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OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, JULY 1 1904 ft I fi Si ADAMS MS. 1 iQoldtnMoBimrl d nnAnnn PMu'o Dnmilnt 04npn Headquarters for - i FIREWORKS I and Flags PERSONALS 2 MMHUUUtlHOtHMIHl Mrs. Jones, ot Portland, was an Ore gon City visitor Sunday. Mies Annie Midlano, of Portland, vis ited relatives here lait week. MisB Cornelia McCowaa, of Portland, ia visiting friends in Oregon City. Miss Crift, of The Dalles, visited Mr. and Mrs. W, A. Munsey last Sunday. Mr, Edgar Meressp, foi merry of this city, visited old friends bere this week. Mr. and Mrs. 0. A. Nash are planning trip to Cannon Banco, early in August. Dr. 8. W. Weaver and daughter Fran es, of Hubbard, were in this city Tues day. ' W. E. Richardson, a Salem attorney, was doing ousiness here the first of the week. Mrs, R. L. Blevins, from Clatsop county, was elected as primary teacher at Aurora. Mrs. Minnie McKeen, ef Cornelias, is the guest this week of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Latiurette. Robert Brown of New Era is building a barn the roof of which will require 125,000 shinnies. Dr. J. S. Casta has built a new house 4nr hinnwn nAmnnal rAfllflHnfW nn Alnina farm near New Era . Miss Hazel Coshow and Miss Nellie Frazerof Portland visited the family of J. W. Loder this week. Mrs. Rev. J. H. Wood waa taken to a Portland hospital this week, where she underwent an operation. Leo tflaulus, of Damascus, who waa operated on ft St. Vincents a short time t ago, Has returned tiouue. ,v Miss Grace Miller, who graduated at Monmoutn this month, returned to her home in this city Friday. Miss Mary Gilbert left the first of the week for Pueblo, Colo., where she will visit friends for Borne time. vMr and Mrs.-F 8. Kelly and daugh1 ter, of Portland, visited the family of H, Anti-Trust (Goods We are agents for Anthony and Scovin Sa Co. Pboto Line of films, Printing, Developing Paper We guarantee every Ansco Film To get good results use Cyko Developing Paper. For a printing out paper you can't beat the Royal. We have just received a full line of these goods direct from the factory . Every Photographer knows the value offresh Plates, Films and Paper. We have everything you need in the Photo Line, and our dark room is at your disposal We are offering every Camera we have in stock at a:tual cost price. Now is the time to get a Camera. t CI1ARMAN CO. CITY DRUG STORE Try White Clover Ice Cream Largest Stock Lowest Prices r L. Kelly here over Sunday, Misses Emily and Anna Dodge of Stocston, Cal., were this week thegueBts of Mr. and Mie. J. E. Hedges. Mrs. Robe t Divine died week before last at her home in the Eagle Creek set tlement. Her aue was fifty-two. Mrs. May Muralt, of Ely, gave, a din ner last Sunday in honor of her sister, Mrs. Etta Reading, of Omaha, Neb. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Clark left Thursday for North Bend, Oregon, where they will remain during the bummer. The Misses Millie Kruae and Helen Gleason attended the commencement exercises at Monmouth the past week. William Scanlan, of Beaver Creek, wbo was injured last weebwhile running a mower, is reported as improving rap idly.- N Mr. Bruce Curry and family go to the coast the latter part of this week. They expect to remain there during trie sum mer, Mr. M. Toepleman and daughter, Miss Louise, left Wednesday for baxony Germany, where they go on an extended Visit. Mrs. E.-tft Marshall left this week for WaitBburg, Wash., where she goes to visit ber daughter, Miss Grace, lately of this city. Grafton Cheney, brother of Mri-A. W. Oheney of this city, whose home is in ban i rancisco, is visiting relatives bere this week. Mrs. W. P. Wilson, sister of Mrs. P. K. Hammond, who has been visiting her sister here lor some time, left Fri day for Chicago. John Smith's residence between Hub bard and Aurora bnined last week. The fire started in the kitchen roof. Veiy little was saved. A nephew of Robert Wilson, of this citv, was killed in eastern Oregon a tew days ago, by being kicked by a borse. He leaves a wife and one child. W. A. Huntley left last Friday morn' init for the East. He will visit the St, Louis Exposition and will 'then no to New York for the purpose of adding to ineir biock oi goous. . A. R. Jacobs, president of the Oregon Pure Fruit Juice at our Fountain City Manufacturing Company, U ft the first of the week for New York, where be goes on business. Before returning here, he will make a trip to Europe. Chas. Humphrys will return to Asto ria the last of, this w?ek, where he will resume his position as manager of the roetal Telegraph (Join pan v there. Me has spent the past month with bis par ents here. Rev. Gabriel Sykes. of Pullman. Wash., is spending it short vacation with bis parents here. Rev. Sykes is accompanied by bis wife. He' was for merly pastor of the First Methodist church here. Rev. W. R. Kraxbereer arrived here last week and will take charge of the German Lutheran congregation, suc ceeding the late Rev. Jung. He comes here from Saginaw, Michigan and is settled on Jefferson ttreet. Rev. W. K. Kraxbereer. of Michiean. has recently located in this city and will take charge of the German Lutheran church. Mr- Kraxberger's first impres sions of Oregon City and the surround ing country are quite favorrble. Mr. John Horton, of Trenton, Mis souri, arrived in Oregon City Wednes day evening to visit his uncle, George Horton. The former bag been at Robs well, New Mexico, for the past few weeks, the guest of Jerry Simpson. Judge Ryan left onWednesday for a three-days' trip to the Wilhoit and Mar quam sectiorj, where he goes to view proposed roads and bridges. It is pro posed to buiid bridges across the North fork of the Molalla, the Molalla and Milk creek. County Recorder Henry Stevens met with a severe accident while cutting wood at bis borne at Hilwaukie Sunday lha ax split bis left loot, causing the blood to gush freely and inflicting a bad wound. He was brought to this city for treatment and is now getting along well W. A. Huntley left Friday for the East, wnere ne goes to purchase Holiday stocks for his store. He will go first to St Louis, where he will attend the Exposi tion, la'er eoine to New Hork. While in the Esst he w:ll be joined by his wife wbo has preceded him there, returning uere in a lew weeks. B. C. Palmer, a former resident of Oolton, Oregon, and now of Prairie, Washington, was in town the first of the week. He has been working in the shingle mill t Prairie for several vears. ne reports tunes mucb harder tban thev were a le v years ago, as wages bave been cut in almost every industry. J W. Dowty, of Eagle Creek, was in town last Saturday. Mr. Dowy is, deeply inerestea in tue conduct of couritv af fairs and is watching them not from a political but from a business standpoint. tie states that hagle Ureea oaid about $1300 in road taxes last year, receiving back but $ 100. This naturally raises a question in his mind s to whether the various districts are being fairly dealt with. F.H.Welch, 0. H. Smith. A. F. Parker and O. D. Love retuined Sun day night from their Ogle Creek mines, wbere tbey spent ten dare. Consider able prospecting was done and several claims staked east of the present work ings of the Molalla Central Company A numDer oi samples ot silver ore was brought to this city. The men report a snow storm last week while they were in camp. Dr Casto Breaks His Leg. Dr. Oasto, of Portland, met with r serious accident while on his farm near Carus. last Tneaday. - He was rding on the running gear of a heavy lumber wagon, w hen tbe coupling pole snapped in two, and tbe hounds of tbe wagon, weighted with a heavy brake-beam, fell striking the doctor's right leg. He was brought to town and taken to tbe Elec tric Hotel, where a temporary dressing for the limb was. applied by Dr. Norris. He then boarded an electric car and went to a hospital in Portland. A nasty examination revealed a sim ple fracture of both bones of the leg near the ankle, ana a severe sprain of the ankle joint. Dr Casto is in bis 78th year, but be showed more "grit ' tban many a man his junior by a half-century would have shown under the circum stances. Oil Discovered Near Eugene. Real for sure oil has been struck in Springfield and the roaring well, which caused many denizens of that place to wish steadfastly that tbey bad voted for local option, has been relegated to tbe rer in public interest. Merritt Huntley in quest for water on his place caused a well to be sunk. Down to 28 fett it was dug but from that point Mr. Hantly secured the services of a drill. When a depth of 32 feet all told had been reached black sand was encountered and oil oozed from the crevices. Work was stopped and the water was bailed out in the hopes that its flavor aud general appearance would improve, but to no purpose. Fiom a barrel of the liquid four lard pails of crude petroleum were skimmed off. Walter Ross, of tbiei city, applied a blot ter to tbe mixture and aiter exposing it to the air for a few minutes touched a match to the paper and it burned and sputtered throwing off heavy fumes of petroleum. ' Water of the well is rendered unfit for use and Mr. Huntley feels very mucb chagrined over the fact that the trouble and expense for sinking for water that has come to naught. However, the find may be the means of greatly en riching him. Eugene Register. $100 for the Best Letter About This Section. Prizes of 500 are offered -to the person who writes the best answer td the question, What are the advantages and disadvan tages of this section? The money is offered by Orangtf Judd Farmer of Chicago to draw out plai.i and truthful statements from actual experience of' practical farmers as to the mtrlts of this and other sections of the country. That paper proposes to pub lish the best of the replies. If a sufficient number answer from this section, it is pos sible that Orange Judd Farmer's commis sion of land extxrts mav make a sotcial tour to investigate thio county. All this work will certainly have a tendency to widely avertise the advantages of this lo cality, Increasing the demanafor land and enhancing the value of country property. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS For baseball suits see Adams Bros. Oregon City's Big Cash Store. , The Artisans held their regular meet ing in the Woodmen Hall last night. Corbin Purvis this week sol i to J. G. Reeves 80 acres of land near Wilhoit for $150. For the best building blocks Courier office. ' in Hub- bard write the The Monday evening local on the S. P. railroad struck and killed' a cow a Canemab. Marriage licenses were issued on Wed nesday to Irvin Brown and Esther Wolf and W. W. Cooke and Rose Bowerman. 1 Marriage licenses were issued on and Katie Tuesdav to A. McGregor Adams and Michael Brien and Maggie McDonald. Wilson & Cooke are agents for tbe celebrated Deering Mowers and Sharpies Cream Separators. Lot 8 and 15J' feet of lot 1, block 133, Oregon City, was sold last week to R. J . Moore by Martha and Thomas Brown. The price was 1275. - Sola Circle Women of Woodciaft, will meet tonight in the Woodmen Hall to install officers and initiate new mem bers. Icecream and cakj will be serv ed. - i. Wednesday was the hottest day of the year here and the thermometer regis teaed 96 degrees. The weather was so hot that business was somewhat inter fered with. Wilson & Cooke will sell you a good mower for forty dollars; call and see it. The Willamette Baptist .Association met with tbe Bethel Baptist .church at Oresham, last Tuesday and Wednesday. A very interesting ami probtable time is reported. Large numbers of blackberries are )e ing gathered each day on the West Side of the river by residents of this city who are finding plenty of berries and the fruit is in excellent condition this season. FOR SALE ON INSTALLMENTS AT a bargain. Cows eiving milk, horses, wagon, hack, 14-inch plow, four farms and 10 000 feet oi rough lumber.' John W. Loder, Atty. at La'. It . Stevens Bldg., Oregon City , A subscription is being circulated this week to raise funds to rebuild the house burned earlier in the week belonging to Sol Clark and wife Molly, an Indian living near Canemih Park. The fire was caused by the burning of fire crackers by Indian children. ;' Wilson & Cooke bave in stock a fine line of Lubricating Oils, Compound and Axle Urease. . Tonight at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Kelly, the cl-rks in tbe land office will give a farewell party for Miss Ziloba Galloway, who leaves early in July after 8 years' service in the office. The num ber present will be limited to those who have been connected with Miss Galloway in her work. . Bargain lot Ladies' Fine Shoes $1.90 instead of $2.50; baby's 50c spring heel shoes 37c. Ladies pat. slippers, usually $1.25 to close at 09c. We fix soles of heavy shoes with circlets and staple the seams, no extra charge. Red Front. Mollie Clark, the Indian woman whose bouse was burned a few days ago, is a hard working and worthy woman. Sbe has five children, and is left almost destitute as a result of the fire. Any one desiring t assist ber may leave con tributions with Mrs. Geo. Harding or Mrs. Chas. Albright. ' By mutual constnt Drs. Norris and Powell have dissolved partnership and Dr. Norris moved on Wednesday to rooms in the Charman block, where he will conduct his practice. Tbe two hav otticed together for the past four years. Dr. Powell will continue to occupy tbe former office in the Garde building. Money to Loan At 6 and 7 per cent an Real Estate Security. 0. H. Dyk. Prof. M. E. Robinson, wbo presented tbe cantata "Queen Esther" here so successfully last Winter, will return early in July to conduct rehearsals for tbe presentation of "Esther" and ''Bel shazzar," at the Chautauqua assembly. There will be a large number of singers assisting in these productions, from ca lem and Portland. Oregon City talent will aUo be need. , For Rent Furnished ' rooms down town. Inquire at Rfdner s Confection ery, 606 Main street. Toe marriage of Mr, William Hankins formerly of this city, to Miss Eunice Hardow, took place Wednesday at high noon at the home of the bride's parents in Star, Oregon. Mrs E. Hankins and Mrs. H. E. Straight, mother and sister of tbe croom. of this cily. were present at tbe nuptials. The newly married couple will arrive bere tonight, where tbey will spend a abort Visit. G. O. Fields, formerly assistant sup erintendent of the Oregen Water Power & Railway Company, has been promoted to tbe position of transportation on tbe line, be having charge of tbe freight and passenger equipment, and receiving a salary of $21)0 per month. Mr. Fields has been with the company lor tbe past ten yeare and his friends here are pleas ed at his deserved success. FOR SALE-THREE REGISTERED CottBwold Bucks, 1 years old. , $15.00 each. Address Ralph Dimlck, Hubbard, Ore. . tt Tbe Chautauqua management have secured the following baseball teams to compete for the championship in the tournament to be beld during tbe sai-- sion. The teams entered entered are Oregon City, Vancouver, Chemawa, Y. M. C. A. of Portland, and the Willam ettes of Portland. Each team will play four games. The prizes offered by tbe Chautauqua to the teams amounts to S500. How about giving that roof a coat of good "Fire Proof" paint? Call at Wil son & Cooke's and see a sample. Suit will be filed next week by attor nevs for tbe euardiau of Walter F Mnndhenke, wno proposes to bring suit against tbs Oregon City Manufacturing Company for $3,000 damages for injuries sustained by young Mnndhenke while in tbe employ of the company. While Adams Bros. Golden Rule Bazaar Our Muslin Underwear Sale Still continues. Our entire stock of under wear has been placed on the counters to be closed out at BARGAIN PRICES COMMENCING SATURDAY We will start a week Of bargains., All goods have been placed in lots and marked at re duced prices in order to close out quickly. White Dress Goods, Ribbons, Shirt Waists, Dress Skirts, Underskirts, Laces and Embroidery Adams Bros. Oregon City's Popular Store carrying yarn for tbe looms on February I 11 of this year, his left band became caught in ' he gears at the tide of a loom, crushing two fingers and resulting, it is alleged, in his permanent injury. The accident is said to'have been due to the negligence of the company. . This week Oregon City underwent a general cleaning up, rubbish is bein taken from side streets where It has lain for a long time and burned or removed. Old shacks are in some instances being torn down and burned. The ordinances relating to the gathering of rubbiBb in BtreetB and yards are being enforced, riie spirit of civic improvement is in tbe air and the place will present a much improved appearance from this time on. Tbe portion of Seventh street below the bluff bas been cleaned of rubbish which accumulated 'along the curb and the heaps of rubbish along the river bank are also receiving attention. This is some of the good accomplished by the 1905 fair, for it is realized that the city ought to be in good shape at that time for visitors. The proceedings of the first dy of the Western Division of the State Teachers' A-80 tiation, are given on another page. Eight hundred teachers were present at Ine opening of Wednesday s session. Prof. E. D. Ressler talked on "The Ore gon 8yatem of Education." He men tioned as needed improvements closer supervision of our country schools, rais ing the standard of teachers' examina tions and of normal school requirements and better financial support of the com mon schools. State superintendent Ackerman waxed eloquent in behalf of higher salaries for teachers. W. W. Parsons, president ot the lndlma btate Normal School, is the principal speaker and will deliver five lectures during the three aays session. At the forenoon ses sion he discussed "The Child as the Subject of the Educational Process." "Sources of Educational Principles" was the subject of his afternoon talk: Mr. Parsons Is opposed to text-book teaching. President P. L. Campbell, of the State University, talked on "Some hiconomic VaiueB in hduuation. Jei ferson Myers, president of the State Commission Lewis and Clark Exposi tion presented his views on the "Effect of the Teachers' Work on Government." All the eessioDS of the convention are entertaining and instructive in the high est degree and no teacher wbo has the opportunity of attending should allow nimseu vo miss any portion ui tue un. Now is the time to clean house e'ean your system first, drive out the microbes of winter with Hollister's Rocky Moun- Nyal's Corn Cure for the sake of your temper and your comfort -get It.. there jtn So Many Reasons Why i- You ought to trade at our drug store that there is not room enough in a little advertisement to tell them all. One reason is that we are modern. We keep pace with new ideas and new conditions. As fast as anything better than we have is invented we se cure it. As fast as we discover newer and purer, and more desirable things we take them up. But the old reasons are best of all The reasons that will al- ' ways govern us; these are Reliability, Honesty, Prompt ness, Purity, and Freshness of stock. The best always never the next best. HOWELL & JONES RELIABLE DRUOGISTS. CHAMBERS HOWELL LINN E. JONES Agents for Hazelwood Cream. Everybody knows what It Is. SEES Adams Bros.' tain Tea. It will keep yon well all sum mer. 5 cents. Tea or tablets. BIRTHS. Born, nn J one 27. 1904, to tbe wife Robert Herrin, of this city, a son. Born, on June 23, 1904, to the wife of of Gebbardt Edner, of this city, a son. Born, on June 23, 1904, to the wife Onarles A. Andrus, of this city, a girl of Born, on June 20, 1004, to the wife of William Garrett, of Clackamas, a son. Born, on June 21, 1904, to the wife of William McMillan, of Gladstone, a son. Born, on June 23, 1904, to the wife of Ira S. Lutzel, of West Oregon City, a daughter. Born, to the wife of F. 0. Moot, of Prairie, Wash., a daughter. Mr. Moot formerly lived at Oanby, Oregon. Advertised Letters. The following letters remain unealled for in tbe postoffice at Oregon City for the week ending June 16, 1904 1 Womsk's list. Brailsfoid Mrs A H Haier Mrs Clara Billings Mrs E A Johnson Mrs Ethyl men's list. Felton J C Law A B Masquom W H Miller R E T.P. Papadimas Tomis Smith Paul G Wood Roger McGinnis J T Randall, P. M. The Foxglove. A third of a century ago, a lady who loved flowers obtained some foxglove seed in Portland end sowed It at ker home in Highland ten miles from Ore gon City. Little did she dream what a pest the pretty flower wou'd become to tbe farmers for miles around. From the small package of seed whiob she drop ped on tbe ground has sprung a harvest of foxgloves extending over thousands of acres. Roadsides are a mass of tall purple and white flowers, and on either hand the eye discerns patches of them in clearings. Only cultivation of tbe land will root out the foxglove Its nu merous seeds are scattered by the wind or carried by sheep in their wool Into nooks and byways. The farmer whose land or roadside is poisoned by this pest must wage a battle with it which will never end. If the demand for digitalis, the drug uade from foxglove, were brisk what is now a great nuisance would be a source of profit. Some Powders are Faith Cures Nyal's Powders are Headache Cures'. 23c Box. '