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40c quality, now 23c a yard or $1.84 'for suit of 8 yards.
2,750 yards of 41-inch Raw Silk and Wool Dress Goods, variegated
effects, 50c quality, now 27c yard or $1.89 for suit of 7 yards
extraordinary values.
3,740 yards ok 42-inch Heavy Roman Stripe Dress Goods, slightly
mixed with sea island cotton, 35c quality, now 19c yard or $1.33
for suit of 7 yards wonderful cloth for wear and durability.
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Every Cape and Jacket in stock at half price.
Separate Skirts $1.25 and $1.50.
Percale Wrappers, 50c, 60c, 65c, 75c.
Spring Styles now in stock.
Thousands of Remnants of Dress Goods.
.Silk and Velvets at HALF PRICE.
Mcaimn & McDonnell,
Decision op Lower Court Affirmed.
A decision has been handed down from
the state supreme court in the suit of
the Portland Trust Company vs. Robert
B. Beattie, respondent, appealed from
Clackamas county. The decision of the
lower court is affirmed. This was a suit
brought below by the successors io inter,
est of the heirs of Daniel Harvey,
deceased, to recover possession of certain
real property knewn as Beattie's addition
to Oregon City, being a part of the Ore
gon City land claim not laid off into lots
and blocks by Dr. John McLaughlin
prior to the act of congress of September
27, 1850. The ease at bar involved the
correct interpretation of that clause of
the will of Daniel Harvey, deceased,
which reads (devising to his wife), "all
that part of the Oregon City land claim
not laid off into lots and blocks and lying
in the northeasterly portion of said
claim, and containing eighty-five acres
more or less." (This is in lieu of dow
er.) The plaintiff's contention below
was that the testator devised to his wife
only eighty-five acres of the un
platted portion of the claim in the north
easterly part thereof "(the property in
question being a tract of 159.75 acres in
- one body lying on the north and east
sides of the claim) while defendant con
tends that the whole of the unplatted
part (159.75 acres) passed to the wife and
that the description set up in the will
clause referred to was error and did
not impair the precedent particular
description." The upper court, in re
view, holds that "the intention of a
testator, as expressed in his will, is, of
course, the controlling factor in its con
struction , but that among the elementary
rules or guides employed in arriving at
such construction is "that a precedent,
particular description is not to be im
paired by a subsequent general de
scription or explanation never destroy a
specific grant." The appellate court,
' carefully applying the rule to this am
biguity in the case at bar, finds that "the
devise in question included all that
portion of the Oregon City claim not
laid off into lots and blocks, and so find
finding, affirms the judgment below.
Parkplace School Entertainment
"Among the Breakers" was presented at
the Parkplace school last Saturday even
ing under the direction of Miss Estelle
Bracken. The entertainment was given
for the benefit of the organ fund, and
was a success both financially and as a
well rendered drama. The play was full
of surprises and unexpected situations,
-and the clever way in which the differ
ent parts were presented showed careful
drilling on the part of the management
The characters were well sustained, and
the audience expressed their appreciation
by frequent encores. Carl Brown repre
sented David Murry, the keeper of Fair
point light house; Fred Hargreaves, as
Larry Devine, was his assistant; Henry
Salisbury represented Hon. Bruce
Hunter, and Lewellyn Bill was Clarence
Hunter, his ward; Fred Bailey, was
Peter Paragraph, the newspaper report
er; Clark Williams was Scud, Hunter's
colored servant; Miss Minnie Evans was
-Minnie Daze, Hunter's neice; Miss
Dollie Cross was Bessie Starbright, cast
up by the waves ; Miss Florence Patty
was "Mother Cary," a reputed fortune
teller, and Miss Kate Smith was Biddy
Bane, an Irish girl.
A Farewell Party. The Misses
Draper entertained a number of friends
last Thursday evening in honor of Ed
Allen, of the Bee-Hive, who shortly ex
pects to leave Oregon City. Among
those present were: Misses Minnie
Kuerten, Imo Harding, Lucy Stanton,
Bursa Eeddick, Betta Fouts, Alice
Lewthwaite, Rosa Miller, May WUhart,
Lulu and Mattie Draper and Ina
Chase; Messrs. Linn Jones, Ed.
Allen, William and John Lewthwaite,
Will Burghardt, John R. Humphrey,
Heiman K. Jones, Harry Draper and
E. J. McKit trick.
John Daly, road supervisor at Macks
burg wag in town yesterday.
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Cor. 3d & Morrison, '
PORTLAND, OK.
Mrs. Albert Frost, of Kansas, is visit
ing relatives at Ely.
John Fairclough, of Ely., will leave for
Alaska in a few days.
A. D. Leach closed a four month's
term of school at New Era last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Evans, of Wil
sonville, were visitors in Portland T ues-
dav.
James Caldwell and Fred Williams
will accom pany Clarence Porter on his
Alaska trip.
Miss Alice Kirk, of Highland, has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. Elwood
Frost at Ely.
A number of new candidates are tak
ing the examination for teachers certifi
cates this week.
On Tuesday, the Btate superintendent
gent a state certificate to Charles Ruther
ford, of Highland.
A. R. Dimick, the Canby liveryman
and road supervisor, was attending
county court yesterday.
Lounty court is in session, and is
wrestling with road problems and the
appointment of a coroner.
Miss Emma Brewer, who has been
visiting friends in Oregon City, returned
to her home at New Era Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Greenly, of Portland
have taken up their residence with
James Murrow and lamily at Ely.
Wacheno Tribe of Redmen have leased
the old K. of P. hall over Holman's cigar
store, and will hereafter occupy the
same.
Noah Heiple is contemplating the
erection of a sawmill with a feed chopper
attachment in the Eagle Creek neighbor
hood.
The old Farr bntcher shop is being
fitsed up for a saloon, to be occupied by
E. A. Brady, who will remove from his
present quarters.
(jeorge Kmearson is making prep
arations to go to Fort Wrangel, Alaska
and expects to start about the 20tl
instant. He will go by way of Seattle
The quarterly examination of ap
plicants for teacher's certificates began
at the court house Wednesday afternoon
to continue three days. There are 19
applicants for county certificates, and
four for state papers. The bo?rd of
examiners consists of Supt. Starkweather ,
Prof. T.J. Gary and D. F. May.
Boi'nd for Alaska, R. F. Davis,
William F. Harris and Sherman Bun
nell, of Beaver Creek, leave on the Ore
gon for Alaska this week. They are
thoroughly equipped for Arctic life, hav
ing been making preparations for the
trip for some months past. Each took
along a ton of provisions besides their
baggage, and they have complete variety
of edibles all prepared at home. They
made their own bacon, evaporated an
immense quantity of fruit, potatoes,
onions, carrots, parsnips and cabbage,
and will be prepared to live in royal
style, when they reach the Klondike.
They also made their own sleds, and
steeled the runners with their own
hands. In fact, they outfitted them
selves for the Arctic journey with com
paratively small expense, except their
own labor.
Eastern Star Gathering. Pioneer
Chapter of the Eastern Star had a
notable assemblage at the Masonic hall
Tuesday night. Mrs. Madeline Conk
ling, worthy grand matron, and Mrs.
Margaret Lutke, worthy associate grand
matron, of the grand chapter were
present, and each made short addresses
In addition to this a splendid musical
program was presented. There was a
piano duet by Misses Pauline Campbell
and veda Williams; a solo, by Mrs
Sadie White; a solo, by William Burg
hardt; a violin eolo, by Mr. Snrrhine; a
vocal solo, by Mrs. J. H. Strickler; a
piano solo, by Miss Ora Spangler; a
selection by the Halcyon trio, Mrs. E.
E. Charman, Mrs. George Warner, Miss
Edith Wishart.Miss Ora Spangler, Mrs.
W. B. Wiggins, Mrs. Chas. Miller. Re
freshments were served.
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
Ed Bolles,of Parkplace, leaves shortly
for Alaska.
Rev. But'er will preach at Ely next
Sabbath at 2:30 p. m. .
Mrs. W. E. Bissell, of Canby, is visit
ing Mrs. E. E. Martin.
John Bean will'be one of the passengers
on the Oregon to Alaska.
0. C. Hoopes, of Spring water, was a
visitor in the city Friday.
Ernest Ginther, of Beaver Creek, was
in Oregon City Friday.
Born, February 3J, to Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Miller, a hoii.
Dr. T. W. Butler visited friends in
Vancouver Monday.
Miss Minnie Phillips left for Illinois
Monday to join her father.
Miss Freda Wolff, of Portland, has
been visiting Miss Betta Fouts.
Albert Eastman, of Canby, intends
leaving on the Oregon for Alaska.
A vigorous effort 13 being made to
organize a cavalry troup at Canby.
Henry Miley, the Wilsonville mer
chant, was in Oregon City Tuesday.
Miss Cora Matson, of Woodburn, is
visiting Misses Ida and Kittie Paine.
Miss Alice Glasspool has been visiting
her sister, Mrs. Graham, in Portland.
J. J. Collins, the Clackamas ereen-
house man, was in Oreson Oitv Fridav.
Miss May Mclntyre, of Beaver Creek,
is now a salesman in Patterson's bazaar.
0 E.Young, ex-road supervisor of the
Marquam district, was in Oregon City
Friday.
H. Denlinger, an attorney of Toledo,
Lincoln county, was in Oregon City
Tuesday.
FrankJesse, foreman of thePress office,
has given up his position and gone to
Portland.
Rev. Harold Oberg returned Friday
from Salem, where he had spent most of
the week.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Strange
Tuesday, February 9th, a school super
intendent.
Miss Welthea Morse, of Canemah has
accepted a place as salesman in Bellomy
& Busch s store.
Miss Ana Baird, of Portland schools,
was visiting her sister, Mrs. A. S. Dres
ser, during the week.
G. R. Miller of Highland, was in Ore
gon City luesday. He is enthusiastic
over a reform in road matters.
A women's meeting will 176 held at the
Presbyterian church Sunday afternoon
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at 3 0 clock. All women are invited.
Max Precht, special land inspector for
the U. S. government, was in Oregon
City Saturday on his way to Roseburg.
Julius Steinbach, Fred Yerger.X. and
Joseph Decker of Kelso, leave this week
on the Steamer Oregon for Alaska.
Miss Caroline Handeman and Valen
tine Hoff were married at the court house
last Friday, County Judge Hayes offiei
ating.
Mrs. B. S. Bellomy, of Gladstone, and
Miss Estelle Bracken, one of the teach
ers in the Parkplace school, are afflicted
with la grippe.
tienry rerroit, 01 iiorings, was in
town Saturday, on business connected
with the change of the boundaries of
his school section.
D. E. Shephard, who is employed at
the state reform school, was down Tues
day looking for some runaway boys from
that institution.
Miss Goldie Brandenburg and Gerhard
Heitkemper were married at the Electric
hotel in this city last Thursday, Rev. J
M. Gallahorn officiating.
F. J. Lewis, who was recently located
at San Jose, Calif., waa in the city visit
mg friends .during the week. He was
on his way to Weiser, Idaho.
Ex-County Commissioner F. C. Mack
of Canby, was in town Wednesday. He
was in office when the construction of
the suspension bridge was begun.
JohnD. Preston, of Philadelphia, who
succeeds Noble Heath as assistant super
intendent of the Crown paper mills, ar
rived last Friday and assumed his duties
Miss Jennie Griffith, the propriotesi
of the famous Chinese pheasant farm at
the Lilacs in Marion county, is visiting
her sister, Mrs. R. A. Miller at Glad
stone.
Alonzo Irish, aged 00, died at Park
place, Monday, February 7th, aged 00
years. The funeral took place from the
Parkplace Congregational church on
Wednesday.
Miss C. Goldsmith will leave February
11th for San Francisco to select her
imported pattern hats. Any special
orders can lie left at Miss Goldsmith
millinery parlors.
Mrs. Clarence Rands leaves this week
for Sweet Home, Linn county, where her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Ware
reside. She will be joined by Mr. Randa
soon, and they expect to make thei
future home in that section.
Miss Elsie M. Brayton, of Maple Lane
and William II. Blood, of Carlton, Yam
hill county, were married at the reel
dence of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Driggs in
this city at seven a. m. Monday, Feb
ruary 7th. Rev. M. L. Rugg, officiated
Mr. and Mrs. Blood left on the morning
boat for Laurel, where the former
teaching school. The bride ia favorably
known to a wide circle of friends, and
the groom is a well known Yamhill
county school teacher.
J.M. Lawrence, of iheOregonian local
staff, was up from Portland Tuesday.
Clarence Porter will leave for Alaska
Sunday by way of Seattle, having leased
his blacksmith shop to J. Underwood.
The measles are raging at Canby, and
the school has been temporarily closed
on account of the epidemic.
G. T. Watts will be another Oregon
City passenger for Alaska on the steamer
Oregon.
Chas. Meserve returned this week
from Columbia county, where he has
been on a vacation for a few weeks, the
first rest in 17 years.
On Wednesday Samuel Erickson re
nounced all allegiance to the kingdom of
Norway, and became a fullfledged
citizen of Ciackamas county and the
United States.
The pastor of the Baptist church will
preach at the usual hours Sunday. The
theme of the evening sermon will be
"The Unpardonable Sin ;" wdiat it is
and how committed.
Roy Shank, of Canby, is very ill with
a complication of measles and pneumonia
His father, L. W. Shank, loft a few days
ago for Alaska. Two of the small child
ren are also down with the measles.
The star service has been changed
by direction of thepostoffice department
so us to supply Barton in this county
without change in distance. Barton is
oil the route from Portland to Highland.
R. Scott, of Milwaukie, has been ap
pointed a delegate by Governor Lord to
ttend the Northwest Cattlemen's con
vention at Pendleton, which begins
February 15th, and lasts three days.
After a business session of the M. E.
church Epworth League, AVednesday
night, the members boarded the Wil
lamette Falls Railway car and spent a
social time at the residence of John
Hickman at Willamette.
Pictures of ell kinds, laughable, sorry-
ful, remarkable, will be produced by the
lightnig crayon artist at the Congrega
tional church next Friday evening. Old
and young will be highly entertained.
A. Schilling, formerly of this city, but
now in the saloon business at Portland,
was in town Monday. On Tuesday he
was fined $200 in the Portland criminal
court, for receiving $30 stolen from P. A.
Anderson. He paid the fine.
In the probate court Tuesday the
matter of the estate of Sarah McCue, de
ceased, the executor filed a report of
the disposal of the personal property,
aud a citation was ordered to give notice
of the sale of the real property.
County Clerk Dixon received a sched
ule of the tax levy made by the Oswego
school district on Monday. Oregon
City and Oswego were the only school
districts that were behind time in mak
ing their levy.
The drunkard's home will be repre
sented in two scenes at the Salvation
Army hall Saturday evening, February
12th,at8p.m. Admission 10c, children
5c. Ice cream and cake will be served
at the close. The public is invited to
attend.
S. M. Ramsby, chairman of the repub
lican county central committee, has
issued a call for said committee to be
held on February 19th, for the purpose
of fixing the dates of the primaries and
county convention.
According to the Oregonian reports
the city council of Oregon City now holds
its monthly meetings on Thursday eve
nings. According to the local papers
the council Btill meets on Wednesday
evenings. .
The revival services at the Baptist
church closed last Sunday evening, con
ducted by Evangelists Gallahorn and
Ledford, closed last Sunday night, after
a continuation of about three weeks. A
number of additions were niado to the
church.
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51 lfls liukla Llolden, ot tins city, a
member of the senior class of the state
agricultural college at Oorvallis, acquit
ted herself very creditably the other eve
ning in an oration on "William Tell as
a Hero," delivered in the college chapel
McLaughlin Chautauqua circlo met at
the residence of Mr. and Mrs. C. II.
Oauficld last Monday night, with J. F.
Clark as leader. The next meeting will
be held at the Batne place with Prof, J
0. Zinser as leader.
The steamer Oregon, which was due
in Portland from Alaska Boveral
days ago will start 011 the return
trip Sunday. Several Oregon City peo
ple have been anxiously waiting for the
Oregon to go out.
M. Clifford, recently mail carrier be
tween Oregon City' and Molalla, has
purchased the stock of Boyles Bros, of
that place and will now do a general
merchandise business in the postolfice
-store, his wife being postmistress.
Thomas Brown is in from the new
Bteelhead salmon hatchery on the
Salmon river, this week. They expect
to begin taking spawn in about two
weeks, and the new apparatus will have
a capacity of 5,000,000 eggs.
There will be evangelistic services
in the M. E. church next Sunday eve
ning to which every one is invited to
attend. Next Monday evening there
will be a roll call at the M. E. church,
and an interesting program will be pre
sented. No admission will be charged.
The ladies' aid society will serve a con
undrum supper for the benefit of the
church.
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BEN SELL1NQ, Manager
Born, at Cams, February 4th, to Com
missioner and Mrs. Frank Jaggar,ason,
County Clerk Dixon issued a marriage
license on February 10th to Louiso Ware
and Joel Haynes.
It' is announced that the wedding
ceremony of Miss Annie B. Scott, of
Milwaukie, and Harris Allen, of Poraeroy,
Wash., will take place February 15th.
Diphtheria has been raging in the
vicinity of the Brown school house about
four miles from Oregon City. School
has been suspended for several dayB on
this account, but the cases are now re
ported to be convalescing.
Just 14 years ago Tuesday, the day
that Freemans and Shannon were
drowned at the falls, two sons of John
Schram, were drowned in Moss lake
below town. It was very cold weather
and they were skating on the ice and
fell through. Their names were Otto
and Horace.
Farewell orders have come after nearly
four months of hard judicious work in
Oregon City, Ensign J. E. Osborne and
Lieut. E. Songerberger will give a fare
well meeting Sunday evening, February
13th, after which they will leave for a
new field of labor. The public is invited
to attend the farewell meetings at the
Salvation Army barracks.
The ball social given at Shively's hall
last Saturday night by the ladies of the
Presbyterian church, was a complete
success. Each gentleman present pur
chased a large ball of carpet rags, and
after unwinding the same discovered the
name of his partner for supper. This
part of the program afforded much
merriment.
Mrs. R. A. .Miller and Mrs. W. C.
Cheney entertained the members of the
Junior Shakespeare Circle Friday eve
ning. Among those present were Misses
Grillith, Imo Harding, Lucy Stanton,
Mertie Stevens, Vera Caufield, Vera
Pilsbury, Paulino Campbell, Mrs. C. G.
Huntley and Mrs. O. W. Vonderahe.
O. F. Hennings, the Seventh street
baker, had a runaway the other morn
ing that had a fortunate ending. He
left his team standing, while delivering
some bread, when suddenly they took a
notion to run and made rapid time down
Main street to Green Point, where they
brought up against a barbed wire fence
No damage waa done, and not even a
loaf of bread was lost.
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Mrs. D. 8. Holman and her daughter,
Mrs. Harry Watkina, of McMinnville,
and Mra. G. O. Holman, of Portland,
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Hoi.
man this week, Mrs. Harry Watkins
and Mrs. G. O. Holman went to Portland
Monday, but Mra. D. S. Holman is visit
ing her son for two or three days longer.
L. H. Doolittle, George Reddeway, I.
L. Huffman, George Batdorf, L. Batdorf ,
James Cox, W. Arthur, H. H, Eastman,
George Tucker, David Henderson, Geo.
Bittner, Geo. Bittner, wife and two '
children, Harry G. Allen and Harry
Eaton were passengers on the Elder from
Oregon City, bound for Alaska.
Roy Sprague, Arthur Quinn and Har
ry Fleming, who have been visiting
their respective parental homes In this
city, left Monday to resume their po
sition on the battleship Oregon at Port
Orchard, Washington, They were ac
companied on their return trip by Chas.
W. Boylan, George Austin and Fred
Nelson, all Oregon City boys, who will
enlist in the service of the battleship
Oregon. The Oregon ia now in the dry
dock at Port Orchard on the sound,
where she is undergoing an overhauling.
In the Herald of last week Thomas F'
Ryan waa accused of being the owner of
the Press, Mr. Ryan Bays that if he
could not own a better paper than the
Press, that he would quit, or words to
that effect ; that a man could recover
damagos in an action for libel from a
newspaper that would accuse one of such
ownership.
The following will be the subject)!
discourse at the Congregational church
next Sabbath, at 10:30 a. m.,"The True
Profection of Life," at 7 :30 p. m . the
studies on the"Second Coming of Christ"
will be continued. There will be a good
musical programme at each service, and
the public is cordially invited.
Sheriff Grace received a letter from P,
A, Fairclough Monday, dated at Dyea,
January 27th. Ho says that there are
about 3000 idle men at Skagway, unable
to get employment, and that more are
coming in every steamer. Many of the
people going to Alaska now, expect to
get employment when they reach there.
It is evidently a desirable place to Btay
away from unless one has plenty of
money.
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