1908
NEWS OF THE COUNTY
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COLTON.
Threshing is nearly a thing of the
past in this port of the country. The
rain pnt a stop to threshing Friday,
although it did the late potatoos and
gardens a lot of good.
Mr. Swanson and family moved to
Oolton last week.
The board of dirootora of Distriot
No 72 met and decided to have Miss
E. L. Applegato as teacher at Oolton.
Miss Knhy Oonutryman, who has
been at Portland, has returned to
Colton to stay awhile.
A concert was given at the Swedish
Lutheran church last Wednesday
evening.
Miss Lindbnrg and Miss Oarlson, of
Portland, were oat and entertained
the people with flue music and sing
ing. Aftor tho program was over re
freshments of coffee and cake were
served. Misses Liudburg and Carlson
returned to Portland Thursday ac
companied by Mr. and MrB. Oscar
Unit, of Oolton.
Mr. A. B. Countryman took a trip
to Oregon City to got some sohool
furniture and a stove. He also went
to Portland on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Nudget, of Highland,
were visiting at Mr. Carl Strom
green's last Sunday.
Mr. Christ Bittuer, of Elwood, was
summoned to Oregon City to the new
paper mills to put the machinery in
periect working ordor. His son-in-law,
Mr. Ernest Uoylen, acoompanied
him.
Mr. Henry Henereci, of Beaver
Crook, has been busy baling hay in
the neitfhb irhood the last week.
Mr. W. E. Bonney is busy making
fence.
Mr. E. Lindstrum was in Portland
on business last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Gorbett and
family were visiting with the for
mer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gorbett
at Orogon City, last Sunday.
Mc. U. S. Dix lias been doing Bouie
horseshoeing for Mr. Freeman and
Mr. Strnmgreon, ,
Quito a number of people went to
the mountains to nick huckleberries.
They report the berries quite plenti
ful.
Mrs. Davidson, of Maplo Lane, is
visitiug with Mr. and Mrs. Carl
StroiDKreen,
Mr. Will Dix was home visiting his
parents at Oolton last Sunday.
RUSSELL VILLE.
, We were visited with one of tho
greatest hail storms that we ever saw
in the month of August, whioli came
on the 28th of the month. The hail
was a foot deep where it rolled off the
roofs and the atmosphero was almost
free.ing cold at night.
Mr. Tetter has loft us. Mr. Chas.
Brown is to manage Mr. Tetter's. bus
iness on his rauoh, caring for the cat
tle and horses.
Mr. Wingdeld made a visit to Mu
liuo a few days ago and saw many
fields of oats that were not ont yet.
Mulino rnnehoB are a good orop and
are ot good quality.
Threshing and stacking are some
what delayed on account of so much
rain.
Mr. O. S. Boyles and a part of Mb
family went to the mountains alter
berries and were canght in the reoont
Htortn. Wo think they saw snow
Thoyand many horses suffered in the
storm.
Home farmors are still paying taxes.
A disease among young cattle is
now killing many ualvos. Mr. Frank
Soott has lost six. Mr. Longbottom
lost all ho had. Mr. Wingfield lost
one.
Tho ooyotoB havo resumed their old
business of killing sheep and goats.
Mr. Aaron Johnson reoently lost uiuo
turkeys all at one clip. It is not
known whore they went, but it is
supposed they wore food for man or
beaut.
Homo of our people are soon to be
in the hop yards We hope they will
do well.
.ELDORADO.
We are all getting ready for the hop
patoh.
The nice showers we hud didn't
harm anything, but helped tho eorn
nnd potatoes lroBhon up again.
Mrs. ChoHter Inskeep, of Portland
and Mrs. II. "O. Inskeep, ot Cams',
eallod on Mr.li. A. Sohoouboru lust
Tuesday.
Mrs. Sturgcs went to seo tho doctor
ou day last weok.
Kohoonborn brothors came homo
with 45 gallons of huckleberries.
Mrs. J. U. Helvoy called ou Mrs. F.
Woodside and Mrs. Kob Sohuohol and
children were the guests of Mis. Bob
Bullard one day last woek.
Mr. Martin, who bought II. II.
Hughes' threshing machine, had a
breakdown on Mr. J. 0. Andorsou'B
place, but was able to got away after
staying there several days.
Mr. H. M. Cooper spent a few days
with Mr. aud Mrs. 0. Spouce last
week.
Mr. 0. Bullard was won in town
the other day.
Mrs. L. Wallace, of Olarks, was the
guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Anderson, a few days last week.
TEAZEL CRKEIC.
The cool mornings of Into make peo
ple shiver aud draw near the lire,
it
is the
'Almost cold enough for frost
oonstaut remark.
Huckleberry plokors who have not
returned from the mountains certainly
will bo refreshed when they got back,
if showers and cool mornings will
have anything to do with it.
Tho cootos are making themselves
fresh occasionally, helping themselves
to sheep ami goats.
Miss Florie Kaylor is 'going to start
for Eagle Valley in about ten days.
Her mother will stay at Molalla until
about the holidavs, when she will
also go to Kaglo Valley.
Farmers aro.very busy turning their
olover, so that it will dry out more.
The yoBiig ladies who have beeu
conducting classes at Molalla, cleited
their season last Sunday night.
MARKS PRAIRIE.
Threshing is about all done here,
and'while our grain did not yield up
to the' average, it is of good quality.
The rain did very little damage and
a whole lot of good.
Hop picking will be in full blast by
the last of the week here. Oglesby
Bros., J. K. Gubblo, 0. Kooi-er. 0.
Oarutherp and several other growers
will begin picking Wednesday, Sept.
2. 80 cents per hundred pounds will
be the price paid for picking. There
are plenty of hop pickers at this price.
Fully one-half of the hop yards in
this vioiutiy will not be picked owing
to the poor outlook for prices.
Mr. Geo. Oglesby and sons have re
turned from Squaw lakes. They
brought back 70 gallons of befries aud
sold SO gallons at 75 cents per gallon
in Aurora and oould have sold one
hundred gallons more if they had had
them.
Miss McOormick, of Woodburn, is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Jack Kerr, at
this place.
The social dance at Ritter's hop
house Saturday evening was all right.
Coffee and cake wore served at mid
night and all enjoyed themselves.
Good musio was furnished by Oglesby
Bros, aud Himstrong Bros.
Your correspondent met Mr. and
Mrs. Doo Boon and Mr. aud Mrp.
Fanton aud family of Canby on his
trip to Roaring river and had a good
visit with them.
The politioal pot is beginning to
boil here and we have observed about
25 good republicans in the past few
days who are rut this year as Bryan
republicans
CURRINS VILLE.
There was some horse racing in
CnrriiiBville Sunday. Mr. Noah Stin
K ley's riding horse won the race.
DouglusB and Bell ran their fust stock
also, Douglass' horse winning the
race.
Mr. Lester Hale is preparing to
build a new dwelling house ou his
farm.
John Githens aud Edgar Hiople left
lust Saturday for the huckelberry
patoh. They took a team and wagon
and went via the Douglass settlement
to Snag Camp, and we hope they will
get berries enough to justify the trip.
Edgar lleiple threshed 48 acres of
oats Inst week which yielded 1084
bushels. The machine made a record
run, running from 1 o'clock p. m. to
8 :40 p. m. without a single stop and
threshed the 1084 bushels, which is
considered a good run for suoh a small
outfit only a 10-horso engine and a
correspondingly small separator.
The rain last weok came about two
days too soon, as there was consider
able grain still standing in the shock.
Most of the grain in .this vicinity is
threshed from tho fields.
" O. B. Linn wont to Seaside last
week for an outing.
CANBY.
Irviu Wheeler and Dad Doo have
gone to the mountains to stay a fow
days.
Mrs. Thomas Peobler, who livos in
Portland, visitod with Mrs. John
Burns a few evenings ago.
Howard Ecoles aud George Fletoher
are both bui Id ingjiew houses for them
selves in Canby.
Warren Kondle is painting Mr.
Hair's warehouse.
Mr. Walker is building a now
house, and Mr. Fhilipine has built a
uew barn bore lately.
Charles Huires is cutting wood near
the bridge.
Mr. Hilton is hauling wood to
town.
We don't hoar anv more about Mr.
Hurst's electrio light plant.
Josepli Thomas ami Kichard John
ston went to Portland circus day.
We have often hoard ot Bmall pota
toos in Ireland and there are going to
he some sinnll potatoes iu Oregon this
tall ns well.
Mr. Wilkerson, our mail cairier. is
going to move bear Canby in the near
luture, as it will be more convenient
for him iu currying the mail.
BEAVER CREEK.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs.
David
20th, a
Moehuke Wednesday, Aug
son.
Mr. Hollman, who had the misfor
tune to break his leg while trying to
pile some logs, is getting along
slowly.
Mrs. Maud Hart is vsiiting her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. Daniels.
Mr. and Mrs. V E. Young, who
sold their farm last fall, moved to
Elyville last week.
Miss Mario Herman visited her par
ents tor a couple of weeks, returning
to Portland Tuesday.
Will Martin and company moved to
Meadow Brook with their threshing
outfit last Monday.
Will Jones and D. SpaU went to
Long Beach last Friday to spend a
week.
LOWER HIGHLAND.
The threshing machine was delayed
for several days ou aoeouut of the
ainy wouther.
Mr. Dan Fallows sold a load of oats
to Ed Gottborg, of Oregon City, also
a load of wheat to Mr. Crager of
Highland.
Mr. Mudgott hns purchased a now
team of horsos.
Mrs Dan ronows ana sis'er are go
lug away to pick prnues for George
UlarK.
Mrs. Fairfowl's sister, from Illi
nois, haB been visiting her the past
ween.
Mrs. Dan Follows was the snost of
Birs. urngor one day last week.
Traoy Aleaheery and George Ruth-
erlord called on Will Fairfowl, of Up
per Highland Saturday evening.
Mis. John schram, who has been
very sick, is slowly improving.
Misses Klanoho and Pearl Miller left
Sunday tor the hop yards.
; Anyone wishing goo I dressmaking
done siionui can on Mrs. Dan Fel
lows.
George Stephens and family intend
to take a trip aeross the mountains in
the near future.
A new family has just moved on the
old Bin soott place and also a uew
family ou the Poluian place.
Mrs. u. fellows had quite a orop of
ripe strawberries one dav last week
off her second crop.
Liouis Hutu li goiug to move with
his family to Snrinawator iu a few
days, eo that it will bo haudy for him
to carry tne man.
Y o are having fine weather now.
It looks like spring since the rain.
Ueorge htovens and family went to
Eastern Oregon last Sunday to see
Mrs. Stevens' two brothers.
Eli Follows visited Joe Fellows and
family last Sunday.
Mrs. Fellows and her daughter
w ere dowu visiting Mrs. Fellows' sis
ter iu darken hint Sunday, aud had a
good time.
Dan Fellows threshed ten hundred
and forty-one bushels ot grain this
year.
Miss Pearl Mauhery vb sick last
Sunday night.
Bert Henerson is threshing for Joe
Follow, the rain having set them
back seme.
Mrs. John Soram is very low, hav
ing battu sick for two weeks. She is
under Dr. Mount's care.
Mrs. Wallace is sick.
MOUNTAIN VIEW.
Bert Cummins and wife spout
Wednesday of last week out 'at High
laud visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Kin go.
Mrs. Grace Ely audeu, Stanford,
went to Chemawa, near Salem, last
week aud speut two days visitin
with Mrs. Ely's brother, Mahlou
Moran and wife.
Mrs. Jofferson was pleasantly sur
prised last week, Wednesday. Her
mother, Mrs. M. Wright, and sister,
Mrs. Hanker and fumily, came from
Chico, California. Mrs. Wright is
visiting with Mrs. Jofl'erson, and Mr.
Hacker has rent :d a house . on Pearl
street and is working at carpentering.
John Darling has given their house
a new coat of paint and mado other
improvements.
Ed Gottberg has had ' a Home tele
phone put in his now house.
Frank Beard is building a new
house for J. E. Seeley at Moldrum
Station.
Mrs. W. H. Clark had company
from Portland last Sunday. Alta
Clark went to Portland with them to
visit until Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson (neo Mae
Grubbs), of Portland wore guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Roberts Sunday.
Miss Editli Buckner, of Portland,
was visiting her grandmother, Mrs.
Gorbett, last Sunday.
Mr. Harry Rambo is plastering Ed
Gottberg's house this week.
Mrs. Frank Sugar, of Mulino, was
doing business in town this week.
Mr. Gorbett has bought J. M. Heck
art's property here and will take pos
session next month.
Miss Jose Currau came to town Sat
urday aud Adalene wont out to the
mill to stay with her aunt Norah and
grandfather, P. D. Ourran.
Quite a number in this place are go
ing to Shanor's hop yard at McKoe
this week.
Joe Jackson is working for Hall and
Everhart since Frank Solby quit.
Mr. Hall drives out with the butoh
er wagon regularly twice a week, on
Tuesday and Saturday. ,
MEADOWBROOK.
Those long showers gave the farm
ers long faces, while waiting long for
the threshing machine.
Quite a number have returned from
SHUBEL,
Threshing is all done and the farm
ers are well pleased with the crop.
Wheat went from 15 to BO bushe s
per acre aud oats from 30 to 50 bush
els. Bluhni Bros., with their new
machine, did most of the threshing
and did the quickest and best won.
ever clou" here.
Considerable plowing has already
been done. Everyone is trying to get
their fall grain sown early. R. Gin
ther is the first one, sowing fall oats
last week. .
The surveyors of the railroad moved
their camp last Tuesday. They have
their grade stakes set, commencing
one mile from Oregon City, to John
Evans' place on Buckner creek. Ac
cording to Mr. Loring, the chief en
gineer, there is no question but that
dirt will fly before they get to the
other end, which is to be at Scott's
Mills. The road will be some 50
miles long, that is, provided it will
connect at Oregon City. It is possible
it may be built to Portland. Let 'er
com".
Born, to the wife of D. F. Moehuke,
a son. Some say Dave, when by him
self, keops saying "papa" to hear how
it Boards aud get used to it.
Mrs. Grimmer, who has been visit
ing with hor daughter, Mrs. E. W.
Horushuh, for several weeks, rotuined
to her home at Albany last week.
Mrs. O. Moehnke, Jr., went to
Ritzville, Wash., to visit witn hor
parents a short time.
The traveling agent who is selling
the Spaulding buggy is surely doing
a buggy business, having sold quite a
number here. He has a good buggy.
Mrs. Hansen went to Seaside t vis
it with her daughter, Mrs. Geo. Bry
ant, for a fow weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Robertson are visiting
here for a few weeks. They have
been living near Vancouver, B.C.,
for the last few years.
Arthur Hornsbnh aud his sister
Lottie, went to Astoria for a short
visit.
and there is no doubt but that it hns
done lots of good.
There is much vegetation through
out the country that needed the mois
ture, which certainly camo down in
bunches the last fow days.
Mrs Albert Clark has gone to
Washington to join tier husband, who
has been working pu in that state lor
some timn.
.A number of new lioime are going
up in and about Barton and there is
to be a substantial school building
erected.
Harvey Gibson has oreoted a new
honsn on his farm that he bought some
time ago, and Harry Ward is also
getting his house well started. We
need the sohool house and we alsojieed
the farm houses. Let there be more
of them.
Mrs. C. O. Bannis has returned
from east of the mountains, where she
has been for some time attending her
daughter, who was injured by being
thrown from a horse, tut who from
last reports is improving. The second
affliction has oome to the family by
the illness of the older daughter and
we trust Bhe will speedily rocover.
Miss Pearl Johnson was over from
Logau and visited her many friends
here over Sunday.
Mrs. Kerr and son, Ray, spent Sun
day with Mr. aud Mrs. Ward.
Mr. Vern Ward nud son. Glen, of
Portland, wen visiting relatives' in
this town over Sunday.
WOODBCRN.
Woodburn is still alive ad is looking
much better since the rain.
Hop picking will soon be the order
of the day, as somo reople expect to
b'igin picking this weok.
;Mr. and Mrs. B. F.Jtiall have gone
to the mountains for liuukleborries.
Mr. J. Trullinger, wife and daugh
ter, Mary, have gone to Mulino to
pick peaches.
A great many evergreen blackberries
are being sent to Portland.
Miss Delia Webb has been visiting
friends at Marquam.
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the huckleberry patch and they report
berries plountul, with rain and unow
in the mountains.
Mr. Holman butcherd some line
hogs Sunday for the early market
Mouday morning.
O. L. Standingor is building a resi
deuce and otherwise improving Ins
lots ou Oolton uveune.
J. W. Standingor and family re
tuiued from the coast Tuesday, where
they speut several days bathing aud
enjoying the sea water.
We are reliably or otherwise in
formed that tho sawmills in the south
ern part of town will soon resume
special paymeut provided the admin,
istration changes.
Mr. Bowman is hauling lumber from
the Meadowbrook lumber yard to
build a barn.
Mr. Bowmau has bought two blocks
in Molalla addition.
Mr. Grain and Mr. Deunisou were
helping Mr. Holman butcher Sunday.
J. W. Staudinger aud Mr. Taii'heii
eisu are buildiuga house tor Peter
Mover on Dickey prairie.
O. T. Kay, of lirou h ton burg, has
moved on his property ou Maiu street
nnd is working at the carpenter trade.
Geore Williams returned from the
mountains Suuday. He brought back
several bear and deer (ikius. We did
not learn how he came by the hides,
but suppose some ono killed tho ani
mals. Russell Way, of Mt. Pleasant, is
visitiug iu town this week.
Prof. Dibble will begin school in
the high school building about Sep
tember 14.
A. L. and I. D. Larkius were each
having some hay baled last week. I
Mr. Trullinger has just completed
a uew bridge across Milk crvek, aud
threshing machines cau now cross'
with safety. I
G. A. Schubel and family went to
Cauby Wednesday to visit their
daughter, Mrs. J. W. Lieser.
The rock crusher will be started
again this week, so the road can be
finished before the rainy season sets
in.
BARTON.
Barton is not asleep. If one could
be here and hear the wood choping
and the humming of the saws and see
tho wood that is boinq hauled to the
station, an impresiou of thrift and
liveliness would at once take the place
of any delusion about Barton being
dead.
The rain was welcomed by every
one hero, as it waa getting very dry,
and Prof. Albert Fro.-t
have roturned from New-
J. J. Hall
ani families
port.
Mrs. Shirley Buck, of Milwaukee,
Oregou.. spout a few days visiting
friends here.
Mr. Eugeue W. Chapin, the prohi
bitionist candidate for presidont. will
lecture here Saturday. A very largo
audience is expected.
Mr. Avon Stoue, of Portland, made
a business call hero Tuesday,
Mr. G. W. Mintoo sold his bakerv
to a man from California.
Miss Taylor, the assistant
rap her, has gone to Colorado
her brother.
Mrs. Frank Teller has just returned
from St. Martin Springs, much im
proved in health.
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MOLALLA.
Mrs. Leavitt, of Portland, has 'been
visiting with relatives and friends
bore, also at RnBollville for a woek
and returns homo on the stage Mon
day. Mrs. Eliza Sawtell and Mrs. Amy
Wilson, of Walla Walla, nre visiting
at Molalla, iho homo of their child
hood days.
With somothing like a week's ram,
our clover seed men begin, to lock
rather blue. But with the returu of
good weather the hnller will be agaiu
humming away, turning out tho staff
that brings the golden dollars, and
their faces will appear broader.
There are three physicians practic
ing hero now. and our undertaker,
with an eye to business, is building
a largo addition to his establishment.
ELWOOD.
Twenty-seven of Mrs. Sulfas'
friends gathered at her place nnd
spent a pleasant oveuing receully.
Mrs. Surfus and daughter, Zella,
will move away from Elwood this
week. Miss Surfus will attend school
in Forest Grove this wiuter. They
are a family which any neighborhood
might be sorry to Bee go away.
Miss Sadiand Haylo Freeman will
go to Witch Hazel this week to pick
hops.
Mr. and Mrs. Wu'lnce weie visitors
in Elwood Sunday.
Mr. C. Bittuer and son-in-law, Er
nest Boylan, are in Oregon Oity work
ing. Misc Jessie Phillips is ou the sick
list.
?Mr. T. Ostroski has gone to Port
land to work. .
Mr. Pharos Mayflold has .purchased
five hetd of beef cattle of Mr. Hen
dt rson.
Miss fc'ollie Phillips will go away
to work soon
Mr. Henrioi was out at the Lavollo
place baling hay for Mr. Bauer last
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