OREGON CITY COURIER FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1902.
OREGON CITY COURIER
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OREGON CITY, DEC. 26, 1902.
This wee the Courier is not up to its
nsual standard in reading matter and
news. We are out a day ahead of time
on aci'ountof Christmas day, which we
desired our force to ly off and enjoy.
The Courier force has been greatly
overworked for the pass six weeks and
it would have been unfair to have had
them work on this great festival.
No Eastern mall has been received at
Oregon City for the past four days. All
trains from the East are snow bound east
of Kocky uountajiis. While the East is
enjoying its blizzards and its hard winter
thus early in Oregon City and the Wil
lamette valley there is no winter to
apeak of. The wealier is delightfully
mild and enjoyable.
"PEACE ON EARTH,
GOOD WILL TO MEN."
This is Christmas week. The great
est festival of all the year. In every
civilized country in the world there is
rejoicing and good cheer. From the
palace of the prince to the beggar's hut,
from the octogenarian, whose hair is
frosted with the snows of many winters,
to the halting steps and lisping tongue
of the infant, Christmas briugs its glo
rious memories, its softening influences,
its humanizing inspirations. For nine
teen hundred years the birth of the lowly
NAzarme has been celebrated in every
Christian land, in every part of the
earth, by song and music and etory . As
he brought into the world the greatest
gift to all mankind, so we give of our
abundance and plenty to those we know
and love, and make happy those about
oa. Business cares for once are forgot
ten, the trials and tribulations of life are
liushed aside, bickeringj and heartburn
ings are laid to rest, and we live the best
and happiest day of all the year. Christ
mas Day is a mile-stone that marks the
greatest epoch in human life. Whether
we be priest and prophet or worldly lay
men we one and all do homage to Him
who taught the greatest and best les
sons to be found in the literature of all
thegef. Out of the dimness of the
pant these teachings come down to us a
blessed heritage and a golden promise,.
We rejoice that these things are true.
Let all of the children of men be glad.
May thore be sunshine in every home
and joy around every hearthstone. He
joice yourself and help others to be glad,
and keep forever in mind the beautiful
text, "Peace on Earth, Good Will to
Men."
'DAM THE POOR.
For cold blooded rapacity the editorial
in the Enterprise last week In regard to
the comments of the Courier on the de
linquent tax list of Clackamas county is
a remarkable utterance. Among other
thiugs the learned writer closes his de
fense by Baying that "The county does
not in the end pay the bill but the de
linquent tax payer." That is the true
intention of the law and with it we And
no fault. Of course no one cures any
thing about the poor tax payer. The
man whose home is advertised for sale.
Who cares for the poor? Who cares for
the business man whohasBpent apart
of his best days in building up his town
and county at.d while in distress finds
all of his property advertised for sale for
taxes, by a county he has honored and a
town whose prosperity his gouerous ex
penditure of money has helped to make,
and the cost of the advertisement twice
as much as the amount of the taxes he
owes. But the cold blooded politician
who sees nothing in this life but the al
mighty dollar sayn "dam the poor" and
has the effrontry to put the sentiment
In cold type. No the Courier had no
chance to bid on the publication of the
Ux list since it came under its present
management. Two months prior to that
time, before we cast our fortunes in this
lovely city a corrupt bargain had been
made by which the Clackamas county
co' should be milked and the cream di
vided between two men, each of whom
are rich in this world's goods. Two
thousand dollars Is a goodly sum to di
vide. As the beneficiaries this Christ
marl week ait around their big fires in
their own comfortable homes enjoying
every luxury aud comfort, the poor tax
payr will be hustling to raise the $3,000
to place In their pockets and make them
richer still. We do not know and cer-
taiuly do not believe that any blame at
taeua to tho County Judge, Sh eriff or
County Commissioners for the present
state of affairs. We do know that the
delinquent tax list of Clackamas county
makes nearly three times as much when
published as the delinquent tax list of
Multnomah county as published in the
Oregonian. As the county will have to
buy in much of this property add sell it
; at a junk sale afterwards for less than
half the tax value, the Countv of
Clackamas in the end will probabiy
lose $1000. That sum of money would
make two miles of good plank road,
would build a bridge across one of the
many rivers in this county, and would
bring infinite joy to a hundred poverty
stricken homes in this valley at this
great Yule tide festival. But 'tis idle to
talk of these things now. The bill for
this publication will be presented to the
next session of the Countv Board of
Commissioners and we presume that it
will be paid dollar for dollar as the far
sighted editor has his contract of record
and Shylock must have hh pound of
flesh. To the uninitiated, to the stranger
it looks like this tax list had been pad
ded. Nearly sixty columns of printed
matter, in small nonpareil type, but as
our worthy contemprary says the peo
ple have to pay it and what is the differ
ence anyway? Just here we want to say
that a corrupt bargain between newspa
pers is just as much a trust and just as
wrong in every way as a corrupt bargain
about anything else. These things, may
be done better next year. The Courier
will have a chance to get this work or at
least to put in a bid that will materially
reduce the cost to the tax payers whose
homes are advertised for sale. As the
members of the court have largely em
barked in the newspaper business and
they would ceitaiuly not give the wurk
to themselves we are likely to get the
job. In the meantime every tax payer
in the county should scan this bill which
will be presented and paid in January
next and see just how big it is. .
When the long hand points to 12 o'clock
And the short hand points to 11
We turn our thoughts from earthly
things
And think of those in heaven.
Of those who've crossed the silent
.stream
And climbed the farther hill
Who loved us ere they went away,
God knows, we love them still.
Make the Mont of Your Gifts.
Personality has done wonders with
both heredity and environment. It has
made moderate gifts accomplish mar
velous things. Men with moderate
gifts, by patient and persistent appli
cation have put to shame the splendid
ly equipped, who have indolently frit
tered away their patrimony. Out of
the most untoward surroundings men
have found their way to the grandest
achievements. The boy from the log
cabin has outstripped the boy from the
palace. The barefooted boy 'has out
stripped the boy of pampered Indul
gence. The plodder has outstripped the
genius. The tortoise has passed the
hare. Whether a man be richly en
dowed or modsrately endowed, his suc
cess will depend on the use he makes
of What God has given him. Independ
ent. Spoke From Experience.
A man who tries to uphold all his
Statements with the prop of personal
experience Is pretty sure, sooner or
later, to find himself In difficulties.
"What kind of posts should you say
I'd better have for my piazza?" asked
a summer resident of the oracle of
Bushvllle. "Cedar?"
"No," was the Instant reply; "not
'less you want to pay for poor stuff.
Git pine. Fine will last you a hundred
years." I
"Are you sure?" asked the summer
resident doubtfully.
"Sure!" echoed tho oracle. "I never
stato a thing without I can prove It.
I've tried 'em both. Tried 'em twice
on my south porch, I tell you!"
With Interest.
"Yes, I kuow that certain passen
gers object to tipping on principle; but,
speaking for myself, I believe hi it,"
remarked n ruddy faced old man In
tho corner of n third class smoker. "It
Is only right to reward courtesy, and I
always make a point of giving the
guard of this train sixpence when he
comes to see if I'm all right, although
I'm ouly a poor man."
Tho other passengers, not to be out
done, thereupon dived into their pock
ets, and when the guard popped his
bead inside the door a few minutes
biter he found himself overwhelmed
with silver coins.
An hour passed, aud the passengers
got out one by one until the old man
was left facing a spruce commerclnl
traveler, who loaned toward him con
fidentially and asked him how he could
afford to give the guard sixpence every
tluio he took a journey.
"Oh, don't worry yourself about
that," responded the old man. "I dare
say I shall get It back with Interest
"How will you?"
"The guard Is a eon of mlnef Lon
don Globe.
Llfe'i Little Ironlea.
Doctor I'm very glad to tell yon,
Mrs Hodges, that your husband will
recover after all,
Mrs. Hodges Lord, etr, don't say
that!
Doctor Why not, you unnatural wo
man? Mrs. nodges Wull, yon sec, sir, aft
er I'd sent for yon, sir, I took an' sold
nil Lid elo'oi!-bkotclJ.
Younger, the watchmaker, has moved
next door to Harris' Grocery.
, Try Thl Drop a Penny.
Have you ever noticed the interest
that money attracts even if it Is only
a single cent? The next time that you
see a copper coin dropped in a street
car just observe. Every eye in the
car will turn to he spot where it
dropped, and there will be manifested
a real general concern over its recov
ery. Two or three heads are likely
to come in contact over the point of its
disappearance, and 'then their owners
will draw suddenly back and try to
appear unconcerned, but in another
Second they are again leaning forward.
The man who dropped the cent is
usually the first who appears to have
brushed memory of the trivial occur
rence aside, but Just as soon as the
eyes in the car have turned from him
his own 'are sure to go back to the
floor in the hope that the truant coin
Will be seen. . '1
When he has gone, there Is a re
newed interest among the passengers,
for the stage of "finders keepers" has
arrived, and those near the spot of
disappearance become quite diligent
until they are aware they make a cen
ter of attraction. But interest in that
little coin is not lost while there is a
passenger left, and when the car is
empty the conductor takes his turn
and resurrects the cent New York
Herald.
Making Them All One.
An elderly minister is fond of telling
of a "break" he once made at a double
wedding of two sisters. It was ar
ranged that the two couples should be
married with one ceremony, the two
brides responding at the same time
and the- two bridegrooms doing the
same. There had not been any pre
vious rehearsal, as the minister had
come a long distance and had reached
the church but a few minutes before
the time for the ceremony.
AH went well until it came time for
the minister to say, "And now I pro
nounce you man and wife."
It suddenly became obvious to the
minister that the usual formula would
not do in the case of two men and two
wives, and he could not think of any
way of making "man" and "wife"
plural in the sentence. In his despera
tion and confusion he lifted his hands
and said "solemnly:
"And now I pronounce you, one and
all, husband and wife!"
A Bet and It Odds.
A notorious gambler, who died some
time ago, once wagered a thousand dol
lars to one that six would not be
thrown with a pair of dice ten times
in succession. His offer was taken up
by a fellow clubman. The dice were
brought, and his opponent actually
threw six nine times in succession. The
gambler then offered $470 to be free
of the bet. The other man declined,
had his tenth throw and failed to get
another six.
Just to show how very little the av
erage man knows about the doctrine
of chances a well known mathematic
ian has pointed out the real odds about
this bet. The chauces were no less
than 60,400,175 to 1 against six being
thrown ten times in succession; there
fore the real bet should have been
about $000,000 to 1 cent against such a
thing happening. Pittsburg Gazette.
A Drawback.
"Well, James, how are you feeling
today?" said the minister to one of his
parishioners, an old man suffering
from chronic rheumatism. "You are
not looking as brisk as usual."
"Na, sir," Replied the old fellow sad
ly. "I've been gey unfortinlt the day."
"How, James?"
"Weel, sir, I got a letter fra a Glasca
lawyer body this mornin' tellln' me
that ma cousin Jock was deld an' that
he had left me twa hunuer pouu'."
"Two hundred pounds!" repeated the
minister. "And yoq call that hard
luck? Why, it Is quito a fortune for
you, James."
"Aye," said tho old man sorrowfully,
"but tho stlpid lawyer body dhlua pit
eneuch stamps on his letter, an' I had
a halo saxpence to pey for extra post
age." Loudon Tit-Bits.
Sand fiwept Aula.
In the arid lands of central Asia the
air is reported as often laden with
fine detritus, which drifts like snow
around conspicuous objects and tends
to bury them in a dust drift. Even
when there is no apparent wind the air
is described as thick with flue dust
and a yellow sediment covers every
thing. In Khotan this dust sometimes
so obscures tho sun that at midday
one cannot see to read flue print with
out a lamp.
Varnish From Seaweed.
A kind of setiweed which is plentiful
on the coast of China furnishes an ad
mirable glue and varnish. When dried,
it Is waterproof, and it Is employed to
fill up the interstices In bamboo net
work, of which windows are frequent
ly constructed In that country. It Is
also utilized to strengthen and varnish
paper lanterns.
A Cheerfal Proposal.
A Scottish beadlo one day led the
manse housemaid to the churchyard
aud, pointing with his finger, stam
mered: "My folk lie- thore, Jenny. Wad ye
like to He there too?"
It was his way of popping the ques
tion. A Composer.
Hoax I thought you said that man
was a musician
Joax Nonsense!
"You certainly told me he wrote mel
odies." "I told you he was a composer of
heirs. He sells soothing syrup."
A Jlarrytnir Man.
"Are you a marrying man?" was
asked of a somber looking gentleman
at a recent reception.
"Yes, sir," was the prompt reply;
"I'm a clergyman."
Qt D. & D. C. LATOUBETTE
. ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Commercial, Beal Estate and Probate Law
Specialties
Office in Commercial Bank Building
OREGON CITY OREfiON
QOMMERCIAL BANK
- of OREGON CITY
CAPITAL $100,000
Transact!) a general banking business
. Makes loans and collections, discounts bilis
buys and sells domestic and foreign exchange,
and receives deposits subject to check.
Open from 9 a. m. to i p. m.
l). (J. LiATOUBETIE, K. J. MiSYER
President Cashie
(J N. GREEN MAN
THE .PIONEER EXPRESSMAN
(Established 1865)
Prompt delivery to all parts of the city
OREGON CITS OREGON
J)R. GEO. HOEYE f
DENTIST
All workarranted and satisfaction guaranteed
Crown and Bridge -work a specialty
Caufleld Building
OREGON CITY . OREGON
J)R. FRANCIS FREEmIn
DENTIST
Graduate of Northwestern University Dental
School, also of American College of
Dental Surgery, Chicago
Willamette Block
OREGON CITY OREGON
P H. COOrER,
U. XT . T . -
nOTAKT J UJJljlu.
Real Estate and Insurance, Titles Exam
ined, Abstracts Made, DeedB, Mort
gages, Etc., Drawn.
With J. W. Loder, Stevens Building,
Oregon Cuy, Ore.
Qt E. HAYES
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Stevens Building, opp. Bank of Oregon City
OREGON C1TI OREGON
QEO. T. HOWARD
NOTARY PUBLIC
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
At Red Front. Court House Block
OREGON CITY OREGON
QRANT B. D1MICK
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Will practice in all Courts In ihe State, Circuit
and District Courts of the United States.
Insolvent) debtors taken through bankruptcy.
Offloe in btevens Building, Oregon City, Or.
J. W. Norms, M. D. J. W. rowELL. M. D.
jJJORRIS & POWELL,
Physicians and Surgeons.
Calls in city or country promptly attend ed
Office: 1,2,17,
Charman Bros. Block, Oregon City.
JJOBERT A. MILLER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
O. D. EBY, NOTARY.PUBLIC. :
Real Estate bought and sold, money loaned
titles examined and abstracts made, easn paid lor
oounty warrants. Probate aud commissioners'
court business and insurance.
ROOM 8, WEINBABD BUILDING
OREGON CITY, - OREGON,
0. SCHUEBXL
W. S. U'REN
JJREN & SCHUEBEL
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SDtutfcber 4tbDota.
Will praotice 'In all courts, make collections
and settlements of estates, furnish abstracts of
title, lend you money aud lend your money on
first mortgage. Office In Enterprise building.
OREGON CITY ORKGON
QSTEOPATHY
DR. C. D. LOVE
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN
Graduate of American 8chool of Osteopathy,
Kirksvllle, Mo.
Successfully treats both acute and chronic dis
eases. Call for literature.
Consultation and Examination Free.
Office Hours: JigiJ1;
Or by appointment at any time.
Rooms No. 4 and 5, Stevens Building, M alu St
OKEO.ON CITY, OBECON.
J) 1. SIAS
DIALU IN
WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY
Silverware and Spectacles
CANBY OREGON
S. J. VAUGHAN'S
Livery Feed and Sale Stables
Nearly opposite Suspension bridge
First-Class Rigs of All Kinds
OREGON CITY, OREGON
DR. KING'S
try NEW DISCOVERY
FOR THAT COLD.
TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE.
Cures Consumption,Coughs,
Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma,
LaG rippe, Hoarseness,
Sore Throat, Croup and
Whooping Cough.
NO CURE. NO PAY.
Pricn 50c. and $1. T?'L BOTTLES FRES
ew Era
.Flouring Mills
We have purchased of Streyc
Mills J ar ,dv hl p )i3ei.:a
stand, We guarantee satisfaction
way. To our friends and patrons we ask a contfbuancejof their
kindness and courtesy to us and assure them that we shall do
our very best to please them.'
Bread is the staff of life, without good flour you can, not
have good bread.
Good Bread
G ie us your trade and we will
the best flour that can be made,
evcik
Successor to
scBro, New Era, re.
Bonton Ijestawanl
mi Lunch Counter
On Wain Street Oregon City, next Door to Postoffice
Kick matosin Successor to Bagby Restaurant
Tresb Oysters in Gverv Style
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Open JIIJ Bours Day or
1 Good Selection
and Low Prices
Complete stock of men's and boy's suits and overcoats.
The real up-to-date make, and patterns enough to
suit every taste at a price 20 per cent less in compari
son to any other store. You will be surprised to see
the good variety in ladies', men's and children's shoes,
sold all the way from 50c to $1 less on every pair than
any shoe store's prices. A convincing argament as to
our low prices is the prices quoted on the following
staples : Men's underwear, regular 50c and 75c value,
we sell for 37c; soft or stiff bosom shirts, regular $1
and $1.50 values, we sell for 60c and 75c; regular 25c
neckties we sell for I2c; regular 25c caps we sell
for 15c.
Portland Clothing House
Next Door to Harding's Drug 'Store
Christmas
Christmas gladness in the air; Christmas gladness
everywhere; everybody playing Santa Claus and
looking for pleasant surprises for little people and
big people. You cannot find more enthusiastic
buying than right here at our store. There is
much that is choice and that is certain to please.
CHRISTMAS
Stationery, from 5c a box to $2
Xmas OrnamentB, from lc to $1
Xmas Cigars, SOc a box to $5
Xmas Knives, 10c to $1:50
Toilet Sets. 75c to $10
Autograph Albums, 10c to $1.50
All Kind Of Material or fancy work, such as Tissue
' Paper, Crepe Paper, New
Shades and Designs Leatherette
Taper, Cardboard, Wire, Leaves, Cut Out Flowers for Paper Flowers.
Perfumes 0F ALL KINDS AT ALL prices in fancy
"Cl IH? bottles and bulk from 10c a bottle to $10. Re-
member, we have 20,000 articles in our
UP-TO-DATE DRUG STORE
and we have only mentioned a few of the articles we carry. We
make the price, and there is no price so low but what we can beat it.
CELAJIAjST & CO.
Cut Price Xmas Druggists
Bros, the New Era Flouring
il dji.ij'b ninin at the gold
to all who may come, our
fyappy rjomes
give you kind treatment and
Bros
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NOVELTIES:
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Xmas Cards, from lc to $5
Xmas Candies, 10c a box to $1
Xmas Pipes, 10c to $6
Xmas Razors, 50c to $5
Aioums, ouc to $a
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