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OEECON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, JANUAY SO, 1903 long delayed shlpmeratof French Kid Gloves to be sacrificed greatest values ever titter ed in new up-to-date gloves :: :: $1.50. Gloves For 95c This Is no lob lot The manufacturer stands J?,'..'?"-J-atest styes ,n English Derby Walking Gloves, swell Paris Point Embrold- r?tmnD:FoS,er t"1"-,'" S to COLOKij new shades In greyst greens, blues, reds, modes, slates, pearl, white, tans, black, browns, drabs. 500 doien In the lot ALL GUARANTEED Five competent experts to fit gloves. Satis faction guaranteed. : : : : : Misses Hid Gloves i?c Extra Special Valae V Ladles Bargain c Counter Hid Gloves 0$ McAllen & CORNER THIRD THE STORE NOTED FOR GOOD PERSONALS P. E. Thompson, of Salem, stopped in Oregon City Saturday. Harry French baa moved his place ef residence to Sellwood. J. W. .Newton, of Molalla, was in town Saturday on business. Mr. and Mrs. Lurensberg. of Chicago, are stopping at the Electric. The mother of Frank Redner came up from Portland Wednesday evening. George Hess, a prominent farmer from Stone, was in the city Monday on busi ness. IBert Hart, of Redland, was in Oregon City the latter part of last week on business. N. C. Ohristensen, of Newberg, was an Oregon City visitor the latter part of last week. 0. A. Yerger and E. S . Yerger, of Hubbard, were in town the latter part of last week. 'Quin Yup, a rich Chinese merchant tjl Portland, visited Monsieur Yung, the gardener, Sunday. Mrs. George 0. Brownell is spending 'the week with her husband, Senator Brownell, at Salem. Miss Lettie Bigham and Dick Durelle, were visiting friends in Woodburn from Saturday until Monday. Charles Keknight, of the West Side, is suffering from a violent case of typhoid and his recovery is doubtful. Joe Harless, of Molalla, returned from Portland Monday, where he had been on business and stopped here for the sight. August Rakel returned Wednesday from a duck-hunting expedition to Shedd's Station, whsre he lived on the fatness of the land with old friends. Mrs. J. B. Robinson and children, who have been visiting her mother, Mrs. F. L. Cochran, will return to their home in Chico, California, Saturday night. Mrs. Mary Webster is the guest of Mrs. Catta, ot the Brunswick. Mrs. W. is from Iowa and has been visiting other relatives in Spokane. She is Mr i. Oat ta's aunt. Mr. and Mrs. Mains, af the West Side, -are suffering fron a violent case of ty phoid fever, and the husband is hardly expected to lecover. fever reached 10j Thursday morni , Mrs. Wicks lisses Gold- emith of iwwbs hereelf former lis city but who now li. Francisco, experts to in about six weeks. move Mrs. E. E. Martin, of Seattle, sister of Mrs. W. M. Shank, in the city looking 'or a place to locate and start a millinery and dressmaking establisn ment. Mrs. Martin has been in that business in Seattle and hut recently sold ut. , SIS f San lcago Foresters Attention The order of Foresters has contracted with Howell & Jcnes, the prescription specialists, to furnish all drugs and medicines and to prepare all prescriptions for members of that order, This enterprising drug firm makes a specialty of this work and has built up the largest prescription trade in Clack amas county. They treat their customers right, and al ways give them just what they want. If a sufferer wants "Hood's" Sarsaparilla, he gets "Hood's," and is not importuned to take something "just as good." They attribute their immense trade to buying and selling only the highest grade of drugs and medicines that can be had. Maybe first grade drugs would just barely cure, and second grade drugs prove just a trifle too weak.- Life sometimes hang by a hair, and that hair may be the quality of a sin gle drug. In the tilling of prescriptions they use only the highest grade drugs, regardless of cost :: :; :: . HOWELL PRESCRIPTION Chambers Howell Our Great Corset Sale is attracting wide attention : : Advance Styles for Spring in Silk Monte Carlo Coats at less than Manufacturer's cost Big Bargains in . Ladies' House WRAPPERS McDonnell & AND MORRISON GOODS AT THE LOWEST PRICES. IWWWtWMWMWMMMM i LOCAL NEWS ITEMS HHMHteMeHUU George Brown, who has been severely ill for several weeks with scarlet fever, is able to oe about. Fine black petticoats at cost. Racket Store. Plenty of excitement is to be found in modern sensational melo-drama, "A Gambler's Daughter." The Courier has installed a new Peer' less paper toider on wmcn this issue is folded. The machine cuts, folds and pastes the papers and is a great labor sayer. Abbott, tbe optician of Portland, will be at the Electric Hotel, Oregon City, Saturday, Feb. 7th. Errors of reflection carefully cor.ected. Children's eyes a specialty. Reports from the high-land districts in Clackamas county state that the snow of Monday was much heavier and re mained on tbe ground much longer than ft did in Oregon City. Selling hose at half price. Racket Store. James Kay, a sawyer at Jones' mill near town, met with a painful accident , Monday. While working at the saw his hand was cut and badly torn, the little finger being severed at the joint. The themes at the Congregational church next Sunday will be "Life's Equilibrium" and "Some Secrets of Happiness." The public is most cor dially invited to all the services. The rainfall in January was not ex cessive, being probably less than six inches in this part of tbe Willamette Valley. The sun shone during more than half the month and spring-like prevailed. The heavy rains of the latter part of last week were followed bv a heavy wet snow which melted as fast as it came in1 contact with the ground Monday, and the snow was followed by fine frosty weather Tuesday. The Courier has on hand a number of prize pumpkin seed which subscribers can have by calling at this office. The Ceurier will probably offer a prize for the farmer growing the biggeat pumpkin tbe coming summer. Freytag's cigar store will remove from their preseut quarlers Monday to the Statton building, where they will have much better quarters. The company is making a good grade - of cigars and should receive the patronage of the people of 0egon City. As one indication of the rise in prices of the necessaries of life, a locai travel ing man states that many hotels in the Pacific Northwest which in former years charged him $1.25 for a day's board and lodging, have raised their price to $2. Srrnncr and stirring is the plot of "A Gambler's Daughter," the newest sen sational melo-drama. It pulsates with vitality, and is entirely original 'n theme and story, remaps tnat is me reason of its unprecedented success. JONES SPECIALISTS Linn E. Tones R. B. Holcomb, of Clacaamas, was in town Tuesday. Miss Florella Phillips, of Salem, i tbe guest of Mr. R. A. Miller at Glad stone. Wormless Baldwin apples from Mc- Minnviile retail here at one dollar a box. Annabel Fisher brouaht suit for di vorce in the Circut court Tuesday on tbe grounds of desertion. The complainant alleees that she was married 10 uer husband, Edwin Fisher, June 12 1901, at Portland, and that the defendant shortly afterwards deserted her. Prof. Griffith, the noted phrenologist of Portland, is in our city giving a brief I course of lectures at Willamette Hall, closing Saturday evening with an illus trated lecture on "iove,. uourtsnip ana Marriage." Three scientific weddings as a closing scene. Those who wish to woo, win or wed wisely and well will do well to attend. Blankets, Shaker flannel, outing flan nel, table linen and corsets, at cost. Racket S tore. While the watpr in the Willamette was falling slowly Thursday it is feared that another rise is imminent, as a heavy rain set in Wednesday night and as we go to press Thursday afternoon is still falling. If tbe rain is general all over the valley another rise may be expected by Sunday which may exceed any tnat .we have had yet. This week. Ernest Rands and H. H. Johnson have been surveying the route of tbe new road up the bluff at the south end or the city, it may oe tnat tne ex cavation for running the road under tne railroad track will not be made at first, on account of its cost, but that a bridge will be built from IViain street to a level with the railroad track, which the road would, in that case cross. The revival meeting at tbe Baptist church, which has been in progress for the past two weeks with Rev. Beaven and Shepherdson in charge, will pro bablv close Friday evening, as Rev. Sheoherdson will have to leave at that time. The series of meetings has prov ed a good drawing card and large au diences have attended each service. The divorce case of W. H. Hall vs. Laura 0. Hall has been annealed to the circuit court by the plaintitt. mil's at tornevs were eiveu ninetv days to ap peal and they filed their notice Tuesday morning. Hall is tbe man who made a desperate attempt to kill Silas Hedges near Sandy week before last. He is now out on $1500 bail furnished by a Port land lumber company. Jasper Trullinger, of Mulino, was in this city on Thursday attending to some business matters of importance. Mr. Trulhneer says that the Molalla river has been very high and has done some damage -in hiB neigh boreood mis own strawberry bed being washed away, There has been some snow in that neigh borhood but not much, Tbe foot hill of tbe Cascades are covered to quite a depth however. M. Michaels, who has been in the general clothing business in Oregon City for some time past and who, it was re ported would bo to tiaker Uity and en gage in the house-furnishing business, concluded not to go and has bought a leading interest in the Columbia Sus pender company of Portland. Mr. Michael's store at this place will be re modeled and enlarged and nothing but gents furnishing goods will bp handled in the future. Miss Mary Conyers is arranging for a concert to be given at tbe Woodmen Hall, February 24. A number of the best local talent in the town have al ready been secured. Among those who have already been engaged to take part in the entertainment are Mrs. Walter Reed, Mr. Dom J. Zan, of Portland, Miss Veda Williams, of this city, and little Miss Marion Lawrence, of Port land, who will play the piano solo. A chorus of about fifteen voices from the Dertbick Club will open the concert. Several trains on the Southern Pacific were delayed from twenty-four to forty eight hours on their trip north on ac count of the high water in the Willam ette valley the first of the week. Over lands were tied up at various places in southern part of the state Sunday morn ing, and Pdtne of them did not get through till Monday noon. The last stalled train got through about noon Tuesday. Sunday night's overland for the south was run in two sections on ac count of the heavy travel. Now is the time for the city to clean up and take on an attractive air, With the coming of 'spring and the cheap rates from the East, there will be thousand of people coming into the state from that section ou almost every overland train The great majority of them will be dump ed in the metropolis and they will naturally ray Urtgon Uity a Msit in order to see our beautiful falls. There fore, let us make things as attractive as possible for the strsnger within our gates open, and we will likely gain many desirable citizens. The second piano recital, given by the junior class of Miss Veda Williams, took dace on the evening of January 23. The class is composed of the little Misses of Oregon City, and they did both themselves and teacher proud in the rendition of their various parts. The pupils who took part in the recital are Alvena Howard, Grace Zinser, Ray mond Oleson, Arline Oleson, Evelyn Harding, Bessie Albright, Bessie War ner, Mary Koose, Arden Hickman, Pearl Tamblyn, Lulu Biebee, Jessie Biebee, Morita Hickman, ,Hara Gilmour, Amy Thomas, Ona Renner. Several years ago there was promised the public of Oregon City a series of lectures, which were remarkably well patronized so far as the promises could be fulfilled. But the most attractive numbers of the eourse never appeared Some persons have been associating that course ot entertainments with the uon gregational church, because the lectures were given there. The Saturday Uluu hereby announces that any persons se curing 'course tickets for Dr. House's lectures will have their money returned if the entertainment ai announced will not be given. The course will open Dext Tuesday evening with "Quo Vadis." Notwithstanding that the January is considered tbe dullest month of tbe year for newspapers, as well as many other lines of business, we are compelled to carry ten pages this week in order to make room for the extra advertising, which is a good indication that the year 1903 is going to be a bummer. Tbe people realize that a paper with a circul ation aggregating two thousand is a much more valuable advertising medium than one with only one thousand The Courier claims that it has a circulation greater than all other papers published in Clackamas county and is willing to prove its assertion. Its books are open o inspection to any one interested. W. H. Vaughan the "old war horse of Democracy" and one of the oldest settlers in the county was in town on Wednes- j day and remained overnight with his : son, Stoney Vaughan. Mr. Vaughan notwithstanding his extreme age of ! eighty-two years, rode to town on horse back driving in a lot of fine beel cattle which he marketed at a fine price. When it is understood that Molalla is sixteen miles from Oregon City and that the rain came down on Wednesday in blinding sheets all day mixed at times with Bnow and ice, it can readily be understood that Mr. Vaughan bas much of hit, old time vigor left. The old settlers of the Willamette valley were a hardy race and many are living to ripe forage. Plenty of excitement is to be found in the modern, sensatioual tnelo drama. "A Gambler's Daughter." One of the scenes depicts the Chicago Board of Trade on a "Bear" day. During ale- cent engagement in that city the left stage box was. occupied by a party pf grain speculators. During th action of the play the leading actor suddenly cries : "October wheat at 73, who'll buy?" One of the speculators iu the box had become so interested in the play that he shouted in good old "Bull" style, "I will, a hundred at 73." The laughter of the audience can well be imagined, but tbe old speculator didn't appear in the least embarrassed. Shively's opera house Friday, Jan. 30. S. L. Stewart, of Stone, returned on TueBday from a visit to relatives and friends at Arlington in Klickitat county, Washington. Mr. Stewart is one of tbe prominent farmers of Clackamas couaty. While he has been living in this valley for thirty-two years be has only resided in Clackamas county for two years. Mr. Stewart is an Indi'anian by birth, was raised in Illinois and migratod to Oregon in 1870. He is in love with tha Willamette valley, and says that Clackamas county is tbe best county of all. From where he hvts at Stone he can hear the ringing of five school bells, and the country roundabout is as fertile as any the Lord has yet made. Hesajs that this part of Oregon is far and way ahead of anything he saw in Washing ton. THE SURE WAY to present Pneumonia and Consumption is to cure your cold when it first appears. Acker's English Remedy Will stop the cough in a night, and drive the cold out of your system. Always a quick and sure cure for Asthma, BrorichitiB, and all throat and lung troubles. If it does not satisfy you the druggist will refund your money. Write to us for free samp e. W. H. Hooker & Co., Buffalo, N . Y. Legal Brevities. Gilbert L. Hedges, of the firm of Cal loway & Hedges, and one of Oregon City's most prominent young attorn eys, is making considerable reputation as a damage suit lawyer. During the past two weeks he has won two large verdicts for bis clients, in the case 01 Rebecca Turney against the Southern Pacific Company he secured a verdict lor 4,Z50. This case was tried in the Circuit Court at Oregon City and was hotly contested before a jury, tbe other case that of John W.JNendel against the f. U. & U. uo., was tried last week at Portland and a verdict of $1,500 secured for the plaintiff, Tbe practice of the law of damages is one of the most interesting branches of the civil and statute law of the state and will become' more and more important as corporations increase in number and the law is better under' stood, Mr. Hedges is to be congratu lated upon his success. In the latter case his brother, Joseph E. Hedges, was associated with him. On Wednesday Attorneys Grant B. Diniick and George L. Story filed suit in the Clackamas Circuit Court against the County of Clackamas for K. Luelling for $1,450 alleged to be due him for clerk hire pain out by him during his term as recorder of Clackamas county. Tbe term of Mr. Luelling began on the first Monday in July, 1896, and continued for two years. During that twenty-four months Mr. Luelling paid out for depu ty clerk hire the sum sued for and the Board of County Commissioners has failed, neglected and refused to reim burse I im for the same. He has re cently made demand upon the Board for Hie said sum. of money and they have declined to pay. This suit raises some very interesting questions and its outcome will be watched with interest by the taxpayers and the general ot Clackamas county. There was a hot time last Saturday at the village of Macksburg. The hot time was occasioned by a school meeting at which it was attempted to vote a 40-mill tax to be raised in five annual assess ments of eight mills each, for the pur pose of building a school house in the Macksburg district. A majority of the voters present favored the tsx but the op ponents of the tax refused to remain beatan and came to this city the follow ing Monday and filed suit in ttie Circuit Court to have the election set aside. Mayor Grant B. Dimick is the legal ad viser of the plaintiffs. Tbe plaintiffs allege that the authority for issuing and posting the tax notices for the special school meeting was not given at anv duly and regularly called session of the Board of Directors and that no regular meeting or session of Board of Directors was ever held at the time the said notices of such special school meeting were directors to be posted as aforesaid. That the pretended levy is wholly void for the reasons that tbe notices executed and posted of the special school meeting was not properly given and that Baid notice failed to state that said special reboot meeting was called for the purpose of leying a tax. The plaintiff prays for the court to grant him a temporary order of injunction and that the same will be made perpet ual upon the final hearing of the cadse, and tLat the court decree that the vot ing and levying of the said pretended tax at the special Bchool meeting is null and void. L. L. Gribble is named in the petition as plaintirTand F.A. wleight, county clerk, as defendant. HUNTLEY BROS. POPULAR Druggists and Character in Drag Store The other day a drummer came in and offered us what he said was a first-rate Sub-Nitrate of Bismuth at $1.55 per lb. We are paying 2.15 lor aquibbs Sub-JNttrate of Bismuth. Here was a chance to save 60 cents per lb. on ia much prescribed drug. But Squibb's drugs have the confidence of all physicians, and justly; they have proven their superiority and therefore we stick to them,, because we know that they produce the best medicines. Almost every day we turn down just such propo sitions offering cheaper drugs; as we did this one. Human safety is too important to risk cheap drugs on just for the saving of a few cents. We fill prescriptions RIGHT or not at all : : : There are grades and qualities in drugs and chemicals, just as in shoes, and dry goods and clothing. One druggist buys one grade, another buys another grade. It depends entirely on how high a standard of excel lence the druggist sets for him self, and maintains : : : : You see, a man may, through force of circumstances, buy a $2 pair of shoes instead of a $4 or $5 pair, knowing that he is not getting the best shoe; but with drugs it is different. He doesn't have any opportunity of testing the drugs, and could not tell their therapeutic worth even if he did examine them. He must rely implicitly upon the charac ter of the drug store. Our drug store is known as the Quality Drug Store. If you want the best, let us put up your prescrip tions and serve you as your Family Druggists. , EIGBT-IIOVB LAW Demanded bit Unions of Oregon City. At tha moptlncr nf thn unions of Ore gon City held in joint, session Tuesday evemnginueo Men s nan, two uuib were unanimously indorsed which favor union principles. One was that eight hours shall constitute a working day and the other that employes shall be placed on the weekly wage scale, instead of month ly. Each of tbe bills was adopted sec tion by section, and then as tbe whole and a copy of each bill will be sent to tbe Clackamas county delegation at Salem, urging that they be passed. Quite a stir was created among some of the members of the Federal Union when a motion was made to indorse a canoidate for Labor Commissioner, The Federal Union nominated Secre tary J. H. Howard, and while the Tex tile Workers had already indorsed G. Y. Harry for the position.they nevertheless nominated Sherman J. Burford. Much oratory was indulged in by different members, and when 'he vote was taken it was found that Mr. Howard had the support of the majority of the members t Rnfore the meetiniz adiourned it indorsed the verdict of the Coroner's jury in the death of Ray Sunderland, who was killed at the Crown Taper Mills last Friday. The bill for the eight-hour law is at tracting much attention among the la boring men of the citv and all are anxious that the bill shall be passed at the coming Bession of the Oregon Legis lature. The text of the bill follows : Section 1 . In all work hereafter un dertaken by persons, firms.corporations, copartnerships or assocationa which shall require the employment of work ingraen, either or both skilled or un siHl.nri axrwntinu such Derson. firm. cor poration, copartnership or association as shall be engaged in me uumnena oleri culture or stockraising; it shall be un lawful for any person, firm, corporation, .nnn.t.ia.altii nr aaanemtinn nr Anv con : tujjaihuoxi'K v ! tractor or subcontractor thereof to em ploy any mechanic, workingman or la borer in the 'prosecution or performance of any such work for more than tight hours per day of 24 hours. Sec. 2. Any person, firm, corporation, copartnership or sssociation, centractor ! .,,K,.nntr,'lnr who hIibII violate the ' provisions of section one of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 1 upon conviction thereof shall be pun ished by a flue not less than $100 nor ! more than $500, or by imprisonment in I n. (ail (nr not If-HH than 60 nor I more than 100 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment at tne aiscreuoa 01 ' thn court. Sec. 3. The minimum rate 01 wages shall be 25 cents per hour, and all time aiftVtf) hnnra aha 11 Ve nnll for at the rntA nf time and a half for each and do. i It bIiaII also be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, copart nership or associaiiuu iu cmti ui j agreement with any employe wmcn wiu in any way conflict or be a violation of the provisions of sections 1 and 3 of this act shall be null and void. ' Sec. 5. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with' this act are hereby repealed. PRICE; Booksellers Last Days of JanuarijSale Friday and Saturday" wi'llhe your last opportunity to supply your wants from our hir stock of Druggists Sundries, Books, stationery, Photo Goods, etc., at a discount of 20 to 40 per cent Extra Specials for Friday and Saturday S quires writing paper 12c 5 Duperies ot envelopes. ... 13c I quire box oaner and envel.nSc Atlas of the World, latest cuiuun, contains 72 maps 12x14 and a 36x60 map of the United States... .55c Decorated crepe tissue, roll. 15c Good pack playing cards. . .08c Croakinole boards 67c Checkerboard and checkers 12c Don't Suffer a Cold To make you miserable until you wear it out or get so sick you have to have a- doctor. 25c bottle of Huntley's White Pine Balsam will stop the cough heal the sore throat give you a good night's rest. If it fails come back and get your money. Best ot all it cures harmlessly nothing in it to injure a baby. Quinine Pills A fresh lot made by one of the largest Pharmaceutical houses in the world. Every pill full weight and pure. The most convenient way to carry and take quinine. a grain 30c per hundred Sent anywhere by mall for this price. MORE ABOUT POULTRY INDRUSTR1. Some Facts and Figures Which Tell Their Own Story. The Oourier bas repeatedly called at tention to the fact that chickens raising in Clackamas county Is an industry of considarable importance, and one that is capable of great development, With f ortiand almost at our doors with her 150,000 people and with our 0 vn people consuming a large amount of the out put of both eggs and fowls, there 1b no reason why the market for both eses and fowls should not remain at a figure high enough to justify any one in the industry to make money. The Courier is constantly in receipt of communications from poultry growers m .) t . 1 . 1 . . 1 : in uiuereuii mria ui tne cuuiuy WHO give statistics Bhowing that there is good money in the poultry business even on small ranches, and f this be true of small ranches, why should l not be doubly so In larger ones. The largest figures furnished the Courier pertaining to poultry growers, its profit etc., are furnished by H. Had Perry, of Canby. Mr. Perry reports that he has Bold 9 hens and 15 late pul lets in all 2 dozen, to a poultry firm at Vi centB per pound. The weight of the 24 chickens was 141 pounds, and tha re ceipts for the 24, was $17,28 less the ex press. So, these chickens, which Mr. Perry says were only an average, brought 72 cents apiece. Eggs have been selling both in Oregon City and Portland near ly all winter at 25 cents a dozt n to 40 cents a do.en, and at few times in the year do they resell a figure lower than 15 cents a dozen? With the warm climate of the Willamette valley and with the proper accouterments, there is no reason why hens Bhould not lay all winter and there is no reason why any one would not take the trouble to go into business on a large scale, should not make plenty of money, .'1. Colton. '' David Miller, of Highland, closed a very successful term of school here on the 21th. C, Arguett nd wife, of Portland, are visiting relatives here for a few weeks. Mrs. Countryman is at Mt Angel at tending the sick bed of her father, An raw Pluard, who has b en quite Rick. Miss Amy Comner, of Marquara, li visiting friends here. Tlte dance at the Literary hall on the 23rd was a pleasant affair. We are pleased to note that alcohol was not quite so prominent with his diuajree able conduct as he is some times. Mr. Gorbett brought a new organ home with him when he returned from Oregon City last week of which his young f Iks are justly proud. Richard Johnson returned home from Oak Point, Washington, last week, and is spending his time nursing a pretty badly cut band. Ed Ball was seen la Colton one day last week, be is thinking some of taking a trip to Ireland. Luck to you Ed. Fin JSlcbels, Frank Hallow y, Curtis Kandle and Frank Jones, of Highland attended the dance bere on the 23rd. Welcome boys, come again. 1