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OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1918.
NEWS OF THE COUNTY AND SUBURBS
Local and County Items of Interest to Courier Readers
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ELWOOD
Walter Cox owns a new woodsaw.
Orel Vallen is having some dental
work done by Dr. Wells, of Estacada.
Mrs. Ella Rotter, of Portland, is
spending a few days at the parent
al home while Mr. and Mrs. Bittner
are at the bedside of their son, Harry,
who is ill in Portland.
The Red Cross workers met with
Mrs. L. P. Elliott Thursday after
noon. Mrs. Erna Morehouse, after a few
weeks visit with her mother, Mrs. H.
Moehnke, expects to leave this week
for Fort Stevens, where' her husband
is training.
Mrs. L. N. Vallen and son, Orel,
visited relatives in Oregon City last
week, also called on the former's
cousin, Mrs. Minnie Boylan, who re
cently underwent an operation at the
St. Vincent's hospital. ,
Mrs. Zella Osterud is again at Es
tacada under the care of Dr. H. V.
Adix.
Miss Guy returned to Portland on
Sunday after spending a few days
with her friend, Mrs. Ella Rotter, at
the Bittner home.
COLTON
The Colton Elwood Red Cross so
ciety met at the home of Mrs. L. P.
Elliott and spent a very enjoyable
afternoon. Many useful articles were
made.
Mr. Hagman and Homer Rowan
were on the sick list this week.
P. Westberg and family moved to
Portland last week.
Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Putz and Mrs.
Marx, motored to Portland last Sun
day, returning home Wednesday.
The farmers in this vicinity are
very busy with their spring seeding.
Mrs. Ona Klinger, of Aberdeen,
has been visiting relatives and
friends for the past two weeks.
Mr. Dahlstrom sold a dressed hog
to the butcher in Molalla this week.
The Luther league of Colton, has
a service flag with 5 blue stars and
one gold. The members of the Lu
ther league now serving their coun
try are Captain Albert Anderson,
Sergeant Benjamin Chindgren, Cor
poral Rueben. Chindgren, Marines
Leslie Crawford and Oliver Johnson.
The gold star represents Verner
Branland, a Tuscania victim.
EAST CLACKAMAS
Everybody is going some to get
their spring work done. They aim
to get in early to avoid the rush.
A. C. Kelnhofer and family arid G.
Haberlach and family spent Sunday
at Riverdale farm. ,
A. Heinrich and yrife, of Oregon
City, were visitors with relatives in
these parts last Sunday. '
. Mr. Morris, living on the Bennett
place, has purchased the A. Heinrich
team and expects to farm in earnest
this year.
Charles Lischke had a "breakfast"
job of grubbing on the Cedar Springs
ranch that was somewhat longer than
he anticipated, so he stayed over for
dinner.
Mr. Thorne has leased the Knee
land place for a year with an option
of buying. At present he is teaching
chemistry in the Lincoln high school,
Portland. We are glad to have such
people in our midst, let more come.
L. Rasmussen is hauling some ma
terial to his ranch preparatory to
making improvements In April.
The P. & 0. C. railway has, or
seems to have, the right motive
power for propelling the passenger
traffic these days, in the shape of a
gas engine mounted on a flat car.
The engineer seemed to be getting
his share of free immersions on such
days as last Sunday. It was like a
real rain in the central states in the
evening.
BEAVER CREEK
Mrs. F. W. Force and son, George,
of Oregon City, visited with Mrs.
Force's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.
Bashford over the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Moehnke and
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three children, of Shubel, were the
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Santesson and family, Sunday.
Mrs. R. L. Badger, Mrs. Henry Hol
lman, and Mrs. Jane Edwards were
business visitors at the county seat
Wednesday.
Miss Gladys Morehouse, of Port
land, spent Saturday and Sunday as
the guest of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Morehouse. Mrs. Morehouse,
who is suffering with a sprained
ankle, is much improved, but still
confined to her room.
The Beaver Creek Red Cross met
at the Welsh church on Thursday,
with about a dozen women present.
Mrs. J. S. Jones spent the week
end at the Jones' ranch.
Frank Ackerman, connected with
the signal corps, stationed at Van
couver, was a visitor at the R. L.
Badger farm Sunday.
John Hehn, of Alberta, transacted
business in Beaver Creek Wednesday.
Mrs. Ben Santesson and children,
Robert and Ellen, called on Mrs. J.
S. Jones Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Abe called on Mr.
and Mrs. George Havill Sunday afternoon.
EAST PARADISE
The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Oglesby is convalescing rapid
ly. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ball, of Hebo,
Tillamook county, are here visiting
relatives for a few days.
Some early garden has been plant
ed here the past week.
Eight miles of new telephone line
has been put up in the Macksburg
vicinity the past few days, and sev
eral subscribers find themselves on
a different line than formerly.
A good roads meeting was held at
Meridian school house one night last
week. We did not learn the results.
Several parties from here attend
ed the dance at Hubbard Saturday
evening.
The Gribble brothers are still in
the hop business, but have taken out
part of their hop yard.
A very small acreage of potatoes
will be planted here this season.
Owing to the open winter, stock
here is in good condition and those
farmers who were holding hay for
a high price are getting "let down."
Frank Oglesby has been laid up
with rheumatism for several days.
Some of our farmers are investing
in a few sheep at the high price of
$20 per head.
The W. O. W. will initiate an
other lot of candidates in the Aurora
camp W. 0. W. at its tregular meet
ing. Pine Camp degree team of Sil
verton, will put on the work.
J. J. Taylor, the Paradise straw
berry king, has about the finest
strawberry field we ever saw. He ex
pects a fine yield this spring.
Albert Pratt is shipping several
car loads of stave bolts to Portland.
We wonder when those grant lands
will ever be open for settlement. A
whole lot of poor men here want to
know that, too.
EAGLE CREEK
The Upper Eacle Creek Red Cross
unit met as usual last Wednesday.
Mrs. R. B. Gibson was calling on
Mrs. H. H. Udell last Thursday.
The Lewis Rivers family, who have
been on the sick list and under quar
antine, were allowed to be out again
Sunday.
Eagle Creek Grange met at the
Grange hall last Saturday, about 45
people, including children, being in
attendance. An interesting program
was rendered.
Mrs. Ruby Jansen and Mrs. Freda
Kirchem were Grange visitors Satur
day. Several of the farmers up this
way attended the auction sale at the
Peter De Paepe place last Saturday.
Mrs. Walter Douglass entertained
her sister, Mrs. Kirchem, and chil
dren, of Logan, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Beckett
motored out to Eagle Creek from
Portland in their new Chevrolet Sat
urday. To
F. P. Allen, missionary of the
American. Sunday School union, was
in this neighborhood Saturday and
Sunday and held services at the
schoolhouse Sunday afternoon and
reorganized the Sunday school. Of
ficers elected were: Superintendent,
Mrs. R. B. Gibson; assistant superin
tendent, Mrs. R. M. Brash; secretary
treasurer, Miss Mildred Douglass; or
ganists, Misses Naomi Paddison and
Alva Brash.
Sunday school will meet at the
school house every Sunday morning
at 10:30. Everybody welcome.
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Woodle
were visiting at the home of their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Woodle,
Saturday evening and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Baker visited
with Mr. and Mrs. Lou Baker Sunday.
CHERRYVILLE
We have passed the line.
The real official spring is here once
more.
Rockefeller will have to get along
with an income of $20,000,000 a year
as the government takes $40,000,000
from him for income tax. Pity the
sorrows of a poor old man.
The type made us say last week
that ties were $120 a thousand. It
should have been $20 a thousand feet,
now $23. The mill at the Bright
wood school got out 1200 ties every
day last week. Nearly a dollar each
at $23 a thousand. Everybody is
pleased to know that Miklesen &
Nelson are making money. They
treat their men royally, pay them
good wages and feed them well.
"Lige" Coleman, the "mountain
man," who lives up on the top of
Mount Hood in the dry season as a
lookout man, has a fine ranch near
Sandy.
A meeting was held at the school
house on Monday night of last week
for the purpose of gathering old
clothes for the Belgians. A commit
tee was appointed to canvas the
neighborhood.
Mrs. Elizabeth Roach, our teacher,
went to McMinnville last Saturday
to look over the situation as to teach
ing school there. Mrs. Roach has
been offered a raise here as she has
given excellent satisfaction.
Our item last week stating that
"Teddy was hypocritical," should
have been "hypercritical," meaning
over critical. No one could accuse
him of being hypocritical, as he is
right out in plain language in what
ever he says. He is a genuine Amer
ican patriotic citizen and has four
sons in the service "Somewhere in
France." His son, Archie, was
wounded lately, and decorated for
bravery. Archie Roosevelt is the
same age, almost to a day, of Archie
Averill, also "over there."
MACKSBURG
Miss Margaret Klaus visited with
Miss Emma Ganske on Monday after
noon.
Mrs. Rev. William Kraxberger and
daughters, Edith and Helen, are the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. O. IOay-
berger this week.
Earl Harms, Bruno Kraxberger
and Rudolph Etzel "motorcycled" to
Portland on Sunday.
Mrs. Charles Kraxbereer and Mrs.
J. C. Walch were McCoy visitors the
last ot the week.
Gale Stevenson and Allie Krax
berger came up from Oregon City
on Sunday.
Edward Scott was a Canbv .visitor
on Sunday.
Rudolph Klaus is visitimr at t.hp
John Egger home at Redland.
Lharles Boeche and Theodore
Scheer are blasting stumns for Phil.
ip Scheer.
Miss Inez Keesling is working for
Mrs. Morris, of Oak Grove, at Dres-
ent.
Mrs. C. H. Snencer and littlp
daughters, from Spokane, Wash,, are
visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Nebo.
John Wenineer was a Canbv cillnr
on Sunday.
Rev. Theodore Lucas was in Aurora
on business Saturday.
Hans Zenger called on old friends
at Gladstone and Oreiron Citv Sun
day.
We are all glad to hear the
news that little Emil Walch is get
ting along so nicely that he was
taken home on Saturday. He was
operated on for appendicitis about
three weeks aio nr. rhn r.nnA So,v,a,.;
tan hospital at Portland.
English church services were held
here on Sunday eveninc and. in snito
of the heavy rains, a large crowd at
tended. MOUNTAIN VIEW
Quite an epidemic of sickness hns
been prevailing in our part of the
city the past two weeks. The nrin-
cipal sicknesses are pneumonia and
ia grippe. Miss Laura Parks is quite
ill, suffering from an abs cess in thn
left side and is unable to be up.
t,ast Monday mornine the littln in.
fnnt daughter of Mr. and Mrs. r:,ivl
Roland was found dead in bed by its
mother. The funeral services were
held Wednesday at the little white
church, Dr. W. T. Milliken, of the
Baptist church, officiating. The little
one was buried in the Masonic plot of
Mountain View cemetery. Tho fti,
er had been away in Washington for
some time, working in the spruce
timber, but arrived home on Monday
evening.
Mrs. Frank Dowling and Mrs. Jen
nie Stillwell have been under the
doctor's care for several days.
Mrs. D. Boylan came home from
St. Vincent's hospital, where she has
been for several weeks, recovering
from an operation.
Ruby Terry is auite ill with nnn
monia at her home on Pearl street.
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Miss Lillian Gillett went to Seattle,
where she was called to her brother's
home, whose little daughter had died.
The little one was above the ordinary
in brightness and winning ways. The
family have the sympathy of their
many friends here, as both are well
known. Mrs. Gillett was formerly
Miss Maude Moran.
The little white church is paid for
and much credit is due the untiring
efforts of the Ladies' Aid. No dues
were charged, but all worked. Sew
ing and quilting were their main
features in making the money to pay
the debt, and it is now a union
church for any protestant denomina-,
tion. Let us all work together for
the public good. Lay aside little pet
ty differences, if there are any, and
hold together to help each other in
making Mountain View a good place
in which to live.
JENNINGS LODGE
A special meeting was held at the
schoolhouse on Monday evening,
March 18, to discuss plans for an
addition to the schoolhouse. Mr. L.
Wilcox, of Concord, presented plans
for new rooms, including a study
room and an assembly room with bal
cony, with an estimated cost of
$3700.
In the discussion which followed,
G. M. Caldwell and other prominent
Meldrum folks spoke against the
improvement. After voting, it was
found that . fifty-four votes were
against and only five for the propo
sition. Eleven new pupils have been en
rolled since January and with the
new families arriving and no vacant
seats available, an additional room is
very much needed. Among the pu
pils recently enrolled are: Alvin and
Lila Dietz, Alice, Annamay and Al
bert Oswald, Vera and Louisa Ram-
kthePe
to visit our establishment--to the many who are our customers
and to those who are not we ask permission to show you the
completeness of our stocks and the great economy that can he
practiced by trading here. Our stock of Furniture, Hardware,
Stoves, etc., is one of the most complete in Clackamas County
and every person will undoubtedly be interested, in an inspec
tion of our store for the knowledge thus gained will be of use
to you at some time.
In addition to our merchandise we have always
prided ourselves on our up-to-the-minute service
-which follows our customers out to their home
and makes for their perfect and entire satisfac
tionin every transaction.
By your patronage and help we have grown and in appreciation of
this supportwe ask you to come and visit us and look over the
new spring lines.
age, Edith Ingalls, Madeline Kinney,
and Vivian Spooner.
Twelve new children came during
last week arid will probably take up
their studies at our school during the
week.
A new plan was proposed at the
Monday evening meeting, and at a
later meeting the people will vote on
a new heating and water system, and
the building of a concrete basement.
Edd Roethe, chairman of the board
of directors, presided.
An official meeting was held at the
church on Wednesday evening, when
A. I. Sullens, superintendent of the
Home Missionary society of Oregon
and southern Idaho, met in confer
ence with the trustees and church
committee, to arrange the carrying
on of the church work here.
Mrs. Bertha Hart attended the
National Defense council in Oregon
City on Thursday afternoon of last
week.
LETTER FROM PERSHING
Beaver Creek Patriots Receive Mes
sage from France
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Badger, of
Beaver Creek, are in receipt of a let
ter written at the request of General
Pershing, in France, and which they
treasure quite highly. The couple
have been very active in war work,
and have done much for the comfort
and convenience of our soldiers of
the sea and land forces, both here
and abroad. The letter received by
the Badgers follows:
"American Expeditionary Forces.
France, February 19, 1918.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Badger,
Oregon City, Ore., Route 3.
Dear Sir and Madam: General Per-
( shing directs me to acknowledge re
ceipt of and to thank you for your
UGNITU
pie gf
mas County
letter of December 14, 1917, enclos
ing your 'jingles.'
"The general was pleased to note
the good work you are doing for the
cause we all love so dearly, and ex
tends his best wishes to you both.
Sincerely yours,,
G. E. ADAMSON,
First Lieutenant, N. A."
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