ORKCON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1908
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LEST WE FORGET
The greatest season of the year is at
Iinnn and everywhere the hustle ana
bustle of life and activity that goes
with the soa'on is apparent, merry
faces of the little ones an they aro
gazing at the many pretty gifts in the
shop windows, witli witsful, liiiKor
i n K eyes, the nlu-erful smile of father
and mother as they go to and fro
laden with gifts for each member of
the family, the expectant eye of eBch
passerby, as he miitfg the approaching
season. It is all vlad Chnstmastirie
Once a year by the giving of gifts
which make the recipients happy, we
commemorate the birth of Christ,.
With the older ones the season loses
its charm, from the bouso of giving
and receiving; the more act of giving
of the present does not signify to
them what it did when young, bat
there conies to all at this time another
and greater thought that this day
should bo filled with glad tidings
that Christ was boru into the world,
tho Savior ot mankind, whose birth
we are now colohrating.
The little tots have been anxious for
these many weeks, hardly able to wait
for the evontful day, their little
. minds centered on tho one thought
the presents they were to receive.
Christmas brings great cheer
throughout tho land, hearts aro glad
dened and homes that know no choer
for the your are made bright and
happy. It means mnch to the little
ones from tnoir viewpoint, and it
should mean much more to tho older
ones. Let all rdjoice.
GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATIONS
In the December issue of tho Pacific
UriTnue Bulletin appears the following
artielo :
"Kvory road district in Washington
should at once oruanisse a Good Roads
Association Announce a moating at
some central point; meet and orguuizu
by electiug a president, secretary,
treasurer and a vice president tor
each precinct exoent tho throe repre
sented by the above oflluers. Also
nominate two or three men for super
visor for your road district, for the
state law , provides that tho county
commissioners must nppoiut one of
the uieu yu nominate, tieel Do it
at once."
This roprint refers to conditions iu
Washington. There is no reason why
it could not bo used with tho greatest
success throughout Oregon, mid es
pecially throughout Clackamas coun
ty, ft great many sections of tho
state have organized good roads as
sociations, aud theso sections are now
enjoying the lienelits derived from
their efforts to bettor the condition of
their highways. It, is needless to sav
that the county olllcials will woik all
the harder if they think that their
eofl'rts aro appreoiiitetl. Olten they
are made aware ot tno fact thai a cer
tain pieco of road is in a boor condi
tion, hut thpy hear no more about it,
and tho mutter escapes their mind.
It is hero that the good roads orp:' n
izatiou accomplishes much bv con
stantly keeping the fact that tho road
is in poor connitioii before the com
missioners, and having a good sbiiro
of the membership at, tho meeting of
the county court will make tiieir
presence felt, and thus bring about
the needed improvement in the short
est possible timo.
over by the secretary of state, the
premier, is really the smallest in
official and clerical personnel of all
the departments of the government
and is considered the most des rable
as tar as clerkships aro concerned, of
nil the government departments
Those who occupy desks in this de
partment assume the airs peculiar to
dilettante statesmanship aud diplo
macy and imagine that they are in a
class above the employees of the pen
sion office, jjostotlice department and
all other government offices. ; Secre
tary Root, who effected a lemarkable
change in the war department during
the time that he was secretary of
war. and who is depended upon to
effect a similar change in the navy
department, lias told congress that a
change in the state department is in
dispensable, enlarging its clerical
force and adapting it to our greater
and broader duties ns a world power,
lifiing it out of tho management of
merely quasi diplomtio ami consular
affairs.
Cabinet making in Washington is
all the rano. Almost every follow has
a slate and there will probably bo
some surprises when the names of cab
inet officers aro published for the first
time, after tho fourth of March.
Senator Knox, of Ponnslvania, has
been much talked of to succeed Elibo
Root as sooretary of state There is
not tho slightest probability that be
will bo iuvitud or would accept if he
should be invited. lie is a good law
yer and a fair politician, but tho man
capable of . filling the chair of the
present secretary will not be easily
tound.
During tho present week it is ex
pected that both houses of congress in
Washington will condudo the auto
holiday work and arijonrn until after
New Years.
Free Course ot Lectures. i
Winter short course of studies will
begin at the Agricultural College,
Corvallis, Oregon, on January 6.
Men and women, young and old, in
terested in the farm, tho shop or tho
liout-e aro cordially invited to attend.
3y writing at mien to the Agricul
tural College a circular will be sent
tolling in detail what is proposed to
be accomplished by theso courses. A
week of lectures on general agricul
tural topics begins January o. A spe
cial courpo for creamery operators and
managers runs from January 5 to 15;
a course in dairying from January lb
to March 2?; a course in horticulture
from January II to February 21); h
course in mechanic arts from January
11 to February 20; a roiuso in railroad
construction from January II to Feb
ruary fl; a special course iu household
science and art from January 11 to
February 20. Special lectures on
business methods on the farm will be
given.
Beware ol Frequent Colds.
A succession of colds or a protract
ed oold is almost certain to end in
chronic catirrh. from which few pre
sons ever wholly recover. Give every
cold the attention it deserves and you
may avoid this disngreeanlo disease.
How can you euro n cold'' Why not
try Chamberlain's Cough Romdy? It
is highly roeoinmeuded. Mrs. M.
Whilo, of Iiutlor, Telia., says: "Sev
eral years ago I was bothered with
my throat ami lungs. Someone told
me of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
1 began using it and it relieved mo at
once. Mow my throat and lungs aro
sound and well." For sale by Hunt
ley Bros., Oregon City ami Molalln.
All tho tracks of the Illinois Central
within tho city of Chicago will be
electrified and tho use of steam loco-'
motives abandoned.
Tho secretary of agrieulturo has
presented his annual report ami has
tiecomp uiioil it with an essay that
may bo in tho future of a valedictory.
Secretary Wilson is the Ncslor of the
cabinet anil lie has hold his present
olheo longer than any of his .prede
cessors and for a term eoverina u won
derfully progressive era of larm and
crop improvement, lie shows that
within ten years the wealth produc
tion of the farms of tho country has
been Rroater than sixty billions of
dollars. ily another statement he
shows that tho value of farm products
in I Will, tho census year, beiiiK taken
at 100 the value iu llltlit is 125; for
I'.IOI, 181 j for lllOj, l;i4; for MM, 143;
for 11)07, 151); an I for 11)08, 105. Tho
value of tho corn crop almost stampers
credulity. The quantity is 3,(1-111,00(1,.
000 bmhcls, valued at ljI,Uir,0()0,0(0.
There are other statistics showing a
railing off in tho revenues of the gov
ernment that to the reflective mind
i. . . i i . i
huoiiHi prouuoo as inucii optimism as
tho big corn or rye crop. The com
missioner of tho internal revenue
bureau, in his annual report, states
that for the last year, there vyis a de
crease iu receipts of if 1H. 000,000, in
round numbers, us compared with the
previous year, anil this decrease comes
from tho smaller manufacture and
sale of spirituous liquors. -The de
crease iu gallons taxed, as compared
with last year, is estimated at forty
millions. Too commissioner accounts
for this by the prohibit ion movement,
tho high price of corn, and the agree
ment among distillcis to curtail production.
STATE ATTORNEY
OF TENNEHSKT?
' reruna the I
tyg invigorant
It aDd f
? life-giving
mf sC,$ tonic-' I
1 - p irom .
Y 6 ample
iio.N. i.Ars. u. M'toitn.
OX. LAPS. 1). McCOKI), 132;. O St.,
Washington, D. C, Ex-Adjutant
(ic neral State of Tennessee, and State'.
Attorney at Nashville, Is an ardent
friend of Peruna. He docs not hesitate
to give public endorsement to this very
excellent remedy.
As a tonic Peruna has no superior
Put It Is as a catarrh remedy it has
achieved Its world-wide notoriety and
success.
Any catarrh remedy to become per
manently effectual in the cure of ca
tarrh must contain tonic and invigorat
ing qualities with its anti catanii.il
jualitius. Catarrh Is always in express
s!on ot nerve weakness, either local
or general. It is, therefore, Important
that a catarrh remedy should, possess
reliable invigorating qualities in order
to thoroughly.rid the system of catarrh.
Pe-ru-na for Colds.
Hon. R. S. Ryan, now residing in
Nome, Alaska, was formerly a member
of the English House of Parliament,
and Secretary to the late Irish patriot,
Charles Stewart Parnell. His Wash-
ngton address is, New Wlllard Hotel,
tVashiugton, U. C. He writes:
"I have used Peruna and can recom
mend your remedy as a very effective
cure for colds and catarrhal com
plaints. "-R. S. Ryan.
The residents of Dallas now boast of
the best equipped , postofflce in the
West' Side counties.
The enrollment of the Corvallis
schools shows an increase of nine per
cent over the attendance last terji.
or about January 1. -
The"peacherine," a cross between
thsneach aud nectarine, will be dis
tributed throughout Lake County next
spring.
LITTLE LETTERS
TO SANTACLAUS
Dear Santa Clans Please bring me
a wsh tub and wash board and a doll
clothes lino. Hud wants an air gun
and a drain, train of cars. I want a
doll bngpy and a doll trunk, bedstead
and bed. I want three dolls. Bud
wants a negro doll. I want a book
and dishes and a piano, a little lamp.
So I will close until next Christmas.
(Jood-bye. VIVIAN CURTIS.
Oregon City people will bo glad to
know that W. L .Block has taken the
agency for the famous Ostermoor
mattress.
The Panama canal, in spite of op
timistic utterances with reference to
tho progress imulu in iis construction,
is evident lv n sour.o of anxiety in
Washington and throughout the coun
try. Tim lnw imposes on the presi
dent the duty of building the canal.
It is the most Herculean work at
tempted iu history, t.ml (lie incoming
presid"iir, upon whom the burden is
about to fall, is wise iu his ellort to
Baf ii,fy himself that progress in being
made in tho right way. It is known
that lie iulwids to visit Fiiiiunia tiM'tin
in January and flint ho will lake villi
him a number of engineering olllceis
in no way connected with (he work.
It is chavacleristio of the president
elect to thoi-miKhly uiideixanil any
proposition (hat he has to lake up nnd
thu country will doubtless profit by
the careful inspection and study lie is
about to make.
Slffns ol Oregon's Growth.
District Attorney Bryson of Corval
lis has issued an order prohibiting the
drug stores of Eugene from sidling
Peruna, llostetters's F, lor trio Bitters,
Lashes' Bitters and other medicines
of the sumo older.
C. W. Anient of Grants Pass, who
owns a 280 acre tract east of I hat city,
has laid it off into 28 ten acrco fruit
farms. Those tracts will bo planted
iu the finest varieties of fruit, and
will be Bold to those who wish to tako
up fruit raising as u business,
Albany will soon witness thu chaiigo
from tho old horse cars to a modem
elect l ie line.
Grants Pass is the latest town to be
gin to make eltorts for a new railroad
depot. Thu ladies of that, city are
preparing to make u park around the
railroad grounds.
Tho convention of tho Oiegon
Wool-growers ' Association iu Ileppuer
reeeinly was very successttil, and was
a great honotit to the wool growing
industry throughout the statu.
The citizens of Woodburn aro de
termined to be connected by rail with
the Oregon Klectric. Company's line,
which runs on tlm opposite side ot the
river from them.
Good Cough Medicine for Children.
Tho season for coughs and colds is
now at hand and too much care can
not lie used to protect the children.
A child is much more likely to con
tract dipbeheria or soailct tevor when
be has a cuhl. Tho quickor you cure
his cold tho less the riBk. Chamber
Iain's Cough Remedy is the sole reli
ance of many mothers, and ft v of
those who havo tried it are willing to
use any oilier. Mrs. F. F. Starcher,
of Ripley, W. Va., says, "I have
never used anything other than Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy for my chil
dren and it has always given good
satisfaction." This remoily contains
no o ium or other narcotic and may
be given as contideutly to a child as
to an adult. For sale by Huntley
Bros., Oregon City and Molalla.
Wallowa for the
been fixed at 10
Tho days succeeding flui Civil War
are referred to as the Reconstruction
Periud, but that lliat period is still
activo, the past, the piesent and the
supposed future of tho Roosevellian
era confirm. One of the cnief icono
clasts and ruimildciN of llns era is
Secietary Hoot ot the state depart
ment. Last week be startled the
members of the ooiumitte on appropri
ations and tho country by referring to
the present organization of the state
department as u temporary makesoitr
. The time will shortly come, he said,
wliou it will ho dcsirablo t . make ma
terial changes in the organization of
the Btate oeunrtmoiit. 'i his depart
ment, which is by rank the chief do-
The tax levy of
coming year has
mills.
A party of Eastern capitalists have
purchased (WO acres of valuable land
in the vicinity of Melrose, aud will
tiiloit ono of the best :oitiinereial
orchards in the Morthwtst.
One-lift h of a million is the amount
of the increase of t lie assi sscd valua
tion ol Enterprise, Wallowa, and Jo
seph over last year.
The city council of Kugene have
taken it upon themselves to act as the
city water commission till the legular
commission can be legally appointed.
Cottage Grove is planning to vote
on thu levying of a lour null tax, to
bo used for purchasing a city park.
An orchardist residing near Rose
burg writes the Ke lew a letter, in
which he states that bo would like a
hill introduced at the next session of
tho legislature to prevent turkeys
from running at l.irge. lie claims
that the ua'ioual bird is more of a
menace to Ibe fruit and vegetable
crop than all the insects combined.
The citizens ot;iho progressive little
town of Banks havo tun tded that the
time has arrive,! when th y should in
corporate, and a bill for the issuance
of a charter has been drafted.
The new Clalskame (.o-op.iiiiive
Creamery is reported as progressing
very favorably, and those interesied
in the concern aro oenhileut that the
venture will be more successful than
thev at lirst thought possible.
It is the present intention of the
stockholders iu the MeMiiiuvilie
partmeut of the government, presided cream condenser to start thu plant on
Pasteurizing Milk for Poor Babies.
In telling how, in New York City,
more than four million bottles of pure
Mo-m-froo milk are distributed in the
tenement districts every your, Popular
Mechanics for January Bays:
"ribo method by which this milk is
pTstonruo I has many advantages over
i lie older system of sterilization or
boiling, as a lower degree of heat is
applied, which, although sufficient
to kill all noxious poms, does not
atl'ect, ibe nourishing quality aud al
lows tho good taste to bo reiained.
" The milk is first dropped tbrongh
a flue sieve onto ooile cooled by ice.
The milk is transferred from this
cooler to an automatic bottle tilling
machino. After the bottles are tilled
the next slop is the heating or pas
leuri.ation. This is accomplished by
gradually inctoasing the temperature
of tho hot water surrouuding the bot
tles until a temperature of loi degrees
is reached. Tho bottles are left in
this temperature for a period of 20
minutes. Tho milk is ro coolod by an
automatic machine which sprays the
bottles With cold water.
Non -alcoholic
Sarsaparilla
If you think you need a tonic,
ask your doctor. If you think
you need something for your
blood, ask your doctor. If you
think you would like to try
Ayer's non-alcoholic Sarsapa
rilla, ask your doctor. Con
sult him often. Keep in close
touch with him.
A
W o pubtub our formula
y
iers
We banish alcohol
from our luediolnM
Wo urffe yoa to
oaiiiult your
dootor
Ask your doctor to name some of the
results of constipation. His long list will
begin with skit-headache, biliousness,
dvspepsia, thin Mood, bad skin. Then
ask him if he would recommend your
using Ayer's Pills.
Md by th J. O. Aft Co., LowaU, Man, '
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PYRAIS
TEA & COFFEE STORE
Has again resumed active business, Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Hayhurst having re
turned to take Charge E3 E3 E3 3
WHEN ORDERING FOR THAT
DINNER
CHSISTMAS
Don't Fofget the Teas
Don't Fotget the Spices
Don't Fofget 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 Coff
ee Store
Phone J 77 J
OREGON CITY, OREGON
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DRY FARMING
The above subject has nothing to do
witli prohibition. It has reference to
cultivating the soil o as to conserve
the moisture of the spring raius to
preserve it for the dry mouths ot the
summer. Those readers who attended
tho Gresham fair last fall and saw the
Gill Bros ' exhibit will reuiemher
what the results of dry farming are.
Nearly all farmers have heard of
the Campbell dry tur ning svBtoui as
used in Colorado aud other arid
countries But have they ever tried
to adapt this system to the conditions
existing in the Willuinotte valley?
My father evolved thin svstem iu 18S'.
years before Campbell auuounced his
systeuij
As pro ,i:ted by my ratiier una my
brother, it consists in plowing the
ground twice, the first time ill March
r April and again in May or June
according to the crop. It cannot be
applied to grain crops or early crops,
but to tutor suuinier or full crops.
Late potatoes, cabbage cauliflower,
pumpkins, squashes, melons, celory,
carrots, beets ano summer grovn veg
etable are moat successfully grown ill
this miinner.
Tho first plowing should bo done in
March or April. It ought, to bo nina
or ten inches deop, nulesn the land
has been continually plowed shallow
er, iu which casi it should be plowcai
an inch deeper than the previous
plowing. If the soil is sundr this
precaution is not necessary. Immedi
ately aftor the plowing the ground
should be harrowed twice, first in the
suuio direction the plow traveled and
tho second time aoioss the furrows. i
For plant ug squashes, melons,
pumpkins, cucombers, beans or corn, '
plow thu second time as soon as the
danger of frosts is over, laying the
laud off opposite to the original IhihI
go as to cut across the fntrows of the
tirtst plowing. If the ground is in 1
good condition two harroivings this
time will sntlicifiitly pulverize Mhe '
soil. I3ut of this the farmer must bo 1
his own judge I
This Socond plowing should never
be deterred till ihe moisture is dried
out of the soil. It ought to bu fin
ished for all purposes by June 15th. '
Lato potatoes should be planted be-1
tweou the loth ot June and the 1st o'
Julv. Cauliflower ami cabbage for
the fall mid winter crop should be
planted from the 20th of Juno to Au
gust IStli nccording to variety. My
brothers have grown exuelbnt crops
of carrots and beets from seed sown
as lute as the first of June.
Afier the crops are planted, the cul
tivator should be used freely. At
first uso a tive-tooth d cu tivator and
then as the seusou advances use the
harruw-tooihed cultivator. All culti
vation must be level. No hilling up
iu this method.
It is a purpose of a part of this cul
tivation to make two or three inches
of dust upon the surface of the soil,
the finer the better. This keeps the
mo sture from evaporating, and keeps
it for tho use of the plant. Make
dntt. It is the secret of success in
this method. Keep the soil level be
tween the rows. Mv brothers use a
dmg after the last cultivation that
jusD tits between the rows.
If a rain tomes (luring the growing
seasou, a trust will form ou top of the
dust. This must be brokeu or the
moisture of the soil will escape. The
cultivator must be set going immedi
ately afti r a ruin, that is as souu as
the soil is dry enough to work.
With tins svstem ot farming almost
as good oiops can be grown iu a dry,
hot summer as m a cool, raiuy sum
mer. IHirnw the last seveu years mj
brothers, Eild aud Hay, have bad this
experience. Ihe smallest crop of (hi
(utoes they have gtowo wss a little
more than bO sacks per avr aud the
average crop has been .5 sucks per
acre. The only fertilizer used was
land plaster at the rate of 100 pounds
to the acre.
To illustrate the difference between
the old method aud this method: A
rented 10 acres of land of B. He
plowed the ground once with the
braei ing plow, planted his potatoes
abnut the 1st of May and did not
make an effort to keep the ground
level. He harvested 40 sacks of
salable potatoes off the ten acres.
The next season my brothers rented
the same piece of ground, paying
$200. an i ere more for the rent. They
farmed by the method herein de
scribed, planting the potatoes after
the loth of June, and they harvested
000 sacks of salable potatoes
Lust year, following this method,
they raised cauliflower of the Best
Karly variety, one head of whioh
weigned 144 pounds. This year they
took i75 worth of prizes at the
Gresham fair. Their land is an up
land gravelly soil and is not nearly so
fertile us the lauds of the Columbia
slough, or as mauy acres of alluvial
soil in Clackamas cou ty.
I applied this method to a small
garden at Estucada Inst summer and
though I hail but little opportunity to
work it as I should have worked it,
still I had a good late gardon when
mauv others were dried up.
jr you hnvon t tried this adaption
of the Campbell svstem to the Will
amette valley, try the experiment on
a small piece of ground next summer.
If you mute no mistakes, you will be
surprised ut the results.
F. M. GILL.
Luc 1 pi the thief or
ft i a-, ot the body is a
i.i'.k in the Chain of
Life. A chain it do
stronger than its
weakest link, the body
no stronger than iu
weakest organ, If there is weakness of stomach, liver or lungs, there is a
weak link in the chain of life which may snap at any time. Often this so-called
"weakness" is caused by lack of nutrition, the result of weakness or disease
of the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition. Diseases and
weaknesses, of the stomach and its allied organs are cured by the use ot Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. When the weak or diseased stomach is
cured, diseases of other organs which seem remote from the stomach but which
have their origin in a diseased condition of the stomach and
other organs of digestion and nutrition, are cured also.
The stroiti man has a stroni stomach.
Take the above recommended "DiscoV'
cry" and you may have a strong atom'
ach and a strong body.
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Given Away. Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser,
new revised Edition, is sent free on receipt of stamps to pay
expense of mailing only. Send 21 one-cent stamps for the
book in paper covers, or 31 stamps for the cloth-bound vol
ume. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
WANTED Lady to assist in rooking
and house work. Address P., Cour
ier olllce. 2t
WW" i
Christmas Means
Good Wisncs
towt.nl every living tfiing. That in
cludes your horse. Bring him here and
treat him to a new set of perfectly fit
ting shoes, that will make him feel bet
ter for wearing and you feel better for a
kind and sensible action. Let us shoe
him today, while you think about it.
Storey & Thomas
4th and Main Sts. Oregon City
GeorgelC. Brownell
ATT'Y AT LAW
ORECOPTCITY, OREGON
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It is wonderfully
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kitchen work on a
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at the instant wanted,
and out of the way the
moment you're done.
Such a stove is the New
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By using it you avoid the
continuous overDowerinor
heat of a coal fire and cook
with comfort, even in dog
days. The
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is so constructed that it cannot add perceptibly to the heat of
a room; the flame being directed up a retaining chimney to
olurD wv wnere it is needed tor cooking. You can
see tnat a stove sending out heat in but oni di
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If not with your dealer, write our nearest agency.
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it a rronr
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(Incorporated) -
Q. A. CHENEY
Real Estate
NOTAR.Y PUBLIC
ire, Lite Accident and Piste Glist Intunnct
U. S. Pension Attorney
Oregon City, - Oregon
SUCCESSORS TO
A. MIHLSTIN
Notice ol Final Settlement. ,
uouise won, deceased, has tiled in
tin Conntv Oonrt nf (Hunt
ty, Oregon, his final account as puch '
executor or saia estate, and that Mon
day, the 1st day of February. 1909. at
the hour of 10 o'clock a. m. has been
fixed by said court as the time for
hearing all objections to said report
ana me settlement tnerenr.
.urns WOTT?
Executor of the estate of Louise
noli, deceased.
U'REN & SCHUEBEL,
Attorneys for Executor.
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