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About Oregon City courier=herald. (Oregon City, Or.) 1898-1902 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 5, 1902)
OREGON CITY COURIER-HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1902. Last Week of our Clearance Sale All over the store, in every department, prices have been clipped to make the goods hustle out before the com mencement of another season. Shirt Waists, Lace Stockings, Light Weight Underwear, Hop Picker's Gloves, Fancy Ribbons, Crockery and Glassware, Summer Ties, Dress Goods, Straw Hats, Summer Corsets, Ladies' Wrappers, Belts, Notions, Etc. Golden Rule Bazaar Oregon City's Big Cash Store- oooeoeoeoooooooooeoosoooea f LOCAL NEWS ITEMS SaeoooaeaooseoooooteeaAeeo A brand-new Ideal cash register (or eale at balf price at Courier-Herald of fice. The regular monthly term of the county commlssionera is now in session. The UBual routine business is being transacted with nothing new to disclose. W. H. White will hold a public sale at his place, one mile north of Liberal, on Friday, September 19th. He intends to go to Eastern Oregon for bis wife's health. Word has been received that Frank Cooley, who formerly worked in the Courier-Herald office, was killed while attempting to board a freight train in Montana. The Shipley b idge between Oswego and Froe Pond was burned Friday morn ing. The cause of the fire is traced to a steam engine. The value oi tne struc ture is estimated at $4uou. The body of the Japanese who com mitted suicide by jumping from the bridge, was discovered Sunday floating In the river and immediately taken in charge by some Japanese from Portland. Somebody displayed bad taste Satur day evening to unhitch a horse and bug gy, belonging to W. H. Young which was tied to a post, and soon afterwards the buggy was found in a shattered and almost demolished condition near the road side. Tuesday evening the members of the Fountain hose Company assembled and transacted the regular monthly business following which' occurred one of their good old banquets. The boys had a good time, as they always do, and are ready for another Fourth of July run. Lee Harding is the Oregon City re porter for the Portland Daily journal and his success is evidenced by the news Mr. A Change In the medicine is so often ordered that you sometimes doubt the ability of the physician to properly treat the patient, when if the truth was known the fault is with your druggist and not the doctor. You become tired and restless waiting for a change for the better to tak: place, until in your anxiety you order a change o doctors, when in the majority of cases a change of druggists would be more beneficial to the sick one. When your physician tells you the medicine don't have the desired effect, ask him to allow you to have us prepare the medicine and note the result. We accurately compound the prescriptions of all physicians, no matter how complicated . We do the work ourselves and don't turn them over to an inexperienced assistant to fill. Before changing doctors try a change of druggists Bowdl & Sows, Hdiabk Druggists Linn E. Jones Chambers Howell Tom P. Randall is circulating a that annear almost everv evening, r . . . . .." :t w. J riarding is certain oi success u uo u- -------- -, mon to hflVe heres tenaciously to this profession. He petition among the business men to hate has the determination and what is more, the push. An appeal has been entered in the case of the estate of John Green, the at torneys for the heirs of the estaoe. The case in the county court a few weeks ago was contested for the purpose of set tine aside the confirmation of the sale which action failed. Governor Cham berlain is one of the attorneys in the DEAD RUGS If you stop to think about it you will understand that drugs can lose all their life and power. All the physi cians skill and all the druggist's accuracy can avail you nothing with dead drugs. Dead drugs are really dead stock. Dead stock means dull trade. If you are a cus tomer of this store you know it's never dull here. Our business wouldn't let us accumulate dead stock if we tried and we are not trying. If you want live drugs come to a live store. The carpenters are making it a little inconvenient for you this week but we're trying to make up for it by special prices on most all lines of goods. It will pay you to put up with some inconvenience. Rubber Goods Every article in the Rubber Goods De partment is cut so deep that you can af ford to throw away the old leaky things and buy new. Hot Water Bottle".. .48 Fountain Syringe 48 3 qt. Crown Comb'ation Syringe;.$i.5o Marvel Whirling Spray 2.60 Good Atomizer 33 Baby Syringe 19 Finger Cots for Hop Pickers. . . . 25c. doz. You Get an Idea Of the extent of this Alteration Sale by noting these discounts frcm prices already lower than our competitors. These dis counts are to be figured off our regular marked prices : Sponges 20 per cent Chamois Skins 20 " Hair Brushes 2$ " Tooth " 25 " Cloth " 25 ' Nail " 25 " Lather " 2$ " Knives 33 per cent Razors 33 " " Scissors 33 " " Manicure Tools 33 " " Mirrors , . . . .25 to 50 per cent r ' Soaps 10 to 25 percent Mouth Harps 40 per cent M'isical Instrum't Strings 40 " Toilet Sets and Cases.. 33 per cent Manicure " " 33 " Kodak Albums; ... 20 to 40 per cent Bibles Books 500 Paper Covered Books by best Eng lish and American Authors. Regu lar 15c and 25c books 10c 350 Cloth Books Artistically Bound in Linen Cloth. Published at 25c .. . 13c 300 Cloth Books substantially bound in Art Cloth. Published at 35c 19c 200 Books of Fiction, History, Essays, Biography and Science, bound in Ribbed Silk Cloth, Gilt Tops. Pub lished at 50c 30c Pocket Books Our stock of Ladies' Pocket Books and Card Cases is much too large, but that makes it all the easier for you to find, something desirable. They are al ready marked low, but from the marked prices we will take 33 off Umbrella: s 1 Base Ball Goods All Base Ball Supplies excepting League Balls off Writing Paper All our 15c box paper; one quire of Paper and Envelopes to match 09 All our 25c box papers 19 All our 35c and 40c boxes 25 All our 50c boxes 35 Envelopes, per package 03 Silverware Our new stock of Bibles direct from the publisher is just in. It seems a shame to sacrifice them tut they must go too. They range in price from 20c to 517.00. Take your choice at a dis count of 20 per cent Better anticipate your wants and get your winter Umbrella now. You can save just 33 per cent Bicycles We need the space these goods now oc cupy. They must go at any price. No reasonable offer will be refused. All our second-hand wheels at one-half their value and many new ones at the same sacrifice. For instance : One Ladies' Chainless Crescent. Reg ular price $60.00 Now $30.00 One Man's Spring Frame Crescent. Regular price $50.00 Now $26.00 One Columbia Roadster. Regular price $40.00. ..' Now $26.95 One Crescent Roadster. Regular price - $3;,oo Now $19.95 Hammocks, Croquet Sets Have a few left. They' go at . . price Our stock of Table Silverware is already priced much below regular jewelry store prices. When we take off 1-4 to 1-3 more it makes 1st quality silverware cheaper than you have ever been offered it before in this citv. Remember too that it is all quodruple plate, fully guaranteed. We quote a lew prices, but everything is reduced : yt doz. Knives $ .98 " Tea Spoons 98 y2 " Dessert Spoons 1.87 j4 " " Forks. 1.87 Engraved Butter Dish 1.67 Four Piece Tea Set 5,25 Cake Dish 98 Crepe Paper The 15c kind 09 Decorated, regular 25c .16 Jewelry All our stock of Cuff Buttons, Collar Buttons, Shirt Studs, Scarf Pins, Brcoches, Emblems, Pins and Buttons, Watch Chains, at 1-3 off marked prices Charms, Lockets, Hat Pins, Belt Buckles, Bracelets, W. A. BiOTTlLEY POPULAR PRKjE Druggists Booksellers A t t 0 Aa in the UOUft house re-indexed. Thia is sadly needed as the records have mistakes and is not Hlwavs arranged in alphabetical oiaer. The work will cost from $1000 to $1200. School will began on the 22nd day oj September . From present outlooK good work -vill be done by all the grades. Fourteen teachers, including tt.e su- pernteDdent, will be employed. At pre sent some repair work and painting is being done on tna tastnam buuuui house. Thnrsiinv mnrnine's train, south nrnwdwd with hoo pickers. Nnt nn v wPrft thft fllfl eS lamiueu uui st.nnd nn t'hn steps and platform The baggage car wps full before half the frnnkfl and pnmninff outfits had been put aboard, and as the tra.n puiieu oui n.nrn wairons loaded with tents and trunks came in. A gang of men are busily engaged straightening the bents on the b. tr. trost. b nart nor into town irom mo north side. A strange feature about trestles, and one which old contractors do not understand, is their tendency to lean up hill. The trestle is inclining up the hill considerably and, the carpenters are readjusting the timbers ana repiac ingold with new ones. Much trouble is encountered on get- thn hon vards bv way of the bo-its, as the water is so low. Some of the passengers were obliged to leave the boat one dav this week, and take pas sage on the train, some of them getting discouraged with their slow progress, fthnndoned the triD auogemer anu turned home. The water le at a lower staira than ever before at thia time of the year. The death of Mrs. F. A. Toeplemann occurred Sunday. August 31st, at tier home on Fourth street. Mrs. loepie' mann leaves a hUBband and two child' ren to mourn her untimely demise. The funeral services were held at the family residence, Kev. Jung olhclating. The remains were laid to rest in the Mountain cemetery. Mrs. loeplemann was loved bv all who knew her, and her death leaves its pang of sorrow in more hearts than one. Ira N. Baker died Sunday at Willam- lamette Falls. The cause of his death was creeping paralysis, and the end was momentarily looked for. Two daugh ters and a son survive him.who are Mrs. Blankenship, of Wi lamette fail", mi), CP, Blankenstilp, of Sacramento, Cal., and D. M. Blankenship, of (Jottage Grove, Or. The funeral services oc curred Tuesday from the residence and the remains interred in the Mountan View cemetery The many friends of Chester Roake vtas popularly known as "Happy" will he pleased to hear of his marriage at Los Angeles California, to a Miss Edith Thompson of CorvalliB, Oregon. The ceremony was preformed in .Los Angeles a few davs ago and the young couple will reside there as Mr. Koake Das a poBitionas head draughtsman in the Pacific Electric Railway Co. His friends wish his ever success. Henry Wilkinson while working on the new flume in Mill A narrowly 'es caped death Wednesday morning. He was working underneath where the men were driving the dollies and one came through the opening over head and just missing his head, tore ins coat almost off and struck his leg below the knee, scraping the flesh and injuring the bone. He was taken immediately to his home in the north part of town, and last re port the injury is healing as well as pos sible under the circumstances. The M. E. church choir, under the able leadership of Imogene Harding gave its monthly song service Sunday evening. The church was well-filled with an appreciative audience, and the work of this excellent choir was of an exceedingly high order. Miss Mary Conyers rendered a polo, which was one of her best, and Miss Harding, the lead er of the choir, sang with impressive beauty and effect. Under the leader, ship of Miss Harding the choir has de veloped into a strong aggregation of mu sicians and their eUarts are appreciated by all. Mrs. G. J. Robs, nee Annie Peters, formerly of Oregon City, died at Phoe nix, Arizona, Tuesday night. The de ceased was married about a year ago to G. J. Ross at Tacorna, WaBh., and went, in company with her husband, to uaii fornia and afterwards to Ariozna for her health, which had been poorly for long time. A short time ago Mr. Rosg thinkinir his wife's health was improv- in left for .A'aska, where be is at pres ent. The mother of the deceased left , last Thursday night to attend to her daughter and arrived the oay before her death. The remains are enroute for Oregon City and will arrive here Satur day or Sunday. The time and place ot the funeral services have not been arranged. Mr. E. B. Tree who owns an interest in the Oregon City machine shop, has invented a very valuable little engine or 7 horse power. The engine when in running order at lull steam weighs oniy about eighty poundB and occupies about two feel ol space, and at the same time doeu more work and at much less ex pense than any other ordinary engine of the same power. Mr. Tree has an order for four more, from some houBe in Seattle and is now making them . He has a patent on this ingenuous piece of machinery and will find a ready sale for all he can make. The machine has not been run here yet, but will be steamed up in a few days, when he will give a more detailed disclosure of Its merits. We are to have in Oregon City in a large tent on Friday, Sept. 5, Warren & Day's bpectacular $10,000 production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin". This attraction is classed as one of the biggest scenic productions the American stage has ever seen, it being necessary to utilize two special cars to transport the scenery and equipments. No such amount of money as Warren & Day have spent on their production has ever before been spent on this much neglected and abused but still most successful of American dramas. The company carries two bands, ponies, horses, donkeys, traps and numerous novelties, and gives the most elaborate and largest street parade ever attempted by a theatrical company. B. W. Car- , penter, the famous minstrel, heads the cast as Uncle Tom. ' Their large tents will be erected at the Corner of Seventh and John Q. Adams Street. Weekly Oregonian and Courier-Htr- aid still goes lor fz a year. Found and left at the Courier-Herald office.an old pair of silver spectacles. Vity Council. The reeular monthly meeting of the city council was held Wednesday eve- . ' ... ..... - . .1 T ............... ning, and tne mauer oi tuo .uatuuicno franchise aud tbe Morris franchise came. Up. It was thought best by the council that another meeting be called for the evening of September 17th, in which (several needed amendments to (be fran chise would be made. The matter of the MorrlB franchise involving certain freight and express righta also came up and will be recon sidered next Monday in a special sezslon of the council. At thia time a warrant was drawn authorizing the payment of $100, tt city contribution to the drinking foun tain. The ordinance for the payment of $880, the ost of the 800 feet of ueff city hose, was Letter List, Following is the list of letters uncalled for at the Oregon City postofllce Septera 4th, 1902. Women's List Mrs. Mary E Brad ford, Mrs Carrie M Goss, Augusta Bea trice Humphrey, Mrs Hattie Holt, Mrs AO HolingBworth, Mrs jb iierpen, Mrs Jeanette S Herbert, Mrs Annie Johnston, Mrs A P Roberton, Miss Ak kie Tout. Men's List L O BUisdell, F S Clon inger.R Dundas, Gebhard Entner, John Hall, F II Howell, C Cheney Johnson, Ed It Lewis, Bert McLeon , C E Maness, Mr Madoc, D C Morgan, VV Porter, E M Rader, E Rodgers, W Rounds. Olaud Skinner, Frank I) Smith, Roy Webb. G. F. Hortom, P. M. Card of Thanks, We desire to express our sincere thanks to the many friends who assisted us so kindly on the death of our son. Mr. and Mrs. Hiuam Hart. Oregon City boats have changed time and now leave Portland 0 a. in. 1 and 5 p.m. Leave Oregon City 7, 11 a. m. ; 3p.m. "Round trip, 25 cents. No Substitute Wanted. No! I did not ask for a bottle any cheaper, or twice as large, or one made by yourselves. I did ask for and will not have any substitute for Perry Davis' Painkiller;! have used it, my father used it, and I would not be surprised if my grandparents did so too; there it no imitation that cun equil it. That I am I ire of for stomach ache.