OREGON CITY COURIER-HERALD; FRIDAY, JANUARY 3 1 1902
Our Great Annual Clearance Sale
.. .
STILL HOLDS THE BOARDS
And draws crowds of eager skoppers to every department which
iswe!l represented with the newest and choicest collection of
FINE MERCHANDISE to be found in any store in the city.
THIS IS THE TIME OF ALL TIMES to get your Winter
comforts or necessaries at little cost. Don't miss this week's
bargain opportunity.
Biggest Bargains Ever Offered
in
I rEUSiiiNALS f
C. G. Bluhm, of Bhube), was in the
city Friday.
H. Abbott, of Liberal, was in' Oregon
City Tuesday.
Franklin T. Griffith wai a Salem vii
itor Tuesday .
M. Babler, of Logan, wai in Ongoi
City Saturdyy.
Joseph Green, of Currinsville, wai in
tba city Monday.
N. F. Kelson, of Stone, wai in Ore
gon City Thursday.
J. W. Akins, of Molalla, wai U the
city during the week.
J. M. Parish, of Highland, wai in Or
egon City Saturday
T. R. A. bell wood, of Milwaukii. wee
in the city Saturday.
0. W. Noblitt, of Needy precinct, was
in Oregon City Friday.
A. E. Thomas nf Scott'l Milll, wai
in Oregon City Tuaiday.
Dr. J. Burt Moor went to Saltm
Monday on a business visit.
Mrs. Ralph Grimm, of Needy, wai
visitor in the city Tuesday.
Mies Celia Goldsmith visited her par
ents in Eugene over Sunday.
Mrs. A. McClincev, of Wilaonville,
was in Oregon City Thursday.
Mrs. Phoebe Woodford, of Portland,
visited Mrs. John Adams Sunday.
Miss Blanche Bain, of Portland, wai
visiting friends In the city Sunday.
M. F. McOown is now one of the pro
prietors of a lunch counter at Medford.
A SPECIAL LINE OF MISSES' GARMENTS to close.
Ages 6, 8 and 10. Heavy long coats, with capes attached and
without. Materials fine heavy and warm Scotch cloakings,
mixed effects, elegantly tailored. (ALL LAST SEASON'S
GOODS) Prices $8.50, $9.50, $10.50 and $12.50.. Yourchoice
to-day for $365. Wonderful values. Bring your girls along
and get the bc-t bargains on earth.
".IcAlleii & McDonnell
EXCLUSIVE DRY 6900S NPORTERS
THIRD and MORRISON - PORTLAND, OREGON
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I. S. Miller, a well known farmer of
Needy precinct, was in the city Satur
day. B. J. Helvey and John Moshberger,
of Carm, were visitors in the city
Tneiday.
Mn. Willis Johnion, of Clackamai,
wai viiiting relatival in the city during
the week.
. D. C. Howell and R. S. Guttridge, of
Sdringwater, were visitor! in the city
Saturday. 1
M. and Mrs. W. W. Irwin, of Bar
low precinct, have been visiting rela
tival at If cKee.
Bar. J. A. Leal, a prominent Luth
eraa clergyman, of Portland, wai in the
eity Wednesday.
: If ill May Wiihart returned Monday
from a viiit to her sitter, Mrs. Herbert
Thorns in Portland.
Mn. Robert A. Miller hai been visit
ing har mother-in-law, Mn. J. N. T.
Millar at Jacksonville.
Caataia T. F. Cowing returned Men
day from a visit to his daughter, Mrs.
F. E. Dafarcq at Salem.
Mr. and Mn. G. B. Jackson and Mn.
H. E. Harrii and children went to Mar
qnam Friday to visit relatives.
John Vegeliui, of Oregon City, ar
rived here Tuesday evening to remain
for a time in Grant's Pass. Cojrier.
A. Kochar. the well known inure
ment and agricultural machinery dealer,
of Canby, was in Oregon City Tuesday.
A. R. Doolittle, formerly of this city,
has been elected superintendent of the
new Sunday-school, organized at Mc
Kee. Jonathan Humphry!, who was in
jured hjr a fall about ten dayi ago, is
recovering from the effects of the in;
jury.
MiesPtisy McAnnltj', who is touch
ing the Miley echool in Union precinct,
returned Sunday, after a short visit at
home.
A B. Rintoul, of the Oregon City
woolen mills, will have charge of the
new woolen mill at Eugene, iayi the
Guard.
Hon. George H Chamberlain, who is
prominently mentioned as the demo
cratic candidate for governor, was in
Oregon City Monday.
E. F.idgeway, of St. Helens, ha
sold his farm in Columbia county, and
will shortly remove his family to
Springwater in thii county.
Dr. C. E. Loomis, special agent of
the United State land department, re
turned the first of the week from a tour
of insnection in Eastern Oregon.
Mrs. T. VV Clark returned Monday
morning from extended Btay at Bandon
with Mr. Clark. They have juBt re
turned from a visit to California.
Miss Lui-ille Alderson, who was re
ceiving treatment in a Portland hospi
tal, is now at the home of her lister,
Mrs. James Edmunds in Canemah.
Presiding Elder D. A. Watteri, of
Salem, was in the city over Sunday,
and conducted the quarterly conference
meeting a' the Methodist Episcopal
church.
Mr. snd Mrs. L. Ruconich returned
Tuesday from a visit to ihe home of her
motherj Mrs A. Rnhlamler at Beaver
Creek. Mr. Ruconich assisted in hog
killing, while there.
B. F. Forrester, of Eagle Creek, was
in the city Friday, and slated that the
people of that section are anxiouily ex
pecting to get the benefit of a motor
'line befoe many monthi.
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Muir, who left 'a
few days sgo for a visit to Iowa, have
written to their children hero that they
are at Neola, and are in excelleit
health. Neola fa in Iowa, 18 miles from
Council Bluffs.
Miss Maud Butler, who had bean vii
iting Miss Grace Tower for the past
three weeks, returned home Tuesday
morning. She was accompanied on tha
return trip by Misi Tower, who will
probably remain there for a month.
J. A. Finch, local editor of tha Al
bany Herald, wai in the city Monday.
He expresses the opinion that Editor-in-Chief
Whitney, of tbe Herald, hai a
good chance to receive the nomination
for itate printar on the republican
ticket.
. Mils Mary Ho'nshuh, who recently
completed a course of studiei in the Sal
vation Army training school, arrived
home from San Francisco a few dayi
ago, and will visit at homa for a taw
weeks. She expects to go to Tacoma
later.
George flcheer, of Macksbii'-g, wai in
the city Wednesday to consult a physi
cian, havina not recovered troin the ei-
fects of a kick received from a hor-e at
Canhvlast iall He wai accompanied
by his lon-in-law, John Schwabauei, of
Needy. .
State Senator John D. Daly, of Cor-
vallis, secretary of the board of regenti
of the state agricultural college, visited
Captain J T. Apperson, the first of the
week. Mr. Daly was the author of the
legislative enactment reducing the rate
of taxation to six per cent.
i LOCAL HEWS ITtMS 5
kaaaaaaWaWctaMi
Walthain
and
Elgin
Watches
K 1027
An excellent assortment of new patterns in
solid gold, gold filled, silver and nickel cases in all
grades and sizes Sold for cash or on installment.
Second-hand watches taken in exchange, i
We make a specialty of repairing watches,
and guarantee all our work.
tewing
BMEISfER
& ANDRESEN
The
Oregon City
Jewelers
F-753
E. I). Olds sustained a fracture of one
of the small bones in bis right leg last
Saturday, the result of a playful
wrestliug match.
The local Y. M. 0. A. baseball team
scoied another victory last Saturday
niuht over a Portland Asioc'ation team.
The score was 22 to 9.
William Kreuger, who residea on Bea
ver Croek, hut whose poitoffice address
is Oreaon City, wants to exchanae his
bicycle for a cart or bngay.
The infant child, of Mrs. Minnie Er
ickson, who died at the Bahy Home in
Portland, was huried in the cemetery,
near Damascus, Monday.
The young wumens' basket ball team
of the Y. M. C. A . will play the young
womens' Turn Vecein team, of Port
land, here next Saturday night. ,
Dr. T. W Butler, formerly pastor of
the First Congregational cnurcli in this
city, is manager of the Oregon institute
of science in Salem. Magnetic and
mental healing are taught.
The new nlHcers ot the Baptist Young
Peoples Society are: President, Mrs.
W. 11. Beach j vice-president, J. VV .
Phillips; secretary, Lizzie Roosj treas
urer, Mary Mclntyre; organist, Lizzie
Roos.
H. M. Haniden has purchased O. P.
Ford'l conlectionery htoie on lower
Seventh straet, and the es ablishment is
in charge of Ralph Cross. Mr. Ford
and lauiily, wlio arrived from Kansas
lsst tall, will move to California.
The Evening Star Dancing Club, of
Clackamas Station, hai issued inviU-
tions for a masquerade ball to be held
at the Od.l-Feliowi hall on the evening
of February 14th. Admission, 25 cents.
No admission without a maik ana cara
Word hai be received in this city
from McMinuville, tht twooiher girli
had contemplated suicide at the aama
time Mis UDgerman and Mrs. Gaunt
killad'themaalvei Tha informant itatei
that all four gathered in the telephona
office at the appointed time, but that
two of tbam changed their mind
G. W, Bingham, the proprietor of tha
Oregon City aoda worka, hai sold tha
plant he mcceisfully operated at Oor-
vallii tor a number oi yean, to jamei
Bier, of that place. Mr. Biar, who bad
been operating the plant, was down a
few dayi ago and completed the pur
chaie. Turney is completing arragementi to
give the last prize mask ball of the sea
ion. It will be in the armory on St
Valentine! night, February 14ih.
Twenty-five dollan in prizei will be
given away. Men, masked, 50 cents;
women, masked, 25 cents; spectators,
23 ceati. The three 'przea are two
camera! valued at fit and $3 and a $2 50
ilk umbrella.
It ii said that the first apples grown
in Oregon were from he f ei d of four ap
ples brought over from England by the
Hudson Bay Company, and planted at
Vancouver in 184lt, by P. C. Pam-
boume, father of the late Mrs Dr. Bar
clay, of Oiegon Citv, and Mrs. Mc-
Cracken, of this place. It was six
yean before they bore fruit, which
brings the first apples grown up to 1852.
Portland Dispatch.
W. 8. U lien, of Oregon I lty, was m
the city Ihursriay forenoon, having
come up from Portland with his broiher,
O. P. U'Ren, of Ridkteway, and re
turned to Pontland Wednesday af er-
noon. Mr. U'Rn is one of those who
championed the direct legislative
amendment to the cons itution when it
was before the legislature, and feels con
fident that it will carry at trie next gen
eral election. The Dulles Times-Moun-
ta'neer.
James Thompson Chitwood, father o:
J. D. Chitwood, of Damascus, died at
Chitwood, Lincoln county, Ore., Janu
ary Hih. The deceased was born iu
Indiana in I-25, and was married .to
MifS Margaret. Lenz in Iowa in 1817
They crossed the plains in 1841, and
et'led near D.tmiiocm In 1888, they
moved to Chitwood, which has since
ben their home Mr (?lutwood is sur
vived bv the widow, Elder D. J. Chit
wood, a son, at Chitwood, and another
son, J. D. at Damascus.
Rev. Engelhart, pawtor of the Evan
gelical church on the corner of Eighth
and Madison streets, ha been holding a
fri series oi evening meetrigs, since the
first of the year At the close of the
series of services during the paBt week
the following new Sunday-school olli-
cers were elced: Superintendent,
Lawrence Hornshuh; assistant superin
tendent, Mr. Hanemeier; secretary
hmile Hchra'ler; treasurer, John liar.
'rislierger. The chinch Ins sjuib ox
Icellent musical talent. Miss Mirg
j Schracder ib the organist.
nice is considerable anxiety am.
I more or le.n activity among t ie repuhli
can politicians in Clackamas precinct
: Hon.. J. A. Talbcit is n candidate for the
I renoiiiiiuiti in f r a inem'iir of the lei
. lature; K. P IVilimui is a candidate for
c uutv rec irder; J. -V. Roots for county
i commissioner, anil 1. 1 Uavis arr
! J. C. Paddock both want to be road su
pervisor. its i puzzler as to which one
I will secure ihe deleg itiou to the county
i convention. Uuck'imaq was one of t
; fortunate precinci that were granted
j two election boards.
Real estate transfers are unu uilly ac
tive for the. wmtnr season, and severa
' ricunm tt lund ka.ru .unanlli. ili.ini.ix
If ! iiKi ds af good value ra'e. Count Sur
: vevor Ernest Rands went to Clack unas
Station Monday to run the lines around
, 4 ) acie9 of gron id for Alfred Clark. Mr.
! Clark had just made a sale of the prop
erty to Mr. Hudson, a new-comer, for
' $'JP pir acre. The land is fenced ami
cultivation, but the buildings are not of
i much value. O i last Satu dav. the
! deal wns completed for the sale ol an 80
iacre farm at Springwater by D. C. How
!ell to Rribtrt Guttridge. Mr. Howell
j has two farm , an 1 he thought, one was
1 enongh.
1 The Oswego Grange is a model orgr.r
iza'ion, according lo recent rep jrts. It
has a membership of over 70, and its
m mbers are noted for taking a whole
sole interest in their work One who
was present said: ''I wish tiat all
I grangers might have witnessed Ihe
beautiful and impres-dvo exercises con
nected with the intLtll.ttioii of oilicer-t.
Mrs. E A. Nibrn, of Evening Star
Grange, assisted by Miss Nettie Kin
gery, conducted the exercises impress
ively. The obligation -to ina-ter, and
later to other officers was given entirely
from memory. A beautiful charge was
t AMNTTTAT TTFAPAMrF ;AT P :
J. XX XU VI II U Ai. VXd lJA il III
l EVERYTHING AT WAY DOWN PRICE I
X We mean to sacrifice a Twelve Thousand Dollar Stock at
t actual cost prices. We quote here a few of our many specials.
i Our all wool $io suits for $ T.50 I
Our 'all wool imported Clay Worsted $15 "
suits for.... 10.00 ;
Men's extra heavy $2.50 working shoes... 2.00
Men's good $2 hats for .50 "I
t When you ee It Our Ad It's so.
J. H. PRICE, Uf-ti-Dte Clothier.
stalling ollicer, the entire work being in
verse, accurately memorized. All move
ments were made to the enlivening
strains ol a well played march. Breath
les attention was given to the cere
mony, ii being tbe first time that the
new work was ever given in Oregon."
Sheriff Ouoke was in Portland last
Friday, and law Bennett Thompson, the
leader in SO hold-ups, and the lone vil
lain in all hut three or four. Thompson
gave the sheriff a detailed account of
how he held up the Willamette Falli
electric car earl v in December, and of
hi9 narrow arcane from being caught by
the sheriff and hi denutiei. After I
leaving the scene of the hold-up, he fol-
owed down the county road to Elk
Rock, and appropriated a rowboat,
and itarted across the Willamette. Juit
as he pulled out he heard voicei, which
he rightly judged to be the sheriff and
his deputies Thompson landed nil
hoat at Mil wan kie and proceeded to
Portland on an electric car. The Thomp-
ion family formerly lived on tbe Weit
side, and about three yean ago na wai
lent to tha penitentiary for stealing a
bicycle sheriff Cooke took him to the
pen. The Thompson family are now
iving at Eliemburg, waih. Bennett
Thompson wai taken to Salem Satur
day to serve out a 20 year sentence, nil
career ai a highwayman is almoal at no
table as that ot Black liart. His career,
however, was short, and he did not post
in polite society, nor bag big game.
Wi
....A PAIR OF....
SHOES
FREE
Ely Bros, will for a short
time give away evt-ry 15th
Pair of Boots and Shoes sold
at their store, ranging in
price from $1,50 up. We
consider this the best offer
ever made to the trade of
Oregon City and feel that
we are giving the best
values for the money to be
had in the city, hoping by
this special offer for a short
time only to get cur Shoes
before customers that have
not tradd with us before.
Ely
Bros.
Seventh St.
J
Lodge Installations.
The following new officeri of Clacka
mas Tent, K. 0. T. M , were installed at
Marquam, during the pait week:
Commander, J.C. Marquam; liiuten-ant-commander,
A. B. Uibbard; ree-
ord-keeper, A. T. Jack; chaplain, B.
Jack; physician, J li. Brewer; ier
geant, Percy Adami; maiter-at-arms,
Harry Hibbard; lit master of the
gna-dj, Walter Harmon ; second master
01 the guards, J. A. Ridings; sentinel,
B. Stanton ; picket, Elmer Minier.
W. A. Hedges, pait chief patriarch,
installed the following new officers of
Falls City Encampment at the last
meeting night: Chief patriarch, H. W.
Trembath: senior warden, E. I I. Cooper j
junior warden, E. VV. Scott; high priest,
John V. Ulark; scribe, U. O. T. Wil
liams; treasurer. T. F. Rjan; first
watch, W. L Mid am ; second watch,
.1. -L. Waldronj third watch, 0. B.
Lsmpman; fourth watch, Fraacis Shan
non; inside sentinel, J. K. Morris;
unards of lent, M. Ryckmau and J.C
Bradley. Eight or nine candidates will
be initiated at the meeting to be held
Tuesday night.
The Joint committee of Willamette
Falls (Jump, Woodmen of the World,
and Solar Circle. Wonen of Woodcraft,
met in the county court room Monday
morning, and made arrangements for
the reception to be uiven Head Consul
Falkenberg at Shively's opera house on
the evening of February 6th. Judge
Ryan is chairman of the committee, and
the other member! are Mrs J L. Wal
dron, Mrs C. Betzel, Mrs. F fl. Welsh,
E. W. Scott and t). W. Ettsthmn. The
program at the opera house will consist
in part of prayer by Rev. E. 8. Bollin
ger, solos by George T. Howard, Mrs.
C. Betzel, Frank Confer; singing by
Alldredge Bro hers, and Rev. W. 8.
Grim will introduce Mr. Falkenberg,
who will be the principal speaker of the
evening. At the conclusion of the pio
gram at the opera house, a procession of
the camp and circle will form, headed
by the Woodmen Band, and will march
to the lodge room, where members only
will be admitted.
All members of Falls City Lodge,
A.O. U. W., are requested to attend
the regular meeting, next Saturday
night.
Deal Estate
JLV
't Pay Rent, Buy a Home.
lftflfl COTTAGB AND LOT on Jofferaoa
tDllVii , third cash, bnlauoe In
tallmenta. flttu dollars per month, In
Imst I per oeut.
W1(A HOUSE AND LOT on Waah
,OW tniiton tt. below the hill. A
Tety dmlrablo 6 room cottage with vesti
bule, pantry and tmlhi arte half cush, bal
ance 0 per cm.
41 ftflft KIHT ACHES liuldo city llm
al,UUU its running w&Uir; dexlrable
fur home aud ohl- ken ration. Tennu to
utt.
MONEY TO LOAN
$000 and upwards, 6 per cent.! smaller
sums, 7 per cent. Long time.
Cor.
C. H. DYE,
Sixth and Main Streets.
LOCAL, SUMMARY
A Magazlne'H Immense Mall.
Few personi have an idea of the enor
mous amount of mail received during the
busier seasons of the year by so large a
house as The Curtis Publishing Com
pany, of I'niladelphia, wlvch publishes
The Ladies' Home Journal and The
Saturday Evening I'o-t. With this
company the month ef December usually
brings the heaviest daily mails, and on
a Thursday last December all previous
reiords were broken. On that d iv the
actual number of letters received was
U080, These contained 18,177 subscrip
tions to the two periodicals mentioned,
and 115,408.44 iu express and money
orders and in cash. To own, receipt
for, tabulate and file these letters, and
acknowledge each one separately, re-,
quires the work of a small army of young
women, who, needless to say, have no
'hue to (pare.
The finest bon bon boxes in town at
tbK,K. k.
The latest in chocolate of all kinds at
the Kosy Kandy Kitchen,
Kozy Randy Kitchen, up to date on
home-made candies.
A few watches for sule cheap at
Younger's. Watches cleaned, fl,
$20 to $100 t ) loan 011 ch.it tel or per
sonal security.
Dimick & Eahtham, Agts.
Land titles examined, abstracts made
and money loaned at 'lowest rates.
Dimick & Easiham, Lawyers, Oiegon
City.
Lumber Ieave orders at this oflice
for first-class lumber of all kinds, or ad
dress W. F. Harris. Beaver Creek,
Oregon.
Drs. R. B and A. L. liuatio, dentists,
Weinhard building.
The Weekly trregonian gives all the
national news and the Courier-Herald
giveB all local and county news. Both
one year for Two Dollars,
Turties having a farm to rent will do
well to call on 0. A. Cheney, real es
tate and insutance agent, at Oregon
City, who has applicants.
Key fitting, lock work and saw filing
at Johnson & Luinb's bicycle shop, op
posite Electric hotel. Sal if faction guar
anteed.
AtG. W. Grace's store on Seventh
and Center streets, for the m xt 00 days,
dry gnnda. hoots and ehoi s will be sold
si In 1 vent, reduction. Soils for men
and in., s will go at cost.
A li itgain A tract of 8 acres on Mo
Islla loud ; ihrve-fout ths mile from Ely,
iy acres denied Must be
sold at once. I'rice f75 per acre. For
particulars inquire at Courier-Herald of
fice. When you visit Portland don't fail to
get your meals at the Royal Restaurant,
First and Madison. They serve an ex
cellent meal at a moderate price; a good
square meal, 15c.
15 Minutes
sufficient
delicious
to give you most
tea biscuit using
Royal Baking Powder as di
rected. A pure, true leavener.
miM Bvcn l'a(;h oihcer, as he passed the in-