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OREGON clTY COURIER, FRIDAY, MaRCH 27 1903. 8- 1 1 !f N , -" r-w u i :i,iaj f w C f nL? -"14 View of immense piano warehouse at Portland, Ore., showing trackage. This is the property of the big western piano concern, known everywhere, Eilers Piano House. It is now rapidly filling with the new spring shipments of pianos, parlor and church organs. The past week there were received there 38 magnificent Hobart M. Cables, 14 of the famous Vose make, 16 elegant Sherwoods and 19 of the matchless Kimballs, Further large shipments are now on the way; and it is estimated the immense warehouse will be overtaxed to accommodate them all. The large stock and great variety of piano and organs always kept by Eilers Piano House, insures satisfactory selection and prices at all times. This progressive, small price, easy payment establishment is new making special intro ductory offers on their own make of organ, the Pacific Queen, one of the finest on the market. You can get one for only $46.00 by paying $8,00 down and $4.00 a month if your purchase is made soon. Also very specially low prices on a few second hand and slightly damaged pianos and organs. Exceptional educational discounts on pianos and organs to bona fide teachers. Write for particulars . Eilers Piano House Washington Street, Corner Park, Portland, Ore. Other Stores, San Francisco and Sacremento and Spokane. The Flour of the Family The flour of all the Oregon City families is "Patent" flour. The intelligent house wife always gets "Patent" flour because, it is better and more ecomonical to use Made in Oregon City by the Portland Flouring Mills Co. XJliMlMbMiiUl-lUMI.IMMIIII I"""1 11 11 X Orouchi) Husband Will recover his Sweet disposition if these are on tbe breakfast table : Our justly celebrated New York Self Raising Buckwheat Flour. Our Guaranteed Strictly Pure Maple Syrup. Our Celebrated White Hwss Coffe in 1 and 2 pound cans. Then for Dinner Take a full line of "Preferred Stock" canned Vegetables and Fruits. But Why Enumerate Let us take the contract of keeping your family in good humor with our dainty viands. At Robertson, Tbe Jth Street Grocer. Wood Wanted We want to contract for sea son or immediate delivery. Will pay good price for good wood. Oregon City Woolen Mills. Foley's Honey and Tar totcalMren,stife,sun. Vooptite Capacity 700 Instruments ' ' i"1 " WILLAMETTE GROCERY MILES & MCGLASHAN, PROPS. . OREGON CITY, OREGON 5 Cents Can Griffin Baked Beans 25 Cents 3 Cans Fine Pink Salmon 75 Cents 20 Bars Good Soap 95 Cents 2 Cans Best Table Syrup 25 Cents 2 Pounds Good Coffee 10 Cents S Pound Pkg. Perfection Salt 10 Cents Jar Eddy's Mustard, very fine 25 Cents 3 Packages Seeded Raisins The.t. Courier Docs UMo-Date Job Printing A Pliyisclan Writes "I am desirous of knowing if the pro fession can obtain Herbine in bulk for prescirbing purposes? It has been of great use to me in treating cases of dyspepsia brought on by excesses or overwork. I have never known it to fail in restoring the organs effected, to their healthtu! activity." 60c bottle at Char man & Co. 8. T. Roman, after (pending a few days in this city, returned to St. Helens, where he is working on the Mist, The walking sick, what a crowd of them there are : Persons who are thin and weak but not sick enough to go to bed. "Chronic cases" that's what the doctors call them, which in common English means long sickness. To stop the continued loss of flesh they need Scott's Emulsion. For the feeling of weakness they need Scott's Emulsion. It makes new flesh and gives new life to the weak system. Scott's Emulsion gets thin and weak persons out of the rut. It makes new, rich blood, strengthens the nerves and gives appetite for ordinary food. Scott's Emulsion can be taken as long as sickness lasts and do good all the time. There's new strength and flesh in every dose. We will be glad to send you a few doses free. Be ure that tHi picture In the form of a label is on the wrapper of every bottle of KmuUion you buy. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, 409 Pearl St., N. Y. 50c nd $1 1 if! druggists it. P-Z; i. will Canby. The Degree ot Honor and guests had a "sheet and pillows" dance last Thursday night. Cards and dancing were enjoyed until a late hour when a supper pre pared by the ladies of tbe Degree was served. Auong thofe present were: Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Dimick, Mr. and Mrs. Coe. Mr. and Mrs. liosenkrans, Mr. and Mrs. Eckeraon, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Knight, Mr. and Mrs. Eccles, Mr. and Mrs. Bair, Mr. and Mrs. Zeek, Mr. and Mrs. W. Kendall, Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Wait, Mr. and Mrs. Dodge. Misses Mildred, Florence and Lillin Wang, Ella, Alice and Cora Armstrong, Veva and Mahle Knight, Anuette and Myrtle Wait, Marion Swansby, Bertha Sturges, Effle Eahch, Stella Taekelson, Emma Evans, Harriet Bates, Grace Hampton. Messrs Parrott, Shockley, White, Evans, Otto Evans, Willard Arthur, and Adam Knight, Ed Bradtl, Fred Armstrong, C. Kocher. All reported a good time. Miss May Sampselis visiting relatives in Oatiby this week. Miss Essie Lee. of Portland, was in Canby Friday. Mrs. Batten made a business trip to Portland Friday. Mr. Burns, of Oregon City was in town Friday. Hon. G. B. Dimick was shaking hands with old friends Thursday evening. Ed Birchardt and Mr. Bobbins were in town Thursday. Truman Stalnaker has sold his farm near Good's bridge to Mr. Meeks, who has recently come from Idaho. ' Mr. and Mrs. Hoppe moved to Port land Monday, Mr. Hoppe having sold his farm to a Norwegian from Minnesota. CarlJoehnke who was kicked by a horse here last Thursday was removed to bis home near New Era Friday. Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Dimmick, of Ore gonCity visited with their many friends here Thursday evening. Miss Stella Taekelson, -vho was re moved to Portland on account of illness, is now recovered and iB back to Canby. Mr. and Mrs Tucker and Edith Hobart were in town Saturday. Bernard's, Dog and Pony shov was in town Saturday, and gave an excellent performance. The acts of Miss Bernard and the children were excellent. Albert Knight, who is now a fireman on the S. P., spent Sunday with his folks in Oanby. Claude Hampton ie home for a two week's vacation. Mr. Rosenkrans has returned from a trip to the mountains. D. R. Dimmick has purchased Charley Rauch's team to use in his stable at Oregon City. Miss Iva Geisy is visiting friends in Canby this week. Mr, Melvin and Joe King, of Barlow, were in town Saturday. Prof. P. L. Coleman and family are in town this week. Warren Kendall left for Southern Ore eon Monday to' locate a timber claim He was accompanied by Mr, Boylea of Wilhoit. Dan Graves was in town Monday. J. D. Mishler, of Aurora and F. Den tal, of Butteville were in town Satur day. Mr. Mishler purchased a disk drill and Mr. Dental a broad-cast seeder of Mr, A. Kocher. Peter Susbauer and wife of Hubbard were in Canby Sunday. George Knight, of Hubbard, was Canby visitor Sunday. A. Kocher has purchased the house, where has been living for som e time Real estate is going higher all the time in Canby, and it is hard to find vacant houses for renting. The Canby boys went to Aurora to play tb 1 Aurora first nine last Sunday and returned victorious, by a score of 19 to 12. The features of the game, was home run by Volney White. A general good feeling was shown hy both teams. The boys are to play a team from Oregon City in the near future. L. F. Holmes received ashipmtnt of farm implements from Portland lately. See his ad in this issue. Misses Gribble and Dosier of the Marks' Prairie echool are now attending school in Canby owing to their school being out at the present. Coleman Marks was in town Tues- dav. Henry Kocher made a business trip to Canby Tuesday. Frank Astman has purchased the srloon property w here he carries on his buB'nsss. Marmot. The new bell of Marmot is a credi'. to Clackamas county. The cost of it and the transportation from Portland was $35. It is a No. 2H bell and weighs 390 pounds. It was raised in the afternoon of March 19, and began its beautiful and useful career in earnest the next day. Quite a number of the patrons gathered at the school house and with the child ren witnessed the hoisting of t-e bell. The proceeds of the entertainment which was given by the echool last month, amounted to $54.85 and were used for the purchase of tbe bell. The cost of the bell being deducted, $19.35 remained to cover the cost of the ma terial and construction of the belfry, which was built by Mr. Culpan, a flrst- claBS carpenter of Aimes, who appreci ates echool very much and wns so Kind as to build the belfry free of charge, foi the sake of the children, charging only $5 to cover the cost of the transports. Hon of his tools to and from tbe school house. Tbe belfry is as neat and sub stantial as the bell itself. Mr. Culpan deservedly has the hearty thanks and good (till of tbe people of tbe com munity. Messrs. Ascboff also deserve praise for the amount of assistance they rendered in constructing the belfry. The material, lumber, shingles, paint, rope, etc., cost about $12.56, which added to $5 equals $17.55 leaving the sum of $2.30 which will be invested in books for the library. All of Marmot and adjoining districts are daily reminded by the peals of this melodious bell, that there is at least one proereHsive school in this section of Clackamas county chool closes April 10, after which the Monday following Miss Bachmann will bott e. Its value is incalculable. Be begin her third three months' terra of 1 sure and ask for Mrs. Winnlows Sooth school at SanJy. itig eyiup, aud take uootlier kind. Joseph Bachmann, a prominent and highly respected citizen of Stone, had the misfortune of meeting with quite a mishap in Portland Monday of last week, which resulted in the loss of a valuable five-year-old horee and a gsn eral Bmash-up of his vehicle. It seems that he stepped inside of a grocery store for a moment, leaving his team standing outside untied, which became frightened at something and began to run, and in dodging a Btreet car the victim ran up against a telephone post, crushing its skull and breaking its neck, killing it in stantly. Its mate tore loose, upsetting the vehicle, demolishing three wheels and the tongue. Thd damage and loss amounts to over $100, Varus. Joe Eaton and family have gone to Yakima, Wash., where they will inaue there future home. Misses Emma Inskeep and Iva Irish were visitois at the Gregory home Sun day. Mrs. Oscar May and children are vis iting at her parents at Dayton. Mrs. London is on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. Lewlyn, of Beaver Creek, were visitors at Oarua Sunday. Miss Katie Jones, of Portland, visited her parents here Saturday and Sunday. Ap Jones, of Eastern Oregon, returned home Monday. MissTillie Thomas, Rachel Lewis and Mrs. H. Jones went to Portland Friday to attend the funeral of their friend, Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. Jaggar called on Mrs. Yonder- ahe Sunday. Mrs. Metzgar closed a sis months' term of school here last Friday. Elmer Cooper and family of Oregon City and Knox Cooper, of Portland vis ited Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Uoopsr Sun day. Mr. Evans, of Oswego, made a busi ness trip toCarus Saturday. Mr Hayward. of Oregon City, visited Mr. Emit one day last week. Mr. Gardner, Fred and Hall L ndslev returned home from their claims on the coast last Saturday. Mrs. Stedham and childien visited her sister, Mrs. Emma Bickell, of Portland, the first part of the week. Humphrey Roberts.of Mankato.Minn., visited H. Jones and family tbe firBt part of the week . The basket social at the teasel'barn laBt Wednesday evening was a grand success. Miss Maggie Lewis basket took the first prize, Belling for $2.15. Tbe amount made was $20. Call and seethe Parisian Novelties in hats, Exclusive styles. MibS C. Gold smith. New York Gallery Has moved on Main St., opposite Electric Hotel. Call and see Turney, the pho tographer, before you get your photos taken. Nice line of new mounts, frames' etc Prices tight. A suit was commenced in the Circuit court on Monday by N. R. Graham against P. H. Marlay and JeBsie K. Marlay to cancel a tax deed to about 55 acres of land located on Elliot Prairie. The plaintiff demands judgment against the defendants for a decree com pelling them (o set up in their answer the nature of (heir pretended claim ; that the same be canceled and held for naught; that plaintiff recover from the defendants his cobU and disbursments of the suit, G. B. Dimick and G. L. Story are attorneys for plaii tiff. The month of March which is nearly done has been the most delightful in the experience of the natives of the Wil lamette Valley, perhaps. Continuous sunshine has marked the mouth almost from beginning to end, and balmy weather has been the rule. There have only been one or two days of winuy weather and scarcely any rain. That even a real estate agent may overdo his business is shown from recent returns from Jasper county, Mo. A farmer desired to sell his farm and a Carthage promoter wrote up a sample advertisement. After reading the same the farmer said: "I believe I'll not sell I've been looking for a place like that al my life, and didn't know I had it until you deHcnbed it to me." Ths Benefit of Changs. We are like house plants: We need a change of soil now and then to he replant ed. New Bcenes, ne experiences, new surroundings a change of climate, dry air instead of moisture, sunshine, in place of cloud. This Is sometimes es sential to health. There are condition! near at h md that are better than Europe can offer. Take a month or two in Cali fornia. Plant yourself for a time where there are no irritations, where the hotel is beyond criticism, the landscape pleas ing, where warm sunny weather invites to walks and drivss. Pure and dry air, and the increaseased electric Influences of sunshiae are vastly helpful. You can make this trip at very little expense, and enjoy a ride over the scen ic Siskiyou and Shasta mountains, which, at this time of the year with their mow covered peaks, are, surpassed for their grandeur. For complete information regarding rates, points of interest, and delightful hotels in in California, address W. E. Com ah. Gen. Passenger A?ent 8. P. Co., Portland, Oregon, For Over Sixty Years. An old and well-tried remedy. Mrs. Wiuslow's Sjo'hing Syrup has been used for over sixty years by millions of mothers for the'r children while teeth ing, with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is the beet remedy for Diarrhoea. Is pleasant to taste. Sold by druggists in every part , of the world. lwenty-hve cents a C90 99fS J LOCAL NEWS ITEMS 8OOQ83Q8006O8O8eeaft The city water woiks is laying a mx... inch main on Madison street foraiIIs tance of seven blocks. Grading has been resumed forthetlL W. P. & Railway Company's new dejufc . and will have soon been completed. The Mothers' Club, of Parkplace w3i meet th's afternoon in the asseuilAir room of the school house and will be aJ- -dressbd by Mrs. W. A. White, of thitv city. Court Robin Good, Foresters of Amer ica have elected John A. Moore dele gate and M. P. Chapman alternate to tt tend the grand court of Foresters in A -toria May 12. Frank F. Baker was committed ts the insane asylum last week by County Judge Ryan and was taken to Salem by Deputy Sheriff S. J. Burford and Ffui. A. Polk. Baker is 30 years of age i si 11 his insanity was brought on by typbuii fever. There will be a teachers' meeting at Aurora Saturday, April 25th, The cotsx mittee in charge is Miss Faunie Potto'. T. J. Gary and county Superintendent, J- C. Zinser. Tais will be the last ia- stitute of(the school year. The teamsters and clerks of Oregon City will ero8 bats Sunday next at tk Willamette, basebili p irk. Eeh tide will have in the rudd a li'si.cUss team and a red-hot gainn is tituicipated. Noat out tiome talent will be allowed 111 the game1 The game will be called atSf. o'clock. Mrs. G. R. H. Miller died at hr htat -in Oregon Ci y Sunday, March 2.', at tk age of 61 years, ftom a e inp icvio ot troubles. Funeral serviCdS we e hutdst the Presbyterian church TuemUy morn ing at 10 o'clock, Rev. VV. 8. Grimm f? ficiating, after which the remtioH were laid to rest in the Mountain View ueoie tery. Company E., O. N. G., held a smoker -Monday evening at the Armory. A large number of the menbers were pres ent and speeches were made by Mwsw, Dresser, Captain Campbell, Lietiteumt, Burns and Mr. Kuertson. Refretvtt were served and. an all around good time was enjoyed. Mrs. Edith Millien died at her resi dence in Oregon City Sunday. The fu neral services were held at the Presby terian church at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday, Rev. A. J. Montgomery and Rev. Fraaufc Mixell officiating, after which the re mains were interred in M inutain View cemetery. Mrs. Montgomery was 4? ' years of age. Mrs. C. Elleton died Thursday nsirM at her home in Oswego of Puerperal fever, at the age of 32 years. She leturet a husband and six children to mosnat her loss. The body was taken to Am ity and the .funeral was held there Fri day afternoon. Mr. Ellston is gage master for the Southern Pacific t Oswego. A little girl tells what she kswi about King Solomon in the followiug sty: King Solomon was a man ofer lived ever so many years ago, and in ttx country in which he governed he was tne whole push. King Solomon bailt Solomon's temple, and was tbe father of all the Masons. , He had seyen hundred wives and two hundred lady friends ttui that is why there are so many Masons ia, the world. Among some of the people from a dis tance who stopped in Oregon Oily dur ing the past few days are Robert . Ly man, New York; B. F. McAfferty nl wife, Pattiway, Cal.; Mr. and Mta.. Reeves, Salt Lake City, Utah; W. Di Stewart, Kelso, Wash. ; W. R. Uawie, . Rock Springs, Ore. ; J. A. Hunt, Se-tttf, Wash.; D. D.Thompkins, Wairen.Or.; O.T.James, Hot Springs, Ark.jSma Brown, Boston, H. A. Porter, Portage, Wis. The commiUee in charge of ths de struction of the south end road are O call on Southern Pacific ofllulals tl' week to see what the company is will ing to do in the way of construcliug tunnel beneath the track at thu croisiuz near town. The underneath croea'nfl is the one that is m )t favored, as it worild render the grade much lighter and tlie junction of the country road and tli railroad much less dangerous. Mtaf persons living along the line of t!to f to posed route are anxiously waiting ier work to begin on the grade. On Saturday Inez Grimm filed an ,t tion in the Circuit Court against Clark Green to recover the poHsexsinn of lt! acres of land in township 7 south, ranp; 3 east, The land was Bold to the conntf for the taxes for 1897, and the cwrtilicat was assigned by the county to Greai and he is now in possession os the prem ises. In this case the same questiots are involved as iu the case of Jones or. Haritreaves recently decided by Jrjifet Mcllride in favor of t!,e plaintiff, eo.1 holding that the tax deed was voi I. ii, B. Dimick end G. L. Story appear as at torneys for plaintiff. If you toot your little footer and tbea lay aside your horn, there's not a sottia ten short days v ill know that jou men born. The man who gathers pumpkin is the man who plows all day, andli man who keeps on humpin' is the raui who makes it pay. The man wfra ad vertises with a short and sudden jork,t the man who blames the editor benaas it did not work. The man who gets business makes a long and steady pt&S. and keeps the local paper from year 6 year quite full. He plans his advtwtui in a careful sort of way and keeps ever at it until he makes it pav. The Oregon City Planing Mill Can. pany has been incorporated with a ca)i tal stock of $2500, lhe incorporate are F. B. Baker, Margaret Haker anrii. L. Barry. The principle place of hoa ness is in Oregon City and the objttctsaf 'he incorporation are to engage inlaw bering, logging and general contraciag and building business. To acquire,. oj operate and sell water rights and fran chises, to buy and sell sawmills, plat ing mills and lumber yards, to mirstrfos ture, deal in and sell building tmiieriui of every description; to raft, drive, toT and boom logt for itself and others, &&i for that purpose to cieau out and im prove rivers in Oregon and elsuwliurtt, The principle Btock holder of the com pany, l . H. Baker, has been in the pl ing mill and contracting business in Uii city for a number of years.