» I H — Il — I llll— I T - ~T|||^ Additional Local Item* | of General Interest Attorney 0 . W. Humphreys and wife are visiting relatives at Roy this week. Hon. Ira Purdin of this city was in Buxton, Wednesday, the guest o f Perry Watson. L. M. Beebe and family of Springfield, are visiting at the home o f his parents near Roy. A card from Mrs. E. A. Nurse tells of a runaway in which Mr. i Nurse was injured, however, not seriously. There will be a baseball game Sunday afternoon at Hoffman Park between the Park nine and the Gales Creek aggregation. W. W. Ryals, of Roy, left for Scoggins Valley last Tuesday, where he is superintending the erection o f the Tupper Saw Mill. Miss D.M.Drew, demonstrator for the Ohio Varnish Co., is giv ing practical illustrations o f the various uses of Chi-Namel at Mertz & Latta. The Artisans held an open meeting Tuesday evening. Re freshments were served and the large number present fully en joyed the occasion. Jake Buxton and wife were in this city Wednesday renewing old acquaintances, making new friends, and otherwise enjoying a visit to the place Jake believes to be superior to all other o f the Northwest. Booth Jewelry Company Big Reduction Sale will close June 1st There is still time to avail yourself of some o f the rare bargains w e offer you. Our stock consists of Solid Gold and Gold Filled W atches, Chains and Jewel ry o f A ll Leading M akes. A lso a full line o f Clocks, Silverware, Cut Glass and Hand-painted China. O n everything in our store we give you a discount o f from 2 5 i4 ~te 5 0 % W e also do all kinds o f watch, clock and jewelry repair ing and guarantee entire satisfaction of the same A n open letter to my friends:- In the lines o f that beautiful song, “ When the Mists have Cleared A w ay,” which we sing so often, I wonder if we realize the full purport o f the words and if the thought ever occurs that perhaps we may be able to do some thing to clear them away, to “ know we are known,” even here on earth. For nearly a year I have been in your midst trying to establish a parish, and personally, have met only with unvarying kindness and respect; and while I am convinced o f a sincere, The Comet arrived, took in the Christian spirit animating you, yet I cannot but feel that the sights, and departed again. No Church I repesent, the Catholic Church, is misunderstood. It is a evil effects have been experienced peculiar fallacy on both sides to imagine we are “ broad;” but are and the spirit o f uncertainity has we? Do Catholics not look upon all outsiders as entirely lost, given place to one o f security. and do they not cry, “ out o f the church there is no salvation?” Now get in and advertise; in And do the non-Catholics not accuse us o f superstition, narrow crease your business, and draw ness and strange rites? But have we all been “ broad” enough to new patrons to your store. honestly and earnestly inquire into both sides o f the question? Mrs. R. B. Faulds’ Sunday Have we read entirely unbiased books? Have Catholics examined School class, The Native Daugh on just what grounds each party stands, and have non-Catholics ters o f the Christian church learned a single thing FIRST-HANDED o f the often “ terrible doings gave her a surprise party at o f the Catholics?” St. Anthony’s Chapel Car will be in Forest Grove one week her home in Cornelius Saturday evening. After a very pleasant commencing May 29th, on the S. P. track, and every night at 8 time including refreshments the o ’clock a lecture will be given in a hall down town. Program and place o f meeting to be announced later. The car will be in Cor party returned to their home. nelius for a week commencing June 5th, lectures to be given in A pleasant birthday party was the church. held at the home o f Mr. and Mrs Now the object o f having the car here is not to make “ con A. P. Morgan Saturday afternoon verts,” as one might suppose, for we are firmly convinced that a it being the 8th birthday of their good non-catholic is much to be preferred to a bad catholic and son Jesse G. Morgan. The little j that he sees a better chance o f seeing God. Neither are we try folks enjoyed themselves w ith , ing to make money, for the lectures, etc., are entirely free with games and o f course the refresh an offering which is usual and entirely optional. But we do ments served were not neglected. wish to present truths o f our religion, as for as possible, to dispel Forty head o f mules were erronious notions some people have formed concerning us, and brought to this city from P o rt-; above all, to prove that the church, whatever may be thought o f land Wednesday. They were re her, in carrying on the teachings o f Christ, is, like her master cently shipped from Missouri by | charitable. There will be the time-honored Question Box, and any the Sweney Construction Co., thing o f the Church that one may wish to know may be asked. and will be used in Tillamook Nothing in the line of controversy will be indulged in, but ques county on their P. R. & N. con- i tions asked for honest information we will try to answer. tract. This is claimed to be the A cordial invitation is extended to all. best shipment o f mules ever re Sincerely yours in Christ, ceived in Portland. Rev. Jacob R. Buck. Rev. and Mrs. Hiram Gould are visiting with a sister in Weleigh, Neh. The trip, which is proving one o f pleasure and of benefit to Rev. Gould’s health will be continued into Iowa in the near future. NOTES FROM BUXTON Mrs. George Fisher was on the Andrew Olson suffered a severe By the Special Correspond sick list a few days last week. cut about the mouth Tuesday ent of the Press evening while engaged in an en The base ball game last Sun counter Jeffries a la Johnson. Mrs. Reynolds is on the sick day at Banks resulted in a score o f 17-3 in favor o f Banks. T h « Pr*a«nt. list. Mrs. John R. Bailey is report Miss Peterson who has been in ed quite sick. Portland the past month has re Dr. Via and wife were in the turned to her home in Buxton. Grove on business Wednesday. Jos. Pongratz, is recovering Mr. Perkins expects to sojourn rapidly from his recent illness, on the Nehalem river in a few and is once more seen upon the days. street Dua'r brood over the pant nor dream o f tbe future, but w lw the instan t and S»t your lemwit from the hour. Vatapuk. Volapuk. one o f tbe attempts at a universal la uguaxe. was Introduced earlv In tbe eljrbtien. The Bleed. 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