THE MORNING -OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, MARCII 27, 1914.
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STNOPSIS OF THE ANNUAL. STATliMK.sr
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THE PRUDENTIAL
INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
of Newark, in the rftatp of w Jerttcy. on
the 3l8t Uay tf December, liu'3, made 1 1
the Insurance Commissioner of the State u."
Oregon, pursuant to law:
82-YEAR-OLD PIONEER
IS CITY'S OLDEST MAN
George B. Snipes, of The Dalles, Tells How He Stole "Wife From rather
and Killed Indian Who Menaced Log Cabin.
Annie Laurie
Ltdj omt Scott
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Capital.
capital stock '
Amount of
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Income.
Total premium income Mtlu:,0
Interest, dividends and rent; &
received during the -at. 14. 070.017
Income from otner sour:rs
received during the year.
Total income $ l3.4JJ.O0i.I
D i b u rsf lucn 1 .
Paid for losses, endowments.
annuities and surrender
values $ "S.U.jo, S41. 3
Dividends paid to policy
holders during tli y-ar. . . o, UU.TO'J.Ol
Dividends paid on capital
stock during the year
Commissions and salaries
paid durins tho year, in
. eluding medical fees and
fees for inspection of risks IS.Ooo.tjtit.l'l
Taxes, licenses and fees paid
during the year LM-0.1H
Amount of all other expen
ditures ."(.:;". -a
( Found on page 301, "Heart Songs")
"They- sang of love, and not of fame ;
Forgot was Britain's glory;
Each heart recalled a different name,
But all sang- 'Annie Laurie.' "
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THE DALLES, Or., March 26. (Spe
cial.) The oldest man in The
Dalles In point of residence is
George K. Snipes, now nearly 82 years
old. but as active as the average man
of G5 or CO. lie is one of the five liv
ing persons wno resiaea in nao
County at the time of its organization
by the State Legislature. January .11.
1SS4. At that time this county was
the largest in the United States, un
bracing 130,000 souare miles, ami in
cluding all of the territory between
the Cascades and Rockies from the Cal
ifornia line to the Columbia River and
the 46th parallel, the boundary line
between Oregon and Washington Ter
ritories. Mr. Snipes arrived in The Dalles Sep
tember 16., 1S53. and was married to
Miss Martha Imbler here a day later.
His was a romantic courtship and mar
riage. The young woman was the in
spiration for young Snipes' long jour
ney to the West. lie followed her over
a. good 2000-mile trail, which took six
.months to "hit, caught up wltn me
emigrant train to which she- belonged
a. few days before Teaching The Dalles,
literally stole the young woman from
4ier father, raced to this city and was
married here before the angry parent
could find liis daughter.
This old Wasco County pioneer was
born July lit. 132 near Raleigh. N. C
We moved to Tennessee in 1S37 with his
parents, and Iowa became their home
the following year. Young bnipes lived
there until April, ISjo, when the Im
bler ox team pulled out for Oregon. On
this train was Miss Imbler, the attrac
tion for Snipes, and he followed her
two weeks later, having secured a
chance to drive an ox team over the
same trail for bis board.
"I landed in The Dalles with SI. 73
In money and what clothes I had on
my back." is the way Mr. Imbler de
scribes the capital with which lie
. started married life in Oregon. Today
be owns a splendid ranch two miles
west of The Dalles, which, by the way,
still proudly possesses the first fruit
trees planted in Eastern Oregon.
'Wife Stolen Krom Father.
Mr. Snipes relates many interesting
Incidents of the early days here. There
were only three white families in. The
Dalles when be reached the city. Mr.
fcnipes was a Deputy Sheriff under Ben
Reynolds from 1S54 to 1S56. In 1S54
, he rode a horse from this city to Eu
gene, searching for a man named
Tompkins, who had murdered his
brother-in-law. The trail along the
Columbia River was followed by the
deputy on this trip.
The Imbler emigrant train and the
one on which young Snipes was driver
were headed for the Willamette Val
ley. The emigrants of - both trains
made camp on Fifteen Mile Creek,
where Dufur is now located, 13 miles
south of this city. They were headed
for the Willamette over the Barlow
trail. Young Snipes decided to come to
The Dalles to see an old friend, Dr.
Shaug, who had been the physician
for the Snipes family in Iowa. The
doctor had a stock of goods here, trad
ing with the Indians and emigrants.
Dr. Shaug urged Snipes to locate in
The Dalles, but the young man argued
that he desired to get married when
the two trains reached the Willamette
valley.
"The old man won't give me my grirl,
and I must steal 'her as soon as we
get through," said Snipes.
"Why not steal here here and stay?"
asked the doctor. "Let us talk it over
with my wife."
"We did so," said Snipes in relating
tne story or his romantic affair. "Mrs.
Shaug was delighted with the Dlan.
They told me to go into their tent and
WTite a letter to my girl, telling her
just what to do, and the doctor got
two men to go with me, and furnished
cayuses for us, and a side saddle for
Martha Imbler. When we reached the
place where the Imbler train was
camped one of the men with me went
up to the camp and managed to give
me letter to the girl. He then en
paged the company in conversation.
He watt Invited to have a cud of cof
fee with them, for they were just eat
ing supper. He made himself so so
ciable and told such interesting tales
that Imbler became suspicious, be
lieving that he was one of a gang
which planned to steal the cattle be
longing to the train. So Imbler or
Sered the cattle brought up and placed
p. guard over them, the guard being
the two brothers of Martha. She got
ready to start about the time the cat
tle were rounded up in front of the
wagon she was In, and where her
brothers were standing. She waited
for her opportunity. She then slipped
But. We quickly mounted .and raced
tor The Dalles, arriving here about
k:30 o'clock In the morning.
Murdering Indiana Shot.
"We rode up to the doctor's tent
. nd he said: 'I have good news for
fou. There is a preacher here.'
Jlr. Snipes has been a continuous
Fe6ident here since his romantic wed
llng, which has generally been called
the first marriage in this city. But he
lays there was one marriage before
lis, that of Minerva' Thompkins and
ia. Bushalier, a Frenchman. These
carriages took place when this part
f Oregon Territory east of the Cas
cade Mountains was in Clackamas
County, and where no records of such
ivents were kept, Oregon City being
too far away to be easily reached. Mr.
Snipes worked for Dr. Shaug the first
rear he was in Oregon. IV was in 1856
!hat he planted the first fruit trees In
Eastern Oregon, on the ranch which
te still owns.
In 1854 Mr. Snipes filed on a dona
don land claim at what is now Rowena,
tour miles west of The Dalles. He and
lis wife lived for a time in a log house
ihere. It was while at that place that
ate Snipes family had an exciting en
tountcr with Indians. In telling of
ihe experience Mr. Snipes said:
"Indians from the Washington side
f the river called one day and asked
ne how many people were living
there. Not thinking, I told them two.
I night or two after that we were
listurbed by otlr dog barking some-!
Lpft io leht Georse H. Snhicn, Aged
Sit Edward Cnrtlaa Snipes, Aced 4
Joseph K. Snipes, Aged 27; Jamea
Snipes, Aged 57. Below tieorge R.
Snipes.
thing lie seldom did. I supposed there
was a wolf about. I got up and opened
the door, and the dog darted inside. I
saw an arrow sticking into his neck.
I knew trouble was on. - I pulled the
arrow from the dog, and told my wife
to dress, as there were Indians around.
It was a bright moonlight night. With
an axe I knocked the chinks out from
between the logs' to make a loop-hole
on each side of the cabin.
. Army Detachment Sent.
"Looking out I saw : ur Indians go
ing away from the house. Soon after
I saw four more come from the other
direction, heading straight for the
cabin. I fired at them and one dropped:
I shot again; another reeled and fell.
We could see them hurry away, drag
ging the dead man and the wounded
redskin with them. They left the dead
body opposite the mouth of the Klicki
tat River, on the Washington side.
Long after I learned from the Indians
that the wounded Indian had been
shot by me through the shoulder. They
thought we had gone to Fort Dalles,
and as I had told them previously
there were only two people on the
place, they considered it a good time
to rob and burn the cabin.
"The next day Joe Marsh came down
from the fort, driving a yoke of oxen
and returning my harrow. In those
days we borrowed and loaned tools
and implements, as we had few to
work with between us. Marsh was
more frightened than I, and urged us
to get into his wagon and leave. When
we reached his place he loaded .his
family in with us and we all went to
the garrison. When we told Major
Raines what had occurred the night
before he said he would send, a de
tachment of men- the next day. I told
him it was not necessary as we were
not going back, but he insisted and
said I must show them the way to the
Indians. I did so, but there were no
redskins to De seen, and they neven
bothered us any more around The
Dalles."
MARKET EFFECT IS TOLD
SEATTLE OFFICIAL SAYS PRODUCE
PRICES ARB REDUCED.
Progressive Business' Man's Club, City
Commission and Many Women
Hear M. T. Stevens.
Public markets were established in
Seattle because the people rebelled,
after long suffering, against the im
positions of the commission men.- ac
cording to M. T. Stevens, of the Seattle
Health Department, who addressed the
Progressive Business Men's Club at its
luncheon in the Multnomah Hotel yes
terday. Many women were oresent
Mayor Albee was chairman and the
other City Commissioners were present.
commission men had been accused
of dumping carloads of strawberries,
peaches, pears and potatoes Into the
harbor In order to keep up high prices,"
said Mr. Stevens. "Today 250 farmers
are bringing their produce to the nub
ile markets and the effect on the cost
or living is marked."
During the afternoon Mr. Stevens ad
dressed the Alblna Club, which is agi
tating for an Albina market, and last
night the East Side Business Men's
Club. At 2:30 o'clock todav h win
talk at the Public Library to the gen
eral committee of all the organizations
interested in public markets and at
3:30 he will address the Portland Wo
man's Club In the Women of Woodcraft
Hall.
Next week the speaker at the Pro
gressive Business Men's lunhceon will
be Mayor .Gill, of Seattle.
New members admitted to tha.lub
are N. J. Sykes, D. C Burns. Endre M.
Cederbergh, Norwegian Vice - Consul;
Thomas Ersklne, British Consul: Car
roll W. Dunning, . C. C. Bechtold and
Harry E. Wood.
The committee representing the club
at the Columbia and Snake Rivers
Waterways Convention in this - city
April 13 and 14, will be JamesiJ. Sayer,
G. G. Arnold, David, A. Aronson, E. B.
Rutherford, Edward C. Re?d and Will
T. Wright.
Astoria Fisherman Fined, i
ASTORIA. Or.,' March 26. (Special)
Constantino Adanapple and his boat
puller, Vincent Demaae, were arrested
by Deputy Fish Warden Rathbun. who
caught them fishing for salmon in the
Columbia River near Clifton. The men
pleaded guilty in the Justice Court and
Adanapple was fined . $76, while the
boat-puller was allowed 'to depart.
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Total expenditures
AKsets.
Market value of real estate
owned $
Market value of stocks and
bonds owned
Loans on mortgages and col
lateral, etc
Policy loans
Cash in banks and on hand.
Net uncollected and deferred
premiums
Other assets (net)
Total assets $ 322,709,00.15
Total assets admitted in
Oregon $ 322.7C0.320.1&
liabilities.
Net reserve, including spe
cial reserve $ 25S.S9S.1 42.00
Total policy claim unpata..
Dividends to policy holders
declared but not yet due,
payable in 1914
Apportioned to the credit of
participating policy hold
ers ae a class, payable
after 1014
All other liabilities
Surplus .
1.3!iO,206.47
6,6Sfc,O7&.0t
2fJ,12T.12rt.SS
5,n,7,t.j7.2fi
2a.5ns.OtJG. 87
Total liabilities exclusive
of capital stock of $2,-
OOO.OOw.OO $ 32O,iG9,320.15
Total insurance in force De
cember 31. $2,406,878,020.00
Business in Oregon for the Tear.
Total -risks written during
the year $ l,9G4,S00.OO
Gross premiums received
durinR the year 152,611.11
Premiums returned during
the year 140.53
Losses and claims paid dur
ing the year 2O.9S1.0S
IjOMHtis and claims incurred
during the year 20,250.4S
Total amount of risks out
standing in Oregon De
cember 31. 1913 $ 4,S63,OTS,O0
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