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OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY. OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1917 S About the State Resume of the News of the Week from All Parts of Oregon ' Although sites have been consider ed on Puget sound the American Shipbuilding corporation of Spokane has decided to build their plant at Warrenton, Ore. Construction of ways on which will be laid the keels of three ships has been started, ac cording to G. E. Snyder, the fiscal agent. The company intends invest ing about $400,000 in its yard, it is eaid. Contract for building three 290-foot wooden ships has been pro cured through Skinner & Co. of Se attle, and the vessels will be 2500 to 3000 tons each, five-masted schoon ers, with auxiliary engines of the Bemi-Diesel type, Mr. Snyder says. Burglars entered the Methodist Episcopal church here Saturday night for the third time within three years and, after blowing off the door of the vault connected with the pastor's of fice, left without taking anything of value. About $12 in money and a gold watch belonging to Rev. George H. Parkinson were overlooked. O. G. Brubaker, architect of Bend, Ore., prepared plans for the proposed Fisher hotel to be built at Madras at a cost of $20,000. It is being built by day labor under the direction of the owner. The structure will be modern, equipped with bowling al leys, billiard room, barber shop and a Bteam heating plant. E. M. Griebeler of ' Gaston was committed to the state hospital this week after a hearing in the county court, in which Dr. F- A Bailey was the examining physician The patient is 74 years -old and the evidence showed that his mind has failed since the death of his wife three years ago. It added that his infirmities might be taken as incident to his age, but de lusions made it unsafe for him to be at large. E. E. Miller, 19 years old, em ployed at the condenser at Hillsboro, was painfully but not seriously scald ed by steam while at work Sunday morning. His limbs from the thighs down were affected, a part so severe ly that the skin dropped off. He was rushed to the office of Dr. Bailey, where dressings were applied, and was then removed to his home. Superintendent Steiner of the state hospital, said Monday that Sylvester E. Kraber, from near Independence, probably will recover from wounds which he inflicted on himself at Dal las. Kraber was committed to the institution at the Polk county seat and while in the depot there pulled a jackknife from his pocket and plung ed it into his own bosom. A deal was closed by wire Monday whereby the Port of Astoria Com mission purchases the dredge Natona from the Pacific Dredging company of San Francisco. The Natona is a steel craft, was built four years ago, had 20-inch suction pipe and is fully equipped with pipes, pontoons and a tender. Her dimensions are: Length, 104 feet; beam, 34 feet; depth, 9 feet. Her purchase price is said to be in the neighborhood of $85,000, or less than one-4ialf the cost of build ing a new vessel of her type. Lola- Maxine, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Tooze, fell from a chair at the Tooze home in Sher wood last week and sustained con cussion of the brain. At first the accident did not appear to be a seri ous one, but as the day advanced the little one did not regain her custom ary activity, and the mother, grow ing anxious, took her to a Newberg doctor, who made the discovery. . The child died Friday. , A box factory and sawmill located on Neil creek, seven miles south of Ashland, formerly operated by the Ashland Manufacturing company, but which have been in the hans of the First National bank of Ashland for the past year, have been sold to a group of Los Angeles capitalists, represented by George E. Hart. J. F. Smith has been put in charge and is building a four-mile tramway from the sawmill to the factory and expects to have 100 men at work in the woods and at the mills inside of 30 days. On investigation of the death of Johnson W. Willard, an aged recluse of the farming district southeast of Milton, Coroner Brown discovered gold coin and certificates of deposit amounting to more than $16,000. They were tucked away in every conceivable place. An old vest hang ing in a closet yielded several hun dred dollars in gold. The Free Methodist church just held the 22nd session of its annual conference at Killsboro. The appoint ments are as follows: Portland district, F. L. Burns, dis trict elder. Portland, First and Third churches, Alexander Beers; assistant, F. R. Dawson. Portland, Central Church, W. N. Coffae. Portland, Second Church, E. E. Leson. Portland, Alberta Church, E. I. Harrington. Gresham Church, S. G. Roper. Houlton and Yankton, W. R. Plumber. . Hillsboro and Forest Grove, J. N. Wood. Sunnyside and Damascus, D. M. Higbee. B. C. Dewev. evaneelkt: J. F. Leise, E. L. Smith, D..wjook, Wil liam Barrett and R. H. Clark, super annuated; W. G. Bondurant and S. F. Pitts, supernumerary. Salem district, J. A. Hopper, dis trict elder. Salem and Aumsville, W. J. Johns ton. Woodburn and . Hubbard, H. A. Walters. Falls-City, Edgar N. Long. Albany and Lakeview, A. ' S. Wright. Newberg, Edwin W. Hight. Lacomb and Waterloo, Edith M. Graves. Peoria and Ingram Island, Floyd Evans. Yachats and Buck Creek, W. J. Bowerman. Beaver, to be supplied. J. D. Cook, Cyrus Cook, B. L. Knoll, superannuated; J. K. Lewis, F. D. Helm, E. A. Sayre, C. H. Carl son, supernumerary; L. D. Clevenger, N. Welter, J. G. Hessler, S. H. Up- ton, evangelists. The Dalles district, F. L. Burns, district elder. $ The Dalles, E. D. Blackman. Maupin, and White River, W. H. Anderson. . Madras, L. B. Belcher. ; , . $ President Kerr will return Wednes day morning after two weeks' sojourn in Washington, D. C, where he has been in conference with the secretary of agriculture and other government officials regarding the food produc tion and conservation plans. Ways and means of increased production and conservation of Oregon farm pro- ducts have been discussed and accord ing to press reports, he has been promised a considerable amount of money to be advanced by the govern ment for carrying on this work in Oregon. FACT ' . Local Evidence Evidence that can be verified. Fact is what we want. Opinion is not enough. Opinions differ. Here's an Oregon City fact. . You can test it. Lawrence Nathe, 903 Madison St., Oregon City, says: Eight years ago I was laid up for several months with inflammatory rheumatism. Most of the time I was perfectly helpless and my whole body was sore.. I could hardly bear to have anyone come near my bed as I was so sensi tive to the least noise. My kidneys were in a pretty bad way and they were very congested. I took about six boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills al together and since then I have had but very little trouble from my kid neys and have been feeling good in every way." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mr. Nathe had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. MOLALLA GIVEN FIRST LOAN About $60,000 of Rural Credit Money to be Loaned Molalla has been chosen as the first place in Oregon to re ceive a federal rural credits loan. Killiam Galloway, of Salem, apprais er for the United States Land Bank, of Spokane, was in Molalla last week making final arrangements and ap praisements for the loans. About $60,000 is to be loaned in this district and that sum is expected to be doub led. The Molalla Rural Credits associa tion, which was formed early in the year largely through the efforts of E. C. Schweitzer, has the following named officers: W. O. Vaughn, pres ident Schuyler Usher, vice-president; E. C. Schweitzer, secretary-treasurer. Local appraisers are W. O. Vaughn, Schuyler Usher and M. L. Morris, who with Joseph Jones and W. G. Masterson, are also the di rectors. Engineer Corps Needs Men A representative of the engineer corps of the Oregon National guard was here this week getting recruits. In order to bring the corps to peace strength 20 more men were needed and 99 more than that will have to enlist before the corps is at war strength. Civil engineers, drafts men, construction men, electrical, steam and gas engineers are wanted, as also are bridge workers, powder men, cement workers, carpenters, miners, blacksmiths, welders, me chanics of all kinds and non-mechanics for helpers. Anyone desiring to enlist in the corps can do so by call ing at the recruiting station on 6th street near Washington in Portland. i Would Probate Estate Letters of administration have been applied for by Myrtle Ver weyst to probate the estate of the late Martin Verweyst. The property is valued at $1500 and consists of 30 acres in the Martin Richardson do nation. FMtlt9.aftC.C0l(S,CATMUUL DtSEASFS MM WHIM A TONIC ii MfiUWIb PtBICTjOHS mwauus, i The tablet form of this old reliable remedy makes it possi ble for you to check any illness at the very onset It is a safe guard against coughs, colds and other catarrhal conditions, no matter what symptoms are manifest Catarrh is an inflamma tion of the mucous membrane that lines the breathing apparatus and the digestive apparatus. PERUNA relieves catarrh. In tablet form it is EVER-READY -TO-TAKE Its prompt action makes it In valuable for men and women ex posed to sudden changes in the weather or compelled to be out in slush and rain. - - It will also be found most satis factory as a tonic following an at tack of Illness. CARRY A BOX wherever yon to. Traveler and othera com pelled to take long drives in the cold and anyone whoee occupation subjects him to the denser of sudden colds my use it as preventive with the assurance that the tablet made are from the same formulary as the liquid medicine with its 44 years of success before the American Public TUFsreaaCeaveay, CsUaJtas. OUe A CODY ADVENTURE In the Days When Buffalo Bill Was a Pony Express Rider. HIS CLASH WITH AN OUTLAW. The Story of Holdup and Itt Curi ous Climax as Told by the Groat Scout Himself A Boy's Nerve and a Case of Dramatio Retribution. No enterprise ever undertaken In America was more fruitful of pictur esque incident, hardship and adventure Ihun the famous pony express line that Russell, Majors and Waddell establish ed in the fifties. The route extended from the Mis souri river to Sacramento, a distance of 1,000 miles. It traversed a country full of hostile Indians and white des peradoes and led across plains, through valleys and over lofty mountains. " Naturully the riders were picked men. They had to fare deadly dangers and were often called upon to do double duty in place of a slain or wounded comrade. The pay, however, wna good, as befitted so dangerous a culling. It ranged from $100 to $125 a month. 1 was (wrote Colonel WUlluin V. Cody) about sixteen years old when I applied for a chance to enter this service. My mother and sisters need ed my help, uud the good wayes paid by the pony express company tempt ed me. At first I was told that 1 was too young to stand the tremendous strain, but after considerable pleading on my part the company consented to give me a trial as an .extra on a run of forty five miles that was to be covered with three horses In three hours. I accepted the offer, and It was on this route that, quite early in my ex perience as an express rider, I met with a most peculiar adventure. One morning us 1 was crossing a rough bit of country on the gallop there came suddenly the cry of "Halt! Up with your hands, boy!" A man had risen apparently from the very ground under my feet. While he covered me with the revolver that Ue held in his right 'hand Le extended his left to catch my bridle reia. There was nothing to do but obey, although I knew that the pouch coutahied " a large sum of mouey. "Give mo that pouch, boy!" , X held it out, but ns he extended bis hand for it my opportunity came. I kicked the revolver from his grasp, drove the spurs in deep and made a dash. I was just beginning to chuckle over my escape when a bullet whistled by my ear. That was too much for me. I should bare known better than to stop, but without thinking I wheeled in my saddle and returned the shot just as the desperado fired again. This time he hit my pony, which gave one leap and then fell heavily. Luckily I landed on my feet and jumped to the shelter of a big rock. The outlaw was coming toward me and trying to Are as he run, but I no ticed that at each pull of the trigger his revolver missed Are. I believed that I had him at my mercy. I wanted to capture him mid march him to the next relay station, where the men would take charge of him. With this In mind I refrained from firing, and so he was enabled to reach the cover of the same bowlder behind which I myself had, taken shelter. ' '. - ., There we were, a rock ten feet in diameter between us, .and each very well aware that it was a fight for life. For a time neither of us dared to move; then gradually and as silently as possible I crawled back from the rock far enough so that I could watch both sides of it at once. But as I lay there watching my poor pony gave what seemed an almost human moan and turned his faithful eyes upon me. He made a desperate, vain attempt to rise and uttered a low neigh so full of grief and palu thut I determined to put the horse out of his misery, and, rest ing on one elbow, I took careful aim and sent a bullet through bis brain. Instantly my shot was followed by one from the other side of the rock so quickly, In fact, that the two re ports were almost . simultaneous. I could not tell whether It had been aimed at me or not, but I knew I was not hit. The struggles of my pony had ceased. and everything was still. I waited and watched until I could stand it no longer; then 1 begun slowly and cau tiously to creep round the rock, hold ing my revolver ready to fire on the Instant I even' stuck my hat out ahead of me as a decoy, but It brought no response. Suddenly I saw the outlaw's boots. and, to my surprise, the toes were turned up. Another step brought me within full sight of the m:in. He lay on his back, quite dead, his revolver beside him, as if It had Just fallen from bis hand. A little examination showed me what had happened. The outlaw bad been reloading bis revolver when .1 fired at the pony. In those days the only am munition was powder and ball, which had to be forced home with a ramrod. During the loading the weapon '.was held upright, and when that part of the operation had been completed the caps were placed on the nipples. The outlaw had not removed the caps that bad fulled to explode. My shot had startled him. He had accidentally pulled the trigger, and his own bullet had slam him. Youth's Companion. We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others liidcn us by what we have already done. Longfellow. SUGGESTS UNIFORM DRESS Clackamas Matron Thinks Parents and Pupils Would Benefit Clackamas, May 24; Editor Cour ier The schools in our state will soon be closed for the summer and teachers and scholars will spend their vacations mostly in their own homes. Now would it not be a good plan for each neighborhood to take up the question of dressing; school children and study out a plan of dressing' the school girls as plainly as possible so 5 ' - there would not be so much rivalry among the school .children. Usually boys are happy in a pair of overalls and one scarcely ever hears anyone bothering about a boy's dress. But not so with our school girls. Our school girls actually make home almost miserable over their dress. Even little girls seven or eight years of age refuse to wear plain dresses because some other girl has more frills than they. Of course, we know school girls are not very wise, and perhaps some of their mothers are not, either, or they would be careful about sending their daugh ters to school dressed like' dolls at Christmas time. Some people can actually be silly over clothes and little girls should scarcely think about their dresses more than to keep them cdlean. For my part, I think a lit tle girl in a little plain slip with her hair neatly combed and tied with some little inexpensive ribbon, is sweet and good. Really, I do not like to see lit tle school girls dressed like butterflys, when I know that their papas are working hard to create a home; and I don't like to see rich men's daugh ters dress so as to make other girls unhappy, either. Why not adopt a plan of dress where all little girls wear just a plain little slip to school ? And someone suggested that the old er ones wear middie blouses with some kind of plain skirt. You could choose the colors to suit their complexions and always be clean and sweet. When it comes to graduating, I think every girl should have a new dress, but something inexpensive. Let us have good, common sense in our schools and the children will all be better for it, and the parents, too. MRS. VIOLA BURR. Hard Work for Women It is a question if women doing men's work deserve particular sym pathy, for it is doubtful if there is any work that is harder than every day housework. Overwork tells on the kidneys, and when the kidneys are affected one looks and feels older than the actual years. Mrs. A. G. Wells, R. R. 6, Eocky Mount, N. C, writes: "I cannot praise Foley Kidney Pills enough, for the wonderful bene fit I have derived from their use for a short while." Jones Drug Co. PREPARES SCHEDULE 0. A. C Recognizes Need to Keep Ground Working Year 'Round The following schedule for succes sional planting was prepared by Pro fessor Bouquet, head of vegetable gardening at O. A. C, where it is recognized that the ground must be made to produce as much as possible if we are to have real food conserva tion. May IB to 30 Field setting of to matoes. , Seeding cucumbers, lima beans, pumpkins, squash,' sweet corn, summer. radishes and lettuce. Also sowing in seed beds late fall cauliflow er, broccoli, la,te cabbage, Brussels sprouts, Scotch kale. Harvesting as paragus, rhubarb, green onions, rad ishes, spinach. June 1 to 15 Transplanting plants of peppers, egg plant and early cel ery. Seeding summer lettuce, string beans. Harvesting asparagus, rhu barb, green onions, spinach, trans planted head lettuce, radishes, tur nips, kohl-rabl. June 15 to SO Transplanting plants of early fall cauiflower, fall cabbage, early celery. Seeding short season crops for successional harvest ing. Harvesting head lettuce, aspar agus, rhubarb, radishes, early peas, spinach, turnips. July 1 to 15 Transplanting plants of late celery, late cabbage, Brussels sprouts, Scotch kale, broccoli. Plant ing of late beets, late carrots, late sweet corn. Harvesting peas, let tuce, asparagus, early, cabbage, early beets, bunch carrots,and others pre viously mentioned in preceding date. July 15 to 30 Finish transplant ing celery and late crops mentioned above Seeding late string beans, late head lettuce for fall. Harvesting string beans, peas, summer squash, beets, carrots, cabbage, cauliflower. August 1 to 15 Seeding fall let tuce for outside use and in the frame. Harvesting cauliflower, cabbage, string beans, sweet corn, first early tomatoes. August 15 to 30 Seeding of late lettuce for frame use, Chinese cab bage. Harvesting tomatoes, sweet corn, beans, head lettuce, cucumbers, melons, peppers, etc. September 1 to 15 Seeding spin ach, fall radishes, turnips and cab bage seed for late fall transplanting. Harvesting tomatoes, peppers, egg plant, sweet com, celery, onions, squash, etc. September 15 to 30 Seeding rad ishes outside, setting lettuce in frames. Harvesting fall cabbage, cauliflower, head lettuce, late sweet corn, parsnips, celery, late string beans, lima beans, tomatoes, peppers, egg plant, squash, etc. October 1 to 15 Transplanting in to frames lettuce plants, seeding rad ishes in frames. Harvesting late corn, tomatoes, egg plant, peppers, fall lettuce, late beans, parsnips, kale, celery, etc. Store squash, on ions, pumpkins. October 15 Transplant into gar den cabbage plants for early spring marketing. Harvesting late spinach, Brussels sprouts, late cabbage, cauli flower, celery, carrots, parsnips, sal sify, head lettuce, onions, peppers, fall turnips, winter radishes. November 1 Finish transplanting cabbage plants to the field. Also transplant more lettuce into frames for early spring marketing. RAISE MORE HOGS An Important Animal to Raise, Both for Meat and for Money No branch of live-stock farming is more productive of satisfactory re sults than the raising of well-bred swine, if conducted with reasonable care, .according to the specialists of the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Department of Agri culture. Hogs fit into the modern scheme bf farming- on nearly every farm, and are one of the most im portant animals to raise both for meat and for money. They require less labor, less equipment- and less capital, make greater gains per hun dred pounds of concentrates fed, re produce themselves faster and in greater numbers, and give a quicker m Paint Up! Clean Up! We wish to announce to the public that we are putting on some very desirable specials this week in different lines, especially on roofing. During the high prices on most every kind of material at this time, we are enabled to offer some lines that we have in stock at great reductions, as we bought before the advance in price, and we are willing to allow our customers the benefit therefrom. rr rs n mm u e Half Ply Roofing- COME IN SATURDAY HOGG BROS. Furniture & Hardware i Main Street S Young Men .'"'AND.;,;' The Older Men will appreciate our $15.00 Made by Kirschbaum, Elk Brand and other good makers. Pinch Backs, Box Backs, Belters, English, Conservative Models. DISTRESSING RHEUMATISM How many people, crippled and lame from rheumatisms owe their condition to neglected or incorrect treatment I It is the exact combination of pure Norwegian Cod Liver Oil with glycerine and hypophosphites as contained in that has made Scott's famous for relieving rheuma tism when other treatments have utterly failed. If you are a rheumatism sufferer, or feel its first symptoms, start on Scott's Emulsion at once. IT MAY BE EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED. Scott & Bowns, Bloomfield, N. J. t(.a "turnover" of money than any other animal except poultry. Farmers of the south and west particularly have awakened to the merits of the hog and are rapidly increasing their out put of pork and their bank accounts. The hog has no rival as a consum er of by-products and numerous un marketable materials which but for him might be wasted. Kitchen ref use, not only from farms but also from hotels and restaurants, when cooked before being used makes an excellent feed. The value of skim milk as a hog feed is known on every farm, though not always fully appreciated. In the neighborhood of many large dairies pork production is a very prominent and lucrative- supplement to the dai ry industry. - To prevent tuberculosis, all milk and milk products should be cooked before being fed to hogs. , To con trol hok cholera, use sanitary pre cautions and anti-hog cholera serum treatment. Give your hog every chance to be come meat.. The hog is also a large factor in cheapening the production of beef. Hogs are placed in the cattle feed lots fl a sr? 1 1 1 1 I n 1 Ply Roofing - - 2 Ply Roofing - - - - PAINTS Pacific Rubber Paint, per gallon, A Good Paint for, per gallon, - 1 to utilize the corn and other feeds the cattle have failed to digest and which otherwise would ' be wasted. Hogs following steers in many cases have increased the profit per steer by from $6 to $9. Hogs should not be allowed to follow dairy cattle unless the cattle are tuberculin tested.. The meat supply of the country can be increased more quickly by the "hog route" than by any other. The country's need to augment its supply is great, but prevailing high prices alone should be sufficient inducement to farmers to raise more hogs. The prospect Of success never was bright er. The high prices ruling in all mar kets show that the demand for pork is in excess of the supply. ' Judgments Asked on Notes Joseph Meindl has appealed to the courts to collect $1250, which he al leges is due on a promissory note given by O. W. Eastham and Daisy B. Eastham several years ago. F. B. Schoenborn is also suing to collect $316.65 from Emma E. Mil stead which he claims is owing on merchandise. Courier tnd Dally Journal $4.75. - $2.75 - $2.00 ! Oregon City nnn n jt hi in rr r?v 1 1 n - - - 65c - 95c - $1.25