193432 it ,2' Y,-:AUr OREGON ' '01 2,-1903." THE OLD COUNTRY LOCAL NEWS ITEMS HUNTLEY BROS. Druggists and Booksellers HUNTLfcY dKUj. Commencing the New Year Right 3) We have made some good resolutions for 903 that will interest every man, woman and child in this County. THIS STORE MUST BE KNOWN AS THE QUALITY STORE. No. 1 We will handle no articles that have the appearance of a value they do not possess articles made to sell. No. 2- We will cheerfully refund the money for every purchase that does -not q prove exactly as represented or ior any article returned ior any reason - in good condition within a reasonable length of time. ' No. 3 We will treat the smallest child with the same considertion as the biggest o man and extend the same courtesy to the oc purchase as to tne o.vu one. q No. 4 We propose to make this the most economical the most satisfactory- the pleasantest place in this county to trade so much so that you will come out of your Way to trade here. On your part we ask only that if you have a grievance against this store, ;g don't cherish it. Tell us about it we will make it right. Mistakes will occur g but we are always anxious to rectify them. Don't be disatisfied with a transac- g tion any longer than it takes you to get back here and tell one of the proprietors g about'it. ' SPECIAL FOR ONE WEEK ONLY Saturday the 3rd to Friday the 9th. - mirrors; SEE THEM IN OUR WINDOW. We have too many Mirrors left Can't afford to carry them all. If there is another one wanted in your home this is your chance. Reg. Price Cut Price Large Oval Black Frame $4 5 $2 90 " Triplicate Mirrors 0 00 . 4 5 Oval Easel Back Mirrors 2 00 1 2o Triple " 3 50 2 40 " 3 20 2 30 Square " " 3 25 2 45 All 75c and 85c " S 25cand35C f . 7 Triple Mirrors are the very latest designs In hand some frames of Oak, Ebony and Foxwood. cornelian ware The popular new ornamental cooking ware. Handsome enough for any table strong en ough to withstand the heat of the oven. Everybody exclaimed at the low prices we marked these goods for the holidays. Buy 'em this week for j3 less than regular. 6 Inch Pudding Dish .12 4 in. Custard Cups 60c dz. 7 " " " .i5 5 in. Sherred Eggs 75c dz. 8 " " " .19 Cracker Jar 25c 9 " " .25 Butter Dish 35c 7 " Mixing Bowl .15 Oatmeal Set 22c 8 " " " .19 Small. Pitcher.... 15c 9 " " " .25 Med. " .... 20c 10 '! " " .33 Large " .... 35c Pictures One-Half Ptice. We are over stocked in Pictures framed and unframed Medallions Platinum Prints Platinolypes 50 different designs A hundred differ ent subjects. The cost of these goods will cut no figure in this sale You may take your choice of any picture in this store at just One-Half the Regular Price Don't Cough A 25c bottle of Huntley's White Pine Balsam will stop it. Money back if it doesn't. HUNTLEY BROTHERS POPULAR PRICE DRUGGISTS AND BOOKSELLERS Prescriptions You can afford to go out of your way to have your prescriptions put up here if you want pure drugs. Job! Brothers have put a now roof on the old bouse of the late John My era. Mr. Turney won the turkey. No one could shoot more points than his 198. . On account of the bad weather and the Influx of outsiders, the sup ply of common labor is greater in the city than the demand. , Born, to the wile of John Staley ou Decembei 22, 1902, a girl. The little infant died the day of its birth. The mother is doing well. ( The Spring water correspondent writes under date of Dec. 22 that one inch of snow fell that day, and that a number of big gray wolves had been seen in that locality recently, The quarantine of the Hoffman home, where there has been three cases of smallpox, was raised last week by the health authorities, who declare tnere is no further danger of the disease spread- ing. Mrs. N. E. Smith brought suit for di- . - 1 1 J V1A1 vorce against ner nuuuu, aioiovu Smith, last week, on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. They were married in Portland March 10, 1898. Mayor U. B. Dimick and Geo. L. Story have moved their law office from the Stevens block to rooms 2 and 3 in the Garde block, up stairs. They are now very conveniently and coBily situ ated and would like for their friends to call. rir Tmnfila Freeman has removed from his office in the Willamette build ino tn new ' and more commodious Quarters in the Garde building. Dr Vraman and Dr. Strickland will have their offices together in the Garde build ing. The Cantata. "Christmas Angels," which was eiven at the Presbyterian church Christmas eve, will be repeated this evening for the benefit of those who did not have the opportunity ot hear int,hn first renditions. No admission will be charged. "We announced last week that the teacher's meeting would be held at New Era the first Saturday in January. Su- norintfindfint Zinzer informs us that there was an error in the print, and that tho niBfitinir will be held the last Saturday in January instead of the first Emma B. Phillips brought suit for a divorce against George B. .Phillips her husband, in the circuit court Friday on the grounds of desertion." They were married at Seattle, Wash., in 1W0, and defendant deserted plaintiff in May ,1901 The plaintiff asks custody of their child On account of the special local rates on the Southern Pacific from this point to Portland, passengers often stop off here in the evening for a minute or two to buy tickets, but they not by any means always get them. They get fooled, and that's where the fun comes If you wish to send money to the "Old Country" you can do so easily and cheaply through this bank We issue drafts payable in nearly all countries THE BANK Of OREGON CITY OREGON CITY, OREGON eaoe9seee8sesseo9es g PERSONALS in. F. A. N. Franklin, of Molalla, was in town Monday. H. A. Jacobs, of La Center, is reen tered at the Electric. J. E. Toby, of Newberg, paid Oregon City a visit last week. S. S. Blitz, of Denver, Colo., was here on business last week . Walter Hinman, of Butteville, was in town Friday of last week. Captain H. L. Kelly spent Christmas -with his parents in this city . Sam Ofneo, of Chicago, was in Oregon City on business laBt week. C. R. Miller, of Highland, was in Portland Tuesday on business. M. C. Baker, of Stafford, was here on business the first of the week . T. B. Masters, of St. Louis, was reg- iste red at the Electric Sunday. A. T. Knight, of Canby, was doing business in this city Saturday. Mrs. Nannie Perkins, of Salem was visiting in Oregon City Sunday. A. J. Miller, of Garfield, was In town on business the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Blckle, of Stafford, were in town Saturday shopping. C. H. Marshall, wife and son arrived irom Los Angeles, Calif., Friday. James Fellows, of Highland, paid our city a visit the first of the week. M. Mallory, organizer for the Order of Pendo, was in this city Monday. Mrs. Tabor, of Mt. Pleasant, is viait inir with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Miller. f Peter Wink, of New Era, was visiting friends in Oregon City Monday. Carl Hahenbach, of Tillamook, was in this city the first of the week on business. V. F. Kirk, of Beaver Creek, was in -Oregon City on business the first of the week. ' W . Hughes and wife.of Beaver Creek, were in Oregon City week. h. T Willis, of Portland, was mixing !,h ihA citiiens of Oregon City last week. Mrs. Captain Evans spent Christmas Mrs. Houston, in J. R. Wheat and Joseph Cady, of Portland, were in town the first of the week on business. Miss Lizzie Jones, of Portland, was visiting friends and relatives in this city the first of the week. George B. West and J. W. Wetmore, of Portland, were in Oregon City on business Saturday. Dr. Casto left for Linn county on Christmas evening for the purpose of doing Grange work. 1 A. A. Price, M. Sugarman and S. Da noeky were visiting in the neighborhood of Breeze hill Sunday. M. M. Price will leave for The Dalles this week, where he will engage in busi ness with his brother. Misses Lillie and Alvina Horn enter tained a number of frienda at a card party Friday evening. Mlsa Anna Welch, of Portland, has been the guest of her aunt, MrB. K. L, Newton, during the holidays. Karl Caufield, of Seattle, has been the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Caufield, during the holidays. Mrs. Franks, Misses Maggie Tyre and Emma Jones, all of Portland, were Ore gon City visitors the first of the week. Sherman J. Buford returned Christ mas morning from California cities, where he has been for the past month. Joseph Sears and wife, who have been in Eastern uregon tor tne past several months, returned to Oregon City last week. Sherman Buford, who has been in Sacramento, Cal., for the past several weeks, returned to Oregon City last week. M. Michael will shortly leave for Ba ker City, in Eastern Oregon, when he will probably invest in a large furniture house. Miss Matilda Blankisch and Edna Wise, of Portland, were the guests of friends in Oregon City Saturday and Sunday. J. B. Madison, of Highland, former owner 01 tne sawmill at tnat place, bas been in Oregon City the past week on business. Mrs: Harry Harding returned home Wednesday from Watertown, N. Y., ac companied by her daughter, Mrs. A. J, Lethwaite. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Cheney and son returned from McKee, Or . , Saturday night, after a few days' visit with MrB. Cheney's parents. Mrs. M.E. Biles, of Portland, and daughter. Mrs. Samuel Maddock, uf Astoria, visited the former's sister, Mrs. F. L. Cochran, Sunday. J. A. Ackerraan, state superintendent of schools, was in town Saturday and spent a pleasant day with Superintend ent Zinser and other acquaintancess. Miss Florence ;Smyth, a charming young lady of Vancouver, waB the guest of her sister, Miss Cleo Smith, last week, and left for home Monday afternoon. Judge Thomas F, Ryan was in Silver- ton Monday evening and night assisting the encampment of the Odd Fellows lodge in that city in conferring several degrees. Al. Milln, in the milling business at Albany, spent Christmas evening with his brother, Arthur Milln, headmiller at the Imperial. Al's beard has become white Bince he lived here. George and Heiny Fox, of. Portland, who both occupy responsible positions as employes of the Southern Pacific Company, visited their relatives and friends in this city on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. II. Cromer, of Spring water, were the guests of Mrs. Orotner's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Lewellen, during the holidays. They returned to their Springwater home Wednesday Mrs. Bruce Curry has returned from a week's visit with her sister in Port land. While there her little son was taken seriously ill and she was only able to bring him home Monday even ing. M. Sugarman, who has been running the junk store in the north end of town will take a clerkship position with J. M Price, the clothier, the first of the year Mr. Sngarman's father will take charge of the junk. Mrs. Thornton, of the New England Home, and two little twin daughters; Beatrice and Marguerite, and daughter Dorothy and son Ira, left Monday morn ing for Albany, where they will visit with friends. On Sunday last the Predestination Bap tiefs held divine services at the home of Mr. Preston. His baptism by immerBion in the Abernethy by Rev. Bro. Moffat made the occasion a memorable one for ! Mr. Preston. The first rural free delivery route to be established in Clackamas county will be put in operation the first day of Jan uary. It will start from Milwaukie and run in towards Clackamas, taking in a considerable part of that postoffice dis trict. On Monday four teams came in from Wilhoit with 6200 pounds of bottled so da water for Portland, 'luesaay tney returned loaded with bottles. It takes the teams from dawn till bedtime to drag themselves and load through the 25 miles of slush between Wilhoit and Oregon City. Three horizontal McOord waterwheels, two of them as a pair in one frame on ona shaft, are being installed in the new pulp mill of the Crown Company. The draft tube of the pair will be 26 feet lone and about six feet in diameter. The combined capacity of the wheels is about 600 horse power. Carl G. Church, formerly of this city, was married in Portland last week to Miss Nellie Ely, of Walla Walla. The wedding took place at the parsonage of the Third Presbyterian church, Rev. A. J. Montgomery officiating. The groom the son of Mr. and Mra. G. W. Church, old residents of Oregon City, and is well and favorably known here A small fire in the rear end of J. M. Price's clothing store Monday afternoon came near growing to laige dimensions The fire was started by a defective flue, The alarm was turned In and Cataract Hose Company promptly responded, but their services were not required, as the fire was put out by the time they ar rived. Walter Gaskel, who has been.in the Good Samaritan Hospital, PortlanJ, for the past several months, on account of a fracture of a bone in the leg, was ope rated on a short time ago by Dr. 80m merof this city. Last week he came home cured as a result of the operation A bone eight inches in lengthjwas re' moved from the leg. Ida M. Hale, of this city, and Thomas E. Trobell, of Marion county, were united in matrimony at the home of Macy E. Hall, Christmas day, at 7:30 p m. Rev. C. C. Sperry tied the nuptia knot lu a few well and eloquently spoken words. A wedding feast was served to the Invited guents, and many handsome presents were tendered the newly-mated pair. Tney win reeiae in wanon county. Jailer Peter Nehren was the recipient of a handsome rocking chair Christmas. The chair was presented to him by Judge Ryan, County Clerk Sleight, Sheriff Shaver, Recorder Stevens, Assessor Williams, Treasurer Oahill and Super intendent Zinser. He returned the com pliment later in the day by passing around a box of fine cigars. Oscar Forsberg, foreman of the boiler room at the Willamette paper mill, took seriously ill the day before Christmas while on his way home. He was walk ing on the board walk near Morey's barn when he took sick and fell in an unconscious condition. He was found later by two women, who had him taken to Bolton, where medical assistance waB called. He is now convalescent. The junk sale of land from the delinquent tax list of 1898, has been going on at the court houBe for che past week. Something like a tnousanu dollars has been realised from the sale. Of this amount amount something like $400 was realized from the sale of Glad stone property and $175 from another tract assessed to Joe Simon, The Superintendent of public in struction annonces that the next eighth orrada examination for the various counties of Oregon will be held January 28, 29 and SO, April 8, 9 and 10, May 20. 21. and 22 and June 17, 18 ana ia. Examinations for county papers will be hoM FahTniirv 11. 12 and 13 and for state papers the same date. There was an entertainment at the Weet Side school on the 24lh given by the school. A large crowd of the pa trons were present to witness the cere monies. The exercises were well ren dered and a general good time was en joyed by both patrons and pupils. The West Side school has a hundred pupils. There are three teachers. An evidence of the fact that there are many new families coming to Oregon, and that Clackamas oounty Is receiving her portion, is shown in the report of a citizen of Highland. He told the Cour ier last week that seven families from other states had bought farms and lo cated in his neighborhood witnin tne past six weeks. There Is plenty of avail able land In Clackamas county for the settler. The United States land office in this city caused the cancellation of timber entries in Tillamook county amounting to 30,000 acrea, on the ground of fraud and collusion between entrymen ana parties who had arranged to buy the lands on title being secured. Chas. E. flays was the- principal contestant and Robert Sturgeon was the principal con testee. On Sturgeon's case the fate of 100 others depended. A morphine fiend, known as "Crazy Henry," was arrested Christmas even ing and tried Saturday for lunacy and ordered sent to the aBylum. The man came to Oregon City from Eugene fihriotmaa morninB bv boat. He haa no sooner reached town than he com mnncfid heeirinir on the streets. His ac tions indicated that he was not 01 souna mind and Judge Ryan ordered his ar j .at A hottle of morpmne anu boci opium was found on his person. Tn.ltrmP.nt was rendered in two cases v ' D . . , againBt Thomas Hodge, wno recently left Oregon City, leaving debts to the amount of $282.75. In the case 01 James Kiger against Hodge, the plaintiff was given verdict for the sum of 159.20. Kiser was Hodge's foreman in getting out wood for the Crown Mill, and the money was due him for wages. Ever hard A Co. were given judgment for $74.62. Hodge owed them for mer chandise. Hodge's property has all been attached, and it will about cover these amounts. Double Wedding. Two weddings took place at the Pres byterian church Monday at 11 o'clock, uniting Mr. John Jones, of Beaver Creek , and Mrs. Nancy A. Perkins, of Salem. At the same oocurred the mar riage of Mr. Jones' youngest daughter, Emma, to Mr. George Bichel of Port land, of Portland, Rev. Frank H. Mix sell, pastor of the church, officiating at both ceremonies. Only the immediate friends of the bridal parties were pres ent, Including Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hughes, of Beaver Creek, who acted as best man and lady for the former par ties, while Marcus Baker, of Portland, with Mrs. Franks, acted for the last named. Friends were present in the person of Mr. and Mrs. Bickel, the par ents of Mr. Bickel, Miss Guyer and Mrs. Hughes. The contracting parties will makes their homes at Beaver Creek and Portland, respectively. To Advertise th Vounty, C. N. Plowman & Company, a local real eatate firm, have contracted with a local job office for the printing of 10,000 16-page circulars which will be sent east for the purpose of advertisting Clackamas county. It is thought that the pamphlets' will assist in bringing much immigration to this county. ' The Courier will begin work next week on a mammoth trade and advertising edition which will be destined to assist In the same cause, only on a more elaborate scale. If trade justifies It the trade edition of the Courier will be one of the finest editions of the kind ever gotten out by a county paper in Orf gon. We will have in a few days samples of a similar edition which we got up In Kentucky, which was said to hae eclipsed auytbing of the kind ever undertaken In the south. Space in this edition will be sold at reasonable rates. Any one interested can get what in formation they -vant by calling at this offiice. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISMENTS. WANTED To increase my list of farms and lands for sale, jn all parts of the county. Lands owned by non-residents represented and sold. U. E. Cross, At torney at Law . INDIVIDUALS MONEY to Loan to you at 6 per cent and 7 per cent on land or chattels ; also a good farms for sale worth $5000 each. $000 of city money on approved security. John w. Lodbu, Attorney-at-Law, Oregon City. The Dentist: Beatie and Beutie are the dentists in the Wetnhard building. Their room Is number 6 to . Send EOo to Alsert Tozler, Portland, Ore., for printed list and addresses of 5000 Clackamas county voters. Oregon City list 10 cents; Aurora, Canby, Bar low, Oswego, 5 ctB ; others 2 cents, tf Drob by Drob You count with anxious care as you pour out the med icine that may be the means of saving a dear one's life. Don't you want the best medicine that can be had ? If so you should go to the most RELIABLE and conscientious druggist, the most up-to-date druggist who has up-to-date; :drugs and methods. We have no desire to be known as "cheap druggists" We want the public to think of this store zi a reliable place. We offer our customers Safety, Economy and Reliability. Safety is the results of selling only the highest grade of drugs' that money can buy Economy results from our small prices. This is our great combination Safety. Economy and Reliability. Physicians prescription our specialty. HWE1L1L &f JONES, RELIABLE DRUGGISTS: Chambers Howell Ln E. Jones 8 with ber mother, Portland.