The Port Orford tribune., October 28, 1903, Image 1

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Newberg, Or. 19.—For two hours
this morning, while everything was
yet in darkness, this place was
BTATS AMD D IS T B C T 0 W C I B 8 :
practically under control of a gang
U. 8. Seta—Jjh n H. Mitchell of Poi
of
bandits, whose object was to blow
land and Chaa. Fulton of Aatori
“ My hair w ts falling out and
np
the building of tbe Bank of
Congressman, First District—Bing'
turning gray very fast. But your
Hair Vigor stopped the falling and
Hermann, of Roseburg.
Newberg and loot the vault of the
restored the natural color.”—Mrs.
Governor—Geo. E. Chamberlain 8 a
money on deposit. Though sever­
E. Z. Benomme, Cohoes, N . Y.
lem.
al chaiges of dynamite were explod­
Secretary of State—F. I. Dunbar, 8a
ed, the steel vault failed to give
It’s impossible for you
lem.
way, and the bandits finally gave
State T.easurer—Chas. 8. Moore, Sa­
not to look, old, with the
up the attempt and escaped on
lem,
color of seventy years in
Supt. Public Instruction—J. H. Ack­
horseback, going in a northei ly di­
your hair 1 Perhaps you
erman, Salem.
rection
toward Portland. From all
are seventy, and you like
State Printer—J. R. Whitney, Salem.
appeal
ances,
there were thiee in
your gray hair! If not,
Attorney General—D. R. N . Black­
the party.
burn, Salem.
use Ayer’s Hair Vigor.
Clerk State Land Board—G. G. Brown,
The vault contained thousands
Fn less than a month your
Salem.
of
dollars, and had the safe-ciackei-s
gray hair will have all the
Join t Senator for Coos and Curry—T.
succeeded in blowing it open, their
dark,
rich
color
of
youth.
M. Dimmick.
booty would have been a rich one.
tl.M a M ita All <nnl»ta
Joint Representative for Coos and
As a result of the attack, the brick
Curry—R. D. Hume, Wesderbura
I f your dru grist cannot supply yon,
send us one dollar and we w ill express
Judge, 2d Judicial Distact—J. W
building
presents a sorry appear­
yon a bottle. Be sure a n d riv e the name
Hamilton, Roseburg.
o f your nearest express office. Address,
ance.
J. C. A Y E R CO., Loweli, Mass.
Prosecuting Attorney, 2dJudiclal Dis­
At 3 o'clock the citizens of tbe
trict—George M. Briwn, Roseburg.
town were rudely awakened by a
U. 8 . Com m issioners-J. H . Upton,
L anglois; J. H untie/, Gold Beach.
In his furthcoming annual report series of muffled explosions, the
COUNTY O rS C E H S.
Land Commissioner Richards will vigorous ringing of the town fire
County Judge—E. A. Bailey, Gold
present a forceful argument in bell and occasional rifle reports,
Beach.
favor of the radical modification of Almost to a man they turned out
County Commissioners—F. H. Blake,
the timber and stone act. He to see what was the cause of the
C hetco; C. W Haines, Eckley.
i, v u i j ,
builds his argument upon the show­ disturbance, fearing that their
Sheriff—J. G. Waker, Gold Beach.
ing of rapidly increasing limber homes were in danger from the fire
County Clerk—George W. Smith,
Gold Beach.
entries in late years. Out of 19,- fiend. It was goon learned that
Ceuaty Treasurer—James Caughel’,
741’180 acres of public lands enter­ robbers bad taken possession of the
Wedderbum.
ed during the past years, 1,755,222 bank, and the mob turned its a t­
Assessor—A. H. Fost^Port Orford.
were covered by timber ent.ks, or tention in that direction. By the
School Supt.—Win. S. Guerin, Lang­
more than three limes the area of time the people reached the scene,
lois.
Surveyor—D. Cunuiff, Jr., Gold Beaut.
timber euti ies in the preceding year. however, the bandits had succeed­
UE K T IN SS or V U E COVETS.
This growth is the better appreciat­ ed in gitting away.
Persons in the immediate vi­
Circuit Court meets Fourth Monday la
ed when it is known that in the 25
cinity
of the bank bad been watch­
August of each year.
years the timber and stone act has
County Commissioners Court mee s
been operative less than 7,000,000 ing the proceedings since shortly
tlrst Wednesday An January, April,
actes all told have been enteied after midnight, but, covered by two
J uly and ¡September ol each year.
men with rifles, thev dared not give
under its ptovisions.
Probate Court meets tirst Monday in
each month.
Commissioner Richards objects the alarm. Occupants of the bank
C U B B Y COUNTY POST O F rlC E S A N D POST­
to the timber and stone act because building were compelled to remain
MASTERS.
it allows entrymen, largely specu­ in thair quarters while the walls
Che t e e . . . . ........ .................F. H. Blake.
lators, fo acquire for $2.50 an acre threatened to go down with every
H a r b o r .. . . . . . . ...... James McCutchen.
lands that are easily worth $1000. explosion, and they did not dare
Gold B each ............ Miss Annie Doyle.
‘•There is no doubt that the law venture a call for help, as such a
W edderbum.......................John Hume.
is
being taken advantage of V " move might have meant ins,ant
Illih ee.................................. J. R. H all.
A g u e s!..................... Mra. J. D. Coo>ey.
sp ecu la to rs who are getting ric death. Belated residents returning
OpDir................................W . E. Burrow.
FLOUR and FEED always on hand.
at the expense of the Government, to their homes were warned to ie-
C orbin........................ Chas. R. Wilson.
and of the men for whose benefit main silent on the penalty of death
Orders taken for any article not in stock.
P ort Orford...................Ames J ohnston
the law was primarily pas ed,’’ says and cowed into submission, they
D e n m a r k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J. S. Capps.
Orders
taken
for
Suita,
and
fits
guaranteed.
he.
“It is right that this timber ol>eyed the O'de'-s of the bandits.
E a n g io ia .
............. .,E . Rackleff.
Tbe first general alarm was given
should be cut and used commer­
E ck ley ............................... J. A. Haines.
at
8:30 o’clock by the ringing of
cially, but the Government should
get aa adequate return for parting the city fire bell. Cashier J. G.
with its pioperty. Matured tim­ Colcord was soon on tbe giouo/
J.. HUNTLEY,
ber should be cut when ripe, the e- and entered the building at tbe
fore, I would not favor a law that ^ide door, when the work'ng plan
A tta rn e j t Counselor a t Law
proposed to cut off all sales, but 1 of the safe wrec era was disclosed.
NOTARY PUBLIC,
believe the present law is defective They had labo ously cut an open­
and should be repealed. The Gov­ ing thiough tbe br'ck w sl* 1, by
U ens B ba uh
;
:
O bboon .
ernment has more timber land which they gained access to tbe
thaa all the lumber companies own safe. Evidences of a terrific bom­
together, and it would not be just bardment were at hand. Great
Will Practice in all the Courts of this
State.
to put a fence about the forests and pieces of Steel had been wrenched
loose, and hurled against the vault
forbid cutting.
Public Land Cases a Specialty.
door,
bursting it open. But the
“ When one observes the charac­
ter of claims that are be'ng filed,” safe, a steel chest, les'sted all the
continued Commissioner Ricnards, alte opts of the burglars, and the
J. H, UPTON,
AU goods not giving satisfaction can be returned, and money refund­ ‘Tittle argument is needed to con­ funds of ihe bank were untouched.
«J. « . C O M .M IS W S IO IN E I* ,
vince him that these lands are be­ Nine charges were exploded, all in
ed, providing the goods are returned in good order.
ing taken up for the benefit of syn­ course of a balf hour.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
ASTERSON,
•ORFORD, OREGON,
7 ALEE.
IN
MflfiKAh MERCHANDISE
KEEPS IN STOCK,
GROCERIES, The
D R Y G O O D S,
Ladies' and Gents' Furnishing Goods,
Hats and Caps,
Oil Clothing,
Boots and Shoes,
Hardware, Tinware, G lassware, Crockery.
NEW GOODS
R eceiv ed by ev ery ste a m e r.
BIDES ui WOOL takes ii Bzshangfi for Goods.
NOTARY PUBLIC,
L anglois , C ubby C o ., O regon .
Dealer in Town Lota, and Improved
and Wild Lands.
DOORS and WINDOWS.
F ilings and Final Proofs Made on
Homesteads and P re-emptions.
GENERAL CONVEYANCING.
L. A . ROBERTS,
A TTO R N EY
-A.T L A W .
My I via P o in t, Oregon.
THE TRIBUNE,
Probate b u sin ess! specialty.
The Official Paper of Curry County,
J. M. UPTON,
Atteraey and Counseler at Law,
PnMished every Wednesday, at Port Orford, Oregon.
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JOHN SUTTON, Editor and Proprietor.
• ■ ee Upstairs, in Eldorade Building
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ATTO RNEY
AT
LAW ,
ROSEBURG, OREGON.
DR. J. J. CALDWELL,
1’ h y i.te tm i a n d S u rg e o n ,
PORT ORFORD,
O REGON.
THE TRIBUNE
and the
WEEKLY OREGONIAN
Diseases of Ladies and Children a Spec-
tally
B ath Papers one yoarfor $2.26.
dicates and 'corporations and not
the individual claimants. For
example, a carload of people will
leave Michigan, cioss the continent
and scalier in the hills of Oregon.
I mmediatly we will receive claims
for 160 acres of land, the number
of claims corresponding exactly
with the number of passengers that
boarded the West-bound tiaic.
Each claim will be accompanied bv
a check for $400, and on investi
gauon we find that many of the
claimants have never been known
to have that much money at one
time of their lives. Naturally, we
scent collusion, and all the cla'tns
are held for further inquiry.
Tne morning Oregonian says:
The involuntary bankruptcy pro­
ceedings against H. H. Brookes,
editor of the Roseburg Plaindealar,
have teen settled by mutual con
sent. W. D. Fen-on rep-esenled
Mr. Brookes and Dolph, Mallory,
Simon & Geaiin the creditors.
The basis of settlement of all claints
was as follows: Secured credito
to be paid in full and the unsecui-
ed cieditors 45 cents on the dollar
cash. This leaves the plant, which
is first-class, unincumbered.
Denver, Oct. 19.— By dressing a
1200 [round steer in 3 minutes and
38 seconds, Jocob Baer, employed
in a local packing plant, has i educ­
ed the world’s record by 20 seconds
and incidenily won lbs Western
championship. Tue feat was ac­
complished at a contest held at
Broadway Park in this city.
If Dowie continues bis tirade
against the press the newspapers
can quickly silence him by ignor­
ing him. Jf newspapets paid no
attention to Mr Dowie that tank
impostor would soon find himself,
figuratively, at the end ot his rope.
There will be no war between
Russia and Japan, since the latter
country it willing to accept peace
with honor. This is much nio.e
satisfying than war with defeat.
Those Japs are pretty wise after all.
—Telegram.
Aa editor, commenting on ladies
taising their shirts when walking
upon the streeis, says »his: “La­
d e s in this town raise their skuas
while walking, and it's all right, as
far as we can see”— Hanisburg
Bulletin.
Old Deer—Cowe away, children!
Everybody is satisfied with < -
There comes an armv of city hunt­ Alaskan boundary decision excep.
ers. They’ll begin to slaughter i e Canadians.—Telegram.
each other pretty soon—and tbe
Cure Caatttpahtlwet F •••▼•»»
sight of blood always makes me T ik <•
e Cases rata Caadv Csthsrtla. Ms or Oft
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ewkt—San Francisco Bulletin.
I V lim b e r 3 7
Saa Francisco, Oct. 18.—Dr.
Seattle; Oct. IV.—A special to
August Greth, who, tor a year past, the Post-Intelligencer from Daw-
has been unostentatiously working son says:
on an airship, today surprised tbe
Sixteen river aleamers are bat­
residents ot San Francisco by sail­ tling against the floating ice in the
ing over their heads for two hours, Yukon, in serious danger of being
directing his machine almost at ' caught in such positions that they
will and demonstrating that iu will be crushed next Spring. Un­
many essentials he has solved the less tbe river clears itself of ice for
problem of aerial aavigatioa.
a few days none of these boats will
Dr. Greth had previously tested be able to reach their destination.
his airship by making ascensions Running ice fills the river from
with the balloon held captive by a bank to bank all tbe way from
long rope, but today was the first Labarge to Eagle on the American
time that he had gone sky ward free. side.
His ascension was made fioui a lot
Tbe condition it unprecedented
almost in the heart of the city, and so early in the year. Three of the
Dr. Greth attempted to encircle a steamers, owned by tbe White Pass
lowering newspaper building about <fe Tukon line, are on their way up
a mile eastward, but found the tbe Yukon from Dawson with 150
high cunents too strong for his passengers each. They may not be
power and then turned in an op­ able to proceed more than a third
or a half of the distance. They
posite direction.
The winds carried him ocean- have already been two days mak­
ward and for a time he hovered ing 50 miles against tbe running
over the vicinity of the Golden ko.
If these boats fall to get through
Gate, making various successful
trials of his «tearing gear. Tbe teir passengeis will have to walk
cnrienls threatened to take him
udreds of miles. Many are not
over the Pacific and he decided to
mly olad and ext, erne suffering
make a landing on the parade \ . <ld result from such exposure,
ground of the Presidio military
e mails and several hundred
reservation, but made the mistake lousand dollars in gold shipments
of letting out too much gas and he a e on board tbe steamers.
landed in the bay about 200 feet
Five White Pass and tw o Inde­
from shore.
pendent steameis are scattered
A crew of the lifesaving station along the river between White
rescued him and his flying machine, Horse and Dawson, bound this way.
which sustained very little damage They are carrying 200 tons of cargo
by the unfortunate termination of each. The number of passengers
the voyage.
is not known here.
The baloon of Greth's ae> ial con­
Five lower liver steamers art
nivance is cigar shaped and has a laboring upstream toward thia city.
capacity of 50,000 feet of gas with All the Northern Commeicial Com­
a lifting oapacii.v of 1600 to 2000 pany’s steamers got past Eagle and
pounds. Tbs car beneath the ball­ are now involved in Ihe ice conflict.
on is s'jaTar in construction to that The steamer Susie, ef that line, was
used by Santos-Dumont and weighs the first to succumb, having been
aboat 800 pounds.
disabled 12 miles below this city
today..
Portland Oregonian.
Tbe ater.aatr Kerr, laden with 500
The wildly enthusiastic crowd in
tons of refrigerated meats from
front of the Hub Clothing House
Tacoma for the Pacific Cold Storage
at Thitd and Burnside stieels' las*
company, has not yet reached Eagle.
Saturday night was so great at
Early in the month it became ap­
limes that the streets in every di-
parent that the could not get
■ ecvinn was completely blocked.
through without assistance on ac­
St-eet cars were stopped and traffic
count of the low water in the lower
wsss at a standstill.
ri ver, and the s.
ter Lightning
Hundreds of people had gathered
was dispatched to her relief. The
long before toe hour set by Paul
lightning is no r supposed to be
Stiain for th'Owing away a few
with her, and together they may
hundied dollars’ worth of merch
pull through.
andise f-om the roof at the Hub.
More than 2000 tons of freight
Chief Hunt detailed a corps of
remained in the blockade at White
pelicemen to keep tbe crowu in
r.erse when the last Bteamer start­
older, and they were needed when
ed down the river.
the scattering of coals, trouseis,
hats, elc., began. The wild sci am­
Lexington, 8. C., Oct. 15.—The-
ble for packages beggars descrip­
j.-ry
in the case of J. II. Tillman
tion. Women and children took
lias
found
him not guilty. Ths
part in tbe good-natured struggle
for eomelhiag for nothing. Sev­ jury announced at 10:45 that a
eral meu lost their hats in the melee verdict had been agreed upon. The
and were titled out free of cost eendant and attorneys were sent
after the affair was over by the or, and the jury then filed into the
courtroom and the verdict was read.
Hub management.
A demonstration followed the an-
Walter Smith, who resides at 632
nouncement,
friends of tbe defend­
Seventh street, was fortunate
ant
giving
vent
to their feelings in
enough to secure the prize package
a
shout.
The
court
previous to the
containing an order for a suit and
overcoat, which will bs filled today. reading of the verdict had admon­
A patent medicine fakir had tak­ ished the spectators lo refrain fro»
en advantage of the unusual gather­ any demonstration.
Counsel for the defense moved
ing to make a few ext a dollars,
.he
defendant’s discharge from the
but just as he was finishing up his
preliminary talk the cloth'ng com­ Sheriffs custody, No objections
menced Hying from the roof, and being made by the state, tbe court
in the tw:nkliug of an eye ho was made the order. The jury was out.
out 20 hours before returning a
put out of business. Scores of old
diet. The defendant shook
residents of the city visited this
nds with the Judge and member»
fami'iar corner to witness a spec
tacle they had read about, but of the jury, and left the courtroom,
never had seen, and it seemed to he accompanied by his friends and
the universal opinion that the roof counsel.
There was g e a t uncertainty
distiibution would prove a good
hen court convened today as to
advertisement for the store.
whether a verdict would be reached.
Eu-eka, Cal., Oct. 20.—Tha T ie cou-t was proceeding with
steamer laqua, which left heie yes­ c vil business when a leud rapping
terday for San Francisco via Field’s was beard on the door leading to
Landing, struck on Point Gorda the jury room. In a moment all
during a dense fog at an early hour were astir. That was the first
this morning and lost her rudder. sound coming from the room sine*
The steamer was in a serious pre­ the Jury retired yesterday afternoon.
dicament for some time, but finally Hasty summons were seot out, amf
managed to fiee herself from the with as little loss of time as poss­
reef. Tbe Iaqua’s passengers were ible the ourt hud the jury’s an­
tiansferred to the steamer Pomona nouncement made, thus terminat­
and returned here. Tbe laqua ing this important case which was
headed for San Francisco under her begun 18 days ago.
own steam, her captain refusing to
" y salvage to the Pomona for tow-
; her.
T h e Oregon W e e k ly Jo u rn a l a D em o­
c ra tic newspaper, 16 pages, fu ll of news—
a ll of It! |1 a year to any address. Th e
J ournal, P. O. B ox 121, P ortland , Or.
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