Jacksonville post., March 06, 1915, Image 4

After Half
A Century
Picked Up at
Sea
By DONALD CHAMBERLIN
Dy JOHN TURNLEE
Nelson and Villeneuve.
When Nelson fell at Trafalgar he
was only forty-seven years old. and
the French commander. Admiral de
Villeneuve, was only forty two. The
latter wn$ a brilliant sailor, who h id
already fought against Nelson, and he
thoroughly realized what the English
tactics were going to be on ibis oevu
sion. Indeed, he held a meeting of the
captains of the allied tleet and Imddl
explained them Nelson would not. in
said, form line of battle parallel with
the allied line. “He w ill seek to pierci
our line, surround our real and over
power with groups of his vessels nr
many of ours as he can cut o.’f’’ Still
although ¡»repared fol this form of a'
tack. Villeneuve failed to re 1st it. an
he was taken prisoner, Utterly r gret
ting (hat tio shot had dealt him tin
same fate as Nelson
London Clironi
•It»
Change in Southern Pacific Tim
Notice For Publication.
Mineral Application No. 09902.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.’S. Land Office Roseburg Oregon.
January 6. 1915.
Notice is hereby given that joint
application for mirera) patent is being
made bv J. C. Burton ami Bessie Bur­
ton, husband and wife, for a twenty
acre Placer mining claim, named Sil­
ver Star, located near the mouth of
Star Gulch creek, in the Applegate
mining district of Jackson County
Oregon, and containing all of the
South 1 of the N. W.
of the N. E.
¡4 of Section 28, T. 39 S. Range 3 W.
of the Willamette Meridian.
Any and all persons claiming ad-
Vers -ly the mining ground, or any
portion thereof so described and stir­
veyed, platted and applied fcr ar«»
ad-
unless their
hereby notified
_______ that
___
_____
___
verse claims are duly filed according
to law and the regulations thereunder
within the time prescribed by law, with
the Register of the United States
Land Office, at Roseburg, Oregon,
they will be bar.-ed by virtue of the
provisions of said statute,
Notice was posted on the ground
December 28, 1914.
J. M. U pton ,
Register.
We were sailing on the Australian
One morning when John Merton of
coust when n bout was espied by the
Chicago awoke and looked out through
lookout She was an ordinary ship's
his front window he noticed some men
lifeboat, open, und was darn ing mer
digging In a vacant lot opposite, lie
rily on the waves In the bright sun
whs seized with trepidation lest some
light.
When site came nearer we
objectionable building was to be erect
counted nine men in her.
She was
cd on the lot and. dressing himself,
went out to make inquiries. He learn­ heading for us, and the captain gave
ed that the lot had been sold and the an order to slow down. As soon as
owner was about to erect on it a soap she came alongside a man in the bow
bailed us and usked us to take them
factory.
Mr. Merton at once sought the man aboard.
and secured an option on the lot at u
The captain questioned them, and
substantial profit to the latter. Then ! they told him that they were members
he visited several of Ills neighbors, I of the crew of a ship that had cull Id*
Notice to Creditors.
proposing that they should club to­
I ed with another in a fog and had gone
gether and protect the locality by buy­
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON
He asked how long
ing the lot. Only one person, a man | to the bottom.
IN AND FOR JACKSON COUNTY.
named Gawtry. was willing or per­ I ago that was and they said a week.
In the matter of the estate of James Hards
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haps able to make such mi investment, I Then he asked what had become of the deceased.
and lie and Merton became the owners. I otlicers and the rest of the crew and
Notice is hereby Riven, that the undersigned,
By agreement they put the property in
was told that they had gone down with by order of the County Court of Jackson County.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF
the hands of a trust company, to be the ship. There was only time to get State of Oregon. has been dulv appointed and
OREGON, FOR JACKSON COUNTY.
now is the duly qualified and acting1 administra­
divided among the heirs of the third out the one boat before she sank.
trix of the estate of the above named decedent.
Mary F. Gage, Cornelius C. Gage,
generation, or the grandchildren of the
The story didn’t appeal to tin» cap­
All persons having claims against said de­ Norman B. Gage, Mary M
Gage and
two owners.
The Mertons were to
tain as being likely, but he could not cedent or his estate are hereby notified and re­
have the north half and the Gawtrys refuse to take the men aboard and did quired to present the same duly verified with Martha A. Gage, Plaintiffs
vs.
the south half
J. T. French. Caroline French, IL
so. As soon as they came a’ on rd we proper vouchers, to Charles Prim, attorney for
Twenty years later, both Merton and
aid administratrix, at his office in Jacksonville, French, also The Unknown Heirs of
saw that their fares were by no means
Gawtry being dead and the part of the
attractive. They asked our captain for Jackson County. State of Oregon, within six J. T. French, Caroline French, ¡¡nd H.
months from the date of this notice.
city in which the lot lay having be­
| French, Also all other persons or
I what port he was bound ami when he
Date of this notice and of the first publication parties unknown claiming any right.
come used for business, the trustees
said Melbourne I noticed that on the ' thereof is February, 6. 1915.
title, estate, lien or interest in th real
leased the lot for thirty years, and a
fares of some of them was a scared
M IM1BC. HARDS W m . k ’ •
estate described in the complaint here­
store building was erected upon IL look, while others seemed to be saying
| Administratrix of the estate of James Hards. in. Defendants.
By the terms of the lease at Its expira­ to themselves, “Not if we ran prevent ' Deceased.
To J. T. French, Caroline French,
tion the building was to belong to the
Charles Prim, Attorney for Administratrix.
H. French, also The Unknown Heirs
it”
owner of the lot.
of J T. French, Caroline French and
I made up my mind that the men
Meanwhile the descendants of the
H. French, Also all other persons or
were mutineers and had either been
joint owners had become scattered, the
pat tit s unknown claiming any right,
put off a ship or sunk a ship or some
Notice
Fcr
Publication
title, estate, lien or interest in ¡he real
trust company’s directors and officers
thing of the kind, but when they were
estate described herein. Defendants,
had been changed, and there was no
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
put to work they showed such igno
above
named,
U. S. Land Office at Roseburg. Oregon
descendant of either Merton or Gaw­
rance of everything nautical that I
In the Name of The State of Oregon,
January 25, 1915.
try who knew about the lot, for which
changed my opinion
That they were
Notice is hereby given that Jacob Nielsen, of You and each of you are hereby noti |
but
had been paid by the two pur­
not what they purported lo be was Applegate, Oregon, who. on March 26, 1908, fied that »he plaintiffs above named
chaser».
evident, but what they were we had made Homestead Entry No 14815, Serial. No. ' have commenced a suit in the Circuit
[ Court ¡ f the State of Oregeon, for |
One day an advertisement appeared
04467, for theSW'/i of NE’4 and NW’i of SElzi
no means of knowing.
Jackson County, that this notice is i
for grandchildren of the late John
Our ship was a small steamer, not of Section 10. Township 38 S, Range 4 W.. Wil­
Merton and Samuel Gawtry. It elicit­ needing a numerous crew. We usually lamette Meridian, has filed notice of intention to given in pursuance of an order made
and entered by the presiding Judge of j
ed no response and was repented from carried eighteen men, including cap
make Final Five-year Pr»M>f, to establish claim
said court on the 25th day of February
time to time for a year, when it met tain and mate, i being mate, but now to th** land above described, before G. A. Gard­
1915, in 8aid Cause and that in pursu-
ner, County Clerk of Jackson County, at his
the eyes of a young bank clerk nnmed
ince of said order you are here- y re- j
we were reduced to twelve.
office, at. Jacksonville, Oregon, on the 15th day quired to appear and answer the com- |
Kiwncer In a western city.
His fa­
One evening one of our regular crew of March. 1915.
ther ami mother were dead, but he
plaint
film therein on of before six I
camo to me and told me that the
Clu mant names as witnesses.* S. L. Benson,
knew that tils mother's maiden name
weeks from the first publication of this
strangers bad, taken weapons from the of Applegate. Oregon, Ben Thurston, of Apple­
-ummons, which first publication will i
was Merton
He wrote to the adver­
ship's armory and hidden them in the gate. Oregon. W. A. Smith, of Applegate. Ore­ be on the 27th d iy of February, 1915,
tiser and received a printed statement
gon.
John
W.
I
’
ernoll,
of
Applegate,
Oregon.
hold.
The * a plain was asleep In his
and that for want of such appearance
setting forth the facts in the case of
.1 M. I i .
cabin at tin» time, and I preferred to
and answer within said time, the plain- I
the Meiton Gawtry lot. Spencer, con­
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act on the information rather than
tiffs will apply to the Court for
vinced that tin* John Merton named
relief demanded in said complaint,
wake him up He was a headstrong
Summons.
was his grandfather. Investigated the
wit :-
man and was liable to give our ene­
case and. after a long hunt, found that
The q ¡ietirg and confirming in
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE
mies the advantage by some rash act.
plaintiits the tide to the W.
of
In* was the only thing grandchild of
OF OREGON, FOR JACKSON COUNTY.
I sent for the man who had been
NW '4 and NW. '4 of the SW. 1
the said Merton and consequently Indr
W. A Turner and Jennie Turner, Section 5: the NE. 'i of SE. L
spokesman when we met them and
to tile north half of the property.
tusked him whether he and his men Plaintiffs,
i he S W. '4 of the S W. 1 , of Section 6
N<» response to the advertisement
vs
preferred to make pome other port
and the NW. '4 of the NW. I, of Sec­
whatever came from the Gawtry side,
William. Ulrich, John E. Mahan, tion 7 ail in Town.-hili 35 South, Range
than Melbourne.
He admitted that
sometimes known as E. J. Mahan, One West Wiliam tte M<ri i.m. Jack-
mid in» di'lslon could be made of th«*
i they would, but when I asked him
lot and building until the heirs In this | where they would like to put in he said Forest E Mahan, Ethel Mahan, John son County, Or< gi n ai d or the cost-
I’rader,W Forbes,C . H. Heninger. ii,d dis ursemoo's in san suit.
fanilh were found
John Spencer. <le
I that they preferred not to stop at an ('. W. Nims, Stuart Saundets, E. F
G. C. Vi A LUSTER,
sirotfs of coming Into what was a for I Austral.an port at all. I told him to I’hipns, Geo. O. Jarvis, Julian P.
Attorney fcr Plaintiffs.
time at on e iradc It Ills business to I consult with his mates as to what (hey Johnson, the unknown heirs of John
bunt up ♦best* hell’s
fie began at the
I..
Mahan
and
Anne
McClain
Mahan,
: wanted and let me know.
Sheriff's Sale oi Real Estate.
foiiiitainlnad, milking Inquiries as to
if any, aid all other persons or parties
I did this to put (he strangers off
unknown to plaintiff claiming any
the first an«1
econd generations of
By virtue of t«n execution and or-
their guard and gain time It was evl- right, title, estate, hen or interest in
Gnwtrvs. and learned that a son of
| dent, from their not wishing to go the real estate described in the com­ ier of s. le duly issue'1 out of and un-
ier the sc. I of th - Circi.it Court of
Samuel G:iwtr\ had settled In Detroit
Inshore in Australian territory, that plaint herein, Defendants.
rhe State of CicL-on, in aid :or J ck-
Spencer vent to Detroit, where In*
; they were criminals After consulting
To John
E.
Mahan,
sometime
¡00 ( o ,nty. dated th 9 h day of Feb
learned fliiil tin* widow of Samuel
with the others the leader came back known as E. J. Mahan, Forest F
ti.-irv. I9>5. und-r a decree of fori-
I* win of the second generation was
lo’i re duly made and i titered on thi
and told me (hat the) would like to be Mahan, Ethel Mahan, C. W. Forbes
I
ng
In straitened idreumsta ihim
:0lh di’V of January, 1915, in a suit
' put out m a large bout we curried (). H. Hcninger, the unknown heirs <>
whliing to ex< Ite fahe hopes In
Johr L. Mahan and Anna McCl i
»herein Belle Nickell w. s Plain.iff
I which was rigged with a sail and in
Mahan, if any, ami all otl er person-
I * person he made Inquiries in a
nd J. T. Perry. J. E. Settles et als.,
I part decked over. Of course they would or parties unknown to plaintiffs claim
vere Defetidants, in f .vor of said
roundalMiut way and learned that the
need to be provisioned
I
ing
any
right,
title,
estate,
lien
or
in
Plaintiff and ¡¡gainst said defendants,
uri'dnal Gawtry had had several <hil
This was a dead giveaway on their terest in the real estate hereinaftei md each of them, and ordering the
dreti. but the only living grandchild
described. Defendants:
part mid showed that they were des
oreclcsure < f the certain mortgage
w is Marian Gawtry. daughter of tin»
IN THE NAME OF THE STATF
perate, for they had no knowledge of
lesertbed in the complaint of the
widow lie had found
Having pro
,
OF
OREGON,
You
¡¡nd
each
of
yoi
Plaintiff, by the sale, as op execution.
navigation mid would be at the mercy
reeled thus far. Spencer returned to
>f the mortgaged t remises in said
of the winds mid waters. I pretended I are hereby notified that the plaintiff
have cornnn nc -d a suit in the Cireui
Chicago .and reported Ills Ibid to the
to accede to their request and di J Court of the State of Oregon, foi mortgage described: which d t ree was
trust i-ompant and left its otlicers to
>n the 30th day of January, 1915, dulv
reeled that they come on deck and get i Jackson County, against you, implead
■nrolled and docketed in the office of
satisfy themselves that he (Speneert
the boat ready to be lowered As soon ed with others, and that in pursuant-,
he Clerk of s: d Court ai d is now of
Hint Marian Gawtry were the heirs to
as (hey went to work I sent men to of an order made and enter.d in sail
-ecord it- Volume 22 of the Circuit
the pro|H»rtv In question and. this
collect the weapons they had stolen cause on the 23rd day of January, 191f
'ourt Journal, at pages 339-340. Now
done, to give each heir a half.
herefore io complia' <-e with th - com­
When this was done I stationed men , and of the Statutes of the State o'
one morning Miss Marian Gawtry.
uni ds of said exeeu on and er :er
! in different parts of the vessel, all Oregon, you are required to appea-
w heli m I h > u ( to go to her school duties,
<ale, I will, on
' armed
Then ’ began to send the and answer the complaint tiled therei
-n or before the expiration of si'
took a letter from tin* postman inform
¡strangers in dilTereiit di <•’ lions for weeks from the 30th day ef January.
Tuesday, March 16th,
Ing her that the
Trust cuiii|uiti) of
¡different articles they wonul need on '915. the date of the first publicatior
it the hour of ten o'clock A. M. at t o
Chh ago was ready to convey to her
1 (heir voyage S >me were sent for pro
of this summons and if you fail to s. 'ront door of the Court House in the
one half of a <fitah: lot and building in
inswer the plaintiffs will apply to th.
'ity of
Jacksonville.
in
Jackson
; visions, some for waler, some for
that < It) bt ipieathed to her by her
:C urt for the relief demanded in sail
ounl v, Oregon, offer for sale a: d will
* blankets, some for fuel
grundfather, Samuel Gawtry. She re
I first ordered their spokesman, who complaint, to-wit; A decree of fore­ I ell to the highest bidder for c- sb,
ferred the matter to her mother, win»
, was leader as well. Io take two men closure upon and a sal« of Lot 1 in Sec­ ■¡object to redemption as by I w p><>•
paid she had never heard of her father
tion 17. Township 39 South. Range 1
ided, all the right title and inte>est
I with him and to down to tin* hold for
owning sin h property
lie had left
East Willamette 'for.dian, Oregon t<
>f sai I defendant* and each of th- m,
some salt pork
IL* obc\<sl and three satisfy a lien of $712.8'», interest, at-
vhich they had June 8, 1912 or any
Chicago forty years before, a poor
[ out of th»» nine men went below not ’ torneys fee and the costs anddisburse-
ime thereafter, in and to the real
man.
Miss Gawtry put the matter
to reappe;.r again, for as soon as they I ments.
i.ropitty. situated in sail Jack.on
down as a mistake and. proceeding to
County, bounded and described as fol-
(!. C. M c A llister .
' got Into the dark hold hands were
school, thought no more about It.
ows to-wii:
! clapiH-d on their mouths and they were
Attorney for Plaintiffs.
One evening she received a call from
The west half of the s at h-west
i removed to the brig.
\s soon as it
n young man named Spencer. He was
juarter (W.
of S. W. '4i a d sou h
was re|»orted to me that they had been
about to mention the fact that she was
west quarter of north-west quarter
captured I sent two more men to the
nn heiress when it occurred to him that
(S.
W.
'
4
of
N.
W. 14) of Section
Summons.
sail room for canvas. They, too. were
thirty-two (32) in Township Thirty-
since tin re whs a building on the prop
sc*aired, and within twenty minutes IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF •ight (38) South of Range Two (2)
rrty there might be dltllculty In dlvld
from the time they had starteil to ret
West of W. M.; also commencing at
OREGON FOR JACKSON CJt'NTY.
Ing It am! It would be better that they
(he boat ready I lied them all under
North west corner of the north-east
should own It together. But he was an
1
Dosin Massie. Plaintiff,
quarter of south-west quarter (N. E.
ioi k ami key.
honorable fellow and »corned to win
V8.
of S. W. '4) of said Section thirty-
When the captain appeared on deck
her know ing Guit she was nn heiress. ,
|
E lwa-tl Mnssir. Defendant.
two (32). tunning thence south tw-nty
the next morning tnd I told him that
To
Edward
Maaaie,
the
above
nanv
d
defend
­
•‘Miss Gawtry.” he said. “1 have come
(20) chains; then’e nor: h. 45 degrees
the strangers had stoh n arms he look
ant.
to l»etrnlt to Inform you that you are
East, twenty-eight (28) chains; then e
ed serious. Then win ?i I told him that
In
the
name
of
the
State
of
Orep-on.
You
are
joint uw n. r with me of a lot and build
w-i st twet tv (201 chains to the pl ice
I had the men secund he was aston
hereby required to appear, and answer the com­ of b -ginning; cot ta nirg a total of lit)
Ing In Chicago worth In all half a mil 1
plaint of the plaintiff filed ap-airst you in the acr s.
Ished.
not
being
able
to
understand
lion dollar*.”
above entitled 4’ourt and cause, on or before six
how In» could have slept through a mil
And will apply the proceeds of su-h
The young Indy, remembering the
tiny.
Finally when I gate him my weeks from the day of the first publication of sale. First; to the pay mint of the
former Information she had received on
this
summons,
the
first
pul
Notion
bcin»r
on
the
costs and disbursements of said suit,
plan ami tin» manner of its accomplish
tills subject, coolly remarked
I 16th day of January. 1915. the time p eset ¡bed in including costs of sale, and the at­
mcnt he reprimanded me for acting
■'That’s a mistake. My mother siys
the order of publication thereof.
torney* fee, adjudged
payable
to
without Ids orders
And vou are hereby notified that if you fail to plaintiff; Second, to the payment of
I r father owned no sinh propertv in
A few days later we reached port. I appear and answer said complaint, for want
Chicago ”
the debt uecured by said mortgage, as
went to tin» municipal othce ami stat thereof the plaintiff will apply to the Court for provided in said ilecree.
”WIII you marry me If what I toll
ed the case, to !»<• told that nine persons the relief demanded in the complaint, to-wit:
Dated at Jacksonville. Gregor, this
you Is truer*
serving terms ata prison near the coast
For a decree of the Court forever dissolving | 9th dav of February, 1915.
“If you can convince me that I am
had escaped
V boat was missing, and the bonds of matrimony existing b »tween plain­
W. H. S ingi . er ,
worth the sum you name I II marry
Sheriff of Jackson County, Oregon.
It was su|»po<e<1 tin y had taken It and tiff and defendant, and for an order and decree
your
By E. W. W ilson . Deputy.
put to sea. Government otlicers were restoring to plaintiff her maiden name, to-wit.
SfH»n<a»r eventually pmv<d Ids case
Dosia Clay.
looking for them, but thus far had stvn
am! held her to her promls»»
Since
This summons is published by virtue of an
nothing of them.
6
Money 6
Money 6
they had Iwen mutuillv pleased with
order made by the Honorable F M Calkins. |
The men were taken In charge Io Juoyeof the above entitled Court, on the llth I
•Loans may be obtairel for
tkat*h otln*r and a division of tin* prop
the police ami returned to the prls i day of January, 1915. the first publication to be [
any purpose or. acceptable Real
vrty was hard to efTe t Mi s Gnwtn *
Their lender t »Id me before lea via • made on the 16th day o ’ January. 1915. and the I
Estate security: liberal privi­
whs by no means loath to keep it.
leges; correspondence sol-cited.
that they had planned to take the ast publication to be made on the 27th day of
All of which goes to show that our
A. C. A gency C ompany .
February.
1915.
ship the very night I executed th«
fZtes ure often determined by small
758 Gas. Electric Bldg..
MVl.KF.Y A CHERRY.
plan that resulted lt> their capture.
«utters.
Denver, Colorado. ,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
44 i
Summons
Effective January 17, 1915.
you are
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