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Being of pure and best , material r and made in acoordarice with most improved methods, our paints with t stand he effects of the sun and the ; elemerfts better than others. -They- . I ate easily ; applied adhesive and rr.V durable. A gal 1 on .of our ready made paint . cost3 but ..-little ; and ' ; goes, a greot way. - Cant ; be. beat . 1 ry it once. . . - , : ":J , Continued from page I f tectiyes? counsel," and it prevailed Detective Day and SherifTMarsh got into a. buggy r by themselves, and - t he remainder - of the.- party drove off in a large carryall, pulled by two black- horses. - The. ride was an exceedingly dusty one, and for the farst two miles every buggy passing was halted to know if their occupants had any tidings of Tracy or Merrill, but none of them had met the convicts on the road. Dri ver Herbert Leiser whipped up the horses :. again, and just ; as, some thickly wooded timber rose in view there was a enap and. part of the harness-broke, and after mending it witn rope the pps:e r started a- gaiu, ' : ' . " -; J . - "rVancouyerv; June 16. That the posse led by Sheriffs Cooke, " of Clackamas, and Marsh, of Clark, have surrounded Tracy and Merrill in the Fourth" plain country back of Vancouver, is the news brought here at 2 clock yesterday after noon. The two ' sheriffs think -that they have their forces so r disposed that the two outlaws cannot escapa this time, and the closing-in- pro cess has already begun. .-.;:.'; :-y r: Tracy Iind Merrill appeared i at the cabin of a rancher named Pe-' ties, about four miles back of Van couver at 6:30 this morning, boimd and gagged the proprietor, etole his clothes and some loose garments which were in the cabin. Then they went away, leaving Peties ly j ins on the ground 1 He was found by passersby an hour later and told bis story. -:-.'. ;. . After going a shott distance-, from Peties cabioy Tracy ..and - Merrill stopped and changed clothing for the ones they had stolen. The discarded, garmtnts including : their; prison shoes, were found by members of the posee, later in the day. Among the garments ; fjund were several taken from; Dr. While,, who- was held up bythe convicts in Marion county. This establishes positively that the posse: is after the right men. r:,: . ; .;. The country in which the convicts now are, isbrushy, and affords am ple, opportunity for hiding.;' "- Des pite this fact, is is now theught their capture is "only a matter of a few hours. . Reinforcements have been sent for. . - - - "; ; -, MKS. JOXE3 FED THEM. -' Mrs. Edwin Jones, who live3 a bout a half' a mile from Liester's Pointy reports that early yesterday afternoon two men armed to - the teethj called at lier house and asked for something to eat. The men en tered by the front ' gate and both seemed tired and sleepy.' Both were ragged and dirty and the taller one, Tracywore overalls' that were bad ly torn . Merrill stood outside and kept, guard 'while -Tracy solicited food. --. -- - ".: ' '. -f. Ha told a hard-luck story, say ing thay were unfortunate and na tives of the state of Washington. Mrsi Jones gave them a roll of but" rer some flomy a knife, fork , and spoon - and nearly - half: a loaf of bread. Tracy asked for some bak ing powder - for cookingbread, which was also ;; given. Mrs. Jones asked him to cpme in and eat, as shewas cooking dinner at the time, but le refused. - She was consider ablyalarmed" at their appearance and asked him - if they were T not Tracy and Merrill. At first he e vaded the question, 7 but ; at last made a clean breast of the matter and acknowledged that they i were the'escaped convicts." ' - . Her then grew communicative and told her something about pris onlife. '-- He said; the -penitentiary was a hard place to live f and that they had not tasted butter in three years, that all convicts were fed on was bread and lard. " Mrs; Jones ventured the remark that she hoped none of ber . boys would ever reach the penitentiary, and Tracy said amen. - Dinner was about ready,1 and Mrs. Jones was expecting her husband, who . was cutting wood near by, to arrive at any time, but he did not come un til the desperadoes had gone. While the conversation .was go ing on -between Tracy and Mrs. Jones, Merrill was talking; and jok ing with her?" two little sons, Paul; and Peter." He carried a sack, and when asked? by the. children what the sack contained , told them it was filled with "grasshoppers. Tra-' cy gave the woman $1. for the food and the men -left, traveling due north;' They then dropped into the brush-: about 300 yaras from . the house andate lun ch' off the - food boughU -;;''"';-1:::':r;;:'--'"1'i" ;j ::; FT?,it?H ;war -st. johss' VC : At' w."t,v"n: a - farmer, reports that two-vet: heavily armed and a nswfcf i- 10.. the ;-description . of Tracy and 'Merrill, passed by his place near St.; Johns, Clark county, about six miles from Vancouver, at J 4 " o'clock : yesterday.: afternoon j TLey;piiaiu'by i rn; uneovcenif!; manner and made; iiO atteuipt to - molest him. ' " '". : iiouvE"EciD-r:: Vancouver ia an excited city and the names Tracy and Merrill were on every tongue this morning. The streets were' thronged with people of all classes, and at the local tele phone office; where the posse was organized and the plan, of paoced ure outlined, the street was almost jammed with people. Many citizens armed themselves during thecourse of the day and left, for the - plains, where the fugitives were last seen. Quite a number of the company G N GW men, in command of Cap tain W. W. " Sparks, volunteered their services and joined the armed host. The militia was not ordered cut on military authpjityi but. were allowf d to go as volunteer members of the posse.-.There was talk of se curing the services of a portion of the United Slates aimy at the bar racks, but this will probably not be done. . "f'-:;:-:.-1--i:.:;-. Read It in His Newspapers. ; George Schaub, a well knewn German cititizen of New Lebanon Ohio, is a constant reader of the "Dayton Volksseitung." He knows that this paper aim to pdvertise only the best in its columns, and when : he saw Chamberlain's Pain Balm advertised therein, for lame back, he did not hesitate in buying bottle of it tor his wife, ; who for eight weeks had suffered with the most terrible pains m her back and eould get no relief. - He says: "Af- terusing tha Pain . Balm for a few days my wife said" to me, 'I feel as though bornanew, and before us- icg the entire nontents of the bottfe the unbearable pains had entirely vanished and she could again take up her household duties.'' : He is very thankful and faopea: that all, Buffering likewise,-will hear, of her wonderful recovery. This valua ble liniment is for eale by Graham & W eUS. : . -: : ' - -i'- r Saleni, Or., June 13. The reward for the ca pt u re dead - or ali ve, of Tracy and Merrill; was tonight in creased to $3,ooo or $1500 for either man. ,ine reward or $000 tor in formation that will lead to arrest and conviction of the party or par- tics who furnished the -convicts with rifles and ammunition remains unchanged. Charles Ferrell ; of of Reno, Nev., brother of Frank B. Ferrel, one of the murdered guards, tonight offered an additional re ward of $loa for the capture, dead or alive, of Tracy, who is known to have killed Ferrell. - Tirnlent Cancer Cured . Startling proof of a wonderful advancein medicine ;is given by druggist G. W. llpberts . of Eliza beth, W, Va. An old . man there bad long suffered with what good doctors pronounced incurable can cer. -They believed his case hope less till' he Uuse Elec trio Bitters and applied . .Bucklen's Arnica Salve, which treatment cempletely. cured him.- ; When Electric Bitters are used to exyil bililioua, kidney and Microbe posions- at; the same time this salve exerts its matchless heating power, blood diseases, ' skin eruptions, ulcer 3 and sores vanish. Bitters 50c, Salve 25c at Grsham & Wortham. : "" Of What does a bad taste in your mouth remind you? It indicates that your Btomach is in bad condi tion and will remind you that there is nothing so good for such a dis order as Chamberlain's Stomach & Liver Tablets after having once used them. They cleanse and in vigorate the stomach and regulate the bowels. : For sale at 25 cents par box by Graham & Wells. Saved From an Awful Fate. : "Everybody said I had consump tionwrites Mrs. A. M. Shields," of Chambersburg, Pa.T "I was so low after six months of severe sickness, caused by Hay Fever and Asthma, that few thought I , could get well, but I learned of the marvelous mer it of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, used it, and was completely-cured." For " desperate Throat and Lung diseases it is the safest Cure in the world, and is in fallible for Coughs, Coldsjind Brou-. chial Affections. Guaranteed bot tles 50c and J1.00. -J -' :- S o ASTORIA - . Bears the 7 Sm mi m "ave AI,aJs 0US SignatTire :f ZZS. " v; - Clearance Salo . -' Mrs J Mason annonrices 1 a clearance discount bfSd per cent 011 12 dozen riin- aied dress hats, " : . - '. .. : i-. ' ; AttenticS ; ' " "" '' - : Why Wear -mifs'thtit do not-fitf Why, if you are a ehort tnan wear a coat that was made Cor a loug J3jsc? You aa- get euits made to order taat wilr ; exactly fit atrprice? as low as-you cah b'ty them ready niaile; Suits to order for 15 and "upwards...- Cull' and examine; samples and sto'.-ks. ; : :'-'-'s;.:" r-:., r ' -:---:: , " . - ' . yet .-,;. P.'r'." toval'id ,' POSSEfCIVES'UP: ALL ' TRACE OF TRACT MERRILL IS LOST. AND Their Pursuers Go Home Officers Hope Hunger Will Drive I '' Them Out State Incrcae- v :ei the - Eeward. Barlow, June Merrill were not 13. Tracy and captured today, nor are they iikely to be," unles?, e' lated by their' success , in eluding their multitudinous pursuers they become. too bold and present a tar get for some reward-hunting pot snooter. - vvnere tney are, no man can say.-Since noon Thursday they have gone their way unseen and unheard, save in the imagina tion of rumor-mongers. Their pur suers have giverr up the . search The militia retired earliest, and this -afternoon,' at the end of a wild-goose chase that led from the" rendezvous at . Graves' ranch to Barlow, 10 miles away. . Sheriffs Durbin-and Cooke decided that nothing more could be accomplished by pursuing rumors . around the country, and drove back to their homes, Durbin taking the bloodhounds, the rolling batteries of eight ' Winchesters and two vehicle loadsjbt deputies back to Salem, while Cooke, drove into Oregon City with a look- of deep disgust graven on his sun-browned features. ' There was a woman ia the case, as was to, be expected, and her name was dame rumor. ' She; has been lighting the .will-oVthe-wisps to serve as lanterns for the feet of the ... strenuous man-chasers, ever since the quarry .has been afield, but only to day did any one take her seriously. All day, straying re ports had been reaching the head-! quarters of the allied sheriffs and their posse at Graves' ranch the place where - the convicts last put in an appeaance. . As tbey were unofficial, however, and ; a9 reports of the same kind have annoyed the searchers from the beginning, no heed was paid to them until just af ter dinner, when Sheriffs Cooke re ceived by a wearied courier a mes sage that the two v murderers had taken breakfast at a hut near Bar low at 4 o'clock in the morning, and that the posse must proceed im mediate! v to tnat point it it was desirous of taking the prisoners in to camp, The dispatch came from a friend of Cooke's at Oregon City," and it looked busines-like. Furthermore, it confined-the - rumors that " had been drifting out to : the ranch by every horseman, and farmer, .and it was deemed prudent to act upon it at once. Sheriff Durbin, who, after a night's rest at Aurora, had rejoin ed the searching party, with E. M. Carson and the Walla Walla blood hounds, had just taken the dogs in to a creek bottom : near the ranch, and the brutes were striving to get a fresh scent. A man was sent to the edge of the wood to shout : for him to return, and he and Carson were the next minute hurrying ; for the ranchwhile the dogs, scenting news n the air, ran joyously on ahead. There was a brief conference, and it was decided to move oik to Bar- pw without delay. The cavalcadel consisting of at least S lo vehicles, was ready to: proceed in 10 minutes and, amid the farewells of the peo-i pie at the ranch, who, Jor the past two , davs have . experienced the most exciting times of their lives, the procession drove off. : : : There was no hesitation this time. Along the road for miles clouds of dust showed where buggies and car ryalls were flying along, and in less than an hour the telephone station at Needy was fairly surrounded with rigs, ' while heavily ; armed men swarmed but and. banked thickly around the telephone, awaiting fur ther news. . Cooke emerged from the telephone booth with a look of satisfaction on his face. Two men, he said, had come into a store at New Era iff the morning and had been last seen west of the ; railroad, making for the river. It-began to look as if a fight was in prospect. ' The members of ;the posse clutched their rifles firmly, and thought how about to use them. The bloodhounds pricked up ; their drooping ears as far as possible and looked interest :d- Everybody climbed into conveyances, and the procession was again about to move when Durbin, who had been a little suspicious of the; report - from the first, suggested that part of the par- A ty -remain ; behind until- he and Cooke' with tne bloodhounds and about six: mfrr; went to the front to 1 see what could i& done. Cooke was also of the opinion that a few picked men were better than an unorgan ized army, and doubled the expe- .diency of booming into Barlow with the whole outfit, ur less there should prove to be nel for it'. So some of the pesse str.kl behind, iWhile the rest w aippuu up went off down" the road amid a cloud of dost that, was blinding. - ". . . . " ;. The dash was continued until ;i within two miles bf Barlow, where it came to arr abrupt termination. . .. Two men on the road encountered, by ; -Durbin and Cooke, who were lead- ing the -van, were asked about the rumor, and pronouced it a "fake," pure and simple." It bad originat ed in a saloon, they said, and had been set afoot by -speculation as to.'? how two hobos, who had been seen ' : in the neighborhood. of Barlow. and; ; ; New Era thi3 moming, could terror- - ize the country if they choose to. tell people that thev were Tracv I ( and Merrill.. The posse was halted and Durbin and Cooke proceeded into .barlow to investigate the re port, followed by a couple of wagon loaas or newspaper men.; , It was as . the men'on the road had said, a fab rication... The people of Barlow had been bothered all day by telephone -and telegraph messages asking for its verification, but knew nothing of . ' it farther than that some one had said that the two men . with rifles had eaten a meal inlhe cabin of : Roy Dungan and his brother two woodcutters. Dangan denied the story, so did every one- else having auinority, and . . JJurbm seeing the uselessness of driving 10 miles back to Gravesranch to find two men who had been unguarded for fcur hours and unseen for 36, ordered the posse back to ,Salem, and he and Cooke, parting company, went their respective ways. , Both will hold themselves in rerdlness to proceed in the direction; of any authentic report of the where abouts of the two outlaws, but until such information comes, it is be - lieved that it will be iust- as well to wait at home, and allow the fagged-out men and dogs to take rest which has been denied them for " so many days. . - , WHERE ABE THE CONVICTS? Where the convicts are now no one knows. They may be walking calmly along some mountain road in Eastern Clackamas county, head ed for the mountains; they may be " workiog their way toward Portland with such : information as to the country as they can obtain from Z the people they meet, or they ; can. be sleeping peacefully m the tang led wilderness that covers Rock ; Creek bottom, near Graves' ranch. They have five pounds of bacon, sufficient to enable thern to travel several days without . disclosing i their whefeabouts by applying for J food to any more ranches, aod they are undoubtedlv rested by this time from the strain of the first fight a- head of the hounds. It is more i than likely that they will come to Portland, for men of their charac- ' ter are unsuited to outdoor life, and as soon as they get ready to go to work at their trade, that of holding people up, they will : want a"city as - ; a field of operation r . CONVICTS MAY GET TOO BOLD. There is another thing, however, to be taken into consideration,- and that i is "the recklesne?s the men have shown since first ;they began to enjoy their unaccustomed liberty. Whenever they haice been in need of food they have walked boldly in-v to the nearest farm house for it, and! so free have these sorties been from . disastrous ; consequences . that the men have undoubtedly gained an abnormal confidence in themselves. This can be carried so far that the r; factor of safety v ill snap, and it is possible that the gentry may meet up witn a man some nne morning who will bear in mind that the re-. ward reads "dead or alive," and do a little target practicing on them, : There are just as "bad" men in Or egon' as Tracy ,; and : Merrill, and -some of them are not far from Graves' ranch," so if the bandits try to become-too confident it is not im probable that they will be rewarded unexpectedly: for their misdeeds. Both have been acting in a manner which proves that they know, very : little about the country, and if they have had any accomplices to assist them, or to start a blind trail in a- : nother : direction, these have long since been frightened by the size of - the force that is looking,: lor tne . erstwhile prisoners, and held them selves out of range ot the scores 01 rifles that are being carried about the country. ' --. . MILITIA GO HOME. Following the repart of the arriv al of the quarry at Graves' this af ternoon, Sheriff Durbin proceeded . forthwith to., the spot, followed by his posse, and a few hours is ter by, : the-militia companies from Wood-: . burn and Salem, whichhad vbeen at the rear awaiting . orders. The whole army of officers arrived at the - ranch last night, but orders came from them to return, and Jthe orders were obeyed to the letter.. The Or- : eiron Gitv - Company, which started : out behind Sheriff Cooke last cven ing, get as far as Molalla corperr, where they camped for. the night. Early this moming they-weraprd- ered back home, and they went, r 3oars te - "jrpJP. Vou HaVB Always Bougf . of..