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illiioriatl oir Ths Enterprise 11 only paper that fully scribes tht County Wo had a repreaenta v intra. 4. 4 l -l t I I I 1 1 I t' 4M FORTY-SECOND YEAR "NO. -12. MAPLE LANE GRANGE FAIR EXCELLENT COLLECTION OF EX HIBITS IS ADMIRED BY VISITORS. PROGRAM IS ENJOYED Fine Dliplay of Fruit and Vegetable Shown Albert Morrla la the Prlje Baby Alatka Curloa Attractlva. 1'l Fourth Aiiinml (limine Fair (tin Mnpln Ijtni' Grange wita held nt If hull nti Saturday, October in. Al though (here, with nut an many fx I 1 1 1 1 1 m ii Iiiki yi'iir, Ilin imiIIitIIuii wna cxcclliilil, lltlil K nut 1 y admired hy the Visitors, t'lix ulli'iiiliini'i Mil very KimiiI, lull would have been tuui'li larger Ii ml I ho weather lit it Imtii tlui'iili'iiliiK whit h kept imiuy lit Inline. A rinsed hi'hIiiii of t lit Grunge wiu liilil In tln furciitsui, iinil nt l:' o'clock k liul dlhllcr was served ,y tint wiiincn i.f llif Grange, Tim women hnvit llu ri'tiiliitliiii of Nerving ni-fl it'iu nit uiM, mm Hut nun lln-y liinl on Hnlunliiy wna unc uf Hit' heat Hint Iiim ever lii'tii served nt m (iiuiiKti fnlr tht' tables with Imli'ti with all Hint maikcta ftiiilil nrttirit. oven yellow l"RKOi chicken wiu mi llin hill uf til re If till) Vlillora llltl lint llllVIl enough to I'M! It wiuui'l I he rooks' fullll, UN III will enough fur a Whole reKllllellt. It has been customary uf lliln urganl x t It hi to Hi'rvu these meals free of eaargo, hill It hit heell ilecliteil to charge lh" iii'inliiiil mini uf 2,1 tenia fur lliemi dinner hi'ltt on Fair iluy After Hie tlliiiit-r wiih I'lijoyeil a lit erary ami niuslrnl (ri ki u iiiiim' In charge of the worthy lerlurer, . Mr Heiicy. wiih rendered, mi it huh Veil ir-i(rtit. Tim afternoon exerrlsea win. ii.i-iiei wiih a few reiiuirkH ! tlio Worthy Master. A. J. U'wIh. mill n followed hy n noun, "The llciiutl fill Golden Hniiiewlierti." A illarnaalnti on "Thi' Vegetable 1 Ukn Ileal, ami Why. ' followed, untl iimny amusing answer wi re kIvi-ii hy 111" member of I lie Grange Hiitl visitor. The que lloli wiih nl firm put lo tlio win thy inn-tor, who kiiIiI Hint hlH grandmother wiih Irish, iiml that the people prem-nl iiiillil Judge fur Ihenmi'lvi'H what hl favorite vi Ki-lnlilo wa. I'uIuIim'h aeeiiii-il In Im Hie miilii tuple. Mr. llnlilile, who aulit thut he waa uf tier in rt ii descent. Illicit cabbage n Hit anuer kraut, hut alnce he married an Irlah woman lie Iiml to eliungo the hill of faro. Mr ( W. Kwnllnw'a recitation, "(Ine iiml One," wiih appreciated by the llatriiera, anil w received hy a I enrly appluiiso. an wiih Mr. A. Muni, who gave a recitation an her niiinhi-r. "The Vane ami (he I'ltrher," waa the title uf a recitation given hy little Shirley Swallow, w ho iko wllh inurh expression. A iluet. "Annie Ijiiirle." hy Mr. T. K. Heard ami Mlna Klvn lllanchuril. waa well reliilereil, ami Mis Uliiiirhiiiil nuve hh nn encore "She Never Cuiuu Hark," which hroiiKht ilowii llio hiMine. Mm. A. Mauir. rei'lleil "AIiih! I am Kruwlnu Old." Utile Baiiimy Mcljirly. of t)riKi City, invo two of Ilia recllutloiiH, "The Hoy Who Hlnppeil Ilia KlHler," ami "The KroK on the uk. I.lttle Mnininy proved to he a K'hhI entertainer, anil hla reel tnlluiiH wero well recelveih Mrn. J. A. Uwla kuvo aa a recltallun. "The Old Drown Cow," ami wan lUteueil to 'Ith much Inlertwi hy many vlHltora. ''The tlolil Un-ka Heaun" wiih Hid title of llttlo Myrla Hwallow'a recitation, ami k)i proved to he Quito a young; elucutlunlHt. Mra. T. K. Heard recited "Dr. Henome," which waa Intereat Iiik from the atart to flnlxh. The doc tor, who helleved III uilverllHlng, on one Hperlal ocraxlon advertlaed that ho would vlalt t,he city cemetery and ralae the dead. All I be following day the doctor'a office wna healeKed with wlilowera. wlilow a and othera, who had fallen heir, to for In ilea hy the denth of thoHO In' the city of Him dead. Theae people came to him with tear In their eyea and begged him not to do this, offerlnn laritu auma of money, which amounted to a neut aum before the v ho waa to vliilt tho cemetery, The doctor kept hla wurd, and the dead allowed to "lumber In peace. Mr a. lkcard haa been heard on other occu alona, and always dellKhla her hear era. Mra. Splinter Kuve aa her read lni "Had I'eara," and waa enjoyed. The hour. "Father, We'll Keat In Thy Ijovo," cloaed the proKrammu for tho aflernoon. Tho apray pump that waa awarded tho Maple Uno Grnnuc for the lecond beat exhibit at the eounty fair of laat week, waa raffledafiff, and the lucky number, 147. held by A. Mantis, drew the pump. Each ono buying a ticket for his dinner wua entitled to a chnnco. The JiiiIroh on tho cxhlblta wore U. 8. Cow. of Canby, and Mr. and Mra. It. L. lllnnchiird, of thin city, and Mlaa Nan Coclirun acted aa clerk. Tho fol lowing uwiuila were mude by the JllilKeH: HeHt collection of apples A. J. lewlH, flrnt; C. W. Swullow, second; WHUiiui Heard, third. Heat collection of peum C. V. Hwullow, flrat. HeHt collection of grapea C. V. Hwnllow, flrat; Mrs. A. Mantx, aecond. HeHt. colluctloii of peachoa C. W. ttwullow, flrat. Heat BHKftr corn Mra. Churlutto Diilliinl. Heat popcorn Mrs. A. Mailt. Heat collection of potatoes A. J. I'wIh, find; William Heard, Becond. Heat collection of cucumbers A. J. lwjflrst. HchI. collection of Bquaahes E. W. Swallow, flrBl; M rs, William Ueurd, Hiicond; A. J. Iwls, third. Heat collection of vegetables Wil liam Heard, flrat; A. J. Lewis, second, Ueat collection of tomatoes A. Mmitz, flrat. Heat collection of quinces A. MnuU, flrHt; C. W. Swallow, second. Beat collection of grain and graaBcs (Continued on Page 8 ) OREGON OTY ENTE REAL ESTATE MOVING EAST GOOD HOUSES ARE IN DEMAND BUT VACANT DWELLINGS ARE SCARCE. COUNTY LANDADVANCE5 Inqulrlas Coming In From People Who Want Information About tha Reaourcet of Clack amaa. Muny uf the, reul entitle men of Ihla clly any that during the summer iiiiintha that l he lniHliiixh In their line Iiiih hei ii uiitiHiiiiily guod, ami many liupiirtaiil real (-'at IrmiHurlluna liuve tranaplred w'Hiln Hint time, Every day liujul i are cumlng In to (liene men Irulll peuplu willltlllg to know uf Die reauurci a uf (ho rlly or niiiuiy, nml of huiiHea (u rent. (jiHid Iiiiiihi'h nrn In deiiuiiiii, nml very few ure to Im fuiiiiil vacant In Ihii clly Several hoilaes nrti being planneil lo he built In Dm lu-nr future, wlili-h will he fur nut fur tit-h 1 1 ii li In rami. linn, IjiiuI In the county haa gtiiui up I'tiliHlilfiuhly within the pant year, hut nut eiiuuicli Id permit puuplu lo buy. W. 1. Iliirnhiirk. whit linn moved bin real enlnlu office lulu tho ufflre of (I. U. Khv, lit It i lit') , ban liuultt nevt-i ul KihiiI Hiilea within the pant niiintli. Among mnne uf Hut Iiiik) that hua iliuiiK'tl IiiiiiiIh tliruiiKli thla company recently la tho l.iiicie tract of Jiiliu Wella, which waa puri liiiHi-d by Juhn Klalier, uf lllllnboru. Charles NeUi, uf Nebraikn, purchiini'd tho Hti iit ru It act if Jnck ( ialg. I he pruperly la near Canby, and l very desirable property fur farming ptirpoaea. Mra. Craig tins IHireliaHi-il llin e luta tn Clackamua llelKhla belonging In Hill Hinlth. Mrs. Craig exM'cla lo make this her future liiiiiie. The mi acre tract uf Mr. Km melt of Keillaiul, waa sold a short lime ago lo a newcomer, mid the liuul ruiiNlnlliig of l.'tl acrea heliiliglllg lo Martin VuiiHiiiige, uf Keillaiul, waa sold (it ll. J. X.erha. of Athena. .Mr. lluriibnck haa several other denla till, wlilcli he expects to clone In (he very nenr future. The (iorhetl 6 Klllult ttenl Kstatc Company, liK-nleil In the nitolflt-e nillilllig, has sold the Stakely lluuse lo Mr. McKnrlaiul. who la overhaul. lug (he building, and expects to mako he building have an appeurance uf new structure. The llarlke farm at Deliver Creek haa alsu been aohl by hla firm. The property rotialstliie of S'l acres. Is desirable farming prnp- rty, and wns sold to Mr. Hurrln, who Iiuh taken posscaaluti. The five acre rat-l helunglng to (iisirge Krltx, nenr 'ntlemah, was aold to (i. 1C. lidil, uf iirtlaml. Die cuualderalluii being 5im. itlier deals are pending which will pruhnhly he cloned during this month. O. A. Cheney, whose office la over lie undertaking parlors of T. Myers, iipKslte the Huntley drug store, haa within (he past few weeks aold prop erty tu several newcomers. Among some ru the transactions nuuti) are a limine and lot belonging lo Mrs. 8. M. Idggs In Albert Smith, the conslder- t Ion being :tntl. K. II. Norrls pur- Iuihi-iI through Mr. Cheney a house and lot belonging to J. M. Ileckart, consideration being 1100. C. M. Fair- hrolhiT. ihrough thla firm, wild a hiiuse and lot to Albert Smith, the price betng :i,in. Mra. 8. M. Hlggs auld to Mr. Kalrbrother a house and lot fur ."i0. The SchiHiley A Hill Heal Katale Company, wllh Its office opposite the Knterprlae office, have done a gixid business within tho past few months. The 80acre tract belonging to W. C, Williams, nenr Maple l.ane, waa aold through thla firm, the buyer being a man from Scllwood, the price being SuflO. Three houses and throe lots u Sellwood owned by the same man wru sold to Mr. Williams, the price being ffiion. Four lots at Glndatone wero aold to Haymond llernlor. The property lies near to ClnrkamaR 8(a Hon, and tho valuation waa $800. A six-room house was also sold at ti lad- stone. A tract of land consisting, of 1U4 acrea close to Canby, waa sold to Kdward Schnrer. This was a good buy, as the land la excellent for farm ing purposes. About Tfi acrea of the land is under cultivation, the balance being In pasture. There Is a good housn with two largo barns and olhar outbuildings, three wells, stock, farm ing Implements. The price paid for the property, Including the stock and Implements, was 110,000. Mrs. Sclusiley has purchased property at Iteillund for $2,200. Tho property con sists of 80 acres, and is well Improved. Nine lots of the Apperson Addition have been sold for $720. Property con sisting of 4 HO acres close to Spring field, Coca County, Colorado, Iibh been sold through this firm to J. W. Swank, of I'nrtlantl, tho vnluadon being $fi,000. A II. (Irleaaen, of this city, purchased one-half block at Ashland. On the properly Is a livery linrn and store buildings. Tho price paid fur this piece of property was JS.fiOO. Six and one-half acres at Clackamas Station has been sold to Mr. Straight, of this clly, which has three acres of orchard and large house and barn, the price being $2500. Mr. Hutter purchased Oregon City property consisting of one lot and house for $1000. Tho li'Ken properly at Oreenpolnt was sold to Mr. lllgmnii, of WiHidhurn. Thia la a delightful place fur a home with a magnificent view of tho Willamette river. Tho property consists of five lots, and good house. The, soil Is ex cellent for gardening. There aro also fruit trocoa on tlio place, which are bearing. Other transactions aro ex potced to bo closed this week, some of them being town property. Fined for Cruelty to Animate. . Justice of the Peace Samson Im posed a fine of $7.50 on Albert Mow, who pleaded guilty to a chur.RO of cruelty to animals. Mow waj caught beating a horso belonging to Mr. Page, and was arrested by .Humane Officer Bradley. J. S. BOWERS OUT OF JAIL ESCAPES FROM COUNTY BA8TILE BY BURNING HOLE THROUGH WOOD CEILING, CLARK IS WITH MM Degenerate Member of Prominent West Virginia Family Makes Clean Getaway and Cannot Be Found. Arthur Clark and John Uowers burn ed their way nut of the county Jail Friday morning. The prisoners used nil old aliup Hptsiti, healed It III the fire, and burned a hole thruiigh two (lili-knessea uf hoards that form the celling of the jail and the Moor of the aaaenniir's room above. Mlnsea Ktlllh ami I'tlia Jackson, ho went back to (he court huusu last Thursday night about nix o'colck Ui lo aoiim extra work, heard I he men at work, but thought (hat the nulso came from mime wood rat gnawing at the walls. They have been wooing at tliu court house evening fur soinu line. Miss Jncksuii says Hint every lino they made any unusual iioIho the suiiiid uf the gnawing would stop. At nut lime Mlaa Kdlth went out In tiie hall to aee If there we.ro any rats In pile of hooka ami papers that accu mulated (here. Kverytlme Ihey alurt- d the typewriter tho noise would be gin In earliest. The noise begun about seven o'clock and they became so nervous (but they went home al nine, but did nut call up Sheriff Heutiu he nuse Ihey really laid the cause of heir f' ar to no other thing than the iilelness of the place nnd the unusual Itutscs that are found 111 large build ings when nil la quiet at lilglit. 1 hero were live prlauners In the nil when the Sheriff left Thursday Ighl. Matt JnnclgiiJ, who la charged Hi murder and was In a cell. Win. Wallace ami 1'. J. WTisoii, who were n Hie kuiilh aide of the Jail, and John Hon cis and Arthur Clark, who were under the aasessur's olllce. Ikiw- era was awaiting trial for attempting to assault his former wife with a dead ly wiasiii. lie Is well known around here, having been couneftfd wllh the government hatcheries. Clark was sentenced to six mouths fur stealing some wixid cuter's tools from a man near During. Clark's time was nearly out. They burned a hole through the cell Uig alsuit 18 inches square not ten feet from where Miss Kdlth Jackson aat. Thla was through boards about one-half Inch thick. The Hour above Ihla la an inch thick and the men must have been working on this be fore the glrla went home. After gain ing access to the assessor's room they left the court house by a window in the south side of (he building. flowers was being kept lu Jail be cause of bis inability to furnish a bond of $30111). He had written to a well-to- do brother fur help but none had been given. Mrs. Morgan, his slsler, came hero from uis Angeles, last Wed nesday with her husband and visited the prisoner with Wednesday and Thursday. The spot where the men mado their way through the floor is the same uliice whero Jailer Nehren found a man by the name' of Mooro escaping one morning about 6 o'clock when Sheriff Muddock was In oftlco. Nehren states that the prisoners had only two slicks of wood Thursday and that they must have saved these to heat the Iron siKsin handle. They did their work standing on a chair that was placed on top of the table. N. Adams, who works for Attorney II. K- Cross, saw the two men about G o'clock Friday morning, as they went over the Clackamas Hlver coun ty bridge, going north toward Port land, lie did not know that they had escaped from Jail, and paid no atten tion to the Identity of tho men, but when ho learned later In tho day that Howers had got away, he Immediately concluded that one of tha men was Howers. Tho authorities have no clow to work upon, and unless Howers and Clark become careless, their capture la not likely. NEW BAND 18 ORGANIZED. Twenty Men Get Together to Produce Good Music. . With A. F. Parker as president and manager, and Ed. Roberts, as secre tary and treasurer, Oregon City's new hand has been organized with a mem bership of 18. which will undoubtedly be Increased to at least 20 by tho next rehearsal. Regular meetings will be held every Thursday evening In the old Masonic Hall. The organization hag good Instru mentation and has engaged an In structor In the person of 11. G. Surles, who is an old bandmaster, and with the material he has to work with, will no doubt produce a musical organiza tion that will be a credit to thu city. Tho members of tlio bund have not yet selected a name, and this all-Im portant question will bo decided. 1 lie prospects are flattering for success. MATTHIES FILES ANSWER. Say He Put Mrs. Nehren Out of Sa loon as Gently as Possible. In the suit of Mrs. Rose Nehren against Ernest Mattliles for $5000 damages, tho defendant has filed an answer to the complaint, stating that June 4, 1908, Mrs. Nehren hod con cealed about her clothing on instru ment which appeared to be a gas plpo, and entered Mattliles' saloon, drawing the pipe from Its place of concealment. and beginning tho destruction of per sonal property, knocking two glasses of beer from the bar and breaking the glasses. Mtttthies denies that ho used unnecessary violence in persuading Mrs. Nehren to leave the place, nnd says that as reasonably and gently as possible he requested her to go, and upon her refusal, he put his hand upon her clothing and urged her with gentle force to leave his place of business. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, TODD MEETS QUICK DEATH WELL KNOWN ELLIOTT PRAIRIE MAN INSTANTLY KILLED LAST SATURDAY. FALLSON WAGON WHEEL Front Staff Of 8trf Rack Gives Way Carrying Unfortunate Man With It and Fatal Injury I the Result. Andrew Todd, a well known hop grower uf Elliott Prairie, was Instant ly killed at IV o'clock luM Saturday morning hy falling from a load uf straw. He was driving In fruin tho county road to his place two miles east of Hubbard, and in turning off the main roud the wheel uf the wagon went Into a rut, snapping the front staff of tho straw rack, ami throwing Todd 011(0 one of the front wheels H al ruck on tho buck uf his head am! ut Instantly Klll'-d. Half of the Ira.t o. straw followed. Tho horses ook fright and ran away, never slop ping uiidl they reached the Totld home a hair mile distant. Mr. Todd a son, aged, alsuit 20 years, was with his father, but escaped without Injuryt Andrew Todd hud been a resident uf Klllott Prairie for the last 25 years. He was a civil engineer of high abil ity and was educated In Kdlnburg, Scotland. For manj years ho was in the employ of the Australian gov ernment. To Is survived by a wife and six children. Miss Kdlth Totld, who la well known In Oregon Clly, Is a daughter. The eldest sun, Arthur Todd, la on bis way homo from San Francisco, and tho funeruLwIll he held after his arrival. County Judge Dim Ick. who is an old friend of the fam ily, went lo Elliott Prairie Sunday to assist the bereaved family. License to Marry. Licenses lo marry huve been grant ed to M.ie 0. CbrlsU'iiseii and August II. Rakel, Winnie Davis and Law rence Hathkcy, W. E. Harvey and Dora E. Kenton, Maud HKtleslon and H. T. Hohlmnn, Mabel Harris and (ieorge F. Keek, Llzrle Leonard and John K. Hamlin., A Kansas editor says this story Is told on one of their local teachers. She drew a picture of a volcano on the board, picturing the eruption with llery red crayon. She then asked l ho youngsters wh; It looked like. Ono little towhead yelled: "It looks llkyh 1." Western Publisher. The boy atixul on the burning deck localise ho was afraid; Ho couldn't swim to save his neck And that was why he stayed. The Poultry The prices of poultry and eggs fol low closely the trend of wheat prices and of corn prices, tho two staple poul try foods In the United States. The tendency Is for poultry-keepers to cur tall the flock of poultry when prices of food are high, and to Increase the flock when the prices of food are low. When the grain prices rise more poul try are sent to market, and later on there la a scarcity of both poultry and eggs. The question for tha poultryman and the farmer to consider In this connection Is, at what prices of grain doea It pay the farmer to market the grain rather than feed It to the poul try, for the business of the farmer Is to get the most out of the soil whether it be in raw or concentrated products. It Is a flue point to determine just where the prolit In feeding poultry as well aa other live stock disappears In the upward tendency of the price of grain; In other words, at what point Is (here a pardng of the ways between a profit and a loss. The general tendency among farm ers la to se-U the grain, rather than feed It, long before the parting of the ways has been reached, and It Is a knowledge of this fact that assures tho skillful and persistent feeder of a prolit. The parting of tne ways comes very soon to the majority of feeders. One man may be telling the exact truth when he says that ho can mako no profit in feeding seventy-flve per cent wheat, and another may be equally truthful when he says he can make a profit In feeding one dollar wheat. The difference In the two men Is a difference In skill In feeding. With good stock and good care the skillful feeder will make a profit In feeding high priced grain, but no oue can make a profit with pKr stock and poor care at any price for grain. The price of wheat is nignor now than It has been fur probably ten or fifteen years, and It Is frequently said that It Is too high to feed to chickens. and with that notion, mistaken or not. a good many farmers aro sending their chickens to market. Two or three things should be con sidered 1h this connection. First, the prices of poultry and eggs will rise If many chickens are marketed, and the fnrmer who keeps his chickens will make as much profit as he did when the price of wheat was low. That Is. the price of poultry products will adjust Itself to the prices of grain. Second, how much does it real ly cost to feed a lien for a year? Does any one know? In experiments mado by the writer, covering several years, In which every ounce of food was weighed, six pens of Leghorn hens consumed during the year 5CI pounds wheat, ZHti pounds corn, 203 pounds oats, liz pounus bran and shorts and 235 pounds of skim milk, lu addition to some animal food. The cost of tho total food per fowl for the year varied In different pens from 01 cents to 78 cents, and av- OCTOBER 16, 1908. EVANGELIST HERESUNDAY DAN 8HANN0N TO OPEN 8ERIE8 OF MEETINGS IN FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. CAMPAIGN FOR SOULS 8peclal Featura of Meetings Will Be Singing of Large Chorus Choir Under Leadership of Harry M. Ross. The Irish Evangelist, Dan A. Shan non, also known as the Michigan Cy- clone Preacher, will begin bis meet ings next Sunday morning at ten o'clock at tho First Haptlst Church. The service will begin at ten o'clock this Sunday because of the Sunday School Hally Day Programme which takes' place at twelve o'clock In the main auditorium. This lirst service will be of great importance because the campaign for souls and winning sinners to Jesus Christ will be outlined. The dourg of the church will bo opened at !:30 A. M. Those who come early will get the best seats. Iargc crowds are an ticipated at all the services. A special feature of all the meetings will b etho singing of a large chorus under the leadership uf the Singer Evangelist Harry M. Kosa. All will want to hear the following rousing gospel hymns: "Only a Sinner," "The Lord Needs You." "Shepherd of Is rael," "Garden of God," "Ambassadors fur tho King," "Tell Him You Are Coming Home," and "Lift Your Light a Little Higher." The Oregon City public Is cordially Invited to all the services. SHEAHAN WITH WILLAMETTE. Papermaker Assumes His Former Position on West Side. William Sheahan has assumed his former position of assistant superin tendent of the Willamette Pulp & Paper Company. Several weeks ago It became known that Mr. Sheahan was to return to Oregon City and It was assumed that he was to be super intendent of the new Hawiey Pulp & Paper Company, but It now develops that George Pusey Is to have that po sition and Sheahan has resigned as superintendent of the Camas mill of the Crown-Columbia Pulp & Paper Company to resume his old position with the Willamette Company. Scorea of workmen will be glad to have h'.ru return. Machines No. 5 and No. 6 uf the Willamette Pulp & Paper Compauy have been shut down for about th.-re weeks, for the purpose of changing the generators from Mill A to concrete building. Feeding Value of Wheat eraged 66 cents. The wheat waa charged at 1 cent a pound, corn at 1 1-4, oats at a cent, skim milk at a fifth of a cent and bran and shorts at three-fifths of a cent. The animal food cost from 5 to 6 cents per fowl. The wheat constituted nearly a half of the total cost The hens laid an average of 144 eggs per fowl, valued at $1.68 at local prices for eggs. The prices were from 10 cents to 25 cents per dozen, much lower than the prices are In Oregon at the present time. If wheat had been worth say 90 cents and had been charged far at that rate, and bran at 1 cent a pound, the cost per fowl would have been about 16 cents more, or 80 cents Instead of 66 cents. But eggs are also higher In price than they were then. Taking the monthly egg yield of the six pens of Leghorns and comput ing the value of the eggs laid each month at the average wholesale prices of eggs In Portland during the past two years, the results would be as follows: Eggs laid November 40 December 122 January 243 February 238 March 336 April 499 Price doz. 35 35 26 25 20 20 18 20 20 25 25 30 Value $ 1.17 3.00 4.40 4.90 6.60 8.30 6.33 6.62 6.40 8.20 4.60 2.40 May 428 397 June July 384 August 393 September 221 October 97 $ 61.92 In place of eggs worth $1.68 per fowl, If their value be computed at present prices In Portland they would be worth $2.59 per fowl. . In other words, on the asls of present prices, food costing 80 cents when fed to hens produces eggs worth $2.58. This Is a pretty good margin of profit In feed ing 90 cent wheat. It may be said that the average flock of hens does not lay 144 eggs per fowl. That Is true. It. Is also true that 144 eggs per fowl is not phenomenal. The right kind of hens properly attended should average 150 and well-bred hens considerably more. The average farm flock will not aver age lfc, probably not 100. In these experiments all the food eaten was paid for at market prices and the cost averaged only C6 cents per hen. The cost would have been only 80 cents if the wheat had cost 90 cents per bushel. The farmer, however, who keeps fifty or a hun dred of hens can do better than that, for on the average farm that number of hens may be kept largely on the waste or by-products of the farm. They will find the animal food In the fields In shape of bugs, grasshoppers, worms, etc., ani) there will usually be skim-milk or butter-milk. There need therefore be no cost for animal food, WISE BAD INDIANS ARE THIEVES ALBERT FARRI8 AND HIS DUSKY WIFE STEAL COIN AND RING FROM JOHANNA. GET AWAY WITH $125 Man Enters Bedroom of Aged Woman In the Dead of Night and Rifles Her Trunk, But in the End la Captured. Constable Miles has returned from Dallas, where he went lo bring to this city Albert Farrls and his wife, Louisa Karris, both Indians, who were arrested by the Polk County authori ties and placed in the county Jail. They er accused of stealing $125 and a gold ring from Johanna, an aged In dian woman, who has been a resident of Oregon City for years, living near the home of Chief of police iiurns Karris, with his wife and daughter, spent several months of last Summer In camp at West Oregon City. Their horses were reported stolen at oDe time, although It is generally believed that the animals ran away and went to the Grande Ronde. Later their wagon wag destroyed by fire. The Farrls family assiduously culti vated the acquaintance of Johanna, who is nearly 80 years of age. Grad ually they obtained her confidence and ascertained where she kept the key to her trunk, which they suspected contained her valuables. One night, about five weeks ago, Johanna was awakened by an unusual noise In ber room, and saw Farrls climbing out of her 'indow. She was afraid to make an outcry, as she knew Tarrls carried a revolver, and the matter waa not reported to tne po lice until the following morning. In the meantime Farrls and his wife had made their escape, taking with them a gold ring of curious workmanship, and $125 in silver that he stole from Johanna's trunk. The daughter of the pair had returned to the reserva tion a short time before the burglary. The two Indians made their way to Salem, but before they could be ap- nrehended. they fled to California. The authorities were satisfied that they would return to their old haunts when their money was exnaustea, which proved to be the case. The daughter was watched, and Constable Miles went to Sheridan, where he torn the postmaster of the affair, and when the daughter of Farrls received let ters from her father, she took them to the postmaster to read as she was unable to decipher them, in tnis way the authorities were Informed of the whereabouts of the pair, who returned to their home a few days ago and were Immediately arrested. resulting In a saving of 8 to 10 cents per fowl. The clover or grass they eat will have little marketable value. The destruction of grass hoppers In the clover and grain fields and of bugs In the orchards, will, where these In sects are bad, offset a large part of the annual cost of food for the fowls In bett?r crops. In experiments with larger breeds the cost of feeding was greater. The cost of feeding Plymouth Rocks av eraged $1.15 per fowl and of Wyan dottes $1.00. This extra cost Is largely offset when the fowls are marketed, the larger breeds bringing more than the small breeds. HOME FROM ALASKA TRIP. Two Girls Have Terrible Experience on Steamer. Miss Ivah Harrington, who has been In Alaska for the past three months, returned home last week. Miss Har rington was accompanied to Alaska by her sister, Miss Pearl Harrington, who will spend the winter In Nome with her sister, Mrs. John Coply, and brother, W. Harrington. Miss Har rington says that all of the work in the mines at Nome has been sus pended on account of the cold weather. everything being frozen. When four days out on the return trip a terrible storm was experienced, and for a day and night the ship was at the mercy of the waves. The staterooms were flooded, and the passengers had to place their matresses on the floor, oth erwise they would have been pitched from the berths. During the storm one of the passengers had his leg broken, one his head badly crushed, and several on the lower deck were badly scalded. There were 3S2 pas sengers on the steamer Senator from Nome to Seattle on the return trip. It took the steamer nine days to make the trip. Mlsg Harrington says that there are many interesting sights at Nome, and has enjoyed her trip north. She brought with her many beautiful, as well as odd curios, and succeeded In taking many pictures on the trip. Among her collection she has a white polar bear and red fox, mounted, skins, Ivory, baskets and many other valu able pieces in the curio line. The Origin of the Printer's Devil. Why is the printer's errand boy called the "printer's devil?" A writ er at the end of the seventeenth cen tury explained It thus: "These boys in a printing house commonly black and daub themselves; whence the workmen do Jocosely call them devils: and sometimes spirits and sometimes flies. It Is related, however, that Aldo Manuzlo, the great Venetian printer of the fifteenth century, had a black slave boy, who was popularly supposed to have come from below. Accordingly, he published notice: "I, Aldo Manuzlo, printer to the Doge, have this day made public exposure of the printer's devil. All who think he is not flesh and blood may come and pinch him." - 4-HH--l t Our Milwaukee, Canby,.. ' t and Eataeada depart- menta ara making a grtat hit In all aaetlona of Clackamaa County, M ft 44 E8TABLI8HEO 1886. GIRL TAKES RIVER ROUTE 8TELLA RAM8BY, OF SPOKANE, COMMITS SUICIDE BY DROWNING. FORMERLY LIVED HERE Content of Letter Make Her Shed Tears and Cause of Suicide May be Known When Body la Recovered. W'ord has been received in this city by Mrs. Ana Nelson and Max Ramshy that their niece, Mlsg Stella Ramsby, uf Spokane, Wash., had committed suicide by throwing herself Into the Spokane river from the bridge that crosses It. Miss Ramsby was the daughter of the late Casper Ramsby, and formerly resided In this city. She was a prepossessing young wo man about 19 years of age, and was studying to be a professional nurse at the hospital In Spokane at the time she took her life, and was dressed In the nurse's garb when she committed the terrible act. Shortly before go ing to her room she asked another nurse at the hospital to accompany her, but as the nurse was on duty at that hour did not have the time to ac company the young woman. Shortly after Miss Ramsby left the hospital unaccompanied, and the last seen of her was on the bridge spanning the river. She was seen at the same hour on several nights previous conversing with a young man where she commit ted the act, and the day she committed suicide she received a letter and was seen crying. Upon being asked why ahe was crying she remarked, "Oh, It doesn't matter." The letter hag not been found, but it is probable that it will be found when the body Is re covered from Its watery grave, and the contents will Bhow why she killed herself. Miss Ramsby was always of a cheer ful disposition, and was very success ful In her work that she had taken' up. Her death wag a terlble shock to her friends and relatives. Her mother, Mrs. Fields, formerly of this place, but now of Longdate, Idaho, and her sister, Mrs. Christopher Eubanks. of Walla Walla, Wash., were advised of her death, and have spared no ex pense In having the river dragged for the body. The river has been so muddy that it has been- a hard task, and the search will be kept up until the body Is recovered. Mr. Eubanks, brother-in-law of the deceased, waa formerly connected with the Jones' Drug Company, of this city. NEW TEACHER FOR SCHOOLS. Board of Directors Will Relieve the Congested Condition. i In order to relieve the congested condition of the public schools, the Board of Directors has decided to en gage another teacher for the seventh and eighth grades, which are over crowded. It Is probable that one of the new rooms on the upper floor of the addition to the Eastham builJIng will be placed in order. The board has several applicants in prospect and the new teacher will be announced in a few days. The resignation of Miss Edna Cau field as supernumerary was accepted as Miss Caufleld has taken a position in the promary department of the Gladstone school. This place will not be filled, but substitute work will be done by students who are taking the teachers' training course in the high school. The compensation will be $2 per day, regardless of the salary of the teacher who Is off duty temporar ily. The purchase of 18 new desks for the high school was authorized,, and the board ordered telephones installed In the Barclay and Eastham buildings. For several years there has been a private wire between these buildings, but it has been of little benefit, and in case of accident or emergency, of no service whatever. The clerk was authorized to place Insurance to the amount of $2000 on the new addition to the Eastham build ing. When this work is completed, all of the Eastham policies will be changed so as to cover the old and new parts of the building. HIGH SCHOOL OFFICERS. Debates Are Planned By Tenth and Eleventh Grades. The literary society of the tenth and eleventh grades of the Oregon City high school Is planning for spe cial feature debates. Miss Ethyl Park Is chairman of the programme com mittee and the following officers have, been chosen: Laura Ekern, president; Keith Rowland, vice-president; Walter Hart, secretary; Millard Gillett, ser-geant-at-arms. The sophomore class of the high school hag elected the following of ficers: Alex Bowen, president; Besg Warier, vice-presldeut; Ray Scott, secretary; Thornton Howard, treasur er. Football enthusiasts are at work in both the Barclay and Eastham build ings. Games will be played during the next few weeks between those rival teams, and the high school ag gregation expects to get games with Parkplace, Willamette, West Oregon City and other schools In this vicinity. U. J. Russell Visits County. V. J. Russell arrived In Oregon City last week from Chlco, Cal., and ex pects to spend a few days, before io turning to California. Mr. Russell was formerly a resident of Oregon City, and where he atill haa prop erty Interests, but will dispose of them as soon as he can. He has a farm on the Molalla road. Mr. Ruesell is engaged In raising a good breed of cattie, and was recently awarded first premium on bis stock.