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The Excuse Imaginative.
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Fanatic Why didn't you turn up for
golf on Saturday? .
Dilettante Very sorry, old cbap. I
was cleaning the canary's cage when
the Httle lirnte kicked me. Such a
quiet bird. too. as a rule. Punch.
LOCAL BRIEFS
The Knights of King Arthur held a
regular meeting with Clyde Green at
the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. C. Green, Tuesday evening when
the following applicants were made
members of the organization: Lyle
McC iy, Kenneth Andrews and Carrol
Mjiller. Lobrow Edwards, who was
a delegate to the state convention at
Eugene, read a report to the mem
bers of the Oregon City club. After
the meeting delicious refreshments
were served by Mrs. Green to the
boys.
Material is being placed on the
ground near the new fire bell tower
for 'he construction of the concrete
fire house which is to-house the switch
board and other inflammable matter
connected with the automatic fire
alarm system. The house which is to
be entirely of concrete, is being con
structed by E. D. Olds.
You can't lose by buying Conkey's
Laying Tonic. If your hens don't
lay you get your money back. 25c,
50c, and $1.00 packages. For sale
by Oregon Commission Co.
. Ben Eby, for some time employed
in the Oregon City Manufacturing
Company, was unfortunate in having
one of his arms broken.
The cantata "Phyllis, the Farmer's
Daughter," will be given Wednesday
evening, February 26, instead of this
evening. It will be given in Shive
ley's Opera House.
James McNeil, of this city, is spend
ing a few days in Albany, Corvailis
and Eugene, where he was called on
a business trip.
F. C. Perry, of Molalla, spent sever
al days this week in this city where
he has been attending to business.
H. W. Fountain, of Portland, has
been in Oregon City several days vis
iting friends and attending to bus
iness matters.
E. V. Malstan, o Portland, was a
visitor to Oregon City Tuesday where
he was called to attend iorbusiness
matters. '
P. B. Schottes, of Seattie, has been
in Oregon City ' several days viewing
the town and surrounding counry.
J. H. Surft, of Portland, was in
this city Monday attending to business
matters.
W. H. Mattoon, County Commission
er, was in this city the first part of
the week.
C. D. Rogers, of Albany, is spend
ing a few days in this city while trans
acting business.
J. W. Cowart, of Portland, has
been in this city several days trans
acting business.
Mrs. Henry Henningsen is confined
to her home with an attack of inflam
atory rheumatism.
.W. C. Magum, of Canby, has been
in this city severay days on a business
trip.
Mlrs. Edwin Engdahl, of Salem, will
spend tnis week in this city visiting
friends.
O. M. Stoatsbury, of Portland, was
a business visitor in Oregon City
Tuesday.
Ralph Baniger, of Woodburn, spent
Monday in this city visiting friends.
Or. van Brakle, Osteopath, Mason
ic Building, Phone Main 399.
Ftutt Tee
psaymg
According to Law by
Jack Gleason
Under the direction of O. E.
Freytag, County Fruit Inspect-
Phone Main J6U
POEf OF SIERRAS
CROSSES THE BAR
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 18.
Cincinnatus Heine Miller, known
throughout the world as Joaquin Mil
ler, the Poet of the Sierras, closed
his eyes in his final sleep at 3 o clock
yesterday afternoon,, in the cabin in
the Piedmont Hills, overlooking this
city, where for years he has made his
home, with only his faithful wife by
his side.
Five minutes after the sweet sing
er had whispered to his wife, with his
dying breath, "I love you", and his
spirit had taken its flight, Colonel
John P. Irish, a lifelong friend of the
dead poet, arrived with a view to re
moving the sick man to a hospital in
Oakland, and following close on his
heels came the dead poet's daughter,
Juanita, with Dr. J. C. Stout, who had
been sent for a short time before the
end came. The bright California sun
light filled the one-room cabin where
the body of one of the world's most
picturesque singers lay, sincerely
mourned by his loved ones and his
bosom friend.
Two years ago Miller was stricken
with paralysis, and since then he rare
ly left "The Heights" as he called his
retreat. Last Thursday he collapsed,
and from that time he sank rapidly un
til the end came yesterday afternoon.
His wife and daughter, his constant
companions, were with the dying
man for the past week, and dur
ing the last few hours he spoke to
themfrequently. When they endeav
ored to give him medicine prescribed
by the attending physician, he gently
declined it, saying:
"Don't let that mislead you."
Earlier in the day he whispered to
his daughter.
"I am dying; pity me, pity!" and
"Please take me away."
With his old-time friend. Colonel
Irish, Miller had made a pact that
whichever one survived should carry
out the funeral arrangements for the
other, -lid in accordance with this ar
rangement Colonel Irish has decided
to have the body removed from the
cabin, where the end came, tomorrow
morning. The funeral will be con
ducted tomorrow by Rev. William Day
Simonds, of the First Unitarian
Church of Oakland. The body will be
cremated and the ashes scattered to
the winds at the Golden Gate, in ac
cordance with the dead poet's ex
pressed wishes.
Uraemic poisoning and a hardening
of the arteries was given as the im
mediate cause of death.
Miller kept up his work throughout
his illness and as his faculties re
mained undimmed to the end, he is
believed to have produced his best
work just before death ended his la
bors. The poem he worked upon, he
said, was the most momentous of his
life, and he guarded it with the ut
most secrecy, not even his wife 'and
daughter being permitted to catch a
glimpse of it, or to know its subject.
Joaquin Miller was the first, and
one of the greatest and best beloved
of the poets, to sing the glories of
the Pacific in the days of its glamor
and glitter when gold drew the pic
turesque and adventurous from all
parts of the worlff. His whole life
was a romance, almost unbelievable
to one who is accustomed to paths of
peace and quiet, ana Ms love of the
romantic found expression in his
songs wild, impassioned, unusual, of
ten wierd, but always true poetry. If
he had written a full autobiography it
would read like a strange, lurid piece
of fiction.
He was morn in the Wabash "Valley
in Indiana, that land which has given
EVtri . ,iiLY
Needs a genuine Anti-Sep io
in the nome. There is hardly
a day that some member of the
family doesn'; suffer from
Burns, Cuts, Scalds, Chapped
Hands ana Lips, Tetter, Scald
Head, Eczema, Sun Burn, Corns,
etc. Dr. Bell's Antiseptic
Salve is an old-time fully guar
anteed remedy for these trou
bles. 25 cents a box.
Covered With Sores But Entire
ly Cured
Gentlemen Afer spending
many dollars and trying manv
doctors in treating mv lit e
boy, I saw your Dr. Bell's Anti
Septic Salve advtr.ist i. pLr
chased a. bos, and though h3
was covered with sores from
head to foot he was entirely
cured after u:r!? oriV -
boxes of Dr. Bell's An'Jsep a
Sal-e. Verv truly,
MRS. S. M. G. BYHtJ
Route 3, Box 2, Blackstone, ii.C.
FOR SALE BY THE .
JONES DRUG COMPANY
so many of her sons to literary fame.
He was .christened Cincinnatus Heine.
The name is almost unknown except
in formal biographical sketches, but
the odd nom de plume which he adopt
ed later in life is famed round the
world.
- When he was only ten years old
Miller went with his parents to North
ern California as it was then called,
but which is now Oregon. There the
lad literally ran wild. He fraternized
with lumbermen, stage robbers, In
dians, gold seekers, trappers, and all
manner of adventurers who thronged
the land of promise in the early days.
This free life added fuel to the flame
of his already glowing love of adven
ture, and he literally grew up in the
atmosphere of romance. When he
came into contact with ordinary, plod
ding, working law-abiding mankind,
he was unintelligible. He was consid
ered erratic, and even half crazy. Fi
nally he was entirely cast out by civ
ilized associates because he joined a
tribe of Indians and married a young
Indian woman. She was killed in a
raid, and Mliller returned to his peo
ple. His wild and irregular life gave
Miller an insight into the characters
of many of the border heroes and vil
lians which he used in later days,
when he came to write his poems and
dramas. It was his defense of an out
law which led to his adoption of the
nom de plume which is now known
wherever the English language is
spoken. There was a Spanish bandit,
one Joaquin Murietta, who for 10
years was the scourge of California.
Robbery, murder, rapine, were his
trade. In his wanderings Miller came
to know this modern Captain Kidd
well, and he wrote a defense of the
outlaw's life. When this was publish
ed it was thought at first that it had
been written by Murietta himself and
his friends called Miller "Joaquin" in
jest. ' But jhe name stuck, and soon
he was known by that name and no
other. Then he adopted it as his pen
name, and has borne it ever since.
When he grew tired of life among
the Indians Miller returned to civil
ized life and began to study law in
the office of George H. Williams, who
afterward was Attorney-General tf the
United States. As a boy Miller had
been but poorly educated, but by read
ing and study he had mastered Eng
lish to a remarkable degree, and pro
gressed well at the study of law. But
he heard the call of the open inces
santly, and in a year or so he left
his law books to become an express
messenger and carry the golden treas
ure of California through the bandit
infested country. When he had en
joyed this for a time he resigned to
become editor of the Eugene, Oregon,
Democratic Register. The end of this
might have been foretold. He allow
ed his unconventional ideas free scope
in his editorial pages, and in conse
quence the authorities soon 'suppress
ed his publication for its sedious ut
terances. His editorial career had
another effect on his life it brought
him, for a brief space of time, a wife.
She was "Minnie Myrtle," who wrote
poetry 'for the "Democratic Register,"
as Miller called his sheet. They fell
in love and soon married, but Miller
was too little accustomed to the con
ventionalities to be bound by them.
His wife took the son and Miller took
the daughter, and they went their sep
arate ways.
TENDENCY OF LIVE
FIREMEN WIN Bl
STRIKE VICTORY
NEW YORK, Feb. IS. Complete
victory for the firemen's brotherhood
in their strike proceedings against
54 Eastern railroads was secured to
day in the railroads'' acceptance of ar
bitration under the Erdman act. This
was the only concession the firemen
demanded.
The brotherhood named Albert
Phillips of Sacramento, Cal., as its
representative on the arbitration
board. The railroads named W. W.
Atterbury, general manager of the
Pennsylvania system.
It is declared the railroads' mani
festo insists on a public hearing of
their side of the strike quesion. They
recited their objections to the Erd
man act, the principal one being that
"the responsibility which ultimately
would rest on a third member of the
Erdman arbitration board is too great
to impose on one man." They insist
the act does not guard the public in
terests. The mani.'jsto warns the public of
another similar demand for" increas
ed wages by conductors and train
men .adding: "We desire to put be
fore the public the notice that a cris
is will confront them when these de
mands are considered by the rail
roads." Letters stating their demands were
sent by- the railroad heads to Com
merce Court Judge Knapp and acting
United States Labor Commissioner
Hauger today. '
Not at All Lifelike.
The old darky's wife had been ill for
some days. As the doctor came out of
the cabin her husband said:
"Doctor excuse me please, sab but
how is my old woman?"
"She is worse. Bell? She has not said
a word for two hours."
"She ain't worse, doctor; she is
daid!" tiiu-le Keiuiiij' Magazine. v
If you saw it in the Knterprtae it's
The Portland Union Stock Yards
Company reports as follows:
Receipts for the week have been:
cattle 1027, calves 7, hogs 3988, sheep
5806.
This week's cattle market has been
full of surprises. The broadened out
let made possible by active bidding
on the part of killers, large and small,
caused a sudden reaction in beef val
ues and the tendency of the market
points upward. Demand for prime
heavy steers was urgent enough to
make a "sellers" market and the
former top of $8 was easily obtained.
The bulk of steers were of good qual
ity and averaged $7.50 to $7.80. But
cher stock was firmer although the
prime stuff was scarce. Cows at $5.85,
heifers, at $7, bulls at $6 and stags at
$6.50 are extreme quotations for qual
ity offering. Receipts have been small
compared with last week and almost
devoid of contract shipments.
Ascendency of swine prices occur
red on three different occasions until
$8 was finally reached Thursday. As
the close Saturday was weak at $7.45
the upward flight represents a big
half dollar. Apparently the bulk of
swine holdings has been marketed
and while public pork consumption is
not so heavy at this time of the year,
there are scarcely enough hogs to sat
isfy the demand. Every other large
market is showing unusual strength
which may be speculative. At any
rate the eight cent hog market has
arrived again, even if temporary. Sup
ply and demand will determine future
price levels.
Sheep house business was brisk
during the week when opportunity
offered. A few cars of choice yearling
wethers featured at $6.25 and several
bunches of ewes at $5.15. Mutton de
mand seemed to be steady though not
urgent. Good lambs found a - ready
market at current quotations. One
lot of 490 head sold "off the cars" at
$7.50. The extreme top price on prime
fed lambs is conceded $7.25 to $7.35.
BO.
Prevailing Oregon City prices are as
follows:
HIDES (Buying) Green salted, 7c
to 8c; sheep pelts 75c to $1.50 each.
FEED (Selling) Shorts $25; bran
$24; process barley $27 to $28 per ton.
FLOUR $4.50 to $5.
HAY (Buying), Clover at $9 and
$10; oat hay best $11 and $12; mix
ed $10. to $12; selling Alfalfa $13.50
to $17.00; Idaho and Eastern Oregon
timothy selling $19.50 to $23.00.
OATS $25.00 to $26.00; wheat 85;
oil meal selling $40.00; Shay Brook
dairy feed $1.30 per hundred pounds.
Whole corn $28.
Livestock, Meats.'
BEEF (Live weight) steers 7 and
8c; cows 6 and 7 c, bulls 4 to 6c.
MUTTON Sheep 5 to 6 1-2 ; lambs
6 to 6 l-2c.
PORK 9 1-2 and 10c.
VEAL Calves 12c to 13c dressed,
according to grade.
WEINIES 15c lb: sausage, 15c lb.
POULTRY (Buying) Hens 11 to
12c; stags slow at 10c; old roosters
7c.
Fruits
APPLES 50c and $1.
DRIED FRUITS (Buying), Prunes
on basis 6 to 8 cental
VEGETABLES -
ONIONS $1.00 sack.
POTATOES About 35c to 40c f.
o.. b. shipping points, per hundred.
Butter, Eggs.
BUTTER (I lying), Ordinary conn
try butter 25c and 30c; fancy cream
ery 75c to 85c roll.
EGGS Oregon ranch case count
20c; Oregon ranch candled 21c
Dry Cleaning Curtains.
Many housewives own curtains of
Arabian lace. They realize that a
great amount of their beauty is lost
after washing. The lovely ecru tint
has disappeared, and to recolor them
is not always satisfactory.
These curtains can be dry cleaned in
the followiir; manner:
Spread a sheet or two upon the floor
and lay the curtains' carefully on them.
. Mix two parts of bolted cornmeal
with one of salt.
With a clean brush rub this mixture
thoroughly through the curtains. Hang
out of doors for a couple of hours and
the curtains will be sweet and clean
In this simple way they may be fre
quently cleaned. If the dust is not al
lowed to settle in them for any length
of time they will wear much longer.
This bit of Information should be
well received by the housekeeper, for
.it saves a wonderful amount of time
and labor.
Singing Good Exercise.
It is well known that singing, like
whistling, is a fine exercise for the
lungs, and some doctors advise those
who fear consumption to go in for Blng
ing for this reason. At the same time
they of course do not advance the
claim that singing alone will save any
one from or cure consumption. Ac
quire the habit of taking the big, deep
breath which is a primary requisite of
any kind of singing, good or bad, and
the physical joy derived from it will
never allow you to relapse into lazy
breathing
AUTOMOBILE SCARCITY
EXPECTED THIS YEAR
A. D. Plughoff, general manager of
J. W. Leavitt and Company, has re-
I am a power for great good if you do not abuse my use.
In cases of need I do my work well. .
I am a builder up of health and strengthin the hospital
or in the home.
For the invalid or the convalescentfor the tired or over
worked I offer a great help.
A little of me goes a long way.
I have been among you . for three generations.
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on C. A. Elliott, Agent for SAN FRANCISCO
TOUR CO., and learn all about the easy payment
plan, he has to offer the people.
Your trip will not cost you near so much and will be
paid for in monthly installments.
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is the Depository for the Tour Co., so don't hesitate
as to the safety of your money.
and start getting
and let me give you a bank book
ready for the time of your life.
I visited the Fair Site and will vouch that it will be
.the greatest fair ever planed.
See the Exposition on the DOLLAR BY DOLLAR PLAN.
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turned from the Eastern shows and
factories. In speaking of the trip Mr.
Plughoff says:
"There are less cars In the dealers'
warehouse this year than ever before
in the history of the automobile in
the East. . The open winter has prac
tically made it a continuous selling
season on the other side of the Rocky
Mountains.
' Before the Chicago show opened
the Overland factory was 3700 cars
behind orders,, and the Chicago show,
from the angle of taking orders was
a record one in the industry, so at
the present time, the Overland fac
tory is 4,000 cars behind the orders.
"Heretofore I have always been able
to get during the winter time, some
where near the number of cars want
ed out on the Pacific coast, but this
year they are pinching us and we
are not getting all the cars we would
like to have.
"When the touring season really
opens in the East, it is going to be
harder for us to get cars, and it is
my warning now to purchasers in
Oregon who expect to enjoy early
touring to at once purchase. To wait
until the touring season is at. hand will
mean a delay of at least 90 days in
delivery. '
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The famous Mazda Light will give you lasting
satisfaction in every way. It throws a clear, strong,
white light, the nearest imitation to sunlight it has
been possible to get. As superior to the old carbon
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Note to exceptional prices below.
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Base
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20 16 35c 40c
25 20 35c 40c
40 32 40c 45c
60 50 55c 60c
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150 120 $1.25 $1.35
250 200 $1.90 $1.60 Special
We carry in stock at Portland prices everything,
in the electrical line to lighten labor in the household
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