OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, FEB. 23, 1913
THE FARMERS EQUITY NEWS
1. 1. Brenner, Organizer, Oregon City, Route 3
L Casto, President, Oregon City, Route 3
F. C. Buchanan, Secretary, Oregon City,
.THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE FARMERS SOCIETY OF EQUITY
No. 7
Vol. 1
9
THE FARMER THE LAW.
The Way a County Farmer Sees
Their Workings.
Legally the position of the farmer
is about the same as a blind ox in a
logging camp or a hound pup in a
city council. His property must be
surveyed, deeded and properly locat
ed and the report properly recorded
at his expense and its value must be
ascertained and placed in another set
of books so the tax collector can not
miss it. New he is negmning to won
der why the other fellow's property
is not so treated by the law.
The farmer and the banker issue
their notes and one draws interest and
the other pays it and one is no more
money than the other but the- law
made a demand for the banker's note
and the courts must sustain it. When
the tax on railroads becomes large
enough to attract the attention of the
directors they go to he court and
have it set aside or lowered, claiming
confiscation. But if tha farmer fails
to make taxes on his farm the sheriff
sells it to the highest bidder and
kicks Mr. Farmer out into the road.
If a corporation can't pay its debts
it goes into the hands of a receiver.
Did you ever hear of a hay-seed go
ing anywhere but the poor farm if he
didn't pay up? 0 Yes! A farmer can
sit on a jury if he can't read and nev
er learned how to form an opinion.
If a business man dies his heift
draw the interest dividends and prof
its from a 99 year lease, but when
the farmer dies his property is pro
bated and in about five years the wid
ow is notified that what was left of
the estate that the court could not
find costs to cover has been put in es
crow for the lawyers to divide later.
If a farmer commits a crime like
selling wine or food stuff without a
license, he knows in 48 hours or soon
er just how long his sentence is.
Let a so-called business man de
fraud the people and it will drag thru
the courts and finally be dismissed be
cause a word got in the wrong
stall.
We farmers of Clackamas county
have had our property taxed near to
confiscation and built a court house
where justice is supposed to be dish
ed out to us in the latest improved
style. Now comes two of our servants
who do the dishing and call themsel
ves judges, refuse us farmers the use
of a room in it for one day. And all
JUST power comes from the consent
of the governed. The recall of judges
and ice water baths might also get
the consent of the governed.
The Kansas City Star of January
19 cava "Thn court Drocedure of to
day is a mediaeval survival. It is far
behind the standard of modern times.
It is obsolete; an anacronism linger
ing in twentieth century civilization.
The average citizen has very nearly
lost hope of the possibility of being
assured of justice by judicial proceed
ure." Our courts and lawyers are as an
xious to get divorce cases as any. The
breaking up of homes is nothing to
them if they are allowed to charge
the woman about all that she gets
as alimony. Of course she can wash
for a living. Lawyers get their right
to practise from the judge and hold
it by the bar association and the
farmer and the rest of the common
people have nothing to say.
The law recognizes the lawyers'
trust, the doctors' association and
forces us to abide by their associat
ions' ruling. We too will be able' to
command some justice and respect
when we have our , organization and
stick tight enough to say who shall
be our lawyers and doctors and how
much we will pay them.
There is so much Latin, technical
ities and fees for justice between the
plaintiff and defendant that it nearly
always ends with the plaintiff and the
defendant being robbed and the court
and lawyers creating such a reverence
for such proceedings that the people
are ready to adopt some method to do
away with the mocking and then jus
tice will soon learn English.
Roosevelt says "the actions of our
judges of late is like tying down the
safety valve to prevent an explosion."
When courts become instruments of
justice instead of collecting agencies
for big business, the Farmers Society
and every one else will have some
respect for courts and judges.
P. W. MEREDITH. .
Report of-Clarke's iocal.
- Clarkes Union No. 6956 met in reg
ular session Saturday evening Feb.
15th, 1913.
The minutes of the last meeting
.were read and approved and the re
port of the secretary in regard to
clover seed, was read and accepted.
The secretary was instructed to
write to Portland for prices and clov
er seed, and also on sugar. Oats and
potatoes were listed for sale. One
member wishes to buy a ton of corn.
A valuable communication on can
ning fruit, handed in by S. Marquardt,
was read by the president. Our dele
gate to the meeting in Portland was
E. T. Mclntyre. Adjourned to meet
Sat. evening, March 1st, 1913.
STATl Of OHIO. CITT JOT lTLCTO, ) M
Fhaxk J. Chenkt makes oath that be Is tenia
partner at the firm ot F. J. Cheset Co., doing
bualnp U (he City of Toledo, County ud 8U
alrca.ill. and that said firm will pay the sum ol
ONE HI'SDRED DOLLARS for each and every
Caae A 1 a r. r.n uu, vuuuuw w vw-
Ball's Catprh Ccre. 1
- FRAWt J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presenot,
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F. J. CHENEY at CO.. Toledo. O.
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For a mild easy action of tha bow
els, try Doan's Regulets, a modern
laxative 25c at all stores.
THE CAUSES.
Some of the Reasons why Prices
Double in a Few Miles.
One of the greatest econoic
- problems confronting the people
of this counttry now is how to
(get the stuff grown on the farms
to the people of the cities at a
less cost. Our present system of
distribution has grown so top
heavy and costly that a farmer
can't get enough to pay for his
work, while the man in town has
to pay vastly more than he can
afford for the necessities of life.
Woodburn Independent.
One of the reasons why the farmer
can't get enough to pay for his work
is the farmer himself. Because he
will fold his hands and let them skin
him.
And one of the reasons why the cost
of the farmers' Droducts is so hieh
to the consumer is that the consumer
lets himself be sinned.
When a traveling man goes into a
store with his line of samples he tells
the dealer what the wholesale price
of each article is and on many arti
cles he tells him what the RETAIL
price is , and he tells him to hold to
that price or hewon t be able to buy
any more of the goods.
The wholesalers and manufacturers
play the game together. The co-oper
ate.
Anv article, made, wholesaled or
jobbed has the price fixed for the
trade. Co-operation has abolished
comnetition in almost every line. The
only cut price a dealer will get is a
discount on a bill buy or a cash sale.
When a farmer brings his sample
line into a store does he tell the dealer
what the price is on the several lines ?
I Well, hardley.
I He, walks in and asks "What are
you paying for potatoes today?" and
then he takes what the dealer will
give him takes what he can get and
has absolutely no voice in fixing the
price on the article he produced.
When the farmers co-operate and
handle the farmers' line in the same
way that the combine handles the line
of rubber boots that the farmer has
to have, then will he be able to get
day wages out of producing the
necessities that the consumers pay
the highest prices for.
i Here in Clackamas county we have
hundreds of farmers all producing the
same line of stuff, and it is a line
vthat people must have, and yet these
hundreds of men simply let the mid
dle men name THEIR price on the
produce and take it along.
. In' the cities and towns are thous
ands of eaters that must have this
nvnrliice. vet thev walk ud to the crib
singly and let the middle man double
the price they paid tne iarmer ior
the produce.
The producers and the eaters must
organize.
There is no more reason wny tne
farmer should call on outside people
to market his stuff than that Pastor
Russell should ask Prrizefighter Wol-
gast to write a sermon for him..
The farmers have eot to tell the
middleman leech to get off the job
and they have got to be their own
traveling men.
Thev have cot to have an organiza
tion stiff enough to tell th middle
man, the retailer and tne produce
house WHAT THE PRICE WILL
BE, instead of asking "What will you
give."
And this organization is coming, it
is here.
This week in Portland a Society
that, will turn this trick will take on
a state size the Farmers' Society of
Equity.
It isn't organized to boost the price
of living, but rather to reduce it.
It is not organized to fight the con
sumer, but to help him. " .-
It is organized to cut out the men
who make a sack of potatoes double
its nrice between a Clackamas farm
and the city of Portland.
It is organized to cut out the hun
dred of expenses done singly that
could be saved by collective operation.
It has the right plan. It is grow
ing every day and week. The farmers
are using their heads more and their
hands less.
Watch the farmer and his Equity
society for the next year.
WHOSE COURT H0JJSE7
Does it Belong to Clackamas County
or Bob Beatie?
A few davs aeo a bunch of hay-
eeerla helnncint!' to the f armers soc
iety of Equity wanted to hold a little
meeting in the courthouse but urioge
Builder Bob tried to prevent them. We
were informed by Sheriff Mass that
we hayseeds could not come in any
more.
Who was it that paid $25,945.80 for
repairing of the court house and who
paid Bob a yearly salary of $1,500;
who put Bob in the court house? Did
not the farmers of Clackamas Coun
ty? But they will not anymore. They
are finding out some things, and it is
time to wake up when our servants
tell us we can't use our own house.
It looks very much like Bob con
tracted a severe case of swell head
and if he suceeds in landing the ap
pointment of United States Marshall
I fear it will prove iatai.
Why not adopt the township sys
tem of government and abolish our
county court?, Then the farmers
could have something to say in the
county's affairs.
Yours for better county govern
ment, .
J. W. SMITH.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
C ASTO Rl A
EDITORIALS.
The Farmers Society of Equity of
the State of Oregon. That sounds
good, and Mr. Cutting has been on the
job only a short time.
Give us a few good state organiz
ers and we can make Oregon the ban
ner state in the Union by 1914.
The next thing in order is the com
pletion of our Portland warehouse and
a district union composed of the four
North West States.
Good morning, Urother! What
county are you from? We are from
Clackamas. Read a copy of our offic
ial paper. It is the thing to help us
along.
We should telegraph President Ev
erett something like this: "Add one
more star to the Equity banner for
Oreeon."
A full and comolete reDort of our
state meeting will appear in the Cour
ier next week.
Get on our subscription list now.
Our Department of Agriculture
spends about $30,000,000. every year
hunting and killing bugs but no help
comes to secure better prices and
that is the main thing.
Our State Agricultural College has
some well dressed employees drawing
some well dressed salaries but do
nothing to help us to sell our crops
at nrofit. Thev can help, us spend
our hard earned money. Gosh! Yes.'
Taft had better not kill off too
many Mexicans as Brother Chas. P.
wants a few to scab on Americans
down on his million acre Texas farm.
Next Tuesday Gov. Wilson crawls
in the pilot house of our ship of state
and Bryan will be captain. If they can
find two or' three more .Democrats
agreed on what port to make they
will go there if it is over Niagara.
Governor Wilson and his congress
may do something to brighten the'
farmers' future and we earnestly
hope so. Mr. Wilson talks like he
knew what was needed and intended
to act but the Democrats are some
what out of practice and awfully hun
gry. But the worst symptom is the
many divisions and splits in the party.
The Equity will watch and wait with
a good deal of interest.
The Equity will some day be strong
enough to set the price and then that
will be the price and who will gamble
on it and who "will make millions on
market changes?
A dollar always contains about the
same ammount of gold or silver and
a bushel of wheat always contains
about the same amount of life, then
why should prices run up and down
like a Missouri thermometer?
The Legislature could not show its
contempt for the people any better
than ignoring what we voted last
fall and shoving a tax of $731,000
down our throats for the university
and that college at Corvallis.
We will vote for some style and
conveniences for our own homes be
fore we pave the streets of Corvallis
and Eugene with gold and greenbacks.
The farmer with his organization
can overcome a great many things
by co-operation and co-operation is
the weapon in use by other organiz-1
ations, but there are other fields to
subdue and other obstructions to be
overcome that will require co-operation
with our national state and coun
ty institutions of society. We must
attain a very much greater position
in the financial, commercial and legal
world and it is the duty of the lead
ers of the Equity to educate and or
ganize the farmers for a position of
eminence socially.
There has been established in our
National Department of Agriculture
a division of marketing and congress
has called for a report from this bur
eau and it was delivered to Congress
a short time ago and contained 391
pages and recommends the farmers to
organize and then our national gov
ernment can be of much help in help
ing the farmer to market his produce.
Uncle Sam will soon he a member of
the Equity.
The ladies of Portland have gone
out on a hunt for the cause of the
high cost of living and have discover
ed an apple trust and a few other
trusts between the producer and con
sumer. These little schemes are also
the cause of the high cost of lots,
terminal vacilities and all freight
that travels through them. Take away
this graft from our cities and space
and the right to occupy and live in It
will be cheaper.
The eastern rairoads have lost
their strike with the fireman because
the people were with the working men
sure Mike! Railroads have corrupted
our nation by buying U. S. Senators
from our legislatures and charged us
freight and passenger rates on a lot
of watered stock. Bought up the coal
mines with the big profits and refus
ed to haul coal from other mines and
the same with other things. W are
for the people ourselves.
MACKSBURG.
The Macksburg Local met in extra
session last Wednesday the 19th and
elected J. W. Smith as their delegate
to the state convention near the 1st.
We took in 8 new members and got
6 new subscribers for stock in the
new clearing house of the Union Sales
Co., of Portland; got 3 mora sub
scribers to tha Courier.
INVESTIGATE THE COUNTY
It is Due our People and is but Jus
tice to County Officials.
The County Court's reply to the
Olds bridge controversy was an ex
tremely weak response to so great a
charge, and to most of our readers
did not tend to prove an economical
expenditure of the public's money. A
much less charge than this has led to
numerous investigations in the east
and middle west, usually resulting in
important discoveries of interest to
the people. Judge Beattie's second re
ply so long delayed added no weight
to his first effort.
In Clackamas county the people
seemingly cut but little figure, aside
from the election of officers, by their
suffrage. After the election they are
ignored by their officers who disburse
their money extravangantly without
so much as a statement of their
trasactions when accused, as witness
the Olds controversy, they fall back
on their popularity by replying,
"Those, living in glass houses should
desist from hurling stones."
Provided Mr. Olds is a scalawag, it
does not follow that our County Court
should exhibit under , the same can
vas. There are other rumors of irregu
larity in the transaction of our Coun
ty's business, and Mr. Olds in not en
gineering all of them. Clackamas
counter should be investigated. It is
due the people and in justice to our
county officials it should be arranged
for. A cash check of receipts and dis
bursements is not sufficient, but an
itemized check of the Purchasing
Dep't., and manner of distribution
should be carefully looked into.
A statement such as Mr. Olds pre
sents, backed up by affidavits merits
more than passing notice from the
tax payers of this county. If ap
proached by a neighbor with the
statement that your place of business
has been plundered, immediate steps
would, be taken to locate the loss, and
incidentally the plunderer. A true
saying "What is everybody's busi
ness is nobody's business" is very
aptly being illustrated in this part of
pur commonwealth. If a district re
pudiates a special road tax on a show
ing that money so donated a year
previous is unexpended, they are inso
lantly told by this same tribunal that
they have lost their, .rights for twelve
months; that for indulgences of their
own minds and brain in computing
and comparison of results brought
about by County Officials, unfavor
able to them, we, the people, are to
be ignored and all .but refused an
audience.
Like the suffragists of Dublin and
London, it is but a matter of time un
til the breaking of glass will begin.
- A. H. HARVEY.
Warn?r Grange Heard From.
At a. meetiht? of Warner Grange
held at New Era last Saturday a res
olution was adopted condemning the
action of Judges Campbell and Beatie
in refusing the citizens and taxpayers
of the county the use of the rooms of
our court house.
County Union for Washington.
Frank W. Connell of Hillsboro
writes us that Helvetia Local has el
ected four delegates to the County
TTnion nf Washington Countv to meet
at Hlilsboro this Wednesday the 26th,
They were: Alfred Uuerber, reter
Jossy, D. Ischabold and Frank W.
Connell.
Vll Vista Local elected four dele
gates to the County Union at Hills-
oro as follows: John Houschel, li. ri.
Smith, John Berger arid Rev. E. Leu
rer. THE LOCAL UNIONS.
With Officers and Postoffice Addres
ses in Clackamas County.
Alberta Local Pres. Jess May
field; Sec. Ferris Mayfield, Spring
water Rt. 1.
Beaver Creek Local Pres. Fred
Kamerath; Sec. W. W. Harris, Oregon
City Rt. 3.
Canby Local Pres. Geo. Koehler;
Sec. R. C. Brodie, Canby Rt. 2.
Cams Local Pres. A. J. Kelnhof-
er; Sec. S. L. Casto, Orgon City Rt.3.
Clackamas Local Pres. J. A. Sieb
en, Sec. Frank Haberlach, Clackamas.
Clarks Local Pres. Albert Gasser;
Sec. John S. Gard, Oregon City Rt. 4.
Col ton Local Pres. J. E. Sandall;
Sec. W. S. Gorbett, Colton.
Damascus Local Pres. J. E. Roy
er, Sec. H. T. Burr, Clackamas Rt. 1.
Logan Local Pres. W. E. Cromer;
Sec. P. M. Kirchem, Oregon City Rt.
2.
Macksburg Local Pres. C. D.
Keesling; Sec. J. V(. Smith, Aurora,
Rt. 1.
Maple Lane Local Pres. H. M.
Robbins; Sec. G. F. Mighells, Oregon
City Rt. 3.
wit Pleasant Local Pres. P. W.
Meredith, Se.c. F. G. Buchanon, Ore
gon City.
New Era Local fres. Aug. iae
heley; Sec. C. B. Reverman, Oregon
City, Rt 1.
Shubel Local Pres. Chas. A.
Menke; Sec. Elmer Swope, Oregon
City Rt.-4.
' Stone Local Pres -,T. E. Brown;
Sec. M. J. Byers, Clackamas, Rt. 1.
Sunnyside Local Pres. R. P.
Grady; Sec. E. Ochlschlaeger, Clack
amas, Rt. 1.
Live stock and ranch auction
eer, 28 years experience, satis
faction guaranteed. J. W. Free
man, Parkplace, Ore. Leave or
ders at First National Bank, Cou
rier Office or at Parkplace.
GLUTTED MARKET TO BE A
THING OF THE PAST.
Systematic Direction of supply the
Plan of the F. S. E.
Mr. J. .. Everitt, National president
of the Farmers Society of Equity,
with headquarters at Indianapolis, In
diana, is in the south in the interest
of better marketing. "My object in
coming to this section" said Mr. Ev
eritt, "is to establish the Equity Sys
tem of Marketing in the Gulf Coast
direct, compromising parts of Texas,
Louisiana. Mississippi. Alabama,
Georgia, Florida in time for market
ing the 1913 crops. "Speaking or tne
condition that exists and what is to
be accomplished, he gave this explan
ation. "The condition is this: Great
nunntities of fine fruit and vegetables
i -
are nroduced all through this district
but there is no system for market
ing them that protects tne producers
or consumers.
"Blind marketing trluts markets
while there are dearths on some oth
ers and there is so much hindrance to
the free flow of the suddIv to the de
mand that much of it is not reached
and while producers down here could
not get cost off many of their crops,
the cost of livinc in the northern cit
ies is as much a problem as ever.
"The remedy the Equity bystom
furnished is to federate all the pres
ent marketing organizations in the
aforesaid territory and organize at
market towns ands cities where now
there is no local association.
The local association then, instead
of each marketing its members' crops,
will report them to a county asscciat
and the county association will not
market the crops, either in competi
tion with each other, but will report
by telegraph the summary of all the
national clearing house at Indianap
olis. That is, instead of individual pro
ducers, or a thousand or more local
and district associations in this dis
trict, which have the same kind of
crops to market at the same time at
the same markets, competing fiercely
with each for the market and fre
quently glutting the markets, the
clearing house will be authorized to
market all. By this -plan the order
of marketing will be exactly reversed
because, instead of the supply chasing
over the country to find the demand,
it will be shown just how much it is
and where it is, at one place, when
the demand can find it. In fact the de
mand must go to the clearing house
for it or the people can't get it.
By the Equity Federation and Cen
tral clearing house system there will
be more demand than there has been
by the old methods of marketing,
where supply had to be found at
thousands of places, and consequent
ly larger crops can be sold. Also this
puts price making in the hands of the
producers, while relieving them of all
the details of finding markets and the
heart-breaking disappointments over
returns that often resuted in the past.
Of course when the demand express
es itself at the central clearing house
the orders will be wired out to the
county associations ana they will ap
portion them to the local associations
for shipment."
. When asked how this plan was re
ceived by commission men and other
handlers, Mr. Everitt said: "We rec
ognize the necessity of middlemen in
marketing farm crops. This is not
a movement against them. We seek
only to end competition in marketing,
to bring the report of supply to a cen
tral point where any handler or con
sumer can place his order. We have
the hpart.v cn-oneration of many of
the largest and wealthiest wholesale
and commission houses in tne coun
try because they see that by this plan
they can economize in the conduct of
their business while it will bring a
certainity to it never before possible.
"A former manager of the Nation
al League of Commission Merchants
said: "The members of the National
League of Commission Merchants
would unhesitatingly approve of, and
lend aid to an organization such as
you speak of. The honest wholesaler
would gladly welcome a system of
equitable distribution of farm prod
ucts that would bring proper values
and tend to make more definite his in
come and that of the producers."
Mr. Everitt is also interesting the
business men, bankers and other men
of influences in the movement and
they see that whatever makes the
farmers' business in the Southern
atHt.es certain and always profitable
is exactly the thing they want
brought about."
There are only about zoo counties
in the Gulf Coast district that produce
ft, a lrinrla rt prnns this narticular
ifiav w t-
campaign affects, a considerable maj
ority of which, Mr. tveriw says, u
all .annnt. lie reached will be able to
control and make the marketing def
inite.
Equity News from Colton.
The Colton Local met Saturday eve
ning at 8 P. M. and the county sec
retary, Mr. Buchanon was with us and
gave an interesting talk of his ex
perience and also described the ware
house proposition, but we have not
iaoivprl nlir charter and capers and
and there was nothing doing along
that line. One new member maKing
th 94th in all with more to follow.
We elected delegates to the state
conventions.
W are going to discuss the possib
ility nt nnttinir a motor truck on the
I marl anH (rivinir the Clackamas. South-
a run for its money next meeting
night, which will be March 1st.
Thr win aome oroDerty listed
listed for sale. Mr. Sandall has one
Jersey heifer 2 years old and would
lilr tn find owner. Mr. Walter Gor
bett has one 1,100 lb. mare for sale
and Mr. Dix has one 3 year old l.-suu
lb. horse for sale. Mr. Stodinger has
fence pasture for sale and Mr. Peter
son has artechokes by the ton.
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THE MARKET REPORTS
Oregon City Prices for theVarlous
Products of the Farm.
The hop market is practically at a
stand still. In Oregon and in Californ
na there are some holdings of 1912
hops, but the buyers are not willing
to pay the prices that were quoted
in January, and those holding hops
are not willing to sell their hops any
lower than the prices demanded by
them,' and will hold for better prices
than those quoted by the dealers.
Offers of 14 and 15 cents have been
made for the coming crops in a few
sections, but so far as there is no one
taking up the contracts. The grow
ers who have held onto their hopes
will not sell until spring, when there
is some prospect of the prices advanc
ing. Eggs are down to 30 cents retail,
and no doubt as Easter draws near
the price will gradually drop to a
much lower price than the present
one.
The price of butter remains about
the same and the demand is good.
Although we have experienced
some cold weather the gardeners near
the city are able to bring their daily
supply of fresh vegetables to the loc
al markets. They include: onions,
winter radishes, parsnips , turnips,
cabbage, cauliflower, and various
other varieties..
HIDES (buvinif) : Green hides
6c to 7c; salters 7c;dry hidosl2c
to' 14c; shop pelts 30o Io85o ea'h.
Eggs Oregon ranch, s!b to t.
FEED (selling) . Shorts $27 ;
dran$25; process barloy $38 per
ton.
FLOUII $4.80 to $5.70.
11 AY ihiivinrr). Clover at $9
and $10; oat hay, best, $11 and
$12; mixed $10 and $12; alfalfa,
$15 to $16.Dt); Idaho timothy $20;
whole corn $40.
OATS $27 at $28; wheat $1.00
bushl. oil rnoal selling about $55;
Shay Brook Dairy foed $1.30 per
hundred pounds.
Live Stock Meats
Tinof diva wt.l Steers 6 and
6 Vj j cows 5 and 5 1-2: bulls4 1-2.
MUTTON fcitiecp ttiroo to live
cents.
Hogs 9c.
Veal Calves 13 c; dressed ac
cording to grade.
Chickens 12c.
Pork- 9 1-2 cents.
scd, according to grade.
Poultry (buying.) liens i.ic
springs 13c; roosers 8c, ducks 16c.
geese 12c; turkeys 19c.
MOHAIR 330 to 350
Sheep pelts 40 to 90c.
Hides 10 and 9c.
Fruits
Apples 70c to $1.00.
DIUEO FRUITS (buying Or
egon prunes on basis 6o to 8c.
. jjuuer
(BuvinBr) Ordinary country
butter 30o to 35c; fancy dairy 80o
per roll.
A Snap.
fi room house and 4 lots. Chicken
hnnaa nnrl ' fruit, trees: lots all im
proved and fenced block to street
corner. 1 block to school, l'rice $ou,
tppmfi.
K rnnm. hunrralow. new. 1 lot in Ore
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rent. Price $750. by Clyde, Room 4,
Weihard Bldg., Cor. 8th. and Main
St., Oregon City.
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FOR FLETCHER S
CASTORI A
uepi- siore
DONALD BRIAN
At the Heilig Theatre, 11th and
Morrison Streets, beginning an en
gageent of three nights on Thursday,
February 27th, with a special priced
matinee on Saturday, March 1st, will
be seen Donald Brian, the newest of
Charles Frohman's stars to be sent on
a tour that extends to the .Pacific
Coast.
Although Mr. Brian has never been
seen here before, his fame has pre
ceded him. Most every theatre-goer is
aware that Donald Brian became fam
ous in a single night when he danced,
the original role of Prince Danilo in
"The Merry Widow.". Immediately he
was recognized as possibly the fore
most dancer and light comedian on
the American stage. His progress
since has been steady, and cuminated
in his being elevated to stardom by
greatest of all producing managers
Charles Frehman.
Brian will be seen in a musical com
edy, entitled "The Siren." It is of Vi
ennese origin, and to be exact should
be classified as romantic operetta.
The story is an unusually pretty one,
and through it Brian and his excel
lent company whirl to the i'lt and
swing of Leo Fall's delightful music.
The piece abounds with comedy and
witty situations. The supporting com
pany is of extraordinary calibre, and
includes such well known names as
those of Carroll McComas, Will West,
Ethel Cadman, Harry Delf, Florence
Morrison, Cissy Sewell, Cyril Biddul
ph and fifty others.
The seat sale opens Tuesday, Feb
bruary 25th, at 10 A. M.
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