OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1906. 5 ...Short Sidehead Stories... I TERSELY-TOLD TALES OF THE WEEK'S DOINOS. ' "The Gentleman from Malheur." Frank C. Brown, formerly of this( city where he has friends by the score, writes the Enterprise that he is a candidate for the Republican nomina tion for Joint Representative from Malhuer and Harney counties. Frank is a genuine hustler and his many ination which is equivalent to an election. Nichols-Vaughn Wedding City Recorder W. A. Dimick offic iated last Thursday evening at the marriage of James Nicholls, of this city ,and Miss Addie Bell "Vaughn, also of this county. Mr. Nicholls is an employe in the paper mills and has many friends in this city who wish himself and bride much happiness in the relations that have been formed. More Domestic Infelicity Albert E. Kessler is suing Eva Kessler for divorce on the grounds of desertion. The parties were married at Portland in 1903 and the separation complained of took place in December 1904. Cora E. Stewart is plaintiff in another divorce suit filed this week, the plaintiff being Louis Stewart, who is charged with desertion at Portland in February, 1903. The marriage took place at Vancouver, Washington, in 1891. Plaintiff asks for the custody of the youngest of three minor children. Ladies' Aid Society Entertained 1 Last Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Dye entertained the members of the Ladies' Aid Society and members of the First Congreational church at their home which was elaborately decorated in Oregon grape. An in teresting program of vocal and instru mental music was supplemented by reminiscences from a number; of the guests. Refreshments were served by the ladies who took a free will offering to assist them in their work. A FAMOUS REMEDY Land Dispute in the Court Trouble between the Wolfer and Ritter families of the Needy country over the possession of certain real estate culminated this week when Samuel Wolfer brought a suit to quiet title to the premises, the defendant being J. D. Ritter. Wolfer alleges that for twenty years he had been in notorious possession of the land until a year ago when Ritter took charge of the same and wrongfully retains possession thereof. Wolfer asks for the possession of the -property and $300 damages. Estacada is on the Map Superintendent of Schools Zinser has discovered that there 4s such a place in Clackamas county as Estaca da, and Tuesday he swooped down on the city and visited the schools. It was Mr. Zinser's first visit here since the school has been established and he was very agreeably supnsed to see such excellent conditions prevail ing in our schools, and in the growth of the place. Some selfish people might think from this that we could get along very nicely without such an officer, but there are other duties than visiting schools connected with the office. News. Miss Conyers in the East Miss Mary E. Conyers, of Portland, Oregon, who visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Tower, possesses a voice of rare sweetness. On Sunday evening she sang a solo at the Method ist church "Face to Face" by John son. The song was nigniy appreciates and the friends of this lady were sorry they could not be able to hear T enred MY concrh with German Syrop I" He wrote to Dr. G. G. Green ; "An1 as true as I toll you. doctor dear, I'm feeiin' fiuer than ever I've been ! The poor consumptive should not be the victim of experiment, as he often is, but the moment the dread disease mani fests its presence he should be given Bo schee's German Syrup a pure, non-alcoholic medicine that is made specially for the cure of consumption, and has a world wide fame as a certain remedy for Catarrh, colds, coughs, croup, sore throat and all bronchial affections in old and young. It is sold in all civilized countries, and has been famous as a consumption cure for almost half a century. Trial bottle, 25c. B'g bottle, 75c. At all druggists throughout the world. . Char man & Co., City Drug Store He' then came to Forest Grove as pastor of the Baptist church but iur 1874 was stricken with paralysis and lingered until his death in 1 88 It Seven children were born to them, of whom five are yet living, viz: Mrs. S C. Roberts of this city, Mrs. W. Lair Hill and Mrs. J. C. Clark, of Eerkeley, California, ' Doctor K. K. Cnandler, of Ottawa, Kansas, Univer sity, and A. C. Chandler, of Newport, 'ihe latter was the only one of the absent children. who could reach here in time for the funeral. Grandma Chandler was a very Intelligent and public spirited woman and all be" life had been active in every work for the trance of her good works and coun sels will long be a precious heritage to her descendants.-Forest Grove Times," January 25 . CLACKAMAS COUNTY COURT. Business Transacted at . Regular Jan- s- uary Term. THE PERFECT WAY. with most interest and pleasure dur ing the last twelve months . The story is contributed by William O. McGeehan; it is one of the most origi- her give an evening's program. Miss 1d.strl1ng.of tbe author's stories Will Unite to Elect County Commis sioner The eastern portion of Clackamas county is going to join forces and elect a county commissioner at the next election. The people in the various districts are to hold meetings this week and name two each of their number to meet later and decide on a person to support for the office. If a candidate can be decided on who will be entirely satisfactory to all districts and one whom we will all support then his election will be as sured. The meeting for Estacada will be held next Saturday of this week at 2 p. m. Estacada News. Conyer's mother's name before her marriage was Miss Anna J. Brown and was well known to many of our citi zens. Miss Conyers left on Monday with her cousin, Miss Emma Tower, for Chicago to visit for the week and will then leave for New York to fur ther perfect her musical education. Mendota, 111., Sun. Many Interesting Things The Argonaut for January 27, 1906, is replete with articles of interest to readers of every taste. He who is watching the march of events in the Orient, since the close of the war, Grandma Chandler Gone Mrs. Persys W. Chandler died at her home in this city Tuesday even ing, aged 91 years, 2 months and 12 days. Funeral is being held this after noon from the Methodist church, con ducted by Rev. A. J. Hunsaker, of McMinnville, . assisted by the local clergy. Grandma Chandler was one of the very oldest people in the city. She was born in Chester, .Vermont, November 11, 1814. Her maiden name was Heald. On September 5. 18J8. will be interested in Robert W. j she was married to Rev. George C. Ritchie's important article on "Man-! Chandler and soon after -moved to churia's 'Open Door.' " Mr. Ritchie Franklin, Indiana, where Mr. Chandler shows conclusively that the fourteen served as president of Franklin Manchurian cities which have been College for eight years. In 1851 they "opened" are inaccessible to foreign . crossed the plains by ox team and trade by land and sea. Jerome A. settled at Oregon City where Mr. Hart writes on the freight blockade at Chandler was engaged in teaching and the Isthmus of Panama in a style preaching until 1858 when they went befittingly humorous and trenchant, to McMinnville wher he became first California writers" tell the Argonaut president of McMinnville college, con readers what two books they read tinuing in that position until 1S72. HIS MASTERS Scores of Oregon City Citizens Have Learned It. If you suffer from backache, There is only one way to cure It The perfect way is to cure the kid neys. Neglect it, urinary troubles follow. Doan's Kidney Pills are made for the kidneys only. ; Lee W. Mohr, of Clackamas, Clack amas Co.. Ore., writes: "I have used four boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills and they have cured me of kidney and bladder trouble from which I have suffered for fifty years. I used to suffer from severe pain in my back through the loins and that trouble has now .disappeared. The kidney secre tions were irregular and too frequent, now they act in the proper manner." Plenty more proof like this from Oregon City people. Call at Huntley Bros." drug store and ask what his customers report. For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's and take no other. ALL SICK WOMEN; SHOULD READ MRS. FOX'S LETTER Is no longer a mere novelty like the old style talking machine. It is seriously recognized by music lovers as a musical instrument of great merit, reproducing all the beautiful quality of the original. Prices of Machines, $1 7.50, $20, $25, $35, $45 and $65. Reduced prices on Records, 7-in. 35c, 1 0 in. 60c, I 2-in. $ 1 .00. THE SUFFERING OF VALLEY FORGE WAS IT WORTH WHILE? Among the various questions that have been asked of. modernity there has been none more striking and searching than those in an article entitled "Valley Forge Then and Now" by Bailey Millard in the February number of the Cosmopolitan ' Maga zine. The author happened to be sightseeing on the historic spot where Washington and his troops spent that terrible winter, when the question of why all this suffering took place oc curred to him as a modern ' right minded man. The more he thought and brooded over the blood-laden ground the more poignant grew the question. Was it in order that-America should be as it is with all its hid eous social wrong, that those agonies and bloody sweats were endured. Fi nally the visitor put down on paper his meditations "quite simply, but with the vision of a seer and a poet. Here is a brief selection from them: "The pity of it all comes home to me here as I stand on this 'cold, bleak hill' the pity of this nakedness and distress. Here I see grim-faced men who, for want of blankets, sit up all night by fires; I see thousands of sick men crowding hospitals that are, for the niost part, mere log huts or frail wigwams of twisted boughs. I see them dying for want of straw to put between themselves and the frozen ground on which they lie. All this I see through the snow-mist and the black-trunked trees, not, as it were, 'only yesterday,' but today - and now. "What were the ideals of these men of Valley Forge? Were they fighting for a system of government that would in its actual working out, foster and protect vast combinations of capital to prey upon their own progeny the get of their own no less valorous wives and their sons' wives, and of those to come after them? " 'Some brigades,' says Fiske, 'were days without meat. For days together the army was without bread.' "Did these men starve in order that, within this little cycle, that glor ious republic for which they hungered more than for bread might be seized by a few unscrupulous opportunists, representing all that is worst in any social or national life; that they might usurp all prerogative and openly and secretly buy and sell the manhood of the nation? "Looking down the cold, dismal height, I see them still. Ah those bare foot patriots in the snow! Do yonder trust-owning, flunkey-attended volup tuaries, smoking their costly cigars in their private cars do their luxury enfeebled women, with their milk-bath jo UHsejp J3A3 'sjiquq ouSBdmeqo pu them ? If even for one fleeting moment if for the time of the falling-of one of these flakes upon this sacred ground they should think of them, how must they droop their heads f "Among the trees the darkness is falling with the snow.. Night is clos ing down. The wintry bitterness is deepening. Now the barefoot men lignt tneir camp Hires anew auu uuu-ii die about them, turning first thei breasts and then their half-clad backs to the feeble flames from the steaming green wood. - "But over there, apart, alone, Peter Patriae is still praying in the snow." Be It remembered, That at a regu lar term of the County Court of Clack amas County held in the Court House in Oregon City, for the purpose of transacting county business in Jan uary the same being the time fixed by law for holding a regular term of said court, present Hon. Thos. F. Ryan, county Judge, presiding; T. -B. Killin and Wm. Brobst, Commission ers, when the following proceedings were had, to-wit: '' In the? matter of t.TiA estimate of amount to be raised for expenses of ' county upon tax roll of 1905; It appearing that the amount due from the county under the law for state, agricultural purposes amount to $20,937.50. That the amount required by law to be levied for general school purposes is $6 for each of the school children of the county, which number is 8137 which requires the sum of $49,038.00; that law further requires the levying of a school library tax for the benefit of libraries of the several school districts which, requires the sum of $960.80; and it further appear ing that it is for the best interests of the roads that at least $28,000 should be raised; that it will be necessary to construct several bridges, and this and the repairs to, bridges and trestles will require about the sum of $28,000.00; and it further appearing that it will be necessary to raise for general county purposes as shown by the fol lowing itemized list the sum of $35, 970.00: Expenses Circuit Court $3,500.00 Salary Circuit. Court Judge.. 250.00 Justice of the Peace ........ 1,500.00 County Court and Commission ers 1,500.00 Expenses of Jail 500.00 Care of Paupers 3,000.00 Expenses Primary Election.. 3,100.00 Expenses General Election.. 2,300.00 Advertising County Resources 500.00 Expenses Sheriff's Office.... 4,000.00 Expenses Clerk's Office 3,000.00 Expenses Recorder's Office . . 2,500.00 Expenses of Assessor's Office 2,500.00 Expenses of Supt. of Schools 1,500.00 Expenses Treasurer's Office 1,180.00 Expenses of Surveyor and Road Surveys 1,000.00 Expenses of Coroner's Office 500.00 Board of Health ..... 500.00 Fruit Inspector 150.00 Insane examinations 100.00- Indigent soldier 200.00 In All Parts of the United States L,ydl E. Pinlrfciam'B- Vegetable Compound! Eos Effected. Similar Oures. - Many wonderful cures of female ilia . are continually coming to light which,', have been brought about by Lydia EJ Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and i Repairs to Court House , Expenses uourtnouse 300.00 250.00 Salary of Janitor . . . s 720.00 Printing and advertising Bodks, stationery, etc 700.00 700.00 $35,970.00 To which should be added: County School $ 49,038.00 School Library Tax 960.80 State tax and- Agricultural tax i 20,937.50 Roads and Highways 28,000.00 Bridges and Repairs 28,000.00 Rebate on taxes .... 4,400.00 Interest outstanding war rants ............ . . 4,000.00 Indebtedness of county 10,000.00 $181,306.30 In the matter of tax levy for the year 1905, for state, county, county school, agricultural college, county school libraries, roads and bridges. It is hereby ordeder that there be and there is levied upon each and. ev ery dollar of the taxable property, real and personal and mixed located, situated or being in the county of Clackamas, state of Oregon, on the first day of May, 1905, as shown by the tax roll of 1905, or hereafter found by the sheriff of the county, a tax of eighteen mills. Said levy of eighteen , mills to be divided as follows:. County School Five and one tenth (5.1) County School Libraries One tenth one mill 7. . . . (0.1) Roads Three Mills (3.0) Bridges Three Mills (3.0) State Two and three-tenth... (2.3) County Purposes Three Mills (3.0) Interest on indebtedness one half mill (0.5) County indebtedness One Mill '(1.0) Total Eighteen' Mills. '. (18.0) And the same is hereby ordered ex tended on the tax rolls for the year 1905 for the said county of Clackamas and collected In the manner provided by law. FRIGHTFULLY BURNED. Chas. W. Moore, a . machinist, of Ford City, Pa., had his hand frightful ly burned in an electrical furnace. He applied Bucklen's Arnica Salve with the usual result: a quick and perfect cure. CJreatest nealer on eartn lor Burns, Wounds, Sores, Eczema and Piles. 25c at Howell & Jones, druggists. through the --advice of Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass., which is given to side women absolutely free of charge. The present Mrs. Pinkham has for twenty-five years made a study of the ills of her sex ; she has consulted with and advised thousands of suffering1 women, who to-day owe not only their health but even life to her helpful advice. . Mrs. Fannie D. Fox, of 7 Chestnut Street, Bradford, Pa., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham " I suffered for a long time with female trouble, and finally was told by my physician that I had a tumor. I did not want- to submit to an operation, so wrote you for advice. J received your letter and did as you told me, and to-day I am completely cured. My doctor says the tumor has disap peared, and I am once more a well woman. I believe Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound is the best medicine in the world. " . The testimonials which we are con stantly publishing-from grateful women establish beyond a doubt the power of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound to conquer female diseases. . Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. She asks nothing in return for her advice. It is absolutely free, and to thousands of women has proved to be more precious than gold. : , WEATHER FOR FEBRUARY. The following data, covering a pe riod of 35 years, have been compiled from the Weather Bureau records at Portland, Oregon. They are issued to show the conditions that have pre vailed, during the month in question, for the above period of years, but must not be construed as a forecast of the weather conditions for the com ing month. Month, February for 35 years. TEMPERATURE. Mean or normal temperature 42". The warmest month was that of 1885, with an average of 47. The coldest month was that of 1887 with an average of 32". The highest temperature was 68 on the 28th, 1901, and on the 26th, 1905. t The lowest temperature was 7 on the 5th, 1883, and on the 12th, 1884. The earliest date on, which first killing frost occurred in autumn, Oc tober 13th. - Average date on which first killing frost occurred in autumn, November 18th. Average date on which last killing frost occurred in spring, March 17. The latest date on which last killing frost occurred in spring. May 9th. PRECIPITATION. Average for the month, 5.87 inches. Average number of days with .'01 of an inch or more. 17. The greatest monthly precipitation was 13.36 inches in 1881. The least monthly precipitation was 1.01 inches in 1885. The greatest amount of precipita tion recorded in any 24 hours was 3.81 inches on the 1st and 2d. 1890. The greatest amount of snowfall re corded- in any 24 consecutive hours (record extending to winter of 1884- 85 only) was 8.5 inches on the 3d, 1893. CLOUDS AND WEATHER. Average number of clear days, 4. Partly cloudy days, 8. ; ; Cloudy days, 16. WIND. The prevailing winds have been from the South. The average hourly velocity of the wind is 6 miles. The highest velocity of the wind was 47 miles from the southwest on the 6th, 1894. & An Suspension Bridge Corner The Oregon City Jewelers Death of Minnie Theis. After a brief life filled with sun shine Minnie Theis passed peacefully away January 27, 1906, surrounded by her loved ones at the home of J. M. Hart, near Courtney, with whom she has lived eight nappy years. She was born in Minier ,111., May 27, 1891 and came to Oregon with her foster par ents in March of last year, hoping the mild climate would benefit her. Her mother left her when she was six years old. Besides her father John Theis she leaves two sisters and two brothers, Tom, Emma and John of Minier, 111., and Mrs. Nellie Grater of Mound. Ridge, Kansas. The funeral was . held Monday afternoon at two o'clock from the residence, conducted by Rev. Bollinger, of Oregon City. A quarttete from Oak Grove sang an ap propiate song and six of her girl classmates were pall bearers. Among the beautiful flowers which covered her grave was an anchor from the school and an exceedingly beautiful wreath from the Milwaukie Band. She was laid to rest in the Milwaukie cem etery. ' f THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF OREGON CITY Oregon City, Oregon AUTHORIZED CAPITAL $100,000 D. F. C J LATOURETTE MEYER Transacts ageneral banking business. 9 am. to 4 p. m. President Cashier Open from Prices Reasonable LET US DO YOUr Work Work Guaranteed We do a General Baggage and Transfer Business. Safes,. Pianos and Furniture Moved Office Opposite Masonic Building SlSfm"21 Williams Bros. Transfer Co.