OREGON'
CI
COURIE
22nd YEAR
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JAN. 27, 1905.
No 37
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Oregon City's
Big
Cash Store
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Ouv Fifth Anniversary
Oregon City's
Big
Cash Store
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Lowest Prices Always ! This is Oar Guarantee! we j0 pot c'-"n;s j g
of newspaper space to continually praise the
store and its policy, please do not lose sight of the fact that we safeguard yotfr interests at every possible poiftt. No matter what yog may
wish to buy, we guarantee pgr prices to fee as low, or lower than any other store quality condidered. If yog don't find this to he true, after
purchasing, every possible avenue to satisfaction js open to you. This store merits your confidence always has and always will. If aught
is wrong with store or service, tell us. - '
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very
Article
in the Store Reduced
We hjve just completed our fifth year of successful business life hi Oregon City, and in order to celebrate it in a way, we have purchased fcur of the
highest grade Singer Sewing Machines, valued at $65 00 each, and will give them away during the month of January. With each purchase of twenty
five rents the customer will be given a ticket entitling, them to one chance in each drawing during the month. Awards made January 14th, 21st, '28th,
1905. In addition to this, we will offer the greatest values in merchandise ever given the paople of Clackamas County. It is impossible to enumerate all
our stock in a single advertisement, but the following items are a sample of the values given. With no desire to put our honesty above that of any other
advertiser, we can honestly say we have never marked our stock at ridiculously high prices in order to make the selling price seem a greater bargain.
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TICKET NO. 2047
1st Machine Presented to Mrs. G. W. Tyacke, Oregon City.
TICKET NO. 2734
2d Machine Presented to Mrs.Thos. Armstrong, W. Oregon City.
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ESTACADA IS
INCORPORATED
Normal Schools Ask For
$221, 00.
NEW PURE FOOD BILL
Clackamas County's Deputy
Assessor Wants an
Increase In
Salary.
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Thefeirious Grouse C& Brandegee Clothing included in this sale f
All $6.50 Suits
' 7.25 "
" 8.co "
" 8.50 "
" 8.75 "
AT
590
All $10.00 Suits
" 10.50 "
" 11.00 "
" 11.50 "
" 12.00 '
" 12.50 "
AT
8.40
All $13.50 Suits
" I4.00 "
" 14.S0 "
" 1S.O0 "
AT
10.15
AH i6.5o Suits
" 17.50 "
" 18.00 "
" 18.50
" ; i9.oo
" 19.50
20.00
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INSTITUTE
OF TEACHERS
Meeting of Association In
West Oregon City.
PROGRAM INTERESTING
Leg
Vature Is Asked
Amendment to Law
Relative to Library
Fund.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Meet ing called to order at 1 :!i0 p. m.
Vice-president Beattie in the chair.
The afternoon program was opened by ;
singing from the puipls of the school :
Several choice recitations were also
rendered, reflecting on the principal
and teachers. i
The nest thing was the roll call,
eaoh member responding with a choice
quotation.
"Primary Number Work" was the
subject of a well prepared paper by
Miss Edna Harris. In dealing with
her subject she said that sense exper
iences must form the basis of primary
numbers. Teaching nnlikenesses and
then comparisons. Her paper was
listened to with marked attention. .
Principal L. A. Bead, of Parkplace
school, in his usual interesting
tO r aSS ' plementary reading. His address was
both entertaining and practical. The
speaker showed how necessary it was
for pupils to become good readers.
Thorough reading develops the imag
ination, and aids in building up char
acter. A motion was made and carried
that the teachers of this association
send a memorial to the Legislature
requesting the senators .and represen
T. J. Gory, Miss Elizabeth Shipley,
M. Hyatt, Miss Haenal, Miss Nel
son, Mr. Read, Mrs. Buck, Mr.
Meindl, Miss Meldrum, Mr. Ginther,
Mr. Clark, Mr. Noe, Mrs. Laura
Biack, Miss Ella May Oasto, Miss
Anna Smith, Mr. Dnnton, Mr. Mur
djck, Miss Ridings, Miss Oasto, Miss
McLaughlin, Miss Strange, Miss Nord
hausen, Jessie D. Paddock, Estella
Salisbury, Eva Meldrum, Irene Carter,
Josephine Creelman, Margaret Good
fellow, Miss Bowman, Miss Harris,
Miss Toon, Miss Agnes Harcneli, Mrs.
W. G. Beattie, Miss Victorine Wilson,
Miss Anna Bachmann, W. G. Beattie,
Fannie G. Porter, Miss Beryl Batdorf,
Miss Grant, Miss Chinard, Miss
Eathrine Petrain, Miss Ruegg.
NEWS FROM
OVER STATE
AFTER MOTOR LINE SERVICE.
Farmers Ask Southern Pacific to Sup
plement Oregon City Ronte.
tntives to vote for the'
proposed meaa8
to mo
although the organization
fnrmRii hv the farmers had not re-
library fund, in the changing of the centlv been active. There has been
word may to shall, making said law'aonjet agitation from the start in
The .Tnnnarv meetintr of the Clacka
mas Countv Teachers' Association amendment to the law relative
was held in the public school building
at West Oregon City Saturday. The
work of the association was interest
ing and instructive and the audience
attentive. The meeting was called to
order at 10:30 a. m., vice president
W. Gilbert Beattie in the chair. The
minutes of the previous meeting were
read and approved.
A motion wbb made and carried that
a committee be appointed to draft
suitable resolutions on the death of
ex-Superintendent Alex Thompson,
who was the first president of tiie
association. The chair appointed the
following committee : 1 T. J. Gary,
Kate Casto, Robert Ginther. The
following committee was also ap
pointed on resolutions for the day :
L. A. Head, Mrs. Buck and Miss
Meldrum.
"Practical Measurements" was the
eubjeet of an able speech by Robt.
Ginther, principal of Macksburg. He
dwelt mostly with concrete work in
mensuration.
The topic "Needs of Rural Schools"
was presented in an instructive
manner by J. G. Now, of Elliott
Prairie. The speaker enumerated
many needs of our . country schools,
among which were: Lack of interest
on part of patrons, teachers with a
DruAfpr interest in thn work and lack
of discipline on part of teachers. I Association adjourned to meet at
On motion a sociation adjourned t Parkplace in March. Those attending
meet at 1 :30. were :
I
The movement for an electric or
motor line to Oregon City through
Milwaukie, Harmony and Clackamas
has not been abandoned by any
obligatory. A motion was made and
carried that a committee be selected
for that purpose. The following com
mittee was named : L. A. Read, Mrs.
' Estella Salisbury, Eya Meldrum, W.
G. Beattie. 1
I Principal T. J. Gary, of Willamette
Falls schools, addressed the teachers
on "Manual Training. " The speaker
spoke at length upon the importance
of the cultivation of the hand as well
as the mind. This subject develops
1 ; all sides of the boy and makes him an
all round man. Several teachers took
place in the lively discussion which
followed.
' I Thfl fnllnwincr resolntinriR
Carrie Nation No. 2
In Hillsboro.
BLOW AT CIGARETTEEVlL
7? ;
will nse their influence to protect him
from arrest.
One thousand Salem people hare
joined the anti-cigarette league and
will endeavor to havn a law passed by
the legislature to ffs t the evil.
The steamer Geo. W. Elder is on
the rocks near Goble, in the Colum
bia river, and oannot be gotten off.
T r . -ii . , . ,
A nor equipment will DO saved ana put
Appears toiother use."
hVTlie Japanese government will not
mane an exhibit at the Lewis and
Clark Fair, but extensive showings
of Japanese mannfacture and products
will be mad by private firms and
individuals.
Defaulting Cashier of Pendle
ton Returns Baker City
Will Spend $3000
At Fair.
The House has passed a bill provid
ing a penalty for casting sawdust and
other lumber waste into streams.
The four state normal schools are
asking for appropriations amounting
to 221,000. The total amount appro
priated at the last session was 88,000.
There is , a movomeut on foot to
abolish the schools, and .establish one
central school.
The bill increasing the fee for mar
riage licensee ,to o was duteatod in
the House. Huntley, Brarnhall and
Jaggar voting in favor of the bill. ,
A pure food bill has been intro
duced in the House. Butter must not
contain more than 16 pur cent water,
nor milk moro than 88 per cent. One
fourth of 24 per cent of milk solids re
quired in evaporated cream must be
butterfiit and this product may be
labeled "evaporated cream." Process
butter and oleomnrgarine must be
stamped as such and eating plaoes
serving imitations must display
notices.
A state brand for butter and cheese
is provided for, $1 being charged for
the Btencil required of each creamery.
Any one falsely reading the Baboock
test Is subject to hue. Cheese must
be stamped according to grade. Imi
tation jellies mnst be bo stamped, and
bakers using imitations must display
notion. .. Adulterated spices, oider and
vinegar cannot be sold as pure.
Adulterated wines must be stamped
"half wine" and "made wines," ac
cording to grade. The Commissioner
and. his deputies may enter any fac
tory, creamery or stabel for the pur
pose of inspection. Hoavy fines are
provided for violation.
BrarnhaU's bill incorporating Esta-
cada has passed both houses.
Croisan's bill to pny a ..mortgage on
the State Fair grounds has passed the
Senate. -
A bill has been introduced in the
state, legislature providing for deputy
sesessor in Clackamas oounty and
Axing this salary at $75 per month.
This bill is in the interest of Deputy
Assesor Frederick Nelson. Under the
present arrangement, the assessor la
allowed only saoh assistance that the
oounty court will give him, and at
the last term of the court Deputy
Nelson was appointed nntil the '
further order of the court at a salary
of $110,
A bill was introduced in the House
this week to purchase the Cooke
mansion "in Salm for a home for
Oregon's governor, at a cost of $14,500.
I "Whereas, The Clackamas County
rr 1 1 a uu
regular meeting at west uregon -uiry
and whereas, they have been very
! pleasantly eatertained and have been
greatly benefitted by association and
by exchange of ideas, therefore, be it
"Resolved, that a vote of thanks be
extended to the patrons of the district
for the excellent lunch, the pupils
for their pleasant program, and to
the teachers for their hearty
welcome. "
the hone of some development, now
; that the City & Suburban and Port
! laud Railway Companies have con
solidated. Charles V. C'.ark, who
was foremost in the agitation and
1 cave much time, is now working to
induce the Southern Pacific Railway
Company to put on gasoline cars,
similar to those proposed for the West
Side line io Hillsboro. He is con
fident the company would get good
returns from cars oporatcd between
the Portland and Oregon City over
the present railway, as the track does
not interfer3 with the Oregon City
I electric railway, i i mu uineo mm
orere of the electric line and passes through
a rich faming section that has
means of auicK transportation
Portland. Mr. Clark thinks gasoline
cars would pay better on this Oregon
City line than out to Hillsboro. The
matter will be taken up by the farm
ers' institute committee witn tne
railway company in the near future,
with a view oi getting an electric
Mrs. Belle Bales, of Beaverton, en
tered a Hillsboro saloon Friday,
smashed out a window and broke
bottles, damaging property to the ex
tent of $75. She says that her son, a
minor, was given liquor in the place,
and is willing to go to jail.
State Senator R. A. Booth, of
Eugene, president of the Booth, Kelly
Lumber Co., lias just given $1000 to
Willamette University to be used for
needy students to enable them to
finish their courses. This sum makes
a total of $12,000 that Senator Booth
has given to Willamette.
Pendleton has a new creamery.
Astoria will hold its regatta in
August.
The Dallas schools have been closed
: because of the aDDearance of a disease
00 '. resembling scarlet fever. One death
"u nun rwntirrpn ' hfl riiunnon 1a canar.
ally in a mild form and no fear of its
spread is anticipated.
Baker county will spend $3000 on
its exhibit at the Fair. Its mining
display alone will be worth $j0,000.
O. B. Wade, the defaulting cashier
Two Sites for Woolen Mill.
T. W. Clark, of Oregon City, who
proposes to estabsh a large woolen
mill at Sellwood, and who has been
investigating the old location of the
Portland Woolen Mills Company, has
aiso Deen orxorea another looation
near the Sellwood sawmill on the Wil
lamette river. The advantaae of the
new location is that it is near the saw
mill were fuel can be obtained, and
also is on the river. A decision is
expectea soon. Mr. (Jlark is very
favorably disposed to establish the
factory. He went over the new and
old locations with an Eastern man
Saturday. An Eastern man for
which Mif Clark foimorlv 'furnished
fabrics is anxious that he build his
manufacturing establishment as, soon
no iiUDniuto.
line in the course of time. John of the first .National .Bank, of
KpUn. nf Milwaukie. savs some Dar-, renaieton, nas returned, ne nas nen
tips from California, railwav Dro- abient a year, spending most of his
moters will iooc over tne route in a
short time. Oregonian.
School report cards for tale at the
Courier office. Prices, including en
velopes for same 15c per dozen.
time in Honolulu. His wife has been
working as a clerk in the Peoples'
Warehouse in Pendleton, and has
snce been with a me insurance com
. pany in Portland. It is understood
that Wade has wealthy friends who
The Salvation Army, Sundav Janu.
arv 28, great salvation meeting; Sun.
day January za, 2 p. m., junior meet
ing and iiible class; 8 p. ni. family
gatnering; o p. m. great Salvation
rally and desperate battle for souls,
Attention I Great 18 days Winter
campaign at Salvation Array hall,
commencing on January Both and con
eluding February 12th. Special meot
irgs will be held, full of interest, in
structive addresses by different minis
ters will be "given, while some specials
from Portland will have their share
m the campaign. Be;sure and come,
Eevery body is cordially invited,
The officer in charge, L L. Brugman,
uapiain.
AFTER VAN DUSEN'S SCALP.
Fight
Against Fish Warden In the In.
Interest of Deputy Webster.
Thetflght in the Oregon legislative
for the scalp of Master Fish Wardon
H. G. van Duseu is closely watohed
by many of the poople or this city
and vicinity, Van Dusen was almost
universiilly unpopular here, and his
methods are severely criticized. The
local fishermen are incensed because
he has made no effort to enforce the
close season on the lower Columbia
and as a result, very few salmon have
been permitted to pass np the river
to the fishing grounds of the hatch
eries. At the united states risa
Commission Station on the Clacka
mas this year very few eggs were
taken for propagation, as compared
with former years, as they could not
be obtained. Mr. Van Dusen's chief
deputy, Herman A. Webster, is a resi
dent of Clackamas, and is a candidate
foi- the office. He was in tiie last leg
islature as a representative from
Clackamas county, and was a strong
supporter of Senator Fulton. It was
through this support that lie secured
hit office, but it is not believed Senator
Fulton desires the van Dusen regime
to en I, as Secretary of State
is m adherent of the present
bent. The Clackamas county
tion are solid for Wer.'Stor,
Dunbar
is
closely allied
machine.
with the . Republican
Spoiled Her Beauty.
Harriet Howard, of 20S W. 84th
street, New Yorg, at one time had
her bauty spoiled with skin trouble.
She writes: "I had salt rheum or
eczema for years, but nothing would
cure it, nntil I used Bucklen'a Arnica
Salve." A quick and sure healer for
cuts, bnrns and sores. 25o. at Howell
& Jones' drug store.
Rev. Carlsle P. B. Martin, L. L. D.
of Waverly, Texas, writes: "Oi a
morning, whon first arising, I often
find a troblesome collection of phlegm
wh hicproduces a cough and is very
hard tu dislodge ; but a small quan
tity of Ballard's Horehound Syrup
will dislodge it, and the trouble is
over. I know 'of no medicine that Is
equal to it, and it is so pleasant to
take. I can. most cordially recom
mend it to all persons needing a medi
cine for throat or lung trouble."
Sold by Charman & Co.
Real and chattel niortgnge loans
.DIMICK & D1MICK, Oregon City.