OREGON CITY ' COURIER, FRIDAY JAN. 3 1912. To Our Friends and Patrons Tlitf opening of the new year finds us grateful for the splendid patronage we , have been favored with, and enthusiastic over the outlook for the coining year. We intend to merit your good will and custom by conducting this store on lines that will, we are sure, meet with your hearty approval. . We solicit your patronage the coming year only on the unwritten law of trade basis; no business quackery is permitted in this store; wo play no favorites.- WE HELIEVE the purchaser of a 5c spool of thread is entitled to the same con sideration that the larger buyer, receives. WE HELIEVE IN TIIE GOSPEL OP CASH not only for our own interests, but for the interests of the public .we serve. You may rest assured that in trad ing with us you are not carrying the burden of your neighbor's delinquent ac count, i ' WE DO NOT HELIEVE that you owe us any business because we. located in your home town. When you have paid your taxes, and we have paid ours, we have both fulfilled our obligations to the powers that be and we are entitled to your trade only on a competitive basis, giving equal or better quality in our mer chandise, for the same or less money than you pay elsewhere. WE HELIEVE the shopping public of this vicinity are a discerning body, ap preciative of a store conducted on legitimate lines. For this reason we refrain from insulting your intelligence by "SMASHING OUR PRICES TO SMITH ERINES," by "CLOSING OUT THE ENTIRE STOCK. AT LESS THAN COST," or using any other hackneyed method of raising the coin. Bargains yon will always find here in plenty. We are a . branch store of a large eastern insti tution and have facilities for buying the best the market affords, equalled by but few stores on the coast. Our Saturday announcements in the future will be devoted exclusively to the exploitation of articles purchased by us to be used solely as SPECIALS. The prices attached will astonish you. We call your attention to them weekly through the columns of this paper. i , Positively no exaggerations will be permitted, either in our advertisements or through the medium of our sales people. . We cannot emphasize this too strongly. We have full confidence in our ability to command your trade, full confidence in the future of Oregon City, and feel sure that the outlook is bright and rosy for . A HAPPY NEW YEAR ' fVlASONIC TEMPLE BLDG. OREGON CITY, ORE. MOUNTAIN VIEW It is hoped that everybody had a happy Christmas and have started in the new year with good resolutions. One thing we are glad to note is that there has been no typhoid in our part of the city. The only ease of sickness we have is Mrs. John Crawford, who is suffering from asthma and other complica tions incident to old age. And Mrs. John Gillette is in a very critical condition with slight chances for recovery. She under went a serious operation at the Oregon City hospital October 26, and for a lime afterward seemed to improve, but the last few days has suffered constantly. She is one of the most patient sufferers and her friends are doing all they can for her comfort. Frank Francis of Hillsboro and Louis Francis of Tualitin, have been here visiting their sister, Mrs. Gillette. Mirs. John Everhart slopped in this place and visited her son George and family, while on her way to the old home farm for the holidays . Going away and coming in to spend the holidays have been too numeious te mention. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Culbertson of Portland and Miss Lillian Cul bertson of Fowler, Ind; Mrs. Cla ra Furman of Thermopolis, Wyo. and her sister, Dr. Batty were en tertained at dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. C. Brown on Molalla Avenue. John Stillman of Bandon, Ore., visited his brother, Frank of this place and is looking for a location in this part of the country, he having sold his ranch m , Coos county. Mrs. Boylan and Mrs. Horace Williams have both been on the sick list the past month, but are better. Mrs. Clock, wife of the U. B. minister, is improving from a serious spell of sickness. The Christmas exercises at ' Mountain View church- Tuesday night were excellent and attended by a large crowd. The preserving energy of the few who had charge of the affair is to be commended, for it was the unanimous verdict that all did well. Everett Hickman and wife. Mr. and Mrs. Art Warren of Mount Pleasant, and Dr. Harvey Hick man of Portland, enjoyed a family reunion with their mother, Mr". C A Hickman.' Mrs. Gilson of be attle, also visited Mrs Hickman a couple of days the past week. Wedding bells rang out last Wednesday evening- announcing th marriage of Mi" Mary Chau ler to a young man from asti- 1D1fthe small boy and the older ones would not try to mud the seats and break them that the city has so kindly put along Sev enth street and Molalla , Avenue, it would be more creditable to their conduct. Stop it boys, - or maybe girls, or your parents will jave to be called upon to make good. Mrs. Swanson has sold her property on Molalla Avenue to Roy Campbell and will move to Portland where the two sons have work. Al. and Will Jones of Beaver Creek visited their mother, Mrs. J, P, Rohl, while in the city last Tuesday.. LOGAN. The Grange dance the 25th was a social and financial success.The proceeds were over $30. Peter Wilson has rented his farm to W. A. Myres and will go to SanFrancisco with his daugh ter, Mrs. H. R. Ross. Mr. Wilson makes the change for the benefit of his health, and the good wish es of his long time neighbors go with him, wherever he may be. His other daughter, Mrs. E. Fol som, from near McMinnville, was here recently. J. C. Kircham had a shooting match recently and many turk eys and chickens were secured by the fortunate and skillful. There was a Christmas tree at the church on the 27th and many good things were distributed. There was a good program of songs and recitations, which were announced by Rev. E. A. Smith, in place of L. Hampton, whose voice was out of service from a cold. John Boss daughter has been ve ry sick with inflammatory rheu matism, and the doctor has or dered a month's complete rest. Adolph Benson is home from the logging camps of Washing ton, and we hear he is taken with typhoid. There will be open installation of officers and auction of the prize plow January 4. J. D. Cromer attended the Inre shermen's convention at Corval lis recently and was much pleased at the hospitality shown by the city and the O. A. C. At the road meeting on the 30th a 7 mill tax was voted for Dist. No 12, 5 mills for the Logan-Barton road and 2 mills for the road from Fisher's mill toward Oregon City. . Henry Kohl has gone for a trip to California. Hints for Housekeepers. Keep Foley's Honey and Tar Compound always on hand, and you can quickly head off a cold by its prompt use. It contains no opiates, neals and soothes the inflamed air passages, stops the cough, and may save a big doc tor'5s bill. In the yellow pack age. Huntley Bros. Co. SCHUBEL. Miss Hatz, our school teacher, who was called to her home inSan Diego, Cal. by the death of her fa ther two weeks ago, is expected back this wek to resume her du-4 ties. D .F. Moenke intends moving to Highland where he will run a sawmill Alvin HornShuh and H. Gross mueller are clearing land for Mr. Massinger. A meeting was held at the school house Monday evening" for the purpose of organizing a local union of the Farmers' Society of Equity. Ten members signed the charter which will be increased to about thirty. Mr. Moore is on a business trip to Vancouver, B. C. Henry Ginther was homefor a rew days, visiting with his parents The hChristmas tree and enter tainment at the Lutherin church was enjoyed by a large crowd. Some of the school children took part in the exercises, as the en tertainment at the school was called off on account of the death of the teachers's father. Mr. and Mrs. Bryant are visit ing th elatter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hansen, for a few weeks. William Bluhm leaves this week for LosAngeles, Cal, where he ex pets to sty the rest of the winter. Harry Kirbyson, who is in the hospital at Portland with typhoid fever, after a relapse, is again re ported as getting along nicely. Here is wishing you all a nap py New Year. - W. R. Fox, 105 W. Washington St., Noblesviile, Ind., says: "After suffering many months with kid ney trouble, after trying other remedies and prescriptions, I purchased a box of Foley Kidney Pills which not only did me more good than any other remedies I ever used, but have positively set my kidneys right. Other mem bers of my family have used them with similar results." Take, at the first sign of kidneys trouble." Huntley Bros. Co. "Suffered day and night the torment of itching piles. Nothing helped me until I used Doan's Ointment. The result was last ing." Hon. John R. Garrett, Mayor, Girard, Ala. ORDER YOUR NURSERY STOCK. J. W. Hlatt, the Mt, Pleasant nurseryman, has a fine assort ment of all kinds of nursery stock, roses, t.ult tress, shrub bery, berries, at the reap of the Courier office, and his office Is In the publicity building, and before you buy your spring line he asks you to call In and see what his lint and prloe, are. MEREDITH AS A CHILD. When Only Two Yean of Ago Ho Had n Air of Superiority, As Is generally tbe cuse wltb un only child, lirought up entirely lu the so ciety of bis elders. George Meredltb developed early and nhvnys hud some thing of contempt for juveniles of bis own age. He was n reserved aud acutely sensitive boy, nfrulil of ghosts and being left alone In thu dark, and was perhaps n trltle tipoiled by bis mother, n refined woman, wliose love and enre he lost before be reached bis sixth birthday. There Is still living a gentleman who well remembers George Meredltb at the age of two years. Tbls whs nhnnt ism I, and Mr. .lames Price relates of his visit: "1 went U to the large frimdniw lng room, where I fuiinil the I my and a lady wbo must have been bis mot her. The boy did not seem tn care much about playing with inc. anil 1 was rather shy. He brought me his toys aud picture books to see. ami I was mightily pleased, I remember, with a horse and cart (not - like the many cheap ones that I bad seem, a beautl ful. lifelike white horse, and the cart of superior make, and as George drew It along It made music es the wheels went round. What I remember of the child's appearance Is somewhat hazy a boy in white frock and blue ribbons tied up bis sleeves, but he was cer tainly a pretty child. I spent the after noon wltb him, but we did not get on mucb together, as be assumed a sort of superiority." Fortnightly Review. MAKING WATCHES. Wonderful FeaU That Are Performed by Modern Machinery, The rapidity with which watches are nowadays manufactured has been made possible by the Ingenious ma chinery designed within recent years for the making of all parts of a watch. The speed with wblcb these various parts are turned out Is little short of marvelous. Great sheets of brass and steel are cut and rolled Into ribbons and punched cut Into wheels at the rate of IO.lOC a day from each punch ing machine. Workers drill the thirty one boles In the roof of the wntcb as fast as they can count. Brass wire glides Into a machine that measures off the length of a part, turns it, puts a screw thread on each end and. actually screws It In at the rate of 2.000 a day. The Bcrews are of such tiny sl.e that fifty gross of them tuny be put In a womau'g thimble, while of others there are a thousand gross to the pound. Balances are cut from the solid steel, ground down, workpd up and drilled with their twenty-five screw holes apiece at the rate of 100 wheels a day from each machine. Wheels have their teeth cut, a couple of dozen at a time, some with from sixty to eighty teeth, at the rate of 1,200 wheels a day from each machine. Harper's Weekly. The Phyaiotype. This Is an English invention for mnk lng pictures by Impression of leaves, ferns, lace, feathers and various other objects. It depends upon the chemical action of a tine powder. The object of wblcb a representation 1b to be made Is placed uHn white paper and pressed either by the band or by other means. When the object Is removed no Impres sion Is visible on the paper, but upon sprinkling the powder over the paper the picture at once appenrs, sharply de fined, and remains permanent. Sec tions of wood and designs of coins and medals can thus be represented, and the prints an be transferred to litho graphic stone, zinc or aluminium, thus producing records from wbicb any uumlier of copies can be taken. Chi t-ago Kei-nrd Herald. Economy and Consolation. Her discovery In Its way was not less than epochal. "It is so easy to save when yon know howl1 she exclaimed. "Oh, so easy! Do I wish to save $25? Very well. I go down town and find some thing I would like that costs $25, and then I don't buy II. Nothing could be simpler." She did not deny, however, thnt.her method Involved a sacrifice. "But If the sacrifice Is too painful." she went on to explain. "I go and find something my busbund would like that costs $35 and don't buy that!"-Pnck Knew Her Hubby. Mother Is your letter to your bus baud ready to mall? Married Daughter-It's all done ex ceptlng the postscript telling blm to send me some more money. I'm look lng for another sheet of pnper. "Write It across the lines." "No, indeed. Ue'll pretend he couldn't read It" New York Weekly. It Waa Dangerous. 'So you think tbnt kissing Is danger ous ?" "Indeed. I do." "Yon mutt bave kissed tbe wrong tfrl." , "I know I did." "Her brother banded yon a wallop?" "No; she married me." Houston Post 8lgn of Popular Affection. Weren't yon Indignant when people yon didn't know called yon by your first name?" "No," replied Senator Sorgbnm, "but I've worried a great deal since they've shown a disposition to stop If Wash ington Star. Power is a fretful thing and bath Its wings always spread for flight Ws lace. For years J. S. Donahue, So. Haven, Mich., a civil war cap tain, as a lighlhousekeeper avert ed awful wrecks, but a queer fact is, he might have been a wreck himself, if Electric Bitters had not prevented. "They cured me of kidney trouble and chills," he writes, "after I had taken other so called cures for years without benefit, and they also improved my sight. Now at seventy, I am feeling fine." For dyspepsia, in digestion, all stomach, liver and kidney troubles, they're without equal. Try them. Only 50o at Huntley Bros. Iljllll?! 111? "Except i become at Utile children." GREATEST IN THE KINGDOM Matthew xviii, 1-14 Deo. 8. "In Heaven their angelt do altcayn behold tht face of Ui Father." V. 10. ERIIArS It was tbe fact that I Teter, James and John bad been favored more than the It. others on several occasions thnt led to the query which opens to day's study: "Who, then, Is the great est In the Kingdom of Heaven?" Jesus, calling to Him a little child, set him In the midst of them and said, "Except ye turn from this spirit of self-seeking and become as little chil dren, ye shall In no wise enter Into the Kingdom of Heaven." ' Whoever would be greatest In the Kingdom of Heaven should therefore become as humble as this little child. A little child asks questions; it seeks Instruction; It does not profess and boast wisdom or knowledge It Is candid-truthful. ' . . . The Master's lesson Is that whoever would become a child of God aud be developed for the glorious position In the Kingdom to which we were called, must become child like must turn a w n y from all pride, selfish ambi tions and hypoerl cles and . preten tions. . They must confess their little ness and Ignorance, and go humbly to the Lord for Instruction. Any who refuse to adopt this proper, childlike spirit will be refused the op portunities of the Kingdom, for God will have none others none others can be taught of God, they will not learn the lessons necessary, under the ar rangements of this present time. "One Such Little Child." We are not to understand that little children are members of Christ's King dom cluss. The Lord Is seeking .for mature men and women, who have a childlike mind, and wbo lu gladness and simplicity of heart accept His Message. "Whoso shall receive one such little child In My Name, recelvetb Me." "Whosoever shall offend," In jure, "one of these little ones that be lieve in Me, It were better for blm that a millstone were hanged about his ucck and ho were sunk in tbe depths of the sea," - If some one were drowned in the sea. It would terminate his present life, but it would not at all endanger his future life. A future life, by a Restitution awakeplng, Is assured to Adam and every member of his race. But he wbo Injures one of the Lord's little ones comes under such a measure of Divine displeasure that It will affect his In terests beyond tbe grave. lie will be held responsible for his deeds In pro portion as he realizes whnt he Is do lug when be Injures tbe Lord's saints. The Lord declares that Ills faithful ones are as precious to Hlnr ns the ap ple of His eye, and that all their Inter ests are subject t Divine supervision. Doubtless many saints from Jesus day down have been persecuted Ig- nornntly. and the Lord will have mer cy updn those per secutors; but some of the persecutors have bad such light as to make them re sponsible; and it Is of this class that our lesson speaks. Cut Off Hand or Foot. Here the Master "do wblcb bns perplex ed ninny: "If thy foot cause thee to stumble, cut it off, and enst It from thee; it is better to enter life maimed, or halt, than having two bnnds or two feet to be cast Into everlasting fire. If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee; It Is better to enter into life with ono eye, than that hav ing two eyes thou be cast into Gehenna fire." Those who full-to remember that Jes us spoke to tbe people only in parables, will be liable to stumble ovei .these words. His teaching Is this: If you have anything In your make-up dear to you as a light hand or foot or eye, that is likely to cause you to stumble and full to enter the Kingdom, you would better cut off that tendency, no mutter what It costs. Would it not be better to enter Into life than to go into Gehenna fire, the Second Death? Surely! Having put our hand to the plow, having be come followers of Jesus, we must either go on and be conquerors, or must perish. How careful tbe Lord's people should be not to stumble one another, even one of the least of these little ones! Jesus suggested that a shepherd losing one of his sheep would leave all tbe others to go and seek that one; and lie rejoices specially at Its recovery. So we, the followers of Jesus, should remember that we nre all sheep under the great Shepherd; and that He has the Bplrlt of loving Interest and care which would go after the straying sheep; and we should bave tbls same spirit. All the Lord's true followers are sub ject to augel care. - The messengers who have guarded over the lives of God's saintly few always have access to tbe nenvenly Father's presence, to make known the necessities of those whom they represent. Oh. how blessed the privilege of being children of God! Llarsh physics weaken the bow els, will lead to chronic constipa tion. Doan's Hegulels operate easily. 25 a box at all stores. Mortgage Loans. Money to loan on first class, im proved farms in Clackamas coun ty. Current interest rales attract ive repayment privilege. A. H. Birrcll Co. 202 McKay Bldg., 3rd. and Stark Sts. Portland, Oregon. A Singular Occurrence By WILLARD BLAKEMAN Mrs. Elliot Walker enme home at f o'clock lu the afternoon ami saw her husband, who hud arrived before her, just going into the library. He seemed agitated. "What's the matter, dear?" she asked. "Nothing." This was all that passed between them at tbe time. Mrs. Walker went upstairs, and Just as Bhe reached the upper landing she saw a woman's bnt sinking below the top step of tbe rear staircase. Mrs. Walker ran after her, saw her turn toward the front of the house and Into the library. The lady rau Into the room jiud saw a well dressed, rather good looking woman standing near her husband. "Well, I declare!" exclaimed the as tonished wife. "Well?" said the husband, looking from one woman to the other. Mrs. Walker was too full for utter ance. The stranger cast her eyes on the floor. Wheu the former found her voice she cast a troubled glance at her husband anil said In a trembling voice: "Oh, Elliot, to think that I should huve been so deceived in you." "1 know no more of this woman than you do." wns the reply. "If you doubt me ask her.'' The wife turned to the stranger, but spoke uo word. Why should she? The womau acknowledged her guilt by her appearance. Her head was bowed; her eyes were glued to the floor. "For oue thing," said Mrs. Walket, "I give her credit. She can't He as you can." "My dear"- Mr. Walker regarded bis wife wltb an Injured look; then, turning a severe glance upon the wo man, he aRked: "What do you mean by this behav ior V" "Elliot," she said without raising her bead, "1 nm lost. My husband must sootier or later know of this, and 1 shall be an outcast from my home.'' "Elliot! J'ou call me by my first name- you. whom I have never seen before- and you admit that you came here to meet me in my wife's ubscuce when I have only been at home a few minutes. This is Incomprehensible." "Oh, heavens!" exclaimed the wife, "it Is plain enough to me. Elliot, 1 know your unconquerable assurance. Were this woman as adept tn playing a part as yuti, your game would have worked admirably. As It is you are caught. Would thnt I could be decelv ed; then 1 would not suffer!" "My denr"- "Never call me that again! Madam, leave this house it t once!" '-The Intruder, still with bowed head, passed slowly from tbe room into the hall. The front door dosed behind her, and husband and wife were left alone together. "This Is the most reinnrknble or currence of my life," snld Mr. Walker. "And the most crushing In mine." added the wife. "I give you my word of honor that I never saw that woman before." "Do you take me for a fool? Did not the creature admit what you deny?" For this the husband had uo reply. "Leave me." he snld. "to regaiu my equanimity. I nm In no condition to think. There must be an explanation If I can but hit upon It. I enme home only a few minutes before your arrival. mucb worried about n matter of busi ness. I have a note coming due to morrow and no funds with which to meet It. On top of that trouble comes this one." The wife silently left the room. What was there to be said? Tbe proot against tier husband, was absolute. Ill business trouble was an naaiuonal mis fortune for ber as well as for him. Going Into another room, she threw herself on a sofa and gave way to Immoderate grief, while her husband was walking the floor In the library. After awhile Bhe arose, dried her eyes and went back to the library. .r "What Is the amount of tils note?" she asked. "Six thousand dollars." "Though you have ceased to be what you have been to me, you are still my legal husband and I am still pecuniarily Interested In your affairs. My Jewels will bring more than $0,000. I will go and get them for you." She went "out of the room without having given him a look. Going up to her bedroom, she opened a drawer In which she kept a few ornaments she used from day to day. Intending also to remove the bulk of her Jewels from a safe. Those In tbe drawer were gone. A sudden Idea flashed through ber brnln. She flew like a swallow down the stnlrs. ran Into the library and threw her nrms about her husband's neck. "Elliot, forgive me!" "What the dlckens" . "Oh, the blessed relief! How happy I am.'" "Explain, for heaven's sake." "The jewels are gone." "Tbe Jewels! Gone?" "Yes; the woman must have taken them. When caught she Invented a plan to get away Instead of being tak en wlt.b the jewels on her." "Well, I'll be hanged! Have you lost all your jewels?" "No: only a few I kept, out of the safe." "Heaven be praised!" "My dear," snld Mr. Walker, sud denly resinning confidence, "let this be n warning to yon. Trust me always." The thief was never cnught, but the nute waa uaid at maturity. Dame Fortune. "I'a, why do they call It 'Dame' For tune?" "Kecuuse Dame Is feminine. For tune Is symbolized as'tt woman." 1 "Why do they symbolize Fortune as a woman?". "Because she's nearly always late wheir you have un engagement with her."-Chlcago Itecord-Hernld. , Took Wind Out of Their Sail. . Addressing one of his southern audi ences. Sam Jones once requested all tbe husbands present wbo bad not spoken a harsh word to their wives for a month to stand up fie shook bands with those who arose and then Intro duced tliein to the rest of the audi ence ns the "twenty-seven biggest liars In Tennessee." Realistic ."How did the moving pictures of tbe wedding turn out?" "Oh, splendidly They caught the bride when she was knocked senseless by being hit with an old shoe, so that It Is Just as natural us life." Chicago Record-Herald. 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No other lamps possess these, qual ifications, therefore it is not surprising that electric lamps are rapidly replac ing all others in modern establish ments. Portland Railway, Light & Powe Company MAIN OFFICE SEVENTH Sb ALDER. PORTLAND Phones Main 6688 and A. 6131