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OREGON CITY COURIER, FRILAY, MARCH 6, 1903 BTJSCH THE HOUS EF URN I SH ER Spraying Does Pay And is Necessary to Insure Crops The subject of spraying fruit trees and small fruits has been so thor oughly discussed and written up in all its details and differrent phases in fruit growing periodicals ad and agricultural journals, coupled with the fact that every fruit grow ing State has its own Experiment Station, Agricultural Society or College from which documents and bulletins are issued free to its resi-. dents on application, giving results of experiments, different formulas for all kinds of insects and trees, in the most approved and scientific it will throw a stream 20 feet high manner containing complete infor mation, and how and when to apply it, thus establishing the ct that spraying does pay, ana is necessary 10 insure crops - 1 VI PIPE EXTEMSIONayi Price without Pipe Extension A Hard Worker Needs the best imple ments. He's foolish to depend on imperfect tools when the latest and best improved cost so little. We tell you about how how they are made the work they will do, and the advantage we offer in prices,' Wall Pajer Buyers We call your attention to our last year's stock of Wat! Paer Same will be sold at a re duced price. Some odds and ends as cheap as 5c h double roll. Cume early, The Building Season Makes it necessary for much Hardware that is especially appropriate for carpen- Wt IVl LUG llUlOlllUg KJl LUG llUOti A Our stock of Building Hardware is com plete. Our doors are all made of cedar, and prices as low as cash'can buy them anywhere. We keep a full stock of Doors and Windows on hand. 1 Barbed Wire and Wire Hefting We quote prices on demand. See how far your cash will go with us. BUSCH I THE HOUSEFURNISHER An Oregon Volcano. It is highly probable that there are paopln living who vividly remember the last volanio eruption In the Cascade range within the borders of the atate. J. Quinu Thornton speaks of it in "the nar rative of a journey acroea the continent to Oregon, and thence by sea to the United Ctates, via California, in the years 1H40, 7, '8". He says: "Mount John Adams is the Mount St. Heleim of the British. It is an active volcano, near 4(i, 29 min. It ie 9550 feet high. This mountain waa In a state of eruption in the year 1831. The fact iB affirmed by Dr. Gassner, a distinguished naturuiist of England, who waB in Ore gon at the time, is also by gentlemen connected with the Hudson Bay Com l..,.j, ith the exception of a light red, lurid appearance, the day was dark, and so completely was the light of the ami uluil out by the smoke and falling ashes, that caudles were necessary. The weather was perfectly calm ; and during several days alter the eruption, the tires, out of do rs, burned with a bluish 11 tme, as though 1 lie atmosphere was tilled with Mulphur. The Hev. Josiah L. Par ish informed me that on one occasion lie witii Mod one of the most remarkable eruptions of this mountain. No earth quake was lelt, no noise was ht ard ; vast columns of lurid smoke and tire shot up, which spread over in a line par allel to the plane ol the horizon and pre seine. i i.ie appearance of a vast table sun ported by immense pillars of convolving name and smoke." MARJJH WINDS AND WEATHER. What We may Expect lor the Present Month . The Trials of lllla Hlgglns m KIU ll'ugiuson, iii her youth of Oregon City, now of Wlutcjm, W.iah , is in trouble. Hor skill as a novelist has lettr yed her ps.ice N ) bus thin seven women, her neighb r are Kinging for bu opportunity to pour out 011 her de ieuseless head the phial of their wrath bee nise they believe they are the identi cal Mrs. Flush 'who cuts a very wide swath in her last novel, "Marielluof Out West." Kven in Oregon women are. "laying (or her" because she shows them up, and several married men con ceive they are the original of the lady killer Mr. Mallory, an. tier character portrayed. Saved Her Child's Life. "In three weeks our chubby little hoi wns e t)ged by Pneumonia almo-t to a skeleton," writes Mrs. W. Watkins, of Pleasant City, 0. "A terrible cough ...tin Hint, in mite of a iiood doctor's ..i,.,,i,i! f,,r a.ivMml weeks, crew worse everyday. We then used lr. lung's Ne Discovery tor (jousumpuon, mm nr dailitig was soon sound and well uv .i iinn iiin irrAiul medicine saved ,:- lli. Millinn know it's the oul V sttre cure for Coughs, Colds and all Limn disease, It. A. itaraing gunrumvo satisfaction, 50c. t. Trial bottles tree The following data, covering a period of 31 years, have been compiled from the weather bureau records from Port land, Oregon. The temperature for March for 31 years. Mean or normal temperature, 47. The warmest month was that of 1889 with an average of 54 degrees. The coldest month was 1897 with an average of 40 degrees. The highest tempera ture was 79 on the UO.h, 1838. The low est temperature was 20 on the 2d, 1S98 Average date on which first killing frost occurred in autumn Nov. 15. Average date in which last killing frost occurred in Spring, March 17. Precipitation R vin and melted snoy. Average for the month, 5.25 inches. Average number days with .01 of an inch or more, 17. The greatest monthly precipitation was 12.73 inches in 1S73 The greatest amount of precipitation recorded in any 24 consecutive hours was 2.2) 011 the 2tl, 1SS5. The greatest amountof snowfall r corded iuany21 consecutive hours (record extending to winter of 18S4-S5 only), was 3 inches on the 20th, 1887. Clouds and Weather Average num ber of clear day, 5; partly cloudy, 10, cloudy days, 10. Winds The prevailing wind has been from the south. The highest velocity of wind, was 55 miles from the soutn on the 25th, 1897. I'.DWAKD A. RK.U.S, Forecast Ullicial, Follow! lg is the report of G. M lecke, voluntary observer of the weather bureau at Aurora, for the month of February: Mean temperature, 30.3; maximum temperature, 00, on the 27th : minimum temperature, 20 on the 14th. Total pre cipitation, 1.51 Inches. Total snowfall, a trace; Uu'esof trost, light. 1st to tun and 11 to 20th. Prevailing winds north. orly. diyorcescostmore; THE SAME FEES THAT ARE CHARGED IN MULTNOMAH COUNTY WILL BE CHARGED IN CLACKAMAS. Fees Received by County Clerk and County Resorder For Two Months. In the future it will cost just a3 much to secure a divorce in Clackamas county as it does in Multnoraih. In the years gone by it has been the practice to bring a great many of the Clackamas couutv divorce suits in thiscmnty. This was done for two reasons. Many Multno mah parties want to avoid as much of the notoriety of a divorce law suit as possible. Then ag Tin the fees in di vorce cases here were from $10 to $15 less than in Multnomah county. Here tofore the fees in this county have been $17, incluling fee of $0, a stenographer's fee of $10, and a trial fee of $2.00. This has been increased by adding $10 for district attorney's fee, making $27 in all. The fees of Uecordr Usury E. Ste vens for the month of January were $25(1.70, for the month of February $288.25, for the mouth of February, 1902, they were $258 00. County Cierk Sleight's fees for the month of February were $101.00 and for the month ofiJauuary $218.2). The fees of thisottiee for the same month of 1902 were $179.(10. J. Matahiki, of Cottage Grove, Oregon, was arrested in this place Sundav on a warrant c iargiug him with defrauding a creditor at Cottage Grove out of $15. Chief ot Police burns made the arrest and the party was lakeu back to his home city to stand trial, tie left bis family consisting ot a wife and six child ren at the Montgomery House uutil he could return. "I owe my whole life to Burdock Blood Bitters. Scrofulous sores covered my body. I seemed beyond cure. B. B. B. has made me a perfectly well woman." Mrs.Chas. Hutton, Berville Mich. Removal of Ojjive. G. B. Dimick and George L. Story have moved their law oiliee from the Stevens block to rooms 2 and 3 in the new Garde building, up stairs. A household necessity Dr. Thomas' KclectricOil. Heals burns, cuts, wounds of any sort; cures sore throat, croup, catarrh, asthma; never fails. "A dose In time saves lives." Dr. Wood's Norway Piuo syrup j nature's remedy for coughs, colds, pulmonary diseases of every sort. Hives are a terrible torment to the little folks, and to some ol 'er ones. Easily cured. Doan's Ointment never fails. Instant relief, permanent cure. Ullig suiio oO cents. For Over Sixty Years. An old and well-tried remedy, Mrs. Wiuslow's S-o'biug Svrnp has been used for over sixty years by millions ol mothers for the" children while teeth ing, with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pin, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. Is pleasant to taste. Sold by druggists in every part of the world. Twenty-five cents a bott e. Its value is incalculable. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Wiuslow's Sooth ing Syrup, aud take uo other kind. Foley's Honey and lr cre colds, prevents pneumonia. eeOO9909OOOOOOOOQ0OCOOO0OO ; LOCAL NEWS ITEMS Beatie & Beatie, dentists, Weinhard building, rooms 16, 17 and 18. Cain & Preister have opened . a new meat market near the opara house on the hilt. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Beattie are rejoic ing over the arrival of a fine boy on the 27th.ult. Wanted immedi'.tely 10 woodchop pers. Price $1.00 per cord. Crown Paper Company. If it's a bilious attack, take Chamber lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and a quick recovery is certain. For sale by Geo. A. Harding. , A log cabin has been placed in the ante room of G. H.. Young's saloon. The sai.oon is known as the Log Cabin, and the cabin is synonomous with the name. The street commissioner has been during the past week having the streets cleaned. Sidewalks are being repaired in several parts of the town ana the city's appearances are greatly im proving. Andrew Vinges a well known citizens of Redland, died, Sundav at 4:30 of con sumption. He was buried at Kedland at 12 o'clock Tuesday. He was 58 years old aad had suffered from the1 disease for many years. A widow Survives him. . Edward Burchet, of Marqaam, died on the 27th at the home of his sister, Mrs William Knight at Canby. He was 30 years of age and a prominent farmer. Consumption was the cause of his de mise Funeral and interment took place at Bock Creek Sunday. Assessor J. F. Nelson began his bi ennial assessing tour last Monday. The assessor only makes the rounds in Clackamas county once in two years, arid the assessment in off years is based upon the last regular rounds. It will take several .mouths to complete the as sessment, Boone's Ferry at Wilsonville, is a place of his'oric interest. The fer y w .s established and owned by Jesse boone, a great gram'eon of Daniel Boone. About 1870 he was murdered by a neighbor in a quarrel about sheer . The wife of George Lawson Curry, governor of Ore gon territory, was his sister. ,A. Holden, who for a number of years worked in A. Robinson's grocery store, and who went to Southern Oregon a few weeks ago to file on a timber claim, writes from Medford that he has already taken up a timber claim and expects to shortl tile on i a homestead. He savs he is well satisfied with the outlook. ; The Courier would like to have a bright young man or woman in each suburb of Oregon City who will write the local newB of their respective places each week, to either address the office or call at their earliest convenience. . The suburbs that are not now represented are Canemah, Willamette, Bolton and Gladstone 'First church of Christ Scientist, of Oregon City, services: Sunday 11 a. m. ; Sunday school at 12 m., Wedneeday evening testimonial meeting at 8 o'clock. Subject of lesson for Sunday, March 8, "Substance." Reading room open 01 Thursday and Saturday from 2 to 4 p. m. To these seryices all are welcome, Garde Bldg., 7th and Main Sts. It is amusing to watch the good citizens coming out of the court bouse after paying their taxes. Nearly all of them have a long look on their faces and some of them use language that i not quite printable They discover that their taxes are considerably more than they were last year and do not seem to be able to understand just why. The tax rate in Clacsamas county is higher than it has been for a number of years. If you have an item of news that you think will interest the people, send it to the Courier. The Courier reaches more people every week than all the other papers in Clackamas county combined, and Portland papers too, for that matter. We are glad to print anything in the line of news of interest to Clackamas county people, and the item you kuow may have escaped the notice of our re porters. Judge J. F. Caples, who lectured on Chili at the Parkplace school last F"ri day, had a good audience of interested hearers. Judge Caples was Uuited States consul to Valparaiso for four years and his lecture had to do lurgely with things with which he came iu con tact while there. The lecture was given under the auspices of the Mother's Club of Gladstone and Parkplace. About $20 was netted which goes to assist in securing a library for the school. D. F. Warner, of Currinsville, this county, who has been at Inmaha in FJistern Oregon for the past several months, returned home recently. Mr. Warner is one of Clackamas's leading teachers and has been engaged in teach ing in Eastern Oregon fur the past five months. He was also engaged in Bur vejiug for quite awhile. Mr. Warner Bays that Eastern Oregon has had a very severe winter, that where he was the snow was two feet deep 011 the 24 h ult , and thit old residents say the winter was the most severe e,ver experienced iu that section. 1 I! 1 X I! Not what is said of it, but what it does, has made the fame of the Elgin Watch and made 10,000,000 Elgins neces sary to the world's work. Sold by every jeweler in the land; guar anteed by the greatest watch works. ELGIN NATIONAL WATCH CO. Elgin. Illinois. THE SCENIC LINE Through Salt Lake City, Leadville, Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Denver, and the Famous Rocky Mountain Scenery by Daylight to all points east. 3 Fast Trains daily between Ogden and Denver Modern equipment, through Pullman and Tourist Sleeping Cars and Superb Dining Car Service.... 1 Stopovers Allowed For rates, folders and other information, address W. C. IticBHde, 6en. 3tSt. 124 Third St. PortiandT.Ort. iai:n,nJll:i,i.ijliB,iiiiaiii..iiilll II ll' in.iiifli ill iilhiMtiii ii dlminii!lkiii'Jli JlijiiiialLiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiilCn m ill ill' nilBiini We carry the only complete line of Caskets. Coffins, Robes and Linings in Clackamas County. We have the only First-Class Hearee in the County, which we will furnish for less than can be bad elsewhere. Embalming a Specialty. Our prices alwaysreasonable. Satisfaction guaranteed. SHANK & BISSELL. Undertakers Phones 411 and 304. Main St., Opp. Huntley's. V "'np"iHlii'"iif f i;ii"iifiii'iBii"'iifiii''iip'iiiiiiiifii''iiiiii''iiiin''inii fii'iiii'iiii''iiii'i'NiiiNiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiii'"iiipi''iii;Fiy Elk Horn Livery Feed 1 Sale Stable HORSES BOUGHT AND SOLD FineRigstOtLet at Reasonable Prices D. R. DIMICK, Manager, ttTST OBEGOIT CITY, OUBGOIT 1 New Era Flouring Mills We have purchased of 'treic Bros, the New Era Flourinfj Mills and are now in possession and d iing business at the old stand. VVe guarantee satisfaction to all who may jome our way. To our friends and patrons we aek a continuance of their kindness and courtesy to us and assure them that we shall do our very best to please them. Bread is tne stall of tile, wtihout gool Hour you can nit have go -id Dread Good Bread Mikes dippy fiotms dive un vour trada an I will give you kind treitoniit and the BEST FLOUR that can be made. Sivzik Bros. New Era, Ore. W1VJMB SfSg .'Ml' .'MWHtKHlW Brown & Welch ft, v " VCr frlX4 Proprietors of the SnvRnth Strict Meat Market A. O. U. W. Building OREGON C:r. Oii)J John Nordenhauen, ot Barlow, was in town Tuesday. A small residence belonging to Schoen born Bros., at Carus, was destroyed by tire aliout 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Nearly .all of the conteuts of the house were saved. D. tvid Francher and sister acccompied by MisB Jessie Jackson aud Kuby Howard drove out to Canby the first of the week. Dr. Dan. Lyons and family Bpent amrday of last week with frieuds at Mi. Pleasant. Miss Nellie Jackson, of Portland, who has been visiting relatives for the past two weeks, has returned to her duties as uurse jn the Northern Pacific sanitorium. Mr.' and Mrs. Jacob C.issell, together with their little daughter, left last Thursday tor -aa Fraucisco, where they will spalid th next two weeks. E. A. Br.idy is rejoiera over the ar rival of a fine youngster at his home Sunday m irniu. Ii is a b y an I the Brunswick House and Restaurant NEWLY" FURNISHED ROOMS Meals at All Hoars Open Day and Night Fricea Reasonable Only First Class , Restaurant in the City CHAS. CATTA, Prop. Opposite Suspension, Bridge OREGON CITY, ORE S. J.YAUG HAN'S Livery Feed and Sale Stable Kearly Opposite Suspension BriJg First Class Rigs of all Kinds at Reasonable Prices Oregon City : : : Oregon tBCChlldrea,sstc,vir No opiates