Crook County Journal.
COUN1Y OFFICIAL PAPER.
THURSDAY. AFRIL 17, 1902.
Self Mail Man.
W. J. Furnish was born in Ran
idolf county, Missouri, on August
16, lst2, and is therefor not quite
10 years old. All but three years
of his life has been spent in Oregon,
W hen 3 years old he crossed the
plains in '65, landing in Polk
.county lute in the fall of that year.
His father died en route at Lost
Hiver, Idaho, and Mr. Furnish be-
.came head of the family at the age
of 3. They located upon a farm in
ithe Willamette vallev until 1870,
when the family moyed to Pendle
Aon.
Here young Furnish attended
the public schools and completei
an academic oourse in a pnvati
school condusted by John C. Arri
old. He did janitor work to pay
jiis tuition, which was then requir
ed in the public schools, and labor-
.ed baturdavs and evenings for
money to buy his books and clothes.
in a similar manner he made his
way through Arnold's private
school. Later he was graduated
from the Portland Business College,
.and for two years was employed as
a bookkeeper for a firm in Portland
He then formed a partnership with
.J. L. Sperry in the wool business
in Portland, in which he continued
lis interests for some time after
his return to Pendleton. Later he
conducted a wool commission
Business on his own account for
several years afterwards along with
his numerous other enterprises.
In 1886, when he was 24 years
old, he was appointed deputy
United States marshal, with head
quarters in Pendleton. In 1890,
he was elected sheriff of Umatilla
county, being re-elected in 1892
In 1896, Mr. Furnish was elected
mayor of Pendleton, and the fol
lowing year was re-elected to the
office.
For the presidential election of
1900 Mr. Furnish was chosen as
one of the presidential electors up
on the republican ticket in Oregon,
being elected with the other three
candidates.
Assuming charge of the Pendle
ton Saving bank in 1893 he became
its cashier, and in 1899 he was
elected its president.
His family consists of his wife
and two children.
Flve-Leggcd Calf.
T. W. Johson was in town Satur
day, says the Paisley Post. Mr.
Johnson is a farmer of this valley
and raises cattle. On Saturday,
March 15, one of his cows brought
a calf that is a genuine phenomen
on; the calf is well developed every
way and is strong and well and
has five legs. On the side of the
left hind leg at the knee a fifth leg
appears under the skin, following
down the hind leg to the ankle
under the skin, where it comes out
and a well formed foot makes its
appearance, nearly touching the
ground. It is a heifer calf and
was well and healthy up to last
reports.
Job Couldn't Have Stood it
If he'd had Itching Piles. They're
terribly annoying; but Buclclen's
Arnio Salve will cure the worst cine
of piles on earth. It has cured thous
ands. For Injuries, Pains or Bodily
Eruptions it's the best salve in the
world. Price 25c a box. Cure guar
anteed. Sold by Adaniton & Winnek
Co.
The hearing of the caee of Brown
and Maddox vs Oregon King Min
ing Company, which will be heard
on appeal in the United States
Court of appeals at San Francisco,
hag been set for May 9th. This
unfortunate litigation over the
King claim has beon the drawback Henry Wolcott ran the real-estate
which has kept this camp from business and did fairly well, but
being one of the foremost and bus- there was nothing doing inlaw
iest in the Nortwcst. Hardly a! and the ex-Senator became discour-
man m the cttmp but wishes with aged and decided to move to an
all his heart that the questions at adjoining camp where a silver lead
issuo in this case may at an early had boon struck. lie packed his
date be decided fovorably to the belongings on a donkey. Just as
Oregon King people, who, acting he was leaving ho remembered hi
in perfect good faith, have spent first sign, reading "lid Wolcott
thousands of dollars in opening an & Brother,"
entirely new camp, to have thoji "You don't want that sign, do
grand property which h tho result you, Henry?" asked tho ex-Senator.
of their enterprise, indefinitely! "No. Ed, tuke it along," replied
tied up by troublesome, and un-; Henry.
looked for litigation. Ashwood j Edward placed the sign on tho
Prospector. ! donkey and arrived at the new
,....,,,. i, I mining camp tho next afternoon
I about dusk. The miners came U
Kuss.an boundary md the gtr d on tht) don
key's back and asked:
"Which of you all is Ed?"
traction of a
monument by a Canadian civil
engineer. The monument is said
to have stood at a point 18 miles
east of the modus viveudi line
dopted last year by the two gov
Aahlaml to Lokevicw.
H. V. Gates, of Hillsboro, who
crnments, and was therefore strong " interested in six electric lighting
evidence that the Canadian Gov- plants in Oregon, has just returned
e'rnment had secured, temporarily, from Ashland, after completing ar-
strip of territory in that locality rangements for bringing klamatu
18 miles wido that did not belong nd Lake counties into telephone
to them. Ex-Collector Ivey tells connection witli v estern Uregon
the Skagway papers that the Can- Mr- Gates is president of the Mid-
adian official destroyed tho monu- way Telephone & telegraph Urn
ment, which was built of stone, on Pny. whose headquarters are in
a stone base, in the presence of two Portland, and says poles are always
American, miners, coveiinir the being erected cast of Ashland to-
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fragments with sand and gravel, ward Klamath falls. Ukevicw
It is also alleged that this audacious Silver Lake will be brought
act of vandalism and destruction into the system, winch will require
of an international boundary the stringing of nearly 300 milos
monument was reported to the wlre
State Department at Washington,
but that the report elicited no re
sponse whatever. Perhaps the
State Department did not credit
Mr. Ivy's tale; porhaps he has be
come too tiresome; and perhaps
again, since the Government so
generously changed the modus
vivendi line to suit the Canadians,
it tacitly approves of the destruct
ion of this and other monuments.
It may not be a matter of very
great importance to maintain the
old, correct boundary line, and re
tain the territory to which it en
titles us, but the apparent willing
ness of the Government to help
Canada to appropriate some of our
territory in Alaska is a curious, if
not an unprecedented, oourse of
action. Telegram.
Before making millions ex-Senat-Edward
O. Wolcott and his
brother established a law and real
estate office in Georgetown, Col.
"Lighting plants do not pay very
well just how," Mr. Gates said at
th Perkins yesterday'because the
towns in which I am operating are
filled up with people and we aro
obliged to extend our service, at
great expense. Heavier machinery
is needed at all points, in order
to keep pace with the growth of
population, so we do not expect to
declare dividends until we have
met the extra requirements. Mv
how the state of Oregon is filling
up! Every portion I have vi.-ited
gives evidense of rapid growth in
population The boom is already
here." Portland Telegram.
New Bridge un HantUm.
The Marion and Linn County
courts have decided to construct a
bridge across the Santiam river,
probably at Gates. The two courts
will soon visit the Santiam country
and determine the most suitable
location for the structure. tfalem
Journal.
Smith Siros.,
DEALERS IX-
Senercil Tljerchanciise.
SISTERS, OREGON.
JWr have Juai received a full lint of jCadits wrappers
and gloves, lift also have a full lint of Stntttmtn't
and JCadits' Shoss,
)ry Soodsj Sroceries, Jfctrdware,
jCadies' and Sonts' burnishing Soods Call and
Cxamint our Slock
CHAMP SMITH.
ISOM CLEEK.
OT'S OECEPTI
far
Wines, Liquors,
Domestic and
Imported Cigars.
The Celebrated
A. B. G. Beer
Always on Hand.
Proprietors of the Priaeville Soda forks.
Two Doors South of
First National Bank.
PfflMYME, ORE.
Big Deal in Typewriters.
AuNlriiin (Invei'iiiiient Order I'JOO
tP''f "VtKN,. Fob. 7-Tl.o greatest
rll'M-H. l,"rc,"M, "writers ever
' ''M$:. Inm'u 'ms bwn ordered by tho M i n-
fhr''H''tf iHL,y "' Jtim, which, after three
Ci4 """itlis of exhaustive competitive
entire ministry with not less than 1200 Smith Premier typewriters,
supplying every court."
Press Dispatch to Portland Oregoniaii, February 7,
Portland office Smith Premier Typewriter Co., 122 Third St., I. M.
ALEXANDER & CO., Agents.
W. T. FOfiLK, Agent,
Primtvillu, Oregon
Fire-proof building, 90x3X) Uwl, in now
ready to humllu Mcruhandimi, Wool, etc.
HAUL YOUR FREIGHT TO SHANIKO
-DEALERS IN-
Coal, Flour,
Lumber, Wood,
Hay and Grain.
Special Attention given to wool trade. Firnt-clnaa Iwllng
and grading facilities. AIo stock yards, Intent plum.
All Modern Improvements for Handlm: Stock.
PROPRIETORS
FwtNW A Co., HnnVeni. The Dulli
Moon Dm , Hiihknn, Mcro.
W. Uhu, Th UiIIh..
U F. Lacualin, Tho D.IU.
A. M. ZELSAT, General Manager.
Prinevi!!e-Shanlko
Stage Line.
BAILI BETWEEN PfifiEVILLE AND SHANIKO.
-SCHEDULE.-
Leave Shaniko, 6 p. in. Arrive Princville, 6 a. in.
Leave Prineville 1 p. m. A rrive Shaniko, 1 a. in.
First class accommodations
for the traveling; public.
PASSENGER AND FREIGHT RATES REASONABLE-
damson & Winnek Co., Agents.
G. M. Cornett, Manager.
Lumber, $11 per m
Frosh Sawed Shingles $2.75
per m.
at SHIPP'S.
City 3$arber Shop.
(Powell & Cyrus, Proprietors,
Mt and Cold ftaths. Pf-m ...V- )