MORNING ENTERPRISE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1913.
Naturally.
"I like to see a cheerful loser."
"I'd rather see one than be one.'
LOCAL BRIEFS
The Third Regiment Band of Port
land will give a dance in Busch's
Hall Saturday evening, March 8, un
der the auspices of Company L, Third
Regiment O. N. G., of this city. Be
tween the dances the band, which is
composed of 35 pieces, will play a
number of selections. The band, which
is led by William A. McDougall, will
give a street parade before the dance.
H. F. Latourette, of Portland, is
spending severay weeks in this city
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. C.
Latourette, while his wife is visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Roth
well at Glendale, Or. Mrs. Latcur
ette's parents live on the famous
Azalia ranch near Glendale, at which
place Mr. Rothwell is interested in
the leading bank of the town.
Abernethy Grange will hold a meet
ing in the Grange Hall at Park Place
Saturday, Februery 22. The Grange
meeting will take place at 10 A. M.
and at 2 P. M. There wkill be an
open meeting. In the evening at 7
o'clock the Grange will meet in a
social way to celebrate Washington's
birthday.
There will be a dinner given at the
Baptist Church, Saturday noon from
11:30 until all are served. The dinner'
which will be given by the members
of Mrs. W. T. Milliken's Bible Class,
is in . honor of Washington's birthday
and a fee of twenty five cents will be
charged.
Mr. and Mirs. James Petty, who
have been in this city for some time,
have decided to make their permanent
home in this city and they will gn;e
up their home in Seaside whore they
have lived most of the time fox more
than a year.
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.
"Old Maids' Convention" Green's
Hall, Oak Grove, Friday, Feb. 28, at
8 P. M. Given by young ladies of
Oak Grove for benefit of Piano Fund.
J. C. Robinson and wife, of Van
couver, B. C, are guests at Elecric
Hotel. Mr. Robinson is in the city on
a business trip.
Ben Selling, of Portland, was in
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5TH AND MAIN STREETS
First National Bank of this city is the depository of the Company
this city Thursday attending the fun
eral of the late E. T. Fields.
A license to marry was isued
Thursday to Edna C. Smith and Jos
eph F. Douglass. ,
T. A. Proctor, of the Straus Lum
ber Company, of Sandy, was in the
city Thursday on business.
K L. McFarland and Edward Reck
ner were initiated into the Oregon
City Moose Lodge Thursday night.
G. H. Gonaught, a business man of
Los Angeles, is in this city and i3
stopping at the Electric Hotel.
O. S. Choat, of Portland, who has
been visiting friends in this city has
returned to his home.
William and Louis Sturdevant, of
Molalla, are in this city for several
days visiting friends.
Miss Lydia Tucholke, of Courtney,
was in this city Wednesday visiting
friends.
S. B. Hinton, of Cenartlia, is in the
city for several days transacting bus
iness. Mrs. Katherine Ward Pope was in
this city Thursday visiting friends.
Dr. van Brakle, Osteopath, Mason
ic Building, Phone Main 399.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Walter G. Wright and Martha M.
Wright, his wife, to Davenport-Dooly
Co., the E 1-2 of the NW 1-2 of the
SW 1-4 of Sec. 20, Township 6S.,
Range 4 E., W. M.; $10.
C. Blanch Bigham and John B. Big
ham to Alfred L. Parkhurst, the SW
1-4 of the SE 1-4 of Sec. 5, and the
NE 1-4 of the NW 1-4 of Sec. 8, Town
ship 5 S., Range 3 E., 1-2 W. M., 80
acres; $1400.
Arthur J. Wood and Lena C. Wood,
his wife, to Ralph W. White, all of
the N 1-2 of Sec. 28, in T 2 S., R 7
E., containing 320 acres; $10.00
Estacada State Bank to J. H. Nash
lots 11, 12, Blk. 6; lots 16, 17, Blk 7;
lots 7, 8, 9, 10, Blk. 8, Estacada; $1.
A. K. Higgs to Anna E. Higgs, lots
11 and 13, Pinehurst; $1.00
K. Katherina Nelson to Frank
Brunger and Maud A. Brunger, his
wife, 30 acres in D. L. C. of orphans
of James and Eliza Aiken; $10.
Julies H. Balzhiser to W. A. Irwin,
(quit claim deed) 134 acres in Wm.
Strickland D. L. C. 1-2 T 4 S., R 4
E., W. M.; $2,475.00.
Will A. Irwin and Anna M. Irwin,
his wife, to Arthur Scott, 134 acres
in Wm. Strickyand D. L. C, Sections
9 and 10; $10.00.
Emma O. Rayner to Eugene, and
Kate Naish, lots 1, 2, 3 and 8, in Blk.
29, Roots' Addition to Marshfield; $1.
Hazel Tooze to J. N. Elliott, lot
5, Blk 120, Oregon City; $10.00.
Laura J. Barnes to Etta May Wide
ner, NW 1-4 of the NE 1-4 of Sec. 35,
T 1 S., R 4 E., W. M., containing 12
acres; $10.00.
McQuillen Fined $5.
J. J. McQuillen, arrested by Police
man Griffith on a charge of intox
ication, was fined $5 by Recorder
Stipp.
SOLO CIRCLE HONORS
.EDGAR WALDRON
The officers and the guards of the
Sola Circle celebrated the birthday
anniversary of the guardian neighbor,
Mrs. Edgar Waldron, Wednesday af
ternoon. The time was pleasantly
spent playing games and there were
other forms of amusement, after
which dainty refreshments were serv
ed by the women. The guests were
Mrs.- S. S. Walker, Mrs. L. Waldron,
Mrs. Clarence Farr, Mrs. Eby, Mlrs.
Kellogg, Mrs. Osborn, Mrs. Freeze,
Mrs. J. K. Morris! Mrs. Barbour, Miss
Clara Miller, Mrs. Bert Baxter, Mrs.
May, .Mrs. Charles McCormick, Mrs.
W. C. Cannon, and little Alon Mirris
and Allan Waldron.
GREAT BATTLE
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mission recently fixed it at 1600 feet.
The house this afternoon passed
the Westerlund resolution that the
Legislature may stay in session until
March 1, or forty actual working
days instead of 40 calendar days, as
has been the custom in previous Leg
islatures. Friday evening is set as
the last time for transferring any bills
between the houses. The Governor's
forces put up a strnog opposition to
the measure as the intention of the
organization members is to stay be
yond the constitutional five days' lim
it and get rid .of any vetoes the Gov
ernor might have to offer. With the
political side of the situation only
hinted at a great debate on the ad
visability of staying in Salem to com
plete their business took place on the
floor of the House. MbArthur and Ol
sen led the fight for the organization,
and Reames and Eaton starred on the
opposing side. The latter held much
of the work of the present session
up to ridicule, read the titles of some
of the freak bills introduced . and
passed upon. His motion to fix the
time of adjournment at next Wednes
day was voted down 36 to 20, and this
was the strongest force his side could
muster at any time. The Senate is
expected to concur in the resolution
tomorrow and the two houses will
adjourn until Monday.
Angered at an article in a Portland
evening paper which declares that he
and Representative Gill had previous
ly fallen out with Senator Butler,
chairman of the special Fisheries
Committee, Representative Schuebel
will in the morning rise to a point
of personal privelege, and produce an
affidavit by Gill thar Master Fish
Warden Clanton had attempted to
coerce him into not appearing before
the special investigating committee.
Senator Butler also declared there is
t
not a word of truth in the story that
he had told Gill and Schuebel to
"come outside'', because they did not
appear before his investigating com
mittee. Gill has made an affidavit
that Clanton came to him and said
he would oppose the Schuebel bill to
take away from the Fish Commission
authority to regulate the dead line
for ' commercial fishing at Oregon
City if Gill would not appear before
the special investigating committee
investigating the fish hatcheries.
Schuebel will read this affidavit be
fore the House tomorrow and prom
ises to spring some sensation in con
nection with the investigations into
the alleged mishandling of the fish
hatcheries. It was up to Gill and
Schuebel," who several weeks ago
made a trip to Bonneville, found the
hatchery there in poor condition and
were instrumental in securing the ap
pointment of a special investigating
committee, headed by Butler, to in
vestigate. The story in this evening's
Portland paper said that Butler, be
ing insensed because the Oregon City
men would not appear before his com
mittee, had challenged them to "come
out side." All three declare there is
no truth in this. Butler may also rise
in the Senate and explain the situation.
WIFE," SUING, ACCUSES
HUSBAND OF DESERTION
Alleging that her husband deserted
her because Tie did not wish to sup
port her, Anna Mfadill Friday filed
suit for a divorce, through Attorney
B. N. Hicks, from Charles M. Medill.
They were married in Spokane, Wash.,
March 16, 1906. The defendant is
now a resident of Rye, Col. .
APPLE MARKET IS
AGAIN AT LOW EBB
The apple market is sagging again.
Prices are fully 25c lower than a
week ago and the movement is not
so good While there is a scarcity of
fancy sizes, those running four tier
or more, so much 4 1-2 and 5 tier fruit
is being offered that prices have been
forced dqwnward. ; '
Extra fancy four tier Spitzenbergs
from Hood River are qouted at $1.50
a box in Portland, this being the ex
treme limit of the' market at this
time. A week ago similar stock was
bein greadily picked up at $1.75.
Apples that range from 4 1-2 tier
downward are selling at the lowest
prices for many years. Extra fancy
Hood River Spitzenbergs are freely
offered at $1.15 a box with 5 tier of
similiar quality down to $1 and even
lower. .
Prevailing Oregon City prices are as
follows: ' ' -
HIDES (Buying) Green salted, 7c
to 8c; sheep pelts 75c to $1.50 each.
FEED j( Selling) Shorts $25;; bran
$24 ; process barley $27 to $28 per ton.
FLOUR $4.50 to $5. : -
HA Y-rXBuying) , Clover at $9 and
$10; ' oat "hay best $11 and $i2?"mix
ed $10 ttr $12; selling 'Alfalfa $13.50
to $17.00 ;' Idaho and Eastern Oregon
timothy -selling $19.50 to $23.00".""" "
i 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 1-2
to 13c; stags slow at 10; old roosters
7c.
Frurts
APPLES 50c and $1.
DRIED FRUITS (Baying), Prunes
on basis 6 to 8 cents.
VEGETABLES
ONIONS $1.00 sack.
' POTATOES About 35c to 40c f.
o. b. shipping points, per hundred,
with no sales at going quotations.
Butter, Eggs.
BUTTER (I lying). Ordinary coun
try butter 25c and 30c; fancy cream
ery 75c to 85c roll.
EGGS Oregon ranch case count
20c; Oregon ranch candled 21c.
Persia's Turquoise Mines.
By far the largest part of the world's
turquoise comes frotii the mines neai
the Persian city of Nishapur, where
Omar Khayyam was born and lies bur
ied. The mines are situated in a range
of mountains rising to the height of
6,(355 feet. The highest point at which
turquoises have been found is 5,800
feet above sea level and the lowest
4.800 feet? The geologic formation of
the".ishapiir mountains Is porphyries,
greeustoue, limestone and sandstone,
the turquoise being found in veins in
the rock. The methods of the Persians
who operate the mines is quite anti
quated, for only ladders and pulleys
are used in the rough shafts.
Extremes.
"Why is Alexander so cut up?"
"Because his salary has just been cut
down." -Baltimore American.
Ftv'tt T ee
Spraying
According to Law by
.Jack Gleason
Under the direction of O. E.
Freytag, County Fruit Inspect
or.
Phone Main t6lt
Tin;;
URGED BV
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must be guilty mind to constitute a
guilty act. It seems to me that this
affords ample protection to any honest
man."
"It has has been said in some quar
ters that these laws will help big bus
iness and hurt the small dealers.
That, of course, is not the intention
and cannot be the effect. The salu
tary provision of the act defining
trusts is that it makes it unlawful
to make any agreement, directly or
indirectly, which will preclude free
and unrestricted competition in busi
ness. Mlonoplies too often have ac
complished by indirection what they
could not do directly. The holding
company is an example of this."
The governor s statement denies
charges made at the public hearings
that the act would prevent a company
which may lawfully lend money from
taking a bond or mortgage to secure
a payment. With reference to the
charge that banks would be prevented
by the new promissory notes of cor
porations, the governor pointed out
that banks were not competing cor
porations and therefore did not c(yne
within- the provisions of the act.
WED
OF WASTING HONEY
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that had been established, the pres
ent administration was of much stern
r fiber than that which had just fal
len. General Felix Diaz was among
those in the yellow room when ' the
ministers took the oath and hear!
Huerta pronounce the formal, time
honored phrase: "If you keep this
oath the country will reward you, if
you do not, it will call you to an ac
counting." General Diaz was present ostensi
bly in no official capacity, but merely
as a private citizen, which he became
many months ago on resigning his
commission as a general in the regu
lar army.
Red Men Going to Portland
Wacheno Lodge of Red Men will go
to Portland tomorrow night to be
guests of the Portland Lodge. The
Red Men will go on a special car
starting from Harding's Drug'
Store at 7:35 o'clock. George Cham
bers, Joseph Muench and Gill Thomas
compose the committee on arrange
ments. Music Aids Work.
St. Laurence Homme regRrds music
as an aid to work. He relates that at
the beginning f his official career be
used to iidd up huge columns of fig
ures for statistical purposes by the
simple process of doing the task to a
Gregorian ,tiine and that he was al
ways correct in his totals. London
Chronicle.
CORRESPONDENCE
JENNINGS LODGE
The parent-teachers association
held its first regular meeting at the
school house on Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Margaret Curran spoke on
play and playgrounds and gave some
very practical suggestions in which
the playgrounds of the rural school
may be improved with slight ex
pense. Superintendent Gary of Ore
gon City was also present and spoke
encouraging of the school work and
requested that the asociation name
a committee to help with the juve
nile fair. Mrs. B. M. Hart was choose
The primary grades favored with two
songs. At the business meeting it
was decided the playgrounds be given
attention first. . The committees
were then named by the president
and are taking up their work with
fervent zeal. A question box will be
one of the features of the next regu
lar meeting which will be held on
Thursday, March 13th.
Pernaps the most sucessful social
ever given by the entertianed club
was when they entertained their fam
ilies and friends with a hard time
old fashioned dance which was given
at the Batdorf hall on Friday evening.
Everyone seemed to be bent on hav
ing a jolly good time. Many, comical
costumes were worn and prizes were
given to Mrs. B. Ml. Hart and Harry
Robinson. Special mention might
be made of the costumes worn by
Cal Moras and Mrs. Robinson 'and
the cleverest was worn by Mrs. Chas.
Redmond who used "Best, Out West
flour sacks for her gown for the even
ing. Cider, crackers and cheese
were served. The committeee on
entertainment are to be congratula
ed on the success of this social affair
The committees were Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. . Will
Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs.. Calvin Mlorse,
James Partlow and Mrs. Bell led the
grand march.
The adult Bible class will meet on
Thursday evening at the chapel. The
10th chapter of Luke will be the les
son. Mrs. Low Jarbo after spending
three . months with her sisters, Mrs.
Ida Ryan of Portland and Mrs. E. A.
Sanders of this place, left Wednesday
for her home in Idaho. Many infor
mal affairs were given for Mrs Jarbo
while here.
Mrs. George A. Ostrum, son, Lor-
raine and daughter, LeClaire, were
guests Thursday evening of her
daughter, Mrs. Lloyd ' E. Tilberg of
Portland at a party given in honor of
Mr. Tilberg's partner and his bride
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Gllvert: '
Miss Eileen Warner of Portland,
spent Sunday with MiSa Annie Rus
sell. Mrs. Jarbo of . Canville, Idaho,
spent last week with her sister, Mrs.
E. A. Sanders.
Mrs. Hugh Roberts had the plea
sure of Mrs. Margaret Curran, the
district supervisor, company at lunch
eon Thursday last. .
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hampton, Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Hampton, Mr. and Mrs.
Groat and Mr. and Mrs. Unbdenstock
all who have summer houses at this
place have been Lodge callers this
week.
Mrs. J. Edd. Hall of Newberg, was
the guest for the past . week of her
cousin, Mrs. George Ostrum of Mel
drum, who entertained some Port
land friends at luncheon Wednesday
in her honor it also being the fifth
birthday of her little daughter, Vir
ginia. Mr. and Mrs. Batdrof returned on
Tuesday from Eastern Oregon where
they visited, with Mrs. Batdorf s
brother, Mr. Beach.
Chas. Redmond . is suffering from
an atack of la grippe.
Mrs. Daggett gave a luncheon on
Tuesday at her home. Spring flowers
were the prettily table decorations.
Covers were laid for Mrs. Rea, Mrs.
Gregan and Mrs. Emmons .and Mrs.
Daggett.
Mrs. Emmons entertained Wednes
day with a luncheon given in honor of
Mrs. Cridler of Portland. Invita
tions have been sent to nine of the
Lodge matrons to meet her guest.
Mr. and Mrs. Bacheder of Spring
Valley, Oregon, were looking at real
estate at the Lodge Thursday. The
Bachelder family have resided in
Iowa, South Dakota, and Kansas, but
were very favorably impressed with
acreage here and at Gladstone.
WILSONVILLE
Mrs. Henry Schwartz has been verv
ill for the past week.
Walter Brown, of Madras, visited
at the borne of Mr. aid Mrs. Batal
gia last Saturday and Sunday.
Edna Baker went to Sherwood re
cently to have a felon, ou her hand,
lanced.
Miss Hayman is spending some
time in Wilsonville, at the home of
her sister, Mrs. Norris Young, and
recuperating after an illness of ty
phoid fever, at the Oregon City Hos
pital. Mrs. Pettinger and daughter, of
Oswego, were accompanied to Wilson
ville on Friday by Mrs. Gillespie, of
Portland.
. Mrs. Marion Young spent Saturday
in Portland with relatives.
The I. O. O. F. held a pleasant so
cial session at the close of a recent
meeting, enjoying an oyster supper.
A meeting was held in the Wilson
ville school house on Monday even
ing, February 17th, by the parent
teachers' association in observance of
"Child Welfare Day," and to celebrate
the founding of the "Mothers' Cong
ress." Valentine's Day was observed in all
the surrounding schools including
Wilsonville, Corral Creek and Union,
delighting the hearts of the lads and
lassies.
The Hood View ladies' aid society
gave an entertainment on Wednesday
evening, 'which included a splendid
program at the church and an oyster
supper at the parsonage, netting the
society $20 for their treasury.
The "Students' Literary League,"
of Corral Creek school met February
7th. The program consisted of a
recitation by Geo. Batalgia and a
geogaphy mafch, the leaders of the
match being Anna Baker and George
Batalgia. George Batalgia's side won
by a close margin.
The Wilsonville basket ball team
beat Company L, of Oregon City, a
week ago by a big score, and we
heard a prominent citizen remark
that he noticed "they always took
Andy along, when there was a real
good, stiff game to play," which was
complimentary to Oregon City's Com
pany L, as well as our "handy Andy."
Mrs. Marion Young is making pre
parations for the fair next fall again
and will doubtless receive the aid
of all persons interested in the boys
and girls.
Wilsbnville's school can now boast
of a traveling library, a girls' sew
ing class, a manual training depart
ment under an expert carpenter, Mr.
Johnson, as well as having two of the
best teachers in the county.
Mr. Batalgia is very ill at his home
and is in the care of Dr. Brown.
Mrs. MicKibben and two children,
of McCormick, Wash., are visiting at
the home of the former's sister, Mrs.
Wm. Baker.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Turner, of Port
land spent Sunday with Mrs. Turner's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Baker.
Mr. and Mrs. Reed Graham spent
Saturday in Sherwood visiting rela
tives and friends and incidentally at
tending" the telephone meeting.
Mrs. Pettinger, of Oswego, lectured
in the school house on Friday even
ing last, and made us all wonder how
such an amount of brain power could
posibly be stored away In such a
dainy little piece, of humanity. The
meeting was called to order by Mrs.
Chas. .Wagner, president of the parent-teachers'
association, who an
nounced this to be the second of the
series of lectures planned . for the
winter by the association. Mrs.
Brown, wife of Dr. Brown, recited a
very appropriate school piece, much
to the delight of the audience. Mrs.
Joe Thornton, accompanied by Mrs.
Frank Brobst, gave a splendid musi
cal selection, and was forced to " re
spond to a rousing encore. At the
close of the lecture, articles, which
the girls have made, were placed on
sale, for a special fund. The beauti
ful handiwork of the girls indicated
capability and industry in this part
of their work, and should repay the
progressive teachers and trustees of
the school for seeing the advisability
of having sewing taught In the school
room.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Baker were de
lightfully surprised Sunday morning,
when their relatives arrived, - laden
with baskets full of good things, mak
ing the announcement that they had
com to spend the day, and help them
to celebrate the 30th anniversary of
their marriage. A sumptuous repast
was spread in the spacious dining
room. Mr. and Mrs. Baker were the
recipients of many handsome gifts,
which included a silver cabinet and
many hand-embroidered articles for
beautifying the Oionfie. Those pres
ent on this happy occasion were:
Mr. and Mrs. Alison Baker and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Baker, Mrs.
McKibben and two children, Mae
Baker, Pearl Baker, Anna Baker, Ed
na Baker, Messrs. Sydney, Orvid and
Jeral Baker and Mattie Reisner.
STAFFORD.
At last, with , the rest of the coun
ty we are having a few days of bright
weather, free from biting winds,) very
conductive to catching colds and
pneumonia. -
August Delkar's little girl, Chris
tina, was taken sick Sunday with
what Dr. Mount pronounced pneumon
ia. Mrs. Lee Saggert, the little one's
aunt, hastened to help care for it,
as the mother has a baby girl, only
ten days old.
Luey Nemec, who has been in the
Oregon City hospital four weeks, is
still very weak and none but his
mother and a few other relatives are
as yet permitted to see him.
Mr. and Mrs. Gage went to see
Mrs. Sharp, who has been very Bick
with the grip, on Tuesday, and were
pleased to find her up again.
A. number of ladies beloning to the
same church as Mrs. Meint Peters.
from Frog Pond and Wilsonville,
went to see her at her daughters,
Mrs. Shipley's in Willamette on Tues
day, it being her birthday. She has
been very sick, but is reported some
what better.
Mrs. Gage and Mrs. Zack Ellegsen
visited Mrs. Baker on Wednesday of
last week and found her able to take
dinner at the family table.
Mrs. Schatz and daughter, Miss
Loy, Mrs. Ellegsen and Mrs. Gage, all
called to see Mrs. Claus Peters on
Thursday.
Some young men were going down
to a bachelor's one evening recently
to have a spread. A couple of boys
hitched up their horse and buggy,
then wrung the neck of one of their
mother's chickens to take along as
their contribution, and threw it on
the ground. In its dying struggles it
flopped under the horse's feet and
she promptly bolted. They ran
across the lot to head her off, but
just as they got ahead of her in
jumping over the wire fence they
made a rattling which scared her
more, when she turned square around
and ran the other way- the boys in
hot pursuit, and they Anally fornd
her about a mile away in a neighbor's
barnyard, where she had found the
gate cflfeveniently open, with nothing
serious broken, but the cushion and
whip had been shed along the road,
but they drove back and gathered up
their chicken, now thoroughly dead,
and proceeded on their way to join
their companions, and all declared '
that chicken supper was the best ever
as others had captured chickens also
and the bachelor knew how to cook
them.
Mrs. Gage received a picture last
week of the Slaughter of the Inno
cents, where six thousand rabbits"
were driven into a wire enclosure
and killed, near Burns, Oregon. The.
whole country, men, women and chil
dren turned out, mostly on horse
back and drove them before them, till
the ground looks like the wind in
a field of grass, with the jumping ani
mals, then men enter the corral and
kill them with clubs. This was, we
believe, the fourth drive they have
had, and they had rid the country of
about twenty-five thousand rabbits.
They are said to be very destructive,
and let a band of them get int a
man's stock yard and they eat and
destroy hay like a herd of hogs,
(i n r1 ("i tliov sro nlilitrnH tn cnt rid tf
them in some way.
Mrs. Schafer, wife- of Michael
Schafer, near the mouth of the Tual
atin, lies at her home very low, of
a complication' of diseases.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Borland have
been up in Washington state visiting
Will Borland and wife and returned
home Suday evening.
Gordon Hayes ordered a new wood
shed to be built in the place of the
old one that fell with the weight of
wet snow and left money with Fred
Baker for that purpose.
A potato buyer was to have been
around Tuesday, but failed to put in
an appearance.
They now have a trained nurse for
little Christina Delkar, and her symp
toms at the present writing are fav
orable. A real estate man was looking af
ter places to buy last week, but Staf
ford people are pretty wel satisfied
with Stafford.
MACKSBURG
If unprecedent numbers . of song
birds are any harbinger of good, "this
part of Oregon may count on the en
joyment of peace and prosperity the
comingyear. As if these little song
sters knew of the protection our gov
ernment is providing them, ' they are
appearing in incredible multitudes in'
our forests and fields. They follow
in the wake of the land clearers and
feast on the insects with which newly
upturned soil is teeming. None of
us may know the good they are doing
the coming crops by exterimnating
the destructive parasites that have
hitherto been the farmer's bane. All
the while, this matchless orchestra
keeps the air vocal with songs of
which one can never tire. The rob
ins were the first to come and are the
most numerous, but their close rivals
in "beauty and in tone, the blue birds,
have begun to appear, showing that
winter will soon be gone.
AH traces of the heavy snow storm
are vanishing, even the broken tele
phones lines. Chester Smith, Her
man Wanner and Abe Heppler are
repairing the damage done these
wires by the snow.
The Canby road is being greatly
Improved by dragging. Ed Gibson
and Hermann Harms are doing this
work.
Mr. and Mrs. Eby, Sr., spent Wed
nesday in Canby.
Mr. and Mrs. Freyrer, of Oregon
City, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. F.
J. Kraxberger.
Nils Petersen and John Green have
moved into their houses at Smith's
mill.
Geo. Walsh is constructing a road
from his own ranch to that of Mr.
Llebig.
The roof of Mr. Baldwin's ranch
cottage took fire from an overheated
pipe on Wednesday morning. That
the building was not reduced to ashes
was due to the prompt and kindly aid
given by Pete Christner and Frank
Hilton. Mr. Christner, who was work
ing in an adjoining lot, came prompt
ly and soon had the blaze under con
trol. Mr. Hilton followed in a few
minutes, and with their uniteU efforts
they succeded not only in extinguish
ing the fire but in repairing the dam
aged roof, making it safer than- it
had originally been.
Mr. Baldwin's illness proving more
serious than was at first thought, the
Macksburg Grammar School is closed
for another week. He is gaining,
however, and hopes to be back in
school on Monday, the 24th. The pri
mary department, under the care of
Mrs. Baldwin, observed Valentine day
in a way that was pleasing to all. She
had prepared some very pretty boxes
to receive the valentines and the
children had them well filled with
these tokens of regard for their
teacher and for each other.
Although Washington's birthday
comes on Saturday, the school chil
dren have no idea of allowing it to
pass unnoticed. They are preparing
to decorate their rooms with what
flowers tney can procure, and also to
use some of the bright foliage that
grows along the roadside.
Sol Struhbar has his timber hauled
for the large new barn that he is
planning to build. ,
Mr. Struhbar has so far recovered
from the grip that he went down
town one day last week.
The names of the primary school
children who have been neither ab
sent no tardy in the montn of Feb
ruary will appear in next week's is
sue of the Enterprise.