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OREGON C!TY COURIER, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1904 Owgoy City's Big CasbStore JWams Bros. ffotfew fae Bazaar Golden Juk Bazaar JJdams Bro. Agents for "Black Cat" Stockings. , W. B. Corsets. McCall Dress Patterns. Brainerd & Armstrong's Silks. ( ; Banner Brand Shirt Waists. Defender Brand. Muslin Underwear. ' . Dr. Reed's Cushion Sole Shoes. "Sorosis" Underskirts. Why Did the Big Store Succeed in Building Hp the Largest Retail Business in Oregon City? Because We uy and Sell ore Merchandise at retail than any other firm in Oregon City. We buy more because we sell more, and we sell more because we sell cheaper. And we sell cheaper because we buy cheaper. Because We buy for Cash Omv- We are wedded to no factory or manufacturing concerns. We buy for cash, and where we can buy to the best advantage. Because We Sell at One Price Only. We give no discounts, no rebates, no pri vate arrangements of any sort, to any one. A child can bu here as safely as an expert. Because We Refund Money. It's your greatest Safeguard. Whenever you do not ' like your purchase you can get your money back, quick as a wink at this store. Because We give Quick Service, quick deliveries, and are quick in adjusting claims without lengthy arguments. Because We Ilave a Sma"er Expense Ratio than any other store that we know of, and can, therefore, afford to sell cheaper. The larger the business, the smaller the expense percentage, and that means lower prices for you. Because We are attending to Our Own Business. "With malice toward none, and charity for all," we look straight ahead and attend to our own affairs. We are not jealous of competing stores; we do not hope for nor do we predict the failure of others; we have no desire to plant the ascending star of our success in place of the descending star of another store, but are happy to live and let live. Because We Do Not Misrepresent In the store or out of the store, and we do not per mit our employes to do so, either. We say what we mean, mean what we sayr, and live strictly up to the letter and spirit of our advertisements. Because We Permit No One to Undersell Us. We consider it our special mission to sell "Better goods for the same money" than other stores, and, come what may, we will fulfill this promise. t Because We Sell No Eastern Job Lots, Auction Remnants or Factory Seconds. Because We Sel1 fr Cash Only. Our Customers are not asked to pay an additional profit to cover cost of goods sold to others who never pay. Economical Buyers Wbo Want Dependable Wercbandise Come Bere h $bop. P LOCALS AND PERSONALS j PERSONALS 5 ) LOC VL NEWS ITEMS j X mm Miss Ethel Graves spout Sunday with her sister in McMinbville. P.iM. Graves, Socialist candidate for sheriff, waB in own Tuesday. John Shannon, of Beaver Greek, was in town cm business Monday. Misses Mary and Annie Dolau, of Port land, visiteil in Oregon City Saturday; Mrs. J. G. Pilsbnry, of Portland,spent Sunday with her sister, Mis. M iry Bar low. Mies May Wishart, of Sellwood, is vis itini har paientB, Mr. and, Mrs. George Wuhan. Mr. mid Mrs. Genrge Herren, of Port land, were Oreg n City visitors the lat ter prt nijiast week. MigR Annie English, after a Miort visit with MisoEthet Albright, has returned to her home in Portland. Mrs. Robert Caufield, who has been confined 10 the house for the past two weeks with erysipelas, is slowly recover, ing. Frank Adcock.of Quincy, Mo., arrived in Oregon Oiiy Tues lay morning and is viaitinn with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Roman At Mount Pleasant. i Mr. and Mrs. Dube Aldredge, afte visiting relatives , in Oregon City for a lew d.ivs. returned to their home in the state of Washington Saturday. Judg Galloway went to McMinville Thursday to attend the Democratic coun ty conventio i at that place. The Re publican convention will be held on the ame day. Lawyers Brownell and Stipp, attorneys ior W L. Dnboise, in hia case against the Western Lumber Company for dam apes on account of a broken leg, secured verdict oi $2500 for their client. J. H. Kitcliing, Democratic candidate ior commissioner, was in the city Tues day. Mr. Kitching has made many Jrienda in addition to a large number he already poisessed and feels that he will be elected. ( A brother-in-law of C. B. Johnson ar rived here a few days ago and is greaily pleased with Oregon. If, after a loneer stay, he is as weM pleased as ai present, be will invest several thousancdol an in this county. Miss Nettfe McCord left on the over land Wednesday morniug for Oalifor nia, where she will take a transport for Manila, where she will remain for some time. This is Miss McOord's second trip to the Philippine Inlands, having ireturned from there several months ago. John Yoder. of Smyrna, this county, pent a few hours in Oregon City Tues day whence he went to Portland to visit his brother. Mr. Yoder is interested in .a sawmill, which turns out a consider, able quantity of lumber besides firjind cedar shingleB. being re- The barge Luckiamute is paired at Canemab. The woolen mill iB filling a Chicago or der for 600 dozen woolen overshirts. J, C. Hall, of James, reports a light frost in his vicinity Use Wednesday morning. In 1899, one of our paper mill boys in-blue-and (Senator Joe Blaciburn's son. ashore at Nagasakhi, wnipped six big beeiy Russian sailors with their fists. On the afternoon of Tuesday, May 17, the ladies of the Baptist church will hold a public reception in connection with an apron Buccal. Ice cream and cake will be-served. Tuesday W. H. Bonney moved the boiler for hia new mill from Redland to Fisher's Mill. As the boiler weighs four tons and the roa Is are rather rough, the task was no small one. Miss Grace Marshall ill leaye for Waitsburg, Wash., next Wednesday, where she has accepted a position on a a paper. Miss Marshall has been em ployed in the Enterprise office for the last three years. On Friday evening, May 6th at 8 p. m. there will be an ice cream social at the. Y. M.C. A. A short program of music and recitations will be followed by social games and ice cream. Admission tree and all are invited. Henry Vanderabe and Philip Buck lein have made some improvements in front of their property in the way of a cut about lofty feet wide with au aver age depth of about five feet. The work was not required by the city but was done voluntarily. A. R, Curamings and A. M. Vinyard, Canby fruit raisers, were in town Tues day. They report that a heavy frost occurred there Monday nigh', the ther mometer reirUterint! 32 decrees. It would seem from this that the prune crop has been inater.allv damaged. The Kruse school will close for the year nex; Friday, Mr. Leismaun, teach er. There are two pupils inthe schoo1. who successfully passed tbe eighth grade examination last year, and who have a part of the work again this year a very profitable thiug to do. At the behest of Pope Pius X, the Ro man Catholic Driests everywhere are training their cnurch choirs to sing the 1 Himple, beautiful tunes that St. Greg ory caught ;from the lips of singers who had learned them ear by ear as they were handed down century after cen tury. Miss Vera Jane Edwards will give some dramatic readings at the Baptist church on the evening of the 14th. She will be assisted in the evening's enter tainment by local talent. Miss Ed wards recently gave a reading at the White Temple at Portland, and has re ceived very high praise from the press and the public. Agency for New Era and Regal Paint Agency for llazelwood Ice Cream Great Care Ts necessary In the compounding of prescriptions, The slightest error might prove fatal to the patient. , We use science as well as care in the compounding of our prescriptions. Only good fresh drugs are used and the result is a quick cure. Buying here insures your getting just what you want at just the price you feel you ought to pay. Our popualr price system has demonstrated that the best drugs can be profitably sold at a fair price, and we have extended this system to the Prescription Department. Remember you get what you ask for here. We don't try to sell you some substitute because it may cost us a little less and our profit be greater. Special Sale on Tootb Brushes and Preparations for one week oblu tjowell & Jones Reliable Druggists. Pit, Panic and Flinch, 40c ber Package You are Cordially Invited to Call At Our Store on Fr!Jay(and Saturday, May 6th and 7th To See the Great New Spring Display of Woolens in the Piece. Sent Especially for This Occasion by Strauss Bros., Chicago, Master Tailors. Mr. M. A. Rolfe, A Special Representative will be in charge. This is a great opportunity to see x a fine line df Woolens to the best advantage. DON'T FAIL TO COME. ADAMS BROS. OREGON CITY'S BIG CASH STORE Oregon City, Oregon. Agents for ' Crouse and Brandegee Clothing. Monarch Shirts Arrow Brand Collars. Brown's Star-Five-Star Shoes. ; Dr. Wright's Underwear. Strauss Bros., Tailors. Selz Royal Blue Shoes. Stetson Hats. Eleven Foot Log at the Fair. Pacific coast millmen are represented at the World's Fair by an immense fir log eleven feet in diameter. The log bad to be split into eight pieces in order to haul it from South Bend, Wash., to 8t. Louis. Here it has been put to gether again and now appears iutt as it came from the great forest of Washington. Grange at Parkplace. The newly organized grange met last Saturday at Parkplace. Six charter members were obligated, and five new members initial A number of appli cations for membership were received, making 21 in all since the grange was ins ituted. A fine lunch, prepared by the ladies was served t noon, Io order that the grange may have its own birld ing.a stock company, capitalized at $000, has been organized ,$320 of which has al ready been subscribed. It is sjldom that a grange starts, off under more fa vorable circumfltances than has Aber nathy Grange ,No. 346. a power saw, and all the appliances necessary to do all kinds of machine building and repairing. The attention of saw-mill men, mining men in fact all who have any work, heavy or light, is called to the fact that this firm is fully prepared to do anything in their line. Buying Horses. In the last few lays several hundred head of hones have been bought for the Japanese and they will be shipped on the next Orential liner leaving Portland. Lumber Leave orders for lumber of all kinds at W. L. Block's, the house fur nisher. or address W. F. Harris, Ely.Or. M 2513. Council Meets. Will Cliallenge Hermann. Robert M. Veatch will challenge Bin ger Hermann tomake a joint canvas of this district as soon as Mr. Herman ar rives from Washington. If the challenge ii accepted no doubt much more inter est will betaken in the campaign. Local fishermen have had some ex citing times with sturgeon of late which persist in entangling themselves in the salmon nets. These fish are very power ful and the large ones may do much in jury to a fishing outfit. One man re calls the catching of a sturgeon in the Willamette opposite town that weighed t00 pounds. A blind horse is not always valuable property, but judging from a rumor cur rent on the streets, the owner of a colt, born blind and belonging to a farmer a lew mileB from town, is likely to prove worth considerable money. It is sop posed the prospective buyers wish to use it for exhibition purposes. Invitations have been' issued by Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Oonyers, of Clatskanie, for the marriage of their youngest daugh ter, Miss Laura, to William T. Myers. The wedding will be solemnized in the Methodist Episcopal church atOlatsua nie Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Wigs Conyers has a score of triends in this city, who extend to ier tueir best wishes. 8. T. Roman, who has been foreman on the Polk County Observer at Dallas, for almost a year, returned to Uregon City last I bursday. He will leave for St. Louis Exposition next wek. Mr Roman will be accompanied by his sis ter, Miss Hattie Roman. They will also visit a brother and sister at their old home in Missouri, wheie they expect to remain three mouths. The suits for the members of the Bar clay High School baseball team have ar rived, and the players are quite delighted with tbem . The suits are red with white trimmings and white stockings. The boys will try to organize a league among the so Ik 1s of Parkplace, Oswego and other nearby schools, and play a series of games this summer. The B. H. 8. defeated the Eastham school in a practice game. It is seldom that any social event is so well arranged and carried out as was the leap year party Friday evening. A number of young ladies whose organiza tion in known as "Die LuBtigen Maed chen," attended to all the details from first to last and the success of their ef forts is attested by the pleasures of the evening. The armory was beautifully decorated, the music was excellent, and a cook in Dutch cob time added to the completeness of the affair. The good natured secretary of the Y. M. O. A. , Seth Leavens, had his pa tience put to a severe test one day this rek. He bad his bicycle sent up from Seattle paying a good round express charge on same. The day following the front forks of this Seattle wheel com pletely gave away and Beth wb reduced to the painful necessity of walking from Cams to Oregon City, and of paying the repairer's bill, and all this before he had used the wheel one day. Oregon City and Clackamas county take pleasure in reading the following from the New York Musical Courier Journal concerning a native daughter of Oregon : "Friday afternoon of last week Mr. Arena presented at hia school, 305 Fifth Avenue, Mies Imogen Harding, a contralto, assisted by another advanced pupil, Asa Howard Geeding. Mr. Arena played the piano accompaniments, and played tbem with skill. Miss Harding's I rich and sympathetic voice has been beautifully placed, and her singing is finished and inteligent. Her enuncia tion is excellent and her repertory Bhows that she is quite prepared for the con cert stage, and, above all, she promise! to do well in oratorio. A number of people were entertained on the street Friday afternoon by a man who performed with two flat blades of wood bolted together in the middle. By a simple twiat of the wrUt the gentle man would Btat this contrivance which looked like a boy's windmill off imo epace where it would describe a circle uch as geometricians delight to puzzle over, when it would return to the thrower who usually caught it in a little dip net. The performance suggested the boomerang throwers of Australia and attracted as much attention from men as it did from children Some of the leading citizens even eesaved to do the stout but tbeir greatest successes were usually in knocking off the huts of other equally prominent citizens. I The Harris-Statin Wedding. The marriage of Miss Jennie B.Beatie, of this city, to Hon. L. T. Harris, of Eugene, was celebrated at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. J. .1. Cooke, on Thursday evening, April 28, Rev. E. S Bollinger officiating. Only a few of the relatives and intimate friends of the bride and groom were prenent. After the ceremony an elegant wedding supper was served, the dining n nn and par lor were profunely decorated with ivy, ferns, Solomon's seal and orange blos soms, the latter being a gilt from the bride's sister, who resides in California The bride is the sister of Mrs. J. J. Cooke and Drs. A. L. and R. B. Beaiie, of this city, and the daughter of the late Mrs. J. N. Beatie, who was a pioneer of 1852. She is graduate of the St.ue University. The groom is one of the best known of the younger members of the Legislative Assembly, having served as speaker of the House during the last regular and special sessions. He is at present Deputy Prosecuting Attorney lor Lane Uountv. lne beBt wishes ot their numerous friends here accompany Mr. and Mrs. Harris to their home in Eugene. Evangelistic Services There is a revival in progress at the Oregon City Academy on Seventh St., under the auspices of the Free Methc diet church. EvangeliBt Hanmer, of Chicago, is in charge, assisted by L. O. Elliott, oi Portland. Mr. uamner is an evangelist of twenty-five years' stand ing and is appointed by the general con ference of the church. The meetings are attended with interest. There is good music In song, and a general good time is being enjoyed. The public is invited. Sum Park Dead. Sam Parks, wbo for a number of years was so prominent in labor areles.'.died May 4 in the pricon hospital at Ui-sm- ing, N. Y At one time he had a great deal of influence and no later than last September was one of the central figures in the Labor day celebration, ne was Convicted of accepting $500 to call off a strike, which he failed to do. The regular meeting of the City Council Wednespay evening ordered that the O. W. P. & Ry. Co. be required to pay its back franchise license which amounts to $1750. If the settlement is not forthcoming within a week, some action will be taken. An ordinance was read for the second time and passed authorizing the im provement of Center street. The cost is estimated at $7257.24. The matter of constructing a direct walk from tinner Seventh street to the Mountain View cemetery was broueht np by a petition. The building of same wasconsidered impracticable by reason of a gulch across which the walk would nave to pass. ' Renewal of saloon licenses was granted to George Young and Ernaat Mathiei. Parkplace School Closes. The Parknlace school will close today. No graduating exercises will be held as the term was cut down to eight months both last year and thin, thus making it necessary for the pupils to devote their whole time to the regular work, and leaving no opportunity for the prepara tion of orations or other exercises. Sev en graduate from the twelfth grade, as follows: Fannie Rippey , Selma Kodlun Alva Witzig, Airnes Reiling. Viotorine Wilson, Frank Knoll, and ueo. Keiling. The people ol t'irKpiace ana oiau- stone are very proud of the fact that theirs is the only school in the county having a full high school course. Here after, they will be able to have a nine months term each year, and will be In condition to do first-class work. Money to Loan At 6 and 7 per cent an Real Estate Security. O. H. Dri. . Two Deaths. Mrs. Ella D. Searle, of CaneraaK, died at her home Wednesday. The funeral will be held today at two o'clock, Mrs. Searle was 37 years of age. A husband and seven children survive her. Mrs. Elizabeth N. Shepherd died at Barlow Wednesday. She was 63 years of age. She leaves a husband and three growu children. Wanted Young men or women as local representatives for McClures Mag azine. Liberal commissions, case prizes. Write J. N. Trainer, 141 E. 25th. Street, New York, N. Y. School Report. A Thriving Business. Industry and "skill combined wiU build up any business. The young man with limitsd capital, or without capital, need leel no discouragement. A deter mination to succeed, together with a willingness to lern to do a certain class of work at least a little better than any competitor, will enable him within a few years to command good wages, and good wages economically u ed will, soon lead to the establishment of a business . These thoughts are suggested by the success attained by the proprietors of the Orsgon City Machine Shops. Two years ago, they had saved enough from wages to start a small shop, putting in a forice, one lathe and one small drill. They bare recently erected a building 36x80, and in it they are putting two forges, two Iathe6, a large drill, a planer, Report of Riverside School for month ending April 29,1004: No. of day taught, 20. No. of pupils on register, 25. No, ot days attendance, 484. No. of days absence, 16. , Cases of tardiness, 2. Those neither absent nor tardy during the month were : Alma Eckerson, Edna Ken Knight. Amy Whipple, Mabel Ken Knight, Olga Sannes, Mabel Hannes, Ben Cummings, Ralph Mandeville, Fred Kei Knight, Thomas Ken Knkht, Nellie Clausen, Gardner Whipple, Olaf Clausen. Joseph Clausen, Olive Whipple Harry Stalnaker, Myrtle Stalnaker, and Edna Kraft. Those neither absent nor tardy since beginning ol school October 6, 1903, are i Amy, Olive, and Gardner Whipple, Edna, Mabel and Thomas Ken Knight, and Bennie Cummings. Patrons and friends are always wel come at our school. 1 Howard Eccleh, teacher. The very best styles Celia Goldsmith. in hats. Miss N. PHILLIPS In Building formerly occupied by G. W. Grace l General Irckmlb Will Open Reservations. The Government Till this summer open four reservations to settlers. They are the Rosebud in Booth Dakota, Dev il's Lake in North Dakota, R?d Lake in Minnesota, and one in Montana, The land in the latter will cost the home steader $1.25 per acre and he may pur. chase 640 acres. The land in the others will be sold at from S3 to $4.50 per acre. Nearly 2,000,000 acres are embraced in these tracts and will be apportioned by lottery. t Shoes at Greatly Reduced ? Prices. Lowest prices and good goods will be our rule. Goods Delivered Promptly to any part of city V