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.
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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.
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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."
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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
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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.
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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-
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Rednctlon Snle Fancy Dry Goodb.
New York Mercantile Co.. 205 Third.
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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
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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
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