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CLACKAMAS Union Hall. Mr. C. G. Helvey has erected on hie place an old fashioned log barn which is a rarity lor this place. . John Thomas is working on a barn for 0. B. Norton near Central Point. Mr. Perringer finished hauling -Ms oat hay the fifth of thin month. Irvin Norton, Calvin Parker, Andy Hobs and Charles Thomas took two teams end wagons and went to the coast a few ilavs aeo. Most of the nartv , v intend to move there and make it their home in the near future. Old Mr. Hess and family aims to move oyer there in the spring. Barney i'reidrick, of New Era, Is dig ging potatoes. The yield is good, mak ing about 100 sacks per acre. Mr. Strait is hauling wood to New Era. John Molzen and family have moved on the place known in these partB as Prune Hill. Efalsey Phelps returned from Eastern Oregon some time ago. We understand that Mr. Strait has ' rented the place known in this vicinity as Arkansaw Hill, , It seems late in the season for harvest ing, but Borne people have just finished cutting oats. Some made hay out of them and others had them threshed. There will not be as much cider drank around here as common, for the mater ial to make it out of is too scarce. There is but one way eat more potatoes and cabbage and drink less cider. : Mr. Hess says that his blackberries fell off the bushes and rolled along the road for some distance. Oct. 16. Backwoods. Colton. There was another heavy frost last night., J. Gorbett went to town yesterday for a load of merchandise. This part of the .county seems to be having a matrimony boom. There has been three marriages within the last six weeks. Our literary society has started up again, after five weeks' rest. The ques tion for debate next Saturday niht is "Resolved, that the republican party has benefited this country more than any other party." Leaders Affirmative, J. Gorbett; negative, P. Gabriel. J, II. Wright has been buying calves for a Wyoming man. 1 Mr. Woodruff is moving his house hold goods to Mountain Home. There is Noting Better Made Than ut5ulS cfPerienc 'm Wa?on Mmg as represented in the Mitchell is a better Guarantee of a good wagon made of the best materials properly seasoned than all the promises and assertions of tcm ui new namea unimown wagons combined Mitchell Wagons Have a world-wide reputation for and the high quality of J iUa!ST2T You'll make no If you You are liable to make a mistake II yon buy some otter It may take you a year to find It out, but you are sure to see your mistake sooner or later. iitchel, Lewis & First and iTaylor COUNTY NEWS We understand that the Mountain Home people are going to dedicate their new church next Sunday. Miss Emma Freeman is now working at, the old Oriental hotel in Oregon City. John Arquett has the lumber on the ground for a new house. T. N. Force is going to build a ne house in the near future. We understand that J. Comer raised a potato that weighs five pounds. Oct. 13. Yaw. .Rural Dell. Damp weather after the freeze. John Crocker made a trip to Oregon City Saturday and bought a spring tooth harrow. Miss Lizzie Oswalt and Miss Lottie Samson went to Portland last Monday lor a few days' stay at the fair. Thomas Ogle intends to begin drvins apples soon. .He has repaired the fur nace in his dry house. Henry Warnock has finished the new school house well. Warren Haskins is hauling lumber for the Needy bridge from Yoder's mill. ' O. Kilo bought a band of goats last week. t t Oct. 17. Itedland. Miss Anna Hicinbothem commenced a six months' term of Bchool here last Monday, with an attendance of 26. Aug. Funk bought a team of horses from 0. Shetz. Mr. Shetz and family leave for the Palouse country this week. W. H. Bonney has bought Ed. Bar rett's team, harness and wagon. Mr. Bonney is kept busy filling orders at his mill. - The job of building a porch on the school house was let to N. Smith for $25. Mr. and Mrs. Hickman, Mr. and Mrs. Allen and family and Mr. and Mrs. Brock and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. L. Funk. The young folks gave a pleasant sur prise to Abe and Mary Kamuscher Sat urday night. All report a pleasant even ing. Miss Maude Stone came out from Ore gon City Friday and stayed over Sun day.' Miss Maude is going to school in town. Gilmore Behimer is at home again. Johnnie Bargfeld came out to see his father. He returned from Manila with the Idaho volunteers. He says there is no place like Oregon, The Mitchell Waeon Strength, Durability, materials used, asell as for their light run WAGON stands better on all these points mistake buy a MITCHELL WAGON Streets, Three stray donkevs haVA Vupn nran. ucuig a new opera m Kedland the past week or so. The owner is welcome to them. Some of our people are unahl t nll theii wheat, owing to the damage done ty rams. Those who went to the hnrk!tWrv patch last week report the berries dam aged by frost. Considerable seeding has been done by those who took advantage of the wet weather in harvest time and did their plowing. Mrs. Hicinbothem and Mrs. Irvin went to Portland and took in the fair last week. . Mr. Hicinbothem is laid up with rheumatism, while W. 0. is imnrnvinir siowiy. James Fullam made a trip to Port land to buy paint and oil for the grave yara fence, but found out he could do better at O. G. Huntley's in Oregon vny, ana nought it there. Abe Kamuscher sold 400 hnohoia f gray oats at 30c per bushel without sacks at Oregon City. bay, Mr. Editor, what is the mAti.er with you and "11-p"? yr Oct. 16. Garfield. The people of Garfield are verv hnv. Some are plowing, others sowimr. Thv are making time while the good lasts. , We have had several cold nichta nH heavy frosts. Doc Palmateer, wife and daughter and son, have gone over the mountains on a visit to his brother, Dan, who is in very bad health. William Wilcox took a load of nnn to Oregon City last week. Miller Bros, have concluded mining and run their sawmill again. Everyone thinks it a wise move. Joe Hummer has refurned home. He has been visiting his sister. Mrs. Delia Davis. Joe has lung trouble. Mrs. J. P. Irvin has returned hnmn She has been away over a week, visiting friends at Viola, Oregon Citv and Pnri. land. She reports having eninn,i uar - . a J-V vv I'vl visit very much. Mrs. J. A. Inglish has bough t an elp.- gant new organ. Mrs. Anna Caney has been several days with her mother, Mrs. J. P. irvin, and her little child, Elsie, has been quite sick, but Is Boine better now. Mrs. Norman Tracy's little child is very sick. , i Alex Irvin was home last Sunday to see his parents. Seth Austin and Messrs. Hnn tlflv art A Caufield took dinner Sunday at J. P. Ir vin's, on their way outof the mountains, Go, PORTLAND. OREGON where they had been hunting and fish ing Emerson Surface was the guest of J. T. Irvin Sunday. Emmet Hoffman is home for a week. He is working at a mill near Orient. Mis8 Agnes Davis had a quilting party last week, which was well attended and greatly enjoyed. Henry Andrews and daughter and his mother were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Jones last Sunday. Dave Deirdorffand his two daughters, Mrs. T. Huxley and Mrs. Mary Lemon, of Sunnyside, are visiting here. The Garfield school began Monday morning, with Irving Hackett as tercher. C. Duncan is afflicted something as Job was.. . The singing school will soon start up again. There is a . good prospect of a large class. M. Oct. 18. . Liberal. How is this weather for freezing. It has ruined the grape crop here and badly damaged the late corn. Fine weather for fall seeding. The ground is too dry for good plowing. J. R. Shaver is graveling the countv road from S. Wright's to the spring, and it will be a credit to this place.and shows his good judgment as road supervisor. Our school is progressing nicely under care of Miss Hattie Wilcox. Say 1 Bill where are you working the road. There is plenty of road work nearer home. Craft Bros., of Lebanon, left this dace Saturday morning with 138 calves, and were as fine a calves as ever werb driven out of Clackamas county. Glad to note the change the farmers have made in their stock. Keep right on Brother Farmer with your Durhams and Here fords and then you will all be rewarded by a good uniform price for your stock in the price in the future. The hazel splitters will soon be a thing of the past. Dee Wright and Clyde Jackson helped round up and they are rustlers. They have 100 more calves at Marquam. They will take about 1800 calves out of the Willamette valley this fall. Willie Austin has returned from Sumo- ter, Idaho. He says when he left there was three feet of snow and down to zero. She is here yet, Will'e. The Dancing Club met at Grange hall and had a fine time. We hope by the next meeting the hall here will be com pleted. Wm. Wright runs his chopper everv Friday, and it is a great accommodation for the farmers here. John Jackson has sold about all of his horses, and. still buyers are coming after more. Mrs. L. E. Wright leaves for PnrMnn H the last of this week, where ah will r. main with her daughter.Mrs. Coates, for me winter. E. Do Ige and family have moved into J. E. Coates' house for the winter. The Bhingle mill starts today in ful blast. Wm Husband has rented the J. B. Jackson's place and has moved on the came. Come forward. Frank, I have found her and ready to give you the ad. Chris Boss will soon have his new house completed. Give it a eood warm- ing.Chris. The dude of Liberal was out Saturdav night and got frost bitten. Get in the house next time "Eh." Sept. 18. K. Mulino. Mrs. Wm. Lyons died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fratt, Thurs day .October 12, 1899, aged 36 years. SL was Dorn in union county, Fenn., in 1803. She was married to Wm. Lvons Oct. 7th, 1893, and was converted and united with the Baptist church in 1891. She leaves a husband, father, mother, six brothers and two Bisters to mourn their loss. The remains wara laid to rest in the Zion cemetery. Mr, Lyons and Mr. and Mrs. Pratt and family have the sympathy of the entire community, Jesus, while our hearts are bleeding O'er the spoils that death baa won, We would, at this solemn meeting Calmly say "thy will be done." Though cast down, we're not forsaken ; Though afflicted, not alone, Thou didst give and thou hast taken From us, dearest Lord, our own. Call not back the dear departed, Anchored safe where storms are o'er On the border land we left them, Soon to meet and part no more. When we leave this world of changes, When we leave this world of care, We shall meet ouHovlng missed one In our Father's mansion fair. Oct. 16. . Pahsv. Logan, Several new buildings have been erected in this community during the season. Mr. Swales has a new eranarv and he intends to build considerable new plank fence this winter. Mr. Thun Is building one of the largest barns in Logan. J. H. Brown, our accommoatine post master, is nearing the completion of his handsome new residence. Ladies' Plush Capes in full sweep, waist length stylish flaring colors, trimmed with thibet fur. ' Ladies'' Plush Capes, stylishly besided with jet collar and fronts edged with thibet fur; . ....... ' Ladies' Stylish Plush Capes, Warten trimming all around, made with new Ian! fr onh'n i , . ' r a daisy for Come to us for bargains in New Winter Shirt Waists and Skirts. "All Latest Novelties" PRICE Main Street Our $2.50 Ladies' it.., u i. 1 LUC WUr U. IE IS nllimn extension edge, fair wn.v uiiguau uacx See Samples in Onr Show Window IT'S A BEAUTY Come in please and look at it HcKITTRICK "The Shoe . n" Next door to Oregon City Bank. Oregon City Don't purchase a Ready Made Suit Which is made and finished by machinery with hundreds of oth ers the same style and pattern. Have some individuality about your attire. We can K,ve you perfect fitting suits and guarantee sat1Sfact.on at very low prices.' Ladies' Tailoring neftly done M. GILBERT, The Portland Tailor, opp. Electric Hotel A. J. Johnston, who soent the Bummer at Wrangel, Alaska where he was employed in a large salmon cannery, is home again, and is fillin? his old do- sition as chorister of our Sunday school. Jack Gerher,Sr., and wife will move to Sellwood 111 a few days, where they will hereafter reside. - A chopping-bee took place at the home of Mrs. Nancy McCubbin last Saturday, and a social hop was given at the resi dence of her son, T. P. McCubbin, in the evening, and twenty six numbers were sold. - Our old friend and neighbor, Mr. Geo. Clark, was married in Oregon City last Saturday. Your correspondent hopes that the married life of Mr. and Mrs. Clark will be full of joy and bliss. Several weddings are expected in this quiet, little burg in the near future. Young men are renting farms and prepa rations, presumably, to support better halves, are being made. Mrs. B. Fallert has returned home from a visit to her husband at Wind River, Wash. Fred Gerber is building a belfry on the Lower Logan schoolhouse for the new bell that the directors hav purchased for the school. The bell, exclusively of all fixtures, weighs 155 pounds. Miss Margaret Riebhoff expects to re turn to Portland, where she has enmloy ment awaiting her. Preaching services will be held at the Kavenswood Baptist church next Sun day, both morning and evening. Madison Reed has been elected euner intendent of our Sunday school,vice Mr. tietcner, resigned. More news next time. Oct. 17.' ' . Silent. ClterryviUe. There was a heavy frost this morninir. with plenty of ice, being the coldest morning this fall. Mr. Endersby's baby has been very sick, but is said to be improving. G.T.Beebe had his grain threshed the first of the week. 1 Miss Lizzie Shank is on the sick Hot. Oharles Shank, who has been work- ing for the Bridal Veil Mill Comnanv. had the misfortune to get his hand quite badly cut a few days ago. As a conse quence he is taking a rest. Mrs. Stone was visiting her manv friends in this neighborhood the first of the week. Tom Beebe is plowing for grain this fine weather. Mr. Frasier was on on Salmon rivr. visiting his son in law. O. Shidler. fa days ago. 0. Baty made a flying trio to Cottmll a short time ago. J. T Be Richly Wrapped at Light Expense $2.00 $4.00 $7.50 ' "will iiucu. BROS OREGON CITY, ORE Shoes for winter rPat . . . - . iriri atnol stitch, square stock tip, xff$ stay. . w . Stafford. Mr. Weddle has put hay into the JakeSchatz barn. Mr. Holt will keep hiB horses there this season. Much kraut has been made end still cabbages are going to waste in the fields. Thursday, Friday and Saturday morn ings were very frosty and potatoes, to matoes, pumpkina and squash vines were frozen to the ground. Some plows have been going for a few days. If the rain of the fore part of the week keeps up their lick plowing will soon ba good. J. Q. Gaeo has niimhntWl o, rukt iub Kino. Known as "Blue Stem' 'and win try it this season. The wheat as nuea irom the machine, weighs 150 pounas to the sack. Onion wagons are so few through here this season that they are almost an od dity. Logs and slashing have not hnnn ,w enough this season to burn well. Mr. Polifka has had some stumps blown out. John Mosier's clover was splendid. He threshed over 20 bushels of the best Canby. Mr. Denshal made a hiisinoaa tri. Oregon City last Friday. Frank Zolner has purchased a new turning lathe and brazing machine for his bicycle shop. Frank Hensey was in town last Week, calling on old friends. Mr. Sawtell is shipping a great many bales of teasles from this place to the East. .;...... Farmers have commenced digging po tatoes in this vicinity. Ther am turning oat fine. Will Armstrong met with & accident last Sunday while ont hnnHn Some one carelessly fired a charge of oira buoi in nis lace. Dr. Deadman ex tracted 15 shot from his fa ..J and thinks he will pull through all right now. George 8. Batty has reAivA1 tKa pointment as general passenger and tick et agent of the Iowa Central T : ! 1 Company. His headquarters will h . Marshaltown, Iowa. . Ralph Knight has retnrni Woodburn, where he has been employed in H.Bair'smeat market, h... to attend the Portland high school this winter. A very pleasant eureriw , given to Rev. Danlap and wife at the M. E. parsonage Tuesdav evin!n large number of friends were present uu pieaaanj time was enjoyed by all. WW iJF. C. Oot.14. N. T. World asi CQinler-Heram$i.75