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HOME OPPIOB. MONDAY, FEBKUARY 26. 1889. i ii is doi.n m.kki;iss. A Itoinmif il Kurly 'I line, lliuuiclil Iluwii In tlm pir.-iit IImv In the .Mituii' IhIiio of Wji.iulm Ivrlllurjr A Itloml) Itunnl. The discovery of thu bodies of eight Mexican jiroHpectora ut tliu tnouihof the abandoned San Salvador mini) In tin northern part of Wyoming, baa brought lo Unlit u romantic story, rivaling all tint taleH alwut seekers for (Jupt. Kldd'a bulled treasure. Mlgtiul Mattlnc, at tho head of a patty of hit countrymen wilm lii-rn last full for two daVH. Thev con fided to a Mux lean gambler liuro tliut they wcru In seaieh of mi abandoned gold mini; which they believed to bo rich ill tho metal, anil were going to uoveloli Martini!, carried u chart traced on tmrcli mi'tit. which thi'V Hrtld wan 5.00 yeara old and which wan made by an ancestor of tow in tliu seventeenth century. Tho chart had lecn lout lor yearn but recently turned up, and at once the patty wan organized. Tim tory that had run through the family fur generation!, vsuh tnai Aiarunez, me eiuer, vaunt tho head of a band of Spanish gold huntcro. who were working a ilcn mine Homuwhetu In turn partcl mo conn trv. Tim mlncra ntiarreled and tltiaUy (ought, and their tight resulted In tint almntlonment oi uiu mine, inougn u waa verv rich. Martinez wan wounded and illiul on tho wav home. With his blood Lo traced the chart which wan to bo u leimcv to IiIh eiiildren. A falthlul Irlcml delivered tho document, which toon uf-tir-ntil wan lorit. and but lecellllv turned up, Martinez, the descendant, wuh told of two milieu up norm mai luiiiuraiogisui ImvH iloclared were worked by the Hnanlarda hundreda of yearn ago. Ilia iartv wuh not heard of aealti till now when a hunter named Keller reported that IiIh patty had diKcovcrcd thelrbodles. All of thu .MwxicatiH had been allot and aomewhat carved up by knives, showlm. that tho Htrugglo wan a lintul to liauu one. There worn evidences that the victorious party had lost three or four men and that tlioy It ii 1 niiuio a nasty ncpariurit, carry bur their dead and wounded with them What Hurprimul thu huuterri niuBt una to unit thai ine mines nan rccenuy oecn worked. It in not known that u ulck-ax had touched it ulnco two men starved to death there in 1877. Many lielluve here that thu MexicanH located their ancient mine and were killed while urging their claim. There Ih reaHoii to think. However Han Salvador wuh not tho mine described on their chart, and that thu murdererN have taken tho map and gone oil' to lo cate the ani'Ient mine. Tliu fact that the Mexican' horned uud timlu wero taken, and that thelr-tawrelrv anil Home money wuh not lemoved fioui their bodies seems to prove thin. Keller saya that tlicie wuh every indication that the nn Salvador iniiio was paving, and lellovea that the mine houimiI for by the Mexican In not far from the other, and in known to the parly who were at work. No one here knowa who tho muriluroiirt procctotH were, and as the rculou in which the events declined la almost inaceeHlllo, it (a not likely that any one will Htait to work (lie olil iiiliut ami uury mo Atext cairn iH'fore spring. ll..lrl .WrltnK Vim.aui. IIoiisk tleo Ijing, City; AS Quant, M Wat no n, R It Kelly, Alba; i ' ..I..' .. MI ... 1... IIMII JllllliH lAJvy, iiieua; .ui-n ini mn lauiM. K lluchaiiau and wife, i'oitlund i I C lllock, .laH V lllxHon, San Fraiit-lnco; W (1 McCioskey, Newt NewlHon, Colfax, WT. (loi iiks Iti'M: Twentyone memU'ra. Stuttz' New York Theater Company ; 1. 1: Kay, Portland; .Samuel Hall. Ileppnor; V lleutlev, Waiduer, Idaho; J M Walker, (fenterville; M Florehlnger; 0 W Kroll'l ; .laa P Thrasher, Flora ThriiHher. FN Smith, Itidgu; J hnnw bah, J l' lllnbainter, J A Milla, Juniper; II l.lghthlseraiid family, Arkam-aa; V II Davia, jUh, WT; Samuel Alkliihou ; .1 W Jennlnua; 1. Romiheity and family ;W K Wood (J K Doiitfliiy , I: M Null; J Al Matthcwx; It l Madden, l.u lliande. ItowMAN lloi'Hi:. .1 A Hall and wife. T F Smith. W II Kmbell. Walla Walla: Nathan. Kalian .law; C'lumSt ( lair. Ill: W Mstewtut, Idaho; S MaguerMin, W ! I wining, Umalia ; lien nancH,.i urcuucy. JChleney; Kail AIIIhou, () U A N; K Mooie, Helein; J J IiihIiI, lanuiug tun; J M lieu. FRAZER'S OPERA HOTSET 3 NlflhtsOnly, Commenclno Monday, February 25 Hpi'dut t'DKUKvaval or the STUTTZ New York Theater Company. 20 MEMBERS. 20 In Victor Hugo' .VuatorpW'CC, Lucretia Borgia, Oil TIIK rOlhONKIt OV ITALV. Spjclal Scenery, Macjnlflcent Wardrobe, Operatlo Orchestra, FULL CAST OF CHARACTERS. Ailmlkxlon at iinutl. StaU on ial Wil- nri-'iuy, eu. , ai rieioie i-h. JBLoury ii opottko Ac Co. , I K'M.KIt IN jiAr, ouai.v, wood axu OA i U'uii" utiiim I1' vi T(tN hf ppi,ci 0'x Mtinutt. CO tdvftiung tptc whin In ChstO, Mill II or M H n to4 Rndoi(.K si, i nor 0 Tunuie CoWia Fire OFFICERS. FRANK DKKUM IYeaidcnt. W. K. HMITII Vice Proldent. J. A. CHILI) Secretary and Manager . DIRECTORS. D. V. THOMPSON roHland,' Oregon FRANK DKKUM Portland, Ori;on W K HMITII Portland, Oregon JOHN DONNKKIIKUQ Portland, Oregon JACOR WORTMAN McMlnnvillo, Oregon R. M. WADK Portland, Ortgon A. H. ItRKYMAN Kiwt Portland, Oregon JOHN R. DAVIU Portland, Oregon W. R. HONKYMAN Portland, Oregon UKOROK II. WILLIAMS Portland, Oregon K. H. KKARNKY Portland, Oregon WALTKR F. RURRKLL Portland, Oregon HAM P. HTURUIH Pendleton, Oregon T. L. OIIARMAN Oregon City, Oregon JOHN A. CHILI) Portland, Oregon JAMKH F. WATHON Portland, Oregon W. II. WALKKR Portland, Oregon ASAHF.L RUHH Halem, Oregoa H. TIHKLHKN Portland, Oregon GKORUK R. MARKLK, Ju Portland, Oregon W. T. WRIGHT Union, Oregon R. L. DURHAM Portland, Oregon OHAS. A. ALLSKY Portland, Oregon . I. W. OAHK Aatoria, Oregon J. K. HMITII Portland, Oregon READ THIS ! It is of interest to Every Taxpayer in Oregon. DKAR SIR: Would nay in reply to youra of even date that the mini uf 177.00 paid to mo by tliu Colutnbttt Firo and Marino Inati rutico Compauy, of Portland, Oregon, for School Tax In Din trlct No. 1, roprcHouU more money than to thin ollico bv all tho Foreign Iuauranco ConipnnleM doing diihieiiH in thiacity. FRK1) A. DALY, BchoolClork DihtrictNo. 1. THIS PROVES OUR ASSERTION That to piotoct youraolf you should give jour Insurance to the Columbia Firu and Marine Insurance Company, of Port land, Oregon organized under tho laws of Oregon. Iluu u guaranUHxl capital of fT00,000 for your pronation, which in ten times tho amount or dkihwit reuinxl of Foreign Com jmuic, who pay NO tuxea, and sknd ai.ltiik I'liorrrs out of tho State, thereby increasing ymir taxen. Think of this and giw our Company a mrt of your INSURANOK. Youn), roarxK'tfully, JOHN A. CHILD, Secretary, )rbo:Soo)nd SI, Noxt Door to Child's Drug Store Subscribed Capital, $500,000. & Marine Insurance Portland, Oregon. i CIST 09 fiTOCKMLDKRJt t Columbia Fire and Marine Instruct Of Portland, Oregon. Capital Stoek, 1000,080. D. P. Thompson, PrealuVnt Commercial NatioMl Ibrtland, Oregon. Frank Doktitn, Pm). Portland Sav'ga IUnk, lVxtkBd, Or. . k. wmiui, vico-lTw. Airurwortri at' Boat. Oregon. K. H. Kearney, Cnpitalisi, rortiund, Oregon. Jacob Wortman, Pres. First Nat'l Bank, McMinarul, Or. K M Wade, Vice-Pren Krupp, BurreU A Co, Portksd.Or John Hale, Railroad Contractor, Palaoo Hotel, 8, F. H M Hteele, Capitalist, HI JoliM, Mich. O A lH)lph, Attoroey-at-law, Iortland, Or. John Ikinnerbcrg, Ilumber, Portland, Or. John U David Northwoat Cool and Tranirfer Co, PorUttd W R Honey man, Capitalist, IVrtland, Or. J EHmith, Contractor, Portland, Or. A II Rruyman, l'rea Firat Nat'l Bank, Kant Portland, On John Homtnerville, Merchant, East Portland, Or. O P Ituminelin, Furrier Merchant, Portland, Or. John A Honeyman, Honeyman Bros' Foundry, PortUoi ihso H Williams, Ex U fi Att'y Ocn'l, Portland, Or. C C Bookman, Ranker, Jacksonville, Or. Walter F Burroll, Capitalist, Portland, Or. H P Hturgis, Cashior Firnt Nat'l Bank, Pendleton, Or. T L Charman, Druggist, Oregon City, Or. II II Northnp, Attorney-at-Law, Portland, Or. John A Child, Druggist, Portland, Or. Jnmeti F Wuteon, Attorney-at-Law, Portland, Or. Virginia Wataon, Portland, Or. Frodorick Rickel, Capitalist, Portland, Or. BUver & Walker, Agricultural Implements, Portlud, Ot. Ivl Ankonv. Prea Firat Nat'l Rank. Walk Walla. W.T. ws-ssvi m a tinna ii smsm - W. T. L K 0 Smith, Merchant, Portland, Or. J H White, McMlnnvillo, Or. CharteH B Dnrhkoop, Manufacturer, Portland, Or. J G Moreland, Attornoy-at'Law. Portland, Or. Iula 8ohnH, Preldont First Nat'l Rank, Vancouver, W, R L Durham, Caahier Comtnoreliil Nat'l Bonk, Portland. H A Durham, Waahington county. Mary R Spillor, Eugcno City, Or. O A Aliakv. of Aliakv. Raum A. Co. Confuetionars. Asahel Ruah, Ranker. Salem. Or. II Thiolson, Director Oregon National Bank, rortUndi Or. H E Johnson, Banker, Walla Walla, W. T. II C Allen, with Snell. Heltahu die Woodard. Portland, ( Mut'l ItunV PnrtUfid. l." trt . m .!.. it i- i r mt waoMi i hi, II O Stevena, Railroad Agent. Oregon City, Oregon. W T Wright, Caahter Firat National Bank, Union, Or, L. L. McArUuir, U. 8. Diatrlct Attorney, I"ortland, Or. Bamford Robb, Grain Dealer, Pomeroy, W. T, O. E. Smith, Capitalist, Portland, Or. S. G. Crandall, Cashier Firat Nat'l Bank, Pomeroy, W.T E L Canby, Cashier First Nat'l Bank, Vancouver, W.T. I W Caae, Bankor, Aatoria, Or. Clonton & Jackson. Insurance Airenta. Pendleton, Or. . . ... . . Ilia At II O Wortman, Asa't Cash'r Com'l Nat'l Rank, PortUaa. W II McCoy, Druggiat, Spokane Falla, W. T. Rufus Mallory-, Attorney-at-Law, Portland, Or. Subscribed Capital, $500,000. CI, ton & Boyd, Agents, East Oregonian Building, Pendleton, Or, IMAdiitlnA4ilel I