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TTTR MrffiNHjfG OKEGQNIAS. MOJTDAT, JANUARY, ;22, ,190.0. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF CORDRATS THEATER. CPTasMngtoa Btreet) "An Affair of Henor." Bsielt Am? Salmon. Smelt are again, HituOful in market, and are selling at 5 cens per pound. Such quantities were caught and sent to market after the school entered the Cowlitz river that the price Xor a time went down to three pounds for 10 cents. Then the supply fell off, either 'because the echool had gone up the river or because so many were caught that there "was no market for them, and as soon as they became scarce the price went up to & xnts per pound. Kow, a new run has come into the Cowlitz river and there Is a. eufficient supply arriving to keep the price down to 5 cents per pound. Chinook ealmon are also coming in In small num bers, dealers receiving from three to halt a dozen per day. They sell readily at 25 cents per pound, and seldom bring more and nowadays seldom sell for less than 221! cents, while the first smelt caught br-ng 50 cents per pound, and when they become plentiful go down to 5 cents. iih the combine and outside cannery jnen and the cold-storage and pickling men izAlTiZ tor salmon, the price of the chi lli: is never likely to go below 12 cents in the markets here again, and old timers, who have seen big chinook sal mon sold for E0 cents each, are now sat isfied to obtain a couple of slices for that amount. Kidnapping Dogs. Capturing and re tumlnjr to their owners valuable dogs wh.cn have gone astray, or which, in many cases, have been enticed away with the Idea of securing a reward for their return, tas been quite a profitable business in Portland of late. Captain W. J. Biley, "who owns a fine hunting dog, has been pacing 60 cents per day regularity to boys who have been restoring the animal to him every day and sometimes oftener for the past week or two. The .boys evidently looked upon Captain Riley as a soft snap, and were working him for all he was worth. At last he grasped the situation, and the last time a boy brought his doff around he refused to put up and told the bey that he would pay no more rewards, end that he wanted all boys in future to leave his dog alone and let him brine lmself home, and, further, that if he found any boy in possession of his dog he would have that boy arrested. Boys and others engaged in the business of re storing dogs to their owners must remem ber that a dog is no longer ferae natural, Tinder the laws of this state, but the prop erty of his owner, the same as a cow or a horse, and that the "'taking, stealing or carrying away" of a dog is an offense punishable by law. Poor "Weather for Ducks. Compara tively few sportsmen went duck hunting yesterday, although the day promised to bo a favorable one for this sport. The fact that sporting has been poor of late de terred some from going, and the fact that tho waters are out over all low lands caused many others to stay at home. The "Willamette has been in flood since the late heavy rains, and there has also been a rise in the Columbia, and between the two much low land along the rivers and sloughs has been flooded and many duck lakes turned into Inland seas, and the blinds used by hunters rendered unten able. It is about time for duck shooting to stop anyway, as the ducks are get ting thin, in preparation for starting rorth, and are not so good as they were. Saxaion Packing Under Difficulties. The heavy weather which has prevailed along the coast for some time has caused trouble to many persons. One of these is the owner of a cannery on the Siuslaw. M. Kiernan, who had 600 boxes which he desred to get to his cannery to finish cas nz last season's pack. It being im possible to get them around to the Siuslaw by boat, he took them over to Taqulna by ra.1 and then had them hauled over to the Siletz Indian agency by team, and there biult a barge on which to float them d-T-n to his cannery. By the time tne c-xsrs are filled and ready for shipment the weather will probably have become settled -enough to allow of a boat going to the cannery and fetching them away. Many Transfers Used. Persons who use transfers on the City & Suburban rail way in order to secure a longer ride for a single fare, probably have but little Idea as to how many of these pinted slips are x.sd. The company receives them half a m-llion or more at a time in bozes about two feet square, containing 2M.OO0, and over a million a year are used. The system of transferring passengers from one part of iheir system to another and giving for one fare a ride for which two lares used to be paid, in addition to the reduction of fare, costs the company from $1 to ?2 per day for transfer tickets, and furnishes conductors with no end of opportunity for punching. Believes in Baker. W. E. Grace, rep resentative of Baker county in the legis lature and senior grand warden of the Masonic grand lodge of the state, is in the cty Mr. Grace came to Portland to at tend the semi-annual reunion of Scottish Rite- Masons and to take the Scottish Rite degrees. Mr. Grace is enthusiastic in his be.ief in the future of the mining interests of Baker City district. He says he thinks it Is the best In the United States, and he said that if the Oregon people would show the same vim and energy that is dis played by mining men in Colorado, all this country would have been developed long ago. Will Ceijebrate Washington's Bibth UAT, The Past Sachems' Association of the Improved Order of Red Men, of Port land, are making arrangements for an appropriate celebration of, "Washington's b-rthday on the night of Thursday, Feb ruary 22. The committee having the mat ter in cnarge will select the place and ar range the details of the celebration. Cars Running on Madison - Street Bridge. The falsework under the first span east of the draw in the Madison street bridge was replaced yesterday, and car-travel across the bridge, which has been stopped for several days, was re sumed at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Ax error was made in yesterday's Ore gonlan in location of Mrs. Xeergaard's res Iderce. Auction sale takes place Tues day tt 10 A. M., on West avenue, Mount Tabor, 26 blocks south of West-avenue station, Mount Tabor and Sunnyside car line. Sats He Made No Bid. John Kloster man, who, it was stated in yesterday's Orogoruan, had made a bid for city im prc cment bonfis, says he has not bought any such bonds nor has he bid for any. TiiE Wednesday evening class will give a musical ride at the Portland Riding Academy, Nineteenth and Northrup, on nexi Wednesday evening. Their friends are ir.ited. Notice. Judgment sale against "W. St. M. Cames, manager Thlel's Detective Ser vice for $450 and cost. Liberal discount. Apply George Mendenhall, Commercial b.ock. Bi'rns' Anniversary at Arlon hall on Thursday January 25, 8 P. M. In the Boatyards. There Is much activity in the two East Side boatyards. The Johnston yard, near the Madison-street bridge, Is occupied with three craft under construction. The tug for the Columbia mills at Knappton is stTl in the yard waiting for the machinery, and is ready for launching. Mr. Johnston has just finished the construction of per manent ways for launching craft for his yard, and the Callender, which the new tug v.111 be called, will be the first to sJde down them into the water. The two stern-wheelers under way, one for Captain Hill and one for Captain Hosford, are in the skeleton, and fill up the yard completely. However, when the Callender Is 'Lunched there will be room for another boat, vthich is being planned. In the Supple yard, near the Morrison street bridge, two craft are under con struction. One is the small plunger, 60 feet Jong, for Friez Bros., with ribs of cvK and the other one is for The Dalles., Portlard & Astoria Navigation Comnanv. iTirb.cn is to take the place of the Flyer. It is partly in the skeleton, but her hand- Mme and shanelv lines may be seen. Work : T1 rrr fnmi'n T"nfl1tr -e nnt4Mn I ytlki. fov w ,. jp 0 viAuuiQ on these two craft. There is much inter est concerning the larger, as she is planned for speed. o PRAISES BAKER MINES. Pioneer Mining: Man Says Tills Dis trict Leads. -R. s. wnmM nf -Rav-on rMHr iriin n at the Perkins for a few days, is in Portland for the purpose of negotiating with the I. B. Ham- mond Manufacturing Company for a 10-stamp mill, to be placed on the property of the Safety Deposit Gold Min- lng Company. The Safety Deposit is situ- ated in McCord gulch, six miles above the famous Balsley and Nelson placers, from which a very large sum of gold has been taken during the'past 20 or 40 years. There are few men who are entitled to have a better general knowledge of the mines and their future of that section than Mr. Mc Comas, as be was one who assisted to build the great Auburn canal in 1S63, and has been aminer and Interested In min ing in Union, Baker and Grant counties ever since that time. He has unlim.ted faith in all these counties as mineral pro ducers, and believes that within five years that section of Eastern' Oregon will be the greatest producer of gold, silver and was In Portland Saturday and Sunday, copper of any section of the United States, j said he regarded the proposed new rall exceptlng, perhaps, Alaska, of which he road from Hllgard, seven miles west of claims no personal knowledge. He says i La Grande, to Granite, the .new mining that Sumpter Is attracting the crowd at town, as almost a certainty. The road this time, and, while he insists that the ' will be 53 miles long, and will make the CARELESSLY DIRECTED LETTER. oiTTSBURG P E N M JAN 1 3 5-PM'0G Ik , Lf. q. HowvjJU- AV, f- JdJ .Wr s n ft i''jfs.j cV.:, m II 1ST 41 SZ JISV 1 -Nlfl a t 1 c7v4 BET IT REACHED THE MAN IT "WAS INTENDED FOR JUST THE SAME. The envelope, a cat of which la given herewith, was written in Pittsburg; Pa., and In tended for th6 bearer of th name written In the address; who lives at 415 Multnomah, street, Portland. Instead of Portland, Or., Chicago, 111., was written. It went to Chicago, and pos tal authorities, so far more thoughtful and intelligent than the writer as to forbid compari son, connected the name of the street with the name Tf a county in far-off Oregon, and eent the letter here. It came through with hardly more than a day's delay. If those who are con stantly complaining: at postal authorities will consider that each lapses of mind as this are possible, when a single letter falls to reach some destination, they will be silent. A man cap able of such a mistake aa this might dream he answered all his corresjjondents, and berate the postmaster for not dellverins his letters. growth of Sumpter and Granite will only have the effect on Baker that the growth of all towns in Oregon have on Portland, he believes that to the apathy of the business men of Baker, who, like the business men of Portland, have never entertained a just appreciation of the im portance of the mining industry, is due the slow development of mining immediately tributary to Baker. Six miles west of Baker, In Pocahontas district, Is located the Tom Paine, Pocahontas Belle, Old Soldier and Safety Deposit groups, all of which show strong ledges of free-milling ore, and any of which, if located In the mountain peaks above Sumpter, where they would "have to be approached on snow shoes, would attract a swarm of ex perts, all claiming to .have "ample capital behind them." For the past four years, McComas & Dunphey and Captain C. H. Thompson have been giving considerable attention to mining on Snake river, and it waa through Mr. McComas efforts that a company was formed that built the Golden Giant dredger, near the mouth of Boise river to mine the high bars on Snake river. The phenomenal showing made in November and December last by the Gold en Giant induced Captain Thompson, Hon. William Smith, J. S. Kenyon, C. S. Dun phey and McComas to purchase the Kan kakee dredger, which they have over hauled and equipped with new gold-saving appliances, and which they expect to have in operation by the first of February. "On a recent visit to "Weatherby, east of Baker City," continued Mr. McComas, "I was surprised to note the activity dis played among the mines of that district The famous Weatherby Bonanza people are pushing development work with great rapidity. They are putting In a large steam pump and gasoline hoist, to be placed in the tunnel 700 feet from its ' mouth, where the superintendent is sink- lng a 500-foot shaft on the vein. The ore here runs very high In gold. This valuable mine will soon be among the large producers of Eastern Oregon. J.ne immense dredge on Burnt river Is also running night and day. and It Is said this company Is well satisfied with the results obtained so far. Burnt river will have a big rush in the spring." B a MME. EMMA NEVADA COMING Her Concert An-Rlted With Pleasure bx Music-Lovers. Mme. Emma Nevada will give one con- cert at the First Baptist church Tuesday formances only at the Marquam Grand evening, January 30. 1 next Wednesday and Thursday evenings, Mme. Nevada s welcome back to her I promises to prove a play of unique in native land has been of the heartiest na- terest. The thousands of people who ture, and her success thus far on her flocked to witness this drama in New American tour has been remarkable. York last season were as Intensely lnter Mme, Nevada has been for a dozen years ' ested and excited over its many strong absent from the land of her birth, and scenes as the' audiences who had wit not since the days of Mapleson, when , nesed the-play In London and Paris. "Don she toured the country as co-star with don Life" must certainly be a remarkable jraiu, nas mis queen or cantatnee been ' heard in America. Others might easily have been forgotten in half that time, but not Nevada, a living representative of the splendid school of pure song to which Jenny X.lnd and Pattl belonged. The I warmth of her welcome she has received I speaks volumes for the fidelity of music lovers of the beautiful old Ideals. Mme. Nevada is now on a tour of Amer ica, which was Inaugurated at the great Metropolitan opera-house, where thou sands of hearers grew enthusiastic over her magnificent vocallsm. The New York papers were unanimous in declaring that no vocalist in this generation had been known to sing with such exquisite deli cacy, tenderness and refinement The al most voiceless but tuneful tenderness of her pianissimo exceeds anything in deli cacy and yet perfectly audible sweetness that can be conceived by the most highly refined censorlsm. Her appearance here will be awaited with pleasurable antici pation by music-lovers. A WAITING LONDON SALE. Local Fur Dealers Anxious to Have Prices Fixed. The palmy days of the trapper and hun ter are past in Oregon, and the amount of furs now marketed In Portland is small to what It used to be a score of years ago. There is, however, quite a lot of furs of different kinds marketed here, notwith standing that the beaver, once so plenti ful in this state, is now protected: by law. No large shipments come in from any one district, but on every mountain stream and there are a vast number in Oregon some settler or his boys do a little trapping, and send in every season an assorted lot of furs, mink, fisher, otter, etc., while from many places come fox. wildcat, muskrat, raccoon and skunk skins, and. occasionally bear. wolf, coyote and other large skips. uhe great winter sale of furs in London, where the furs or the world are collected and marketed, fixes the price of furs lor the season. This sale begins in .London today, and those who nave furs to sell are anxiously awaiting reports from it. From the following extract from the list of urs to be offered at the sale It will -.be "plain that not all fur-bearing animals have been exterminated, by a Tong shot; Musquash. 1,320,000; opossum, 270,000 Australian, 34.0J0 American: skunK, 125,000: raccoon. 95.1)00: wallaby, 85,000; chnchflla, 50,003; marmot, 30,000; Japanese mink, 16,000; lynx, 13,000; red foxes, 12,000; wildcat, 11,003; clve, cat, 10,100; bear, soOO; wolf, 7000, house- cat, 5000; Russian sable, 5000; otter, 2200. If the skins of house-cats were worth aa much as those of the Russian sable,, the voice of the Thomas cat would not long be heard in the land. Many of the fura mentioned In this list are seldom seen in made-up garments under their own names, being dyed to represent more scarce and J costly furs. WILL BUILD RAILROAD. Line From Ia Grande to Granite Be. licved a Certainty. Edward L. Eckley, editor and propri etor of the Da Grande Chronicle, who ludrv(JJk 4JS distance between La Grande and Granite GO miles. "This new road," continued Mr. Eck ley, "will shorten the distance from Port land to the rich mining fields of Eastern Oregon 50 miles, and will benefit Portland as well as build up Da Grande and devel op the great resources in and around Granite. The road has splendid financial backing. The president Is Robert Smith, and J. M. Church and J. M. Berry are among the local capitalists who are In- I terested. Mr. Smith has just returned from the East, and is making arrange ments for the first survey of the line." Mr. Eckley also spoke of the beet-sugar Industry in the Grand Ronde valley, and the impetus It has given to the growth of the city and the development of the, country. "Much better results were ob tained last season," he said, "than the one previous. Next year there will be a larger acreage planted to beets and a better yield Is expected." While Mr. Eckley modestly disavows the credit, other citizens of the Grand Ronde valley say that to his untiring zeal and constant effort is due the facfr tnat tne Oregon Sugar Company b factory was built, and that Oregon is a producer of beet sugar. Several years ago Mr Eckley visited a sugar factory In Ne braska, spent some time in the study of the industry, and was at once convinced that Eastern Oregon would produce beets sufficiently rich in saccharine matter to be profitable, and he began the agita tion that resulted in the plant being built. 6 P COMING ATTRACTIONS. "Sowing: tlie AVind." Thp vftrv lnterestlntr announcement in made that "Sowing the Wind," Sydney Grundy's now world-famous drama, which made a strong impression in this city last season, will be the bill at the Marquam Grand Friday and Saturday evenings of this week. There Is no doubt that this Is one of the most remarkable products of the playwright's art seen In a gen erationremarkable for the great and far reaching problem it discusses without be ing didactic, for the powerful humanity of its absorbing story, the beauty of Its lit erature and its perfection from the stand point of dramatic construction. Seats will be on sale Wednesday morning. "Iiondon Iie' at the Marqnain. "London Life," which will receive Its first production In this city for two per- play, for it has the record of scoring a triumph in the three largest cities of the world New York, Paris and London. In all three cities, the verdict of the critical fraternity was the same; "London Life" was praised as a nlay of nosltlve merit The first production in this city will be awaited with interest. Special scenery of an elaborate kind is promised. The sale of seats will begin this morning. The Bostoninns. The new light opera, "The Smugglers," cast to the full strength of the Bostonlans, and embellished with beautiful scenery and costumes, will usher In the engage ment of this popular light opera company at the Marquam Grand on Monday night. Music-lovers are doubtless aware of the successful reception accorded this opera In other cities, and there Is reason to believe it will prove as attractive a bin as "The Serenade" and "Robin Hood," which are also announced during the en gagement. "The Smugglers" Is a roman tic comic opera,, the story of which is laid In Spain, and Is the joint composition of Frederick Rankin and Glacomi Minkow sky, a young Polish composer, who gained his musical education in Italy with Mas cagnL "The Smugglers" Is written on the lines of the modern Italian school, and is thoroughly saturated with dainty melody and brilliant contrapuntal effects. Each of the artists of this favorite company have congenial roles, and among the bril liant numbers which may be mentioned at this time Is a waltz refrain entitled, "Love Is a Mixture of Joy and Tears," rendered by Helen Bertram; a charmlmr ballad. l"Stay Thy Hand," entrusted to Marcia van .uresser, me new contralto; a song, "Diberty," for baritone; a topical song, "In Sunny, Funny Spain," rendered by Mr. Barnabee. Other characteristic ballads are distributed to the other artists, and It Is promised that the score will be a perfect mine of musical riches. As al ready announced, the sale of seats will begin at the box office Thursday morning- prompuy ai m a. ai. ana when the ex- 11 nofiprNBnftonronononeSonfvniSNOiwonwoffvon Is the Chlckerlng piano worth the hundred dollars It costs in excess of the price of ordinary tg good pianos? That is a frequent &) question. S It is assuredly worth the dlf- f ference If you can afford It. gig You get value. You get THE Sgg BEST THERE IS. You get the gg (a most exquisitely toned instru- p ment that the whole world pro- $fs duces not one of the best, but THE BEST. tsli That hundred dollars divided !fit over the years that your Chlck- S? erlng will be In use will mean cs&p far more than lt3 cost In llfe- raS long satisfaction. vjm The Chlckerlng is here and Is So s&p sold only by us. 107 First Stmt Bet Washington and Stark. cltement attendant on the sales Is called to mind, the public are warned to make their selections of operas promptly. No orders for seats will be taken until after the line is broken. 4 9 1 BIDDER WAS A. EXOSTERMAN He Bid on Improvement Bonds, and Is Well Satisfied. The bid of par and a premium of 10 per cent for ?25,000 of improvement bonds re ceived by the committee on ways and means on Saturday was submitted by Au gust G. Klosterman, instead of Jolm Klos terman, as was through some misappre hension stated. The bid was a bona fide one, and Mr. Klosterman is perfectly sat isfied with his purchase, as he desired the bonds as a perfectly safe" Investment for money which he wishes to put aside, BO' that ho will know where to find It, and will be certain of always getting his Interest promptly. Of course, Mr. Klosterman sees now that a lower bid would have secured him the bonds, but he Is satisfied with his invest ment. He Is of opnion that the reduction In the appraised Valuation of city property was the cause of Eastern bondbuyers not submitting bids for these bonds, arid it is a good ihlng for them to know that a citizen of Portland was not scared by this reduction, and is willing to pay a fair premium for city bonds. Mr. Klosterman has handled consider able city scrip, first and lost. Some time ago, when brokers combined to secure tho sale of c'ty warrants at a discount.' Mr. Klostermah came to the front and offered to take all such warrants Issued at their face, and was promptly on hand at the office of City Treasurer Hacheney to pay warrani-nomers tne full face value of them. When the city's floating indebted ness was funded and the warrants paid, Mr. Klosterman was holding some ?75,O03 of them. Hereafter when any city im provement bonds are sold they will prob ably he taken by local capitalists. e PERSONAL MENTION. J. G. Woodworth, of Seattle, Is at the Portland. Judge James A. Fee, of Pendleton, is at the Perkins. C. W. Fulton, of Astoria, is registered at the Imperial. Frank A. Spencer left yesterday morn ing for California. D. M. French, ' banker", of The Dalles, Is at the Perkins. Mrs. G. G. Lownsdale, of Salem, is a guest of the Portland. W. H. Pennington, of Seattle, Is regis tered at tho Portland. E. B. Devy, of San Francisco, Is regis tered at the Portland. P. O. Borg, a pioneer citizen of Hepp ner, is at the Imperial. Thomas F. Ryan, of Oregon City, Is reg istered at the St. Charles. Dan Rice, a well-to-do logger, of Clats kanle, is at the St. Charles. Henry Kratz, a Clatskanle merchant, is registered at the St. Charles. S. W. Chllders, a Columbus (Wash.) stockman. Is at the St. Charles. George H. Temple and wife, of Dllley. Washington county, are registered at the Perkins. E. W. Dixon, special agent of the United States land office, Is registered at the Perkins from Seattle. Mrs. F. J. McShane, of Omaha, and M S3 Rose M. Shly, of Cleveland, O., are registered at the Portland. J. H. Townsend, democratic national committeeman for Oregon, Is registered at the Perkins from Dallas. J. O. Booth, a Grant's Pass hotel man, and prominent democratic polticlan of Southern Oregon, is at the Imperial. George I. Brown, a prominent civil 'en gineer of Southern Oregon, is at the Im perial, on his return from Puget sound. 0 MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WED NESDAY. To make room for new shipment, we will sell Swifts Premium Hams at .15c per pound and Swift's Premium Bacon at 16c. Premium Hams and Bacon are not always the cheapest, but always the best. Try them. "L. Mayer & Co., 268 Morrison street. )-Q Rednctlon Snle Fancy Dry Goodb. New York Mercantile Co.. 205 Third. Sl2 Is the Chlckerlng piano worth S? , d$2MMMm&& ONE WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY, JANUARY 29 America's Greatest Light Opera Company. Ali the favorites an incomparable ensemble. Brilliant chorus and orchestra. REPERTOIRE, Monday and Thursday NUjhts and, Saturday ' Matinee The Smugglers Tuesday and Friday Nights The Serenade Wednesday and Saturday NhjhU Robin Hood Seats on sale Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, fio orders, received until after the line is broken. Entire lower floor .$1.50 Balcony, first 3 rows 1.50 Balcony, second 3 rows .,....-..i 1.0a Boxes and lodges tftfs tmmum&mmimsirjisk. Hi pwSSM SSlSwSrtil! Wi$P$&&!r tNI iSrfrwl ill IStttlssCL M SI ! fSB its i 111 liM ? 1 ffillliffii ooia eh v r i :us i,jniK-iniiiLiw. Hi i llii iiiii fe I til Ipi gl III IPs I MyM KV& . W. NO HALL BIG ENOUGH. I : Boer Sympathizers Have Not Fixed ! see In tne picture a vestige of the trail a Date for Meeting:. j &s It hides Itself In the shrubs. f Perhaps the Oregon Histdrical Society, Nothing definite Is yet announced as to , or tne military people, or the Indian vet the time of the pro-Boer meeting now in erans will rescue this ancient ordnance contemplation. Some time this week Is ' the nearest date yet Axed, as some difficul ' ty has been experienced in securing a hall 1 of the capacity, the promoters think will be required. The committee wanted the Marquam Grand theater, but as it will be engaged every night this week except Monday and Tuesday, it was thought im practicable. That the matter has not been sufficiently advertised to be pulled off inside of the next day or two, is the sentiment of .those interested in Its suc cess. If the meeting must be held this week it Is not generally regarded that the , Marquam Is available, for these reasons. 1 -Who the speakers will be is known in a general way, yet without being positive. 1 It appears that several acceptable to the management are within reach. C. E. S. Wood, C. K. Henry, George B. Chamber lain and Judge Thomas O'Day, who were booked for the Vancouver meeting, are all i spoken of as possibilities. That there will 1 be more than four Is assured. The object Is to give the affair the aspect of a gen eral mais meeting, and naturally the greater the number of prominent speak ers the better. While sympathy for the two contending forces "is uncrystaUized, that it has never been made an issue in any regular contest before the people, it Is a mere or less interesting work to gues3 the respective moral support in the com munity. Those Interested enough to argue the matter find in the position of con gress a reflection of popular sentiment, and but few question that British sympa thizers are strong there. The little Van couver meeting was not at all encourag ing to Boer adherents. Less than 200 per sons, out of the whole population of that considerable towht walked to a comfort able theater to hear four well-known Port land speakers who had been well adver tised. ' At the Union block headquarters friends of the Boers conduct something that is not opened to the public. That the Ger mans are not the only persons who are Interested is evident from the appearance of many sons of Erin among the agita tors. What the objects of the new society or organization are, other than agitation to shake the administration, as announced by the public speakers, are not revealed. HISTORIC CANNON. An Account of One That Lies on the Bench in Curry County. PORTLAND, Jan. 21. (To the Editor.) Seeing the Spanish cannon on Third street reminds me that there is a cannon more intimately connected with Oregon's history than that one. It lies in the courtyard at Gold Beach, the county seat of Curry county. The story is that It was used in the Rogue river Indian war, and that it was brought into Rogue river on a schooner, the first piece of artillery ever In Oregon. The legend of that country Is that It was fired from the top of Battle Rock, at Port Orford, and sent many valiant souls of Indian heroes to their ""I'fJ jiuunut, giuuiius. -octLi.it: xiuck. uses perhaps 75 feet out of the sea, and is approachable at low tide from the land by a somewhat steep and narrow path. Here a handful of settlers took refuge from the Indians who stormed the sum mit of the rock up this path. But this can non planted where It would do the most good (or harm), poured Its deadly charge of scrap Iron upon the assaulting party, and swept most of them into the sea. One Indian, however, of course it must have heen the chief, was captured by the set tlero, and was hanged to a blasted fir tree that grew at the very top of the rock. I send you a picture of this rock. I do not vouch for the historical accuracy of this legend. But I have seen the can non; have climbed that deadly path and CALVIN HEILIG Manager. Balcony, third 3 rows Balcony, Iafct 3 rows .. .50 .23 Gallery , . . . . .10.00 Power and P Has been well demonstrated during the first three weeks of our JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE The values were just as repre sented, and money-saving opportunities were not overdrawn, and the reduced prices were taken advantage of daily by hun dreds who appreciated the excellent values offered. 15 Reduction On our entire new stock of en's and Boys' Clothing, EXCEPTING CONTRACT GOODS Corner Third and (Vlorrison CLOTHES THAT FIT seen the stump of that fatal tree, and these are alive at this day to testify it; UICiClUlD UCUJ Ik UV AiiUWl! JVM. MAUJ from oblivion, and preserve It as a relic of that former war of expansion In which Oregon was a notable participant. MARTIN I. PIPES. IMPORTANT NOTICE. On and after January 22 the following prices wil take effect on all genuine Welsbach mantles: No. 1. "J" mantle, delivered and In stalled 35c No. 1 "J" mantle, not delivered SOc No. 2 Mantle, delivered and lnstalled..2Sc stalled 25c No. 2 Mantle, not delivered 20c PORTLAND GAS CO.. 172 and 174 Fifth Street. Telephones: Oregon, Main 772; Colum bia, Main 472. e e WHERE TO DINE. Our patrons stay with us. Give us a call. The Portland Restaurant, 303 Wash ington street, Tiear Fifth. 0060000090006000000000C090 0 o 1 THE OREGQN1AN PUBLISHING CO. o e o IS NOW EQUIPPED FOR DOING FIRST-CLASS Also... DESIGNING AND ZINC ETCHING SAMPLES... of Work and Prices upon Application ooooeooooooooooooooooeoooo Wisdom's Robertine corrects all blemishes of the face and makes f i.r i r DCaUtltUl COITipICXIOn. I . . 1 e & av DRESS SHIItTS Linen ot special weave. vriTT'N'rj ivrRTtf trnuniefi -with nitrht fulness, aversion to society, which deprive you of your manhood. UNFITS YQTJ FOR BUSINESS OR MARRIAGE. , MIDDLE-AGED MEN who from excesses and strains have lost their MANLY POWER. 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