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OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1903
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Perfumery Pillow Tops ,' 1 Lace Cnrtains
AND MANY CHARMING AND APPROPRIATE GIFTS THAT CANNOT BE HERE ENUMERATED
AUAMIS
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Golden
Rule liazaar
Oregon City's Big Cash Store
Republicans Revolt
H gainst Roosevelt
flew York
Leaders
fjanna.
Will Tavor
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
J)R. GEO. HOEYE
DENTIST
All work warranted and satisfaction guarantee
Crown and Bridge work a specialty
CtiHfleld Building
0BI5G0N CITY OBEOON
ROBERT A. MILLER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Real EBtate bought and sold, money lood
illes examined nud abstracts made, cash paid lor
county warrants. Probata and commlislouars'
oourt business and Insurance.
BOOH 8, WEICTUItD BCKDINQ
OREGON CITT, .... OBEOON
0. STRICKLAND, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Does an TJp-To-Date General Practice
Special attention given to surgery and diseases
ol women.
Office in Garde Building, 7th and Main
OREGON CITY, OREGON
OSTEOPATHY
DR. C. D. LOVE
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN
Graduate ol American School of Osteopathy,
Kirksville, Mo.
Successfully treats both acute and chronlo dis
eases. Call for literature.
Consultation and Examination Free.
Office Hours:
(Or1 by appointment at any time.
Rooms Over Dr. Morris' Dental Parlors, next dow
to Courier Office.
OREGON CITY, OBEOOX.
0. SCHUEBEL W. S. TJ'REH
JJF.EN & SCHUEBEL
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
DtutftfftStb&otal
Will practice "In all courts, make collections
and settlements ol estates, fnrninh abstracts of
title, lond you money and lend your money on
first mortgage. Oillce in Enterprise building.
OREGON CITY OBEOOr'
0 D, & D. C. LATCURETTE
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Commercial, Beal Estate and bate onr
Specialties
Office in Commercial Bank Bo eg
OREGON CITY OREOON
QRANT B. DIMICK
Attohney and Counselor at Law
Will practice In all Courts In ihe State, Circuit
and District Courts of the United states.
Insolvent debtors taken through bankruptcy.
Office in Garde Building, Oregon City, Or.
QOMMERCIAL BANK
of OREGON CITY
CAPITAL $100,000
Transacts a general banking business
Makes loans and collections, discounts bills
bays and sells domestic and foreign exchange
and receives deposits subject to oheck.
Open from 9 a. m. to i p. m.
D C. tiATOCBEITE,
Hr Kident
Light Vote
In C7p Glectiotu
Dimick Jie.eieeted mayor Without
Opposition Election of SUdermen.
i . J. Mkybb
Cashle
Qt N. GREENMAN
THE PIONEER EXPRESSMAN
(Established 1865)
Prompt delivery to all parts of the olty
OREGON CITY REGON
CANBY PACKING
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CANBY, OREGON.
Headquarters for Fresh Meats.
Highest prices paid for butcher
toe .
CP. 'Blazer & Co.,' Props.
regon Citij MacbJiieSboj
BUCKLEIN & KLEINSMITH. Props,
Having First-class Machtnrey
Doing First-class Work
Keeps in Stock a Line Shafting and Pulleys, New and Second
Hand. Also Engine and Saw Mill Machinery
SPECIAL 30 DAYS SALE
At Bradley's Second Hand Store
All Goods in Hardware Line Greatly Reduced. We can save
you money if you want anything we handle. New and
second hand goods kept in stock. Examirie our stock
before buying elsewhere.
W. W. BRADLEY
Next door to Heinz Bakery.
The city election Monday was on the
quiet order and was almost devoid of in
terest.' In the mayoralty race there
was only one candidate, the present
mayor, G. Is. Dimick, being re-elected
witlnut oppoeiilon. This will make
Dimick's fourth term as mayor of Oregon
City. For city treasurer F. J. Meyer
succeeds hiniselt without opposition.
Id the first ward there was a lively
contest for councilman between Walter
Little and II. E. Straight, the latter
winning out by a majority of 48 votes.
1 he workers lor botn candidates kept
busy all day and did not stop work until
the polls closed. The heaviest vote was
polled in this ward of any ward in the
city. In the Second ward A. Knapp
defeated Henry Miley 112 to 73. In the
same ward Mark Chapman was elected
over W. A. White, 100 to 84. In the
Third ward there was only one candidate
for couucilman, Matt Justin, and only a
email vote was cast in this ward. John
I ewellyn received a large complimentary
vole.
The vote for councilman bv warda
f Hows:
FIRST WARD.
Hiram E. Straight 140
Walter Little 92
SEgOND WARD.
Albert Knapp 112
Henry Miley. , 73
M. P. Chapman 100
W. A. White 84
THIRD WARD.
Matt Justin 34
John Leivellyn 2'J
The amendment to the city charter
providing for a permanent street irn.
provement fund was carried. 231 for, 160
against.
Vhile all the councilmen ran as inde
pendents, and were placed ou the offi
cial ballot as such, the lour councilmen
elected are all democrats, and the city
council will now Btaud 6 democrats to 3
republicans, with a republican mayor
presiding,
MILWACKIB KI.KCTION.
In Milwaukie William Schindler was
elected over I. 8. Mullan by 08 to 33.
Schindler waa the candidate on tlie citi
zens' ticket, while Mullan ran on the
ndependent ticket. The vole for coun
cilman resulted in a victory for the citi
zens' ticket. The winning candidates
received ihe following vote : G, Keller,
62 j O. Kerr, 63; O. S. Mathews, 47;
O. J. Roberts, 80. The losing candi
dates received the following vote: H. M.
Mullan, 37; F. Berkemeier, 34; John
Flack, 31 . Roberts was the candidate
of both (be independent and citizens'
ticket.
The independent candidate for re
corder at Milwaukie was elected over
the citiiuns' candidate by a vote of 57 to
31. Charles was the only candidate for
treasurer, being e"do'sed by both the
citizens' and independents. He received
83 votes. In the election of a city mar
shal John R. Kelso was successful, win
ning over his opponent, George Ilively,
by a vote os 40 to 37 .
In the administration of city affairs it
is not probable that there will bs any
changes. Charles Lurus will still con
tinue chief of police an I Bruce Curry
will remain city recorder.
1 ijj .uv w,ia; yuu are tak ng
n yon taf Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic be-
fflany Clackamas
County Victims"
Of Big Swindling Cisms of
Agents.
Book
' New York, December 4. Open revolt
among' Republicans in New York State
against the renomination of President
Rooseveltiwas decidelon tonight in ares,
lution offered before the Twenty-fifth
District Kepublican Association of Man
hattan. Mark A. Hanna was named forTheo.
dore Roosevelt's seat and Senator
Thomas C, Piatt for State'-Boss."
Timothy L. Woodruff declared he
would act with Governor Odell in his
battle for control of the New York State
machine. .''
President Rooeevelt informed Sena
tor Piatt that Colonel George W. Dunn
must surrender either his chairmanship
of the Republican State Committee or
his railroad commisBionerBhip.
Senator Hanna formally apprised the
President in Washington that he would
not take the national chairmanship if
RooEevelt received a renomination.
Inspired by early evening reports lrom
Washington that Senator Hanna had
fully made up his mind to dare Roose
velt to contest with him the Presiden
tial nomination and incensed by Roose
velt's open recognition of Governor
Odell as state boBS, friends of Hanna
and Piatt got together and drew a reso
lution for submission to the Twenty-
filth District Republican Association of
Manhattan tonight, declaring for Han.
na for ' President and Piatt for State
leader.
FIRST OF ITS KIND .
It is the first resolution of the kind
ever known to have been prepared in
New York county.
The original draft was made by Aug
ust C. Reimer, who ran as a Piatt can-
1 d'date for Alderman at the last elec
I tion
I Presuming that Deputy County Clerk
Henry Birrel, chairman of the district
a'sociation, was a champion of both
Hanna and Piatt, Reimer, just prior to
the calling to order of the meeting at
Madison Square, presented to him a
copy ol the' resolution. Jiirrel read it
and said to Remer: ' Don't submit it.
It will queer me. They have me down
against Roosevelt already."
Atter Keimer had gained possession of
the floor he said: n
"Mr. Chairman, before we adjourn I
want to introduce this resolution."
Birrell Lit the table in ' front of him
with his gavel and then pointed it at
McMurrav, the Alderman, McMurray,
shouted, "Move we adjourn."
"Uarried,"said inrrell. as he ana sev
eral members dashed from the hall
Reimer hastened after Birrell, yelling:
"Whv don't von show vour colors?
Don't be a coward." .
"S'long," returned Birrell as he ran
for a car
"Somebody must have been tirped off
about this," exclaimed Reimpr bitterly,
nut Hub resolution will be ottered
again. Make no mistake about that."
Earlier in the day Timothy L. Wood
ruff, alarmed bp the news that Governor
Odell purposed to make J cob Brenner
his assistant leader in Kings and ap
parently satisfied that Odell, rather than
rlatt could guaran'ee him the guber
natorial nomination next year, an
nounced in an interview that he would
follow the new state boss.
ODKLL IS CONTROL.
This would mean, if Odell accepts him
and both Odell ad Piatt declared at the
Saratoga convention laBt year that they
would not trust him that the Governor
has now captured the entire machine of
greater New York, and that he will be
assured of a large majority of the State
and national delegates from New York.
While Woodruff was announcing his
new alliance to Odell, Senator Piatt was
conferring with President Roosevelt at
the White House, Washington. It was
the first visit he had paid the President
since the President had formally pro
claimed Odell State boss.
The 'Vjject of Piatt's visit was to im
plore the President to direct Odell to in
sist no longer upon the decapitation of
Colonel Dunn either as State Chairman
or Railioad Commissioner.
THE0LD RELIABLE
Several prominent citizens fiom the
neighborhoods of Macksburg and Needy
have been in town during the past week
and nearly all of them have brought a
story of how the people in that part of
the county have been swindled by a
book concern.
About a year ago there appeared in
different parts of the county a trio of
slick looking yonng fellows who were
soliciting for what they claimed would
be a histoi y of the old pioneers of Clacka
mas county. They took subscriptions
on the btok at the rate of J 18 each. The
subscription price included a write-up
of the subscriber's biography which wad
to pp"ar in the book. If he desired a
little more prominence he could have
his picture in the book provided he would
pay $75 extra, or $93 in all.
The book agents worked their scheme
by calling on the old pioneers and promi
nent citizens, most of whom were not
averse to having their biographies 111
the book, but who did not care to pay
out $18 for the privilege. By persistent
querying they . would get information
enough from their victum to make a
good story This they would write out
in skeleton and read to him. Niue
times out of ten the rural citizen would
express himself as being delighted with
the write up and would manifest a wil
lingness to let the agent print the same.
He was then required to O. K. the stuff
by writing hie name at the bottom. It
later developed that when he wrote his
name at tho bottom of the stuff he was
in reality sighing a promisory note.
The result of the whole matter was
thatthe agents left Clackamas county
with the bitfgest order for books ever
taken out of the county.
A few weeks ago the firm began deliver
ing the goods. In many cases the far
mers who had been victimized refused
to pay for them and refuse! to accept
the books. This, however, did not in
any way disconcert the book -agents, for
they simply left the book in the yards of
their customers while some one will
come along to collect the bills later.
Not a few of the contracts are for both
biography and picture, making the
whle bill against'the subscriber amount
to $93. In a'l the amount that will bo
paid outtiy Clackamas county people
for these books.which are aclualty worth
about three dollars each, will amount to
many thousands of miliars.
A party of the victims got together a
few evenings ago and footed up the total
amount that would be taken out of the
county for the sale of the books. . They
did this by taking a copy of the work
and counting the number of biographi
cal sketches of Clackamas county people
estimating each one without a pictuie
at $18 and each one with a picture at
$93. To their .surprise the sum total
amounted to more than $13,000.
Whilasomeof the purchasers of the
book admit that they signed the agonts
contract knowing what they were doing
and did it willingly, there are many
more who say they were victimized ,and
one old farmer went so far aB to say that
he was hypnotized by the agent.
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Absolutely Pure
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
Ended Life
by Ranging
Valentine Jfdams Suicides at 61
wood, this County.
Last Surday morning Corotler ! i ol
man received a telephone we.'satio I rem
Eiwood conveying the information I ttt
Valentine Srtaufl'had committed suicide
and asking him to come out at once nod
hold an inquest. Eiwotd is nearly 25
mileB out in the Sandy country. Mr.
Ilolman left immediately for the Kreue
of the tragedy.
AdamB, who an old book-keeper for
Strauff's sawmill, had been fou.,d rYng
irg to a rafter in an outhouse Sm ty
morning, with his throat cut. An in
vestigation revealed the fact that he had
slashed bis throat with a dull knife ilh
the evident intention of making imay
with himself. Unable to inflict n f.itul
wound he had retired to the outbuild
ing, secured a rope and hanged bin -rlf.
It was the Judgement of the, corori-r'e
jury that the su'ciilal intent of the old
man would not have succeeded had he
not hanged himself as the wounds made
in his neck would not have proved fatal.
The jury brought iu a verdict of datli
by his own hands.
Adams was about 65 years of ago and
unmarried. No cause , is assigned for
his rash act. It is mid that he had no
near relatives iu this part of the co in-try.
Doesn't Respect Old Age.
It's shameful when youth fails to show
nrnnp,r resnert for old Hi'e. but. iimt the
contrary in the case of Dr. King's New
Jjiienns. They cut on niaiadios no
matter how severe and irrespective of
old age, Dyspepsia, Jaundiie, Fever,
Lwnniitibiuu an yiuiu in nun icurti pm.
25 at Geo. A. Harding's drug store.
eiise 1, , 'ormula in plainly urlntl on erery
o'. Je sbowliie miii is simply iron and (ilnlne
UlW.r,,ii R'fjl. N ';urt-. r.avv Hk.
A Bold Robbery
I
O.ie of the boldest robberies ever por-
pet a'ed in Oregon City took plane here
Monday evening just as the shades ol
du linens began to settle over the land.
Mrs. F. L. Cochran, an elderly widow,
was coming down Main street between
Fifth and Sixth, currying a purse at
tached to a chain which was wrapped
around her hand. Suddenly a man
stepped up beside her seized the purse
and snatched it away from her and then
took to his beelB. Mrs. Cochran gave
the alarm and the fleeing criminal was
pursued but he escaped la the darknens.
At the time there were a number of
people on the street, the woolen mills
having closed down for the niuht and
the criminal must have had unusual
nerye to commit so daring a robbery.
Mrs. Cochran had only a small turn and
a pair of spectacles in the parse andcoa
sequently is aot much loser, he police
were notified of the affair and scoured
the town for suspects, arresting th-ee,
but no evidence could be found against
any of them and they were released.
The chain to which the purse was at
tached was wrapped about Mrs Coch
ran's hand so tightly that it was neces
sary to break it before the purse could
be released. Mrs. Cochran's hand was
considerably strained and wrenched.
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Take a double dose of Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
as soon as the first indication of tiie dis
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OUTWARD APPEARANCE IS NOT
ALL THAT IS NECESSARY
T LIVE WELL
If you pay as much attention to your food and drink as you
do to your clothing, you would be better off in more ways
than yea think. Good, healthy food, makes good healthy
people.
NEW SEASON'S GOODS ARRIVING DAILY.
Ralston' s, Peerless and Il-O Cereals;
Elk, Old Manse and Log Cabin Ma
ple Syrups; White House and Ilee
kink Coffees try a three pound Can
Fountain Square $1.00. "Preferred
Stock" and "W" B Hands' of Canned
Goods, Catsup, Ete and a Full Line
of Shilling's Best, Spices, Coffees, Bak
ing Powders. "Your money lack if
you don't like them," are a few of the
things that make life worth living
' and gives you a bright view of the, timss.
A. ROBERTSON!, ,
Th c eve nth licet Grocer.
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