OREGON CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, DEC. 4 1913 , MM Pflillf H TS RATHER HARD to buy Xmas gifts, isn't it? H Not that you dislike the idea of giving, but you B are at a loss to know what will please Father. You will not have this trouble if you will consult us, for we are specialists in the selection of the right gift for the right person. H""" -re just a few of the many suggestions we can make to you: FOR MOTHER A beautiful piece of Silver ware. A gift that would be in excellent taste and would be greatly appreciated by her. FOR FATHER A watch, a real man's gift. A good watch will give him a lifetime of accurate service. Here you can choose from the world's greatest watches, namely: Waltham, Elgin, Howard Hamilton, South Bend and Ingersoll Trenton. He would certainly be proud of a gift like this. FOR SISTER A locket of the latest and most exquisite design. She would certainly be pleased with a gift like this, with a nice chain to wear it on. FOR BROTHER A Waterman fountain pen one that never clogs, sciatches or refuses to write. He will find it a mighty handy convenience and therefore, a very acceptable gift. FOR BABY A spoon it's about the nicest gift you can give a baby. These are only a few of the things which we are able to suggest. Come in and look over our very complete stock and you will get a great number of suggestions. Ijiiriiicistcr Jliulrcscii ' Oregon gity Jewelers Suspension Bridge Corner 12 "10 Joseph Fellows, of Springwater, was in this city Tuesday. . D. H. Harms, a well known stock man of Aurora, was in Oregon City on business Saturday. Robert Beatie and family of Beaver Creek, visited relatives in Orecon Revisit Old Home loop NEWS OF THE CITY Hits Nan Cochran Local Editor Mrs. .T. Friel nf Oherrwille. has re turned to her home, after spending a lew aays in mis ciiy. Dr. E. A. Sommer, of Portland, was this city on professional ousiness Robert Berthold, of Eldorado, was in this city Saturday. I J. Crandall, of Molalla, was in this city Tuesday. Pierce Wrieht. a nrominent resi- fldnf nf lWnlnlla. was nmnnff those visiting , in Oregon City Wednesday and rnursaay. AH-nrnev Chria Schuebel. who has ken at Riverside, California, on legal business, has returned to uregon uiy after an absence of several days. Mica RiiTinv Owenhv. who has been very ill at her home in this city, for several weeks, lelt lor Seattle, wasn., where she will visit for a number of weeks. M on1 Mrs. Charles Snrincer and little daughter, Margaret, spent Sat- nrHnv nn H RiiTiHav in Orftp-nn Citv. be- ents, Mr. and Mrs. neroeri nannuin Mice ITSralvn TTurrlintr. whn has been spending the Thanksgiving hol idays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs George Harding, of this city, has re turned to the University of Oregon to resume her studies. Miss Mildred Krnse. instructor in the Blind School at Salem, after (mpnrlin: Thank BOMvinO Wpfilf With her mother, Mrs. Anna Kruse and sister, Miss Nettie Kruse, has returned to Salem. Mr. and Mrs. William Wiggins and lamuy 01 roniana, dui iormeriy res idents nf Oiwnn Citv. snent Thanks giving in Oregon City at the home of fro Wmmn'a nomnta Mr anii Mra. James Wilkinson of Fourteenth and Main Street. Rev. and Mrs. V,. S. Bollineer and daughters, Misses Helen and Alice, of Portland, spent- Thanksgiving in Oregon City at the home of Mr. and Mrs. P.hnrloa Rnllinireiv Mrs. Rnllin- ger remained for several days before returning to ner nome. Mrs. J. N. Wisner and son Nelson Jr., who recently left this city for their home at Moneivedeo, South America, where they are to join Mr. New York Saturday. November 29, it requiring 36 days on the sea to reach their destination. THE HUB Here is a list of prices on groceries which will help you to reduce your living expenses. 2 small cans Pork & Beans 15c 2 med. cans Pork & Beans ..25c 2 large cans Pork & Beans ..35c 2 large cans Best Salmon ....25c a cans Vegetable Soup 25c 2 cans Best Peas 25c 3 cans Good Corn 25c 2 large can Libby Pineapple 45c 1 gal. can Dill Pickles 50c J gal. can apples 30c J gal .can Apricots 35c J gal. jar Tomatoe Catsup ..90c 3 lbs. Best Macaroni :.25c 1 large jar Best Asparagus 20c 2 large pkgs. Best Oats ....65c large pkgs. Wheat Flakes 55c 2 9 Id Bag Corn Meal 65c Cream Oats in bulk lb 5c Urge bottle Libby's Catsup 20c W lb. Bag Salt 20c THE HUB GROCERY Seventh and Center Sts. On the Hill George Anderson, of Eldorado, was in Oregon City Saturday. B. E. Reynolds, of Molalla, was transacting business in this city Fri day. Mrs. J. B. Robinson, of Portland, visited relatives in this city Wednes day. . Frank Wells, of Salem, was an Oregon City visitor Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Msr. George Ingram, of Cams, spent Thursday with relatives in this city. R EV Williams, nf Salfim. returned to his iiome after spending several aays in mis city. Mr artA 'Mrs A V.. RtpVftna nf Maple Lane, were Oregon City visi tors i nanKsgiving uay. William Robinson, of Portland, but fnrmprlv nf this rit.v. was visiting his friends in this city Wednesday. Carter Smith, of Muhno, accom panied by his son, Sidney, transacted business in uregon uty oaiuraay. Ola Scott, of Molalla, was in Ore gon City Wednesday, and Thursday, registering at the Electric Hotel. ' Miss Fdna Devoe. a well known school teacher of Boring, was in Ore eon Citv Wednesday and inursuay. Mro P A Sphnenhorn. of this n( WriHnw with her daughter. Mrs. Nathaniel smytne, oi roruanu, , formerly ot this city. Misses Mollie and Clara Mitchell, who spent Thanksgiving at their home at Sandy, where they attended a family reunion, returned to Oregon Citv Thursday evening. C. M. Jones, of Denver, Colorado, was among those registered at the t.'i; Hfol Fridnv. Ha was ac- IJCILIIV. companied by A. A. Benme, also of Denver. Mr anA Mrs R. H. Bonnev. of n.,.. WncVi nmro in Orpcnn Citv on Wednesday and Thursday, and while in this city registered at me tuetuit Hnt.Pl. Chauncey E. Ramsby, formerly of Oregon City, out now enga . farming at Molalla, was in Oregon City visiting .friends Saturday and on Sunrlnv. ' G. Dietrick, of Carus, accompani ed by his daughter, Mrs. Herman nf thnt nlape. were in Oregon City where they visited with friends. Mrs. Edward Sheahan and children .ji n ii Pior r r. whn have been in this city for the past month, being cuests at the home of William Shea han of this city, returned to their Via mo of this u-i -r t Prtrflarif-i Wftfl 111 UrG- Cliy, uul iiuw uj. t t , eon City Friday and Saturday, hay nmo tn this citv to attend the li.p . , - u.. J-U. T?1 Aa dancing party given uy me Dln v;1o-,t ond O. Finlev. of Ballston, New York, who have been in this city, being the guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Daulton and family, have gone to Portland, where they will visit before returning home. t i t nrocnn whn has been in ljBUIiaiu Ljam-"'"t , . Portland for the past year, having been connected with the fcvang onoe . ..i..j tn his home in Store, nas rewm ---- . . this city and is for the present with the Oregon uty snoe awi. . tt . V Worron nf Port' Mrs. narry j . land, was in this city Wednesday af ternoon, coming to this city to at tend the funeral of her uncle, the late . -n, m ni.mn ocpnirraan- J. M. ware. ",-" r , ied her father, Henry Clay Myers, al so of Portland. . n .U. nf this citv. Miss Bessie neym""" who recently underwent a surgical operation for aPPe"d,t,sen"' Vincents Hospital, Portland, has been . A rt hpr home in ?his6 city but wiFbesral weeks bef ore she will be able to resume her position her position as book-keeper for Miller. & Parker. Mrs. Don Meldrum is recovering from her illness of several weeks. Mrs. Bly of Carus, transacted bus iness in Oregon City Tuesday. E. L. Palfrey, of Molalla, was in this city Tuesday and Wednesday. Judge G. B. Dimick went to Aurora on legal business Tuesday afternoon. W. A. Cunningham, of Ontario, Oregon, was in this city Monday and Tuesday. Harvey Schuebel, of Eldorado, vis ited with friends in Oregon City on Sunday. William Irvine, of Bandon, Ore., was in Oregon City the first of the week. M. N. Crisel, of Aurora, is in this city, being one of the jurymen of the Circuit Court. Mr. Graves, the Mulino merchant, was transacting business in Oregon City Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brown,' promi nent residents of Cams, were Ore gon City visitors 'luesday. Mioo Hnt.tip Trwin. nf Barlow, is a at. the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Hall of the West Side. John Calverly and family arrived from Detroit, Oregon, Monday and aro registered at the Electric Hotel. A. McConnell, a prominent resident of Aurora, was in uregon vny on Tuesday, and is serving on the jury. Eugene Lammers, a resident of Beaver Creek, was transacting busi ness in Orecron City luesday. Mra Aiicriicta Schnenborn. of this city, left Monday for Eldorado, where she will visit her son, narry. Mi-o Vom flnnfiplH returned from in trin Wp.dnesdav even- UCl -r , , , ine and resumed her position with the Oregon Uty isanit. F. W. McLeran, owner and propri tr f Wilhnit. Snrinirs. returned to his home Thursday, after spending spveral davs in this city on business. Mrs. W. B. Shievely and daughter of this city, spent Thanksgiving in Portland as the guests oi rar. a Mrs. William Shively. m. Mr Wwin Wallbaum and aui. mix ' . two little children, have returned to Chicago to make their tuture nome, after spending the past year in Port land and Uregon uity. Miss Gladys . Schuebel, of Carus, has arrived in Oregon City and is to take instruction in needjewors at u i,. nf Mrs. McGahuev. a well Vnnwn Hressmaker of this city. Misses Blanche and Maudie lrui- linger, of Molalla, visited m tnis cny Tuesday, Deing guests oi um u : TVjT ccao i: onus ann irrace ocnuc bel, who are for the present making their home in this city. W. H. Mattoon, of Estacada, coun ty commissioner, arrived in Oregon City Monday evening aim x.u .--t t.hfl Electric Hotel during this month of December, to complete tne wont oi inc u..j Court, as the work for the year of 1913, is about compieteu. Mrs. J. J- Tobin received a teie trram Saturday from Meridian, Con- necticut, stating tnai """"'! n nionn nf that citv. had suffered from a stroke of paralysis, and was in a critical condition, w.. Sunday word was again received an nouncing the improvement of Mrs. Olson. . . , H T. Melvin, a prominent resident of Barlow, has arrived in this city and . hio hparlnuarters at the IS maiwiiK 1 . Electric Hotel, wnue serving . grand jury. Mr. meiv.n 6, orator, and has brot a suDDly of water from Barlow to last him aunng me y ' ing on the jury, ano is " tap" at thi Electric. The water sys tem of Barlow is supplied by means Of tWO WellS, WHICH IS yuii.j-vv. - large tank. The water is absolutely pure, being recently analyzed. . .., ..u,vu icianvca City Thanksgiving Day Miss Erna Petzold returned to Eugene Sunday .where she is attend ing the University of Oregon. Mrs. Norwood Curry, of Portland, spent Saturday and Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burns. Commissioner W. H. Mattoon, of Viola is in the city this week in at tendance with the county court. A. J. Lewis of Maple Lane, a well known fruit grower and farmer of that place, was transacting business in this city Monday. J. W. Smith, county commissioner, from Macksberg, is in the city this week attending the regular monthly session of the county court. Mrs. Melvin McCord and son, who have been visiting the former's mother, Mrs. W. A. Samson, returned to their home in Portland Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Martin, promient residents of Clackamas County, who are located on a farm near Aurora, were Oregon City visitors Monday. Wing, the vegetable gardener of the northern part of the city, has de parted for China, where he will spend several years with his wife and son. Clyde Green, who has been at The Dalles, where he has been in attend ance at the Convention of Confedera te Clubs,, has returned to this city. Douglass Anderson, representing the Western Stock Journal, left Mon day morning for Willamette Valley towns, where he goes on business in connection with the magazine. Edward Foster, Jr., who is con nected with the Clackamas Southern Railroad Company with headquarters in this city, spent Sunday in Portland at the home of his brother, H. Foster. Mrs. Vane Jefferson and son, of Chico, California, arrived in Oregon City Tuesday morning, having been called to Oregon City by the death of her father, E. S. Follansbee. Hugh E. Bran, representing the Photo-Zincograph Company of Port land, was in this city Monday on bus iness in connection with the com pany. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wilkinson, of Vancouver, Wash., were in Oregon City Sunday ,being the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Chambers, parents of Mrs. Wilkinson, who reside at West Linn. Miss Louise Webber has accepted a clerical position with the Bannon Company until after the holidays. Miss Webber resigned, her position as long distance operator of the Pacific States Telephone Company. Miss Georgia Cross, a student of the University of Oregon, after spending the Thanksgiving holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Cross, of Gladstone, returned to re sume .her studies at Eugene Sunday. Mr arA Mrs. William B. Howell have returned from their wedding trip to British Columbia points, ihey hoir tnljpn nn thpir rpsidence on 3rd and Jefferson street in their handsome new bungalow. Mica npnroria Mnrrs. nf this citv. anrtmnanipH hv hpr niprp and nenhew Evelyn and Edwin Whiteman, spent Thanksgiving at woodDurn wun mr. and Mrs. S. (J. Berry, mr. oerry is owner and proprietor of the Imperial Nursery. Miss Lillian Tschirgi, of this city, a student of the Oregon Agricultural Prtiiprn whn was appnmnanied to Ore gon City by Miss Fay Waterman, al so a student oi tne coiiee, anu wuu hnvp hppn cuests at the former's home, returned to Corvallis Sunday. TVflioa Anno Tnlnnlnr. who is a StU dent at the University of Oregon, and who has been spending her Thanks irntinn fit thp home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. Tolpolar, of this city, returned to her studies on Sundav. Mn Pnir Tnhin nf Pnwell River. 1I1IO. J iww.., .. - , B. C, arrived in Oregon City last week, having been called here by tne illness of her tatner, tne late u. i?ii.,,iolioo whnco Apath nncurred on Saturday evening. Mr. Tobin arrived Tuesday morning to attend the funer al services. Hna nf thp Hnnpps nf the season that is looked forward with interest is the Military Ball to be given by Company L, Third Infantry, O. N. G. Bowker's orchestra of Portland is to r,..ch tho mnoip fnr riancini?. Ihe members of the Company will act as committees of the artair. v tt Wnllhni'.m. who recently sold his dairy near Mt. Pleasant, to Frey & Roth, of Portland, has moved to PrtrflanH Mr. nnrl Mrs. Wallbaum have taken up their residence at 409 Taylor Street. Mr. wanoaum, wnnu in the dairying inauKu-y wuram up a good patronage. He was in this city nn business Monday. H. A. Montgomery, formerly city engineer of Oregon City, but who has been for the past six months at Grays Harbor, near Aberdeen, Wash., ...unn Up hoc hnnn siinprintendinGT the construction of a logging railroad line, has returned to Oregon City to spend several weeks. Mr. Montgom ery's work on this line was very sat isfactory and he expects to return to that place as soon as the work re sumes, which is delayed by the se vere storms in that locality. N. H. Smith, one of the most prom inent dairymen of Clackamas County, was in Oregon City Monday. Mr. Smith has some oi tne Iinest jerseys in the county, at the head of his herd being "Engineer's Bluster," which won first place at the Clackamas County Fair at Canby, 1913, also the championship at that fair; first in the Oregon City Livestock Show, and third at the Oregon State Fair of 1913. He also received the first pre mium on best produce of herd at the Clackamas County Fair and fourth at the State Fair in the dairy contest. "Laura of Cedar Mill" maKing a kouu record in that class. This animal, which was raised by Mr. Smith, won second place at the County Fair. Mr. Smith has been in the dairy industry for the past 10 years and understands the business thoroughly. At the pres ent time he has 31 head of Jerseys, 10 of which are of registered stock. An Oregon City pioneer, Mrs. C. V. Crawford of North Yakima, was in the city Tuesday for a renewal of old scenes. She came to Oregon City with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isom Cranfield in 1847, from Illinois, ar riving here in the fall of that year. Mr. Cranfield was in partnership with Ben Simpson in the sawmill business, operating the plant for sev eral years. It was located on the Clackamas river above this city. At one time Mr. Crawfield was the Jus tice of the Peace for this vicinity and at the same time operated a general miscellaneous store on Water street. He lost his entire stock of goods three different times, this loss being occasioned by the high water from the Mn rS.,f,.J -1 x.i.a. vianxuxu occo many eiimiges in the environments of her childhood home, yet has been able to locate several of the old landmarks. To gether with her son-in-law and her daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Fillom, of Frontlake, Washington, she visited the old John McLoughlin home which held many memories of the kindly old man ,who performed so many charitable deeds in behalf of the pi oneers. Mrs. Crawford's parents took a do nation land claim number 49 on the plat at the assessor's office located at Clackamas station, which she will probably visit in a few days. Mrs. Crawford is visiting relatives in Portland and expects to return to Oregon City again to further renew her acquaintance with the city and historic spots in the vicinity. Sterioptican Lecture There will be a sterioptican lecture in the Presbyterian Church next Wed nesday night in the interest of the Sunday school of that church. This will be a fine lecture and one that none will want to miss, as it takes one back to the old southern battle fields in Tennessee, many of the pic tures having been taken on these historic spots. There will also be some fine views of Oregon in the Cow Creek Canyon and other scenery of equal beauty and grandeur and educational. Mr. Ralph Eddy, who made his home in Tennessee for some years will give the lecture, and he is a very interesting talker and has made a study of his subjects and will give a good description of every view which he has taken with his own cam era. The price of admission will be 10 CQiits for children and 15 cents for adults. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTOR I A Here is a Soap that reduces wash board rubbing to a minimum, without in jury to the fabric. HAMILTON COUPON wrm EACH BAR EXCHANGEABLE FOR S.&H. 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President Title & Investment Co, Gackamas County Abstracts. 500 Pairs Mens Heavy Shoes. A second shipment of the Solid Leather Best Waterproof Shoes Made by the Dougherty Shoe Factory of Portland This shipment includes MEI'S BEST MADE SHOES Low Top High " $2.50 to $6 4 to $10 i