THE MBSomfG- OB&GNIAN, MOOT AY, . FEBRUARY .2' 190f.
12
IRED OF HUSBAND
Member of Winlock Church
Choir Leaves Home.
IS ARRESTED WITH ESCORT
He Says He Only Advanced Money to
Pay Woman's Fare, but Trip
Looks Like an Elopement
;to the Police.
Continuing a duet -which they had ben
singing In the choir of the Methodist
Church, of "Winlock. "Wash- Saturday
evening, Mrs. Addle Downs, the mother
of five children, and Carl S. Alvord. an
unmarried blacksmith, took th6 night
train for Portland, and -were arrested at
the depot early yesterday morning.
Mrs. Downs told the police a tale of
unusual cruelty on the part of her hus
band, a sawmill emploVe. Ho threatened
to kill her on numerous occasions, she
says. Saturday he repeated his -acts of
violence, and she darednot remain In the
house another night.
Knowing Alvord as a -member of her
church and the tenor singer In the church
choir, she asked him for the necessary
money to reach Portland. To her sur
prise, he voluntered to accompany her
as escort.
But in Alvord's pocket was a letter tell
ing of the elopement of a young couple
with -whom he -was evidently acquainted.
And the pair showed signs of emotion
when parted for the night by the Jailer.
So, despite their pleas. Captain Bailey
felt Justified in holding them, especially
as Marshal J. L. Meyers, of "Winlock.
had telegraphed that he -would reach
Portland yesterday with a -warrant. Ho
did not put In an appearance and the un
happy couple are still languishing in the
City Jail. "Held for Winlock Authori
ties" Is the charge.
In the early hours of the morning the
delayed Northern Pacific train carrying
Alvord and Mrs. Downs rolled into the
depot. Officer Wilson -was on hand, a
telegram having been received at the
police station from Marshal Meyers that
the conductor -would identify the much
wanted couple.
But in the darkness Alvord slipped
away before the policeman had found
Mrs. Downs. He -went to a lodging
bouse at Sixth and Flanders streets and
secured a room for the night. He left
Mrs. Downs' valises there and returned
to the depot to escort her to the room.
Unaware of the fate hanging over his
head, Alvord walked up to Mrs. DownB
without seeing the officer nearby. She
could not warn him and so Wilson, who
had been chagrined at the loss of the
man, had him in possession in another
moment. They rode to the police sta
tion in the patrol wagon.
Pale and nervous, Mrs. Downs told to
Captain- Bailey a most harrowing tale
of her husband's cruelty. She Is a good
looking woman on the elder side of 30.
"I have five children, the eldest one 11
years," she said, but she didn't look it
Alvord allowed her to tell the story- He
looked sheepish and didn't enjoy the sit
uation in the least.
"My husband has threatened to take my
life a number of times," saldMrs. Downs.
"He would get mad at me for no reason
at all, and has often pointed a gun at me
and said that he would blow out my
brains sometime. JToday he threatened
me and I was afraid to remain 'with
blm another night.
"Mr. Alvord and I are both members
of the church and sing in the choir. Yes,
my husband is a" member of the church,
too. I knew that Mr. Alvord had plenty
of money and was a Christian gentleman.
I simply told him I was fraid to stay
with my husband and asked him for the
money to get away with. I had no idea
that he was coming with me and I cer
tainly did not ask him to come.
"I packed my valises and wont to choir
practice this evening. After choir prac
tice was over Mr. Alvord said ho would
see me safely to Portland. So we got
on the train and came down. I meant
to work here to get enough money to go
to San Francisco. I expected that my
husband would get a divorce from me if
I stayed away, and then I could get
some of the children. I left him be
cause I was In fear of my life."
"Now that this has happened I am
afraid to go back to Winlock," said Al
vord. "Downs would kill me, I am sure.
Heretofore I have always been a frllnd
of ills, but that would make no differ
ence. Can they compel me to go back
to Winlock?" he asked anxiously of the
Captain.
Both pleaded to be released. "Wo have
done nothing wrong." thoy said In cho
rus. But the second telegram from Mar
shal Meyers blighted their hopes.
"Must you part us for the night?" asked
Alvord. Parted they were.
In Alvord's pockets were Mrs. Downs
glovos. She carried 513.50, while he had
but J2.30.
A. 0. IT. W. MEMOaiAI SERVICES.
Friends of the Dead and Lodge Mem
bers Take Part In Exercises. j
The Ancient Order of United Work
men and the Degree of Honor honored
their dead at the annual memorial serv
ices held at the First Presbyterian Church,
at 2 o'clock yest v.'ay afternoon. The
services were solemn ana impressive and
were attended by & large number of the
members of both l-lges as well as many
of the friends of the deceased members.
The exercises were opened with the
invocation ode. sung by the choir and
congregation, followed by a short address
by Rev. 12. P. Hill. The choir and con
gregation then sang "Gathering Home."
The necrology of the year was read
by J. H. Zane. wreaths of evergreen
being placed in the 29 vacant chairs in
front of the pulpit as the names of each
absent brother was read. Those whose
names were road were: Ole Elvrum. H.
Antoalson, F. Y. Sohuck; Homer Darling,
William Healy, John Gibson, A. .C. Bailey,
A. W. Seott, W. G. Stlmson, Peter Cos
tello. J. W. Martin. J. A. Strowbrldge.
Henry Thompson, John Gnos, P. J. Cronln,
Raymond Carlon. Gustave BrllU E. L.
Rred. E. A. Moses, Ludwig Levy. L. E,
Angerstein, John Larson. B. P. Cardwell,
A. J. Brlgham. S. Steinhalsor, James E.
rield. X. S. Pierce. Mrs. Mary A. Cox
and Mrs. Bessie Warren. Degree of
Honor.
The eulogy of the deceased brothers
was deMvered by D. Soils Cohen and the
eulogy of the deceased sisters, of the
Degree of Honor, was delivered by Mrs.
Kate J. Young-Mlsner- Short and ap
propriate addresses were also delivered
by Rev. W. S. Gilbert and J. E. Werleln.
The quartette consisted of Mrs. Ellen
Kinsman. Mann, soprano: Mrs. Margaret
Graham Smith, contralto; F. C , Strey
filer, tonor. and Edward D. Allen, bass,
The chorus as well as the quartette was
under the direction of Mrs. Mann. The
quartette and chorus sang ''Consider and
Hoar Me." Mrs.. Smith singing the alto
solo, and the duet with Mr. Streyfllcr
Mrs. Mann sang a soprano solo, "Now I
Will Lay Me Down in Peace," and also
sang a duat with Mrs. Smith. The voices
of both, these well known vocalists who
sang from the choir Jott of the church
were heard to advantage. The benedic
tion was asked by Rev. W. S. Gilbert.
La Grande Will Vote on City Hall.
LA GRANDE. Or., Feb. EL (SpeclaU
at an adjourned meeting of the City Coun
:ll held last evening, ' the ordinance on
the question of Vadlng the city for 523,
000 for the erection of a City Hall was
read a third time and passed by a unan
imous vote. The ordinance provides that
the question be submitted to the voters
at the regular election.
CHALLENGES DS. HUTCHDIS0N.
G. M. Alvord Says Alcohol Is a Pel-
son to-Everybody.
PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 2L To the Ed
itor.) The conclusions drawn by Dr.
Woods Hutchinson upon the subject of
drunkenness, as reported in Friday's
Oregonlan, are so unusual and so erro
neous that they ought not to pass un
challenged.
The action of alcohol upon the human
body Is well understood. Uusupported and
unprovable generalizations do not change
the facts. Alcohol is not a food in any
sense or in any manner. It is extreme
ly doubtful if it has even any quality of
acting as a substitute lor iood ty pre
venting tissue waste. It operates as a
temporary stimulant and belongs in the
same class of physiological agents as qui
nine, strychnine and the like, it does
not, as stated by the doctor, compensate
for deficiency of food, for poor cookery,
or for exposure. As well might it be
said that it compensates for poverty be
cause when the man is drunk, he does
not care that he Is poor. Alcohol is a
poison and no less poisonous to the vig
orous than to the deficient members of
society, and no less poisonous whether
taken in small amounts -ax large. The
vigorous man, by reason or his vigor, re
sists this poison better than another de
ficient in such resisting power, dui
-whether the .man be vigorous -or weak, in
either case the continued introduction of
alcohol into his system will produce even
tually certain well-understood resultsIn
popular language, the man has become a
drunkard. Physiologically considered, the
man has become diseased and by reason
of the disease, the normal action of the
body is deranged and alcohol, which was
resisted at first, now becomes necessary
to the easy and proper discharge of the
bodily functions.
W hen such a state is reached, the dis
ease, unless checked, runs its certain and
necessary course. Nerve and muscle call
for more and more alcohol until the
racked and worn body drops into death.
Medical researcn ana common uoserva
tlon are as one upon this point. Dr.
Hutchinson cites several so-called proper
functions of alcohoL
Medical authority will support him in
not a single assertion, unless that one
which states that alcohol affords a "cheap
and easily accessible form of amusement."
To be sure, a man can become Intoxi
cated for a little money, but whether this
unsubstantial form of happiness has been
purchased cheaply, except in money, let
the comon Judgment of mankind decide.
Dr. Hutchinson's assertion in reference
to the elimination of the unfit from so
ciety was answered conclusively in your
editorial page of Saturday's paper. Alco
hol eliminates the unfit to resist the alco
holic poison. It eliminates the fit also,
if alcohol drinking be persisted in. In
this regard it does not differ from small
pox or typhoid fever. The fit to resist
live, the unfit die. Therefore, according
to the doctor's logic, smallpox and ty
phfld are beneficial agents in the evolu
tion of society.
The sweeping generalizations about rac
ial characteristics and the superiority of
drinking to abstaining peoples a e un
proved and unprovable.
How came it that a handful of com
paratively sober Normans conquered a
nation of drunken Saxons; that the total
abstaining Arabs swept, conquerors of a
Pyrenees; that the sober Spaniard built I
and ruled an empire greater than Rome's
In ancient, or England's in modern, times?
If ,drunkenness be an earmark of racial
superiority, whydo not the Russians, who
are the hardest drinkers in tne world,
lead In the world's progress?
The late news from the Orient about
the sober Japanese does not support the
doctor's claim. Neither can the state
ment that races become immune to alco
holic poison by becoming degenerate be
sustained. It Is certain that the disease
of Inebriety is not inherited. Statistics
showing that the drunken father begets
-a drunken son are useless unless it be
shown that the environment that pro
duced the father was absent In the case
of the son.
Again the common observation squares
with medical authority, for the minister's
wayward son fs proverbial and the en
thusiastic prohibitionist whoso father was
a drunkard Is common.
But Dr. Hutchinson's whole thesis Is
false because it rests upon false prom
ises. Alcohol, as has ben said, is a sim
ple poison acting as a temporary stimu
lant. Its continued' use, whether by the
fit or unfit, by the vigorous or defective,
results sooner or later in disease.
G. M. ALVORD.
EAGER FOR THE FRAY.
Temperance Advocates Say Publicity
Will Pass Local Option Law.
"The campaign the liquor dealers are
instituting against local option Is the
best thing that could happen to it," said
II. W. Kelsey at the Y. M. C. A. yester
day afternoon. "It is awakening people to
the necessity of it, and stirring- up the
prohibitionists more than anything else
could have done. The action of the Liquor
Dealers' and Brewers' Associations in
setting aside 510.000 or 520.000 to fight the
local option with brings the Importance of
the question to the public attention and
shows to the healthy minded part of the
population that it is to their interest to
establish local option and then vote for
prohibition in their own locality.
"I bolleve that the greater publicity Is
given to the fact that there will be print
ed at the bottom of the ballots In next
June's election "Local option, yes or no,"
the more chances there are that the ma
jority of the votes -will be 'yos.' We must
start a campaign and keep at it from
now on."
Mr. Kelsey explained that the form of
local option that the prohibitionists are
endeavoring to Institute in Oregon is that
used In Texas, where 150 counties allow no
liquor license under this scheme. Of that
the liquor dealers say It is the most dras
tic measure of the kind ever attempted by
the Prohibition party. It Is reforming
Texas.
National Prohibition Is Mr. Kelscy's
creed, but he i6 content with half a loaf
If necessary. He thinks local option,
however, will be more than half a loaf,
the only way In fact to 'Introduce the seed
of abstinence in Oregon.
Mr. Kelsey has been touring the Valley
In cbmpany with a trio of singers under
the leadership of Eugene Knox, the Im
personator, and they have held a series
of meetings that have drawn full houses
wherever they went. They will Continue
the work all Spring.
ALL RISK ELIMINATED.
You take no chances when you buy
Diamond "W" groceries. The superior
quality of every article under the Diamond
"W" brand is guaranteed by the largest
wholesale grocery-bouse west of the
Rocky Mountains.
V Approves the Sentiment.
Rutland News.
Pcrclval W Clement hit the rail square
ly on the head when, in his" speech to the
citizens of Windsor i may ntgnt, he said:
"Here in this state, instead of throwing
bouquets at each other about the beauties
of Vermont, suppose we go to work
and build a few lines of macadamized
wagon-roads from our eastern to our
western borders across the mountain
ranges."
Amcrica'e GreatetMediclne is Hoofs Sarsa-
pertlla use Best spnns iiecicme. ei a n.
SUPPORTS LOCAL OPTION
DR. G. C. CRESSEY PREACHES
SERMON ON PROPOSED LAW.
Says Every Precinct Should Have
Right to Prohibit Sale of Li
quor Within Its Borders.
At the Unitarian Church yesterday
morning before a large congregation the
pastor. Rev. George Croswell Cressey,
spoke on "Local Option in Theory and
Practice." Dr. Cressey prefaced his re
marks by an allusion to the address of
Dr. Woods Hutchinson at the recent ses
sion of the Association of Charities and
Correction.
"The thory of Dr. Hutchinson that al
coholism is a salutary agency in human
progress, since it is a quality of virile
and advancing nations, while comparative
sobriety characterizes the supine, apa
thetic and finished races, may be re
garded as far-fetched and self-destructive.
Evolution thus moves backward; it
would be desirable logically to encourage
the use of intoxicants. In his argument
he confuses cause and effect. Virility,
ambition, restless energy, rapidly advanc
ing civilization may create a desire for
stimulants, and increase their use, but
alcoholic Indulgence is not in the remotest
degree the cause of this energy and
progress. Moreover, the racial statistics
on which this theory rests are indefinite
and dubious. For example, there is no
more inebriety among North than among
South Germans. Spain as a basis for
ethnic deduction is valueless. Only her
language and traditions are of Latin ori
gin; the nation Is hctorogeneous in blood.
Seldom has there been such an intermix
ture of races as In the Spanish Peninsula,
Soon after the Punic wars the middle
classes disappeared virtually from Italy,
the- fields were cultivated and estates
often managed by slaves; and Only from
tho great so-called middle classes can we
acquire data of any significance."
Passing to the main topic, "Local
Option," Dr. Cressey spoke in part as
follows:
"When the question of restriction of the
sale of liquor by law Is broached, the
sensibilities of the brewer and saloon
keeper are aroused. It Is touching to
observe their solicitude lest the state or
Nation be deprived of some legitimate
revenue. The freedom of man to make a
beast of himself, and to help others to do
sO, to the annoyance and demoralization
of a neighborhood or community looms
up in their minds as a prerogative of
American citizenship. They arcanxlous
even for the survival of the fittest, ajid
deprecate interference with the process of
evolution. This solicitude, however, comes
at tho wrong time to be appreciated as
patriotic and unselfish. Others have equal
rights and may be Justly assumed to be
equally Interested In the principles of per
sonal liberty and National-welfare.
"Tho first advantage of the plan of
'local option is its entire consistency
with the principles of pure democracy. It
Is the principle of the New England town-
meetings. It Is the ideal of self-government
and the fundamental safeguard of
liberty. The political unit, whether the
town' or the precinct, should regulate
matters In which it alone Is directly In
terested. It may be objected that such
unit is not always accorded this, power,
e. g., in the question of streets or side
walks. This is a different matter, simply
because others, those outside its limits,
make use of such conveniences or neces
sities. If a precinct desires no liquor
sold within its limits, except for mechan
ical or medicinal purposes it has jlhe
moral right to realize that wish, and to
deny It the legal right Is out of harmony
with the spirit of our democratic insti
tutions. "Again, this method of dealing with the
liquor problem takes It substantially out
of the bickering, dickering, grafts, deals,
trades and personal ambitions of partisan
politics. How disastrous such ambitions
are to the promotion even ofa moral
issue which a majority of the voters
favor, needs no comment.
"Local option is superior to state pro
hibition, not only because more in har
mony with the principles of democratic
government and more easily divorced
from partisanship and political Intrigue,
more Just and more reasonable, but em
phatically since It establishes law against
the sale of intoxicating liquor where pub
lic sentiment will secure Its enforcement.
"To seek to measure all towns and cities
of a state alike to a procrustean bed is
'inevitably to present In many localities
the spectacle of a law perpetually dis
regarded and virtually annulled by every
species of device, a spectacle socially de
moralizing. Local option prohibits where
prohibition is possible, where public senti
ment favors the law. State prohibition
accomplishes no more than this and falls
everywhere else. The experience of
Maine, Vermont and Kansas amply Justi
fies this statement."
After commenting upon the teVms of the
enabling act and the proposed law. and
referring to the good results of a similar
statute in Massachusetts, Dr. Cressey said
in closing: '-'What we need In the cause
of temperance is not flamboyant descrip
tions of the evils of alcoholism we all
understand them nor pious lamentations
concerning the depravity of the man who
may not be a total abstainer, but the
same common sense we exercise in other
fields of activity, laws In accordance with
tho American spirit an withal practic
able, willingness to advance slowly and
surely, statutes which allow oach com
munity to speak for Itself, above all the
understanding that law is but the instru
ment and expression and that the real
labor and achievement are In the moral
nature of man."
PTTTTiTP REED DROWHED.
Body of Well-Known Citizen Is Re
covered From River.
Pnillp Reed, who has. been a resident of
Portland for 33 years, was drowned some
where between the foot of Morrison street
and the foot of Washington street about
Sao o'clock yesterday morning. The body
did not sink, and was found floating in the
river by deckhands of the steamer Regu
lator at 9:30. Coroner Flnley was notified
and immediately Identified the body by
marks on the clothing.
Mr. Reed had been In failing health for
four years, suffering particularly, from
an abscess In the head. Three years
ago ho took up his abode at St. Joseph's
Home, so as to have continued treatment,
and in addition put himself under the
care of specialists on the west side of the
river. For several weeks past he had
despaired of recovery and was more or
less despondent. He left the Home at
S o'clock yesterday morning, saying he
was going to the West 9ide to see "a
physician. An hour later his body was
recovered from the river. It is sup
posed that he left the electric car at
Front and Morrison streets, but what di
rection he took is not known. No one saw
him going toward the river.
Mr. Reed was 6S years old. He left
a wife and two sons and two daughters.
The children are James T., Joseph L. and
Henry E. Reed, and Mrs. Thomas Gan
non. The funeral will take place from
the residence of Honry E. Reed, ICS East
Sixteenth street, at 9 o'clock tomorrow
morning. Interment will be In Mount
Calvary Cemetery.
Pastorship Not Settled.
Rev. W. C Kantner, D.D.. who has been
called to the pastorate of the Highland
ConKretratlonal Church, has not yet given
his decision whether he will accept or
not. The Salem Congregational Church
Is makinit a strong effort to retain him
as pastor, and he has a hard problem to
settle. Rev. D. B. Gray, acting pastor,
said yesterday that he did .not expect Mr.
Kantner to make his decision Inside of
two or tfcreo weess. ,
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DON'T FORGET THE GREAT
Kitchen Goods Sale
IN THE
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Superb Showing of New Suits, Jackets, Skirts, Waists, -Etc. Second Floor
Beautiful New Silks, Dress Goods, Wash Fabrics, White Goods, Etc.
New Millinery in Pleasing Assortment and at Reasonable "Prices
"Peter, Thompson" Suits and Coats for Misses and Children
Sale of Cutlery and Silverware in Connection with Kitchen Goods Sale
New Spring Suits and Topcoats for Men, Young Men and Boys
New' Models in the Well-known "La Grecque" Corsets for All Figures
' New Hosiery, Neckwear, Ribbons, Gloves, Veilings, Etc., Etc.
Magnificent Display of New Laces and Embroideries Today
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VETERAN DEFENDS GAINES
OLD INDIAN FIGHTER SAYS GOV
ERNOR'S WORK WAS GOOD.
Captain F. H. West, Possibly the
"Only Survivor of War of 1851,
Tells of the Fighting.
PORTLAND, Feb. 20. (To the Editor.)
The Oregonlan has always been fair and
even generous in Its treatment of ques
tions relating to the early settlement of
tho country and pioneers have always
been able to have Its aid when needed to
secure justice to them or their cause; and
so it is with some confidence that I ask
you to hear and consider the wail of an
unrecognized veteran who did some serv
ice In the Indian War of 1S31. And I want
also tov say a word in defense of Gov
ernor Gaines, whose efforts in that af-.
fair failed, for political reasons, to re
ceive proper recognition.
After the murder of Dllley and the at
tack on the McBride party the Rogue
River Indians became bold and ren
dered It very dangerous to immigrants or
other persons to pass over the California
road in small parties.
This was "the condition of the valley in
the month of June. On the 17th a small
detachment of the "United States Rifles,
under orders to Benlcla, Cal.. were pass
ing through and had a light at Table
Mountain. in which IS Indians were re
ported killed and a large number wounded.
At this place the gallant Lieutenant btu
art was killed.
During the next few days Major Kear
ney followed in pursmlt of the demor
alized Indians, who fled to the mountains.
leaving about 33 women and children, who
were made prisoners. The command then
continued on Its journey to California.
It will be readily seen that the set
tlements in tho Umpqua and Rogue River
Valleys were In great danger. Doubly so
when a large proportion of the men were
in the California mines.
The Indians were in a wild state of ex
citement and burning for revenge. Had it
not been for the prisoners held by Ma
jor Kearney a horrible massacre might
have followed.
An express was sent to the Governor at
Oregon City asking for protection against
the Indians who were on the warpath.
There being no United States troops avail
able, he wrote the President respecting
the needs and dangers of the settlers, and
with haste proceeded to the Umpqua "Val
ley, where he Issued a call for volunteers.
Only Ten Men With Him.
"tVlth an escort of only ten men he pro
ceeded to the Rogue River Ferry, on the
California tralL Here he was joined by
about 25 men who had been driven from
their mining claims on the upper river
and who were assembled at this point for
mutual protection.
A few days later, about July 6. General
Lane arrived here with the Indian pris
oners, above mentioned, and a company of
'20 men,4 and formally transferred the pris
oners to Governor Gaines, who had with
him a company of 45 volunteers. After this
Lane and his men pusHed on to their
homes in the Umpqua Valley.
Under the command of the Governor,
who was a veteran of the Mexican "War,
we did guard, picket and patrol duty, ex
pecting an attack to release our prisoners,
as every few days rumors came Into camp
to that effect. "We of 1S51 went in an Ir
regular way to be sure, but the duty was
none the less effective, arduous -or dan
gerous. "With General Joe Lane, a host in hlm
solf on the Umpaua: General Gaines with
a company of 45 volunteers well armed
with Colts and nnes. some or wnicn were
renaters. on the Rogue River; and pris
oners under close guard, the settlers and
travelers were made perfectly safe from
any attack from the redskins.
After much delay and much lying as to
-whereabouts of Chief. Joe. that person
came Into camp in company with Jive or
six other Indians and sued for peace, say
ing they would be good and. never mora
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Meier &. Frank Company
trouble the Bostons. "With the usual
formalities a treaty was made and the
prisoners, who had been held for more
than two weeks, were then released.
By this time rumor of the danger to
their families had reached the California
miners, and men began to return to their -
homes. There being no further fear from
the Indians, unless attacked, to avert any
mistake men were sent In every direction
to notify all persons that a treaty had
been made which the whites were re
quired to repect as well as the red
skins. On this duty. I was with the
party that patroled the California road
over the mountains and beyond,' the Cali
fornia line.
Indians Were Numerous.
I wish to say here that the Indians' re
ferred to were supposed to have over 300
lighting men and were the same band'
who In '55 and 56 were finajly subdued by
four or five companies of well-organized
volunteers commanded by experienced of
ficers, and three companies of United
States, regulars commanded by Captains
Ord. Judah and A. J. Smith.
The prompt action of Governor Gaines
in going to the post' of danger when he
received the call for help and protection
for the women and children; the organiza
tion of a company of well-armed men.
which he was ready to lead and they to
follow to any point their services were
needed, gave a feeling of security to the
settlements and held "the red devils In
awe, as their very recent experience with
Colts and repeating rifles they did not
care to repeat
By the courtesy of George Hlmes, of the
Oregon Historical Socloty, I was shown
copies of the Oregon Statesman published
in the Summer and Fall of '51, which was
at that time the leading Journal. I was
surprised at the contemptuous manner in
which it referred to every action of Gov
ernor Gaines during this period of excite
ment. Speaking of the treaty it .says:
"Gaines made a treaty with all headmen,
and It was no good; none of the chiefs
Had anything to do with it; and the In
dians were as bad afterwards as before."
This is proved untrue by Its own columns,
for a correspondent of the paper, writing
in October from the mouth of the. Rogue
River says: "The Indians here are very
quiet and give no trouble: It is evident
that the treat made on the upper river
has had a good effect." In no place dops
it mention that the Governor had any
men with him. Reference is made in a
warning way to what It terms the young
correspondent of The Oragonlan, who took
a different view of the situation. I have
been unable to find any Oregonlans of 5L
"While I do not believe there is anyone
who has read this article will deny that the
men who served under Governor Gaines
are entitled to the same recognition by
the Government and the State of Oregon,
as the volunteers of '55 and '56, namely,
pay for service, pension and land war
rant, we are ruled out on account of no
muster roll being on file at "Washington
and no record showing that Governor
Gaines bad volunteers, with him on tho
Rogu culver.
Records Apparently Lost.
I am sure that there was at one timo
some record relating to the events referred
to, and a list of the men who served un
der Governor Gaines from the fact that all
provisions from the store at the ferry
were furnished on the requisition of the
Governor, as were also some horses, al
though most of us furnished our own, and
several years later while In San Francisco
I rcelved a power-of-attorney for my
signature from a resident of Salem, which
gave him power to present my claim for
pay, etc., for services against the Rogue
River Indians in the Summer of 51. This
shows that there was evidently some rec
ord. now lost.
Should the veterans of 5L if any other
than myself, be living, which I think
doubtful, never be able to prove our claim
under the present rule of evidence adopted
by the Pension Bureau. I shall at least
have the satisfaction 01 having aooec a
page to Oregon history and done justice
to the memory of mat gaijant s:;aior.
General John P. Gaines.
If this should roach the eye of any one
who can "throw light on the subjnst. that
person would confer a favor by address-
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BOXERS RARELY COWARDS
FIGHTERS OFTEN CALLED QUIT
TERS "WHEN THEY ARE GAME.
Young Corbett Accused of a Yellow
Streak Sullivan Says Few
Pugilists "Lay Down.''
How often have ring followers applied
the word "quitter" to a boxer who has
seemingly lain down In a battle! Many a
boxer has been termed a coward when at
heart he is as game as any Roman glad
lator ever dared be. Take, for instance?
Tommy Ryan. A writer in the Chicago
Tribune declares that Ryan was often
called a coward, and it took years Of hard
work and many ring battles Anally to
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ones. In many matches the fates have
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enough as to his ganieness. His battle
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ling qualities. Ho would never give up
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He reached Ryan often and powerfully,
too.
Ryan Stands His Ground.
Yet Ryan stood ,hls groimd as nobly as
the Roman warriors of old. And in his
battle with "Kid" McCoy, who knocked
him out, Ryan took enough punishment
to quiet several ordinary men. Take bis
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stomach In the eighth round, be was- game
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bave done was to have "laid down."
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out.
Corbett Was Game.
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fighting powers is no mean achievement.
Jim Corbett did this, and took a beating
that he will"not 'forget in years.
Many: thought that George Dixon would
quit after he" met a rival who could get
to him and punch him hard. Dixon found
such an opponent in Terry McGovern. For
eight rounds McGovern pounded tl?e won
derful negro, and the latter only gave in
when his seconds threw up the sponge.
Joe Gans was accused of quitting when
he fought Frank Erne the first tima at
the Broadway A. C. He did stop.- but
said he could not see. and that he knew
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he would be at the mercy of his man If ha
continued. "When he met Erne again ho
knocked the Buffalo boy out.
Pugilists can stand so much and no
more. It Is their business to deliver and
take punishment. They realize this on
they would not go into the business. Some
of them are high-strung and nervous, and
little things prey on their minds. Some ofi
them by nature love peace, yet when they
go Into the ring they forget all this and
fight with all the courage at their com
mand. Of course, the ring shelters cow
ards, but they- are not among the top
notchers as champions. Billy Madden
says that the surest way to develop a
"quitter" is to have him make a great
splurge in a gymnasium.
"As soon as.he .get3 into the arena in a
real, fight," .said the veteran manager,
"his true nature will assert Itself. He
will either give up at the slightest pre
text or stick it out until he Is sent to tem
porary oblivion."
John L. Sullivan only recently said to a.
reporter: "I never accuse a man of being
a quitter until I have proof. I would
knock a man down in a Jiffy If he said
that thing about me. There is no use in
taking a licking for nothing or standing a
pounding when you haven't got the chance,
to reciprocate. Fighters whom I have met
and know are a gritty set. Some, to bo
sure, have yellow streaks, but they usual
ly get the name because they are wise
matchmakers. If a man chooses to take
on an easy mark, that is his affair. He is
out for the stuff, and if he can get it
without much trouble, and In a legitimate
way, who has the right to complain, eh?"
PHUnPHNE TEADE GE0WS.
Increase in Exports and Imports in
First Nine Months of 1903.
"WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. The develop
ment of the Philippines, commercially and
Industrially, for the first nine months of
1003 is the subject of a special bulletin by
the Bureau of Insular Affairs. It is
shown that both in Imports and exports
there was an increase, compared with a
corresponding period in the preceding
year. Heavy exports qf hemp and copra,
offsetting heavy Imports of rice, explained
the Increase. During the period named;
the Imports were 526,601,601, against 34,
333,322 for 1902. The exports amounted to
$23,563,128, an Increase of nearly four and;
one-half million dollars.
The rice Imports were the only ones!
that Increased, and there was a falling
ofi. In general trade, the United States
losing 10 per cent and the United King
dom 16 per cent, while Spain has only
two-thirds of the amount of her trade
in 1902 United States exports increased
from 57.232,411 to J9,36S.0C6, and the- trade
with Spain was practically the same, but
a small part of this was carried under tho
American flag and all but 5 per cent oC
the general trade of the islands is dono
in foreign bottoms.
REFFLING
IMPORTING TAILOR
231 WASHINGTON
STREET