MORNING ENTERPRISE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1912
BRUNONIA
How a Town Took Its Name
From a Mystery -
By ELIZA B. TREAT
Names often fasten themselves upon
things or places from some incident
connected with them in their begin
ning. ' There is a town in what is now
the middle west, but half a century
ago was the far west, called Brunonia,
Singularly enough, the town took Its
name when it was in the rough from
a man whose name no one knew. He
came to the place a stranger, without
introduction, and when asked his name
said:
"Call me Brown; that's as good a
name as any."
This man Brown turned out to be
the embodiment of a mystery which
set the inhabitants agog. - When this
mystery reached its climax the town
showed signs of permanence, and a
name was sought for. Some one sug
gested that they call it Brown. The
proposition was laughed at till a young
college graduate who had recently set
tled there suggested the Latin for
Brown, or Brunonia. This euphonious
word pleased the people, and the town
was thenceforth known by that name.
Brown was a spare man, who wore
his hair quite long and dressed in
buckskin, his head covering being a
sombrero. One looking at him would
remark:
"What a strange looking man that
fellow is!"
But he would not be able to de
termine wherein the strangeness lay.
It was not in his costume, for a num
ber of men thereabout wore buckskin,
and long hair was a "plains" fashion.
If it lay In any one thing it was in a
sphlux-like expression the man always
wore on his face. The strangeness of
appearance was enhanced by a pecul-
' JUMPED INTO BROWN'S ARMS.
iar reticence, for Brown never told
whence or why he came to the town
or anything of his past or what he
might hope for in the future.
Brown had not been long in his
adopted home when it was noticed that
he seemed either to be looking for
some one or was conscious that some
' one was looking for him. A boy
one day walking behind him down the
main street noticed that at every cor
ner he would turn his head to the right,
then to the left, or vice versa, before
crossing. The boy saw him cross half
a dozen streets, and he never failed to
look in both directions.
I Brown was a handsome man, and
this, taken In connection with the mys
tery attending him, attracted the young
women of the place to him. A number
of them at different times endeavored
to secure some notice from him, but
they all failed. He seemed insensible
to feminine charms. This added to the
wonder the man excited in every one
and led to the theory -among the young
er persons that he had been crossed in
love and among the older ones that he
feared some woman he had wronged
who was looking for him. There were
men of the town who believed that a
woman was looking for Brown; but, as
to Brown having injured her, they
thought it more likely that she had
got him in her toils and made it hot for
him.
Be that as it may, the attention
Brown attracted grew instead of de
clining. He was pointed out to stran
gers as the town curiosity, and they
carried the story of the mystery to
other places. It is quite possible, even
probable, that this had some effect in
r fastening the name of Brown on the
town.
With every month that passed the
tnan's watchfulness increased. He was
seen at times to start, but so adept
was he in concealing the cause that
those who noticed the starting either
thought that they were mistaken or
that it was merely a nervous twitching.
One girl in the town, and one only,
refused to put up with Brown's indif
ference. That was Ellen Wykoff. It
was apparent that she was trying to
penetrate the armor which protected
- him from those who sought to gain an
Inside view of him, and her efforts
.were watched "with a keen Interest
For awhile he paid no more attention
to Miss Wykoff than to any of the
other girls. When in the morning be
sauntered down the street she would
Waylay him at her gate and attempt to
engage him in conversation. The only
adornment in the town was a flower
bed she cultivated in the front yard
of her home. One morning she was
seen to offer Brown a posy. He ac-
cepted it, but without fervor, and aft
er having passed a few blocks away
from the donor, where she would not
see him, he droppellt
All these Incidents were observed by
the watchful citizens,' and some of
them did a little spying:. But that was
afterMiss Wykoff .had jeemed ' to
make some headway with Brown. If i
they wished for information they must
get It from another source than El
len, for she proved to be very close
mouthed. - She had not been consider
ed so before she sought Brown's at
tentions, and every one was surprised
at her reticence. "Can it be," they said,
"that this impenetrable man makes
any one with whom be comes In con
tact impenetrable?"
Ellen Wykoffs efforts to break
through Brown's shell continued, in
creasing the while up to a certain
point, when it seemed that she had suc
ceeded. At any rate, her efforts ceased
and apparently from the fact that
Brown seemed to have yielded. After
that the two were often seen together,
even to taking walks in each other's
company, and Brown no longer threw
away any posythe girl gave him.
But here arose another cause for
tongue clatter. Was the condition be
tween Brown and Ellen Wykoff that
of lovers or of friends? There were
those who held to the former and those
who held to the latter opinion. All
efforts to draw an admission of any
kind from Ellen failed, and, as to
Brown, no one ever thought of asking
him any question whatever.
One day something occurred which
led Brown's fellow townsmen to think
that the mystery was solved. He was
not seen on the street as- usual nor the
next day nor the next Then came a
woman, a coarse,-disagreeable looking
creature, who made inquiries about a
man, giving a description resembling
Brown.
If Mr. Brown was the man she
wanted he had doubtless heard of her
and taken a timely departure. She
left, and the next day Brown reap
peared. Brown was told that a wo
man had come into town and looked
for a man answering his description.
but the news didn't seem to trouble
him. He said he'd been called away
to look out for a legacy he had re
ceived, and it was not long before
there were indications that he had
really had-a windfall.
The woman who was looking for
him or some one like him did not re
turn, but Brown kept up his watchful
ness. Indeed,' her appearance evident
ly had not changed the situation. He
"was the same mystery as before, and
as time wore on many came to believe
that she had been looking for another
person.
Then came a man worse looking
if
that could be than the woman
who had been there who was hunting
for one whose description fitted her.
exactly. He did not seem to know
Brown, and it was at once inferred
that Brown had nothing to do .either
with the ill favored man or woman.
He said he hadn't and there were
good reasons why he should be be
lieved.
Every evening at 5 o'clock the stage
drew up at the tavern on its way
through the town. One evening while
the crowd was awaiting the -usual dai
ly excitement the coach appeared at
the other end of the street and Brown,
who was present was seen to change
color. Several persons who noticed
him looked knowingly at each other
as much as to say: "His enemy is com
ing. Look out" The coach came on,
and sitting on the seat beside the
driver was a comely woman of twen
ty. Seeing Brown, her face broke into
a beautiful smile, and when the coach
stopped she stepped down on to the
wheel and jumped into Brown's arms.
The news spread throughout the
town that the Brown mystery was
solved. But the curious citizens were
doomed to disappointment Neither
Brown nor the new' arrival gave any
explanation. Since they went to house
keeping together without any mar
riage ceremony it was Inferred that
they were man and wife. But Brown
was a new man. He became a perma
nent resident of the place, and he and
his wife especially the latter grew in
the affections of their fellow towns
men. But neither ever lisped a word
as to the story that every one believed
was connected with them.
This much came from Ellen Wykoff.
She averred that she had formed a res
olution to get Brown's secret For the
purpose she pretended to have fallen
in love with him. She found him a
very honorable man, who felt It his
duty to shut off a love that could not
be returned. On her promise not to re
veal what he said he informed her that
he was a married man. But the rest
of the mystery she could not get out
f him. .
Miss Wykoff learned, however, the
cause of his looking up and down a
street before crossing it He was blind
In one eye and to avoid accident had
formed this habit His starting came
from the same cause, a shadow on his
blind side being the most frequent
cause.
It was soon after Mrs. Brown's ar
rival when the interest In their story
a story doubly interesting from re
maining untold that the town was
named. Brown's legacy proved to be a
bona fide one and sufficiently large to
enable him to do a great deal for his
adopted town. And doubtless this was
another reason tr its being called
Brunonia.
Found an Excuse.
An Irishman just landed got work
on the New York Central as flagman
at Tarrytown. His first day on the Job
he waved the red danger signal before
the Empire State express. The brakes
screeched down, the train stopped, and
the crew ran up.
"What's the matter? " Why did you
stop this train?" the conductor de
manded. ; "Well" began the flagman.
"Don't yon know it's a state prison
offense to stop a train without cause?"
the conductor exclaimed. "Why, we're
twenty minutes late now."
"That's Just it" was the answer.
"Where have yon been the last twenty
minutes T New York Telegraph.
Meerschaum.
The property of meerschaum to take
on a rich brown color by soaking up
the oil of tobacco was discovered by
accident It is said that a cobbler
named Koneatch, who lived at Buda
pest in the middle of the seventeenth
century, was mending a pipe for Count
Andrassy, when he dropped the bowl
on a piece of wax he was using for
waxing his thread. He wiped off the
wax, but later, when the owner was
smoking the pipe, a beautiful dark
spot appeared where it had been touch
ed by the wax.
KILBANE NOT
FOND OF SCRAPS
Champion Cares Nothing For
Honors, but Wants Fortune.
IS "FAMILY MAN" OF RING.
Clevelander Domestio In. His Habits
and Care Little For Limelight Says
Rivers Gave Him Hardest Battle.
Willing to Give Attell Chance.
"I'm fighting not for fame or pres
tige, but for a fortune to give my wife
and daughter. Personally I don't care
for money, but every time I think of
those who are dependent on me it
spurs me on to obtain sufficient mon
eny to. place my loved ones beyond
the reach of poverty. When I attain
this or when I meet a man at my
weight that proves he is my master I'll
retire from the game. I don't care
enough for the fighting game to be a
pugilist all- my life. I want to be a
business man." c
In these words Jimmy Kilbane, who
wrested from Abe Attell the feather
weight championship, told of his ambi
tion recently.' Unlike Ad Wolgast
who recently declared he would rath
er be the lightweight champion than
president- of the United States, Kil
bane aspires to shine In a different
sphere. He is domestic in his habits
and thinks that there are just two
perfect human beings on this earth
his wife, Irene, and his daughter,
Mary. And for them he Is willing to
fight until he has placed them beyond
all possibility of want Then he in
tends to sidestep into a new line of
business endeavor. -
"I'm not a fighter because I love a
scrap," continued Kilbane, "but' be
cause there is plenty of money in it
more than I was able to make when I
was throwing switches in a railroad
yard. You see, I was brought up by
my grandmother, and when I was able
to work I didjny best to repay her
early kindness by providing for her.
Tending switches didn't pay much, so
when my pal, Jimmy Dunn; who had
been a top notch fighter, but had quit
the game, suggested that I enter the
ring I consented if he would teach me
all he knew about boxing. And permit
me to say that all I know about fight
ing I owe to Dunn. He taught me not
only every wrinkle of attack and de
fense, but in all my battles has been a
wise counselor.
"I have been fighting three years. In
that time I have fought forty-six bat
tles. Pretty good for a lad only twenty-three
years Trtd, eh? You can see by
that record- that I have been pretty
busy, averaging more than one fight a
month during my entire career."
Kilbane says Joe Rivers, the Mexi
can, gave him the hardest fight of his
careerr In speaking about the last
named recently Kilbane said:
"Ad Wolgast will have his- best work
cut out for him to defeat Rivers on
July 4. If Rivers is not afraid of Wol
gast when they meet, but stands up
and fights, I would not be surprised if
he earned the decision.
"I don't think much of Wolgast as a
fighter. Thjs may seem like lese majes
ty, but it's the truth. Wolgast Is not a
great fighter because he is not a good
boxer. JSe doesn't know how to hit
properly with punches that travel only
short distances. A first class fighter
possesses that knack".
"Wolgast moves toward his adver
sary with one hand covering his chin
and one hand hanging low.. When he
reaches his man he turns to one side
so as to use a swing. He cannot punch
unless he does this When he starts
the punch from his hips his opponent
invariably breaks way. That gives
Wolgast's swing the proper distance.
and it usually hurts. Instead of back
ing away a man should step inside the
swing and nail him. I'd try to feint
him into a swing, if I ever met him.
and then beat him to the punch. Wol
gast after he misses, pulls up his
shoulders and covers up. But those
who fight him make the mistake of
backing away from him instead of
stepping in close. His specialty is to
force a man into" a corner and then
swing at him."
Kilbane says he does not hold any
bitterness against Attell and will give
him another battle. -
In speaking about Attell the new
champion said: "Certainly he used ev
ery foul trick that he could think of
while we were fighting. He smashed
me in the eye with his head, giving
me the only scar that I carry. He was
not satisfied with this and during one
clinch sunk his teeth in my left shoul
der. Yet the next day when I met
him on the street and he tried to pass
me without saying a -word I walked
np to him and said, 'No need to feel
that way about it Abe. And then,
in order to put him at his ease. I said:
This is my baby daughter Mary.
Shake hands with her.' This seemed
to make him feel ashamed of himself.
and he spoke to me.
"Abe is a great fighter, but he didn't
give me the trouble that Rivers did.
I guess I must have worried him some,
for despite all of his 'kidding' to annoy
and rattle me I made him cover up
something that no other fighter ever
did." . . . - -
Perdue Pitching Sensation. -
Hub Perdue of the Boston Braves
has taken Grover Cleveland Alexan
der's place as the youthful pitching
sensation of. the National league.
STOVALL HELPS BROWNS.
Addition of First Sacker Has Strength
ened St. Louis Americans.
Ask any member of the St Louis
Americans to give one reason why
Wallace's clnb should not finish- last
and he will answer, VStovall.'"
- Not that the Browns figure Stovail,"
single handed, will lead the club out
of the depths of , the subcellar. but the
players to a man believe that the pres
ence of Stovall on first has given each
member of the infield sufficient dii
fidence to make him a 20 per rent bet
ter ball player .
" Since Tom Jones was traded to De
troit for Claude Rossman there has
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Photo by American Press Association.
GEORGE STOVALI,, BBOWNS' FIBST BASEMAN
been a big bole a round the initial sack
at Sportsman's park. The-players
bare had no oue to ""throw to." 'True,
there have been no fewer thaii twenty
men" tried out at first, but they all
failed.' and many of thein were so
poor that the Browns' infieklers lost
confidence.
Such is not the - i-:isj . this season.
Stovall is a jrmit -Hitf Vr mid a great
batter, besides n j!e!:(l;'l m.-m for In
jecting lots of "pep" into t lie ieaui.
England to Have Thrss Olympic Crews.
England will enter itn-ee erews in the
Olympic resntt:!.. An eifrht -will be
formed by the 1 .winder Huh. a four by
the Thames ' Howii'.g'i lul. and W. I).
Kinnear. holder ot the diamond sculls,
will contestju single triiiliug events.
Origin of the Salvation Army. ;
The Salvation Army bad its origin in
the town of Whitby, in the rough coal
mining district of Yorkshire, where
General Booth, at that time Rev. Wil
liam Booths was doing humble mission
work. England was then in arms, ex
pecting to jump Into the Russo-Turkish
war. It occurred to Booth that he
might attract a crowd by Issuing a
declaration of war himself, so he pre
pared one forthwith, sprinkled it plen
tifully " with hallelujahs and posted
2,000 copies of it about town. The de
vice tickled the British sense of humor,
there was a "redhot rousing meeting,"
to quote General Booth, "the penitent
fell down In heaps," and the Salvation
Army sprang into life full grown.
- As a Southerner Saw Them.
A southerner with his Intense lore
for his own district attended a ban
quet' The next day a friend asked
him who was present
With a reminiscent smile he replied,
"An elegant gentleman from Virginia,
a gentleman from Kentucky, a man
from Ohio, a bounder from Chicago, a
fellow from New York and a galoot
from Maine." Kansas City Star.
PORTLAND HEH TAKE
EASY GAME FROM OAKS
PORTLAND, June "11, (Special.)
Portland started out today like a win
ner and came home with the bacon.
The score was, Portland 7, Oakland
2. The home team made 3 in the first
and 2 in the second. The Oaks got
one in the sixth and one in the ninth.
Koestner allowed 7 hits and Chirst
fan and Mitze 10. -
The results Tuesday follow:
- Pacific Coast League Standings
W. L. P.O.
Vernon ....39 25 .609
Oakland ..39 27 .591
Los Angeles 34 30 .531
Sacramento 27 35 .435
San Francisco 27 38 .415
Portland 23 34 .404
Yesterday's Results
At Portland Portland 7, Oakland 2.
At San Francisco San Francisco 4,
Los Angeles 1.
At Los Angeles Vernon 5, Sacra
mento 3. "v.
National League
Pittsburg 16, Brooklyn 4.
Philadelphia 5, Cincinnati 3.
NeW York 8, Chicago 3,
Boston 2, St Louis 1.
; American League
Boston 4, St Louis 0.
Washington 3, Detroit 2.
Philadelphia 8, Cleveland 7. .
New York 6, Chicago 3.
1 no r-nco or no.
The Artist No; it can't be done. My
tariff for landscape cows is 3s. 6&
(piece; double fees if shown, standing
In water on account of the reflections.
However, if you like to have em on
the bank In tong grass so that their
legs don't Show Hiidouly the tops of
their backs are reflected I dare say I
could run yon in Halt n dozi-n for
thirty hot) - London SKeteh
" (' " ' The Call of Duty.
"So Bates' wife turned suffragette as
a matter of principle."
"How so?"
"Bates ran for office, and she left It
was her duty to vote against him."
Life.
HOTEL ARRIVALS
The following are registered at the
Electric Hotel: W. V. Cooper, Myrtle
Point; R. L. Finlayson, San Francis
co; Frank Snowball, The Dalles; 1L
H. Schnell, Southern Pacific Com
pany; Matthew Crusican .McMinn
ville; R. E. Forbes and wife, Seattle;
M. Hardman and wife, Seattle; M.W.
England, Vancouver, Wash.; R. I.
Sharp, Wilhoit; W. W. Hoskins, city;
George Haywood, Wilsonville; N. C.
Fauk, Aurora; L. E. Bill, Ecola, Ore
gon; Hugh Byrnes, Portland; 'Jack
O'Brien, Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Jones,
Portland.
Systems and Devices for
every kind of business
and profession. A 'phone
call will bring us, or, bet
ter still, come in and
view our modern plant.
OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE
LIVE STOCK DEALERS
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PORTLAND, Or., June 11, (Special.)
The National Livestock Exchange
opened a three-day session this morn
ing in Eilers Hall. Governor West
gave the delegates the liberty of the
entire state of Oregon, Mayor Rush
light had D. Solis Cohen tender them
the golden key of Portland and D. O.
Lively welcomed them. .
Members of the livestock exchanges
conduct business on a unique basis,
in a day when ironclad documentary
agreements are the rule. In the ad
dress made this morning, their "hon
or" system received frequent refer
ence. D. O .Lively said the system
was worthy the study of the world,
Livestock commission men are Bald to
work on the lowest basis of all com
mission men, aften advance great
sums of money to the producer, have
the least written evidence of the bus
iness to be found anywhere, and yet
sustain fewer losses through the dis
honesty or failure of clientele than
any other commission dealers. The
effect of this work is pronounced a
wholesome reminder of the good old
days, when deadbeats were discount
enanced, and a man was compelled
to keep a reputation for integrity be
fore he could hope to nold the friend
ship of his fellow workers.
Chicago leads at the meeting with
16 delegates, maintaining the name of
the great packing city as the center
of the livestock industry of the Unit
ed States. Portland had her full
quota, five, Kansas City nine. East St.
Louis six South Omaha seven and
ather cities in proportion.
CHARACTER.
- The haste to become rich at the
expense of character prevails to an
alarming extent and cannot be too
severely denounced What is need
ed today more than anything else is
to instill in the minds of our young
the desire above all to build up a
character that will win the respect
of all with whom they may come in
contact which is vastly more im
portant than a great fortune. Mar
shall Field.
, A Chance For Promotion.
" "Here, my niaD.' , said the citizen to
the messenger who bad delivered his
suit of clothes, "is a check In pay
ment" -
"But" said the messenger. "1 am not
allowed to collect money."
"I know, but this Isn't money."
"Ves." remonstrated the messenger,
"but it's the same thing."
"My dear, misguided boy," said the
citizen, with-tears Id his eyes, "your
confidence touches me. Leave, 1 beg
you, the employ of this soulless corpo
ration. And if 1 can persuade the
banks of this city that my checks are
the same as money your fortune is
made!" Baltimore,. American.
A Poor Attempt.
While on a visit to London an art
master, well known for his absence of
mind, had occasion to require a cab.
Looking round, he espied one coming
in his direction, drawn by a miserable
specimen of a horse.
Hailing the cabman, he was about
to enter the vehicle when, looking at
the horse, he said:
"What's this?"
"An 'oss, sir," replied the cabman.
"Rnb it out and do it again," said
the professor abstractedly.
- Nipped Himself.
A political speaker accused a rival ot
"unfathomable meanness" and ' then,
rising to the occasion, said. "I warn
him not to persist In bis disgraceful
course or be'll Hod that two of us can
play at that game.".
Leaf
JEFFRIES PROBABLY :
WILL BE REFERS
LOS ANGELES, June 11. James I.
Jeffries probably will referee the Wot
gast-Rivers lightweight championship
battle at Vernon July 4. Jeffries has
been offered the job and while he re
fused to give a definite answer untK
today, it was generally believed that
he would accept .,
Managers Levy and Jones met late
yesterday with Promoter McCare.
and rapidly eliminated a dozen ten;
ative referees. Jones finally men
tioned Jeffries' name and Levy sur
prised the audience by remarking
without hesitation "He goes for us!"
Grabbing his hat, Jones rushed to-
Jeffries' Cafe and demanded that,,!
act Jeffries refused to be hur,,
Into an answer, but both manager1)
and McCarey believe the matter se 5
tied.
DRIVER FINED FOR
That it is not profitable to direcft
abusive language to women in Ore
gon City was proved Tuesday whe i
James Gravais, driver of a milk wag-f
on was nnea ?iu by Recorder Stipp.l
uiaiaia -ncui iu -tue iiuuiu 01 one O
his customers to collect a bill of thi:
ty cents. He " was informed by on
of the women of the house that th
bill had been paid. He insisted, hov
ever, upon being given the mone:
and when told emphatically that b
would not get a cent -began usin
abusive language. E. L. Shaw wa
called and placed the man under as
rest. Gravais denied at the hearin
that he used abusive language, bui
several persons testified that he did.
WIFE, SUING, SAYS
HUSBAND KICKED HEi:
Alleging that her husband frequent
ly struck her, Maude Pierce Tuesday
filed suit for at divorce against W. J.
Pierce. They were married in Ne
osho, Mo., October 7, 1908. The plaint
iff says that while they were livinp.
at 350i Alder Street, April 15, 1912 J
struck her on the head with a shoe
lacerating her forehead. She avers
that May 6, he kicked her until she
was almost unconscious.
OMSS BOLLACK
Miss Aimee Bollack entertained?"
lightfully at dinner Saturday evenlnrfr 1
at her home in Portland, her guests I
being the Gypsies. Dinner was aerv- J
ed at 6:30 o'clock, the table being 1
prettily decorated with cut flowers. 5
The' prizes at five hundred were won 1
Dy miss Emily U'Mailey and Miss
Bess Kelly. The next meeting will be
at the home of Mrs. Thomas Keith.
formerly Miss Edith Cheney, of Ore-
gon City, but now of Portland.
Miss Bollack's guests were Miss
Helen Daulton, Miss Cis Pratt, Miss
Bess Daulon, Miss Emily O'Malley,
Miss Marjory Caufield, Miss Bess Kel
ly, -Miss Zida Goldsmith, Mrs. M. D.
Latourette, Mrs. Charles Griffith and
Mrs. Walter Wells.
A small classified ad will rent that
vacant room: