OREGON CITY COURIER FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1902
WA
NTED
SEE OUR "AD" LAST WEEK. EVERY BABY IN
CLACKAMAS COUNTY UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE
MUST HAVE A SOLID GOLD FINGER RING.
Holiday Goods are arriving every day. We have been
pretty busy, unpacking, for several days, and we are now pre
pared to show you the best and neatest assortment of Holiday
Goods in Oregon City.'
Your money will go farther this year than ever before, if
you buy here. We have no old pioneer stock to work off. Our
goods are all bright and new.
If you secure your Christmas present here you are sure of
getting the very latest designs and the newest goods in the
market. ' We guarantee every article we sell. If not satisfac
tory, call and get your money.
Come in, look over our stock, and get our prices.
MOWE1L1L & JONES,
.......
RELIABLE DRUGGISTS.
Chambers Howell
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PERSONALS I
Eli Fellows, of Highland, waa in the
city on Monday.
T. B. Kilsin, of Hubbard, was in town
on business TueBday.
Claud Howard, of Mulino, was in Ore
gon City Wednesday,
F. L. Minto, of OBwego, waB in town
on business Wednesday.
Charles Robeson spent last week in
Portland visiting with relatives.
B. F. Betzler, of Falls City, was regis
tered at the Electric Wednesday.
H. 8. Raney, of Springwater, regis
tered at the Electric on Tuesday.
F, L. Mintie, one of Oswego's promi
nent citiiens, was here Wednesday.
Mrs. Tabor, of. Mt, Pleasant, is the
guest of friends at Hillsboro this week.
Mrs. Mollie Barlow, of Barlow, was
the gueet of Mrs. Tom Miller last Satur
day. George A. Brown, of Salem, was in
this cit" the first of the week on business.
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Moreabies
Linn E.Jones
Mrs. Frank Rigler, of Portland, vis
ited friends in Oregon City the first of
the week.
Mr. Meindl resigned his position in
Salem returned to his home on the Ab
ernethy on Tuesday.
D. H. Mosher, a student of State
University, is sick with typhoid fever at
his home in Redland.
Mrs. P. D. Hull, of Gladstone, has
been ill for the past three weens with
an attack of pneumonia.
J. H. Revenue, of Sandy, arrived here
on Tuesday, and rode homeward nest
day through the driving rain.
Mrs. Geo. W. Grace and little daugh
ter left Wednesday afternoon for a few
days visit to friends in Portland.
MrB. George Steele, of - Meldrum's
Station, was visiting her sister, Mrs. J.
W. Meldrum, of this city, on Tuesday.
George Spees, one of Clackamas
county's prosperous farmers, was trans
acting business in Oregon City Satur
day .
R. L. Williams.who is with the South
ern Pacific Railway Company, is at the
Electric hotel with a . badly sprained
back.
Wc are nicely settled in our new store and we would
pleased to have you come and inspect our immense
stook of Holiday goods
Burmeister
The
Remember we
Mrs. H. Pope, of Portland, visited
her niece, Mrs. F. T. Griffith, Tuesday.
Mrs. William Kidd and children, of
Portland, were visiting with friends in
Oregon City Tuesday.
Charles Moore, of Suinpter, who has
been visiting relatives in Oregon City,
returned to his home Wednesday eve
ning. . Robert Kelland, who has been in
Alaska for the past year, is in this
city visiting his parents. He will return
to Alaska in about a month.
Miss May Kelly, Miss Sade Chase,
Miss Fannie and Miss Katie Porter,
teachers in Portland public schools,
spent the Thanksgiving holidays at their
homes in this city.
Mrs. J. A. McGlaehan and son, Don,
returned Sunday from Illinois, where
they have been visiting with relatives
for the past two months. It was their
intention to remain there, but decided
there was no place like Oregon.
. J. F. Yost, of Barlow, a farmer and
rancher of that section spent Tuesday
in Oregon City buying goods and attend
ing to business matters of importance.
While here he paid the Courier office a
very friendly call.
Mrs. G. W. Shank has sold her farm
at Canby, and on Tuesday moved to
Oregon City, where she will reside with
her boh, D, G. Shank, in one of the
Linn cottages on Fourthh and Center
Streets. Mrs. Shank is a mother of W.
M. Shank, of this city.
G. W. Kesselring, of Macksburg, one
of the prominent farmers of that neigh
borhood was in town on Tuesday at
tending to business. Mr. Kesselring
says that every thing is in good con
dition in the Macksburg . country sinc9
the copious rains of the paat week.
Dr. T. E. Beard, of White Wood,
South Dakota, has decided to make his
home in Oregon City, and will locate
here permanently. He has gone to
house-keeping on 12th and Jefferson.
He will shortly open an office on Main
St. Dr. Beard comes highly recom
mended as a physician and willbe quite
an addition to the citizenship of' 'this
place. The Dr. has his wjfe and child
with him.
Masquerade ball given at the Armory
on Thanksgiving night by J. H? Turney
was very largely attended, 300 people
being in attendance. The masquerad
ers danced under difficulties. Many
handsome costumes were on the floor.
Miss Bessie Lyons received the first
prize for the beet dressed lady and Geo.
Woodward for the best dressed man.
Several other prizes were given for char
acter and comical costumes. ,
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Oregon
are now located in the (Kardc Building,
Suspension Bridge Corner
Miss Lillian Gaus, of Liberal, spent a
few days last week with relatives in this
city. Miss Gang is one of Clackamas
county's successful teachers.
Miss Betta Fouts, who is employed in
the millinery department of Olda &
King's store in Portland, is spending a
few weeks with her parents, Mr. and
Mr. T. W. FoutB, in this city.
Mrs. J. R. Humphrey, who has been
the guest of her mother iu Woodstock,
near JNew Brunswick, uanaua, ior ine
past six months, returned hnme Wed
neslay evening.
Among the recent arrivals at the Elec
tric hotel from a distance are : E . G.
Gilbert, Centralia, Wash.; J. N. Minn,
St. Louis, Mo. ; J. W. Howard and wife,
Ashland, Or. ; H. C. Allen, Salem, Or. ;
E. R. Wair, B. D. Jones, Chicago; Mar
tin and M. S. Dreyfus, Milwaukee, Wis. ;
H. L. Christensen, Newberg, Or. ; J. M.
Monting, Salem, Or.; T. R. Jones, St.
Paul, Minn.; G. C. Walker, Walker,
Or.; Wm. Brown, pokane, Wash.
A debate between the Oregon City
Academy debating club and the Thurs
day Night debating club of Portland will
take place at an early date. The ques
tion to be debated is: ''Resolved, That
the present system of marriage is a ben
efit to the community." The affirma
tive will be handled by the Oregon City
club, and will be headed by Howard M.
Brownell. He will have for his col
leagues George Callff and William Puge.
Mies Edna and Clara Caufield enter
tained a large number of their friends at
a social dance last Saturday evening.
About sixty of the elite of the town were
present, who tripped the ''light fan
tastic" till far into the "wee sma' hours"
of the morning. The music was fur
nished by Mr. Frank Turney, and a
great time was enjoyed by all present.
Mesdames C. B. Moore, L. L. Porter and
L. L. PicRens assisted in the arrange
ments and acted as chaperones. Refresh
ments were served at midnight.
Special Notice.
The Courier does not furnish to its ad
vertisers free a copy of the Courier. In
this respect all subscribers must be
treated alike, and after January, 1, 1902,
this rule will be put in force and be ab
solute. Use ''Bromo Lax" for coughs and
colds. Price, 25 cents a box. With
each box you are entitled to one guess
on gold watch (guaranteed); by Char
man & Co., Cut Price Druggists.
Wanted A few more engagements bv
the day by a first-class dressmaker: or
would take work home. Prices reason
able , Apply at Courieb Office. ,
& Andresen
City Jewelers
1 LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
Born, November 25, to the wife of J.
V. Green, a son.
Every hat trimmed or untrimmed at a
great reduction . Mis O. Goldsmith .
E. A. Brady has receiyed a large as
sorted lot of wines from the Sonoma
Rhine Farm in California, selected for
Med!cinal Purposes.
Reeiots in Recorder Henry Stevens'
office for the month ot November
amounted to $290.40, against $223.65 for
November, 1901.
The sale .of Mat Clemens, one mile
north of Liberal on Saturday, waa not
very largely attended, but nearly all
property brought good prices.
At his public sale on Monday, R. O.
Thomas bid in most of the cattle, which
were the object of the 'sale sale himself.
The bids were evidently too low.
The Wilsonville school will have a
basket supper Friday night. Miss Mc
Nulty, of this city, has charge of the
school. W . W. H. Samson will preside
as auctioneer.
County Clerk Frank A. Sleight's re
ceipts for the past month, amounted to
$282, against $197.75 for the previous
month. For November, 1901, the re
ceipts amounted to $374.35.
Everything must go before the holi
days. Everything reduced. Miss C.
Goldsmith.
On the Agency Plains, in Crook
eounty, where several Clackamas peo
ple have located homesteads, a farmer
named Brown has struck water at the
depth of 27 feet. The absence of springs
or accessible streams is the greatest
drawback in that section,
The Ladies' Guild of the Lutheran
church will hold their Christmas Ba
zaar on Wednesday, Dec. 10,in the after
noon and evening in the store room
north of Huntley's drug store. All
kinds of fancy work and useful articles
will be on sale at reasonable prices.
Coffee and cake will be served. .
Great Clearance Sale on every article
in the store. Miss C. Goldsmith.
The Clara Mathes Company is filling
a week's engagement at the opera houBe
this week. Uenerally speaking their
plays are proving satisfactory. Miss
Mathes !n the role of the Red Cross
nurse was especially good. Mr. Van
Cleve is making a decided kit in all his
parts. All the members of the com
nanv are doine their Darts in a credit
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able manner, and altogether the show
is a success.
The St. Agnes Guild of St. Paul's
church will hold a Village Fair in Wil
lamette hall on Friday evening, Decem
ber 12. Good music. See program in
next week's issue.
The members of the Baptist Sunday
school will devote the regular
time of the morning church service,
10:30 o'clock, December 7, to the obser-,
vance of Bible Day exercises. All will
be made welcome, particularly the pa
rents of the children who attend the
Sunday school.
. At St. Paul's Episcopal church holy
communion will be celebrated at 11 a.
m ., and a sermon preached by the rec
tor on "Signs or Superstition and Re
ligion." At the evening service at 5
o'clock the subject of the sermon will
be "The Opening of .the Books." Mrs.
J. W. Loder will sing the offertory solo.
Everyone cordially welcomed to all ser
vices.; Hon. C. D. Latourette has quite a
sick son in his boy, Earl. He is threat
ened with appendicitis. On Wednes
day morning his symptoms were so pro
nounced and alarming that he was re
moved by the orders of his physicians,
Dr. Norris and Sommer to the hospital
at Portland, where if necessary he will
have an operation performed. Mr. and
Mrs. Latourette went with their son
to the hospital and one of them wilt re
main with him all of the time until ha
fully recovers.' , .
J.D.Wright, of Oolton, was in town
on Tuesday and made the Courier office ,;
a pleasant call. Mr. Wright has a com
plaint to register in regard to the mail
service between here and Colton. It
seems that the Oolton people do not get
their Oregon City mail until four days
alter it is put in the postoffice at this
place, and their county papers are until .
Tuesday reaching them. He claims that
much better time ought to be made be
tween here and Oolton, and it lookB like
he is right about it.
Great Clearance Sale on all millinery.
Miss C. Goldsmith. ,
The Hiawatha Mining & Milling Co,,
of Cottage Grove, Ore., Bohemia dis
trict, have recently, during development
work, struck very rich ore in large quan
tities, and the company has decided to
place a stamp mill on the property at a
very early date and have placed a block of
stock on the market to raise money for
that purpose and are selling stock at
only two cents per share, which no
doubt will be worth at least $1 per share
as toon as dividends are paid, which
will be in the near future. Don't wait
until this block is sold and then kick
yourself because you can't get stock for
less than $1 and more per share. Ad
dress at once Hiawatha Mining & Mill
ing Co., Cottage Grove, Ore., or see O.
D. Eby, of this city. -
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