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About Oregon City courier. (Oregon City, Or.) 1902-1919 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 30, 1903)
OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 1903, 5 THE STORE NOTED FOR GOOD GOODS AT. THE LOWEST PRICES. x We have placed on sale th Suits, Jackets, Capes, Furs, Skirts and Wrappers Purchased at the closing out sale of the H. B. Claflin Co., of New York. The garments are this season's " production up-to-date and were secured for 65c on the $1.00. This great discount enables us to sell the garments for less than manufacturers' cost. mcMen & McDonnell POPULAR DRY GOODS STORE CORNER THIRD AND MORRISON 5 LOCAL NEWS ITEMS I For sale S1W between There lire few things as rich as "A Millionaire Tramp." Dr. 0. 8. Beamann Offices over Harding's Drug store, .. A ten-pound girl was born last week to the wife of Will May.. Beatie & Bealie, Dentists, Weinhard building, rooms 16, 17 and 18. In some of the potato fields of Mount Pleasant the black rot has made its ap pearance. Our liquor Corn Cure will remove the corn. We guarantee every bottle at Charman & Co. For that coueh use Syrup White Pine Vomp with Tar mentholated by Charman x Co, Quite a few Oregon City people the ball game last nnday 'Frisco and Portland. Born, ta the wife of E. 8. Jarrett, on the 26th a boy. To the wife of Tom Jones, a airl, on the 26th. Try a Rex Rhumatic Ring for that at tack of rheumatism. Bnrmeister & An drssen are agents foi them. Mr. and Mrs. J. W . McKay and Miss Bessie Qrant attended the Taylor-Prentiss nuptials in Portland laBt Sunday. Gabe Trallinger was in the city last week. Though eighty years of age, he looks quite rugged and walks erect, E. A. Bradv has Jesse Moore whiskey In barrels and cases. It is the best of Kentucky Bourbons. Call on him for it. - ' : Bnrmeister and Andresen have just received a new stock of the celebrated Rex Rheumatic Rings. Call for book let. A number of Oregon City teachers paid an annual visit to the schools at rort land and derive much benefits from the vitits. Great numbers of salmon trout are be iog caught out of the Clackamas near its mouth, salmon trout nsning nas Deen fine this fall. There is no more exhilerating bever age than Red Top Rye or the Planet Whiskey. Kelly & Ruconich, in the Garde Building. H. M. Boggess, of New Era, was ex amined for larnacy Saturday. None be. ing found on him he was released. The judge thinks , he is a fanatic. There will be an entertainment and dance given by the P. of H. at New Era, November the 7th, in Warner Grange hall. All are cordially invited to attend. - It will surprise yon when you see how cliaau vcn can buv Fountain Syringes, hot Water Bottles, atomizers and every thing in rubber goods line irom us Charman & Co. Cad Bagby, a carpenter, fell with his chest on the edge of a equare timber, It's tiresome to be rich ; that is what "A Millionaire Tramp" says. At the age of 81 years Charles F. Roes died at his home at Willamette Falls last Saturday. He was a native of Pennsylvania and a veteran of the Civil War, haying served in' the 91st Ohio regiment. He was survived bj a wife and four children. The funeral and burial took place Sunday morning under the auspices of the Q. A. R. M. Curie, of Paris, the discover of the metal radium, which looks like table salt, says that the waters of mineral springs are radio-active. As radium is worth three thousand times its weight in gold, the mind is dazzled bv contem plation of the mountain of twenty-dol- ar pieces which is represented by the three hot springs in this county. There may be a radium mine beneath each of them. The Lee boys of Csnhy are drilling a well on the farm of Lor en z Krus, at Frog Pond, his old well having gone dry. They drove a well on the Sharp farm, near by, going down 170 teet' and obtained abundance of water. On the latter place repeated attempts to dig a well proyed a failure, because the depth was not snmcient. The upper strata in the latter locality seems to be broken and obliquely uplifted in such a manner that they will not retain water. Remember the Hallowe'en social at Willamette hall on, Friday evening, Oct. 30, to be given by the King's Daugh ers of the Episcopal church. &u kinds ol Hallowe'en games will be played and a good musical program rendered. The Maccabee Quartette will sing some of its popular Bonus. Turney's orchestra will furnish the music for dancing. Ad mission 25 cents Refreshments includ ing home-made doughnuts, sandwiches and conee. The Old Folks Concert at the Congre gational church, Friday evening, No vember 6. There is no more exhilerating bever age than Red Top Rye or the Planet Whiskey. Kelly & Ruconich, in the Garde Building. Pete Frank, the young man of Green Point, w ho was reported so ill with ty phoid fever some time since, is well enough to come up town, but still walks on .cratches. Married at the Congregational manse this city, on Wednesday, October 18, D. D. Ellis and Edith Eisenhart, both parties are from Muitomab county. Rev. Bollinger officiated. . i-. A large chorus is practicing faithfully at the Congregational church for the Old Folas' Concert to be given on ' Friday evening, November 6. Everybody wants to hear tbechurch mus cot the fathers. The Daily Journal delivered to any address in Oregon City at ten cents per week or forty five cents per month. Leave subscriptions at Courier office or hand them to boy on carrying papers. The Episcopal church social at Wil lamette Hall this evening promises to be a very interesting and entertaining affair. The Maccabee Quartette will be present and assist in the musical pro- giaai. Uncle William Barlow, the founder of Barlow, this county, celebrated his 81st birthday last Sunday. A large number of his friends from this city were in at tendance and the occasion was a happy one. The admission to the Old Folks' Con cert at the Congregational church on Friday evening, November 6, is only 25 cents. The best old tunes and aothems will be rendered by a large chorus choir in appropriate costume. Take advantage of the Courier's'offer to send the Courier and the Oregon Daily Journal for the same period for the price of tbe Journal alone i$4). This also includes an estimate on the num ber of seeds in the pumpkin and a chance to win the piano.. The choir at the Congregational church will give a special number from the "old tunes". that will be used for the "Old Folk's Concert" next week. The themes will be "The Autumn of Life" in this morning and "iiconoray a Oorner Stone of the Home" at night. The Saturday Club of the Congieea- tional church is making arrangements to hold another -Thankbgiving market. These markets have been held lor sev eral vears to the great satisfaction of numerous patrons. The market will be held on Tuesday before Thanksgiving, the place to be designated later. Tbe many friend 8 of James Church will be pleased to learn of his promotion from manager of the warahouees at Wheatland to !the superintendency of the flouring mill at Linn, Wash. Mr. Church was in the city last Saturday and left lor his new place of residence last Monday. Judge William Galloway has sold his residence at rarkplace and will move bis household effects to McMinnville, where Mrs. Gilloway will live. The Judge will remain in Oregon City trans acting bis Uw business at the old stand The Judge is an old time Democrat, a gentleman of the old school and we are glad that Oregon City is not to lose him. The Junior S. C. E. of the Presbyter ian church will hold a dime social a the new manse of the Presbyterian church this evening. Next Sunday being the festival of" All Saints" the services at St. Paul's church will be as follows : Early celebration of the Holy Communion at 8 ; sermon and Holy Communion at 11, and a song ser vice at 5 o'clock. MiBS Mary Cony era Miss Delia Mullan will sing solos at this service. Sunday school as usual at ;0 a. m. . First Ohurch of Christ (Scientists) Garde building, Cor. Seventh and Main 8t. Services begin Sunday at 11 o'clock a. m. The subject of the sermon is "Adam and Fallen Man." Onildren's Sunday school meets at 10 a. in. Testimonial meeting Wednesday evenings at 8 o'clock. Reading room open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of each week from 2 to 4 p. m. According to the Oregon Statesman, a man named Nagel, claiming to hail from Oregon City, got on a jag in that city last Monday afternoon and after getting into eleven separate fights final ly wound up in jail. The report stated that the man had formerly served a term in the state penitentiary. He had receatly been employed as a switchman on the Great Northern, and when he wound up Mondayjevening had about a hundred do'lars on him. Last week a meteor, or what is sup poted to be a meteor, was found on the West Side two or three miles from Uie gon City The daily papers have been using a considerable amount of stuff about the celestial visitor and something new is discovered about it almost every day. When first found it weighed, ac cording tq newspaper reports, in the neighborhood of eight tons. A few days later it weighed, according to reports to the same paper, apout 20 tons and had grown from three feet in height to about ten feet and had increased proportion ately in dimension. Later,, the same versatile reporter sent a story to his pa per that the meteor bad been fenced in to hide it from view of profane eyes and that the owner was guarding it night and dav to keen it from being stolen. We haven't seen the meteor, nor Haven t seen any one who has seen it, out we are of the opinion that if it weighed as much as the reporter stated that it is Btill there and is in no danger of being stolen. We ctll your especial attention this week to the nnouncement of the Hon. Harvey E. Cross in another celumn of this issue. Mr. Cross is nothing if not a hustler. He is a real estate man who is alive f his business and the interest of the community. He has something especially good to read this week in re. gard to his Gladstone property and it will be worth your while to follow him from week to week in his announce' ments. The Courier is preparing to put itself in a position to give its patrons a much better paper than it nas been doing. A new press has been ordered and is now on the road, the office has been put in better shape, new type will be purchased and altogether by the first of the year we hope to be able to give our sub scribers the best county paper in Ore eon. All this requires money and we will feel very grateful to every sub scriber who will pay his subscription at the earliest date possible. If you are looking lor a chance to get some desirable city lots at a bargain do not fail to. investigate the prop erty to be sold Wednesday, At tbe Old Folks' Concert, Oongrega tional church, Friday evening, Novem ber 6, the tunes and anthems of our fathers and grandmothers will be sung by a large chorus of . Oregon City s best singers. This promises to be an entertainment fully up to the standard that the Congregationalists usually give. Admission 25 cents. 0 t o m D rescript ions U Properly ijt " ' y repared something here, It none but the purest every prescription gets This represents' the foundation of our business the corner stone of our success. That word "properly" means means that we are careful to have and freshest drugs careful that just exactly what it calls for, It isn't an easy thing to properly compound a pre scription. It requires care and brains; it requires accuracy and practice. No boy's work behind our prescription counter. We make a specialty of putting upprescriptions. We can do it better than the man who doesn't. We have had experience, long and varied. We want your prescription trade HOWELL JONES THE RELIABLE DRUGGISTS t t MEADOW BBOOX. for a week. Miss Inez Kay was a! visitor at the home of Miss Olive Larson a few weeks age. R. P. Cooper has been around with a petition to get the Meadowbrook post office. Miss Inez Kay, who has been on the sick list, is able to attead school again. Miss Hazel Cooper has been attending the Barclay school in Gregon City for some time. Edgar May has been working for Mr Snodgrass for some time. Mrs. B. F. Noyer called on her daugh ter Sunday. Grandpa Lonqlkgs. building a sawmill place, two miles The weather has been fine around Meadowbrook. The Meadowbrook school!has been go ing on for a month, and the teacher ia Miss Edith Karr. 1 here are 22 pupils in attendance. i Mr. and Mrs. '.HenderBbot are moving onto the G. Trullinger place. Miss Kate Snodgrass is very ill at present. Russell Bros, are on tbe B. F. Noyer from Meadow boook. F. Urimm made a flying trip to Ore gon City Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. George Williams were up in the mountains and said there was but very little game. Miss Anna Noyer was a visitor at her home Sunday. Mr. and Mis. R. Snodgrass are keep ing the post office now. Ball Bros, have a shingle mill on Dan iel Grimm's place, three miles east of Meadowbrook. George Williams made a flying trip to Canby Saturday to help bring out a bfty horse-power engine for Kussel Bros.' large sawmill. Mrs. Annie LarBon and children have gone to Portland, where they will visit Letter Lint Following is the list of letters remain- inein the Oregon City post-office on Oct. 29, 1903: Women's List Mrs S S Collins, Mrs Ann Eames. Miss Lena B Huffman, Miss Rosa Lane, Mrs Eva Page. Miss jjEstella V Richey, Miss Minnie ward. Men's List L J BreBlin, Albert Cox, Clarerlce Damns. E E Dick, E T Grower Fred Hef . A J Hodure. Willie noop, Albert McOeod, Thomas Neal, Frank Norris, C ParsonB, Joseph Robinette, J H Shull, A R Btephens, hev. John Tonkins, E Turney, D Wukenson. Ton P. Rahdall, P. M. The New York World. THRiCE-A.WEEK EDITION. , Read Wherever the English Language is Spoken. His Life In Peril. "I just seemed to have gone all to pieces," writes Alfred Bee, of Welfare. Tex., "biliousness and lame back had made life a burden. I couldn't eat or sleep and felt almost too worn out to ork when I began to use Electric IBit ters, but they worked wonders. Now I sleep like a top, can eat anything, have gained in strength and enjoy hard work." They give vigorous health and new life to weak, sickly, run-down peo ple. Try them, Only 60o at Char min & Co. The Thrice-a-Week World long ago established lttelf in public favor, and it is now recognized as the strongest publication of its. kind in the United States. Advertisers and publishers seek ing clubbing combinations and they know best universally testify to this. It is widely circulated in every State and Territory ot trie Union, and even in remote South Africa and on the gold fields in the deserts of Australia, These are the things that tell. Next year we have the Presidential' campaign, in which all Americans are deeply interested. Already the issues are being discuessd and tbe two great parties are preparing for the first moves. You will not want to tnins any details, and if you 5 subscribe now your year's subscription will cover the campaign from beginning to end. The Thrice-a-Week World is absolute. lv fair in its political news.' Partisan bias is never allowed to effect is news columns, and Democrat and Republican alike can obtain in its pages truthful ac counts of all the great political con tests. '" y , . 1 In addition to all the news, the Thrice Week W orld 1 urniebei tbe best serial fiction, elaborate market reports and other features of interest. The Thrice-a-Week World's regular subscription price is only $1.00 per year, and this pays for 166 papers. We offer this unequalled newspaper and Oregon City Courier together one year for $2.00. The regular subscription price of the two papers is $2.50. There's a Difference In Drugs last Friday, while at work on the wool- r i iq, flfin ft'Pl nolz on factory buildings, and broke a rib. INOVemoer 10W1, at 10 O ClOCK He is laid up for several weeks The Clackamas County Circuit Court will convene next Monday. There is a dearth of criminal cases on the docket, but of civil cases there are many, the majority of which are of parties seek ine relief from matrimonial obligations There has not been a prisoner in tbe cnnntv iail for three months, save for a day ac a time. Correspondents are requested to send in their news liems by Tuesday morn ing of eai'h week when possible. The later we receive an item the smaller the chance ot its going in. Correspondence that, does not reach us until Thursday cannot be published unless of more than usual consequence, A little thing sometimes results in Wth Thus a mere scratch, insignia. cant cuts or puny boils have paid the Heath ranaltv. It is wise to have Buck. len's Arnica Salve on ever handy. It is the best Salve on earth an ' will prevent fatality, when Burns, Sores, Ulcers and Piles threaten. Only 25c, at Charman's Drug Store. A i-aon nf danders was discovered by h veterinarv surgeon, Matthews, last Tuesdav near Oregon City and he re ported the matter to the srate veterinar ian in Portland on Wednesday. The case is isolated and there is no fear of a unread of the disease. Glanders is one nf the most virulent diseases known to the animal kingdom. Drugs, more than anything else, permit ol a wide range between "Pure" and "Poor". it mates a vast diiicrcnce in the effect of a medicind whether the choicest drugs or the other kind is used in the compounding. Next to the 11 quality of drugs comes the manner of compounding. Our 4 prescription clerks have all passed the state examination, are S -lr.iniA a-vt-jr'tonriA rnmnotiMit nliarmarictc J x WC luVlie yuu IU unug yuui yitauiipuuua iu ui yuam uiuiv u uw ..wwv M Our service would be worth paying more for, but it costs nothing extra. 92 m Trusses ffi Abdominal Supports S3 Elastic Bandages FH Elastic Stocking at the Court House Door and attend the sale. For partis ulars inquire of E. G. Cau- field, assignee. One of the most remarkable occurences that has beenbrought to our attention re- fc?3 CLa..I4am 11ma body UJ OllUUlUCI 111 UVtO cently was the finding of the dtad of two cows on the West Side last Hun Two immense piles of cordwood bad been stacked up side by side to a height of 12 feet, leaving on alley way open at but one end and into this open ing walked tne two animals, one auer the other. The animals were unable to turn around and not being intelligent enough to back out, slowly starved to death. The cows were missed and search was instituted for them and the owners finally became convinced that they had been stolen and gave up. the search. The stacks of wood were in an unfrequented spot and it was the merest accident that brought about their discovery. An old and historic bailning is short ly to be romoved from Main street in Orezon Oitv. The property is tbe old residence on Ma'n street lust south ot Eg Electric Batteries 82 Electic Belts ir you necu any ui uic auuvc wmc to our store. Don't send away for these goeds it isn't safe. Too much faking. We will sell you an Electric Belt for $5 that a "Medical Institute" would charge you $20 for. Again Trusses, Bandages and Braces must be carefully fitted to give 'satisfaction. We have made a special stdy of Abdominal Supporters, Mrusses, Suspensones, and all kinds of leg, ankle, back, knee and shoulder braces. Come here if you want satisfaction. hi S3 Ed Hnntlns Broi. store, the oronertv of Mii-s Barclay. The building will be moved hy5! back to the river front and turned fac- kU ing the river. A new business block, Fyl ing. The old Barclay residence is one fyl of the few dd buildings remaining in LU Vwlo- Ij-. . Ik. t:,l,,.n nl in Im n h aA I Bl W"M VIII lllllll W 1 Vlll Pianos at a Bargain We have uregon ny wo uuiur.o vi ' i rrt ila ... t I v..Kt orniin,! thn Horn in the old I 1 I 1 . ... .. esSann and one Dunham pioneer days", when no trans continent- Department If VOU Can I Co., also one square piano. All in first- trams thundered across the pains 111 timbers in this building were bronght IT I fr.im Encland already put up in sections ready for putting in position for the house. Our Perfume Stock our The variety and excellence of stock of perfumes will please every lady who is fond of dainty and exquisite odors. We choose the choicest and most desirable extracts of all the best labora tories instead of carrying the products of but one. Our line includes the moderate priced as well as the best. But no mat ter what the price, our perfumes are all exquisite, possessing rare fragrance the true odor of natural flowers. Delicate, subtile, permanent the kinds demanded by good taste and fashion, . Full stock of the celebrated Vlolette Soaps and Per fumes. We invite you to make selec tions here. Fashion's latest caprice is Violet Incamata. Have you tried it. New Book The new fall books are arriving. New fiction, new travel, new biography. You are cordially invited to make your self at home in our book stock. It is ar ranged purposely so you can help your self. It you don't find what you want ask us it may be out of sight. ' All new fiction and all non-copyrights sold at cut prices. Substantial, cloth bound books as low as 25c, or 5 for $1. Stationery To suit all tastes and all purses. By the quire, from 3c up By the box, (paper and envelopes) 10c up We carry the swell Two Tone and Highland Linen in bulk and in box goods. It's the proper thing if you want up-to-date stationery. 15c to 25c per quire. Mama pnndition and a treat bargain to any one . Tbey must be sold at once to motn rnom for our Fall and Winter Qtnnb. The first caller gits them. W L. Block, The Home Furnisher. Huntley Brothers Druggists and Booksellers Big shipment of Den inson's Crepe Paper just arrived. 1