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and will soon have their sheep shear
ed. Frank Oglesby recently sold a large
horse for $200.00, to a man at Clarkes.
Avon Jesse was a visitor at Forest
NEWS OF THE COUNTY AND SUBURBS
Local and County Items of Interest to Courier Readers
Grove Saturday and Sunday. ,
UPPER HIGHLAND
OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, MAY 8, 1919
CLARKES
Mr. and Mrs. David Moehnke and
sons, LaVerne and Martin, were in
Portland last Sunday.
W. H. BottemiLler sold some pota
toes to Martin Bros, sawimill last!
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Lee were
in Oregon City last Monday.
Richard Griffith, ,our road super
visor, is tearing up the old plank and
js going to put in rock road.
Ed Grace was in Oregon City last
aunday. '
W. H. Bottemiller is getting ready
to plant his potatoes.
Henry Nelson purchased a new
Ford last week.
Miss Pearl Stromgreen, of Oregon
City, visited her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. Stromgreen,' last Sunday.
Theodore Sager purchased a Chev
rolet recently.
Mr. and Mrs. David Moehnke and
Mrs. Arthur Hornschuh and children
were Oregon City visitors last Mon
day.
Albert Durst and family were in
Oregon City last Sunday.
HIGHLAND
Highland is still among the living,
We still have parties, too. They are
mostly all impromptu affairs but
large crowds attend them. The last
one was at the home of Mr. and Mrs,
Frank Nicholas. A large number
of people gathered and the evening
was spent in dancing. At midnight
a delicious supper was served, which
consisted of cake, coffee and sand
wiches. Those present were: The
Misses Mollie McVay, Belle McVay,
Christina Rambo, Loeta Nicholas,
Avis Nicholas, Elma Nicholas, Elva
Nicholas, Verna Nicholas; Messrs.
Alec Nelson, Henry Nelson, Charlie
Nelson, Jack Graves, Will Washburn,
Will Schmidt, Bill Robbins, Hubert
Schram, James Hanhart, Henry
Rutherford, Woodrow Rambo, Reed
Johnson , Darrel Nicholas, Oliver
Marshall and Mr. and Mrs. Brady
Rambo, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ruther
ford, Mr. and Mrs. Buzz McVay, Mr.
and Mrs. P. G. Johnson and babyj
Milton, Mr. and Mrs. Barlow and Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Nicholas. Everyone
reported a very good time.
CANBY
Mr. and Mrs. John Burn's
daughter and husband, who had been
up the valley, above Salem, and Mr.
Peebler's brother and wife, were call
ing on John Burns and wife as they
wero on their way to Portland, where
they all live at present. They are
making preparations to start to
Alaska about the 15th of this month,
where they intend to stay for quite
awhile. One of the men has been in
Alaska before.
Mrs. Rape has been visiting her
son and family at Portland for a few
days. She returned home on Sunday
evening and her son came up home
with her, returning home the same
evening. Mrs. Rape's son is a con
ductor on one of the Portland elec
tric cars.
Charley Wallace is at present
blacksmithing for the Southern Pa
cific company.
Mrs. Clark, who has been in Spo
kane for some time, has "returned
home again.
There is another meat market in
Canby. It will be run by Mr. Schau
bel. John Burn's nephew, who has been
in the army for nearly two years,
paid him a visit last Saturday, be
fore he went back to California. His
uncle had not seen him for twelve
years. In that time he had grown to
manhood from a boy of twelve years
of age. That is some change.
Mr. Sias and wife, who lived in
Canby for several years, were in
this locality last Sunday, calling on
old friends. Mr. Sias used to run a
drug store in this place. He now
lives in Portland.
Mr. Torgeson was visiting Mrs.
Wallace last Sunday.
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ALBERTA
Wednesday afternoon the pupils of
Alberta school, from the fourth grade
upwards, sojourned to Beaver Creek
to vie m the art of spelling with the
pupils of that school.
Dorothea and Thelma Mayfield, Bes
sie Zeigler and Margaret Scribner at
tended the surprise party on Mae
Rogers at the home of Blanche Mar
tin Thursday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Traylor were
Oregon City visitors Friday.
Dennie Zeigler visited the school
Friday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. John Rogers, of
Maple Lane were out to see Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Martin Saturday.
An interesting ball game was stag
ed in John Hehn's field Sunday after
noon. The contending sides were sev
eral Highland youths and Larkins'
saw mill. Larkins' saw mill won.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Connor enter
tained friends from Portland Sunday.
Genevieve Gorrell called on Blanche
Martin Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Sam Martin purchased a new
Singer sewing machine, style 661 No.
6, Monday.
Claribel Hardanbrook returned to
Alberta Sunday afternoon. Her many
friends are glad to hear of her re
turn.
Mr. Rutherford has been working
at Moehnke's mill the past few weeks,
Who says Spring hasn't, or wasn't
coming in Alberta T Hurrah for
Spring!
people witnessed the ball game last
Sunday. The mill men beat the
Highland boys by a big margin..
"Grandma" Hinkson visited with
Mrs. Washburn last Monday. '
Barbara Cota visited with Vera
Holman last week.
Sit up and take notice!
The young people are ' . going to
present a play, entitled, "Mrs. Tubbs
Does Her Bit," on the 24th of May,
in the evening. The cast of charac
ters is as follows, Mrs. Tubbs (lead
ing lady) Josie Lingelbach; Auto Ser
aphy McDougal (rich old lady),
Gladys Swank; Mrs. Hickey (friend
ly neighbor), Iaabelle Vohs; Miss
Elsie West (Red Cross nurse), Vera
Holmes; Miss Clingie Vine (roman
tic old maid), Ruth Carlisle; Queenie
Sheba Tubbs (little girl), Kate Sov
insky; Billy Blossom Tubbs (8-year-old),
Vonda Sovinsky; Punky Dunks
Tubbs (twins), Nellie Glover; James
Scotland Tubbs (soldier), W al t e r
Hehn; Simon Rubbels (widower), Hu
bert Schram; Tim Graham (bashful
soldier), John Martin; Nelson Redd
(boy in khaki), Fred Vohs; Major
John Pepper, Bromo Sovinsky; Scuf
fles Tubbs (11-year-old boy), Edward
Staub.
We hope to see a large crowd at
tending. After the play, baskets
will be sold to the highest bidder. So
don't forget your purses, gentlemen
Eli Fellows sold a load of sheep
last Tuesday.
ELW00D
MOUNT PLEASANT
, The entertainment given by the
school last Thursday surely was a
success. Those who took part de
serve lots of credit.
We have several new neighbors.
We lost Frank Slinger, who moved to
Eugene. Mr. Strong, who purchas
ed the Slinger place, has now taken
possession.
The Misses Honnies have moved to
New York to reside for the future.
Mr. Leger has moved to Portland
and his brother has taken possession
of the place for a. home.
Mrs. Ethel Johnson, nee Ethel
Holmes, has recovered sufficiently
from her last operation to return to
her. home. She has had three opera
tions.
James McCord, an old pioneer and
resident of Mount' Pleasant, but late
ly of Portland, is spending the sum
mer with his son, William McCord.
Miss Ella Williams, who has been
spending the winter in California
with her brother, Thornton Williams,
will shortly return to her home at
the Firs.
A. C. Warner, our road boss, has a
crew of men getting out rock for the
roads, and will have the crusher in
Charles Gilmore died Monday
evening. He came home from town
in his usual health and laid down to
rest, and shortly expired.
LOWER HIGHLAND
Once more we will trv and see if
the waste basket pets our onnt.rihn.
tion. The last few times we have
sent in items they must have been
lost on the way for they never ap
peared in print.
This is beautiful weather. The or
chards are a veritable flower garden.
Mr. and Mrs. Holmes have boon
fishing in the Willamette lately for
salmon.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Fellows nnH
Ruth Carlisle were Oree-on Cit.v visi
tors last Monday.
Rev. Stannard preached last Sun
day in Lower Highland.
Ihere was quite a big crowd of
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The members of the Kickapoo Tele
phone association, Inc., gave a party
at the home of Mrs. Harrison s in
honor of the new line which is nearly
completed. Every family of the as
sociation was represented with many
others, and an - enjoyable evening was
spent. Much merriment was exper
ienced when a personified negro lady
paired the couples for midnight lunch.
Talented music was furnished by
Stanley Turrell and Mr. Devore.
Mr. Granatzki and Mat Parks were
on the accident list last week, Mr.
Granatzki received an ugly gash on
the hand while unloading telephone
poles, and Mr. Parks, while liberating
a calf from the fence, received a
painful bruise on . his nose by the
thankful nod of the animal's horns.
Mr. Nelson", wife and friends, were
guests at the Harrison home Sunday,
having autoed out from Portland.
Stanford Cox, Dan Stahlnecker and
wife were in Oregon City Monday on
business.
George Brown and wife were
guests at Bittners Sunday.' ' '
Henry Cadinau of Portland, visit
ed his i3ter, Lillie Parks, Sunday.
Mrs. Delia Vallen accompanied the
8th grade pupils to Colton and con
ducted the 8th grade test.
Due honor should be given our
teacher, Miss Nellie Vallen, in her
able instruction given her 8th grade
applicants and excellent averages received.
EAST PARADISE
Several land seekers have been
looking over farms here that are for
sale.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Oglesby were
callers at Mr. Ball's Sunday.
Miss Freeda Goetz is at home now.
She was employed at Aurora for
several weeks.
School will close next Friday in
district 38. 'Mrs. Reynolds has taught
a very successful school.
Thousands of young chicks are be
ing raised in this vicinity... We look
for a slump in the egg market next
winter.
Our farmers have their spring
grain about sown, and are now plow
ing for spuds.
Five Sundays .since Easter and no
rain. That old myth about six rainy
Sundays has gone glimmering.
There seems to be a fine show for
a big fruit crop here this season.
Very few of -our farmers here are
going into the Loganberry business
as we know how difficult it was to get
our hops picked. Just ask some of
the loganberry raisers around Brock's
station. They will tell you that they
lost fully 50 per cent of their ber
ries for went of pickers last year.
J. J. Taylor, our strawberry king,
has refused three dollars per crate
for his crop for this year.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hardisty were
callers at Frank Oglesby's home Sun
day. J. H. Kraus has purchased a new
auto and will soon be out for a j'oy
ride.
Our goat raisers, here have had
their goats sheared the, past week
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Oh yes, oh yes we're going to
have it this time. Haven't you heard
about it? Why everyone is talking
about it! What? Why, a big basket
social at Upper Highland church, Sat
urday night at 8 o'clock. There's go
ing to be a big- Mother's Day pro
gram by the school children, consist
ing of songs, recitations and dialog
ues, some humorous and some serious.
Then there's going to be a "Pretty
Girls ' contest, which any lady or girl
can be entered for the mere sum of
10 cents. And best of all a free-for-
all spelling contest anyone can take
part.
You're sure to have a good time
and lots to eat. Punch will be served
by the Nicholas twins. You'll see all
your old friends and have a good time
and help buy some new books for
Upper Highland school. Saturday,
May 10, 1919, at 8 o'clock.
August and Willie Martin, Harry
and Fred Baurer were visitors in
Oregon City Saturday.
Miss Hilda Chase visited her par
ents Saturday and Sunday.
The Upper Highland school went
to Clarkes Friday afternoon to at
tend the County Spelling and Arith
metic contests. The result of the
spelling contests were as follows:
50 Words 20 off for each word
Loeta Nicholas and Bell McVay,
100; Esther Martin, Elva Nicholas
and Mildred Simms, 98; Elma Nich
olas, Avis Nicholas and Christina
Rambo, 94; Henry Rutherford and
Elsie Gordon, below 80.
Ladies, don't forget to bring your
baskets Saturday night;, and look
your prettiest for the contest.
Larkins Mill . defeated Martins'
Mill in a ball game Sunday 27-3.
Game is to be at Peck's next Sunday.
Come and see it.
COLTON
A program and basket social was
given Saturday night by the Meadow
brook Literary society, the proceeds
of $71.00, which was made from the
sale of the baskets, will be spent to
standardize the school. A big crowd
was in attendance.
Mrs. Frank Kimmey and sons,
Francis and Raymond, have gone to
Newport, where they will join Mr.
Kimmey, who left for there several
weeks ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Wills have mov
ed to Colton, where they will farm
the Murphy place.
Vincent Hill, Mr. Savage and the
Misses Hill, Samuelson and Luthie,
motored to Salem Friday to spend
the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gorbett and
Mrs. Murphy went to Oregon City
Monday.
Mr. and. Mrs.-' P. O. Chindgrin are
entertaining relatives from Nebraska,
whom they haven t seen for ten
years. -
Arthur Cooper of Portland, spent
Sunday at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. George Anderson, and her hus
band, of Orchard Falls.
Colton high is giving their annual
play Friday night.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Woodworth and
daughter, Hazel, visited Mrs. Wood
worth's father, Mr. Barrel, over Sat
urday night.
Gus Gottberg and family of Or
chards, Washington," have moved
back to Colton, where they will make
their home.
Mrs. Nelson Nordquist of Port
land, visited with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. August Johnson, recently.
The Lafferty saw mill on Milk
creek, burned down Monday night.
Mr. Cobb, of Portland, spent Sun
day with his family at Colton.
LOGAN
William .McCubbin is home from
his great adventure overseas and has
seen enough of the world and of war
to make him satisfied henceforth to
live the hum drum life of a Clacka
mas county farmer. Ho went through
the big battles in France,, has went
Over the top" and while not ser
iously wounded, has often been cover
ed with bruises from bursting shrap
nel. He doubtless hopes that a way
will be evolved at Paris to protect all
future American and world citizens
from such an experience which can
only be enjoyed in the retrospect.
Floyd Kirchem is at present in a
New York hospital from what is re
ported as a mud attack of pneumonia.
C. A. Kirchem sends from New
York a copy of New York Illustrated
which represents the sky scrapers
the big bridges, the three-story rail-
roads, and many other wonderful
things of the great world metropolis,
' The boys in Siberia seem to have
drawn the unlucky number in the
lottery of war and will have to stay
on the job yet a while in that inhos
pitable climate.
The teachers and pupils of the
Lower Logan school gave a shadow
social and entertainment last week,
which was very successful in a- social
way and fairly so in a financial way.
The teachers and pupils of the
North Logan gave a basket social
and entertainment which must have
been planned when the sign was right
on the planets in proper conjunction,
as it went over the financial top with
basket receipts of $82, and something
beside for refreshments sold. The
house was full and also a good part
of the surrounding country so that
many had to get their view and bas
kets through the door and windows.
Two baskets were sold for $13.50
each, which seems to be high water
mark in the high cost of living and
the bidders must each have had a
bunch of hogs which they expect to
sell soon.
Albert Gerber is working at one of
the Upper Logan saw mills.
Samuel and Earl Cerber have kill
ed about two dozen of the clipper
birds and have probably saved that
many bushels of cherries, as it is sur-
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A free dance will be given at the
Grange hall on May 3rd, in honor of
J. W. McCubbin, returned hero of the
Great War. The dance is being giv
en by Mr. Trullinger, his brother-in-law.
TWILIGHT
Yes, it's poor old Portland. The
country has subscribed her half of
the $250,000 for the building of a
Livestock pavillion at the Union
stock yards, while to date the city's
portion is quite deficient. How they
do bleed country aristocracy.
' Henry Scheer, while splitting kind
ling a day last week, severed the
thumb of his left hand, requiring sur
gical attention.
Mrs. Lester Montgomery is still
confined to her room. Her many
friends are solicitous for her early
recovery. . Later She has been re
moved to the home of her mother in
Milwau.kie
Twilight is ever in the limelight.
She had a lady autoist pinched for
speeding. Ah there, Mt. Pleasant.
The five million bond issue to be
voted on in June has been very
cleverly arranged by the jungoiRts.
Read carefully their designs. The
only really good cat is a dead one.
Don't let this bond camouflage de
ceive you.
If a common carrier meets with an
accident and kills a half dozen people,
the entire country criticises and com
missions are called into action, but
New York state alone, with one hun
dred and ninety-two fatalities through
motor troubles charged up' against
her, causes not a ripple of excite
ment. Miss Florence Bently recently cut
her hand very badly, requiring sev
eral stitches at the hands of a doc
tor. Twilight was quite liberally repre
sented at the Mount Pleasant public
school entertainment last Thursday.
Miss Pearl Scheer shopped in Port
land a day last week.
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