'clock this morninir from a complication of brain tronble and whooping cough. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock and the interment will h in Qanemah cemetery. The funeral will be held from the family residence. Where Is Thus. W. Aarons. WANTED the address of Thomas W. Aarons. Any information lead ing to his where abouts will be liber ally rewarded by his father. Alex. Aaron, Carmi, 111. The county will build a bridr- across Rock Creek between Marquam and Needy. The old one is worn out. Marion . and Clackamas Counties will construct a bridge across Pud ding River. This is the line between the counties and accordingly :the bridge must be bnilt by both county courts. The oost of eaoh new bridge w ill be about $300 .'. The Sunday Sohools of the Preshv. terian and Episcopal Churohes held ttieir annual picnics Friday. The Presbyterians went to Meldrum'e sta tion and the Episcopalians to Glad stone park. The little people at both places had an enjoyable time. Additional business has neceRsitatBil the employment of another by the Western Union Telegraph Com pany in tnis city. Willamette Falls Camp. Woodmen of the World, intsalled officers Friday night Beatie & Beatie, dentists, Weinhard building, rooms 16, 17 and 18. Subscribe for the Record and Bet the news while it is news. " Tbe Word "Fada-e. Where did that very common word "fudsc" come from, and what does it really mean? The appearance of the word In literature Is in the description of the cull of Lady Blarney and Miss Carolina Wllhelmtua Amelia Skeggs on the vicar of Wakefield's household: "But previously I should have mention ed the very Impolite behavior of Mr. Burchell, who, during his discourse, sat with bis face turned to the fire and at the conclusion of every sentence would cry out 'Fudge!' an expression which displeased us all and in some measure tamponed the rising spirit of the con versation." Does the word come from the provincial French "fuche" or the low German "futachT" Or shall we trace It to the story of 1700 quoted by tho cider Disraeli, "There was, sir, In onr times one Captain Fudge, who al ways brought home his owners a good cargo of lies, so much that now aboard tbe ship the sailors, when they bear a great He told, cry out, 'You fudge itr " Boston Journal. riah That Caaaat Swlat. More than one species of fish Is met with which cannot swim, the most sin gular of which perhaps U the maltha, a Brazilian fish, whose organs of loco motion only enable It to crawl or walk or hop, after the manner of a toad, to which animal this Osh to some extent bears a resemblance, and It is provided with a lung upturned snout. Tbe an terior (pectoral) fins of the maltha, which are quite small, are not capable of acting on the water, but can only move backward and forward. Both those and the ventral and anal fins are very different from the similar fins In other fishes and could not serve for swimming at alt. Other example of nonswlmming fishes Include the ixa horse, another most peculiarly shaped Inhabitant of the sea. which resembles the knLgbt in a set of chessmen, and the starfish. THE TRUE FISHERMAN. Be EaJra Katara'a Beaatlaa aaa la Mat a, Her Bateaar. The angler's art is' but a pretext, or, rather, the Incentive to a ramble, and not the sole object of the fisherman, unless, alas, he belongs to that too common variety, tbe man whose sole object Is his catch. Such s man fishes with a worm, hides finger lings in the depth of his basket and photographs his catch as a witness of his crimes. e is not a fisherman, but s butcher. A yellow primrose on the river's bank is to him a primrose and nothing more. Tbe true fisherman loves to catch fish, to match his wits against the weary trout, but as hs wanders from pool to pool tbe songs of the birds greet him restfully. Every turn in the stream reveals a nook in which strange wild flowers . nestle. The gentle ex citement of the sport prevents the scene from becoming monotonous. The element of chance, the uncertainty of the catch, add the drop of tabasco sauce which gives sest to tbe day. And the noontide meal by tbe brink of the stream! When did a meal have a mors delightful flavor? Delmonlco never served a trout like unto those we have eaten by the banks of a mountain brook with the clear blue sky above, the' waving forest round about and the murmuring stream at our feet. The hour of contemplation comes afterward, with the pipe of peace In our hand instead of the relinquished rod. How far off the city seems! Are there such things as corporations, trusts, stocks, bonds, electric lights that amaze the sight, harsh warnings of trolley gongs, the rumble and grind of the wheels and the brakes on the elevated road which affright the ear? The harshest note that breaks the still ness here is the boom of the bittern In the distant marsh. Home to camp the fisherman goes, taking a cast in this silent pool in which the trout rose in the forenoon to his cast, but missed tbe fly, or In that dark hole deep under the bank In which a vigilant eye may detect the brown sides of a trout with lnzily wav ing fins and tall, an old campaigner not easily caught Dr. A. T. Brlstow in World's Work. CHINESE CONTRASTS. We bake bread; in China they steam it. We divide the day into twenty-four hours; they into twelve. We locate Intellect In the brain; they locate it in the stomach. Our calendar is cased on solar time; theirs is based on lunar time. With us the seat of honor is on tbe right; with them it is on the left Our given name precedes the sur name; theirs follows the surname. The needle of our compass points to the north; theirs points to the south., We have standard weights and meas ures', their weights and measures differ In each district Our children stand facing the teach er to recite their lessons; theirs turn their backs to the teacher. Our watchmen quietly go their rounds with a view to catching thieves; theirs beat gongs and yell to frighten them away. We bury our dead a few days after their decease; they often keep theirs in the house in heavy, sealed coffins for years. "China's Mlllious." The Hookah In India. The hookah is smoked as a refresh ment and sign of fellowship by the natives of India and not merely ns a luxury. When a group of natives are seated together and, as is the custom, the hookah Is passed around to each In turn It is considered very bud manners for any one to decline to have a few puffs. If the hookah Is thus refused in a friend's house or while one is the guest of another It is regarded as un msu'ii. If for any reason a native Is put out of caste the fact Is strictly marked by his former caste fellow's refusal to smoke with htm. and any one who eats, drinks or smokes with au outcast Is himself outcaated. Chambers' Journal. "Bxecatlre Ability." "But then, of course, he bos execu tive ability," we said conclusively. "Executive ability!" repeated our ac quaintance. "What do you mean by that?" "Why, the quality of holding subor dinates responsible for failures and taking credit to ourselves for their suc cesses," we responded. Which we considered rather clever for studied impromptu. New York Herald. Mad aad Bad. Kind Hearted Cltien-Tut tut, tut! Don't worry over It little boy. You didn't break yonr pitcher, and there's no use, you know, In crying over spilt milk. Little Boy Do I talk as If I was cry In', mister? (Resumes his violent lan guage.) Chicago Tribune. A Mystery Explataed. "I don't understand," said the Igno ramus at the academy, "why they al ways put the baldheaded men up In the front row." "Thar easy," butted in the usher. They put 'em up there so they'll be ear the files." Boston Herald. EtII. Good is positive. Evil Is merely privative, not absolute. It Is like cold, which Is the privation of heat. All svll Is so much death or nonentity. Emerson. A Poor Bara-alaer. Ethel I offered Ferdy a penny for his thoughts. Edith Well. I'll never let you do any bopping for me! Puck. f Have You a Fam Foi have sold twenty-four farms in Clackamas County since Decem ber 1st. Let Us SeH Yours We have issued a phamphlet showing the County's resources, advantages, etc., and will be glad to send one to your Eastern friend if you will give us his address C. N. PLOWMAN & CO., Over the Bank of Oregon City. STRAIN'S Challenge Sale I At 285-287 Washington St. Portland, Of. 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