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OHEGOX CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, OCTOIU'R 2D, 1900. CANBY AND SOUTHERN CLACKAMAS ' " ' CANBY." The oily council meets In the city hull on Monday night, November 1. Mr. and Mrs. James KvniiK left on Tuesday afternoon's train for Port hind, whore thoy will visit with their daughter, Mrs. Emma lturgovno. Mr. Evans' health Is quite poorly, and Is taking the trip in the hopes of bene ItUing himself. 0. H. Freer, of the Corvallis Cream ery, left for Forest Grove on Monday evening on a business trip. Roy H'iss. who formerly resided In this city, being the son of the late Rev. Koss, who passed away in this city about one vear ago, has returned to Oregon, and has accepted a posi tion as teacher of a school eight mllca from Molalla. Mr. Ross accompanied his mother and brothers and sister to Michigan shortly after the death of his father, and states that they are also anxious to return to Oregon, and will do so as soon as they dispose of their property interests. Mrs. Ola M. Hurley attended the Warner Grange at New Era on Satur day. A. Kocher and son. Calvin Kocher, returned from Portland on Tuesday, where they atteuded "In Old Ken tucky." This Is Mr. Kocher's third time he has seen this play, and says he is ready to go again next year. E. A. Kmeger made a trip to Port land the latter part of the week and purchased a large stock of carpets, I linoleums and couches. i R. E. Scott, of Anoka, Minn., arrived In Canbv on Sunday evening, and Is ' visiting with his old friend, J. J. Sandsness. Mr. Scott Is looking for j a location, and Is very much Im pressed with Oregon, he is thinking of locating in Clackamas County. He i took a trip to the Molalla country with ! M J. on Tuesday afternoon. Roy Knight has gone to Marquam, where he is visiting with relatives. Mrs. Ed Rradtl. Ms. M. J. Lee and ; Mrs. D. Clark, of Roseburg. visited i with relatives In Portland this week. John Ayers, of California, is visit-: Ing with J. Burns. I E. Bradtl, of the Carlton & Rosen-, krans store, and G. Bradtl. of New ! Era, were in Portland Sunday. j E. H. Carlton, of Portland, of the : firm of Carlton & Rosenkrans, was In Canby on a busines trip Tuesday.! Dr. and Mrs. George Hampton, of) Portland, were visiting with the for- mer's parents. Mr. and Mrs. F. Hamp-i ton, on Sunday. J J. J. McCormack. one of the promt-, nent farmers residing near this city, j was in Oregon City on a business trip, j Tuesday. i Frank Kendall, of St. John, was In ; Canby over Sunday. Roy Lee, who has been working for the Canby Canal Company all summer j left on Sunday evening for Eugene, where he will open a moving picture j snow. j Mrs. E. Krueger and daughter. Miss . Ida, were Portland visitors on Satur-; day. returning Monday evening. j The Women's Christian Temperance) I'nion will meet at the home of Mrs. j Brewer on Friday afternoon. Claude Torgerson went to Portland ! Saturday, and returned home Sunday! evening. Arthur Knight and B. Davenport! were Oregon City visitors over Sun-i day. I Mrs. H. A, Lee, who has been In; Kelso, Wash., where she was called j by the death of W. A. Stone, returned to her home in this city on Wednes day night. Victor Grimm arrived in Canby on Monday, on his way home from Texas, where he had been spending the sum mer with relatives. Mr. Grimm enjoy ed his trip Immensely, but states that he is glad to get back to old Oregon. There will be no services in the M. E. Church on Sunday, owing to the absence of the pastor. Rev. Cres sy, at Cams on that day. The Sunday school will be held at the regular hour. M. J. Lee has returned from his trip to Eastern Oregon, where he went on business. Mr. Lee visited la Bla lock. before returning, viewing the drilling of a large artesian well. Many of the young men of this city are planning to attend the dance on Saturday night given by the Green point Hose Team No. 5, in Oregon City. Misses Hattie and Edna Hutchinson spent Sunday in Oregon City, visiting with friends. Mr. Beck, representative of the Sherman Clay Company, of Portland, was in Canby the first of the week, accompanied by his wife. Mr. Beck had charge of the display of the Sherman-Clay Company at the' County Fair this year. W. C. Cheney, of Oregon City, was In Canby on business Tuesday. Charles V. Kelly. L. A. Nobel unit Chris Hart man, of Oregon City, were In MlUaukle on Wednesday. Mr. Hartman is contemplating establish ing a brewery In this city, and was looking for a site. Miss Ora I.ee will leave on Satur day for a three days' visit w ith friends In Portland, and while in that city will attend a Hallowe'en party. J. T. Bell has returned from Port land, where he has been enived by the H. W. Manning Light & Supply 'company. Mr. Not has acepied a p. i sition with the Canby Canal Company. iand as he is an electrician of several years' experience, will be one of the l electricians in charge of the power ' house as swn as it Is completed. He ! is at present wiring many of the hom es of Canby preparing for the elec tricity, that will be furnished by the Canai Company. Before coming to Oregon, Mr. Met was In the electrical business in California, and is well posted in this line. S. Berg, of Barlow, was In Canby on business Tuesday. Mr. Berg is having his dwelling thoroughly reno vated, which will be occupied by his son, who will keep a line of groceries. Our sister town seems to be on the boom, as a new barber shop Is also one of the new business houses that have Just started up, and also a new meat market, which will be In charge of Moe & Nelson. D. M. Eby, of Salem, has arrived In Canby and has rented the photo studio of Carl Datum, who has been In the photograph business In this city for some time. Mr. Damiu will dovote his time to his other business. William Lucke went to Portland on business Tuesday. Scenes Near the Headgates of Canal. The work on the Canal being con structed by the Canby Canal Company Is being pushed along at a rapid rate. The headgates near Meadowbrook have been completed and the work 'on this side Is fast nearing completion. It will not be long before the city of Canby can boast of having one of the most up-to-date power houses In the county, which will tend to bring many manufacturers here. A full crew of men are at work, who will finish the work in about 3i days, on the canal. The work at the headgates Is In charge of Frank Dodge and the work near and at Canby Is In charge of Fred Hurst, the electrician of Aurora. During the past week the Canal Company has disposed of several tracts of land to outside parties. - The land will be In the Irrigated section, and Is considered to be some of the best farming land in the county of Clackamas. One of the tracts that was sold consisted of SnO acres to parties from Twin JTalls. Minn. The land was owned by Harry Balr. Telephone Office Moved. The headquarters of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, which has been Jn the Carlton & Rosenkrans store for ruanjj yirs. was moved to the Paddock dror; store on Tuesday of this week. Owing to the large business of the C. & R. store the proprietors of this store found that It was Impossible to have this as their central. Walter Smith, J. L. Friest and Charles Mulkey, of Oregon City, employes of the company, were in Canby on Tuesday removing the switch-board and other paraphernalia' to the new headquarters. The line is now in running order with Mr. Pad dock as central. Quarterly Conference to Convene. The first quarterly conference for the Canby charge will convene at Can by, Wednesday, November 3, at 2 P. M., at the M. E. Church. POST CARD ALBUMS The Largest Assortment in the City, From 5 cents to $3.50. Just Received Another Assortment of Artistic Postals, beauties, at CANBY'S ART STUDIO. Canby Gun Club. Heveral members of the Gun Club met at the grounds on the Walt tract, Sunday for their regular weekly shoot. A number of spectators were present and enjoyed the exhibition, also some outsiders participating. During the week the pit was enlarged and preparations made to Install the new trap ordered some time ago. The reloading outfit sent for by the Sandness Hardware Co. has not as yet arrived, but Is expected within the next few- days and will be put into operation as soon as possible. Out of a possible 25 the fallowing scores were made: Geo Meeks Hi L. V. Carothers in Claud Baty 17 Horace Patch 17 Wilmer Sandsness H John White 14 Grant White 13 Chas. Bates 12 C. Fellows fi Several extra rounds were shot, hut no official score kept. The new model Remington automatic repeater Is now being used by several of the members and outside of some of the boys oc casionally "roostering" their guns, very good results are obtained and on the whole have given the best of sat isfaction. Some plans are now being talked of In regards to moving the club's quarters to a more permanent 1 wilt ion and building more com-1 modioli structures. I Market Report. ! Many of the farmers In this section I of the county are busily engaged In ' digging their crop of potatoes, mid and are pleased with the present out look. The crop Is unusually largo and the potatoes are excellent. Puling the past few days eggs have taken a slight raise, mid the price Is at present cents, for fresh ranch eggs, although some can be purchased i at S5 cents. i Ranch butter has gone from 22 la I cents per pound to 25 cents, and , creamery rvnialns about the same. The price of bacon has gone frof 15 cents to 20 cents; Movk hogs taking ! a slight decrease from !' cents to S cents; veal from 9 to !, cents. Canby prices are as follows: j Butter, fresh ranch, 25c lb. ; K.ggs, :!i'.e dm, ' Cheese, best creamery, 22lc lb. Cheese, best creamery, 25c lb. j Ix'inons, SOc dot. j Oranges, SOc do. Bananas, SOc doi. j Cabbage. 1c lb. ' Honey, comb 12cTb, strained, 25 c pint. j Beans, Rtnall white, So Tb; brown, four lb for 25c. ! Bacon, country, 20c lb. Pulk lard 17c. " Hams, country 17c. Packing House. 20c. Dressed meats wholesale buyfng, block hogs, fancy $tc: ordinary 7c; veal, fancy, Sc; ordinary Scf Ssc. Chickens old hens 13c; springs, 13c; young roosters, Sc to 9c, mixed, 11c and 12c. Hay best clover $12 per ton, loose S; timothy $15; cheat $12. Vetch seed. 4c. Clover seed Red. 104c AlstkV 13c for fancy. t Hops best fancy. 24c. prime 22c, and poor to ordinary, 20c. Potatoes retail lc lb; wholesale, early fancy, 50o cwt sacks and twine furnished. Seed, 20c bu., Sweets, 3c lb. Onions faucy, 75c cwt., sets, 3sc. Bran, 90c sack. , Rolled barley $1.35 sack. Chop, $1.20 Sugar. $0.00 sack. Rice fancy 10c: common 7c. Flour Salem $1.40 sack: Wood burn $1.35. Yakima Best $1.50 sack. Grape root. 3c , Cascara fancy, 4c Oregon City Enterprise In good demand at $1.50. BARLOW. PACKARD TILT DRESS SHOES AND NAP-A -TANS FOR MEN JOHN H. CROSS SHOES FOR WOMEN These are High Grade Shoes Sold at a modest Price and FULLY GUARANTEED. WE FIT THE FEET Oregon City Shoe Store Main Street, opposite Postoffice Mr. Scott, of Minnesota, an old friend of Mr. Towtie. is visiting him at present. Mr. Scott is thinking of starling an undertaking establishment In Woodbum. Mrs. M. W. Sheppard has been vis iting her sister, Mrs. Thomas Miller, in Oregon City, the past week. Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Freeman, of Sublimity were visiting here last week. S. B. Berg is laying a cement walk In front of his store and Is also mak ing extensive repairs on the Inside, of the building. Invitations are out for the double wedding next Wednesday. Bernard Berg and Laura Erickson and Sam Erickson and Julia Boland are the happy couples. MiTS. Larson is able to be out again after the accident. Mrs. Nelson and sister, Annie Blaue, gave their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Blaue a surprise party last Thursday evening, the occasion being Mr. and Mrs. Blaue's birthday party. An en joyable time was had by all present. Our teachers Miss Withey and Miss Dunn, of Portland, go home every Friday evening, returning Sunday eve ning. Mrs. L. B. Irvin, of Aurora, was vis iting Mrs. Quint Sunday. Miss Mary Steer, of Aurora called on Miss Hattie Irvin Sunday. Several of our young people attend ed the Aurora dance Saturday night and reported an enjoyable time. Mr. Johnson, our new blacksmith, was married last Saturday to Miss Moliie Looney, of Molalla. at Park place by Rev. Wood. Mr. Johnson has rented the Coller bouse and the happy couple will reside in this place. Mrs. Annie Thieme was married October 18 to F. V. Gorther, of Mo lalla. The excitement In Barlow Is wed dings. We seldom have a wedding here and as there are a number of them this fall It is quite exciting to the quiet citizens of this place. Miss Dlna Ekern, of this place, who taught our school two terms and who went to Lake Park, Minn., has accept ed a position in her uncle's store at Lake Park as cashier and will remain away at least one year. Mrs. George Simklns. who has been visiting her mother at Leland, Ore., has returned home. Swept Over Niagara. This terrible calamity often hap pens because a careless boatman ig nores the river's warnings, growing ripples and faster current. Nature's warnlnga are kind. That dull pain or ache In the back warns you the kidneys need attention If you would escape fatal maladies Dropsy, Dla- : betes or Brlght's disease. Take Elec- trie Bitters at once and see Back- j ache fly and all your best feelings re-! turn. "After long suffering from j weak kidneys and lame back, one $1.00 bottle wholly cured me," writes' J. R. Blakenshlp, of lielk, Tetin. Only 50c at Jones Drug Co. j ESTACADA. State Treasurer George A. Steel, who Is also president and large owner of stock in the Estacada Suite Bank, was a visitor In the city during the past week. The S. P. Ry. Co. are about to open offices in this city, as headquarters for the surveyors, who are doing a large amount of work in this vicinity. The company are preparing and clear ing the right of way along Oak Grove Creek for the large flume, which Ih to be built to cany the water to the site for the power plant to he built, on the Clackamas river. This flume Is to be about eight miles long and the fall Is reported to be about 1200 feet. The right, of way Is 30 feet wide and has been cleared, with the excep tion of the large timber, and a crew are now at work cutting the large trees. The River Mill Company, operated by the Morris Brothers, near the city, Is rushing Its work and has about completed sawing the timbers for the Howe Truss bridge, which is being constructed across the Clackamas and is about finished. A spur from the main line of the P. R. L. & p. Co. runs to the mill and we will goon see the road continued to the large belt of timber on Clear Creek. We pre dict an electric road for Viola within If you were traveling in a southerly direction to dis cover the North Pole you might get there some day, but it's very doubtful bat it's a bona fide fact that if you would take advantage of PKJKDE IMS. Great Dissolution Sale you could save from 25 to 35 per cent, on your winter's needs in CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS, HATS and SHOES. WHY NOT DO IT? Remember only three weeks more of this great sacrifice sale, so get busy and come in, we will convince you of its genuineness. NOTE A FEW OF Ttl MATCHLESS BARGAINS WE ARE OFFERING: if! JLz t w ft. h ft CfiMfcAT, $12 $i: $ IS ifJO $22, $25 ,")() Suits or Overcoats, of the very latest make $ '8.75 .00 Suits or Overcoats, of the very latest make t 0.50 ,00 Suits or Overcoats, of the very latest make i 3.25 ,00 Michael Stern II am I Tailored Suits and Overcoats t 5.75 ,")0 Mithacl Stern Hand Tailored Suit and Overcoats 16.25 ,00 Mit hacl Stern Hand Tailored Suits and Overcoats 18.75 Koelofs Celebrated $1.00 Hats $2.65 Hawes' Famous $3.00 Hats 2.35 $2..")0 Waldorf Hats 1.80 $2.00 Hats 1.25 $:$.U0 Dress or Work Shoes 2.20 $.'J..j0 Dress or Work Shoes 2.65 $4.00 in HihTop Loiter or Dress Shoes 3.30 $4.'0 in II ii;h Top Lo.wr or Dress Shoes ; 3.65 $7.00 in High Top Loer or Dress Shoes 5.20 f0e Under Garments 0.35 $1.00 All Wool Underwear 0.70 $1.50 Cooper's Wool Underwear 1.15 K'enlar 15c Sox now, per doz 0-55 50e Work Shirts 0.35 75c Work or Dress Shirts 0.55 $1.00 Work or Dress Shirts " 0.80 $1.00 Monarch Shirts 0.80 $1.50 Cluett Shirts I.IO $2.00 York Shirts 1 .35 $2.00 Oregon City Mfg. Co. Flannel Shirts 1.30 $2.00 French Flannel Shirts 1 .30 $3.50 V necked wool lerseys 2. 1 5 Everything is marked down at prices that will justify your consideration. An opportunity you can't afford, to miss. fM t for Men and Younq Men. LOOK FOR THE Sxth and nnn St.,Jpreflon City, Ore. Across the street from the Bank of Oregon City RED SIGNS a year. C. N. HniiiHch, of St. Johns. waH In tin; city during th jveek, looking aft it IiIh IntercHtB. Mr. I)raun:h inforniK iih that In; Ih making1 arraiigrfnicntH to taki; a two years', trip traveling In Europe. i '. Tli'; Towntit-ml hoys bagged three young geeiie at the reBorvoIr Sunday morning. Saturday evenlng'u Worm drove the lilrdH to the river and Homei good Khootlng waB had until the storm abated. I A. Morrow has commenced the con-j Btruction of a large barn for IiIh In- j cieaslng livery business. j John Stlnenian has returned from; an extended trip through the Middle Slates and reports an enjoyable tlmej and better yet, glad to get back to j Oregon. Jl. K. Dullard and O. H. Schock have completed a deal with the P. Ry.& j K. T. Co. for the right to ralne the1 wat.TM in the Clackamas river In con templation of the conslruciiou of u new power plant Judge Dlmlck ad dressed the meeting of the (larfleld Orange Saturday afternoon. The Judge Is very solicitous as to the wel fare of the primary law and strongly opposed to the "conventional Idea," which he says, will, If adopted, des troy the usefulness of the district primary. The people should carefully gaurd their rights, preserve tht) ref erendum and reconstruct the Initia tive. The legislative Bolons of the last session would "set up and take notice" could they hut hear the Judge give rehearsal of the various plots and schemes put through at the last session at tho expense of the tax payers. The Judge Is a strong advo cate of "womens rights," a clear and forceful speaker, and It would not be a surprise If be developed Into a strong factor In the next Gubernator ial race. The apple growers ure shipping their fruit to the cannery at I'ortland and lire realizing a Rood price for their fruit. This provides a good market at present, for tho fruit and a good' quality Is boliiK secured. In a stiort lime wo hopo to see concerted action among the growers and an as sociation formed for the packing and shipping of the apples and then we can expect the top prices for tho out put. J H Telford Is again at the desk a agent for the P. H. I & P. Co. and we are pleased to see John back and hope he will remain. The Garfield District was well to the front last week with a sensational divorce suit, a notable wedding and a speech by the Honorable County Judge. William R. Stokes is unloading a car load of tiling and hauling It to bis fruit form. This tiling, when put in place, will bo a new .departure with the laud owners hero and will make his orchard and farm one of the lineal. In the county. The fruit growers and farmers will watch the effect Willi a great deal of Interest and will jirobably result In the tiling of numerous farms In this vicinity. S. IJ. Wooster mid William Stokes sold forty acres of land to K. 8. Wil cox and forty acres to Mrs. Cullwell. The lauds will he set out to fruit trees. C. C Sating, who has twenty acres in fruit trees, was exhibiting some line spcclmcns-of Northern Spy apples this week. Mr. Hallng's orchard of young trees are mostly Hpltzenljcrgs. Some considerable excitement was raised In Kstacada the past week by the council refusing to grant a llipior license. It appears that this district Is strongly prohibition.