OREGON CITY COURIER-HERALD NEW YEAR NUMBER.
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GEO. W. GRACE.
Mr. Grace is as well and as favorably
known as any citizen of Clackamas County.
While he was riding the range with cattle
he was elected to the office of Surveyor of
Crook County, but he never qualified, pre
ferring business rather than office. Before
coming to Oregon City to fill the office of
Sheriff of the county, to which office he was
elected by the largest majority ever given
a man in the county, he conducted a general
merchandise store at Clarkes, which he dis
posed of and moved to Ely. When his term
of office as Sheriff had nearly expired he re
signed and left for Klondike, where he had
business interests that compelled his atten
tion. After returning from that country in
October, 1899, he embarked in the general
merchandise business on Upper Seventh
street. Mr. Grace is a good buyer and his
experience permits him to save his customers
money on the goods he sells a general mer
chandise stock, which consists of groceries,
provisions, bread, cakes, cigars, tobacco,
gents' furnishing goods, clothing, dry goods,
boots, shoes and notions. Since being at his
present location, corner of Seventh and Cen
tre streets, on the hill, he has been com
pelled to enlarge his building to accommo
date his rapidly increasing trade, and now
occupies the double store shown in the picture.
ROWAN & ROAKE.
W. I. Rowan was born in Muscatine, Iowa,
26 years ago and came via Texas to Oregon
City in 1892, being employed in the Crown
Paper Mill till he purchased the Oregon
City Foundry in 1895, which he ran alone till
a year ago.
J. A. Roake was born in Appleton, Wis.,
in 1873, and came to Oregon 14 years ago
and was employed in the Oregon City Iron
Works for 10 years. He afterward spent
several years in Portland and Seattle. He
returned to Oregon City and purchased , an
interest in the foundry on January 3d.
The Oregon City Foundry makes a special
ty of hop stoves and its work has given ex
cellent satisfaction. It also does all kinds of
machine and other casting. A considerable
amount of work is done for Portland customers.
S. J. VAUGIIAN'S LIVERY STABLE.
Opposite the Courier-Herald office, with
in a stone's throw of the Southern Pacific
railroad depot, is located the livery stable of
Stonewall J. Vaughan. Being a native son
of Clackamas county, he needs no introduc
tion to the people of the Willamette Valley.
Taking pride in his business, he has. made
many improvements in the stable's outfit
tings s;nce he purchased it a few months
ago from its former owner, John Bradley.
He has procured several new rigs, arid the
new harness needed, in order to be able to
give his friends full value for their money.
In summer time, his stable is headquarters
for the stage running to Wilhoit Springs.
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On account of : his being custodian of the
hearse of Mr. Holman, the undertaker, he is
at all times f'llly prepared to turn out with
it a number of carriages in addition, when
ever such services may be required. It is
neither encomium nor exaggeration to say
that at no time in the history of our city
has there been a livery stable more complete
in its appointments or better fitted to the
wants of the people than Mr." Vaughan's.
Such establishments have become one of the
necessary concomitants of our intricate civ
ilization. How important it is, therefore,
that they be in hands of capable persons
taking an interest in their calling. Boarded
horses receive here intelligent care. ,
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GEORGE BRO.'S RESTAURANT. as
Since George Brothers, for a second time,
took possession of the restaurant and lunch
counter opposite the Electric hotel, Main
street, about three months ago, the establish
ment is rapidly regaining the popularity and
patronage it had formerly acquired nj three
years' time under the joint personal man
agement of the two brothers. Jesse George,
the brother in charge now, possesses no ess
the genius for catering to the public palate
than Will. His skill as a restaurateur as well
arpfiil nnlite attention to the wants of
nistnmers. and his reserved, eood-nature,
are sure to bring about the result for which
he is laboring. The restoration of this pub
lic resort, ruined by several years of misman
agement, to its former flourishing condition.
The food furnished at George Bro.'s Res
taurant is not alone well cooked, but it is
clean, which is saying a great deal. Every
one who has formed the acquaintance of
Jesse George can not refrain from wishing
him the abundant prosperity he deserves in
this year of our Lord, 1902.