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About Morning enterprise. (Oregon City, Or.) 1911-1933 | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1911)
PINEVILLE'S - CIDER DAY d HY In S in Br M QLAT Cofrrlihl. 13U. br Airit U- erry ' 1 for Ivroir vun the Tillage of PlnerUle bad tuttl a custom of Its own p A I ease tbe Uj tlll not fall Sunday a couple of barrel f Dew xider wer placet! on tor public iuar aud up ped and eTerybody iortied t driak their Oil, It a laj of rejokluv and via knuvi as clJer lj. On certain Hth of JVi'U'ratwT a traucer arrived la thr tillage Lj atage. It raa Dot so ancotumun fai traoffera to imti but tlm was so ODcomtuoli mil.' He bad a clubfoot; ue nu out ejw. w u like tbe bellow of a ball: be bad but en eyebrow. His personal appear- anoe as freely commrDU-d oa. as Is tbe way of the TllUgrr. and there wa great f urtonlty to know w ho be J and what had bruhl blm there TTie atranger was llmplnc around . tow next daj when the cider was , brought la and tbe rejoicings began. . . but be paid do attention until after- j Boon. Then tbe men had begun to warm ap and grin and laugh and slap each other on the bark. Firecrackers , wcr thrown trader tbe stranger's fee. ' - and when ho roVed bis displeasure be j was laughed and Jeered at Then be ' got a hand oa bis back and was cbal- , lenged to a wrestling match and a ' trial of cuffing off hats. He was lo- , Tiled to drink prosperity to PineTille i XB a uipper 01 new cmjct. pou refused to do so a quantity was poured J a his hat. Tbe stranger was a good swearer, and bo swore Ha stood on the public ' square and swore, and be sat on tbe tarern veranda and swore, and be . locked hlmaelf In his room and swore. 1 All day tbe town made merry, as per j custom, and next day some of tbe lead ing cirlsena called to make excuse, j Tho stranger had hired a rig and de- parted after an early breakfast ' PineTille wanted a railroad. It bad wanted one for years and at times ; had bad strong hopes. Tbe trouble was la tbe hills half surrounding it. There must be a costly tunnel. En gineers had come and estimated and , reported, and the cost bad been con' , aidered too high. A new and greater ' effort was now on foot, and three day i after elder day a large and entbunias- , tic mass meeting was held. At this meeting a. greater sum was pledged than erer before, and a delegate was stent to tbe headquarters of tbe P. and j P. railroad to lay tbe matter before the j proper officials. Tbe Doe to Plnerllle. , If built, would be a branch. Tbe del.- gate waa politely received and listened ! to and then told that a larger deleg.i- j tion had better come down. IndM-d. tbe names of seven of bis fellow j townsmen were glTeu blm. and tbey would be received and tbe mnttwr gone Into. When the delegation reached tbe city I It was Informed that If PineTille gt its branch It would be through a cer tain capitalist, wbo would give tbein audience half an hour later. He did so. They Died Into bis ofll'-e and op lo j bis desk to find tbe man of the cln'v foot He bad a smile oo bis fare, but tbey did not like tbe smile. He spoke j Honeyed worn, um ai me same uaie ' he bad tbe door locked and three stout men brought In. "Glad to see yon. gentlemen rerr clad." be said to the delegation as a whole. "Ton may perhaps remember that I visited your pleasant little town the other day. Very nice town: very nice town. Very enterprising people. ' Very charming custom you hare up there. " "Sir." replied Deacon Harrison, who ; bad been appointed spokesman for the ' delegation, "if perchance our people made too merrr- "Oh. no. no. no! 1 love merry peo ple." I "It was our cider dar. von know " "Certainly, certainly plenty of rl der and plenty of merriment So ' you came to aee about a branch line "to yoor town? Well, after an exbl , bltion of a little custom of my own we will proceed to talk. There's tbe pall and dipper. Help yourselves. " None of tbe seven ever knew what , tbe nature of tbe contents of tbe pall were. Deacon Harrison drank flrt. . and be looked weary as he turned away. The weariness went down through tbe line "Now for some merriment," said the clnbfooted man as he nodded to bit three stoat retainers The trio moved. They cuffed off ta TV.. I .. .1.1 . ' the back. Tbey gave them the Iron elbow. Tbey bustled tbem ap and down and across and laughed and , Jeered. After ten minutes the boss bold up his band snd said: "Tbe gentlemen must be thirsty. Be- . fore there is further merriment give . tbem more drink." When tbe said "merriment" ceased there was no mnn nt th ninn nlm ocld stand on bis lets. Thev had been hnstled for fair. An they sat breathing ba'rd and wondering what was coming next the capitalist chuck- . led and laughed and snld: ion is an, geruemen. You don ' need a railroad to Plnevllle Ton hav. your cider day. and that's better. As ! you probably , have Important engage menta elsewhere I will now excuse you." ... There was lighting all over town next dny. On the next after that there was a public meeting to abolish cider ju a ib iwtuiK ior irouoie TOU enter the town anina r1 ami mmtr ..... f . I 1. - il m ' wuji it uuui ruiroao. I I I $10 REWARD '' For tbe arrest an conviction of any person or persona, who unlawfully remova copies of' The 4 Morning Enterprise from tbe premises of subscribers after paper has been placed there by carrier. t, ' Mr. and Mrs. James Hatton and son, of Bonneville, ware In this city oa rrl-1 any. im guesu tf Mra o. W. Grace. Tbey left for Jefferson, where Mr. r'-.ton will have charge of the batch- a 3 Between and including the dates July 25th, and July 31st, 10,000 EXTRA VOTES will be allow ed for every "Club" of Five NEW Yearly Subscriptions secured and turned in to tho Enterprise office. Here-to-fore for five one year subscriptions you received five thousand votes according to the regular schedule of votes, but during this special vote offer you receive three times that amount, 15000 in all. Same increase implies in proportion on "Clubs" of Five New Yearly Subscriptions to Weekly Enter prisefor one "Club'Vyou received in the past 2500 votes, during the coming week for the same amount of subscriptions you will be allowed 7500 votes: " , If you secure two "Clubs" of Five for Daily or Weekly you are entitled to two Extra Vote Cer- THIS SPECIAL OFFER WILL POSTIVELY BE THE BEST CHANCE OF THE ENTIRE RACE TO SECURE ENOUGH EXTRA VOTES TO WIN THE FIRST PRIZE- TO BE AWARDED TO YOUR DISTRICT. MAKE THE BEST OF EVERY SPARE MOMENT ' SPECIAL OFFER OF EXTRA VOTES 0 STARTS Tuesday, Jtdy 25th at 8 O'clock A. M. FIRST ' PRIZES Two Upright Kimball Pianos VALUE $400 Each ! ddPf . (PST $400 llP Each. Parchascd from Portland's Leading Music House EILERS' & CO., 7th and Alder Sts. 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