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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1903. SHOT BY HER SON Charles A. Wilson Fatally Wounds Mother-in-Law. FIRES AT SUSPECTED BURGLAR Aroused by a Noise, Yonng Man Hantlly Shoot Down a Stairtvay Mr. Frederick L. "Wilson Receives tlie Bullet. In the belief that burglars had entered the house Charles A. Wilson, of 516 Starr street, fired a pistol shot at 12 o'clock last night, fatally wounding his mother-in-law, Mrs. Frederick Wilson. Some 10 days ago the house was entered by burglars, end to guard against their return young Wilson purchased a 38-caliber Smith & "Wesson revolver. He was awakened at midnight by a noise at the dack door, and taking his revolver went to the head of the stairs and fired at a shadow at the bottom, without asking who the. invader was. His mother-in-law, Mrs. Frederick Wilson, fell from his shot, the bullet pen etrating her left breast. Dr. Esther C. Pohl and Dr. W. B. Hamilton were i-um-moned as soon as possible, but an inves tigation showed a very serious wound, and it was not expected that Mrs. Wilson would live more than a few hours. That the sad affair was purely acci dental is the belief of those who heard the words of Mrs. Wilson, the injured wo man, who turned to Jailer Johnson and said: "Don't arrest him. It was all an acci dent." The family has no telephone in the house, and news, of the accident did not reach the police station until nearly 12:30. Jailer J. F. Johnson accompanied the pa trol wagon, and when he learned that the injured woman could not be removed to the hospital, returned with Wilson, who is 24 years of age, to the station, where his testimony was taken. The young man looks decidedly younger than the age he gave would Indicate. The ter rible affair seemed to have shocked him so that he could scarcely give a definite account of what had taken place. "I went to the head of the sairs and saw a shadow at the bottom. I just threw out my arm like that and fired, and then my mother-in-law fell. Of course I was sure it was one of the burglars who had stolen 59 from our house some time ago. My mother-in-law is my brother's wife, and we live In the same house." Wilson was placed under arrest until an Investigation can be made this morn ing. The affair seems to be purely acci dental, and the young man guilty only of extreme carelessness. He Ib a carpenter by trade, and Is now employed on a build ing at First and Grant streets. WORK IS IN VIEW. (Continued from First Page.) Ing the last four years than ever before. Secretary Of State Dunbar and State Treasurer Moore have been particularly valuable members of the boards, for the reason that they have been always at Sa lem and have not divided their attention between their official duties and politics. The Governor Is often called away to make addresses. Men who have been In a position to observe the manner In which the state's business has been conducted are strong in their expression of belief that It would be a mistake to relieve the Secretary of State of the duty of serving upon the principal state boards. The board during the next four years will be composed of two Republicans and one Democrat. One member will be a lawyer, so that the board will have the aid of that member's legal knowledge, as well as the advice of the Attorney-General when de sired. The outlook seems very bright for a continuance of good administration dur ing the next four years. All Ready at Salem. All these and many other subjects are enough to keep the 90 members of the Lcgiclature busy for 40 days, even though they had no complicated Senatorial prob lem to solve. When the members of the Legislature ccme to Salem next Sunday morning and afternoon, they will find all in readiness for them In the capital. The hotels have arranged to accommodate every person possible, and the residents of the city have prepared their "spare rooms" for boarders during the session. A large number of the members of the Legislature prefer to make their quarters In private houses, rather than in hotels, and such have no trouble in finding rooms. At the Statehouse the members of the Legislature will find everything awaiting their coming. Each member's desk and chair has his name on It, and the Secre tary of State has a supply of stationery to distribute as soon as the two houses pass resolutions directing him to do so. The telegraph companies will put In of fices at the Capitol Sunday, and two addi tional telephone booths have already been installed. George E. Waters has been granted the cigar stand privilege, and material will be available with which to make the air thick enough to cut. Hume-Hermann Headquarter. It was announced several months ago that Representative R. D. Hume, of Coos and Curry, has leased the Martin man sion, near the Capitol, for his residence during the session. It is now reported that Mr. Hume Is seeking living quarters elsewhere, and that the Martin house will be used as a clubhouse, and will be the Hermann headquarters. As Mr. Hume Is an ardent supporter of Mr- Hermann, it is probable that this splendid residence will be the chief meeting place of Hermann's friends, whether it remains as Hujne's domicile or becomes a clubhouse. Presiding Officers' Rooms. Secretary of State Dunbar has fitted ur the room on the second floor formerly occupied by the Superintendent of Public Instruction for the use of the Speaker ot the House. Two of the candidates for this place, Davey, of Marlon, and Eddy, of Tillamook, have visited the room at the invitation of the Secretary of State, and both seem to be exceedingly well pleased with it At any rate, each of them has been working a little harder for the Speakership since seeing the very com fortable quarters prepared for one of the three candidates. The president of the Senate will occupy a room adjoining the Senate chamber on the north. No InanRural Ball. It is probable that no attempt will be made this year to establish in Oregon the custom of giving an inaugural ball In -honor of the new Governor. Many of the society people of Salem, and especially the Democratic members thereof, would like to give a "ball In honor of Governor Chamberlain, but those who have consid ered the subject have concluded that there is no hall in Salem suitable for the pur pose. Armors Hall is large enough, and has a good floor, but the room is unfin ished, and could not be decorated so as to make a satisfactory place for holding an inaugural ball. Some time during the session some of the Salem society people may tender Governor Chamberlain a re ception, but that will be the extent of his welcome to Salem. D CHIEF SULLIVAN CALLE Seattle Grand Jury Is Securing; MucJi Dnmnsiuc Evidence. SEATTLE, Jan. 7. The grand jury In vestigation of the city administration and police corruption that has been going on since Monday was made sensational today, when Chief of Police Sullivan was called. The jury has betJi leading up to the Chief and other officials by taking the gamblers and smaller persons first and thus gaining evidence which would arm them when the bigger game appeared. It is understood that the Chief was ques tioned on every happening in the police department since his incumbency, nearly two years airo when the former Chief. Meredith, was killed by John Consldlne after he had been compelled to resign on account of a City Council's Investigation of police scandals. It is believed here that the present proceedings of the grand Jury will result In many Indictments against camblers. the Chief of Police and other officials. Several witnesses were examined today, and It Is claimed that so far the grand jury has Jargely the better of it, as evidence is being secured that will con vict all offenders indicted. LAD OR CONVKNTION ENDS. Spoknnc Next Plncc of Meeting Unt of Officer Elected. SEATTLE, Jan. 7. The first annual con vention of the Washington State Federa tion of Labor was brought to a close to night after the election of officers to serve for the ensuing year and the selection of a place to hold the next meeting. Spokane was selected for the 1IK)1 convention, after a hard fight against Everett and Aberdeen, and officers were elected as follows: President, William Blackman, Olympia; vice-president. C. R.Case. Everett: secre tary. James Menzies. Tacoma: treasurer. F. W. Clark, of the Longshoremen's Union, Seattle. Executive board S. W. Harmon. Green Lake, chairman; T. V. Copeland, Tacoma; John Geronow. Aber deen; E. F. Quinn. Spokane; S. C. Van derhoff, Arlington. Epidemic of Smallpox Senr Eugene. EUGENE. Or., Jan. 7. (Special.)-An epidemic of smallpox Is now occupying the attention of the residents of Thurston and vicinity, nine miles east of Eugene. There Is much complaint about failure to observe regulations of precaution to pre vent the general spread of the disease, and, as one citizen expressed it. "every body In that neighborhood may expect to have It" The epidemic there, without doubt, is traced from a certain dance hall Thanksgiving night. Indian Woman 13u Yearn Old. GRIDLEY, Cal., Jan. 7. An old Indian woman, known as "Ancient Sally," died at Prattvllle, in the mountains, a few days ago. She was 130 years of age. Though unable to stand upright, she crawled about her home and cooked her own meals. She was totally blind. Representative!-. Lea-re for Olympia. VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 7. (Special.) Representatives Parcell and Ranck and State Senator Rands left yesterday for Olympia, to attend the Legislature, which convenes next .Mppday. ROBBERS SHOW FIGHT. Wound h Captured Comrade and Then Murder Saloonkeeper. CHICAGO. Jan. 7. A cane of robbers created much excitement in the western part of the city tonight. One of them was captured during the robbery of a saloon and later three of his companions. wno had escaped, robbed another saloon and murdered the proprietor. the first robbery was In the jtalnnn nf Robert Koehler, 132 West Twenty-second street. Four men comoelled th nm. prietor and several men who were in the place to remain quiet while they robbed the cash register. A small hnv r-nv h alarm and two officers hurried to the nlace. The robbers fled and In th Minc Sergeant Rooz, one of the officers, cap- turea .txiwara Jmzgeraia, an ex-pollce-man, who was one of the robbers. The companion of Fitzgerald attempted to kill Sergeant Rooz, but he held Fitzgerald and tne prisoner was twice nit By the bullets of his friends, who were firing at the officer. Two hours after the robberv of th Koehler saloon, three men iinnnswl tn be the same as those who had figured lit the first robbery, entered the saloon of Anton Duffle, at 973 California avenue, and attempted to rob the place. The pro prietor showed fight and was shot and Instantly killed by one of the robbers. All tnree men eecapeo. BISHOPS FIGHT FOR LEGACY Division of Utah Diocese Causes Contest of Miss Mount's "Will. NEW YORK, Jan. 7. Suit over the con struction of a will which Involves four bishops of the Protestant Episcopal church has been brought and the case will be heard In the Supreme Court with in a few days. The point at Issue Is the disposition of a legacy of 335,000 left by Maria P. Mount, daughter of the late Richard E. Mount, a New York lawyer. This bequest was made to Bishop Tuttle, then bishop of Utah, or his successors In a will made in 1BS0. Miss Mount died In 1S99. When the will was made the dio cese Included the territories of Idaho and Utah. Now Utah itself Is a diocese and Idaho Is divided between Montana and Washington. The result is that there are four claimants for the bequest and the helrs-at-law have set up a counter-claim that the diocese of Utah, to which the bequest was made, has passed out of ex istence and the money should revert to them. Charles A. Mount, brother of the testa trix, as administrator, has brought the suit to define the will. The four bishops in the case are: Tuttle, now of Missouri; Funston, of Spokane; Wells, of Boise, and Leonard, of Utah. Astoria Marine Notes. ASTORIA. Jan. 7. Special.) The work of discharging the ballast from the British ship County of Linlithgow at the quaran tine station is proceeding much more rap idly than In the case of the County of Roxburgh, and it Is expected that It will be finished within a few days. The man on board who had the smallpox is now well and there Is no sickness of any kind among the others. Mob Releases Lynchers. LEWISBURG. Tenn., Jan. 7. Last mid night 20 masked men released W. P. Hope wood and H. W. Johnston from the Mar shall County Jail. The prisoners were charged with lynching a negro named John Davis. Safe and Sure. There is no opium or other harmful sub stance in Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It may be given to a baby as confidently as to an adult. It Is pleasant to take, too, and always cures and cures quickly. It Is a favorite with mothers of small children for colds and croup. For sale by all drug gists. Southern Rhodesia's gold output In, May was the biggest recorded, being qv'er J?, 000 ounces, MYRTLE CREEK'S FUTURE! ONE OF THE MOST PR03IISING TOWNS IN OREGON. Situnted In Good Farming District, With Mines and Timber Re- sources to Be Developed. MYRTLE CREEK. Or.. Jan. 4. Spe cial correspondence.) "One of the most promising little towns In Oregon today Is J Myrtle Creek," said a traveling compan ion to me on the train a few days ago. "Mj-rtJe Creek?" I repeated, question in gly. "Why, I did not know there was such a town In existence. I have passed up and down the Southern Pacific Rail road many times, and I remember a sta tion by that name south of Roseburg, I about 20 miles, but I never knew there was a town there; and what Is there to back It to make you think it has a prom ising future?" "The town of Myrtle Creek Is about a half-mile off from the railroad, and Is at the foot of two valleys, one of 14 miles. NEW CHIEF OF SCULPTURE FOR ST. LOUIS WORLD'S FAIR MR. KARL BITTER. Karl Bitter, who appointment as chief of sculpture of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, to succeed F. W. Ruckstuhl, has been announced, contemplates some radical changes In the scheme devised by his predecessor. Mr. Bitter, while re taining the poetic conception of Mr. Ruckstuhl, proposes to make the keyno'te ot the decorations joyous and festive, ell-nlnatlng the less decorative features in the way of portrait statues within reasonable bounds, and symbolizing the activities, rather than setting them forth by means of the portraits of the actors. The por trait etatues of Napoleon and Jefferson which are to be executed by the noted sculptors. Ward and French, will be retained, however, and he proposes to mass the statuary about the focal point ot the exposition, rather than to scatter the pieces. The cascades and the stairways Mr. Bitter Intends to decorate with soortlve groups of human and animal forms, using for his purpose nymphs, cuplds, horses, dragons and other mythical forms. The cascades he regards as the most Import ant feature ot the exposition. and the other 12 miles, and the present population is only about 300, but the lum ber interests are to be shortly developed, Eastern capitalists having secured several thousand acres of timber, and arc now at work building one sawmill of 25,000 feet capacity five miles from town, which is to be followed by another alongside the railroad track of 100,000 feet capacity, and a lumber flume Ave miles long will con nect the two mills, and later a railroad from Myrtle Creek will be built up North Myrtle Creek, and tap the timber on Its headwaters. Nor is that all. A local company has opened up a new belt of gold-bearing quartz, and with only a few months development has already shipped two carloads of ore, which brought mill ing returns of from 549 to $270 a ton. Nor Is that all. There are over 400 acres al ready planted to prunes near the town, and this year 30 carloads, or about 1,000,000 pounds of dried prunes were shipped and brought In about 530,000. Nor is that all. An oil well was put down Just on the edge of the town, and after sinking 1600 feet oil Is said to have been struck. I have talked with persons who saw the drill pulled out of the well dripping with a heavy, black substance, which was pro nounced to be a good quality pf refining petroleum. In the Spring operations are to be resumed, and I feel certain you will hear a very favorable report." "How long since these enterprises have been on foot?" I asked. "The men from Virginia came In there last July, only about five, months ago. The quartz ledges were discovered IS months ago, but the practical results have all been obtained through work in the last 10 months. The drilling for oil has been in progress only about a year, and the prune business has just been yielding returns during the past few years." I was surprised to hear of a town so lauded, and I came here to investigate for myself and learn the true conditions. I called on the business men of the town and found the facts to be substantially as given me, but they were not the least excited over what the future might have In store for them in the increase of their trade. I Inquired the price of real estate and found It to be held at very reasonable figures, as compared with the prospects; and that farming lands up the valleys could be purchased for from $20 to $25 an acre. I climbed the hill above the town and looked over the prune orchards and the farming lands, the mountain stream creeping through the valley and the til lable lands on each side, entirely clear of either timber or underbrush, and then at the town, which is the undisputed outlet of this country, and the thought came to me, why is.it that these people, who have lived here so long, enthuse so little over what seems to be such splendid prospects In the development of the country? If this were in any other stato than Oregon, would not all kinds of dreams of future wealth float through their brains, based on the increase in population and the location here of enterprises which will give employment to more laboring men than the whole population of the town at present? Myrtle Creek Is located just off the line of the Southern Pacific Railroad, 22 miles by rail, or IS miles by wagon-road, from Roseburg. It has a roller flouring mill, the property of Willis Kramer, which has a 60-horsepower on the creek and a dally capacity of 50 barrels of flour. " It Is the intention to incorporate the town In the Spring, and an electric plant will then be installed-in the mill to furnish the town with lights, and the present water system is to be enlarged so as to cover the entire townslte and afford protection against fire. The principal business Arms and lead ing men of the town are: William P. Johnson, H. W. Miller, T. N. Humphrey, W. B. Drake, John Hall. C. E. Bogue, W. A. Powell, W. P. Willis, C. J. Rlchey, J. S. Dunnavln, Jt A. Rice, Mrs. A. W. Cot ton, George Dement. Mrs. J. Gabbert, B. M. Armltage, C. O. White, W. S. Baer, T. S. Cornutt, U. Sellg, E. G. Horton. H. M. Oatman, Miss Kate Cameron and others who might be mentioned. Mr. John Hall is one of the old resi dents here and founder of the town. He located in 1S6L buying the Aourlng mill, then a burr mill, and also 320 acres of land, on which the town ,was laid out. In those early days there was no railroad as now, and the flouring mill ground the wheat of the surrounding country and flour was sold to the miners In this part of Oregon. Wheat was worth Jl a bushel, and during one year Mr. Hall sold all his flour for $14 a barrel, and teams would wait for days their turn to get loaded. The first collection of buildings for a town was on the opposite side of the cre;k from the present town, but the high waters of 1S61 washed away the houses and the new buildings were put on the higher grounds. About 15 years ago Mr. Hall sold his flouring mill to Mr. Kramer, the present proprietor, who changed It to the roller system. Mr. Hall still owns about 200 acres of land adjoin ing the town, and recently donated 10 acres to the new sawmill company for the location of their large plant here. He Is an energetic, wide-awake man, and the kind who are needed to help build up the country. Kls daughter. Miss Grace Hall, Is a recent graduate of the Normal School at Monmouth. William P. Johnson, whose home has been in Virginia, where he was engaged In the lumber business, came to Myrtle Creek last July and announced that he intended locating a large sawmill in the town and another on the edge of his body of 20.000 acres of fir, sugar pine and cedar timber, which he had purchased of the Southern Pacific Company. He set men at work constructing flood-dams on South Myrtle Creek, to bring logs down the channel of the creek, which Is a natural flume for IS miles, and set about obtaining the right of way for a lumber flume from a point 5& miles above the town of Myrtle Creek, and then com menced the construction of a 25,000-foot sawmill at the head of this flume, which Is to be used at first for sawing the lum ber for "building the lumber flume. As soon as this flve-mile Aume Is completed, which will bo as soon as men and money can do it, the large mill will be built alongside the railroad track here at Myr tle Creek. Then the logs will be "slabbed" at the upper mill and cut into "cants" and floated to the town mill and sawed Into lumber, made into flooring, siding, laths, etc., and loaded Into cars. Later a railroad of standard gauge will be built up North Myrtle Creek and logs brought direct to the mill here, which will be a double band saw mill, complete with latest Improved methods of econom ically handling the lumber. The total contemplated Investment represents an outlay of more than $500,000, and the em ployment of about 250 men. The machin ery for the upper sawmill arrived here this week, and in a short time tho mill will be In operation. About IS months ago a ledge of gold bearing rock was discovered on South Myrtle Creek, about 12 miles from here, and a company organized to develop the property. This was followed later by a number of other locations. The Chieftain group consists of four claims of 20 acres each; the Legal Tender of four claims, the Continental of one claim, the Dewey of one claim, besides which are several others in the same locality. These claims are reached by a good country wagon road, only 12 miles from here, and just within the timber belt, and have excel lent water privileges for developing pow er to run stamps, concentrators, etc. The ledges are a base ore. requiring a smelter, but are very rich. When the mines are sufficiently developed, a 15-ton smelter will be located on the railroad here. Recent ly two carloads of oro were shipped to San Francisco for a milling test, one car load from the Chieftain giving values of $03 55 a ton in gold. The carload from the Legal Tender was two grades, and gave $49 50 and $270 to the ton. A small milling test was made from the Continental (which Is about to be purchased by Port land parties) and gave returns of $150 to the ton. The ledges are from 3 to 12 feet wide. The prospects are that from 50 to 75 men will be at work in these mines within the next six months, as the par ties managing the enterprises are experi enced mining men. These mines can be reached In a two hours' drive from Myrtle Creek. Development work on the Chief tain consists of a 150-foot tunnel and an incline of 77 feet and a shaft of 40 feet. There are drifts 40 feet each, east and west on the 77-foot Incline, and 20-foot drifts oast and west at the bottom of the 40-foot shaft. The ledge matter runs from 3 to 54 feet. A carload of ore was taken out a few weeks ago In four days, which returned nearly $100 to the ton. Three horses hauled 3030 pounds at each wagon load to the railroad here over the roads since the rain began. This mine Is cap italized at $1,000,000. and is officered as follows: C. O. White, president; W. S. Baer, vice-president-elect (the latter being from Pennsylvania, and a cousin of Pres ident Baer, of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad); B. M. Armltage, secretary, and John Hall, treasurer. The Legal Tender has a tunnel In 120 feet and a shaft down 40 feet, the oro body being from 3 to 5, feet. The owners are: Messrs. John Hall, John Rice and James Hall. The Continental has 125 feet of tunnel and a shaft 70 feet deep, the ore body be ing from 3 to 12 feet wide. Three miles higher up South Myrtle aro two new prospects called the "Al zora" and "Gold Brick." the same grade of ore as In the district lower down, but with 2 per ceut of copper. This same mineral belt extends many miles, and other discoveries will undoubt edly be made. On North Myrtle Creek are several placer mines. On Lee's Creek, a branch, is a paying placer with two miles of ditch, now being worked. The Porter placer of 60 acres has also nearly two miles- of ditch. The McDallen placer has over a mile of ditch. There Is an extensive placer property of 2100 acres and 32 miles of ditch and four giants on North Myrtle, which Is in litlratlon and not being worked. I Mr. George "Dennut. living here, claims there Is a good route for a railroad from I Coos Bay to the East, to turn up the ! Umpqua River, at DIHards, to this place. tnence up South Myrtle Creek and over a low divide and strike the Umpqua at Day's Creek. And over the headwaters of South Umpqua to Klamath. Wash., thence through this sldo of Steen Mountain and strike the Short Line at the mouth of the Owyhu River, which would be the best and shortest route. Nearly one-tenth of all the prunes In Oregon are said to be raised in the vicin ity of Mrtl Creek and Riddles, six miles from here. Up to five or so years ago, the farmers here raised wheat principally, and the local mill ground about 25,000 bushels of home-grown wheat, but prune ralslng has been found to be more profit able, and the production of wheat has so fallen off that scarcely any has Jjeen raised recentlv. Am one- thft nrinolnal raised recently. Amonjr the principal prunegrowers who ship their crops from the railroad station here are: W. H. Kelly. 12 acres; Mrs. Adams. 20; Ed Weaver, S5; John Weaver, 40; Jake Chad wlck. 30; John Hall. 15; Mrs. S. Sellg, 20; Mrs. M. A. Ulce, 15; A. Willis. 13; Cor netlons Bros., 20; L. Adle, 12; Noble An drews, 5; Mrs. H. S. Chaney, 10; Mark Smith, 6; John Metz. 6; George Rich, 10; William Burke, 10; Robert Chrlstlanson, 6; Joe Harris. 12; William Hurst. 5; W. Llplncott, 6; John DIx. 10; W. Gridley. 22; J. Newton, 6; H. W. Jones, 8; G. A. No- durft, 7; C. Weaver, SO; a total of 445 acres. The Umpqua Valley Oil Company has an oil derrick and drilling machinery lo- cated Just east of the town of Myrtle Creek, and has drilled a hole 1600 feet deep. At this depth the sand pump was lost, and could not be fished out, so the drill was set to work and drilled through the pump and later another sand pump was lost, and has not been recovered, and for the past four months the drill has not been at work. A business man hore in formed me the oil found In the well was of tw. grades, a heavy, dark oil and a lighter quality. Some of the stockholders were induced to part with their stock shortly after the drill wa3 stopped, and from their version, when the work is re sumed In the Spring, which It will be. It will be but a short time until oil will be flowing. The president of the company Is M. McCoy: secretary. H. S. Warstcrs; vice-president. S. E. Elrod. and treasurer, T. R. Sheridan. The capitalization Is $400,000, In shares of $1 each. J. S. Dunnavln has a distillery here which has been In operation since 1S04 (excepting this year), in making peach, pear, prune and ipple brandy. Every gallon made requires a revenue stamp of $1 10. and the capacity of the distillery being about 6500 gallons during the fruit season, the money Invested In stamps alone would be $7150. so that Mr. Dunna vln has not been able to run the distil lery to its full cipaclty, which would bring In about $19,000 a year. An addi tion of about $4000 cosh capital Is needed. The machinery consists of steam boilers, engine and still, all the cooking being done by steam heat. The fruit Is here In abundance for operating this plant to It3 full cipaclty, and every dollar's worth of brandy manufactured In Oregon odds that much to Its worth, by not sending the money out of the state, which is now done. I was much amused to hear a gentle- man here, recently from the East, score ( the captain now thinks that the place the Incompetence of persons in certain i where ho anchored must have been Rob lines of business. "Peonle." he said. ! ben Island, on the southeast side of "come out here from tne .East expecting, to mike a fortune, having ability along certain lines, and if they would stick to the line they understand would make a success; but they see an opening In some other business, which, however, they do not have an aptitude for, and are, as a consequence, failures. I was In the lum ber business in the East, and I propose remaining in thit business, and I am not going to branch out into anything else. I once heard a story which Illustrates my position. A preacher was telling his con gregation how he happened to become a minister. When he became converted he seemed to see floating In the air and written on the walls, and wherever he went, three letters, 'G. P. C, and for days and weeks he studied over what they could mean. One day as If by in spiration he saw the words Interpreted to mean, 'Go preach Christ and he said, 'Here I am.' A gentleman In the congre gation arose shortly afterwards and said he wished to remark that the brother had certainly made a mistake in the Interpre tation of those letters 'G. P. C.,' and the Interpretation should have been, "Go plant corn.' I came out here to Oregon to 'saw lumber,' and I am going to stick to It, and If I cin't make It earn me money I am going back to Virginia." " When this town Is Incorporated next Spring it seems to me that if it were to be called "Myrtle" instead of "Myrtle Creek" It would be an Improvement. If the city is ever to own its own water and electric light systems it should be pro vided in the charter that a commission and not the Council should manage it. E. C. P. i - for J-Y J" 'wrTYm fifit:-.-: ft :-i-i pleasant to MfmmjK W virtues of CIS A DTJ-DlNfi T I l,Elril 1 JLluMU J 1 1L.L FOUR XEW CHARTERS FOR SOUTH AFRICA AND AUSTRALIA. The Bille and Daniel Will Load at Portland and M. E. Watson and Pnss of Melfort at Paget Sound. The German bark BUle, now due at Honolulu, has been charted to load wheat at Portland for South Africa. The French bark Daniel, under chartor for the United Kingdom, has been rechartered to load wheat for Africa. These charters. J with th Foyledale for lumber, and the 1 fYinntv nf T iniltVicrvn- tnVon fn. tn I Europe, make a total of four charters with- j In a week, which Is a pretty good show ing for so late In the season, especially after such an abnormally heavy move- ( ment of wheat earlier. The same num ber of fixtures have been made from the Idle fleet on Puget Sound. The charter of the Glenlul and the Muskoka has been previously reported, and yesterday the British ship M. E. Wateon was chartered ; to load for Australia, and the Pass of Melfort for South Africa. The Watson re- i celves 15s 6d. and the South African ship ' 22 -shillings, which Is about in line with I previous charters. These engagemento leave but three Idle grain ships on Puget ' Sound the Alice A. Leigh, Galgate and , Yola. i The disengaged fleet In Portland con- slsts of the Emelle, Bldston Hill, Col de Vlllebols Mauriel, Euphrosyne. Rivers dale and WIscombe Park. Some of these fhlns are obtainable at 17s 6d for United Kingdom, but most of the British owners refuse to accent such low rates and will hold their ships off the market until there is an Improvement In the situation. Aus tralia and Africa continue to take about everything that Is offered by the wheat dealers of Oregon and Washington, 12 out of the last 13 charters reported from Port land and Puget Sound being for South Africa or Australian ports. WENT AFTER COCOANUTS. Crew OA a Japan Scaling; Schooner MnUe a Serious MIstnUe. The Japan Advertiser prints the follow ing sarcastic account of an unsuccessful raid of a Japanese sealer on a seal rookery: "The schooner started out for a cargo of cocoanuts. Off the Island a boat was landed and each man took a club with 'which to knock the nuts off tho trees.' The boat did not return, and at daylight, much to the captain's surprise, he dis covered that the Inhabitants were by no means of a peaceable disposition, for they promptly began to bombard the schooner with six-pound solid shot. The captain at once cave onlrrs to slip the schooner's cable and a heavy snow squall coming along at that moment and shutting the vessel out of sight, he was fortunate enough to get his vessel out of range of the guns without damage. A course was then steered to the southward, nnd two days afterward the schooner arrived In Nemuro. By working back over the course steered after leaving the Island oagnauen. sdoi hoi exauuy noted for cocoanuts. but on which there is a large seal rookery: also that the people who fired at him must have been the Russian guard, who no doubt mistook the vessel for a sea poacher. The schooner Is now at Akkeshl. where the captain succeeded in trading his cargo of salt for a cargo of lumber. "Nothing definite Is at present known of the whereabouts of the six men who landed on the Island, but It Is presumed In Hakodate that they have gone to take a couree in practical roadmaklng at Vladivostok. The foreigners were T. R. Tompson, a Swedish subject, and G. Mc Camish and C. Greger, the two latter Americans, and all residents of Yoko hama," JAPAN IS DOUBTFUL. Orientals Are Skeptical About the Successful Workings of Steamers. Shipping men on this side, of the Pacific are not the only ones who are Inclined to be skeptical regarding the successful operation of Mr. Hill's big steamers. The Japan Mail, one of the best papers in the Orient, in commenting on them says: "The point of Interest is the possibility of working s,uch Immense vessels profit ably. Very likely they will get the main share of the passenger traffic, but how they are to fill up with cargo Is a mys tery. So far as Japan Is concerned, a special organization for collecting cargo would be essential, unless It Is in con templation to keep the steamers waiting for weeks, perhaps months, and even to send them from port to port seeking, pids cts Syrup of Figs appeals to the cultured and the well-informed and to the healthy, because its com ponent parts are simple and wholesome and be cause it acts without 1 . mi Jr r rrvcisco. tions, as it is wholly quality 0 pT uuisvuie, rvy. Aiew York.N.Y.- .Gait, by all drueiVts. Price.. fifty cervts perv bottled Were there a pceibility of gathering 20,0 or 30.000 tons of cargo at one place by a certain date. Mr. Hll's venture would look more promising. But who Is to- under take euch work and carry It out success fully. The Nippon Yusen Kalsha alone have the necessary organization, and they certainly will not employ their machinery to assist a company which will be compel in with them on the Pacific. Besides, how many ports are there in the far East capable of receiving such vessels, and whar can they be docked in the event of an accident. Mr. Hill Is an emi nently long-headed man. It is scarcely conceivable that he should not have taken all thcrce things Into consideration- But i so. he has preserved ellence most success fully." FOURTH JANUARY SHIPS. Francis Coppee Will Complete Her Cargo Today. The French bark Francois Coppee will finish loading today, making the fourth grain vessel of the January fleeL Several others are being rushed along and will clear early next week and unless there 13 an unexpected change In the situation, the fleet for the month will Include nearly 13 vessels, which Is not very far short of the fleet for the corresponding month last year. In addition to these vessels there will be two steamers for the Orient and an unusually large number of coast ere. The San Mateo Is reporte'd under engagement to return for another cargo of wheat, and several of the other coast ers will take wheat and flour to San Fran cisco. The clearing out of the January fleet will not leave a very full list of ships for February loading, but there will be a larger business In lumber In February than there is this month. New Revenue CuUer. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 7. The Areata, the new revenue cutter which has been launched at Oakland, has a hull of wood,, is strongly built, and has a length' of S3 feet, beam' of 18 feet and a depth of hold of 10.S. The Areata Is intended to take the place of the cutter Golden Gate in carry ing customs officials to and Xrom ships. The Golden Gate may be transferred to Puget Sound. Striken Submerged "Deadhead.' MOBILE. Ala.. Jan. 7. The steamer James A. Carney struck a submerged "deadhead" in the river today and stove a big hole In her bow and soon began to sink. The captain ordered full speed on and made to shallow water, where the boat was beached. The passengers were transferred to tugs and brought to the city. No lives were lost. Marine Notes. The- cargo of the Indrapura Is coming out at a ranld rate and she will probably begin loading outward tomorrow or next day. The British bark Duneam, the first large sailing vessel ever listed for Sitka. Is now overdue at the Alaskan port with a cargo of coal from Cardiff. The Austrian steamship Klek arrived down at Astoria yesterday bringing the fleet In the lower harbor ready for sea up to 17 wheit and flour ships, and three lumber vessels. The steamer Lakme, from San Fran cisco by way of Eureka, is due this morn ing. The Redonda, which came in. early yesterday morning has discharged her in ward arao and will follow her usual route by going to Tillamook light to load lumber for San Francisco. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA, Jan. 7. Arrived down at 0 A. M. Austrian steamship Klek. Condition of the bar at 4 P. M., rough; wind southeast; weath er cloudy. Hoqulam, Wash., Jan. 6. Sailed Schooner Dauntless, from Hoqulam for Guaymas; schoon er Alert and steamer Coronado, from Aberdeen for San Pedro; steamer Centralia. from Aber deen for San Francisco. Arrived Barkentlrie Benlcia. from Hawaiian Islands for Aberdeen. San Francisco, Jan. 7. Arrived Steamer Queen, from Victoria; steamer Rival, from WU lapa Harbor; brig W. G. Irwin, from Roche Harbor. Tacoma, Jan. 7. Sailed Steamer Umatilla; for Seattle; bark Levi G. Burgess, for San Francisco. New York, Jan. 7. Sailed St. Paul, for Southampton and Rotterdam: via Boulogne; Trave, for Naples, Genoa and Algiers; Tea tonic, for Liverpool. Genoa, Jan. 7. Sailed Scllly, for New Yorfc Lizard. Jan. C Passed Philadelphia, from New York for Southampton. Hamburg.' Jan. 7. Arrived Blucher. from New York, via, Plymouth and Cherbourg. Queenstown, Jan. 7. Arrived WesternJand, from Philadelphia for Liverpool, and proceeded, New York, Jan. 7. Arrived Hekla, from Co penhagen. Seattle, Jan. 0. Sailed Steamer Lyrla, for Yokohama: steamer J. B. Thomas, for What com: steamer Callfornian. for WhaVcom; steami er Moyune. for Tacoma: steamer City of Seat tle, for Skagway. 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