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About The enterprise. (Oregon City, Or.) 188?-1891 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1888)
() THE ENTERPRISE CALIFORNIA'S "GLORIOUS CLIMATE." Vry rine. Inttrrd, lnrlc Certain Matilha of th Yean, And first of all I will try and tell some thing about this "glorious"' climate (w Inch couU be lunch more appropriately called "slippery"), of which so much has been said and writtou. The faot is tl .it tli climateof California is clunste dilferiiitf almost with every county, and to speak of the climate of California as a whole is -really to mislead people, for jou cannot say it is perfecUy line or do tttubly mean, alll ou-h both could I said it !i trulh by uuy oue intcret-ted in eying the one or the other.. The climate, for example, of San Fran cisco durui certain mouths of the year is beyond measure tine. Our eastern friends, having the f..ty air and dying top "tat ion ushering in their Ion ft cold Winters, rule riht into our mild Indian tutiiui'T, ii.U'd with fuil ripened fruits, I'.u'.iiou flowers and perfect vep'talam; or. leaving the frost and snow of t'lire-l-nias, Bud hei a bright, warm Italian winter, flowers in full bloom, fruits in plenty, etc. and tourist taking their ts, at that time of tin- year are apt to return ho ae and convey the idea of some wonderfully glorious, warm, delightful climate. Hut wliat about the cold fv, that lie nearly half of the year like a fceavy pad over the city, commencing early in the afternoon and uLSi.ppeaiimt only Lit? in. the ni -ruins? Ya hat snout the clouds of dust swept down by tne Cold wind from the ocvanf What about tiie Ions, drv, du-tr summer moi tin, hen everytMii't u wit!iersj and i arched. and all are f.uriy ciHikisl with iia-1 and I rant f ram, and eickne nnd di atu iut on everv lu.tid from uiiiluhl sewers, ek".t V.'hat etwut the lotv, wearlsmo rams, ahliouph t!u rains are really tiie le-.u-t u.am.'le fitiui-e t f all tiie i!U nf t'.M) San Fianriscn climate? While all this is true of San Francisco, yet, ri.r.'lit acrota tlio buy. in wlmt tuiht lv ca'.l-'d t.'ie Ri lniKm tyet really Sin r.a:ie'n bus no rat'-urlis? an objection. ;.!.le fi"itur for cvmimerve. the clinmte u-tui.d. r leas b, l- chilling winds. dr. :. ! ; &V.C i-.sll a,j.an, as you l.":ive Fr "c!-eo md travel m!hwrd tV c'.k ii "i' in ci.uia.e in mnn mtireul le. dec; n it j in t tiuthtully of the c'i'nil."(f t aiifiTji a i.nd yet contradict t r.e's k if I ' every oilier b: e. From all t'.is t'.R- i-ii i !ti.v.i n art justlr lie d'nwn fi at e-. ' !i o: o e:,n 11: i! l!,e climate tlu-y I ei t I I" a n 1 1 s-li elio'i of county. Tiie b:ii.it of .ati Lm-,;u is wrmeii of a' t'uld and tenable Mid uelightful, and ur rr pr "n-'iinii lives are enticed !.. re. only to nie t with disappointniciit, !;l.i one rir man (n xiiii le of luury) v. li.i. uir.vin in h in Dp, exjsrt;:i to I: d in ilv mild a::d taJubrii.iH air u ! f )ifr. if not a J"ruiam nt cure, vas in. -t. mi ilexviidint; from the cars. Ly such t.iiu is of du-t, such cold and I I am fi"S anil wind, that, overcome l v we::k:icMi and dbiiiisiiutim ut, he dropped on to the first seat, tdiiverinR krd cn init. Yet a few miles from Kuu D: -o. Iiud he Isit known it. ia a ; L line cii.iu.te fur CiHumiiiptives. A friend i f ours, a young u.an. for wh(e life no l.c" e was felt and w ho was can iisl to t' . : u1 of the state, is noir happy in the etiiovnient of aluiuKt perfect lenlth. C'uiifiirnut Cor. IVntou Transcript. Silver sad (iuld Work. The Kussian authoriiies allow the mer chants to cheat their ctlstotuers in every thiiift but furs, silver and (told plate, and aoulteruted food. The latter is prohib ited from sale under penalty of imprison incut. Imitation furs must he marked n that the customer muy tell what he is buying, and all silver and itold mu-tl-jir l!i. govermnent brand to atU-.t its iine lJt. There is no plan d silver to Is- bud, but the shot are full of th K' tiuino !i I article, in every jwible f Tin, and f.T every jKMb!e use, and it is g-ni rally till rf.tied. You sew little nlvi r in the lidt ;r.d Bialc. Ssjns. knives, wan-lies, ca ins. artirhflof penvinal ailonunent in every poviible variety, plates, platters, ciTM, itobleta, all sorts of tablewnre is t. H e of silver and then pbied to !k I. pold, and gratify the Kuwian be-te f . di.silay. Iho tolid silver dinner I i . a-e for the winter pal.ico, which will s.rv." S.t'OO p;s,j.4., U jril-'ed, and t!e .! idung the Nev.-Ui FnmSTt and i .liir line streets are bl.-.zing wiih the fc t:i.ir s.' t of slull. liul the nierchunt Liii't i form the cusi oiner of thechuntr t ,- of liis arm. 1 be wlis gihlisl silver f r ;( ! I be jish to prison. The ludiea oi I'm country load ihe.nwlves with or li .iia Ills of jrilded silver, bracelet, r..a.us, hr ss U pins, nnd every other foi-..i 1 1 UiforiUioti. Kveu niiiri-le and v i I ia (ril.'nl. E-rytlii'ig is f';r (lis- I I y. Uilliuiii Kleroy Curtis in Chicago I., .we. risli His' ;lva Hliocks, At Kan J'rlro and the various waUr- in pbi-es from K'U! iJictrn north the ray fat; ily mules iimiI liiwixrwably con e!i nous. The tmr.iUtr ones lmve a liiii.ii ' f hiding in t i- ind and prwn?. I'i' tbeir Siines for I ! hers' , fnt, while ol!icrs nreprovidisl wit i elect ric Imtti'ries, iii( !i lio rarely ni' c tlm f;.,lnrinen p avoiTuI fci.ocl.s. 1 I. vii kuowu u man tile iliai.Mi d for acverul days by har- w,,,. n-r oiie, TI -C'bitH'so nioii)Kliiie the Idling in t'icsi! vvatein, and an i fb n vi titiii of t.n i i lic.J juk-s ol tiie Mi x i an uml iLcu an li iii-iiii. ii, An nbij Usind t . pi do v. ill lie brought ualiorj al Kan 1'edro or .Monb rev, and the whites will waer h t:rn'ii l iiimiiiii.ri timt be cunnot lift i'.. The li b apenrs to wciiih ulsnit ax or eij;iu pounua, ana Joint, ntter mttimr up his money, with a l:iu;h ut the simplicity of the American devils, tuK hold with both hands and is tit'tened out so quickly that often he cna d. nothing but hold tlio tl.lt and rotir with anguish nntil lie is reteaocU, The dioek given by these llthea luw been compared to that of a iJnlo Iyden jar, and can be plainly to!, by lifty pereoiut i: u ciivle. Stockton Mail. The Mm tif t,li I'rop. Variations in the sir' of rain drops are di"cndent uiwn the tii.Toronem in the ,ii,;ht from which lin-y have fallen mid ,o the amount of atnior-pheiicdislurUme :re-vnt at the time. If fallen from a ..Teat height, the droj auiTcr gradual division into smaller ;.nd smaller parts, until Ihev are convene 1 ir.io a mist. In calm weather, wiih tiie clouds near the earth's surface, the d.ops are lar-e and ! heavy. lilo!ie-l'in .:(. Vil'JaJla stockings. The "Ion;; i.oeki i" of (he Kroner peasant is proverbial. S m Mil there are several Ion-; mucsiim. well as wooden shoes, in lii ii bank notes and I u.lion are pi 1 - I promisni oiislv. This w is the e.i-i' tiie olhet day at a town railed (iissysous-Flari-ny. in ll irundy, where an Ul enuie trywoin in, who had bn$ been known for lier penurious hal'iK die!. Siit had inhabited a veritable pist-stye, and h'-r einaeisted hiwlv vtr'i fouid una heap of ras and rul b:sa. In in r cut- ton stocking and ixiA I- weie fi uml iio!e and pilil am tmtini; to nearly i'J.tHsi, u,iieroii4 trinkets of enndiier.v ble value, and seeurit e worth more than X.'i t1 U The loc.d notary, wlic wa caiied in by tiie re I itives, cuald han!;y believe his ey i whi n he made the inventory of tii es'ate. Uitliel Uttser-niiv rejoicing Were indulged ia by tie- i ct- f-kin, who hid orr iuized a kind ol llnrei nian wane in tiie old Willi, ail's hovel; and ulieu ill- ui. j d rt:i-.er s eon e c ime to take the bo.ly away for bur al, they foinal the wliolt place litt-r-d it!i wine Imttb-s. 'J'hr I very lies' i'i-rxii adv. only, h al been coiKiini-d on tue premises by the heirs. I Vara i.e ter. The be.i th ;! .lisiiit a irl is i liei iflo ie. V-d n't care bow i -uduy h-r checks may be, or Imw velvety her bps if iie Wi ars a scowl, even In r frie.oW will consider her il -biokill!.'; vvl.la- l e yoii'ivr lady ho ilituninati ber eoiiiils ii t: eo with smiles ill be reira'dcd ns liHiiilsiime, though bet toitipii ii ii be coin s... As pcriuiiiu i to tin- lose, 'so is i-o l luil in e to tin loieiv. A Ko-h stan'a riowrr Window. Tiie house in I'biladi lphia where tl.e .idow of Matthew Kil.lwin now lives ii in the ct'titer of the business part ol ; 'lestnut stn-et. m.d isn tnaikeil iism ' y many of the p.iM by ls ause of th" sv i'iar u.T.iiii nii nt of a conservatory , lilt oil tiie level w ith the street. It is like a K'1 sii d nhop indow, but ns tin re is no dis.r visible it cannot ls niii.- laken for one. It auti ful flowers bloom I there all the year round. It sums that when Mr. Dnldwin was a lad. before be ever dr-auicd of fame as a lnai.:if:u'tiiier of locomotives, be w;:.s daily in the habit of axantfon bis way to work a w indow iiihsl with flowers, As he had a pa-ssionate low for them, he invariably stoos- and gnei uiri them with d-liglit for nonieiit or two. After be Iss-ame a rich tiiaii and lisiked buck to Ins boy In 1 days, when h was stniK f;liti for u liveiii:isi and found so much cheer and onufort front tliia i;lii)iiM uf nature's Invt luess, be r'siolved that he would 1 the tiii aiisof pivin some other boy a cbnnce to look and admire in the same way. He built his In. use with a sjss ial regard to Ibis window of flowers, it in 1 it is ui.iijue luit 1 1 iu coiiriition and roust ruction. ew lurk J res "tvery Day Talk." 1 1 nun ,u. "The nianli for bik eolleetliis Is cer Tinly a very serious, one, nnd buyers are Hi' timt ly cniitenibrt'-C iiiiiniii; themselves .nr the possis(iii of rarities. To se iihtj leiylh't a book you wotiid never think ley wanted It, for tiny express no en inisiiuitii and Invar, ii'ily try to tteat a Jit ilowu on hli irlic. The very thought of iinotlu r pses. ing It, however, will msiii brlut; Iheiii to terms. ' T i lve you some Idea of prices, Just look al tlus o,yuf tin' 'I'ii kwu k I'nS'rs.' It l.i In the original uuuiilily jinrls, with ..illuw covers as Issued, which are mighty lirty, without ilniilil. The plates, huw ver, by II. K. Itiowne, are line Impres Ions, uml as It Is a first edition, I co;i dder II worth )). All of liickeiis', riiackerny'a or Is'Ver's honks, with lllus rations by Heorire Crulkshaiik and Ieifh, are Kreaily In fieri rid. In America lawlliorne, laiin-'fi-llow and 1'oe brliitf ilie hlKiiest prices. A first edition of j'ixj's "T.iiiieilat:e" Is Worth, If yon can i;et It, $ MX)." New York livealnu Hun. I'oU'iiiAtl liy His Nertllft, Kileuuieyer, in his work on the opium h ibil, ret orils a cum in which fatal luls-r-cular iiiwiidiiK vviu, Is liiM-il to have Is en iroluced by the h pord(,rniii; liisdle, A phj-ician, uj"d UK, whei hud Is'cn uc L'llt.loiiied to UHO idt- Kline needle forhilll self and u tuls'N uloiiH iiitii'tit, died sud denly, find ut the Hiltnpty A tultcrculosis, strictly lis iilied to tiie pi rlloneuui, was found. Chicago Time. AilveHlslitir Ort'trou. The Cortland committee having the matter of advertising tli state in charge addresses the following letter to our psv pie. It explains itself ; 1'oktuni), Ok., April SHU. ISSS. 1 H:rSihs: The Oregon Immigration I'oaid, o( 1'oitland, Oregon, of which the under signed are the duly appointed commis sioners, are now tK'Kinninit active and systematic -oik, looking to the thorough udvei tising of the state of t lieon and the city of I'm timid their resources, opoi tunites (or investment, and general ad vantage as Ileitis for immigration. The hoard have now funds subs.'rilmd by the. business men of Portland to (lie H'lount of about f.'isul per mouth, covet iii a periml of one year, from April 1st, HSM. New subs, rif lions are ciiftantlv lieing made, and it is emvted the tund : i!l nM-h from $.lil,IHKt to i lil.ntt to e- (S'lid dm in;.' the Vear bv 1'o'tl.in I al' Hie Isia'd I. nve appointed 'oie ien s to' ls st itionml, one eueb, in ""oil ' 'rti I 'all-1 fornia, I'liiiet .Sound, St. 1'iinl and I'hica- j .o' whose duties it s ill be to distribute vast ipiantilies of folders, posters, pain- phlets, and other printed ic.lorioal'oti fur n sbed from time to time by t!.e boaid. These men ill lie-in work at oins, i In addition t' the priirted mailer id e.idv provided (or, the lsard have til view the publication of a complete p nil- ' phlet settini; fo t'i in detail the stile at ' I ir'e, hich tiainpblets will Is" pbn edbe '.ore tint public theuililH the medium of i the systematic 4mA of distribulioti at our couimaiiil. Tbeamoiinl thus l.irsit1.-scrds-d a ill not enable us to nnnpile, piint and circulate a (u, a descnpt.ve pamphlet of the state at l.irce as uibt s' desired; but lv everv cnlintv ill ll'.e ! ! t ite coiitiibutint;, s,iv ii Hie a .'.'ovale i tiie sum of f'Jil.iliHt we won, (I be enabled j to full v adveitise every seitimi of nut j cotniiioiiwi Bith lully and faiily J Thiiikiuv 'hat the i i' it-ns of your '- ' j.a'ity Hill be interested in this vtoik,' and nerh.ips ibn- to ;i-sist tUmm . dlv ; j in its an innpl sbni-i.t, we take the l b-' - ty oi address. uv yon mid asking ion .ersan.iliy to I ritis tiie m itl-i before voitr (l.ow-eiliseiia with a view o beir .'.eluso alil'll. We can spend to lvnt,ii; ten times i lie present fund ut our disposal, an, iberetote iepccttull k you to iulm up on your ffllna-i 't'el tiie advi'.i' i'ity of .1 I heal eoliti i'lltf 'on. : on wi !l ut on i e rn'ive the veiy ureat advaiit.te to be colli oil by coti.ei.t.atioii of clbiit wild 'is seen; it'ii, as you mil ll.ereby , not oil ly t'.e lienetit of yoiir lie liey, bill of lb Innils abcudv in our bands to be ex pend' d, and all other tnoiiev bii h may b placed With llh. Your eouimuiHty may fmaard il stilt--oiii'iioii either ill nionll.lv installini'iits. , (ir :,. -,,. .. Vi.ii ,l,.,.ni imi i.i..t. lent. A uililiif your early reply we are, Very truly your opi'di-nl seivst'ts, ( It vs. II. IK lid, I'tesidi ut, 11. V. (d:m Tr, et al, lloii'd of Coiiitnissii iiers. Waii.ack U. Stki hi.k, Secretin v. Novel in name, form, purpose and nethisl is lira No.eiist, Aldini's Ni w W'ckly M.irf.ime of Ameiican 1'i liou. 1 It undeiliikes to itivc the'woitaicsl lie- j tionthitt Ain-rii on uuthois cati bn tempt-1 lid to produce. Foreign niithtirs not ie',- ' niitted. It not s-titimental talk iibout justice In Atneiican autliois, but is ho'd, pntefical action. It is certainly Inndy in form, beauti ful in (less, excellent in all mechiiiei al ipialities, and low in pi ice; well suit -d ill u!l respects to ui'-ct the Willi's of the intelligent tnilliotis who art) capable of abpteeiHtini "tiie Is'st " It will not stoop to coiii't with the "(fuller-fle-lion" of the sclisalioiial lieiiodieals mi l libraries. Tenus, l.(;() u year, at which rale it will -ive over i.afUl piiiJeH, eipial to from nielli to twelve ordinury American dollar novels. Tint Hbiries will follow Hilcceslvi'ly, oti'i at a time, a novel of ordinaty letixth thus beinx completed In finln four to ei-bt weeks. If one story tbs's not pleas you will not have lonu to wait for the next. For a ten-cent subscription (if you don't wish to enter for all id l,00you will receive tlm first chapters of every story published duritiK Iho year, which votl can then order aeparately, If you wish. A specimen copy of Iho Novelist Will b Sent free on rci,ue.l. m , John II. Aldi'ii. I'libl'isbnr, li'.Kl I'earl Ht., New York; 1'. O. Itox 121.7. Fit mi Vniir l.tH I .in now at the cenuttarv dailv, flxinu up the ".rounds for decoration day. i'lil ties desiring work doim alioiilil leave or ders for the Hiime ul an cat ty date, so that all may be wull urranticd by May UOtli. 1), J. Hi.ovkR, Wextoii. POPE Wl.U.llHS IN Stoves, Tin Plate, Lead and Iron ripe, .tamers' Copper, llrass and Iron Wire, (ianze Fittings, Rubber lfoso, Pumps, Zine. Ac' HOUSE FURNISHING CCODS IN GENERAL mXCKM'TIHKKS Of TIN, i'OlTK.H ANP fill'. IT Il'nN WAIth, Uooling and Jobbing ol every dseriplion doue to older, and at l.o 1'ili es. You will find Hard are. Wm-letiwave Mini Tin n e Ijtuteins, Lamps, ltd. I. in uie and t'ui itlc PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. Oregon C'itV, Oregon, THE GREAT EASTERN STORE, SOLE AGENTS ipor -mo i-iiEiRTinsrvisoKi'in; Cf.i Kt nt CO t tz cu o o tn cS La Ci CO O'V.'iW UViil. kl!llJ, "I ' ' . 1 ' i )' ."'"' ""I t t.v. i O : 0) Ul I s.4 ! Ol I OJ i C5 Vdf's Mdlc only jv C. M. HENDERSON & CO., Chicago. Th3 Great Eastern Special Bargains In Real Estate I i iill (In- itttfiili.in of tin- jiiililii- (o tin. fnllowinej tracts nf land still oiU'ivtl at litl rock prices. Tlicri' U'a siccul:itin in i-acli one. !0 '0111 acres at Vmla, inuneiliatclv at tiie l'ost Oilier ami (IristMill; "20 acres of rich liottoiu land in ptotl cultivation; 1 acres of sicnlit orchanl; coiiifuitahle oll house; fcaiiie ham with living creek; 10 acres of sili-hill laml piotl for paNtiirap', ami the halancc level with scattering tiniher. lOOU 110 acres in l'teaver Creek Settleinent, ('. miles from Oieoon City; level or nearly so; living creek; soil ptotl; HO acres in cultivation, halance easily cleareil; fair house ami ham. This jilace is especially recom mended hy the neighhors. $ 1000 For thirty days I will olli r the hest haigain on the West side of the Willamette River, two miles from Or egon City, and two miles from Oswego; magnificent view; soil rich; IIO acres in cultivation; .".0 acre read v tohreak. HO acres nearly cleared; new dwelling, well, cellar and otjier improvements just completed ntacost of $1100; wild land adjacent selling for $20 per acre; 400 fruit trees. This land will tloiihlo in value in one year. Rny while yon can at the present low rates if you want to make money. H. K. CROSS, Att'y at Law, Oregon City. FOR YOUR JOB WORK GO TO THE ENTERPRISE OFFICE. & CO., liublwr rami, at l'Ol'F A Ml. irv unfair i -h CD o it to o CO o I CO u CO CO Stare, Sate Accr.ts.!