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nn .El UTY GUARD, v'OL 20 WlBLIMlEn m TOE IIMEin JTIOS OF MIOCUTin rHICIPLEl. iSO TO IliS IS I0IEIT MUM BT THE WEIT OF Oil BROW KUGENE, OIU SATURDAY. OCTOBER r ISM. NO. 41. Tlic Eugene City (.turd. pCIU.ISIIKDF.YF.KY SSATl'KDAY. I. 1.. CAM I'll ELL, rubltln-r and rrprllr. iilTU'K -On lbs Ksl sl-U "f W"lllan.tts K!lH H'JIH'.T.M'TION. '..r snonui f ., Month. ... i i.rus mouth. h'rtUi,rj llitet M'l'U Knoienon .ijiJii'iitio't. Tims aaWerliafra will to chargsJ si tht fol ,.rin rt: . ,. ,iir llira-s month. W w ,,. .pur mi uvnthi J" ,i.tum )'rDi-tit aoli.in io Ik-sI oulumo, W osata r Una Lit h Insertion. ,vrtiiui? hill, will Is) isol.rd fjuarUrly. AH l ib wurk iuil to rilli roaoa nxuvi.T. .. l.w ' . .75 .1 S. LUCKEY DKAt.F.U IX Clocks. A atct.es, ChaTi Jewelry, Etc. ;ti:r.iniN pkomiti.y donk. HI w ork Warranted. ""aM A. C. WOODCOCK, Atlrti'iiry-af.-l-aws KKI('K - in litil bl.sk MMith f 1'. . -Shk;U1 stt.-aiti in Kivva lu Collection n I IV.I...U I ii-iiuM. L. W. BROWN, M. D. IMiyHlolfin iiml Suruoim. OiHi! and r.rm a.r Nitiirtii. Hour.; J to U a. tu.; 12 I" 3, tl to 5t . tu. 23, O. CRAHITE AND NIMBLE WORKS. Si-w !vUn and N'-w I'rltf. In fort-Inn suit KiuiMilic M.rblo .let irf t-. M.iiiuincuta, lli.it-loiir. .nil I'a-matcry work of nil ktuali (r ALL WORK OUAKANTF.F.D! M'llUineltv street, lu-ar rvwtoirict. Eua-ne, Or j7l. page, DKAI.F.K IV GROCERIES HAVlVd A I.AIMK AVll t'l iM I'l.RTK STOCK nf staple ale) K.na j (.fa-erle. boUhl In th. Imi uiftrkuU Inclusively For Cash, lietter prices IN EUGENE. : very Pair Guaranteed. address San Francisco Cal. Five tattle Thieve. Monday' Kat Oregniilaii: Fifty seven heaal of cattle constitutes a big haul for (til I It" thieves anil t drive, tlit'in fruin I ' ti Ion county over litre, and straight toward Pendleton wa n 1 atrange praica-edliig, unlcs the xn)c who iierforinol the joli uen- ilmirloun of iimkliitf their Ktuy In the x nlt'ii tlnry nafe ami urv. Ami five cattle ' thieve wan no liiconltcrnllc iniiiiU r of criminal for a olierlll'n jhwh- In i guther In at one fell nwm, hut on Saturday aflermioii Sherill lill, ofi Union county. Murxhnl Mcl.auiihlin anl three other came up w ith a hnlnl of live men ami .17 horned hrutea ami arreMteil the men. They were taken home to I'iiIoii ami lour youuif nieii came over Saturday f veiiiiitf to Thorn Hollow, the place of the enpture, ami took the euMody of the rattle which had heeli left In charge of it Thorn Hollow Indian. Chamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment A certain ci:i for Chronic SoicEye, Tetter, Salt llliumn, 8c.ild Ue.ul, Old C'hronio Sore, Fever Sores, Eczema, lull, I'rairia Scratches, Sor Nipples and Til.-. It it cooling and sootLint. Hundreds of c.tnes haro been cured by It after all other treatment bad failed. 83 cvuts per box. For Mle by Otburn.l IVliio. I cull oiler the public thnn uuy other houm- ITtxhn e of all kinds taken at market li.llraimun, I'midrcU First National Bank 01 Eugene. iU up Ush Capital 50,000 Eugene - -: Oregon. V k.iik,i InialnMB ll.ifl. nn rMb- .'Ut. rtn. Hik'ht lrfu in N KV YOUK, i ll' At in. A r llA.cia' u win ni '.Wit I IK l lli IV till" of .aliu 'M nn fur.li,B enantrW, il-i-.ou r-.-iyHl tuljeot to cOKI or owiin- . of lc;iiL :t LMlUrtloM rt.nUJ to u r.-l'S w'it m'asUoh j7f. fordT of lm M 1dm, lawk, writ. un.Ur UU ol Mch t 13 s. B. Mkd. Mm. Co., Dufur, On-iron (iKXTI.KMKX Uatiikk Tuts. The Attorla Hud K"t Kivea the fol lowing as one of the re milts of the new aalary law: One of the advantafi of the new aalary y tein for county otllcials is bIiowii in the rvKiilt of the tlmlinic' oftheKrand Jury. I'p to Saturday niirht tlieKrand ury had reported true hills or Indict- incuts aiptlnm nine H-rwius, six 01 whom on Lwinic arraigned plead (ftiilty, a thinir never before lirard ol In the hlxtory ofClaUop ixiunty. Older the old law there was some object for the sherill and clerk to Induce the prison ers to plead "not guility" and ntnnd trlnl In order that mid nlllcluls mlL'ht el the fees for issuing subimemui ami the mileage lor servinir tliem. nut now it Is diirurelit. the officials uet no etra pay for serving the paH'in and have no motive ror uning ineir inuu- euco in that direction, but arc at liU r- tv to Induce the nccuwtl, In cases where the evidence is so strong us to lnkur oniiviutlon. to nlead iruilty, and thus the county Is anved thoiiHumU of dollars ofunnect'siiary fXieiist'. HooKKtl TO Hkk Kvkiiai.u A ipieer accident hnpened the two year old duughur of County Uiinirder Wal ters hint week, says the i orvuliis Tiiui-s. She and her elder slxter played while the latter buttoned her bIioc. and bv aivldelit the end of the 10 Inch button hook she iihciI M-netistcd the little one's eve to the depth of an inch or mure, ami the hook faxtcned Into the tissues of the eyeball. The elder sister tried to disKligniru it, but failing, screamed for her mother, and when the latter entered the room the young. er child was running around trying to pull the hook out. It wasneveral min utes In-line the hook was dihciitatigled. The eye was poultliwd, and after a few days was as well as usual. There Is a busy bum of activity In tin. niniiv fruit evaiMirutors of South Doiiuhis county iul now. John Hull of Myrtle creek Is running three evH orators tlay aii'J nignt at wie eiiein. of alKiut t Jo a day. 1 u the vicinity of Mvrtle creek, are alio the evajionilors of V II Kelly, Mrs J Adams, u vveav er, John Weaver and J J Chadwlck. all employing a full force of men and turning out an excellent product. Near Canvonvillo is Pulslrs drier, lluve Huuhcs. Chaimmil and many other, crowded to their lullmt capacity. In the few l rtK vauev the aceiie in tlx-orchards Is unchaugrl. I (mi I W Kiddle, with his excellent teuin evuorator, Is turning out aliout ;imi biihel a day, while A Kiddle A Son, M !" A Sons and Sheprd A Catohiiig liros., are all doing a rimhiug bii.lne-s. The prune business of South Douglas Is assuming lmmene pnKir lu us and bids fair of being the means of bringing our country Into promi nent as one of the best fruit producing localities in the state. Tid- in I'ersoaal. l' i ) Kn.nl. llrtior 1. V. It. Mathew, of tioidifll, wa in Mu'ene tiMlay. Ml I It In lVftoii I lUlling friends bt Cottage tirove. II. A. Vahburnc, of Springfield, wa In town today. J. M. Williams returned from liar rinburg this afternoon. C. M. Young arrivid home from Portland thi alterniHin. II. F. Kccncy, of (iiw-hen, did bui lie. In this city ymlerday. Al Waiikenheimer Is breiikiug for Conductor Conner on the Kowlxirg local. II. K. Itrmlie lcnve for Florence to morrow morning to aco pt a Mlilon on the Went. J. M. Ilenuington hits mrivetl home after a month's trip to rorlland and the Sound el tie. Mr. C. K. Johnson and daughter, Mr. Ilattle Alexander, arrived home from Sxlaville on the local this after-noon. IH-II M. Willi. biilui's manager of the tour of Itlind Tom, arrived lu the cily thl afternoon and is arranging lor a date here. Mrs. rivmale, of llalw.v, who has l-it vUitiiiir at the home ol lier daughter, Mrs. Win. Parsons, returned home this morning. A. It. Cavender and wife, w ho huve Imh-ii visiting here several days, re turned home this morning. Mr. Cav ender I the ubleedilcr of the Itrowns- villu Times. Haver Miser and wife, feimerly of Iliilhis, Ongon, visited w ith lilspoilslll Mr. A. V. Peter, yesterday. They go from here totilcudale on a visit, af ter which Mr. Mier will open a photo graph gallery at Medford. Mr. West, who ha lst-ll sick at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. 1. V. Coolidgc, siuiv her arrival hero from town, started on tier return nome nn morning accompanied by her sou w ho arrived some days ago. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. (illls'rt, parents oflu-v. W.lt. tillbert, of this city ar rived front Dayton, Ohio, yesterday afternoon, on an extended visit. Kev. tiillsTt's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Shank, accompanied his father and mother. Mr, (ieo. It. Dorrls and daughter Stella arrived home from their visit at Jacksonville last night. Mlsa Mae will remain several days longer and her cousin Mis Carrie lUvkluuii will accompany her home. Prinevllht KeVleW, Sept. 'M MlS. II. II. Milllron, Mr. Frank Hampton, Anali llolmau, and John Hampton all started for llugeiio last Saturday over the McKclizle route. Mis Hol tnaii w ill visit with friend and rela tives w hite abwiit. A MlMiomer. Of coure I've nad ulsiiit "the mull Whod's-s not advertise." In every pas-r that 1 scan That phnue will meet my tyes. Some fearful stories have been lold, With fiendish, grewsome icsl, Anent the man the tale I old Who woli'l-you know the ret. I!ut ever since the woild U gail There's Ui u no such a class. "The man who won't" I i't a mull He Is, of course, an a! -Printer's Ink. I.' h Waimpr. of the Ashland Intra, who has bee ii closely at work On arrlviliir home last i iiiucs and editorial department The Footrace. D.ilT (iu.nl. iwtols-r i. A large number of theHHirtlng frv temlty from lower valley tow ns are in the cily tislay utteiidlng the Trine Cisdey f.sitrii.i-. In addition to the iiiaiiv visitors there Is a good local crow'diit the bridge. As we go to press the contest ha not Ut n wmelud ed but we understand that the stakes were rutted to V'H a side this morning. Considerable I'-' change Is Uing wagered on the side. The lace was held at the river bridge, ow ing to the rain moistening the track at Stewart s ground. MONDAY, OCTOIHIK 1. Tl IISPAY, tCTtlti:U The hop market till ; ialUe. fails t mater- Judge Scott was III town today, (ieo. Frissvll, of McKctule lltidge, Ul,,,"wu- , , 1 The O. It. A X. Co. ha disiwd of t harUn nicy Is ln.i.eting t.mU r ,,, .,t 1,11 pav car met h ml of making intennt. oil the Mohawk. monthly paviui nt to 1 1 ir employes, Hon. II. II. till fry went 10 roiikuM 4ut scud the clocks to the agent. oil the 1'H'ul this inorniiig. J. (i. Stevenson left this morning a trip to t urner and Portland. T. I. Ildwards Is lying 'Uitc si. U ;i his home w ith bladder trouble. (i. W. Kitisey went to Salem thi liloriiiiig oil the Itowchurg local. A lire at Irani Pa this morning destroyed property to the value 01 M U. t!co. T. Hull A Son have purchased loo Ixilc. of h ps thi week at from 4 to i ivnts a Niuud. The Illcctrio Light Compnnv are The hiunUw lUtt licry. The Portland Telegram sy: State Fih anl (iaiiie Protector II. I. Mo tiulre is 11 verv inueli d!suppidntl man. liio fiatclieiv established through bisellorts 011 tiie -aislii riv er has lvn elosi-d lor the s.'.tsu, ami not a salmon has Uvii !i.it. !. I there : this umiuei. , Mr. Melanin went d w 11 to Ihe hj: I'nrd tlio Wruuc .stamp!. I'lio following 1 n g'ssl story which ur lu (islay s AllaliV Jleruld: It. M 11 Hit v. traveling ileiuity col lector of Interuril revenue, met with some funny exis-ricins In his rccviit trip t In 1 x it;lt tbn valley, stiimpiug playing card. At I'orvalll ho met :t small dealer w ho had 410 decks nf card ill hi -csioti. living Asked Kev. T. I.. Jones started for his home erecting ...me new i.it in the vicinity ANoTIIa.B SlKAMKK. Agent Craw Informs us that the second stmmer ha Imi-ii put on the Sun Francisco-1 a iiulna run by the Oregon Ps' iflo rail ni.iiinL'rr. The name of the new w.-.l- 1 f. 1 .11 U-..1I ami aniiouslv .r il.u r..i.r fur many mont lis. siuneu ! WIHi u the Sontli a nasi, aii'i unoi waiti'ng. Our little girl, eight and one-Monday evening for Portland, en-1 ,..,ve Yuouina for the dow n trip on the half vears add. who had wasted away 1 mm, fr Iowa, w litre he w ill viit n I-1 ,ltll Bt. flit Homer w ill leave ontlie to:rt isiumls. Is now well, strong and j ijVcs for several week, and bs.k alter ,-jt,. vigorous, and well flolicd up. H. K. prorty Interests of hi mother. Couj"h Cure has iloue its work well. Mr. Wagner Intend to rcpn-eiit tlie Hitllofthe hildren like It. Your rt. 1 Tidings at the convention of the o ra il. Cough Cure ha curiil and kept 1 ,, -re. AswH-latmn at I eiidletoii away all tioarsneas from me. So give , ,,g we. k- Min MuU-l ugtier, '"' it to every one, w ith greetings for all. IM n in I.iwaslmv la-t Mav, win Wlshiiiif vou prt rity, we are : probably return home with r red tne Your, "Mm. am Mh. J. F. Fhp. j Liter part of this mouth. Hyiwai.hu trI Irrsh it rWrlul. nd 1 S'"ZZ7. " -l.n ,iniilt, ,1 c. rlt I. ths ":; work, r.'sn- tt. ,fia , J'. J. M-t arth.V, w lio eailiimiM' 'l i.i wiihthrlitwh, .iM l ir.r ur.. i.f - cide at the St. Lharl... lloaei i .. a- , M li.s lie have many friends too,ihr-s--.arrk. land la.t wark. waaa memlsr of tie M T. ami -M ,, v,i.. s,id,1,to.V,.,,iWrr...M lv i:. 7f World. In g'-l h. re w ho ra-grtl t-. - them leave Ash- v ceDi. js-r isko. uj a.i iuia.. . i . ...... - land , Slttllilllih .t !,.. A.l.lund Ti liliif": Waltel I', I'si Is-, who held the position of fr.ool.l u.r.-til and bairi?Slfellmll Ul Hie a.i.i I .l. is.t for several years, and ...oil ii.m rhicliiiii of fore alonir the oo'" . - .1 .,r,., l II. i. i ,,t. I.;ia Is-a-n o;i nil at (.runt's Pa, this afternoon. Mis Olivia Hanson returned from a visit at Cottage tirove this morning. W. C. Yorun left this ir.orulug to at tend the Pre Asttoch.ttob mivtiiigat Pendleton. The river is slowly raising. State Press Ass nitioii ul I'cudletoii tomorrow. Lakevlew is to have another paK-r. Ill pohtii-s It I to I.' either populist or independent. Mrs. Cm w arrived home fiont Al bany this aficrnis.il, somewhat Im proved In health. J. P. O'Xeill, piuasongcr agent of the Oiioii Pueitic rmlr.mil, came up oil the overland lust night. Or. liovles, of Junction, sis-ut last night ill Vlugeiie. He will leave on id l'luioM-nii trip tomorrow. 1 Itilyeil went to Salem this morn lug to utteiid the ociiiug of theOcto-l-r term of the supreme court. point.- are worth t.X is r hundred ill Xebraska oints, and H.-'H) Is-T bushel lu some part of Texas. Hon 1LS. Ilcan and little sains, who have Imi-ii visiting on the Siuslaw, re turned home lo Salem this morning. Mrs. C. K. Isiinl ra-ca-ived the sad intelligence List wa-t-k, of the death of her mother at tiratid Is lour, llllnol. (iisire CimIiow and Mis Maud Howe, of llrow usvllle, s ut Sunday with the family of J. M. Howe, lu thi city. The old house ut the south end nf Hiiih strtH-t bus Im-cii movisl buck and a new house is lu proea- of eauistruc- tloll. Mr. and Mr. R. McMurphcy left lu a buggy last wea k for a tlm-e week' trip visiting friend at Monmouth and Portland. Mr. K. A. Itamiiv, of Harrisburg, Is M-m!lng a few days here arranging to M-iid some children to the Oilversity of Ora-goii. (b-o. W. Klnsev Is an upidicant for admission to the bur and will pans his examination Is fore the supreme court at Salem tomorrow. Judge Walton hit returned from ut lending the Sovereign (irand llgu lOOF, at ChuttaniMiga, Tenn. He resirts an Inten-sllng sa-on. President I. I.. Campls U left jester day morning to attend the annual lllea-tingof IheStaU Pn4 AK-iallon to be held at Pendleton this week. Mr. and Mrs. A. Yerlnghm have re turned from Portland where thev at tended the meeting of the State Phiir mucciilicul association last wis k. Wm. Ijuic of Harrisburg was In town tlay purchasing a stock of gils lor Ills brother at Silver lJtke. C. I.. Williams will do tho Ireightiug. It is stated that the proMsacl change on the overland went Into ell'eet last nlolil. Theexpn-ss measenger will al so have charge of the baggage under tho new arrangement. C. I.WInchellof Portland, who re-ca-nlly purchitjiod severul acri-a of land outhwet of this city, is heie milking prenanitioiis for moving his family to their new home. Mrs. II. C. Wort man ami baby, who have been s-M-ndiug the summer ill Kugeiie, left lor their home in Portland (hi morning. Mr. Woitman came up Friday and acconianU.-d tin m home. The ba-rry patch near Crater hike I alive now with pickers, mostly ladies from Lake, Klamath, Jackson and Jissa phlue and Douglas counties, w hose douhle purMae Is to lay In a store of Is-rry prcsa-rvca for winter and then I hold the combination of allhllllie view on thai Cascades, say the Klamath Falls Star. The Koscburg local still runs not withstanding rumors of stopping it at Mugeiie. The passenger trailb: l-yoiid Kugene is very light, and by shorten ing the run a considerable saving would te made. Two engines auu crews would do tho work w here four are rasi'ilred now. Three train crews are now used, while two could do the work Is-twea-u r.ugene and roriiuna. Condon (ilolie: Most of the wheat throughout this country hu l-eii threshed and the yield is enormous, I Ing from one half to one third greater than was anllclsx(eal. It will tuae most a year for our farmers to haul their wheat to the railroad. The only objectionable feature alsiut It is the "all-llred" low price. Jtut It U sure to put a big lot of money In circulation anyway. The Dalles T-M: In replacing the ra-cords in the vault of the county clerk's ofllw. many old document are brought to light, some Is arlng date as i-arly as lVil. Wssi. Is one of the old eat eaiuntiea ill the state and formerly cmt.rai-ed all the r. ifioii from the Cas cades lo the Kocky mountain. There are election returns now on tile In the clerk's ortloe fiom Walla Walla pre cinct, Wasco county, Oregon territory of thai dets.t. ' A marriage ll'vna has Isvn Issmsl i by the county clerk to Mr. J. M. Davis 'and Mrs. Umisa Smart. 1 'ri.ol.iMl uiiiiilM.r of !' Inlor'a Ink for S-i.telulK-r bus reached our tuble. The hntcherv a wi-a k iik-o, comidaiut hav- to ourehasu stamps for the cards, tho lug la-a-u ii utde to Ii i in that iNlicrmeti d.-aler n-plied: "Oh, no, you don't, I wen preventing the run of salmon up have already stamped tlieni." As he stream. Oil arriving there be w as sis.ke he showed .Nlullay how nicely ho i paiuist to learn that one of the two bud decorated the entire stock if curds men sent there by the. Culled Stales 'with ".-avut iMsilugo stamps. After llsh couiiuissiouir had ulready left, stamping encli puck of card he Can- and that oilier was uw ailing lust rue- m l.l the stamp w Ith ih-ii and ink, and tious to lc:ie at anv time. ( iis-ralioii ' by -i doing thought ho was comply ing for the su-oti had Is . u abandoned, ami hot it young salmon hud bu ll turned out. Mr. MiOnlre further usecilulned imis-r Is si. -to v lini.niv inriili.l I i a imtl everyiuiUK inei isi-ii in n-niiioa-s iiiiiul r,esivlally, I lull of meat for ' for a g'ssl aa-ason catch of salmon, live advertiser w hen the Lulled Slate llsh olllciiils The foot bull sa usoi, U-gan in ,u, I learned tl.at no cl.ln.H.k could I- oh. i. i.-. I...... i.... . tit lailirfi iw ma i wiu mi l uini iinut-r Prin.vtou Ijifavette. Harvanl Dart-, ""'" l'." mo.i.li and Amherst Wonvster. the I "I sirt'aill I'V ncis si ret crack isilleges having an easy thing of it. Meicury: One hun.ln d ladle of To--ka, Kii., huve dca-lded to adopt dra reform In the shape of Turki- U trouaer, legging ami t-t celcra. We thought the grasshopper hud left that part of the state. Nellie Illy lu the New York World eksisan Mr. Abbott, the "timrgla under, ' w no w its in i .ugenti at ol the tl-h hisl iii-ros the river lu violation of the llsh law. When he W us liolilbil of till state of utluir he ut ouiv repaired to thi hutch cry, tail on hi nrrlvul he w us t.i lute to'lni of any asslstnuiv. The run of chluook bus nlreii.lv stopMMl, and as the Lulled State l -1 1 couiuilsslot. n-fusa-M to propm::ile silversidi-, the only llsh now ruiiiniig, there wa nothing further to do. All that Mr. M.-tiuin could do be did, and thi was lo iipisilnt n deputy time. Iis Illy did Mrs. Ablitt's to patrol the river to sea the llshermen ; line Lane . .,n.il..r IHS.KI..II ut Jillletloll is.untv, bis forma r home, and left yes I . u .ii. 1. 1, r.iinlv for that i.luiv. trick and shows how any one can do the same thing. Kven Sandow isiiildn't lift her. At the Koseburg cltv chit ion the i follow illg olthvr were elected: Coll II- eilmeii John II. Shiiie, ll w . stmug, W. T. Wright. Ira F. Kioe and M. F. Kupii; marshal, F. W. Carroll; record er, V. M. Zlglcr; traasurer, J. A. Cox. Tho worst murder In Massachusetts lately have l'ii comiiilttiil by men under the illlluellcat of hard cider, l'hy-lelaiis say this drink miikist meii very cm, anil Is fur more dangerous than Isi r, though elder w as exempted by the M:iachuetts pnihibltlou law to please the runil district. A motor Hue Is Is-lng talked of ho twivli Lebanon ami Sodiivllle, says the Albany Democrat. It would In a Hue thing, but I lirolsibly only talk. Thi-o four or live mile motor lines gen erallv imv. The oim from Maslford to Jacksonville pays e x'iincs and a all vl- lend ofgoiMl interest to the aiockiioin- ers. Stutesinun: Tom McXury, afb r one long year of abstinence from the "Mow ing ImiwI" and the transitory pleasures theieby Is gotten, put In an apM-arauiv iH-fore'Kei-order l lda-s yasaterday inorn iiig on a chiiriro of drunk, which pmved Is-yond Tom' power of denial, and henca he langulsbes In the Llls-rty strea-t foi tn-sji for a i-rlod of 10 days. (JuaH ure n-isirted unusually numer ous in Josephine county this year. I u fact, it is said Ibs ks are fnuently mi-ii within the limits of the cor poration nf the city of Oraiits Puss. During the hard winter live years ago quail were well ulgh exterminated, as the snow covered their feeding grounds for several wucks. IjiIc udvb-a- from Australia tell of the discovery of a nutrgct at Casdgardle which weluh 1s,ihhi oiinn-a ami is worth I'Ml tssi. Itlssuld to have been taken from a reef, the w hole face of which glitters w ith gold. Tho won derful llnd has cn-ataal Intense excite ment and attracted a tumultous rush to the rich diggings. II. W. Cottle, who has been for 10 years tho secretary manager of tho State Insiiiance Company, resigned Friday on account of tho condition of his health, which lorccs him to live lu a drier cllmnte, whero he Iiom-s to re cuperate. Ldmund C. HUliicr, assis tant sccn-tnry of stnte, was elected ll) Mr. Cottle's place. A. W. (liesy waa cloetaxl assistant. Albaay IKintK-rat: Homo of tho Oregon papers are trying to prove ttiat J. N. Dolph has Is-eu known to smile notwithstanding contrary reports, and cites tho lime when Harvey Scott was mentioned for a I! H. senator. One pnis-r says that at 75 Dolph will las as old as Methuselah. He is getting lots of pokes, but when the legislature inea-ts ho w ill be siraln ikcl Into the senatorial chair. That will be Just the size of the next legislature. Saturday's Albany Democrat: The Ladlan Auxiliary of tho Y. M. C. A. held a delightful I ting yesterday af- ti-riiiiiui. Jououln Miller waa the au thor and ho was thoroughly done by the accomplished ladies of tho auxili ary, even blsorhrlnal writing being In- inuinisvl Some uaslstaiid' was ol tallied from Mr. Miller's brother, tl M. Miller, of llugi-ne. Work on tho middle Kittitas irrlga tiou ditch InWashlngton Is progressing rapidly. At present l' b-auis and Z3) men are eniployed. The ditch Is prac tically finished from Clo F.luiu to Ta-nliaway. seven inllm. When fin ished the diU'h will Ire some m miles long. The eontracta call for It lo Is completeil bv May I, 1hu',, and at the rate the work Is now pregrewalng It will I? ready for the water before that time. The Salem Journal say: Kugene Is evidently lu the unw bout a Sab-in as regards the want or pro r nrtt - aianu council an mat did not st retch their net. aa-n-s irom bank to bank In violation of the law. That the hatchery could have bud enough chinas. k w ith w hich lo ah a g.Msl Hcaaon' work was evlda-nt to Mr. Mi-tiillre fnuu the fact that the htaik of the ciinnerla s along the river ahowcal that ssi to :) chinasik hint Isi u caught. The hatchery on tho Siusluw is by CiilllteUt Jualga pliiliollllival lo I, the llllest In theinuulry. ll la located at tho head of tide water, ills ml JO miles tmui the (Nvan, ami the sua sa lacteal by Commissioner W. F. Hub bard, In charge of the Cluckuiiius sin lion, I admirably nduptad for tho lilaav. Tho bulldl'iiirs are well Cam- atrua-teal III every detail, and the waler fai'illtla- are IHTIis-t. I lie capaelly or the hiiti'hery i :',"" llsh annually. After the estuhllslimi'iit W the hali'll- cry hud Is-eu authairiza-d by the state It wa dlacaivaired thai then was no fund on hand with which to carry the projca-l threugh. It was then that .Mr. .Mctiulro cumo to tne reaa-uo. 1 hnnit'li aa-venil mouth elloils, dur ing wliich time he curtl.il on exten slve corn-aiMindeiiav w ith tlio l'lilti-d Statist onb.-inl III Washington, he sue-ca-a-alanl III getting the govcrillllellt to take the wurk in hand and complete it. A fora-e of men ami mnta-ruil were whiii on hand, and tin) hatclutry was niiishcd ul the exiN-usti or bImiui M'.hh) curly lust spring. Mr. Metiulro ulso stKiiiileal lu getting the ground and waler rights doiiatail to the state, making tills one of the terms of las-at- lug the hatchery at that hiiiii. Mr. TuIImiI, tho only government oftlciul left at tho butchery, 1 liable to leave nt any lime, ami then tho hatch- cry will lie dem-rted for the winter. The "Ijnignsge y.ii'.tloii." tlnNTItlllt'TKI). Thetrreat Oas-lhu said: "Hu who knows hut one language knows none." We (-an contniverl this dictum, ol course, and agree that It I untenable In its literal un-niilug. However, no sane m-isoii will shut his eye to the ad vantages ol thai iiroun cuiiuro wnicn the kuowleilgo of several Inngtiagi-s linplle. Americans, on the whole, an-rtrtleularly alert to these gniitaud inalillold aalvaiitiigis, anal that Is why we llud s) many of thsiu study ing foreign language. Truly, any pain of acquiring a strange laliguuge cannot be avold.-al. For nothing Is obtained without cllort and tniublo in this worldly life. Hut Is not the usefulness as the Just reward more preponderant? Indaul! Not on ly talent, good w ill ami Industry on the part of the students, hut also easi ness mid practicability from the part of the grammar ami leaching iwer are ini-a-nsury rtsiulsitlon tu make progress ami to be encounigeil by such advancing lu the science of languages. with the provision, nf tho law. Although he put In no hill for service, be wa also of the opinion that he bad taken a largo nuiatuul of work oil tbn hand of tho Internal revenue nnicr, and exiM-cteal at lcat a complimentary acknowledgment of his thought fiilnes. When told that the stamp hat had nlllxed were not thai right kind, aul that all his ellorts were hive' luls-r l"t, ho nearly faintasl. He then iiisl-l.-.l lliu nlllccrs shauild make itimhI the jsntiig" stamps he bud mutilated under a misappre hension of the law, and it w:t tho hardest kind of work fair Mulluy to coiivlnn- him that tho department was not liable for hi mlstuke. Af ter considerable demurring, ho pur chased the n-gulalloil slalips, and henv alter he will probably never ngrtiit want to lk'hten the bunbn of gov erillliellt olllciiils. Tin? Advertising Value of a Smile. Hoot and SIuni Ka-corda-r: I was more than struck by a simple aalvertise'iia-nt of a retail shoo tla-aler which 1 iioth-a-d the ait her alay. Ho spend what spare time In-ga-t In tho il.s'rway of his store and to every possible custaimer ha Hiiiilca ami Imiws. The recipient of thi courtesy, n-markablo In these de generate days, I generally as much surprls.il a 'was your humble servant. Ami mv surprise leal lo intcristi ami interest lo careful thought, ami as I af ter urd learneil it had the sumo elici t on many others, fur the denier in ques tion Informal! me that ho hud gtiinid many customers by It. Wll.l.AMtmK t'lilEf. The Wlllant- Chlof burned In tho big lire at Port land Inst Sunday, wo once the prble of the obi Oregon Steam Navigation Company. When alio was built lit l74. she was considered a palatial sta-aiulsiat In every nciiso of tho word. lii-r original route was on ino mwer Columbia, carrying paasctigers l-twaan Port land ami Astoria. She was after wards transferred to tho Portliinil-Dny-ton route, lb fore the stu l bridge was built the Willamette Chief was useal as u transfer Unit in Portland, carrying piutMi-ngcrs and mail front Alt street d.s k to the Ina'llne oppoito Aluswortli whurf. Of late years sho ha been pn-saiil Into the towing service, and lias done work In handling grain ships fair several seasons. Tho steamer whs .15 foci in length, W fea t beam and 10 feet depth of hold. Her gnis tollliago was U'JJ tons. Day & Henderson,; AND- -Undertakers Furniture V Dealers. Eugene, Orgou. LINN & RAYS, FURNITURE DEALERS, UNDERTAKERS & EMBALMERS. v li-oi nnal the I'll V eg.... .err,,..,,. , ;--'.,. .,., ,,, Ivilbillt V of The Ta.le.lo I mailer coiilains this ; r,.tllkwi lltr rr, th California Kleo very ilntii al exu-ptiotially paint-1 rlrn, wrk)1 , n,,(., plant, to con ed editorial, as follows: " I he tug 1U- . . . , . .arill Un,., one tower harts hardly mukasatrip irom ' ,,NriHr,iiiiti visual indicator, two or Siuslaw countries without bringing ,,,,, n- t hla f tnp-r, forty up a bit of butt.-r, sometime LrlmrOiK ' ((tt,.ry, ono stand galvanometer, a. hiiih as I'M' imu nds. Ibis butter , . ... . .wVe centra! iiiii-s from the enamel us anal always ...(( . twelve central fu.-, i Call ansivcrcl enc, Willamette aired. lay ornihl. Opposite Hotel Fm- commands a good I ris. Meanlline, our .ple, who live in just as gissl a dairy country, are but ing this butter at a g'id plica-an 1 letting their own cattle run over the bill and valleys aii'l gral go I" waste. The Jacksonville Tlmba the fol lowing among its editorial notaas: 'The fall rain have m l ill earnestly In the Willamette vull.-y, ami great Is the Joy of the-ople living along the WBiron-nsvl l-twa-n r.uin-". mn nar- ri-burif, w ho have ts-en so often lost !o t the dust raiai d by llm. Campl-ll of the , Daily tii AKK, a he swept by In bis : l.uiirv. ll is now reported that aiioth-i er rbalige will amn cine over the state of airlrs, and that Ira will. In ooume of time, maulpulst a vehla le of a .waihr fAtU-ru. i-liakelSre'rr' four miles of wire ami ilaa ta string the same on and to oust, In (a rfect running order, H VW. The Albany Ib-iima-rut says: The survayofthe Willamette for Its Iui provemeiit was to Ugin this morning, ll 1. i, rotable the entire aMiroprlalli.il will he u-st-'l up In the survey. That Is the usual style. The survey Is a fake ami iifiucct-aaarv. The pilot of the river sti-ainers limnl of Trade. b.llj iuar., (K-totwr 1. At a uiea-tiiiK of the Ismrd of trade held last evening 11. X. (Wkerllue was appointed a cunmiltee of one to corrcsnd with the company who are nn i.arlnii to put un a siinar let fac tory In the valley and If possible to se cure Its locution at Hugeiie. A mis-ting was calla-d fair next Moll alav evening to discuss a proissiltioii from a California man to put ina (louring null al this plsa-e. Heal r.itala Transfers. ixavritv. K O Coraon to William T Ilullldny, 1'siacn-s intlusrllw; kl.i:nk. A J Crnno to hi wife l.mma I rane, lot ll ami w i lot 7. blk I. Harris ad: tl. Jiawtih Ct.rahito Ha-nrv ami Hannah ... ......... V.- if .a-. Altwood, lot oia i.), ran stu, f i . (II.KNAPA. HHFIsk to Mrs Jennie M David, lot 1. blk n. Kl-k's Id ad: M Charles It Duvld to hi wifai Jennie M liavld, lunxi vi f.i l, blk 6, tl Cotii'i.iMKNTAKv .'-tl v r y b o d y ilk., the iii-w P. M. al Corvalh. but the iifWpa-rs can't help giving hint lick Is-cuUse ho is not ituuusome. The Pendleton K. O. batchm the fad la. wiiii: W Ith Itoh Johnson a t' miuter of Corvalhs the lH-a.ple of that town will rnn some risk lu d.-teriuin linr w hether thev are atamling before the dell verv window or llob Johlnaou's mouth. IVob has a big mouth and along with It a great big heart and a gelli-roUS solll. ItAii.ki.Ai. K( vji.KS. 4. rants Pnwi Oltservvr: W. A. Ilm hsiiaii ami W l . Iloiivvmnu ol Portland and J. H b .w. in. el..o.,l caiin-1 Pomeroy of Oswego tela- here lately, ,y an., just where ImproveinenU , ZZZU I. ..obi lai lliadi take oir its- coat ami go to worn ami not spcii l its time lu making survey In al-olutely uiincoslcd placa-s. The river ha alreaaiy ln surveye.1 too much. This kind of fisili.hueas makes one wa-ary. anal Jaa-ksonville, and are llgiirlug on ..l.-nalliitf their line of ruilniavl to some pailllt for ail outlet. The projssaltla.n of ru lining dow n Itngue river to the cmvtt la talk.il of and may come to a reality in Hie not far olT future. Ax Kxpknhivk F'lituiiini. Moil- lay's Albany iH-mocrat: Mr. John Oarbade, an Inmnto of tho Soldiers' Home, at Konehurg, cumo to Alhany on a turloiigh and put up at the Kuss House. Ho Istmiih aoiuaiuteii Willi a S wiihi namrnl Yi-rgmsa, a cook travel ing through the valley. Together they did Altsiny, taking on a cargo of liquor at stations along tho streets. Oarbade ba-came oulto tiy and was ut In a room occupk-al the night Is. ore by Veranasi. Ycrgm. waa seen III his room while ho was taking asleep, and afterwards dlsapnml. (iarliado on awakening claimed to have been rol.U-d of t t-'i, and it was surmised YeiKiios did It, and an ettbrt waa mailo to filial tho Swede; but ho had dinappa-ared. The Soldiers' Home was notllled and liaruaaio win return to it tomorrow, much sasnier tl an ho ex- i teal, but prolably no wlsar. Some ss.pio never learn ny exeneucv. Dtxi Tax. Portlund Telegram: "Since the new dog tax went into ef fect 47.1 licviisea have liceii Issued by City Treasurer Frank Hnchency, who ladleves that me numoa-r w in rena-,. or more. Mr. llacheney says that he does not believe the Ux to be too high, as the cost of running two men ami a horse and wagon In connection with the doarcHtchlm bus I lies Is pret ty high, ami baa tiover been supporteal by the formsr rate of taxation. The growls anal grumbles one hears at the treasurer's oltl.-e when tho owner of a dog puts up ti&O or to, as the citso may l are uumerous aim oiversinan, uuv all the 'kicking' Is of no avail, as the tax must bo pabl or tho dogs extermi nated. It I tho purtKste oi tne new poumlmtvitcr to inaugurate a more vigorous campaign against untagged dot lhan has ever bea n known hero, which, It carried out. will great ly tio creaae the numls-r of wortbb-aa curs In the city." Kugene has plenty of tho canine tribe, but no tax la collected from the owners. A Firm Day. A committee re- cectly appointed front comany I. is making arrangementa for a day to lie levotod lo comiietllton In ntio prao tla-e. The eommllleai lias not yet coiu- pleteal Its work, bat It is thought ar- rangenienis win no uiauo n.r uaijr a iMirt on tne range in too near iuiuu-. I - p. .ill sm 1 1 f f. n. I bv tiromineiit husina-s men and others Interested lu the welfare of the company, for marks manship at tho ditterent range and In tho dillerent Inallvldual ami team a lasses, whl. li will be contented fair by the niemtiers of the company. Honmi Ovr.K. A Mealford Uispatclt avs: i ne case oi a. i'. nriKi; r J.'Kalai-r was up la-fore Justice Walton in this city ya-slerday, and resullcU in Kaiser Iwing tamnd over to the trraad jury In Uiuds flxeal at tbsl. This is the case wherein iingirs cnar-ai ivui er with criminal libel, ami Kaiser wishing the case to go before the grand jury, ottered no vl.ieiice lu his own behalf nor did he have an attorney. After the evidence for the pnceutlou wa all In Kaiser, as bis own attorney, morel that the case l dimla-d, which motion waa denied and bo was bound over to the grand Jury, which meets lu ISxemuer. There are two aat-aments In the A. O. I". W. for October, making thirteen ear sunn nti for U-n mouths.