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& r$ & li h nil t li IX -i rx & Ji y $ m w . .-far infants and Children.- "Xlie Kind Tos Have Always Bouglit lias borne tlis signa ture of Clias. II. Flctclier, and lias been made under Ms personal supervision, for over SO years. Allow no one -to deceive you in this. Counterfeits, Imitations and .. ' Just-as-good" are lut Experiments, and endaiig-er tlie Jiealili of CMldrcn Experience against Experiment. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Sn Use For THE CCKTAOR nMPNY, TT S3 to as high a startdawasour desire ould promot us. but see that you make no mistake in ihe house that keeps the hig- est standard of Grocer- ig ies that is the ) place to J BUY F-esI Fruits, Frcsl) Oegstables, ) fresh everything to be had in the market. We $) run our delivery wagon and' our aim is to keep what you want and to please. Call and see m 4 Fpl' R:I:s;.:-5; feJSSpJjiSj fiMl "SJlSl fajlS OlSl taUPlS! rj If you are looking for slfj Sans ia stock, grain, fruit p write for my special list or come and see me. shall take pleasure in giving yoa all the reliable Ipf information you wish, also showing- you over the is uuuiiiry. HENRY AMBLER, Real Estate loan and Insurance Philomath, Oregon. BllligiaEilSIBraH -i -fKr i v4 ,xik km -fTl iVi . v Wit Signature of Over 30 Years MUBPST STREET, NEW YORK CITY. some real gdod bar- and poultry ranches, m as wm A Man is What He Feeds on. The better his food the better is the man that eats it. A man that wishes to be healthy will buy hi3 foods where he knows he will get them pure and high grade, and our reputation for reliability in this line is unquestioned. Our canned goods are the best made; our cer eals and our farinaceous goods are from the chociest kernels, and our fancy and staple goods are , without a peer. P. M. Zierolf era r5S I'lllr'l Stand the Test of Time. Bsing of pure and best . material and made ia accordance with moet improved methods, our paints with etand ihe effects of the sun and the elements better than others. They are easily applied adhesive and durable. A gallon of bur ready made paint costs but little and goes a greet way. Cant be beat. Try it once. - The TIM THE EXTRA SESSION WHAT CHAMBERLAIN 3IIGHT DO IF NO EXTR A SESSION BE CALLED BY GEER. - Petitions Asking Governor Geer to Call the Session in Circulation and Generally Signed Other News. Salem, July 1. The Capital Jour nal says: Much as the people gen erally distrust and fear a session of the legislature, they are rolling in the petitions for a special session. While the organs of the politi cians and grafters are opposing the proposition of enacting Hat sal aries, the people, regardless of party, are demanding this reform. Petitions have been received since the last report from citizens of Wilhoit, Clackamas count'; Pair field and Scotts Mills, Marion coun ty; forty citizens and business men of Independence, Polk county; citizens ot balem and Gervais; ol Gervais, Maclay, Pratum, Marion and Suver. The above have been transmitted to Governor Geer and placed on file. and new petitions are being circu lated by scores of persons. Salem, July 1. The Capital Journal says: After making his campaign on the flat salary propo sition and winning his election on that proposition, - Governor-elect Chamberlain will not drop the sub ject, if the republicans fail to meet and put the law into effect. No one can doubt that he will make the failure prominent in hi3 message, and will back up his message with action that will be very embarrassing to the party in power. Refusal to hold a special session means to drfer for four jeara what was promised in plain language in the republican platform. Chamber lain will do some plain SDeaking and plainer acting, in such a case of failure to perform a paramount duty. . He can veto all bills carrying ap propriations tor unconstitutional alane?, and the people will sustain him. He can sue to recover back to the state all the fees and perquis ites that have been pocketed by late officials for the past four years, and the courts will have to sustain him. Chamberlain can make the re- nnblicans no'fend of trouble and be only performing his plain duty un der the constitution which he takes an oath to uphold and defend. And who can blame him and who will censure him? We are not saying that he wnl do these things but the people will be very much disappointed if he does not after the campaign he made a gaiuet unconstitutional fee and per quisites, and unlawful, roundabout payment of ealaries to state offi cials. Salem, July 1. (To the Editor.) On the strength that Tracy and and Merrill had been severely whip ped, some newspapers and corres pondents have read very caustic lectures to the prison management. As an answer to all of them, al low me to say that neither Tracy or Merrill was ever struck by a lash of any kind, whip or rod, not even by a Brockway spanker. Other stories, quite as startling, but equally unfounded, are in cir culation. The man who should at tempt to . leview and refute them would find himself confronted by a a Sisyphean task. I shall not at tempt it. At the proper time a calm and complete vindication of our management can b9 presented to the public. J. D. Lee, Superintendent O. S. P. ' Oregon City, July 1. Work of raising the steamer Gray Eagle, which ran on a rock above Clacka mas Rapids last Wednesday even ing and was beached on the west side of the riyer near this city, has been abandoned. It was found af ter repeated trials that it ,was al most impossible to raise her by mean8 of pumps. The extent of the damage to her hull is consider able. It is now the intention ot the Oregon City Transportation Com nanv to do nothing until after the river falls sufficiently to repair the bgat where she is beached. St. Helens, July .1. August Scbie.ve the murderer of Joseph &hnlknaw&kfr wha ia to be hanged at noon tomorrow, was somewhat nervous this afternoon, for the first time since he has received his sen tence. However, he still makes an attempt to appear cheerful. Pre vious to this afternoon he had not shown the least indication of weak ness, and has at times made jocose remarks about the coming execu tion. It is expectedjhat the coun- ty authoritits willtake charge of the body after the execution and bury it in the pauper in the Germany 1 Hill cemetery, as Schieve's relatives have not expressed any desire to at tend to the interment of their con victed relative after death shall have taken place. TRAIL OF BLOOD Convict Tracy Kills two men and Wounds two More. (continued FROM 1ST PAGF) news of his appearence in town was conveyed by a butcher boy, who went to the house to deliver meat. The boy was met at the door by Mrs Van Horn who. cautioned him to keep quiet. She whispered in his ear that Tracy was at that moment eating his dinner in a room adjoining the kitchen. The buy tore from the premises posthate, and drove in a dead run for F.emont. He stopped on the main thoroughfare and related the news. A number of men organized and armed themselves and started at once for the Van Horn home. Patrolman Breeze, Neil Rawley, a coal miner and J I Knight, a local insurance man, with Sheriff Cudi- hee, fully armed, soon surrounded the Van Horn house. The guards were disposed at various places a bout the house. Within a short time, Tracy ap peared. Ha was walking between the two men whom he had impres sed. They approached the horses near the gate. They passed within six feet of where one of the posee was crouching. By this time it was getting dark Breese arose from his hiding place and cried out "'Drop that gun 1 racy. Ihe answer was two shots in quick succession. Bresse reeled and fell to the ground. Another of tae bullets entered the body of Rawley, inflecting a dan gerous wound. Two shots were fired by one of the posse at the re treating convict, but neither took effect. As Tracy fled Sheriff Cud ihee jumped a fence which he had been stationed behind and fired two shot3 in quick succession, but neither took effect. Tracy fled into the brush along the road, and dis appeared. Rawley was wounded in the right side. Breese lay dead where he fell at the crack of the convicts deadly Winchester. The wildest excitement prevailed in the city sines the appearence of Tracy in this vicinity. The governor has ordered out the militia, and has offered a reward of $2,500 for the capture of Tracy. If a Man Lie to Yon, And say some other salve, oint ment, lotioD, oil or alleged healer is as good as Bucklen's Arnica Salve, tell him thirty years of marvelous cures of Piles, Burns, Boils, Corns, Felons, Ulcers, Cuts, Scalds, Bruis es and Skin Eruptions proves it's the best and cheapest. 25c at Gra ham & Wortham's drug store. "I am using a box .of Chamber lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and. find them the best thing for my stomach I ever u ed," says T. W. Robinson, Justice of the Peace, Loomis, Mich. These Tablets not only correct disorders of the stom ach but regulate the Liver and bow els. They are easy to take and pleasant in effect. Price 25 cents er box. For sale by Graham & Wells. W. Desart, a farmer living near Salem, has a violin which has been in his family 8o years. A stranger examining it yesterday found it bore the name of Antonio Stradiva rious, 1770, and at once offered ifiloo for the instrument. The offer wa8 refused. Need More Help. Often the over-taxed organs of digestion cry out for help by Dys pepsia's pains, Nausea, Dizziness, Headaches, liver complaints, bowel disorders. Such troubles call for prompt use of Dr. King's New Life Pills. They are gentle, thorough and guaranteed to curel 25c at Graham & Wortham's drug store. Summer complaint is unusually prevalent among children this sea son. A well developed case in the writer's family was cured last week by the timely use of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem edy 0ne of the best patent medi cines manufactured and which is always kept on hand at the' home of ye scribe. This is not intended as a free puff for the company, who do not advertise with us, but to benefit little sufferers who may not be within-easy aticess of a physician. No family should be without a bot tle of this medicine in the house, es pecially in summer time. :Lansing, Iowa, Journal. For sale by Gra ham & Wells. J jSl. S "X" O 3FZ. X - Signature of THE WATER TEACY COMPELLED FOUR MEN TO FERRY HOI OYER PUGET SOUND. Has Parted from Merrill Says He Killed His Companion Has Gone to Seattle A Story of Baldness that Out does Fiction. Olympia, Wash., July 2. Tracy and and Merrill, the escapej Oregon convicte, have separated, and Tracy is out on Pa get Sound in a gasoline launch after a se ries of escapades that would put fiction writers to blush. Yeaterday afternoon Tracy robbed;the house of an aged'Scotch man named Alexander Laird, who lives alone four miles southwest of Olympia, left Laird bound hand and fcot on the bed, stole a horse from another rancher named McLeod, and a saddle and bridle from a neighbor named Johnson. Tnxy passed through Olympia at 1:30 this morning and reached tbe upper end of South Bay at j, a. m. On the way he broke the leg of the horse, abandoned it and stole another. At South Bay, the Capitol City Oyster Company, of this city, has four men at work seeding oyster beds. Two of the men were in a small cottage, land when they arose at 5 this morning Tracy was at the door with bis rifle, demanding breakfast. When the two other men, who were staying in the float bouse, ar rived for breakfast they were also lined up. Anchored in the bay was the large gasoline launch N. & S., chartered by the oyster company to tow oyster scows from big Skcokum Inlet. On board were Captain Clark and bis son, who al so were lined up when they arrived for breakfast. . Whenbreakfast was over, two of the men, Will Langrige and Will Adair, were left tied in the cabin, and at the point of the rifle the other two men, with the captain and son, were driven' on board the launch and the party sailed away. Langrige and Adair were left witii their hands tied benind them and their legs doubled back and tied to the hands. Tra cy had a bed brought down from the cab in attick for them tolie on. They suc ceeded in breaking their bonds at li o' clock this morning, but did not reach O lympia until late this afternoon. The two men taken with Captain Clark and I113 son were Tohn Munro and Frank Scott, of this city. The fact that four men were taken was due to the demands of the captain, who claimed that number was necessary to run the boat. Will Laugrige, who brought, the news to town,, is a son of a leading farmer of this county, and is thoroughly reliable. He tell-j a very straight forward story, hi which there is no shadow of doubt. He says that Tracy talked inces santly. He told his captives that he had killed Merrill because he discovered the latter had played him false and because Merrill was careless and made too much tioise in the woods. Tracy said he was going to Tacoma, where he said he had friends, and he toek the best clothes he could find in the cabin, in order, he said, to disguise him self. Both stories are believed to be false here. Merrill is believed to be on his way to Mason county. Tracy told of driving through one townin a buggy in daylight, and of traveling part of the way on the train. Langrige said he was Buf fering from loS3 of sleep, and talked like a crazy man. Tracy said he would have no compunction in killing to effect his es cape ; that lie was never so cool as when fighting, and gloried in it. Word of Tracy's escapades was brought to town this morniDg by Johnson, Mc Leod and Laird. Tracy appeared at Laird's house at 1 o'clock yesterday and cooked a meal after he had tied the aged rancher securely. He was in the house until s o'clock, and when he left carried a note from Laird, which he promised to nail to Johnson's fence. The nole asked Johnson to release Laird, but the latter succeeded in extricating himself about 7 that evening. He was afraid to go out last evening, but this morning notified Johnson and another neighbor named McLeod, and the three came to town to gether. The note was found tacked ! to fence, as Tracy promised. Tracy was armed with a rifle and had 200 rounds of ammuuition. He' exenange his j under- cloths for a suit of Laird's, left his shoes and took a pair of rubber boots, and a reddish-brown coat for a black one. He told Laird that Merrill was two or three miles away. On learning of Tracy's presence, the posse, which was at work near .the town of Roy, was called in and was put at work guarding the roads leading to Ma son county. Seattle, Wash., July 2. Tracy the es caped Oregon convict, is in Seattle. He' landed tonight at Medow Point, 2j miles north of Ballard. The. last eeen of him he was headed for Seattle with the express intention of holding up a police man in order to secure his revolver. Ho came here ia the gasoline launch "N. & S." A pssse was organized by the local police, and is now in pursuit of the dar ing criminal. . . MORE SUBMARINE BOATS. i Tallc of the United State. Navy Build lnar Torpedo Boats ot the : U Holland Type. ..4, Shortly the board of naval construc tion will take up for consideration the subject of increasing the number of submarine torpedo boats. There is like ly to be a division of opinion on the matter. It is said that Rear Admiral OMeil, chief of ordnance, and Chief Constructor Hichborn aTe in favor of building more boats of that type while Rear Admiral Melville, ennneer in chief, and Chief of the Equipment Bureau Bradford are not disposed to favor the idea. Secretary Long will probably be guided largely by the ad- ui experts m making recom- mpnn inno in j. wugicss on ine sub ject, i There are some flattering reports relating to the Holland, which is be ginning to see practical service. The boat, naval officers say, has contrib uted a. new and menacing element to naval operations and has presented new problems which must be met. Capt. Folg-er, commanding the Kear sarge, already anticipated this when he suggested a provision of light tor- ycuu uoats to guard against the in vasion by submarine boats. It has evidently become necessary, say the naval strategists, to add small picket boats to the cargo of a big ship in order to offset the effect of the submarine boat. The seven boats of the latter type now under contract will provide a liberal strength in this respect, but some of the naval officers believe -we should continue the work. Others believe we should await the result of tho trials of the boats now under contract and take advantage of any improvements which may be sug gested. j THE TIME TO BUY Terms to Suit Purchaser. My dwelling house and two lots $1700. Six lots, near new College buildlnsr 300. Four lots, fenced - with fruit trees S3 00. One block. 12 lots, unfenced $450. Three acres. 22 lots, fenced with fruit trees 8700. N B Avert. Owner CASTOHlil, Sfia fae- liaiia ' U 0B evitf Signature Notice to Contractors. Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned committee on sewers of the city of CorvalJis will receive scalyd bids, up to twelve o'clock p m July li. VjOi for the construction of seven separate lateral sewers In the $ci'.y of CorvalHs a.s proviaea uy uruiilrtnces lus, lu.t, liu, 111. 120, 1:21, 122, and tne several plans and specifications relating thereto, said Ordlu'ince plans and spe cific!! lions heiug now on rile with the Police Jn.lge of snld City. liieh of said bids must bs separate and com plete and accompanied bv a certified check payable to trie order of the Police Judfre la the sum of lit'ty dollars as provided In said Ordinan ces. The right to reject any d.ud all bids Is re served by the committee. Dated this June 21th, 1902. E ALIEN, DCKOSE. W O Hsckaht. Com on sewers Notice to Creditors. Notice is hereby driven to all persons concern-, ed that the undersurued has bean duly ap pointed administrator with the will annexed of theeslateof Eld.t J, Elliott, deceased, by the county court of Benton county state of Ore gon. All persons having .claims against said es stateofElda J. Elliott deceased, are hereby required to present the same with the proper vouchers duly verified as by law required with in six months irom the date here if, to the un dersigned at his residence In I,ebanon, Una county, Oregon, or at the ottica ofB E Wilson, la CorvalHs, Benton County Oregon; Dated: this June 2lst. 1902. Ernest Elliott Administrator with the will annexed of v the estate ot Elda Elliott deceased, Timber Land Act June 3, 1S7S 'otice for Publication. United States Land Office, t Oregon City, Or., April. 2, 1902. J t Notice Is hereby given that in compliance with the provlions of the act ot Congress of Junes, 1S78, entitled "An act forthe sale of timberlands in the Stttes of California, Oregon, Nevada and Washington Territory," as extended to all the Public Land States by act of Aucust 4, 1892, Henry Hildebrand ot Port land.County ot Mult nomah, state ofnas Oregon, this day tiled in this office his sworn statement No. 56JT, for the pur chase of the W of S'l4, SE X of 6 W 4, and SViofSEJ4 of Section No. 2, In Township No IS south, Range 7 west; and will offer proof to show that the land sought Is more valuable for its timber or stone than for agricultural pur poses, and to establish ills chiim to said land be fore the Register and Receiver of this office at Oiegon City, Oregon, on Saturday the 28cti day of June, 1902. He names as witnesess: Michael Flynn, ol Philomath, Oregon; JW Hyde ofj Philomath, Oregon. Eugene Harvey of Portland, Oregon; C JI Hildebrand of Portland, Oregon; Any and all persons claiming adversely the above-described lands are requested to file their claim's In this oiliee on or before said 2s day ot June, 1902. CHAS, B. MOOKES, Register. In the County Court of the State ot Oregon, for Benton Couhtv. In tho matter of the guardianship of Belle B. Edwards, Bertha B Edwards, Connor W Ed wards, J Homer Edwards, L nermon Edwards Dototny M Edwards, Floyd M Edwards minors, Now at this time came on to be hesrd the pe tition oi I N Edwards, guardian of said ward above named, for licensd for sale of real pro perty belonging to said minora, and it appear in to the c -urt that said petition is duly vert- ried, sets forth the conditon of the estate of saidwards and the faet1) under which it is tounded, tended to show the expediency and necessity of such sale, and it furtuer appearing from such petition that it would bo beneficial to the said wards that the real estate des cribed in said petition, towit: An individed 1-8 intetest in the SWJol Section 2U, T 12 S B 3 W of Willamette meridian in Linn County, state of Oregon, should be soli and the proceeds thereof put out on interest or invested .m some productive stock. It is hereby or lered that the next of kin of said minors above named said wards and all persons interested in the estate, be and they are hereby directed to appear before the above entitled court on Mou-'ay the 7th day ot Julv 1902, at the hour ol eleven o'clock In the fore noon of said day in the court room of the above . entitled Court at the Court-house, In the City of Oorvallis, In Benton county, Oregon, then and there to show oause why a Heense should not be granted for the sale of such real estate. It Is further ordered that a copy ol this order be published at least once a week for three suc cessive weeks before the said day of hearing snld petition, said July, 1902. in the Oorvallis Times, a newspaper circulating in the county ot Benton and state of Oregon, and published in the City of CorvalHs therein, Dated this 7th day of June 1902, E.. WOODWARD, N Judge. The above is a true copy of the original order and of the whole thereof. ' ATTESr VlBQILE WA.TTEBV Clerk.