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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1906.
8PRINGWATER.
Died, at hla home, December 29,
1905, Al. Cary; funeral at Springwater
Church December 31st, under the aus
pices of Rev. Blair. The deceased
was an energetic business man and
farmer. He will be missed In this
vicinity.
The good he tried to do
May stand as It were done,
God finishes the work
By tentive souls begun.
Mr. Cary was born in New York
state, 38 years ago, he came to Port
land, 19 years ago. Mr. Cary had his
life insured a few weeks ago for J3,
000 which will be a good thing for his
family. The deceased leaves a wife,
lather, mother and one brother, in
New York.
Miss Ova Marns, of Mt Pleasant, is
ylsitlng relatives and friends In Spring
water. The Y. P.. S. C. E. had their annual
election Sunday evening with the fol
lowing results: President, George
Gutridge; vice-president, Mrs. Blair;
secretary, Wm. Closner; treasurer,
J. H. Mager.
SHUBEL.
Happy new year to you, Mr. Editor,
and to all your readers.
Mrs. Hettman and Mrs. Klebe visited
Mrs. Emll Staub, of Meadowbrook,
Sunday.
Mrs. Louis Essignee Stelner Is vis
iting her parents for a short time.
Mrs. E. W. Hornschuh visited Mrs.
E. Ginther Sunday afternoon.
A number of young people gathered
at the homes of G. A. Schuebel and E.
W. Hornschuh and celebrated the go
ing out of the old and the coming in
of the new year.
Mrs. Eva Glover of Portland, Is vis
iting friends and relatives during the
holidays. '
David Moehnke our mall carrier,
puts In all spare moments clearing on
his property. He has some lumber al
ready on the place. This looks sus
picious, Dave.
Miss Johanna Massinger is home
on a visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Nielson of Port
land, Misses Elnore, Laura and Hazel
Ginther, took Xmas dinner with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Ginther.
The Socialist lectures given in the
Shubel school house Thursday and
Friday night, were well attended.
Mrs. Wm. Gither visited with Mrs.
C. Hornschuh today.
G. A. Schuebel, Luke Duffy, and Al
bert Stuedeman spent a pleasant even
ing at the home of Robert Ginther last
Wednesday.
Misses Carrie and Laura Shubel, of
Portland, spent Xmas at home with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. A.
Shubel.
1906
Start Right
Use Electric Light
BEGIN THE NEW YEAR-AT THE NEW RATE
The 25 per cent redaction in rates for ELECTRIC
LIGHTING puts this only modern method of illumi
nation with all its benefits all its conveniences
ail its economies; within the means oi, every house
holder, every storekeeper -EVERYBODY.
No home is really UP-TO-DATE in its furnish
ing if it be not electrically equipped. The numerous
electrical conveniences such as electric flat-irons, chaf
ing dishes, tea and coffeepots, heating pads, nursery
milk warmers, curling irons; and a hundred other
electrical devices, save TIME, STRENGTH and
MONEY for the busy housewife. The cost to operate
these electrical conveniences is so small as to be trifling.
IN THE STORE Electric service offers the solu
tion Qf every lighting problem. THE LIFE OF
TRADE IS ELECTRIC LIGHT-and trade follows
THE LIGHT.
ELECTRIC SIGNS SELL GOODS, Ihey burn
the name into the public mind.
I ELECTRICITY FOR YOUR EVERY-DAY NEEDS
ESTIMATES
On cost of wiring, cost of current and information re
garding the use of electricity for light or power
promptly furnished upon application to C. G. Miller
at the Company's branch office, next door to the Bank
of Oregon City.
PORTLAND GENERAL
ELECTRIC COMPANY
C. G. Miller Contract Manager for Oregon City.
ton; clover $9; oat, $9; mixed hay $9.
cheat, $8.50.
Millstuffs Bran $19.60 per ton;
shorts, $20.50 per ton; chop $18.00 per
ton; barley rolled $25.50 per ton.
Potatoes 6575c per hundred.
Eggs Oregon 32(835c per dozen,
market strong.
Butter Ranch, 4550; separator 50
to 55; creamery, 6570.
Rutabegas, Carrots, Turnips, Par
snips and Beets 60c per sack.
Good Apples Choice $1.00.
Honey ll12c per lb.
Prunes (dried) Petite, 3c per tt;
Italian, large, 6c per lb ; medium, 3c;
Silver, 4c
Dried Apples Sun Dried, quartered,
4c lb; sliced, 6c; fancy bleached,
7c
Dressed Chickens 12c ID.
Live Stock and Dressed Meats
Beef, live $2.5O$3.00 per hundred.
Hogs, live, 5c; dressed, 7c; sheep, $3
$4 per head; dressed, 7c; veal dress
ed 7c; lambs, live, $2.002.50 per
head. ,
Mr. Charley Heskett, of Roseburg,
spent New Years with his cousin, E.
V. Heskett and family at Mt Pleasant
J. B. Mitts, a prominent farmer of
Macksburg, was in the city Wednes
day. WANTED: by Chicago wholesale and
mail order house, assistant manager
(man or woman) for this county and
adjoining territory. Salary $20 and
expenses paid weekly; expense money
advanced. Work pleasant; "position
permanent. No investment or experi
ence required. Write at once for full
particulars and enclose self-addressed
envelope. COOPER & CO.,
132 Lake St., Chicago, 111.
OREGON CITY MARKET REPORT.
(Corrected Weekly.)
Wheat No. 1, 67 73c per bu.
Flour Valley, $4.25 per bbl. Hard
wheat $4.90, Portland, $1.10 per sack.
Howard's Best, $1.25 per sack.
Oats In sacks, $1.15 per cental.
Hay Timothy, baled $11$12 per
Fi-rry-B Seeds are beet became K
m'lKeeiui years naTe neen ipenc in
their derelopment half a century
ui expert care in uuuunf wem
uperior to all other. .
i, v bio BptKimw ill itiuwiiig;
uuwrr aim TCKeiaiue efleaa.
ivva eeea Aaaual iree.
0. M. FERRY t CO.,
Detroit,
.Mich,.
1906
TAX LEVY MADE
COUNTY COURT FIXE8 SAME AT
18 MILL8.
Only $35,970 To Be Raised for Gene
ral County Purposes,
The Clackamas. County Court yes
terday made the annual tax levy of 18
mills as against 20 mills last year.
This levy was this year made to
cover expenses estimated at
$217,276.30 as against $223,061.26 for
last year.
The 18 mill levy is apportioned a
mong the different funds as follows::
School tax 5.1 mills
County school libraries 01 mills
Road tax 3. mills
Bridge 3. mills
State 2.3 mills
General county purposes. . .3. mills
Payment Interest on In
debtedness 5 mills
Payment County in
debtedness 1. mill
Clackamas County will this year
pay a state tax of only $20,937.50
as against $34,337.50 for last year.
The various expense Items on
which this year's tax levy of 18 mills
is made are as follows:
State tax $ 20,937.50
School 49,038.00
General county purposes.. 35,970.00
Bridges 1 28,000.00
Roads 28,000.00
Interest on outstand
ing warrants 4,000.00
Payment on outstand
ing warrants 10,000.00
Rebate of taxes 4,400.00
Total $217,276.30
EXECUTOR'S FINAL NOTICE.
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon, for the County of Clacka
mas. In the matter of the estate of Eliza
beth Wilson, deceased.
Notice Is hereby given that the un
dersigned executor of the estate of ;
Elizabeth Wilson, deceased, has filed ,
in the County Court, of Clackamas '
County, State of Oregon, his final
account as such executor of said es
tate, and that Monday, the 5th day of
February, 1906 at the hour of 10 ;
o'clock A. M. has been fixed by said -
court as the time for hearing objec
tions to said report and the settlement
thereof.
Frank P. Wilson,
Executor of the estate of Elizabeth
' WilBon deceased.
Dated this 4th day of January, 1906.
Uren & Schubel, Attorneys for Ex-;
SHRINES IN MOROCCO
Way some People Look Vpoa Then
With Sgaplelon.
A traveler says that Christians In Mo
rocco look with suspicion ou the
shrines of Mohammedan saints In that
country, lie tell (hi; following story:
"Once upon u time a boy was traveling
through the country, un.l as night came
on lit found himself near a white
washed tomb. Knocking at the door of
the shrine, ha asked for a nieal and a
bed. When the next day dawned he
was about to continue bis journey, but
the keeper of the shrine besought him
to remain in order to help him keep
the shrine and collect the offerings of
the faithful. The youth said that he
must tiv.it consult ills parents, and the
elder man bade hlni take his ass and
seek advice of his parents and return.
The boy took the ass and rode away,
but lie had not accomplished half the
journey before the ass fell sick and
died. Then the boy knew not what to
do nor whore to turn. But when he
had considered the circumstances of
his case a brilliant Idea flashed Into his
miiul.
"Having dug a pit and cast the ass
therein, he piled great stoues over it,
whitening them with lime, and set a
white flag above, saying to ail who
passed by, 'This Is the tomb of St. So-and-so.'
Then worshipers came from
every side, alms were poured in and
offerings showered upon him. The
keeper of the former shrine lost his
customers and came to visit the new
saint. He when the crowd had gone
approached the young shrine keeper.
T ask thee by Allah,' said the old man,
'who Is this saint of thine and what
manner of thing is burled here?
" 'I will not deceive thee, but will tell
thee the truth, returned the youth.
'My saint who Is burled here Is none
other than thy beast, even the carcass
of thine own ass. And now, pray, who
Is thy saint and who In truth Is burled
In the shrine thou kocpestT 'I will not
deceive thee, but will tell thee the
truth,' replied the old man. 'My saint
Is the father of thy saint.' "
POINTED PARAGRAPHS. '
We all make too much of our diffi
culties. Few mysteries are as inexplicable as
the one of how some people live.
When a man bragi about himself It is
a sign other people don't brag about
him.
A mistake many men make is being
a cat and Imagining themselves popu
lar with the mice.
A man discovers that his wife is get
ting old looking ten years before he,
makes the discovery about himself. j
If some people would work hard and
earn $10,000 some one would walk up ,
and, taking it away from them, tell
them they had no business with that
much money.
The trouble is that, wbeu a man Is
told be looks ten years younger than
he is, even that leaves him ten or twen
ty years older than he wants to be.
Atchison Ololw.
BIGHT HANDED FOLKS
WHY ARE THEY SO VERY LARGELY IN
THE MAJORITY!
There Are Two Factor In the Prob
lem, an Inherited Tendency and
Conatant Prartlve The Origin el
the Innate PrncllTlty.
That the great majority of persons
tiso the right hand with greater skill
than the left is doubtless duo to two
influences an Innate proclivity and
constant practice.. The preference
shown by most infants at the ago of
one year for the use of the right hand
proves that there is an tuherlted tend
ency. Further evidence of It Is fouud
In the greater ease with which any en
tirely new act Is performed by the right
than by the left hand. Training, how
ever, is an Important factor. A mature
person, having lost the right hand by
accident, can achieve wonders with
the other if he ouly exercises patience,
perseverance and a strong will.
The more mysterious of the two fac
tors In this problem is the inborn tend
ency. How dli it arise? There are
exceptions to the rule. , Perhaps two
out of every hundred babies are left
handed. But when you stop to think of
It the natural inclination of the other
ninety-eight is remarkable. A great
many physiologists have speculated In
regard to Its cause without reaching
any conclusion upon which all could
agree.
Dr. George M. Gould says in the
Popular Science Monthly that right
handedness Is so thoroughly Ingratiat
ed In human nature that it must have
been partially developed In the savage
ancestors of the race. Primitive man,
in his opinion, must have felt a definite
need for the exercise of his right hand
in preference to his left, and that ne
cessity must have been recognized and
obeyed for long period continuously.
The impulse could not well have dic
tated his habits In eating, for knives
and forks are of recent origin, the
modern gun had not been Invented,
and writing was practically unknown.
Moreover, In such operations as chip
ping arrowheads, weaving baskets and
wielding clubs, bows and arrows It
could not have mattered much which
hand was employed.
When warfare had been carried to
such a stage of advancement as to in
volve the use of a shield, however, that
object was probably held on the left
side In order to protect the heart. Then
as a matter of convenience the right
arm was left free for the more active
function of fighting with spear and
sword, and with habitual exercise
came special skill. An attendant phe
nomenon was a finer organization of
that particular center in the brain
which controlled these movements and
which was situated In the left half of
the organ. The brain is the real seat of
all dexterity, and something takes
place there in correspondence with ex
ternal efficiency. With an Increased
use of the right hand, Dr. Gould thinks,
there must have been greater demands
upon the right eye, because vision must
precede the order to strike or to give
peaceful signals. In this way there
may have been developed a keener
power of vision In the right eye than li
the left. Dr. Gould assumes that there
was and declares that "right handed
people are right eyed" and that In their
brains the center of vision Is on the
left side, In close proximity to that gov
erning the right arm.
While civilization was yet at a low
level communication was carried on,
especially with strangers, largely in
the sign language. Barter laid the
foundations of arithmetic and called In
to play the digits. The preference al
ready given to the right hand in battle
may have guided men In the choice for
this service and also In official and so
cial ceremonies. Computation. Dr.
Gould points out, was an Intellectual
process which was conducted in the
speech center of the brain. Nature was
compelled to take sides In locating the
latter, and she placed it to the left of
the middle. Dr. Gould thinks that the
choice was governed by the employ
ment of the right hand for giving sig
nals. So Intimately related are the
functions of speech and vision and
the control of the muscular efforts with
the right arm that action would be
quicker If the cerebral centers control
ling them were closely associated.
Before discussing the cause of left
handedness Dr. Gould calls attention to
the fact that with right handed people
the left hand is occasionally called up
on to perform a task of greater impor
tance than Its mate. In eating the
fork is used more than the knife. In
playing a violin or violoncello the fin
gering is done with the left hand and
the bowing with the right. It Is sug
gested that some of these operations
may result from the superiority of the
right eye. Perhaps the latter can watch
and guide them better when they are
performed with the left than with the
right hand.
Left handedness Is considered by Dr.
Gould an Inheritance from ancestors,
savage or civilized, who were obliged
by some misfortune to abandon the use
of the right hand. An even more Influ
ential injury, he thinks, would have
been as to the right eye. With the cul
tivation of uklll with the left hand, he
believes, there followed a thmge In
the organization of the brain. Owing
to disease the center, which had for
merly controlled action, lost Its vigor
and that cm the opposite side acquired
Increased power. Dr. Gould says that
the speech center was also transferred
from the left side to the right of the
brain in consequence. In the transmis
sion of the cerebral peculiarity to off
spring he finds tile key to the manifes
tation of left handedness at a tendei
age. New York Tribune.
Experience is a jewel, and it need bo ,
so. for It !s often purchased at an Ir.rl- j
nate rate. Shakespeare.
GORGEOUS ATTIRE.
Dreaa of a Llrerpool Maraaaat la
the Eighteenth. Century.
The Liverpool merchant In the lattei
half of the eighteenth century must
Lave presented a by no means unpleas
lug appearance. He dressed, as a rule,
we are Informed, In a suit of one color,
usually light or of a snuffy shade. The
cut of his ordinary coat resembled that
of a court dress coat, with standup
collar and gilt, silvered, twist or basket
buttons. Ills waistcoat was very long,
with large "flaps," containing flapped
pockets, these often decorated with
buttons. Ills breeches, being short,
were ornamented at the knees with
buckles of gold, sliver or stone, kept
In countenanco by large gold, sliver or
gilt buckles on his shoes, his legs being
bosed, as a rule, In silk, plain, striped
or ribbed. Rudlcs at bis wrist and a
white stock about his throat were an
almost Invariable accompaniment, and
ou his bead a cocked hat, pointed in
front and higher at the back than the
sides, over hair dressed Into large
"cannon" curls on each side of his face,
with a cue hanging behind, or it might
be over a "tie," "cauliflower" or
"brown bob" wig. Thus, with stick or
umbrella, rendered remarkable by rea
son of Its head of gold, silver, amber
or ebony, would he wend his way to
"town." In "full dress" he inuBt have
even more attractively looked the mer
chant "prince" In his waistcoat of silk,
satin or velvet rich In color and design,
with long flaps elaborately embroid
ered, silk breeches and silk hose, with
conspicuous knee and shoe buckles. If
he ou occasion dined with the mayor
he might receive an engraved Invita
tion card similar to the following, di
rected to Mr. Leece In 1770: "Mr. May
or presents his compliments to Mr.
Leece, begs the favor of his company
on Sunday next to dinner, at 1 o'clock,
at "the Exchange. An answer Is de
sired, 12th July, '7(1."
BUNDLE BEARERS.
A Role That City Men Are Not Now
Inclined to Play.
There was a time, remembered easily
by many, when the tender husband did
not shrink from carrying home mate
rials for his dinner. Men of learning in
those simpler days grasped the eel of
commerce, as the eel of science, by the
tall. The statesman with Jovian brow
and blue coat with brass buttons was
very human with a dried codfish
wrapped carelessly in brown paper un
der his eloquent arm. To see a highly
respectable citizen with a demijohn
was a cheering sight. Nor was it be
neath the dignity of a painful preacher
of the word of God to carry a pair of
trousers to the tailor when the rent
was beyond the skill of domestic in
genuity. The present civilization may be real
or chromo; this at least is certain the
age of carrying bundles is gone so far
as city men are concerned, although no
Burke has celebrated In sonorous prose
its passing. The man protests against
the burden of a can of peas, a Jar of
marmalade, his wife's bank book. The
youth Insists that the two or three col
lars bought to bridge him over the
weekly coming of the laundryman shall
be sent home. The schoolboy, however
bis mother may coax or threaten, sulks
at the thought of a bundle, for he fears
the ridicule of snobbishly trained com
panions. The bundle is avoided, not respected,
as it was by the great Napoleon. Dem
ocratic simplicity is found only in tra
dition and in De Tocqueville's book. It
Is not surprising that the bundle should
be spurned; that a fashionable mother
may not be able to support the weight
of her own baby in the street. Boston
Herald.
A Raft of Coeoaanta.
A curious picture in the Far Eastern
Review, Manila, shows several cocoa
nut rafts In a still lagoon, apparently
ready to go to market The cocoanuts
are much lighter than water. They are
simply thrown In by the thousand and
then roped together by long strands of
bark fiber into circular groups about
twenty feet across, all the cocoanuts
lying side by side. A single native
boat can tow a number of these odd
rafts down a sluggish stream where no
road could be found for ordinary trans
It to a steamer wharf. Cocoanuts thus
rafted will bear quite a bit of wind
and rough water without being scat
tered. Don't XV aate.
Let nothing be wasted or lost. Us
ing well or wasting the fragments of
time, of opportunity, the nooks and cor
ners of life, makes all the difference be
tween success and failure. This Is espe
cially true of spiritual work. Often the
j best results are gained from the use of
fragments of our business or daily life,
the byproducts of living. Nature says.
"Gather up the fragments." In na
ture's household there Is no waste.
The decay of rocks forms the soil of
plants. The decay of plants forms the
mold In which future plants will grow.
The water dissipated In the air be
comes clouds and rain. Woman's Life.
I
' Near the Dancer Line.
In an account of a recent London
tragedy a slip is made by a cent em-1
porary. It explains that "three doc
tors are In attendance, but the woman 1
Is not yet dead." Not long ago a daily
nearly got Into a libel action by saying
that a patient was "no longer in dan
ger, though Dr. X. is still visiting him."
IiOndon Globe.
Generoaa.
Mrs. Quiverful Tommy, did you give
your little brother the best part ot that
apple, as I told you? Tommy Q.
Tessum; I gave htm th' seeds. He can
plant 'em an' have a whole orchard.
Cleveland Leader.
To give pain is tyranny; to make hap
py, the true empire of beauty. Steele.
CATHERINE THE GREAT.
An- Odd Woman Waa Tola Emprea
f the Rvaelana.
A recent writer says of Catherine the
Great, empress of Russia from the
year 171)2 to 1700:
"She rose at 0 and lit her own fire.
Her table was Ideally simple. From
the reproach of overeating and over
drinking she was free. Though he
could not slug a note, she and Prince
Dashkoff, who could sing no better, oc
casionally performed In a concert. A
sudden burst of the most exalted and
ridiculous discordant tones was the
consequence, one seconding the other,
with scientific shrugs and all the sol
emn, self complacent airs and grimaced
of musicians. From this perhaps she!
passed to a cat concert and Imitated
the purring of a cat In the most droll
and ludicrous manner, always taking
care to add appropriate, half comic,
half sentimental words, which she In
vented for the occasion, or else, spitting
like a cat In a passion, with her back
up, she suddenly boxed the first person
in her way, making up her band into a
paw and mewing outrageously."
When playing whist one night Gather
ine could not get her page to answer!
the bell. "After she bad rung twice,
again without effect, she left the room.
looking daggers, and did not reappear
for a considerable time. Tho company
supposed that the unfortunate page
was destined to Siberia or at least the
knout. As a matter of fact, Catherine
on entering the antechamber found the
page, like his betters, busy at whist.
"When the bell rang he happened to
hive so Interesting a hand that he
could not make up bis mind to quit it.
Now, what did the empress do? She
dispatched the page on her errand and
then quietly sat down to hold his cards
until ho should return."
THE AGRA DIAMOND.
Odd Manner In Which It Waa lai.
B-Ied Ont of India.
Like many other diamonds, the Agra
diamond has bad adventures. It gets
its name from the fact that it was tak
en at the battle of Agra In 1520 by the
Emperor Baber, who was the founder
of the Mogul empire in India. The
Marquis of Douegall was in Agra In
1857, when the diamond was taken
fr6m the klr.g of Delhi. Donegall was
at the time engaged as secretary and
belonged to the same regiment as the
young officer who obtained possession
of the diamond. It was resolved
among them to smuggle it home to
England rather than give It up and to
share In the loot money. Tbe question
arose how were they to get it home.
No one seemed able to hit upon a
method that would be likely to meet
with success until the last evening pre
vious to the departure of the regiment.
During the course of dinner the youn
gest subaltern suddenly Jumped up and
said: "I have It. We will conceal the
diamond in a horse hall and make the
horse swallow It." This met with gen
eral approbation, a ball was secured,
the Inside scooped out, the diamond in
serted, the end stopped up and the
horse made to swallow it.
When the regiment reached the port
of embarkation the horse was taken
ill and had to be shot. The diamond
was taken from his stomach and
brought over to England. It was sub
sequently sold to the Duke of Bruns
wick, and since then it has been recut
from a forty -six carat stone to thirty
one and a half carats In order to get
rid of the black spots in it, and It la
the most perfect and brilliant diamond
of a rose pink color.
Andrew Johnaon'a Writing.
The lettors of President Taylor are
rare, but perhaps those of Andrew
Johnson are the rarest, as he did but
little of his own writing. Ills son
conducted most of his correspondence
and signed his father's name to the
letters. It Is related that one reason
why President Johnson wrote so little
was owing to an accident which hap
pened to him when he was working at
his trade as tailor. One day a tailor's
heavy iron goose fell on his arm, so
injuring that member that he found it
extremely difficult to Indulge In pen
manship thereafter, Andrew Johnson
was the poorest writer among the
presidents as well as the rarest. His
handwriting was very much of a
scrawl and can scarcely be deciphered
by the average reader.
Natural Croaa of Pearla,
Some curious things have been found
In the briny deep, but one of the odd
est Is an ecclesiastical emblem made
of pearls which was washed ashore on
the coast pf West Australia. There are
nine good sized gems in this natural
curiosity. These have been Joined to
gether to form a perfect Latin cross.
Seven pearls of equal size comprise the
upright and two more form the trans
verse piece. The joining has been the
woric or nature. The odd nrize. dls
covered In a pearl oyster, is said to bd
worth at least $!0,000. It is called thd
Great Southern Cross pearl.
Both.
Bass And of which variety Is your
wife, the clinging vine or the self .
sertlve? Cass-A little of both. When
she wants a new dress or a new hat
he generally begins in the clinging
vine role. If that doesn't bring the
money, then she changes to the self as
sertive, and-well, sbe Invariably get
the dress or the hat.
I Oppoaltea.
' "Why does he wish to marry nerr
"He says people should marry their
opposite."
"Why, they are both dark."
"Yes, but he hasn't a cent, and she
has a million dollors."-Pittsburf Poet.
I If you get angry with a man or wo
man, make up your mind what you
going to say and then don't say it