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OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1916,
News of the County and Suburbs
Local and County Items of Interest, to Our Readers
BEAVER CREEK
Little Thelma Bennet, who is at
tending school in Portland, spent the
week end with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Francis Bennett.
Ben Santesson made a business trip
to Oregon City Monday.
Ferris Mayfield shipped a carload
of hogs to the Portland stock yards
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Force and son,
; George, spent Sunday as the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Durst, of Clarkes,
Rev. R. M. Jones will hold services
at the Welsh Congregational church
Sunday evening.
Quite a number are on the sick
list. Mrs. Adolph Walter is very ill
Mrs. Owen Parry and several others
are also ill.
The Beaver Creek school will give
an entertainment and basket social at
the Hall Saturday evening, March 25.
Mack Force, of Portland, was in
Beaver Creek, attending to his proper
ty interests, and while here visited
with F. W. Force and family.
Rev. A. J. Ware preached Sunday
evening at the Henrici schoolhouse.
His sermon was entitled "The World,
a Harvest Field." Many were in at
tendance. While here Rev. Ware was
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Pryce.
Neil Jameson, cow tester for the
Jersey Cattle Club, was out at the R.
L. Bodger ranch, testing Mr. Badger's
fine herd of Jersey cows, last week.
The contest held between the
Beaver Creek and Carus schools at
the Carus school house Friday were
won as fellows': spelling contest,
Beaver Creek Girls; basket ball,
Beaver Creek Boys; baseball, Carus
Boys, 13-0.
The Beaver Creek Lumber Magots
have shut down their saw mill, be
cause of the lack of logs. Coxie
Thomas, president of the company,
will leave in the near future to take
charge of his large wheat ranch in
Eastern Oregon.
A large number were present at
the debate at Henrici school house
Friday evening. The question "That
Fashions Are More Injurious to the
Health than the Tobacco Habit" was
discussed in a very interesting man
ner. The judges, Mrs. C. Muralt, H.
Henrici and F. Bluhm, decided the
question for the affirmative side. The
question for next Friday evening is,
"Resolved, That the Single Tax Will
Not Benefit the Farmer." W. Harris,
Mrs. Stella Hughes and Coxie Thomas
will speak for affirmative and Miss
Echo Spehce, C. E. Spence and Miss
Lewison on the negative side.
Considering the weather, many
were present at the Union Sunday
School Sunday morning. Mrs. R. L.
Badger is superintendent; Miss Ber
tha Eggiman, organist; Miss Hannah
Lewellen, R. L. Badger and Mrs. F.
Bennett, teachers of the classes.
George Holman is secretary and
treasurer. Mrs. Stella Hughes, so
prano, sang "I Love to Tell the
Story." "Philip and The Ethiopian,"
was the topic for the lesson.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Adams, of Oregon
City, were visitors at the H. More
house home Sunday.
Take This for Lagrippe Coughs
The danger of lagrippe lies in its
tendency to develop pneumonia, and
the March death record from pneu
monia is appalling. Stop your cold
before it reaches the danger point,
and take Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound. Mr. W. P. Bowen, Jimps, Go.,
writes: "I had a terrible attack of lo
grippe, aches and pains all over my
body and a dry hacking lugrippe
cough. I began taking Foley's Honey
and Tar and when 0 had taken one
bottle my cough was cured, my cold
was well." Jones Drug Co.
CLARKES
It looks as if spring has come at
last, because everything is beginning
to grow now. We had a thunder
shower Sunday and it is still" Twaiiig,
but wo hope it will quit soon, now.
Mrs. Albert Buol went back home
to Oregon City last Friday.
After Grip
Winter Colds
Bad Blood
Yon nre pale, thin, weak with little
vitality. Your liver is sluggish and
the bad blood causes your stomach
muscles to lose their elasticity and
become flabby and weak then
indigestion.
Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery, purely vegetable and free from
alcohol or narcotics, is the great and
powerful blood purifier of to-day. Ex
tracted from American forest herbs
and roots. Contains no alcohol. In
gredients printed on wrapper.
Take it as directed and it will search
out impure and poisonous matter
throughout the system and eliminate
it through the natural channels.
All dealers in medicines can supply
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
in liquid or tablet form, or send teu
cents in one-cent stamps to Dr. Pierce,
Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., for trial
package of tablets.
WHAT WOMEN OF OUR
NATIVE STATE SAY.
T. r .
juKeno, uregon. "in raising my
tamiiy l nave al
.ways found that
I fcunfci -depend on
Dr. Pierce's rem
edies for all ail
Iments. I gave
them the ' Golden
,Medical Discov
ery ' for tonsilitis,
;sore throat, bad
; coughs and grip,
ana it always
'cured them. I
also' gave them
the 'Pleasant
lira
II I II
v u
fellete' for sick headache, biliousness
and constipation. I am glad to recom
mend them." Mrs. Cakkijs Dean, 11
N. Lawrence -Street.
Dewey LaFpllette spent Sunday
with the Hofstetter boys.
Misses Violet and Pansy Wett
laufer, from Oregon City, visited
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Wettlaufer over the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. LaFollette and
Arthur Goff were in town last Mon
day. - A German Sunday School conven
tion was held at the Clarkes' Ger
man M. E. church last week and
there was a good attendance there.
Misses Florence and Pearl Strom
green, from Oregon City, visited their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Strom
green, of Colton, over Saturday and
Sunday.
Miss Engla Bergman spent Sun
day with Miss Ella Schiewe.
Mr. and Mrs. John Coulter visited
Edd Buol and family last Sunday.
Rev. H. B. Mann preached in Lo
gan last Sunday.
Alva Gard spent Sunday with
Elmer Kleinsmith.
Mrs. W. H. Bottemiller is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Charles Ralph ,of
Oregon City for a few days.
Jack Hooper, the Watkins' man,
was in Clarkes last week.
G. J. Taylor, the editor of the Mo
lalla Pioneer, gave a fine speech, and
the Pioneer Quartette sang some fine
songs last Sunday evening at the
English M. E. church. The people
enjoyed it so much that they want
them to give some more later on.
The Pioneer Quartette consisted of
Milton Miller, Ben Chindgren, Her
man Chindgren and Hub Stone.
Miss Hudson, the Meadowbrook
school teacher, spent Sunday with
Miss Laura Moore, of Timber Grove.
Albert Mann was out and visited
his brother, Rev. H. B. Mann and
family, last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Eberly, of
Oregon City, were out and visited his
parents, Mr. and Mrs'. Eberly, and
family Sunday.
W. H. Wettlaufer was in town on
Monday.
Rev. A. J. Ware, from Oregon City,
preached in the English M. E. church
last Sunday morning.
HEAR WITHOUT EARS
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Thousands of deaf people are to
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LOGAN
II. R. Corless and family had the
misfortune to have their house and
most of the contents destroyed by
fire last week. The fire was not dis
covered in time to save the building.
The telephone and organ were carried
to safety, which was about all that
remained after the good servant, but
bad master, had finished his work.
The laymen's meeting at the church
last Sunday was all that could have
been expected on the part of speak
ing and singing, and was thorough
ly appreciated and enjoyed by the
fair audience that was present. J.
W. Loder, the chairman, led the
jspeuKing in ins nuppiesi moou, ana
was followed by T. A. Burke, F. A.
Olmsted and II. E. Cross, all of whom
told of many things that are most
worth while. Mr. Cross told of being
present, at the dedication of the
church years ago, and of the contri
bution of $200 toward the building by
a poor girl who had made the money
working for $4 or less, per week, the
contribution having made the building
possible. Mr. Cross did not give her
name, but it was Lucy Tucholke. The
singing by the quartet was excellent.
Kirchem Bros., of Arthurs' Prairie,
have erected a silo so as to be in a
state of preparedness with succulent
cow feed next fall and winter.
C. N. Tracy took a load of porkers
to Portland this week. The big Euro
pean scrap seems to have boosted the
price and changed the demand some
what in that line. Larger hogs are
wanted, 200 pounds being a favorite
size.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Gerber have
another girl boarder at their house.
Edwin keeps hired men generally and
seems to be looking out for the fu
ture supply of housekeepers.
Thoro will be an entertainment
given by the Estacada school at the
grange hall on the 25th.
REDLAND
The Redland, Firgrove and Ever
green scnoois are going to give a
play at Firgrove school some time in
April, entitled "An Old M:d'i Con
vention." The cast will be composed
of 28 old maids; none will be under
25 years of age, and each must have
all the other necessary qualifications
to fill the bill. It promises to be a
hummer.
Mr. Jenkins has traded his place
for property at Oak Grove to a Mr.
Alexander, who has moved onto the
farm.
Willie Hubert was elected director
in District No. 75, Mr. Jenkins re
signing. Are our courts of justice doing Jus-
tice? Well, from observation it ap
pears not. When a man gets off
with one year at McNeil's Island for
stealing $49,00(1.01) and some poor
wretch, who is starving,' steals or
helps himself to a loaf of bread, is
sent up for two years, it shows that
there is certainly something wrong
somewhere.
The early spring-sown grains are
coming along nicely, but the ground
has not been fit for sowing this month
so there will be quite a bit of grain
sown later.
Wm. Gaskell, who has a 10-acre
fruit tract at Kennewick, will leave
for that place soon.
Mr. Powers is reported to have sold
his place and will go back to Eastern
Oregon.
The flurry in the hog market at
the present time is the result of
farmers generally quitting the bust
ness.
VIOLA
Mrs. Eva Crafa has sold 27 acres
of land to James Hamilton, at $50.00
an acre.
Mrs. A. C. White and baby, also
Joe LaCroy, went to Oregon City
Wednesday with Will Hicinbotham.
John Randolph went to Portland
Saturday with Frank Cockerline.
Mrs. Rob Mattoon, who has been ill
the past week, is somewhat better.
Ray Miller and family went to
Portland Saturday.
J. Sevier took a load of potatoes to
Oregon City ' for Mr. E. Brock, of
Redland, Saturday.
John Hamilton, Jr., went to Port
land Wednesday on business. He went
with Frank Cockerline.
Mrs. Charles Hicinbotham and
daughter, Alice, of River Mill, came
over Wednesday to help celebrate
the birthday of Mrs. Hicinbotham's
mother. Mrs. Eva Craft was there
also, and Mrs. Wm. Hicinbotham got
up the dinner for the occasion. All
spent a happy, day together.
George Eaden, of Logan, came over
Thursday and went to Oregon City
Friday with his father, Mr. Thomas
Eaden.
Wm. Hicinbotham and family took
a pleasure trip to Vancouver Satur
day.
D. G. White made a business trip
to Oregon City Saturday.
STAFFORD
The Ladies' Circle enjoyed a de
lightful day the 16th, with Mrs. Aug
ust Delkar, sewing for their hostess.
Mrs. Louisa Oldenstadt, who is home
from Portland for a short vacation,
and Mrs. Hite were guests of honor.
At the hour for the good of the order
the Worthy President, Mrs. Harrison,
had arranged a St. Patrick's day pro
gram, which all enjoyed. At the next
meeting, the third Thursday in April,
they are to celebrate Easter. The
Circle was organized about five
years ago for the purpose of getting
the neighbors acquainted with each
other for, since the advent of the tele
phone, neighbors saw each other but
Seldom. It 'i(s iprovling Imdre and
more a success.
Yards are bright with early flowers
and fields green with growing grain,
and war even in Mexico seems
afar off.
Adolph Delkar's wife seem to be
slowly improving.
Sidney Seedling recovers strength
very slowly and the family talk of
removing to a dryer climate.
I. Q. Gage called upon our old
time friend and neighbor, Capt. W.
E. Hayes, one day last week.
EAGLE CREEK
Mrs. Viola Douglass and son, Carl,
made a trip to Estacada one day last
week.
Mrs. H. II. HofTmeister is on the
sick list.
Mrs. Kitzmiller and Mrs. G. R.
Woodle visited with Mrs. S. F. How
lett one day last week.
Miss Edna Kennedy went to Port
land Friday evening, .returning to
Eagle Creek Saturday evening.
Mrs. Fred HofTmeister and Grand
ma Judd made a call on Mrs. S. F.
Howlett Saturday afternoon.
Carl Douglass is suffering from an
attack of rheumatism, for several
days having been unable to walk with
out the aid of crutches.
Engle Creek Grange met as usual
Saturday, more than 40 persons be
ing present, including visitors and
children. The usual routine of work
was gone through with. All spent a
pleasant day together. Among the
visitors were: Mrs. Sarah Dallas, of
Damascus; Mrs. F. C. Wilson, of
Warner Grange, and James Bell, of
Sandy.
CHERRYVILLE
The question debated at the last
Literary meeting was "Resolved, that
truth is stranger than fiction." An
animated discussion was brought on,
and many facts were related that
heretofor had been regarded as pre
fiction.
Mrs. Freil, who has lately many
trips to Oregon City in connection
with an apparently interminable law
suit, received a jingle at a recent so
cial gathering to the effect that the
high cost of living was nothing as
compared with the high cost of "law
ing." Snow has vanished from these
parts, and seasonable weather is in
vogup.
EAST CLACKAMAS
...A..-Ta" wife, and daughter, of
Logan, were visiting with relatives
in these parts Saturday and Sunday.
The natives west and north of
Clackamas were treated to a minia
ture tornado Sunday evening. The
storm was accompanied by quite a
bit of dunder-und-blitzen. It seems
as tho we are gettng some of the,
central west's climate out here.
Mrs. Sandstone was a Portland
visitor Saturday and Sunday.
W. i. bhearer is taking observa
tions in Eastern Oregon this week; we
presume with the idea of locating, if
everything is satisfactory.
DAIRY and
CREAMERY
KEEPING DAIRY RECORDS.
Importance of the Milk Sheet In Show
ing Profit or Loss.
Next to the iw lier.self. the most
Important thing In the dairy Is the
milk sheet. Let us see how it works
out, writes u correspondent of the
Country Gentleman.
Assuming thut lu Mr. lilunti's dairy
there Is a milk sheet, look ut the d.il'.y
records for the past few days. We
find Molly milking thirty rounds, thirty
and one-half pounds, thirty -ouo pounds,
thirty-two pounds. The gradual In
crease which keeps up for the whole
week Is an Indication (lint she Is doiuy
well. Next to her Is Tidy, nnd her rec-
The Jersey Is a very fine cow, glv
lngrather a smaller yield of milk
than some of the other dairy breeds.
Its milk, however, is very rich in
butter fat and produces butter of
a Buperlor quality. Its intrinsic
merit as a dairy animal has given
it a prominent place in the dairy
development of the United States.
The animal shown Is a Jersey cow
of pure breeding.
ord shows thirty pounds, twenty -six
pounds, twenty-five pounds a gradual
decline.
We ask the herdsman, "How about
It?" and after considerable Investiga
tion find that early In the week Tidy
had her bug torn on the barbed wire
fence when she and another cow were
locking horns.
Half a dozen more cows are milking
steadily, giving all they can for the
feed they get. with due regard to their
length of lactation. Then we strike
Spottle, who has dropped In a week
from thirty-five to twenty pounds
What's wrong here?
"Well, she was being fed separately,
as she Is a fussy cow, and the boy who
carries In the silage forgot to give her
any at all for two days, and she went
right down."
In the other barn we find for four
days a decrease In milk for every ani
mal. An Inquiry brings out the state
inent that the silo from which that lot
was fed had some moldy silage In It
and nobody noticed it until it bad been
fed for a few days.
Now, supposing there hud been no
milk sheet lu Mr. Blank's barn. Tidy's
milker might not have said a word
about her having a torn udder and
without doctoring It might have been
practically ruined. Spottle would have
gone off her feed and shrunk In her
milk. The moldy silage would not have
been discovered as soon as it was,
and there would have been some sick
cows.
If you will only listen to It, this milk
sheet will tell you when there Is Ice In
the drinking water, when the corn in
the silo is too green, when the alfalfn
is musty, when the burn Is too cold or
dump, when the milker Isn't as careful
nhout stripping as he ought to be and
u dozen other things. Among the mosi
'Important. It will tell you when a cow
gives Just enough milk to pay for the
feed she ents or a little less maybe,
which means that she Is a poor cow or
that you are a poor feeder.
Hanging against the wall at the right
of the milk scale. It requires only half
a minute for the milker to Jot down on
the mllij sheet the weight of the milk
he has Just drawn from the cow. It Is
a dairy speedometer and better, for,
while a speedometer tells you how fast
you are traveling, the milk sheet tells
yon how fust your cows are going, how
slow and why nnd whether you should
speed them up or slow them down, re
pair them or get others.
Milk Fever.
It is quite possible for a poor cow to
have un attack of milk fever, but usu
ally It Is the pumpcred. heavily fed.
adult, big producing cow that Is at
tacked. The disease will be less likely
to attack If fieb feed Is withheld for
six weeks or more before calving and
during thut time the bowels ore kept
active and the cow is mnde to take
abundant exercise every day. At calv
Ing time either let the calf suck for a
week or don't milk out clean for three
or four dnys unless found necessary to
prevent garget. The disease Is treated
by milking out and then Inflating each
quarter of the udder with air as soon
as the attack Is noticed. The Inflation
Is done by menus of a sterilized milk
ing tube, small rubber tube and special
syringe or a clean bicycle pump If the
regular apparatus Is not available.
II on id's Dairyman.
Remedy For Calf Scour.
I would suggest to those farmers
who may have troubles with dlar
rbea among calves, writes a eorre
spondent of the Hoard's Dairyman, to
give twice a day In a half pint of
warm milk two drums (two teaspoon
fnls) each of powdered fluid extract of
rhubarb and magnesia with two table
spoonfuls of sweet spirits niter. This
I nn old remedy, hut one of the best.
Some of our natives thought when
the Carver crew were unloading posts
that they were unloading material for
a nfe'V depot Nothing doing, how
ever. Jack 'elch is one of largest ranch
ers in our midst
Mrs. Zinser, of. Stafford, visited
last week with Mrs. H. Klinkey.
The E. C. Social Club will meet at
Mrs. Lena Heinrieh's next Wednesday.
The attendance at Sunday school
at the schoolhouse is on the increase
and we hope it will keep on growing
larger.
IN EVERY DEPARTMENT
Have Arrived and are now On SALE
Ladies' New Spring Suits
Palmer
Some of the most pleasing effects
in all the new styles
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there is nothing lacking
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SATURDAY!
Adams Dept.
ABOUT STOCK DEAL
Correspondent Analyzes Possible Re
sult of W. V. S. Changes
Editor, Courier: From develop
ments at the meeting of the stock
holders of the Willamette Valley
Southern Railway Company on Thurs
day, the 16th, the farmers of Clacka
mas County, and others, have been
experiencing a little "high finance."
The reading of the minutes was
dispensed with, on motion made by
the bondholders' representative, at
the suggestion of the chairman, the
plea being that it would take three
quarters of an hour to read them
through. This, of course, prevented
any possible embarassing questions
and explanations. The minutes were
consequently accepted without read
ing. (For the benefit of the uninitiat
ed, the word "minutes" here means
the written record of business trans
acted at the previous meeting.) We
understand that the stockholders'
meeting would ordinarily have been
held sooner, only that the minutes
had not been put into presentable
shape. This neglect of the writing
up of the minutes, we understand,
commenced with the first Secretary
of the company, who was in the habit
of writing up from memory such
record lopg after each meeting.
Several of the stockholders evinc
ed a lively interest and curiosity in
regard to past and pending transac
tions of the company, questioning par
ticularly the deal made with the
bondholders whereby the unpaid capi
tal stock of the company approxi
mately $750,000.00 was given to the
bondholders when the bonds were
sold. It seems the majority of the
stockholders understood at the pre
vious meeting when the above men-!
tioned $750,000.00 gift was made
that said amount of capital stock
was to be held by the bondholders
simply as collateral to protect their
(the bondholders') interest. The
resolution granting this stock was ex
plained at that time in such a man
ner as to leave this impression, the
stockholders being given to under-
stand that the stock was to be return
ed to the company later. To a busi
ness man this sort of a deal is ab
surd on its face, since the bondholders
were already protected by having a 1
mortgage on the entire property of
the company, and having control of ,
more than 50 per cent of the original
paid $250,000.00 of capital stock.1
When questioned as to this deal, the
chairman attempted to leave the im
pression that the $750,000.00 of un
paid stock was held simply as collat
eral, but when pressed for a definite
reply admitted that absolute title to.
the stock had been given the bond
holders. Consequently, the bondhold
ers' representative had absolute con
trol of all business transacted at said
meeting, and voting on the part of the
original stockholders was simply a
matter of form and a farce. 1
The resolution increasing the capi- I
tal stock of the company by $250,000. i
first preferred 6 per cent cumulative '
stock and $250,000.00 second prefer-!
red stock was, of course, passed, it be- j
ing explained that the first and the
second preferred was issued for the
purpose of redeeming a promise made
by the directors to the original stock
holders to tho effect that they were
to be "protected" by being permitted
to exchange their stock for preferred. I
It was stated by one of the directors
that the bondholders' representative
hod been good enough to allow the I
OREGON CITY'S BUSY STORE
Shasta and Ogden
ROUTES EAST
Do you know that tickets to Eastern destinations via
California cost but a trifle more than on more North
ern Routes?
Do you know that only one change of cars is neces
sary if you go via California to Chicago, Omaha,
Denver, Kansas City or St. Louis?
Do you know that the transit limit of tickets is long
er if you go via California? This allows liberal
stopovers. s
Do you know that there are liberal observation,
standard and tourist sleeping cars on three daily
trains via California on Shasta and Ogden Routes?
Do you know that information on all travel routes
can be obtained from local agent or
by writing to
John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent
Portland, Oregon
Southern Pacific
Don't Miss
Portland Flouring Mills
Oregon City, Ore.
original stockholders to exchange two
shares of their common stock for one
of second preferred, one of the shares
of common to be cancelled and the
other to be given to the bondholders.
The first preferred stock is in the na
ture of a second mortgage--that is, it
must receive 6 per cent dividends for
every year before any dividend what
ever can be declared on the second
preferred. The second preferred is
entitled to 6 per cent dividends should
armenis
Store
Anything
in the way of excellence and
nutrition in the flour you use
for bread-making. The chief
element of goodness is the
nourishment in the grain.
This is supplied by the phos
phates and the gluten and
they are usually eliminated
to a large extent from the
ordinary brands of flour. In
our flour both exist in abun
dance, one reason why it goes
farther than other flours.
Remember our
SNOWDRIFT FLOUR
any be declared above the 6 per cent
on the first preferred. If any profits
remain declared available for divi
dends after paying the above two, the
common stock will be entitled to such
remaining dividend. The company
has the right, at any time, on notice,
to redeem the whole amount of
either or both the first preferred and
second preferred, by paying par value
of same together -with any dividends
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