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OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 904 ft Only Exclusive Dry Goods Store 7n Portland White a.d Wash Bazar Patterns RetaflMOir Goo'ds Sale EstaMishea 1884 Phone Main 732 EXTRAORDINARY We have the largest and best assorted stock of White and Wash Goods ever brought to the Coast. Every piece new and right-up-to-the-hour in style, while ine quality is "a-one. just a lew prices Another shipment of Silk Organdies received, all the new shades and col orings, worth from 35c a yard; all week 19C Biggest Bargains in White Goods ever offered. As an index Oxford Waisting, worth 40c; all week 15C 45-inch wide Fancy Striped Curtain Swiss, standard value, i2c a vard; entire line all week I7C White Organdies, all new goods, worth from 25c to 30c a yard; this week 1 2'iC A large line of India Linens pretty patterns designs that are exclusive with this store. . and McAlIen McDonnell The Store Noted for the Best Goods at the Lowest Prices Corner Third and Morrison Streets, Portland, Oregon Jtpublkans JIre dard fiit Posioffice Investigation Un covers Graft and Implicates Many Prominent Representatives. Washington, D. 0., March 15, 1904. I know the chap that sends tbe news "Ten thousand Cossacks killed aDd wounded We've sunk another Russian fleet We've got r'ort Arthur Burrounded." At Cape Town some three years ago Th?.t chap reported wondrous capers, Invented British victories And sent 'em to tha London papers. Yes, it is impossible to get at the ex act news from "the seat of war." But one thing is certain ; the clang of battle arouses the war spirit in all lands and awakens the tiger in the heait of man. Senator Proctor of Vermont, Chairman of Military Affairs Committee, vice Hawley permanently absent, said yes terday : "It is much easier to launch the Army and Navy appropriation bills to smooth Bailing, when there is the smell of gunpowder in the air. '7 0, yes undoubtedly; when the racket is on it deprives men of their senses. The cor pulent condition of these two measures indicate that he is right; two hundred millions of dollars for an armament to kc8p the peace with ! , - Mormon and tha Bible, for they both have been offered as part of tbe testi mony. It will be a great advertisement for the Church of Jesus Ckrist ol Latter Day Saints, worthy of Baruum. C. A. Snow & Co., Washington Pat ent Lawyers, say that the average in' Ventor is better able to make bis own hat (ban to procure a valid patent for his invention and that hundreds of good inventions are rejected for la k of skill ful management in the U. B. Patent Office. OREOON CITY'S NEW MUSIC STORE ANDERSON MUSIC CO. Pianos and organs direct from the factory. Let us figure with you on a piano or organ. Talking machines from 13.50 up ; hard moulded records 25 cents each ; sheet music at one-half dibcount violins, zithers, mandolins, guitars, etc. Piano and organ tuning and repairing a speciality. Anderson Music Co., oppo site Conrier ollice, 7th street. Individuals Money to Loan. Local News In Brief. Tbe Knights and Ladies of Security are making arrangements for a ball at the armory on April 2. The affair will be a most pleasant one.' A person can ride from the Car Shops or Fulton to St Johns for 5 cents. Either one of these distances is not less than that from Portland to Oregon City, yet we have to pay forty-five cents for a round trip over the line of the 0. W. P. companv. This difference In fares is manifestly unfair. One morning last week John Murphy of Clackamas Heights, found that oue of his valuable draft horses had broken its leg in several places during the night. The floor and the walls of the atall in hich the animal was confined were solidly bulit and every reasonable pre caution had been taken against fluch a casualty. This week Luke May, an employe of the Willamette Pulp and Paper Com pany, left with a crew of twenty men for Five Islands with a lot of Cottonwood sprouts which will be transplanted. The Company is extensively engaged in transplanting young Cottonwood trees to be UBed in the manufacture of paper when they have grown to a sufficient size, and already hundreds of acreB of trees have been trantplanted. Little Irene-- Welsh, age 9, gave a birthday psrty to a number of her friends one day last week. Among the young folks present were: Dorothy Lat aurette, Marie Sheahan, Arglee Daugh erty, Josephrine Daughterty, Ana Lu Slniffht. Kate CooDer. Olive Massr, Darlis Pevish, Mirise. JoneB, Dagnna " Jones, Jessie Matheuse, Mary Barber, May Welsh, Ida Rofell, Ida Williams, Irene Love, Hazel Fair, Hazel Casper and Nara Toben. At tbe last County Court meeting the question came up concerning Ulack mas Cniintv's exhib't at tbe Lewis and f!lark Fair. The Court decided that Clackamas County should have such an ovKihit hut hava not vet determined on hnw omat a sum shall be Bet aside for tlmt rmrnnsa. The court was of the un that the countv should have a buildiDg which would be a credit to her people. Tooth Insurance Beautiful sun shine is once more kis sing the bills and the valleys of Oregon R. P. Hall left for Buena Vista the first of the week to engage in hop rais mg. Chas Humphrev, manager of the Postal Telegraph Company at Astoria, was visiting his parents here Sunday. New veiling and Tailor made hats just arrived. Miss Goldsmith. A marriage license was issued Mon day to Mrs. Felecia Gilhausen and Her bert W. Fankhausen. The parties are from the Harmony neighborhood. S. A. D. Gurley a former resident of this county died at his home at Arling ton iu Eastern Oregon on Tuesday, night. Mr. Gurley was a lawyer and enjoyed a very extensive acquaintances in this county. Tom Cowing left Tuesday for Seattle where he has been emnloved bv the Western Union Telegraph Company. Here's hoping that Tom finds a iob of his liking in the Puget Sound metrop olis. ' - The legislations of Clackamas county up till Thesday was only 700. The to tal vote of the County is about 5,000. There is plenty of time in which to reg ister as the registration books do not close till the ninth of May. A. W. Cheney last week sold- to A. Knapp his house and lot on Main street near Tenth, for a consideration of $2,075. The old building now occupied by Misi Wiener as a photograph gallery will be raised and two two story frame build ings will be erected. Grand Millinary display, March 25-26. Miss Goldsmith. Mr Ptftnam, descendent of General Isaac Putnam of the Revolutionary fame, has Bold his property two miles above the city and will locate on the Three River, a tributary of the Nestnccs. His poBt ollice will be Dolph, which is on the summit of tbe Coast Range. A meeting of the Crown Boy Mining Company's directors was held Monday evening. All were very enthusiastic over the out look and it was decided to start men to the mines next week tu work. Most of tha stock in the com pany is owned by Oreeon City parties. Is what is offered to those that have their dental work done in this office, for all the work is absolutely guaranteed. My motto is Cleanliness, Modern Methods, Considera tion of Patients' Feelings. DR. L. A. MORRIS Dentist. Office next door to Courier. Rolla M. Baker and Annie G. Roth were granted a license to wed Monday. Miss Roth Uvea at Canby and is a trained nurse, having been in the Gov ernment employ in that capacity during the Spanish-American war. She was in Cuba and Japan and has many relica in her possession picked up in those countries. Mr. Baker is in the employ of the Southern Pacific. F. O. Gadke one of the enterprising citizens of Oregon City, known and liked by all our people has moved hit place of business from his old stand in the Wilson 4 Cooke building to the old Post Office building. Mr. Gadke had to have more room tor his plumbing and repair business and he now has one of the most desirable places in Oregon City. Solo Circle, W. 0. W., have postponed their social nntil the evening of April 2. Thi evening they will hold their reg ular meeting. There will be Initiations followed by a. social time and lunch. For Sale Fifty head good ewes. 2t F. B- Madison, Highland, Ore. Look out for the "spring ? fever". Red Seal Sarsapa- I I rilla will ward it off. 75c for $ I the regular $l.oo bottle at ; Huntley's. Stephe Coleman, superintendent of the Barlow road, was in the city this week to consult the stockholders in the same, in regard to the work to be done. Storms in the Cascade range during tbe winter have been uncommonly fierce and numerous trees have fallen across the roadway. As the snow at Govern ment camp was 11 feet deep on the first of March, and more has fallen since, and trees have fallen in every gale dur ing the eight months of winter in the mountains, it is evident that the work of opening Barlow road for the summer travel is a herculean task. The better mentB on the road this spring and next will be with the object in view of Tun ing a stage line to ML Hood during the Lewis and Clarke Fair. 1899 1004 Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Mc- Ginnis celebrated the fifth anniversary ot their married life commonly design ated as their wooden wedding at their home in Green Point on Monday last. The evening was pleasently spent in play whist, flinch and other games. Mr. and Mrs. Mc -Jinnis were presented with many lovely presents bv their host of friends. A lunch was served at mid night that was greatly enjoyed. The persons were present : Mr. and Mrs. W. F. McGinnie, Mr. and Mrs. Hon. Grant B. Dimick, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burns, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Charles Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Dolittle, Mr. and Mrs. Walter EaBtburn, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Chatman, Mr, and Mrs. Eddie Fortcbess, Miss Addie Hodges, Miss Susie McGinns, Mr. Geo. Brown. A report received from the State University at Eugene, states that a hydraulic survey of the McKenzie river made last summer, under i's authority, demonstrated the fact that within a dis tance of 48 miles on that river 100,000 horse power could be secured or ten times the amount used in Portland. Here is potential power enough to spread a net of electric railway . lines over the Willamette Valley and beyond the mountains. The Mountain View Christian En deavor meets every Sunday at 4 o'clock, new members are added every week. Fourth Assistant Post Master General BriBtow's report on post office frauds, which has been so highly commended by the President, and Congressional com mittees, for its thoroughness and im partiality, turns out to be a boomerang. It has struck in unexpected places, and connected many honorable names with those of Beavers, Perry Heath, Machen end the grafters. More than 150 Sena tors and Representatives unexpectedly find their names in BriBtow's roll call, and their delicate correspondence with the Post Ollice department is made pub lie, A shower of arrows was let loose in the House of Representatives When the report was read, and they struck in all directions. The consternation and In dignation temporarily eclipsed the in terest in the domestic relatious of the Mormons at the other end of the Capitol. It is not pretended, that more than a small minority cf this treat number are guilty of actual violations of the , law, Out nearly all nave commuted serious inde cretions, some of them inadver tently, and the names of the virtuous and the boodler are inextricably mixed. The result is that yells of rage and screams of protest were heard yesterday and today sufficient to shake the Capitol. The Republican leaders of Congress de nounce in vehement language tne Ke publican officials who had sent in the voluminous report, not content even with calling them blunderers, but de claring that an intention to smirch Congress originated the action and that it was, aB one member put it, a black mailing scheme to make us let the de partments alone. This afternoon heard more frenzied ontbursts and more, or less hysterical explanations from those involved. , The little state of Connecticut seems to have held up its platter with great energy, at least five of its Congressmen, Senator Piatt, and Kepresentativei Sperry, Hill, Lilley, and Henrv, being all touched with Bristow's tarred Btick Hill wanted some more "right away' and he wrote to "My dear Beavers j Everything seems so abnormally slow -My impression is that you ought to give your man White a dose of ginger or pepper." The oflice of Postmaster-Gen1 erat is obviously no sinecure. He is liable at any moment to receive a letter from some angry Congressman de manding that his brother's building be rented for a postofflce, or his son ap pointed to a clerkship with an admoni tion to hurry up or. as Hill said, condi ments will be forwarded and "there will be trouble for Bomebody." These simulating and pungeri revelations have enraged tbe members of Congresa, especially those who are not guilty of any real violation of the law. They have been thrown upon the defensive, and hereafter, on the ttump, there will be much rxplaining and pooh-poohing to be done. Members of both parties are involved, but four-fifths of the men natued are Republicans, of course, be cause only a Republican administration could grant the favora. Mr. Overatreet Republican, Indiana, chairman of the Post Office Committee of the House, made the report public, for which he is roundly denounced. He claims that nobody is injured, and that the integrity of the members of the House as a whole is not reflected on ; but they do not bo regard it. Among the Congressmen who are said to have obtained increases for offices in excess of what was war ranted, are Senators Clay; Oullom Mc Comas, McCreary, HansDorougn, Fair banks, Foraker, Quay, Penrose, Warren and a large number of representatives. Money at 6 and 7 per cent. $2,500 on faim well improved; $1,000 on farm or timber laud ; $800 on tarin or city property; 1500 on good security; $500 on short time in small amounts on chattle and personal security. Also 150 acre , lots of water, 10 acres clear, balance rich soil and easily clear ed ; at $6 an acre. 1(50 acres; rich soil, lots of water and some timber, $5 an acre. 12 largi lota in Oregon City $1000. John W. Lodsr, Attorney at law. Rooms 8 and 9, Steven's Bld'g. Corner 6th Main, Oregon City Or PROFESSIONAL CARDS. Dr. George Hoeye DENTIST All work warranted and satisfaction guar anteed, crown and Bridge work a spec ialty. Cauneld Building. Phone 1093. Oregon City, Oregon. I The Medical Street Fakir and the I Bri?g Store Bargain Counter g Are Almost a Thing of the Past o o o intelligent people have long since learned, the best place to buy drugs, is a Reliable and Established Drug Store The Jack at All Trades and master of none, with Bargain Counter Specialties, may suit some people, but the Drug Store is the one place on earth where it is unsafe to look for bargains. We have no "bargains" to offer, but here are some of our REGULAR PRICES. Peruna 85c Herpicide 75c Cuticura Soap 2oc Swamp Root 85c Meliins Food 45c Talcum Powder , 10c Hoods Sarsaparllla..... 85c Pitchers Castoria 25c Pierces Prescription 85c Ayers Sarsaparilla, 85c Carters Pills 20c Pierces Pellets .. -aoc SEND YOUR DOCTOR'S PRESCRIPTIONS HERE HOWELL & JONES PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS M. C. Strickland, M. D. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON Does an up-to-date general practice. Spec ial . attention given to surgery ana ur eases of women. Office in Garde Build ing, seventh and Main streets, Oregon City, Oregon. C. D. D. C. Latourette ATTY'S AT LAW Commercial, Real Estate and Probate our Specialties. Uttice in Commercial tsann Building, Oregon City, Oregon. Robert A. Miller ATT'Y AT LAW Real Estate bought and sold, money loan ed, titles examined and abstracts mane. Cash paid for couuty warrants. Probate and commissioners' court business and insurance. Room 3, VVeinhard Build ing, Oregon City, Oregon. C. W. Kelty E. Iuconkb tbe Planet High Grade Whiskeys and Wines a Specialti SUCH CELEBRATED; BRANDS AS OLD CROW RED TOP RYE HERMITAGE , OLD SARATOGA ' PLANET, Spr. '88 CREAM RYE Imported Scotch and Irish Whiskeys and French Brandies CORNER SEVENTH AND MAIN STS. GAROE BLD'G- Grant B. Dimick ALL'y and Counselor at Law Will practice in all courts in the state, circuit and district courts of the United States. Insolvent debtors taken through bankruptcy. Office in Garde Building, Oregon City, Oregon. . George L. Storey ATT'Y AT LAW Will practice In all the couits of the State. Abstracts of title a specialty. Can fur nish abstracts of tite to any tract of land In Clackamas County at lowest rates. Advice free Charges Reasonable. Notary Puhllo, Write your Iusuranoe, Jjoan your Monoy 1'urulsn your Abstracts, O. D. EBY REAL ESTATE Land Oflice Business CollccUong Made Room 10 Wiuhard Building, Oregon City, Ore. tn m m S3 Howard M. Brownell ATT'Y AT LAW Abstracts furnished. Office with George C. Brownell. Oregon City, Uregon. It is a lucky thing for Senator Reed Smoot that a presidential election is pending, and that two or three western states can turn the political scale one way or the other. Such things being thus, Mr. Smoot will not D9 deprived ol his seat this session of Conareps, and the good women will have to smother their indignation a few months and perhaps years longer. The Republican Senators have concluded that discretion is much the better part of valor, even in the matter of plural wives, and as they have gone bo far into the case and cannot ex actly see the way put, they think it would be unfair to the Mormon church to form a snap juagment, so they will send a large sub-committee to Utah to examine witnesses all summer and to report after the presidential election is settled. It Is proposed to print ai a public document, with all the testimony the report of the Senate Committee on the Mormon church. Eeed Smoot, and the domestic relation! of the apostles. It will make five quarto volumes, and can be sent through the mails without cost under a frank. It is likely to pasi through many editions and become ai popular ai "Young Night ThoughU" a hundred yean ago when people were misled by its title. The questio vexata is how to manage it with the Book of Commercial Bank of Oregon City. Capital $100,000 Transacts a general banking business. Makes loans and collections, discounts bills, buys ana sells domestic and for eign exchange and receives deposits subject to check. Open from 0 a m to 4 p. m. D. C. Latourette, Pres; F. J. Meyei, cashier. - 1 C. N. Greenmam The Pioneer Expressman Established I865. parts of the city, Prompt delivery to all Oreiton City, Oregon. Q8TEOPATHY DR. C. D. LOVE OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Graduate of American Rchool of Oateopalby, KlrkKVtlle, Mo. Bucceaafully treat both acute and chrouU dla eaaea. Call lor literature. CoDiultation aril Examination Free. Office Hour.: jljjf' ,Or by appointment at any time. Sooma over Dr. If orrla' Cental Parlon, next door to Courier Office. OBXOOI CITY. OlEOOX. a Bchdibil W. 8. U'RKN JJREN k BCHTJEBEL ATTORNEYS AT LAW fctutf&tt tfbbotai Will practice In all courts, make collec tions and settlements of estates, furnish abstracts of title, lend you money and lend your money on first mortgage. Office In Enterprise building, Oregon City, Oregon. m I 1 $5,000,000 Spent In advertising a baking powder doesn't make the quality and purity of that pow der any greater, but it does make it a great deal more expensive. Our Baking Powder is 100 per cent pure. Every ounce of Cream Tartar and Bicarbonate of Soda used in its man ufacture is chemically pure. It will do as much work as it is possible for any baking powder to do. The difference in price is the difference in the cost of ad vertising. Will you pay for something you don't get? Our Baking Powder is 25 CENTS A FULL POUND Will You Pay More for a Name? Here are a few House-Cleaning Helps at Special Spring Prices. Household Amonia, pints . . . 1 Oc Borax, pound packages. 15c Sulphur, pound packages 05c Moth Balls 07c Tokyo Camphor Crystal... (better than camphor) per lb 25c Scrub Brushes 05c Copperas, pound 10c Kreso, a disinfectant and Germ Destroyer, pint 50c Carbolic Acid, quart 40c Sal Soda, pound 05c HUNTLEY BROS. CO. 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