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THE SUNDAY OKEGNU JPOBTIANT), OCTOBER 14 .1900.
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HE RISING GERMAN FLAG
EXGIAXD's GREATEST RIVAL WELL
REPRESENTED IX PORTLAND.
Bifir Fleet of German Ship The Ore-
alia Sails Steamship Norman
Isles Coining: for Lumber.
The big maritime nations of the world
i Cre -well reoresentod hv thp erain fieri
la Potland harbor today, and ty a coin
cidence, the two greatest en earth arc
represented by an equal number cf ships,
sijying at the Portland dorks tArtnv aw
pve British, five German and two French
"vessels. This Is the first time on reco.d
that . fleet of this size contained so large
J a proportion of German ships, and Ilius
jtrates In a striking manner how the new
floe Is coming to the front on the hljh
eeas. Portland seems to be a favorite
sPort for German ships, and more vrrssls
j flying this flag are headed In this direc
Itlon than are listed for any other Pa
fclfic Coast port. There are 21 of these
ivessels now on the list fcr Portland l--ad-
"ng, and three 'have already cleared since
J the opening: of the season, July 1, making
a total of 29 ships under the German flag
I "With several months of the season yet
'to hear from.
The feature of this new fleet wh'ch
1 chows how the greatest gains nave been
Isnade by the Germans on the British Is
fin what might be termed the "perconol
jity" of the ships, for over half of the
number In port, on route or listed under
3 the German flag were vessels which were
idlscaxded by the British a few years age.
fwhen stam was all the rage. The Cs-
iterbek was formerly the Orbis. and the
(jsomla -was well known in this pert as
Ithe British ship Auchencairn. Of these
ion the en route list, the Alsterufer was
he North Star, the Arthur Ffcger, the
iJBritlsh Merhcant, and the Bertha the. La
rcom. The old Duchers ef Edinburgh.
Which carried several wheat cargors out
fof Portland under the British flag, since
she was built a quarter of a csntury ago.
Sis now winging her way across the Pa-
l-clfic as the German bark Gertrud. Oth-
for vessels of the "naturalized" German
jMect en route for Portland are the Bruns
lliagen ex St. Mildred. Ellbek ex Moreton,
Hassla ex Northbrook. Olga ex Lactura,
lOtto Glldemelster ex Zemindar, Wllkom-
ien, ex Dawpool and a number of oth-
fers. The giant Somali, which was the
largest British sailing ship afloat, is now
foieaaea for Tacoma as' the German s.p
Llsterdamm.
NOR3IAN ISLES COMING.
i Another Bier "Whalenaclc Will Load
Lumber & Portland Tills Month.
The British steamship Norman Isles, a
leister ship to the Elm Branch, which ro
Icently loaded lumber at this port for
IChlna, is now in San FranclFco, and it
lis renorted that she will enme to Portland
to load a'3,O0O,O0O-feet lumber cargo for
IChina. The lumber business with the far
lEast has been rather slack since the dls
Iturbanee with .he Boxers, but Portland
srters have never been entirely shut
lout of the market, and the outlook for
Sbusiness is much improved. In addition
to the cargo of the Norman Isles, a con
siderable quantity of lumber -will be sent
out by the regular liners which will leave
Portland between now and the end of the
year. There has been no large sailing
ship cargoes cleared from Portland for a
llong time, but British Columbia Is doing
considerable business with sailers. The
German ship Paul RIckmers, 2S17 tons net.
now en route irom Hlogo for Chemai-
Inus to load lumber, and will undoubtedly
carry away about as large a cargo as
lever left the Sound on a sailer.
COSTLY COLLISION.
I Three Steamship Enjyasre in. an Ex
pensive Mix-Up at Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL. Oct. 13. A singular se
ries of accidents occurred in the Mersey
lay. The Norwegian steamer "Veritas
collided with the Leyland Line steamer
)evonia, from Boston, October 3. Unsuc-
ssful efforts were made to beach the
rerltas on the Cheshire shore, after which
she was towed over to the Liverpool sldo.
R'hero the cable parted and she collided
sith the rteamer Earl of Pawys. causing
the latter to break from her moorings.
IThereupon both steamers drifted down
16 river, and -the "Veritas crushed into
two thick Iron booms stretched from the
pier head at St. George's Landing stage.
everything about ber deck was carried
iway, and she Is now a submerged wreck.
The Earl of Powys, while drifting
smashed her boats, lost her propeller and
ier crew leaped upon the dock wall, 'ihe
DUth end of the landing stage -was exten
sively injured. The aggregate damage
ill amount to thousands of pounds.
MISTLEY HALL SOLD.
Swell-Known Clipper Ship Passes to
the Hands of the Itnlianx.
The famous old clipper, MIstley Hall,
rhlch has made so many fast passage?
setween Portland and Europe, will r.o
longer sail under the British flag. She
fas dismasted off the coast of South
America a few months ago, and with great
lfficulty worked back to Monteii'Seo.
ier cargo was discharged at that port,
id she was sold at auction to an Italian
Itfirm for 2500. TJift vMtstley Hall was
juilt in 3S74, and lias seldom made a slow
massage since she was launched. She has
jeen for many years in command -of Cap-
Btaln Logan, who was very much attached
his racer, and bas undoubtedly given
ier up with many regrets. Another trio
f old-time sailers in this port that have
recently gone under the hammer are the
mrk Cairnsmore and ihe ships Errol and
uir.beuand. The latter vessel brought
5.0C3, the Cairnsmore $20,000 and the Er
rol 523,000.
FIRST SALMON SHIP.
Mackenzie Leaves the Fraser
With, a Blsr Cargo for Europe.
The first vessel of the British Columbia
salmon fleet of 1S00 sailed from the Fraser
tlver Thursday afternoon. The initial
icparture wus tha"t,of the Clan Macken
zie, v. 1.1 oh was towed to sea by the tug
jOtt.c. The Clan Mackenzie had telow
ier hatches G9.456 cases of salmon, repre-
?r.tlng a vahie of about $300,030, for the
t !ted Ivlngaom. tone was loaded by Ev-
ir, Coleman & Evans, of Vancouver. In
ded in her cargo were shipments by
.ns, Coleman & Evans, R. P. Rithet.
I. Bell-Irving, Findlay, Durham & Brodle
lr.J others.
Cf the other salmon ships, the Ardna-
r-r-han is. loading at Stevcston and the
'try Cross at Victoria. The Machrlhan-
""i has Just left Yokohama, for Royal
ds. The Ilala will arrive too late to
:d salmon, and she will dikely be taken
;;r grain.
THE OREALLA SAILS.
ntral Fijcnre in the Recent Sailor
Troubles Removed from the Scene.
1 c British ship Orealla; with all of her-
iLbles behind her, crossed out from As-
r:r. yesterday -afternoon, and will need
make a fast run home in order to
'e up for the time lost In waiting for
ins. Several of the San Francisco
ra'n ships have been held up from two
t'-.reo weeks waitlnj, for crews, but the
-alla's case is about the worst that
fc "5 been noted In the North for many
rt-ths. Now that the differences whic.i
:u'fced in the Orealw's delay have been
"ttled, the rest of te fleet in port will
3e hustled nut to ea w-th the prompt
1L patch for which this pott is noted. The
srman ship Osterbek is scheduled to ni.
isb Monday, and the W J. Pirrie will fin
ish about tho same t mi.
3Iarine Notes.
Th Frcn,ch barks Europo and AmtraiJ
Courbet arrived up yesterday afternoon"
in tow of the Thompson. There has been
considerable fog on the river of late, and
the Thompson "was obliged to anchor ovr
night with her tow at Henrlcl's Landing.
The Europe, now In the river, is the
largest French ship that ever -visited this
port. She is a four-master and is very
elegantly finished.
Repairs to the steamship Columbia are
being rushed, an'd he old reliable packet
will be back on her regular run next trip,
leaving San Francisco October 15.
The steamers Despatch and Fulton, of
the coasting fleet, arrived yesterday. The
steamer Elmore sailed from Astoria In the
morning, and the Anita arrived at Astoria
from Tillamook.
Domestic and Foreign Porta.
ASTORIA, Oct. 13. Arrived at 10 A. M.
and left up at 12:40 Steamer" Despatch,
from San Francisco; at 12:40 P. M ,
schooner Anita, from Tillamook; at L:3J
P. M., steamer Fulton. Sailed At S A.
M., steamer Sue Elmore, for Tillamook;
at 3:20 P. M., British ship Orealla, for
Queenstown or Falmouth, for orders. Lett
up at 7 P. M. Steamer Fulton. Condlt on
of the bar at 5 P. M. smooth; wind, south
east; weather, ' cloudy.
Hoqulam. Sailed October 11 Steamer
Coqullle River, from Aberdeen, for San
Francisco; steamer Grace Dollar, from
Hoqulam, for San Francisco; schooner I.
E. Slade, from Aberdeen, for San Fran
cisco. Hong Kong, Oct 13. Arrived previously
Doric, from San Francisco, via Hono
lulu, etc
Glasgow, Oct, 13. Arrived Sardinian,
from New York.
Cherbourg, Oct. 13. Sailed Kaiser
Frlederich, from Hamburg and South
ampton, for New York. Sailed St. Louis,
from Southampton, for New York.
Havre, Oct. 13. Sailed La Bretagne,
for New York.
Liverpool, Oct. 13. Sailed Umbria, for
New York.
Queenstown, Oct 13. Sailed Cymric,
from Liverpool, for New Yorlc
Antwerp, Oct, 13. Sailed Noordland, for
New York.
New York, Oct, 13. Sailed Pretoria, fcr
Hamburg, via Plymouth and Cherbourg;
Etruria, for Liverpool; Trave, for B.e
men, via Southampton; Maasdam. Rot
terdam, via Boulogne; City of Rome, for
Glasgow.
Antwerp, Oct, 13. Arrived Friesland,
from New York.
New York, Oct. 13. Sailed State of Ne
braska, for Glasgow.
Southampton, Oct, 13. Arrived Frled
erich der Gross, for Bremen, from New
York.
Queenstown, Oct, 13. Arrived Campa
nia, from New York, for Liverpool.
lew York, Oct. 13. Arrived Lucania,
from Liverpool; Deutschland, from Ham
burg; St, Paul, from Southampton.
San Francisco, Oct, 13. Arrived United
Stites steamship "Wisconsin, from Santa
Barbara; United States steamship Rang
er, from Santa Barbara; United States
steamship Unadilla, from Santa Barbari;
steamer Matteawan, from Tacoma; steim
er "Wellington, from Chemainus; steamer
Mackinaw, from Seattle; steamer Condor,
from Vancouver; steamer San Mateo,
from Nanalmo; barkentlne Benlcla, from
Seattle; ship Indian, from Bristol Bay;
schooner Gem, from Gray's Harbor.
Sailed Steamer Wyefield, for Manila.
Port Ludlow. Arrived October 32 Ship
Yosemlte, from Port Townsend.
Seattle. Arrived October 12 Steamer
City of Seattle, from Dyea; steamer Ab
erdeen, from Alaska. Sailed Steamer
Cottage City, for Sitka; British ship Ven
tura, for Tacoma.
Sydney, Oct. 13. Arrived prior to Octo
ber 12 Barkentlne Charles F. Crocker,
from Vancouver.
San Francisco, Oct. 13. Arrived
Schooner Laura May, chooner Sailor Boy,
from Gray's Harbor; schooner Mary E.
Russ, from Tacoma. Sailed Ship Amer
ica, for Comox; steamer City of Puebla,
for Victoria; schooner A, B. Johnson, lor
Gray's Harbor; schooner Repeat, for
Gray's Harbor; steamer Rainier, for Se
attle. New Yorlc, Oct, 13. Arrived, La Lor
raine, from Havre.
DAILY CITY STATISTIC3.
Real Estate Transfers.
Joseph Supple and wife to Samuel
Elmore. W. 27 feet of lot 4 and lots
5. 6 and 7. block 1, Atkinson's Ad
dition, May 12 J 1
George P. Gray and wife to George B.
and Harry Smith, lot 7, irf S.
double block A, October 11 1000
Hannah Klcolal and husband to Jo
seph M. Healy et al.. block 162, East
Portland. October 12 3C00
Frank Turgeon and wife to John Ep
perly. lot 10. block 7. Cloverdale Ex
tension, October 12 50
William E. Spicer and wife to J. H.
Page, lots D to 2(5. inclusive, block L
Oakdale, October 1 K0
Same to same, lot 10. block 13, River
view Addition to Alhlno. October TL 1000
L. A. McXary to A. C. Brush, E.
of lot 2-3, block 2. Alblna. October 10. 1000
Title Guarantee & Trust Co. to W. L.
Bsckner. lots 6 and 9. block lit
Northern Hill Addition. October 1... 150
M. E. Smlthwra to James E. Lund,
part of lot 11. block 4. Abend's Ad
dition, October 11 125
Jlarrlnse Licenses.
Samuel Block, aged 32, Dora Saplro,
aged 19; John Egger, TT. Schoer, 22.
Deaths.
Oct. 10 Lehman S. Mayer, 45 years, Se
attle. Wash.; hemorrhage. ,
Oct 10 Allvilda J. Sharke. 42 years,
Good Samaritan Hospital: hea-t failure.
Oct. 10 Andrew Alexander Wallace, 23
years, Mllwaukle; tuberculosis.
Oct. 11 Hart S. Loomls. 40 years, 445
Mechanic street: cholecys'JMs.
Oct. 11 David Washington Llchten-,
thaler, C8 years, Esmond hotel: hemor
rhage. Oct, 11 B. Stephen Stoltz, 25 yat3,
brought for burial from Albany, Or.; res
idence 2CS Beach street,
Oct. 11 Curtis Clarke Strong, 51 years,
223. West Park strpet; uraemia.
Oct, 11 Ruth May Pi-.r.mons, 2 days,
Woodlawn; lack of vitality.
Oct: 12 Ann Morrow, 79 years, 214
North Union avenue; apoplexy.
Births.
Oct 12 Girl to the wife of Otto Dekum.
703 Everett street.
Contagions Diseases.
Oct. 12 Child of W. A. Klpp, 490 Ste
phen street, typhoid iei'cr.
Oct, 13 Mary Breltbath, 490 Stephen
street, typhoid fever.
FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
The selfishness exhibited in the building
of smoking or library cars for the use of
men is hardly selfishness, after all; it's
merely a case of evolution, these products
being so many finger posts leading up to
tho strictly modern electric-lighted obser
vation car, suQh as is run by the Northern
j'acnic on the "North Coast Limited"
dally from Portland to the East, We have
10 of these trains, composed of eight car&
each, arid by actual count there are 291
electric lights on the train, 54 In the od
sorvation car alone. Just think! what
a blaze of light! It Is so in all the cars.
Two electric lights in each section In the
standard sleeper. Electric fans in both
tho observation and dining cars for ven
tilation purposes. They keep the air in
these cars pure and sweet. You are not
charged any more for riding on this train
than you are on the. ordinary trains. The
tourist sleeper In this train has 16 sec
tions. Tho car is finished In mahogany,
upholstered In dark green leather, with
isles carpeted. This car will' prove a
source of delight and surprise to those
who feel that they cannot afford the
luxuries of the first-class Pullman sleep
er. If you are thinking of going East, we
would like to have you Inspect this train
and call on us for nny additional In
formation wanted rates. routeB, maps,
tickets, sleeping-car reservations, etc.
A. D. Charlton, assistant general pas
senger agent, 255 Morrison street, corner
of Third, Portland, Or.
The "Stock" piano Wiley B, .Allen Co.
THE QUAIL OF THE BIO JAG
A BOSTON THAN WHO "WOULD HEAD'
BROWNING IN THE WOODS.
Leap of Fergry, the Guide, From
Fried-Ham Hotel to a Natur
alist's Paradise.
FIFIELD, "Wis., Sept. 2?. (Correspond
ence New York Sum) At the noon hour
on Lower Price Lake the other man,
having taken three muskallonges of six
pounds each and fellng himself at peace
with the world, extracted a, half-pint
flask from one ofi the many pockets in
his Ashing coat, poured out a .fair allow
ance and tendered It to Fergy, the guide.
"Naw," was the response, with a strong
shake of the head, r'I knows my limit. I
had some drinks six monthB ago. "W'en
th' fceshin' season's over an' Jus' before
the loggln' season begins, I'll go inter Fl
flel' and make them barkeeps think 01'.
Man Blznls Is got back to town. Right
now I'm stump suckln'."
"All. right," said the other man, having
tilted the cup slowly and wiped his mus
tache. "In these matters every chap
must be his own lawyer. Tf you can't
take a drink without sandbagging your
enormous intelligence, let it alone."
"Yass," Fergy said, "an ef you calnt
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MR. AND MRS. E. H. SKINNER, OF SPRINGBROOK, YAMHILL COUNTY.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hayes Skinner, of Springbrook, Yamhill County, celebrated the 50th anniversary last Tuesday. Tfioy were mar
ried at Prattsburs, N. "Y., October 0, 1850,' and are comfortably located in their fruit farm at Springbrook, and are both enjoying good
health. They had a family of eight children, but only four are now living Mrs. ,Bucker, wife of John T. Bucker. of Itockford, 111.; R.
"W. Skinner, who Is in the canning business in California; Mrs. "Whittlesey, wife of- C. T. Whittlesey, A B., of the Boseburg Academy,
and Mrs. Kaiser, wife of Xi. S. Kaiser, of Portland. Mr. Skinner Is a cousin of the lat-o Prosldent Hayes, but he never used thlg to try
to get office. On tho contrary, he has worked his way up. Ho has gained a great deal of credit from several Inventions. Several years
ago he invented a cherry pltter, which proved a success, and has been widely sold as far East as Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Skinner are spend
ing their declining years In peace and contentment on their fruit farm, and their numerous friends wish them many more years of use
fulness and happiness.
talk 'lthout makln' a temp'ranco lect'rer
o yourse'f you better buy two poun' o"
chewin' gum, melt It, pour it down you
fa" tlTcounS dearth XT hX I
a hunderd miles wes' o' here. It's a
speckled trout country an' a man built
a log house over there an' called It a.
hotel. He had four rooms 'an' a fireplace
an' pine beds an a lot o' ol' deerhorns
stuck up aroun' an' city fellers useter
come there an' pay him $15 a week so's
they could sit In th' big room an' freeze
their backs an' look at th' horns.' Ef
they wanted anything to eat they went
out an' ketched It, and' ef they didn't
ketch It they got fried ham -an' soggy
pertaters 21 times in seven days.
"Guldln' were purty good an I staid
all th Summer. In Augus' a chap blowed
in with a llv'ry waggln all to hisse'f. It
were a big waggln and' he needed it.
They was th driver an' him an' jus'
boxes. I thinks to mese'f. 'Here's a
shore good feller to git inter th' woods
with, f'r he's got things to eat fom alfy
bet to izzard.' He hops down fom th'
"waggin, seat an' he says: 'Is Fer
gy th' guide hero?' says he, an' I
says: 'I be.' He says: 'I heerd o' you a
many times,7 says he. They tells me,'
says he, 'that you're a good, careful, so
ber, truthful man,' he say's, an' I say: 'I
be.' He says, 'I need you f'r 30 days,' he
says. 'We wanter git out inter th woods
right away, says he. 'Jus pick out a
camp an' take my things to It an' you'll
have the nappies' mont' o' your life' says
he.
'-'I looked at th' boxes an' I smiles an
I hires th' waggj an' drives it down on
Beach Crick twenty-four mile eight hun
dred an' tbjrty yard fom th' Fried Ham
House. This feller he broke open his
boxes that night an' I stood 'roun waltln'
to stick a tooth In fer som'p'n wuth "re
memberin'. AVell, sir, he hid butterfly
nets an nets weaved like spider webs an'
pastobbard cases with gluo in 'em an'
books with funny names an' th Jim Hill
knows w'at he dldn' have, 'cep' som'p'n to
eat. I says to him: 'Ho-n do you cook
them sla'shln's?' An' he says, says he:
'Them ain't to cook; them's to use,' he
says. To use 'r wat? says l. An' he
says: To ketch spec'mens. I'm a nat'ral
ist,' he says. 'W'at'd you bring fom
th' hotel?' An' I says: 'Ham an' per
.taters an' cofTee.' An he says: 'That's
food mos' too good f r anglls,' says he.
Damn him!
"He were a pile feller, with his breas'
sunk in. He had a long face, an' his
forrid 6tuck out so's It made his haid
look like a lop-sided shack. He says to
me nex' mornln', chewin' ham: This is
glorous. Th' doctors ordered me to come
out here 'cause I been studyln' too hard.
I been wrltln' a book called "Esoteric En
tomology: ur th' Divine Thlsness o' th'
Other." In eight vollums, I got th' fust
one nearly begun,' he says. 'I'm fom Bos.
ting,' says he, 'an' wo eats on'y black
beans f'r SO days after a death In th'
famlly.J says he. Then he took off his
goggles an wiped 'em an' arsked f r more
ham.
"This feller's name were Wentworth
Emerson Boggs. He had a- bamboo rod
w'at cost money an four poun' o' ar
tifeeshul flies mebbe four an' a quarter
poun'. I laid out we'd eat feesh anyhow,
but I didn't know Boggs. He we're one
o' these hero humane peepul w'at calnt
bear to hu't a llvin'. things 'cep' bugs.
'Study 'em says he. That's w'at you
wanter do. Study ' 'em a'n' take foty
griphs of 'em an' write things 'bout 'cm,
so's th' wor'l kin know as much 'bout 'em
as you do, but don' murder 'em.' I foun
out all this afterward. That mornln' we
went a mile down th' crick to a hole I
knowed, an this feller flung out a red
fly. Thirty-three trout hltat it to onst
an' he hauled in a beaut w'at weighed
vry ounce o' two poun'. I says to my
se'f herc'B achanst fr dinner anyhow,
but he took. It offn the hook an his eyes
got so wt he hadder sling his goggles
off; an' he looked at Its back flns an' its
belly flns an' counted the. spots on It,
and squinted into Its gills an' says: -'O,
beaut'ful produc o' th' wonderful work
shop o' Natur"! O, splendid example o
th' workln's o' overlooshun! "I hopes
these here crool barbs aln' hurt you none!'
says he, an' flung it back. I had my -ax
with me, an I felt o' Its aldge an' I
says to myse'f, siysj I: 'Ef this here shy
poke gits any wuss, it's him Inter th'
groun' an' iwush I hadder spade.'
"Man, that sort o' thing kep' up all that
day an.' th' nex' day an' th' nex' day, an'
f r a week an' f r two weeks. W'en he
weren't, hetchin bugs an' chlorof ormln'
'em, he were Uetchln' th "fatfes' trout you
ever see an' throwin'.'em back; an", m-j
gittln' th' o'ny dose o'' fried ham an wet
pertaters X ever got In m' Ufet I uacter
look at him acrost.-th' Arc at .night, w'tie
he were wlpln' his goggles an' talkin'
'bout his blamed book, an' wonder" how a
slice o' him would tas'e. FInerly, I couldn'
stah' It no longer, so I begged off f'r ha'f
a day an' trotted ithlrty-three mile three
rod- inter th' county town. I loaded Up
on steak, an' w'en I hit th camp 'bout
sundown, I hadder pint bottle o' two-weeks-on-th
-poor-farm In my pockit an'
a quart w'ere it wouldn't git broke.
" 'Have some',' I says, pullin out th
cork with my teeth.
"I never see a feller change so. A light
come Inter his eyes like you was shinln'
'em with a balBam to'ch. His face got
w'lter an' he stuck out a han' w'at trim
bled, an' then pulled It -back. 'No;' says
he, 'lot be, let be, let be! "W'y should a
man put a en'my Inter his mouth 't' make
him dronk? They ain't no thin' in It. Bet
ter throw, that away.'
" 'Well.j I says, 'hoi th' cork, w'ile 1
throws it away.'
"He took th' cork an w'en I tilted th'
bottle I seo him smell It, 'to keep you
from makln' a beas' o' yourse'f, says he;
fom wreckin' your splendid young man
hood on this here rock w'at has sent so
many down to everlastln.' night,' he says,
Tll;-ril take some. I handed blm th'
bottle, an' w'en he put it down there
weren't no danger .o'. me .wrecking myse'f
onless I ,were -a ,glass-chewer.
"Nex' mornln', 'lthout sayin' nothln' to
me, ho hikes inter th' hotel-an starts a
boy to town with a telegraph. Three days
CELEBRATEDTHEIR GOLDEN 'WEDDING
arterward we bo to th' hotel an' git a
10-gallon jar covered with wicker, , an' 1
lugs It to camp. Boggs says- to me it's
P"" W t' keep his bugs fom sp'llln'
I takes him at his word. Twenty-three
time that night he gits out'n his blankets
and cogs wanderin' 'roun' In th' dark, an'
1 1 don't git' much sleep. Nex' day he lays
'roun' an' isays he thinks he's got som'p n
he calls penderceeters, an he aln' goln' t'
feesh none. I takes th' rqd an' gits back
with eighteen specklers an' squats down
by th' fire, an' cooks th' las' one o' 'em.
Ho gits a w'iffi an rolls over an' groans.
I eats nine an' lays th' other nine clost
by him. Then I says:
" 'Them butterflies I been eatln' needs
preserving, says I, an' I goes over an'
pulls th' cork out'n that wicker jar. You
never smelt no smell like that smell. It
were 'roses an' honey, with a snap o' gin
ger to it, an som'p'n else w'at made you
think o wide yeller- flel's In th' Fall an'
fat-cheeked gals an' somebody playin' th'
flddle an' 'nuther somebody slngin' a good
song. I poured out a coffee cup full an
downed it. Boggs turned over an' grinned
a green sickly grin, an' he says:
" 'I'm sorter full o' butterflies myse'f,'
he says:
"I spill him a cup an' 'nuther cup an'
'nuther cup an', blushln' deeply, he sur
roun's them nine specklers. That ended
It. He rlz up In a leetle w'ile an' got a
cup f'r hisse'f. I got a cup an' he got
one. Then I got "one. Then he got one,
an' settled down on his hunkers an" tol'
me-six funny stories an' laffed. Then he
sings a sea song an' bellered owdaclous.
Then he sta'rted In on a pome 'bout fay
locks bloomln' In a yard an' said it
through to th' las' derned line; took him
'mos' a hour. Then he cried an I'd
a-cried a leetle myse'f ef It hadn" been
f r th' preserv'tlve. You gimme stuff like
that an! 1 aln' doln' no weepln' f'r a
week. Boggs wiped his eyes an' his gog
gles an' tried to start a long talk with
me 'bout som'p'n I never heerd, afore. He
argyed real fierce an' I kep' still. Then
he, put his goggles In his pockit an'
wanted to w'lii me 'cause r didn't know
nothln'. Then I git tcchous myse'f an'
says It's my turn f sing, an' I give him
'Th' Soldier's Letter. They's sixty-three
verses In It, an' w'en I got through he
were wlllln' to take 'nuther cup an' be
decent.
"Five days we had a good time. I
ketched feesh an' we both eat ''em. He
lay in camp an' said po'try. He got a
lettle th' bes' o' me on th' preserv'tlve,
but I got th' exercise, an' so we broke
'bout even. Nex' day w'en I came in at
noon he were slttin' by a big lire with
my ax in his han', lookln' pale but mad.
" 'I'm ready to sell 'm my life dearly,'
says he, his goggles hangln' to one year.
"I were a leetle nervls myse'f an' i
jumped 'roun' a bit lookln' f'r lumber
thieves ur Injuns. I takes a cup an' then
I laffs. 'Who are you goln f sell it tor
I says. They ain' nobody 'roun' here buy
In' damaged goods. Wat's th' matter or
ypu. anyhow?'
" 'Quail!' says he, shlverln an' feelln'
f'r his goggles an' not llndin' 'em.
.. " 'Quail, hell!' says I.
" 'Man!' says he, 'don't be profane nur
Jbck'ler! Take warnln'l'
"I grabs him an' pours a cup down
him. an' then he .tells me that w'lles he's
slttin' there recltln' a pome called 'Peep
er's Pass writ by a railway feller namea
Brownln', a quail come out'n th' woods,
walked, up to him, biffed him In th' eye
with a wing, knockln' his goggles Inter
th' fire, and then tried to walk off with
th: jug. He tol' it so clrcumstanshul like
I hadder b'llevo him. I seen so many
funny things In th' woods I b'lleve mos'
anything untell I prove It's a He. Boggs '
said this here quail was more'n two feot
high an' had a breast on him like a tur
key gobler. His eyes was red. he hau
a bill curved like a s'ode, he had spurs
six inches long an' a whistle like a steam
irrjun. It wero them spurs what made
Boogs git th' ax.
"We had more cups that day an' went
to bed peaceful, but ready f'r anything
w'at wanted to come 'round' borrvln'
trouble.
i. It were 12 o'clock an' th' Are died (
w'en th' nat'ralist give a whoop
down
like a eight-foot saw hltln' a six-foot
hlck'ry log, an' I landed on my. feet,
starln' 'roun' like I was crazy myse'f. I
heerd a noise like thunder an I see some
big objeo' scootin' way in th' dark, an'
'bout four yards 'bove tho groun', ur
mebbe four an' a ha'f. Th' jug were
tilted over an' it were th' soun' o' its
gugglin' w'at brought me to. I leaped at
it an' straightened it up an' hefted it an'
Jour .we hadn't. 16s roucn", angive a long-j
, breath o relief. Boggs were pilln wood
on th' fire, his teeth cllckln 'gether, an
we'n thr flame 'got tip he shbwed me his
right laig. Six inches 'bove th' ankle
they wad a cut a Inch deep, like some
body'd done it with a sharp knife.
" 'That's w'ere he bit me,' Boggs says,
moanln' like a leetle chile, "n' he'd a had
mv life blood ef I hadn't let out that
yell: That fetched him. Gimme a cup!'
" 'Yass,' I says, 'that'd fetched anything
outslde'n a deef man dead f'r six year.
Wei-e'd you git that voice?'
, 'VDidn' know I had it .tell jus then,'
says he.
" 'Well,' says L 'you know It now an
you, keep It bottled up. I druther be et
by th' quail,' I says, 'I druther be et by
th' quail 'n have my year-drums busted
w'lles I'm sleep.' says I.
"Boggs smiled, but sickly, an' says:
'Gimme cup!'
" 'Here 'tis. I says, 'but If you goin'
to let out some mare whoops like that,
you gotter take, th axe In th' mofnln'
an' go out ah' flght if out with th quail.
I wouldn' yell that-a-way f'r a bird big
gem th' hotel,'. pays I.
" T dunno,' he says, 'w'y that aurvlgrus
beas should jump on me," says he. 1
been kind to an'hiuls. I wouldn' et them
trouts ef I hadn' had penderceeters
" "Yass,' I says, 'but you done et 'em
an' you an'- th quail "settles it.'
"Twlx' then an' daylight Boggs got
mightily heartened up an' w'en we had
breakfus' he, took th axe an' started out.
'You keep camp,' he says, 'an ef I aln
back by dark come out an' fin' my bones,
In case they's any o' 'em lef, an' give
'em Chrlstun burial. I wanter show you
says he, 'I aln' 'fraid o' no quail w'at
ever climbed a tree. I'm a nat'ralist an
I know the ways o' them things. Gimme
cup!'
"W'en Boggs went 'way I got up an'
looked 'roun' camp. I thought mebbe
I'd been dreamln', too, but I foun th'
track o' the quail clost by th' place w'ere
he'd knocked th' jug over. He made a
three-toed sign, six an' a quarter inches
long by four an a ha'f Inches wide. W'en
I seen that I took a cup ur two myse'f.
I aln' denyin1 that all day I were mighty
skeery-
"Long 'bout dark I heerd a clumpln'
In th' bushes, an' got my feet un'er me
ready to hike. That year I could do five
mile In twelve mlnits through the woods.
It were Boggs, howsomever, pale an'
tired, with a holy shine on his face an'
his sand-hill crane lalgs bendln' un'er
him. He stood afore me, chokln' an
gaspln', an' It took him five mlnits to git
his voice. Then he wiped his goggles an'
put 'em back, an' stretched out his han'
an' says In a w'isper like he seen a ghos':
'Gimme cup!' I give him one an' two an'
three an' four, f'r that matter, an' he
sets down an' tells mo this tale:
" T struck th' trail right here In camp'
an' follered It f'r six mile northeas' by
north. Then it took a ben' an' I follered
it three mile southeas' by south. It took
another ben' f r two mile south by south
eas by south, an' then run eight mile
due wes'. This brought me to a country
growed up with ahoemake bushes, an' the
leaves turnln' red. I could tell by the
shortenln o' the stride o' the bird that
he were glttin blamed tired o' hikln,
an' I gripped my ax with nervls fingers,
determined to have his life f'r his maleo
clous night attacks on my preserv'tlvo.
For four hours In an' out among them
shoemakes I follered him. an' now an
then th' noise o the bushes beln' broko
down were plain to my years. Fact is,
after a hour th' trail got to be two feet
wide, an It run In an' out in the crazjes'
fashion you ever see. Gimme cup! FIner
ly I see a tree 20 foot high, an' I climb up
it f'r to take a look. May I never shed
no more tears on th' grave o' Ralph
Waldo Emerson, part o' whose name I'm
carryin', if that beas' hadn't traveled
'roun' in them bushes tell he'd broke 'em
down so's they jspelt my name. There it
were, In letters 50 foot longby 10 foot
wide "B-OjQ-G-S. "
" 'W'at did I do? W'at would any mart
do? I fell ou'n th'- tree. Anger seized me
an' I says to myself: "Plainly, in 'dltlon
to beln' bloodthirsty, this here bird hqs
got a sense o' humor. Now un'er these
here conditions, w'at'U be th' action o
one o' them ol trappers an' hunters an'
sleuths an' nat'rallsts we Bostlngers la
allers writln' 'bout? W'at'd Francis Park
man do ef he were 'live an' here today?
It's ev'dunt that th' quail' Is goln to keep
on spellin' my name tell night ef I don't
stop him. Also It's ev'dnnt that In order
t' git nex' I gotter begin at th' las let
ter an', spell it backerd."
"I run Inter th feathered dipsymanlac
on th' up stroke o' the letter O. We was
face t' face afore he knowed I were any
closter t him than half th' name. But
w'en 1 see him standin' there, so outudl
an' disheartened, pity rlz up in me. I
says t' him, says I: 'You Invaded my
camp an' skeered eight years o' growth
outen me an' voraciously 'saulted my
preserv'tlve an' bit me on tho laig- an'
robbed me o' sleep. W'at for? The' quail
scratched his bill with his left foot, an'
that gimme to understan' It were on
'count o' th' po'try. I savs to him
I: 'How'd Peeper's Pass 'an 'Laylocks in
th' Back-Yard' hu't you? You didn't un-
'erstan'
cm, um yuu: x snore aon t Jtie
took his middle lef toe in his beak an'
spread his tall out wide an' that tol mo
I had him w'ere th loon had th nllnner.
They were a red handkerchief tied rGun"
my haid, so's no butterfly hunter'd take
me f'r a flyln' squlr'l an' rope me, an' I
took it off an' wiped my goggles. Then 1
looked Inter his large, liquid eye, an' he
looked inter my large, liquid eye, an I
says, says I 'Wally!' (Vale.) 'lthout
nuther wdrd fom neither on us. he
tur,ned an' worked his way back to the
B eend an' I come out'n th S. Then I
hiked here.
Fergy paused to throw a crust of bread
at a chipmunk, and the other man asked:
"What became of Naturalist Boggs?"
"Oh, I got him back to th' hotel an
shipped him home. He tol' me he were
goln' to drop th' book an' write th' story
o' th' camp; said he were goln' to name it
"Th- Quail o' th' Fan Hills Jag but I
guess he must a-run. Inter 'Wither Jug t
pesfcrVUve,. " - ' '
WITH HARES AND HOUNDS
PORTLAND RIDERS COMPETE OVER
A TEN-MILE COURSE.
Sport Proves Exhilarating:, and Will
Be Continued Every Ttto "Weeks
3Ienibcrs of Party.
Overt the hills and far away went a
merry mounted party of riders yesterday
afternoon in the first paper chase of the
Fall season. Mounted horsemen and
horsewomen made up the party, and the
sight was picturesque as the riders cov
ered the 10-mile course In following the
paper scent laid by the fleet "hares," Who
had a 15-mlnute start.
In the party were: Mrs. Buffum, Miss
Burns, Miss Shogren, Dr. Chlpman and
Messrs. A. H. Kerr, S. C. Kerr, E T.
Chase, E. M. Lazarus, R. L. Sabln, John
Latta, A. T. Biles, C. B. Williams and
James Nicol. Mrs. Buffum, Miss Burns
and Mr. Nicol were chosen as the hares,
and the start made from near the Irving
ton racetrack. These were given 15 min
utes start, and the scent was well laid
across country toward the east, thence
to the north, circling through Alblna to
the Portland souring Mills, and then up
a gulch into Alblna, where the finish was
made along a half-straightaway, where
brush hurdles had been placed to test
the horsemanship of the riders. A fast
pace was set by the "hares," and they
came In at the finish first. The "hounds,"
however, had followed the scent easily,
and had been ablo to gain 10 minutes on
their rivals.
Down tho homestretch the "hounds"
broke Into a race. In Whlqh E. T. Chaso
camo In first, beating Dr. Chlpman by a
length, with Mr. Lazarus well up. The
lively, bracing sport met with great favor
among the riders, and the Saturday after
noon paper chases are to be held every
two weeks hereafter. Future events will
bo, announced, and all horsemen and
horsewomen Interested are welcoma to
join the party whenever the "hares and
hounds" test tholr speed over the course.
SALE OF MUNICIPAL BONDS
A, Correspondent Thinlcs Better
Prices Could Have Been Obtained.
PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 13. (To the Edi
tor.) Will you permit a portion of your
space to be used In presenting a matter
to the public which I consider of special
Importance just at this time? We aro
all aware of the strenuous efforts being
made by the city authorities to raise
money by special taxation to meet tho
necessary expenses of our city govern
ment. As 'to the wisdom of this it is
not my purpose to discuss In this com
munication, but I desire to allude to one
transaction of recent occrrence whereby
the city might havo been a gainer to the
extent of over $4000. I allude to the sale of
a broker of this city -of some $25,000 of
or city Improvement bonds at a premium
of about $3 85 per cent. It has been the
custom for soma time by our Auditor to
offer these bonds under proposals to the
highest bidder. In this case there were
two or more bidders, but they wero
rightfully given to the highest bidder,
and there was nothing wrong in that,
but does our Auditor know that these
same bonds being 6 per cents, might
havo been sold for much higher figures
in the Eastern markets? Is he not pre
sumed to know that good 6 per cent
municipal bonds, running, say 10 years,
bring as much as 125 In the Eastern
cities? Does he not know that as much
as 124 has been bid for our water bonds
which are only 5 per cents Jn these same
markets? Then why should our 6 pr
cents be sold for less than 104 because
it Is tho best local bid that can be ob
tained? Recently Baker City 5's wero taken in
large amounts by a Chicago firm at 10S.
Are the bonds of a country town worth
more than our city 6s? I havo com
puted the profit which might have been
obtained for our bonds If tho fact that
we had them for sale had been known In
the Eastern cities, as follows:
$23,000 bonds sold at $103 85 $23,962 50
$25,000 bonds sold at $120 30,000 00
Difference In our favor $ 4,037 50
I put the figures at tho bidding price of
our water bonds, which are only 5 per
cents, which Is a reasonable computation,
and my object is mainly to show that
hereaf ter when bonds are for sale a bet
ter price 'may be obtained. If a little In
telligent effort Is made. I might add to
this communication the fact that the
promoters of th Portland Mining Stock
Exchange are endeavoring to establish
a better market for all our loose stocks
In the hope that greater competition may
be created among locnl Investors, and
our securities obtain prices more In ac
cord with their true value and at prices
paid for them in Eastern cities.
C. L. PARKER.
FATTENING MUTTON ON BEETS
Portland Will Have tle Opportunity
to 'Taste Sweet Food.
J. I. Carson, a well-known shppnhnvAr
Is In the city, having just closed out his
last 5000 wethers In Baker County, to
Haley & Patterson, of Salt Lake. The
purchasers propose to feed tho sheep at
La Grande this Winter and will fatten
them on hay and sugar pulp for the
Portland, Seattle and Victoria markets.
Portland people will, therefore, have a
chance to taste mutton that has been
fattened on crushed beets, this Winter.
Mr. Carson says there Is no use trying
to buy sheep In Oregon for the Eastern
markots this Fall, as stockraisers have
their ideas too high, so he will retire
temporarily from tho sheep business until
ho can get yearling wethers at $1 75. "The
sheepmen of Eastern Oregon are asking
$.2 15 for their Spring lambs," he said,
yesterday, ."but there Is nothing In it for
us at such figures. We lost over $S0u
on a 10,000 sheep purchase In Eastern
Oregon this year, as we sold wethers for
$2 50. which we had paid $2 25 for, In the
Spring. We were at the expense of Sum
mering the bands In the mountains of
Baker County and also have to stand a
small per cent of loss of animals. I am
glad to get out of It so easy, however,
and I prediot a slump In the price of
both wool and mutton next year."
He has Invested quite largely In Baker
City real .estate, which he considers good
property,' as rentals bring him over 20 per
cent interest already. He predicts a great
future for Baker on account of the rich
mines being opened up In the neighbor
hood. In the meantime he will keep his
weather eye peeled for cheap wethers for
the Chicago market.
TELEGRAPHERS ORGANIZE.
Portland Operators Form nn Exclu
sive Aid Society.
The members of the telegraph fraternity
of the several railroad offices, brokers'
offices and the Western Union and Postal
Telegraph Companies have organized the
Portland Telegraphers' Aid Society. The
society l exclusive, in that it admits only
members of the profession, who are now
or have been connected with the telegraph
service, and its membership does not ex
tend beyond Portland.
Few people may know that this service
embraces a number of Portland's promi
nent business men, who were at one time
or another connected with the telegraph
service of some one of the many compa
nies whose lines center here. The char
ter of Hie Aid Society closes with a mem
bership of 50, and it Is believed the total
membership will reach ICO before tho
Christmas holidays, as there are some 203
of tho brotherhood In Portland. The ob
jects of the society are the payment of a.
m
$10 per week sick benefit, ?e itinera! ex
penses and a total disability claim of $120
Its first set. of officers are: President. J.
Annand; vice-president. J. J. Collins; sec
retary, A. Sine; treasurer, William Du
mars; executive committee W. Hearn, S.
.W. Wlngate and D. IX Ross; auditing
committee R. S. Patterson,. E. S. ElleT
and C. A. Anson.
PERSONAL MENTION,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Moffett have gone
to Cascade Springs.
F. Nodlne. a Union county stockman,
is at the St. Charles.
Hon. C. W. Fulton, of Astoria, is reg
istered at the Imperial.
W. F. Parker, a mining man of Ward
ner, Idaho, 13 at the St. Chartes,
J. S. Bradley, a Eridal Veil sawmill
man. Is at the Imperial with his wife.
Al Cleveland, a Grcsham stockman rind
farmer. Is registered at the St. Charles.
Mrs. W. R. Winch, of San Francisco,
is" ylsltlng her sister, Mrs. Frances Sealy.
Mr. and Mrs. George T. Myers left Inst
night for San Francisco fdr a short visit.
F. D. Kuethner, a railroad man of As
toria, is at the Imperial, accompanied by
hls wife.
B. F. Pike, of Moro. Assessor of Sher
man county, registered at the Perkins
yesterday.
E. E. Abbott, of Chicago, inspecting en
gineer of the Illinois Steel Company, la
at the Portland.
Sheriff J. D. Loccy and brother. J. E.
Locey, of Malheur county, registered at
the Imperial yesterdajr on their way to
Salem.
J. C Mayo, of Vina. general rassen
gqr agent of the A;.kIo & CohurS.ra
River railroad, registered at the Imper
ial yesterday.
Captain A. B. Brannan. 'r nmr' yuan
a member of the Portland polI:e fjree.
and at present a resident of Long Beauh.
Is in the city on a vLdr.
Mrs. B. L. Bradley, who has for some
time past been HI at the Good Samaritan "
Hospital, has recovered. Mrs. Bradlwy
Is visiting Mrs. M. Abrahams. SCO Fourth
street. Her husband. Dr. B. L. BradHiy.
formerly of Roseburg. now living at
Eagle City. Alaska, will be In Portland
shortly to accompany his wife north.
NEW YORK. Oct. 13. Mnjor-Gcneral
Wesley Merritt. U. S. A., and Mrs. Me -
rltt arrived here today from a protracted
Ljur oi Europe.
Court Xotos.
R. Nixon, receiver of the Portland Sav
ings Bank, has sued C. W. Knowles fr
$S363 and to sell 50 shares preferred. stolc,
of the Portland General Electric Com
pany, held as collateral security.
Elizabeth Ryan has sued John M. Lus
berg and wife to foreclose a bond on lot
14. block 119. West Irington, on which
there Is ?40O due. The purchase price'
was $1000. and defendants have paid $t00.
Waldemnr Seton. executor of the estate
of Gus Rudstrom, decensrd. yesterday
filed a report showing $5130 cash and
$2SR2 notes, etc. .on hand. Claims are
still due aggregating $GDS, Including $310
executor's commission.
Harry Smith, employed by the O. R. &
N. Co.. has petitioned the County Court
to be permitted to resume his true name.
George W. Marshall. He left England
when he was 19 years old. because of a.
boyish disagreement with h's parents,
and assumed the name of Smith. Ho
states that It was his father's request.
If the son survived him, to resume his
right, name.
In the replevin suit of C. F. Lord
against -Sheriff Frazlcr to recover a law
library or Its value, which was sold on
attachment proceedings, th? jury returned
a verdict In favor of Lord for $100. J. H-
Moore and H. P. Ford, who were com
pelled to pay JTmO on a bond for Mr. Lord,
were the Interested parties defendant.
They are dissatisfied with the verdict,
contending that Lord was entitled to all
he sued for or nothing at all, and will
demand a new trial.
Ermlnle Thompson, whose husbnnd, C.
H. Thompson, has sued for a divorce, yes
terday filed a motion and affidavit recit
ing that without cause and with a dispo
sition to get rid of her, he drove her from
their home on September IS. 1900, and tnat
sho will file a cross bill and tell her f.lde
of the story. She alleges that Mr. Thomp
son owns a large amount of property.,
worth over $50,000, which she describes
and she asks tho court to allow her $S0ft
to be paid by plaltlnff. to enable her to
defend the suit and for attorney's feo.s.
Mrs. Thompson has cau.sed'her attorney,,
J. F. Boothe. to file a demurrer to the
first cause of complaint alleged asjolnst,
hex that she was enamored of Georgo
KrUpke, etc., on the ground that It floes
not state facts sufficient to constitute a.
cause of suit, and she also demands tho
times and places of the acts of lnlldelltjr
charged against her as the second cauaej
of action.
On the Golf Mnlci.
The knock-out contest l.s proceeding
briskly. Glfford won from Wheeler, Mac
master from Adams, Burns from Llngley.
Those still In tho ring are C. H. Lewl3.
Young. Glfford. Mills. Wright. Tronson.
W. M. Ladd. Lawrence. MacmasttT and
Burns, 10 In all. These the coming week
will be reduced to five, and then will cAmo
the finals. In the women's contest. Mrs.
W. B. Ayer and Miss Lewis tied, and tho
winner will have to play Mrs. N. E. Ayer.
John Fraser, Stock Inspector for Union
County, made art official vhlt to tho Sand
ridgo section during the week and In
spected a band of hogs Infected with
cholera. He ordered a quarantine of 75
head.
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