Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1908)
MMrsto Mmi THE MEDFORD MAII OUR ADVERTISERS Are Always Satisfied Became THE MEOFORD MAIL Reaches the People Who Bur Gives All the News All the Tim It Goes to Every Home In Jackson County. VOL XX MEOFORD. JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25. 1908, NO. 52 BIG STEALING Alleged Conspiracy to Rob Telegraph Company Discovered. Secret service men in the employ of the Western Union Telegraph company have unearthed an alleged conspiracy among operatora of rail road offlcea in tne northwest and California, whereby, they declare, stealings have been made within the paat 18 montba amounting to many thouaanda of dollars. Regular Western Union operators are not Involved in the conspiracy. The stealing la charged by the detec tives entirely agalnat operatora In isolated railroad offices where there was no check upon their work. At least one arrest haa been made, that of an operator at Rltzvllle, Wash. It is alleged that this oper ator baa made confession Implicating have a dosen others. There la rea son to believe other arrests also hav meen made, or soon will be made. According to the report of the de tectives the small group of which the Rltzvllle operator was a member was but a link In the chain of the con spiracy, which extended from Helena 'to San Francisco. Superintendent Field Investigates. News of the discovery of the con spiracy came to light yesterday when R. T. Reid, Western Union super intendent for the northwestern dls 'trlct, with headquarters at Seattle, -stopped off In Portland on his way homeward from a trip south. Simul taneously with Mr. Reld's visit a story was sent out from Portland by the Associated Press that a conspir acy had been unearthed, that Its ' ramifications were wide, that a vast sum of money had been atolen by rallroad telegraph operators anil that a number of arrests had been - made. The source of Its Information was carefully guarded by the Associated Press, but that Mr. Reld had given It waa scarcely to be doubted, as he was aeen in the Associated Press of- ficea by the Oregonlan reportera. Later In the day, I. N. Miller. Jr., Western Union superintendent at : San Francisco, gave out a statement -calculated to minimize the Portland story. Mr. Miller'a statement was that only one arrest had been made and that the operations of the alleg ed thlevea had been confined to the lines of the Northern Facltlc rail : road. Investigations made last night show It to be a practical certainty that the alleged conspiracy Is of wid - er scope than Is Indicated by che - statement of the San Francisco offi- cial, but whether the charges made by the detectives can be substantiat ed or not does not appear. . How They Operated. The mode of operation of the al ieged consplratora waa almple. An operator at a small station where there was no checking system would receive a message for another similar point, take payment for the com pany, transmit the message aud 'pocket the money, which was subse- quently divided with the operator at the receiving office. Neither oper ator. It is charged, kept any record - of the message, so the company had no way of checking such transac tions. It is alleged the discovery of the ' conspiracy came about through the greediness of certain of the operat- -ors, who finally became so bold that - they would receive a message, take payment and then destroy the copy, without transmitting It, In order to avoid dividing the spoil with recc'.V' ' ing operators. This course led to so - many complaints that suspicion be acme aroused and an Inve-ulsatVn waa started. Secret service men were sent to about 10O small railroad station to send paid messages to other slmi!nr points. It Is alleged that of the messages given and paid f or by these detectives, 85 per cent were sent and delivered without record be ing made or accounting returned and aeveral were withheld and not sent at all. Large Number Involved. When the Investigation commenc ed It was known to the company that the number of operatora Involved In the petty graft was large, but the officials had no Idea of the extent of the organisation, nor did they re alise that the understanding prevail ed over such an extenalve territory. The arrest or arrests In the state of Washington brought the entire scheme to light. Some time before the development of the telegraphera' strike a year ago last summer a similar graft was nn earthed by the company, but with Its discovery and the summary discharge of the operators Involved It came to an end. However, the present sys tem discovered Is alleged to have been one of the moat gigantic achemei erer formed by employes to swindle a corporation. Such an extensive system of craft could not have occurred In a regular Western Union Telegraph office be cause of the checking ayatem involv ed In these offices, as well as the tact that In most Instances the messages when received are handled by clerks and not by the operatora. AT lll'TTK FALLS. II. H. Harris (ilves Excellent Report of C'ouditloua There. B. H. Harris of Butte Falls la spending holiday week In Medford. A Morning Mall representative en gaged Mr. Harris In conversation yesterday and from him he learned that the most Important bit of news from that aectlon waa the fact that a good wagon road is being built to the Falls one with a grade no greater than 6 per cent. This, Mr. Harris says, will make it easy "go ing" for automobiles all the way between Medford and Butte Falls, and will be ready for use In early spring. In talking with Mr. Harris re garding railroad matters, he stated that Mr. Dewing was simply wait ing until he had either gotten pos session of the Eagle Point line or his mortgage had been paid off. In the event of his getting possession of the road he will at once extend the line to Butte Falls and into the vast merchantable timber belt which surrounds the Falls. On the other hand. If he does not get pos session of this line he will construct one of his own, to extend from Med ford to Butte Falls and into the timber, as above atated. As a matter of fact, there can be developed by the falls at Butte Falls, 15,000-horsepower. Mr. Har ris and his company. Including Mr. Dewing, own thla power, and they do not propose to allow all this nat ural energy to go unused, and to the end that it be utilized Mr. De wing proposes to not only electrify this proposed road, but to aa well electrify the entire valley and why not? The power is there, and why not utilise It? This valley and sur rounding foothills are too big and too vast In productiveness to be per mitted to go undeveloped, and this to Its greatest possible extent. The resources of all this country are be yond comprehension. No person can picture the future with all Its re sources undeveloped. Aside from all the possibilities for the valley, there are back of this fully 100,000 acres of as good fruit land as there Is In Oregon, but this land la now densely covered with timber, which timber will be manu factured Into millions of dollars' worth of lumber, when this proposed Dewing railroad Is built to It. GRILL CHANGES HANDS. Lambert ft Brown Dispose of Their Eating Establishment. Although the Mission Grill, situ ated on South Central avenue, has been conducted In aplendld shape since it was opened a few montha ago and has been doing a good trado yet for some reason the proprietors, for reasona best known to them selves, have seen fit to sell out the business. The transfer of the restaurant was made yesterday from Lambert ft Brown to Ernest Hefler, who took possession of the place last evening and immediately started to carry out plana for enlarging the place and bettering the service. He has en gaged as chef Charles Davis, who haa been In the employ of Captain Short for some time and has the reputation of being one of the best men In the business In this part of the country. Mr. Hefler, who has purchased the business of the Mission Grill, Is a hustler and Is determined to give first-class service to all his patrons. It Is his intention' to have the res taurant open both day and night, ao as to serve the patrons any time during the 24 houra. And the serv ice at night will be just aa good as that during the day. HONOR OF MISS STREETS. The pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Streets In West Medford wss the scene Monday evening of a happy assemblage of young people in honor of Miss Alice Streets, who Is attending the University of Califor nia and who is spending the holiday vacation at home. Artistic arrangement of cedar boughs and Oregon grape with touches of red, added to the at- tractlveness of the pretty home and gave a festive air. Dancing and music were enjoyed till a late hour, when Ice cream and cake were serv ed. The affair was In the nature of a reunion of a crowd of young peo ple who have spent many pleasant evenings together and have been separated for several montha owing to the absence of many of the num ber at the University of Oregon and the University of California. GREAJjUCCESS Splendid Numbers on Pro gram at Contest Tues day Night. The oratorical contest for a sil ver medal for the flrat prize was held at the Christian tabernacle last night. There waa a good attend ance and every number on the pro gram waa much enjoyed and heartily applauded. The winner of the con test was Marie Seeley, the daughter of Dr. Seeley, who waa presented with the silver medal at the close of the entertainment. The first oration dealt with the subject of "What Will We Do With the Saloon?" and the apeaker went on to show that the' cosnumption of liquor was greater now than ever be fore In the hiatory of the country. The second waa entitled, "The Story of a Sunbeam." The Bpeaker relat ed the story of the struggles of a widow mother In the bringing up of her son, who in after life was ruined by the liquor habit, . which so affected hia mother that she died of a broken heart. The third oration was entitled, ' A Modern Tyranny," which portrayed the cruel nature of "king rum," and called attention to the fact that this tyranny la licensed and made re spectable by the sanction of law. The fourth on the program was "The Defense of. Almo." The fifth, "A Dream." which represented life In a vision of a moving procession of va rious walks of life, going to ruin. The sixth oration was delivered by Marie Seeley and was entitled, "Ai Orphan'8 Prayer." It showed the changed condition of a once happy home through the influence of strong drink. This was the one which the Judges decided was the best, and awarded to Miss Seeley the silver medal. The seventh waa a boy's Idea of prohibition and what he thought of the bad results of the use of liquor. The eighth was a picture of a man who once dearly loved his family. but who lost that when he took to drink. The death of bis child open ed his eyes and was th means of bringing him back to his senses. The ninth oration told how a lit tle girl emptied a j'lg on her way home and what the result vaa. Th's. as well as all the other numbers on the program, was we1! received. The following were the -iarr.es of the contestants: Misses Audrey Har vey, Mary Orr, Hazel Cox, Eunice Iivls, Iva Martin. Ori Duncan. Ma rie Seeley, Bernlce Carder. Master Artitcnd Taylor. Ia addition to tha orations, the following program was rendered: Instrumental trio (selected). Miss Hamilton and Olln brothers; hymn. America," No. 127. audience; Scripture reading, "The Crusade Psalm," 146 Psalm, Rer. Reuter; prayer. Rev. Horn; hymn, "Throw Out the Lifeline," No. 11; quartet, "Have Courage, My Boy, to Say No," Mrs. F. S. Day, Miss Bertha Pierce, Miss Lottie Wiley, Mrs. Dr. Butler, Messrs. F. S. Day, J. E. Day, Earl Olln and Mr. Hutchason: soprano solo, "Woman's Cause Shall Win" (C. B. Hawley), Mrs. Myra Miller- Stauffer of Pennsylvania; Instru mental trio (selected). Miss Hamil ton and Olln brothers; hymn. "Bringing In the Sheaves," No. 144. Titles and authors of orations: "The Defense of the Alamo," Mrs. Nellie Burger; "A Dream," Mrs. Clara C. Hoffman; "The Stray Sun beam," anonymous; "A Boy on Pro hibition," adapted; "A Modern Tyr anny," anonymous; "The Orphan's Prayer," anonymous; "What Will We Do With the Saloon?" Mrs. Mnry T. Lathrop; "How a Little Girl Emp tied the Jug," anonymous; "Oood Nlght, Papa," American Messenger. The judges of the contest were: Mrs. Carlo, Professor Stern and Mrs. Mlller-Stauffer. At the conclusion, Mrs. Mlller-Stauffer, on behalf of the local W. C. T. U., presented each one of the contestants with a silver pin and the winner, Marie Seeley, with the silver medal. WILL INVEST HERE Alaska Mining Man I.Ikes Outlook Around Medford. W. O. Vint, a wealthy Alaska m n Ing man, waa in Medford over dun day, accompanied by J. R. Harvey, a hydraulic engineer. Yesterday they left for Gallce, Or., where It la ex pected Mr. Vint will close a deal for some mining property which he has options on In the vicinity of that place. Sunday Mr. Vint spent In dtlvlng around the country here, and stated before he left that he would return shortly and Invest In a considerable quantity of fruit land. ' He also stat ed that It was his Intention to make bis home here. On being asked by a Morning Mall reporter If be fiiiud thlnga aa good'ia he expected to seo them, he aald: "I am more than surprised, in fact, I am simply astonished, with what 1 have aeen both In the city and the country. The trouble Is that you are not telling the outside world one half that you should. Many people are coming from the north and any number of them with money could be Induced to come here. And It they come they would certainly re main. That Is what I Intend to do." It Is Mr. VInt's intention to put in a waterpower plant at the inlnei near Gallce and to work them on a large scale. He saya that the mines when properly worked will be great producer. SCHOOL PUZZLE. Much of the City Population Not In the District. When C. C. Taylor made a recent school enumeration he discovered that not nearly all of East Medford la In the Medford school district. The boundarlea of the district, as laid out, extend east to the Eagle Point road, then north to and In cluding Mrs. Phlpps' residence, thence west to Bear creek. On the south side of Seventh street there are only about three acrea of land In the district, and thla a narrow atrip running from the Bear creek bridge to about where Mr. Smith Uvea. None of the real dents south of this narrow strip have even been In the district, neither are those people in the district who live on Knob Hill, or In the Queen Ann or Carr additions In fact, no land east of the Eagle Point road or north of Seventh street, east of th-s Intersection of the Eagle Point road. Is In the district; and the same la true of all the land south of Seventh street and east of Mr. Smlth'a resi dence. A good part of the land referred to above la quite thickly settled and children from all these homea have been attending school In the Med ford district. There Is a state law which permits the inclusion of lo calities In a school district where they are within the incorporate lim its this without the circulation of a petition asking to come Into the district. The question which naturally arises Is: In what school district have these property-owners been paying school taxes for the pa8t sev eral yeara? The Incorporate limits of the city does not Include Knob Hill, or the Queen Ann and Carr additions. ORCHARD SOLD. A. r. Talent Disposes of 4 NO Acre- Tract. The sum of 120,000 was paid over yesterday for 480 acres In Sam's Valley. The land belonged to A. P. Talent of this city, and the trans fer waa made to J. R. Bradshaw of Colfax, Wash. It Is the Intention of the new owner to put out several hundred more fruit trees Just as soon as the same can be procured. After looking over land In differ ent parte of Oregon and Washington, Mr. Bradshaw came to the conclusion that the Rogue River valley offered the best inducements and waa will ing to back bla Judgment with the aum of money mentioned. Part of the tract purchased by Mr. Bradshaw has been planted with fruit treea which will soon be In bearing; In fact, sohie of them are bearing now. After putting out some more trees the balance of the land will be planted to alfalfa. Thoie who are acquainted with the land are of the opinion that Mr. Brad ahaw haa made a good deal In ac quiring the property. The aale waa made through the Cuslck, Myers, Eads company, real estate dealers, of this city. PARDONED CHRISTMAS DAY. A Kansas Man Accused of Killing His Father Will He Set Free. LAWRENCE. Kan., Dec. 22. J. Collings, who is serving a life sen tence In the Kansas penitentiary for the murder of bis father, a wlcl-to-do real estate man of this city, ten years ago, will be free Christmas day. The Governor bellevea Colllnga Innocent. Collings was convicted on the testimony of three negroes, all of It being circumstantial. At the time the state set up the plea that Collings waa In love with Miss Florence Rabcork, a wealthy young woman of Kansas City, and assigned as the motive a desire lo get the father's Insurance money in order to secure funds to marry her. One of the negroea has since writ ten a book In which he confessed that his testimony was part of a plan of the enemies of Collings to ruin him. The elder Collings was found dead one morning after a visit to his son at Lawrence. MAIL WANT ADS BRINO RESULTS TICKET NAMED BY MUSTS First Party in the Field for the Coming City Election. CITY TICKET OF THE SO. 4. ' CIALIST PARTY. Mayor Ernest Woltera. Councllmen: First ward Joseph L. Won- derley. Second Ward To be tilled by the committee. Third Ward D. B. Reame. The Socialists of Medford met last night In convention and nomi nated a ticket for the city election, with the exception of a councilman for the second ward, which will he filled by a committee appointed for that purpose. At the meeting the following resolutions were adopted: 'We, the Socialists of Medford, In convention assembled, again indorse the principles of International so cialism. We call the attention tf the people of Medford to the fact that all governmenta are essentially class governments, and that all leg islation Is primarily class legisla tion. Taking this for a starting point. It Is unreasonable to expect the profit taking employing class to legislate against their own Interest and In the interest of the wage earner. "It the producing class are to re ceive any beneflta from legislation they must organize politically In or der that they may elect their own repreaentatives to city, county or atate legislative bodies. This la the essence of class consciousness which our president so much deplores. "Realizing thla truth, we come be fore the votera of thla city In the Interest of the working class. And It It should be our good fortune to be elected to any office we shall be found working for the Interest of the working class. t "As measures to the Immediate In terest of the workers, we offer the following: "First The abolition of all pri vate contracts on public work. Men to be hired direct by the ett- , there by doing away with the lare profits to wealthy contractors, which should go to the wage-earner In Increased wages. "Second We demand the eight hour workday on all public work, and that union wages be paid. "Thh-d We demand that the city establish a pubilo bathhouse, gym nasium and billiard room, 80 that men will have a place to go other than the aaloon. "Fourth We demand that the property clauses In the city charter be atrlcken out. It Is unconstitu tional for property to be made the basis, for the holding of office, 't Is also class legislation. "Fifth We favor the establish ing of a city electric and power plant, and furnish consumers with light, heat and power at cost of pro duction. But we call your attention that public ownership can only be a success when its friends are behind It. "Sixth We demand that all street crossings on the Southern Pa cific track be thrown open. "If you favor these measures there Is only one way to get them that Is by voting for Socialist candldatea " FELL THROUGH OPENING. lllliifl Man Drops Into Rnsement of a Rank. P. J. Head, the blind piano tuner, fell from the sidewalk Into the base ment of the Jackson County bank building about 11 o'clock yesterday and came near being seriously In jured. He was going north on Central avenue and was lielng led by his lit tle son. The lad's attention was called to something behind him anl led around, forgetful for . moment that his father waa In dan ger, and, unfortunately, the janitor of the building had left the Iron doors In the sidewalk standing half open, and Mr. Head walked, uncon sciously, up to the opening, and striking his foot against the tialf open door, waa thrown off his bal ance and he fell headlong onto the ateps leading to the basement, awl from there rolled to the hard ce ment floor below. Mr. Head was picked up and taken to his home, where Dr. Hargrave made an exam ination of hia Injuries. No bones were broken, but his body was bad ly bruised and some flesh wounds were made. The sidewalk along the west side of the Jackson County bank, between Soventh street and the postoffice. Is used more than any other In the city. The walk Is only eight feet wide and when these basement doors are open there Is scarcely room for one person to pass. The walk should be widened to at least 12 feet and those doors, at least during the busy part of the day, should be kept closed. WEST TO TRY ANOTHER. Will Wrestle With a Dalles Man on - Christmas Day. W. H. West, the Medford wrestler. is not smiling much since yesterduy noon, when he met William 8choltes, of The Dalles, In the office of The Morning Mall and agreed to a match to be pulled oft at the Medford Op era house Christmas afternoon. West had tried to get Strangler Smith here from Portland, bat he was unable to come at least for sev eral weeka yet. ' However, he arrang ed to have Scholtes, his wrestling partner, come here, and la of the opinion that he will be all that West will want. He haa promised that if the local man should win this match that he will come and show West that he Is not entitled to claim the wrestling championship of Ore gon, or even of the southern part thereof. One of The Morning Mall employes haa seen Scholtes wrestle three times and West twice, and he Is of the opinion that West will have to do about Ms best if he wins thla match, as Scholtes Is certainly a splendid man at the business. At present he is the Instructor and manager of The Dalles Athletic club, an dls a great favorite in that city. So far he has never been beaten. One reason the Medford fans would like to have Weat win would be that Strangler Smith will have to come to Medford and give Weat a match. He haa guaranteed to do this, but is of the- opinion that Scholtes will be able to handle Mm without much trouble. West'a friends are mostly from Missouri and will have to be ahown. When the two wrestlers met res terday to arrange the match the only thing which stood In the way as the matter of the amount to be put up outalde of the receipts. Thla was finally arranged for, and althourh the exact amount cannot be atated at present It will be something over 1150. West absolutely refused to sign for the match until this was arranged for. Although the local man la tho heavier, weighing 168 pounds, Scholtea Is the quicker and "velgha 160 pounds. Quite a large Attend ance Is expected here for the match from outside points. The referee will be Jack Welsh. AFTER MAN SHARKS. Lra-ialatare Will He Asked To Make Changes. PORTLAND, Dec. 18. "Loan sharks" are to be gives a little "h roic treatment" at the coming ses sion of the legislature It the credit men have their way. Some drastic legislation, for Instance may be ap plied. Thla la not altogether new idea waa auggested and dwelt upon considerably at the regular monthly dinner of the Portland Association of Credit Men held at the Commercial club. , The form the proposed regulation of these usurers will take will be to make It unlawful tor any employe to assign his salary or wages to any other person until such stipend has actually been earned. In other words, the credit men hope to secure a law which will prevent Improvident people from spending money they haven't earned. Several other legislative matters were discussed, among them being a bill to require the filling and keep ing a record of all persons forming partnerships, and another to cope with extraordinary holiday seasons like the one during the flurry last fall. The auggested measure .o make It a misdemeanor for any per son to draw a check on a bank in which the author had no funda was turned down by the legislative com mittee on the ground that existing statutes afford ample protection along other lines, A. H. Devers addressed the credit men on the subject, "The Objects and Aims of the National Association of Credit Men." Thomas G. Greene spoke on "Some Legislation Which We May Present to the Next Legis lature." The following members uf the legislature were guests at the dinner: Senators C. W. Nottingham, A. A. Bailey, Ben 8elllng, Dan Kella her and John B. Coffey; Representa tives K. C. Couch, A. W. Orton, W. J. Clemons, J. D. Abbott, J. C. Bryan, L D, Malone, C. J. McDonald. E. J. Jaeger, L. M Davis and B. C. Altman, FOR FARMERS ONLY. Send us your name and postoffice address and we will mall you free, on January 1, a beautiful calendar. HUBBARD BROS., Medford. PETITIONS ARE REGISTERED Rejected by the Council and. Will be Submitted to People. The city council met last night la special session. Th.re were present Mayor Reddy, Councllmen Merrick, Trowbridge, Wortmaa and Tllfert. The matter of appropriating $251 of city funds for the purpose of send ing W. O. Steel, of the Crater Lake wagon road committee, to Washing ton to advocate the appropriation ot funds by congress for the building of a good road between Medford and Crater Lake was discussed, and up on motion it was voted to make tha appropriation. This $250 Is esti mated to be hut about half of tha amount of money necessary to defray Mr. Steel's expenses to Washington, hut the other half the county com missioners have agreed to pay but of the county funds. W. I. Vawter waa present at the council meeting and as representa tive of the bond house of John Nu veen ft Co. of Chicago, he read a telegram from that company receiv ed yesterday. In which they author ized him to adjust matters between the company and the city, and ta adjust matter of accrued interest on bonda aa he thought equitable and right. Matter referred to Assistant City Attorney A. E. Reamea. Eight bids were opened and read for the painting of atreet signs and the contract was awarded to J. E. Toft for 7 cents a sign. Other bl.'.s were those of Stone ft Robblns, 11 cents: John McLelland, 21 cents; Bob Taylor. IS cents: A. Chrlaholm, 2J cents: H. J. Everltt. 40 cents; Charles Brockman, 10 cents; Klum ft Morgan, 12 cents. Petition for water and sewer la Crowell addition waa referred to city engineer. Bond of Jacobson-Bade Co. In the sumof $30,000 waa accepted. City engineer was Instructed, to prepare plana and specifications for an extension of water mains m Tenth atreet, the pipe to be four Inchea. The petition ot Miller ft Ewbank to erect a corrugated Iron bulldltK at the rear of the harness shop on the south side of East Seventh street was referred to the building commit tee with power to act. The matter ot extending the Incor porate lines of the city waa referred to city attorney and engineer. The bid ot the Jackson County Ab stract company for $500 for prepar ing a present ownership map of the city and an abstract of all city prop erty was accepted and the company was directed to prepare the map and abstract. Petition to construct a ten-foot ce ment aldewalk on east side of North Bartlett atreet was referred to street committee. A resolution was presented direct ing that at the next city election there shall be given the votera ot the city an opportunity to vote for or against the prohibition of the li quor traffic In Medford. The reso lution waa adopted. The two petltlona, one presented by the saloonmen and one by the anti-saloon men, were both rejected. These were both petitions for the amendment of the city charter. This, however, does not mean that these petltlona shall not be placed upon the ballots to be voted upon If the petitioners Insist, as the Initiative and referendum law makes It obliga tory that the petltlona be given an opportunity to vote upon these or any other measures which they may petition for. HAN AWAY TWICE. J. D. I.ewls nf Central Point and a l,ariy Friend Have Narrow Kscaie. Sunday night J. D. Lewis of Cen tral Point ,wlth a lady friend, while driving a single horse and bugjy from Jacksonville to Medford, met with quite a bad accident. The ani mal became frightened and rnn away, throwing both out and broke one of the shafts. After they had again got the animal they fixed uji the rig as best they could and aa Mr. Lewla got In the horse again started to run, and upset the buggy, but it soon righted Itself and horse and buggy came down Seventh street In this city at a lively pace. In crow ing the railroad tracks the rig waa further demolished so much so that on reaching Central avenue horse and buggy became separated and the horse started for Central Point, but failed to stop there, and yesterday morning It waa found several miles north ot that place. Some time after tha horse passed down the street Mr. Lewis and tie lady came In on foot, each badly shaken up and bruised, but neither had received any serious Injuries.
