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OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, . FEB. 9, 1912 We Can Repair That WATCH For over 30 years we have been handling "balky'' timekeepers. We know the r tricks. We have learned all their nasty little ways. We know too just how to to handle them. Let ns look over that watch you can't depend upon any more. If it is worn out we will tell you so. If it isn't we will make it r.un or give your money back. Our Repair Department Is equipped to do all kinds of Watch, Clock, Spectacle and Jewelry Repairing, Burmiester Andresen Oregon City Jewelers S OF THE CITY Drs. fieatie & Mount, dentists, Masonio Temple. The little class ads ou page 8 will do the business for yon. Try tliem. Silas Wright of Liberal is an Oregon Oity visitor this week. The Hnb THE grocery. Seventh and Center streets phone 4-1. Mrs. Eliza Press is spending a few weeks visiting Portland friends. Leonard Logesou has accepted a po sition in the Merrill & Cane shoe store. Stook food, ' seeds, bine stone, form aldehyde, Woodlark squirrel poison, at Fermaun's, Molalla. Miss Oraee Bahcock has returned to her home In Salem after visiting rela tives in Oregon City. Mrs. Lillie Wink and sons, Earl and Arthnr, were the gnpsts of Mrs. Flor tnoe Grace and family, Sunday. Miss Ana Alldredge lias returned from a trip to Woodbnrn, where she spent a few days visiting friends. Emery Nobl has returned from Biverview, Cal., where he attended the funeral of his father, last week. Mrs. J. B. Robinson of Portland was the guest of her sisters, the Misses Cochran, the first part of the week. Mrs. M Johns and family will move to Portland next week, where Mrs Johns will conduut a rooming house. Miss May Sawtelle of Seattle, who has been visiting at E. fl Vonder ahe's, returned to her home last Sat urday. Mrs. Elsie Blood, who has been very ill at the home of her mother, Mrs. A. M. Brayton, at Parkpiace, is very muoh improved. Postal savings banks are being jammed in pretty thick in this vicin ity, Oregon City, Canby and Aurora are on a short string. Tom Fairclough returned to the Ogle Mountain Mine Tuesday morning after spending a few weeks visiting relatives in this city. Invitations have been issued by the Philharmonic Society for their Valen tine danoing party, which will take place in the Busou hall, February 14th. Edward Kelley, one of Oregon City's oldest settlers, says navigation improvement comes slow on the Will amette. He says Hfty-nine years ago, in 1863, ocean barges came into Ore gon City ; and now we never see an ocean boat. It is said several Oregon City men were caught in that Washington Orchard Fruit Co. bunoo, which failed for five millions last week. The mor al is to stick around the old town with yonr investments, and put your money into something you know about, and can see. There is no ex cuse in the world to go outside of Old Clackamas county for the best of in vestments. Perhaps yon can't get rich in a month, but when you lie down at night your securities won't fade a war before morning. The Courier and Pacifio Homestead both one year, $2.00. Window glass, sash doors, lowest prices, at Fermaun's, Mdalla. Seeds from Portland Saed Co. at Fjraiaun's, Molalla. Fndav, from 11 to 1, Eastern Star dinner iu the Masonio temple, 25c. You arj invited. Farmers, vou are invited to make use of lare hitching while iu town. Fermaun's, Molilla, .. Mr and Mr?. C. L. Li n booker of Highland were transacting buErrress in this city Monday. Loyal residents of tliis oity are hear tily pleased over t h e action of the Willamette Pulp & Paper Co . in cal ling their steamer the "Oregon City" The Hub Grocery Co. sells grooeries j and sells lots of them. There is only one way a grocery can cell lots. Find ont the way. aeveutn ana uenter srtreets, botli phones 4-1. MEN'S UNDERWEAR finest grade ribbed cotton, shirts and pants, Satur day and Monday only, 45o at Fer mann's, Molalla. An old Oregon pioneer passed over the div de Monday, josiah Howell aged 83 years. He came here from Ohio 6()years ago, and had livtd in this oity neaily all these years. Some day try the Hub Grocery Co with an order, and we believe you will stop trying others. The verv best, fresh, full weight and apprecia tion go with every ' order, Seuveutli and Center. Cox&Ward, tobacco dealers and bil liard room proprietors of Main strent, have dissolved partnership. Mr. Ward selling to his partner. He has beeu in poor health for some time and the inaool occupation has not agreed wan him. The Eastern Stat ladies will serve a warm luncheon in the dining room of the Masonio temple Friday of this week fiom 11 to 1, to which all are invied. The meal will oost you but 25:onits and you will miBS a great treat it you are not present. A parent-teachers' meeting will be held in the Meinig hall, bandy, sat urday, Feb. 17, from 10 to 3 o'clock. All who are interested in education are urgtd to be present, to listen and to speak. The program will be both entertaining ana miorming. Brownell&Stone.'BS attorneys for 0. if, Piatt, father of the little boy who fell from the sidewalk on the Cane uiah road and was drowned last week, have commeuoed aotion against the P. R. L. & P. Co. for the boys' death. The body has not been found. This for you fellows back east, and remember the date is Fberuary : Gardens are being plowed and.spaded, flowers are in bloom, shrubbery leaf ing out, trees in bud, lawn Jinowers running, boys playing ball, men in shirt sleeves, eto. Spring just natur ally comes in Oregon for there is no winter for it to follow. Sixty new subscribers have been put on the Courier's list in the past two weeks, and every name has oome in without the solicitation of this offlou sent in by Courier friends or person al subscriptions at the ornoe. The Courier is ipreading out some these days. Our readers will be pleased to know that good incubators and brooders can be nurohased right here at home. The Sc. Helens Inoubator Co., of Toledo, Wash., has just issued their new cat alog for 11)12 and will be pleased to send a cooy for the asking. Their ad appears in this issue. R. I. Garrett, the well known vet erinary surgeon of Canby, was in. the city on business Saturday, witn Mrs. Garrett, and Mr. Garrett says be iB moving back onto the old farm home stead at Needy, near Hubbard. He has been in Canby a year, but says he has a longing for the old plaoe and is going back to raise apples, farm it a little and take things easy. Capt. Jas. P. Shaw of Lakewood, formerly of Oregon Oity, received a telegram Saturday evening announc ing the death, at Wapakoneta, Ohio, of Mrs. O. T. Dieker, from cancer, while in her eighty-second year. Many Oregon Oity people will remem ber Mr. Dieker, as she spent several months with her daughter here. She was buried on Tuesday. Tax collections for this oounty start ed Tuesday, and all who pay before March 15 will have a 8 per oent dis count. The increase in valuation this year over 1910 is from 24,288,I95.62 to 26,819,619.53. and in the amount of taxes from $499,224 26 to $646,691.18 and the divisions are state, oounty roads. schools and libraries $460,593.81; special school tax, $102,790.27; special road tax, $53,704.51 and for the Joities of Oregon City, Gladstone, Oswego, Sandy, Canby, Milwaukie and Estaoa da $29,603.04. The increase this year is 2 mills over last year, and is in on- casioned by the increased state and school taxes. As a direot influence of the recent poultry show there has been formed the Oregon City Poultry Association, starting ont with a membership of over forty, and having all kinds of future prospects. The association will give annual exhibits. The member ship fee is $1, and following are the officers: S. S. Moore, president; George J. Hall, vice-president; M. J. Lazelle, secretary and treasurer. The officers and Elmer Dixon and Dr. M. C. Strickland compose the executive board. All persons interested in the raising of fowls are invited to become members of trie association. Mortgage Loans Private money to loan on good mortgage security. Have loaned money for 15 years without foreclos ing a mortgage on a loan made. Will loan your money for you at 7 per oent GRANT B. DIMICK. Room 8 Andresen JBldg, 41tf Oregon Oity, Oregon Larsen & Company Grocers and Commission Merchants . Corner Tenth and Main OREGON CITY OREGON Don't forset the big danoe at Glad stone hall Saturday night. Very best musio. Paints, white lead, nils and terpen tine at lowest prices than elsewhere. Hermann's, Molalla. Judge Beatie has appointed' James Deshazer, Bert Jousrud ana warren Wilkins as appraisers of the estate ot the late Charles W. Uassedy. Miss Norma Bolman entertained a tew friends Saturday evening, at her honi'i on Sixth street. T h e evening was spent playing whist, the prizes going to Misses Zena Moore ana uoro thy Hedges. The following were pres ent : Alene Phillips, Roberta Soliueb- el, Elizabeth Mounell, Freda Martin, Ethel Moore, Zena Moore, Joe Hedges, Ray Morris, Kent Moody, O an Moore and Kent Wilson. The entertainment committee of the Oommerolal Club is 'arranging for a big time for the club and visitors on the nihgt of February 29. The affair will be a booster meeing, the object being to fill the club to its legal limit 250, alter which it will be run as i sort cf a olosed corporation and appli cants will have to wait for a vacancy to become members. At thia meeting verv member will have the privilege of bringing a frined with him. The details of the entertainment will be given later but you may be sure there will be something doing. The funeral of Calvin P. Holmes who died in this oity January 81st, at the home nt W. W. Myers, took place Thursday at Highland. Elder Good win of the Latter Day Saints ohuroh of Montavilla conducted the servioes. Mr. Holmes wag born near Augusta, Maine,' and at the time of his death was 57 years of age. He moved to Or egon about three years ago, where he has since resided. He leaves two chil dren, Mrs. O. L. Lunbooker and Mr Esti l Holmes, both of Highland. The following men aoted as pall bearers: Robert Rutherford, - Ferris May tie Id, Jesse Mayneld, Chester, Gard, James Tedyman and Ohas. Stone. The in terment was in the Highland ceme tery. JM-L Mrs. John Lowry and Mrs. Kate Blnhm entertained the members of the Saturday Club Monday evening in the parlors of tho Congregational ohuroh. The rooms were prettily deoorated for the occasion. After the usual bus iness was ransaoted, a social time was enjoyed. Those present were Mrs C. H. Miessner, Mrs. E. H. Hendry Mrs. John McOetohie, Mrs. Ralph Mo Getchie. Mrs. Riohard Freytag, Miss Orvi Freytag, Mrs. Joseph Cook, Mrs. John Crawford, Mrs. James Roake, Mrs. Bert Rcake, Mrs. William Mo Lartv. Mrs. Walter Wentworth, Mrs. J. M. Mark, Mrs. John Lowry, Mrs. Charlse Blahni, Muss Belle Mattley. Miss Todd, Miss Alice Bailey, Miss Muriel Stevens, Miss Maude Warner, Mrs. & 0. Follnesbee, Miss Olarioe Znmwalt. Miss Jean White, Mrs. M. 1). Latourette, Miss Edna Oauheld, Miss Clara Caufleld, Mrs. Don James, Mrs. Charles D. Latourette, Miss Emily Midlatn. DOING IN OREGON. Highbinders In Portland are oa the verge of war. Every dental office In Medford, with one exception, was robbed Friday night. Over $400 in gold was secured. A. H. Lea, ot Portland, has filed his declaration ot intention te become a Republican candidate tor the office of state dairy and food commissioner. No longer are the short course stu dents at the Oregon Agricultural col lee to be called "Short Horns." This edict has been made by the president. The Medford commercial club wants Governor West to call a special ses sion of the legislature for the sole purpose of securing necessary legis lation for good roads. The Lane county Prohibitionists are preparing for the campaign, and a mass meeting or convention was held in Eugene Monday to elect delegates to the state convention. Representative Hawley has secured inclusion in the army appropriation bill of un Item to pay John E. Butler, of Junction City, $417 due him for past service in the army. John P. Rusk, of Baker, twice elect ed to the Oregon legislature, has an nounced his candidacy for represen tative to congiess on the Republican ticket at the coming primary. Nora Darling, aged 17, who disap peared from her home in Medford sev eral months ago and for whom the authorities have kept up a constant search, has been located at Nashville, Tenn. Benjamin Q. McPherson, a promin ent farmer of Springfield, died at his home near that city February 1 at the age of 7 years. He came across the plains from the east with his grand father in 1852. Eight highway bills have been put before the people of Oregon by the Oregon Association for Highway Im provement They were drafted by the state-wide committee appointed by Governor West. The 1912 Roundup of the Northwest Frontier Association will be held in Pendleton September 26, 27 and 28. These were the dates agreed upon at a meeting of Northwest Fair Associa tion secretaries held in Walla Walla. Construction of a mill on the lower Siuslaw, with a dally capacity of $260, 000 feet, will begin in the spring, and will be pushed to completion by the Wendllng-Johnson Timber company. When ready for operation it will have cost nearly $1,000,000. The grounds and buildings of the Pendleton Academy, at Pendleton, are to be sold and the proceeds of the sale added to the endowment fund of Albany college. Pendleton Academy, which was a Presbyterian Institution, was closed a year ago. A scheme to drain the east portion of Lake Labish came to a head when articles of incorporation were filed at Salem for the Labish District Im provement company, which contem plates the drainage of more than 1800 acres of the finest land in Marlon county. A thousand acres of orchard and timber land in the Lorane valley, west of Cottage Grove, was sold to the Milwaukee Orchard company, and a number of eastern Individuals, v:ho will hold the Umber land tor specula tion. The price paid is In the neigh borhood of $40,000. "THOU SHALT NOT KILL." Maple Lane Writer Combines - Sense and Humor. Maple Lane, Ore. Editor Courier: Your announce ment that he columns are twenty two inches long and open at both ends gave me a new attack of scrib blers' itch, so here goes. I have noticed gome oommunioations in re gard to capital punishment, some holding it to be God's law to avt nge the violent death of an individual. Let's see Let me mention u few in cidents from a publication officially known as the Bible to show that death punishment was then proper for other offences. "Tins woman was oaught in the act of adultery" the man being a "prominent citizen" got awav "The law says she shall be stoned. What lay tou?" You see it was then as now important to uphold the majesty of law. He said "Let him that is without sin cast the first stone." How many stones do you suppose would not be thrown under sucli conditions? But you know the outcome. "Oruoify him, he is the king ot the Jews and we acknowledge no king bnt Caesar. Kill him I He has blasphemed God. We tear our shirts. He must die I" " What ye would others to do unto yon, do also unto them" Is that a trood nolioy? We are told by seme who lust for the blood of their fellow men but lack the courage to tackle the job single handed and are ready to squat on a jury where thiy can commit murder in "cold blood" deliberate a vei diet that it is the command of God whosoever sheddeth human blood. eto. Let's see. I read that the Jewixh Jehovah spoke in thundrous tones from the mountain, "Thou slialt not kill!" No exemption olause, no pro vided you are a polioeman or soldier, juryman, judge, or hangman. Thou shalt not kill. Get that? Again, when tne original havseed killed the first sheepherder, being brought to bars is reported to have said: "My sins are more than I can bear; whoever will find me will slay me. (There were no near neighbors those days ) God said "No one may do so. I will attend to this myself." Get around that if you can who would inflict capital punishment. It may not be ont of place to add that Cain then became the original town- site boomer. That was before the "back to the land" slogan. Anyone oan draw his own morals; but don't forget "THOU SHALT NOT KILL. " JOHN F. STARK. PAYING FOR A FARCE Union Mills Man Thinks School Work is Sleeping. Unkn Mills, Ore. Editor Courier: - In soanning the pages of the weekly newspapers and learning of the vast amount of crime and inoonvenience which is now being attributed to the "educational hobby," we should re joice in the knowledge that we are 'iving in Union Mills, for there is no "anger of the fates overtaking our young people here. If' our schools continue to be run under the present system, there will be no danger of any of the nestlings flying from nuder the proteoting family roof, through the propelling influence of the education al hobby. Our school has a board of directors but they do not direot. They do not visit the school to see for themselves whether the school is prospering or not. Probably if they reoieved a sal ary they would do better, but 1 have my douhts whether an increased sal ary would help the average teaober or not. Their chief aim seems to be to pnt in their time and draw , their wages with as little effort as possible on their part. And if the parents Have to teaoli the children at heme, . why should they have to pay taxes to keep up a mere farce? A TAXPAYER. A mortgage deed given by the Port land, Eugene & Eastern railway to the Trust Company of Amer.ca to guarantee the Issuance of $10,000,000 of bonds, was filed for record at Lu gone. Among other projects the com pany proposes to have an electric line in operation between Corvallis anrl Eneene this yer. JUST WANTS TO KICK. A Protest With Absolutely Noth ing Behind It. Oregon City. Editor Courier: From your outline of the proposed conviot bill in last week's Courier, 1 would judge the state was going into the cattle ship ping business, with men for cattle. A KIOKER. The writer of the above lias slim grounds for such a contention. The state will not go into the cattle business nuder the proposed convict law any more thin it does now under the present laws, wnioh permit the working of oonviots. There are two classes of idle men in Oregon today and they are both big classes. Armies would better describe them. One olass is of men who want work, will take any work and are honestly hunting work. The ot lie olass is made up of men who wouldn't get near enough to a steady job to see what it loosed like, if it was offered tn them. You couldn't lead them up to daily work. They shy at routine worue than a farmer's horse at an auto. They come to the Willamette valley because it is out of winter and out uf jobs, and because they snow the worst pun ishment the cities and towns' give them is a night s lodging and a warn ing to hike in the morning. To the men who are honestly look ing for work but can't find it, a job un the roads, with fond, shelter and 25 centB a day is a lot better than nothing. And to the fellow who won't work, but who is simply a state vagrant, well he has to pay for his board, as he should. COULDN'T STOP IT. People Made Poultry Show a Splendid Big Success. To give the details and all the in side of Oregon City's first poultry show would be like telling a story twioe. All who attended know how great a Buooess it was and those who did not attend hadn't ought to know. Two or three fellows got their heads together over the propposition one day aud started it, and it just naturally jumped into a great, big, lurid suo-C6B8- so great that it has already be come an annual affair. There were over 800 birds entered, there were cats, rabbits, dogs ; there was bang up musio; there were first olass speakers, there were specialties, there was genuine entertainment aud good, praotioal education. It was a Buccesa a big success. The Commercial Club stood behind this show and expeoted to have to go down in the treasury to pull it thru, but it wasn't needed. The show itself raid every cent of expenses and had a few dimes left. And it's going some for the first annual. The facts are the people wanted this exhibition. The movement only want ed someone to boost it, and that was furnished.' There are several men who did muoh to make this a success, men who got in the game and boosted, but there is always one man who has to get in I under and do the everlasting work, look after the details and keep up the noise and Manager M. J. Lazelle was the 'big ohief in the poultry show, and deserves a heap of credit for havingg started something. Spray Your Trees Best line of Spray Pumps and Spraying Materials -at- F. C. GADKE'S Plumbing and All Kinds of Pipe Fitting; and Accessories 914 Main St. Oregon City Philharmonic Dance! IMPERFECT LISTS HAVE CAUSED MANY INVITATIONS TO BE OMIT TED FROM THE DANCE AT BUSCH'S HALL ON WEDNESDAY THE J4TH, VALENTINES DAY, GIVEN BY R. V. D. JOHNSTON AND THE PHILHAR MONIC ORCHESTRA. REQUESTS FOR INVITATIONS SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO R. V. D. JOHNSTON, OR PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, OREGON CITY. INVITATION TICKETS COST ONE DOLLAR, AND ADMIT BEARER AND LADY. MUSIC WILL BE SUPPLIED BY FULL MILITARY BAND ON BAL CONY AND ORCHESTRA ON DANC ING FLOOR. LIGHT REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED. GRAND MARCH AT 8:30 P. M. Wednesday , Feb. I4tl His Favorite Cigar Smoking or Chewing Tobacco is HERE. As much care is taken by us to select them as is taken by the biggest and best city cigar store. AST All the BEST BRANDS are carried in stock and everything is kept moist and fragrant just right to suit the most critical man's ': taste. If he wants any special brand, we have it. A trial will please you and HIM SOME SPECIAL BRANDS AND PRICES: KLEEN Cigar 5c NEW BACHELOR... 5c Spokesman Cigar 5c or $2.00 per Box of 50 Sam Sloan 5c Jobnie's Best 5c EL MERITO 5c J. E. SEELEY liiW" ? r ' ' n 1 . r iifititllitlilteyill I wmmm BEFORE Yo Decide- on the wall papering come into this store and see the latest designs that we have fast taken into stock. Much of the value of wall paper depends on effect and artistic combination. Let our experience with hun- YfH dreds of other customers help I vllf Come in Today! A FEW SPECIALS FOR THE WEEK: Ingrain Paper, per bolt , 25c Kitchen paper, per double roll 10c Sitting Room.Paper 10c Hall Paper, per double roll 10c Dining room Paper, per roll 10c Bedroom Paper, per roll 10c IFKANCi GSUSCOI Something Vou Need in your granary and potato cellar, as much much as any other tool on your farm, These sack holders sent to any freight or express station in the Willamette valley, freight or express prepaid, upon receipt of price $3.50 with a written guarantee lor one year, witn 30 days trial privilege. Use the holder 30 ' days then if you don't think it is worths the price you paid for it, return it to me and get your money back I will pay the transportation charges both ways. If they break within the guarantee limit they will be replaced to you free of cost, or your money refunded Illustrated descriptive circulars mailed free upou request Agents Wanted. F. C. VONDER.AHE, Oak Grove, Or i.j. V HOLDER? L V