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OREGON . CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, SEPTMBER 4 1903. 5 THE STORE NOTED FOR GOOD GREAT SALE TEARING THINGS TO PIECES Housecleaning is a cipher in comparison to a condition that will greet you on entering the store. Contractors will be at work ripping out the dividing wall. But we have something to oflerasa relief for any inconvenience you may be subjected to. A VISIT TO OUR STOKE r Will soon convince you that we are sincere In the statement, GOOdV'mUST BE SOLD REGARDLESS OF COST. We are active- People. We prefer keeping the doors open and sell goods less tkan cost than lock the doors during alterations and pack the stock down in the basement. TBEIiE IS A MAGNETIC CHARM About our goods and prices that appeals to the intel.lgent shoppers. Work ing as we are handicapped aggravated we have decided to tear prices to pieces and give the public one grand bargain benefit. 1 his will be appreci ated by those competent to judge values. A SOLAR PLEXUS STRUCK The talent when we placed the celebrated Mount Hood Shirts on the market at the extraordinary price of 25c. It is a dress shirt, white body, fancy colored front. The shirts will be on sale eyery day till all are sold, IN JUSTICE TO YOURSELF I mk V You cannot afford to be Indifferent or tardy. This sale means a saving of money to you. Come for your blankets, quilts, comfortables, curtains, table linens, sheets and pillow cases get your gloves, corsets, hosiery and Winter underwear. ( THE WHOLESOME ATMOSPHERE That surrounds you on entering our store is the atmosphere of protection in price and quality of goods this is worth something more particularly to those with a slender purse. But now during our great alteration sale a like opportunity may not occur again. OUT OF THE ORDINARY We will place cn sale Saturday a commercial traveler's sample line of high grade tailors suits, with corset-fitting and Louis IV coats, jackets andwraps from the leading ladies' tailor in America, secured for 60c on the dollar. Tnere is only one garment of each. Come early for first choice. 0fwrw--- - - .-j(gp5rfks -f'S-lB tstMcSllen "& McDonnell CORNER THIRD AND INICRRISON I 'LOCAL NEWS ITEMS MMMtMtMMMMHHHM F. P. Larson, of Stafford, was ah Ore gon City visitor Wednesday. Now is the. time to harvest huckle berries for the Thanksgiving pie. A marriage licence has been issued to James Thelaii and Jessie Ranger. A new "cement walk is being built on Wain street tooth and west of the Wein hard building. Permanent employment will be given a bright intelligent boy about 17, Great American Impt lea Co, city. t George Moore pays 8 cents a pound f or dreeted pork and 6 to 8 cents for dressed veal. He ships to Portland. The County Board of Equalisation, composed of the Judge, Clerk and As sessor met Monday and is still in ses sion. . 0. D. Eby is rejoicing over the arrival oi b fine boy. The visitor, whose stay -we bope will be permanent, arrived Fri day last. The fees collected in the office of County Recorder Stephens during the month ol August amounted to $250.70, against $230 for the same month last year. J. J. Green, of Aberdeen, Wash., writes to lenew his subscription to the Courier. Mr. Green is doing well in in bis adopted state. Mr. Rich, who has a sawmill in the woods south of tLe Ed Carter ranch, will remove it to a small clearing on the main wagonvoad. Several members of Meade Post, G. A, R., went to Portland Monday to attend the last obsequies of Mrs. J. M. Taylor, whodied there Saturday. Sarah Carr, of Meadowbrook, was ex amined Saturday by Justice Stipp and adjudged insane. She was taken to the asylum Saturday evening. A marriage license has been issued to Chgrles Straight and Mary Ellen Bell, both of this county. Neither are of le gal age and parental consent to the union was necessary. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Parker, acorn banied by Mrs. Wisdom, of Minneap olis, the sister of Mrs, Parker, who has been her guest for the past week, made an excursion up the Columbia to The Dalles Tuesday. It has been suggested by a prominent Clackamas county farmer that the farm ers of this countiy should form a combi nation and control the price of their crops. Almost every other industry is Dusy combining and why not the larm er7They could certainly control the markets of the world il they would do 0. The Mortar And the Pestle Are a mighty combinatiou, and together they have helped to down more diseases than all patent medicines in the market. It stands to reason, that a physician can only win the fight against death by using strong, virile drugs Such drugs can only be found in a first-class pharmacy where prescriptions are carefully compounded. "Carefully com pounded" means something here, Your Doctor Sends You Here H Because he knows you will get your medicine made, up just as he prescribes it. He also knows that our drugs are fresh. We like to have you call even if you only want a postage stamp. HOWELL JONES THE RELIABLE DRUGGISTS Chambers Howell Linn E. Jones GOODS AT THE LOWEST PRICES. Services will be held next Sunday at ine united .Brethren church, Kev. 0. P,Blanchard, pastor. "Now good digestion waits on appe tite, and health on both." If it doesn't, try Blood Bitters. The Montgomery house has done well to move to the old Shaw house to the rear of the leed stable on upper Main Street, for now it sets up even a more abundant meal than it ever did be fore. . The Salvation Army this week has in their midet in Oregon City Col. Bren gle, who is said tf be one of their most distinguished speakers. Col. Brengle is a graduate of Yale College and is a very able speaker. Mr. Henry Skiiving, of Sunnyside, Washington, stooped over in'Oregon City a couple of davs last while enroute to Yakami Washington, with a fine lot of beef cattle which ne will exhibit there at the Fair. The King's Daughters of St. Paul's Episcopal church gave a party at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. John Lewth waita on the West Side, Tuesday eve ning, whic h was well attended and was a very enjo able affair. J. Johnson, a woodhauler m theem- E'oy of C. G. Nash, painfully cut his and on an axe Tuesday morning. He was driving a wagon when his seat I board slipped from under him and he I fell on the axe, which was sticking in the Bide of the wagon. ' There is an old saying that "a sucker is born every minute," and on watching the manner in which a crowd swallowed the bait of a slirk-tongued street fakir Tuesday night, the percentage of birth rate of suckers in the immediate vicinity of Oregon City has rather been on the increase of late. G W. Bigham's horpe became fright ened at the depot Wednesday morning and started to run away. Mr. Bigbam swung -onto the reins and managed to stop the frightened animal before it bad gone far. 'The vagon was overturned and pretty badly smashed op, otherwise no damage was done. f Judge Ryan will leave next week for Baltimore, Md , where he will go as a delegate to the Sovereign Grand Lodge I. O. O. F. The judge is also a dele gate to the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons which convenes in Little Rock, Ark., October 6. While in the East he will visit bis parents at Lowell, Mass . Monday is Labor Day and Oregon City will certainly have her share of celebrations. With a large crowd oi Artisans from Portland assisted by an other crowd from Oregon City- cutting up high jinks in Canemah Park, and an other crowd composed of carpenters and members of other unions cutting equally high jinks in Gladstone Park, and the street fair in full blast, one can certainly find some way to celebrate the occasion. P Beatie & Beatie, Dentists, Weinhard, building, room 16, .17 and 18. Hundreds of Oregon City people are i n the hop yards this week and will be t here for two or three weeks more. j Evalin Oaliff and E. Krietz went up to Rainier last week to act as batters for the St. Helens team. They won two out of the three games. Pete Frank. 1 formerly an employe of the Willamette Pulp & Paper Co., is suf fering from a malignant case of typhoid fever at his borne at Green Point. No need to fear sudden attacks of cholera infantum, dysentery, diarrhoea, summer complaint oi any sort it you have Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry in the medicine cheBt. Next Sunday being near the day when j labor organizations are making special efforts to p-.omote the interests of labor the pastor of the Congregational church will give an address on "The Bread and Butter Problem." George Estes, president of the United Brotherhood ol Railway Employes, ad dressed a meeting of Union men and railway employes at Redmen s hall Tuesday evening. A fair crowd was in attendance. Sunday was barber's day at Canemah park, and a large crowd was in attend an e from Portland . A ball game in the afternoon between Oregon City and All Stars of Portland, resulted in a victorv for the home team by a scoteof 13 to 3. Mrs. J. M Taylor died in Portland Sunday of paralysis. Mrs. Taylor was formerly a resident of this city andtonly removed to Poitland a few months ago. The funeral, was held the residence in Portland Tuesday and the burial took place in River View cemetery. Is it not about time that Oregon City merchants should shake the lethargy occasioned by the usual Bummer dull ness from their feet and proceed to get readv for a heavy fall trade by planting their ads in the local papers? In this connection it might be well to add that the Courier still has Borne space to sell. There have been eight babies born in the Redland community during the past four months. This is a nretty fair aver age for a country neighborhood. The latest. additions to 'he population in that thriving community are a girl, born to the wile of CbaB. Shuruway, ana a boy born 10 the wile of William Bon ney. J. A.'TuftB received word on Tuesday morning thai his brother William Tufts of Witbee, Wisconsin, who has for sever al years been suffering with a bad case of chronic rheumatism bad departed th's life. Mi. William Tufts was a prominent citizen of Witbee and was twice Sheriff of hie heme county, the county of Clark. A cict rummer cuting is to go by the mountain trail ncm Lttriot, on the railioad, to Breitenbush hot springs. The trail is good, packhorBes making th trip in half a day, and the water which is said to be unsurpassed to wash the whiskey out of "old soaks," is so hot one can drink it only in sips. Quite a settlement of shanties and tents was there this cummer. 1 The habit of morntain tourists of writing or carving their names on blazed trees at camping pointSySuggest the question whether, at some future time, it will not be necessary, not to mention the convenience, for the government to establish registers, say, firmly bound blank books attached to a treeB by chain in which travelers may eternalize their names. Cloudless skies and balmy weather has cbaracterizt d the opening davs of September, and hop men and grain growers in the Willamette Valley are wearing broad smi)es,and well they may, for (heir crops are better than an aver age and the prices of bops are higher than for years, and even grain is bring ing satisfactory prices and the weather is helping their cause along. The U. B. Sunday school held iis pic nic as announced at Canemah Park Wednesday, Sept. 2. The day was beautiful and there was a good attend ance. A bountiful dinner was spread and a good program was rendered. Everybody pronounced it a grand suc cess. The committee desires to thank Clarence Fields Icr the use of the grounds and J. H. Turney for the use ol his piano. As far as can be learned, the only suc cessful attempt to climb Mount Jeffer son has been that of S. 8. Mobler, on the the ninth of last month, who ac complished the feat at the imminent risk of bia life. The photographic pic tures be took on the top of the pinna nacle, which can be seen at the Char man drug store prove that be made the trip, and if there are hazardous spirits, who would like)to try it possibly he might be induced . to accompany them as guide. J. Traztle, who lives near Logan, brought to the Courier office on Wed nesday morning a stalk of corn 15 feet high carrying two good ears of corn. Mr. Traztle is making a specialty of raising corn for roasting ears and has made quite a success of the matter. He has twenty acres in garden thisyiar and marketing all bis stuff at Portland and says that be is making good money ouf, of his garden truck, ' Who says that you can't raise corn in the Willamette Valley. A full grown fig tree full of ripe fruit is the proud possession of Mary LaForest of this city. This is the only fig treelin the city, poesmiy me only one in Oregon bearing fruit, and it is cynosure for the admiring gaze of l.undreds who pass ber place every day. While figs are not altogether a tropical fruit, still that they should grow in the 46th degree of lati tude Beems remarkable, and they pro bably tould not be grown in the same latitude in any other pa.t of world net tempered by the warm breezes of an ocean current. The Courier ofb.ee was never in a bet ter position to do good job work on short notice than it it ia today. Five hundred dollars has been spent for new machin. ery and new type. Ibe office is oeing overhauled, the front room painted and papered and the mechanical deuirtment ceiled and painted and the outside ol the ' t'uiluuig minted. Luring the months it June, July and Augunt the Courier omce turned outiizou in job work, the largest amount of work ever turned out uv mi? juii uiuc in uregon tnty in a snniUr length of time. If you warn good job wor done quickly and in or- der bring it to the Courier office. PERSONALS Miss Hula's Holden if viBitine friends at Cotton. -George W. Bibee returned Sunday evening from an outing at the beach Rev. Mixsell returned Monday morning from an outine at Lone Beach. Wash. . I Miss Florence WeBtover has accent. c d a position aa teacher of the South Bend, Wash., school Bruce C. Curry and family, after spending the summer at Newport, re turned home Monday. Senator Brownell went to Salem Tuesday with Senator Mitchell to visit the Chemawa Indian school. Miss Mabel Hoes, of Portland, Bpent Sunday in this city with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hoss. M. D. Philljps vieiited relatives in Albany this week. His family will ret main ther for a short time. MiBS Claudia Hart returned from the beach Monday morning, where she had enjoyed a few weekB' outing. Wm. Blount and wife, of Portland. former Oregon City residents, were pay ing their old home a visit Tuesday, Mrs. RoEsCharman returned Batur day from a two weeks' outing with Judge McBride's family at Deer Island. Patrick Duffy the Molalla mail car rier, is able to be around again after his serious illness in the hospital in Port land . Dr. A. D. Bundy, of Osage, Iowa, is viBiting the family of T. F. Cowing, Sr. He will remain in Oregon City for sev eral days. For a bilious attack take take Cham berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and a quick cure ia certain. For sale by G. A Harding. j C. B. Moores and family returned' Monday evening from Newport, where 1 they have been occupying their cottage during the Beason. Misses May and Kate Marks return ed feunuay trom JJenver, Uolnrado, where they have been visiting friends and relatives for two months. ' Miss Florence WeBtover has been elected principal cf the South Bend, Washington, school and will begin teaching about the 20th of September. Rev. F. H. Mixsell went to Albany 'Monday evening to per form the marriage ceremony ol an old college friend re turning to this place Wednesday morn ing. Roy Kelly, who is filling a respqni Bible position at McGuire'e rock quarry on the Columbia river, visited his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Kelly, Sun day. G. A. Harding joined bis family at Aschoff's last week and returned Sunday. He was accompanied home I by his family, who had enjoyed a two weeks' outing. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Holloway aud twin daughter, left Sunday for their home in, The Dalles, after a pleasant visit with friends and relatives in this city. t . . Fred Morey is down from Sumpter and is visiting his parents at the Morey farm near Oswego. He baa been at Sumpter for several months, and ex pectB to return in a few weeks. i-Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Cowing have j list returned from a visit to friends and relatives in the Sound country. They visitea uscoma, beattie and Whatcom. 1 They report an exceedingly pleasant visit. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Caufield and family, Mrs. L. L. Porter, Mies Marjorie ' Caofield and Miss Nellie Caufield re turned Tuesday evening from a two weeks' outing in the vicinity of Mount I Hood. Mr. 8 E. Gregory, of Cams, the tease grower, was in Oregon City Satur day last transacting some business. Mr. Gregory says the rains are preventing the teasels from drying as they should. Jessie A. James who has been resid ing with his brother, D. A. James at Coiton, left oq Saturday morning for his old borne at Barneston, Nebraska. He has been in lackamas county since last February. He went East over the Burlington route, by way of Beattie. Mr. Albee, who left for Eastern Oregon some months ago to establish himself with one of his sons, has re turned with the object of remaining here during the winter. The climate ot the eastern part of the state is not to bis liking; too much alkali. Colonel Robert A. Miller, after spending two weeks very pleasantly on the coast, has returned to bis law office in Oregon City. The Colonel was at Astoria two days during the regatta, a part of a week at Long beach, and spent a few days at Seaside and reports a very enjoyable outing. Judge T. A. Merit id e has been spend- inghis summer's vacation at Marion Lake, a beautiful sheet of water, teem- ing with trout, amid the foreBt-clad mountains near Mount Jefferson. This ideal place connects by means of a four- foot mountain trail with the railroad at Detroit. Rnv. A A. T?.naMort whn Vio served the German Evangelical church in this city for the past two and one half years, has resigned his pastorate in this city and with his family has moved to Portland. He has accepted the pas- .,.,. ni tu - 17: . n 1? 1: 1 cbnrch in that city. Rev. Lngelbart and family will reside at ' 391 Clay street. L. A. Williams, who baa been en gaged in contracting and building houses and bams la the bpnngwater neighbor hood for the past eight mouths, left on 1 last Thursday evening for Sacramento, . Cal., where he has accepted a very lu- , cra'ive position in a hardware store. ' 1 Mr, Williams since the first day of 1 I January baa erected two saw mills, oiih house nd two barns. The baru he built for Al Carey baing the largest and ine nest barn in Ulackamas rnnnty . Mr. Williams' man Iriends p Springwater neighborhood wish him much success in his new borne. from Albany, of two weeks. Miss Anna Taig, of Boise, Idaho, is the guest of Mrs. William Galloway. . Mrs. Matilda Miller, Mrs. Anna Howard and Ethel Graves returned Monday from a trip to San Francisco. Melville Eaatham, who has been in New York for the past several weeks, returned home Wednesday . . Dn Me'ldrum left Tuesday for Boise I dabo, where be goes to look after some t imber land. He will be gone about two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Williams have returned from Warrington, where they h ave been visiting relatives for the paBt two weeks. ' Mr. and Mrs. F. Burington, of Bear boo, Wis., who have been attending the G. A. R. at Ssn Francipco, stopped over a few days and called on old friends, Mr. and Mrs. 0. A. Cheney of this place. A.J. Cochran, of Hubbard, was in Oregon City on Wednesday on business, and left in the afternoon for Port'and. Mr. Cochran paid the Courier office a call and renewed his subscription while here. Mrs. James Roake, of Long Beai-h, Cal.,- arrived in this city Wednesday morning and is the guest of her son, J. A. Roake. Mrs. Roake baa been visit ing her father and other relatives near Minneapolis and is on her return home. She will leave for her home in the Golden State in about three weeks, 'he was formerly a resident of this city. -MissFlorencB.Oison of Milwaukie,who bears the distinction of being the only lady practitioner at the bar in Oregon, was in town Saturday relative to the asses, ment of her property at Milwaukie Miss Olson is not alone the only lady practitioner in Oregon, but she hears the still more unique distinction of being theonly lady in United States who holds an appointment as referee in bankruptcy a th ng of which the is duly apprecia tive. Death of Mrs. W. R. Raddicle Mrs. W. R. Reddick died at her home in Green Point last Thursday evening at 9:30 o'clock. Her death came as a result f a complication of diseases from which she had been suffering for some time. Mrs. Reddick wan an excellent lady, kind to all with whom she came in contact and university esteemed. She was the daughter of pioneer parents ber father having come to Oregon in 1852. At the time of her death she was 44 years and two months of age. She is survived by a husband and two gron children, Guy Reddick and Miss Bursa Reddick, both of whom live in this city. Funeral services were conducted from the Episcopal church Saturday after noon by Bev. P, K. Hammond, in the presence of a large concourse ol sorrow ing friends and telatives, and the re mains were laid to rest in the city cemetery. Stage Overturns The Sandy stage waa overturned at Boring Wednesday morning about 9 o'clock, and the occupants were cooBid eraniy tiraisea. ine paasengers were Mr. and Mrs. BirdBall and daughter, Pearl, and MrB. Failing, all of Sandv. Mrs. Failing was hurt worse than any of the others. Dr. C. B. Smith, oHSagle Creek, happened to be at Boring at the time and attended the injuries of the passengers. The accident was due to careless driving. A new driver was in charge and ;he allowed the team to get rco close to the embankment. Emery Dye returned w here he took a vacation And a Moral A well-to-do rancher came into our store j this week and ordered a gallon of asphaltum. After it was put up came the usual question: fft' ".How much?" jg $1.35. i . , -, "Why ia that your regular price" he asked. "Yes, $1,35 a gallon for asphaltum in small rtfr lot." ' ft His face lengthened as he. said: fyA "I only want a gallon to finish my job, but I bought 10 gallons in Portland the other day fl$ bought it of one of the biggest paint houses there m and they charged me $1.60 a gallon." Further talk developed these facts: He had needed a large order of Lead, Oil and rtu. Asphaltum. He naturally supposed that he could buy paint cheaper at one of the biggest jTi l i v. t,!nnnn 1 xt it j. sa?i &3 1 V( JvW lYl KS VCl I cVS j frvl KM I iVj ' S15 i V ' cVS j fj Cyi ' hvi pa 111 1 iiuuaue m uid Diggcou viity vi iuu rnurtuwesb, rjQ ,han he could at home; so he paid his Yt-L 1 m than Cyi I (J nTnaniau f n Pnr t.1 a n ( nil ' WSj I (JJ ! for his Asphaltum 5c a gallon too much for his Lindseed Oil and 25c a hundred too much for his Lead and then' on top of it all paid the freight to Oregon City. MORAL: Get Huntley's prices beforcljyou buy not after UITKITI 1TV m eXi Qj DRUGGISTS iAND ... . , , . 11 n V.tllT il 1 u u m iiiiiiii i. , FH THSPff' IbJ GJUJlMlmSJmSUMmSMJmJlJllJ THE OLD RELIABLE POUDE Absolutely Pure. THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE "'Here's sc-iiu'tMn,' that's been pa zlin.u' m" remarked the man wIm thinks loo deeply. "What's that?" "If all flesh i grans, are cane" bals really vegetarians?" Phlladelpb) Press. The mini of Ignorance. "A man never knows what be cm do till he tries," remarked the wit guy. "Yes, anil then he's often sorry 4., found out," murmured the simple ran,., -Philadelphia Record. Fill the I'.ciiuU'eiuent. Moldy H': T"! vc t paper m, the secret of nrlsfreratic appearan M tr.e rno!' r,' 'ii -nnev. Weartn William Dot's me. N-. York Wivliij Classified Advertisements. Wanted. Girl for house work. Snr " family good pay. Inquire at Huntley' Drugstore. Help Warned. Two girls, one for Ui stairB work and one kitchen girl. Go 1 waves. Call upstairs, Wilhelm T- House. Lost Boy's coat from bicycle betwe. Oregon City and New Era. For boy J years old. Blue cheviot. Finder vi kindly notify this office. For Sale or Exchantje For count property east or west of the mountain a 6-room house and 8 lots. Good wi barn and chicken house. Sightly. 0. 1 Johnson, Oregon City, Ore., Box 184. Dedman's Peaches Iwill bandla year the famous peaches grown by A. Dedman. They are the very best. , t you want in on the ground floor les your orders at once. A. Roribim 1 The Grocer. Money to Loan 7 per cent interest lowed on money left with me to loti Principal with accrued interest retarr upon demand, Abstracts furniahii G. B. Dihick, Attorney-at-law, Oreg City, Ore. 8e, ,Jt a 1 lit) mho 1011 nays iwarc The Kind You Have Always irujr ft ?rl 1 Fin a rrnllnn inn mvtnlt fefr' RDATUPDC fl PAINT DEALERS