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8 OREGON CITY COURIER. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 1903. OREGON CITY COURIER Published Ererj Friday by JREGON CITY COURIER PUBLIShMNGCO. J. H. Wjbtovkh, Editor and Builnesa Mauagor B. Lei Weitoter, Looal Editor. Intend In Oregon Oily PoatoSoa as 2nd-class matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES. .laid in advance , per yea moa ha 1 60 75 Clubbing Rates Oregon CI iy ourier and Weekly Oregonian .12.2b Brecon Citv Courier ani Weekiy Courier- Journal 2.00 Oregon City Courier and Weekly Examiner.. 2.60 'jreRon uuy courier anu me cosmopolitan. z.zo Oregon City Courlc- and the Commoner 2.00 The date opposite your address on the er donotesthe tlmetownlciyounavepaia. his notice is marked yonrsubseUption la due. OREGON CITY. OCTOBER 18,1903 jJNIONMggE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE MEETING. The Demooriitle County Central Com mittee of Clackainag County are hereby notified to meet In Oregon City on Satur day, Oct. U4lli, 1003, for the transaction of Important business. I earnestly desire that every member of the Committee (hall be present and participate In this meeting as many matters of very great importance to the party will be up tor dlsousslon and disposition. The hour of meeting will be at 1 0:30 a. m. The place of meeting will be announced later. 11. B. HEATIE, Chairman County Central Committee E. MASS, Secretary. Russia has 250,000 troops warships in the for East. and The fcmpress of China believes that the reform papers in her coun try are yellow journals. Map makers of the country do not anticipate having to make any al ternations in the boundry of Alas ka. The President is worried over surplus flesh. Secretary Shaw might tell him how to reduce the surplus. When a rough rider gets into the White House, Hobson .feels that a former naval and osculating hero ought to be able to eet into Con gress. The Marine Band should be care ful in traveling about the country. The uniorl rail road employees might go, on a strike if it attempted to ride in the trains. Mr. Shaw has discovered that the Secretary of the Treasury possess es powers which the country has for a long time supposed were vest ed only in Congress. It is said that the President will discuss the divorce question in his annual message to Congress. Will his ideas on this question become as popular as his opinions on race suicide? Senator Kearns wants Sir Thomas Lipton made ambassador to the United States, If King Edward follows his suggestion there will be some splendid teas given at the British embassy in Washington. Those negroes who intend to im- Igrate from Mississippi to South Africa should remember that in the land they are going to, a negro is not allowed to walk on the side walk, but must keep in the middle of the road. The British commissioner declar es that the allegiance ot the nlaskan Indians can be purchased with a bottle of whiskey and a blanket. It is evidently the territory rather than the inhabitants which the Canadians are after. Fifteen German soldiers have just been arrested for stoning their officers; and the Kaiser has issued a decree advising his officers to be kind to recruits. It is not clear whether this order is issued for the benefit of his officers or of his re cruits. It is said that five sixths of the negroes of Virglniaaredisfranchish ed. They are still better off than the residents of the District of Col umbia where six-sixth, of the white and colored, votersare dlsfranchiahed with the result of thejbest city gov ernment in the world. Mr. Roosevelt, having been In formed on reliable authority that union labor had no intention of stacking up against the government on the Miller question, is once more firmly convinced that he will never be swayed from the path of duty by any political Influence. According to William Allen White, of "What's the Matter with Kan sas?" fame, "the newspaper edi tor shows himself spiritually naked every day of his life." Judging from the attempts of some of them ; to clothe their thoughts, the expo sure of mental nakedness is of al most as frequent occurrence. The Wall Street Journal says that certain great financial inter ests are scheming to defeat Mr. Roosevelts's ambitions for a second term because they cannot control , him. Where his political interests are concerned the President has shown himself on more than one occasion amenable to reason, and, as the financiers have almost a year in which to present their side of the case, it is not too much to sup pose that Mr. Roosevelt can still be brought to see a great light. The Board of Trade of Oregon City by the indefatigable efforts of the Hon. Harvey E.Cross has been re-organized and incorporated with a proposed . capitalization of $3,000 all of which will likely be taken by the progressive citizens of Oregon City and Clackamas coun ty. This is as it should be. The objects of the Board of Trade are fo push the interests of Oregon City and Clackamas county. To advertise to the big world in which we live the manifold ad vantages of this city and county. Clackamas county ought to have 500,000 people. Oregon City ought to be a city of 100,000 people, Some day they will be that and more. Wnatwe all want to do is to help to push this good work along. Let us all get behind the wheel and help the wagon along. What is good for Oregon City is good for all of us who ive here or like in the county. Let us cease to be kickers and become citizens. The Board of Trade can do more for Oregon City and Clackamas county than any one institution. Lend a helping hand and then watch the town grow. The sunshine of Monday and Tuesday of this week was good for the soul and a cure for all the sore eyes in the world. The sky was a turquoise blue so deep and gor geous that one could not look at it long enough or often endugh. It was glorious The sunshine was of that brilliant sweet light that intensfies every thing it touches and turns all the world into a blaze of glory. The earth was green with the verdure of the Autumn and the abundance of the harvest was in evidence everywhere. Not a rift of a cloud In the sky, not a hand full ot fog or smoke to mar the won derful beauty of the day or the vastness of the landscape. Stand ing on the hill above the city one could see five snow peaks pushing their white faces into the eternal blue a thing of beauty and a joy forever. The back bone of the Cascade range in all its massive beauty marked the sky line on the East and the Polk and Yamhill county hills at the base of the coast range was the limit of vision on the West. To the North towered Mount Adams, St. Helens and Ranier, the last two hundred miles away on tne outskirts or Seattle. At our feet the beautiful river with the roar and thunder of its mighty falls playing forever a rhapsody to the glories of the earth the field and sky. Yes, this is Oregon In the Willamette valley. It is big enough for everybody and good enough for the best. A few such days as we have had this week brings joy into the hearts or all the world and makes one rejoice that he lives in a country where such scenes are pos sible and such beauty so abundant ly bestowed. The Democratic Central Com mittee of Clackamas county has been called to meet in Oregon City on Saturday, October 24th, 1903, by its chairman, Hon. R. B. Beatie. It is the duty of each and every member of the committee to be present at that meeting. We are told that all vacancies that exist in the committee will be filled at that time. This meeting of the repre sentatives of the Democratic party in Clackamas county at this time is very important.' Every Demo crat in the county who has the in terest of. the party at heart and so desires may attend the meeting Democrats do not believe in slates or star chamber sessions. It is only a little while until an election for county officers will be upon us. The Democratic party in this coun ty should get ready for the fight. The outlook is promising. There is no apparent reason why the Democrats in this county should not win. All they have to do is to bury their differences and all get together Jand pull together. When the time comes there will be an abundance of material out of which to make a red hot campaign. With a staunch and loyal paper behind them, willing and readv to fight their battles and to make their cause its cause.it will not be the hopeless fight it was two years ago. Next year the taxes in this county will be col- lected twice, Already the burden is heavy and the farmers and busi ness men are bending under its weight. Next year they will be confronted with the tax collector on every turn. We-have an idea that those who have the coin to pay will look into the matter a little. A few eood Democrats would look well in the court house. We have a number of ex-Democrats m the court house now. The thing to do is to put in some real Democrats. A Republican is not necessarily a bad man, an ex-Democrat may be all right,butthe chances are againsc him if he runs for office the minute he puts on his Republican coat Let every member of the Democratic commitee attend the meeting called, in the next issue the place of meet ing will be announced, Some hall or office will be secured where the faithful can get together and discuss ways and means to do battle with the common enemy. DON'T KNOCK. " If there is a chance to boom busi ness, boom it. Don't be a knocker Don't pull a long face and get sour on your stomach. Hope a bit. Get a smile on you, Hold up pour head Get a holt with both hands. Then pull. Bury your hatchet. Drop your tomahawk. Hide your little hammer. When a stranger drops in tell him this is the greatest town on earth. It is. Don't get mulish. Dion 't roast. Be jolly. Get popu lar. It's dead easy. Help your self along. Push your friend with youj Soon you'll have a whole procession. Be a good fellow. No man ever helped himself by knocking other people down. No man ever got rich by trying to make people believe that he was the only good man on earth. You can't climb the ladder of fame by stepping on other people's corns, They're their corns; not yours. And they're tender. Keep off the corns. All men are not alike. Once in awhile you may find one who is very much alike. But some are different. You're not the only shirt in the wash. If you don't like their style let'em alone, Don't knock. You'll get used to it. There's no end of fun minding your own business; And it makes other people like you better. Better have others get stuck on you than, get stuck on yourself. Nobody gets stuck on a knocker. Don't be one. Be good. Death of Well Known Bridge Build er. Edward A. Stone, who died bo sud denly in San Francisco, October 5, was a aon of Asa and Ann Stone, pioneers of Clackamas County, Oregon. He was born near Viola, December 24, 1862. He was married to Rose Stewart, of New port, Tenn., September 20, 1888, who with two little girls is left to mourn his untimely death. He leaves three bro thers, William M. Stone of Redland, Or., Charles Q. and f rank W Stone, of Vancouver, Wash., anrl a half brother and sister, Rev. M. R. Brown, of Spok ane, and Mrs. M. J. Hicinbothem, of Goldendale, Wash. Mr. Stone was the best all aroncd briduebuilder on the Coast. Among some of the structure he had full charge , was the candilever bridge at Albany, the steel bridge across the tide flats at State House at Salem and the steel flume for the Spokane Light & Power Company at Spokane. Ellery Band Concert. The program of the Ellery Band con cert at tie Shivelys' Opera house Mon day Octobter 19thill beconcluded with a irand selection form Boito's magnific ent, opera of "MeflBtoMe." The story of this work is founded on Goethe's mmortal dram of "Faust," the same which inspired Gounod, Wagner, Berlioz and Schumann, all of whom composed operas, oratorios or overtures, bearing upon the subject of the great German's dramtio poem. The opera of Bioto is the most comprehensiv of them all, its chief defect indeed being in its effort to cover too many of the episode of Goethe's work. The selection which will be plaved by the Elery Band opens with a scene entitled the"Cla sical Sab bath, representing the spirit of Helen of Troy, as she reposes in a beautiful gar den amid th groves and flowers of Ancient Greece. To her. as she sings a duet with her confidante, Panbalis. Metistofele, or in English, the Devil, con ducts Faust, who proceeds at once to make love to the beauty who caned the Trojan war. They ling a passionate duet, interpreted in the band by Sig De Mitris, trumpet,and Lamonte,trombone. At the conclusion of this duet, the scene drifts to the prison wherein is confined "Marguerite." condemned to death for the killing of her child while in a state ot insanity. Sig De Mitris now plays with exvuisite sweetness the death song n( tlm nnfortunar uirl. and as he finish- a the Dathetic melods. a chorus of a. gels is heard in the distance. As imrti falls back dead her soul is borue heavenwaid amid the rejoicings of thn whole host of angels, who pro claim h r lalvatiou in a triumphant burtt ot harmony that beggars descrip tion iu its thrilling grandeur. CASTOR I A Tor Infants and Children. Tin Kind You Hare Always Bought Bean the fQgnaturetf Who Knows The Number of Seeds in Courier Pumpkin. the A Much Mooted Question Which Many Are Trying to Answer . The fine pumpkin ' known as the Courier prize pumkin in the window of the Courier office is attracting quite a good deal of attention and it ought to do so. It is a magnificent upeciemen. Every person who nays one years sub scription to the Courier is entitled to make one estimate upon the number of seeds in this prize pumpkin. To the person who makes the best estimate we Bive absolutely free and without cost the nne,$400 Himbel pianoalso on exhibition in our office window. Don't you want it? You may already be a subspriber but you can renew your paper for an other vear, send it to a friend 01 a relative. We would like for as many of our sub scribers as can do so to renew their sub scriptions at an early day. We are im proving our officejand equipment. We are going to make the best paper every publiehed in this county and we want you to help ur do so. Can't you give U3 a lift. The following persons have paid their subscriptions during the past week and have made an estimate on the num of seeds in the pumpkin. A star before the name indicates a new subscriber. NAME ADDRESS AMT. PIAD S. G. Bailey Wilsonville J. W. Armstrong Oregon City James Murrow " $1 50 1 50 , 1 50 , 1 50 . 1 50 . 1 50 . 1 50 , 1 60 1 50 , 1 50 tf P O'Brien E. D. Kelly Enos Pahill E. J. Ward W. C. Moore E. Mass W. B. Shivelv W. W Jesse' L. F Nelson J. T. Evans Ely Oregon City Clarks Willamette Oregon City Barlow Los Angeles, Muliuo 1 60 1 50 1 50 Cal Rough and Tumble Tussle. Robert Suhuebel, of Shubel, ran up against it hard. A neighbor named Schinbrun has nad it in for him on ac count of a new road which he' succeeded in getting opened in June, On Wednes day morning as he was passing the Schinbrun place he saw a hop specula tor named Jones in the latter's potato patch. He got over the fence to speak to Jones. -The whole Schinbrun family fell on him. The big boy and the old man knocked him down and the old ady beat him in the face with the butt of a whip. He succeeded in getting on his feet. He drew his jackknife and promised to cut out the Schinbrun fam ily livers i they jumped on him again. They didn't. Robert's face now looks decidedly interesting, his complexion being varied, .notwithstanding his rough treatment he is ready to tfke the righting family one at a time and have it out, Queensbury rules. Jurors are Drawn. Sheriff Shaver and County Clerk Sleight drew the jury list for the Novem. her term of the State Circuit Court. Those from whom the jurymen will be taken are: Fred Miller, farmer, New Era; A. Gregory, farmer, Beaver Creek ; Walter Kirchem, farmer, Harding; E E Judd, farmer, Molalla; Randolph, Ship ley, farmer, Oswego ; Fred Ely, capital ist, Oregon City; Albeit Hayhurst, far mer, Beaver; Wm Bard, farmer, Spring waier; .ohn Risley, farmer, Milwauku.; Eli Williams, laborer, Oregcn City ; T M OrosB, farmer, plalla; Gilbert Randall, farmer, Few Era : John Duncan, farmer, Cascades; O Blair, blacksmith, Canby: David Morton, farmer, Canemah ; 8 H Wadd, farmer, Eagle Creek; David lender man, farmer, Boring; John W Bennett, farmer, Clackamas; Robert H Snodgrass, farmer, Milk Creek; J E Burnett, farmer, Eagle Creek, James Wilkenson, laborer, Oregon City; O J Miller, farmer, Clackamas; J K Morion, farmer, Dama-cii' ; Fred Mathies, far mer, Abemethy ; James Shibley, farmer Springwater; Frank Beers, millman, Cascades ; P J Davis, farmer, Clacka mas ; M McGuhan, farmer, Maple Lane ; Bert Sullivan, farmer, Highland; Sam Wolfer, farmer, Needy, and James Evans farmer, Canby. Team for Sale I bave for sale, number one work team. One horse wll 1 weigh 1,100 pounds and the other one J ,500. One seven years old and one eight years old. Call on o.e at my residence on Mt. Pleasant road four miles from Oregon City. Aogubt Krkdqeb, Oregon City, Ore. NEEDY. Farmers are busy digging potatoes and plowing for fall grain. School began last Monday with Rob ert Ginther as teacher. , Rude Zimmerman and family, of Marks Prairie visited his parents here last Slid nay. Herb Johnson has finished Mr. Gah ler'i house, one of the finest in Needy, Mr. Matthews, of Macksburg, isonr new mail carrier. " John Stricklin and family spent Sun day with our teacher, Mr. Ginther. The Odd Fellows began building their new half Monday. s There will be an meeting of the Grange on the last Saturday of October . Every body is invited to be with as. Open a t lOa'clock a. m. The clover nailer it doing a big busi ness in this part of the country. The machine is at Ben Wolter's at present. Mrs. G. B. Dimick, of Oregon Oity, spent a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wolfer, last week. Mr. Gabler made a business trip to Aurora last Friday. Otto Donaldson is working for Mr. Osterholi.) Our merchants are busy getting in their winter goods. Henry Osterholi is building a house for Mr. Wilson, of Macksburg. Mr. Oglesby and (on made a business trp to Portland one day last week. ; ""jTDTRitteris painting his house. THIS IS FOR YOU i 1 The COURIER has on exhibition in the window of its office a magnificent $400.00 Kimball piano. ' v " It is to be given away absolutely free to one of its subscribers. This piano was bought of the Eilers Piano House It is one of the best makes in the world. It is worth all it cost. It is perfect in tone and workmanship. Do you want it ? mmmmmmmmmmmmmMmmimmm .... 1 4 -""v aa& ,q fx """SWwv ?fyv ,' w , i 4i!! 1 jf HOW IT WILL BE DONE The Courier has secured a magnificent - pumpkin, raised on the farm of Mr. J. H. Lindsey. It is a perfect specimen and weighs more than 100 pounds. It, too, will, in a few days, be on exhibition in the Courier office. It was raised from the seed of the big pumpkin we exhibited last all. Every subscriber to the Courier who pays his or her subscription to the Courier for one year will be permitted to make cne estimate upon the number of seed in this monster pumpkin. The one making the nearest correct estimate takes the piano. In the event that two or more sub scribers'make the same estimate the piano will go to them jointly and they can sell or dispose of it as they please. Time is not of essence of the contest. We will cut the pumpkin January 1, 1904 On New Years afternoon, and no guess or estimate will be received after twelve o'clock noon of that date. At that time the pumpkin will be turned over to a committee composed of the following well known agriculturists who will cut the pumpkin, count the seed, examin the estimates and award the piano to the person or per sons who have made the correct or nearest correct estimate of the number of seed therein contained. The names of the committee are Hon. William Ganong, of Canemah. Hon. Thomas Turner, of Stafford, Hon. William H. Vaughan, of Molalla. The Seed of a Pumpkin Only such seed in the pumpkin will be counted as are fully developed. By a seed we accept the defini tion of Webster. It is something which has life " and will grow if planted. A shell which has no heart and an imperfect seed which will not grow is not a seed un der this contest. The committee will determine this matter for themselves, and their judgment will be final and conclusive. Why Not Renew Your Subscription Now. The Courier has more than 1.800 subscribers. It wants enough more to make the total 2,500. The subscrfption list ot a paper is its capital stock. We need your $1.50 and you need the Courier . The paper is worth the price asked for it. We give you the chance at the piano absolutely free. A HOT TIP There are many people who say they "don't know anything about the num ber of seed in a pumpkin," and these people are not what you would call "pump kin heads" either. We will give you a tip: This pumpkin has in between two and five thousand seed. Any person who gueses less than two will miss if, and any subscriber who goes over five thousand will likely be too high. How to Send Your , Money. Mail us vour check, or monev order or cash for tl.so and renew vnur snh. ' scrinrinn nr hivome one nf nnr manv new r ..... - - ... - J -- ... JU"l Mumaw vm the coupon found below. We whl send you a receipt both for your subscription and your estimate. Don't delay the matter. Now is your "pumpkin" oppor- tUllllV. Jto 1903 To the Oregon City Courier: Enclosed herewith find $ to le credited on my subscriptiov to the Courier. Mg estimate on the number of seed in the Courier Prize Pumpkin is Xa ... Address , The Early Bird Gets vmm OREGON Box 338 l 1 V snhrriher. SonH In unnr ctim..f the Worm Be in Time CITY COURIER, Oregon City, Ore. i