Oregon City courier., April 03, 1908, Page 3, Image 3

OREGON CITY COU&lEfc, FRIDAY, APRIL 3. 19Qtf
TEACHERS AT
ESTACADA
COUNTY INSTITUTE FRIDAY WELL
ATTENDED AND IN
TERESTING. MANY GOOD SPEAKERS
Clackamas and Multnomah Counties
Well Represented Study of
School Conditions.
The teachers Institute held at Es
tacada last Saturday was the most
successful institute ever held in
Clackamas county, and County
School Superintendent T. J. Gary,
who had full management deserves
much praise for the Interest in mak
ing it a success.
A special car left Oregon City at
8:30 o'clock with teachers from the
Oregon City schools, and stops were
made for teachers from other parts
of the county, who wished to attend.
Multnomah county schools were also
represented by some of the best in
structors. About 05 teachers took
advantage of the low rate through
the efforts of Prof. Gary.
On arriving at Estacada the teach
ers were escorted to the M. E. church
which was prettily decorated with
ferns and wild grape, where the exer
cises of the day were held. The morn
ing session was opened by County
School Superintendent Gary, followed
by Miss Fannie G. Porter, secretary
of the association, who read the min
utes of the last meeting of the asso
ciation, held at Willamette, last sea
son. Officers of the ensuing year
were appointed and were as follows:
President, Prof. T. J. Gary; vice-pre-ident,
S. J. Flint; secretary, Miss
Fannie G. Porter; treasurer, Miss Mar
garet Watenpaugh.
Mrs. Josephine Lisher, one of the
successful teachers xof Multnomah
county, an instructor of the Couch
school, Portland, gave an instructive
talk on "Primary Numbers," and il
lustrated her work, showing how to
interest the primary grades in their
study of numbers. In Mrs. Lisher's
work she showed how comparison was
a great benefit, using many examples,
and drawing objects on the black
board, which would interest little
ones more readily than other means of
teaching. Mrs. Lisher also spoke of
the concrete problem work as a help
in the teaching of the multiplication
table, and by the use of the supply
box, it was excellent. She also gave
other excellent illustrations.
F. M. Gill spoke on "The One Room
Country School," and having the
eight grades instead of one or two
grades in the room, makes it a greater
problem. But proper care and at
tention as well as teaching, is nec
essary to produce good citizens. In
the country school many of the pupils
leave upon coming to the sixth grade
and many of the pupils do not receive
the encouragement from the parents,
as they should, and if the comradship
of the teacher and pupil would be
the oamo as the paieut and the child
ren at home, more could be- accom
plished than in any other way. Mr.
Gill also spoke of the neatness and
attractiveness of the school room. He
said if the room is neat and clean,
with pictures on the walls as in the
home, the pupils will take more in
terest in their work. He also spoke
of country schools without woodsheds,
of teachers compelled to carry water
soaked wood, and the school room im
properly heated. He' sugested a pro
position, that the stato organize a
bank, and go into the banking bui3
ness, and loan money at 3 per cent,
and the net profit distributed to school
funds, as in New Zealand, paying the
depositors three per cent and loaning
it for 4 1-2 per cent.
"The Needs of Our Country School"
was discussed, Prof. T. J. Gary, open
ing the discussion. Mr. Gary said that
in many of the country schools dur
ing his visits, he had found some et
cellent work being done, and in many
instances just as good work accom
plished as in the city schools.
Mr. Gill said that he would suggest
country schools be supplied with dic
tionaries, woodsheds, and that the
grounds he enclosed by fences, and
that parents should take an interest
in the work of their children at school.
He had noticed the needs of the
school, and it was often the teachers'
fault that these needs are not told to
the directors. If such needs were rev
ported to the superintendent, boards
of the district would be advised of
such needs. Miss Marsh of Oklaho
ma, who is teaching the Elwood
school, talked on needs of a well on
the school grounds, of her school dis
trict, and said that drinking water
had to be carried a half-mile, and that
a well on the ground of each school
district would be an advantage.
Mr. Croner, of Wilsonville, follow
ed in the discussion, and told of a dis
trict he formerly tought in the East
where the pupils were Bohemians and
Welsh descent, who would not drink
out of the same cup. The water had
to he carried a mile to the school
house, and that he was compelled to
adopt a rule in which each pupil was
compelled to bring drinking water
from his home, and he said he thought
of adopting the same rule in his pres
ent district. Mr. Croner also talked
cn the cleanliness of the school room,
as well as in the tidiness of the peo
ple. Discussions followed by H. G.
Starkweather of Milwaukie, Mrs.
Pearl Cartlidge, of this city and many
others.
S. J. Flint, principal of the Estacada
schools, gave a short talk, and in his
closing remarks extended an invitation
to all of the visitors to the Odd Fel
lows' building, where a hot dinner had
been prepared by the hispitable la
dies of Estacada, who were ably as
sisted by the teachers of Estacada.
The long tables were prettily decorat
ed with jonquils and the building
gaily decorated with colored bunting
and flags.
After a hearty dinuer had been par
taken of, Prof. Gary announced that
there would be an hour to viewing
the town of Estacada, and Ml taking
advantage of the oppoitunlty visited
the city pary, overlooking the Clacka
mas and other points of interest.
At the afternoon session Miss L.
m' Davie3. of Wisconsin, who Is at
present substituting in the Portland
schools, gave a talk on "Manual
Training and School Gardening." and
tnlrl nf the work that is being done in
the Eastern schools on 'hese lines. ,
IKr ?u!.iert was interesting and ap- j
predated.
Following Miss Davies' talk, the pu- j
pils of the Estacada school, gave a j
very interesting program uader the j
direction of the teachers c-f that place,
and consisted of readings, drill by
ten boys of the primary grade, mo
tion song by twelve littl-3 girls, a'l
responded to hearty encores, and their
teachers, Miss Mae Stevens, Miss Eva
D. Pruner and Samuel J. Flint, de
serve much credit for the manner in
which the program was carried, show
ing that the pupils had been given
careful training.
L. A. Read, principal of the Park
place High School, gave a sliart talk
on "The County High Schuol" and on
"Education for the Industries and Spe
cial Attention of School Gardening."
and his subject was excellently handl
ed. Ho showed that a large percent
age of the work done Is for the bene
fit of the few, while there is not at
tention enough given for the 'masses,
and to make better citizens. This talk
was followed by Mrs. Josephine Lish
er, who gave an excellent talk on 'Ex
pression In Grades Above the First,"
and illustrated her work with books
required.
At the close of Mrs. Lisher's re
marks a resolution was made and pass
ed extending a vote of thanks to Prof.
T. J. Gary, to Miss Mae Stevens, Miss
Eva D. Pruner and Prof. Samuel J.
Flint, teachers of the Estacada school,
to the children, who took part on the
afternoon program, to the members of
the M. E. church for the use of the
building, and to the people of Estaca
da for the excellent entertainment
and dinner served them.
After the program at the .church
the visitors were taken on the car to
Cazadero, the terminus of the line,
which was enjoyed by all.
The trip to Estacada is a most de
lightful one, and is about a two-hours'
ride from Oregon City. All along the
line is fine farming country, some of
the finest farms of Clackamas county
being close to the car line. By the
building of this car line it has advanc
ed the prices in real estate. The soil
in that section is rich, and well adapt
ed to farming. Along the line a large
amount of timber is being cut, and
new farms springing up. The line
passes through Lents, Cotton, Gresh
am, Sycamore, Llnnemann, Boring,
Barton, Deep Creek, Eagle Creek, Es
tacada and Cazadero being the termi
nus, -where a large dam has been con
structed, and where the large power
house is situated. At Estacada, the
beautiful park, lighted with electricity,
overlooks the Clackamas, where there
is excellent fishing, and opposite the
park is the large hotel and a large
dining room with beautiful mantels
and a pianola for entertainment of the
guests. The hotel has all of the mod
ern and up-to-date improvements.
Many new homes have gone up in this
thriving little town within the past
year, and the merchants are doing a
good business.
Gill on Good Banking
Estacada, Or., March 28, 1J08.
To the Editor:
In my announcement a short time
ago, I stated that I favored State Sav
ings Banks, paying the depositors 3
per cent on time deposits and loaning
the money on 6 per cent on mortgag
ed security, the net profits to be dis
tributed annually to the several school
districts of the state to be used for
school purposes.
New Zealand, a state with no more
population and material wealth than
Oregon, has had such a law since 1891,
and there has not been a panic or de
preciation of values in that time. In
1893 values in Australia decreased
about 40 per cent, while in New Zea
land values increased 23 per cent.
Australia did not have State Savings
Banks, New Zealand did. The profits
In New Zealand are turned into a gen
eral fund. The State Savings bank
ing system would make the people's
money safe. I think there should be
a central bank and as many branch
hanks as are needed to care for the
business of the state. If we had this
system, a panic could not effect us
severely.
It is a well known fact that Oregon's
irreducable school fund is deplorably
small and that the income therefrom
must of necessity be small. Oregon's
Irreducible fund is about $5,200,000;
Washington's I understand, is about
$3 1,000,000. Now some way should be
devised whereby we may increase the
annual income for our schools. So,
while we are making the people's
money safe, why not use the profits
of the business to this end. Our taxes
are high enough without adding
more to them. Here, then is a method
of Improving our schools wonderfully
without resorting to direct taxation.
I believe there would be a profit of
$250,000 within two years and that the
amount would double the next year.
The $241,000 now distributed amounts
to $1.57 per capita. I believe under
this system the amount would be $G
or $7 in three or four years.
Now, this plan meets with the hearty
approval of State Superintendent J. H.
Ackerman. '
I do not favor any half-way meas-
All the Gold
IN GEORGIA
Could not Buy-
Fodim. 0. August S7, 1808.
Missrs. E. C. DsWitt & Co..
Chicago, Ills.
Gentlemen:
In 1 897 I had a disease ot the stomach
and bowels. Soma physicians told melt was
Dyspepsia, some Consumption of the Lunis,
others said consumption ol the Bowels. Ont
physician said 1 would not live until Sprint;,
and for four long years I existed on a little
boiled milk, soda biscuits, doctors' prescrip
tions and Dyspepsia remedies that flootied
the market. 1 could not digest anything
1 ate, and In the Spring 1903 I picked up
one of your Almanacs as Si poor emaciated
Dyspepsia wreck will grasp at anything, and
that Almanac happened to be my life saver.
I bought a fifty cent bottle of KODOL DYS
PEPSIA CURE end the benefit I received
from that bottle ALL THE OOLD IN
GEORGIA COULD NOT BUY. I kept on
taking it and in two months 1 went back ta
my work, as a machinist, and in three months
1 was well and hearty. I still use a little oc
casionally as I find it a fine blood purifier
lad a good tonlo
May you live long and prosper.
Yours very truly,
C. N. CORNELL
CONFORMS TO NATIONAL
PURE FOOD AND DRUG LAW
This is only a sample of
the great good that is
daily done everywhere by
Kodol
for Dyspepsia.
ures with banks. The only real se
curity a man has for money deposited
In a bank is the banker's honor and
that Is many times a doubtful com
modity. Panics are made to order
these days. There was no reason
why a run should have been made on
the Marchants National Bank of Port
land, but there was. For two weeks
prior to the run anonymous letters
and telephone messages were receiv
ed by the depositors urging them to
withdraw their money on the plea that
the bank would fail. It was a stab at
the back in the dark. Every bank is
subject to the same danger of losing
money or sufferiug dire inconvenience
from such panics. As long as we have
such a banking system, we will have
panics. It Is useless to patch up the
system, the fabric is too rotten to
hold a vpatch. F. M. GILL.
LOCAL NOTES
The latest designs in Millinery at
Miss C. Goldsmith's.
Born, Saturday, March 28, to Mr.
and Mrs. Emery Noble, a daughter.
The largest assortment of Hats ever
brought to the city at Mlsa C. Gold
smith's. Mrs. Ella McDonald and children,
of this city, have been visiting rela
tives at Mulino.
Born, Friday, March 27, to Mr. and
Mrs. Nicholas Humphrys, of the West
Side, a daughter.
Mrs. F. T. Barlow, who has been
confined to her home with an attack
of tonsllltis, Is recovering.
Dr. J. S. Casto, one of Clackamas
fruit raisers, who resides at Carus,
was in Oregon City Tuesday.
Graham Hungate, of Molalla, was
the guest of his brother, County Sur
veyor S. A. D. Hungate, the first of
the week.
The latest Importations in Hats.
Flowers and all Milliiry trimmings,
at Miss C. Goldsmith's.
Mrs. J. R. Humphrys, who has been
111 for the past three weeks at her
home on Twelfth and Washington
street, Is improving.
. Miss Claire Padrick, who Is stenog
rapher for a law firm at Dallas, is in
Oregon City visiting with her parents
for a few days.
Miss Louya Randall, who has been
visiting her parents, for several days
near Newport, has returned to Oregon
City and resumed her position In the
postoffice.
Mrs. P. K. Hammond and daughter,
Marguerite, arrived in Oregon City
Wednesday evening, and are visiting
with Mrs. Hammond's son, William
Hammond, of Gladstone.
Rev. P. K. Hammond, formerly rec
tor of St. Paul's Episcopal church, of
this city, but now of Eugene, was in
Oregon City Tuesday, having been
called here to conduct the funeral of
the late Andrew J. Marshall.
It has set the whole world a-thlnking
Upon it all doctors, at once agree
The tonic all your friends are taking
is
Holllster's Rocky Mountain Tea.
Huntley Bros. Co.
Mrs. F. C. Woolson, sister of Mrs.
C. A. Nash, has been visiting In Ore
gon City for several days, on her way
to Eugene, where she expects to spend
a few weeks with relatives. Mrs.
Woolson's home is at Everett, Wash.
William H. Wood, who has resided
in Oregon City for the past 21 years,
has purchased a 34-acre farm near
Woodburn. Mrs. Wood left on Satur
day morning for her new home, Mr.
Wood having preceded her several
days ago.
Possesses marvelous curative powers
removes all disorders, makes health,
strength and flesh. After taking Hol
llster's Rocky Mountain Tea you'll
realize the wonderful good It does.
35 cents, Tea or Tablets. Huntley
Bros. Co.
H. Longcoy, of Clackamas, a promi
nent farmer and dairyman of that
section, was in Oregon City Thurs
day on a business trip. Mr. Longcoy
has about 34 acres, mostly In fruit
and vegetables, and finds a ready
market for his produce in Portland
and Oregon City.
J. E. We!!, a prominent young farm
er of Macksburg, returned to his home
Wednesday evening, after a business
trio to Oregon City. Mr. Wells like
most of the farmers In that part of
the county, has finished his sowing.
He has about 85 acres of land, about
25 acres under cultivation, and ex
pects to go into the dairy business in
a few weeks.
Fred Bluhm. who resides near
BeaVer Creek, was in Oregon City
Thursday on his way from Portland,
and on Friday morning left for his
home. Mr. Bluhm Is the owner of
Lone Oak Stock Farm, which consists
of 240 acres. It is his intention to
supply the Oregon City markets with
all kinds of vegetables the coming
summer, and is to go into the garden
truck business on an extensive scale.
E. A. Pugh, who Is residing near
Beaver Creek, where he has purchas
ed a 20-acre farm, was In Oregon City
on business Wednesday. Mr. Pugh
has resided In Clackamas county for
the past three months, having come
here from Woodburn. Mr. Pugh was
formerly of The Dalles, where he re
sided for 20 years, and was in
the blacksmith business. He is well
pleased with Clackamas County, and
Intends buying 35 acres more, which
adjoins his present place, most of it
being under cultivation.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wash, who have
recently moved ino the Lents district,
near Oregon City, from The Dalles,
were In this city Saturday visiting
their daughter, who is a teacher in
the Bolton school, Portland. Mr.
Wash was for 18 years editor of the
Polk County Itemlzer and "has spent
thirty years in this state. He conclud
ed to take matters a little easier the
remainder of his life and purchased
a 13-acre farm near Lents, where the
seeds he will sow in the coming
years may, we trust, yield unto him
an abundant crop.
Charles Harnack, a prominent
dairyman of Macksburg, was in Ore
gon City Thursday morning on his
way to Portland on a business trip.
Mr. Harnack, who has one of the best
farms in the Macksburg neighborhood
consisting of 80 acres, all under culti
vation. Besides farming, Mr. Har
nack has been in the dairy business
for the past ten years, and has built
up a large trade, all of his cream be
ing shipped to the Portland market.
He has Just purchased a new J. I.
Case threshing outfit and will thresh
the grain of the Macksburg country
the coming summer.
FIGHTER MFTERS
Career of G. L Lilley, Submarine
Boat Investigation Starter.
EARLY LIFE ONE OF HARDSHIP
Made Spectacular Entry Into Politics.
Quick to Scent Graft and Give It
Battle Opposed Free) Seed Abuse.
Downed Paper Trust.
The farm of his father, John Lea
vens Lilley, near Oxford, Mass., was
the place, and Aug. 3, 1850, was the
date of the birth of Geoige Leavens
Lilley, the member of the United
States house of representatives from
Connecticut whose Insistence for a full
Investigation Into the submarine bout
scandal has attracted attention all over
the United States.
His entire boyhood life was one of
hardship and toll, not play. While
still under the age of ten he had to
arise at 3 o'clock in the morning to
cover a milk route and get through
with it in time to attend the country
school at 9 o'clock. He was usually so
tired on reaching school that he would
be found fast asleep at his desk on the
conclusion of the Lord's Prayer, with
which the school sessions were opened,
says the New York World. In spite of
his handicap he reached the head of
his classes.
When he was fourteen his parents
moved into Oxford, leaving him be
hind to run his uncle's farm. The
Lilleys next went to Middleboro, and
there the boy peddled meat from a
cart for his father, who occasionally
Bent him to Boston to buy supplies.
On one of these trips the lad, who was
not eighteen, learned that there was a
shortage of potatoes in New England
and that there was an abundance of
them In Nova Scotia. He Induced a
Boston merchant whom he knew to
lend him $2,000, with which he went
to Nova Scotia, chartered a schooner
and brought a cargo of potatoes to
Boston, where he sold them at a hand
some profit.
Three years later he was a salesman,
with two rival concerns offering him a
partnership. One of these partnerships
resulted In tho establishment In Water
bury, Conn., of the firm of Lilley, Swift
& Co. His entry into politics lu 1900
was spectacular. He entered a towu
meeting at Waterbury which was pack
ed with adherents of a controlling ring
of grafters aud denounced Us extrava
gance. A road repairing contract was
about to be awarded for $35,000, and
he offered to do the work and live up
to all its specifications for $3,500. He
was not only howled down, but was
threatened with personal violence.
That experience determined his fu
ture course in life. He announced him
self as a Republican candidate for the
legislature and as a foe to all grafters,
large or small. He was overwhelming
ly elected and made good from the day
of his election.' He served a second
term and was then sent to congress,
where before he was hardly warm In
his chair he defeated an attempt to ex
tend an electric light company's fran
chise In Hawaii upon terms that were
oppressive to consumers. It was a hard
fight, for he was up against seasoned
congressmen, but he won out.
His fight In the case of free seed dis
tribution has not yet been forgotten.
Members of congress, with an eye to
the support of the farmers, encouraged
It until It became the practice fpr the
members to flood the rural parts of
their districts not with rare and valua
ble seeds, but with old and common
trash, because the other kind could not
be supplied in "political" quantities,
To attack this abuse on the floor of
the house was to subject oneself to
being misunderstood as unfriendly to
the cause of agriculture, but with his
usual courage Mr. Lilley rose on the
floor aud denounced the practice not
the distribution of rare and valuable
seeds, but the wholesale draft on tho
agricultural department for cheap seeds
for purely political ends. He was told
he would lose the "farmer vote" lu
Connecticut, but he believed the farm
ers too Intelligent to misunderstand,
and anyway he was attacking a wrong,
and that was the first thing to be
thought of. He mustered only threo
votes for his resolution to cut out the
practice, which showed a contrasting
lack of courage among the other mem
bers. He tried It again at the succeed
ing session and was again defeated, al
though he had Increased his number of
supporters from three to a hundred.
Iu the fall of 1904 Mr. Lilley intro
duced the resolution that eventually
resulted In Ike trial and conviction of
the General Paper company, popularly
known as the paper trust, and the dis
solving of the combine, which had
artlflcally advanced the price of print
paper to the newspapers of the coun
try. These results were due almost
wholly to the Connecticut congress
man, "vho personally spurred the Judi
ciary committee of the house and after
ward the legal department of the gov
ernment to action.
"First' Aid" Idea For Railroads.
Besides the customary ax and crow
bar passengers have seen for years
In a glass ease In railroad coaches, Dr.
Inslee II. Berry urged the other day
at the annual meeting In New York
of the Society For Instruction In First
Aid to the Injured that each train
leaving New York city should be com
pelled to carry one kit containing
bandages, whisky, splints, plaster, ster
ilized cotton, etc., for use In case of
accident or sickness. He said hun
dreds of trainmen had been graduat
ed from the society and consequently
knew how to use such supplies to the
best advantage.
Modem Woodmen Choose Delegate to
Attend Convention at Ashland.
The County Camp of the Modern
Woodmen of America met at Knapp's
ball on Wednesday afternoon to elect
delegates to the state convention to
be held at Ashland on the first Wed
nesday In May. Delegates from Es
tacada, Boring, Damascus and Oreeon
City were present at the meeting,
and the delegate chosen, was O. W.
Boring, of Boring, and I. D. Taylor,
of Oregon City, was chosen as alternate).
ANECDOTES OF PROCTOR.
How the Vermont Senator Got Even
With Congressman Capron.
Redfleld Proctor, Culled States sena
tor from Vermont, who recently died
at Washington, was not only a suc
cessful fisherman, but could tell ft
good story, as is shown by one be told
at a fish and game league meeting at
Fort Frederick one summer1. Congress
man Capron of Rhode Island was one
of the guests and had succeeded in
spinning a yarn that brought a good
laugh at the expense of the Vermont
senator.
Unfortunately for the Rhode Island
er, Senator Proctor had the last
chance. He said no sportsman worthy
of the name would tell a fish story
that was not true. He happened to
know of one good fish story In which
the visitor figured.
He proceeded to tell how in Rhode
Island there were two fish and game
clubs. Congicssman Capron belonged
to one of them. The record maintain
ed by Capron's club was the constant
surprise and envy of the members of
the other club, the secret of which was
not discovered until some time after
ward. One day a neighbor came rushing
Into the Capron clubhouse and wanted
to use the scales. He said there was
a new baby over at his house and
there was a controversy over Its
weight. The nurse was sure It was a
ten pounder. (,'apron bardly wanted
to lend the scales, but could not well
refuse, so (he baby was weighed.
"And what do you think the baby
figured on Capron's fish scales?"
smiled the senator. "Well, It tipped the
beam at an even forty-seven pounds."
Senator Proctor liked to tell of an
experience he had some time ago while
making a tour of the west. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Proctor and
some fifteen or twenty other men and
women. The party made a stop at
Salt Lake City, and the senator and
his wife went for a walk about the
place, half a dozen ladles following
them. That morning a large party of
tourists from the east had arrived
there, and some of them caught sight
of Mr. Troctor and his friends. Said
one of the tourists in a stage whisper:
"There's an old Mormon out for a
walk with his wives. I wonder if he
has any more."
MONOGRAM VEST.
Its Color Is a Cross Between London
Fog and Soiled M-tar.
The monogram waistcoat has arrived
and been introduced at Chicago by
Harry Avery, board of trade operator.
Its design resembles the plat of a new
suburb. Its color Is a cross between a
London fog and slightly soiled mortar.
The buttons are miniature photo
graphs of a woman who is represented
to be the most beautiful In Brazil
(South America, not Indiana). Mr.
Avery does not know the woman's
name, but John H. Wllklns, nnother
board of trade man, who dared Mr.
Avery to wear It, asserted that the
senorlta in question simply owns Rio
de Janeiro.
The monogram, done in a fancy scroll
of black tape,' is about two Inches
above the lower left pocket. In order
to exhibit the initials it Is necessary to
keep the left hand in the trousers
pocket. Mr. Avery says that be be
lieves It will become a fad.
JOY OVER TRUANT'S RETURN.
Collinwood Schoolgirl Surprised Fa
ther Searching For Her Body.
Like returning from the dead, nelen
Marks surprised her parents by slip
ping up behind her father and throw
ing her arms about his neck while he
was prodding among the ruins of the
Lake View school at Collinwood, O.,
for her body. The girl was sent to
school as usual the morning the fear
ful disaster occurred. Instead she
played truant and visited an aunt in
the country and knew nothing of the
fire until the next day.
Not returning to her parents, they
supposed she had perished. The fa
ther could not find among the bodies
recovered one he could Identify as that
of his daughter. In despair he was
proddlug about the ruins when the girl
threw her arms about him and cried,
"Guess who I am, papa!"
Mr. Marks was nearly overcome with
Joy and emotion.
- New Plan For Coaling at Sea.
W. W. McLaren of Ensley, Ala., an
electrician, has submitted to the secre
tary of the navy a new scheme for
coaling ships at sea. McLaren Intends
to have captive balloons attached to
two ships, one of which Is to be a
naval collier and the other the vessel
to be coaled. The balloon Is to be filled
with the coal from the collier and then
moved over to the other ship by paying
out the line from the collier and haul
ing In on the other vessel. When the
car of the captive balloon Is over the
vessel to be coaled, a flap In the bottom
of the balloon car Is to be opened, and
the load of coal slides down into the
bunkers. Mr. McLaren says that bis
method Is easier and quicker than the
present way.
To Fight For 8quirrels.
Money was raised at the meeting of
the League of American Sportsmen tho
other afternoon at the home of Mrs.
nenry Fairfield Osborn In New York
for the purpose of conducting a cam
paign to obtain laws to prohibit the
shooting of gray squirrels. Unless this
Is done the squirrels will soon become
extinct. -The league also seeks to pro
hibit the killing of wild fowl on their
way north as well as to prevent the
use of the automatic shotgun. Tbero
are twelve state legislatures now In
session, and It Is the aim of the mem
bers to Induce each of theso to pass
'.aw s prohibiting these practices
Plenty of Trouble.
Is caused by stagnation of the liver
and bowels. To get rid of It and
headache and biliousness and the poi
son that brings Jaundice, take Dr.
King's New Life Pills, the reliable
purifiers that do the work without
grinding or griping. 25c at Howell &
Jones' drug store.
If you were to save the time you
spend each year In obtaining thro In
direct source, the Information contain
ed In Polk's Oregon and Washinaton
Gazetteer it would be well worth $7.00.
Have you an order in for the next edition?
Presbyterians Give A Successful
"Rubber" Party.
The members of the Presbyterian
church gave a "rubber social," quite
a novel affair, at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Green on Friday evening(
and the program that had been ar
ranged for the occasion was very ap
propriately carried out. Each person
attending was required to bring a rub
ber as the admission foe, and a large
dry goods box of rubbers was collect
ed In this manner, which will be sold
and the proceeds to go towards the
Church. The following program was
rendered: Vocal solo, with violin
and organ accompaniment , Mr.
and Mrs. Leon H. Des Larzes;
Instrumental selection, Miss Edwards;
vocal duet, Mrs. E. H. Cooper and Mrs.
W. C. Green; vocal solo, Frank All
dredge. "Present Day Use of Rub
ber," by Prof. T. P. Kendall; a talk
on "Goodyear, the Inventor of Vul
canized Rubber," by Hal Rands, and
The Rubber Country," by Miss Smith
were entertaining, as well as Instruc
tive talks, and were highly appreci
ated, as were the musical numbers of
the programme. During the evening
a luncheon was served by the ladles
of the church, and was followed by
games and other amusements.
"Troubles of a Married Man."
"Troubles of a Married Man," will
be presented at the Shlvely opera
house Wednesday night, April S, by
the East Portland Dramatic Associa
tion. "Troubles of a Married Man,"
is a comedy in three acts. This is
the first appearance of these people
before an Oregon City audience, and
the success they are meeting in other
towns speaks well for the company.
Mrs. Drlscoll Is dramatic manager,
and Miss E. E. Griffith Is the business
manager.
Following is the cast of characters:
Hev. John Smith, the Curate of St.
Andrews Raymond W. Hatton
John Smith, the other Mr. Smith
Mr. M. Floyd
Dick Desmond, the other Mr. Smith's
guest Joseph Oran St. Earns
Colonel Duncan Smith, the other Mr.
Smith's uncle J. R. Orell
Sergeant Duffell, attached to Vine St.
Police Station E. B. Orell
Mabel (fair) the Curate's wife...
., Emily L, Drlscoll
Nora (dark) the other Mr. Smith's
wife Christine Bender
Miss Fotheringay, of the Bijou Thea
tre Don Dena Temple
Mrs. Pouting, the other Mr. Smith's
housekeeper ...Clarissa Von Buzee
Knights and Ladies of Security Give
Grand Ball.
The seventh annual grand ball to
be given by the Knights and Ladies
of Security at the Armory on Satur
day night, April 4, promises to be one
of the social events of the season.
The committee In charge Is compos
ed of Roy Woodward, M. P. Chap
man, A. J. Wilson, Colonel Montgom
ery and Ed Confer, who have worked
faithfully to make It a success. There
are 19 dances on the program, and
the Des Larzes orchestra of five piec
es from Portland, has been engaged,
and a good time is promised all who
attend.
Mrs. W. C. Green Presented With
Haviland Tea Set,
The choir of the First Presbyterian
church held its last meeting of tho
year on Wednesday evening at the
home of Mr, and Mrs. A. E. Frost on
Center Street. This is also the last
meeting of the choir at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Frost, where the meet
ings have been held for the past year,
as they will soon move to their new
home near Mount Pleasant. Mrs. W.
C. Green, who has been leader of the
choir for several yearH, was present
ed with a handsome Haviland china
tea set by the members in apprecia
tion of her faithful work In the church.
Delicious refreshments were served,
during the evening by the hostess.
Annual Church Meeting.
The annual church meeting of the
First Presbyterian church will be held
In the church on Monday evening,
and all reports of the different de
partments will be read, and officers
for the ensuing year will be elected.
HOLD UP MAN.
James Funkhauser, the man who
held up G. M. Williams at Clackamas
Friday night was captured by Port
land police Satiffday and was turned
over to Sheriff Beatie of Oregon City.
The man confessed to the hold up and
the robbing of Williams of J1.50 and
riding away on the letter's horse.
Letter List for Week Ending April 3.
Women's List Anderson, Mrs.
Mary, (2); Clute, Mrs. Iva; Thompson,
Mrs. Angy; Young, Miss Maggie.
Mon's List Baty, C; Gerliausor,
Wm.; Meard, Loy; Qulgley, Master
Walter; (Shepardson, W. W.
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