OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1916.
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For friend
ship's sake
THE Friendship Brace
let is the most popu
lar jewelry novelty of the
day. Each link in the
circle is the gift and taken
of a friend and tells its
own story of affection and
sentiment.
It may be engraved
with the initials or pet
name of the giver the
date of a memorable oc
casion, outing or feather
ing the name of a place
marked by specially happy
associations.
Links may be added one
at a time until the circle
is complete.
We shall be glad to
show you this charm
ing jewelry novelty.
Price 25c each.
Burmeister
& Andresen
Oregon City Jewelers
Suspension Bridge Corner
COUNTY AND
CITY LOCALS
Mrs. Evan Williams, of Portland,
was an Oregon City visitor Thursday'
at the home of her mother, Mrs. Fred
Ely.
' Program of Preparedness Prepare
to meet thy God. Gospel every night
in revival now on at Methodist Church.
. Miss Verle Trimble went to Port
land Monday, where she is taking a
course of stenography.
H. H. Hughes, of Gladstone," is able
to be out again after a severe illness
of lagrippe of three weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Marks hpve re
covered from the grippe. Mr. and
Mrs. Marks' daughters, Mrs. Charles
Bluhm, of Portland, recently in the
Good Samaritan hospital while suf
fering with pneumonia, has been re
moved to her home, and is now on the
road to recovery. Little Margaret and
Katerine Bluhm, who have been with
their grandmother, Mrs. Marks, while
their mother was ill, have returned to
their Portland home.
How much religion must one have
to get by St. Peter at the Pearly
Gate? Question reasonably answered
at Methodist Church Sunday night.
Mrs. W. A, Long, accompanied by
Miss Etta Long and Mrs. Ralph Eddy,
of this city, went to Camas Sunday
where they attended the funeral ser
vices of Mrs. Zana Jones, Mrs. Long's
sister-in-law..,
Fred Bullard is ill at his home on
May street, Mountain View.
Kent Wilson left Friday for Eu
gene, where he will take up his studies
at the University.
Miss Emma Libker, of the county
seat, has left for Eastern Oregon,
where she has proved up on a home
stead. Hermann Klinke, of Stone, was
among the week's county seat visit
ors. Walter Owens, of Beaver Creek,
was in town the latter part of last
week.
W. P .Kirchem, of the Logan coun
try, passed through the county seat
recently on his way to the dairymen's
convention at Portland.
Better be sure than sorry Have
Heaven's Passport "examined Sunday
night at Methodist Church. Revival
now on.
Harry McCarver spent the week
end with relatives in the county seat.
Andrew Cremer, a farmer of North
Dakota, who has been visiting with
his aunt, Mrs. Christina Fischer, of
Gladstone, has left for San Francisco
to continue his western trip.
Tomo
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Reference: Hundreds of satisfied cus
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The Misses Coralie and Lapensa
Amrine, teachers in the county schools
spent the week end with their par
ents in the county seat,
C. L. Blakeslee is visiting his son,
M. L. Blakeslee, in ,the county seat.
The elder Blakeslee is proprietor of
a steam laundry at Corvallis.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Calvert, of the
county seat, left this week for an east
ern trip, and will be away about a
month.
Miss Marie Friedrich visited- her
sister, Mrs. E. C. Gerber, at Logan,
during the week.
D. C. Boyles, deputy county re
corder, is tenertaining his brother, 0
S. Boyles, of Linn county, who was
formerly prominent as a Clackamas
county farmer. i
Mr. and Mrs. S. Bowman, of Port
land, have moved to the county seat
where Mr. Bowman will go into busi
ness. John Deininger, one of the well
known farmers of the central part of
the county, was in the county seat the
middle of the week.
H. G. Starkweather, of Concord,
was a visitor in town during the
week.
.Miss Alberta Dunn, who has ben
confined to her home with tonsilitis
for some days, resumed work in the
county treasurer s office this wek.
The Misses Blanche Miller and
Georgiana Snedley were visitors in
Salem over the week end, being en
tertained by Mrs.' Walter Spaulding,
who is Miss Miller's sister. .
The Rev. E. T. Sherman, pastor of
the Congregational church in. Corval
lis, was a visitor in the county seat
early in the week.
H. M. Eccles, of Canby, was among
the week's county seat visitors.
Miss Maurine McAdams, formerly
a resident of Oregon City, has been
named assistant teacher of English in
the Jefferson highschool, Portland.
RIGHT BACK AT 'EM
Story of Cupid on Phone Line Brings
Sharp Retort from Somebody
Recently the Courier had a few
mirthful remarks to say about a ro
mance that was being enjoyed by pa
trons of division 9 of the Highland
telephone line. As far as the Courier
could see there was no malice in the
tale; but somebody who signs herself
"Young Lady on Division 9 of the
Highland Telephone Service" takes
umbrage at the story, and has sent
in the following:
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU
SAY
In speaking of a person's faults
Pray don't forget your own; ,
Remember these, with homes of glass
Should seldom throw a stone.
If we have nothing else to do
But talk of those who sin,
irf is better we commence at home
And from that point begin.
We have no right to judge a man
Until he's fairly tried;
Should we not like his company
We know the world is wide
Some may have faults and who has
none ?
The old as well as young;
Perhaps we may for all we know
Have fifty to their one.
I'll tell you of a better plan
You 11 find it works full well:
Try hard your own defects to cure
Before of others' tell.
And though I often hope to be
No worse than some I know;
My own shortcomings bid me let
The faults of others go.
So let us all, when we commence
To slander friend or foe,
Think of the harm one word can do
To those we little know.
Remember, curses, sometimes like
Our chickens, roost at home
Don't speak of others' faults until
You have none of your own.
The Courier isn't quite certain who
is being given this verbal spanking
but at the request of the young lady
on division 9 we print it anyway
AID FOR JEWS PLANNED
Live Wires Organibe Committee to
' Collect Funds for Poland
To aid in the nation-wide move
ment to provide relief and succor for
the suffering Jews in Poland, the Live
Wires.of the Oregon City Commer
cial club have appointed a committee
to conduct a local relief campaign. B.
T. McBain is chairman of the com
mittee, and contributions should be
sent to him or to the Courier office.
The plight of the Jews in Poland
has been made doubly distressing by
the European war, and Jjiousands of
families there are worse than desti
tute. The movement for their aid
in the county seat is similar to the
movement being carried on in all
parts of the nation ; and it is expected
that at least a. thousand dollars will
be raised here.
How's This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Hall's Catarrh Cure has been tak
en by catarrh sufferers for the past
thirty-five years, and has become
known as the most reliable remedy for
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thru the Blood on the Mucous surfac
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Blood and healing the diseased por
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Cure for a short time you will see a
great improvement in your general
health. Start taking Hall's Catarrh
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Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Tell it tethe printer at the Courier
job department he does the rest
MONEY TO LOAN
PAUL C. FISCHER
Lawyer
Room 2, Beaver Bldg.
Oregon City, Ore.
Obituaries
John C. Dallas
John C. Dallas, 80 years old, died
last Friday at his home near Damas
cus from heart failure. Mr. Dallas
only a few weeks before had been
seriously injured in a runaway acci
dent, but appeared to be recovering
from the effects of this. Coroner
Hempstead investigated the death of
Mr. Dallas, but found no unusual
features.
Popular Teacher Dies
Mrs. Anna S. Hayes, for many
years a resident of the county seat
and widely and favorably known as a
music teacher, died Monday evening
of this week at the home of Mrs.
James, in Oregon City. Mrs. Hayes
was a native of Michigan, and her
parents still reside in Detroit. After
coming west Mrs. Hayes was in
structor in music at the Montana
state normal school, and later held a
similar position at the Monmouth nor
mal school. Three sisters and two
brothers survive her. The remains
will be sent to Montana for interment.
John Younger
For 22 years a resident of the coun
ty seat, John Younger, 75 years old,
died last week at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. M. Gleason, on Ninth
street. Mr. Younger had been an in
valid for some time. For many years
he was engaged in the jewelry busi
ness in the county seat.
Mr. Younger was born in Scotland
and came to the United States 25
years ago. He is survived by four
children: Mrs. Mike Gleason, Peter
Younger, of Oakland, Calif.; Mrs. Jen
nie Silcox, of Oakland, Calif.; . and
Miss Nellie Younger, of Portland.
Mrs. C. W. Pope
Following an operation at a Port
land hospital, Mrs. Alice Pope, the
wife of Charles W. Pope, of the coun
ty seat, died in Portland Tuesday
evening. Her death was not unex
pected, though she had at first rallied
after the operation.
Mrs. Pope was formerly Mrs. Alice
Brewster, and came to the county seat
some six years ago. Two years ago
she became the wife of Mr. Pope. In
the county seat she was widely known
for her interest in welfare. work, and
a large circle of friends will mourn
her loss. A daughter a year old sur
vives her.
C. W. Evans
Charles W. Evans, long known as
one of the most experienced steam
boat men on the Willamette; and be
fore coming to the Oregon country a
man who pilotted many a river steam
er along the reaches of the Mississip
pi, died Saturday afternoon at his
home in the county seat. He had been
ill for the five weeks preceding his
death, and the end was not unexpected.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon in the Masonic temple, with
the Rev. T. J. Williams officiating.
Following this Masonic services were
held at the Portland crematorium.
"Captain". Evans was a Mason, an
Elk, a Woodman and an Artisan, and
ws highly regarded in all these lodges.
Aside from his fraternal activities he
was deeply interested in local com
munity work and in development of
the lower Willamette vally, and had a
host of acquaintances throughout the
state.
He was born February 27, 1856; in
Nauvoo, Ill.,v-and attended school ir
that town until 14 years old. Then
with his parents, he moved to Koekuk,
Iowa, where his early life was spent
steamboating on the Mississippi. Jan
uary 14, 1883, he was married to
Clara Belle Huston, at Keokuk, and
soon afterward became chief engineer
on a Mississippi river steamboat until
1887 when they moved to Portland and
he became connected with the Oregon
Railroad & Navigation company as
chief engineer on the steamer Orient.
Later he was connected with the Co
lumbia River Navigation company as
chief engineer on the Telephone and
the Bailey Gatzert. On account of ill
health, he resigned his position and
after a short rest became connected
with the Willamette Navigation com
pany as chief engineer on their boats.
He directed the construction of the
Lang, of that company's fleet, and for
the last four years wasc hief engineer
on her.
Mrs. Evans died July 1, 1912, and
Mr. Evans later married Mrs. Rosina
Fouts. The following children survive
him: Clairie Evans, of Eugene; Irwin
L. Evans, of San Francisco; and Lu-
cile Evans, of Portland.
FINE FLOW OF WORDS
Amateur Correspondent even Forgets
to Use Personal Pronoun
A splendid war correspondent was
lost to the journalistic field when a
Larkins, Pa., young man enlisted in
the United States Marine Corps.
Shortly after enlistment the Lar
kins boy found himself in Haiti with
the Marine Corps expenditionary force
and, in a letter to Sergeant Frank
Stubbe of the recruiting station, he
wrote, concerning the occupation of
that Caribbean isle by the force of
sea soldiers, "a mutinous, riotous, se
ditious and tumultously violent party
of Cacos barred our way to Haut de
Cap. Their heedlessness, rashness,
and precipitancy led them to attack
our party, but they certainly found it
a dismal, forlorn and piteous task, for
we disposed of them with neatness and
dispatch."
"Our only loss in that battle was
the correspondent's 'I,' .... was Ser
geant Stubbe's comment.
Since 1908, there have been taken
from the national forests five billion
feet of wood and timber products.
Approximately 40 million feet of
timber are cut annually under sales
from the Chigach and Tonga ss nation
al forests of Alaska.
How are you fixed for letter heads
and envelopes? Courier.
HUMANE HINT GIVEN
Correspondent Writes on "Feed thei
Birds" Plan, and Such Things . j
Editor, Courier: I have noted in'
the papers lately suggestions that
during the "most unusual weather,"
when the snow lies in a thick mantle
over everything, that it is a humane
and kindly thing to feed the birds.
Now by nature I am a kindly man,
so upon reading this suggestion I
raided the pantry in the absence of
friend wife, and distributed on the
front porch the crumbs of three bis
cuits that my wife had tried to get
me to eat at breakfast; and also three
sausages that Were left over from Sat
urday night's supper.
And the experiment proved a suc
cess. At once there were about a
half dozen snow-birds and three Alas
ka robins on the porch, happily peck
ing at the provender I had provided.
I was much pleased with myself, and
was thinking how nice it was that we
could feed the birds, when my reverie
was disturbed by a commotion on the
porch.
Looking out I observed my neigh
bor's black cat licking its whiskers,
and looking longingly at several tufts
of feathers. Also there were no birds.
The cat then smelled of the biscuit
crumbs, passed them up, and ate the
remainder of the sausage.
Going to the cupboard behind the
stove, I carefully drew forth my bur-glar-welcomer,
a Colt's .45, and creas
ing two of the cartridges, I again
went to the porch and made use of the
smoke-wagon. The first bullet stop
ped the cat's nine lives, and the sec
ond bullet splintered up the front
steps and ricochetted across the street
and through my neighbor's front win
dow. Continuing on its way it smash
ed the reading lamp on their table,
punctured the air-tight heater, and
finally embedded itself in the wall, just
back of the only picture my neighbor
has of his mother-in-law. Incidental
ly it punctured the picture, too.
In view of that my neighbor for
gave me, and joins with me in sug
gesting that not only should people
"feed the birds," but that they should
also "shoot the cats," and so be truly
humane. Trusting you may think this
advice worthy of being passed on to
your readers, I beg to subscribe my
self, T. LORD C.
GOOD CHILDREN SLEEP
And Children Who Sleep are Good, too,
Says Expert from Abroad
"One result of insufficient sleep is
juvenile crime," said Miss Ravenhill,
formerly of King's College, London,
in an address to Oregon home-makers,
at the Agricultural College. Miss
Ravenhill made her investigations
among the schoolchildren if Great
Britain and found that most of them
lose from three to four hours of the
sleep they should have each day, some
even more. "The only way to get rid
of fatigue," said she, "is by sleep,
since fatigue is a poison caused by
activity without rest.
"We have frequently heard it said
that change of occupation is rest, but
it is not. There is an advantage in
fatigue in that it warns us when we
need rest, but over-fatigue has bad
effects, sometimes permanently bad.
Just as continual stoking of a fur
nace without cleaning out the ashes
causes it to burn more and more poor
ly, so insufficient sleep keeps us from
living as we should live.
"The fatigue poison has a stimu
lating effect at first on the nervous
system, under the influence of which
boys are apt to do deeds that seem
to them deeds of daring, which in
sober moments they would not do.
They are literally influenced through
loss of sleep.
"We must set our faces against
evening entertainments for children.
Many school children are sent to bed
at a seasonable hour during the week
but this rhythm is broken for them on
one or two days of the week. This ir
regularity is very injurious and sitting
up one night cannot be made up for by
the regularity of many nights."
TROUBLES FOR MOVIES
Films Can No Longer be Carried on
Passenger Cars, Is Rule
As a further step to safeguard the
lives of passengers from accident,
Western railroads on the first of Feb
ruary, will prohibit the carrying of
motion picture films in passenger cars.
The celluloid of which the films are
made is a highly combustible sub
stance, and the fear that a chance con
tace with fire might end in disaster.
This action follows that already
taken by railroads of the East and
Middle West. A passenger on a sub
urban train running out of Chicago
recently carried into the combination
smoking and baggage car four reels
of motio picture films and placed it
on the floor between the seats. In
some way, presumably by a lighted
match dropped by a smoker, the films
were set off and an explosion decurred
in which 38 persons were badly burn
ed, two fatally. As a result railroads
are no longer willing to submit their
customers to such a hazard.
When films are sent by express they
can be inspected when received for
shipment, and carried in the safe man
ner laid down by the packing rules of
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
This ruling has been recommended by
the American Railway Association,
the Bureau for Safe Transportation of
Explosives.
Many unemployed men, some of
them bringing along their families,
have come to the county seat recent
ly, thinking that the published reports
in Portland papers about the enlarge
ment of the Hawley mills in Oregon
City meant that work was plentiful
here. On arrival they find that there
are no enlarged mills, and that the
little work that is being done in mak
ing way for the proposed improve
ment is being entirely cared for by
local labor. The Woman's club has
"staked" several such families to
money enough to leave the county
seat
A Queer Case.
Of Suicide
. By WILLIAM BLAKEMAN
I am a Russian with a name so un
pronounceable by English speaking peo
ple that I call myself Hawks. My real
reason for assuming a name was that
t was Implicated In an assassination
scheme, was given away by a fellow
conspirator and fled the country before
the police could lay a hand on me.
Being informed that the Russian gov
ernment had put the American police
on my track with a trumped up charge
of embezzlement In order to secure my
extradition, I took another name. 1
was very poor, and, not daring to re
main in one place long enough to gain
a foothold by work, I adopted the pro
fession of tramp. ,
Duriug my wanderings I fell In with
a man who much resembled me. He
was an Austrian Pole who had come
to this country to better his condition,
but had not succeeded. He bad be
come a tramp, like myself, in order to
gain a living. We became very good
friends and tramped together that Is,
we slept in the same places at night
Slilmsky that Is the name he gave
me Anally fell sick. We were camp
ing In a wood at the time, and, since
be objected to going to a hospital, I
made him as comfortable as I could,
provided for his necessities and nursed
him. Had I realized how ill be was I
would not have consented to this.
One night Slilmsky grew suddenly
worse and died in the early morning.
While looking on the body, considering
what action I should take, noticing bis
resemblance to myself, a plan for
throwing the police off my track oc
curred to me. I ran a knife Into bis
heart, spattered blood from my own
arm on bis shirt and pinned to his
clothing a paper on which I had writ
ten the following:
This Is the body of Paul Xlmanowsky,
alias James Hawks, a Russian, who was
Implicated In the Ivanovltch assassination
In Russia. He has been killed by one of
his own countrymen, a kinsman of the
man he assassinated. ,
I left the body unburled and set off
tramping. A week later I was arrest
ed while passing through a small town
and charged with murder. I had been
seen in company with Shlmsky, and
the local police had been put on my
track.
Here was a dilemma. I was wanted
by one set of police to be sent to Rus
sia to be tried for the murder of Ivano
vltch and by another for the murder of
myself. As Xlmanowsky I was dead
and could not be killed any more; as
Shlmsky I would be tried for my own
murder, and there was every chance
that I would be convicted. If "Bo 1
wodld be punished for killing a dead
man.
However, thus far my ruse in throw
ing the police off the track of the man
wanted In Russia was successful. The
very prominence that the case was
given in the newspapers helped this
feature, for those hired by the Rus
sian government to arrest me seeing
an account of how I hod been mur
dered abandoned the pursuit, sending
an account of my demise to Russia. If
I could get off from the charges of
having murdered myself my troubles
would be ended. But how could I hope
to do this without telling the whole
story and being taken to Russia as my
self? Not being able to employ an attorney
to defend me tho court assigned me
one. I explained the situation to him.
He believed my story and at once took
a deep interest in my case, remarking,
"This Is the prettiest problem I have
met since I became a lawyer." Then
be left me to think out a plan to clear
me without giving away my true char
acter. There was one point In my favor
those who had been pursultig me for
the Russian government had been
eliminated so long as I was not known
to be their quarry. On this fact my
counsel banked. The day nfter he left
me a man came to my cell and asked
me to write a statement ns to where
I was at the time my murder was
committed. I did so, claiming to have
left the murdered man two days before
ho died, but that I couldn't exactly re
member where I bad been for the next
few days.
My trial came off soon after this. I
did not see my couusel in the mean
while and wondered why he bad not
visited me, fearing that he had failed
to hit upon a plan for my defense.
When I was led Into court, however,
be smiled at me, as much as to say,
"Don't worry; It will como out all
right." He called the man to whom
t hnd given the statement and asked
him if he bad seen me write It Then
he called a woman who had befriend
ed me and to whom I bad sent a tri
fling gift with a letter. This letter I
had signed James Hawks.
"Your honor," said my counsel, "my
client has been accused of killing him
self, which is Impossible. I ask for a
quashing of the Indictment and that
be be set at liberty."
The judge took the matter under ad
visement but my counsel, who feared
that delay would put the Russian gov
ernment's police on my track, argued
with him so strongly that be conclud
ed to set mo free. The lawyer at once
came to me with the good news.
"You get!" he snld, "and lose your
Belf next time some other way."
I doubt If the Russian sleuths ever
heard of the denouement for I never
learned afterward that they resumed
their efforts to find me.
After this affair I settled In one place
under another name, married and pros
pered. Fifth and sixth grade pupils of the
Oak Grove school recently gave a sur
prise party for Miss Naomi Kinder.
Among those present were: Misses
Adena Roth, Esther Wood, Celia Skel
ly and Agnes Skelly, Leora Griffiths,
Norma Roser, Pearl Speck, Gladys
Wetzler, Esther Bingham, Opal Speck
Dorothy Jones, Marjorie Gonchaw,
Naomi Kinder, Ozilla Kinder, Johnny
Reese, Boon Wilson and Vivian Kin
der. "Watch your step" tha Courier
Job Department.
Conservative Banking
This Bank is opposite the Court House, next to the
Postoffice and convenient to the Business District. We
have a pleasant writing room, both phones and will be
pleased to have you make use of same.
LEROY WALKRR,
President.
THOS. F.
EVENING UP ACCOUNTS
Feeding the Birds Pays Them for eat
ing Bugs and Weed Seed
"Feeding the birds in snowy weath
er is only squaring our accounts with
the birds," says Professor G. F. Sykes
zoologist of the Oregon Agricultural
College. "The few handfuls of grain
thrown out for the birds during the
recent snowstorm will bring the best
returns of the year. Many a little
bird-guardian, robin, blue-bird, siskin,
gold finch or Junco, who came months
ago to clean up the weed seeds of last
season or' to catch the cutworm and
leather Jacket lurking in the turnip
or grass fields, was going about hun
gry and with cold feet. Many of them
also have perished with the cold.
"An examination of the stomach
contents of birds during an open win
ter shows them to be at such a time
entirely beneficial. In one robin's
stomach were found 210 March fly
larvae, and a China Pheasant had
eaten 673 larvae at a single meal.
These grubs resemble cutworm and
are a serious pest on root crops, grass
and alfalfa. Moreover, five Juncos
were found to have destroyed in a
single morning 275 May weed seed,
101 wild grass seeds, and 301 pigweed
seeds. Thus the Juncos, together with
the siskins and green-backed finches,
make away with millions of noxious
weed seeds in the course of an or
dinary winter season.
"With the snow deep on the ground
the birds were having a hard time.
They have no deep seated hostility
towards us even though we have
chided some of them for helping them
selves to cherries or wheat during the
summer. So they may be encouraged
to take food put out on the window
ledges.
In his bird-feeding Professor Sykes
has found that the covers of baking
powder boxes, lard pails, etc., make
admirable food trays for putting out
bird food. Small grain, cracked corn,
wheat or barley, even rolled cereals,
put out in such receptacles or in
Wooden troughs, may be placed on the
window ledge, the roof or porch
of out buildings or on tops of fence
posts. Crumbs from the table, too,
were appreciated by the birds.
LAW VIOLATORS FINED
Men Who Damaged Forest Service
Equipment Pay Costs in Court
The District Forester at Portland,
Ovecon. announces thn following lceal
cases as having been settled in Dis
trict 6 (Oregon, Washington and
Alaska), during the past quarter:
U. S. vs. Walter B. Davidson: On
September 28 defendant pleaded guil
ty, in the U. S. District Court for
Oregon, to cutting Forest Service
telonhone line on the Oregon Nation
al Forest and was fined $10.
U. S. vs. Joscoh Roberts: On No
vember 3 defendant was arrested at
Stavton. Oreiron. chanted with break
ing into Seven Mile Ranger Station on
the Santiam National Forest and
stealing therefrom property belong
ing to the United States: also with
cutting telephone line leading to said
station. On November 12 he plead
ed guilty to a charge of larceny in
the county court and was fined $25.
FIRE THREATENS CHURCH
Quick Work Saves Methodist Struc
ture at Canby Sunday
.TiiHt as services were drawing to a
close in the Canby Methodist church
Sunday evening, tire was discovered
in thfl hasement of the building. The
blaze started in a hole cut through a
partition for a stovepipe. An immed
iate alarm was sounded, and the
chemical engine of the Canby depart
ment responded, extinguishing the
flames in short order. Damage ap
proximating $100 was done.
There was considerable excitement
among the worshippers when news of
the fire was whispered about, dui; an
frnf nlir. nf fhfi hiiildincr in an orderly
manner, and then waited to see if they
could be of any assistance. The
church was newly erected some three
vonra arn. and had it not been for
the prompt action of the fire fighters,
the Iobs would have been neavy.
A Vialn a vnn and ft hflln to US the
Courier job department.
NOT ENOUGH CHILDREN
ever receive the proper balance of food
to sufficiently nourish both body and
brain during the growing period when
nature's demands are greater than in
mature life. This is shown In so many
pale faces, lean bodies, frequent colds,
and lack of ambition.
For all such children we say with
unmistakable earnestness: They need
Scott's Emulsion, and need it now. It
possesses in concentrated form the very
food elements to enrich their blood. It
changes weakness to strength; it makes
them sturdy and strong. No alcohol.
Scott ft Bowse, Bloomfitld, N. J.
RYAN, JOHN R. HUMPHRYS,
Vice President. Cashier.
TUESDAY BUSY DAY
Funny how it Never Rains but It
Pours; even In Paper Matters
Tuesday, the day when the north
ern part of the county had such a
good imitation of a silver thaw that
even the oldest inhabitants couldn't
tell the diiference, was a busy day at
the Courier shop.
Bright and early in the morning
Postmaster Haggemann, of Milwau
kie, flagged one of the Courier re
porters and jumped on him for that
little story last week about two girls
having put the Milwaukie post office
out of business by breaking a window.
Mr. Haggemann said the story was
all wrong that two girls didn't have
a fight, but that six girls had all tried
to get out of the door at the same
time. And he wanted it put straight
in the paper.
Then in town the cheerful chorus
continued. The Courier's attentiion
was called to the fact that it had got
off wrong on a divorce case last week
that's straightened out elsewhere.
And then came Councilman Roy B.
Cox, Sunday school superintendent and
originator of the "silent vote" in the
council, and flagged a Courier man on
the street and wanted to know why
the Courier was all the time knocking
the cold storage business in which Mr.
Cox has a share. Readers of the
Courer who have seen any "knocks"
on the Cox plant are invited to tell
us about them that is, all sensible
readers who haven't got the acute and
supersensitive acumen of the honor
able councilman.
After Mr. Cox had got through
relieving his feelings about this pa
per, and the reporter had duly re
ported to the office; in came by mail
the poem published elsewhere in this
issue, and in which a haymaker slam
is taken at somebody maybe the
Courier. Then late in the evening
there wandered in an irate citizen who
wanted the Courier to force the city
to clean the sidewalk in front of the
fire-hall on Main street.
Tuesday was sure a busy day with
us.
HERE'S WHERE WE RENIG
Mistake in Reporting Divorce Case
Was Due to Carelessness
This is something that no paper
likes to do; but it is also something
that any honest paper is glad to do
when the circumstances arise. In
other words this is where the Courier
admits it got something wrong, and
cheerfully corrects it. Last week in
reporting the Van Auken divorce case,
the bright , young man who gathers
some news for the Courier got ex
cited, and got things wrong. The
facts are these:
Through his attorney, B. N. Hicks,
Earl D. Van Auken sometime ago filed
suit for divorce from Mrs. Mae C.
Van Auken, and on January 25 the
case was heard by Judge Campbell.
Mrs. Van Auken did not bother to seek
representation at the trial, and the
case was decided in favor of Mr. Van
Auken and a decree of divorce given
him.
Mr. Van Auken, in his complaint,
charged that though he had married
Mae C. Van Auken in June, 1908, she
left him in August, 1910, and since
that time has refused to live with him.
He says that at the time of their mar
riage he gave her all his personal
property, consisting of horses, cattle,
hogs, chickens and household effects;
but that Mrs. Van Auken failed to
appreciate this, and accused him of
being intimate with other women,
treated him in a cruel and inhuman
manner, and nagged him constantly,
developig an unreasonably jealous
disposition.
Teachers Hold Meeting
Thirty-five county school teachers
and officials attended an institute at
Estacada last week, at which the fol
lowing program was given: "Play
ground Supervision," Mrs. S. Barnum;
"Teaching of Geography," Reca An
derson; "Has Standardization Paid?"
F. B. Guthrie; piano solo, Ruth Welch,
and "How to Select Library Books,"
County Supervisor Brenton Vedder.
Chlronractii- rpmnvca the rsuav nf
grippe. Stone & Hoeye, Chiroprac
tors, Caufield Building.
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