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OREGON CITY COURIER OREGON CITY HERALD CONSOLIDATED. A. W.CHENEY Publisher PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Ettturud In Oregon Citypostoffloeaa 2nd-class matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES. If paid In advance, per year 1 SO Six months 75 25 Inree uiuutba'lrlal. fa-The dale opposite your address on the paper aonotea I he time to wincn you nave paia PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY. OREGON CITY,. JAN. 13, 1899. CITY EXPANSION. The mayor's message relating to the annexation of Canemah and the West Side has provoked very general discus sion. Tlieie are many arguments in favor of the proposition. If Oregon City is to maintain her prestige and grow to any considerable size, she should have a broad foundation. The limits should include that terr'tory, which is to in clude the residence, business and roan ufacturing districts. The West Side now has advantages in pol'ce and fire protection water and lights, ue of bridge partly maintained by city money, besides many oiher benefits afforded by the city without paying a single dollar of city taxes. ' Annexation of the West Side means the acquisition of nearly as much more taxable property, with an increase of several hundred population. It is quite natural that the mill owners object, on account of taxes, but the question is not one of individual consent but of general benefit The flour mills and ' woolen , mills p.ty city tax and it is no more than right that the paper mills should do likewise. The people of Oregon City are nearly a unit in favor of expansion. The taking in of additional territory will reduce the city lax levy. HARVEY SCOTT; POt'ULLST. One would, from reading the leading editorial .in Monday's Oregonian, think that Mr. Pcolt had turned reformer and , was about to take up the cause of the common people. V hat is the matter? Are some of the republicans becoming alarinud at the extravagant way the public money raised by taxation is being squandered by their ollice-holding horde? He lays the blame on the voters, who, by the way, ure not altogether re sponsible for the condition of thing, even if they do vote for men ho get in ofiice and then twin traitor to the poo p'e. The voters don't seem to be'ready for ruforiu for a while yet. .lust look at the way they turned down the populitt olficials in this county who saved them 10,000 in two years in salaries alone, bet-ides doing much better work ihun their republican predeuessots. If the ofiice holders will kindly "rub it in" for a few years longer the people may come to their senses and turn the republican ptotectionists out as they gradually tee, as the Oregonian said a few days ago, that "protection breeds trusts," and trusts are not the making of the poor man. This it what the Oregonian said .Monday : Nothing is so lamented as the ten dency of i he times to create a small class of very rich and a large class of very poor gradually eliminating or reducing the middle class, or peisons of mo lerate means. Ii is undeniable that this ten dency exists. Hut the fact is, also, that they who complain mo 4 about it are the jwrsons who chielly cause i . They c in stitute a very large proportion of the voters, aim tiiey cause it In the excess ive burdens thev impose on nociet.v. A further effect is that it gve great capital its opportunity to m ike invest ments without enterprise or risk. So long as the people g i o i in this course of creating public debts and issuing bonds, the money syndicates, withholding their money Iroin productive eiilerpr se will wait lor tli, Be "sure- lung" opportuni ty. What then? S op the inordinate growth of thene i xie dttore in every direction, and do everything possible to leduce them 1 1 reasonable limits and to hold ihein dowi It is the lesson for stale, ci y and county: for school dis'lict and load di tricl null for ev. ry division and sub livision of public adniini-tration. They who complain most of the graapin bondholder are, for the most part the very men who create his opportunities and put the power over tlie whole property ol the elate iMty, county or district into his haivla It is the general voter ho do, s the business. Wilt he not see ihat he is bringing his own nose to the grindstone putting a inoitgane on the energies o his posterity, and forcing, indeed, the growth of a system of virtual serldom? iiilk Senator L. L. Porter is at , tending the regular session ft the legis lature his paper tlm Enterprise wi be edited by Chat. A.Kilcli, late e liloi ol the Herald. We supposi that while Porter is practicing republicanism i the legislature that Fitch will be tliun dering populism through the elastic columns of the Enterprise. Salem In dependent. To show that the voters did light i electing J, J, Cooke sheriff ot Clack mas count v, we refer to the reports ol the exports nu'iitioue I in another col umn. During the fust six months of his term 1 ollice Mr. Cooke handled -over $58 ,000 with an eiror of but one cent. flew Time ami Conricr-Herali $1.75 COMMENTARIES. Matters Concerning Local Every day Affairs Noticed by the Courier-Herald Reporter. It is so dark of nights now on the Seventh street steps, that when the nights' are not too cold young peo ple use the resting bench as a trysting place, as the darkness prevents their identification. A married man at tempted to make a mash on a woman while perambulating down the dark Seventh street stairway the other night, but was shocked, after a little investiga lion.'to discover that the said woman was his wife. The Enterprise must have it in hard for ex-Assessor Lwiene Stout, when it used a "Lost Manhood Restored" cut as a representation of his picture. Mr. Stout made a splendid record as asses sor, and did not deserve such treat ment. Besides Mr. Stout is a tine spec imen of manhood physically. .' New subscribers are coming in to the Courier-Herald daily. It does not print lodge elections and stories of cu rio collections a month after they ore printed in another city paper. The readers of this paper recognise this fact hence its rapidly increa ing subscrip tion list. . LOCAL SUMMARY A few cheap reliable watches at loungers Highest cash price paid for second hand household goods at Belloroy i Bunch. Money to loan at 8 percent interest on mortgages. Apply to 0. D. & D C Latourette. The Club tonsorial parlors. P. G. Shark, proprietor, shaves for 10 cents. A full line of cigars and tobacco is kepi. Dan Willians has added to his stock ol groceries ana provisions a lull line oi Feed and hay. Goods delivered to Ml parts of the city free. Corner Seventh and Center streets Money to loan at 8 per cent interest on mortgages. Apply to C. J. & 1). U Latourette . I have Abundance of mo-iey to loan at 8 and choice loans will be made at 7' C. H. Dye. Feathers, veiiiiL'8. at Goldsmith. ornaments, ribbons and a great reduction. Miss Special inducements ti ladies Call and buy a pair of $2 50 shoes and get a i pair 1. 1 rubbers iree, Krausse tiros , When in Portland be sure and call at the Royal restaur nt where you can get th.e best 15c meal in the city. 253 Hirst street, corner of Malison. Win. Bohlander, proprietor. Younger, who has bad a life-long ex perience, will clean your wacn lor a i iollar. ! The greatest trimmed hat propo-iti n i ever offered here or anywhere ut Miss Goldsmiths. A fine teinway piano for sale, long line given, at Oregon t'lty Auoton House. For ihe next thirty davs we will sell all trimmed mid untriinmed hats at a eat reduction Miss Goldsmith, Foil Hunt A house, barn ami eight lots in P .rkplaee for $4 per month In quire at John Everhari's merchandise Btore at Ely, Oregon . Wanted 100 watcher to repair at $1 each, at 0. A. NahV, Posiotlice build- ng. tl. The largest assortment nf millinery and lower prices ihan any house In Ore g)ii. Alias Uoldsmith. A new line of Walker's sailor caps and veilings just in. Miss Goldsmith. This item will appear tor one month to continuously remind that the United Moderu Vigilantes recently organized here, is as its name indicates, vigilent for the best, in'erest ol its members, It has the most equitable plan known, For first-cluss handmade or machine made harness so to F. H, Oioss on Seventh street, opposite A O U W hall, Prices reasonable and wo k guaranteed, A fine Beatty organ at Oregon City Auction House. II you have anything to sell adverti e 111 (J, lMKK-HKhAl.il. Shm repairing of all kinds at F. H. Cross' harness shop, oppo.-ite A 6 U W building on the hill, Weekly Oregmiau and Coukikr- IIkkai.u for $2 per year. Team for Sale On Molalla r'ad.2'b miles . from Oregon City. Inquire of s. J 'Tennessee's Panther" will bo pre sented at Shively's oi era house, Mon day evening, .Inn. Hitb. U will be given by Arthur C. Alston's compativ, which a nred an immense success iu Portland last week, h will be hero one night only. naney. Walters and Waitresses. Talking of waitresses, a New York hotel keeper says that although they may possess some superior qualities for such service- there are, on the other baud, such drawbacks as make it cer tain that they would never be accept able to the majority of men who would have to be served by them. He says : "I think the objection to them would be based chiefly on the fact that they never show eBpeoial attention to any person. I never knew a woman who waited on a man to trouble herself in the least about the manner in which she served him. It makes absolutely no difference whether they receive liberal tips or not. They may be quiet, neat and qnick, but they wonld never pick out one piece of beef because it was better than another or make any effort to get the best of what was to be bad in the kitchen., That sort of attention makes a man worth his fee to the men who tip him. "It is this special service that makes a waiter superior to the best of his as sociates. Women never detect any dif ference between the quality of one dish and another. They ' are all the same, and good service requires merely that they shall be set down noiselessly and brought quickly. There the service of the waitress ends. She can beat any man at those features of the business. But she cannot select for him anything better than the rest of the customers get Usually she does not notice any difference iu them. That deficiency is the safeguard of the waiter and will keep his place secure for him. " Trained Pigeons. Pigeons are carefully trained. The young homer is taken half a mile the first day, a mile the second, two miles the third, and so on, doubling the dis tance each time. It must be liberated each time only in the same direction ns to its loft, for a bird can be trained along only one route at a time. When 40 miles have been reached, a week's rest comes between. A hundred miles are enough for a young bird's first year. So essential is the training that old birds are taken only two milos out for the first lesson of a season, though tbey may have flown their 250 miles the year preceding. The end of the next season, however, will, if the birds are willing and the trainer patient, bo crowned by the accomplishment of a 400 mile flight. As you get higher in the scale of distance, longer and longer rests are needed. Male birds are generally used for long distances. Family matters are apt to engross the attention of the hen, though he is still capable of good work when she has a mind for it. Good Words. As to the Links. There is no more urdcut evolutionist in the city and no moro persistent ad vocate oi Darwin's theory than Dr. d'Ancoha His friend, Dr. de Marvillo, on the other hand, is a great bird fan cier and devotes all his spare time to an cuthusiastio study of ornithology. "I have a splendid specimen of a monkey in my ofiice, " remarked Dr. d'Ancona proudly. "Come in uud see him," he continued, being a firm be liever in the object method of demon stration. "You will admit that I have the missing link in a cage." "That's all right," replied De Mar ville, absorbed iu his own pet hobby. "I have a cage at borne myself, and something in it too. Yon're not in it, and neither is your monkey. I can show you something much better than your missing link. I have got a bobolink. " San Francisco News Letter. Prlolean and Calhoun. The Pendletouiaua were justly proud of Mr. Calhoun and sensitive as to the impression which be made upon stran gers. When Judge Prioleau became a resident, they were anxious to know his impressions of their Ajax. When they first met, as soon as Calhoun left the table, the question was eagerly asked, "How do you like him?'' "Not at all," was the newcomer's reply. "1 desire never to meet him again." This was a sad rebuff, and an explanation was demanded. "I hate a man who uiiikes me think so much," the judge replied. "Fit the last three hours I have been on the stretch trying to follow him through heaven and eartu. I feel wearied with the effort, and 1 hate a mini who u::,k(S me feel my own luicrlority. fcLdlotun was appeased. Exchange. (loixl, but Not Intruded. Now and tbeu a ninu (Ms i,(7 thing and docs not !.mw it. n good An in- stance is noted by Sir M. Graut Duff in bis "Diury:" We began to talk itbi i.t the fog. "It was so bad, " I isr.id, "a week or two ago that I hear Fartar preached iigninst it at St. Miu'Kavct's. " "It was at that cl urcb," ny fvl nd answered, "that a cleigyiuau', denounc ing Mr. Toolh, the ritualist, said, '1 will not nuum him, but his mime is in everybody's mouth. ' Then, rwiiig the smiles on the faces o his ccsiKTcgiition, he turned scarlet." The berth's Shadow, The earth has a shadow, but very few ever see it, except in eclipsisof the moon, or clso few rccqahe it whea they see it. Neverthtlesa, many of ns have noticed on fine, cloudless even ings in siiiim cr shortly bctovo s inset a rosy or pink nrc oa the hcrizju opposite the Biiu, with n bluish j;niy (segment under it. As the .uiti sink tlio arc rises until it attains the zenith and even passes it. This is tho shadow of the earth, Vrlln(t OIT JpiOnnsy. Old Cotrccks (iiviigtly) What's thut! Yin twi-.u to tell me that you really love my daughter for herself alone? ' Young Ilardup ttrt intilonsly) Y-yes, sir, tut 1 think 1 could learn to Move you. t-too, sii in t Mime, tir --Ynuit,' Fair. Fraternal Matters. John 0. Bradlay,.. district deputy grand ma-ter, installed ihe following new officers of Oregon Lodge No 3, I. O. O V.. Thursday 'night: W. L. Mid- lain, noble grand; P. J. Lutz, vice grand ; Thomas K. Ryn, secretary ; Jud son Howell, financial secretary ; Sol S. Walkei, treasurer; E. D. Olds, warden J J. J. Cooke,' conductor; Tom P. Han dall, right supporter noble grand ; O. E. Midlam, let supporter noble grand; G. W. Grace,.! ight supporter vice grand ; Dr. M. O S rickland, left supporter vice-grand; W. A. Hedges, rinht scene supporter; H. E. Straight left scene supporter; Harry Trembath, chaplain; C. Gj-penwood, inside guard. Past Master M. Bollack installed the following new" officers of Oregon City Assembly, Artisans, Thursday evening: E. H. Oooper, master artisan ; John Ev erhart, superintendent ; .Grant C. Bacon, instructor; Mrs. J. T. Searle, instructor; Mrs. Mattie Ringo, senior conductor; J. T. Searle, secre tary; Mrs. B. F. Linn, master of cere monies; Mrs. Flora Cosper, junior con ductor; R. Koerner, treasurer; Robert Goodfellow. warder; . Armstrong and Mrs. G. 0. Bacon, field command ers. 'I he list of the officers of this lodge was printed abiut a month ago, but as there has been some changes, they are given again. Alter tne close ol the as sembly business, the newly installed of ficers provided an excellent supper, one feature of which was a roast pig. This was furnished by a delegation that started to visit University Park Assem bly, but did not succeed in reaching there. The Oregon City Assembly has a membership of 95, having initiated 42 members during the year. M. KollaCE having served two yea's as master ani- san, now takes the past master's chair with honors. The new officers of the Degree of Honor, No. 24, will be installed tonight by Past Chief of Honor Mrs. A. R Sprague. Following are the new offi cers: Mrs. IN. limner, past chiet ot honor ; chief of hoiur, Mrs. Grace Ro gers; Miss Luella llruner, duel ot cere monies; Mrs. S. A. Gillett, recorder; Mis. Anna Schulpius financier; Mrs. M.A.Warner, Irensnrer; Mrs. Maggie Woods lady usher; R. Goodfellow, in side watchman ; Joe Fronting, outside watchman The following new i,fficers of Falls City Lodg" No. 5:), A O. U. W., were installed Saturday night by Past Mas ter Workman C. H. Dve: Herbert Hanitin, master workman; Samuel Roako, p;ist m:ster workman ; John McGetchie, foreman ; Goido i E. Hayes. overseer; ll. .1. Harding, receiver; N O. Mcl.oughhn, financier; W. B Wigaina, leceiver; 0.0 Bub an, inside watch man; W. M. Shehan, outside watch man. The list of elective ottijets wete printed several weeks ago, but as some changes were made, the corrected list is given. The lodge is prosp ring, and new members are beini received almost every night. I he new olhcers of Willamette R-- enh iJegree lodge wiL be installed tonight The Humane Society's Work. A large number of complaints h;tv lat-ly been made 1o tht Clackamas ( ounty Humane Society List week attention whs called to a most brutal and n nlicious crime indicted on a dog The c se was investiga ed, hut thm eual litliculty was met in the matter of se curing the m-cessaiy evidence, or ihe guilty parties would havf been m ido to mv ihe lull penalty ol the l iw. To t'T tureadumb animal is the crime of a coward, and he who is capable of it. wonld commit almost any c ime. not re quiring cmrage. I he ooject of ihe hu mane soeietv is for the pr veil ion of cruelty to every living creature, bv a'l proper means, including humane edu cation. However, Mere aie some per sons n cannot touch, much as wh re gret it. except by punishment because tneir cruelty comes from wickedness. We owe to ourselv.s a duty not to be brutal, and we owe to God the duty of treating all of creatures according to his own perfec ions of love and mercy. Neita McCarver. To Have Pure Water. The city council charter revision cm mittee and Mayor Latourotte held a meeting Tuesday night, and am pg other things consideied a com muni a lion from Charles H. Caufiel I, tfarley C. Stevens anil T. Leonard Charman water commissioners, in reference to mrther bonding the city in order to se cure yiire mountain water from the Clackamas river. The commission have usccraincd that water can be brought by gravity fn m the CI ckam s river to the city pumping ststion, and from ihete mstiihnted tlnounh th mains by the present plant, The cost, making this improvement will be fro n $.10,000 to ;15.000. In order to make this improvement the commissi n should have authority to issue $50," IX) of bonds, $10,lKiO to be used in the re tirement of the present issue leaving the balance for improve ments 'Ihe commission feels sure that five percent bonds can be floated at par, and the in come is sutlicient to take caie of the in terest, and enough for needed improve mentH, niovided that e.lau-e of the char ter compelling the comm ssio.i to pay over to ihe city 30 per cent of its gross receipts be stricken out. 'Ihe matter was favorably! conaid ered by the committee, ' yi hich ad journed until next Samrdi.y niitht, w hen other waiters will receive their atten tion. For Rem The larg 8 rortn, rrodern eonstrm li d house, lately occupied by Rev. M. L. llugg, lor rent. H K. Cuoss, Agent. 45 cents round trip from Oregon City to Portland and retil'n via Southern Pacific trains. One way rate 25 cents. Tickets now on sale a' railroad depot. Trains leave Oregon City at 8:40 a. in., and 3:35 p. m , and arrives from Port land at 9:23 a. m. and 6:52 p. m. Save time by using the quicker route A Mire Tlilnif fr Ynn. ' A IrH'isitctioii in which you cannot lose! , n sure ''oils;. It li -est e-. , k Io n, I i ct e, lilinl tolu'le h Ml. l 'li j. in.!' lhnl.iw! . ll,., jU .) MIHt ,1 h ('(- j t'piti.i Mini (.bu-ui-lt liv. r. Ca-n-itret j Oandv Cm iiarlic. iIih niteilnl tw !ivr wt'Motlnni nd it'"!inKl tonic ure bv all druvuists vnxranteeil li enrt or money refunded "'. C '. are rnrt iliintf. Try a box t-.-dv; inc. 25c. '0, Sampleand booklet free. All dnicg:8t LOCAL NEWS ITEHS. Trv Coujiikk-IIkuali) six months for 75 cents. Theo Messingat, of Stafford, was in town Wednesday. John Borth. of Macksbu g itor in town Wednesday. was a f : vis- A. Stormer, of Viola, was a visitor in Oregon City Wednnsday. J. 0. Elliott, of Damascus, was a vis itor in the city Wednesday. L. P. Williams, of Olarkes, was an Or egon City visitor Wednesday. W. Heinz, of Sm Diego, Calif., vis ited A, R. Doolitte last week. N. O. McLoughlin returned yesterday evening from a visit to Se.leiu . J. E. Marlts is down from Mark's Prairie attending circuit court. T. L. Turner, a pioneer resident of Stafford, was in Oregon City yesttrday. Wilburn Howell, of Salem, has been visiting his sis.er, Mrs. R. L. McOlure, J. A. Ballard, of Portland, has filed a divorce suit against Mary H. Ballard. J. V. Harless, of Molalla, was a prom inent visitor in Oregon Oity Wednes day. Rev. Butler will conduct s'ervices in the hly chapel next Sunday at 2w0 p. in.' S. A. D. Hungate, the Molalla sur veyor, was lii Oregon City during the week. - Robert Schuubel, of Cams, is making preparations to remove his family, to this city. . , Rev Drake, of Salem, occupied the puipit of the Oong egatioual church last Sunday. , Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Shank, of Mil waukie, were visiting relatives at Canny during the week. D. W.Kinnaird and party returned yesteiday from an inspection of su veys in Southeastern Oregon. H. Breithaupt, one of the prominent citizens of Damascus, was a pleasant caller at this office yesterday. G. B. Dimick was elided secretary of the Willamette S wings & Loan Associ ation, at a meeting held Tuesday night. The husband of Mrs. Mary Ogle, the pioneer who died at Molalla last week, U J . L. Ogle, instead oi Ge irge 0o'ld, as mentioned last week. County Clerk Dixon issued marriage licenses to Grace Elizabeth and ula tbiel Bnrchett on the 0th, Margaret Smith and John Blake on the lMt. There will bo a joint installation of the newly elected members of the Woodmen lorlge and Solar Circle of W oodcralt. The ceremonies will a public. The a 1 j iiirne 1 term of the cotiutv coun on vwdnestt y u.o following tax levy was made: State, 5 7-10 mills; schO'l, n31 tit mills; nad 5 mills; county, 11 mil s ; total, 28 nulls. ' Noah Heiple, of Eagle Creek, accom panied by bis wife and mother, was in i lie city Wednesday on their way home from Salem, where the lemains of the late Samuel Heip'e wer interred. Miss M. E. Snyder and C. L. Black bu'n, two popular voting people of Springwater, were in fried last week. 1 he wedding was quite an eventful at fair, about 40 guests being in attend ance. The announcement was m ide in last week's paper that the eigh'-year' old daughter of J. J. Thompson on the West Side, was III with diphtheria. The little sufferer died Tuesday, and was buried Wwdnesday. The Clackamas county legislative delegation returned ho ne yeste day ev ening the legislature having adjourned until Monday. A. 8. Dresser, J. L. Swafford, Miss McOown and F VI. Dar ling, committee clerks, also came home. The United Vigilantes will holt an hall on open meeting at winaraeue next Thursday evening H. J. Mc- Hem-v, tate organizer, will mako an address, G od instrumental mud' will be a part of the progra n. All are in v ted. . Bert. Roake, the esp-rt machinist, has es ahlishetl hims-lf in thn general hlaeksmithing business in the building formerly occupied bv ihe Eis' side Railw-BV Company onp-wite M jor Charnmn's store. makes a spoo ialtv of too's. On Wednesday T. W. Cathberr and ("enrae Wild, each had quar' mining claims recorded in Ihe county clerk's office. These locations are in the She' n creek mining district., sitii.tt d in the Cascade range ahove Salmon river. The ledges contain gold, silver and lead. The late snowstorm riid not extend to the South": n and Eas'ern port; ns of ( laekamss eountv. There was only a' slight fall of snow at tl e points desig nated, which qnicklv melted awav At Oregon City and vi' inity tho fall was several inches, anil the snow lay on for several davs. At Portland the fall was still heavier. There will be match game of basket ball Saturday evening between the Y. M C. A. business men's team and the Dewevs of Portland. In addition to this there will be a grapophone enter tainment; all fr Ihe benefit of the new association building. The hoy'e team worsted the I'ewevs last Saturday night nt Pope's hall by a score of 17 to 12. This en'ertainment will be at thn same place, and the admi-sl.n will be IP cents. We have a Laee Asscrtirent t f Lilies' and Gents' Umbrellas f Wh'ch we offer fliqj arc all the Latest Designs and Yen BURMEISTER i 1 The Oregon A move is now foot to make a first class thoroughfare from tho end of the plank road "to Howard's mill. It is probable that the route selected will ha on tho old survey made several years avo. A meeting was held at Molall a few davs ago, and the following com. mittee was appointed to view the pro posed route with the county court and the Oregon City Board of Trade: J. R. Shaver. John Cole, Oliver Bobbins, Sain Engleand H. S. Ramsby. On last Thursday Will L. Miller and D. H. Glass, experts appointed to ex amine the taxroll of 1897, filed their re port with the county clerk The re port shows that from March 2nd, to June 21st, 1898, inclusive, Sheriff G. W. Grace turned over to the county treas urer 88 cents more than was due the county from him. From June 22nd, to Dec, Slst, 1898, includve, the experts find an error of one cent in favor of Clackamas county, and against Sheriff J , J. Cooke; Two million more salmon eggs were received from Anderson, Calif., by. the Southern Pacific overland Friday, for thn Clackamas hatchery. This makes seven and a halt million eggs received at the Clackamas hatchery this season ; five million from the Little White Sal mon river in Washington, and the re- ' mainder from California. The parties having charge of the upper Clackamas hatchery have completed their work and came out. During the season the oper ators turned loose two million young salmon in the river Mrs. Peter Scamel, of Molalla. is very ill at the residence of W H H. Sam son on Main street. One week ago last Tuesday night the Scamel residence on the William Leveridge farm was burned to the ground. Mrs. Scamel, who was very ill at the time, was removed to the barn with three sma'l children, but was brought here for medical treatment, accompanied by Mrs. Elizabeth Moody. All that was saved from the burned dwell tig was a few bedclothes a Bewing machine and a trunk. This accident leaves Mr. Scamel and family in desti tute circumstances. David Morris, a pioneer of 18)2, was found dead in his cabin back of Wilhoit Springs. He had appar ently been dead for several days, when discovered by some neighbors, who lived a quarter of a mile away. They had missed him fiom his usual haunts, and went over expec ing to find Mr. Morris ill. He hd apparently died without a struigle, as he was lying in the bed, and ihe covers were not" in the least disturbed. The deceased was about 00 years of, age, and leaves a brother at Voodburn, and a sUter at lekoa, Wash. The deceased, also leaves relatives iu this county. An effort is being m nl in Kansas, to secure the pardon of Rev W. A. Wil lison, a former Oregon City minister now serving a sentence in the Oregon penit ntiary at Sa em. Willison was up for 12 v ears in 1804. for a series of foi-geri-s committed in Portland. He bad at diffe ent times served as minis ter in the M thodist, Preshyterian snd Baptist churches, but wa in the real es tate business in Portland at the time tho oi'fe se was commit el. He want East iu company wi h n worn in, whom he is sac t to u ive nurriel. lie was traced to Joplin, vfo , hire he was in charge of a c lurch under the assumed name of Williams. For a time Willis-n was pastor of an Oregon Ci y chu eh. Mrs Darthula H. Sconce, died at Needy on the 8th day of January, 189.1, ....... I 77 ..U.IQ 111 IT. . 1, .....l" a Her funeral occurred a1 ilu kock Creek cema ery o i .lanu.iry 9th, Rev J M. Sliulsj conducting the services at the M E church and the cemetery. The deceased was a sister of 0 W Noblitt, of this city. She was born in G acen county. Virginu, March 2nd, 1821, and was married to Robert H. Sconce on tne 4th day of June, 1848, in Ray couniy, Mo. In 1853, they emigrated to Oregon, ami settled at Needy in this county, being among the early pioneers. Mr. Sconce died a number of years ago She leaves three chi d en, William and Thomas Sconce and Mrs. Jennie Smith, all of this county. There was a meeting of the fishe" nien'H union and other citizens at Weinhard's had last Thursday evening. Ex Mayor Straight i resided. Fish Commissioner H D. MeHuire was pr s ent. and favored an amendment to the law passed at the late special Be stou of the legislature, Hiving fishermen the p ivilege of fishing in the Clackamas Mnd Willamette rivers. ' He di I not think it right to discriminate against CtHckamas county, and promise I to u-e bis influence to have the law amended. Senators Porter anil Brownell, who. al o, were pre-ent, pledged themselvea ii support be amendment. Cbaiman( .Mi.ii.:!it iipponted th - f Mowing com iiiitieo to draft the proposed amend meet: M.A. Ma'gone, t'yrus 1 riimb ley, Harrv Auno, William .lenninns nd Hall Rothey. It. is very important for viacKanias county that tit's ainmd ment become a law, as the fishing in iltistrv in t is section aiii iunts to about $15,000 per annum. I!ea'v male ness kihs (run $1.50 to $3.00 at the Racket Store Ribbons, embroideries. In'"s-nltll kinds of notions at the Kac'-et Slore. 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