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16 PAGES, 2 PARTS, PART 1 it City Couri CIRCULATION GUARANTEED LARGER THAN ALL OTHER PAPERS IN COUNTY COMBINED pHedh COURIER ESTABLISHED MAY, 1883 HERALD ESTABLISHED JULY, 1893 CONSOLIDATED SEPTEMBER, W98 Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum A-um baking powders are the greatest menacers to health of the present day royal gAnma wwctn ea, hew vobk. Proceeding of the Regular Oi-Jdber Session of Board. (Continued from last ween.) Tn thn matter ot aeceutine the Rock Creek bridge from the contractors, Mor- . r, l i j : . . ,ii .1, rio OCVIUH. lurinraiw uaviug """" and accepted said bridge and being fully advised, it is ordered that said bridge in all respects be accepted and approved and the clerk is hereby ordered to issue a warrant in favor of said Morris & Olds for $948.50, the contract price of said bridge, plus $88 45 extra for mistake made in length of bridge when survey of bridge site was made, mak ing a total of $1036.95 less one hun We have the finest Chilled plow' in the world. Come and see it. Every plow fully guaranteed. It is the Syracuse.. We also have a nice line of Can ton Clipper Steel Hows and harrows. Acorn Steel ' Ranges, Air Tight Heaters. We keep everything in the Hardware line. Plumbing shop in con nection with store. POPE & CO-, Corner Fourth and Main Strtets, OREGON CITY, OREGON BELLO M THE Keeping in Touch with a good Store where no advantage is ever taken where only best known and most reliable items are offered you, is really a matter of business. That our store meets these conditions, we've every argument to convince you can depend upon any statement in our ad vertising any price we list you any quality we offer. Experience, backed by facilities for buying, enable us to make you many offers you'll find it dif ficult to duplicate. If you make selection from these, you'll secure the qualities wise buyers prefer. 3-Pieces Bedroom Suits. .....$11 60 Bevel Edge Mirror 20x24 Caution. Your friends not to buy a Cooking Stove or Range before they have examined into the merits of . to .'"".!. t ill i : 71 IIVA OAK AND 0TOVE0. They will do better work, and do it quicker, with leu fuel and labor, and will lut longer than any other kind. You will find the price reasonable enough. dred ($100) dollars already advanced to contractors. MorrisA Olds........... ..$936 95 In the matter of the report of viewers on the petition of Wm. Brobst, et al., for a-county road. In the matter of the report of S. M. Kelso.Grant Lichtentha ler and Chas. Han son, viewers appointed at the last term of tliie ; board to view and locate a county road situated in Ulackauias county, Oregon, described in full on psge 239 of this journal. Said viewers filed their report showing that they had met on the 27th day of Sep tember, a day named in the notice served upon them and were duly sworn i fice administered by John W. Meldruni, I the deputy county surveyor, after which pflded to tho debienaed nlace DV BUOBCriUlUK WJH Wrincu umu uiur and Uid view and cause to be surveyed bv Baid deputy county surveyor, the above described road. They also filed the field notes and plat of the survey. Said viewers report favorably to the es tablishing of said road as viewed and surveyed, for the reasons that it is a good Dractical route and of public utility. Said report"vaS reffd "ont!iiH day on its- first reading ana laid over ior & bbcuhu martini? Imrmrrnw. Tn thfl mxt.ter of the betition and sub- scri ni.ion Hot from road dlfitnct No, 19 fur work on the Mnlall ond Meadow brook road. It is ordered by the board that said matter be referred to Eoadmas er CounBell with power to act. In the matter, at. iwtitinn fif .Tnaetta Long for a tax rebate. It is ordered by the board that said petition be granted and the sheriff be authorized to accept the taxes on her share of the property assessed to her. ' In the matter of the petition and sub scription list from road district No. 26, on the road east of the Oscar Sturges place. Now comes George Ogle before the board and presents said petition " Y &- HOUSEFURNISHERS All-Wool C. C. Carpet, per yard... 50c Bussel's Carpet, per yard 50c Ingrain Carpet, per yard 25c Washable Jute Carpet, per yard 35c Hemp Carpet, per yard 10c Matting, per yard 10c Lace Curtains, pair... 75c Fringed Table Cover, 3 hy 3 feet. ... 50c Double Boll Strange as it may seem ' ' there wiwhas been produced But One Carpet Sweeper that hu given entire iti if action to both DEALER and USER, THE "BISSELL" FOR TWENTY-TWO TEARS The Acknowledged Leader on tlx Market, Constantly Improved, " , Always the Best, Every One Guarantee! 15c OREGON CITY, OREGON, and the board being fully advised it is ordered that said petition and subscrip tion list be accepted and that $35 be al lowed out of the road fund to aid in re pairing said road. In the matter of the petition and sub scription list for work on the Byres and Day change in the Criswell and Milwau kie road in district No. 3. The board being fully advised, it is ordered that said petition and subscription list of work on said road be accepted. In the matter of the petition and sub scription list of Fred Miller, et al, for work on the Leland road in road district No 16. Now comes Fred Miller before the board and presents said petition and subscription list and the board being fiitlv oHviacH it. ia nntfirpfl that said De- rition and list be accepted and that $39 be allowed out of the road fund for the improvement of said road, and that a copy of this order with a copy of the subscription list be forwarded to A Boem er.suDervisor of road district No 10. and that he wok the same in accordance therewith. In the matter of the application of ABlair. executor of the estate of Rhoda A Blair, deceased. This matter coming on to be heard on the applica tion of" said Enos A Blair for leave to bav taxes on the following described real estate: The s of 8e, the ui of of njtf of seJi, thee of sw quar, the nw quar of sw quar and lot 1 of sec 1, t 6 8, r 1 e of AV M in Clackamas county, and it-appearing that on the tax roll for 1898 d property is assessed together with the sl4 of njo of se quar of said section 1, t 6 s,r 1 e of W M, which last described tract is the property of Geo F Blair, now on motion of Hedges & Griffith, it is or dered that the sheriff receive from said Enoa A Blair, executor, the taxes as sessed for the year 1898 upon the said tracts of land excepting the said tract belonging to Geo F Blair, and issue his receipt therefor. In the matter of the petition of A M Scott, et al, for a bridge on the Graves road. Said petition being laid over from the Sept terra to await the report of the roadmaster thereon, and the board being no fu 1 advised. It is ordered that the county will build said bridge petitioned for as soon as the petitioners complete the road to said bridge site In the matter of the petition ot P B Miller, et al, foi further assistance for Mrs R A Woods. Allowance increased from $5 to $20 per month, to date from Oct 1st, 1899. Said warrant to be draw in f ivor of F A Beach on the first day of November, 1899,ndon the firBt day of eacn month tnereatter. In the matter of the application of the sheriff for authority to cancel the taxes on certain church property in Milwaukie BUSCH Copper Bottom Tea Kettle 40c 10-quart Granite Pail.. 60c 10-quart Dish Pan 10c 10-inch Granite Pan.... 25c 6 Knives and Forks 50c 6 Table Spoons ; ... 10c 6 Tea Spoons 05c Butcher Knife. 10c High Back DinlnChair. Rockers................... 65c $1.00 and op 8 Cope and Saaceri 45c 6 Dinner Plates . 60c 0 Sance Dishes . 25c 100-P eee line Decorated Dinner Set 9.50 .. ..... ... ri .i. . ... FRIDAY, OCTOBER and a graveyard near Deardorff's. The board being fully advised, it is ordered that said permission he granted and the sheriff be authorized to cancel said taxes. In the matter of the bicycle path su pervisor's reports for September. The board having examined said reports and being fully satisfied, it is ordered that the clerk be authorized to draw warrants on the bicycle fund for the several amounts and in favor of the following named persons: Wilson & tJooke, bicycle fund.. S 1 25 SellwoodL&MCo 18 89 O Wissinger 50 R 8 Jackson... . .... 37 50 W E Raridan 33 75 Kmil Bottemiller 33 75 E A Smith 10 00 R Beaver...... . 2 25 Fred Hnesly , 6 75 E H Bunnell 75 Otto Will 75 Herbie Jackson..,...,.. 2 25 H Qillman 4 50 O S Matthews . 3 00 OA Wooltolk 60 E H Cowing 75 Total $157 14 In the matter of the remission of taxes against H E Cross, trustee. It being as certained by a personal examination of the records, thai the tax against tracts L. M. N. O. P.O. R antf 8 in Clacka mas Fruit Lands, amounting co sw.so and taxed in the name of H E CroBS.trus- tee, is a double tax and erroneously upon the books, the real owner neine bteua m Ohlsen and the tax on said land in her name being already paid as shown by receiot No 751. and the court being sat isfied it is ordered that the tax on saic property in the name of H E Oross.trus tee. of $17.75 be and the same is hereby remitted. The board now adjourned to meet to morrow the 5th mst, at v :au a m. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1899. The board met pursuant to adjourn ment. The board and othcerfl present as of yesterday, the 4th inst. The min utes of yesterday's meeting having been read aud anDroved. And now on this day the following proceedings were had to-wit: In the matter of supervisors of the several road districts in the county put- ting signs on the public roads. It is or dered by the board that said supervi sors shall erect said sign boards in ac cordance with Section 4094, page 16 of the road laws of 1899, a copy of which each supervisor can obtain at the couifty clerk's oliioe in Oregon City, and that the last provision in said section will be strictlv enforced. In the matter of the report of viewers on the petition of Wm Brobst, et al, for a t.-nnty road. Said report was read on yeiAerday and now on this day on its second reading. And it appearing that there are four claims tor damages and two remonstrance and claim for dam ages in the sum of $1600. Wm Mackin tosh, remonstrance and claim for dam ages in the sum of $1000. Calvin Kiser claim for damages in the sum of $150. Frank Kiser, claim for damages in the sum . of $250 And the board not being fully advised, it is ordered that Road master Counsell inspect said proposed road and report upon its practicability at the next regular term of this board, and that the expenses of Baid view and survey be paid by Clackamas county and the clerk is hereby authorized to is sue the necessary warrants for same. S M Kelso, 2 days,4 miles $ 4 40 Grant Lichenthaler, 2 days, 10 mi 5 00 Chas Hanson, 2 days, 10 miles. . . 5 00 Andrew Johnson, 2 days 4 00 A Laughlin, 2 days 4 00 Wm Brobst, 2 days 4 00 John W Meldruni, 3 days 15 40 Total $41 80 In she matter of the petition of E A Albright, et al, for the vacation of a county road. On the matter of the re port of Kick Birtchet, William Bird and S Irons appointed at the last term of this board to view and vacate a county road situated in Clackamas county, Or, described in full on page 243 of this jour nal said viewers filed their report show ing that Ihey had met on the 2nd day of Oct, a day named in the notice served upon them and were duly sworn by sub scribing to a written oath of office ad ministered by John W Meldrura. depu ty county surveyor, after which they proceeded to the designated place and did view and cause to be surveyed by said deputy countv survevor the above described road. They also filed the field notes and plats of the survev. Said viewers report favorably to the vacating of said road as viewed and surveyed for the reasons that it is an impractical route and of no public utility, Said re port was read on this day on its first reading and laid over for a second read ing tomorrow-. f t fi ; ; . In the matter' of change in the Creswell and Milwaukie road. In the matter of the report of John W Meldrum, . deputy county surveyor, on the change in the Byres and Day change" in the Creswell and Milwaukie road in Clacka mas county. I submit herewith field n nee oi tne lurv-jr and maps of tie route of the proposed change in Ores well and Milwaukie road which because of the manner of which it has been re ceived I have designated on tbe map as the Byres and Day change in the Cres well and Milwaukie road and respect fully recommend that, in case of the ap proval of this change an order be made requiring the same t be recorded in the Record of Roads for Clackamas county. The deed conveying to tbe board of county commissioners of Clackamas county the necessary strip of land re quired to make the change through the lands of J B Day, I made out and trans mitted on the 14th day of September. 1999, to Mr J B Day at Salem, Or, as re quested by him to be executed by him self and wile and returned to the county clerk of Clackamas count v Tt perceived by inspecting the map here- with aa L.H. ill. J At x t a . uuuiuwxj wai ine cnaneea road irom the north end thereof to the inter section of the north boundary of J B iay siana, a distance of 1.47 chains passes over iana Deiongin g to J A Byers, 20 1899. COLUMBIA and ADVANCE MAY ; PKESSES Arc the most Powerful I carry both lull Circle Presses ;i" EDDWAMB MttKRUDlES Corner Front and Taylor Streets, PORTLAND, OREGON which is not regularly laid out as a county road. I transmit herewith a deed to be executed by said Byers and wife conveying the required strip of land to the board of county commissioners, and respectfully recommend that said deed be duly executed by said Byers and wife and delivered, preliminary to incurring further expense in the opening of this change in the Creswell and Milwaukie road. Said report was made on this day on its firct reading tomorrow. In the matter of the report oi viewers on the petition of Ward Lawton, et al, for a county road. Said report being laid over from the September term on a motion to disallow said report and coin ing on now regularly to be heard and the uoaru oeing iuny auviseu, it u uiumou, that said report be disallowed on the ground that tne noard of commissioners have no jurisdiction over the laying out of loads inside the corporate limits of Oregon City, where said road started.! Commissioner Marks dissenting. In the mitter of bids for the repairing the Eagle Creek bridge. The time hav ing arrived for opening said bids which were as follows, to-wit : J E McCoy $897 WS Payne.... 750 Morris & Olds 712 C Dauchy 525 And the bid of 0 Dauchy being the lowest and best bid it was ordered the contract for repairing, said bridge was given to O Dauchy for $575, the $30 ex tra being for part of the work he had not figured on. And the county clerk is hereby authorized to contract with said C Dauchy for same. And u is further ordered that Commissioner Morton be instructed to inspect said bridge and the timber therein and accept same when completed. In the matter of the petition of Wm Scanlan, et al, for the repair of Highland road. It is ordered by the board that suld matter be referred to Roadmaster Counsell. In the matter of the application of Thomas A McBride and Mary E McBride for a quit cluim deed to block 34,County Addition to Oregon City. Upon a per sonal aDnlicatlon made by Thomas A McBride and Mary E McBride through their attoiney, II E Cross, it is made to appear that the county of Clackamas has heretofore on the 6th day of August,1860. and the 1st day of Noueraber, 1859, sold and attempted to conyey all its rigbt.ti tie and interest in block 34 in the County Addition to Oregon City, Or.and whereas some question has arisen as to the regu larity of the execution of said deds and the county having received a full consid eration at the time for said property and beinn now fully advised, it is ordered that the board of county commissioners do now execute a quit claim deed for all of said block 34 to Thomas A McBride and Mary E McBride, the present own ers thereof. ' Views of a Statesman. In a public speech in Boston on March 5, 1780, Jonathan Masonyiaid . ' "Ihe rising giory oi inis western mm isphere is already announced, and she is summoned to her seat among the na tions of the earth, f We have publicly declared ourselves convinced of the de structive tendency of standing armies. We have acknowledged tbe necessity of public spirit and the love of virtue to the happiness of any people, and we profess to be sensible of tbe great bless ings that flow from mem. iei us not then act unworthily oi tne reputaDie character we now sustain. Let integrity of heart, the spirit of freedom and rigid virtue be seen to actuate every member of the commonwealth. "The trial of our patriotism is yet be fore ns, and we have reason to thank Hoavan that its nrinciples are so well known and diffused. Exercise toward each other the benevolent feelings of friendship, and let that unity ot senti ment which has shown on tbe field be equally animating in oar councils. Re member that prosperity It dangerous; that though successful, we are not infal UUe. . ; ' 17th YEAR, NO. 22 most Rapid in use. anl bteam rower "Let this sacred maxim receive the deepest impression upon our minds, that if avarice, if extortion, if luxury and po litical corruption are suffered to become popular among us, civil discord and the ruin of our country will be the speedy consequence of such fatal vices. But while patriotism ia the leading principle and our laws are contrived with wlsdt m .... and executed with vigor; while mdus try, frugality and temperance are held in estimation and we depend upon pub lic spirit and the love of virtue for our social happiness, peace and affluence will throw their smiles upon the brow of individuals, our commonwealth will flourish our land will become a land of liberty and America an asylum for tho "oppressed." '' : LOCAL, SUMMARY A few watches for sale cheap at Younger's. Watches cleaned, $1. I can loan from $500 to $1500 at 7 in terest on No. 1 mortgage security, one to three years time. II. E. Cuoss , Highest cash price paid for second hand household goods at Bellomy & Busch. Money to loan at 8 percent interest on mortgages. Apply to 0. D. & D, 0. Latourette. The Club tonsorial parlors, P. O Shark, proprietor, shaves for 10 cents A full line of cigars and tobacco is kept When in Portland Ce sure and call at the Royal restaurant where you can get the best 15o meal in the city. 253 First street, corner of Madison. Wm. Bohlander, proprietor. Weekly Oregonian and Courier- Herald for $2 per year. G. H. Young, opposite Burmeister & Andersen's, keeps a full line of new and second-hand furniture and house fur nishing goods. Prices very low. Give bim a call. The latest millinery, and prices the best at Miss Goldsmith's. Money to loan at 8 per cent interest oa mortgages. Apply to C, D. & D. O. Latourette. ' We pay a premium for Clackamas County and Oregon City warrants. BANK OF OREGON CITY. , , T T School books and school supplies at Portland prices. Tablets, rulers and pencils free to purchasers of books. Charman & Co., the cut-price druggists. . For sale One bop stove i feet long 87 Joints of 11-inch pipe and seven el bows.'.The apparatus has dried 20 bales olhopi.only, Call ' Of address 0." T. Pembroke, t'anby, near Adkins mill. Sewing machines from $25 up. Sold on easy payments Burmeister fc An drawn, f."tn M " : f f A Thonaand Tonane Could not express the rapture of Annie E, Spingler, oi UZO Howard street, Phil adelphia, Pa., when she found that Dr. King's new Discovery ior consumption had completely cured her of a backing cough that for many years had made life a burden. All other remedies ana doctors could give ber no help, but she says oi tnis royal cure ! "u soon re moved tne pain in my cnest. anu i can now sleep soundly, something I can scarcely remember doing before. I feel like sounding its praise throughout the universe." 80 will every one who triea Dr. King's New Disoovery for any trou ble of the throat, chest or lungs. Price, 60c and $1. Trial bottle free at George A. Harding's drug store. Every bottle guaranteed.
