OREGON CITY COURIER-HERALD. MARCH 1900.
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. . . PORTLAND, OREGON
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dunda?. of
New Era precinct, were in the city Sat
urday, and state that no school teacher
has yet been bngaged for the Brown
district. There is a vacancy, there for
an experienced teacher.
VV. B. Partlow, the cage of Mount
Pleasant, has discovered that he cele
hrated the wrong birthday a few days
ago. He went to Barlow and cele
brated his 71st birthday, as in times
past, bnt upon investigating the family
records last Sunday, found that he was
72 years old. He is wondeiing whether
or not, it would be advisable to go. to
Barlow and celebrate the loHt birthday.
E. Sadie White, who lias a prosperous
business at Sumpter, arrived Monday
night, and is visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Martin. She reports business
lively there, and thinks that tho boom
will continue for some time to come.
She stated that her brother-in-law,
Frank McDevi't, who formerly resided
here, was working 01 the Sumpter
American. William Maw has . been
working on the same paper for some
time. Both are setting type and re
ceiving fits per weeK eacn. 01.
Bain is also thore, and is apparently
looking after mining business.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
MENTION.
confined do
PERSONAL
Mrs. E. E. Charraan is
her home with illness.
Rev. J. H. Beaven has recovered
from his recent illness.
Ed and Robert Wright were in from
Jleadowbrook Tuesday.
Mrs. Sarah J. Heiple, of Eagle Creek,
was in the city Tuesday.
L. E. Armstrong, of Barlow, was a
visitor in the city Saturday.
Miss May Mark is now manager ot
Mrs. Sladen's millinery store.
Dr. W. T. Lyon's children have re
covered from their recent illness.
William Gardner, of New Era pre
cinct, was in Oregon City Friday.
M. S. Shrock, the Needy school
teacher, was in the city Saturday.
E. F. Whitten, a well known farmer
of Oswego, was in town Saturday.
Mrs. A. C. Beaulieu has been se
riously ill for the past three weeks.
James Baty, a well known Molalla
farmer, was in Oregon City Tuesday.
Ralph C. Grimm, a well known resi
dent of Needy, was in fown Saturday.
H. Iderhoff, one of the leading far
mers ot Stafford, was in town Monday.
F. F. Wilcox, of Redland, a well
known farmer, was in the city Satur
day. . -
Rev. 0. A. Luce, of Marqu.un, waB
visiting Rjv. Rsv. R. A. Atkinj, Tuea
day. A. J. Pickard, of Eugene, waB a vis
itor in the city, during the first of the
week.
James Waters and ueorge Townsend,
of New Era, were visitors iu Oregon City
Saturday.
Ralph Young left Monday for East
ern Oregon, where he will spend the
summer.
James Smith, .a well known mer
chant of Macksburg, was in the city
Tuesday.
C. C. Mullan, a prominent young
citizen of Milwaukie, was in Oregon
City Saturday.
0. P. Miller, a well known former res
dent of Oregon City, was np from
Portland Friday.
J. W. Trulhnger, of Molalla, was in
Oregon City Monday, on his way to
Lake City, Modoc county, Calif, where
be expects to reside in the future.
George Marshall, of Portland, was vis
iting his aunt, Mrs. E. J. Marshall, at
Canemah, last Sunday.
William Whittington and wife moved
out to Springwater Monday, where he
will start a blacksmith shop.
Miss Mary Hornschuch began a term
of school at the Timber Grove school
house, near Clarkes, last Monday.
E. F. Surface and Ed Burlingame, of
Garfield, two prominent young men of
ttiat section, were iu town Monday.
L. E. Grazer, the Barlow coltonwood
farmer, and Antone Zeith, a Canby far
mer, were in Oregon City Monday.
E. C. Hackett and family have moved
in troin (jarnekt, tiie lormer Having
completed his school, a week previous.
W. II. H. Wade, of Currinsville, who
returned home Saturday, left Mrs.
Wade at Portland for , medical treat-
meat. .
T. A. Cumpau has been re-engaged
to teach the Marks' Prairie school. F.
Peters was elected director, and Coluaau
Marks clerk.
George Clark, of Logan, unloaded al
most enough tiling from the Southern
Pacific freight cars Monday, to drain al-
01'ost his entire farm.
Mrs. Berrymhn Jennings, the well
known pioueur woman, has been be
riously ill at her home near the mouth
of the Clackamas river.
Leonard H. Vincent, the well known
schoolteacher, Charles Henzy and Oli
ver Everett, prominent farmers, ail of
Wilsonville, were in town Saturday
Fred Warner, who has been a head
engineer in the Willamette paper mills,
for several years past, has goue to 8e
attle to accept the position of chief en
gineer in a sawmill there.
Deputy County Treasurer A. Luelling
attended the regular meeting of Mil
waukie Grange last Saturday. There
was a good attendance and five' new
candidates were initiated.
Mr. and Mrs. William Russell, of
Coquille City, are visiting their daugh
ter, Mrs. Ben Hendrickson, at Mount
Pleasant. Last week Mr. Russell's
initials were given wrong.
Eugene Cumins and family, of Shu
bel, left for North Yakima a few days
ago, where they expect to reside per
manentlv. Mr. Cumins was one of
Clackamas county's best citizens, and
will be missed by a wide circle
riends.
Adams Bros, are adding a fine line of
Ladies' Furnishing Goods to their other
departments at the Golden Rule Bazaar.
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
Born, in Oregon City, March 15th, to
the wife of A. J. Davidson, of Oswego,
a eon.
Large stock of tin and granite ware
just received at the Golden Rule Ba
zaar. Get our prices.
Cyrena, the six-months old child of
Mr. and Mrs. Dionne, of Willamette
Falls, died last Thursday of spinal men
ingitis.
Voters should lose no time in regis
tering if they expect to vote at the com
ing June election. There is no evading
the law.
Spring Neckwear All the new styles,
the daintiest, the prettiest examples of
the manufacturer's art at the Golden
Rule Bazaar.
The Barclay high Bchotl juniors are
getting everything 111 readiness to
tackle the Y. 'M. 0. A. juniors in a
game of baseball.
The Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pany aro building section anu tool
houses at the station here, which wil.
materially benefit the appearance of
the yard.
At the first of the series of indoor
baseball games played between the Y. !
M, 0. A, and Company F teams at the
armory Saturday night, the former won
by a score of 25 to 6.
Mark Twain's idea of luxury was a
pair of suspenders for each pair of
troueers Call and examine our new
line of suspenders. Special prices tliia
week at the Golden Rule Bazaar.
The eight-year old son of William J.
Kidd fell from the top rail of a fence
last Saturday, caused by the board
breaking, and sustaining a fractured
arm. He will be laid up for Beveral
days.
A. E. Lewellen, a well known citizen
of Springwater, died Ot inflammation of
the lungs Monday, aged about 40. The
deceased was a son of ex-County Com
missioner John Lewellen. He left a
family.
The wife and children of the late
Seba Norton, of New Era, desire to ex
press through the columns of this pa
per their kind appreciation of the kind-
Separate Company F U urowing in
numbers, and some of the boys are be
coming experts at target practice. Lieu
tenant Leighton Kelly states that eight
or 10 ex-volunteers of Comyany I have
joined the new Company F.
It is announced that there will be a
cuange in the Southern Pacific time
card after April 1st. The south-bound
night overland will pass here at 9:30.
A local to run between Poit'and and
Oregon City will be put into operation.
"William Surfus, aged 30, was com
mitted to the state insane asylum Mori;
day by County Judge Ryan. He had
only been afflicted for a short time, bu
imagined that people were following
near-by with the intention 'f killing
liim.
In Justice Schuehel's court Monday,
William Tracv was found not guilty of
F assault upon the person of Antone
Rupp, a fireman employed in the
woolen mills. George Dyer pleaded
guilty to assault on Arthur Snyder, and
was fined $8. . .
r Separate Company F went to the de
pot in a body Wednesday morning, to
pay silent respect to the bodies of the
dead soldiers on the passing train. Ap
propriate services will be held at Port
land in honor of these unclaimed bod
ies of Boldierg killed in the Philippines.
Tom Brown, superintendent of the
Salmon river hatchery, accompanied by
Bert Greenman, deputy fish commis
sioner, left Friday for Salmon river.
It is the intention to begin taking steel
heads bb soon as possible. Mr. Green
man will return after getting everything
in readiness. ,
Superintendent S. W. Downing, of
the Clackamas hatchery, has received
100,000 trout from Lake Michigan,
which he is feeding. These lake trout
weigh from five to 85 pounds when full
grown and will be transplanted in
Washington and Oregon waters. , '
On Saturday and Sunday, Rev. Mr.
Matthews, assisted by Rev. LaOcoix, of
Highland, and Rev, Moffatt, of New
berg, will hold religious services at the
house of Isaac Lee, Mount Pleasant.
The meeting') promise t be of great in
teres'. Everybody is welcome.
Two important transfers of real estate
were filed iu the cjunty recorder's olfiue,
the latter part of last week.' One was
the sale of the Currin donation land
claim to James Kitching, formerly of
Linn county, f r the consideration o
$5,0011. Jacob K. Miller, of Needy, sold
his farm to Levi liostetter lor ttie con
sideration of $5,100.
Thomas J. Laws, a soldier In the
Fourteenth Infantry, who died in the
Philippines last summer, was buried at
Vancouver, Wash., last Sunday. The
funeral was conducted with marked
military and church honors and cere
monies. The deceased left a widow
iu this city, who resides with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Sabin.
Pearl Hall, of Buena Vista, aged 20,
died at the Red Front; House, of ty
phoid pneumonia. He had been em
ployed in the paper mills. On Monday,
the remains were Bent to Buena Vista
for burial, where his parents reside. A
nunibtr of friends accompanied the body
to the train. He is said to have been
an exemplary young man.
The government commission sent out
to examine into the advisability of pur
chasing the locks here', have filed a vo
luminous report. Ttie United States
government haa decided that it will not
pay $450,000 for the locks, but if an
agreement cannot be reached as to the
purchase price, it is probable that new
locks will be erected.
Millinery Opening
Ladies are cordially in
vited to attend the
Millinery Opening
March 28th, 29th and
30th at the Red Front
Store.
Mrs. M..E. Hamilton.
John Bullard, of Currinsville, was ex-
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nesses penormeu oy many menus uur- amineJ Mon 0ounty jU(lg9 Ryan Sat
ing his late illness . urday on a charge pf insanity, ad was
The Oregon Agriculturist and Rural j committed to the state insane asylum.
NorthweBt of the last date, gives in full This is his first attack, but he was con
Herman Anthony's paper on "Bee-1 gidered dangerous in the neighborhood
keeping," read before the farmers' in- of Currinsville, as he carried a revolver.
stitute, recently held at New Era. The
of ' paper was a practical one in every re
spect. .
He was disarmed when arrested by
Sheriff Cooke Saturday. The unfortu
nate man is 46 years old.
Highest cash price paid for second
hand household goods at Bellomy A
Bunch. ' . '
Lost or Strayed A red steer, two
years old in the spring. A Btar in the
forehead, some white on flank, marked
with a hole in the left ear. A liberal
reward will be given for any informa
tion leading ta the animal's recovery
R. Dundas, New Era, Or.
County Clerk and Mrs. Elmer Dixon
have formally adopted Katia Souors,
and her name was changed by the
county court to Inita Katie Aletha
Dixon. The father of the child, Henry
U. Souers, formally consented to the
adoption, the mother having died about
wo years ago. Mr. Sjuers retained
control of his son. but gave up the girl
on account of his continued ill health.
The Epworth League grand oratori
cal contest will take place at the Meth
odist Episcopal church, this (Friday)
night. An elaborate musical and lit
erary program will be presented, to be
participated in by some of the best tal
ent in Portland. Attorney G. B. Din)
ick will present the cold medal. The
contestants are Marie Deyer, Alice Kin
der, Carrie Seeley, Florence Hickman,
Gertrude Maple, Lennie Seeley and
Pearl Tucker. "
Mrs. Mary Burns, widow of Lawrence
Burns, died in Poitland Monday, aged
85. The funeral took place from St
Lawence's church in Portland Wed
nesday morning, and the body was bur
ied in Mountain View cemetery. Larry
Burns and wife were former residents
of Oregon City, and are kindly remem
bered by the pioneer resideuts. They
cam5 here from New York, and owned
the place where Porter recently erected
his new house on the West Side, Mrs.
Burus moved to Portland in 1887.
Mrs. T. J. Wyatt, formerly of this
city, died of consumption at the resi
dence of her aunt, in Waitsburg, Wash.,
March 6th. Mrs. Wyatt was born in
Columbia county, Washington, was the
daughter of John Miles and was 22
vears. 6 months and 18 days old. She
was brought up bv her aunt, Mrs.
James Shell, in Walla Walla county,
Washington, and was married to Mr.
Wyatt December 20. 1896, and resided
in Oregon City four years, where Mr.
Wyatt was employed in the pulp mills.
Two of the boys who stole J. L.
Bwafford's chickens, near Elyville, and
later returned them, handed in the fol
lowing story: "The leader tried to lie
out of it. He wanted to. give us two
boys a little bantam rooster and five
cents apiece, if we would take bis
chicken back, but we did not. Before
he caught us he wanted some other
boys to go up to F's place, and the boys
wouldn't go. Then he almost forced m
to go up to Ely vllle to swipe chickens
We boys didn't try to lie out of it."
Dont' fail to go to Miss Goldsmith's
or one of those hats below cost.
The primary for Abernethy precinct
will bn on the 31st, at 2 p. m., at Cross'
storehouse. W. L. Holcomb,
Precinct Chairman.
The following obituary notice was
sent in bv a relative of the late Mrs
Charity Offleld : "She was the wife of
P. Offield, and died at her home near .
RuBsellville, March 2nd, 1900. She was
an eariy pioneer of this state, crossing
the plains from Missouri in 1859. The
deceitsed was 81 years of age, and raised
a family of 10 children, eight of whom
With her husband, are still living. She
waB a member of the Methodist church.
She was a kind and loving wife and
mother, and left many friends to mourn
her loss. The funeral service was con
ducted by Rev. Gwynn, taking his text
from Job 14-14.
A correspondent at Canby sent in an
account of an entertainment, that arrived
too late for the lat issue. The corres
pondent says that he was unable to be
present, "but judging from the econi
uuis of every lady, (and the Canby peo
ple know a good ihing when they se
and hear it), the renditions must have
been of a high order. The musicals was
Canby'sown native production James
Kocher, violinist, and Vesta Knight,
organist. Both are children of promi
nent business men of Canby. The
praisee of the star of the evening were
so unqualifiedly approving of a girl yet
in her teens that we naturally desired,
and sought an introduction to the Ma
donna Mibs Aimee Mo'ris, of Spokane,
Wash. Miss Morris is at present visit
ing Miss Ethel Whitlow, tha Canby
milliner. Miss Morris U a sister to J.
L. MirrU, of Shsridan, Oregon."
A local teachers' institute will beheld
In the Barclay school building, Oregon
City, on Saturdny, Mirch 3Ut, 19 00,
to commence at 10:30 o'clock a. m.
All teachers are invited to attend, and
are asked to extend the invitation to
other educators and friends education in
general, who do not receive a printed in
vitation. At the forenoon session Mrs'.
Elizabeth McDonald Byland will present
Psychic Cultnfe", and the "Public
School Teacher, His Rights and Datien,"
will be presented by Robert Ginther
and H. D. Wilcox. After the
noon Intermission an excellent musi
cal and literary program will be
presented Mrs. J. W. Gray will
sing a solo, Mrs. Olark Ganong, Mrs.
Nelson Lawrence and Miss Imoene
Harding will sing "Forget Me Not",
Mrs. R. A. MilUr will give a Shakes
perean Reading from the "Merchant of
Venice", and Mrs. Olark Ganong will
sing a vocal solo. The program com
mittee are County Superintendent N.
W. Borland, Professor J. W. Gray and
MisB Fannie O. Porter.
1900 . BICYCLES 1900
We sell the following Makes for Cash or on
Installments: frTS
Rambler, White, Stearns, Barnes, Mitchell, Ideal and Golden Eagle
Price for Chain Wheels $25 to $40 Price for Chainless $60 to $75
OLD WHEELS TAKEN IN TRADE
Burmeister & Andresen
THE OREGON CITY JEWELERS