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HOME COMPANY ENTERS
BY MUTUAL FRANCHISE
done, such is the condition attached V
to the franchise. 1 1 A HDAMHPD'C ADIlUiniU
Long-distance connection will be se-( J L
WILL USE POLES OF THE OREGON
CITY AND FARMERS'
. SYSTEM.
SUBSCRIBERS SHARE BENEFITS
Mutuals "Will Secure Long Distance
and Automatic Patrons Will
Have Extensive Conn
try Service.
enter the city under the franchise
rights of the Oregon City and Farm
ers Independent Telephone company.
The name under which the automatic
telephone company enters the city
is the Northwestern , Long Distance
company. '
Poles have I-een erected asfar as
the city limits and are now being un
loaded in preparation for work within
the city limits. By virtue of the
agreement entered into between the
two concerns some time ago, the new
cured by the Clackamas county sub
scribers of the Independent phone as
a result of the agreement. By vir
tue of the fact that the Oregon Cityi
and Farmers' Independent line con
trols the Marquam Mutual, vthe Can-
by Mutual and the Citizen's mutual of
Needy, long distance connection will
be established over almost all the
county as soon as the automatic ser
vice begins operation. Justwhen this
will be is difficult to say on account
of the trouble with the electrical work
ers. Officersof the Independent line
when interviewed Thursday disclaim
ed any interest in the trouble existing
between the Home company and or
ganized labor. Their agreement, en-
corporation will be permitted to use
the Independent line's poles that are , tered iflto some time past, does not
indicate any inclination on their .part
already up, and the Independent line
will be permitted to use whatever poles
the automatic company intends to
The Home Telephone company willRj poles however, cannot proceed 'tin-
til the streets .committee designates
the streets upon which this may be
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The Home Furnisher
The Store
That Saves
You Money
to express sympathy with the corpora
tion or disapproval of the union men's
methods. , They consider the strike
as a matter in which the Home com
pany alone is involved.
E. C. APPERSON SELLS
HOPYARD FOR $12,000
FORMER OREGON CITY RESIDENT
MAKES BIG DEAL IN YAM
HILL COUNTY.
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Goods Sold for Less Than Elsewhere
Ftitnittire, Ranges and Stoves
Carpets, Crockery Granite
ware and Wall Paper
McMinnville, Oct. 31. The biggest
hop deal in this county for some time
is the transfer or tne jmirview nop
farm, which B. C. Apperson has just
' a a r tqaaKo- ftT 419 Ann
About 46 acres are set out In hops.
It is the best kept yard in the county
during the past year. Twenty-five
thousand pounds of this year's hops
were contracted at 20 cents. The
yard is young, the oldest hops having
only been out two years. The drier
and storehouse are both new. and of
the most up-to-date kind.
E. C. Apperson is a former resident
of Oregon City and a nephew of Cap
tain Apperson of Parkplace.
Main and 7th St.
Opp. Suspension Bridge
Battling Nelson has sold 40 acres
of land near Chicago for $12,000 per
acre. He bought the land three
weeks ago for the purpose of estab
lishing training quarters for pugilists.
The transaction netted him clear $16,-000.
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Beautiful landscape picture Size about 6 1-2 inches by 9 1-2 inches
W. A. Holmes will give each customer (only one in a family) who will come and leave his (or
her) address, one. of these calendars as soon as they arrive, which will be about December Is, '06.
The Parkplace Store has enlarged and increased its floor space and stock until you can get nearly
anything you need. Call for what you don't see. I have in transit a large assortment of Christ
mas goods. Be sure to come and see these before buying. .
y Ik s3l ft
Hp ,M
A full line of
en's
and
Young
Men's
Suits
All new sty
les and new
goods, Boys
-Suits. Note
prices on a
few.
Men's Hard Finish-
with silver thread mixed stripe; stripe is nearly
invisible, as, it is made in the weave of the solid
black. You can't beat it any place. .
S1500
Men's Suits
Similar to above but different weave, has a little
more prominent stripe; one of the latest cloths
used for Men's Suits.
S15 00
Men's Separate Pants
All wool goods and very neat and dressy, dark
color.
S300
and gray mixed and Plaids. Soft finish, latest
and gray mixed and Plaids. Soft, latest thing.
S12 00
Men's Wool Suits, Black
Men's Wool Hard Finish
Grey thread mixed, a dandy for the price. You
pay more for the same in the city. "
S12 00
Men's Separate Pants
Heavier goods than above all first-class goods
and for the price you can't buy any better.
S3-50
Also young Men's Separate all wool long Pants.
Boys' Suits from $2.50
tip to $6.00. Some two
piece, some three piece
Boys' separate knee pants.
Wo A- HOLE
PARKPLACE, OREGON.
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" Editor Star: In recent issues of
the Star, considerable has been said
in regard to the Pacific States and
the Home or Autouiai.ro Telephone
companies; also the probable out
come of ' two 'phone companies oper
ating in Oregon City. The old adage"
that "the big fish eat up the little
ones" will be put to the test in this
case. .
"The business men and Doctors"
may organize if they wish and have
only one phone, for that is their privi
lege, but the old moss-back farmers
are already organized through the
various granges.
As it is one of the fundamental
principles of the Grange to oppose
great monopolies no true member of
the order could conscientiously join
forces with the P. S. Co. and I think
I voice the sentiment of the majority
of the Grangers in saying the farmers
generally sympathize with the Home
company.
The P. S. Co. spent considerable
time among the farmers and a consid
erable amount of that time in this
Logan and Stone country, but have
failed to impress the people of the
superiority of their system. The P.
S. Co. did not try to improve its ser
vice until the Home .company be
gan to materialize. I have little sympathy-
for unions, these so-called la
bor organizations which have caused
so much trouble, suffering, etc., by
calling strikes, which also bring suf
fering and distress to innocent ones
not in any way connected with them.
Where does all the money come frpm
the Electrical workers are using to
kill the "new concern?" If those
union people would keep their $10,000,
also the other $6000 and use it to buy
home with and pay their living ex
penses there would be some ' sense
about 'it. A friend of the. writer had
a relative in San " Francisco'' during
the "Debs" times in Califdrnia. This
man was a prominent union leader
or agitator; during one of the strikes,
family funds became exhausted, and
it was work or go hungry, so he told
his wife there ' was no alternative,
she would have to get work as it
would not do for him to work then.
She did, and he aided strikers, doing
tongue work, of course, while for
weeks she kept the wolf "from" the
door. In the evening he would come
to meet her with his kid gloves on
and accompany her home. At last
she secured a divorce and she and
her son reside in Oregon now. This
is the truth, and only one sample of
what strikes do. There are too many
like this one in the unions.
Just suppose once that the farmers
all went on a strike and boycotted
union people and would refuse to sell
any kind of produce to union mem-'
bers who had - P. S. phones ,then
what? Farmers "and producers are.,
the only ones who could successfully
conduct a strike, because they could
starve their victims to terms. Can
poor families buy Hood River apples
in Portland now or strawberries either
(in their season) unless they pay '
Ifcjgue prices? What if all produce the
wage worker uses was sold in that
way? The time is coming when it
will be, for these "little work, big pay
people" are paving the way to that
end. It is fruit now. vbut later it will
be everything grown by the farmers
an d producers, unless there is a lim
it reached sometime in .the demands
of unions. "The worm will turn."
Stone, Ore., Nov. .1.
A GRANGER.
Indians Pick Wool. -
Columbia Joe with eight followers
lingered for a while in town Wednes
day, says the Prairie City Miner. They
had been over on the Malheur pick
ing up the wool left behind on the!
trail of sheep. They had 15 ponies
loaded with wool. They were on their
way home, which is near Pendleton.
The appearance of a band of Indians
would never suggest ready money and
yet they never seem "to exhaust their
supply of cash when it comes to buy
. ing good things to eat . They usually
haggle over the price, hold a subdued,
guttural consultation, then dig "up the
money like "it was the last cent they
had on earth. And if they make 20
purchases they will go through the
'same performance. ;
LIVE TO THE GREAT
AGE OF 102 YEARS
REMARKABLE LONGEVITY OF
MRS. SARAH KEMP, FORMER '
OREGON CITY RESIDENT.
Mrs.' Sarah Glen Kemp died at Mc
Minnville, October 25, at the great age
of 102 years and 6 months. She pass
ed away at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. W.H. Adair, and was buried in
the family plot at Salem on 'October
27. ' Five daughters, all women past
middle life, survive her. .
Mrs. Kemp was a resident of the
West Side, Oregon City, a few years
ago and is well remembered here.
Mrs. Hines is a granddaughter.-
Almost to her 100th year, Mrs. Kemp
was active with knitting, crocheting
and patchwork.: Many beautiful piec
es of work In these lines, . done at a
great age, are in possession of her
descendants.
Parkplace Unclaimed Letters.
List of letters. for the month of Oc
tober, " 1906; remaining unclaimed at
Parkplace postoffice: Mrs. T. E. Mid
dleton, Mrs. Maud Campbell, Mr. R.
L. Campbell, Miss Ruth Crenshaw.
W. A. HOLMES, P. M.
The Home Telephone company
paid $200,000 for its franchise in San ,
Francisco. About $20,000 . will be
enough for us. . '
The LutheV Anniversary.
Rev. Kraxberger reports a very suc
cessful and largely attended meeting
at the Luther anniversary in Port
land, with fine addresses and music.
One of the best of the vocal numbers
was a Swedish solo and chorus. Rev.
Kraxberger, who is a close historical
student, " calls attention to the fact
that it was the door of the Castle
church at Wittenberg on which Mar
tin Luther nailed his thesis, not the
door of the Augsburg Cathedral. The
meeting at Portland was in commem
oration of that . act. "
Uncle Sam to -Breed Stock.
A Washington dispatch says the
government may start a breeding sta
tion in Vermont for the perpetuation
of the Morgan stock of horses.
Dr. G. E. Stuart of Yamhill, who
had been -visiting his brother Dr. C.
A. Stuart, returned home Friday night.
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77
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Have you an Electric Flat Iron
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If you care for CONVENIENCE, COMFORT, HEALTH, ECONO
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The Iron will be delivered promptly upon receipt of coupon with
out expense to you.
C. G. MILLER, Contract Agent..
PROTLAND GENERAL, ELECTRIC CO., Oregon City.
Youjmay deliver to me one Electric Flat Iron, style
No. 4- , which I agree to try, and if unsatisfactory, to
return to you within 30 days from date of .delivery. If
I do not return it at that time you may charge the same
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''will be made for the Iron if I return it within 30 days.
NAME
Dept. "E". Address
Portland Gen. Electric Co.
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C. G. MILLER, Coutract Aent, Oregon City, Ore.