OREGON CITY COURIER-HERALD NEW YEAR NUMBER.
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1899 to a three-year term. He has been pres
ident of the city council for the past year,
and is president of the Retail Merchants'
j Association of Oregon City. During his
I first term he was instrumental in having
Mam street improved with vitnhed brick, a
great improvement to the town. He is at
present a member of the Oregon City school
board. He was chief of the city fire depart
ment in 1886. Mr. Albright is an able and
fearless fighter for the best interests of Ore
gon City and always takes an interest in the
cause of good roads for Clackamas county
and is a highly respected and influential citi
zen of Clackamas county.
NEW YORK GALLERY.
Turney, the well-known photographer, and
proprietor of the New York Gallery, situated
on Water street, makes a specialty of cabinet
and stamp photos, and his establishment is
provided with modern, up-to-date equip
ments, and he is prepared to make the very
best photographic work of all kinds. He
also carries a complete line of views of Ore
gon scenery, which he sells at a low figure.
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S You should call and see his set of steroscopic
J views including over 50 scenes from around
I Oregon City and Portland. They make a
! nice gift for a friend in the East. Every-
I thing in the line of photographic work, from
I life-size to stamp photos, is produced in an
1 expert and skillful manner at Turney's New
I York Gallery. Many of the illustrations in
I this number were made from photographs
j taken by Turney, especially the scene of the
1 Falls and the steamer Altona, which embel-
j lishes the front page.
E. J. SIAS
Came to Canby about three years ago from
Portland and engaged in the watch repairing
and jewelry business, and by honest dealing
and strict attention to business he has gained
the confidence of everybody in that vicinity.
He gets trade from Woodburn, Needy. Mo
lalla, Macksburg, Carus, Aurora and Oregon
City. Mr. Sias is also assistant postmaster at
Canby and has full control of the postoffice,
and every patron of the office wants him to
be the next postmaster, which shows that he
is honored and respected by all.
TOM F. COWING, JR.
was born in Alexandria, Minnesota, in the
year of 1874 and moved with his parents to
Oregon City in October, 1889. In May, 1890,
he entered the service of the Western Union
Telegraph Company as messenger, which po
sition he faithfully fulfilled until September,
1892, when he assumed managership of the
most important branch office of the Western
Union Telegraph Company, in Portland, Or
egon. He continued to act in this capacity
until March, 1894, when he returned to Ore
gon .City and accepted the appointment as
manager for the same company, relieving his
brother, L. H., who was obliged to resign
on account of ill health.
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In March, 1896, Mr. Cowing was appointed
to the agency of the Wells, Fargo & Co.'s
Express, which position he has since fulfilled
to the entire satisfaction of all concerned, in
connection with the management of the
Wsetern Union Telegraph Company. By his
careful, faithful and energetic business abili
ties, both of the companies which Mr. Cow
ing represents, have prospered and today en
joy a good substantial and steadily increasing
business.
Mr. Cowing is a first-class telegraph oper
ator and an all-round express man, and both
companies which he represents, as well as
the general public, are to be commended up
on having such an obliging and painstaking
representative as Tom.
H. M. HARNDEN.
H. M. Hamden, proprietor of the Kozy
Randy Kitchen, has the largest wholesale and
retail trade in Oregon City and began the
confectionery business at his
present location in this city in
December, 1898. On account of
his superior knowledge of the
manufacture of every variety of
candy and the general operation
of such an establishment, his
business has been a success
from the start, and his trade
constantly increased. He man
ufactures principally all of his candies and
sells to the wholesale and retail trade. His
goods are always fresh, and include tropi
cal and other fruits, nuts, candies, dainty bon
bon boxes, and in fact everything requisite
for a first-class confectionery store. He also
carries a line of cigars and tobacco and man
ufactures ice cream in season. A beautiful
soda fountain is also in connection with his
establishment, from which he serves hot soda
in winter and cold soda in summer. Anyone
with a sweet tooth can appease their appe
tite at Harnden's Kozy Kitchen. His store
is a model of neatness, and is one of the most
enticing places in the city.
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E. L. JOHNSON.
Is a native of Yankton, S. D., and came to
Oregon in 1876, when 5 years of age, and
lived at Silvcrton until 1896, when he came to
Oregon City and opened a barber shop.
Since that time he has bought out several
shops and now runs the only three-chair shop
in this city, the "O. K.,'' with shower and tub
bathrooms. He is also agent for the Troy
Laundry Company, of Portland, and makes
regular deliveries every week. Mr. Johnson,
Jiy constant attention to business and fair
treatment, has gained for himself the good
will and respect of the entire community,
which is shown by his constantly increasing
business.