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paper has been placed there by
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Overcrowded Now.
"There's always room at the top."
"Not since the cost of living got Tip
there." Pittsburgh Press.
LOCAL BRIEFS
Fred Spangler, of Carus, was in this
city Monday.
Jack Jones, of Beaver "Creek, was
in Oregon City Monday.
Miss Pearl Schlomberger, of Carus,
was in this city Saturday.
Mesny & Caufleld, surveyors & engin
eers. Masonic Bldg. Maps & estimates.
Mr. and Mrs. Strieker, of Eldora
do, were in Oregon City Saturday.
H. G. Starkweather, of Naefs, was
in this city Monday on business.
Forest Irish, of Union Hall, was
among the Oregon City visitors Mon
day. P. O. Fladager, of North wood,
North Dakota, was in this city Sunday
and Monday.
F. W. McLearn, of Wilhoit, proprie
tor of the Wilhoit summer resort,
was in this city Saturday and Sun
day. Mr. and Mrs. John Lowry, of West
Oregon City, went to Eldorado Sat
urday, where they will vi3it Mr. and
Mrs. Anderson.
Mrs. C. O. T. Williams returned
Sunday from Portland, where she had
been the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
J. M. Lawrence.
Mr3. Bert Custer and Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Gumpert, of Portland, were
week-end visitors at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. G. A. Bickelk, of Mount
Pleasant
Free delivery from Harris1' grocery
twice every day. Phone in your order
if too busy to call.
J. B. Cummings, one of the prom
inent sawmill men of Clackamas coun
ty, whose sawmill is at Beaver Creek,
was in this city on business Monday.
J. Y. Humphrys, of Astoria, was
in Oregon City Sunday and Monday.
Mr. Humphrys was on business in this
city, but has accepted a position in
Astoria.
You can get Gluten Flour at Harris'
grocery, Eighth and Main streets.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Reddaway, of
Portland, were in this city Sunday,
spending the day with the latter's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. War
nock, of Mount Pleasant.
Grant Mumpower, a well-known
resident of Clackamas, was in this
city Monday, registering at the Elec
tric Hotel, and will return to his home
this morning.
Mrs. M. J. Martin, of the West
Side, and cousin, Thomas Martin, af
ter visiting friends for several days
in Portland, returned to Oregon City
Sunday evening.
"Hunt's" delicious canned fruits.
My, but they are good. At Harris'
grocery.
William Davis, of Carus, one of the
prominent farmers of this county,
was in this city Monday, bringing
with him a large quantity of hay for
the Oregon lity market.
Gilbert Horton, of Portland, but
formerly of Oregon City and son of
Mr. and Mrs. George Horton, of the
West Side, was in this city Monday
visiting his parents. Mr. Horton is
a member of the Portland police
force.
There's no bread like "Royal
Bread." Fresh every morning at Har
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George Porter, of Jamestown, North
Dakota, who has been visiting at the
home of his aunt and uncle, Mr. and
Mrs. George McLane, left Monday
morning for his home. So impressed
was Mr. Porter with Oregon that he
has decided to return here in the near
future and to attend one of the uni
versities. Mrs. Max Watkins, formerly Miss
Ada Sloat, of Portland, is visiting
Mr3. J. W. Hyatt, of Mount Pleas
ant. Mrs. Watkins will leave soon for
Omaha, Neb., where Mr. Watkins has
been transferred by the Southern
Pacific company, he being auditor of
the company. Miss Elizabeth Stanley
is also a guest at the Watkins home.
The best is the cheapest. Why
not use U. S. Bread? For sale at
George Ely's White Corner store, and
Jack & Albright's.
Mr .and Mrs. Dan McGill and daugh
ter, Frances, accompanied by Mrs.
McGill's sisters, Misses Nellie and
Mann, were in this city Sunday,
guests of Mrs. Elizabeth Summers, of
Seventh and Washington streets. Mrs.
Summers is an aunt of Mr. McGill.
Before returning to their home in
Portland they visited Mr. and Mrs.
W. L. Little.
News has been received by Mr.
and Mr3. W. E. Pratt, of this city,
from their daughter, Mrs. J. N. Wis
ner, who recently left this city' in
company with her young son, Nelson,
to join Mr. Wisner aj; New York,
where they were to embark for Soutn
America. Upon arriving at Chicago
Mrs. Wisner and son experienced se
vere cold weather, the thermometer
registering twenty degrees below zero.
Mr. Wisner and family left Saturday
for South America on the tourist
steamer Blucher, of the Hamburg-American
line 1
Mr. and Mr3. . F. C. Gillespie, of
Portland, were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. D. C. Robbins Sunday.
RURAL SCHOOL PROBLEM.
At a meeting, January 19, at the
James school, local conditions and
general school matters were discuss
ed by patrons, teacher and supervisor.
There is prospect that a four-room
graded school will be established in
the Swedish colonv on Milk nrpoir
Miss Irene Moehnke briefly explained
me manner in which the rural teach
er must hasten with her many classes
and many grades. DiiriTi? th first
hour and a half Miss Moehnke hears
eignt claases recite, being able to
give only ten minutes to each class.
The whole day must be spent in the
same manner. Very few classes may
have as much as fifteen minutes. The
city teacher ha3 forty minutes for
each class, and therefore the citk
child has from three to six times
as much attention from his teacher
as the rural pupil has from his. The
uregon scnool law recommends that
blackboards be extended the entire
distance around the room Knt vtrv
many of the rural schools have only
a iew teet of rough boards painted
black. With such poor equipment,
and other circumstances correspond
ing, the teacher must struggle on and
of course the children are the princi
pal losers at last. The people in this
community, however, are awake to the
need of progress and will respond.
The supervisor presented the fol
lowing facts:
Clackamas county spends 70 cents
of every $100 upon her schools. She
spends 1 1-2 cents of every $100 upon
supervision. The average taxpayer
pays 75 cents a year for three super
visors, or 25 cents apiece. This 25
cents pays for about eight visits of
several hours each. Tobacco costs
nearly three times as much as educa
tion; intoxicants cost over five times as
much. The army and navy cost near
ly as much as the schools. The per
capita cost of liquor is higher than
the per capita cost of the school.
Two children attend the rural school
where one attends the city , school;
therefore supervision of rural schools
is twice as necessary as supervision
of city schools; it is more than -twice
as necessary, becaue the rural school
works under several disadvantages
that do not hinder the city school.
Supervision will enhance the value of
the rural school just as it enhances
the value of any other undertaking.
To raise a cry against it before it has
had even a few months' trial is simp
ly a poor way of attempting to create
prejudice. So far from being "ex
tra vegan t," our policy toward the
rural school comes nearer being that
of penury.
TWO COUPLES MARRIED.
The Rev. S. P. Davis officiated
Monday at the marriages of Charles
S. Cleveland and Hazel Segur, and
Harry H. Fletcher and Minona Sullivan.
Drinking Cups.
The danger of Infection from drink
ing cups waa noted 350 years ago and
probably before that time.
I no Unexpected.
"Say, who is that beefy fellow over
there with the remarkably broad shoul
ders T . "
"That's the champion chess player of
the college."
"And who is the midget with the red
hair?" -
"That's the great left end of our foot
ball team." New Orleans Picayune.
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I was a discontented farmer's boy,
with nothing ahead of me but a life of
drudgery. Of late years farming has
become a science. Then it was de
pendent on the elements. No one knew
when the fruit of his labor would be
swept away from him by a drought,
a storm or a freeze.
One memorable day I cut my finger
and concluded to go over to Farmer
Gadsden's to get some court plaster.
I didn't need it I simply made an ex
cuse to see Julia Gadsden, for whom
I had a soft spot in my heart. She
put the court plaster on the cut for
me, coddling me at the same time. 1
jpent an hour with her instead of at
my work, as I should have done. On
my way back, nearing the railroad
which passed between the Gadsden
"I SAW THK RuBEE'iS
and our farm. I heard n train coining.
I was surprised to hear it slow down,
because trains always passed .us with
out stopping. Then 1 beard a shot,
another and another.
The ground rose between me and the
railroad, and the interval was covered
by trees. Just beyoud the trees the
road passed through a cut. 1 ran for
ward to see what was the matter and,
coming to the edge of the wood, saw
that the train had been stopped by
robbers. All was excitement, both on
the train and among those who were
doing the robbing. I supposed that
men were going through the cars hold
ing up the passengers, but they were
not They had another object, which
soon appeared.
Standing above and beside the cut
I could look right down on the engine,
the baggage and express car. A mask
ed man was in the tender, bending
over the side to take in what was go
ing on in the rear. Evidently being
satisfied that, there was a hitch in the
proceedings, he called to one of the
robbers to know what was the matter
and received a reply that the express
messenger had succeeded in locking
the doors of the express car. Where
upon the man in the cab got down and
hurried to the rear.
The opportunity of a lifetime pre
sented itself to me. Not that I recog
nized it as such; it only occurred to
me that seeing and not being seen, a
locomotive before me and no one to op
erate it, there might be a remote possi
bility of my running away with it and
giving an alarm. There was no one
at the forward end of the express car,
and if I could uncouple the locomotive
I might get into the cab and put on
steam.
As to uncoupling in that day the
old fashioned link and pin were used,
and if the car and engine were in posi
tion to leave the pin loose I would
have no trouble in drawing it I knew
nothing about a locomotive except that
I had seen engineers start their ma
chines by throwing back a lever and
pulling on a handle, the throttle.
All this flashed through my mind
within a few seconds, and another con
tingency loomed up. If 1 should fail,
if the robbers should catch me before
I got sufficient headway to leave them
behind, I would be murdered. The
thought staggered me, but I was so in
fatuated by my scheme the chances
teemed so many in my favor that I
was unable to resist the. temptation
It was doing the thing rather than the
thought of any good that might come
from it that spurred me on.
He who achieves success, though he
looks ahead instead of behind, rarely
has that foresight with which remark
able men have been credited. He
makes his start and pushes on in the
dark. I made my start but my calcu
lations were immediately upset I had
scarcely left the wood before I saw
the robbers there were several of
them leave the rear end of the ex
press car and rush in a body to the
forward end, the end which I was to
have- uncoupled. I darted back into
biding. One robber mounted the plat
form and tried the door: It was lock
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ed. Another ran forward and seized a
tie which had been wedged in between
the rails a short distance from where
the loc-omotive stood and carried tt to
the express car. . -
I had not noticed this tie and my
heart stopped beating as I realized that?
it would have spoiled my plan and re
sulted in my death. The robbers took
the tie up onto the front platform of
the express car and began an attempt
to use it to break in the door. Bur
the tie was six feet long or thereabouts,
p-hile the distance between the tender
and the car was not as much. The
consequence was that the robbers had
not sufficient space in which to work
with it. Nevertheless they persevered.
- Another plan, far more desperate than
the first, must needs pop into my head.
If I could run down to it, uncouple
the car, then dash forward Into the cab
I could move on, carrying with me the
express car. But I must take the rob
bers with me. They would climb up
over the tender and shoot me down.
Yet there would be chances for me.
Firstly, on finding the train moving
they might be disconcerted and get off.
But even if they did I could hardly
hope to acquire speed in time to leave
them behind. Again, having put on
steam I could fight 1 bad no arms,
but 1 could use lumps of coal. All
this was folly,' but 1 had been seized
by a mania for carrying out my
scheme, and a hundred devils could not
have stopped me. Besides I was push
ing forward. Happenings in my favor
might arise.
Anyway. I resolved to go to the rear
of the express car. What I would do
when I got there I didn't know. I
found the conductor and several men
passengers who, freed from the pres
ence of the robbers, had got together
what arms were on the train and were
debating a possible use for them. But
It was evident they had not got their
courage up to a point where they could
use them, and they, had no plan or
leader. Without stopping to inquire as
to their armament, I said:
"Here, you men! I'm going forward
to get on the locomotive, which is de
serted. One of you go up there where
you can see me, and when 1 give a
signal uncouple right here. Then all
who have firearms go forward, and
when I put on steam send all the bul
lets you can in among the robbers on
the front platform."
"Good!" cried the conductor, who
would have done something before
this if he had bad a plan.
1 scurried forward, keeping close un
der the car, passing the front platform
In the same way, and In a quarter of
a minute was in the cab. A man
stood where be could see me. I nod
ded to him and waited.. It seemed to
me an eternity before the car was un
coupled. I knew when it had been by
seeing my supports advance on both
sides of the train. They had been
added to by the messenger, with
whom they had succeeded in commu
nicating, and had got more arms from
the express car. I gave a jerk on the
whistle, threw back the lever and let
on steam.
The moment my supports heard the
whistle they opened fire, the locomo
tive and express car moving at the
same time. The robbers were taken
by surprise. One man fell dead, two
were shot while Jumping off the plat
form, while a fourth got away. I did
not know of this at the time. I only
knew that no one Interfered with me.
I had the express treasure behind me
and did not stop till I bad reached tne
next station. There armed men got
aboard the locomotive, it was switch
ed away from the express car and
rushed back. But the fracas had all
been over before I had made a hun
dred yards.
So It was, that the maddest scheme
that ever entered the brain of a farm
er's boy was made practicable by cir
cumstances. Indeed, when the rob
bers left the rear door of the express
car to concentrate their efforts on the
forward platform possibly because
there they could be near the engine
victory was In the hands of the fright
ened group who afterward supported
me. But they had no- one with suffi
cient pluck or plan to fuse them and
put them in action.
My exploit was not long In reaching
the general manager of the road, and 1
received an invitation from the presi
dent to visit him there. I found my
self on my arrival an object of curi
osity, the employees craning their
necks to get a look at me. When I
reached the president's office he grasp
ed my hand and asked me to be seated.
When we were alone he said:
"What can I do for you?"
"I don't know."
"Leave it to me. We have need of
such men as you on this road and we
want you. If yon like, I . will educate
you to fill any position we have."
"That's exactly what I would ask,"
I replied.
"But to do that you must begin at
the bottom and work up. You will
commence as a brakeman on a gravel
train, to be promoted as you learn the
duties of each successive position."
I was delighted with this plan and
acceded to it at once. When I left the
president he handed me a check. . I
didn't look at the amount, telling him
to invest it for me, which he promised'
to do, and I left him, having agreed to
report the next- week for work.
As soon as I returned to the farm I
went to see Julia Gadsden, who had
bound up the cut on my finger. I told
her that since she bad kept me dally
ing the exact time required for me to
meet the held up train, she was enti
tled to a part of my reward. We set
tled it by enjoying It together.
That was long ago. I occupied every
position on the railroad, from the low
est to the highest, then became a re
tired capitalist I am now rich and
attribute my success to opportunity
and an ability to take advantage of
that opportunity.
Hindu Weddings.
At every well regulated Hindu wed
ding a fire has to be lighted In honor
of Agni. the fire god.
The Word Umbrella.
02he English word umbrella Is very
like the Latin, coming through the
Italian "ombbrella." or "little shade."
The French. German. Spanish and oth
ers give it a distinctive name, such as
"pnranluie." "lvj.-eiisohirni' and "para
guns." "Umbrella" and "parasol" are
etymologica""' precise! the sain
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HOWS
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Using MAZDA lamps in show windows
and electric signs outside willdraw trade from
larger stores not so well equipped. We will be
glad to tell yoti how this can be done with these
lamps which give more light for less money than
any other illtsminant.
PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT
& POWER CO.
MA I N Off ICE 7th and Alder Streets
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Ella Kaston to public land in George
crow D. L. C. township 2 south,
range 1 east; $1.
Mary Johnson and Kajsa Johnson
to Oscar and Lotten Holden, south
east quarter of northwest quarter
to section 10, township 5 south, range
3 east; $825.
F .W. and Margaret Canning to A.
L. Deaton, W. A. Proctor and John
Straus, lots 6 and 7 of block $, San
dy; $900.
CATARACT HOSE BOYS
HAVE JOYOUS TIME.
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with Guager Reckner until called to
order by Milt Price who had charge
of the floor. The committee who made
all these things possible consisted of
L. Stipp, Charles Croner, J. Frost and
H. Freeman.
BEAULIEU OUT FOR CHIEF.
Hendrickson And Humphrys Want To
Be Commissioners.
Elmer Hendrickson of Hose Com
pany No. 3, Is not a candidate for
fire chief, as was announced. Joseph
Beaulieu, of Columbia Hook and Lad
der Company, is a candidate for chief
to succeed W. A. Long. Mike Long,
of Company No. 5, is a candidate for
assistant chief. F. W. Humphrys
and Elmer Hendrickson are candi
dates for fire commissioners.
Judge Marrie Couple.,
Oscar J. Cornell and Gladys J.
Hayes, of 529 East Mill street, Port
land, were married Monday, Circuit
Judge Campbell officiating. The cou
ple will live in Portland where the
bridegroom is engaged in business.
A marriage license was issued to Haz
el Segur and Charles Cleveland, also
of Portland. .
Crippen Estate Probated.
The estate of Jesse Crippen was
admitted to probate Monday. Mrs.
Maud Williams, mother of the testa
tor was appointed administratrix. She
and her daughter,-Mrs . J. Johnson,
are, the heirs. Mr. Crippen lived in
Milwaukie.
An Artist's Privations.
Lough, an English sculptor, had an
Imaginative enthusiasm so vivid that
he once said timidly to a friend, as if
fearing ridicule, "I fancy myself In the
Acropolis sometimes and hear a roar
ing noise like the tide." The sculptor's
early privations were terrible. Says a
writer:
"During Lough's first year In Lon
don, when engaged on his TJllo,' he
went without meat for three months,
had only one bushel and a half of coal
during the whole winter, tore up his
shirts to make rags in which to keep
his clay figure moist and slept beside
it when the cold would allow him to
sleep on the ground."
A RULE OF LIFE.
In the family and in the world
be what your views of philosophy
ought to make you forbearing,
generous, just, the intrepid defender
of others' rights, the uniform ob
server of your own dunes, the mas
ter of yourself, the servant of all.
Apples Before Breakfast.
An apple eaten before breakfast
serves as a natural stimulant to the di
gestive organs.
MALL STORES CAN
AW TRADE
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LIVE STOCK MARKET
SHOWS LITTLE CHANGE
The Portland Union Stock Yards
Company reports as follows:
Receipts for the week have been :
Cattle, 2,136; calves, 22; hogs, 3,680;
sheep, 3,432.
The accumulation of large supplies
of cattle incident to the storm gave
buyers an opportunity of securing an
adequate supply and there was a ten
dency to hammer prices wherever
possible. The demand was active and
an increased number of buyers took
the offerings. At the end of the week
prices had gone off 10c to 15c from
the close of last week. This reduction
applied to the average offerings, but
good quality cattle brought prices
equal to those of la3t week.
The hog market showed a decline of
about 25c at the end of the week.
There were a few offerings that held
up toward the" top but the average
sales were at a lower point.
The sheep market was a little bit
slow and draggy. There was little
life or activity to the demand for
sheep, and buyers soon filled their
wants at slightly lower prices.
The following sales are representatives:
303 Steers 1225 $6.25
103 Steers ." 1282 6.15
76 Steers 1185 6.00
97 Steers 1200 5.75
107 Cows 1067 5.35
288 Cows 1077 5.25
52 Cows 1014 5.20
67 Cows 965 4.85
1 Stag 1040 5.00
16 Calves 425 5.75
26 Bulls 1350 4.50
20 Bulls 1395 3.90
550 Hogs .' 205 6.95
674 Hogs , . 198 6.75
65 Hogs 318 6.35
56 Hogs 395 6.00
126 Lambs 79 5.00
469 Wethers 101 4.85
500 Ewes 101 4.25
519 Ewes 49 380
Prevailing Oregon City prices are as
follows:
DRIED FRUITS (Buying) Prunes
on basis of 6 1-4 pounds for 45-50'.
, Fruits, Vegetables.
HIDES (Buying) Green hides, Sc
to 6c; salters, 5 to 6c; dry hides, 12c
NOT EXPENSIVE
Treatment at Hot Lake, Including medical attention, board and
baths, costs no more than you would pay to live at any first class
hotel. Rooms can be had from 75 cents to $2.50 per day. Meats
in the cafeteria are served from 20 cents up and In the grill at the
usual grill prices. Baths range from 50 cents to $1.00.
We Do Core Rhetimatism
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HOT LAKE SANATORIUM
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WALTER M. PIERCE. Pres.-Mgr.
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to 14c; sheep pelts, 25c to 75c each.
Hay, Grain, Feed.
HAY (Buying) Timothy, $12 to
$15; clover, $8 to $9; oat hay, best,
$9 to $10; mixed, $9 to $12; alfalfa,
$15 to $16.50. .
OATS (Buying) Gray, $2? to $28;
wheat, $28 to $29; oil meal, $53;
Shady Brook dairy feed, $1.25 per 100
pounds.
FEED (Selling) Shorts, $26; roll
ed barley, $39; process barley, $40;
whole corn, $39; cracked corn. $40;
bran $25.
FLOUR $4.50 to $5.25.
Butter, Poultry, Eggs.
POULTRY (Buying) Heus, 10c to
11c; spring, 10 to lie, and roosters,
8c.
Buttei" (Buying) Ordinary coun
try butter, 25c to 30c; fancy dairy,
40c.
EGGS Oregon ranch eggs, 30c to
35c.
SACK VEGETABLES Carrots,
$1.25 to $1.50 per sack; parsnips,
$1.25 to $1.50; turnips, $1.25 to $1.60;
beets, $1.50.
POTATOES Best buying 85c to
$1 per hundred.
hundred; Australian, $2 per hundred.
ONIONS Oregon, $1.25 to $1.50 per
Lvestock, Meats.
BEEF (Live weight) Steers, 5c
and 5 1-2; cows, 4 l-2c; bulls, 3 l-2c
VEAL Calves bring from 8c to
13c, according to grade.
MUTTON Sheep, 3c and 3 l-2o;
lambs, 4c and 5c.
BEST COAL
LOWEST PRICES
$7.50 UP PER TON.
Free Delivery In City, Cane
man, Gladstone and West Side.
Oregon
Commission Co
ELEVENTH AND MAIN 8TV
Oregon City, Ore.
ROCK SPRING COAL
MENDOTA COAL
SHELBY COAL
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Hot Lake Mineral Baths
and mud given under scien
tific direction have cured
thousands. Write for illus
trated booklet descriptive of
Hot Lake Sanatorium and
the methods employed. Hot
Lake Sanatorium is acces
sible as it Is located direct
ly on the main line of the
O.-W. R. & N. railway, and
special excursion rates are
to be had at all times. Ask
agents.