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8 OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY MARCH 25 1904 ORXGON CITY COURIER. Published Every Frlflay by OREGON CITY COURIER PUBLISHINGCO- J. H. Wistoveb, Editor and Bminess Manager K. It Wmtoykr, Local Editor. Intend in Ongon City Portofttce as 2nd-clM matter SUBSCRIPTION BATES. Paid In advance, per year ... iii moDths .. 1 80 75 Clubbing Bates Oregon City courier and Weekly Oregonian -$2.25 OreironCIty Courier and Weekiy Courier- Journal - 2.00 Oregsn City Courier and Weekly Examiner.. 2.50 Oregon City Courier and the Cosmopolitan... 2.25 regon City Courier and the Commoner. 2.00 Oregon City Courier and Twice..a.weeK Journal 2 25 Oremn Citv Courier and Weekly Journal .... 2 00 Oregon City Cornier and Daily Journal 4.50 IWThe date opposite your address on the oaper donotes the time to which you have paid ifthisnoticelsmarkedyourBubsciiption i due. OREOiON CITY. MAHC1I 25, 1904 OLD FRIFND3 AND NEW FASHIONS It has not been so very Ionn ngo when nearly every newspaper in the l-ind strove to he in some sort a family paper, and, weekly or daily, each one carried i's quota of miscellaneous in formation, sometimes in a column or department by itself, and sometimes as ii means of filling out. A number of theBe miscellaneous items make the rounds of the press for years ; for though they seem to die and are forgotten, they are, revived again, and continue thWr travels as briskly as if they were the in vention of the moment. But the newspapers that consider themselves up to date liava sotnewbat changed the method and style of what is called miscellaneous information. Articles and items that would formerly have fallen in this category have been taken out of their accustomed comers and are made to do duty as mild sen sations. They have scare heads over them, and glare at the public from sur roundings that give them a new and malignant emphasis. In this way thej have lost all their old-time matter-of-'-act mildnesB and are compelled to contribute to our special wonder. Fre luently, indeed, they are 'presented to is in the shape of editorial articles, and in that way are supposed to take on sev eral degrees of additional importance. Readers of newspapers do not have to be very old to remember the interesting items that have been concocted about on r ol 1 friend the pin. Long columns ijf statistics, atticles with economy for fieir moral, paragraphs of a historical character, and iteniB without number t ave buen written about the pin, so that t Iiib useful domestic instrument may be the subject and center of quite a re sectable body of literature. We are ill familiar with the query, "What be- jmes of all the pins that are made?" nod equally as familiar with the various Ktatements to the effect that if all the pins that have been lost could be found, tde world would be better and happier. There is a very interesting game tiled push-pin, with which the children mouse themselves, and it is a tlme uonored -Custom that pins should take i ne place of currency among the young sters. There can be no real boy's circus unless the admission fee is calculated in ..ins, and if you desire a front seat, you would do well to rob the household .)iin cushion and get a ticket of admission nefore the Bhow begins. Moreover, i.otne pleasing little superstitions depend on the pin to hold them together. For t is verv well known that if you find a i.in with its head toward you and insist .in picking it up, ill luck will be your mrtion. The thing to do in such an mnergoncy, us we have beeu informed ii(T those who know, is to walk paBt the )iin, pretending that you fulled to see it, .uid then, returning, pick it up with the point presented to your feet. Thus, vhatwoulJhave beeu ill luck is changed i ito good luck, and the reason, us all tuiow, is simple. We shall not look very far in the lewspapers before we come face to face with a number of familiar iteniB, and in t lese our old friends or enemies, if you prefer it bo coffee, tobacco and alcohol ilay leading parts. For more than a ntury each succeeding generation has oeen warned that coffee is rank poison, i id yet people go on drinking it at such a rate that we must come to the con clusion that the views of the old citizen vho had been drinking coll'tie by the . I tart all his life have come to prevail. Vhen told that coffee is poiHonous, specially when drank in Urge quanti . eB, his reply was that it mnsf be a very low poison, for he had been drinking it mr times a day for sixty yearg, with the -xception of the interval created by the var, and he was never really a well man during the period of hia deprivation. We learn now that the people of this t mntry in the course of a year drink , 500,000,000 gallom at a coat of 10 centa i gallon. Thia ia very interesting in f rmatlon, especially in the face of the (t-ediction, freely made, that the price ( the aromatic berry ia likely to be I iiibled. If, a the reforinera aay, it ia iMtR8tepfromcoffeetotobacco.it will ) i interealiug to know that anonymoua lemical Investigators it la queer how u umymoua your modern acientiat can i have come to the conclusion that ucotine (named after Jean Nicot, its discoverer) hat nothing to do with the isrvoua and muscular ilia that afflict the .uan with the ciRar. The Inaidioua rep ale concealed in tobacco ia in the ahape of a gas carbon monoxide gaa Identi cal with the dangerous constituent of water gas ; and to smoke one ounce of tobacco ia to tnrn loose (a pint of the fearful carbon monoxide. Ia the by-laws of genuine reform, alcohol beada the Hat of deadly, poisons that do not produce their fatal results at once, but Dr. W. Hutchinson, secre tary of the Oregon state board of health, a eel ares that whiskey drinking is a good thing a harmless luxury for the strong and the vigorous, though a poison to the weak, the worthless and the un desirable. In his view, alcohol is doing a great work in aiding nature to get rid of those who are unfit to ' live, and in preserving those who are likely to be of some benefit to the country and the community. We must politely protest against this form of natural selection. ' Nature 1b a pattern of sobriety, and we cannot be made to believe that she hae any sym pathy with, or stomach for the artificial and highly-colored decoctions of man. Over against the Oregonian secretary we would place Mr. Justine Ingersoll, who declares that cow's milk is poison ous to a high degree, being the medium through which the most deadly diseases that aillict the human family are trans mitted. Indeed, he claims that it is not only tne medium, but the cause of di sease, and lie cites, in support of his contention that in countries where no cow's milk is used there are no tuber, eular diseases. Well, what is poor humanity to do? Our drinking water is full of microbes, our warm and comfortable dwellings are a constant peril to health, our food of every sort is dangerous, and everything we drink it likely to contain the spores of contagion. There is nothing left for us but to buy a dime's worth of peanuts, take a front seat in the gallery of life and watch our friends and neighbors play out their little parts,. It will be observed that the items of miscellaneous information have ac quired from the "scientific" thought of the day quite a dogmatic tone, With thia exception they are all familiar. We miss the figures about buttons , but thvt is because some scientist haa in vented suspenders that are fastened with a clasp, while another is the author of a button that does not need to be sewed on, showing that the world moves. BE JUST AND GENEROUS. Some of our Democtatic friends whom we know love us aa a brother, have seen fit to critise the editor of the Courier for being too intimate with some ol the local Republicans of Oregon City. The editor of the Coukiku has always se lected his company wherever he hits been and we presume we will continue to do so. We are sorry to Bay it has not always been the best company that could have Deen found. We have yet to learn that personal friendship for indi viduals shall in any way warp the judg ment or control the policies of men or newspapers in party matters. If our politics were made of that light mater ial we would be ashamed to own it. We know the old story of "dog tray" and the trouble that befell him on ac count of his associates; but do not feel that that story applies in our case. We will continue to speak to our Republican friends and when we meet them on the Btreet or in their places of business and shall at sundry and divers times wres tle with them and urge them to see the error of their ways. A man who was born and raised a Democrat of good old Southern blood, whose Democracy is a part and parcel of his life, who has never even voted for a school trustee who was not of his political faith, who has been taught that Republicans and Republicanism is "an abomination in the sight of the Lord" has little to fear from contact with people who mayor may not be his friends and who are ol opposite political faith. We remember Polonius advice to his son "To thine own self be true and it must follow as day follows night, that thou cans't not then be false to any in an." To tell the truth all of the truth all the time ought to be the province of a news paper. To tell even a part of it at times however subjects you to tho in uendo ot being a fault-finder, an old maid, or a common scold. During the campaign that is now upon us, it is the intention of the Coukikk to tell the truth and shame the devil, let the chips fall where they may. The Republican admin istration in this county will he handled without gloves as it deservidly should be handled. Not that we do not have the highest regard personally for the Republican officials of the county but because the truth about the adminis tration of the county ought to be told to every man. So the fellows who have records to defend had beat get ready to defend them and those who have aorea exposed 'o the public gaze bad beat rover them at once. The eqlnoctial atorm which - swept over the Willamette valley on Saturday afternoon and night waa a revelation to the oldeat inhabitant in this part of the world. For hours the wind howled and whlatled through every branch and tree. Much small damage waa done in many places and the eyea of the natives opened to the power and effectiveness of old Boreas when he unleaebea the winda of the aky. DEMOCRATIC CONVEN TION CALLED Primaries to Be Held April 4 Convention April 9th. The County Central Committee of the Democratic party of Clackamas county met at the club room of the Jefferson Democratic Club Wednesday morning at eleven o'clock. A fall attendance of the Committee was present and great enthusiasm waa manifested on all aides. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Robert Beatie and its object stated. Afier a full and free discussion it waa decided to hold the Lemocratic primaries to elect, delegates to the county convention, on Monday, April 4ih next, and hohl the convention in Oregon City on the following Saturday, which is the niuth. The state convention and the congressional convention will be held in Portland on Tuesday the 19th day ol the m6nth. The apportionment made out and approved is one delegate for every ten votes and major fraction thereof cast for Governor .George Chamberlain in his race for Governor two years ago, and under that rule each precinct will be entitled to the following number of dele gates in the convention : 4 Vote cast for Gov Precinct No. Chamberlain Delegates 97 Abernathy 10 47 ' Barlow 5 23 Beaver Creek 3 10 Boring .1 14 Canyon Creek 1 24 Cascades 2 64 Can by 6 tiO Clackamas 6 3 Cherryville 1 41 Canemah- 4 58 Damascus 6 40 Eagle Creek 4 22 Gai field 2 10 George 1 41 Harding 4 31 Highland 3 54 Mackoburg 6 111 Molalli 11 41 Milk Creek 4 57 Marquam 6 04 Milwaukio 9 36 Maple Lane 4 30 Needy 3 42 New Era 4 50 Oswego 5 114 Or City No 1 11 105 Or City No 2 11 70 Or City No 3 7 40 Pleasant Hill 5 15 Soda Springs 'i 15 Bull Run 2 31 ' Springwater 3 54 Tualitin 5 15 Union 2 19 Viola 2 94 WOre City 9 39 Killirn 4 1721 ' ' 173 The committeemen from the various precincts were enthusiastic and brought in good reports, the prevailing opinion being that this is a democratic year, and that by using good judgment and putting up the best men the entire Democratic ticket might be elected, and that cer tainly some ot it would be elected in any event. Preparations lor tne primaries are now being made by the various committeemen, to whom was delegated that work. LOST-LOVE. Sitting out beneath a smiling Sunday sun, when all the world Beemed wrapped in loveliness and light, his heart was sad and all the beauty of the day brought 10 him no hope or inspiration. Above upon a tall oak's bending boughs, a dozen sparrows sprang and romped about in vioutous revelry, and fragrant blossoms blown from off a bush were fanned against his forehead and his feet. Nearby a blood-red roscid rose but bent to rob the bonded zephyr of its breath, and lillies leaned to learn the lesson of lost love. Behind the scented cedar where he sat, a robin romped, un guarded, unafraid, and chickens crowed and chirped and charmed their lives away. About the fragile fence which formed a farce of present and of past, a honeysuckle bush was 'twined and clung as close as Clarissa to her child. The peach tree blossomed all about, and on its boughs the mockbird sat in inurtic majesty, as from its throat there thrilled a tune of l ope and happiness. But through it all in silence sat the man of .whom at first we spoke, as on his brow sad sorrow sulked and sued for sympathy. God's - glorious sunlight came to seek in gleams of glaring gold and kindly kissed his furrowed fore head lull and free, and in their dreams the Jaieies delved in solace for his soul. About his seat the velvet violets veered and viowed in fragrant fear, until at last an angel came in beauty to console : "Why sorrowest thon?" she ques tioned soft and low. Reluctantly lifting his eyes until they met those of her who spake, he answered hoa rse and alow : "Lost Love." The angel went, and left him in his wretchedness for awhile, but aa he was about to turn to troubled thoughts again, a soft, sweet voice came and whispered in hia ear: "Arise and come with me and be com forted, for I am God I am Love." The aad one Bat and stared but aoon there' atole upon his saddened face a sainted smile. Arising then and leaning od the arm of Love, fie walked away from eorrow and from ahame. Ernest Camp, in The Dublin Timea. A man Is not neaseasarially honest because be'ia a Democrat and he ia not neccessariallr thief because he ia Republican. There are all kinds of men in all kinds of parties. It Is the man at laat that makes the party and j not tne party that makes the man. The Socialiat County Convention will be held in the Woodmen Hall, April 9. GLADSTONE Get a home where you have all the fresh air and freedom of the country, and at the same time every advantage of city life. The elegant cars of the Oregon Water Power and Railway Com pany make the run tj Glad stone from Oregon City in six minutes. After your day's, work you travel home in luxury and comfurt. The great offer of the Gladstone Real Estate Association made to the people of Oregon, of one hundred lots to be se lected by the purchaser in the handsome townsite of Gladstone, at an even $ioo per lot, $io down and $io per month with out interest, has attracted widespread attention. Already lots are being sold to careful, conscientious buyers, who not only know a bargain when they see it, but are taking advantage of the low price to get an elegant property where the location is Ideal and the enhancemeut in values is sure to follow. Already Portlcnd buyers are rapidly approaching Gladstone on the north. In two years time the electric cars will not be out of sight of handsome dwellings in the entire run of I2miles from Oregon City to Portland. There is no longer any doubt that the moter company will have a double track railway between the two cities by the time of the great Lewis and Clark exposition. Ask any fair man, consult yur own good, common sense and there can be but one conclusion, and that Is, that property between Oregon City and Portland is as safe as stock in the First National Bank of Portlaud. It is far belter than money at ' lterest. Again, if you ask any fair and unpreju diced man, who does not own property of his own so situated as to oe a rival for public favor, as to the handsomest suburb of Oregon City and with greatest promise for the future, and he will unhesitatingly say : GLADSTONE. Already there Is a population of five hundred people at Gladstone and not a vacant house. Schools, churches, telephone system and all other modern and up-to-date conveniences rapidly following. Remember the Great Proposition is- 100 lots of your own selection, in the splendid townsite of Gladstone, on the banks of the Clackamas river, a mountain stream famed for its beauty and purity, at $ J 00 per lot, $10 down and $10 per month without taxes or interest. . Any purchaser can have his money back with $25 profit on each lot when he has paid for his property, if he is then dissatisfied, provided he give 30 days previous notice to that effect bright, capable agents wanted in every commu nity to whom liberal inducements willbc made to sell Gladstone Property. Write for full infor Main and Seventh Streets, OREGON CITY. The Democrats of Clackamas county and especially the Committemen of the various precincts are requested to look carefully oter the apportionment ol detonates to the county convention pub lished in this issue of the Courier. There were some errors in the report and apportionment as published in the laBt isBue, the incorrect basis being taken for the division. The apportionment as found in these columns this week ia the correct one. Democrats in every part of the county should make it a point to attend the primaries and Bend their best men as delegates to the county conven tion. The success of the ticket to b e named depends very largely upon the persons who are put uo as Candida tes for the various poeitions. Cool, level headed, practical men should be sent as delegates to the county convention and if thev do their work well and name a good ticket it will in all human proba bility be elected. Now is the time for the best foot to be put forward. The Finest Fruit The verv finest fruits of the shoe manufactories have been selected to complete ourstock. The swellest styles in all the varieties of lasts, tops, toes and trimmings. Every pair a beauty, with solid, substantial wear to back them and make them sensible bargains! will be found at KRAUSE BROS. Oregon Qty Shoe House GANBY PACKING - - COMPANY - - CANBY, OREGON. Headquarters for Fresh Meats. Highest prices paidjfor butcher ock R.P.'Biazier & Co., Props rtomilnMiir ill TITLE GUARANTEED Every purchaser of property in Gladstone will ceive a Warranty Deed, and an absolute title in simple, free of all incumbrances. PARK H. jfcli.ndilllnillllllnirilllUllliMlimil.mll'lll Illillm i.iillll lAllnnllJlll R. If Phones 411 and 304. npUHnrpamiji 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. Examjne our stock before buying elsewhere. W. W. BRADLEY Next door to Heinz Bakery. :-:We Are In you fair. One price to all. R. L. HGLMA.N, Undertaker and Embalmer. Office one door south of courthouse, or at cigar store op posite Bank of Oregon City. In Every Department of Banking, the BaaK of Oregon Citv Is in Call In at the office of the com pany and see the map of Glad stone, and an agent will cheer fully conduct you to the prop erty without expense to yourself, and give all needed Information In making a selection for your future home. Remember you are under no obligation to buy, enly come and we will show you the handsomest tract of of land m Oregan. re' fee E. CROSS. L.lllBllHHrtOlll.ntl llllllll dllJll.. We carry the only complete line of Caskets, Coffins, Robes and Linings in Clackamas County. We have the only First-Class Hearse in the Oonnty, which we will furnish for less than can be had t'lsewbere. Embalming a Specialty. Out prices always reasonable. Satisfaction guaranteed. & BISSELL, Undertakers MaliTSt., Opp. Huntley's. f a Position:-: to save you from 10 to 20 per cent on undertakers sup plies, of which we carry a complete stock. We are under small expense. Have no middle men to pay, own ; our own herse, and will treat Prepared to Serve You a Satisfactory Manner. 4 V