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.V Clackamas County Record Twice a Week. Published Every Monday and Thurs day by THE RECORD PUBLISHING COMPANY. Subscription Per Year $1.75 Advertising Bates on Application. WOOD AND OIL FOR FUEL. The Oregon City mills have decided on another step toward economy in the production of paper. The man agers of the Crown and Willamette announce their intention of using, within a few months.oil as fuel in the place of wood. We believe our land of forests is making premature demands on the oil fields of our southern neigh bor. Even though the venture turn out a success and the paper makers profit thereby, the change can be viewed by Oregon City and by Clack amas County only in the light of a misfortune. The heavily wooded territory trib ntary to Oregon City has in recent years furnished its owners profitable employment in supplying fuel for the various manufacturing enterprises here. Tho greater part of this demand has come from the Crown and Willam ette papor mills. Only this demand for wood could have made it practic able to cloar the surrounding timber lands, making them capable of con tributing substantially to the support of many families. To this enterprise the country surrounding Oregon City ows much of its boauty and usefulness. WiMi the coming of California oil many wood chopors will lay aside their axes, many teamsters will turn their horses to the pasture. These men draw .their living and supplies from Oregon City'sjjusiuess houses. These discarded teams are fed from Clack am as County farms. The city and county are to realize that the profit of the Standard Oil Co. and that of the paper mills, resulting from tho change in fuel.represents the amount of thoir loss. They are to see the large sum of money that hereto fore has been distributed in the im mediate vicinity for fuel, sent out of the state to find its way into tho coffers of the Standard Oil Co. The removal of this demand for wood will considerably retard the dovelopmont of tho oounty. We rec ognizo tho great value of these mills to tho community, we wish them no inisfortnue, yet we are hopoful that their departure will not be euough of huccusb to induce othor manufacturers to follow in thoir foot-stops. TURN BACK TO THE FIELDS Out of a veritable wilderness, within tho lust half century, has grown up a great Western oinpiro. In so short a tinio farm houses and cities have dottod tho country from tho rockies to the Beit. In a shorter time still, tho electric ppurk 1ms brought, in close communica tion, cities, villages and country places. The farm houso no longer en joys its splendid isolation. Evorjr luui.let, every hut is in close touch with tho world. Within a very short tinio tho postman will each day pass tho door of every farm houso in tho land. A This channel condition will make tho farm a more n! tractive place for rest ivo boys. It will permit them to mingle more with their associates. Let us hope the tide of young man hood, that has flown for a timo from tho country into the cities, will turn back again to the fields and pastures, whonco come our warriors, statesmen nnd men of affairs, whonco always tho timo of peril calls tho man of tho hour. FELLOW-SERVANT LAW. The railroads this time seem des tined to fail in their battle against what is commonly known as tho "Fel low Servant Law." , , Railroading is particularly hazard ous business. Tho railroad companies have boon protected ngainsst the con wquonccs of accidents to employees liowevor, by a provision of the old common law that denied a laborer the r'ght of damages for injuries caused ly the negligence of a fellow laborer employed by the same person or com pany in the same class of labor. As nearly every railroad accident results from the carelessness of some employee, the railroads have escaped liability for thousands of dollars under this old restriction. . They have battled for years and have spent immense sums of money to keep off the statute books the law now will take its place in response to the efforts of organized labor. The railroads are a powerful organ ization when they unite on a point of common interest Their defeat in this instance only calls to attention a more powerful organization that of the men who build and operate rail roads. FICTION IS BENEFICIAL So Decided the Debating Society At Needy. NEEDY, Or., Feb. 11. (Special.) The Debating Society continues to be the center of interest. The question debated last Friday evening was "Re solved, that fiction writings are more beneficial than injurious." It was dceided in favor of the affirmative. Our socioty paper is a progressive and humorous sheet. Chas. Spagle, our professional wood cutter, intends leaving soon. I Mr. Johnson, who has been in East ern Oregon all Winter, came home last Thursday evening to spend a short time with his family. Jnlius Spagle and George Askens are making hop poles for Henry Osterholz. Miss Alice Bitter went to Portland last week and purchased a new organ. Rube Zimmerman, of Marks Prairie, was here during the week repairing fences, etc., on his property. Miss Millie Ginther, of Oregon City, is visiting her brother, Mr. Ginther for a short time. ALL RIGHT FOR SHOWS. But the Elwood Schoolhouse May Not Be Used For Religious Purposes, jjo ELWOOD, Or., Feb. 11. (Special. ) The polished intellect of this place says "keep the school house closed against religions services but open it for shows, etc.'? Regardless of this fact a few assemble at the home of Mrs. T. D. Surfus and spend a short time in Sunday school work. Railmakiug is, the order of the day at present. Mr. Park has two horses almost dead with "staggers." Park & Dibble Co. are building a dam for the purpose of propelling a shingle milL John Scott, an agod pioneeer of this place, has become ill and is now at his daughter's, Mrs. M. Kandle, of High' land. Henry Turner, ' formerly a resident of this community, was out from Oregon City and is preparing to move to Washington. Graeme Brevities. GRAEME, Or. Feb. 11. (SpeciaL ) As this is the first time any items from this place has appeared in your papor, porhaps some would like to know where we are situated. Graeme is not a city, town or village, just a simple postofilce at a farm houso. It is tho terminus of one of the star mail routes situated in the extreme west ond of the county. Dan Stalkuockor had tho misfortune to get a pk-ce of steel in his leg last week whilo splitiug cord wood. Choster Toono roturnod home last woek from Mr. Probst's ut Wflsoiiville, where ho has been . working for the past month. Our teacher, Mr.Spaglo, has gone to Oregon City this weok to attend exam inations. Miss Florence Stringor, of Portland, spent several days last week visiting Mrs. J. Wood Mrs. J. A. Mooro, of Independence, but formerly of this place, returned to her homo after spending several weeks visiting her daughter Mrs. E.G.Jonos. Mr. II. Goulding, engineer on tho steamer Modoc, is home for a vacation whilo tho boat is undergoing repairs. Mr. Barstow, an nncle of Mrs. John Mayes, has returned to his home in Eastern Oregon, after spending some timo visiting his nioco. Born, Jan 81, to the wifo of E. G. Lichonthaler, a boy Miss Mattiu Leo, who has boon at tending school hero, is spending this week visiting her paronts near Butto villo. Wilhoit Brevities. WILHOIT, Or., Fob. 11. (Special.) Tho snow that fell a few days ago is still with us. B. Wado nnd son are busy Bawing wood for Homer Williams. ,, Monroo Groshoug is suffering with pneumonia fovor at present, Dr. A. A, Lonord, of Silvertou, is attending him. Ralph Slaughter, a well known young man of this section, will leave for Eastern Washington in a short time. Cast ye sorrow and troubles to the winds come with ns and we will lead you on to "Merry Land.'" We are not composed of back numbers or of has' beeus. Who's Who Minstrels is a fun making, jolly, rollicking band at Shively's, February 19. ,. , RATES ARE REDUCED TRANSPORTATION LINES AND MER CHANTS REACH AGREEMENT. Baslncti Mea Secure Foor-FUthf of AO They Asked ana' Harmoay It A(iln Obtained. Other Reductions Will Be Made By Railway and Steamer Lines, The combination is broken. ' The Southern Pacific Co., the Oregon Water Power & Railway Co., the Or egon Railroad & Navigation Co., and the Oregon City Transportation Co. , whioh combined to raise the freight rates between Oregon City and : Port land on the nrst day of February, have very sensibly made a reduction to about the former rates. A. Robertson, Frank T. Barlow and Frank Busch, the committee repres enting the merchants of the city, went to Portland Monday and held a . con ference with the representativea of the transportation lines with the re sult that the companies agreed to restore the rates to the former sched ule. This goes to show what the busi ness men can accomplish if they will stand together. The companies have decided to make reductions practically along the lines requested by the committee. Groceries, including canned goods, pickles and preserevs, coffee, syrup, rice, soap, baking powder, starch, vinegar and packing house products, $1.20 per ton. Cornmeal and breakfast cereals will bo included in the grain rate of $1 per ton. 1 Stoves and heavy hardware are also reduced. Nails, bolts and washers are placed at $1 per ton. Wire merchan dise, iron pipes,' etc., $1.20 per ton. Other reductions will be made. The freight on sugar and salt was not raised and consequently there will be no reduction on those goods. The committee approached the com panies in a kindly spirit and was met half way. It is a source of much gratification to the business men of Oregon City that an agreement was reached and they were avoided .the neoessity of making a fight and socur ing an independent boat on the Port' land Oregon City run. ' I .' INSURANCE. Fire insurance is protection against loss by fire, and it is based on the productiveness of tho property insured present or prospective--and the pos sibility of it's destruction by fire. Life insurance is protection against financial loss by death, and is based upon the productivness of the person insured present or prospective and the absolute certainty that he will die. A hoalthy body, a strong will, an active brain, and a natural aptness for business are tho most productive property in the world. It has been said that when timo was young, only two human boings lived on this earth, They lived in a garden and fig leaves were thoir clothing. There wer no business blocks, no railroads, o banks no palatial residences, no trade, no commerce, no money, no art, no sci ence, no culturo, no material vealth. All of these have sinco been produc ed by tho brain of man. One genera tion after another has lived and passed away, each contributing something to what now constitutes the wealth of the world. One" hundred years henco every man, woman and child now living will bo dead. The excep tions only prove tho rulo. Man, truly, is very productive, and thoro is noth ing more certain than that he will dio. Your annual income on that business block is $ 20, 000, more or less. You keep it well insured. You even have the rental insured. Not becauso if it were to burn down your family would bo paupers, or that you would experience othor than slight inconvenience from it. It is produc tive property, liable to burn, and it is business-like to protect such prop erty. If you owned a thousand such blocks you could assume the risk, yourself ; but you own but one block, and you can no more afford to carry the risk on one block than you can afford to carry one letter to San Fran cisco for two cents. The companies can carry tho risk becauso they are earring the same kind of risks on thousands of othor blocks, and their roceipts from all pay the losses on a few that burn, and there is still a margin left for profit Your block earns a handsome income. You pro duce the block. Which is the more valuable property, you or the block! Which is tho more liable to perish ; the block by fire, or you by death Which would be attended with the more disastrousa cousequonces, in a strictly financial sense ; the destruc tion of the block by fire, or your death, in the next thirty days? Would the destructionfofjthe block uninsured, impair or incumber the value of your other property? With no insurance on yourself, would not your death, within the next thirty days, impair the value of your estate at least twenty-five to fifty per cent? The average duration of a class of lives is certain, but there is no cerainty of the duration of one life. When you have buildings and merchandise insured, you protect your self against what may occur; but, when you have yourself insured, you protect your family against what must occucr. Fire insurance is pro tection against a possible calamity; but life insurance is protection against an absolutely certain calamity. One may possess those very rare and in definable qualities of mind that al ways insure success. Everything he touches turns to 'gold dollars and a great many of them. When he purchases stocks, they are at the lowest ; and when he sells, they are as mysterious ly at the highest. Under his magic touch wealth increases, he hardly knows how, so natural'is it for him to control the wealth producing ele ments that surrond him. . When his plans ripen, they stand out in bold relief, emphatically his own, and are tenaciously carried out to a generally successful issue. He seems to be im pelled by a force which he has power or inclination to resist. He loves to watch the mental machinery within, working so admirably, and, with rare exceptions, accomplishing desired re ults. But this valuable machinery will not always last. His grasp of the lever will be gradually loosened. He will trust to others what he once thought could only be done by him self, and he thought rightly. At this junction men of princely fortunes, by one single misstep, have lost all. Some of our wealthiest men, conscious of this approching epoch, ' have "hedged", by investing heavily, in life insurance. There are others young er business men , whose fortunes are not yet made, and who, utilizing the experience of others, have invested quite extensively in Endowments, Tontines, Semi-Tontines and other forms of Life Insurance paying for them during their present productive period of life. These insurances, in event of premature death, will consti tute an estate, together with other accumulations, as large, probably, as if they had lived their full measure of days. These young men have learned that men die, and that they sometimes die in full strength of man hood, when their prospects are the brightest, before their well matured plans' have had time to work out ex pected . results, and just when they have reached the threshold of success. . They have have seen such untimely deaths bring financial loss, and some times utter ruin, to bereaved families. It was like the freighted ship sinking in full view of the safe harbor ; or, the costly buldingjgoing up in smoke and cinders! .These representatives of American enterprise are hopeful, for they have reasons to be, but there still remains a period of uncertainty between hope and accomplished re suits, and they have thus bridged it over by the only method known and approved by the best intelligence of the nineteenth century. NEW BELL FOR BULLRUN. Basket Social to Raise Money For Its Purchase Netted $55. BULLRUN, Or., Fob. 11. (Special.) The basket social given by the Mar mot school was a grand success and was very largely attended by the Bull run people. It was given for tho pur pose of raising enough money for the purchase of a bell for tho school houso, and $j5.00 was raised, which will buy them a very nice bell. At last tho snow is gono, and from all indications the cold spell is broken, anp tho farmers are all rejoicing. The Christian Eiidoavor which was startod here about two mouths ago is proving to be quite a success. There is qnito a good attendance and every one seems to take quite an interest in it. Mr. Frank T. Dodge, Superintendent of tho Portland city water works, was a guest of Mr. Maupin a couple of days last week. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. W. Y. An drews a boy. Mother and child are both doing well. Church Services. At St. Paul's Episcopal Church, services will be held next Sunday as follows: Holy Communion at 8. Sun day School at 10. Morning prayer and sermon on "Treasures in Heaven" at 11. Evening song and sermon on The Spiritual Basis of Education" at 5 P. M. Mr. O. A. Miller will sing the Offertory solo in the morning and Miss Conyers in tho evening. The ladies of St. Paul's Church will give a Valentine Tea next Saturday in Willamette Hall from 3 to 5 o'clock. Souvenirs will be given, delicate re freshments served and a very interest ing program 'rendered, including a charming talk by Mrs. P. J. Maun, of Portland on "A Trip Abroad." Everyone cordially Invited. t ! Strain Tailoring Go. 285 Washington Street, 4 Doors Below Perkins Hotel PORTLAND, OR. The Greatest Clearing Sale on record of Unclaimed Tailor Made Suits. Must make room for spring stock. $20, $25 and $30 Unclaimed Suits $7.00 $25 to $45 Unclaimed Suits.... $10.00 to $12.50 This includes sacques, frocks, tuxedos aud full dress suits. $4 to $7 uncalled for Pants $2.50 $7.50 to $15 " " $3.50 and up Odd Coats, worth $12 to $15 $2.00 Odd Vests worth, from $3 to $6 '. 50c For the next 30 days we will tell all our Imported Woolens suitable for ladies' and gents' suits, ladies' skirts, etc We must have the room for the great spring stock on the road for ns now. . Satisfaction or your money .baak, that' a Strain's way. I Don't Miss Our BANK OF OREGON CITY - . The Pioneer Bank of Oregon Citj. Established in 1881. Deposits received subject to check. 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. CAUFLELD, Manager. E. G. CAUFIELD, Cashier. KRAUSSE BROS. CLEARANCE SALE As we are going out of business we will sell at cost out entire stock of goods. First Gome, First Served. Our Ladies' and Children's Hose, all of good quality at half price. We have a large stock of Ladies' and Children's . Underwear, including . muslin and woolen. v; Also the ; Columbia Wools and Blankets. Table Linen, ' Lace Cur ; tains, Corsets and other things too numerous to mention. RaeKET STORE, Oregon Qity. The Motrth Delicious, succulent Fruits from every land and clime these are the things that make life worth living, and at prices which have givon ns the best trade in town. Headquarters tor White House Coffee in 1 and two pound tins! Dr. Price's Extracts. Schilling's Best Goods Preferred Stock Canned Goods. Nicelle Olive Oil and Olives. Heinz & Co. Pickles. A. ROBERTSON, The 7th Street Grocer. J. W. Fine Whiskies and Cigars All goods bought In bond. purity and quality guaranteed. Some Famous Old Brands James E. Pepper, Kentucky Bourbon Old Sam Harris, Kentucky Bourbon ::::::::: Old Roxbury Rye ::::::::: Cor. Railroad Ave. and Main Street, Oregon City THE . FAY SHOLES OUR LEADER SINGLE KEYBOARD Send for Booklet. Typewriters SOLD -and- Expert Repairing r"arts and supplies for all Machines. RUBBER STAMPS, SCALES, ETC. Your Orders Solicited. m sua s.' COAST AGENCY CO., Bargain Friday 4 Annual Clearance Sale is now on. Boots" and Shoes at greatly reduced prices. "Watering Kind COLE THE JEWETT OUR LEADER DOUBLE KEYBOARD Send for Booklet.. of All Makes RENTED at Reasonable Prices. s