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PORTLAND, OR.
Everything sold at a fair price. Mrs.
Jonas expects to go to Wallola and
loin her, son, Robert, where she will
remain.
We have had another change In
the real estate business here. Grand
pa Harnlsh has bought what Is
known as the Jo Wilson property.
J. P. Mooman's son-in-law, Mr.
Wilkinson, who has been coming for
some time, arrived last Saturday.
He brought several head of horses
with him.
i Olanda Griffith, formerly of this
place, but for several years a resi
dent of Silver Lake, Is here on a
visit to his sister, Mrs. Hart, and
other relatives.
James Ringer, our boss painter,
who has been to Butte Falls for the
past few weeks, painting a house for
BenJ. Fredenburg, returned to the
Sunnyslde last Monday.
Rev. McKee and Rev. Parker of
Portland came out last week and
dedicated the Baptist church. Tbey
had a fair audience. The singing by
our local talent was good. Miss
Mamie Wright officiated as organist.
Kay Wilson has fenced the tract
of land he bought of C. H .Pierce &
Son, and Rev. Reuter is preparing to
fence the tract of land he bought,
and both places are to be put out to
trees as soon as possible.
Improvements are constantly go
ing on In these parts. Brown ft
Sons. J. H. Carlton, Dr. Holt, Will
Brown, S. B. Holmes, A. J. Florey
and Charley Thomas have been haul
ing gravel and made a neat sidewalk
In front of their premises.
Dr. Warnisley, a brother of our
townsman by that name, of Colo- j
rado, arrived here last week and has
taken charge of his sister-in-law's
case, who hus been very low for sev
eral months, he being a practical
physician and nurse. We, as a com- .
NORTH MEDFORD NOTES.
By J. 0. Martin.
Mr. and Mrs. Enill DeRobaum, of
north Central avenue, was visiting
relatives In Jacksonville Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Grimes, of
north D street, paid relatives and
friends In Jackhonvllle a special visit
Saturday.
I. J. Stacy and son William are
laying the foundation for a 5-room
cottage on south Jackson street. Mr.
John Scales is the architect.
Mr. Peuwell, the well-known city
plumber. Is having a neat 4-rooui
cottage built on his lot on north
Central avenue. Amos Blsh Is the
builder.
Alex Thompson, the pioneer G. A.
R. man of Jacksonville, Is paying an
Indefinite social visit with his daugh
ter, Mr. H. W. Grimes and family
of north D stree.
Mr. Brown, who has been In such
feeble health for so long a time at
the residence of Mrs. Poe on north
Central aenue, shows but little im
provement for the better.
The resident property owners In
the vicinity of B. Paul Thelss,
of north Central avenue, will wel
come tbe new electric lamp, the
long looked for visitor, to their
midst.
Mr. I. L. Hamilton, of north Cen
tral avenue. Is having his pretty resi
dence property thoroughly cleaned
and Improved, which not only adds
! beauty and attractiveness to their
pretty new residence.
I Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Turpln and
sons, of north Central avenue, ac
companied Mr. Turpln's aged par
ents to their old home In Roxy Ann
Saturday evening, returning Sunday
They report having spent a most en
joyable time around the family
hearth.
OUR COUNTY
Correspondents
EAGLE POINT EAGLETS.
(By A. C. Howlett.)
Mrs. Henry Brown of Brownsboro
was visiting friends In Eagle Point
last week.
Pike Maurey and wire, who have
been here visiting her mother and
brother, returned to their home at
Coquille last week.
Mr. Jones, who has been here vis
iting Claud Wamsley for the past
week, returned to his home In Seat
tle last Monday.
Mrs. Jonas had an auction sale of
her personal property last Saturday.
munity, have hopes of her recovery.
S. S. Wolfer has been doing some
plumbing work for Lonsen ft Guth.
rle. Warmsley ft Smith have lust
started In to build a dwelling house
and barn for Mr. Cooley, the man
who bought the old Peter Brltt place.
Just above town, and tbe folks are
generally improving their places.
On Tuesday evenlug of last week
James R. Knodell, president of the
Oregon State Anti-Saloon league,
spoke for us here. He had a good
audience and kept them interested
for an hour and a half. The sub
scription amounted to $35 for the
purpose of pushing on the fight
against the saloons.
I received a letter from Mrs. O. T.
McGee Sunday, in which she gave
me the following Items for the Eag
lets, to-wlt: Mrs. H. L. Coleman, nee
Ethel Compton, and her two chil
dren, of Kern, Cal., formerly of
Eagle Point, are visiting tbe McGee
family at Cascade Locks. Her hus
band Is engineer on the Sante Fe
railroad. J. D. McGee, better known
as Donnle, was married November 5
to Miss Margaret Morrow of Port
land. Roy McGee is attending the
Agricultural college at Corrallls, In
company with his cousin, Harrison
Might, of Little Shasta. Cal. They
all met at the McGee home on
Thanksgiving day and had a family
reunion.
PROSPECT PLEASED HIM.
E. L. Mirk Made Investigation of the
Valley and Will Report Favorably.
E. L. Mick of Indiana left yester
day for his home. Mr. Mick came
here several days ago for the pur
pose of shaping up an opinion as to
the merits and demerits of the val
ley. Several other persons from bis
locality in Indiana had previously
been here and had looked over this
section of Oregon, aa well as the
Hood River country and the Yakima
valley, but they did not consider
themselves competent to ludge as to
which of these localities would be
the most profitable for them to In
vest their money, hence the visit of
Mr. Mick..
The gentleman came to this valley
first and when he landed here In
tended visiting the other localities
we have named, but after remaining
here several days and driving over
the valley he decided his friends'
money would be well spent It land
here was purchased, and Instead of
looking elsewhere he took the back
trail and will advise that Invest
ments be made here.
And even Harriman refuses to
give a hungry public a piece of his
mind.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8. Miss
Helen Chaffee, daughter of General
A. R. Chaffee, was married this af
ternoon to Lieutenant John H. How
ard. The lieutenant and Mrs. How
ard will leave tomorrow for Fort Ri
ley, Kan., to attend the wedding of
Lieutenant A. J. Chaffee and Miss
Ethel Huff, which will take place
December 15.
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PORTLAND, Dec. 7. The East
Side Bank, located east of Washing
ton street and Grand avenue was
held up and robbed at alx o'clock
last night by three unmasked men.
It Is understood they secured about
16,500.
The Presiaent of the bank, Henry
H. Newhall, and son, Roger Newhall,
were lust closiug the day's business
when two men armed with revolvers
entered. President Newhall and bis
son were commanded to hold up
their hands and while thus under
cover of the robbers revolvers one
man crawled through the teller's
window and passed out the gold,
currency and silver to his confeder
ates. He then crawled back Into the
foyer through the window.
The three men made their escape
before an alarm could be given.
From the neatness of the lob
and tbe expeditious way In which the
robbers made their escape the police
surmise they must have had other
assistance near the bank, for as soon
as the affrighted bankers recovered
the alarm was sounded. Newhall
and bis son started In pursuit and
each with a revolver fired several
shots at the fleeing robbers. Both
sides of the river Is being patroled
by corps of police detailed, but it is
no easy matter to apprehend the
criminals.
Was a Hold Heed.
The crime is perhaps the boldest
ever committed In this city and caps
the series of murders for robbery
and a general reign of terror which
a gang of yeggmen and holdups have
created In Portland during the past
three months.
President Newhall made the fol
lowing statement to the Associated
Press:
'We were lust preparing to close
up for the night when the robbery
occurred. Tbe bookkeeper, Mr. Col-
ton, had lust gone out to post a
letter and my son Roger and myself
were completing the details Incident
to the closing of a bank when tbe
unmasked man entered.
"He had a big automatic revolver
In his hand and ordered us to hold
up our hands and then commanded
us to retire to my private office. We
were In no position to make a de
fense and Immediately compiled. Al
most In an Instant another man en
tered and a third one was standing
outside. The first man, protected
by a revolver In the bands of his
confederate, then crawled through
the teller's window, always keeping
us covered, and commenced to band
out the coin and currency to his com
panion. The third man then entered
and between them they took away
a bag of gold containing $8000, a
package of currency, containing
5300, mostly In large bills, and a
miscellaneous collection of coins
In all about $16,500, I think. They
had a receptacle of some kind and
dumped a portion of the loot Into It.
Robbers Made Their Escape.
"Having secured practically all
the coin which was In sight, the rob
bers made a hurried exit. My son
Roger and myself, each securing re
volvers ran out after them. The
robbers ran easterly In the darkness
on Washington street towards tbe
slough which lies In that vicinity.
t We each fired several shots but ow
IliiK to the darkness we think we did
not hit them. They did not return
lour fire and disappeared as though
I the earth had opened and swallowed
I them up.
"From the time which the robbers
selected for the crime I am of the
opinion they must have watched us
for some time and knew exactly what
time the clerks went home and the
other conditions for the necessary
completion of the lob. I have a fair
ly accurate description of one of the
men.
"The robbery does not affect the
stability of the hank -in the least.
We have ample money on hand to
meet all requirements."
Xo Trnre of Robber.
PORTLAND. Dec. 7. Up to a late
hour last night, the police and the
detectives hud secured no tangible
clue to the identity of the robbers
nor their means of escape from the
scene. The generally accepted theo
ry Is that the men had a buggy or
perhaps an automobile stationed at
some point distant from the bank
and escaped In It.
SEXDIXG APPLES TO Rl'LERS.
Consignment from Commercial Club
to lie Shown In Xcw York.
Perhaps the best advertisement
Oregon apples have yet had will be
afforded when 20 boxes, comprising
the choicest specimens exhibited at
the Northwestern Fruitgrowers' as
sociation, are displayed In the win
dows of Macey's department store. In
New York. The apples were purch
ased by the Portland Commercial
club for presentation to King Ed
ward, Emperor William, Ctar Nicho
las and President Falllerei. After
they have been exhibited In New
York the consignment will be tena
nted Into lots of five boxes each and
shlppen to the various rulers. Spe
cial precautions are being taken by
the express company to Insure the
safe transportation of the apples.
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MYSTERY 1EEIEXS.
Case of Henry Itoite Xow Looks Like
One of Suicide.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7. To '
further establish the suicide theory
aa being accountable for the death
of Henry Bose, who received a pack
age of strychnine In a special de
livery letter and took It aa a cure
for indigestion, dying shortly after
wards, the police yesterday estab
lished the fact that Bose threatened
to commit suicide three years ago.
Boas waa detected In a forgery
committed in 1905, when he at
tempted to negotiate a loan of $10
from C. H. Morrell, a money lender.
He had signed the name of John E.
Whys, postofflce clerk, and when
he found himself detected Bose
threatened to commit suicide If the
matter was pressed against him.
The matter was afterwards dropped.
Bose had been employed In the post
office, but had committed a slmlllar
forgery a couple of years previous to
the one In 1905, and waa dismissed
from the department.
Expert on the Case.
Efforts were made yesterday to
have Handwriting Expert Kytka
compare the letter accompanying
the poison with samples of the
knonw writing of Bose, with a view
of establishing the fact whether he
bad sent the letter containing the
poison himself. The detectives were
earning the letter about with them
and a comparison could only be
made by Kytka of photographic
copies of portions of the letter, and
he expressed himself as far from
being able to form any decided
opinion on the subject.
Mrs. Lena Peebles, a resident of
San Jose, to whom the letter con
taining the poison was submitted
for inspection. Identified the writing
as that of Bose. She bases her know
ledge of his writing upon the com
parison of the letter with that of a
manuscript of a play written by Bose
three years ago and which he sub
mitted to her for review. The manu
script was quite voluminous and
gave her a good opportunity to
learn its characteristics.
Tbe young man to whom Miss Kel
liher is supposed to be engaged and
has heretofore been referred to as a
young man living In Portland, Is
said to be Bert McCarley, formerly
a resident of San Jose. He left San
Jose five weeks ago. She accepted
a pair of diamond earrings from
Bose since her fiance's departure for
the northern city, but states that she
protested against accepting the pre
sent, and only consented to accept
the Jewels when she saw that Bose
would be grently offended should
she refuse them.
Girl's Letter to Rose.
In contradiction to the statements
made by the young woman the fami
ly of Bose made public a letter writ
ten by Miss Kelllher to Bose on
December 1, In which she said In
part:
"Was cleaning my earrings the
other night and one of the little
screws In the back went down the
pipe. Talk about a scared kid, I
went the next day and bad new ones
made. It I had lost a diamond It
would have brogen my heart. If I
have such a thing. You say I have
not, but I think I have.
"Do not mention anything I tell
yon, Tony. You do not know who
to trust. If you send that box I will
open It before It gets here. You
know I am an Inquisitive little rat.
Sis. sends her best.
"If you want a Christmas tree we
will have one.
"Write soon, good-bjr. SIS."
Present for Miss Kelllher.
The box mentioned In the letter,
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you buy is made right here iu town, under conditions
similiar to those prevailing in your own kitchen.
There is satisfaction also in having assurance,
whatever kind you decide upon, it is fresh made
from purest materials and that it is made in a
kitchen where cleanliness is the watchword.
"We will give 25 per cent off on all candies to
churches, schools, Bible schools or any Xnias gather
ing if 10 pounds or more are bought.
M. & B. CANDY KITCHEN
In rear of the Ellwood building on C street.
A ring la always a good Christmas
present. We have a splendid as
sortment of diamond, ruby, emerald,
opal an In fact all kinds of precious
atones set In rings. It yon will call
and let us show you them we feel
certain that you will find something
you want.
Elwood & Burnett
Opposite the Nash
the family of Bose states, Is a box
found iu his office containing a
chocolate set of china, hand-painted
and with Miss Kelliber's monogram
on them, which he was going to send
to her for a Christmas present.
Against the suicide theory John
R. Yllson. who was employed by
Bose, stated yesterady that he was
with Bose in his office all Wednes
day morning, went to lbnch with him
and was with him up to 1:45 o'clock,
and that Bose could not have mailed
the letter to himself, which was re
ceived at the postofflce at 3 p. m.
Investigation of this showed that
Bose could have dropped the letter
In the building where his office Is
at Third and Market streets; that it
would have been gathered up about
2:30: would have arrived at the
postofflce before 3 p. m., and would
have been delivered back to him
within an hour. Owing to his hav
ing worked In the postofflce It Is
stated he knew this.
Administrator's Finul Xotice.
XEW ADDITION' Ol'EXED.
Anderson & Toft Are Putting Eight,
een Lots no the Market.
Notice Is hereby given to all con
cerned that the undersigned as
administrator of the Estate of Eliza
beth Randall, deceased, has tiled his
second and final account of his ad
ministration of said estate in the of
fice of the clerk of the County Court
of the State of Oregon, for Jackson
County: and that the. Hon. J. R.
Nell, Judge of said Court has fixed
and appointed the 22nd day of Janu
ary, A. D. 1909. at the hour of one
o'clock In the afternoon of said day,
as the time, and the court room of
said Court as the place tor hearing
objections to said account and for
the final settlement thereof.
Dated and first published Friday,
December 11, 1908.
ORIS CRAWFORD,
Admlnstrator of the Estate of Eliza
beth Randall, deceased.
WM. S. CROWELL, Attorney.
Administrator's Xotico to Creditors.
Messrs. Bert Anderson and Ray
Toft are putting on the market 18
dwelling lots In the addition to the
city of Medford, which they recently
platted. This tract Is situated In
Northwest Medford and la situated
between the Page and the King ad
ditions, and la known as the Lau
rent! tract. The lota are 50x127
feet In site and are said to be very
desirable. Streets and alleys have
been laid out and dedicated to the
city..
In the Matter of the Estate of W. V.
Jones, deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
the undersigned was, by an order of
the County Court of Jackson County,
Oregon, made and entered on the 8th
day of December, 1908, appointed
administrator of the above named
estate, and' that he has duly qualified
therefor. All persons having claims
against said estate are hereby noti-
I fled to present the same to said ad-
mlnlstrator. duly verified, and with
in six months from this date. And
nil persons knowing themselves to
be Indebted to said estate are hereby
required to settle the same forth
with. Dated at Woodville, Oregon, Fri
day, December 11th, 1908.
SAMUEL MATHIS, Administrator.
COLVIO ft REAMES
Attorneys for the Estate.
FOR FARMERS ONLY.
Don't worry about tbe fate of the
big stick. There aro a few paper
bullets of, the brain In bis present
message.
Send it your name and postofflce 1 Hobson baa postponed his war
address and we will mall yon tree, urtll 1909, and that's three yetrs
on January 1, a beautiful calendar, before Bryan runs for president
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