OREGON CITY COURIER FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1903
Oregon City Courier
Published Every Friday by '
Oregon City Courier Publishing Co.
Entered In Oregon City Postofflce as
Second-Class Mail.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Six months 71
Falu In advance, per year $1 51
The lutit sesHion of the sixtieth con
gress is now sitrim in Washington.
It will bdjourii in three months, sim
ultaneously with the end of President
Rnosovolt'g adminiHtrution. It may
be predicted with much certainty that
there w ill be little or no new legisla
tion at this session. For three or
fonr weeks the Ways and Means Com
mittee ot the lower house lias been
lisiening to rhetoric on tariff revision,
but no bill will be reported ut tins
Bossioti. Mr Taft is expected to call
a special session after March the
fourth end it is presumably for use at
this session thitt this useless rubbish
before the Committee on VVh and
Mehns is hpard unci retarded. The
Monetary Commission appointed at
the last session, or which Senator
Altlrich of Kintle Island is head, litis
been junketing iu Europe and is
, imagined by Home to have studied Hud
proloundly probed the financial ques
tion at tijuancitil center abroad. In
asmuch as it has six years iu which
to do this so-called work, there is no
probability that it will' resort to a hill
this winter. The President, backed
by the more progressive officers of the
navy, is anxious to have a new law
passed reorgiinisiing the navy depart
ment, but inasmuch as only throe
more mouths rotnain to nun and to
this oongrons, lie will probably have
to leave this Rooseveitiun policy witt
many others, to Ins Buctessor. There
will bo opposition to it just as there
was to the bill for the reorganization
of the armv which Mr. Boot was not
able to have enacted until after two
years of strenuous effort. There is
belief In some quarters that a river
and harbor hill will be passed before
the fourth of March. There is argent
need for improvement of the water
ways, but economy is the slogan that
is heatd from all sides The dofinit
last year amounted to five millions a
mouth and this year it is riot far from
ten millions n month. The president
and the advocatoa for a greater navy
are insisting on more money for
dreariiiuughtx and the clnseflsts of the
housd are deteruun d in their opposi
tion. In a few days the postal sav
ings bill will have the floor in the
senate and Senator Foraker, it is
Slid, will call up the Brownsville
affair on tho Kith of the month. Ho
ha-t returned to Washington with hi
belt full of artillery and cutlery and
a soiisatiomtl speech, tilling pages of
the, Congressional Record, is expected.
want may be gratified. The natural
wealth of the country is great and
great are its achievements, but better
tluty all this are the people them
selves a chosen race growing in
numbers and all the accomplishments
and graces which make a people
mutually useful and happy."
The senate or rather some sena
torsare extremely jealous of their
jtdut prerogative with the White
House to make troatios, but past ex
perience lias shown that their special
function is in marring treaties.
There would exist today a treaty be
tween the two greatest and most pro
gressive nations on the globe, both
speaking the English luuguago, had it
not been lor this troaty-marrmg pro
clivity of thersenato. A number of
senators are lookiug askance at what
they oall a "treaty" botween Japau
and the United States, reoently pub
lished, but the secretary of state, Mr,
Root, had the foresight to avoid the
jealous and misohievous interference
of the senate, by disclaiming by im
plication a "treaty" and prepuring
with the co-oporation of the Japanese
ambassador, a '"declaration" sotting
forth nothing new, bat proclaiming
formally and in unmistakable terms a
long established status quo, which as
the Japanoso ambassador expressed it,
will have a binding force for good on
nations of the high moral character of
the United States and Japan.
A member of the house of commons"
a few weeks ago, said that there had
been ninety two murders in the oitv
of Loudon siuce January, 1804. This
would be oil au uverago of not more
than nineteen mm tiers a year iu a
population of about five millions. It
is common for our American cities to
boast of the rapidity of their growth
and of the Bplendor of their civiliza
tion, but it might be well for them to
compare their murder statistics with
those of London. Our cities, with
less than half the population Of Lou
don, will have tt) confess to a larger
number of murders. The quick and
inevitable death penalty following
murder in England and the facility of
escape of tho death ponulty iu Amer
ica is au explanation of tho differ-onco.
One of the most important gather
ings to bo held on the Pacillo coast
during 1!K)1) will bo tho convention in
Portland of the Association of Amer
ican Agricultural Colleges and Exper
iment Stations, brought here through
the Instrumentality of President VP. J,
Kerr, of the Oremm Agricltural Col
lege, The American Association ot
University Presidents, the American
Association of Farmers' Institute
Workers the Agronomic Society, and
the Association of Agricultural Chem
ists always hohl their convent ions at
the same place and time as the Asso
ciation of Agricultural Colleges nod
Experiment Stations, and will there
fore lis in Portland nlso Delegates
to these meetings comprise college
and university presidents, directors of
experiment stations, experts in the
different bureaus of tlio department
of ngrioulturer, and other specialists,
ami an attendance of between 13(10
and lfiOO is expeetetl. An extended
visit to the A-Y-H Exposition is in
cluded in their schedule. The exact
date of the convention will be an
nounced goon,
J. E. Dcfebaugh, editor of the
Aniercan Lumberman of Chicago, who
lias bestowed such marked praise on
Douglas fir, has the following to say
editorially iu the current issue of (lie
Lumberman: "Tho Pacific North
west makes a wonderful appeal to
every visitor. It is a land of living
waters, of golden soil, of mineral
wealth beyond comprehension, of for
ests which will bless maukiud when
other lauds are desolate; a laud of
mountain, plain and valley ; of a
people great in intellect, energy, en
durance and kindliness. Iu this gold
en Northwest is a climate without the
liarshuoB ot the North or the enervat
ing softness of the South, these Hople
are buildiug au empire. They have
harnessed the streams for power, or,
pouring them over the plains, have
produced fruitful fields and gardens;
they aro wresting from the earth its
mineral wealth; they are converting
the forests into forms of utility and
beau'y; they are building schools and
colleges; the Bible vision of everv
mm dwelling under his own vine and
flfr tree is realized here, where his
every bodily need and intellectual
Slgrus of Oregon's Growtli.
Junction is one of the numerous
Oregon towns that is profiting by the
bqt. sting doue by its citizens some
yenrs ugo.
Th pn.ue packing house at Myrtle
Creek has just finished packing and
marketing their supply for this year.
During the season, l,7(!0,iX)0 pounds,
requiring 44 cars to transport them,
were packed.
Cediirville is the latest place to be
agog over the appearance of a inF
rerious party of surveyors in their
vicinity.
Good roads is a matter that is in
teresting the good citizens of Benton
county, and many of the precincts
have voluntarily levied special taxes
to be usert iu the improvement of
their highways.
At a recent meeting of the Lane
County Medical Society hold in Eu
gene, the members issued a letter to
the press of that county forbidding
the use of their names in connection
with any medical or surgical case.
Plans are being made for the erec
tion of a three-story block in Cottage
Grove.
According to the Lakeviow Exam
iner, the finest colery can be grown in
that sectiou of the country.
The Oedarville creamery is rapidly
noaring completion and will bo placed
in commission before (Jhristmio.
Members of the various churches,
some of the faculty of the Oregon
Agricultural College, and other citi
zens of Corvollis are working hard lor
a public library.
There are g'.ll pupils enrolled in the
Grosharu schools this year. Xhii en
rollment lust year was 278.
J. A. Dawson of Corvallis shipped
9'Kip pounds of poultry to market frou
November 1 to 25.
Judge J. H. Scott, of Salem, presi
dent of the State Good Roads Associa
tion, addressed the citizen of Leba
non receutllv, and the result was that
a good roads league was immediiltely
formed, with J'J. K, Taylor as presi
dent. This organization will work iu
conjunction with the Albany meeting.
The members ot the M. E. church
of Roseburg are jubilant over the un
precedented success of the chrysanthe
mum show they held recently.
A linotype machine has been in
stalled in the office of the Rogue
River Courier at Grants Pass.
At n recent meeting of the Toledo
Development League tho loBgue liired
a civil engineer to determine the best
route for the proposed Toledo-Siletz
wagon road.
Becoming infosod with the "boost
er" spirit that is permeating the at
mosphere of the Willamette valley
towns, a Corvallis pear tree produced
two crops of fruit this year. The last
croj), which has juBt been harvested,
is of normal size, aud the pears are as
doliciouB as any that ever grew in
Oregon, the home of fine fruit.
The residents of Alicel and the rest
of Union county are awaiting with
interest the completion of the tests
that will determine whether or not
there is oil in that region.
bo pioased were they with the out
come of tlioir chrysanthemum contest,
that the children of Albany have de
termined to hold the exhibit again
next year, when it will be hold iu
connection with the apple show.
Tho business men of Coquille Val
ley, Coos county, have made arrange
ments to send Formor Congressman
Binger Herman to Washington D. 0.
to work for an apportionment for the
improvement of the Coquille river
and bar. .
One of the most successful road
meotings held in the Willamette val
ley was the one hold reoently In Mo-Minnville.
It must be vory gratifying to the
management of the Woodburn Inde
pendent to read the many favorable
comments that are being made by the
press throughout tho state on the sou
venir edition recently issued by them.
It was certainly "classy" and the cit
izens of Woodburn should feel grate
ful for the zeal shown by the Indepen
dent in getting up the number.
With the completion of Budge
street, the residents of Olntskanie
state that they can bortst of tho finest
appearing, most durable street of any
town of lfiOO people in the state.
Keep it up, Clatskaiiie, pull for your
own towu.
A fruit cannery for Rosebnrg is the
latest tiling to be pushed by tho Com
mercial Club of that city.
To allow or not to allow the sale of
near ber.r, that's the question that is
disturbing tho rest of the citi.euB ot
JNewberg.
"The friends of this paper will
please hand us items when they are
fresh. We prefer not to publish a
birth after the child U weaned, a
marriage after the hoitevmoo. is over,
or the death of a man after his widow
is married again Polk Counry Item
i.er. xVnd this is the exact view tak
en by this and all other weekly papers
throughout the state.
Dallas, in conuectiou with the Sun
set Magazine, is preparing; to issue
literature descriptive ot that, section
UNCLE IKE "SPEAKS UP"
Wants "Umbrells" and Other "New Faogled"
Things on Wamhlps.
Mister Editor: Ive been a thinkin
lately as how them Wright fellers au
that air Von dur dutchman whateher
callum got sost rhay kin scoot rite up
ip the air an cut an tu'n an flop roun
an stay up most as long as thay wan
tew au I wan tor tell ye it wories me
ortnl cause ye cant tell what them air
fellers er gwine tor dew next. I spec
like as not 1 11 hafter be dodgin bee
bottles and peanut shucks an the like
o that tnos the time for long, but that
air aiu't the wurst of it, that aint
whats wearin me away so like turnti
tion an tearu at my vita's so tew
speak. Ill tell ve now how it pears
to yer Uncle Ike. Yer sae Uncle
Sam is turnin rite in lively au spend
in his money an time hoi pin thorn air
skeemors tew build a blamed riggin
tor crop a bom rito on top of bis rue
n'.llyun dollar war boats an blow
urn tor kingdom cum but aint doiu
one least ornery thing ter save his
warboats from these "dodly perils
what nius overtake us soon " Ho
take my pen in hand (an it feels mity
outer place ter aste ye, Mr. Editur if
ye wont call JUncIo Sam b atenshun
tew this auerant oversite an ask him
if ho cant eze my mind an lots of
uthers by fixin up sum kinder per
teckshun fer them poor helpless f itm
ships we have hepled ter pay fer
Now Ive thot on it powful hard an if
you an Uncle Sam '11 skuze me I'd
snggess Bum kinder unbrallla jigger
what w uld open up quick like when
wun of thetu airbugs cum long an
made of that air army plate staff wad
be boot the best kinder perteegshnn
fer our beluved boats. Now dont let
the grass get very hi under yer feet
pleze Mister Editur cause I feel this
kerlamity cummin ontew us resl fast
an I know heaps of uthers will feel
jes the same when thair tenshuns is
callod tew it.
Yours fer the naivy,
UNl LE IKE.
Quod Cough Medicine for Children.
The season for cougha and colds is
now at hand and too much care can
not be ased to protect the children
A child is much more likely to con
tract diphtheria or scarlet fever when
he has a cold. The qaicker you cure
his cold the 'es the risk. Chamber'
Iain's Cough Remedy is tho sole "jlh
once of many mothors, and ft v of
those who have tried it are willing to
use any other. Mrs. F. F. Starcher,
of Ripley, W. Va., Bays, "I have
never usod anything othor than Cham
berlain 8 Cough Remedy for my chil
dren and it has always given good
satisfaction." This remedy contains
no o mm or other nnrcotio and mav
be given as connauutlv to a child as
to au adult. For said by Huntley
Bros., Or'gon City aud Molalla.
A Christmas Blotter.
" With two large shoots of blotting
paper of contrasting colors and an or
dinary little calendar pad may be
made an extremely useful gift," Bays
Woman b Home Com pan ton for D
cember. "Out of the large blotters
out twelve small ones of uniform size,
about ten by tour inches, raste a
'month' from tl.o calendar, one on
each srrall blotter, aud with tlip col
ors alternating. Keep the twelve lo
se her by tying ribbon around them,
with a pretty bow on top. Each
mouth a fresh blotter may be slipped
'rom under the ribbon aud the
month's calendar 1b right at hand.
Rod and green blotters tied with red
ribbon are a Christmas combination."
for distribution iu the East.
Beware ol Frequent Colds.
A suceesniou of colds or a protract
ed cold is almost ccruin to end iu
chronic oat irrh, from which few pre
sons ever wh.illy recover. Give ovary
cold the attention it deserves and you
may avoid this disareeaolo disease.
How can you cure a cold Why not
try Chamberlain's Cough Kenidv? It
is Inghlv recommended. Mrs. M.
White, of Butler, Teiiti., says: "Sev
eral years ago I was bothered with
my throat and lungs. Someone told
me of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
1 began using it and it relieved mo at
once. Now inv throat and lungs are
sound and well. " For sale by Hunt
ley Bros., Oregon Citv and Molalla.
Oregon City poop'e will bo glad to
know that W. L .Block has taken the
agency for the famous Ostermoor
mattress.
Ut:TS DRUNK AND IS lUNbl) $5.00
Frank Smith Is (Islherrd In bv the Local Po-
lice OlfkersjrailPay lor Ihsjl uu.
NO REASON FOR DOUBT
A Statement of Facts Backed
by a Strong Guarantee
We guarantee immediate rolief and
a positive cure to all sufferers from
constipation. In every ease where we
fail to effect a cure, we will supply
the medicine free. This is a lrank
statement of facts, and we want you
to substantiate thou, at our risk.
Rexall Orderlies are a gentle, effec
tive, dependable and sate bowel reg
ulator, strongthoner and tonic They
re-establish nature's functions iu a
quiet, easy way. They do not cause
any inconvenience, griping or nausea.
Ihey are so pleasant to take and work
so easily that thoy may bo taken by
anyone at any time. They thoroughly
tone up the whole system to healthy
activity. They have a most beuelicial
action npou the liver.
Rexall Orderlies are unsurpassable
and idenl for tho use of children, old
folks mid delicate persous. We can
not too highly rocommoiid them to
all sufferers from any form of const
nation and its attennant evils. That's
why we back our faith iu them with
our protuiso of money bat k it they
do not give entire satisfaction.
Huntley Bros. Co., Main street, Ore
gon City. Two sizes, 26c aud 10c
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SOPHIA
KITTLE5EN
HEALTH VEKY POOR
RESTORED CY PE-KU-NA.
Special School Meeting.
Notice Is hereby given to the legal
voters of School District No. 62, of
Qlackanins County, Stale of Oregon,
that a special meeting of said district
will be held at the county courtroom
In tho Courthouse nt. Oregon City,
Oregon, on Tuesday, the 2S)th day of
December, 1908, at 7 o'clock P. M.,
for tho following object:
For the purpose of levying a spe
citl tax for school purposes.
Dated this ISth day of December,
1908. W. E. CARLL,
Chairman Hoard of Directors.
Attest: B. E. BROODS,
Dlsflct Clerk. 21
Frank Smith, a stranger in this
city, was taken iu tow Saturday night
by Officers Cooke aud Shaw for car
rying too largo a cargo of tanglefoot,
which seriously impaired his jiowers
of navigation. He was brought be
fore City Recorder W. A. Diunck ou
Moudayjsnd aid a Que nt five dollars.
Shortly afterwards he boarded a Port
land bound oa vowing never to hon
or OrogonCity with,lii presence
aguin.
Throat
Coughs
Ask your doctor about these
throat coughs. He will tell
you how deceptive they are.
A tickling in the throat often
means serious trouble ahead.
Better explain your case care
fully to your doctor, and ask
him about your taking Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral.
A
W publish our formula
yers
W bnth aloohol
from our mcdiotuM
W ura you to
oonult jour
dootor
U ho mikes the best liver pills? The
J. C. Ajrer Company, of Lowell, Mass.
They have been making Ayer's Pills tor
over sixty years. If you have the slight
est doubt about using these pills, ask
your doctor. Do as he says, always.
Md bj Ut t. O. Ajar Co., LowoU, Mom.
Catarrh Twenty-five Years
Had a Bad Cough.
Miss Sophia Kittlesen,Evanston, 111.,
writes':
"I have boon troubled with catnrrh
for nearly twonty-flve years and have
tried many cures for it, but obtained
very little help. ,
"Then my brother advised mo to try
Peruiia, and I did.
"My health was very poor at tb(time
I began taking Peruna. Mv throat was
very sore and I had a bad cough.
'Peruna has cured ire. Thechronlc
catarrh is gone and my health Is very
much improved.
"I recommend Peruna to all my
friends who are troubled as I was."
PriVUN4 TACLET3: -Some pooplo pre
fer tablets, rather than medicine in a
fluid form. Sacb people caa obtain Peru
na tablets, which reprssent the medici
nal ingredients of Pertina, Each tablet
equals one aTerap:" dose of Peruna.
f,o.n-a-l:n ttff'Ueal Laxative.
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Eldorado.
Ernest Jones made a business trip
to St. Johns last week. '
Mrs. D. Frazer, of Portland, Is vis
iting with her mother, while A. D.
Jones and William Jones are in the
mountains.
Christ Bullard is grubbing on Bob
Schuebel's place.
Elmer Griffith was visiting In Port
land a few weeks.
Mrs. Schoenborn called on Mr. and
Mrs. Dietrich Sunday.
Mrs. Lleman, of Seattle, Wash., lb
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis. v
Mrs. Geo. Lowery was the guest of
Mrs. R. A. Schoenborn Sunday.
R. A. Schoenborn is building a new
shed.
Dietrich brothers are improving
their farm.
Henry Schoenborn, who cut his foot
badly some time ago, Is able to walk
again.
There will be a Christinas tree at
the Eldorado school house the 24th
of December. Everybody Invited. '
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A Thousand Invitations
WILL REACH YOU during the next week. Invitations to exchange
your cash or credit, for sundry and various merchandise. Invitations to
attend bargain sales of something for nothing. So don'L get bewildered
keep your head.
course, Christmas calls for a litUe extra expenditure. You have
decided on this yourself. You probably find it almost impossible to de
cide what the present is to be. One thing you know. The things that
add to the comfort and ornament of the
will be doing service long
after the, catchy articles of the hour have been forgotten.
In a house-furrisning store you will find the appropriate and appre
ciated present. It may be a picture or a piece of furniture. Possibly an
easy chair, an ornamental bed, a sideboard or a dresses, possibly a library
table, a dining table or a couch. . It may be a Singer sewing machine. It
may be a piano or an organ. A handsome little writing desk will often
be just the thing. When you get to looking through the store you will
find so many suitable things that you will wonder why you were not
able before to think of one.
You will still have to decide on the best place to buy the article you
have in mind. We claim first place when considering quality of goods.
Quality considered, we will not be undersold either in Oregon City or
Portland. In addition we are making special prices during the rest of
the month. Many articles are offered at a price usually paid by the re
tailer. Our imported China dinner sets sell for what you are accus
tomed to to pay for the inexpensive American ware. Enamel ware,
kitchen utensils, Etc., are way down. Dining tables are marked at ac
tual factory prices. (We bought this lot a little under regular factory
price.) Now we cannot convince you unless you will call and investi
gate. Our customers are our best advertisers. You will become a
booster for us after you have done business with us.
Our stable is waiting for your team. We will show you that we
know how to appreciate your patronage. You will go home saying that
you like to do business with such people. See what we can do for you
in the way of a Christmas proposition. We make prices that will get
your business. Remamber we look after the comfort of that team,
whethey you buy or not.
E. W. MELLIEN & CO.
EVERYTHING FOR. THE H( I
OPPOSITE THE COURT HOUSE
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TEA & COFFEE STORE
Has again resumed active business, Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Hay hurst having re
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WHEN ORDERING FOR THAT
CHSISTMAS DINNER
Don't Forget the Teas
Don't Forget the Spices
Don't Forget the Extracts
Remember our Famous Juno Mocha and Java Coffee, 3
pounds for $1.00. No Christmas Dinner is complete with
out it. Everybody buys the Pyramid Brand.
The Pyramid Tea and Coffee Store
Phone 177 1
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