OREGON CITY COURIER-HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1902.
COC'OOOQOOCKJOOOOOGOOOCOCOOa
Mussel vil'e.
We are having plenty of fire around
Mr. Crawwn's oat flack, wsgon and
thresher were burned. The tire is still
running a ong the ridge between Coal
Creek and Heaver Creek Several
houses are reported to luve been
burned, and don't know what will tie
burned yet. II. Baugherty was tele
phoned for from the hop J'-rd one niht
to coma and look alter Ida nreuiiscF.
.Scott Cuter lust a s'ri.ig ot fence. Some j
or the people tuned up the mountain
read to help Mr. Ollield save his build
ings, but faded to gut there.
Miss Maud Win;;field ig viwtinij Mrs.
Jane Hajhy at present, and other
friends.
Manyot the Ru-sellville hop pickers
came home on short notice on account of
lire.
W, Newton h a', home reMina frofii
hia extended trip to Idaho and Eastern
Ore gun .
People are wii-lung for r tin in this
part of the country.
Ars. Mi'.zT'go and Mrs. Gray loaded
their wagons with household goods and
left the country on account; ot line.
Bio unta hi View.
The hop pickers are returning.
Adna Murrovv, who has been sick, ju
ahlo to be out H'jain .
Little Martha Locke is on the bic!
list. Dr. Stuart is in attendance.
Charlie Albright ami mother have
mved to town and have taken looms
over Grace's store.
Mrs. Duval!, of Sellwood, was in this
"imrg Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. We t's father was taken to the
hospital in Portland, where he will have
y g,a operation performed.
(far field. 1
Last Thursday and Friday were days
never to be forgotten by the people of
Garfield. .It was a Bight seldom, if ever,
seen by any of the people residing in
this community. The lire seemed to be
every wtiere, or at least, in most all dir
ections, with a southeast wind which
had been blowing since Wednesday
morning, but the tires we wish to speak
of were those which did the moat harm
in this neighborhood. One fire, which
C!W ((tit either from, campers' fires, or bet
by some unknown parties of the south
side of the North Fork of the Clackamas
and blew across the North Fork, travel
ing almost at hurrican speed and burned
Charles Duncan's barn, fencing, house,
and all the contents, except an organ,
sewing machine, sack of Biigar and a
sack of flour.
The next for tlio fire fo consume was
a lot of fencing worth about $50 belong'
ing to Wm, Wilcox.
Peter Itynning ranch was nexi and it
consumed his house and content. The
Are passed on in northwest direction to
the Davis ranch and burned some fenc
ing and also a holo in the woodshed
roof on the D. A. Joiips place, but by
great exertion they were able to put the
tire out and save the 1 onae and barn.
The hCt two in line wore P. E. Linn
and T. E. Murphy, who only lost some
fencing. .
The Other fire I wish to speak of start
ed Vi nines southe. st of Miller Bros.'
sawmill and running in a northwest
direction about six miles to Eagle Creek.
The following damage was clone: The
Miller flchoolhouse, Imrned j R. Miller's
barn, feed, burned j Win. Porter's house,
barn and fencing burned; Monroe house,
Gustaf Peters' bouse, barn and fencing.
The next iu its fiery path was the Camp
bell house. Mrs. C. A. Porter being
the laBt to receive any damage had near
ly all her fencing burned.
"The most miraculous thing was that
this lire burned up under the corner of
James Schleicher's house, there being
n) one to look after it. It also buAiod
within two feet of the school house in
district No. 88 and did not burn it. A
wildcat in reiuge from the firo ran un
der Win. l'orter's house and was con-
mined bv the flames. I have no idea
what the loss amounts to at the present
writing.
I am sorry to announce that I have
been informed that Mrs. Annie Uovie,
daughter of our estoemed postmaster,
died Saturday nwht t 1) o'clock ot con
sumption. The bereaved relatives have
our heartfelt sympathy, H.
CMinnl nictHMa can do better at
uuv .vi when bnyina BUp.
CUarmail (St tO. plies as we sell at
Lowest Cash Price.
Media nd.
Threshing is all over with for another
year. Oats wore were from 20 to 4:!
bushels per acre, and fall wheat from 17
to 29.
Potatoe ground is getting dry.
OulBide of burning several thousand
rail, fire has done no damage here so
far.
Hop pickers are t tnn'n r.
Miss Maude Stone for Willam
ette University this wiek.
D. H. Mosher will auend the Wil
lumette University this year.
John Hughes went up the valley hut
week and purchased a band of sheep.
Mrs. Washburn is out looking after
her mother, who is quite sick.
Mr. Hughes threshed the largest crop
on this ridge, which was 1840 bushels.
l 0. Richardson is treating the
school bouse of district No. 75 to a co.it
of paint.
John D.uuinger'a house is getting well
underway. N. 11. Smith la doing the
work.
V. H. Bonney lias started to build
his bouse on his farm, the Wright
place. y
Several buildings bad a narrow escape
from tire, but owing to the vigilance of a
few the lire was kept under control.
Charles and John Gaskell have re
turned from Eastern Oregon. L. F.
Liberal.
Threshing is completed.
White & Woodsidea housed their ma
chine tonight. Cole Bros, quit today
md will soon bj chopping for the farm
ers. The fire, did not do any damage here.
It did not cross the river, but if it had
there would have been a clean wipe out
on the bottom .
Hop pickers are returning home. Most
a 1 are through picking in this section.
George Frazer returned Monday from
drying hops.
J.E. Coates "will be home today.
Mrs. Laney Morris, of Maeksburg, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Julia Nt.l
sjii, for a few days.
William Morey, cf Portland, was in
this section oa business for a few days .
S. Wright and son returned from the
huckleberry patch loaded with the
precious fruit. Lots of berries and no
,, tn riii'k tliem as nil went lion nick-
xt is a shame to see the beiriea go
to wat-te
Stock is falling off some, the grass is a
tiung of the past. Kansas has struck
Oregon I think. ,
Sylvia.
Sand i) .
Boys, get your tin cans ready 1 Wed
ding hells will tie ringing soon. Mr, and
Mrs. II. Bruns announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Miss Tillie to
Howard Lake, of Pleasant Home. The
ceremony will be solemnized at the home
of the bride's parents, Septeml er 24.
Miss Anna Uachinanr, of Stone, he
aim her second term of school at Sandy,
Dist.No. 40, August 18. The new bell
which was procured with tlio proceeds
of the basket and ice cream social held
last June, was ready for the school
ma am to ring .Monday last, ihe (hell
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We express our sympathy iii a substantial manner.
Where you find it necessary to replace burned IMPLEMENTS
HARNESS
WAGONS
or other goods
represented in our stock
We offer you
1 Per Cent Mscouiit
First and Taylor
N. 1). If unknown to us, bring a letter from any prominent man
in the commuuity who is known to us, certifying to you loss
This offer good until January 1 st, 1903
is a beauty and all are well pleused,with
it.
The fire did a great deal of damage in
this stction of the county. R. W.Park
er and George A. Bell, both of Salmon
River, lost all their property last Thurs
day. The latter with his family, except
two sons, were away to the hop fields at
the time of occurrence. Property of
others at Salmon River was also threat
ened. J. Ragland, of Dover, lost two
bums including a lot of hay and grain
and some farm implements.
Miss Essie, the eldest daughter of
George Wolf, of Dover, was Beriously
burned in attempting to put out some
tire near the barn last Thursday. Her
drees caught ;tire, and Bhe was in flames
in a abort time. Had it not been for
her brother, Jim, she would have been
Imrned to death. Miss Wolf is one of
Dover's most estimable young ladies,
and her faiends will be much grieved to
learn of bar misfortune. Hopes for her
recovery are eutertained. Her mother,
who has been at Stella, ash., waa im
mediately sent for.
Mrs Unternahan, of Salmon Riwr, is
still in St. Vincent's hospital at Port
land. Herjcondition is improving.
Mr. Chase, the Salmon Riwr mail
carrier, had quite a mishap Tuesday
morning at Firwood. Hia horse, which
was hitched to a top buggy became un
manageable and atlor damaging the
buggy, Mr. Chase saddled the horse and
while in the act of mounting, it escaped
and made for oauly, and the mail Hew.
Misi Nolu Walkley is visiting friends
at Salmon River this week.
Rom, August 27th, a daughter, t' the
wife W. Roberts.
Mrs. 15. Revenue is recovering from a
slight attack of erysipelas.
We are gladjto see Oswald Rimes'
smiling face in our burg again.
MiSdes Anna Baohrnann and Tenia
Malar were visiting with the A oil fam
ily .Saturday and Sunday.
Threshing is nearly over around
Sandy. .
Johnny Marnnay h is gone to E Hteru
Oregon to look after his homastead.
Antoi Malar, Jr., purchased one of
the finest saddles in Portland.
George.
Lai t Thursday morning a fire started
here between the north Fork an i the
middle branch of Eagle Oreek. Tne
southeast wind swept it down into the
green timber and oused but little dam
age, except some fencing. About tb'
same time another fire started, mur
Miller Bros.' sawmill, across Eayjle
Creek, southeast of here, and this set
tlement got the full force of it. It
croesed Eagle UrPek canyon Thursday
night and Friday morning .John Duso'
house, barn and all of his buildings, barn
andm jBtof his fences burned. There
was no one at Dus.-s' place, as they have
resided at Garfield for some time. do
not know whether there was bay in bis
barn Other damage is small, except
that Mr. Path iost ah ml a mile of fenc
ing. If'the wind had not gone north
west in the afternoon there would have
been a sadder story to tell, for nothing
could have saved tins buildings and
fences !of a dozen farms, ft is cooler
and calm no v and fire are getting lower
and if the east wind does not, rise naain
we will have little fe.tr. Mdler Bios,
lost about $70!).
Clackama
uiicrers
from
Mitchell, Lewis & Staver
Sts.
Losses by Fire at Shuebel.
The many readers of the Conrier-Her-aid
all over the country, are doubtles 8
anxious to know something about the
individual losses suetaited by the un
fortunate farmers in the Shuebel tettle
ment who were wiped out by fire a few
days ago. We are unable to give figures
which tire abaolntily correct to a dollar,
but we have tre following figures which
come from a gentleman thoroughly con
versant with the value of property in
that section, and the following is bis
estimates of the losses:
Rogers Brothers $ 000
O. H.rnshuh 1000
E. W. Hornshuh
William Gnnther
Emil Gunther
William Moehnke
4000
tit 10
4ii0
5000
Fred liluhni 3000
Fred Moehnke 2000
C. llettman . 11500
Mr. Massinger 250
Mr. Robinson 400
Estimated Lo-ses.
Sprintiwater
George Cunningham.
Mrs. Cherry
Robt rt Guttridge .
E. J. Rowen
James Guttridge
Carroll Howell
11. Whitehead
K. Ridgewav
1). C. Howell
Frank Millard
Al Carey
Phil Shani'O l
, M. SV-'.-v
Mers f-ou's sawin
B." Tucker
S'ti. Allnight
Mr. Coin
1500
300
250
100
200
1000
500
800
500
100
lout)
1500
2000
2500
500
30
Joseph Kellan 600
Mrs. Reed 50.)
Mrs. Gordon 500
Mrs Goble a
Bridenstein 5U0
Frank Bn-ch 1500
Ed Miller 5110
Willis' place 500
E. Closner 1000
Al Lacey ' ' 2"00
W. Smith, insured $100 800
William Lewellen 800
M. C. Warwick..' 100
Charles Bard 500
William Rand : 1 r'00
John Stormer 1000
John Reed..: l-'OO
William Bard W00
J L-wellen 1000
Mis Charters 200
William Snyder 1500
Marshbank! 200
T. Strite 000
Damage in that vicinity to fences,
t,toek etc 10.000
Damage to timber 40.000
Cordwood burnt 8,000
Water Curo for Chronic Constipation.
Take two cups of water half an hour
before each meal and iust before going
to bed, also a drink of water, hot or oold'i
about two hours alter eoch meal. Jake
lots of outdoor . exercise walk, ride,
drive. Make a regular habit of this and
in many cases chronic constipation may
be cured without the use.ef any medicine.
When a purgative is required take some
tiling mild and gentle like Chaml erlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets. For sale by
G. A. Harding.
our
regular
prices
Co
Portland, Ore.
POMTLAND MARKET.
Flour Best $3.053.75.
Wheat Walla WallaG0)61c; valley
6?64cj bluestem 64 and 64a'c
Oats White, 1.00; gray, 95c$I
Barley Feed $19; brewing $20 per ct.
MillstufTs Bran $17; middlings $21;
shorts $18; chop $17.
Hay Timothy $1110; clover, $7.50
10.
Butter Fancy creamery 27 and 25c;
store, 12'j and 15.
Eggs 22 and 22 cents per doz.
Poultry Mixed chickens $3.004.00
1,en8 M5-50; springs $3.503 ; geese
fitse; aucks jo-! ou; turkeys 17 audlS
Mutton Gross, 2j and 3; dressed , 6
cents per pound.
Hogs Dressed, 7 and G;3' cents per
pjund.
Veal Large, " and 8,1, cents per
pound.
Beef Gross, top steers,$3.50 and $4.00.
dressed beef, 7.U cents per pound.
Chese Full cream 12,S)'c per pound
i Young America 1'3i and 14,'2C.
Potatoes 5 .50
Hops g 20 and 22c.
05 per hundred.
The best styles and materials the low
et prices. Miss Celia Goldsmith.
Fortune Favors A Texan.
Having distressing pains in
head ,
back and stomach, and being without
I appetite, I began to use Dr. King's
New-
Life Pills." writes W. P. Whitehead.
of Iveniu da'e, Tex., '"and soon felt like
a new man." Infallible in stomach and
liver troubles. Only 25c at Geo. A.
Harding's drug store.
A PRISON GHOST!
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Copyright, 1002, by C. B. Lewis. I
Most of the men who saw the prison
ghost are still living, and there are
two or three other reasons why I
should not give the exact location.
When I was warden's secretary nt a
"model prison," supposed to be made
perfect by a new warden put in to
fbe.Rsh cruelty, I had no doubt that hj
was doin;; as ha pretended. There
was a convict, No. 224, down on tho
NjOoUs as James K. Jones, serving a
term for burglary. One day, notwith
standing the abolition of such punish
ments, he was flogged.
Tho warden had been appointed on
the recommendation of a hundred in
fluential men, several of whom were
clergymen, for the express purpose .-of
reforming the prison, yet here was a
case of flogging.
Jones' reccrd consisted of nnnsrlit
but black marks. Ha t.I:s ivport;-d as I
lazy, defiant, impudent and laii;reron,
and for a pu'Uon of the lime h: had
liec-u in ch:ii::s and on bread and wa- i
ter. There were no reports n?siliwt
hint tinder tho now wr.rt.en, and yet
he hr.il received a cruel fl.j'ru".
I could not make it cat ami dared
rx-t risk my chief for an explana
tion. It was none of my nfTnir, but j
I (letrrnihiei! to have a talk with Joues j
himself, and after three or four days j
the opportunity came. I found him to
be a physical wreck. lie told na that :
when he entered the prison ho was a
rnan of thirty, in the best of health
raid had a magnificent physique. At
thirty-six his hair was gray, his back
bent, and he looked like a man of six
ty, lie had been paddled or flogged
over thirty times. He had been struck,
kicked and cuffed times without num
ber. He had lain In the dark cells for
months at a time, nnd for months his
diet had beeh only bread and water.
Jones was ready enough to give the
reason. Ho denied the burglary and
declared that he had been wrongfully
convicted, lie was a man of hot tem
per, and when he arrived at tho prison
he was rebellious. . He was flogged on
the second day, nnd from that time on
nil tlip officials were down on hhn. Ho
declared that ho was deliberately nag
ged and jiro voiced into defiance and
that the idea seemed to be to hound
him to his death. When tho new ward
en enme Jones hoped for fair treat
ment, but was disappointed. The new,
head was down on him from tho first
day and sought for pretexts to admin
ister punishment. If tho convict's
statements were to be believed, then
the warden had a streak of cruelty in
his nature unsuspected by his friends,
and I made up my mind to watch and
wait and say nothing.
I never got to speak with Jones
again, but I knew what happened.
Without a single report being entered
against him he was flogged, douched
.with cold -water, loaded with chains
nnd confined in the dark cell. The
"guards nagged nod provoked nnd
hounded him, and the warden himself
handled the cat o' nine tails and de
lighted in the punishment. I knew
this only after the convict's death or I
should have left my situation nnd re
ported tho facts to tho governor.
' One day I was ordered to fill in jiml
record a report of Jones' death. Tlio
blank bore the report and signature of
the prison doctor. Ho gave tho cause
of death as heart trouble, but I came
to know afterward that Jones had
died under his Inst flogging. Not half
a dozen men In the prison knew of his
demise, though it brought about great
changes. Two nights after the death
the warden was aroused from his sleep
to see Jones standing before him load
ed down with chains. lie sprang out
of bed and clutched at space. On the
next night as tho two guards who had
pounded tho convict were on duty in
the wing Jones walked out of his
open cell nnd paced up and down the
corridor for ten minutes in full sight
of them. On the next night the ghost
promenaded around the prison yard,
nnd on the fourth he appeared in the
prison kitchen and drove the bakers
out.
More pains were taken to suppress
knowledge of this ghost from reaching
the public than I can tell you of, and
only a few things leaked out, but for a
month or more the prison was upset.
Every night the "thing" walked
abroad. It entered the warden's bed
room, it sauntered up and down the
corridors, it promenaded the yards
and passed through Iron gates as if
they had been paper. The guards fired
at it nud clutched at it and turned the
hose on it, but it could not be
squelched. By nnd by the story that
the warden had flogged Joues to death
with his own hand w,as known to
every convict, and there were 2,S90 of
them. Each one believed it, and each
one believed that the ghost would seek
an awful vengeance. This fear bred
a panic and n mutiny. At last word
was sent to the warden that if he did
not resign and take the two particular
guards with him every convict would
refuse to leave his cell. Such an event
vould have caused public excitement
nil over the state in a day, and an in
vestigation might have resulted disas
trously. The warden hadn't the back
bone to stand up to it. lie returned
word that le would give up his place,
and as a matter of fact he resigned
within a mouth nnd died a year later.
The two guards went with him, but
what became of them I do not know.
I do know, however, that after the trio
left the ghost was seen no more. Re
leased prisoners gossiped when ttrey
got outside, but their tales were only
laughed at. It is a fact nevertheless
that there was a ghost and that it was
seen by n score of guards nnd turn
keys, and if tho warden bad not solved
tho problem by resigning every one of
tho uiK.eroflieials would have walked
, cut and lef1 him to light a prison mu
tiny single handed. M. QUAD.
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Far lour Own Satisfaction.
Po not i urchai-e jour suit rf clothes until jnu
fee the dilt..rence in price at Ihe Portland Oloth
ii g ('orniuuij', Main Slrmt, nmt to llimling'8
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Coniph-io stick of boys' Miits, incn's,--Mien
aid children' shoes, guaranteed M) per
cent less IB comparison wHu oilier sloies'
liriees,
Notice to Taxpayers and Prop
erty Owners.
Notice is hereby uiven that the board '
of equalization of the county of Clacka'"
mas, State of Oregon, will for the eek
beginning Monday, October 13th, 1902,
be in attendance at the oflice of the
county clerk, in said co-inty and state,
for the purpose of publicly examining
the assessment rolls of said county
for the year 1902, and correciing all er
rors in valuation, description qr quali
ties of lands, lots or other i roperty. It
is theduty of all persons interested to
appear at the time and place bereia.
mentioned, and call the attention of said,'
board to any eirors in assessment, or
property not aisesi-ed, so that the Bame-.
may be corrected in the manner pro- .
vided by law.
Eli Williams,
Assessor of Clackamas County,
Please call early in the week,
Smith's Dandruff Pomade
stops itching scalp upon application,
three to six removes all dandruff and
will stop falling hair. Price 50c, at all
druggists.
yotice to Bridge Builders.
Bids will be received by the under
signed county surveyor until Wednes
day, Oct. 1st, 1902, at noon for the con
struction of a Howe truss bridge to be
built across the Tualatin river. Said
bridge to replace the recently burned
Shipky bridge.
Plans and specifications may be teen
at the oflice of the county surveyor of
Clackamas count. A certified check in
a sum e'qnal to five per cent of amount
bid must accompany each bid.
Lowest bid notl necessarily accepted.
John W. Meldhuji,
County Surveyor.
By II. H. Johnson, Deputy.
You Know What You Are Taking
When you take Grove's Tasteless Chill
Tonic because the formula is plainly
printed on every bottle showing that it
s simply Iron and Quinine in a tasteless -orm.
No Cure, No pay. 50c.
The Best Prescription for Malaria
Chills and Fever is a bottle of Grove's
Tasteless Chill Tonic. It is simply iron
and quinine in a tasteless form. No
cure no pay. Price 50c.
P. CO.Ry. Co.
25c is the regular Sunday
round trip rate between Oregon
City and Portland. Get your tickets at
Harding's drug Btore."
FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD.
In another part of this paper appears
an advertisement worthy the reading, as
it's for the public good . It tells of a fre e
distribution of Doan's Kidney Tills, a
remedy for Kidney Ills. Read it, and
call at C. G. Huntley, Druggist.
right's Disease.
The largest sum ever paid for a pi ex
emption, changed hands in San Fran- -Cisco,
Aug. 30, 1901. The transfer in
volved in coin and stock $112,500.00 and
was paid by a party of business men for
a specific for Bright's Disease and Dia
betes, hitherto incurable diseases.
They commenced the fenes investi
eation of the specific Nov. 15, 1900.
They interviewed soores of the cured
and tried it out on its merits by putting
over three dozen cases on the treatmen
and watching them. They also got phy
sicians to name chronic, incurable cases,
and administered it with the physicians
for judges. Up to Aug. 25, eighty-seven
per cent of the test cises were either
wed or progressing favorably.
There being but thirteen p?r cent of
failures, the parties were satisfied and
closed the transaction. The proceedings
cf the investigating committee and the
clinical reports of the test cases were
published and will be mailed free on ap
plication. Address John J. Fulton
Company, 420 Montgomery St., San
Francieeo, Cal. Charman it Co. are ou
eole agents in Oregon City.
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