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City Ubrry OREGON CITY COURIER. 3J1 14th YEAR. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1897. NO, 34: 17. FIRE, LIFE And Accident REPRESENTING Royal of Liverpool m ' fcnin th worw. North British & fflcrcantJle-I'5Ko"g"eW ln the worW " Sun of London -o,,,B,t mni' " offln JEtna Of Hertford -Larg-eataaa awit Amerloan compaujr. Continental of New York f ii. AND OTHER FIRST-CLASS INSURANCE COMPANIES The Tiavelers Insurance Company of Hartford LitrffAat, olclmt Bad bnst aoeMaat laauraaoe eomnany In th world, aad alio dost a very lre life laaraaoe bualneaa. xiu ox mi tom lumu um cauxdam Baies thk LOW KPT F. E. " TO- G. H. BESTOW & CO. roR DOORS- WINDOWS, MOULDING and BUILDING MATERIAL. , LOWE3T CAStt PBrCES EVEE OFFERED FOH FiRbT-CCAtW WM. - ! fikun Opposite Con.frirt.onal Uhnvob. " .""for CHOICE CUTS and TENDER MEATS go to RICH4RP gBTZOLD'3 CASH MARKETS Seventh Street, Corner of Center, on the Hill. Main St., Opposite Caufield Block. Two Shops, Creuon City, Oreaon iiyrpiiryiiyir.yiNiiyiii.iyiiiifB iiiiiipjiiifiii.iifiiiiwiiiiiw'iiijiiiMiiijiiiiiiiip flii'iiijii'i .BEE - HTE inaugurate Satui day, January 2, a gen eral clean up sale of all odds and ends from our stock, cost or values will cut no figure in this sale as the goods have got to go. You'll miss a golden opportunity if you're not on hand. : : : : : : THE BEE-HIVE, CAUFIEl) BLOCK, OREGON CITY. A BAD BREAK frcS but there nro others in our ntwk. Koekersjdining, parlor, a-d easy chairs ; cliuirH of all sorts ami kinds await your inspection at our estaUihhiiicnt. Mow, finer, handsomer chairs are hero tluin you can see elsewhere. That's our reason for claiming your attention to our vuriel array of invitations to a seat. In thiH case, seeing discounts description. Oliai'8 are too larj;o a fraction of your furniture to bo Isiught haphazard. No occasion to look further: ' Six chairs for f 2.1U ami upwards. HKUOJIY & HUSCH, Thft Housefurnishem. OREGON CITY, OR. 1 Leading Agency in Clackamas County DONALDSON, at Commercial Bank, j Mala 8trnjfc, Orego. City; Or (ton HIVE... I i I- I I I I J For Every Dollar... You spend with us you get it's true value In return. Our groceries claim the table on their quality. Any bill of fare made up from our supplies is gilt edged. That's what every bill of fare 1 should be. To live well you must use T only 'Al groceries. When you prepare TS to bake fruit cake,let '1' us supply the citron , lemon and orange peel, currants, rat sins, cider, nuts and spices necessary to make a good one. Our stock in this line is unequaled by any in the city. E. E.Williams, Thu Qiocer, 'Phone 3, M.tuulc Bldij. J rri MULINO. Geo. McOord is in Portland on busi ness. Mike Mulvey who spent the summer at The Dalles, is home for the winter. Quite a number from here attended the xmas tree and entertainment at Liberal on xmas eve. A meeting will be held on Tuesday in the grange hall for the purpose of building a creamery at this place. The gaihering will be addressed by a practical creamery man from Portland. We be lieve if the required number of cows can lie guaranteed the creamery will be built in the sprung. We bear Geo. McCord Intends erecting a dwelling bouse in the spring. , 0. E. Onuuiau alto intends Liiildii-tj a djreilirU-' house here soo. ' ,' ., . - C. T.: IfoVar I lit onjmged tbeserviee of a first-class surveyor to lay out several town lots and also several one acre tracts, several of which have already been spoken for. Miss Ada Randal spent xmas at her home in Central Point. Mason Kellogg and wife of Montana are visiting their father and mother here. A gang of men are engaged cutting sawlogs and shingle liolts for the new sawmill, which will soon be in operation. Dec. 28. ' O.A. FUNK'S CORNERS. Astoria, Dec. 27, 1896. Oy Shorter, Funk's Ohorners, or dear Oy : Oi see be the papers thot a jiraffe at redland is abusin' of me woife in them, who's a Snorter, an' indade she is thot. In case yous don't attend to 'im , Cy, Oi'll come to redland meself with me shillalah to fix Mm. Oi'm thot mad Oi can hardly button me vest. yer Bruther-law,'patsy Mcduff. Patsy is a bad man and your corres pondent would kindly warn the Red land gentleman to take to the brush. I can stand any amount of villification for my hide is thick, but my sister's husband can't. Our fiddle and violin factory has en tered the trust, and it will probably close, throwing 100 men out of work. It seems we can't truit any one. Felix Airtight bumped his nose last week against the elbow of his skinny wife. Now he can't blow it and carries it in a sling. Father Hubbard took his coat off last week. , Mother Hubbard wore her new brogane to church last Sunday. Tupper's well has at last been moved, but he spilled all the water out in doing it. He has taken the job of moving the spring out of Funk's cellar. Nickel Beer received a pair of wooden shoes on the Xmas tree. Several Eastern tourists were here last week to examine our mines. We have so much gold probably Uncle Sammy will start a mint here. There is talk of riding one of our prin cipal citizens on a rail. One of the Sniggles got a licking Irom his wife. Snortkh. REDLAND. The xmas tree and enter ainment at Bethel was a grand affair, there being a good program rendered. Everyone present received a present from the tree. The Redland literary met last Satur day night as usual and a short program was rendered. The question for debate was, "Resolved, That the United States has done more for the Negro than for the Indian." After lively discussion the judges decided in favor of the affirm ative. The question for next debate is, "Resolved, That Foreign Immigration lias Is-en Detrimental to the United States." The Redland Star w ill come out in black and white at the next meeting. Jim Shannon of Heaver Greek, has hooked onto a girl in our burg. F. Ilarkfelt of Logan was visiting K. Evans Sunday. J. W, Linn visits Oregon City quite often of late. What's the matter, Jim? A new girl we supjKise. Miss Mary and Bessie Hay of Poitland spent xmas with friends in this vicinity. D. II. Mosher will go down the river today to stcnd New Years. A. B, Linn and wife spent Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leek. Mr. Commons and family of Treniont spent Christmas with F. . Linn and wife. Some of our young folks attended the dance at Logan last Friday night and report the same old time. Say, boys, when you go to Logan leave your tobacco at home. The dance at Linn's mill given by G. J. Howell, J. diaries and J. W.Linn was a grand affair. Those present re port a good time. James, next time you come bring a girl you can get along with. Dec, 28. Engineer. CANEMAH. Mr. C. O. Rose formerly of this place, but now of Salem, was visiting friends here last Saturday and Sunday. "' Mr. Oarothers who went to Montana last spring returned home on a short visit. Mrs. Oathro has ' been quite sick for some time past. . Christmas came and passed as usual. The Sunday school gave a ve.y good entertainment. The chapel was crowd ed to its full capacity. The last part of the entertainment was Santa Claus. . Miss Edith Smith was awarded the prize for the best recitation at the Oanemah echrol lft Friday. The prize consisted of a ucat volume entitlod "Tales From R'igkgpetw?:'" 1 Pbtxn. mu .' "a" Airraca w.-'if " HC- jgrftatwt improveav'.nt in penmanship Idurir.ir the past month. The prize con sisted of a volume entitled "Representa tive Men.'' Dec. 29. XX. REALTY TRANSFERS. Furnished Every Week by Clacka . mas Abstract & Trust Co. II. Hannes to Get). A. Weliber, w Kof blk E Paik Place.. 500 J. C Bradlev to M. L. Bradlev, lot' 8 blk 121, Oregon City 500 E. N. Wells lo H. J. Scott, lot 10 blk 28. Gladstone 100 W. P. Roberts to R. N. New. e of sw K and w of se sec 32 2 n 5 50 R. T. New to Mrs. E. Roberts, same land 50 T. K. Uaultto W. V. Hubbard, 21.85 acres in Latourette claim 1600 J. Cockelreas to M. Bailey, nw M of ne M of sc 7 2 s 7 e 1 J. T. Mason to F. A. Schmidt, lots I and 2 sec 28 3 s 3 e 703 E. B. Hawley to B. Sarver, 45 acres in Harper & Waterbery claim. ... 800 J. W. Roots to W. P. Weismandel, lots 1 Htid 2 blk 2t, Root's Add. . 100 J. B. Ze gler toThos. Uibbs, lots 1, 2,tl, 7 and 8 blk 32 and tract ad joining in Caneniah and part of tract 110 Gladstone 125 J. W. Roots to C. L. Rcadmimdel 3' acres in sec 8 2 a 2 e 200 T. I.. Turner to J. A. Tinner, 70 acres In n X soc 13 3 s 1 w.'. . . 2000 J. K. Mar ley to A. W. Cook, s Vt of nw M and n XA of sw ! sec 34 t s 2e.7 10 W. W. Duncan to Jas. Simpson, 100 acres in claim 37 2 h 4 t 2000 Seth Austin toW. W. AiiMtin. lots 1 anrt '.' nml se V of ne i sec 6 (I Nile 800 H Ifeiner to A. P. Barlow, blk 13 and nait of 14. Barlow 10 J. K. Slansbury lo II. A. Moser, na V. of bh t and se M of ne H sec 2H22 e 445 K. fiiii-ev i W. A. A verv. nw M sc 14 B s i e 1500 W. A. A verv to I Allison, nw i sec 146s 2e 3000 Says S. P. Colbiirn in "The New Old Philosophy of Life," in the January Aresa : "These great souls, called mas ters, who live upon these higher levels are not gods, without knowledge of the weaknesses, temptations, and suffering in human life, but verily and truly our elder brothers, whose feet have trodden the same weary way, whose hearts have rejoiced in the pleasure of living and oinin havu tlirolilk-il with anituish un speakable, but by steadfast, unwavering purpose an.l unswerving, innomuaoie will they have transmuted the base metals of their nature, iron, lead, and brass or the desires, passions, and emotions of the animal soul, into the priceless gems and pure gold of love, mmniainn and nnwpr divine, and i stand living realities of that old time. much-nliculel science, aicnemy. aiiu thank God, what man has done, man can do." Great ralutbn in trimml hat a Mist Goldsmith's. FOR GOOD ROADS. F. E. Donaldson of this city, u member of the highway improvement committee of tliu Oregon L. A. W., bands us the followinge)lutions,tliat were adopted at the Oregon Road Convention held in the city of Portland on the 17th and 18th of December ,at which there were pres ent delegates from all all parts 6f the state, including county judges, state senators, representatives, fanners, mer chants, engineers, wheelmen, and many others itrerested in highway improve ment: "Resolved, That it is the sense of the Oregon road convention that road taxes should hereafter be paid in money, and not in labor, and' should be collected by the regular tax collector, at the sume time other taxes are collected. They should be expended under the direction and supervision of the county courts. "Kesolveu, lurtlier, That the legiS' lative committee be instructed to prepare a bill accordingly, to oe lntrouuceu in the next session of the legislature. "Resolved, That it is the sense of the Oregon road convention that the road laws of this state should be amended so as to allow the several county courts of the state, in their discretion, to let con tracts for the construction and mainten ance of county roads. "Resolved, That in the opinion of this convention, suitable legislation should be had authorizing the employment bv the county courts of the several counties of all able-bodied males, sentenced to terms in the county jail, upon the public roads and streets within their respective counties. "Resolved, That legislation should be asked permitting the cov.r.ty courts to set apart bicycle paths for the exclusive useot pedestrians and wheelmen, within the limi s of the rights of way of county roads, and in their discretion to spend moneys in their construction and main tenance ; and that suitable penalties be provided for the punishment of team sters and others wanton'y trespassing on such pathways. "Resolved. That it is the sense of this convention that legislation should be had encouraging the use of broad-tire vehicles upon I he public roads within the state, and fixing the limit after which the use of narrow tires for freight wagons should be prohibited. "Resolved, That the failure or inability of our officers to collect the state poll road tax is an evil which calls for u radi- oil rcmedv.. To facilitate the collection V n&nttr urovLiiut! that tM uerson liable to pay euch taxes shall be Jr mittcd to "ote at any general municipal or school election, except upon presenta tion of a pruper receipt, showing' the payment by him of such taxes for the preceding year. , , . , ., "Resolved, that it is the sense of this convention that a law be enacted pro viding for the work of the convicts in the state penitentiary upon the public highwavs of the state, under the di rotiin "of the nenitentiarv commission, and that the first work thereon be the building of a permanent turnpme com mencing at Salem and running either nbrth or south, or both, at the discretion of the commission. "Resolved, That the legislative com mittee of this convention be instructed to prepare bills in accordance with the ntimia mid recommendations of this convention and submit the same to the next session of the legislature ot i ns state for action, and that we individually and collectively pledge ourselves to use our influence to secure the passage of such bills." FAITH CURES. nn,..t nna nt tliu most, widely known medical practitioners in the U. S. has i .uu.ir.lina tlmm. "I have for iv diij - several years been more or less interest ed in mind cure or iauii cure, bjb a writer in ?Wr L , and I am in the habit of asking the opinion of the various classes of people I have occasion to meet on this, to me, most interesting subject. 1 have iouna, as a nuw, vhi.uiiiiidluid ui the gospel are of all men least inclined a ,.:.n ntunnta fn t.tiH ntnripfl one hears of persons "made whole" through faith, ',i i l: ,.,. flhriat nOtWlMlHUUHUIIg tIJO Jtw vMo i...l.i in tiiia mnnnr. Havini? ocrafiion IIU ui'" - . ,-, recently to visit the ofllces of Dr. frank lin Miles, in me masonic xeuine, ri.;..un U ni'ciirri'il tn ms that the author of "A New Era in Medical Science, and the originator oi Allies i..anr..tiu.. Wn'iriH uiid New Heart imnuwiv.iiu ..... ' - , i Cure, remedies, so extensively used throughout the land, womu nave u m ions on the subject of mind cure that would be interesting io hear, and ao cordingly I sat for an hour and a half in .....lU Mnn nllfl urilitpd mil til HI for an audience. I was afraid my errand would annoy a person as busy as Dr: Allies seemeu io oe, ui e icocn ..m as graciously as if I were a millionaire patient. In answer to my question as to the doctor's opinion on the action of 'he mind in overcoming uiseane, nm was: "There is more in thia matter than medical practitioners, are as a rule, willing to admit. I have found in my practice that the state of the patient's mind has a very decided influence on bis physical condition, and I attribute much of my success personally as a practitioner, as well as the popularity of the remedies that lear my name, to the faith patients have in my ability to help them. It is pretty generally known that mv medicines, as a rule, cure those who take them. This knowledge allays fear and worry, two very potent factors in producing disease." Hall's Hair Renewer con tains the natu ral fool and color-nutter for the hair, and medicinal herbs for the scalp, curing grayness, baldness, dandruff, and scalp tores. Bbwino Machine Cukap. Wan t spwinir machine? Gel a good one for 25.00 with five year guarantee; 5.00 don and 15.00 per month nntll paid. See Belloiiiy 4 Bosch about U . V III POWER Absolutely Pure. Olpbraied for It irrent leavening strenslh nn (I hcnlthriilhexH. Anrniro the food Hwliifet slum hikI all forms of ailullerulicn common to Ilia cheap brand!!. HOYAL UAKINQ POWnEO CO., NEW YOIIK. LOCAL SUMMARY. Money to loan on good seenrity by A . S. Dresser. The latest in lan's and walking hats, Miss Goldsmith's. Don't forget the Racket Store when you are hunting bargains. Bargains in trimmed and un trimmed hats at Miss Goldsmith's. Ladies' Kid Gloves, assorted colors cheap, at the Racket Store. Prescriptions carefully compounded t. A. Harding's drug store. Higligrade sewing machines from $'.4 to (20 for sale by O. A. Cheney. You liavo not seen anything like it ghost dance by the Indians, December 25 For the best shave or hair cut to be had go to P.G. Shark's shop. Shaving tO cents, Ladies', gents and children's fall and winter underwear just received at the Racket Store. Ladies, do you like a cup of good tea? If so send to MarrA Andrews .'or your teas in the future.- JMawpeu until", lace orauia, uio S!1. , i i i , i ... at Miss G Idsmith'w. . For you" strings amj extras for nil musical instruments go to Biirnieister & Aiidreseu's, who keep full supply. The Everett piano Btands without peer for sweetness of tone. 0. W. Durrette has them on sale nt Mrs. E. E. Martin's millinery store. That delicious flavc r which you relish so mu(h in coffee served at the best cafes, can be secured at home by using MarrA Andrews' best. L. L. Pickens, dentist, does all kinds of dental work. Gold crowns, porcelain crowns and tiridge work a specialty. Ollli e in Barclay building, corner Main and Seventh "treets. Mrs. M. A. Thomas has opened a dressmaking pnrlor over the Rod Front store and is prepared to do all kinds of work in a first-class manner. Perfect fit ting guaranUd. Give her a call. O.W. Durrette has the famous Everett piano with Plectophone attachment, and the sweet-toned Miller organ on sale at Mrs. E. E. Martin's millinery store. Call and examine them. A large Btock of fresh Limburger cheese has just been received at the Seventh Street Bakery of Jacob Koljer. He also keeps pies, cakes, bread, con fectionery and temperaufie drinks always on hand. Best lard 7c pound, bring pail; good syrup (1 keg j nails cut to 4c per pound j mackintoshes at cut prices; ovorshirts, undershirts, pants and rubber coats cut one-quarter ; overcoats at half price, at Red Front, Oregon City. Owing to an increase of business in Portland, Dr. Frank P. Welch, dentist, will hereafter be unable to make his weekly visits to Oregon City to attend to his patients here, but will be pleased to see them at bis PorUand office, 612 Dekum Building. I. J. Stratum has removed his grocery from the Buck building on Seventh and Center streets to the Williams building on the opKsite corner. In addition to his stock of groceries, provisions, hay, feed, etc., he keeps a full stock oi leads, paints, oils and varnishes, wliich be sells at low prices. Chas. Albright continues to deliver the best of fresh cold storage meats to bis customers. He also keeps a large stock of salt and smoked meats, lard, etc. If there is any wild meat or game to 1) had you will find it at his shop on Main street as he tries bis best to serve and a '.commodate bis customers. C A. Willey ha added to his harness and repair shop second door west of I depot, next to Coukikb office, a full i stock of shoes, whnrn he will not only keep a full line of first-class hand-made harness, saddles, etc., bnt will do all ! kinds of harness and biot and hoe ' repairing at price that can't b dnp- lica ted. Give hints call. Satisfaction , guaranteed.