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31)c (imtcrpvi OREUOM ITU, THURSDAY JILY 4. 1S7S. Our Fourth of July Oration. Once more we meet on this historic gronud to tlau!: leaven for the fl?as in Continental Hall which eo pestered the forefathers of the Republic, that they signed the Declaration on the 4th of July instead of endnriDg another day of agony. The martyrdom they suf fered before they caire to the scratch, none but bashful young ladies in com pany similarly pestered can ever know. How much of the torture, writhe and twist they wriggled through belonged to mental agony at cutting loose from the theet anchor of King George or physical pang at the flea hanker for a bloody gorge, tho historian does not record, but this much we know the day was very warm, flies and flean abounded and the muttered calls on Jehorah wre not wholly devotional as the great act was recorded. If any here or else where doubts this serious allegation let him peruse the signature of Stephen Hopkins, to that sacred instrument; if that does not convict that small insect of diabolical energy on the person of Stephen, at the time and place aforesaid may wa never again know the intense pleasure of that hour of peace n-hich follows the hour of seach from cellar to garret, of our individual autonomy. Thus much for fleas, which we have de monstrated, have a patent right to the 4th of July. Fellow citizens hold them sacred on the 4th of July they are the emblem ot our national life and having much of the characteristic vim of the American veoile. it would seem as if the blood of our ancestry cour ed through their veins, it probably does. But fellow citizens we have .some ihing more exalted to talk about than fleas on such a glorious occasion, we turn to that sacred bird of liberty who sits enthroned on our banners ami half dollars, the Eagle! that proud biru whose home.eicept when eyeing a neigh boring hen roost, is in the pure ether of the upper nky. It never quits the company of the Angels in th.it exalted space to prey on the birds and beasts of the nether world, unless it i3 dead sure of making a capture. Who of us but is proud of the eagle ? He teaches us that great moral doctrine, "be sure you are safe then go ahead". In our love for the eagle let us not fail to exalt the Genius of our Country.the far reaching and presumably wise 'divinity who in vites hither the oppressed of all crea tion, who have come to stuy and brought their household gods along with them: tho Italian with his hand organ and monkey; the Englishman with bis 'arf and 'arf; the Irishman with his shillelah and fondness for tangle-foot; the Scotchman with his scratching posts and bag-pipe ; the Frenchman with that indescribable grimaco and frog hungry look; the Spaniard with his tinkering to drive cattle over the bor- s .- . cs : : tl. I.:, rri - ucrf iuc uwitci, wiiii uia y i ji;aiu airs and schutenfust; the German with his lager beer, sauer-kraut and meer schaum pipe; the negro, who canio principally because he couldn't help himself; the Chinaman, because there wasn't room to stay where he was; the Kanuck, because there was opportunity to smuggle across the lino and so to turn an honest penny all have come on our generous invitation, and Uncle Sam assimilates them as fast as he can into the character of new born citizens, patriots and statesmen. This is un doubtedly a glorious land, but the cream of the whole batch of country is here iu Oregon the land of red apples; the land where future empire reposes its sceptre whose bounteoua crops and full granaries assures a banquet to the fntare generations which puts the feast dedicated to the Prodigal Son in the background; but while we art un stinted in our praise of Oregon in gen eral, it is Clackamas county especially, whose banner we unfurl to the breeze and defiantly ask te'tur is the county save this the world over that can show such fields of grain, such orchards, such forests, such s-dmon-runs and Osh propagation works, such water-powers, such woolen and flouring mills, such iron ore bed a and reduction works, such mountain and streams? and echo repeats from its empty travels, vhar and turning from the material to the physical world: our cattle, our horses, our sheep, our girls, our wives and onr neighbors" wivs, our uncles what a glorious host are they I and how sys tematical, polished aud stately, i be comes the habit:ns of Gods country! Truly are ve lost in a bewildered maze of wonderment, and word fail in in " tensity of axpresion to pile up all the enthusiasm we feel ca this subject, and you mast imagine a great deal cf what we want to say, but can't. Tonrown viv id command of Chinook will enable you to 11 up the void. ThU r. rich we can say, however, and we do so boldly even defiantly , Clackamas county has every requisite to make it a paradise on earth, save perhaps a distillery; but thi is amply atoned for br the abundance of ' the imported article. which makes amend for this deficiency, and all in all is a land which it waa worth the while of our oM rdoneers to whaok cattle across the plain, it under this bright Canopy to thank t! fates that kindlv led them from til to victory, in this beneficent land, "wnose soil being tickled with a hoe laogbs with a harvest." We publith the letter from "Cam tux which is not exactly orthodox but itlnn8m-mtnm9 of t 1 thoua UpSSJ. uevermeiesa has suggestions Whoa, January! Ero. Ireland last week mounted his prose Pegasus, anient perambulating through space in the following rhap sody: " The sea, with its great resist less tide, makes the brain seem like some ancient attic of the mind ono likes to explore, drawing from which, you take now and then a flower, dead aud faded perhaps; then some scraps of song or a letter, the words of which you have outgrown." We know of one kind of "see" whose resistless tide, unless checked, makes the brain and stomach seem like some ancient barnyard which mined, we draw from thence a shred of crab, an oyster, a scrap of Limburg cheese, chips of bologna sausage and cardamon seeds. after ejection and aching i vcrie of the phantasms of the wearied stomach brain produce a re mind, in which the a lifetime hold revel; ghouls and goblins dance attendance on snakes and crawling reptiles; the dreamer writhes in their cruel embraces, and being in torment, longs for the re turn of the innocent days of his youth, when he was O. G. for a Sons of Temperance Lodge and only an occa sional nip, behind the scenes seemed to exhilarate life's waste places. Then Life's pathway was strewn with roses, and the jimjams only a matter of anticipation: but alas for the revery, the dreamer a,wakes to behold the emp ty beer keg, the lost muck-a-muck, and the hard idol-breaking realities along the up-hill road of the future, throw ing au ominous gloom over1 the wrecked and despoiled treasures of the present The uuly recompense seems to be to drown such cavernous reflections in another schooner of Lager, a glad nepenthe from the woes of musing while wo oan't fit ourselves montally to JJro. irelanus picture, we can to ours and so perhaps have an advantage oer him. . The story of the Temptation and the Fall is again illustrated bv Mother Duniwny she says: " We didn't want to dance, for our Presbyterian toes have never bettn taught the light fan tastic trip, which, in reality, is nothing move than the heavy resounding of har moniously tramping heels;" but appeal and entreaty triumphed, and "she did eat thereof." Now we don't propose to moralize over her fall, but it is her defi- nition of the dance that we wish to cast our editorial optics over. The defini tion of the ancient and venerable dame that "the light fantastic trip is but the heavy resounding of tramping heels," Ave fear is not ortho dox. She has mistakon the thud of her No. 8 brogans to be the sylphio twinkle and patter of Cinderilla feet, which, ac cording to Wordsworth, "Beneath the petticoat glide in and out. Like little mice that shun the light." Now the heavy shadow of those huge hulk-looking extremities whioh nature has bestowed on Mother Duniway are besoms of destruction calculated to over awe successful opposition. They were made to emphasize her peculiar theories of womens rights to crush out opposition, to stand firm, strong and sure in the position she has assumed as Healer of woman wrongs; but the attempt to mutilate a dance, to plunge the other seven of the set in the inde scribable agony of abraded cores, to drown the shrill cry of the fiddle and the hoarse bawling of tho caller with the commotion of those heavily re sounding pediments is a crime which should be called to the attention of the Grand Jury and an indictment procurel against her for disturbing the peaeo No, No, Mother Dunniway let the fri volties aud follies of the elastic in your minds eye be done away with. Ele phants never dance and Hippopota muses would scorn the insinuation. Let each content himself with his lot knowing not why natur ebrcak3 out in spots, as it does but oontont because "God huth made them o;" but as for the proper definition of the dance, it is well we cant say exactly what but it is not " the heavv resounding of tramping heels ." The iron works at Oswego have been resuscitated under the ownership of Messrs. Seely, Brown. Crichton fc Co., who have gone to rork without a flour ish of trumpets, and are no engaged in turning out au average of eight tons of hot blast iron per day. The new proprietors are men who are familiar with the requirements in iron produc tion, aud will undoubtedly make money in the calling. We understand it is their Intention soon to turn their fur nace to the manniactura of cold blast iron a quality which commands oveT twice the figures of the hot blast pro duction. The coM blast iron, from its greater tenacity and fibrous strength, is used for car-wheel castings, of whioh ! the Central Pacific Railroad comianv use three hundred toes per month at their works at Sacramento. Clackamas county has reasons to fc-el pride in tin's the only work of its kind, so far as w are advised, cn the coast. We pioneer j the road wren industry that has made ! Pennsylvania a power in tho land, and ( in time the same investment will give j Oregon an impetus that will make her quite as celebrateu. The Union Senilael (Democratic or gan) makes these acknowledgments: " The facta sre undeniable that the ettrensely economical rourse pursued j CoB"re" 6incf ' under Democratic that body has been control, has had ranch to do in both bringing on and prolonging Indian difficulties. We are fully aware of the extravagance that rendered the closing hours of the Re publican administration odious in the minds of the people, but we are com- i pelled to admit that the opposite ex ado"te1 h? onr own party hM " j att6Dded resulta nVUj Washington Letter. Washington D. C. June 21, 1878. Congress has adjourned. There is no further evidence of the fact needed than our deserted hotels street cars and chariots and nncrowded avenues. For three weeks past every vehicle go ing to and from the Capitol, a'l our ho tel offices, and Pennsylvinia Avenue have been rilled with people seeming ly deeply interested in the political and legislative problems over which Con but now all this excitement, crowd, gress was wrestling ituelf day and night, and concentiation towards the Capitol have disappeared, the flag which flaunted its bright folds over each house, has been taken down. The brilliant light in the tholus or lantern upon the dome no longer informs us that the country is being saved by the solons below, and on every hand appear the indisputable evidences that onr holiday is upon us, and that till Decembernext Washington, like some rural town in busy harvest times, when the farmer or his good wife caanot come to the store for barter, must give up the streets and hotels to the inevitable lull and quiet of the recess, lwe some village, wnicn, witu a so-called college, that brings its three score of students to the place, and nothing more in the way of business. We have had our commencement exer cises, and now with deserted streets and vacant rooms are putting our boarding houses in repair for the next season. We have watched Congress for many years, and yet its closing scenes now interest, amuse and disgust, as keen as when novelty lent its charms to what was before us. The utter dis regard of much, very much, that is due to decencv and order, the rushing tiirough of bills compelling the ex penditure of millions of dollars without a single member present having the slightest intelligent idea of what was involved therein; the howling of the excited men who were endeavoring to drown the howling of other members; the continuous rattle and rap of the Speaker's gavel, and his calls to order; le excentricitv and manuiiniroitv of some members, who putting "cold tea " into their mouths to steal away their brains, give themselves up to all kinds of antic3, together with the utter ina bility to hear what any one says all serve to raakea scene or a picture which never loses its fascination to us, and we can go through u whole night's session without sleep, and unflagging interest. Ben Butler on Tuesday tried to make a five-minute speech, but he was fairly hooted down, and so great was the up roar and confusion created by his perti nacity and disregard of the call to order that the Speaker directed the Sergcant-at-arms "to dohisdnty," who, walking up to old Ben, induced him to take his seat. Another member, evi dently full of benzine, persistently in terrupted everv proceeding with some pointless comment, and it was hard to tell which produced the greater dis turbance, Butler's obstinacy, or the vagaries of a whisky head. In the final hours the Fisheries Award broach ed some earnest debating, in which Mr. Hewitt and his old antagonists, Gar field and nale, joined hands and fairly swept the House by their eloouent ap peals. Sam Cox repeatedly interrupted Mr. Hale with peremptory denials. " It is not so, sir," and would listen to no call to order, and finally grew so bellig erent that he was quieted with a grant for a five minutes' speech, which he well used, and he made a strong ef fort to defeat the appropriation, though the odds were against him. In 1850, iu the Ohio Republican convention which nominated Dennison for Governor, and Joshua IJ Giddings was called to make a speech, one of his statements was contradicted bv Mr. Cox, who was pres ent, in precisely the same words and manner used towards Mr. nale, and we rather liked his quick rectification of an rroneous statement. Thi award is the bitterest pill ever swallowed by the American Congress.. AU abhorred and condemned it, and tho only difference of opinion was as to its payment as a matter of honor. Mr. Hewitt said he would rather go home in sack cloth and ashes than to repudiate it. Mr. Hale denounced it yet favored payment. Mr. Garfield took the same ground, and raised a laugh by saying " Even g im blers pay their gambling debts, I'm told." Ben Butler, for a wonder, backed Sunset Cox, ajd the two sworn enemies made common cause against tho common enemy the two hyenas of the House ceased for once their ac customed howling at each other. The assertion was constantly made by advocates of the remonetization of the "dollar of onr daddies," that it on ly needed the resumption of silver coin age of United States to restore the val ue of silver in the markets of the world to the relation it occupied with gold previous to demonetization of silver by Germany and the development of bo nanzas in the Comstock lode. The as sertion is flatlv contradicted by facts. On March 1, 1878, the day after the Eland bill passed into law over the President's veto, silver was quoted in London at 55d per ounce. Yesterday its value was 52i-d per ounce, a decline in round figures of 5 per oent. The result of the bill so far, has been to cause the coinage of some 8,000,000 standard dollars, which are lying idle in the Treasury vaults because noborly wants them except at a discount, and the intrinsic value of which is steadily depreciating. The official vote was canvassed by the secretary of state on Saturday last, except that for governor, which will be canvassed by the legislature. , For congressman the vote was as follows: Hines, 15.G93. Whiteaker 16.741; Camp lell, 1.183. Whiteaker's plurality, 1, 151. For secretary of state, Earhart's 10,333; Reams, 1C.042; Cates, 1,447. Etrhart's plurality, 201. For treasurer, Hirach, 10,613; Brown, 13,571; South erly, 811. Hirsch's plurality, 1,072. For printer, Carter, 16.430; Noltner, 15,8."6, Craig, 1,437. Carter's plurality, 574. For superintendent of public instruc tion. Powell, 16,155; Stites, 16,097; Tarker, 1,437. Powell's plurality, 62. The total vote of the state is 33,920, being an increase of 4,047 over that of the presidential election of 1876. The London Lancet states, on the au thority of an Austrian military report, that an analysis of a sample of bread supplied to the Russian troops in Bul garia revealed the presence of nineteen per cent of sawdust and fonrteen per cent of sand. Pretty tough food that, even for a stomach of a Russian soldier aconstomed to rye bread and vodki. It is an evidence that the morals of army contractors in. Eastern Europe are not much better, and perhaps a shade worse, than elsewhar. Reflections not W holly Orthodox. Editor Enterprise : The two most forlorn and lonesome parties that will have representation in the constitu tional convention in California will be strange as it may seem the Repub lican and Democratic, scarcely a cor poral gnard of either being returned as delegates for that important purpose. It seems that the Workingmcn, the Kearnyites and the Non-Pai tisans have swept the State and left not a vestage of the old glory of tho historic contes tants to chronicle. It leads to the con clusion that the old war-cries are no longer effective as slogans- to marshal disputants in aeried columns, that the discipline of party is broken and chaos reigns within the party camps. It is quite apparent that the masses are not satisfied with the present condition of affairs, and are restive under the sway of either Democrat or Republican. Whether there i iu it the premonitory symptoms like that which prceeded tho upheaval of the French Revolution, we leave casuists to determine, certainly the signs are not propitious, and it may token the multerings of a coming storm which will prove a sirocco in sweeping away existing conditions of political servitude, even if it does not go farther and overturn the forms of government. There is much to make the people res tive, and particularly the working classes, the encroachment of cheaper forms of labor, and 'contraction of the circulating m?dium produces wide spread destitution and misery. These two evils menace the homes and welfare of thousands and millions in our land and no legislation has been undertaken by either of the old oarties to avert tho coming danger, and this is the reason why we hear of the disruption of party ties all over tho lands, and the wide spread and deep disaffection of the la boring classes who are easily led into heresies of political action which seri ously upsets the arithmetic of the poli tician. For our part although our isola tion and comparativechildhood saves us from the blight and depression incident to an older and denser population, still the upheaval is apparent, and the ties of friendship which reach across the con tinent evokes the bond of sympathy, and like the Apostle, we feel "with them in bonds." There is an earnest feeling founded in reason, that there should be no further contraction ot currency, but rather that its volume should be en larged to meet the" growing wants of a growing nation', and in order to meet there wants there is no good reason, save that it trenches on the province of the shylocks and money lenders -why the government should not issue legal tenders to whomever will hypothecate good security therefor; suppose A has a farm worth 10,000, and wishes to borrow Si, 000 giving his farm as se curity; means should bo provided by to enable him to go to a govern ment director, pledge his laud to the government on a mortgage learing three or four per cent, interest and re ceive his 1,000 of legal tenders there for. Uncle Sam could set up a brokers shop on this theory and very soon would be in receipt of sufficient revenue to run the expenses of the:goveinment,and exercising his prerogative of sov ereignty, who could dispute his edict? the government would thus at once cease its fnnelions as a borrower and uecome a lenuer, ami hemna its issu ance of scrip would be the tangible property of the borrower. There is nothing heretical in this idea, save to the banker, broker aud money loaner. It is to be expected that they will des cant on the utter absurdity and ini quity of such a proposition because it would leave them very much like Othello with "occupation gone" or at least would put a rival and competitor in the field against them. The govern ment, however, will never be put upon such a basis except by a revulsion of the political elements which will throw the workingman and laborer to the front as our legislators, instead of the present quality. If it could accom plish this much, wo feel that we could welcome the exchange our financial theories are certainly leading us to money stringency, which to thousands means ruin. We are not of those who desire an unlimited issuance of paper money, without redemptional valuation behind it, but we take issue with those who insist it must be coin redemption, we want real estate as well, and we favor nominating Uncle Sam to the distinction of being our venerable "Uncle" to whom we can go if wo choose with our lands, get his letters of credit therefore, and pay him our interest money as we would from any other moneyed institution. The other serious evil which menaces the sons of toil is unlimited Chinese immi gration, they are a curse and blotch to any well populated country where they come in direct competition with whito labor. It is true they are not so nu merous in Oregon a3 to occcasion any hardship as yet, but if their number was quadrupled they would begin to seriously stagnate tho labor market; they could be tolerated if they bad any of the assimilating habits which make American citizens out of the very worst of other foreign material, bat unfortu nately this they have not; his color, religion, instinct and education makes him an outcast and Pariah from the fold of citizenship. He comes here as a scavenger, and departs the same, fur ther alliance with the subject is nnjnst to the present and unborn generations that are to represent the Americanism in this land through the succeed-'n? i mgea; still we see Republicans and Dem ocrats alike both slinking fron action in the premises, idle l and desultory committee skirn all the two old antagonists ca effort.to ameliorate the rauk ai labor in our land, and lift tin of his calling above the pollut of heathen hordes. It is th coming.s of the parties in is shaking up the old rib threatens to overwhelm them m xum mon ruin, both are strangely blind to the interest of the common people and seem designed to do the work and call ing of the moneyed pbwer, the monopo list, the rings and the factionists, whi'e the interests of the whole people are lost sight of in the general scramble to uphold class legislation. . Cumtux. The Democratic heart warms not at the mention of Sammy Tildeh. Many of the leading Southern papers say Mr. Tilden will not be accepted as the can date for the Presidency in 1880, on any termg; and even the New York Express sneers at the idea of Tilden being again a candidate. The following paragraph is not inten ded for the ladies. We call particular attention to this fact, in order to avoid any misunderstanding that might arise if any of them should accidentally per sume it. We know they will all skip it now, after we have invited their atten tion to the matter, and thus we shall be relieved of a great responsibility: BEWARE, LADIES, DON'T REAP. 'pnjtl ji3ti tio tfn fwma oj put ai II ptiaa .tpuoj-zB s,dis maod siqx aniqiaj v oi sjuod uaj j if.w H.aAv yioi VOlS v jo puin 18U.l 1U SJJ3 H9 ji 'moijsuios vio 11 Pl'B ml no. injr UUUIOAV V bJJJO.V iiUIHIAU-B S.OJcl) ji AXIs-OlHJO S.SVKOM MVURIKI). July 2, at the residence of Geo. Thomas in this city, by ltv, W. D. Nlflio?, JJr. 11. O. Inskvcp and Miss Minnie Hornshuhe. NEW TO-DAY. E3TRAYED. i TWO YEAR Or.D Ml.' USE COLORED J.- KIIjIjY, markoil on the hip with a wrenched " T," left hind loot white, also white in the ion-head with a black spot in the cent'-r, roached inarif1, nd sonic white in the lac-'. I'or any information of the wherenbouts I wiil pay a lileral reeom nonse, WM. i-l.NUKK. Juni1 27, 1878-lm. Time Is Rloney- 4 JVT, PERSON'S KNOWING TIIEM- t wsplves to bf in my debt are requested to call and sett le by cash or note before t he 20th of July. After that diite I shall publish the iiam or all thos" wliose accounts remain unsettled and will sell the same to the highest bidder. A list is already made out and any person wishing t.i purchase accounts can see It. B. A. HUGHES. Oregon City Juno 20th 1S78. JOHSO., McCOlVX &MACUl'M. FINAL SETTLEMENT. T HEREBY GIVE NOTICE THAT I HAVE M. filed in the County Court of the State of Oregon, to Clackamas County, my final ac counts and vouchers as administrator of the estate of John Kramine, deceased, and tho 'ourt has appointed Monday, the 'JlHh day of July, A. 1). 1.V7S, as th- time for the examina tion, and sett leinent ot such accounts. LOUISA KRAMINE. Administratrix. Oregon Citv, Or.. June 7, !S78-lt. GiTATiON. THE COUNTY COURT OF THE STATE J of Oregon, lor Clackamas County, in the matter of the estate of James Howell de- C"ase5, to Andrew Howell, Wm. Howell, MirKie Rodsrs, John Rodgers and other rerotis interested in thi estate of, James Hoell, d-'Ceas-'d, whereas t tie duly appointed adlmnistrator of said estate has lib-d in said 'ourt. a rtetitioi, praying for an order to sell the real projHrty of said estate, now, there fore, in the name ot the .State of Oregon, you and each of vou are hereby personally ciD'd to appear in the County Court of Clackamas rountv. "taie oi urcon, on i ne lounn i nurs. rinv in July, that being the :'5th day of Ju'.v, and the first day of a sp-- eiai'term of said County t ourt, appointed by the Court for the hearing ol said petition of said administrator, then and thor to show caus if anv exist, .why an order of sn!-1 should not be made, as in said petition prayed for, said land being described as fol lows : Beginning 19.10 chains east of the south-a-i or,ier of donation claim notification No. 7,7'i9, in sections 5 and tt in township 4 south, wis' 4 east ; thenc east 37.'it) chains ; thence north 2.-5 chains-, thence east H.50 chains: thence north ViJt) chains; thence west. 4.25 chains; thence north 1.70 chains; thence west 3') chains; thence north 4.75 chains ; thence west 18 chains ; thence sout h 21.2U chains to the place of beginning, con taining SI acres. By order of X. W. RANDALL, County Judge. Attest : W. IT. II. FO UTS, County Clerk! L. T. BARIN and M. C. AT HEY, Attys. for Adrur. Okeoon City. June7. lS78-4t. A BARGAm. TnE UPERSIGNED. FOR CASH, OFFERS his ent ire Real Kstate (27 feet 10 inches front, 113 feet rear), with all the. Improve ments, consisting of a two-story Store Build ing complete, and Rear Buildings, well fin ished, situated on the corner of Main and Third sireets, Oregon City, at a barsrain. Call and see. W. FISH. Oregon Cit y, June 20. lS73-4t. Lost. IOST, ON THE 11th OF JUNE, ON THE Ji road between New Era and Deep Creek, a feat her bed and ot her articles I herewith. I will pay all the exenses of delivering tho same to F. O. McCown at Oregon City. EZRA HENSON. WILHOIT'S SODA SPRINGS. THIS POPULAR SUMMER RESORT HAS Jnst been refitted and remodeled, and is now opened to the public by NOBLE & MANN. At this hotel the tables will be spread with he best, the market affords, and particular pains will be taken to advance the comfort of guests in every particular. Campers will find everything In the way of Edibles. Groceries, Canned Fruit, Provision?, Etc., Etc, In the Store. Trie BATH HOUSE Will be in competent, hands, and will be fur nished In a comfortable manner. On the ourth of July there will be a CELEBRATION AT THE KPHINCS. Good musirt will be in attendance, and a BALL AND SUPPER In the evening. Board at the Hotel, per week $7 00 Meals and bed each 50 Campagefor the season I 00 Horse feed, etc., on the ground. The various charges at the Springs will be very reasonable. NOBLE & MAS.V. May 30. 3-tf AGENTS. The following named gentlemen will receive subscriptions and advertisements for the Enterprise : Portland ......... Astoria New Era...... Norton Boone's Ferrv.. Molalla Pleasant Hill.. Os-vego , Dam ascus , Eagle Crek.... Viola ... Sandy Tualatin E. D. Dement. . . W. E. Iiement - J. . Foster. Capt. Z. C. Norton Chas. Wilson Maxwell Ramsby.Jr J. E, McConnell ...... G. W. Prosser J. T. Chit wood - H. V Iko ..B. C. Lewis S. B. Hatch . ... V f lllnl Clackamas... Chas. Matlock T. A. 55 A COX HAS OPENED TJIE BARLOW HOUSE I HAVE GIVEN THIS POPULAK iiwu.r. a thorough renovation from cellar to car ret, aud propose to make it a house second to none in Oregon, this side of Portland. Everything will be done to advance ine win- fort of the guests. The House is large ana commodious. Boj-a uutl r.';dj?iiif per week Board per wet-It ri Meuls it il d lied, e.-li -ij Free Coach to and from the Hotel. T. A. IIACO.V, Proprietor. Oregon City, May 30, 1878-tf. . WINJET, . UNDERTAKER, Carriage and Wagon Maker. iTVDFrtSKJNE D WOULD RE- cwntriiiiy n nnounce to t he public that he .. o ini-im ciolr of cottins on hiind and has lust completed one of the finest Hearses in tne pstate, ana is now prepmeu ij k.iu any orders in that line. Oregon City, May ,lS78-2m. Fair Warning. npo THOSE INDEBTED TO ME ! THAT X unless payment is made shortly I shall enforce it by law. I am closing out my busi ness and mean what I say. Before my de parture I shall publish a list of all those re fusing to pay up and sell their accounts to the highest bidder. A. JLEVY". Oregon City, June 20, 1878. NOT FAIL Catalora. 1 1 contain, prieea una a esr ri pi ion Article lit Sfen- Ids tlie pnrrlia.e of any article for"Per onal. rnmtly or Agricultural use. h." e an" larK trade the past .ea.on In the remote part, of the Territoriejj. nd have, with few exeeptlon. exceed ed the expectation of the purchaser, many clafmiu to have made a uvt.j if 46 to WO per cent. Jrt "V?1.1 VkKkT" HON APPUCATIOS. W.aeli i u r arool, to all mankind at wholesale Trie? In qoant itie to Bnlt. Reference, First Watlonal Bank, Chit-ajco. MONTGOMERY WARD A. CO., Original Orange Supply House, 7 A 22t IVabMb AveM Chicago. 111. TO o N REAL. ESTATE SECURITY, 15 sums to Huit. BARIX iSi ATHEY, Att'ys at Law. Oregon City, May 9, 1873.1 m. J O M H SQKR A M , Main St.. Oregon City. .lIANlTACTt'KEli AND LUPGIlTElt OF Ol M:t,;d!es, llnrnss, ?v 3 Siiddlcr. -H.-5 id- isiik wale, etc., etc. ,'w TTHini HE OFFERS AS CHEAP AS t can be had in the State, at WiiOL5AL OR RETAIL. 8V1 warraut my goods as represented. JOHN SCiHlAM, Saddle and Harness Maker Oregon City, Oregon, Nov. 1, l.o-tf. LIVERY. FEED, A.ID SAL ri 1 mtlE UNDERDOSED PROPRIETOR OF A. the Livery Stable on Fitt n street, Oregon City. Oregon, "keeps constant ly on hand B 1 1 ji' jyr , f C r r ; a e -j and ll.if-ks. Saddle nnd Bajriry Hordes. JPrice.s Reasonable r- f. f a tml3 Oregon City, Nov. 5, 1875. Proprietor. CHRIS.' ZAUNER, DEPOT SALOON, Opiosite the Rai!ron d Iepot, K EEPSTIIEBESTBEEK A"D CIGAKS in the City. CJive him a call. jyo-tf. SherifTs Sale. BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE AND WRIT of execution issued out of the Circuit ("ourt ot the State of Oregon for the county of Clackamas, dated the lot h day of May A. I. 1S78, and to me as Sheriff directed, in favor of the State of Oregon and against John A. Sadler, fo th4 sum of 617.50 (Six Hundred and Seventeen Dollars and with in terest at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum from the loth day of May, A. 1. 1878. Therefore, for want of personal property, I have on this the 17th day of June, A. D. 1878, levied upon all the right, title and interest of the above named defendant, John A. Sadler, in and to tho following described property sit uate in Clackamas county, State. of Oregon.to wit : The northwest H of the northwest H of sec. 36, T. 5 S.. H. 2 E. of the Willamette Meridian, containing 40 acres. Also the following, being the fractional south is of the sonths-est 14 of sec. 25 in T 5 S, li 2 E of IHllamette Meridian, containing 60.07 acres. Also the southeast 14 of the southeast H of sec. 25, T 5 S, K 2 E, con taining 40 acres. Also the. fractional west ?4 of the southeast H of see. 25 in T 5 S. R i K of the Willamette Meridian, containing 58.91 acres. Also the northeast hi of the northwest 3 of sec. 38, T 5 S, R 2 E of the WiUamette Meridian. On Saturday, the 20th day of Jii'y, 1S7S, at the hour of 1 o'clock P. M. of said day at the Court House door in Oregon City, Clacka mas county, Oregon, I will sell at public auc tion all tho right, title and interest of the above named defendant, John A. Sadler, in and to the above described real property to the highest bidder for cash to me in hand paid to satisfy the balance of said execution witb interest .cost sand accruingcosts thereon. '11 1 OS. 31. MILL. Kit. Sheriff of Clackamas county, Oregon. Oregon City, June 20, 187S-4t. STOCKR.HSERS OF CLACKAMAS CO IMF ! Mr. Isaiah Moser Is now out for the Season of 1878 with 'Young Ben Roy." He can b found Sunday undMondayat the owner'" farm on Iower Molalla; Wednes day and Thursday at Jos. Walton's, near Ringo's Point, until 2 o'clock P. M.; Friday and Saturday at Ira Moody 's.Molalla Prairie, of each week. Farmers will please call and see him. He shows for himself. Everybody comes and goes well pleased, for he is equalled by none. Young lien Roy is a beautiful dapple bay, weighs 1425 lbs., will be 3 years old the 1st of May, 1878. Terms Leap, ?!); season. $15; insurance. $25. All bills payable in pold coin except when otherwise agreed upon. April 11. 1878-tf. ISAIAH HOSfin, Final Settlement. In the County Court of Clackamas cocity. State of Oregon. In the matter of the partnership estate of C. W . Poje & Co. TIE UNDERSIGNED HAS FILED IN in said Court her accounts and vouchers fol" final entOpmnnt n r ,1 t K . ' . t. nn C, i n Tin i 13 -.1 tt AM pointed Monday, July 22, lsS, for the ox.im- ' ination of the same at the Court House, in Orepon City, Clackamas countv, Oregon. : where nil interested can appear and be beard if they desire. HARRIET E. POPE, Ju ne 20, JS7S-4t . Ad -n 'x or said estate. 1 l T. RiKr, att'y for idm' ' UT AT COSTf DESIRE TO CLOSE OUT TJGHES OST PRICES his larga MERCHANDISE, p sixty dajs, at least. ourselves what bargains lis assortment of DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, HATS, BOOTS, SHOES, HOSIERY, LADIES' AND GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, PERFUMERY. TABLE CUTLERY. . CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, HARDWARE, FARMING UTENSILS ETC., ETC., ETC. .... ALSO .... Hope, Grain Sacks, Wool Sacks, Tobacco, And many other articles. Now is the chance for housekeepers aad others to lay in a a good stock of TEAS. COFFEE, and a. supply of FAMILY GROCERIES, At small cost. There is no humbug about this. am de termined to quit business inside of sixty days, and consequently will give better bargains than can be had at any other place. Eeon if jou do not wish to purchase, call and see for yourselves B. A. HUGHES. May 3, 1878. 2tr JOHN GRAN & CO. HAVE NOW IX STOCK A VERY LARGE assortment of . DRY GOODS & FANCY GOODS Special attention is called to our CLACK SILKS, DRESS GSQDS, LI NEK SUITS. LADIES & CHILDREN'S HOSIERY, LADIES USDE3WEA, MZWS FURFi'ISHIKS GOODS, ETC., ETC., ETC., ETC, PRICES ESPECIALLY LOW! .TO 12?' CIIAIS & CO. FIRST STREET, Between "IVasiiinjjrton and Alder. May 16 167g-3m. ATTENTION! ISELLING- 9 GOODS WAY DGWSI IN PRICES S CALL Af43 EECO;JYI?iCED f At Brick Store 2 doors north of drug store. 50,000 LOS. WOOL WANTED We will pay the highest market price. P'COUCE BOUGHT AND SOLD. Oregon City. May 10, 1S7S. " ADIIIMSTRATOR'S NOTICE. VOTICE IS HEREr.V GIVEN THAT -L the undersigned, has been duly ap pointed administrator of the estate of James Goodin, deceased, by the County Court of Clackamas County, Oregon. All persons having chums agairst said estate are notified to present t hem with proper vouchers to rue at E. L. East ham's ofiice. in Oreiron City, in said county, within six months from tha d.ife hereof. JOHN BAUBT. E. Ii. EASTHAM, att'y for adm'r. May 30. lS7S-iv CAfViBR.rcUS BEER. THIS CELEBRATED BEVERAGE FROV L. Feurcr's Brewery, at Portland, is con stantly kept on draught at JACK TR EM OATH'S SALOON, It is the best beer in the city, and we Invite the public to call and give it trial. Oregon City, March I, 1878-tf. o SHADES SALOON H iiSONnAXDTHE CHOICEST Liquors, Wines & Cigars, AndanOysterStew.it all times. ood bed and a night cap for 25 cents. Hermit's IT. S. Beer 25 cents per quart . Tdont sell ( V C. R. U . C. F. MAYHEM', Proprietor. Oregon City, March 8, lS78-tf. BLANKS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR Sale at this office. Justices of the Asm can get anything in their line. GUARDIAN'S SALE. XTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TIIAT by virtue of a license and order of sale duly made and entered bv the Coun ty Court of Clarkamas County, State of Oregon, on the 4th day of Mav, 1S7S. th undersigned guardian of V. H.Pedigo, Rosa Alice Pedigo, Samuel iv. Pedigo and Joseph M.Peciigo, minors, will, on the 6th day of July, A. D. 1S78, at the Court House iloor of said county, in Oregon City, at the hour of 1 o'clock, p, sr.. sell at public auction to the highest l idder, for gold coin in hand, all the right, title and interest of said minors in and to tbe fol lowing descritted premises, situate in said county; their said interest therein being four fortieths of the fee thereof, to-wit: The donation land claim of Jacob Grim and wife, known on the maps and plots of the U. S- Surveys as Notification Iso. 7016, Certificate No. "4372, in township 2 south, range 3 east of the WMlamette Meridian, containing 306.W acres ; and, also, begin ning at a point 2.5.15 chains north, and 20 chains west of the southeast coi nerof sec- ' t ion 17 in said township; running thence south 5.33 c' ains; thence west 20 chains; thence north 5.38 chains; t hence east 20 chains to the place of leginning, contain ing 10.7G acres, saving and excepting from said first described tract of land the lot numbered 3, in section 20, containing 47. 18 acres ; and.also, except ing therefrom a part the northwest H of the southwest 5 of section 17, heretofore conveyed to Daniel Grim hv deed, dulv recorded on pages 31 and 32 of Rook J of Records of Deeds" for said county, the same containing 34.91 acres. J.J.Pedigo. Guardian. Oregon City. June 5' 1878-4.