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Cooperative Organ
Buying
Why not buy an Organ that way?
Join the Co-Operative Club and save money. An
Organ-Selling Plan of Eiler's Piano House
that gives you wholesale prices.
IF YOU BUY in large quantities or at wholesale, you get a
better price than if you buy in a small or retail way,
therefore, if a large number of people buy all at once they
get a better figure than if they buy single. That's the idea
of these organ buyers' clubs.
By joining the clubs at EILER'S PIANO HOUSE you
can get wholesale prices on the very finest organs by paying
such small sums as 3.00 and $5.00 and making weekly pay
ments of 60c to $i.oo, and the discount you get on the price is
far beyond anything you have ever before known.
All the regular $65, $75 and $80 organs, wifh two sets
of reeds, go to club members, at prices ranging at $38, $46
and $52. They are all organs that are fully guaranteed by the
manufacturers and by this house. This sale includes the very
finest toned organs in cases of fancy walnut and mahogany and
quarter-sawed oak. Parlor styles that sell at retail for 135
and 150 are reduced in the same proportion as other organs.
1 Bear in mind, you get your organ in your house as soon
as you make your first payment, and begin at once enjoying
the pleasure of music in your home. The winter is just begin
ning, and a fine organ will be a great help to while away the
long evenings. Then, when you want to buy a piano yon can
turn your organ in to us as a payment on the new piano. Onr
or5an clubs are two, and each is limited to 100 members.
ORGAN CLUB "OA."
Members secure their organs by paying down the small
sum ef 3.00 and making small weekly payments of 50c.
ORGAN CLUB "OB."
This co-operative or club method of buying organs, and
also pianos, has met with remarkable success elsewhere as
well as in Portland. People here are continually joining under
this plan, and both organ and piano clubs are growing fast.
Our Oregon Club limit has been placed at 200, and the way
joiners are coming in we cannot promise you the cluhs will be
open very much longer.
We would like to have you come in and see our instru
ments and judi 'f the "snap" you are now in a position to
get. If you cannot da this, write us. Full information will be
forwarded you immediately, and your purchase will be looked
after as carefully as if you made your selection yourself.
Eiler's Piano House,
351 Washington St., Opposite Cordray's Theater.
Other Stores: San Francisco, Sacramento and Spokane
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For Infants and Children.
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MOVE AGAINST TIPPING!
Railway Porters Unite to Fight
the System.
A NEW YOEI LODGE ORGANIZED.
Sixty Men Met In a Private Car to
Demand Living Wages Delegates
Will Be Sent to a Katlonal Conven
tion to Meet In Chicago Kext Jan
nary.
One of the most surprising develop
ments of convention week at Saratoga
came near being overlooked In the ex
citement and interest surrounding the
New York Democratic state conven
tion, says the Now York World. An
association of sixty Pullman porters
was organized at Saratoga the other
day with the avowed purpose of abol
ishing the tipping system.
The porters say they don't want tips;
they want living wages. The New
York lodge, which was formed at Sar
atoga, will send delegates to a conven
tion in Chicago next January, when the
National Colored Men's llailroad asso
ciation will be revived and a strong ef
fort made to organize the porters on
every railroad system in the country.
The porters seldom get such an op
portunity to gather together as wns
afforded by the presence of so many
special trains in the railroad yards at
Saratoga. They took advantage of
their chance, and every Pullman por
ter in the yards, sixty in all, assembled
in ex-Police Chief William S. Devery's
private car, the Elzevir, which headed
his special train.
They listened to an address by Wil
liam II. Green, a tall orator, who had
taken excellent care of the Devery
party on the trip to Saratoga from
New York and who had received a
substantial tip from the Ninth district
leader. .
"We porters must organize," he said.
"In 110 other way can we raise the
standard of our service to the travel
ing public and wipe out the system of
tips, which makes beggars of every
one of us men. We don't want tips.
We want the Pullman company to pay
us wages that we can live on.
"We are paid $1.23 for a trip be
tween New York and Chicago. The
company makes perhaps $200 out of
that same run.
"You all know what sort of service
some porters give. If a man gives one
of us a dollar tip, he is very likely to
get particular attention paid to him,
and the rest of the passengers are
neglected. The public gets the worst
of It, aud our profession suffers from
these individual cases.
"If we raise the standard of service,
we can get more out of the Pullman
company, auu we can uo it in no outer
way. We must organize, and In a
very short time we can wipe out the
tips and draw living wages."
The speech was cheered. Otljer por
ters talked in the same way. The
New York lodge was organized with a
hurrah, and the following temporary
olllcers were elected:
President, William II. Green; vice
president, William Graudy; secretary,
C. T. Green; treasurer, George Wray.
President Green went to Devery Just
before the Devery special train left for
home and told him about the new or
ganization. Ho said the porters want
ed to get announcement in the news
papers.
"Do you realize what you're doing"
asked the big chict.
"Yes," said Porter Green "I know
that I'm liable in loe my position
with the Putlintiti oii(Wli.v, hut 1 in a
man, and I've t Hie right to express
my convictions."
"Shake," said Devery, extending his
hand. "Go ahead. You'ivall right."
Au Hsuert'a len on Tip".
The "Colored WaiteW Chesterfield,"
a book on the duties and responsibili
ties of waiters, was issued the other
day, says a Chicago dispatch to the
New York World. The author Is John
B. Goins, au old time Chicago waiter.
A waiter should never place himself
In a position of expectancy In the mat
ter of receiving a tip," says Coins,
and should avoid approaching a guest
If he sees him In the act of drawing
change from Ills pocket. A waiter
should never pose'as an object of pity
with a view to securing a tip. If he
deserves a tip, he should lot the guest
feel within himself that he deserves it.
Should the waiter receive a tip previ
ous to waiting on the guest ho should
knve It lying ou the table and then do
his level best to earn it. A waiter
should never make any demonstration
of gratitude when receiving a tip be
yond a polite acknowledgment.
Monument For lllxtorlenl Spot.
There Is a movement on foot to erect
a monument on the outer point of
c'ape Cod to commemorate the adop
tion of the pilgrim compact of govern
ment, says the New York Tribune.
The pilgrim compact was probably
the earliest charter of a democratic
government adopted by the people
known to the world. A rugged obelisk
200 feet in height placed upon au em
inence on the outermost point of Cape
Cod, where all passing and repassing
at son may see it, will be, It Is thought,
a fitting memorial of such a landmark,
of history.
New Millinery llevioe.
As a substitute for birds in hat gar
niture, says Bird Love, a dealer eta
tish, "the latest Parisian creation."
Not Improbable that another soasou
may find fashion supporting the finny
tribe-uot in parlor aquariums, but
upon my lady's crown, says the Now
Yorl. l'ios. No end of color schemes
may be found in the proper Juxtaiosl
tion of crabs, lobsters, eels and gold
fish, not to forget the lovely mluuovri!
WORK OF COAL MINERS
Light on the Conditions In the
Mines.
ALLEGED CAUSE OF THE STRIKE.
Scranton Editor Saya It Wii Precip
itated by ' the Miners to Prevent
Laborers From Revolting Miners
Earn From IfllO to $100 a Month.
One of Their Jokes.,
A Boston business man recently
wrote to the editor of the Scranton
Tribune, the leading paper of north
eastern 'Pennsylvania, asking him for
some light on the conditions of the
work of the coal miners, says the New
York Times. The following is the re
ply: "Replying to your inquiry of Oct. 1,
I will try to explain mining conditions
to you as briefly as possible.
"The miner drills the hole in the coal
seam, inserts the powder, tires the
blast which knocks the coal down and
then takes a rest, while his helper
pulls the coal out and loads it Into the
mine car. A miner in four to six
hours, with easy work, can ordinarily
knock down enough coal to keep his
helper busy for eight to ten hours or
longer. The miner is paid by the car
In this region, averaging about a dol
lar a car, and the usual day's work is
six ears, holding about 3,000 pounds of
lump coal, rock 'bony' and slate.
"Of this $0 gross earnings the miner
pays $2 to the laborer and keeps $4 for
himself, out of which he must pay for
the powder he uses, oil, wicks, fuses
and the sharpening of his picks. In
some places the unit of pay is the
square yard of coal in the seam and
In others a weight unit of 2,750 pounds,
j it being claimed by the operators that
on' an average it will take from 2,700
j to 3,000 pounds of gross coal that is,
coal as it conies from the seam to net
I one ton of 2.2."i0 pounds of coal as pre-.
pared at the breaker for market.
"The miners claim that where the
unit of payment is the mine car the
car of today is bigger than In years
' gous by and continually growing. One
of their Jokes Is that the mine car is
made of live oak.
"However this may be (and my per
sonal belief Is that there Is just about
as much honesty ou one side as on the
other), it is a fact that the industrious
miner averages, net, per month, for
about tweuty days' work of from four
to six hours a day all the way from
$00 to $100 a month and could make
twice as much if he would blow enough
coal to keep two laborers employed
instead of one. Today miners who are
'scabbing' work ns high as ten cham
bers apiece and earn in sume cases $20
a day. But it is a peculiar fact that
under normal conditions the miner does
not seem to be ambitious to do more
than one chamber at a time or to work
beyond five or six hours a day.
"The real cause of this strike was
that the miners' helpers, who are most
ly foreigners, had got it into their
heads that the miners were not making
a fair divide. They were organizing a
mine laborers' movement to force the
miners to divide even. The operators
have nothing to do with hiring the
helpers. They are hired by the miners
themselves. To avert a substrike
among their 'butties,' as the laborers
are called, the miners swung the gen
eral strike, ostensibly for the points set
forth in their published demands, but
In reality to enable the union to con
trol discipline and thus put it beyond
the power of the laborer to revolt.
"In the mines also are many 'com
pany hands,' men paid by the month
to run engines, act as firemen, attend
to the pumps, etc. The union's demand
for au eight hour day was to enlist
them In the strike. They are getting
good wnges engineers, $00 to $80 a
month for long hours, but light work,
aud others In proportion, Nine-tenths
of these men were entirely satisfied,
and many of them refused to go out.
, "When the coal In big lumps comes
from the mine' or pit, it Is passed
through a high structure called the
breaker, where it is broken by steam
machinery into the various sizes and
the impurities arepleked out. Much of
the labor In the breaker is done by
boys, who average 75 cents a day.
They have no complaint, for their pay
is better than that of the average lad
In a city oliice. But they belong to the
union and have votes In the calling of
strikes, and the Idea of striking has de
veloped among them rapidly. Last year
In this end of the coalfields there were
a hundred odd local strikes, mostly
over the pettiest conceivable things, and
the breaker boy and barroom loafer
element had a good deal to do with de
claring them.
"I have lived in the anthracite region
fourteen years, and I know that in the
year 1001 the miners earned more
money than ever before during my time.
Our banks are full of their savings.
very little of which has yet been drawn
out, In spite of their five mouths' Idle
ness. There is no similar grade of
labor in the country which is better
paid than the anthracite coal mtuer,
! and no workman more Independent.
because the law of the state practically
gives him a monopoly of the labor of
minim; hv forbidding any but a !)
censed miner to work at mining In the
mines. To get a license, or certificate,
as it is called, he must first have
worked at least two years In the mines
as a laborer and then pass an examina
tion to show that he knows enough
about the peculiar requirements of
mining to be a safe man to admit to a
chamber."
An Advance In FrUco.
The police commissioners of SaD
Francisco have recommended to the
supervisors the adoption of an ordi
nance which will prohibit the sale ot
liquors as drugs.
Asleep Amid Flames.
Breaking into a blazing home, some
firemar lately dragged the sleeping in
mates from death. Fancied security,
and death near. It's that way when
you neglect coughs and colds. Don't do
it. Dr. King's .New Diecovery for con
sumption gives perfect protection againet
all Thaoat, Chest and Lung Troubles.
Keep it Dear, and avoid suffering, death,
and doctor's bills. A teaepoonful stopB
a late cough, persistent use the most
stubborn. Harmless and nice tasting,
it s guaranteed to satisfy by Geo A
Harding, Druggist. Price 50c and $1.
Trial bottles free.
When you wake up with a bad taBte in
your mouth, go at once to G. A. Hard
ing s drug store and get a free sample of
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. One or two doses will make
you well. They also cure biliousness,
sick headache and constipation.
' liooms for Jieut.
Furnished and unfurnished rooms for
rent. Enquire of Mrs. J. Schramm, cor
ner Sixth and Water streets. Oregon
City, Or.
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The Courier will distribute among its subscribers $150.00 in
gold on the afternoon of New Year day next. We have secured a
mammoth pumpkin which is on exhibition in the window of the
Courier office. Its weighs exactly 100 pounds. Every subscriber to
the Oregon City Courier who pays one years subscription will be en
titled to make one estimate upon the number of seed in this splendid
specimen of the genus pumpkin.'An additional guess may be made for
each additional subscription paid. Subscribers who have paid their
subscriptions and made one estimate may take additional estimates at
fifty cents each. To the subscribers making the closest estimates as
to the number of seeds in the pumpkin the following prizes will be
awardad :
For the First Best Guess $50.00 in gold
For the Second Best Guess 25.00 in gold
For the Third Best Guess 15.00 in gold
For the Fourth Best Guess IO.00 in gold
For the Fifth Best Guess 10.00 in gold
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For the Fifteenth Best Guess. , 2.50 in gold
In event of two or more persons guessing any wining num
ber that prize will bejdevided .
On the after noon of New Year day at two oclock P. M. the
pumpkin will be cut and the seeds counted by a committee of well
known citizens of Oregon City and the prizes awarded to the success
ful estimators.
We want 2,000 paid up in advance subscribers to the Courier
by the first day of January, 1903. Can't you help us to get them. We
are giving you an elegant opportunity.
Drop into the office, take a look at the pumpkin and leave us an
estimate on the number of seeds that it contains together with your
subscription. If not convenient to come to the office send us a check
or money order for the amount you want to invest in the Courier All
subscriptions in arrears are entitled to participate to the extent of one
estimate for each subscription paid. If you are already a subscriber,
pay up the old score if behind and renew for one year in advance and
make as many estimates as you pay subscriptions, if you are not on
our list get on as soon as you can, and take a lessen in agriculture by
estimating the number of seed in the pumpkin. Send in your esti
mate on the coupon attached hereto or estimating blanks will be furn
ished at this office. All persons who have paid the new management
are entitled to participate.
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Date 1902.
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THE MORNINQ TUB
cannot be enjoyed in a basin of limited
capacity nor where the water supply and
temperature is uncertain by reason of
defective plumbing or heating apparatus.
To have both put in thorough working
order will not prove expensive if th
work is done by
F. C. GADKE
E. E. G. SEOL
Will give you a
Bargain in Wall Paper
Wall Tinting and in
General House Painting
Paint Shop near Depot Hotel
The nest Prescription for Malaria
Chills and Fever is a bottle of Grove's
Tasteless Chill Tonic. It is simply iron
and quinine in a tasteless form. No
cure no pay. Price 50c.
New Plumbing
and Tin Shop
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