The new age., 1907-02-02


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8 PORTLAND LOCALS !
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Mrs. H. Morgan. of AGA Davis street
is on the sick list.
Mrs. A. Palmer, of Park and Everett
streets, is seriously i'll.
Arthur Wilson and Samuel Young
of Oakland, spent the week in our city
Mrs Frazier, of Mill and Eleventh
streets, is quite i'll with heart troubles
Mrs. l.. b. Lejeune, one of our pio
neer citizens, is seriously i'll at hel
residence, North Ninth and Gibson.
Mr.. Ed Rutherford on last Tuesday
was presented by his wife with q
bouncing daughter Mother and child
are doing we'll
Mr.. H. Lawrence, an employe of the
Oregon Brass Works, was severely
injured by having another employe
fall on his back.
Mr.. ]. E. Watson, who was severely
injured by falling from a ladder whilst
engaged in washing windows, is again
able to follow his usual avocation.
Mrs. L. G. Flup was the guest of
Mrs D. M. Newman on Tuesday last
whilst on her way from Spokane,
Wash, to her home in San Diego. Cal.
Mr. Elick Waters, late of Red Bluff.
Cal, has accepted a position with the
Lewis Stenger Barber Supply Co. in
their new quarters at Tenth and Nor
rison streets.
The weekly socials held by the
ladies of the Mt Olivet Baptist
church, will be held on Wednesday
evenings hereafter, instead of Tues
days, as heretofore
Mr.. H. Woods, Of Eleventh and Mill
streets, was victim of the thugs that
are making a reign of terror in our
city, being held up and relieved of
$19.75 on last Saturday evening.
Mrs. c. o. Coffee received the sad
news of the death of her sister in
Knoxville, Tenn. She leaves a hus-
band and three children to mourn her
loss. Mrs. Coffee has the sympathies
OF host of friends in this hour of
her bereavement
The young peoples meeting held at
the Zion A. VI. e. church, Thirteenth
.e4ain streets, under the leadership
of Mrs. Lulu Easton, was well attend
ed on last Sunday evening and bids
fair to become one of the popular in
stitutions of the city. Their meetings
are held each Sunday evening from Z
to 8 P. NJ
The members of Household of Ruth.
No. S44, G. U. o. of o. F., are sparing
no pains to make the entertainment
10 be held at their hall February IL.
Tor the benefit of their regalia fund,
q success. The novel part of the pro-
gram of having each member relate
In verse their efforts to make Tor get
dollar promises an abundance of
amusement and may reveal to the
audience another Paul Lawrence Dun
bar or a Phillys Whealty. Remember
the date and place, February II at
Trades Union hall, southeast corner
Second and Yamhill streets.
The affairs of the Enterprise Invest
ment Co. the only institution of a
financial nature that the colored peo-
pie of this city are connected with
that is managed and controlled by
themselves, shows a very encourag-
ing state of affairs, the value of their
holdings being at the present time
S13,5OO an increase of 5000 in less
than five years. This success is in
large part due to the skillful manage
ment and untiring energy Of Mr.. J. C.
Logan, the president of the associa-
tion, and is another example of what /
can be done if our people would unite
and pool their interests.
Mr.. Benjamin Pratt, for number
of years an employe of the Hotel
Portland, died on last Sunday night, +
after an illness of four days. Funeral
services were held at Holman's under
taking parlors, Tuesday, at P. NJ,
Rev Geo. e. Jackson, of the A. M. E.
Zion church, officiating. 1t was large
ly attended by his friends and ac-
Quaintances. The remains were
shipped to his former home in New
buryport, S. G. Mr. Pratt was uni
versaily respected and admired by all
of his acquaintances. He left an es-
tate valued at $4,000. Mr.. Ed Ruther-
ford, who had worked with him for |
several years was appointed as ad-
ministratOr.
Again Oregon is in the lead The I
climatic conditions of the past few
days have been such as even the "old-
est inhabItant" has to admit he has {
not seen, and few. if any, of those
from other parts Of the country even {
claim to have experienced similar con- {
ditions. The so-called "silver .thaw,"
which covered trees, telegraph and l
telephone wires and poles with glist-
ening coat of ice, whilst at the same t
time fine driving rain was falling. c
had never been experienced. The loss
to our telegraph and telephone and
nlqptric light and mower cOmnaniaS /