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"CUEOON .'CITfc, KTEUU!Tl:VKU!lAy( -DlOCiailiKU,,,,, 15)08. CAN BY AND SOUTHERN CLACKAMAS WATER SALLA LAND NEW YEAR'S EDITION. Tlie Now Year's' edition of The Enterprise for Onnby and vicinity will be profusely Illus trated with vlowa of many of the scours of Interest, as well as residences, farm houses, stores, etc. The business men of Canby, who an loyal to their city, are giving The Knterprise cordial support In Its effort to produce an edition that will certainly be of great benefit to the property owners and busi ness men of Caalw. The New Year's edition will cost no more than the regular edition and will be sold at 5 cents per ropy. Orders may be loft with 4 Mrs. Graham at O. R. Mack's $ store. CABINET PHOTO AIL IZf! Postals, Photo Buttons Copying and Enlarging Local Stereoscopic Views CANBY CANAL COMPANY FORMED . FOR SUMMER IRRIGATION ON LARGE SCALE. Developing and Finishing for Amateurs the people have to depend on wells or springs. The people o this city are looking forward to the Lee Irrigation j Company installing watering plant. Mrs. Nancy Thomas, of Adkins Mill is 1) lug very ill nt her home. lr. Stevenson of this city, was summon ed, anil at the lutest report her con dition was slightly improved. Diedtich llanues. of Maoksburg, who has been sick with pneumonia, is I Improving 1 ntovo toward the Ihauguraatlon Miss Julia Oswold, n trained nurso:' summer Irrigation on a large scale of Portland Is In I'atihv where she ' '"" Willamette valley Is Indicated was summoned to care for Miss Kva : "V ' rganl.iloii of the Oinby Mitts, who Is King verv 111 at tluv '' eonipauy. which tiled nrlleles heme of hercous'ln.'.Mrs. Wanvn U'e. !" Incorporation In the Multnomah Mrs Anna Knight was among the 1 rotinty clerk's oltlee Wednesday. The Portland visiters Tuesdav. company, of which the Incorporators Mr and Mrs Irov Walker will are M. J. t.ee. W. II. Moore and Henry snen.t rtirlstmas In Portland with i Westhrook, Is a close corporation i d'l,,,,, with a capital stock of jooo nnd pro- I i- "....) ir- n..iii.Mt Clark nt l' to irrigate about JOOit neres of mini in v ini'knui.is coiiiuv, iHfciug water from the Molnlhi river for the 'V -; Koseburc. arrived in t'anhy on Tues ', , i ......i.T .....1 ,,-tn ,m..n,i (Mn-lsr. CANBY, OREGON jlus with the hitter's parents. Mr. and i Mrs William Knight. The ladies' Aid Society met at the ) Mr, Carlton, of Portland, was in was railed by the serious illness of home of Mrs. ". J. Weber on Wednes Pnnliv iin M.m.l.v sliakinf hrniili her little grandchild. ! dav afternoon. with his old friend's! and to see what Mrs. I H. Srrnmlin. of Maoksburg. The plans have been completed fori SSSr$ S! SVsNV $n?V -s CANBY. purposes. An extensive system of canals will distribute the water from storage reservoirs. The soil to be Irrigated Is light and sandy and Is said to greatly resemble that of the famous Yuklnm valley. In Sunday evening. Mrs. F. R. Dewell left Wednesday to visit their parents at Albany. Victor Carothers was a Portland vis itor Thursday. . Claud Baty wont to Portland Sun day to visit his wile, who is confined to the Good Samaritan hospital. Mr. Baty was accompanied by his son, Forest. ..... - .... .. i i-.ttir .... I .tui.K. ....... mi. I.. I. .. i ...... ..r Santa has brought to Canby. was In Canny Wednesday on her way the Christmas exercises mat aie mi , " V" " " Mr. and Mrs. Bradtl visited the for- to Oregon City. From that city she be held at the city hall on Christmas j he famous fruit growing districts o mors parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bradtl, loft for lVrt land, where she went on eve. The M. E. Church and Christian j o world. The land at the present of New Era business, returning to her home on ! Church will unite, and there will be j t me Is rather unproductive, but by Messrs. Arthur Knight and Otto Friday morning. jtwo large Christmas trees. Kaeh ' o of water during SO days of Kruoger were Oregon City visitors W. H. Hair, one of the thriving com-; Sunday school will have a suiiaiue , ' -' ....n . . .-. .v.. ., cm I mission merchants of Canhv. went to programme for t'.ie occasion. - !. Aurora on a business trip Wednesday' M,Ss Ora I.eo. who has been stones- j fruit and vegetable growing sections returning home on the evening train. ' ,.,pher for the P. A. Tufts Keal Kstate of " ".. It was In the Molalla Kev. Y. J. Weber went to Aurora Company for the last two yeais, has 'llstrlet that watermelons and straw on Tuesday, where he conducted the . returned to Canby and will bo the berries were Hist grown in the VUI funeral of the late Mr. Irwin, who st, nographor for the Canby Irrigation lamette valley. I passed away at his home the tlrst ot Company the week. The funeral took place at ; J. I'. Kng'ish, who resides near j 11 o'clock and was largely attended, town, brought in a silver cup, two The Artisans will hold a watch handsome medals and ribbons that j Mr. and Mrs. Ceorge Meoks are i partv and supper at their hall on New wore awarded to his Italian grey : spending a short time in Forest Grove. ! Year's eve. The committee making louud at the Portland bench show.! Mrs Alia. Clark nee -Vita Siratford ', the arrangements is composed of These are oil exhibit at Meeks ,t formerly of Canby, spent a few hours I Mrs. J. A. Graham. Mrs. O. IL Maek Italy's barber shop. The dog's pedl-, between trains Monday, with Miss and Miss Josie Knight. The enter- sivo name is Lady lone Gre and is a : Grace Patch. " jtainments that are given by the Arti- beautiful canine and Is about eight! Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lucke and ! sans are always enjoyable affairs, and months old. it is probable that the, daughter, Miss Lillian, returned home I a good time is promised to all those dog will be raffled off at a future j Saturday from a two and one-half coming to greet the new year. There date. Mr. English brought the dog; mouths'' trip. Thev visited in Idaho, ' ill be 12 new members initiated. (nun San Joaquin Valley, Calif., about; Colorado Springs, Iowa and Nebraska, Miss Edna Mattack, of Oregon City, three months old. Mr. English has ! nnrt rfinrnpil hv wax- of California. ! attended the dancing party given at been offered il.'u) for the dog. i H. K. Stogsdill is re-papering his; the city hall on Saturday evening. , Clarence Zeek. a deputy sheriff l,fil a a a house on Second street. Or. de Les- ! The office owned by the Adkins 'Sonoma County. Cal.. passed through t vvvwv piuasse will occupy the building when '-"aw mill company at the rear of the Oregon City Tuesday morning en j MILWAUKEE, completed. " j Canby bank, had a narrow escape route to Canby. to spend a mouth vis-1 0n Tuesday evening of this week O. R. Mack was in Portland buving i from being consumed by fire on Sat- jting his parents. Mr. and Mrs. John j th,, citwns of Milwaukee met In the CLARKES, 1 ' I told tibolil town and nmouls'tlio t'iniu , ' ; try pontile tonilnn In .of this tilmplo Kmmn tlrossuilller returned froni ' bonio uiitilo 1 niljituio eUlitig tiluHitnH' hor vimt In Portland, 1 1 lim null KlUney iroiiltli'. '., llro the Henry lluutlior nud lloury Gioks- ; recipe and itlieollon for. Iiikliwr Ml)t mlllir went to liorlland Monday. by HlinMng well In It holt In one half Mrs. Cuintnlnn and Sarah Mclulyre ' tmtte ('luld Mxtract llnndolloii, one went lo tow n Monday. ' ounce Compound Kargou, tht oe ouiieua Mrs. (1. Force and daughter are mil j Compound Hyrup SnrHHpni'lllu. Tukf from Piutlaiid. they will ivuinlu iliidl iei n doiie one lomipnouliil alter iiioiiIh after New Year. 1 nud t liodHtne. tieorgo Clark lost a horse last No clmngu need be iiiudo In your wi'eK. j usual diet, luit dilult plenty of gooil Krod Fully will he homo to spend : w nter, . , Christmas, i m,m mlxn,,,, i,.,H noeullai- Ionic I'. Sehlewo's duughter and husband aro now visiting (hem. Mr. tlorer' bought some liogs from Mr. Fully. effort upon l ho kliliiovw ; clonuslng the rloKged up pores of (he cilinlnii' live llssiiis, forcing the lildneyH to Ml ft nnd strain front the htooil the uric Air. tuiuinlus niiil l'oto Sngor went iield mid other polniiiious waste mat to town Tuesday on business. .tor, overeniulng ItheiiinatlNiu, Hladdor .tr. t uuunlnN has slarted to prepare i and t'rlimiy (roiiblos In a shun w hile. for bis new mill site, tioorgo Sagor w as In Port hind Hun day. l.ots of young men think they tuo 'loraee llreeleys because they write lllelglbly. A druggist here who hits had hun dreds of calls for these Ingredients iiliiee Hie first aiiuuiiueemeut In the newspapers last October slated that the pinple who once try It "twenr by It," especially those who have Uri nary and Kidney trouble, and suffer wlili IthcuiimttHui. All the druggist In this neighbor- uyitMN tit .. ; . .. i., ...... - i .... i ..... tha adi.-yonr.. If you have pl.no ,1,,,h ,'"'-v n"1 f,,l,',l' ,"" lll,'",ll' . ..ii ,j .. , n r- ,. r 'i-uts. which are easily mixed nl honie. to sell, ihould bo "THERE." RECIPT AS REPEATED BY READER'S REQUEST uts. which are easily mixed nl home, There Is said to he no bolter blood cleansing agent or system tonic known unit certainly noun inoio haiiuless or simple to use. If any merchant feels satlsllod with l.i.t viur's business, (hut Is uufor lunate for 111 in Hut If any more limit r,t. i.i iiitiiernt fun .tf iii.i.i i .i..t..r. DRUGGISTS HEAR MUCH PRAISE uiluathui aboul the coming voar's FOR A SIMPLE HOME MADE MIXTURE. Smut' remarkable stories are being business, (hat Is fortunate for t t in . MOUNTAIN VIEW, u4iti'tirN il chhii(tetibln woaHier, The thoriiioiuoler Weill rliiw'u to III ileri'eA Iniil Vniuliiy, )'. v .. ' t!o Miiuniaiu View biiiibU) Hiiinuil win.hftvu it piiit aiuniii and t'ltiliil- man Iron ill I lie Mountain View rbmetl on Molullii iivoiiiin Friday evening, Milt..'Maol( repoiU thNl the weiliiloM urn liiifherhmi llielr ehleltons t It In sea- sou, l.yiiiiin Mn eli Is trying to fhout thein, , Claud llradloy was hern Tuo'iday from Hciipiitiotiii, vliiltliig lilt lunllioi's grave. Mrs. Mlnnln Eniist and Miss Her Ilia May wont to Hellwotid laid week lo iitleuil the f u II i ' t ill of Mi 't I .mils May, loiiln May and four children w ero vbiltlug Ida failier and unit her, Mr, nnd Mi-h Wiley May Friday. Mm. May Ion a baby IS inonllis old, Mr. and Mrs, llassler have moved out tn their ranch on llic Hlghliiud road near llemlcl school house. tlraudiiia Mollny Is on I Mo sick ll 't agiiln, Mrs Joiiule May. of Porllaiul, wus vlsitluit lit this lung two (In y m of lust Woell, Mis, point Itown nnd two children, if Washlngliin, ni' spendliiK the holi days wlih her grand piuoiiis Mr. und Mrs, Prod Milliard Mrs, Serge mid daughter, of Port laud, in visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Mniit; Mr (ismo Is at home to upend tlm lioiidays Mrs, C. It. Hliuinwny. of ItimeburK, in, I two cblldreii, are vlHltlng with her iniilheii. Mis II. I'. I.liin. Kodiil for Pviipepilii, Indigestion, .veiili sloinacli, sour Nlomach, gas nil 'he stniuaeh, etc., Is giiniaiileed to lin prompt relief from any form of .touiai'h trouble. It will cure your The main topic In tills bllt'g Is X init-i dyspepsia. Sold by Jntleii )rug Co Milwaukee - Northwestern Clackamas Those who have news for the . Milwaukee departiuent of the ? Enterprise slniuUl either mail II to the Milwaukee Editor of -j the Enterprise at Oregon City or leave It at the real estate and Insurance oillee of A. H. I'owllng In Milwaukee. THE JOHNSON REALTY CO, City Loti, Acreaua and Formi a Specialty. g(X)ds on Thursday. Mr. Mack order ed the holiday goods at an early date, and the demand was so great that he was forced to make several trips to Portland to purchase more. This week the merchants of Canby are ex periencing busy days with the people from far and near purchasing Christ mas articles. The Oregon City Enterprise will be profusely illustrated on New Years with scenes of Canby. C. W. Datum, the Canby photographer, has been busily engaged in taking photos of any of the residences, business hous es, street scenes and farms of this place. The regular price, five cents per copy will be charged for this edi tion. ii. J. Hosford was a Portland visit or on Tuesday. ' Miss Mamie Haines, of' Oswego, Is visiting her sister, Mrs. Grant White. Dr. B. F. Giesy was a Canby caller last Tuesday. The Canby high school soicety spent a pleasant evening at the home of ' Miss Ida Krueger last Tuesday even ing. During the evening refreshments were served. F. F. Hanna. the confectioner, has moved to the Seaton house. The M. E. Aid Society held a fair at the city hall last week, which prov ed to be a great success, both socially and financially. The proceeds amount ed to $23. Mrs. F. F. Hanna, who has been vis iting with her sister, Mrs. W". C. Smith has returned to this city. Miss Eva Mitts, who has been visit ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. War ren Lee is lying very low with pneu monia, and little hope is entertained i unlay. W hile the manager and book- 0ek. He left nine years ago for I an- ,;ri.,11!0 ,m for the purpose of talk keeper of the company. Howard H. fornit. and located at Fort Koss, where nR ov,,r tu, possibility of having a Eccles, had stepped out to a nearby P has 52 acres of land, and runs a ! telephone svstem at that place. Mr. store a fire was left burning In the dafr- farm. In the nine years that ttraj(, presenting the Home Tele air tight heater, and there being no ,;,VI? elapsed since Mr. Zeek left, h" 1 ,,,otio Companv. and Mr. Hall, of the zinc beneath, the floor caught has not seen his parents and his visit .,lcnc states, wen- present and gave fire from the heat of th estove. Upon wm be a great surprise to them. Mr. I tm,r views of their respective sides Mr. Eccles' return he discovered the x.eek likes California and has been j j ,,, fS mll Henry Thessiug of floor ablaze, and ran to a well near oy, very successful at Fort Knss. lie ls;0nk rove were also here In behalf ana soon had tne names extinguisnea. au uld friend of County Judge mmicK. Loralne Lee, of Portland, arrived and thoy attended school together In Canby on Wednesday morning and near Hubbard. will spend the Christmas holidays Staraps glven ree wl(h evcry oruer .'. herTfr?lltipart?ta- XT x", of cabinets and one button free with illlam Kn'sht. Mr. and Mrs Mil- eV(?rv order ot 8tamps. Aiso speci-l lard Lee will also spend the holidays ., nlnrmpnU untli January 1, 1909, only. C. W. DAMM. Canby, Oregon. P. -O. Box 213 I the meetings. (ev. Sehiiuer Is i very Untied our school, mid called on Miss I III tle'it, effective. SI ttipallietlc pleach Helen I'lillltoll, nil Mondtll j or. lie will bold the ipiui'leily toll- ', Ml Manon, of London, tiiitiiiln, , foiviioe Sunn-day evening. 7: JO, and and Mr. Iliiiivuu nnd Wllnoii Miller. preach the regular coiiiitiiinlou ! of I'm Hand, were guests at the Spoon i iiitoi mi Sunday. In o'clock A. M. This ' i' home Sunday, will be followed with the regular com-' Mr. Iliiriibiut nlld Mrs. Plliley nnd iiMiulon of the Lord's Supper lie will children went lo Port land on .Mon- also preach In the evening at S o'clock, dav lo meet Mr I'liib-v. who has re Milwaukee, Pro,, . h, s,llu,lv s. Ii.k.I. In charge of th" mined from an extended lecture lour elllelellt suiiorllllelldent. will he held of I lie east. gave the ninth grade a problem to,'" It-!" A . M The Y. p A will hold work out. The one. who got the cor ' "H regular devotional services at 7 rect answer first, received a ilunii ' I'. M The public Is most cordial!)' cookies. Dillon Olds was the lucky Invited to all of those services, pupil. i School closed Thursday tifto.niHiu JENNINGS LODGE. and will not open until Monday. Juti of the Oak. Grove Telephone Com panv. lly a vote ot (tie nouse mo uury 4, 1'JoS. Merry Christmas lo one and all. and Miss Helen IlliirliWell, of Oregon City, was an mi't Saturday visitor lit t he Wilcox luiine. Muster Karl liiiardinaii, was nluo Veins old lleeelllber ZUIh, llllll III boll or of tlie t-x out Iwidve of his little pliiMuates wen. invited to a birthday supper nl the lintno of bis Krainlpnr- Ijet Howling sell your property. OAK GROVE. , miiy we all (his year gel Its full ' "", Mr. und Mrs (i. H ll.,iirdinuii. iiie.nme (ev. Wllllniu Harton has I Music was furnished by the giupho i worded 11 so beautifully by saying, I phone and on the plnmilii nnd games "Life Is ii Christinas stocking. It la ' were Indulged In, and nt f o'clock bis I long nud deep. We cniiliot see the 1 llltle guests nul iou to a dainty and The Oak Grove Athletic Club will bottom of It. nor reach our presents ' dellcluus birthday supper. Karl prov NEW ERA. with the latter s parents. H. J. Babcock. representing the C. D. Ford Lumber Company, of San : Francisco, w as in Canby on a bust-: ness trin Saturday. i The White School near Canby. is nrensrlnir on eTppllent nroeramme to ' Martha, aged 6 years, daughter of be given at the school house on Thurs- Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Tauscher. died day afternoon. A Christmas pro- December IS, of diphtheria and was gramme has been arranged by the In- buried In the aCtholic cemetery here stnictor. Prof. H. M. Eccles. Saturday. W. H. Lucke left Tuesdav afternoon Mrs. H. P. Wink was shopping in on business In connection with his Oregon City Wednesday of this week, commission house. 1 It's "Hello, Burt" McArthur since Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bair. were Port- Tuesday on our line, land visitors on Wednesday of last Father Mathews' brother has been week. visiting him several days. Mrs. R. S. Coe has gone to Port- Ed. Spulak, of Colton, is spending land, where she will spend Christmas the holidays at the home of his moth with her son and family. Mr. Coe er, Mrs. Kate Spulak. o fthls place. will leave Thursday for Portland. , Several of the boys attended the where he will also enjoy the big turkey and plum pudding. A fire alarm was sounded here on Saturday. The Sutherland house near that of O. R- Mack's was dis covered to be on fire by Mrs. Mack. who telephoned the alarm. Many of In Strelb. E. T. Elmer. John etior, Mrs. M. D. Hi-ed. Dr. Houser and J. L. Johnson. The meeting was adjourn ed until January 5. ll'n'J, when tt will be decided upon which proposition to accepL Friday evening ohVera of Milwau kee were called to Oak Grove to arrest Otto Foot, who Is charged with break ing windows. He was taken to Ore gon City, where he was lodged In the county Jail until Monday morning when he was taken before Judge Kel so. The stilto was represented by Deputy District Attorney Stlpp. The charge was read and Fool plend guilty. As he was unable to pay the fine of J10, he was placed In the coun ty Jail to serve out his term of five davs. Dr. Belt has left for his homo In Toronto, Canada, where he will visit his need mother. He Intends to re McCord shooting match Sunday and ! mBn ram during the holidays, but will came home loaded with turkeys, ducks I r( urn sometime In January. ulav a return game with tin Mllwuu- with a single snatch, hut w limy take chairman was directed to appoint a kee basketball team at Milwaukee, our blessings from the top, one at u board of directors. The following are Mmniay evening. Ik'ceiuber 2N. Wn time, gratefully hut not loo fast or those appointed: F. H. Itchier. Phil- hope It will be more Interesting tluiu eagerly; enjoy them, and reach down and chickens. The New Era Mutual Telephone Co. will hold its annual meeting Tues day. January 5. AM stockholders are requested to be present, Chas. Mullan Is clerking at the Mil waukee Pharmacy during the holi days. Mrs. John Snyder, mother of John Snyder, the baker, hus been on the Herman Mailer, a student of Berke- ! sitt-U list the last week, hut we are In- for her recovery. Miss Mitt's home is I the business men ran to the scene. In Inin anH she came to nreeon with i nmt with hnr-kpts of water the fire was ley. Cal.. spent several days with Mr. formed she Is recovering her father and sister to remain for the : soon extinguished, with a very slight j and Mrs. Bradtl and family. Charles Mauser, William Scllwood Winter. i loss. The house Is occupied by J. Dick Rlef. of Wisconsin, is visit-1 au, Regenald Wltte, who are attend Mrs. E. Saltmarsh left on Wednes- Wilkerson. Canby is in need of fire ! !-g his uncle, Joseph Kief, and fam- m,1(. the Oregon Agricultural ( ollege, day morning for Lebanon, where she protection at the present time and ' Hy. SOMETHING ABOUT PHONOGRAPHS will spend the holidays with their par ents here. The citizens met at the Grange hall Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of establishing a bank at this place, which will be known as the Milwaukee State Bank. Cnpt. Shaw was chairman. By a vote of the house a canvass was made of all present, which resulted that all the stock, amounting to $5000 was subscribed, and a committee was appointed to have the bank Incorporated Immedi ately. The new bank will no locnieu the last game, ; ngign: When you have pulled out all Ralph Brandt has returned from "'e KlflH you thought were there, Corvnllta to spend the holidays at search another time, for some of tho hlme. dourest gifts of the love of (jo, are Ernest Harris, who Is a student ul ' hidden so deep that we nnd them only the I'nlverslty of Oregon, returned when u have come to believe that home to spend the holidays l'f l empty nnd sad, Just when most We were more than pleased a few w need to find the choicest and bysl days ago to see the face of Mis Lil-'f all the secrets of Ills never fall cllio Clemens, who ha Just returned ' goodness toward his children, and from Monmouth College. Mts Clone when you have reached the very hot ens will visit her sister and brother loin, hang up the stocking of your hero during her Christmas vacation. hope again, for Hod has other Christ. The Oak Grove taxpayer held their t"BH Kl"i for you In the world from annual meeting Friday evening, De- which Christina Comes." comber IS, at the school house. Among other business was the levying of a Owing to a delay In getting the 7-mlll tax for the year. It now lie- chimney built to the ehnpol. tha comes necessary to either build a ( hrlstmas exercises will be held on new school house, or inako an addl Christinas night. Instead of the night turned from South llend. Wash., nnd lion to the old mi' to accommodate oi uooemiior :j. as was ilrst planned win uiakn a short visit with their sis- esldents. A new room will also call A very line program bus ,een ar- for a new teacher. It Is the belief ranged and the r It ten on general of most of the citizens that the build- arrangements has been so nobly as lug of a new school would b tho nsron m their work that wo feel that proper thing to do. "I,r l,'"t Christina tr,,,, nm pr,,. The subscription fund for the erec- Minium- m nils place will lie a Slic ed hlmiw'lf a charming Utile host. Those who were present Were llurold and Jeliii'.f Pratt, Itorls Piilnloii, Regi nald Hons, Aunle ami Glenn tiixi-ll, Wlllaril SliHMim and Arthur aisl lies, sle Huberts Some very pretty little remembrances were given him. and all wished bl m many happy reiura of the day. Dr, Illce. of Vancouver, Wash., spent Sunday with his people at this place. We are all very pleased lo see tho Oak Grove meal wngmi pas on our st I ml and are pleased to linlu also that a bran new delivery nin with Jeiiulngs Ijodgo mi, la seen no our treot retch dny taking order and ! Ilverlng goods. ' II. C. Piilntmi ha completed drill ing a well for II. (1. price. Several ram of wood have bwn loaded from (hi Hint Ion lb" last week. Mr Post and Mis Nellie Post re- While many objects once looked on as luxuries are now regarded as absolute necessities, the phonograph can scarcely be considered as having reached that stage. It must still be classed as a luxury, and, with that fact in mind, a return of prosperity is presaged by the fact that at the Edi son factories at Orange, N. J., ten thousand phonographs are being made every week and one hundred and fifty thousand records are being turn ed out every day in the week. Grasp Just a few more figures and then sit comfortably back with the gratifying realization that the country, after all, is not going to the dogs, and that there is a little loose change in the pockets of the average American citizen. In the various buildings of the Edison works there is a floor space of fourteen acres, while the en tire plant occupies eighteen acren. The engine, playing no unimportant ! part in the life of one of America s tnoBt famous manufactories, has grown from fifty to fifteen hundred horsepower. In all the departments when it is considered that more than ten thousand of them are used every week In the making of phonographic records it will be realized that the bill for this item alone is not an in significant one. The saphires must be of absolute smoothness, having a higher polish than, for example, a three hundred dollar diamond. It is here, too, that Edison has outdistanc ed his Imitators, all of whom require a different needle for every Individual record. The huge plant at Orange, the mag nitude of which is the amazement of as great as that of all the other artl cle3 combined. It is Interesting too, to note that, while Mr. Edison himself ilnn .if ii new Xt E. (inireli has been cess about completed. The $J()oo. which miy mend of Mrs Allen was toe amount required, has been Brow n will bo paluod to hear ' that subscribed with very little effort on "lentil has visit. -d her family In Kan- the part of the solicitors. " ' '' within a week. The llrst The house that has I n dernriit- "'in oi nor aunt, .Mrs. Mary Ing the streets for the last few weeks .nine vvaison. who for the Inst fmiy has Just crossed the track on its way ,,v" years has been very prominent In to Mr. Belilley's property which Is ' cdiirntlnnnl work In Kansas. On Just west of the school house. Owing neoemlior I.I Mrs. Brown' grand- to the weather the work has been '"""'er, .Mrs. J. p. Mather, missed somewhat delayed, as the movers are awuy at her homo In Emporia. Kan all dry weather workers. H,lH- Mr. Mather wn hh years old It Is exneoled that Mrs. Oscar leaves eight children. ;;i irriuid Skoog will return to her home by dun children, fifteen grenl grandchildren, llrst of the vear from the hosnltal. and one grent great grandson. Mrs where she has gone through two sue-1 ,lr,,w" ,1"H the. heartfelt sympathy of cessful operations. We all welcome ; " '"I"' community In her bereave- the return of our good nelgblior. ,110111. Miss Margaret Warren Is gelling: 'ieorge M. Fnrlelgh left, this week much belter, hut will not bo able to f"r Alberta, Canada, to be absent a be iimoiie her friends for at least two I f'Ttnlghl. lie expects lo nlso visit In the Postoffice building for the pros-, ,m,t hs yet. lelmia and Vancouver, II. f.' before ent. It Is hoped that the bank will j The wrestling match at Milwaukee , 'i'8 return. he completed by the first of Febru-; Friday evening, December IS, between, At " 11 "''K of the Sunday school This Is one of the long neeoen md Roberts of that city, and (ins Zlin- ""." " ureKou 1 ny (lining last tor, Mr, Bert lliinriliiinn, hi-foro re. turning to their homo in prlucvUlo, Oregon, A Attorney V. J. Melndl. wife and children, of Moro, Eastern Oregon, have arrived In Oregon City, and am speiidlhn tho holiday with Mr Meln dl's parents, Mr. nnd Mrs. George Iji elle, of .Mount Pleasant. They will remain until after New Years. M. J, Lazello, sou of Mr. ami Mrs IjioIIo, nnd a student of llm Agricultural Col lege, Corvnlllii, returned In Oregon City Weiluenilny and will spend hi vacation with hi parents OASTOniA. Brt tlx 1 14 Hi.itl T m H.m almrg Bsjf4 i ary This Is one 01 ine mug ire 11m itoueris or tnai city, and i.us ,iui-' --k"ii my inning last possibly does not look upon the phono-! nHtltllUims ()f MwauK,.e, and every mermnnn, of Oak Grove resulted in J w.-.-k, a teacher's training class was graph as the greatest of his inven tlons, which embrace telegraph im provements, engines, Incandescent lamps and Innumerable electrical ap pliances, he has really devoted more of his time to It than to any other, and that, while he has disposed of his Interest in almost all the other Edi son companies, he retains a financial, personal and dally Interest in the manufacture and ceaseless improve- i.i....n t ..t..ua.i urlih the outcome. r..ty..f it... t-k t ..r xi.. ti..i...f-iu i.i.i ornglll.cd ami one of our well Ln.twn Milwaukee Grange No. 2 OK held ltstlie first fall In seven minutes. Mr. people. Mrs. Howard SinUn, was elect regular meeting at the Grange Hall Zlmmeriiiann took the next three falls '"'I f"r Hie Illble Study Division, Saturday, beginning at 10 o'clock A. ; two, fifteen and two minutes, re-. A"''" Hrnwn Jr., and Little Umlse M. A number of Inltlatalons wero 1 sportively. I Marl In are now on the sick list nt made In the forenoon. A large nuin-1 Cndor the nusplces of tho Oak ,,H writing, but hope they will he her of members and also quite a few j Grove. Athletic Club, Giis Zliiimermann : l'''"'r soon. visitors were present. The election I who Is a member of thai club, will j M,H 1-ol'le Zimmerman, of Concord, mnlu tha n.hlno that In tha tn.nl every one who visits It for the first Wf),J(.'ly known an(, 'm(M of time, is not entirely devoted to the manufacture of the phonograph. With in these concrete walls, the buildings being separated by lawns of carefully tended grass and pavements, are made many other products of the ceaseless Edison Invention. These include the projecting kinetoscope and Its films, the Edison primary battery, which Is adapted to railroad and almost every need but that of the automobile, the four thousand five hundred people are Bates numbering machine, which, employed, making It one of the most while It does not bear his name, Is Important factors in the wellbelng of really an Edison Invention, and the the working people of the Oranges, 1 Edison storage battery, which Ib al Newark and other nearby places. All most ready for the market and uses of these are now working overtime, cobalt, a mineral earth, in place of and in the record department the de- lead, used in most all storage batter mand Is such that the labor contin- ies up to the presen time. For the lies every night In the week save Sun- , moving pictures there are studios In day." When one considers that this . the Borough of The Bronx, and the plant and this labor are devoted to , Bronx Zoological Park la largely util te making of machines Intended only 'zed as a stage setlng, the company for nleasure. one begins to believe , having a long list of models drawn that the people are not particularly 1 from the theatrical world. These pto poverty stricken. ! tures are tested in a, tiny darkened To keep the public In touch with ! room in the Orange factory, the oper the marvellous output of "The Wiz- j ator paying minute attention to every ard'a" creation, an almost incredible detail of the pictures as they pass be amount of printer's ink is required, j fore him on the screen and removing Catalogues to the number of three mil-1 from the film every blemish or defect, lion six hundred thousand copies are j The pictures are constantly Improving printed ever yyear, and the lists of I aDd tne ol time fickering, once such new records Issued annually average 1 uu uie eyes 01 me spectator, his nearly one thousand Inventions. His laboratory adjoins the phonograph works, and his beautiful home at Llewellyn Park, nestling amid tho visible from the factory's upper windows. of officers took place In the after nism, and resulted In the following be ing elided: J. R. Kelso, master; Mrs. wrestle Dick l-arge, of Milwaukee,! who was the trainer of Bid Roberta. I o There will be two or three prellmlna les In tho way of wrestling and box ing among some of tho members of Nolle to Creditor, Notice Is hereby given that the un dersigned has 1 11 duly appointed by the County Court of the Slate of Ore. gon for Clnckiiiiias County, adminis tratrix of the estate of John lloln rlch, deceased. All persons having claims maliiMt said estate are hereby required lo present the sniuo to me at the nfflco of iritcil & Schllebel, In Oregon city, Oregon, properly veri fied us hy law within six 1 ilhs from the dale hereof. Date of first publication Friday, December L'fi, puis. MA HIE IIEINUICIl. Ail m I n I hi rut tlx. U'llen 6 Heliuobol, Attorney for Administratrix, C. Parellus, overseer; Mrs. Maggie A Johnson, lecturer: Kalo Casto, flnan clal secretary; Mrs. Ella Maple re- the club before the main event Is1 cording secretary; Otto Naef, treaa- j pulled off. The price of admission I nrcr- T fL A. Sellwood. chaplain; and date will bo alven later. i I r,.v.n Tnn,r.a utatvliril- V. f. Five AS- I llnn't nvfitirvtl llm rrrlltwl rtinuiiln. trees on the Orange Mountains, is '.,, .'',. Mr' Anderson. Ce- radii hall nnd IhihIo.i .miner m 1... res; Mrs. Bitting, Pomona; Mrs. Rob-'given In Green's hall New Year's evo. bins, Flora; Mrs. Hammond, L. A. Two prizes will bo given to tho best ct .....n ...I . el.ai.lno T OnnuoM trustee. Imlv anil nriinlliimnn atiul u I it... I nltui-.l nitnaiu, Vila. I'-n tr, "--( - ...,. a'"' ' ...... v.i.t. The next meeting will be on New: actors. The danco will bo an all night Year's night. jaffale. The Milwaukee Band will give a, Ab' ItiHt tho deal has giyio through masquerade ball and cake walk at the 1 for tho property Just east of tho sta-1 city hall, Milwaukee, New years eve. ition and tne papers are already mado Dancing will begin at 8 o'clock and out. Wo can now look for some nice the grand cake-walk at 10 o ciock. . winnings in a very snort lime. There will be three prizes for the best ( Tho groceries are having a very cake-walkers. Everybody come and tuccesHful holiday trade, have a good time. . Do not overlook the fine class of Mrs Buck Is going to spend the meat that our new butcher Is handl- twenty-four millions. The public need never be without music, Blnce the fair ly generous amount of two million records Is at all times kept In stock at Orange. While the aapblre Is not the most costly of precious stones, has been largely although not entirely done away with. But, as a matter of fact, all of these things are Incidental at Orange. The overwhelming product is that of phon ographs, a product probably five times To be shown through the eleven five story buildings and five chemical lab oratories, that have marked the growth of the genius of one man is to get an astounding comprehension of the meaning pf the real Industrial activ ity; and it may incl-dentally be noted that thoroughly to inspect these build ings requires a walk of something like fourteen miles. Mr. Edison once said that his success as an inventor had been the result of "2 per cent of in spiration and 90 per cent of perspira tion." As, one takes that fourteen mile walk he Is Impressed with the fact that these thousands of men, wo men, boys and girls engaged in the making of Instruments that bring pleasureto millions of people, and making them In vast, sunlit rooms, whose windows look out upon beauti ful mountains and one of the most picturesque of American towns, have little perspiration to contend with, while the machinery everywhere In evidence seems sb If possessed of human brain. The most minute of parts, everything connected with the phonograph, even to the smallest screw Is made In the factory by mod ern machinery that to a layman seem to do its work by magic. Christmas holidays at Ncwberg. Milwaukee School Note. Frank Currnatt, a pupil In Mrs. Elserl's room, is ill. George Attwood was thrown while riding a horse, hurting his back. It was at first thought be had broken some bones, but Investigation showed that no serious damage was done. With the exception of a few brulBes, George Is all right, and we expect him back to school after the holidays. John Swlnston spelled down the second grade Tuesday. Beulah Spring, of the third grade, won in the arithmetic contest.- Kelvln Hlmners, who has been 111 for the last week, Is recovering and we hope to see him back to school af ter the holiday. John Snyder, the Milwaukee baker, Ing. You can not get better meat any where. The loafing society aro lost for now business since the house moving party have goten out of our view. The stockholders of the Oak Grove Telephone Company will hold their annual mooting In Green's hall Mon day evening, January 4, 1909. A full attendance Is requested as the elec tion of officers and directors for tho ensuing term will be one of the Im portant event of the meeting. Othor business will also be transacted. Third Quarterly Meeting. The third quarterly meeting of the Evangelical church, Milwaukee, will be held next Sunday, Rev. Theo. Schauer, the efficient presiding elder of Portland district, will preside at all WE'VE SHUT DOWN ON HIGH PRICES They're a thing of the past at this tore. We don't pretend that we are in the business purely for the benefit of the people. We do not make nonsensical claims. We are simply selling at the lowest possible price to attract the largest possible volume of business. Big Money ' nowdays is made on the BIG BUSI NESS AND SMALL PROFIT BASIS. If youdon!t believe we actually mean it, as Tom Lawson would say, Mull these prices over:" Extra Standard Tomatoes, Corn or String Beam 3 for 2Bo Extra Standard Peaches, Apricots, or Pear 15c per can Grandma Washing Powder 2 for 35c Korn Kinks 8 for 25o Pyramid Wathlng Powder 2 for 35o Swift'. Pride 8oap 8 bars for 25o FREE DELIVERY A ROBERTSON THE SEVENTH ST. GROCER