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.1 r. THrnSDirORDrATLTRinUNRIEiyFOmD, OK 13(1 ON. IWinAY. DEmiBlSR, 21, 190!). li ', i 1" COLVIG M T e Silverman r - ' - WAxtu r& t. d m l ; n I sllilfu CeprrUM. . a S35f "O hr tut m 'I TSjE MeCJur 1 --v-XJ S Company, m I 'nfjEo y Copyright, r fl ,:",7 ,so b li I li f CdwaH I 8 whit. I I J v District Attorney Mulkcy Refers to Prisoner's Scars and is Called Down Hard by Opposing Counsel. Tho Jury la tho ense of tho state; vs. J. W. Morris, nccuscd of assault on two young girls, brought in a ver dict of guilty Thursday afternoon. Morris Is accused of attempting to feloniously nssault his granddaugh ter. Qusslo Dufflold, aged 14 years. The girl, her younger slstor and a brother nil swore to tho facts and thero was no opposing evidence ex cept that of th0 old man himself, who declared that tho fracas aroso from his trying to forco tho girl to get supper, which she refused to do. COrtTtMJED. within hearing. "And get Marsh up hero with the Sprite. We've got to get n float lie paid no more attention to tho rjectwl crew, A few minutes' hard work put tho driver afloat Fortunately Its raft of piles had not become detached In the upheaval. "Tom," said Ordo briskly to North, "you know the pile driving business, Pick out your crew nnd take charge." Orde took charge of the situation in Its entirety, as n general might. He Morris will he sentenced at the j set North Immediately to driving opening of court on January 31, tho court having ndjourned whll0 tho Jury was out. Old Veteran. Morris is a veteran of tho civil war nnd at tho battle of Williams Creek his left eye was shot out, leaving his face badly scarred. In bis argument District Attorney Mulkcy referred to his facial disfigurement in these terms: "Look, gentlemen of tho jury, at his old scarred fnce; every mark on it shows his vicious disposition." Judge Cohig in dofense replied as follows: "Gentlemen of tho Jury: The dis trict attorney has seen fit to refer In scathing terms to tho scarred face of the helpless defendant. In any case the prosecuting attorney would do wrong to ro assail a prisoner, but doubly wronff Is It when those scars were received in the red forefront of battle, fighting for the preservation of the Union. It is told of the late Justice Brewer, one sldo of whose face was badly blackened and disfig ured that a young lawyer of police court proclivities once closed his ar gument with the remark: 'I will now close my arument until I hear what my friend, Scarface Charlie, hc3 to say,' Justice Brewer replied: Gen tlemen, 1 have a ba-,.1y scarred lace. When I was a small boy a beau-1 clumps each of sixteen piles, bound to solidity by chains, and so arranged In angles and slants ns to direct the enormous pressure toward cither bank, thus splitting the enemy's pow er. The small driver owned by tho Boom company, drovo similar clumps here, there and everywhere that need arose or weakness developed. Seventy-live men opposed to the weight of SO.000.000 tons of logs and a river of water the expedients Invented by de termination and desperation. Orde gave over formal defenses nnd threw his 'energies to saving the weak places which rapidly developed. By tJio most tre mendous e x e r tlons he seemed but Just able to keep even. Piles quivered, bent slowly outwanl. 1 ni in ed lately, before the logs behind them could stir, the pile driver must do Its work. Back and forth darted the Sprite and her sister tug. the Spray, tow ing the pile driv ers or the strings of piles. Under the frowning de struction the crews had to do their work. And If ever a break I XX f II He ccniii but Just aiiic to Keep even. a . n ., I .1 tlful young sister was playing before ro wouM be no & CrughcU By Stewart Edward White answered the summons. Orde balled his coming with n shout. "I waut n dredge!" he yelled as soon as the lumberinauwas within distance. "I bellevo we can relieve tho pressure somewhat by a channel luto Steam's bayou. Get that government dredge up and through tho bayou as soou ns you can." "All right." said Welton briefly. "Can you hold her!" "I've got to hold her," replied Orde between clinched teeth. "Where in h Is Newmark? I need him for fifty things, and he's disappeared off the face of tho earth! Purdy. that second cable! She's snapped a strand! Get a rc-enforcing lino on tier!" lie ran without nnother thought of Welton. But flesh and blood has Its limit of endurance, and that limit was almost reached. Orde heard the first prcmonl- the open fire and fell into tho flames Boy as I was, I rushed to her rescue. I saved her life, but fell with my head under tho footstick. My faco Is burned and blackened, gentlemen, but not half so black as the heart of ho who would remark upon It.' and burled, the men would be borne to an unknown grave in the lake. Ev er' man kuew It. Darkness came. No one stopped for food. Morning found no change in the sit uation. The water rose steadily. The logs grew more and more restive: the ONLY 17 YEARS OLD AND PROBABLY IS A WIDOW SAN FJRANCISCO, Dec. 24. At tho Oakland home of Captain Harry L. Hansen, of the lost lumber schoon er Susie M. Plummer, his 17-year-old wife is waiting today for news of tho fnto of tho missing vessel's crow. No word has been reecived sinco a relief ship was sent out ycterday af ter tho dismantled schooner was re ported by wireless to bo laying off tho Washington const. tl is thought that tho schooner, bound from Everett to San Pedro with a cargo of lumber, encountered tho rough wonthor of two weeks ago nnd that the crew cither took to tho foonts when tho masts wero blown awny, or wero taken off by a pass ing vessel. Although tho owners of tho Susie rimnmor today expressed themselves as hopeful for tho safety of tho crow they admit the fact two weeks have elnpscd since tho storm in which sho is supposed to have mot disaster, -with no message from tho crow, make tho outlook less hopeful. FIREMEN DIE AT THEIR POSTS OF DUTY IN MAINE LEWlSTON, Maine, Dec. 24. Two fireinon wero killed nnd two othors seriously injured in n firo that destroyed tho Cnllnhnn block in Low iston onrly today. Tho building was ono of tho largest in tho city nnd tho fire burned stubbornly for hours des pite tho efforts of the firemen. Bo sure you nro right boforo you go ahead, is good advice that applies to tho light business ns well ns o(hor business. Electric light hits stood tho test of timo ns the safest and most economical light aud liofore considering cheaper light get tho ex perience of pooplo who have used them several months at least. 210 iinrnncns ai If nr nnrl mnro mnmwtiifirn "Gentlemen," concluded Mr. Col- ' vlg, "my client might have said, if hej could nave me opportunity, some thing like tho above. He might have said that 'my scars were received In fighting for my country and my flag, that the man who would make such a rsference to a defenseless prisoner Is no one who would stand In tho forefront of battle and have his eye struck out by the enemies' bullet." Chapter 33 LL that day and the next night the tight was band to tiuuu without the opportunity of n breathing space. Then Orde bareheaded and disheveled, timing to a high excitement, began to be harass ed by annoyances. The piles gave out. Newmark left, ostensibly to purchase moro. lie did not return. Tom North and Jim Denning, their eyes burning deep in their heuds for lack of steep, catno to Orde. holding to him sym bolically their empty bauds. "No more piles." they said briefly. "Got 'em," said Orde with equal brevity. "Newmark will have enough here shortly. In the meantime get them." North and his friend disappeared, taking with, them the crews of the drivers and the two tugs. After nn interval they returned towing small rafts of the long timbers. Orde did not make any inquiries, nor until days later did he see a copy of the uewspa per telling how a lawless gang of rlv ermen had driven away the railroad men and stolen thn railroad's property. Ordo was everywhere. Miles and miles bo traveled, running along the tops of the booms, over tho surfuce of the Jam, spying tho weakening places and hurrying to them a rescue. Toward noon the piles gave out again. "Wbero In h Is Newmark?" ex ploded Ordo. Ho sent North and a crew of men to cut piles from stand ing timber In farm wood lots near the river. "If the owners object stand them off with your peavlesl" Down river the various mill owners wore busy with what men they hud left In stringing defenses ncross the river In case Ordo's works should go out. When Orde hoard this lio swore vlgorouHly, "Crazy fools!" he spnt out. "They'd bo n lot better off helping here. If this goes out their little booms won't umouut to u whiff of wind." Ho sent word to that effect; but, lacking the enforcement of his person al presence, his messages did not car ry conviction, and tho panic stricken owners continued to labor, each ac cording to his Ideas. However, Welton "Come on and let's get samcUUny done." tlons of reaction In the mild grum blings that arose. Althoucb tho need for struggle, apilnst tho tireless dy namics of the river was as Insistent ns ever, although It seemed certain that a moment s cessation of effort would permit the enemy nu Irretrievable gain, be called a halt on the whole work. 'Roys," said ho Irrelevantly, "let's have a smoke." ne threw himself full length against slautlng pile, leisurely filling his pipe. The men stared u moment nnd then followed his example. The hori zon lay low and black against the afterglow. Beneath It the river shouo like silver. Over beyond the rise of land that lay between the river and Steam' bayou could be seen the cloud of mingled smoke nnd steam that marked the activity of the dredge. Orde was apparently more at ease thau any of the rest, but each Instant he expected to hear the premonitory crack that would sound the end of everything. Finally he yawned and got to his feet "Now," said he, a new ring In his voice, "como on nnd let's get some thing done!" They responded to a man. By midnight the water had gone down slightly. Half the crew snatched a llttlo sleep. For several hours moro the Issue bung in equilibrium. Then, with tho opening of tho channel Into Steam's bayou, tho heaviest pressure was relieved. For the moment tho acute danger point was passed. Ordo spent the next two days In strengthen ing the defenses. Tho men wero able to take their quota of meals and of sleep. The Jam bad been successfully held at the Iron railroad bridge above Red ding, but only by the most strenuous efforts. Braces of oak beams had been slanted where they would do the most good. Chains strengthened the weaker spots, and on top of all ton after ton of railroad Iron held tho. wholo immovably. Nolan bad all the help he required. Every device known was employed to strengthen the Jam. For only a few hours was the result In doubt. Then, ns the Clarion Jubi lantly expressed it "It's a hundred dollars to an old hat she holds I" Ordo received all this with satisfac tion, but with u slight skepticism. "It's a flouting Jam, and It gets a push from underneath," bo pointed out "It's probably safe, but another flood might send it out" "Tho floods are going down," said North. "Good Lord, I hope so!" said Orde. Newmark sent word that a sudden fit of sickness had conflued blm to tho house. Now Ordo decided to break out a channel through tho Jam itself. This was a necessary preliminary to getting tho logs in shape for distribution. An opening was mude in tho piles, and tho rlvermen, with plko poles and peavlcs, began cautiously to dig their way through the tangled timbers. The gov ernment pllo driver, which had Uunlly been sent up from below, began plac ing Ave extra booms at Intervals down Htrcnm to capture tho drift us fust as it wus turned looso. Tho troubles np poured to bo quite over when word camo from Bedding thut tho witters wero again rising. Ten minutes luter Leopold Lincoln liiinn, tho locnl re porter, camo flapping In on Ituiidull's old white horse, lllto n second I'aul Ite vero, crying that tho Iron bridge hud gono nnd tho logs wero racing down river toward tho booms. "It Just went out!" ho answered tho eager exclamations of tho men who crowded around him. "That's all 1 know. It wont out! And tho other bridges! Sure! All but the I.nUe Shore! Don't know why that didn't go out. No; the logs didn't Jum there-Just slid right under! ' "That settles It." said Welton. "You won't nutty cried Orde. "Certainly. You're crasy!" said Wei- ton. with some asperity. "If they can't stop a little Jam with Iron, what are your wooden defenses going to iiuiouut to against the wholo ncojituulutlou? vuieu tltosn logs hit the tnll of this Jam she 11 go out boforo you can wink, It's sure death, and I'm not going to 8acrltlce my men." Already the news was spreading among the workers ou the Jams. Ordo saw the government driver below cast ing loose from her moorings. A mo ment later her tug towed her away to a side bayou of safety out of the ex pected rush to the lake. "But we can hold her!" cried Ordo lu desperation. "It's no use. boy," said otd Carllu; "It's sure death." "Sure death!" Orde laughed bitterly. "All right: sure death, then. Isn't thero n man lu this crowd that will tackle this sort of sure dentil with me?" "I'm with you." "And me," said North and the Bough Bed In a breath. "Good!" cried Orde. "You. too, Johnny Sims and I'urdy and Jimmy Powers? Bully boys!" "I reckon you'll need tho tug." said Marsh. A dozen more of Ordo's personal fol lowing volunteered. "We've got to close that opening first thing." said he. "Marsh, tow tho pile driver up thrre." The opening wns to be closed by piles driven In groups of sixteen bound together by chains. The clumps wero connected ono to tho other by a system of boom logs and ropes to Interpose n continuous barrier. The pllo driver placed the clumps, while the tug at tended to the connecting defenses. "Now. boys." said Orde ns his Inst word. "If she starts to go save your selves the best way you can. Never tulml the driver. Stay on top." Slowly the tug and her cf tisort nosed up through the boiling water. "Work fust:" Orde culled to the men on the pile driver. "If wo can close tho opening before those Bedding logs hit us we may be able to turn them Into our new channel." The hammer run munntliiy in the top and fell, A half doxeu Union more It ripped. Then heavy elmlni were thrown around the winch, and the steam power began to draw the clumps together. "none!" cried Tom North. North unmoored, nnd tho driver dropped back with the current, The tin: churned forward to nccnintdlsh tho last duty of binding the defenses to-1 gether by means of chains and cables. Two men leaped to the floating booms. Ordo nnd the Bough Bed set about the task, They worked from cither end to ward tho middle. When they mot Ordo ordered Red aboard the tug. "I'll tic this one. Jimmy." said ho. ' Aboard the tug all was tense prepa ration, In the engine room Harvey, ' his hand on the throttle, stood ready to throw her wide open at tho signal. Armed with sharp nxes. two men pro- pared to cut the mooring lines on n I sign from the Bough Bed. They watch- ! cd his upraised hand. When It should descend their axes must fall. Ordo folded n knot. Upstream tho ' Jam settled deliberately forward, cut ting n clump of piles like Rtrnw. "Shu's coming!" cried tho Uough Bed. "Oivo mo every second you can." said Onle, making the last turns. The mass toppled slowly, foil Into the awlft current and leaped with a roar. "Jump!" the Bough Bed cried, and his nrm descended. Onle leaped blindly for the roll, wheru ho wns seized nnd dragged aboard by the Bough Ited. Thu nxes fell; Marsh whirled over the wheel; Harvey throw open bU throttle. Tho tug sprang from Its tensh like a hound. And behind tho barrier the logs, toss ing nnd tumbling, tho white spray fly ing lKfore their onslaught, bent In vain against the barrier, like raging wild beasts who.su prey has escaped. Call and See Tho splendid display ol! Poultry and Fresh Moats, etc., at THE WEST SIDE MARKET TO I1E CONTINUED. He uiu not n(M mnt ir mo opening tioM m. Thu T!mu3 Bi10lllli ,... snid that Orogon's political machine , wna Kick of tho primnry Inw. were not closed teforu the Jam broke, as break It would In a very few mo ments, the probabilities were that Ixitu pllo driver and tug would ho destroy ed. Kvery man know that, already. Tom North ordered n pile placed In tho carriage. The hammer descended. Tho work went forward as rapidly ns possible. Four times the Jam shrugged nnd settled, but four times It paused on the brink of discharge. Three of the clumps had been placed and bound, j nnd fifteen plies of the Inst clump had been driven. - "One more pile!" breathed Orde. 1 15 MAIN STItKICT, MKDKOItn. A SNAP Five-room bungalow and lot In East Bedford, on easy torms If tak en at onco. Ilqulro OU. 4 Medford Iron Works 1 I E. G. TROWBRIDGE, Proprietor. Foundry and Machinist i All Vro of Engines, Spraying Outfits, Pumps, Boilers and Ma-t tchlnery. Agents In Southern Oregon for t FAIRBANKS, MOPSE & CO. t 44 4 44 444444 J. E. ENYART, President J. A. PERRY, Vico-Proaidoat, JOIIN 8. ORTII, Cashier W. B. JACKSON, Asa't Cashier. THE MEDFORD NATIONAL BANK CAPITAL $50,000 SURPLUS i $10,000 Safety boxes for rent. A general Banking Business transacted. We solicit your patronage. RESOLVED Tho host resolution for you to mnko is to como to us for your next suit, if you want something out of tho ordinary. Wo do tho host work and cliargo the lowest pricos. W. W. 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