OREGON CITY COURIER-HERALD, FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1901 '7 SUMMONS. ; In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, for the County of Clackamas. W. W. Smith, plaintiff, . ' VS. '""'"s"- Antla E. Smith, defendant. To Annie E. Smith, said defendant. In the name of the State of Oregon, yon are hereby required to appear and answer the com plaint filed ajainit you In the above entitled suit on nr before the 281 h day of Juno, 11)01, that being the last day proscribed in the ordi r of publication of this punnnohi, and if you fail to appear and answer paid complaint, (be plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief prayed for therein, to-wit; A dissolulion of the bonds of matrimony between yon end the plaintiff. This summons Is published by order of the lion. 1 bom us A. MellrWe, Judge of the 6th Ju dicial district of the state of Oregon, for the county of Clackamas, made and entered on the 8th day of May, 1101, and the first publication bo fug the 101b dav of Mav, WOt. : . 'U'liEN & SCHtJEBEL, ' Attorneys for Plaintiff. NOTICE OF GUARDIAN'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE. Pursuant to an order of the County Court of Jackson County, Oregon, made and entered on the 80th day of April, 1901, In the matter of the es tale and guardianship of Bessie Randall, Jr., mi nor child of O. P. Randall, deceased, licensing me so to do, I will, from and after June 20th 1901, offer at private sale, and sell thereat to the highes. bidder, for cah in hand, the following described real property belonging to said estate and situated in the County of Clackamas, Slate of Oregon, lo-wltt lit ginning 2.72 chains north of the southeast corner of section 7, township 5 south of range 1 east Willamette Meridian; thence running north 18. 62 chains; thence west 41. ''8 chains; thence south 18U2 chains; thence east 41.50 chains, to the 5la e of beginning; the same being a part of the of the D. Ii. C. of I. D. Murrey and Maria T. Murray, containing 89 acres, more or less, save and except a right-of-way deeded to Israel Toder February 10th, 18U0, and reoorded in BookJ57 at pace 89 of the deed of records of said Clackamas County. That bids for said property will be received by me at VYoodville, Jackson County, Oregon, and after sn Id June 20th, 1901, 1 will sell arid oouvey the same to the highest cash bidder therefor. MltS. BKSblE RANDALL, Sr., Guardian of the Person and Jfstate of Bessie Randal, Jr. , Minor. . Dated, May 11th, 1901. CITATION TO HEIRS. T In the County Court of the State of Oregon, for the County of Clackamas. . ... In the matter of the guardianship of Stephen A. Lane, an insane person, To the next of kin and all persons interested In the estate of Stephen A. Lane, an insane person. In the name of the state of Oregon, you are hen by required and cited to appear in the County Court of the State of Oregon, lor the County of Clackamas, at the court room thereof, at the court house in the said county of Clackamas, on Monday, the 10th day of June A. D , 1901, at 10 o'clock, a. m of that day, then and thereto show cause, if any there be and you have, Thy a license for the sale of the real property of said Stephen A. Lane, towlt. The north half of Southeast quarter (iot se'i) and southeast quarter of southeast quarter (st of sc) of section 82, township 4 south of range 8 east of the Willamette Meridian, Clackamas County, Oregon, should not be granted as as prayed for in the petition on file herein. Witness, the Hon. Thomas F. Ryan, Judge f the County Court of the mate ot ureg m, lor the County of Clackamas, this Utll day of May A. D 1901. t. ' Attest, i , H. COOPER, Clerk. CITATION. In the County Court of the State of Oregon for the County oi Clackamas. In the matter of the estate of 1 Fredrick Bullard, deceased.) B. F. Bullard. the duly appointed, ' ac'insr and qualified administrator of I he estate of Fredrick Bullard, deceased, having filed his petition in the above entitled court praying Tor an order or sale of the following described real properly belong ing to said estate, to-wlt: Lots numbered 3 and 4, of section 28, in town ship 3 south of range 4 east, Willamette Meridian, In Oregon, and containing 68.16 acres. Also be ginning at the most northerly corner of a 2;i(i acre tract 01 lana aceoea uy vesiy r.. jiaiuoy ana o. H. Ralney on the 6th day of May, 1872, by James Crawford In sections 17, 20 and 21, township three south, range four east, Willamette Meridian, said i deed being recorded on pages 41 and 42 of book "K" of the reroids of deeds of Clackamas county, Oregon; tin in e sown 6 degrees east 10 chains; thence south 69 degrees 30 minutes west 10 chains: thence north 5 degrees vest 10 chains; thence north 69 degrees 30 minutes east 10 chains to the place of beginning containing, 10 acres more or less. Also an undivided one half Inter est in the following described property situated in the county of Clackamas, Oiegoa. Andbilng a part of the Wm. M Wade D. L. C. known as claim No 39, aud being a part of sections 16,17, 20 and 21, in township three south, range four east of the Willamette Meiidiaa, bouutkd and de scribed as follows: Beginning at a point 16.18 chains south of the northeast oorner oi said claim No. 39; running thenoe south 69 degrees 30 minutes west 44 chains; thence south 5 de roes east 20.09 chains; thenco north 69 degrees 30 minutes et 42.22 chains to the east boundary line of the above mentioned D. L. C; thence along said line 20 chains to the place of beginning, containing eo aores, mora or less; The said petition above mentioned sets forth that It la necessary to sell said land to setlgfjr, certain claims filed against the above entitled es tate. It Is therefore ordered by this sourt this 29th William Bullard, B. F. Bullard. 8. E. Bellman, YY. M. Wade, Amy uiy. Rose Moeana, ana &u othpra unknown, if anv such there he. and all Per sona interested in said estate are hereby cited to appear before the above entitled court on the 21th day of June, 1901, at the hour of 10 o'clock a. ni of said day, at the court bouse in Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon, to show cause why an order should not be granted to the said administrator to sell the above described real ea tato at private sale and that a copy ol this order be published at least four suocetsive weeks in the Courier Herald, a newspaper printed and pub' listed in said county and state. THOMA8 F. RYAN, County Judge. Attest, E.H.Coopsb, Clerk, ... (Seal) Dated, May 26tt,1901, In Memory of Martha Barlow. Whereas, The Btern and unrelenting hand of Death, which is continually reaping and gathering- its harvests from the ranks of humanity has again visited the field of our Order and taken from nur midst one of our well beloved Sisters, Jlartha Barlow. Therefore.be it Resolved, That in the death of Sister Barlow our community has lost one of its most uselul and upright pioneers, her family kind and affectionate wile and mother, and this Chapter one of its most valued members. Resolved. That we ever cherish with affection the memory of our departed Sister trusting that while she is called from the Chapter on earth, she, in the mercy of God, has become a member of the Celestial Chapter above, where love and charity will forever abide. Eeeolved, That we sympathize with the lernily and friends of the deceased, in their sad bereavement, and hereby "tender them our heartfelt sympathy in their dtep affliction. Resolved, That a copy of these reso lutions be lurnithed the husband of cur lamented sister, and that the same be spread upon the Records of our Chapter.' A precious one from ub lias gone, A voice we loved is stilltd ; A place is vacant in our home, Which never can be filled. Gcd in his Wisdom lias recalled 1 he been his love had given ; And though the body moulders here, ( Ihe scul is safe in Heaven. I.nez M. Ryax, J. U. Walker, Mikda E. Chibcu. Committe. JJaeopic Hall, May 14,1901. NEWS OF Friday, June 7. The anti-clorical drama, "Electra," Las been playing in Barcelona, Spain, to crowded houses. In a head-end collision of two trains on the Mississippi Valley railroad.norl'i of Vicksburg, nine persons were injured. Congressman Robert W. Taylor, of Ohio, a high protectionist, stated to the Industrial Commission at Washington that the securities of the U S. Steel Co. amount to $1,500,000,000, while the cost had not been one-third that amount. Ho had no doubt that the, holders of these securities would demand returns on them. The Enmlish house of commons voted 15,779,000 for transports and horses for South Africa. While the two sons of Mrs. John Stal lion, of Galena, Stone county. Mo., held her pretty 16-year-old daughter, Alice, she broke her skull with a poker. The body was thrown in the river. PabBt's great brewery at Milwaukie, Wis., was damaged by fire $200,000. As a responee to the resolution passed by the convention of the Reformed Frea byterian church at Pittsburg denouncing labor organizations, the Colorado State federation of Labor, in session at Lead- ville, passed a resolution declaring that labor organizations do more to make it possible for people to have three meals a day and to wear better clothes, than all the religious denominations of Amer ica. . According to a Pretoria dispatch, the Bri'i.sh whippsd Byer's commando, cap turing ' 8000 cattle and all his supplies, and 137 dead and prisoners. The customhouse and warehouse fire at Antwerp, Belgium, caused a loss of 2,000,000 francs. Charles T. Yerkes of Chicago has se cured control of the London under ground railway system, w' A German exploring expedition was devoured by the cannibals of St.Malhias iBland in the South Sea. Samuel W. Johnson, superintendent of the locomotive department of Midland Railway Co., England, says that as a re sult of six months of competitive test he finds that American locomotives cost, in working expense, more than the En glish, 22 per cent in fuel, 50 per cent in oil and 80 per cent in repairs. Senator Depew is booming McKinley for a third term. Perry Heath is boom ing Hanna for the presidency, who has been made a kurnel in the G. A. E. LeRoy Grove, a boy of 16 years living near Napoleon, O., who had become in sane by reading dime novels, killed his brother and sister, fired the barn, shot himself in the temple and plunged into the flames. . In May, 178 homesteads, of 26,445 acres, were filed on in Walla Walla land office, mostly in the Big Bend country. For $13,000,000, the Standard Oil Co. secured the greater part of the Pocahon tas coal fields, lying in Virginia and W. Virginia. . ., Near Martin postoflice, Idaho, Wm. Williams, a Lost River ranchman, over 'took his ranch hand, who was making t'ff with a valuable horse of his. As soon as the fugitive saw Williams lie opened lire, which Williams returned, killing hi in. . About five miles this side of The Dalles, the O. R. & N. train struck two Equaws riding on one pony, early yes terday morning, and killed them . The horse was uninjured. A company with omnibus rights and capital $500,000 to $5,000,000, has been been formed in New Haven, Lonn., to exploit South America and our new possessions. - Saturday, June 8. - Charles M. Schwab bought the Beth lehem iron works and refused an ad vance of $2,000,000 above the price he paid from Vickers Sons and Maxim. Japan is preparing for an early war with Russia about Corea. A shooting scrape followed an indict ment for horsestealing at Houston, Tex., in which three men were killed. On Memorial day, on the Deep Creek Indian reservation, Utah, Dude Bill, a young brave, shot and killed bis beauti ful bride and then sent a bullet through his own heart. JNear Kingston, m., iselB JSelson, a farmhand, shot and killed Mrs. J.Ledig, a rich widow, and being pursued, killed himself. In Five Finger Rapids, Alaska, four men were drowned. At Carrollton, Ga., Sheriff Joseph Merrill saved the negro murderer, Wil liams, from lynching, by firing into the mob, killing one and wounding two, when it ned in dismay. Wool has been selling at Shaniko for 11 to 11 1-Iciita; at Pendleton 8 to 10 1-2 cents, where already about 4,000, 000 pounds lias been bought. It is believed the Kansas wheat crop will be 45,000,000. bushels less than last year. Work has begun on the 20C0 ton smel ter at Weiser, Idaho. J. P. Morgan contemplates establish ing in New York a billion-dollar bank. The harvest threatens to be a failure over large areas of Prussia. The workingmen's cooperative associ- ation was started in England in 1844 by 28 men with a capital of $140. Last year it bad 1,709,371 members and did $250 CO0.0CO of business. In China, a poor man sella his surplus gill babies for a quarter dollar a piece. Germany's new gigantic "ocean grey hounds" are built with an eye to their use as cruisers in time ot war. In New York stale, with a population of about 7,2oU,UOO, the annual deatl from consumption are 14,000, nearly one in 500. The linen spinners on the continen . of Europe have formed an international combine ana raised prices, at which the linen weavers are seriously displeased - . . Sunday, June 9. In the Italian chamber of deputies Signor Guiccardini spoke of the nnres prevailing in the Balkans and accused Austria of propagandizing in Albania. Statesmen fear trouble is imminent in ! Southeastern Euiope. THE WEEK Twenty-five years ago, Mile Blanche Momiier, of Poitiers, France, fell in love with a mone less lawyer. Her wealthy mother objected and she imprisoned her in a room in hor house, from which the police liberated the giil last week, a ghastly skeleton. Then Mother Mounier die I of heart disease. Ten miles west of Binghampton.N.Y., last night, a freight train was run into by a wildcat. A car of dynamite explod ed by which six men were killed and three fatally wounded. On the evening of the 7th, a cyclone 10 miles wide and 36 miles long Btruck Oklahoma; it is sa d to have been three separate twisters. A number were killed and injured. At Pine Bluff, Ark., Robert and Tom Olegg had difficulty with Colonel Fluker and his uncle, E E Fluker, negroes, over a ferry, and shot and killed them both. The latter was wealthy and grand master of Arkansas colored Oddfellows. The Pottawatomie tribe of Indians, living in VanBuren county, Mich , in tend to squat on the Chicago lane front, to which they claim ownership. In a lodginghouse fire at E"erett, Wash., Mrs. Fitterl ing was burned to death. Major W.II.Dalv, surgeon on the staff of General Miles in Porto Rico, killed himself with a revolver shot at his home in Pittsburg. Monday, June 10. Rey. Van Bruickhuisen, of Pretoria, who is in New York, says that accord ing to the official report of Dr. Donald P. McKenzie, of the British army, the condition of the Boer women and chil dren in the British refuge camps is horri ble and the death rate appalling. The Afrikanders, he says, will never be over come. The Boer army of about 16,000 men is constantly being augmented by Cape Colony men. The Boers are armed with Lee-Metford rifles. and have tons uf ammunition buried. In one day 1,200,000 pounds of wool were sold at Mountain Home,' Idaho. Sixty years ago, the Maoris of New Zealand numbered 150,000; now 40,000. Civilization is killing them. The brewers, barbers and leather workers of Portland have won their strikes. Near London, Out, Herbert Fulford, a Chicago contractor, shot and killed bis mother-in-law," Mrs. Jennie McCord, and then killed himself. Near Monticello, Wis., John 8. Sears jumped from a windmill and died. The municipality of Hamburg, Ger many, will spend 32,000,000 marks on harbor improvements. Conetantine Scandal, an Americar, who was robbed on a French railway train by three fellow travellers, pu sued them across the country to the river Arc, into which they jumped and row ned. The German consul nt Cincinnati has sent the report to Germany that on account of the density of population and tiie overcrowded condition ot all trades and occupations in the United States, tne time It immigrants to acquire riches is past. .- Rich New Yorkers intend to build a monument to (J leen Victoria. Andrew Carnegie has been telling a London newspaper man that the time is coming when the continental powers will combine to smash the little British sland ; but the United States will Btep in and say, "Don't 1" At the request of the Boers.The Hague Peace Conference held a meeting, the German emperor favoring the project, to consider the South African war. Eng land has always opposed submitting this to the conference. Mrs. General Botha has arrived in Europe with the object of working for peace. From May 1 to J une 9, Lord Kitchener reports, the number of Boers secured killed, wound ed or prisoners, was 2752. Four thous and horses were captured from June 1 to 9. Kitchener denies the report of .he surprise of Beyer's commando and the capture of his convoy and stores Tuesday, June 11. ' A storm is brewing in Methodism on account of the surreptitious removal by he board of trustees of rrot. v. u.Tubbs from the chair of natural sciences in the Weeleyan University of Kansas. Tubbs is accused of heresy because he believes in evolution. The Modern Woodmen of America meet in biennial convention at St. Paul, Minn., today. The total membership is 537,858, carrying $965,153,500 insurance. The international jubilee convention of the Young Men it), A., which opens in Boston today, is attended by several thousand delegates. In France, the revenue returns, as compared with last year, have decreased more than 43,000,1)00 francs, which, says the fans bauiois, ts a sign or the lm povenshment of the country. By the upsetting of a Chinese passen ger boat from Chusan to Ningpo, 67 per sous were drowned. Two days each week the '300 laundry women of Los Angeles work 18 hours at a stretch for one dollar. At a Chicago hotel, Hartman and wife. a young couple, were found dead in bed, both with a bullet' hole in the temple, Harttnan's right hand held the revolver. At Tacoma, a certain Worczek' sold his daughter Stella for $300 to John Burgis. Burgis married her and had a $J0 wed ding. Two days afterward Stella tried to kill Burgis with poisoned wine. He would not die and she left. A half a mile east of the Cascade Locks, Pool & Clarke of Portland are Wing for oil. Twenty-one of the largest plow facto ries will unite in a $75,000,000 trust. At Boswell's Corners, N. Y., the first "Holy Roller" church in America has been dedicated. The Holy Rollers get their name from their custom of rolling on the ground in religious ecatacy. They believe in a real, lurid hell. In the forests of Central Africa has been found an animal long believed to have been extinct, called the okapi. It is 7 leet tugii at tne snouiuers ana iu feet long and weighs a ton. It is gor geously striped in red and yellow, feeds on tree leaves, an i can outrun a horse. King Leopold has forbidden the natives to kill the animals, and efforts will bo made to capture six to take "to Europe for breeding. Wednesday, June 12. President McKinley has published a statement in which he declines nomina tion for a third term. In order to be self-helping, the Penn. R. R, Co. has bought the Penn. Steel Co.'s. plant and $33,000,000 worth ot soft ! cohi Holds Irom the Berwind-white Co. The Arbuckles and the sugar trust have stopped their coffee fight. President Mohler, of the O. R. & N., recommends that Portland build a dry dock 500 feet long, having a lilting ca pacity of 16,000 tons. It is reported from Brussels that at a Boer council of war held et Piet Relief, iu Eastern Transvaal, a vigorous contin uation of hostilities was decided upon. Lord Kitchener reported yesterday that ejommanuant Van Kensburg and 100 men surrendered at Pietersburg. In Ber lin an enthusiastic pro-Boer meeting of 10,000 leople was addressed by Andreas DeWet, a cousin of General DeWet. Near Centralia, 111., Peter Gooch shot and fatally wounded N. Cox and wife, mistaking them for his own wife and her paramour. At the prohibition convention held at Se, tiiour,Ia.,Tlios and Lon Wade, broth ers, drank 100 bottles of lemon extract. They died. Monday night's explosion in the Port Royal, Pa., coal mine, killed 17 men and wounded nine, The National Metal Trades Associa tion held a conference in New York yes terday. It was decided to increase the funds in the treasury to $500,000. Alto gether, about 50,000 machinists are on a strike, 20,000 of them non-union, and the union men want to raise $150,000 to support them. The 27ih national meeting of the No bles of the Mystic Shrine is taking place at Kansas Citv. Hans Gronneraud, a banker of Olivia, Minn., has disappeared, with debts $125,000 and no aesets. The commissioner of the general land office will permit 38,350 sheep to graze in the Cascade reserve. At Moscow, Idaho, Patrick Clark et al.have sued Charles Sweeney at al. for $1,500,000, for swindling them in a min ing claim transaction. The bank at Dexter, Kan., was found by the examiner to be $8000 short, and Cashier Watkins shot and killed him self, v: When Whitney won the English Der by with the leased colt Volodyovski, he treated the boys on the track to $3000 of champagne. , He is a democrat. In a deep ravine six miles east of Green River, in Wyoming, a cowboy found 800 pounds of dynamite under a Union Pacific railroad bridge. An unprecedented snowstorm visited Eastern Oregon on the 11th. The British army in South Africa,savi the N.Y. World, is in possession of the railroads ana tne enemy is in posses sion of the rest of the country and has the freedom of Northern Cane Colonv. The British losses from bullets and. dis ease continue to average -more than 3500 a month. The baffled and disease stricken British army is despondent. The loyal British at the Cape are dis gusted. S Thurslay, Jine 13. The Cuban constitutional convention has adopted the Piatt amendment by a vote of 16 to 11. Mr.Rockhill, ths American represent ative at Pekin, has advanced the prepo sition that the Chinese indemnity ques tion oe suDmitted to rue Hague confer ence. I be tact that Germany leaves a garrison of 800 men at Shanghai, to aid in fostering ber trade in the Yangste re gion, has embittered the London papers. At the headquarters in New York of the striking machinists a dispatch prom ising financial aid was received from tha London engineers society, which has $8,000,000 in treasury. Also $200,000 was promised from the 2,000,000 members of American federation of Labor. As a result of the Jacksonville fire. the Pacific insurance company of New York, 1 . .in AAA AAA if- I ! . I uaviug tuu,uuv,iAni ui Huiuiea, uau wi Hi drawn from business. The Vanderbilts will advance the mil lions for opening the vast coal fields of Nova Scotia and a 600-mile railroad is being built to that end. At Denver, at nine o'clock last night, Julius Benton shot and killed bis wife through a window of hU houid, 1 1 the killed himself. In her trial trip out of Boston haibor, the new battleship Illinois proved her self to be the fastest ship of her class in the world 69.24 knots in four hours. There are about 3,000.000 pounds of wool in the Bhaniko warehouse. At the Baby McKee mine, near Sump ter, J. B. Conroy and Herbert Thomas, miners, were killed by asphyxiation. At Cape Blanco Reef, Curry county, (Jharles and William strahan and Theo. Fleming were drowned last Wednesday. The Colorado Fuel A Iron Co, will spend $4,000,000 in the erection of three mills at Pueblo. Inl'aii-i, the Council General of the Seine has elected a socialist as president. The Glasgow University celebrates this week its 450th anniversary. At the Horse Guards parade, London, yesterday, King E J ward presented med als to 3000 South African soldiers. For the first time in 10 years, the Aus trian emperor is visiting Bohemia. Masonic Semi centennial. The Masonic grand lodge of Oregon celebrated its semi-centennial anniver sary in Portland yesterday afternoon, It was first organized in Oregon Uity. In the spring of 18l(i Joeph Hull, W. P. Dougherty , F. C, Cason and other Masons met in Oregon City and made arrangements to send back to Missouri for a cniirter authorizing them to start a lodge. Communicating with Missouri in those days meant "crossing the plains" twice on wagons, and so the pro posed charter membersdid not expect to organize that year. Although the char ter was granted October 15, 1840, it was' not until the spring of 1848 that an op portunity occurred to send the document from St. Louis on its long journey to Oregon, r. a. uornwaii, who was starting west in an emigrant train, was entrusted with the charter, and at a point on the road east of the Rocky mountains he gave it to Orrin and Jo seph Kellogg. t,Th parchment was carefully tucked away in a hair trunk which is now in possession of the Ore gon City lodge, whose members prize it as a precious souvenir of early times. The Kelloggs delivered the charter to Joseph Hull, who became the first worthy master of the new lodge. W. P. Dougherty was chosen senior warden and F, C. Cason junior warden. The lodge was organized September 11, 1843. was known as No, 84 in the , jurisdic; tion of the Grand Lodge of Missouri.and was the first Masonic lodtre instituted j west of the Rocky mountains. ' I There being now three subordinate lodges in ti e territory, steps were soon taken to form a trand lodge, and on Sep tember 13, 1851, delegates from the three lodges met at Oregon City to or-j ganfze a grand lodge. There were pres ent as delegates from Multnomah Lodge, J. C. Ainsworth, Forces Barclay and R. R. Thompson. A Socialist Lecture. F Rev. J. Stitt W ilson, of Chicago, gave an interesting aud instructive lecture on "Socialism" to an attentive, audience at the Y. M. C. A. hall last Saturday eve ning. "Socialism," said Mr. Wilson, "offers the only constructive solution to the industrial problem now confront ing the civilized world As 8:) years ago the only logical place for a Christian was with the "Abolitionisls,'1 so at present tlieogicil position of a Christian is with the soc alists." Being convinced of the forego ing truths, Rey, Wilson re signed a lucrative Chicago pastorate to devote hie time and talent to the advo cacy of industrial emancipation. He is a forceful and scholarly speaker and is doing excellent work in the rapidly re cruiting ranks of socialists. Teachers' Meeting, A j )int meeting of the teachers of Clackamas and Multnomah counties was held Saturday at the Willaburg sotiojl. There was a large attendance of teachers and visitors from both counties, and the institute was considered one of the most successful ' yet held. A platform had been erected under the trees in the school yard, the intention being to give the program out of doors, but as the weather was threatening, the meeting was held in the school building, R. F. Robinson, Bchooi superintendent of Multnomah county, was in charge, ar"i, after a few remarks, introduced H. F. Allen, principal of the Willsburg school, Mr. Allen, in his address of welcome, dwelt on the responsibilitv of a tsacher and the high characteristics necessary to meet them, , The response was by Clackamas County Superintendent J. 0. Zinser. His remarks were well chosen, and received attention. He was of the opinion that the value of local institutes is in the good resulting iroin the ex change of ideas and the comparison of methods of instruction. Education is a living issue, end requires constant study, growth and education. The pub.'ic school, he maintained, is the place where all common interests meet and from which, later on, they radiate into every phase of public and national life. Mr. Allen concluded, with the statement that the mental life of the child must be developed as it served to lift one from a lowly to a higher plane. Miss Grace Holmes followed with a paper on "Thought Element in Read ing." A pleasing vocal solo was rentiered by Miss Hannah G. Schloth, after which Professor Robinson presented the di plomas to five girls who had completed the course pret-cribed in the grammar schools. The afternoon session opened with a solo by Miss Imogen Harding. "Mem ory Gems in Primary Woik," by D. A. Urout ot tne 1'ark tciiooi, was lull ot in terest and new ideas. Misses Hender son and Monroe, teachers in the Central BChool, next sang a charming duet which was greeted with much applause. An address was then delivered by J. H. Acker man, state superintendent of public instruction. The subject was "Ideals." Miss Fannie G. Porter, L. A. Wilson and Mrs. G. M. Strange were members of tne committee on resolutions. Grange Department. Molalla Grange No. 40, Patrons of I Husbandry on Saturday, June 8th, held I - i . : 'rL. 1 a very pieaaauv meeting. xno uruer provides that one day be devoted to the amusement and entertainment of the little ones, and we followed this time honored usage on last Saturday, and met an early hour, and the first order was the raising of a new flag pole and "Old Glory" was furled to the breezes. The members oi tiie grange hem a short business session with clo'ed doors. Two applications for membership were received. W. . (Jase, our very emcient and worthy secretary, tendered his res ignation Having receiveu a ieuerai ap pointment. We wish him success in his new field of labor, but will greatly miss his presence and assistance in our meetings. Mrs. Ida M. Graves was elected to fill the vacancy. At noon all repaired to the lower hall and partook of the many good things that the farmers' wives know so well how to prepare. At 1:30 p. m. the following interest ing program was rendered : Instrumental music, Dibble orchest ra. Recitation, Agusta Bowman. Recitation, "Oregon," Ellie Thomas. Recitation, "Brother Will," Hallie Thomas. Reading, "The Farmer's Wife," Ed ward Hammond. Recitation, "People Will Talk," Ber tha Herron. Recitation, "The Face Upon the Floor."Bell Mun.hy. Recitation, "The I wo Squirrels," Earnest Mullatt. Recitation. "The Pelican Bird," Ar chie Dugan. Instrumental music, Dibble orchestra. Recitation, "Kitty's Picture," Gene vieve bhaver. Kong, Had Perry. Recitation, Arthur Mullatt. Rftcitation, "The Goldutig at the Churn," Ora Thomas. Recitation, hdwarJ Hammond. Recftation, "Picture and a Poem," Elva Krikaon. Recitation, "How He Saved St. MA chels," lva Graves. Addreti, "Our American Flag," Alex Thomson. Instrumental music, Dibble orchestra. At the close of the program the little folks were treated to oranges and candy. Many of the numbers on the program were well and heartily applauded. More than 100 people were in attend ance. We gladly welcome any visiting pa trons on the second Saturday of each month at 10 a. in. ' - Maby S. IIowahd, Lecturer -Rtf lft OF THE FALLH There is an urgent demand for cheaper lights in Oregon City, and it is evident that the efforts of the city coun cil will bear fru't. . A few days .of warm, sunshiny weather will put Clackamas county wheat fields in promising condirhm. Notwithstanding the reporied thortitgos in some sections, there will be many thousands of bushels ami pounds of fruit for sale in ibis part of Oregon when picking time comes. This is pioneer week, and tunny of Or egon's pioneer men and women will be gathered at the annual pioneer reunion tomorrow in Portland. Many will be present, who never before we:e present at these festal occasions. While many of the pioneers are passing away, it also is true that there are mxiiy pioneer in ' the Oregon hills, who have not attended pioneer reunions. However, this does not detract from the honor due them as '.ate tounders. Oregon Citv is receiving rneoirnilinn in Masonic circles two of her citizerhs having been elected to important posi tions in the Royal Arch grand chapter. The Stephens Addition baseball toam have withdrawn from the nmeteuf league, and will no more play on the Willamette field. The defeat that Ore gon City gave thorn wa too much for their faint hearts. Not all of the eighth grade pupils passed the May examination, and the county superintendent will give them another trial this month. FRATERXAL MATTER'. Lone Star Odd Fellows Lodge, No. 145, of Clackamas, has elected the fol lowing new officers : Noble isranri. .T A Talbert; vice-grand, E. P. Dodman; secretary, E. O. Chapman: treasurer. W.Johnson. Willamette Falls Camn. Wnnd-ne the World, No. 143, has elected the fol lowing the officers : Consul der, 8. F. Scripture; advisor, Ii. L. noimanj escort, W. G. Hall; watch man, J. L. Gossler; sentry, Stroh meier; musician, Rev. E. S. Bollinger; manager, George T, Howard. Artisan Assembly N. 7 has the following new officers: Mtr R. J. Good fellow; superintendent, Mrs. M. N. Bacon : insneetnr Vrunlr Everhart; secrerary, E. H. Cooper; treasurer. Max Bollack: Benior-r-nm. mander. Mrs. 8. A. Oilier.!- in nine commander, Mrs. Alda Ticer ; niaBter of oeremonies, A. G. Kinder: field pom. manders, G. O. Bacon aud Mrs.. M. A. Ingram. Willamette Rebekah Deorr- UAaa elected the M owing new officers: No ble grand, Miss Anna Wllehart: vice. grand, Mrs. Thomas F. Ryan; secre tary, Ada Bidwell ; treasurer, Mrs. II. 15. Straight. . Following are the officers of tha rn. cently organized lodge of the Degree of nomr at wiisonvillei l'ast chief of honor, Nellie Murry; chief of honor, L. A. Young; lady of honor, Lottie G. Toozej C. of C, Dena Potera; recorder, Clyde Baker; financier, M.O.Young; receiver, Janie Slurry; L. U., Mary Murry : inside watchman. Jake Peters: outside watchman, Charles Boberg. Myrtle Lodge, Degree of. Honor, eleqted.the following new officers last Friday evenings Pa,s.t chief of honor, Mrs. Luella Erickson ; chief of honor, Mrs. O. G. Miller; chn.f of ceremonies, -Mrs. William Robison.j lady of honor, Maggie Goodfellow; usher, Bessie Grout;" financier, R. J. Goodfellow; re ceiver, Mrs. Frank Fosburg; recorder, Mrs. S.A Gillett; musician, Veda Wil iams. . Cataract Lodge, Knights of Pythias, has elected the following new officers for toe ensuing term : Chancellor commander, B. M. Doolittle; vice- chancellor, Delbert Hart; prelate, ' Drury; master of work. Otto Erickson: keeper of records and seal, Honry Peck- over; maaier oi nnance, bam Himoiids; master of exchequer, William J. Wilson ; master of arms, W. L. FollanBbee; in side guard, Joseph Froraong; outside guard. Dr. George Hoeye. Following are the officers of Sola Cir cle, Women of Woodcraft, the majority of them being electad last week : Past guardianj Laurin a.', Walker; guardian neighbor, Flora E. Morris.; advisor, Jen nie Boyle,; magician, Mary E. Barlow ; clerk, Carrie N. Parker; banker, 8. F. Scripture; captain of the guards, Au gusta Lutz; attendant, May Dolan; outer sentinel, Grant Olds J ltinor sonti- re!, Amelia ShaJle; musician. Melissa Osborne; managers, Phalla L." Nash. Maggie Brnner, Frank Albright. Court Robin r Hood, Foresters of America, have elected the following of ficers: Chief ranger, George Hilliard ; sub-chief, G. 8. Freeman ; senior wood ard, George I'ursifull ; junior woodard, W. Trout; recorder, Fred Humphrey; financier, fi. O. Dillman; treasurer, L.O.Moore. The informant was una ble to give the names of the beadlos. Mast I'au Bicycle Ta.c, According to .the onler made by the county board of commissioners .Monday all wheelmen who ride on the count bi cycle paths must pay the tax imposed by the late legislature. If the wheelman does not desire to secure a tag he has the privlfge of riding in ihe county roads and ditches. Following is Ihe order: "In the issuance of a warrant for the collection of license tax. on cer tain bicycles for the year 1901: It ap pearing to the court that persous riding bicycles on the paths ol thiacounty have not paid the license tax as required by law, it is hereby ordered that a warrant Issued by the clerk of the circuit couit to the sheriff of the county direct ing him to collect a license of II on all delinquents as shall not have paid said license tax prior io tins aate.and direct ing him to seize and sell as upon execu tion any bicycle for the amount of said tax, together whh coats and expenses of such seizure and sale, snd if none1 be found, such licenses to be collected out of any pro;rty of said delinquents in the same innnar ai other delinquent taxes are collected.",, , Christ lap Scienca er vices are hold at Willamette hull every Sunday morning, at 11 o'clock. . Subject lor Sunday, June ltMi, ' God, the i'rewrver , of Man." hutldiiv-scliool at l-'o'idiu'k. Wu,l,.. t.. I ,-- - . .... .. ii.v.uu r evening meeting at 8'oclock. ; To thesa service nil are, wokoiie, m