ORPr" C'TY COURIER, FRIDAY, SEPTMBER 18 1903,
THE STORE NOTED FOR GOOD GOODS AT THE LOWEST PRICES.
GREAT SALE
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TEASING 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 w e have something to ofier asa relief lor any inconvenience you
may be subjected to.
A VISIT TO O UR STORE
Will soon convince you that we are sincere In the statement, GOODS 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.
THERE IS A MAGNETIC CHARM
About ourgoods and prices that appeals to the inlel igent 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 nhen 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.
INJUSTICE TO YOURSELF
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 neith 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
trade tailors suits, ith corset fitting and Lcuis IV coats, jackets arcwraps
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.
Mc allen & McDonnell s
ICORNER THIRD AND IMCRRISCN
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LOCAL NEWS ITEMS '
Latest novelties in ready-to-wear hats,
caps and veils at Miss Goldsmith.
Beatie & Beatie, Dentists, Weinhard,
building, room 16, 17 and 18.
Go to Miss Goldsmith and see their
new style in ready-to-wear hats and
' veils.
For school books and school eup lies
go to Moore's pharmacy, Seventh St.,
Oregon City.
Mary Lacey of Fulton Park, is search,
inn for her lost 12-year-old, red haired
son.
"Now good digestion waits on appe
tite, and health on both."
If it doesn't, try Blood Bitters.
Permanent employment will be given
a bright intelligent boy about 17, Great
American Impt Tea Co, city.
Blow your own horn. If you don't it
will not be blown at all. Very few peo
ple in this old world of oars are engaged
in blowing the horns of other people.
The Eastern Oregon land hunters who
cave been living in a tent below the
west end of the suspension bridge for
about a fortnight, have saved quite a
Jiotel Dill. '
On even a warm summer day, with
the front door open, the iron pipes oear
the entrance of the ice works are cov
ered with a layer of snow, or hoar-frost,
A quarter of an inch in thickness.
The music of the wood saw can be
- beard in Oregon Citv at morning, noon
and night. Every one it would seem is
preparing for the long wet days of win
ter by laying in his wood supply.
Last week the Courier office turned
out job work to the value of $110. Not
toad for a one-horse country office. The
Courier office is prepared to do fine job
work at short notice. If you will bring
your jobs this way you are sure to be
more than pleased with our work.
Dr. J. W. Norria has a cherry tree in
lis yard that is a curiosity in its way.
After having born a large crop of cher
ries in Jane it is now in the middle ol
September in full bloom again and cov
ered with small cherries which would
no doubt ripen into luscious fruit were
it not so late in the season.
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An effort is now on foot to establish a
free rural roote known as number three
from Oregon City, on the West Side, go
ing out by way of , Willamette to Staf
ford and back over the Oswego road to
the Shipler place and from thence into
town through West Oregon City. This
would be one of the most desirable route
that could be established, would be over
ood roads and would serve quite a large
papulation anH would be a good thing
not only for Oregon Ciiy but for the
population 10 served!
For school bookB and school supplies
go to Moore's pharmacy, Seventh St.,
Oregon City.
The brief of W. S. U'Ren in defense of
the initiative and referendum is in the
hands 0 f the printers, as preparatory to
filing the same with clerk of the supreme
court in the case of A. A. Kadderly vs
City of Portland.
Rev, W. Bruce, pastor of the Presby
terian chuicb at Springwater, accom
panied Mr. Willey to Portland on Mon
day. Bro. Bruce reports that his people
are building a handsome church house
to reolai e that destroyed last summer
by fire.
"A few years ago," James Partlow
says, if he brought five gallons of cider
to town it was all he could dispose of.
Now he can as easily sell 100 gallons,
which g.es to show the civilizing and
refining influence on the public thirst of
filtered water.
The Courier office is being thoroughly
overhauled this week. New paint, new
paper and new, cleaneiling will work
wonders in the matter of the general ap
pearance of the office. We are getting
ready for the biggest and best winter
campaign the Courier has ever waged
for an increased subscription list and
general business,
Chris Bittner, of Ellwood, who is in
terested in a 1 threshing machine, reports
that the grain in the Highlnd and
Harmony districts nas oeen standing in
the shock during the late rains, and
that inevitably most of the farmers these
will have to face the problem, after
threshing, of taking care of a quantity
of damp grain.
The oatrons of the Oregon City Cour
ier at Stone, Viola, Rediand and Logan
will take notice that their Courier here
after will be delivered by special carrier
on Fr?e Rural Rout Number 2, from
Oregon City. The post offices at each
of these places have been abolished. The
Courier will be placed in subscribers
boxes by the carrier on each Friday
morning.
come in from the Ogle Creek gold min-
Jln.tn, Tm ITalrilnnah a' (in vat
remains in the mountains doing develop
ment work on his mining property, lent
in for p ovisions this pst week and re
ports that the ore they are now taking
out is richer and better than any they
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nave yet louuu. xue iwomj mum.u
dollars tbey have been offered for this
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property wouia now iu uu wucu u.
"A five-cent rate between here and
Gladstone," said a resident of that sub
urb, "brings my daily expense for car
(are to about half a dollar a day. Each
time my wife and I go back and forth
it's 20 cents. This move of the com
pany will depreciate real estate in Glad
stone. I can rent a house in the city
good enough for my family at less per
month than I pay for car fare. The
people of Gladstone have no other re
source than to move to town."
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The Mortar
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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 foufid in a first-class pharmacy where
prescriptions are carefully compounded. "Carefully com
pounded" means something here, -
Your Doctor Sends You Here
Because he knows you willget 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
Mr. Pease, of Mt. Pleasant, has begun
drying pr nes.
Millinery display Sept. 22, 23, 24 at
Mrs. a. i. siaoen's.
School supplies at Charman & Co
Drug st' re at lowest prices.
Have you seen Hamilton . Well you
want to see Hamilton's millinery.
Just rec ived new BtyleB in hats, veils
and caps at Miss Goldsmith's
Judge Jesse, of Barlow.begins harvest-
in g bis large prune crop this wees. .
For school books and school supplies
go to Moore's pharmacy, Seventh bt.,
Oregon City.
If it is Red Top Rye or Planet Whis
key, it's right. Kelly & Kuconicn,
Garde .Building.
The Mother's Club will meet at the
home of Mrs. Brownell Thursday, Sept,
24, at 2:30 p. ra.
Pi eBident Davis of the Oregon City
Academy is enlarging his school room
on seventh st-eet.
Owing to Jewish New Year the store
of I. Selling will be closed Tuesday
September 22nd.
The fineBt line of Millinery in Ore
gon City is being thown at Hamilton's
Red iront store on Maine street.
Young Boy about 17. can secure per
manent position as clerk. Inquire
Great American impt Tea Uo, city.
The Lannet prune is a new variety in
market. Though much larger than the
Italian its flavor does not seem to be
superior.
Wheat of fairly good'qnality is coming
into the Imperial mill from the upper
part of the valley. The wheat produc
tion of Western Oregon exceeds in quan
tity that of last year.
During his visit to Portland last week,
W. H. Vaughan called on Hon. Ben
Simpson, now 85 years old, who was at
one time administrative and political
officer of the state.
Daily, during the regular sessions of
the North Pacific College, Dr. John
Welch lectures on prosthetic dentistry.
He is one of the principal owners of this
vigorous Portland institution of profes
sional learning.
While a couple of linemen were at
work Tuecday among the wires on the
pole at Cole's saloon, two wires came m
collision and began to smoke. Lucki.y
the men saw it before the pent-up
electricity stuck either of them.
The teachers' institute held at the
Barclay school, was conducted by State
Superintendent Ackerman, the superin
tendent of the Portland schools. Frank
Rigler, Prof. Grout of the Park school,
and Miss Elizbeth Patterson of Port-
land.
' That the women and children of Ben
ton county will this year receive $60,000
for the chitim bark they have gathered
ought to awaken our people to the prac
tical realization of the fact that there is
more or less ot that stuff in Clackamas
county,
Con O'Donnell last week bought the
street cleaning department of Oregon
City irom the Montgomery hotel man,
who was the lowest bidder for the same
held it for a week. O'Donnell is yonng
and active aod equal to the task.
A" Canby tomato grower perhaps
several Canby tomato growers, produces
that vegetable almost to perfection. He
places before the eyes of his customer a
box ot tomatoes every one of which is al
most as round and smooth and as large
and inviting in appearance as a ripe
Hood River apple.
Suit has been instituted by the Wil
lamette Land Co. to recover $750.00 due
on a note by James P. and Mary Mary
Meir. The lot sought to subjected to
the mortgage is lot No. 72 in Pruneland
There are two note s for $375 each and
a mortgage was given on this lot to se
cure them.
G. E.Griffith and E.Farrleft Saturday
night for the State Fair. They took
with them a collection of animal freaks
collected by Farr in this county. These
he will exhibit after the manner of side
shows. UehaBamnng bis collection a
sheep with five legs, a pair of calves
joined together on the Siamese tin
order, a dog with three legs, a rooster
with porcupine-like quills instead of
feathers, and a chicken with three wings.
The large hop farmers were so busy in
gathering their hops that those of them
who bad grain to harvest neg
lected it. Last week in the Cbampoeg
neighborhood fields of grain were yet
standing uncut, others stood in the
shock, and these stacks were
seen half completed. Each day of hop
picking meant few bnndred dollars
more Into the hungry pocket of the
ranchers and if would not pay to neglect
the golden opportunity.
This week will witness the beginning
of the picking of prunes in Clackamas
county and the ending of the picking of
hops . The hop crop, while not large, is
fairly satisfactory and whatever the
shortage in the crop may be will be
more than amply made up by the mag
nificent prices which are. being paid.'
The prune crop is a good one and with
fair weather this week and next will be
dried in great condition and bring to
the prune growers a fine bunch of
money.
Assessor Nelson says that in his opin
ion, in case the changes made by the
last legists tore in' the assessment law
are found to be invalid because uncon
stitutional, the ;only effect will be that
the extra appropriations, such as $23,000
addition to the school funds in this
county, wil he knockeb out. The as
sessment roll having been made in con
formity both to the law as it stood be
fore amendation and as it stands now,
viz., assessment at cash value, cannot,
Mr. Neslson believes, fail of unqualified
validity.
Somebody jraa relating the other day
about a farmer whose son was a Latin
etudent. When the boy came home for
his summer vacation he wa? too lazy to
word on the farm. One day the old
man showed him a pitchfork, a pile of
hay and a cart. "What do you call
them in Latin?" he asked. "Forkibua,
bayibus et, cartibus," was the reply,
"Well, now.v said the farmer, "if you
don't take that forkibus and pitch that
hayibus into that cartibus I'll break
your lazy backibus." The boy went to
workibus atonceibusasone would easily
gueasibus.
On October 16th and 17tb, Milwaukie
Grange will hold a fair.
Millinery opening at Miss Goldsmith's
Sept. 25 and 26. . ,
SCHOOL BOOKS at Charman & Co
Drug store, at lowest prices.
Hats, hats, hats. Come and see our
beautiful bats. Mrs. H. T. Sladen. .
Call and see the beautiful hats at Miss
Goldsmith's on Friday and Saturday,
Sept. 25, 26.
Marriage license has been issued to
Fred Fontuin and Nellie Donahue by
County Clerk Sleight.
Miss Nina Risdon and Thomas Flynn,
of this city, were recently married at
the Catholic church in Portland.
City school commence Monday and we
can furnish Books for any grade at the
lowest price, Charman & Co drugs &
BOOKS.
. There is no more exhilarating bever
age than Red Top Rye or the Planet
Whiskey. Kelly & Ruconich, in the
uarae muaing.
George Reynolds is a compulsory
guest at the city's boarding house up
the alley for begging, and Ed Smith for
too much booze.
The kind our fathers and grandfathers
used long ago, Planet Whiskey, a hand
made sour mash. Kelly & Ruconich,
sole agents. Garde Building.
The city jail has one lone occupant
It has been vacant for months which
speaks well foirthe good morals of Clack
amas county and Oregon City.
The Pomona held at Rockwood in
Multnomah county, decided to invite the
professors of the Argicultural college to
address them . This 1b a pointer for the
grangers in this county.
Mrs. Theodore Clark will on Saturday
entertain her lady friends, having sent
invitations to sixty of them to assemble
at her residence in the afternoon to
spend a couple of hours at "hearts."
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Chapman have
moved from the McCown house into
Dan Lyon's cottage on 14th and Van
Buren Btreet, The family of Judge
Meldrum will occupy the McCown house
for the winter.
If you will consult your own interest
you v ill have your wife take a look at
the fine display of millinery at Hamil
ton's store known as the Red Front.
They have the very best and their prices
win ticaie your lancy.
Mrs. W. C. Cheney has temporarily
left her residence at Meldrum's Station.
and taken rooms in the house of Mrs.
Mary LaForest, in order to give her
children the opportunity to attend
Barclay school. -
His honor. Mayor Dimick. and Rev.
Bollinger are in a verbal manner, at
least, at outs about the running of the
Carnival on Sunday, an offense, if such
it be, which it did not commit. The
mayor replies tartly in print to the min
ister's sermon.
The operation of a large forre of sur
veyors in theviinity of Liberal, Clack
amas county causes all sorts of rumors
in railroad building circles. It is re
ported that the significance of the ex
tensive surveying is . the ultimate ex
tension by the-Oregor. Water Power &
.Railway Company 0! ita Springwater
branch up the Willamette Valley with
Silverton as the objective point.
Josh Westhafer, of Loogootee, Ind., ia
a poor man, but he says he would not
be without Chamberlain, s Pain Balm if
it coBt five dollars a bottle, for it saved
him from being a cripple. No external
application is equal to this liniment for
stiff and swollen joints, contracted mus
cles, stiff neck, sprains and rheumatic
and muscular pains. It has also cured
numeroub cases of partial paralysis. It
is for sale by G. A. Harding. ,
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Latest Soap
Styles......
There are fashions even in toilet soaps and
styles of package and perfume used, have changed
material in the past year.
' We haye all the latest products of the best
soapmakers in the world; in fact we have the ex
clusive sale of several of the best lines. For
instance we have :
Lyon's Skin Soap
Skin Food
Wresley's Bonny Hether
" Sandalwood
All at the popular price of 25c per box
3 Cakes For 10 Cents
Then we have half a dozen kinds at 10 and
15 cents per box.
For the more fastidious we have some
particularly nice packages.
Colgate's Monod Violet 65c box
" Superfine " 1. 25 box '
" Sandalwood . . 63c box
Cashmere Boquet. 73c box
R. & C. Violet, round cake 60c box
" " & Indian Hay, large 1.98 box
Violet (the new French line) from
73c to $2.00 box
Our soap business has grown from a small
beginingto such proportions that we buy our
soap direct from the makers and thus save our
customers the middlemans profit.
HUNTLEY BROTHERS
DRUGGISTS AND BOOKSELLERS
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Man f.ilnr TnnHe hats and the latest
veilings at Miss Goldsmith's. )
Luther Moore, as proprietor of the
Royal restaurant, is sustainingthe repu
tation of his establishment for good liv
ing. . . .1
Miss Gertrude Nefzger has successfully
passed the examinations at the Califor
nia State University, with the object of
pursuing a three years' course of study.
Charles Holmes, of Mount Pleasant,
was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital, in
Portland, the first of the week and has
since been operated on for appendicitis.
The operation was said to be successful
but the man was very weak, and it is
not yet known whether be will rally from
the shock.
Arthur Pressy has started the prune
drier on the Jacobs farm.
Grand Millinery display at Misa Gold
smith's on Friday and Saturday, Sept.
26, 26 and the following days.
Yon want to remember that the
Millinery opening at Hamilton's on next
Friday Is an eye opener. It will poai
tivelv be the best thinir to hn AAA 1 1 III
Oregon City this fall.
Captain Apperson having the W. O.
Johnson residence on his hands, will set
to work to renovate the large 16-room
mansion, for it needs it both in and out
It is said that he may erett one or two
fine houses on the property, which for
residence purposes, ia one of the finest
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SCHOOL BOOKS
Books for all Schools
and all Grades
At Portland Prices
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9 We furnished the Oregon City School District with B
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supplies. Why ? Because we sell cheaper and were
awarded the contract. Our motto isi:
"Trade with us and
we will saveyoumoney" i
CHARMAN & CO.
. Cut-Price Druggists and Book Sellers
Phone J3,!Oregon"Gty, Ore. Prescriptions a Specialty
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