Oregon City courier=herald. (Oregon City, Or.) 1898-1902, October 06, 1899, PART 1, Page 3, Image 3

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    OREGON CITY COURIER-HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1899.
PERSONAL MENTION.
0. D. Bobbins was down from Logan
Wednesday.
Mrs. J. D. Myers was seriously ill
daring the week.
W. S. U'Ken returned Tuesday from
a trip to Pendleton.
Mrs. L. Lacey, of Springwater, is vis
iting friends in this city.
Hon. George Ogle; of Molalla was
visitor in town Wednesday.
Mr. Sevick, sr., of New Era, was a
visitor in town during the week
A.B. Herman, of Beaver Creek, i8 ,
nnir o atiirfant. at Mnnnt Anirel colleee.
Jesse Cox, a well known citizen of
Highland, was in the city "Wednesday.
Thomas B. Killin, of Highland, was a
prominent visitor in town Wednesday.
F.M.Sumner, a well known High
land citizen, was in town Wednesday.
Mrs. Reiver Ramsby and daughter, of
Molalla, were visitors in the city Tues
day. W. W. Tate, a druggist, of Shedds,
Ore., visited Dr. R. A. Jayne, during
week.
Miss Greta Strickler returned Wed
nesday from an extended sojourn in
Portland. ,
Mrs. C. 0. T. Williams and daughter,
Veda, have returned from a visit to Mc
Minnville. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ranch, nee Nora
Elliott, returned from their wedding
tour Wednesday.
Victor Dickey and Miss Maud Ras
tall, two Molalla schoolteachers, were
in town Tuesday.
Councilman C. G. Huntley returned
from up the valley Tuesday afternoon
with a bag of dead birds.
Mrs. Dick Ulbrand, of Portland, and
Mrs. Ed Miller, of Needy, were visiting
friends here Wednesday.
W. H. Mattoon. who was in from Vi
ola Wednesday, stated that farmers
were busy plowing for fall sowing.
W. M. Harris, of Aurora, a pioneer of
1852, who had been visiting his son, H.
E. Harris, returned home Wednesday.
Miss Gabrielle Clark, an attorney of
Salem, and Miss Lottie Clark, of Port
land, were visiting Mrs. George B rough
ton, Sunday.
George Boppi and family arrived from
South Dakota this week, and purchased
the Valentine Iloff place on the West-
side of the river.
Mrs. Julia Watkins and daughter,
Miss Mabel, of Milwaukie, Wis., are
visiting Mrs. Dr. Jayne, during her ill
ness. Mrs. Watkins is Mrs. Jayne's
mother.
J. 8. Casto, of Alpine farm, lecturer
of the state giange, went to Portland
Wednesday to discuss a life insurance
plan, under the auspices of grange or
ganizations. Mrs. Lizzie Mims and a part of her
family, left Wednesday for Indiana,
where they will reside in the future.
Other members of the family will follow
in a month or two.
Attorney L. H. McMahan was down
from Salem Tuesday. Mac says that he
has been out of the newspaper long
enough to begin to think that his
chance for Heaven, is pretty good.
G. T. Watts has returned from the
Klondike, after suffering some hard tx
periences. At one time he almost died
with scurvy. ' He fared better, however,
during the past few months.
Special Sale of
Tight Stoves
Air
G. II. YOUNG
DEALER IN
Furntome, Stoves, Hoiise
Furnishing &oods,
Motions, New and
Seeonl-Haiul Goods
Next to C immercial Bank
, Opp Burmeister & Andresen's
A. R. Sprague is Bpendingvhis vaca
tion in the country.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Eaton were in
from Carus Monday.
William Bissell, of Canby, was a vis
itor in Oregon Oity Tuesday.
Noah Heiple, the Eagle creek sawmill
proprietor, was in town Tuesday.
F. M. Naught, a prominent citizen of
Meadowbrook, was in town Tuesday.
L. W. Robbins, the well known Mo
lalla merchant, was in the city Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. William Stone, of Red-
land, were visitors from Redland Mon-
Eugene Cumins and family, of Bea
ver Oreok, were visitors in town Satur
day. Ralph Miller has returned from an
extended sojourn in the vicinity of Bar
low. 1
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Surface, who
reside in the Eest, are visiting relatives
here.
A.J. Hobble, of Beaver Creek,' re
turned Saturday from a visit down the
Columbia.
Water Superintendent and Mrs. W."1
II. Howell leave Saturday for a visit to
California.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Watts and Mrs.
S. E. Sprague, of Stone, were visitors in
town Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Jones, and Mr.
and Mrs. B. Hite, of Pleasant Home,
were visitors in town. Tuesday.
Ex-Postmaster S. R. Green is now
foreman of a construction crew on the
line of the 0. R. & N. at Viento.
J. N. Harrington, Charles Moran and
Theodore Dahl have returned from a
prospecting trip in the mountains.
Judge and Mrs. Thomas F. Ryan vis
ited her brother in Portland Sunday,
who had just returned from Manila.
Mrs. R. A. Sprague has received the
information that her aon, Roy, who is
on the battleship Oregon at Manila, is
sick. ; ,
W. A.. Hart writes from Wardner,
Idaho, that he is maktng $3 59 per day,
and is well pleased with hfs new loca
tion.
John Rauch and daughters, of Seattle,
who were visiting Eli Maddock and
family and other relatives, left Saturday
for their home.
Mrs. M. Shaner has received a letter
from Mr. Shaner, who is now employed
in an Idaho mine, that he is laid up
with a crushed hand.
D. N. Bridenstine, of Springwater,
was in town Tuesday, and reported the
arrival ef a new girl baby at his house,
on the Tuesday previous.
Ex-County Judge J. W. Meldrurn and
lamily have returned from an outing at
Mount Hood. George A. Steel and fam
ily were with them for awhile.
0. B. Frost has returned from Astoria,
where he attended the funeral of his
cousin, Mrs. Mary Cyrus. He was ac
companied by his cousin, Will Frost, of
Salem. t
Nello Johnson, who is connected with
the Astoria & Coast Railroad office at
Astoria, visited, his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. Cary Johnson, Monday and
Tuesday. ,
0. H. Ohlson received a letter a few
days ago from F. F. White at Dawson
City. lie and his party are now work
ing a clai n on Wait creek with fair
prospects.
Mrs. G. B. Diniick is home from a
visit to relatives up the valley.
R. T. Dibble, a prominent farmer of
Molalla, was in the city yesterday.
- T. M. Baker and daughter, of ;Wil-
sonville, were visitors in town Wednes
day. s
John Barth, a prominent farmer of
Macksburg, was in Oregon City Wed
nesday. -
Mrs. J. B." Labor and child left Wed
nesday night to Join Mr. Labor at San
Francisco.
Mrs. M.C. Wells, of Portland, waa
visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. B. Zum
wait, Wednesday.
Senator John D. Daly, of the Oorval-
lis Union-Gazette, visited Captain J. T.
Epperson Tuesday.
George Kelland and John Burgoyne,
of New Era, have gone to the Tilla
mook coast for a trip.
Miss Imogene Harding left last night
for Stockton, Calif., to be present at the
wedding of Miss Grace Welsh.
Bert Roake has returned from
Truckee. Calif., where he was employed
by the Crown Paper Company.
C A. Hovis, who was a member of
theG. B. Fox Mercantile Company at
Barlow, will leave soon for Eastern Or
egon. - .
Lieutenant Ralph W. Terrell, of Sa
lem, and Miss Anna Samuels, of Port
land, visited at the home of Miss Erma
Lawrence SunUay.
Thomas Lindsay has returned from
Dawson, but will go in again when
springtime comes, lie says tue oppor
tunities are good for rustlers 111 that
country.
W. II. Bonney, the Redland sawmill
proprietor, was in Oregon City Monday,
and reports lumbering business good.
He wis accompanied- by his father-in-law,
G. 0. Armstrong, also of Redland.
S. L. Knox, a well known young
Clackamas farmer, was in town Monday
and took out a load of damaged wheat,
which he had shipped from Salem. It
cost him 60 cents per sack, and he will
use it for feed.
L. Heinz, of Macksburg, was in town
Monday. He stated that he and Mr.
Barth had sold their thresher, after run
ning it through a part of the season.
He reports the yield of both. grain and
hops good in that section.
Miss Josephine Fullerton, who has
been spending the summer with her
parents at Alsea, returned Friday, and
resumed her place in the Canby school,
Monday. She was accompanied home
by Mrs. D. II . Glass's little child.
W. S. Runyan, who is on his way to
Dawson, wrote to E. C. Hamilton a few
ago. The letter was dared at Skagway,
and Btated that Dave Henderson was
doing well with his Atlin mining claim.
He had six men employed during the
season.
Mrs. E. S. Crowley and "nephew, Lee
Eaton, recently of Carus, have moved
into the Robert Schuebel house on Mad
ison street. Mrs. Schuebol and chil
dren have gone to Seattle to join Mr.
Schuebel, who has a good position
there.
Mrand Mrs. David Penman, of New
Era, accompaniedby their Bon, Tommy,
were in town the first of the week. The
latter, who had one of liia legs broken,
by being thrown from a horse several
weeks ago, is fairly along on the road
to recovery.
Adolph Aschoff, of Marmot, one of the
Cascade forest rangers, was in town
Monday, having left hi9 son to look af
ter his part of the Work, while he took
a day off. Mr. Aschoff's part of the
work, consists iu making trails from one
station to another.
F. Way, of Meadowbrook, was, here
Monday. He Btated that several far
mers living in the hills, had cot
threshed their grain yet. The grain,
however, was in the stack, and in good
condition. While waiting for the
thresher, a number of the farmers had
put in the time at the hopyards.
Thomas Harlan, late of The Dalles, a
prominent speaker in Oregon during the
last political campaign, was a pleasant
caller at this office Monday. Mr. Har
lan and son have begun the publication
of the Pacific Democrat, published at
Vancouer, Wash., and Portland, Ore
gon. It advocates free silver and direct
legislation. ' ,
Few people who get one of the little
samples of Magic yeast that is being dis
tributed from house to house are aware
of the popularity of that favorite article.
We have it from good authority that
over one thousand million loavea of
Christian Science services are held in
Willamette hall every Sunday morning
at 11 o,clock. Subject for Sunday, Oct.
8,. "Doctrine of Atonement." Sunday
school at 12:10. Wednesday evening
meeting at eight o'clock. A cordial in
vitation is extended to all who desire to
attend these eervices.
45 cents round trip from Oregon City
to Portland and return via Southern
Pacific trains. One way rate 25 cents.
Tickets now on Bale' at railroad depot.
Trains leave Oregon City at 8:40 a.m.,
and 3:35 p. ra., and arrives from Port
land at 9 :23 a. in. and 6 :52 p. m . Save
time by using the quicker route.
We keep New York right in Portland all the time. Soon
as a fashionable fad is in sight in the greater city it reveals itself
in our stock at once and, depend upon it -"every article in our
collection is right. Right in quality, in fashion and in fit
"Your money back If you say so" says so.
What we say we do, we do do.
Men's
EveryvDay
Suits
(For autumn are ready. The materials
jjare fine cassimeres, worsteds, cheviote,
Sand heavv-weight serges, Coats are cut
single and double-breaster1.
S A glance at these suits would enable
ftthe connoisseur to see that an tne cor
rfit fashion "wrinkles" are there S
uuMUun v. uwu. w.vw.v 1 "
.3 buttons on the single ; change pocket,
,but no breast pocket on the outside.
.Trousers iust the neht width at knee
'ankle,
$10I$12
$15 to $35
Topcoats
jfrn latest styles of covert cloths, herring'
bone weaves, whipcords and vicunas,
$10 to $45
Largest Clothiers in the Northwest New Ltoatlon Fourth and
ft
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
Pope & Company are making Reives
for the Uogue river hatchery, ftaviog
secured the contract in direct competi
tion with Portland bidders.
The county clerk has received official
notification that M. Daugherty, who
was sent to the insane asylum Febru
ary 8th, 1895, died on September 18th.
County Clerk Dixon issued marriage
marriage licenses to Ida Harney and
Everett Hubbard on September 29ih,
also on the same date Mabel M Cum
mons and J. F. Lovelace.
William Beck, aged 15, was examined
before County Judge Byan Wednesday,
and was pronounced insane. Sheriff
Cooke took the bay to the asylum Fri
day morning. The boy set fire to his
father's barn a couple of weeks ago,
which waa destroyed with all its con
tents. Miss Edna Mattoon, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Mattoon, of Viola, was
married to J. O. Brown, of Linn county,
last Sunday afternoon. The ceremony
took place at the residence of the bride's
parents, the officiating minister being
Rev.'Snyder, of Portland. Mr. an 1 Mrj
Brown have gone up the vUley on a
trip, and upon their return will reside
at Viola.
A Chinaman was driving through
Main street with a drove of hogs last
Friday. Finally the rear end gate of
the wagon bed fell out, and the porkers
began to drop out one by one. After
the aecond hog easily dropped to the
pavement and begin a promenade on
the bricks, the Chinamen's attention
was called to the fact that he was losing
his hogs. After a couple of hours chas
ing and dodging, he finally landed the
animals back in the wagon.
The following notice appeared in the
Middleton, Ohio, Republican. Mr.
Smith has been a resident of Oregon
City for several years : We publish this
week an interesting letter from Hon. L.
O. Smith, descriptive of his Oregon
home, the climate, crops, etc. Mr.
Smith was a former editor of this paper
and resided here and no doubt his le
gions of friends hereabouts will be
pleased to hear from him. We expect
to publish several letters from his pen
in the near future. Watch for them.
Arthur Clift, who returned a few days
ago from a trip up the Columbia, look
ing for yonug cottonwood tree;, says
the potatoes vines in the vicinity of
Vancouver are turning black from tbf
effects of some disease, and it is Icau l
that considerable of the crop will be
worthless. Mr. Clift found cottonwood
trees that had grown since 1894. They
were five inches in diameter and were
25 feet In height. Mr. Clift secures a
lot of small trees every winter for the
Willamette Pulp & Paper Company,
who have the young coltonwoodj trans
planted, to take the place of the trees
that have been cut off and made Into
white paper.
Men's
Handker
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w e are in cio&est ioui-u win. uio mrg-:ttim quality in luv.irmuiy uui uini wu-(
est competent hankerchief-maker, from sideration and youra, too. 1
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wiiuui we niwiw uur luiuieuao nkwk,
Uience me cosr. oeing ai a minimum, our;
iprice-markB are lower than those usually
put on. similar qualities eisewnere.
Absolutely all linen handkerchiefs,
25c, 35c, 50c
Fancy border linen handkerchiefs,
narrow hemstich,
50c each
Fanov hemstitched silit handkerchiefs,
jplain with and fancy, '
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50c, 75c. $1.00
Mr. J. D. Stevens gave the Courier
II krai-d a pleasant call Tuesday.- Mr.
Stevens is commissioned by the mayor
and council of Canby to Bee the S. P. K.
It. and U. S. postal officials in Portland
to remedy the existiim conditions rela
tive to train and mail service in Canby.
He will report the result of his inter
view to the citizens of Canby and vicin
ity at the open meeting of the A. 0. U.
W. in Knight's hall, Canby, Friday eve
ning next.
Abernethy Chautauqua Circle met at
the residence of Mrs. Washburn at Park
place Friday night, and reorganized for
the coming year's work. Mrs. William
Galloway was re-elected president and
leader, this being her third term. Mrs.
J. T. Apperson was elected vice-president,
and George A.Hamilton secretary.
The meeting proved a delightful reun
ion in a social way, and Mrs. Galloway
was presented with an elegant sil"er
salad set, complimentary to her services
for the circle. Refreshments were
served.
0. C. Yocum and F. 0. Little, both
living in the Cascade forest reserve, at
the base of Mount Hood, proved'up on
their homesteads Monday. Their wit
nesses were William G. Steel, of Port
land, and Charles Fryer. These home
steads were located before the bounda
ries of the forest reserve were estab
lished, and are the last subject to final
proof in that immediate vici lity, W. G.
Steel had a homestead location there,
but commuted it a couple of vears ago.
These parties have been offered good
figures for their claims, but declined to
sell. Mr. Yocum intends to build a
$2500 hotel at Government camp.
A correflpondent of the Eugene Guard
says that the Blue river mining district
is taking on all the air a regular mining
camp. Suit has been instituted in the
Lane county circuit court by the Blue
River Mining Company against Frank
Mengo and others, whereby the com
pany asks for an injunction restraining
defendants from interfering with plain
tiff's property. The plaintiff asks for
$200 damages. Also several arrests
have been made In the district, the par
ties involved being accused of stealing
mining tools from the cabin of John
Downer, a negro miner. A rich placer
strike is also reported.
The Ashland Record gives an accoun1
of the work done by J. W. Berriam, of
Stone, at the Rogue river hatchery, as
follows: "The fish hatchery at the
mouth of Elk creek is running in full
blast and is a flight worth seeing. Mr.
Berriam has two racks across the river
at a distance of about 400 yards apart
with a gate in the lower rack so that the
fish can pass through. At one end of
the lower rack he has a d jwu stream
flub trap. When he wishes to make a
drive he sends the fishermen out with a
seine that reaches from shore, to shore.
They go down the liver, forcing every
thing iu front of them to the lower rack.
They go along the rack with one end of
the seine and drive the fish into the
lisp."
Hat
Good.
ness
Steinbach hat values need no eulogy?
inr comment to add til their renutation.w
iOnly honest headwear is shown here.J
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h'odir. hftro inr.piit ta i n nnim in nAftri.
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$1.50, $2.00
to $5.00
Derbys in newest shapes an 1 color-;
ing8 at
$1.50, $3.00
to $5,005
We are the sole agents here for the3
celebrated "Youmans" hats.
Ladies'
"Youmans," $5.00
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Morrlmn, Portland, Ore.
Charles Montgomery, of this city, has
been pardnned from the penitentiary for
complicity in the Ladd grave robbery.
Mrs. Jerome, mother of Mrs. Charles
Albright, died in Oakland, Calif., this
week, and will be buried iu Portland
Saturday.
Rev. T. P. Haynes will preach at Tea
sol Creek church on Oct. 8th at 11 a. m.
and at Harlcss hall, Molalla, at 7:40.
Oct. 8th.
' Yesterday the county board of com
missioners ruled that thoy did not have
jurisdiction to establish a county road
from Third street to intarsect the Law
ton road on the hill,
A very pleasant birthday party was
given by Mrs.W, J.. Farnham at her res
dence at the Portland house, in this city
Wednesday evening. A delicious sup
per was served during the evening.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs. E. J.
Lankinsand family, Mr. and Mrs fl. J.
Lankins and family, Mrs. Kruso, Misses
Millie and Nettie Krmo and Mr, Purcell.
Some 303 people were at the Y. M. O.
A. social Wednesday night, feasting on
home-made candy and drinking lemon
ade. A program consisted of instru
mental selection, Miss Mina Caplen; or
chestra; solo, Mr( FrankConfer; orches
tra; class work free, dumb bell and
parallel bar; indoor baseball ; solo, Mr.
Walter Little. After the program the
orchestra played several selections, while
the young people joined in games and a
good social time.
William Stone has been a resident of
Clackamas county since 1852, and dur
ing the last 40 years of that period, did
not see Portland until last Saturday.
He has lived alone on his farm in the
vicinity of Meadowbrook, occasionally
coming to town, but never visiting the
metropolis, which has grown from a
village to a great city, during his 40
years of comparative isolation, tit.
Stone is a native of Ireland, and says
that a part of his religion consists in liv
ing at peace with his neighbors. Up to
last Saturday, Uncle Billy had never
rode on a railway or electric line, and
had never bean in a theatre. Alf How
land persuaded Uncle Billy to accom
pany him to Portland Saturday, and
get a glimpse of the great, busy world,
after many years. '
Deputy Assessor Niqtfn Blair was la
from Handy esterdav.
Mrs, Randall, of Portland, is visiting
hersjn, Piatt T. Iiinhll.
Deputy Assessor J. A. Nelson and
wife were in from Liberal yesterday.
Dee Wright has returned to Clacka
mas county after an absence of a- year.
He went with a drove of 0,000 sheep to
Omaha, (raveling overlani.. He visited
important points in the Fast, and has
Been the world generally.
Lout On September, 20, between
Clackamas Heights and Parkplace, a
nickel key wind watch, Elgin move
ment No. 2C0.300. Return to this office
or to J. A. La M ar, Parkplace. Reward.