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CLACKAMAS COUNTY THE EXTERmiSE COltRESrOSW' ENTS SWEEP THE FIELD. Hon. J. F. raplos "Will Miytr the Decerattoa Pay Address at Pleasant Name. Kklo, MayS. J. 6. Birdsell has moved . tack to his place in this -county to Kelso. He has just completed a acre oontrart of pulling stumps tor Boat. Smith at Pleasant Jlome. Kelso is now served with wail by the Sandy stage daily, this postoftica being in--eluded on the route between Pleasant Home -.andCottrell. The volunteer work is being put vigor- ously forth on the road front Sandy to Cot - trell and l'leasant Home. Mrs. I. Stephens has been appointed no tary public by Gov. Lard. A suit for possession of property is caus ing comment just over the the line in Mult nomah county. A G. A. R. widow brought suit against aG. A. R. man tor possession of a little improved place which she lately bought at sheriff sale. The old gent will not vacate, which has caused a suit of ejec tion. Many are looking on with eager curiosity to see the outcome of the contest. The case comes up lor trial in Portland on May 13th before Justice Giesler. Decoration Day will be observed in the usual manner at Pleasant Home. Hon. J no. F. Caples, of Portland, will deliver the . address. J. Jarl, our enterprising postmaster, Is . giving good satisfaction with the postal business. He ale keeps a well selected - stock of groceries. He can accommodate his friends lor caeh prices. S. Retligo has contracted with R. N. Brad ley to clear five acres this spring. Dr. Smith, ol Eagle Creek, pa.ssed through our burg on the 1st. Login Locals. Logak, May 13.-Mrs. Clem Clark and her little nephew met with an accident last week while coming from tDe postoillce. The horse became frightened at a calf in a fence corner and ran over a stump npsettin the cart, but fortunately they rolled out so easy that they were not hurt. The horse soon broke loose from the cart and went home. Josie also went home, but took a small sup ply of the dampened real estate, thinking she would just as soon walk. Miss Alice Swales left last week for the Columbia slough to stay with her sister w ho is sick. Mrs. J. Gerber has had an attack of the grippe. Mr. Miengher has been having some land broke near bis house, which is quite an im provement to bis place. Mrs. J.Scbuttle left on Friday last to visit her daughters, Kate, who works on the Co lumbia slouch, and Mary, who works in Portland. She returned borne Saturday night. Mr. J. Gerber's stepdaughter, Miss Lena, is visiting her mother. She expects to re turn to Portland in a few days to resume her position in Meier it Frank s store. Mr. and Mrs. Kehru bare gone to Portland and will go to housekeeping once more. They have been staying with their daugh ter, Mrs. Casper Moore. Harding grange held their regular meeting Saturday, May 11. Several new members were initiated and an interesting day was spent. Mr. and Mrs. A. Newell, Mrs. Mary Winston ard Mrs. Nellie Morton, of the Damascus grange, visited Harding grange. '"' Road JCnxineer Kinnaird gave Mr. Fred Cerler an order on Mr. Gill for 150 pounds of powder for volunteer road work, and the dirt aixl stumps are Hying in all directions, and things look as if they meant good roads. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilson visited in Springwater Sunday. Ill nr. Jledland Raveling. . Redlakb, May 13. Our neighborhood is again saddened by the death of a neighbor. Last night at 12 o'clock 8. E. Sprague, who was hurt in a runaway accident last Octo ber, was relieved by death from the Buffer ing that has racked him for seven long, weary months. Last Wednesday he bad a very severe chill, which was followed by fever, and a very severe, painful cough. Since that time be has failed rapidly, having a high fever every night, and it was realized yesterday by his friends that the end was very near. The funeral will be tomorrow at 10 o'clock. The deceased leaves a w ife and seven children and a large circle of other relatives. The community extend them heartfelt sympathy in their hour of bereave ment There has been a great deal of sickness in The hops are nearly all tied. The indica the neighborhood lately. Mrs. Mosber and ' tions are good for a good hop crop. Now if Mrs. Higgins are among the more serious cases. Mrs. Stone, who has been quite sick for three weeks, is now able to be out. There lias been something resembling scarletina going the rounds, only it lias attacked the older people first, only a few of the children having taken it so far. The school picnic last Saturday, gotten up by Miss Helen Taylor at the close of her school here, was a verv pleasant, sticcesfful affair. The day was a perfect one, and a large crowd w as in attendance. Miss Taylor has been a very successful teaclter, and a most popular one, and the district owes her a debt of gratitude for the benefit ahe has been to the district. We hope It is not ber last term here. Rcktic. Beaver Creek fireer.es. Bkavek Cheek, Mav 7. At the request of several of the members of the Beaver Creek Republican club who could not attend the meeting called on Wednesday, May 1, 1KJS, it w as agreed to postpone the meeting until May 13, at 7 P. M., for the purpose of elect ing delegates to the State convention of re publican clubs which meets at Portland on May 22. A general request to all republi cans to attend is asked. Coyotes are doing some mischief for some of the farmers in this locality. Wm. K. Owens has lost iix of his spring lambs Jdtely, A party was made up about a week ago of the following sportsmen: D. F. Har ris and son Will, Wm. Grisenthwaite and one or two other amateurs. The dogs took to the trail and the coyote was seen by the jmrsuers and a volley of bullets were let lose from all directions which caused a tumult-, uous roar that could be heard for a niile or two, every one who heard it thinking that a whole band of coyotes had been extermi nated, but when last seen the coyote wag. ged his tail good naturedly as it nothing had happened. 1 was told that Mr, Owens' barn barely escaped the bullets. Revival meetings were held at the Pres byterian church dnruigthe week Just ended. Rev. Shields, of Portland, and Dr. Uwinn, of Salem, conducted the meetings and sev eral converts were received into the church on Sunday. Owen 11. Hughes lost a valuable hotse hvt week. Misses Servia Thomas and Mattie Jones are home from Portland on a visit to their parents, Mr. Thos. Daniels is busy putting up a new fence around his land. Mr. Daniels when he does anything believes in doing it good. Hood View Iteais. Hood Viaw, May 13. Miss Delle Jones spent a few days in Oregon City this week. Miss Twink Graham visited Portland and friends last week. Miss Tony Sass has recently returned home after a month s visit with her sister in Portland.. Miss Nettie Wood is home again after spending the winter abroad. W. W. Graham has gone to Salem on a sojourn of a few days. Mrs. Spence, of Caneinah, spent last week with her son Harry and taniily. Mrs. V. T.Young is again up after an illness of eight weeks. Goods have taken a drop In Wilsonville since we have two stores. The crops in general look very good. Hops are a little uneven but look good. Small fruits promise an abundant crop. Onions look well. Cut worms are playing havoc and some have had to replant. Our roads are in a very faircomlition and our new road supervisor is doing good work in general this seasen. New bridges are in order and are what we are pleased tosee. The Woods bridge was being put in new last week. J. W. Graham contemplates erecting a couple of new hop bouses soon. He hat about seventy acres in hop yards. M, C. Young has purchased 12,000 shin gles and about 5,0u0 feet of lumber, and ex pects to have some new fence and to re model his hop house. We understand that Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Barber contemplate a move to Salem. If so we shall be sorrv to lose those so worthy and much needed among us, as they have worked bard and dilligently here for the past five years. Mr. Cbauncey Calkins and Miss Ida Fishery ere united in marriage recently one Sabbath morning at the parsonage. All join in a hearty wish for their future hap piness. Anna. Damascus Doings, Damascus, May 13. Mr. Jerome Derby and family, of McMinnville, are visiting Mrs. Derby's sister, Mrs. J. R. Morton of this place. Mr. Fleming, of Seattle, is the guest of J. C. McMurry. The Free Methodist held their quarterly meeting at this place Friday, Saturday and Sunday. They had a very successful meet ing. A. B. Elliott, of Powell's Valley, was the gueit of J. C. Elliott Saturday and Sunday. Married, May 12, at the residence of the groom's parents in Damascus, Mr. Fritz Wellman to Miss Augusta Perlherg of Wash ington, Rev. J. A. Rover officiating. A number of friends and relatives w ere pres ent, and many beautiful and useful presents were received by the happy couple. The wedding festivities closed with a dance. They will commence housekeeping at once in their new home. Born, to the wife of F. A. Bohna, a boy; to the wife of A. E. Coe, a girl. Mrs. Fritz Mathias has been very sick but is now slightly improving, A number of our grangers visited the Lo gan grange last Saturday. Miss Minnie Royer is spending a few weeks at Gresham. J. A. Royer and wife and J. R. Morton and wife attended the funeral of Mr. Hevel at Gresham last Wednesday. Miss Laura Thompson has returned home from Portland- Misses Clara, Helen and Tessie Blanchart I of Portland, spent Sunday with their par ents. Mrs. Blanchart has been sick for some time. Wilsonville Wisps. W'lLsoavnxE, Mav 14. FarmerB are ini- I proving the fine weather plowing and plant- j ing early potatoes. the prices are only good, the farmers will make something. There will be an abundance of small fruits and berries. Messrs. Seelys and Kaiser shipped about 600 sacks of potatoes the past week. Ira Seely shipped 700 sacks of oats. We did not learn what he received for them. Messrs Veagher sold their onions the past week f ir 75 cents a sack. J. C. Rose is setting the posts for a new fence for Grandpa Seely, which will very much improve the looks of the place. Mrs. Rose and her son Bertie are going to the Sound for a week fo visit friends. Mrs. Jeager has been on the sick list the past week. Miss Kate Graham returned home from Portland Sunday. Mrs. Miley's mother, Mrs. Smith, in stay with her this spring. She has been quite ill but is getting some better now. W. Graham went to Salem Sunday to visit friends for a lew days. Miss Belle Jones returned Saturday from Oregon City where she had been attending the teachers' examination. Icklia. Springwater Sprinklings. S 'Bisowateb, April 29. C. C. Lewis is still lingering between life and death. Mrs. Lacey, wife of the late I W. Lacer, returned to Portland to the home of her daughter. Mrs. Haley, after spending a few days at this place with ber sou, Eb Lacey. Mrs. Colson, an old pioneer, has been quite feeble for some time. Rev. J. C. Hvlvanus preached bis farewell sermon Sunday, the illst. The man that will take his place Is expected here and will preach his first sermon, May 8. There was a heavy frost the night of the -8th, and there is some fear for the fruit. Hob Akins is Bending a few davs with relatives and friends here. Ruben Tucker and W, M. Yonce have left this place for Eastern Oregon, A. E. lewellen has been making some good Improvements on Mrs. Charter I dwell ing house. The protracted meeting held in I.ewellen's hall by Uev. (illlett, assisted by Key. Comer of Harlow, closed Sunday night after a con tinuation of two weeks. The meetings were well attended to the last and good order prevailed. It closed without any conver sions or additions to the faith. Rev. Comer made many warm friends while here. A. Lacey returned from Portland last Sunday. Xew Kra Newsleta. N'gw Era, May 11. With skies as cloud less as those of far-famed Italy, and mercury resting at (U degrees In the shade at noon today, we find no cause to complain ol the weather. Rev. A. Lalnrh, pastor of the Catholic church at this place, ministered to a large congregation last Sunday. Our well-known citizen, Annual llraemer, i who has been sick lor some weeks, is recov-. ering. Slowly, like Job of old, he has been j atllicted with many boils-almost without: number w hich must be very painful. ! Mr. W. R. Wyatt has removed from the , Burt place to a farm near Aurora. I Mr. Wm. Rider, road overseer of this dis-1 trict, with the aid of giant powder, is re-1 moving some large boulders from the conn-! ty road north ol this place, which, like the "rocky road to Dublin," has long been noted i for its roughness. The S. P. Co. have ipiite a large gang of men engaged near this place removing the , rails from their road and replacing them 1 with steel rails of greater weight than the : old ones, thus rendering the road safe for1 the heavh locomotives recently placed tip-' Ull II. Mr. Harrington is teaching his second term of public school at this place success fully. Hee-keeers in this locality are kept quite busy hiving the new swarms, which come forth quite plentiful these tine dass. Smyrna timarki. Smyrna, May 12. Horn, to the wife of Idyn Dowers on Thursday, May 1st, a son. James Watson and Arthur Voder at tended the Christian Endeavor convention at Salem as delegatea from the society here. I.. Q. (lowers and daughter, Mrs. Fiulev, of Silverton, were visiting friends and rela tives here Saturday and Sunday. Rev. C. II. Merriman, of the United Brethren church, held a series of meetings at the Samson school house during the pa-t week ; and on Saturday the quarterly con ferei c for the Marion circuit was held at the same place. The meetings were well attended and four were added to (lass. The rite of baptism was administered during yesterday morning's service. The mem bers and friends of the class have cleured up and seated a grove near the school house, and Sunday's meetings, a-icompanied with a basket dinner, were held there. Quite a number were present from Oregon City, Wooilburn, Iluhhard, Alhina and other points. When the alte noon services were over all returned to their respective homes relreshed both in body and spirit. Jo.na. Elliott Prairie Items. Kli.iott, May 13. Our school is progress ing nicely under the management ol B F. Bahor. Mr. and Mrs. E. Coldren visited Salem Saturday. Hop yards in this vicinity are looking fine. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Linn, of Woodhurn. are spending a few week's with Mrs. Linn's aunt, Mrs. John Blair. Mrs. Jas. Rentier and Miss Pearl Killin made a business trip to Woodhurn Fridav. Mr. Wynian, of Park Place, has moved bis family to the Prairie and now occupies the Hostetter house. Mrs. S. B. Kent, who has been visiting at Eugene returned home Saturday accompan ied by ffer son Bertie, Spring grain in this section has nearly all been sown. Miss Addie Oatman, ol Portland, is visit ing friends on the Prairie. Rev. Hughes preached in the Congrega tional church last Sunday afternoon to a very attentive audience. Mink Minings. Mink, May 0. Lawrence Hornshuh. who has been at home on account of being kicked by a horse, returned to Highland Sunday. A grand school entertainment will be held at Mink school house the evening of Mav IS, for the purpose of raising money to pur chase a flag for the school. Admission 10 cents; everybody invited to come and have a good lime. Musio will be furnished by Prof. Ogle, H. O. Inskeepand others. There will also be several German solos sung by E. F. Ginther. Last Saturday the literary society of Hazel- dale met for the last time this season. The first thing on the program was a fight be tween several young men. After the fight was over they went through with the rest of the program. Fights about girls are getting to be common things in this neighborhood. Mount Pleasant Views.. Mount Plbasakt, Mav 13. Last Satur day night the long exacted oratorical con test between the Twilights and Franklins took place in the Mount Pleasant school room, which was so crowded that the speak ers were at a great disadvantage. The ques tion was, Resolved, That foreign immigra tion should be prohibited. George McAr thur led the affirmative, followed by Chaa. Rutherford and Homer Martin, on behalf of the Twilights. Our guests' gallant bark that has in the past borne to land their lau rels, was this time not becalmed iqion the waves, and President Meindie, aided by Amos Gard and Howard Brownell, success fully guided it into port, and the gates that swing inward at Castle Garden will con tinue to creak upon their hinges. The Twilights were the challenged party and were naturally allowed their choice of wea pons, but were in the long run obliged to haul down their American colors. We, MEN'S STRAW HATS Carlton & Hester -Plamoud. JT -r T is :. ' ' :r Crescent Wedges (warranted.) B A S Proof Chains. Arcade Files. Rope. CvAxuv imp Loggers and Wood Choppers Specialties. ' Oregon City Agent, however, feel good will tow ard our oppo nents, the eloquent Franklins, for their patron saint was and is an honored Ameri can. The Judges were Messrs. Will Moore, Ilankinsaud Jones. Vice President Isaliel McArthur presided. The program was very nice, although seve ral of the numbers were lacking on account of unforeseen circumstances. Cbas. Ru therford rendered a piccolo solo so pleas ingly that he was called back. There was also a male quartette; reading by Messrs. McKenzie and Haines; recitations by the Misses Maude Kidder, l.orena Larelle, Alice McArthur, lllance McCord ami Agues McArthur. Miss Miua Jochuke was also among the number, hut ow ing to overwork in the school room and sickness she was not at her best as an elocutionist. Her friends sympathized, however. Miss Nettie McCord read a paper treating of the games, arts, etc, of the ancient Grecians. Miss Annie McCormack honored the audience by reading an essav, " The Fairy Wand ol Science." which she read at her graduation from the Portland high school, February, 18W. The style of composition is eminently simple and pensive which renders it beauti ful in its very simplicity. Vox Humania. FROM BARLOW. The New Creamery Plant will Operate on Monday. Harlow, May 15, The farmers are very bu-y training their hops and planting pota toes. Both fall and spring grain look fine, a id the weather so far gives promise of a large yield, The stockholders of the Farmers' Cream ery Association met in (heir building last Saturday and transacted business. The ma- ., . . . .. ., , chinery is now being put in, and It is ex- pected to start making butter hv Monday. Quite an interest is manifested in this en-' fritriuA a i,l all t . 1, I.. I ntiu mil a,,cai W .VIA 111 HUT- mony. The building is a creditable struc ture for anyplace, and its equipments are first class and of the latest Improved. Several new comers have landed here from the East in the last two weeks, having j sold out their property there, and are now looking around for investments in real estate. They express themselves as being pleased with climate and soil, and report many others soon to follow. The entertainment and social dance given under the auspices of Barlow Grange No. 202 on last Saturday night In Columbia hall, was well attended, and all seemed to enjoy themselves. A general good feeling wis expressed by alias being well pleased with the pioluctions. In the production of " Paddle vour Own Canoe" it wm ei.. cially notable with Master Tull who took the part of the colored office boy. Hedid his part splendidly and with ease. All rei -1 dered their respective parts as well as could : be expected by amateurs. ; The ZigularBros. have made quite exten- i slve improvements on Oakley Heights. ' They have beautified the graunds and grove and are busily at work putting up a dance i platform and making other improvements. The location is a beautiful one with plenty of fine, sparkling spring water, and com mands a beautiful and picturesque scenic effect. Or. Price's Cream Baking Powder World's Fair Highest Award. 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