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2 OREGON?CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1907.- I NEWS OF THE COUNTY MACK8BURQ. Born, Jan. 20, to Mr. and Mrs. Win. Heinz, an 8 pound boy. Mother ana child are doing well and the proud young father Is elated. Mr. FenBky, a prominent farmer and hop grower of this place, has disposed of his hop crop at 12c per pound. The friends of Mr. George Koch, will be sorry to learn that he is seri ously 111 with typhoid fever. Dr. B. - F. Glesy Is attending him. We wish to call the attention of the County Ccurt to the fact that the Mo lalla hill near Canby Is In a very bad shape, and for as much travel as there is on that road, the condition of the hill is a menace to the traveler and a disgrace to our county. If the mat ter is taken up by our honorable au thorities, and the hill cut straight through, the people will meet the cost half way by private subscriptions. Won't some congenial citizen start the ball to rolling? Let us hear from our Canby friend on the subject. All cor respondents should keep their weather eye open upon, the necessities of pub lic Improvements. Last week was quite wintry; on the 17th the mercury dropped down to eleven degrees, followed by about an Inch of snow, but as some of us were born in January and In a whole lot colder country than Oregon and didn't freeze to death, we have no cause for complaint. Since our last report our old congen ial friend Rudolf Klaus and his con nubial concomitant were presented with another daughter. Mr. Klaus seems to think the Lord has forgotten him for he expected a boy. We have a bit of history which reads as follows: The old south church and John Flske, Inside of It is enough to make an honest patriot of any one Of all the arguments we have read on fruit trees, care and culture, Mr. Fritch has produced the most logic, yet he has failed to get at the root of the evil which is nothing more man the gopher together with neglect of pruning and the proper cultivation. Mrs. Ed. Morris, is on the sick list. Ed. Graves is making some extend ed Improvements on his place In the line of fencing and slashing. erby's near Garfield, for some time, B. B. Shumway's son is with him now, having come up from Califor nia. There was an attendance of 30 at the evening meeting of Harding grange on January 19. Two candidates received the last degrees and one the first. There will be a dance at the hall on February-14. WOODBURN. Cured of Lung Trouble. "It is now eleven years since I had a narrow escape from consumption, " writes 0. U. Floyd, a leading business man of Kershaw, 8. O. "I had ran down in weight to 135 ponnds, and oonghing was constant, both Ij day and by night. Finally'I began tak ing Dr. King's New Discovery, and oontinned this for about six months, when my oongh and long tronble were entirely gone and I was restored to my normal weight, 170 pounds." Thousands of persons are healed every year. Guaranteed at Howell & Jones drug store. 60o and 1.00. Tiial bottle free. BEAVER CREEK. Central Grange No. 276 held its reg ular meeting on the 19th with good attendance. Thos. Shelly, master of Maple Lane Grange, installed all the new officers with the exception of one. Brother G. W. Dlmlck of Hubbard, Ore., spoke on fruit growing, spraying, etc. There was present 10 mombers of Maple Lane Grange and five others. We are glad to have our road In fair shape again rock having been put on the worst portions of it. With good weather, the road will soon bo completed and will be as good a mile of rock road as there 1b in Clack amas county. There Is considerable sore throat in this neighborhood. E. W. Hornshuh's young son Is Bomewhat better. The Beaver Creek Mutual Telephone Association is In a prosperous condi tion. It la the intention to install the metallic circuit system Inside of a year. The new officers are: Presi dent, F. Kamrath, vlce-presldont, John reck; secretary, C. E. Spence; treas urer, James Shannon. There are 153 phones connected with our central station here and more coming, We believe we ought to have free ex change with Oregon City. The recent cold snap has frozen a good many spuds; some that are stored in stone cellars are reported as being damaged. . Our mall carrier Is behind time late ly and perhaps this accounts for tho fact that our mall gets Into wrong boxes pretty often. We are able to locate our mall by telephone. Captain George Pope loaded his 1906 hops at Hubbard one day last week. The shipment consisted of nearly 200 balos and will probably land in Lon don. England. Although a jury of twelve men last week found E. L. Remington guilty of assault upon W. W. Slaughter with intent to kill, he is going about his business looking pleasanter than for weeks. Let some poor tramp come along these cold days with his toes out, steal a pair of shoes and then see how quick be will land In the state prison. Mrs. Theodore Rubens died Friday morning and was buried Sunday in Woodburn cemetery. Services were conducted by Rev. D. W. Cook at the F. M. church. Deceased was 67 years old, and leaves a husband and nine children to mourn her death. Richards brothers have purchased the Woodburn Transfer line from R. M. Hicks who will take a well-earned rest. Corry Richards will be manager. The extended cold will finish most of the late grain. Quite a number of the boys are go ing to Kelso, Wash., and vicinity to work in the logging camps. NI0HTS OF UNREST. Mo Sleep, No Rest, No Peace lor the sufferer irom luaney Troubles. No peace for the kidney sufferer Pain and distress from morn to night. Get ud with a lame back, Twinges of backache bother yon all day, Dull aching breaks your ret at night, Urinary disorders add to your misery. Get at the caose oure the kidneys. Doan'i Kidney Pills will work the on re. They're for the kidneys only Have made great cures in Oregon City. E. Warner, living in Elyville Village, near Oregon City, Ore. says: "1 had kidney trouble nntu it ran into diabetes. 1 had baokacne day and night and had to get np nearly very hour of the night to nrinate. I procured a box of Bonn's Kidney Pius at Huntley Bros.' drug tore in Oregon t ity. in about a week after commencing to take the pills I conld sleep tiie entire night without annsaal distarbanoe. All pain aud other annoying vyinptoius had ceased aud I stopped taking the Pills. I had a slight recurrence of the trouble after a few weeks, but on nsing Doan's Kidney Pills again the relief was immediate. For sale by all dealers. . Price 60 cents. Foster-Mubnrn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Roineniber th name Doan's and take no ttiiur. I can famish, the Buyer If you can furnish the Fatm If you wish to sell out or buy in, write or call and tell ine about it. If you want to do a little speculating I can make you some easy money. I have the buyers. Also buy and sell timber land9, sawmills, etc. GEORGE W. DIXON, Canby, Oregon. of the recent cold snap. It Is report ed that fully half the potato crop throughout this section has been frozen. The hounds owned by Baker broth ers are proving quite a blessing to farmers and poultry raisers in this neighborhood having run down three foxes within a week's time. Many more of the sly little chicken thieves are still roaming through the, woods. Judge Thompson is wearing a broad smile these days having recently been informed that he is a grand pa again. His daughter, Mrs. A. Wood, of Scog- gins Valley, gave birth to a daughter the 12th inst. Smith Turner and family have mov ed to Willamette. Mrs. M. Peters has been on the sick list for several days. Miss Ruby Thompson is visiting , her sister, Mrs. C. S. Jackson, of Rose- j burg. I An indignation meeting was held : Saturday afternoon at the school , house as a result of the appoint ment by the county court of a road supervisor in this district regardless ; new $5 hat, a pair of gloves and a fine overcoat with a number of choice cigars- In the pockets. Mr. Hodgson said if they had left the cigars he could have forgiven them, as It was such a cold day. Frank Zolner of Canby was In town last Sunday. Frank McArthur gave a dance last Saturday night and every one reports an enjoyable time. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Bradtl are buying summer goods in Spokane, Wash., this week. Mrs. Wink is stopping at the home of Mrs. G. W. Grace in Oregon City, whore she went a couple of weeks ago to have a dangerous operation performed. Dr. Strickland and a Portland doctor performed the opera tion and the latest report was that she was getting along very nicely. Mr. Doernbecker of Portland was up Sunday inspecting the work under construction at his mill and seemed well pleased with what was being done. SHUBEL. A debating society was organized Saturday evening with 14 members. The question for next Saturday even ing's debate Is "Shall the Government Own ,and control the railroads." Another case of sore throat is re ported. The voungest son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Hornshuch was taken sick last week. Dr. Strickland was called, and he pronounced it diphthe ria, and the family was quarantined. and then one was allowed to go to Oregon City two days later, which makes it appear as though there was not much danger. We are inclined to believe it is the same as a few Jeara . ago when tho physicians of most afraid to telephone for fear the germs would crawl along the wire. It Is thaught that the' change In the weather will stop .the spread of the disease. There will be no school for anoth er week at least or until all danger of the disease spreading is past Frank Mueller was hauling hay to Oregon City the past week. Henry Ginther says carying mall In cold weather is all right, that is, if the other fellow is doing the carrying. Mr. Duffy is burning down some of the dead' trees on his place. It im proves the looks of the place consld erably and removes, the danger in case of fire. Rev. E.' G.' Hornshuh of Portland, and his brother, Rev. O. Hornshuh, of Everett, Wash., were visiting witn their parents a few days last week. E. W. . Hornshuh cut quite a gash In his foot with an axe while splitting wood. : CLACKAMAS. Clackamas grange 298, P. of H., held Its regular meeting Saturday night, January 19. The bone and Bin ew of the organization was on hand and a good amount of business was transacted. Two officers, O. A. Hart nell, gate-keeper, Emma Haberlach, Flora, were . duly Installed by Mrs, Lily Haberlach and Worthy Assistant Ward Jones. - By motion of the grange, plans for a hall, presented by J. R. Landes, was accepted. Remarks for good of the order on subjects of building, finance, entertainment, etc., were made to the point by Brothers J. R. Landes, Chas F. Street, P. T Davis and Sister M. C. Hayward. Brother Landes was appointed a committee of one to se cure the per capita subscriptions al ready pledged, and also new subscrlp- CASE PLOWS! BEAVER CREEK. ' Mr. Henry Englo of New Era spoilt Saturday and Sunday with his Bister, Mrs. Young. Mr. Phlll Stelnor, who loft for East ern Oregon, Bovoral weeks ago to pur chase a team of horses, has not re turned, on account of the cold weath er. Emerson Spatz, of The Dalles, is spending a woek with his parents. A good number of potatoes froze In this neighborhood. Messrs Otto and Qoorge Hollman, are making cord wood for W. E. Young. Gus Hlnes of Chinook, who spent several weeks pruning Mr. Jono's orchard, returned home Thursday. The Honrlcl school closed last week, on account of bad weather. Ed. Hornshuch had the misfortune to cut his foot Sunday. Why Suffer from Rheumatism? Do yon kuow that rheumatic pains cu be relieved? If yon doubt thin just try one application of Chamber Iain's Pain Balm. It will make rent aud Bleep possible, and that certainly means a great dual to any one ailliotud wiht rheumatism, For sale by Huntley Bros. Co., Oregon City and Molalla. LOGAN. The late freeze was a severe test of the frost proof condition of our collars. Those that did not require lanterns, or other artificial heat to keep above the freezing point, were the exception, but some discovered It too late for the good of the potatoes. At this writing, grain does not seem to be damaged, as it was a continual freeze which is not as bad as alter nate heat and cold. Such weather makes a lot of work in caring for stock, in this webfoot country. Mrs. A. Swales and Miss Mary Swal es, have returned from their visit to Missouri and much prefer the Oregon climate. T. W. Foster has benn at Mr. Lock- REDLAND. a lay F. Polekm lost one of his gray horses valued at $200. Loggers and mill men had off during the late cold spell. Quite a few spuds were frozen the last cold spell. Mrs. Chas Sonn is at Seattle on a visit to her sister.- Our school marm had a lay off one day last week while the chairman fix ed tho stove so it would not smoke. Gus FIshor'B flume and dam 'was damagod to the extent of about $100 in the recent high water. August Hubert, our new road su pervisor done some work on the mail route, now when the Harding district supervisor will fllx up his end the carrior will stand some show of get ting through without having to get off and walk. Several horses are sick on this ridge owing to tho east wind. Earl Allen had to have his ankle attended to by the Doctor. He is supposed to have a strain. A Storm had his foot hurt last week, cauHod by a wroncli. Auothur of our bachelors has taken up the matrimonial yoke on the theo ry that one roof will shelter two as well as one. PROG POND. Many farmers are lainontlng the loss of their potutoe crop as a rcsudt 'Ml mm DO YOTJ GET TJP WITH A LAME BACK? Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable, Almost everybody who rends the news papers is sure to know of the wonderful cures made by vr. i Kilmer's Swamp I Root, the great kid I. ney, liver und blad "Z der remedy. It is the great med ical triumph of the nineteenth century ; discovered afteryeurs of scientific research by Dr. Kilmer, the eminent kidney and bladder specialist, and is wonderfully successful in promptly curing lame back, uric acid, catarrh of the bluddcr and Brinht's Disease, which is the worst form of kidney trouble. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root Is not rec ommended for everything but if you have kidney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found just the remedy you need. It has been tested in so many' ways, in hospital work and in private practice, and has proved so successful in every case that a special arrangement has been made by which all readers of this paper, who have not already tried it, may have a sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book tell ing more about Swamp-Root, and how to fiudout if you have kiduey or bladder trou ble. When writing mention reading this generous oiler in this paper and send your address to Dr. Kilmer fv'A-w. & Co., BingUamton, fJSTtSJJ&jjga N. Y. The regular aiiJJi&Ky3 fifty-cent and one-SES dollar size bottles are Bom. of smp-aoo. sold by all good drutfirists. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer s bwanip-Kooi, and the address, Biuphumton, N. Y., on every bottle. Ate made from the highest grade soft center steel, -Syndicate steel. The soft center enables ti$ to harden the working surfaces extra hard. The soft center adds toughness and prevents the extra hardened surface from breaking through. THATS WHY THE CASE SCOURS IN A N Y S O I L K A SHAPE SUITED TO YOUR SOIL AND WE GUARANTEE THE RUNNING, HANDLING AND SCOURJNG TO BE PERFECTION WALKING PLOWS. Wood and Steel Beam. SULKY PLOWS. GANG PLOWS. Everything in the Plow and Harrow line. Also Hoosier Drills, SanJers Disc Plows, Diamond Feed Mills, Dick FeedCut- CRITICS HARRO WS. rrfdML ters. Blizzard Ensil- mT age Cutters. Ross 'VtVfrfl Manure Cnn!ifer. Manure Spreaders, Mitchell Wagons. DISC HARROWS. J. E. SMITH HARDWARE Co. 'AGENTS, OREGON CITY, OREGON WW FIRST AND TAYLOR Sts. PORTLAND, OREGON. Real state J04 ACRES near Molalla, on county road, all under fence and level, 5 acres cultivated, 10 acres slashed, no rock. Price $1650.00. Terms to suit. GOOD LEVEL LAND miles from Oregon City on im proved county road, which can be sold for less than any other property near the city. 50 ACRE TRACT, 45 acres cultivated, all fenced, fine soil and fruit trees, for $95.00 per acre. miles from Oregon City. 40 ACRE TRACT, 35 acres cultivated, at $70.00 per acre miles from Oregon City. 40 ACRES, 25 acres cultivated at $65.00 per acre. 14 miles from Oregon City. 40 ACRES, 15 acres cultivated, at $55.00 per acre. , 14 miles from Oregon City. 40. ACRES of unimproved land, all level for $40 per acre. ( 2 miles from Uregon City. of a petition signed by an overwhelm ing majority of the voters and sent In, In favor of another man. We seem to be going backward, as this state of affairs Is cortalnly Indicative of any thing but progress. Mllo Lee and family have returned nfter a few weoks visit In Canby and Woodburn. We are glad to see them back again. Miss Martha Liesmann has gone to Oregon City to work. We wish her success. Mr. John Mayes is on the sick list Oregon City got Into a row, one call ing It tonsilitls or some kind of sore throat and the other called It diph theria, and there you are anyway it caused quite a scare.' Some were al- NEW ERA. Skates were selling at a premium here while the mill pond was frozen over. Kate Frledrlch has one eye draped in mourning as the result of trying to look through the ice on the pond af ter dark. The S. P. Co. have placed a side walk and railing on either side the track on the new steel bridge, there by making it safe to step off the cars. Mrs. J. Iiurgoyne Is spending this week in Portland. Miss Teene Bowman left Thursday, for San FranctGco. Mr. Bradtl went to the St. Vincent hospital last Friday, to have a gather ing his ear lanced. He Is reported as getting along fine. Mrs. Bradtl Is also sick with stomach trouble. It you want to learn any thing about coou hunting, just call up Jack Wood- cox and Raymond Relf at their of fice 5-152, as they are the t anner coon hunters of the town. They have the skins of three coons on exhibition as tho result of a couple of hours' hunt ing. Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Tomp son on the 19th, a son, weighing S 1-2 pounds. On Wednesday of last week some one sneaked into Mr. Hodgson's room at the Doernbecker hotel and stole a A FAMOUS REMEDY 1 eortd MY cough with German SyrupP He wrote to lr. O. G, Grn ; " An' true at I tell you, doctor der, I'm feelin' Hner than erer ITe been P The poor consumptive should not ba the victim of experiment, as he often in, hut tfi mr,.,,..,. .. ArfmA dispose mani fests its presence he should he given Bo- holic medicine that is made specially for 111 nirVkftf Mna..HintiAII fl VlAJI A Wfirld wide fame as a certain remedy for catarrh. colds, coughs, croup, .tore uiroai ana all bronchial alfections in old and young. It is sold in aU civilized countries, and h hen fnmni.a a a m ronumttion CUT. for almost half a century. M . ... . .1 inn oottie, 35c iig ooiuc, 73c. ju ill druggists throughout the world. Huntley Brod. Co. Druggist's tions for the building fund. The grange voted on entertainment for, evening of Valentine Day, Febru ary 12. Sisters M. C. Hayward, Em ma. Jones and Lily Haberlach were appointed a committee of arrange ments for the same. The Price of Peace. The terrible itohing and smarting, incident to certain skin diseases, is almost instantly allayed by applying Chamberlain's Salve. Price S5 cents. For tale by Huntley Bros. Co., Ore gon City and Molalla. MEADOW BROOK. Fred Schaffer made a business trip to Portland, Monday, returning via Oregon City, in company with Mr. Bon aker, the latter ; acting the part of chaperone. . : Ralph has his phone In working order; we hopa he will succeed In finding that stenographer. There has been some complaint about smart boys or men crossing the telephone wires near here; they shold remember there is a law and a pen alty. Rumor says Mr. Shaver will soon dispose of his new sawmill on Wood cock creek. , 1 John Techner is clerking for Ralph Holman, at the present time. We are very sorry W. J. Bryan can not stop in Oregon City. Business is so pressing with him that he could not stop in New York city when Gay lord Wilshire offered him Ten Thou sand dollars to discuss Socialism with hira. There are some Socialists in Clackamas. Mr. Ramsby and Mr. Cole are im proving their time harvesting a fine crop of ice this cold spell. Mr. Rams by has ice 12 inches thick. Pretty thick ice for webfoot .We have not learned how thick it was at Mr. Cole's. WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER FARMS on our list which are good safe investments. The land above described, if planted to good commercial apple trees will, in less than five years, be worth $33U per acre. CALL and look over our list, and we will show you the land free of coat. With a small payment down we will loan you the balance of the purchase price on terms to suit. We furnish an abstract with each tract sold. Oregon City Trust Co. J. A. CAIN, Agent , And esen BIdg. Oregon City, Oregon A. Russell is head sawyer at the Shaver mill which is billed to start up Monday, January 21, when it is sawmilling Mr. Russell is the right man in the right place. FROM THE ANTILLES. Chamberlain's tough Remeay Benefits a City Councilman at Kingston, Jamaica. Mr. W. O'Reilly Foaarty, who is a member of the City Council at Kings ton, Jamaica. West Indies, writes as follows: "One bottle of Chamber lain's Conch Remedy had good effeot on a oongh that was giving me tronble and I think I should have been more qnickly relieved if I lind continued the remedy. That it. was oenenoiai and quick in relieviug me there is no donbt and it is my intention to obtain auother bottle." For sale by Hnntley Bros. Co., Oregon City and Molalla. MULINO. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Dan iels, a son. .-' . , Mrs. Wiles and Mrs. Maple went to Oregon City, Tuesday. Edith and Blanche Wiles . and Ar thur Chase called on Mary Trulllnger, Friday evening. Every one is complaining of bad colds. Mrs. J. Trulllnger is on the sick list with neuralgia. A. L. Larkins and Mr. Orem were seen passing through Mulino with an organ.. : Del Trulllnger Is moving his family down to the mill. . He expects to build a new house there in the near fu ture. The Union Mill Division of the Tel ephone Co. are putting in a metallic circuit. Let the good work go on. Dr. Rowland preached in Mulino Thursday evening. Earnest Davis is laid up with a felon on his hand. We are having some fine spring weather. Liberal wanted the correspondents to have their pictures put together in one corner. That might be a good plan as people troubled with rats or mice would be sure to subscribe for the paper. HORSE THIEF LOCATED. Charles Decker, Who la Wanted Here, Is on Rockplla In Portland. Charles Decker, alias Lloyd Her rlck, who is now doing time on the Multnomah county rock pile, is wanted in Clackamas County for the crime of horse stealing. Decker has been under the shadow of a bench warant for nearly two years, but the authorities obtained no trace of his whereabouts until a few days ago when Chief Burns received a letter from Marion county conveying the information that Decker has been sen tenced to serve 60 days In Multno mah county for stealing a coat from a lodging house. Decker was implicated in the theft of horses belonging to Charles Moehnke two years ago and three men were arrested for the crime. One of them, named May, was tried, Decker was wanted as a witness, but dis appeared and a bench warrant was is sued for his arrest. . He is known to be an expert horsethlef and all around crook and when fus time ex pires in Portland February 8 the lo cal authorities will swoop down on him and take him into camp. CRA8HED INTO TRAIN. Horsea Become Frightened and Run Into 8. P. Passenger. After a vain attempt on the part of Claud Van Hoy to holding a plunging team the horses crashed into the north bound local Southern Pacific train Saturday morning, and one of the animals was so badly Injured that he had to be shot. Young VanHoy is the son of O. A. VanHoy of Maple Lane and was bringing a load of cord wood to town and stopped bis team on Singer Hill, about 40 feet from the railroad crossing. The horses be came frightened at the passing train and the boy could not hold them and the team and wagon were dragged Into the cut, demolishing the wagon. The frantic animals followed the train through the cut and one of the horses broke his front and hind legs on the cattle guards but the other horse was uninjured. . , Don't neglect your cough.' Statistics show that in New York City alone over 200 people die every week from consumption. And most of these consumptives' might be living now if they had not neglected the warning cough. You know how quickly Scott's Emulsion enables you to throw off a cough or cold. ALL DRUGGISTS, aw. ANn ai w 0 O