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Correspondence . V The News of the County in Detail VIOLA. Weather rattier moiit for first-class (arm work to be possible, and too cool for vegetation. Easter services were held aUM, X. church Sunday. s James walker, wmie at worn wun an x, accidently cut his foot, not seriously Itiwever. Our people generally have a more liopeful opinion of the future tlian they liave had since the panic of '93. Senator Browmill made a speech at the Viola school house on Saturday evening, March 25. This speech wan non-partisan. A populist was chairman of the meeting. We notice some farmers have been en (urging their fields by grubbing and clearing, and we hear of one 50 acre job of slashing to be done this spring. The Happy Home Social Circle met at Mr. Miller's hours a week ago . lasV Friday night. All had a pleasant tiilse. j ' There will be a meeting at the par nonage Tuesday night for the purpose of organizing a musical and literary society. Miss Annie Du Bois, of Springwater, is visiting frien Is at VioU. Mr. Morehouse and family have moved out of the M. E. parsonage, and it is now occupied by Uev. Davis. ' . . There is preaching on the first Sunday of the month at 11 o'clock and on the bird Sunday at 7:30. The Epworth League meets every Sunday evening. April 3 Ghkknhokn. MOLALLA. Mrs. Al Wells is fast recovering from tier recent illness. Mr. Wells is talking of moving up to the Palouse country as floon as Mrs. Wells is able, a change of climate being necessary. Tom Husband 1ms returned from Hood Kiver. He has secured employ ment up there and will move bis family s soon as lie can. Tom is a good faith ful worker and our best wishes go with him. The Molalla Drama Club are to pro duce a play at the school house hall Saturday evening. The proceeds will go toward. an organ. This is public pirited 'work and should be woll patro nized by all Molallaites. Mrs. Jarish and children are yisitin tier parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Bagby. Louie Dart visited the Teasel Creek icliool Thursday. Tue following scholars were neither absent nor lardy at the Teasel Creek school during the month: Bertha Sprague, Uracie I'elky, Fred Dangherty, Elmer Suwtell. Rollu Sawtell, Nellie Dart, Freda Dart, Mabel Miller, Thomas Miller, Huuo Kotzdbler, Leon Judd, James Dart. Everything is running nicely at the school. Frank Melton is working for Dr. Lenvit. Gotlieb Kuenzie's children have been sick during the past week. Lung fever is the trouble. Some of the Molalla boya are talking of going up into the Buffalo Hump country on a prospecting trip. Jim Dicky eays he has sentenced him self to two years on the farm. He may take the buggy out some in the m an time but his sentence will not allow much road work of that kind. From some talk we have over heard r Harness!! We make our own Har ness and give best values for the money of any shop in the county. j The Farmers' Harness and Shoe Store. C. A. Willey, Prop. Near depot, Oregon City, Or. Bicycle Repair Shop. , We are prepared to do all kinds of re pairing, having put in machinery, in cluding a Lathe, Drill, Vulcanizer, ' Krazing Machine, etc. ' New and Second hand Bicycles for Sale. Give us a call before purchasing. New Aurora Tinshop. We have a full line of Stoves, Tinware, Hardware, and Washing Machines Carried. All kinds of Tinning and Re- t pairing. S. 0. MILLER & SON, - Aurora, Or. it would seem the "man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo" is in town. Ay no nodings aboud it. April 3. MILWAUKIE. Sunday morning a very large as sembly met in the1 German Methodist church to do honor to their creator. The services were conducted by the regular minister. A good program had been prepared by the members of the church, w licli was executed in a very entertain ing manner. Most of the service was in German. Some of the teachers bad pre pared Easter eggs for their pupils. Several Milwaukieites attended Easter services in Portland. Everybody is busy and men wanting work are scarce. Mr. Quant is making many necessary improvements on his place. Do thou likewise. Spraying is about done now and every one is looking lor a bountiful crop. Mr. Hogers has purchased a new piano. The United Artisans have purchased a new organ tor lodge use. The cake walk to be given Saturday night will be (he best thing of the sea son. Everybody come out and enjoy the entertainment. A large delegation of Grangers are going to attend Pamona Grange Wednesday. Rev. Buehler and wife are out of town for a few days. ' Rev. Davis, of Portland, conducted services in the Episcopal church Sunday morning. Kev. Sell wood led the sing; ing. A good crowd was In attendance and the sermon was exceedingly good. The church was beautifully decorated with spring flowers. Miss Margaret Wilson has purchased a new wheel, also Miss Mamie Kogers. Both young ladies have become masters of their new vehicles. Hemer Mullati is helping prepare a piece of ground for a garden near Sell wood. They have about 40 men em ployed on the job. April 1 Wb'kns. CHERRY VILLE. We have been having a few days of nice weather and the farmers are hurry' ing to get through .with their spring work. Miss Alpha Ware was visiting Miss Clara Frasier on Sunday. Miss Fanny Shangle is still very sick. J. W. Baty has sold all of his sheep. School will commence the first Mon day in April, with Miss Katie New as teacher. March 30. PEACH HILL. Perhaps the readers of the Press think the people of I'each Hill are all dead to the world as it has been some time since our local events have appeared in ths paper, but we are not dead, the writer has been too busy to look alter items of interest. Messrs. Pollard and Sliafer, jr., are busily engaged in their hop yard. They have it plowed and about half the poles set. Their hops are beginning to grow nicely. A n tone Huffman and family have moved to Portland. The weather has been quite disagree- New Arrivals, Have just received a new and complete line of Gents , and Boys FURNISHING GOODS, for Spring and Summer, Direct from an Eastern Factory at the lowest price. Please give us a call. W. YAKEDA, Caufleld Bl'k, next to Huntley's Book Store. able the past few days, but most of the farmers have their spring grain in. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Pollard has been quite sick the past Week. The Willamette Polp 4 Paper Com pany have quite a number of men chop ping wood on the Belding place. Christ Hansen, who is chopping wood for the Willamette Pulp & Paper Com pany, had the misfortune to cut his foot quite severly a few days ago, ' ,' Messrs. Pellard & Sliafer, jr., claim they have broke the record in setting hop poles. They set 2000 in one day, which is about 700 above the average day's setting. John Kekel has several men boarding at bis place, who are cutting wood. It is reported that Conrad Schroader and family will soon move to their homes'ead in Pastern Oregon. Mrs. Jane Simmons left this week for Eastern Oregon, where she will join her husband, who lias a farm (here. Grain, fruit and hops look quite well at Peach Hill, with prospects for a good crop this yeat . March 31 Subhchibkb. CANBY. Can by against the world for bicycling. We have the best roads in Clackamas county this season of the year. W. II. II. Buir and wife have been visiting with Col. Bair, at Needy, this week. School is progressing nicely under the management of Prof. Buck and MisB Fullertou. Canby has a good school, of which the citizens are justly proud. Saturday evening closed the enter tainments given by the Quaker Medi cine Company. They have given good performances to large and appreciative audiences besides selling lare amounts of medicine, which, as they guarautee, has given good satisfaction to all purchasers. Hon. George Knight, who is travelling in the eastern part of the state, visited with his family over Sunday. Mrs. Ruth While and family visited at Oswego over Sunday. Miss Jouie Fullerton, our popular primary teacher, is visiting friends in Portland. ' Ride the "Crescent." Only wheel in town sold on installment plan. See Eccles, the agent. A good opportunity for some Liberal boya, This is owing to a long expected turn of events in our city. Only certain ones need apply. It is rumored about church and so ciety circles that Mr. and Mrs. Duff hay e agreed to disagree. There was a social dance given by the Canby Dancing Club on last Saturday evening. A good time was experienced by all present. April 1 Nix Cum Rouse. CANBY. We want to say "amen" to what our brother or sister, who writes for the Molalla country, said about dividing school districts. It is utter folly to na tablish two pr more schools where conr mon sense shows that there ought to be only one. If the X rays were thrown upon all minds favoring further subdi vision of our already impoverished school districts, some very selfish and sordid motives would be revealed. 1'eo pie have been known to work like trojans for division in order to spite somebody, to increase the value of some real estate ur in order to secure some petty otlice. A large amount of mill machinery has been recently received by Adkuis BroB for their new Baw mill. The amount of lumber that this firm furnishes the Southern Pacific Company would simply amaze a prairie-state-Easterner. Misses Louisa and Esther Knight were in Hubbard Sunday visiting their brother, Geo. Knight, who has lately es tnblished himself in the mercantile busi nets at that point. Mr and Mrs. W. H. Bair were visit ing Iriends and relatives in South Central Clackamas last week. The school entertainment iiiven at Needy Friday evening was a decided sue cess. The house was filled to overflow ing by a very large and noiBy audience who thoroughly enjoyed the many ex cedent number presented. As an amateur actor, the teacher, Mr. Conger did some very clever parti and accord' ing to our judgmtnt cannot be excelled by any of Clackamas county's teaching force. April 3. AURORA. G. A Stark, of Albany, who has been visitinr. friends in the city, returned home Sunday evenin J. P. Cole was in Salem, Saturday. Janes McGill.wUo formerly lived near this place, was seen on our streets Fri day. Mr. Alcuill is now a prosperous farmer up in the Waldo Hills. He i thinking of coming to Aurora again next fall. Ida Giesy returned to Portland Mon' day morning, after several days' visit with her parents. Mrs. Zen a Young and Miss Bertha Gleason are visiting Miss Uussie Cole, of Johnstown. Prof. Stonebrouh wheeled over from Newberg Thursday, returning on the BELL01Y BUSCH V J " i-l U I II PI IPIIiWJ HI I """-k -r,v--'-- -Vjg&Jtf V "'' No. 8 Cook Stoves From $6.50 and upwards. The world owes every man a living; but what sort of a living is it you get with a poor Bteve or range in your kitchen? Buy a "Charter Oak" Stove, it insures a good living. Iron beds are strong and neat for the Boy's room, pretty and durable for Hotel or Hoarding liones and desirable for any Bedroom when von an net a white enameled, iron bed, brass knobs, full size, for $3.75. train by Ilia way of Portland Monday' morning. W. S. Hurst, the live commission merchant, shipped three cars of spuds and two of onions during the punt week. W. M. Cake, Grand Chancellor, Knights of Pyihias, will pay Hermes Lodge No. 5(i, of Aurora, a fraternal and official visit on Friday night, April 7th. All members are requested to be present. After the lodge meeting is over a ban quet will be held at the new Aurora hotel. All members of the order are invited to attend. Miss Wilhulmine Joehnke delivered a very instructive leciure on - Hawaii, Our New Possessions," in the K. of P. hall, Monday evening. Miss Joehnke is a very agreeable speaker and her lecture was enjoyod by all present. Cook and Forbes show hero on April 11th. with their $f6 graphophone grand, the 1391) improved talking machine, which reproduces the voice in all its natural strength and fullness. They also have one of Edition's latest moving picture machines. Considerable interest appears to be manifested in the proponed new road from Needy to the Marqnain country. When open for traffic, thi route aill re duce the distance to M nq-iam, Silver ton and other points in that dinrict, about five miles. It is estimated that ess than one thousand dollars will build all necessary bridges and open up the road. It is hoped that the project wilt be pushed to completion at once. Geo. Miller bus purchased of Jacob Geisy, for $1000, an eight-acre hop yard situated about one-half mile south of Aurora. Mr. Miller already bad eight acres adjoining this place and was very fortunate in securing this bop yard of Mr. Giesy, fer together it makes a very valable piece of property . An attempt was made to rob the till in Jacob Giesy's hotel Friday night. It is supposed that the burglars were fright ened away, for they secured nothing ex cept the door key. Eli Perkins, the great humorist, will deliver one of his oomio philosophical lectures at Aurora, May 9th. He does not. as a rule, stop at small towns, but having an off night on this date has con' sented to lecture litre. None should miss this splendid opportunity of hear ing one of America's great entertainers, The Aurora girls have a very severe at tack of the bicycle fever, several hav ing purchased wheels during tbe past week. Pedestrians are warned to karp a sharp lookout for female scorchers. The dance, given Saturday evening, by Giesy's orchestra, was (as are all dances in Aurora), a success. I April 3. THE HOUSE FURNISHERS. Our best Paper was purchased before Prices advanced, so in spite of the Wall Paper Trust Prices, we can give you good Value for your Money, Double roll 15 cents. ' Aurora Harness Shop We Make a Specialty of Low Trices. Our Leader is TEAM HARNESS. Our Stock Includes Everything Worn by a Horse We Buy Hides for Cash. Keep Leather For Sale. Do All Kinds Repairing R. W. Zimmerman, Proprietor BAKI.OW. Rain, frost, rain. Ed. Quint, a well known miner, of Crook county, Bpent several days with his parents and friends at Barlow, re turning to the mines Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Cass U. Barlow returned from the Klondike Thursday evening after an abence of about a year. F. M. Spencer, general agent for the J. M. Castt, T. M. Co., stayed with us two days last week and contracted with A. Kocher to ban lie his goods for the coming season, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Miller, Mrs. Win. Oanong, Mrs. W. L. Miller, Mrs. W. P. Hawley, Miss M. 8. Barlew, Geo. Pusey and Henry Pusey, all of Oregon City, were callers in our town last week. Dr. E. B. Kamsby arrived safely home Saturday from a trading trip to Portland. He left here with three horses for the Portland market ana brought hack a fine thoroughbred of the White Prince stock. The Dr. is a hummer. April 4. SMITH & BECK Undertakers and Funeral Directors, Keep a full line of Caskets, Coffins and Trim- 1 mings, new and up-to-date gooda,which we sell at the Lowest possible Prices. Wo give our attention to Funerals, calls attended to Night and Day. We have just Purchased a Funeral Car, which we send out with all Orders. Aurora, - - - Oregon Caution. Your friends not to buy a Cooking Stove or Range before they have examined Into the merits of OAK fillips AND STOVES. They will do better work, and do It quicker, with less fuol and labor, and will last longer than any other kind. You will find the prloe reasonable enough. Only the maker of a Mattress can tell you what it contains. We manufacture Mattresses, and the reputation of our House is a guarantee that you receive , what is represented. Full size Mat ' tresses from $1.90 and.upwards. 1 STAFFORD. Good Friday. All Fools' Day. Easter Sunday. Who celebrated the three days men tioned above? We won't mention the weather, for, if we should fay it is clear it may be storming dreadfully before our notes got to press, but of the people, we will say many of them have the toothache. Mrs. Ollie Holton arrived from the Sound country Easier Sunday, accom-' panied by her daughter, Lucille. Mrs. Holton looks thin in flesh but hearty. A sister of Mrs. N. B. Gage, accom panied by her husband and family .spent Easter with Mrs. Gage. We understand they were on their way from Slab Creek to the Columbia river near The Dalles. Beutters barn timbers are being hewn out lively these days. Several of the trees have lodged in falling and much trouble and delay caused thereby. Mr. lieichls, Jr., ie head boss broadaxman. April 3, ADDITIONAL OORRKBl'ONDINCC ON PAUH 5 - i