OREGON
COURSER.
NO. 46 )
20th YEAR
OREGON CITY, OREGON, ; FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1903
COMMERCIAL BANK
op OREGON CITY
capital $100,000
Transacts a Reueral banking business
Makes loans and collections, discounts bills
buys and sells domestic and foreign exchange
and receives deposits subject to check.
Open from 9 a, m. to 4 p. m.
D. C. 1ATOUBETTE, F. J. MEYER
rr-Mdt!it Cashie
(t N. GREENMAN
THE PIONEER EXPRESSMAN
(Established 1865)
Prompt delivery to all parts of the city
OREGON CITY REGON
D, & D. C. LATCURETTE
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Commercial, Ileal Estate and Probate Law
Specialties
Office In Commercial Bunk Building
OREGON CITY OREGON
DR. GEO. HOE YE
DENTIST '
AU workwarranted and satisfaction guaranteed
Crown and Bridge work a specialty
Cnnfmld Building
OREGON ,C1TY OREGON
P H. COOPER,
' Notary Public.
Real Estate and Insurance, Titles Exam
ined, Abstracts Made, Deeds, Mort
gages, Etc., Drawn,
oom 16, Garde B'd'g, Oregon City, Ore
JVY PARK,
THE PACIFIC MUTUAL MAN,
Room 5, Stevens Block,
Oregon City, - - Oregon
Qt E. HAYES
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Stevens Building, opp. Bank of Oregon City !
OREGON CITY OREGON
(JRANT B. DIMICK
. Attorney and Counselor at Law
Will practice in aH'Conrts in ihe State, Circuit
Efcfi and District Courts of the United States.
Insolvent debtors taken throughlbankruptcy.
Offloeyn Oarde Building, Oregon City, Or.
QEO. T. HOWARD
NOTARY PUBLIC
KEAL ESTATE. AND INSURANCE
At Red Front CourCHouse Block
OREGON CITY OREGON
JJ C. STRICKLAND, M., D.
PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON
Does an Up-To-Date General Practice
Special attention given to surgery and diseases
of women.
Office In Garde Buildin g, 7th and Main Sts.
OREGON CITY, OREGON
J. W. Norms, M. D. J. W. Powell. M. D.
JJORRIS & POWELL,
Physiciansand Surgeons.
Calls in city or country promptly attended
Garda Building, Oregon City.
Jt F. CAUFIELD '
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER
All Work Warranted
Watches that others have failed to make
run properly especially solicited.
Main Street, Opposite Huntley's
ft OREGON CITY. OREGON.
QSTEOPATHY
DR. C. D. LOVE
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN
Graduate of American Pchool of Osteopathy,
Kirksville, Mo.
Euccessfullv treats both acute and chronic dis
eases. Call for literature.
Consultation and Examination Free.
8 to 12 A.M.
Utnce iiours: j j (
1 to 4 P. M.
,Or by appointment at any time.
RoomsNo.4and 6, Stevens Building, Main Bt
OREGON CITY, OB BOON.
JJOBERT A. MILLER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
O. D. EBY, NOTARY.PCBLIC.
Real Estate bought and sold, money loansd
iiles examined and abstracts made, cash paid for
eounty warrants. Probate and eommiisioners
court business and Insurance.
BOOM 8, W ILNHARD BUILDINO
OREGON CITY, - - - " OBEGON,
0. Bchuebbl W. 8. D'REN
JJREN & SCHUEBEL
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Btutfdjet Slbuotat
Wiirsractice In all courts, make collections
and settlements of estates, famish abstracts of
title, lend you money and lend your money on
first mortgage. Office In Enterprise building.
OREGON CITY OREGON
Choicest Meats
AT
R. PetZOlds Meat Market
THE OLD RELIABLE
ml
Absolutely Pure'
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
who is he;?
THE MOST POPULAR WORKING
MAN IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY.
Ninety Dollars to be Given Away by
the Courier to Men of Brawn
The prize0 to be won for the largest
number of votes:
For laboring man rec'g most votes,. .$50
' " 2ml " . . $25
" ' " " 3rd " .. $10
" " " " 4th " ... $5
Eveiy person who pays one year's sub
scription to the Courier can cast twenty
votes. Six months subscription en
titles yo i to cast ten votes.
Any one may cut the official ballot
from tne Courier during this contest and
vote it without charge. Fill out your
ballots and send them ia to the Courier
office. The vote will be published from
week to week and the money distribut
ed on decoration day in May, The fol
lowing is the standing oi all of tne
candidates entered and voted for. to
date.
A. J. Andrews farmer, Mllwaukie...80
8. J. Burford mill laborer, Urtgon
City 40
R.Lovelace farm laborer, Damas
cus , 40
R . Greives mill laborer, Bolton 40
Fred Miles expressman, Oregon
City 30
Oscar Williams barber, barbers
union, Oregon City 30
S. W. Scott carpenter, carpenters
union, Oregon City 20
H. E. Stevens farmer, Aurora 20
Sam Phiester mill man, Oregon
City, 20
Sam Francis mill man, Oregon Citj ,10
Walter Little mill man, Oregon
City 10
W. B. Zumalt mill man, Oregon
City 20
Sam Dilluan mill man, Oregon City .20
Now is the best time to euter your
favorite candidate. Get him started
right at once. It costs you nothing to
cast one vote if you cut the official ballot
from the Courier.
R0H OF HONOR.
COURIER SUBSCRIBERS WHO
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The Best Local Paper In Clackamas
County Continues to Grow.
That the people of Clackamas county
are duly appreciative of the efforts of
the Courier to give them the beet paper
ever published in the county is illustra
ted day after day by the way they renew
their subscriptions, pay up the old score
and get their friends-to subscribe. The
Courier will reach that 2,000 mark one
ol these days and then we may be satis
fied. The following have paid during
the past week :
William Heltman, Shuhel.'. $2 50
W. Ii. Engle, Forest Grove 1 00
F. A. Meinig, Sandy 4 50
T. H. Grim, Needy 1 00
E. Batdorf, Oregon City 1 50
Olo Bergstorm, Molalla 2 00
A. Kocher, Canby 1 50
Edna Penman, Canby 75
Letter List.
Following is the list of letters remain
ing in the Oregon City poetoffice on
March 19 1903:
Women's List. Miss Eva F Dickson,
Miss Edith Fletcher, Miss Serah
Richardson, Mrs. A Lewis, Miss S Miller
Mrs Nettie Murphy.
Men's List. Rev 0 A Black, Louis
Block, H J Charman, D Dalles, J Dres
her, John Duly, Will .Davis, Winter. J
R Williamson, Ernest Lowry, Ureston
Maddock, Freu Ott, Harry Smith, A
Tucker' Lawn Tledger, O P Wolf.
G. H. Horton, P. M.
A number of members of the Local
Textile Union are making their arrange
ments to go down to f-ellwood on Satur
day evening of this week, March 28th,
and assist the employes of the 1'ortland
Woolen Mills to perfect their organiza
tion of a Local Textile Union. The
members of this dace have seen and en
joyed the benefits of organized labor and
it is for the benefit of all that all mill I
workers in the same line of business
should be brought into the organization.
DELEGATES ELECTED
EIGHT DEMOCRATES NAMED
ATTEND CONGRESSIONAL
CONVENTION.
TO
Perfect Harmoney in the Party
Ranks and a Victory in Sight,
The Democratic County Central Com
ml'itp" m'. i'i the office of J. P. Lovett
last Tuesday, ami selected delegates to
the Congressional convention which
meetB ia Albiny'Apiil 11th. Not-with
standing thw fact that the weather was
very fine and the farmers very busy a
good attendance of com tiittjetnen and
prominent Democrats of the county were
Ernest Mass.
present and participated in the meeting.
Dr. Beatie chairman of the County Cen
tral committee sailed meeting to order
and stated its object. After thoroughly
canvassing the subject of selecting dele
gates it was decided that as the time un
til the convention was so very short
it would not be politic to call primaries
for the purpose of selecting delegate;
but the committed itself would name the
delegates and distribute the same over
the county to the very best advantage.
After consultation the following dele
gates were nauied and it is a certainty
that they will all attend the convention
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HON. C. W. GANOSMJ.
at AlbaDy on the 11th. proximo: C, W.
Ganontr, C tnemah ; J. P. Lovett, Oregon
City j Ernest Mass, Willamette; L. II.
Kirchem, Logan ; T. L. Turner, Stafford,
W.H Vaughan, Molalla; J. K. Gribble
Macksburg; C. N. Waite, Canby.
The greatest of harmony prevailed at
the meet'ng and there was a universal
entimenv that a victory was possible
his year, eapact ally if certain men
were named bv the Republicans.
Every Democrat present pledged
his ; precinct for better things
then they had ever done in the
past. VV. H. Vaughan of Molalla, tne
old war horse of Democracy pledged bis
part of the country for an additional
fifty Democratic votes and that makes
a change of one hundred votes.
The delegates were not instructed for
any candidates and very little discussio n
along that lime was had. The opinion
seemed to be that the nomination
should seen the man that with the right
man named the chances of the party
would be better than for years.
The delegation will leave for Albany
on the evening of the 10th., of April
and will be accompanied by quite a
number of good Democrats who will go
along merely to add enthusiasm to the
occasion and "whoop" things up for the
party.
A Chick's Runaway.
A Chinese teamster, the one with the
mammoth gum boots had a runaway
Thursday afiernoon, on the hillside road
back of Ueorge A. Harding's residence.
His wagon tipped over as it struck the
railroad track, and the load of manure
buried him. When the Gentiles run
ning to his all bad dug him out, he was
found to be sadly bruised but still In the
ring.
"Mrs. Charles Albright gave a tea
party at her home Friday afternoon of
last week lunder the auspices of the
Congregational church, the proceeds of
which were devoted to improving the in-
, terior of the church building. A goodly
I number were present and a most pleas
! ant afternoon was enjoyed. The re
ceipt! were entirely satisfactory.
Childrena' and Misses ready made
dresses at the Red Front.
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WHERE IS SHE?
MYSTERIOUS DISSAPEARANCE OF
MRS. BATDORF A WILLAMETTE
WOHAN.
Is It Suicide or Elopment?
Mrs. Lulu Batdorf, of Willamette,
three miles up the river on the West
Side, has been missing since last Friday
and her husband and friends fear that
she has made away with herself, as she
left letters which lead to that theory.
Samuel Batdorf is the second husband
of the missing woman and they were
mairied less than a year ago. She is 2
years of age and is the daughter of a
fay ner, named Schrader, who lives a few
mi'es West of Willamette. At the pre
sent time be is lying on a bed of sick
ness and is not expected to recover.
Last Friday Mrs. Batdorf took a car
and came to Oregon City, presumably to
do some shopping, and since that time
neither husband or friends have seen a
trace of her. When she arrived in Ore
gon City she mailed two letters, one of
which was evidently written before she
left home, and the other in- this city,
the contents of which follow:
My Darling :
Don't cry, but when you have read
this your poor aunt Lue will be no
more. You have looked upon her faee
for the last time. I know this will he
a terrible shock to you all, but I could
not live. Oh, I was so unhappy.
Everybody hatod me and you were the
only one that was good to me. Every
one else looked down on me but you
never did. Sam will never have to
bury me. It is useless to look for my
bofy ; my grave will be forever hid
den. All searh will be in vain. It
will he so nice to rest from all trouble.
I will never have to grieve any more.
I went to meet my darling William,
the only man I loved. I could not live
, without him.
He was always calling
me to come. I seen him ways. Keep
that ring. Remember I said it was
the last one I would ever buy. Be
good to my dear little orphan children.
I am beU?r dead. I could not be hap
py. Ask Aunt Josie to take one of my
dear little ones. I have only taken a
few things I loved and they are buried
with me. You can have any of my
things you want, I care for nothing.
I want peace, sweet peace and rest.
Bid my poor. father and mother good
by. God forgive me, I can't help it.
Something always tells me to oome
now. No one knows how I have suf
ferred and cried when alone. That
feeling only comes to one when
they know they have to go. Tell
dear Rudolf good by. I loved him.
O, Ida, Ida. do pray for me. Please
say poor Aunt Lue only just once. Al
ways think kindly of me. Remember
when I kissed you it was a farewell
kiss. Didn't you see me tremble and
the burning tears that would not fall.
Tell your mama good bye. She will
hate my memory. I know she hates
me.
Good bye all.
LUE RAE.
I want my mother to have little
Willie. Please tell her.
Dear Ida :
Toll mother to forgive me. I could
not help it. She don't know why I
AiA if -1itt T n'tia an Tmlinmii? 7 '
prayed every day to overcome it but
I could not. I shall never know the
grief of poor grandpa's death. We
will meet above. If mother can't take
my little boy, ask Hannah. Oh, she
is so good and tell Dull Buckles she
was a dear sweet littlu woman and I
loved her.
I went as far as my car furo would
take me. It was my last journey.
Good Bye.
Mrs. Batdorf was seen by a brother of
her husband in the vicinity of the Grand
central depot at Portland after she lef
Oregon City, but pretended not to know
him. Some of the people who live in
Willamette andare acquainted with the
facts In the case, scoff at the idea that
she has committed suicide, and say that
if they were going to look for her they
would go to Eastern Oregon in the
vicinity of Tendleton, where they claim
that they think she has gone to join a
young mill man who formerly worked in
the Willamette pulp mill.
Resolved that capital punishment
should be abolished, was the subject of a
spirited debate of the Oregon City
Academy debating society Wednesday
evening at the Y, M. C. A. George
Califf, A. A, Price and Arthur Deute re
presented the affirmative, while C.
Robinson, C. Howard and M. Sugar
man were on the side of the negative.
The decision was given in favor of the
negative.
Toke Laxative Bromo jjuinme Tablets.
Seven Minion bcaes told In fMist 1 2 months, ThlS Signature,
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Mittrick
Will dispose oi his entire stock cf
Boots, Shoes and Rubbers
Sale will begin on Thursday, March 19th
at 9 A. M. and continue nntil all is sold
We invite aU our friends (and that means ever) body)
in Oregon City and throughout Clackamas County and in
Portland to attend this sale.
Jill Our Goods an Utw and Uptodah
We will not quote prices here but if you need any
thing in the shoe line within the next six months, it will pay
you to buy now,
We take this opportunity of thanking our many
friends for their liberal patronage during the last fourteen
years. We are very sorry to have to break the many ties
of friendship that has existsd between us for so long a time
but deem it wise tc extend our business to broader fields.
Anyone finding themselves indebted to us will please
call promptly and settle their accounts. Any parties holding
coupons had better use them at once.
Every boot and shoe in the liouse will be marked in biue
pencil figures so you can see at a glance what the goods will
cost you. A sample pair of every kind will be on an open
table so yon can pick the shoe you want instantly. We will
have a number of clerks on hand so that all can be waited on
promptly. The earlier you come the more choice you have,
Remember the date, Thursday, March 1 9th
Yours to Co "land,
McKittrick 'The Shoe Man"
Next Door to Bank of Oregon City
N. B. This add. will also appear in next Sunday's Oregonian.
We Want Your Trade
at Harris Grocery
And are going to make special induce
ments to close buyers.
Cash and Small Profits is Our Motto.
Wilson
HAVE JUST REEIVED
A LARGE SHIPMENT OF
OLIVER
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Also Harrows, Cultivators and Seeders
WE ALSO CARRY
Stoves, Tinware, Hardware, Cutlery, Woodchoppers' ft
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We have also added to our stock, a large shipment
of STEEL ENAMELED WARE. Lisk's
anti-rusl Tinware. 5j?
Jit Prices that Cannot be Duplicated in tl)t City
Wilson & Cooke
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To Cure a Cold in One Day
"The
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