OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1918.
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NEWS OF THE COUNTY AND SUBURBS
Local and County Items of Interest to Courier Readers
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VIOLA
The Red Cross has 40 members.
The following work was sent in the
past month: 24 abdominal bandages,
6 comfort pillows, 4 pairs knit socks,
30 sub. handkerchiefs, 900 4-inch
squares, 36-inch gun wipes, 11 rugS,
35 wash cloths, 19 lined bed socks.
Babe White is moving back from
Oregon City. .
Frank Gibbs found his stolen auto
on Willamette Heights, Portland. It
was missing for two weeks. Wheel
chains and a few other articles were
lacking, otherwise the car was in fair
condition. "
Several children are out of school
on account of the mumps.
Mrs. James Sevier is expected back
this week.
hope it will not come back until next
winter. '
E. E. Washburn had the misfor
tune to lose his best horse last week.
Bert Cota spent a couple of days
in Portland last week.
The children of this school district
are doing their "bit." We understand
that there are nine five-dollar W. S.
S. sold and quite a number of Thrift
stamps.
Miss May McNaught, of Upper
Highland, visited Miss Isabella Vohs
last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs, Dan Fellows went to
Beavercreek last Wednesday.
made five pairs of bed sox and la
wash rags.
Young Mr. Eaden,. of Viola, was
over to H. S. Gibson's last Thursday.
MACKSBURG
Georee Krause was a Portland I
visitor on Wednesday and Thursday.
Miss Emma Ganske visited with
Miss Lydia Kummer on Sunday.
The funeral of little Johnny De
vorschask, who died at the Oregon
City hospital on Friday morning, was
held on Sunday. Internment was in
the Bear Creek cemetery.
Martin Krause and daughter, Edith,
were visiting with relatives and
friends in Portland the past week.
The dance, which was held here on
Saturday evening, was reported to
be very successful and was well at
tended. Rudolph Etzel is a late purchaser
of a new motorcycle.
Bruno Kraxberger was a Portland
visitor on Sunday.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Chester
Smith was gladdened by the arrival
of a daughter last week.
EAST CLACKAMAS
Mr. and Mrs. Herman, who have
been sojourning in California the
past winter, arrived Wednesday of
last week to visit with their daughter
and family.
Mildred and Ivan Mundehenke are
mending from their recent sick spell.
A. C. Kelnhofer, wife and son,
Francis, and Mr. and Mrs. Terman,
braved the weather of Friday for a
motor trip on the Columbia highway.
Andy did not say whether he rambled
over the rock pile on the highway or
not.
The ladies of the E. C. S. C. will
give one of their semi-monthly par
ties at the home of Mrs. E. R. Boyer
next Saturday night.
Mrs. Susan Wansborough, wife of
William Wansborough, passed from
this life March 8th at 3:30 p. m.
Susan Hanly was born in Sicking
county, Ohio, November 6th, 1840.
When quite young Bhe affiliated with
the Methodist church and lived a
Christian life. On July 3rd, 1862, she
was united in marriage to William
Wansborough. To this union were
born five daughters, two of which
preceded their mother to the grave.
She is survived by her husband and
three daughters and 11 grand chil
dren. The daughters are: Lucy
Smith, of Montana; Miss Louise
Wansborough, and Mrs. Lillian Allen
of Hillsboro, Oregon. Funeral ser
vices were conducted by Rev. R.
Smith, of Lents, and the interment
was in the Clackamas cemetery.
CANBY
Mrs. Rape is staying at present
with Mrs. Heilerman in Canby.
Harry Cockran is doing some car
penter work for the man that
bought the Cobbs place on the other
side of the Molalla river.
George Mitts is sawing a lot -of
stove wood for Mr. Lents, using his
wood saw. .
Charley Wallace was home last
Sunday visiting his family.
Mr. Craft is plowing some new
ground on his place.
Mr. Brown and Mr. Knight have
nut ud a new woven wire fence on
the line between the two places.
Mr. Deeken'fl brother was visiting
him last Saturday and Sunday. '
Harvey Bissel returned to his
home in Canby a few days ago.
One of John Ide's sons is working
at the butcher shop for Mr. Allen, at
present.
Georee Hardesty has rented the
Bowlsby place for this year.
William Draper, we understand, is
at present working for the S. P.
shops in Portland.
There were two ladies from Hub
bard visiting at the home of Mrs.
Clark for a few days last week.
Mr. Cole, who lives near the
Goods bridge, has been very sick for
several days. We do not know how
he is at this writing.
William Beckman was down in his
motor car on Sunday, visiting at the
home of Mr. Rape.
Eli Hartle is getting out a lot of
wood on his place at present.
There is going to be a protracted
meeting held in the Christian church
in the near future by Mr. Reeder,
Frank Hilton called on his cousin
Bob Hilton, last Sunday.
James White is working in the
pulp mills at Oregon City.
Mr. Snell has "been doing some
plowing for Mr. Porter lately.
The Southern Pacific company is at
present taking lots of gravel out of
the pit at Canby.
The robins are here with us again
and that indicates spring.
Alfred Robins has not returned to
his place yet. He has been gone all
winter.
EAST PARADISE
The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Oelesby - is very sick. vr.
Weaver, of Hubbard, is in attendance.
Several narties here will open tne
road about four miles from the Boen
ranch east on the Squaw mountain
trail, so it will be possible for autoes j
to go within three miles of the j
huckleberry patch.
Xieorge W. N. Taylor, one of tne
pioneers of 1852, has been sick with
la grippe for several days.
Several tons of potatoes here nave
been sold the past week at four dol
lars per ton. They were what is
known as "seconds." ;. .
Twelve candidates were lmtiatea
info the W. O. W. lodge at Aurora
Saturday night. The degree team of
Multnomah camp put on the work.
Some spring plowing was done
here the past week.
we near tnai a non-partisan league
soon to be organized at Macks-
burg with over 100 charter members.
Miss Freda Goetz is working tor
Mrs. Henry Kraus at present.
We have two gas tractor engines
on our prairie, one being owned oy
Walsh and Heinz and one by K. w.
Zimmerman. The latter is a cater
pillar tractor.
Our road boss has been putting in
several road culverts and otherwise
improving our roads the past week,
We learn that W. W. Jesse, of
Barlow, is not expected to live.
Jacob Yost was out on our prairie
selling War Savings stamps the past
week.
Mr. Gansky had a phone installed
Saturday.
Our Red Crdss is very busy these
days. It' meets at Mrs. John Rap
pers on Thursday afternoons each
week. ,
CHERRYVILLE
LOWER HIGHLAND
Mrs. E. S. Holmes has been visit
ing friends in Oregon City for the
past few days. ,
Mrs. Dave Rutherford has been
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
G. D. Creason, at Carver for the past
week.
Eli Fellows caught a large coyote
in the timber behind the school house
last Saturday.
Mrs. Wirtz gave a small party
last Saturday night in honor of her
guests, Miss Pope and Miss Wirtz.
Dan Fellows has gone to Oregon
City for a few days.
We had a very high wind last
Monday and it put the telephone line
out of commission for some hours.
The snow is all gone now and we
EAGLE CREElC
work
were
Mrs
J. P. Woodle has obtained
down near Troutdale, working
big building.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Baker
the dinner guests of Mr. and
Charles Murphey Sunday, y
Mrs. Viola Douglass was a Port
land visitor the first of the week.
Mrs. L. A. Woodle called on Mrs,
R. B. Gibson Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Douglass made
a return trip to Portland last Thurs
day.
Everett Beckett, who has been out
to the farm for a few days, returned
to Portland on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dhulst were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Woodle
Sunday.
Mrs. Roxana Clester is on the sick
list.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Douglass enter
tained Walter Douglass and family at
dinner Sunday.
The Upper Eagle Creek Red Cross'
unit met at headquarters as usual
last Wednesday, 12 ladies being pres.
ent, and busy in sewing for the Red
Cross.
The Upper Eagle Creek Red Cross
sub-unit met at the home of Mrs
Viola Douglass last Thursday after
noon. Six ladies were present, and
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CONDENSED STATEMENT OF
CONDITION
iBank of tifrmmtprrc
AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS
MARCH 4, ISIS
RESOURCES
Loam
Bonis and Warrants
OoerJrqfls
Furniture and Fixtures Account
Cash and Due From Bank'
Total -
$ 326,271-41
162.759.58
NONE
7,345.16
97,614.53
$ 593,990.68
LIABILITIES
. $ 50,000.00
Capital . : . . .
Surplus and Profits
Dividends Unpaid
Deposit, ' 532,130.09
Total $ 593.990.68
11.830.59
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an all-wood sound chamber. It
is built like a violin, by a firm
who have been 76 years in the
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Spring -work has already begun.
Some hardy gardeners are prepar
ing ground for seed.
Railroad ties, priced $120 a thou
sand, are the highest ever known in
this section. The timber men would
get rich at this price if they could
get a big enough contract.
Archie AveriU, who sailed across
the big "pond" on the 24th of last
month, has arrived safely. He is
connected with the 157th aero squad
ron.
William McAdoo, the secretary of
the treasury and director of the rail
roads of the United States, besides
being head of the food conservation
bureau, is a remarkable man and a
very able one. He has the same
high courage and tireless energy that
Roosevelt has, without being so er
ratic and hypocritical and flying off
on so many tangents. He is a very
likely candidate for president on "the
Democratic ticket in 1920.
In Scotland they are feedine heath
er to stock. Here they are realizing
the value of sallal for fodder. It is
very oily and about as fat an ani
mal as the writer ever saw has been
feeding on this all winter, and other
browse. This animal had the habit.
If stock is kept up and fed it will
not rustle. A three-year-old heifer,
and a very fine one, has. never been
fed a mouthful of hay.
Everybody is watching the papers
for news of the big drive on the
western front. Both sides are pre
pared for a terrible struggle, in
which thousands of lives will be lost.
In the meantime Germany is over
running Russia and getting supplies
of all kinds. As in the days of
Frederick the Great, Russia has come
to their help in an hour of need.
The kaiser has written a letter to
Count Van Roon congratulating him
oh giving five sons to the fatherland.
All are killed. Suppose he, the
the kaiser, puts in his six sons.
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We give daily concerts in our store every afternoon on
this machine-why not come in some afternoon and let
us convince you that the Brunswick is the logical machine
to buy? You will save from $50 to $75 on this machine
and yet receive the same value. ,
Main Street
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of people in attendance. Everybody
had a good tvn'e.
Henry Hettman and family and
Mrs. Hettman, from Shubel, visited
D. F. Moehnke and family last Sun
day. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Ringo visited
the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Gard, last Sunday.
REDLAND
CLARKES
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Kleinsmith,
from Ashwood, Oregon, came back
last week to stay for a short time.
Albert Schiewe, from Portland,
visited his parents and family .over
Sunday.
David Moehnke and family, Arthur
Hornschuh and family, and E. W.
Hornschuh, from Liberal, moved to
Clarkes, where they are going to put
up the saw mill.
Edward Buol and family visited
Christ Zwahlen and family last Sun
day. Henry Nelson sawed wood for Buol
Bros, last week.
Christ Zwahlen is on the sick list.
J. Keffer and family, from Mulino,
moved up to Clarkes to help Mr,
Moehnke put up his saw mill.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Josi visited C,
Zwahlen and family last Sunday.
D. t, Moehnke bought some hay
irom &a urace last week.
Carl Buche came home from eastern
Oregon the other week.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Hornschuh and
son visited D. F. Moehnke and fam
ily last Sunday.
C. Stromgreen was in Oregon City
on business recently.
John Putz bought some straw from
Sam Elmer last week.
G. Fredrick, from Molalla, is help
ing D. F. Moehnke put up his saw
mill.
Ed Buol went to Oregon City last
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bateman, of New
berg, moved to Clarkes, where the
former is going to help D. Moehnke
put up a saw mill.
Elmer Kleinsmith is working at
the Larkins saw mill.
A party was given at the home of
Ed Grace last Saturday evening,
March 9, and there was a big crowd
Mrs. Montgomery and Ethel Funk,
of Portland; Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Funk
of Milwaukie; Mrs. Senn and Mrs.
C. Fullam, were guests of Mrs. L.
Funk last Sunday.
Our agriculturists are getting quite
anxious to see a cllange in the
weather, as too much moisture is de
laying seeding.
The farmers here are not figur
ing on putting in a very large acre
age of "spuds," owing to price and
labor conditions.
It has been reported that Ellison
Allen was down with a slight attack
of the measles.
Mr. Carver's engineers are out
setting grade stakes at Fischer's
mill. Mr. Carver expects to have the
road in operation to Viola by fall.
He now has several crews along the
line, cutting right of way and grad.
ing. The' line, as staked, will run
through Mrs. Fischer's garden.
W. H. Lewis is plowing for R. M.
Brown.
Mrs. Thorpe has a cow that be
lieves in doing her bit, as she pre
sented Mrs. Thorpe with twin heifer
calves. ,
A. M. Kirchem was! doing survey
work in the Moehnke settlement last
week.
Lee Kirchem is home from Uregon
City, where he was attending . high
school.
Miss Altman has resumed her
teaching in district "No.' 5 after
week's absence, owing to the death
of her father, who was injured at a
Portland ship yard. 0
L. Funk shipped some hogs to
Portland by Mr. Young, of Upper
Lognn, for which he received 21
cents, while the local butchers offer.
ed but 19 to 20 cents. Some differ
ence.
Mrs. Fouts and daughter, Minnie;
have returned from an extended
visit in the east.
The crusher, being put up at
Fischer's mill, is expected to furnish
rock for several districts, after which
it 'is expected that it will be moved
to the four corners and then to near
McKilligan's place.
Sargent J. T. Hindle has been
transferred from Camp Lewis to Van
couver.
Celia Hughes had Dr. Mount out
on Sunday to attend another attack
of acute pneumonia.
quet of carnations.. Promptly at
6:30, to the ltotes of a wiedding
march played softly by Mrs. Charles
Jennings, sister of the groom, the
contracting parties took their places
beneath the bower of ferns and
flowers, where the impressive ring
ceremony was performed by Rev. J.
R. Landsborough of the ' Vernon
Presbyterian church, of Portland
After the congratulations, the guests
were ushered into the dining room,
where a sumptuous repast was serv
ed. '
The relatives of the couple who
were present were: Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Jennings, of Portland, Mrs.
Cora Ballou, of Goldendale, Wash.;
Mr. and Mrs. Mulligan, of Oregon
City, Mr. and Mrs. Van Hoy of Ore-
mn Citv. Misses Anna and Winnie
Stdoke, of Calgary, B. C; Miss
Esther Yench, of Salem, Mr. and
Mrs. Sherman Chandler, Frank and
Harry Chandler, and Mr. and Mrs.
J. R. Landsborough, of Portland.
Presents received were many and
beautiful, consisting of silver, china
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MOUNTAIN VIEW
. A pretty wedding took place in the
beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. Sher
man Chandler on Caufield street, last
Wednesday evening when their
daughter, Miss Elsie Chandler, be
came the bride of Claude Van Hoy.
The bride was tastefully attired in
white silk and wore the veil her
mother wore many years ago, which
was held in place by a wreath of
orange blossoms. She carried a bou-
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A Good 40c Coffee, per lb. . 1 . 35c; 3 lbs. $1.00; 5 lbs1. $1.40
35c Coffee, per lb. . 30c
30c Coffee, per lb. . 25c
Small White Beans, Large White Beans, Red Mexican Beans 2 lbs. for 25c
Rnrrfen's and Yeloban Milk . . . 2 cans for 25c
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Arm & Hammer Soda
Full Count Matches :
We Sell Salad Oil in Bulk
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5c
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Foot of Elevator
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