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2 OREGON CITY COURIER FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1906 NEWS OF THE COUNTY 4 CENTRAL POINT. Several of our neighbors are busy trying to get rid of their spuds and are battling to New Era. - Charles Poster left again for Port land on business, bat may return be fore many days. Mr. and Mrs. Sclieor and Homer Barnett went to Twilight Hall Tues day to look aftei Mr. Soheer's wood. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Randall and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Soheer Sunday. Miss Mary Engle returned Monday from Portland, where she ;has been visiting her sister, ;Mrs. Bumgarten. Several men and boys from Portland oame to Mr. Stauber's Saturday, start ing Sunday morning on a fishing out ing, and after fishing all day and en joying the fresh country air to their hearts' content, left Sunday for theii hrmes in . Portland, promising to re turn in the near future. Frank Engle, one of our most prom ising Central Point young men, com menced April 1 to work tor Robert Brown. Mrs. August Soheer and Miss Gil bert Randall visited Mrs.Fred Miller, lormorly of this place, last Saturdav at Oanemah and report the arrival of a 10-pound girl at Mr. Miller's. No wonder Fred looks so pleasant. Word has reached here that Miss Lottie Randall, formerly;of this place, but now of Oregon Oity.is quite sick at her home in the oity. We ell pray for Miss Lottie's speedy recovery, MOUNTAIN VIEW. Fred Onrran had a new picket fence built nround.his'houso lately. J. M. Gillet gavo his house a new coat of paint last week. J. D. Look has moved into hie cot tage on Duane street and built.a.new fence. Mr. Gurber'and family, of Goose" Flat, Oregon City, have bought J. D. Lock's residence and moved ,iuto thiH burg. " . Mr. Miles is still working on his house at Maple Lane. Little Miles Burley is on the sick list. Mrs. Moran had'a serious attack of heart troublo last Sunday. Mrs. Maud Uurrin .'and ""daughter, Beatrice, is visiting her parents at Macksburg. J. W. Currin says it is too lonesome batching. S. Oglesby and daughter were shop ping in this burg Monday. Thoyjiave moved out to Mount Pleasant. Frankie Ourran is on th ijsiok list this weok and hs to miss school. Mrs.,"Friedrich'sJfather, from Cams, whb visiting her.oa Monday of this week. J. W. Grout is shaking hands with old-time .friends in this burg once more. Mrs. Liuidsborough and sister, Miss Morris, were making calls in this burg Monday. Miss Bertha Priebe is 'seriously ill with inflammatory rheumatism. John B. Fairolongh returned home from Ogle Orook mines last Friday.; Mrs. Matchott was quite s'ck lust wouk, but is able to about again tins week. Mr. Hemic lias given his house a new coat of paint" lately. f Mr. Torance,. who bonght J. JW. Ronoh's plaoe, is denning out the yard and orchard, making deoidod im provements around there. Mrs. Clarence Frost has pnrhased a now loom, 0110 of the latest improved, and will spend muoh of her time weaving. Mrs. Colia Riggs, of Clackamas Heights, was calling on friends here Monday. Rev. E. S. Bollinger will preach at the Mountain View ohuroh again next Sunday nt 3 -80 p. ru. That Maple Lane Grange quilt will be drawn noxt Saturday, April 7, at 1 :80 p. m. Who has jtlie lucky num ber? MEADOWBROOK. Grandma Ramsby is on the sick list this weok. H. Wilson has the oontract of get ting out telephone poles for Dee Wright. Mrs. T. R. Orem is still improving in health. Doris Evans, who has been staying with her grandma for the last week, returned to her home yesterday. Wo have several cases of measles in our burg. Fred Slinfer informs us that he has his contract of 25,000 tios very nearly completed. Fred is talking of com Duane C. Ely 1 ii... (,.n.. i:. i t.,.i, im.r iiiu iuiiu n iiipt iiiico ui v-n i i vi lew uim X nin unci 111 win 'ci 1 1 iwii wfth sny dealer on the Coast as compared to quality aud prices of the same. I have the agency for the John Deere line of Plow, Harrows Buggies Which speak for themselves wherever used. The KEYSTONE FEXC1XU, which is cheaper than building rail fence, and will not burn. WEBER WAl-iOSS; NyTlONAL CREAM SEPARATORS, simplest and best on the market. RnjQoods, Shoes, Rubbers, Small Hardware of varietm kinds. I wish to say for those parties living in other parts of the county that have not traded with me before, that I l ave ss large aud well assorted variety of everything in th- general merchandise line as any store in the county and at prices that are riant for a good grade of goods. All that 1 ask is to have them call and examine the gouda aud get my prices before buying elsewhere, as very often 1 Mud people taking out goods that I could have saved them money on. Anyway it does uot ccst them anything to rail aud And out at DUANE C. ELY Drygoods and Implement House CCCOON CITY, bining sheep raising with sawmill lug, having lately purchased a thor oughbred ram of hydraulic persua sion. The foxy coyotes have been raiding the sanctity of onr burg, having killed a Lumber of J. DenisonV sheep. We had a hunt organized for April 1st. Rumor has it that W. A. Shaver, successor to O. L. Staudinger, will soon be turning jont ties for the mar ket. O. T. Eay contemplates going out of the sawmill business and will try his hand at raising thoroughbred pumpkins. Shafertown has an epidemio of measles, G. Myers' family being among those burdened with the sick ness. Clyde Huntley, Eugene Hedges and Harry Draper, of Oregon City, opened the fishing season with a trial on our w aters. ')htrr',,lJ'''' """Orb. P. HEADQUARTERS, MU LINO, R. F. D. NO. l.-The faithful nine resolved themselves into a corn mi tee of the whole with the Doctor in the chair and Joshaway and Charley dealt out the inspiration and proceed ed to enthase. The next order of bus ines was the balloting on candidates. The first ballot resulted in ten black balls i.nd ye scribe was promptly noti fied. Josh gave notice that at the next meeting he would address the meet ing on "Political Harmony." Brother Reese fired another blank broadside at Comrade Myers this week. MAPLE LANE. Maple Lane's publio school closes for the term next week. Carpenter Brown is. busy erecting a barn for the sawmill people near here. One of Mr. Crawford's sons, who works in the Oregon City pulp mill, name home sick Monday, with an at tack of typhoid fever.; g-jSS O. O. Allen "has sprayed botli his prune and pear orchard. Mrs. S. A. Allen was elected super intendent of i our Sunday school lust Sabbath. Her son, Pleasant, is secre tary. We hope to see all unite and assist Mrs. Allen in keeping up, a growing interest in Sunday school. Mr. and Mrs. Surber and their daughter, Lulu, came out and spent last Sunday with Mrs. Bnrkhart and daughter, Delia. While the women folks were visiting, the men folks called their dogs and treed several coons in the timber. Both Mr. Surber and Mr. Plowman are hunters of no ni ran order. "We are pleased to see Grandma Sohutle improving. iiii Mr. Swafford, of Oregon City. Bent out a force of men last Sunday and they cut down one of the gentleman's old orchards. Mrs. Waldo celebrated her auuiver sary one day last week. Only rela tives werejinvited and a pleasantjtime and reunion was had. Hope the lady will oelebrate many more anniver suties. i ; ; ZWKSZ Several ot our hard working young me J JJ'iave quit sawmill work aud are soon going down the Columbia river to engage in the logging business, the pay being better. Quite a number of Oregon Oity peo ple come ont to fish in our waters and go home with good fry's. J. Everhart has men and teams building fences on his land beyond the cretk. Col. Stefolknecht has been on .the sick list for the past few days. Mr. Miles intends to clear up some of his land latelylpurchased.Jon whioh he has . just ereoted a neat residence. Maple Lane will Boon be in blossom. The plum trees are now dressed in white, and oh ! what a sight I Mrs. A. B. Allou'has had the paper hangers from Oregon City papering her cosy residence. There will be closing exeroises given by the ohildren of the public sohool next Friday evening, to which all are invited. Prof. Calavan has prepared a nice program. Call on Mrs. Herman and see that new inoubator and brooder. She offers it for sale cheap. It holds over 200 eggs. Pleasant Allen was hauling lumber Monday from the Harms' sawmill to the lumber yard. Mrs. Splinters has over 100 young chickens. Fine weather; fine roads now. Road work lias commenced in Maple Lane. Grango meets Saturday. General Dealer .,.!; n. t ...;u ;., ,..,i;i;..., OREGON HIGHLAND. Z Charles Schockley left Monday down the river to work in a logging camp. , - Helston Ley and Louis Rath have their phones in. A basket social waB held at the ohurch Friday evening, ' P. Maylield aoting as auctioneer. Receipts were $6.40. The Northwestern No. 13 Mutual Telephone of the Beaver Creek Asso ciaton held a meeting last Saturday evening at Mr. McCherry's. The meeting was well attended. This di vision now has 20 members and all took bale and well These boys are real hustlers and they gather up mem bers wherever they find one that has not g t a phone. They now have nearly 20 miles of line and nearly six more to be built. This division has been strictly mutual until late; they have put the one-half mile limit on new members. Plans were discussed as to the welfare of its members, and a good time was had. JAUJagreed that everyone was good and that a little musio and 'singing once in awhile over the line ought not to confuse their brother divisions. Bob Rutherford linn put in a phone at Mr. Crager's for tb . benefit of the old folks. MOLALLA. About two weeks and then the pri mary. Register and then do your doty as an elector. Remember the most improtant election comes off on the" 20th of April this year. .' Quickly Kill the MITCHELL, J. C. In geographical selection, other things being equal, if not bolter, the south half of tho county is entitled to a portion of the county othoes beeing there is arising a dissatisfaction with so ninny city office seekers, a confer ence should lie held so Oregon City would not gi t more than' it should. There is no urgout need of electing so much legal talent to transaot the simple business of the couuty. Ben Ilarless' now daughter is get' ting along tU right. Ralph Sawtell is puttiug in one-half mile of pipe line to bring water from a spring to his dwelling. ' Much clover was frozen out aud has boen re-sown. John N. Stewar. has ,iust finished puttiug in 100 aeros of srain. George Dangl.erty is building a fence on Kuol JHill. Charles II. Leuvitt gnduated iu vet erinary surgery on the 29th of March at Chicago. All seemed pleased with the way the weather mau has been managing the cliiuatio affairs reeom ly. RUSSELLVILE. Tim lnat threo risv, inm lunn hd 1 weather. Two nights and one day were really cold. Mr Witigtleld wen' r urora on the first of ApriL He suffered with cold. 1 lie windwa- i oruwest and was very cold. He reports the roads in worse oonditiou than in February. Cattle in some portions of the moun tain range are in better condition than many that were ted. The late oold weather di l much damage to spring-sown oats. Some . is nearly rained. Most all are through sawing wood, and the rest will be done Boon. John Nightengale had the misfor tune to lose one of his wurk horses recently, thus leaving him with only one horse. The protracted winter weather has emptied most of the barns ot fedd, so all are anxious for settled good weather. JPeople are pushing their work through all kinds of weather Mr. Berry, of this country, has bought an interest in the Rich mill, so the mill will run by the force of the oompany. They have plenty of good timber and will have plenty of lumber on the yard all the time. NEW ERA. There were seven fishermen for every fish in Beaver and f arrot Creek Sunday. Most ot them went home with fisherman's luck. Charlotte Dundas, of Portland, spent Sunday at home with her par ents. Elmer Luoas is enjoying the measles at the Palace Hotel in Portland. Carry Burgoyne, of Portland, spent Sunday with her parents. HGrandpa Teteto is suffering co lsifi. Always ready to work for you at any time, day or night, rain or shine. Start it in a minute, it runs until you stop it and runs without watching, a few cents a day is all it costs, uses fuel in proportion to work done. The Stover Engine is the simplest because it has fewest parts, therefore less likely to get out of fix. All on one base, it can be taken anywhere. Get our circular of testimonials from people right here at home, see what others think of them , t ... and thoroughly cultivate your orchard, get A CLARK'S CUTAWAY LEWIS & f,rs,sfrn.J"ylor STAVER CO. Portland, Oregon ZINSER, AgenL, Oregon City, erably with a oorn on his toe, which is very entertaining. Carl Burgoyne is steaniboatiug again. A remonstrance against closing the New Em postoffice and supplying the New Eraites by a R. F. D. was circu lated and signed by most all inter ested. As it is at present, we receive live mails daily and no extra expense, as the S. P. Co. is under contract to carry mail on its ilue, whereas if brought by carrier we would get only one mail eaoh day and none on San day, and at an expense of not less than $600 to $300 per year. Therefore, mail that we should receive Saturday evening would not reach us until Monday. Ora Slyter fell from a scaffold at the new mill Saturday and as a result is feeling rather sore from the sudden checking up after falling. Elmer Veteto was blown off from a ladder while working in Portland Saturday afternoon, but wasfortnnate in catching hold again after falling only about eight feet. MULLVO. The cold weather did not seem to iurt tne grass, as it looKS green ana j 18 growing. Mrs. Jasper Trullinger returned home from Albany Monday, where ihe has been for the last two months, i While Arthur Chase was helping the Rev. Mr. Wiles build a.fenee he acui dentally had one of liis finger nails mashed off. Mcral: Ministers should not be out building fence. Jasper Trullinger and family and the Misses Jennie and Jessie Akins spent Sunday with Mr. Wiles. Aug. .Eriokson and family visited Grant Ashby and family Sunday. Mrs. Chase's mother and sister and family arrived here from Minnesota last Sunday. They expect to locate in Oregon. I think that Liberal had better im port some more men as all that are there hold office and so tere isn't any one to govern but the women. Wonder why some of the office seekers don't go there as there are moreottlcos vacant? Prof. Hawley, of Salem, gave a very instructive speech at the Grange hall Friday night. Let everybody vote for him. LOGAN. Mr. and Mrs. J.O. Kirohein are vis iting the latter's brother, John Mo Cubbin, in Union county. . Elsie Fallert is at Olympia, her em ployers having moved there from Port land. M. Reed and family, of Portland, have been visiting in Logan. - Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Heelis and Mr. and Mrs. George Clara were out from Portland to attend the funeral of T. P. McCubbin. Henry Babler re-sowed 30 acres with clover and as it was sprouted, he Weeds CLARK'S CUTAWAY HARROWS Cut them to pieces and turn them un der. The sharp edges of the discs and their peculiar shape make these ma chines run easy. They chop the weeds and pulverize the ground more quickly than it can be done in any other way. When yon want to destroy all the weeds Ore thinks the frost has killed it again. He is going to give it up as $90 worth of seed is enough to sow in one year. Many others were caught on a smaller scale, in the same way. Mr. Moslul has a store on his fath ers' place, formerly the George Clark farm. y Mr. Wold, the egg man, tells of droppina a crata of eggs in the road near his place at Clackamas and-as there was about eight dozen broken, lie sent his boy back after them, so as to use them for chicken feed to pro duce more eggs. When the boy arrived on the scene, the eggs were mostly on the inside ot a tramp, who said, "God bless the mau who spilled those eggs. " Mrs. J O. Spragnn was down from Corvallis for a short visit last week. Thomas P. McCubbin, who died at Lo :n on March 2S, was born on te donation land claim ;of his father, Feb. 14, 1856. The cause of his death was cancer, from which he had been a sufferer for about three yeirs. He was married to Miss Laura Sprague in 1888. His wife and five children, three sons aud two daughters, survive to mourn the loss of a kind husband and father. The burial took place at the Logan cemetery March SI, under the auspices of Harding Grange, of which he was a member. Rev. Mr. Herman preached the tuneral sermon. WMm,,m wllri Jt,JW'WWgnj--wt-1!''t'iutf1tiB LIBERAL. Farmers are busy seeding and every thing is growing very rapidly. Early sown grain is coming Bp good. The heavy frost Monday morning has not hurt the fruit yet. Cnty a few early trees are , blooming. Early potatoes are being planted. The vetch sown in February is all up and looking well Al Reynolds is moving back to his farm, a part of the L. Heinz plaoe. He sold out his grocery store at Lents and will try farming again. We are all glad to see you once more in vour midst. J. O. Morris is Flashing brush on his farm. He has a man helping him, so he is in need of a cook. Jnu is all right if he does keep bachelor's halL George Case sheared S. Wright's goats Tuesday. Mrs. H. L. Barnes has 'one ot her ankles with a blood vessel broken and she cannot walk. It has bursted on the outside and may cause her to be unable to walk the rest of her days. We all hope for her recovery. Fifteen years ago she had trouble with it and was unable for two years to get around muuh, as the chances are now it will be a running sore and .hard to heal. Nearly every farmer will plant a field of corn this year and they are working the ground now Farmers have found out that they can raise good corn and it comes bandy to leed hogs with. Deep plowing and thor ough cultivation before the corn is planted is the first thing; then when the corn is up culitvate it every week and hoe once and the crop is as sured. Levi Stehman has his orchard sown to muskete grass and alsike clover, with a crop of rye coming. J. D. French has a lot of hogs in the pen snd will fatten them Jfor market. Mr. French has a ;'fiue cow.that can comb the warts off your nose with her hind foot when yonfmilk. One more month of school and Mr. Trullinger will have a short vacation and will take another turn in college. He has taught seven months in one place and that'speaks well for his first teaching. William Skein lias his telephone poles on the ground and holes dug and in a few days will attach to No. 10 line. BEUNA VISTA. Mr. and Mrs. John Oroner, recent' arrivals from , Nebraska, have rented the Charman property. Ho has de cided to plough the land up and raise potatoes. Mr. and Mrs. Faribault, the former from Rockford, Col., and the latter from Minnesota, have rented tne May's property. This place has a crop all in with a bright prospect for a good crop. Mr. and Mrs. Mays left for Indepen dence last Saturday, where thej will in future reside. Complaint has been made to the Mayor that woodhaulers' from Seventh street and Elyvijle are damaging the fence and posts on MoLaughlin ave nue and Division street, in driving through with their wagons. A sharp lookout will be Kept on the next cul prit, and an example made of him in the justice's court. Mr. Uren, a locksmith from Port land, was visiting friends on Monday. That lie is a fii?5 mechanic we can at test, as he did a nice job for us. Mrs. Roak was a caller last week, visiting friends. If you have relatives or friends vis iting you, anyone sick, surprise par ties or anything you would like to publish, kindly notify us. We will do the rest. High School Debate. "Resolved, That Castle Rock should not be sacrificed for commercial pur poses," will be the subject of debate next Friday afternoon at the Barclay high school. Ernest Charters, Ruth Latourette, Allie Grout and Raymond Oaufield will take the affirmative side and the negative will be assnmed by Russell Wood, Elizabeth Roos, Carl Schram and Isidor Price. Daughter of Charles Straight. The funeral of the 3-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Straight, whose death ocourred at Park place Monday night, was held Tuesday af ternoon from the family residence, Rev. R. C. Blankwell, pastor cf the Methodist church, officiating. The death of the child was due to pneu monia. Prof. J. C. Zinser. county super intendent of schools, has just made the semi-annual apportionment of county school funds. The per capita is 4, and the amount distributed was $32,692. Of this amount, the Oregon City school district will receive $4940. fk: FOR THE ASKi California SueetPea Jeed Krtrr Ia4r ko ellt t thti itr mr v packiga ur i'Kiiforuia 8weetlMSMdi Fr. MiEGER THE CALIFORNIA PERFUMER hmi tent n fcl.OOO tedi to iUlribnu fre to til. 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