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"Brings forcibly .to our
whom we like
Our purchases this year include all the
Novelties and Staple fop
riechanical Toysf -Cast
Iron Toys,. ;,'
Rubber-Goods, .
Celluloid Goods, - ":.
Books, Dol Is, .-A
Watches, Clocks, .
Jewelry, Etc., Etc.
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F YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOME REAL
good bargains in stock, grain,; fruit and poultry
g Ranches, write for my special list, or come and
see me. I shall take pleasure in giving you. all
the reliable information you wish, also showing
you over the country.- T j "IV
HENRY AMBLER,
minds thoughts of those
to remember;"
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Real Estate, Loan, and Insurance
Philomath, Oregon.
Christmas will soon be here andyour
thoughts will be troubled by visions of
presents that you must get' for. your
many friends and relations?: What could
be a more desirable present than i one of
Pratt's Solid Plain Gold Bands Chased,
or Set Rings? ; Kings of all" sizes,.- styles
and kinds gents', ladies' and children's,
Call and see .them l.
At- Pratt's,
The Jeweler and Optician
TheBiggest
Christmas
Cornucopia
Ever manufactured wouldn't begin to
hold the many fine things we have to
offer in the way of fancy lamps, cut
glass dinner sets, ice cream sets and oth
er table and buffet ware.- There's some'
thing here to suit every taste and every
pocket book. - v
P. M. ZIEROLF
COR VALLIS, OREGON , DECEMBER 13,
EX SPEAKER REED
HIS BURIAL WITH SIMPLE BITES
IN A PORTLAND MAINE ,
v " CEMETERY ':; '"
Albany's Free Delivery Gold Out
put of the Northern Diggings
- "7 Marion County Legislators
: ' . Can't Agree Other
News. - '
Portland, Me., Dec. 9. Simple
but impressive services, consisting
of music, Scripture reading, piayer
and a brief eulogy, were held over
the remains of ex Speaker Reed
at the firs$Unitarian : Church to
day, a The church " was thronged
with a distinguished assemblage.
which included ihe ; Governors of
Maine and Massachtfeett?, the
Loyal Legion, eeveral Grand Army
posts, members of the bar, city om
cials anddelegatea from nearlyevery
political organization in the state.
The day-was one of mourning
throughout the city. Many places
of basinets were closed during the
afternoon. Public buildings, were
a?EO closed during the day. -The
services in the church were held at
2 . o'clock, but for Borne hours the
body had been lying in state in
the parish-house, where it was
viewed by throngs of people.. The
parish-house finally was closed
shortly after 1 o'clock, and the cas
ket was removed to the church-7
, ; While the assembly was - being
seat ?d, Herman Kotzchmar was at
the organ. ; In the front pews were
seated the pall-bearers Joseph Sy
monds, John G Small, George E
Bird, Attorney-General George M
Seidere, Judge Clarence - Vale, of
the District Court; Robinson Wil
liamson, William Bradley and Wil
liam D Woods. The organ ceased
and after a brief pause the Rev John,
Carrol Perkins, the pastor of the
church, read appropriate selections
from the : Bible, iollowed with
prayer. ' . ;-.
After a short strain from the or
gan, Mr Perkins delivered the eul-
agy and closed his remarks with a
benediction. -
The casket wa3 borne to the hearse
and while the bells pi the city tolled
63 strokes, one for each year of . Mr
Reed s life, the funeral party en
tered carriages. The little proces
sion passed to EAergrecn cemetery,
where the bjdy.was placed. in a
vault to await burial in the spring.
Albany, Dec. 9v Albany ; is
now assured of a free delivery mail
service. ; "Superintendent Irwin, of
the free mail delivery for the Pacific
Coaet, s in Albany, and today
called upon Postmaster Train and
informed him that the service
would be put in operation March 1,
1963, Twenty-two letter boxes will
be placed in position, throughout
the city,; and the mail will be deli
vered and collected twice each day.
Two carriers and a substitute will
bffYppointed from applicants who
pass the civil service examination,
and work will : begin immediately
to rearrange the postoffice building
to meet the, demands of the new
eeryice. , - ': - .
Vancouver, B. C, Dec. 9. With
the year drawing to a cloee mining
men are beginning to total up Brit
ish Columbia's mineral production
during ' 1902, - and he is a pessi
mist indeed who does not - concede
an advance of 25 - per - cent over
1901. The production that " year
was officially given as $2o.c86,78o,
so that the lowest eetimate tor this
year.$25,ol8'565. ' But the. latest
figures from, the Boundary, the
Slocan, Roeiland, Atlin,- Cariboo
aud Vancouver Island juscify one
in predicting that the annual report
for the department of mines will
show the figures to be nearer $27,
5oo,ooo than to $25.ooo,ooo, while
n6xt year wil see the $3o-ooo ; ooo
mark passed . ' 1 1 Will thus be Been
that British Columbia, even with
the copper, lead and silver markets
working againet it, is twice a Klon
dike," for he would be a bold man
indeed who - would . place the
Yukon's output this year at . over
$15,000,000.
Salem Or., Dec. 9. Some of
the Salem sportsmen do not take
kindry to two of the recommenda
tions of State Game Warden Quim
by in his annual report. One of
three recommendations was that a
gun license tax of $1 for each gun
used in bunting be imposed for the
purpose of providing a part of the
iundsfor the maintainance of the
game warden's office. A Salem
man, who has a local reputation as
a hunter, Eays that the sportsmen
outside of the large cities will not
approve of such a tax, and" that in
the country it would be so unpopu
lar that it could not stand. "If the
farmer boys were required to paya
licence tax for the privilege of liunt
ing," said he, "you would 7 see the
country people get up ' a referen
dum petition, and the law imposing
the tax would be snowed under eo
deep it never would be heard of a-
The other suggestion to which
exception has been taken- here is
mac u wuiameue- v aiiey nuniers i
want good duck-shcotmg they I
snould teed tne ducsa, as the . roit-
land sportsmen do. Ibis advice
prompts iub ouicixi ixiau iu oay
Ihe mention of the methods
pur
sued - by the Portland sportsmen
showa theneed of another law for
the protection of game. The Port
land men scatter wheat on their
game preserves and attract ducks
irom all parts ot tne valley, iney
do not increase the number of
ducks, but collect at : that particu
lar place all the ducksthat fly over.
They then go out on csrlain days
and slaaehter the birds by - tne
wagon-load. We don't believe
in that kind of eport. I went out
ast Sunday and hunted all day on
what ought to be good duck ground,
but didnt, get a single shot. ' The
ducks have all been enticed away
from the Valley, to - be shot when
collected at the feeding grounds.
-The dock has no chance of his
ife under such circumstances, and
it is pure slaughter, and not sport.
A law should be passed for biding the
shooting of ducks in the vicinity of
grounds where feed has been scat
tered. There is no need to Ecatter
feed for ducks in this couutry.
They will get plenty of food in the
fields and. streams. " The mainte
nance of feeding grounds gathers
the gaxe all at one place, so that a
few hunters get plenty of birds,
while the majority get almost none.
Up here ia-the -.Valley,- where up
land birds ar plentiful, we are lim
ited to lo birds a day, but the city
sportsmen are allowed ; to kill 5o
ducks a day, which is made possi
ble by tneir scattering wheat in the
fields, over which they have exclu
sive control." -
Salem. Dec. 9. Whether the
Marion County delegation will go
into a Senatorial caucus tnis Winter
was one of the principal questions
discussed in a meeting of the dele
gation this afternoon. The "problem
was not solved, but it developed
that there is a . wide -: difference of
opinion, and that some believe in a
Senatorial caucus while others do
not. No vote was taken n the sub
ject. The meeting was a lively one.
Although eome ot tne memDers
passed with vigor the argument in
favor of a caucus, and others held
back iust as gtronglv, the beet of
humor prevailed and the legislators
generally cnose to laugn over tneir
differences rather than take ' them
seriously; ' -'C '
' New -York, 'Dec; 8. When the
riewcup yacht is launched from the
Herreshoff shop in April, says the
Herald, 6he will probably be chris
tened the Eagle. 1 The infoimation
npon which this statement is based
is considered most reliable. The
name will be popular because it is
representative and national. It
suggests strength, speed and fear
lessness. It is a good hailing name,
and every American yachtsman
with a dash of patriotism in his
veins will shout his hardest when
the Eagle, the new. defendei of the
America's cup,;glides into the water.'-;
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Should the Eagle survive the tri
als for the selection of : a cup de
fender and meet the approval of the
committee on the challenga when
they come together in Newport to
name the boat that will represent
the clob in the international races,
there should be no fear for the cup.
. Administratrix Sale.
" Notice is hereby given, that by virtue of an
order and decree of the County Court of 'the
County of Folk and state of Oregon, made and
entered ot record In the matter ofHhe adminis
tration of the estate of James L Gwla. deceased,
I will on and alter the 9th day of December.
1902 offer for sale at private sale to the highest
bidder the following described premises Ju
Benton, Oouuty, Oregon towlt:
The north half ol the north west quarter c f
section sixteen, In township fourteen south of
range eight west of the Willamette merldan,
Termsof sale, cash in hand. Bids therefore
will be received by mo at Monmouth, Polk
County, Oregon. - -
Maky E. OwlJf,
Administratrix.
1902;
HIS POLICY
GOVERNOR-ELECT CHA3IBERLAIN
- PREPARING HI3 INAUGURAL
ADDRESS. .
Will Urge Kieid iiconomy in
Public . Expenditures, and
is for Flat Salaries In-
- auguralion January :
"'. 14th Other News
Portland. Oregon, .Dec 7 The
Oregonian eayef Governor-elect
(Chamberlain is preparing his
m-
aUeural address. ; He 1 will be
in-
ducted into office probably on ,the
second or third day of the. legisla
tive session if precedent shall .jrule
the procedure. His i address , has
not assumed its final shape - and a
large part of it is still to be written
Mr Chamberlain will not reveal
what he has in mind until he has
spoken it. before the joint session
of the, legislature. . By. that .body
the vote of last June will be: can
vassed and he will . be J proclaimed
governor.
; A reporterday accosted the governor-elect
on the street and "fired
at hire a number of questions. Mr
Chamberlain was in, a ; hurry to
move -on, but ; he stopped . good
naturedly and inquired: : - . :
"Well, what-is it?"
"Mr Chamberlain, are you pre
paring your inaugural address?"
"Yes, but it is not yet in tangible
form." ' : -
"Will it be long?"
His excellency-to-be laughed and
replied: -
"No, it will not be long. It
will not follow out details very far.
It will be a general survey of the
various subjects which needed the
attention of the eeveral depart
ments of the state government.
No, it will not be long."
And the governor-elect burned
on his mission. ' " " '. -
Mr Cbamberlain.'s friends ' make"
plain that he is very -'desirous of
of maintaining narmonious. rela
tions with the legislature and with
other officials of the. executive de'
partment. There is no ; doubt that
he-will be disposed to yield a f great
deal .to maintain . amity. But is
quite certain that the new governor
will jealously guard his " prerogativ
es as cruel executive or tne state.
He will expect the legislature v to
respect those prerogatives. He will
ivsist that republican . officials in
the executive department shall not
encroach upon the dignity of his
office,
'T shall Ha onMrnnr " h
is- re
there's fighter
ported to have said. "If
going to be a fight, .I'm
myself. If there's going to be peace
I'm as peaceable- as auybody."
. The governor-elect talks freely to
reporters on all ' general ; snlajects
but he cannot be - enticed to talk
politics or his inaugural address.
v "I wish my words to ... go rout to
the people of Oregon just as I shall
say them when I become governor,",
says he. .-t '- : '?- '
Friends of Mr Chamberlain who
are next the throne, say that his
remarks will be strong utterances
for economy to the state' adminis
tration and for -protection of the
public lands. -For flat salaries he
is as constant as 'ever. He will
advocate flat salaries all along the
line,, from - his office down. - He
will contend that no member of the
government has a vested right to
anv fees or salary that the ' legis
lature-may increasaor decrease at
its own will the compensation ofjv.
ery state employe, except , state
printer. Mr Chamberlain- was el
ected on the Hat salary issue, and
he will stand squarely on that
plank of the democratic and re
publican platforms, - Nor will he
spare himself. He will not look
upon his own as a preferred office
"But what if the legislature fiat
tens out you-salary?" he is report
ed to have been asked, -
"I don't care. I will take what
ever the legislature gives mevvlf
I am cut to $5 per year I shall take
that and be governor."
- His compensation could not. be
reduced below $15oo, however for
that sum is guaranteed him by the
coustitution.
Albany, or., Dec. 8.- AftsreV"
eral days heavy .drinking John
Turner, ticket agent of the Corval
lis & Eastern Railroad, committed
suicide at his home in this city at
B. F. IRVINE,
- Editor and Proprietor.
12:45 o'clock today by shooting
himself through the head with a
revolver. . ,
Turner had been putting in the
forenoon by settling up his accounts
at the various stores in , town, and
shortly before noon remarked to a
friend that he did not owe any man '
a dollar. . But he did not seemin ,
his usual good spirits, . .seemingly
being the subject of an attack, of
melancholy, and was drinking nnn- -
sidefrable. Shortly after 12 o'clock
Turner started home, and went to
an upstairs bedroom. . . At about
12:45 P. M., his family wjCs start- "
led by hearing the renort of a r.
volver. Upon goinw ud stairs, thev '
were confronted by the awful sight '
of Turner's massive form -fitretninrl ,
in a reclining posture on the bed,
weltering in a pool of ; blood, whir-h
flowed .from bullet, wound in.thn
head. The dead man was in his
shirt Eleeves and had removed bis "
collar and tie. - -
The shooting was done "with a..
heavy.ong-bairel Colt's revol
38-caliber. Turner , after stretch
ing himself on the bed, . near the
edge, had with his right hand plac
ed the end of the revolver ' against '
the left temple; so near Uhat . the
powder from the explosion burned
tho hair. After firing the. . fatal
shot the hand dropped to the side,
the wrist baing bent so that when '
the revolveewas released by the re--laxing
fingers, it laid by the-side of
the deceased, pointing toward his
nead. - .
The bullet entered the left tern- -
pie, above the line with the eye, at
the margin of the hair, - and about
two inches in front of the ear. The
ball passed through the head, com -.
ing out even with the top of the
right ear, and about one-half of an
inch back of it. The ball lodged
in the pillow, beneath the head of
the deceased, where it was later
found by the coroner s jury.
No cause for turner s action can
be definitely assigned. The Cor
vallis & Eastern officials report
that he was always a trusted em
ploye, and there is no shortage in
bis accounts with them. Oa the
dresser in the room was found two
notes, one addressed to William Fa-;
ber, proprietor of the Albany brew- -
ery, and tne otber follows: .
h luella May God watch over
you and my child, Any bills or
notes come to you with my name
to them, they are legitimate. Pay
them all." Have Eiks and Wood
man care for me, my wife and my
child. ; . .... JOHN." .;
The note was written on the back
of a programme for a musical recit- '
al, and was so scrambled and run
together as to be - hardly : intelligi
ble. . ;
Coroner Fortmiller was at once
notified. He empaneled a jury and
held an inquest in the room where
the suicide was committed, before :
the body had been touched. A ver
dict of suicide was rendered in a
very short time. .
John Turner was one of the beBt- -.
known men in Albany. He came
here about 10 years ago from Milan,
Mo., and entered the employ of -Corvallis
& Eastern Railroad Com- .
pany as ticket agent, which posi
tion he has since retained. He waa .
noted for his jovial disposition, and
waa the greatest ; "josher" in the
city. He left a wife and daughter. -
Anaconda, Mont., Dao. 9. Miya c
Goldie, an employe of the Washoe ,
smelter was at work in one of the .
flumes cleaning it out this morning "
when some one turned on - the hot -slag
and water, not knowing Goldie
was in the flume. ' Goldie was lit
erally boiled and cooked to death.
He was 27 years o!d, and had been
married only three months. . 5
THE OLD REUABLE
AbsolutelyEurer7
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE