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Vol. XXXVI
ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON MONDAY, OCT. 17, 1904
No. 83
PROMOTER DIERS
Goes into Details and Gives Lucid
Reasons Why Electric Roads
are Better Than Steam.
EDUCATE THE PEOPLE
And When They are Fully Informed
as to the Advantages of Same
They Will Support it
H. CL Diers, chief engineer of Willam
e:te Valley Electric B lilroad, who was
in Roelmrs Friday, was asked if he had
any further information on the proposed
road to in port, to which he replied:
I do not know of any more that conld
kfl said at this time, bat in a short time
I think we will be able'o give the peo
ple more news on this subject, which
will le a interesting as that which al
ready has been published Jlowever, 1
will say that the people of the valley
need si me education on electric rail
Maria. "Those residing in the valley and not
having been in the Middle and Eastern
States have no conception of what an
electric road does for the small towns,
villages and farming districts in those
states, for if we look over the electric
railroad systems of those states, we find
that today, inch by inch, the field is be
ing contested, and slowly, sullenly, the
steam locomotive is giving away to the
insistent electric locomotives.
"A dozen years ago. it was only th I
horse cars in the towns that were threat
ened by electric traction. Then the i
electric car poked an inquiring tentacle
over the city limits and into the suburbs
The results were satisfactory and swiftly
the electric lines tiling their spider fila
ments from town to town, and now
great sections of the countrv are cob
webbed with them The electric rail
road map of some of the states looks as
complete as that of the steam railroads.
"Today one can travel on electric
roads through the states of Illinois, In
diana, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania
without changing cars. The reason why
this system of transjiortation has devel
oped in so few yers in leaps and bounds
is because the electric roa 1 has five dis
tinct advantages over a steam road :
"First It can run seerate cars at
frequent intervals, and can take on ai.d
let off passengers anywhere along the
road.
"Second It can take people near
their homes and offices and make prof
its from them at nominal fares.
"Third In giving a freight service
along its lines, it is as flexible as an ele
phant's trunk, an l as adept in picking
up little things.
"Fourth It grows rich off the crumbs
of the business that a steam road would
despise.
"Fifth It is always ready to go out
of its way to accommodate the special
R. W. FENN
Civil Engineer
Lately with the govern
ment geographical and
geologieal survey of Bra
zil, South America, . . .
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Nothing will add so much to the appearance and at
tractiveness of your home as a new coat of Paint, and
the COST will be SMALL if you buy your Paints and
Oils from :::::::::
MARSTERS'
RANGES AND STOVES
STEEL RANGES THE BEST ON EARTH
$35.00 to $50.00
Heating: Stoves in Large Variety
FROfl $2.50 UP
We are showing an immense line of Fur-
niture, Carpets and Wall Paper and can
make you prices better than you can get
in Portland. Call and be convinced : : ;
B. w. strong!
THE FURNITURE HANK
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need of its patrons, in lad there is no
troublesome red tape atxmt the electric
railroad system.
"With suclt distinct advantages in its
favor makes it very obvious of what can
be done with such a system in the Will
amette valley, wheh connected with a
seaport on the Oregon coast."
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Show Roosevelt Far in It id.
Boston-, Mass., Oct. 14 IVarmain &
Brooks, a leading Boston banking house,
has just concluded a thorough canvass
of the political and business situation
throughout the country by means of let
ters to bankers and leading business
men in the principal centers. Their re
port from Oregon and the Northwest is
very complete.
Among others Portland says :
"There is no doubt about the election
in Oregon. This year we expect to roll
up a majority for Roosevelt of 30,000
votes. General business is equal to last
year and we have had i;ood crops of hay
and wheat.''
Baker City reports the Republican
nominees will receive a good majority.
Every section of California predicts
that that state will be carried for Roose
velt and likewise the Dakotas, Wiscon
sin and Kansas.
Roseimrg, Or., savs: "Oregon will
go Republican by about the usual ma
jorily. Business is not so good, owing
to the general .depression proceeding a
general election.
Nevada says she will go Republican
this year, and that business is better
than in 1903.
Idaho indications are for a Republi
can victorv.
Had Eliciting Huntine Sart.
Geo. N".
Kramer, the night ticket
agent for the S. 1 . Company at Ash
land. Fred Stokel and A. C. Griffith of
the S. l"s local force of telegraphers.
who have been spending their vacation
in the wilds of the Trinity Mountains,
off from Cottonwood, Shasta county,
hunting for big game, had a most suc
cessful trip in that section where they
say deer, bear, cougars and rattlesnakes
are quite plentiful, not to speak of the
smaller game that abounds there, be
sides big Rainbow trout that tiood Battle
Creek, one of the Sacramento's triba
t aries tt. at comes from the Sierra Nevada
mountains, where they enjoyed fine
sport fishing. The trio had four big
buck deer to their credit as a result of
their hunt. A big antlered fellow that
( Griffith wounded turned upon bis pur
suers when they came upon him and
threatened fur a wtile to exterminate
the entire party, including a ferocious
hunting hound widen grappled with the
monarch of the forest and managed to
hold his attention urtiil a fresh rifle ball
finished him. Ashland Tidings.
Local option petitioners hare fallen
into dire trouble in Polk county because
of an oversight in the time of filing their
petition for an election, owing to which
the County court will probably bold
that it will be impossible to get a vote
in Polk this fall. The unexpected turn
of affairs has cast a good deal of gloom
in the Prohibition ranks.
. . U. S. Deputy . .
Mineral Surveyor
Office over Postoffice.
ROSEBURG, OREGON.
Correspondence solicited
DRUG STORE
SYNOD IN SESSION.
Presbyterians of Oregon Assemble
in Calvary Church at Portland
in Annual Convention.
LENGTHY PROGRAMME.
Rev. Jacob L Snyder, Recently Mis
sionary at 3d Street Mission,
is Elected Moderator.
Portland, Oct. 14. With the election
of Rev. Jacob E. Snyder, lately mission
ary at the Third-street Mission of the
rirst Presbyterian Church in this city,
as moderator, the 14th annual meeting
of the Synod of Oregon convened last
night at Calvary Presbyterian church
and proved to be the Presbyterian event
of the year in this state. The election
of Mr. Snyder came as a surprise. The
motion was passed by acclamation, and
the new moderator made a neat speech
of thanks for the honor conferred on
him. Rev. Dr. Townsend became clerk ;
Rev. A I) Sloper, temporary clerk ; Dr.
W. S. Holt, repo.ting clerk The cour
tesies of the floor were extended to Dr.
Dickson, of Trenton, N. J., assistant sec
retary of the home board of missions :
Rev. P. E Zartman, of Chicago, and
Rev. F. G. Strange, from the Synod of
Washington.
The retiring moderator was Rev. J. A.
Townsend, I). D., who took charge of
the opening devotional services, and was
assisted by Rev. J. H. Barton, Rev. Mr.
Thompson, of the Willamette Presby
tery, and Rev. Wm. S. Gilbert. Several
hymns were sung by the synod, and one
hymn, "Rock of Ages," was sung, unac
conianied, by a dozen ministers with
excellent effect M iss Marguerite Labbe
also. sang a contralto solo very credita
bly, "My God, My Father, While I
Stray."
UK TOWN.lEND PRBACIIB8 SERMON'.
Rev. Dr. Townsend is an Irishman
with a gift of humor peculiar to his race,
and he now and then gave brief flashes
of it, but kept up the dignities of his
position by preaching a safe, conserva
tive sermon from Exodus XIV :15, "And
the Ird said unto Moses, 'Wherefore
nest thou nnto me? Speak unto the
children of Isreal that they go forward."
lie Itegan by quoting from the address
iven by Moderator Henry at the recent
I'.uffilo Assembly ; "I suppose you are
as surprised to see me here, as I am to
see myself," and pictured the condition
of the children of Isreal in their passage
of the Red Sea, doubting, perplexed and
then trusting is God's mercy.
Applying this lesson to the modern
times the preacher said in brief.
"We are on the threshold of a new
century, and what is it going to bring
as? It is said that the elephant first
tests doubtful ground with his trunk be
fore be moves a step. Iet us walk care
fully. We live in an age of confusion
and unrest. Are we coming to more
relaxation or less? Christian science or
theo-ophy? Oh, for real laborers in the
vineyard. There have been enough of
compromises, and meeting things half
way. Let us be something.
"Thousands of religious fads are lead
ing souls into a far country and making
havoc in the church. It is time to ask
for the old beliefs and to walk therein.
Go forward for Christ. Apply the word
of God in hearts and consciences, and
see that the articles of our creed are liv
ing verities. There is scarcely one of
our truths that has not been assailed by
science. We are told that the human
soul is a protoplasmal substance, and
that our future life and the hope of
heaven are dreams. But even Uien do
not falter. Go forward and work for
the deepening of Christian life. At the
same time the church lacks cohesion and
family devotion in prayer is lacking.
The church needs awakening in both
homo and foreign mission fields. To
win success, we must get the co-opera-
lion of our people, and refuse to be di
verted irom our proper work, which is
to win the world for Christ. Remember
we are stewards, not owners."
MORE RAILROAD TALK.
Major KJaacy Gives Rwtkurg a Few Peiiters ia
(tiara to Propose d Coos Bay Road.
Major L. D. Kinney, who spent fever
at days in Koeeburs; late last week, gave
out the interesting information that he
has attorney, preparing the papers nec
essary to bring snit to quiet title to Kin
ney's Improved Plat of the City of Kose-
burg, with the view to regaining posses
sion of the tract laid out by him in North
Roseburg and generally known as the
Kinney Addition. This, he says, will
oe a preliminary step toward resuming
active operations for the building of the
proposed railroad line between here and
Coos Bay. The conditions are now fav
orable for the construction of this much
neeuea line 01 road, and unless some
thing is done here, points north will
sure the first road entering that rich
section of country, as other capitalists
also have an eye on that field.
A Twenty-Two Story Hotel.
Chicaoo, Oct. 14. The News says:
"Chicago is to have the largest hotel in
the world. It ia to cost ten million dol
lars, will be 22 stories high and to dwarf
in site and magnificence, it is prom-
iwju, any structure ot the kind ever
erected. Builders are a syndicate of
Chicago and Eastern capitalists headed
by Otto Young. The hotel will occupy
property measuring 400 feet in length
and 171 feet in depth on Michigan ave
nue, two blocks south of the Auditorium.
MRS. ANNE M.W. WALKER, WHO INHERITED $60,000,000.
Mrs. Anne M. W. Walker, nf f'litlailtdphi-i. wkm tvct-ntly inherited (00.000000 from
her father. William Wvightnmn. and in mm the aeaithiest woman in Ian nrM. in Ota
head of the firm of I'owera V Wrii;liiman. the 1ju.'-i manufacturing cbvmuu in th
United Statea. Mn Walker ia id veart old and u ia the wife of the late ( onvreaaman K.
i. C. Walk. of WUlianiaport, Pa.
THE RIDDLE
This Great Mineral Deposit in South Douglas Be
ing Investigated by Denver Parties.
The Portland Telegram f Friday
contained the following interesting
query and bit of news coaceniag the
Riddle Nickel Mines:
Has the International Nickel Com
pany, the so-called nickel trust, an
option on Will U. I'.rown's mountain of
nickle ore, near Kiddle station? This
question is causing certain nickle op
erators to make investigation. A
few weeks ago ileorge Bancroft, of
enver. a representative of an inde
pendent nickel mining company, called
on the mining news department of
he Evening Telegram to ascertain.
if possible, whether or not any per
son or firm had an option on the Rid
dle property. He called up several
Riddle residents by telephone, but
was unable to secure the desired in
formation. Mr. Bancroft said that he would go
to the Southern Oregon nickle mine
and make an investigation for him
self. While here he stated that
his
company was working a nickel nine
in the Monte Cristo district in Wash
ington, but that it was desired to se
cure additional extensive producing
properties, so that they could suc
cessfully compete in the market with
the nickel trust, known as the Inter
national Nickel Company.
H. B. Nichols, a business man of
Riddle, and a brother-in-law of Will
Q Brown, who was in Portland last
night, stated that Mr. Bancroft had
visited the property and appeared to
be favorably impressed with the prop
osition. Mr. Nichols stated that his
sister, Mrs. Brown, told him that the
mine was bonded to some one, but he
did not remember the name. For'
some time past Mr. Brown has been
filling the position of superintendent
for a Boston syndicate that Is operat
ing a mine in the Buffalo Hump min
ing district. He receives a salary of
$300 per month and all expenses paid
but visits his home occasionally. Mr,
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Nickel Company owned some claims
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aujuiuiuK an. nrown piopertj, out
not on the main pay veins. It was
rumored a number of vears ago that
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Brown's group of claims, but the deal
failed to materialize.
For the past 20 years Will
STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION
Convened at Hood River
that Famous and Fertile Valley.
Hoon Hivkr, Or., Oct. 15 The entire
morning of the second anil last tiny of
the Oregon Press Association convention
was spent in a delightful outing in Hood
River Valley. At 8 o'clock the entire
party of editors left the hotel in wagon
ettes and were taken by a committee of
hospitable citizens for the 16-mile drive
around the valley. That Hood River
now has two large wagonloads of new
advertisers goes without saying, for the
newspaper owners were wildly enthus
iastic over the orchards. They were en
tertained at Beulah Land by Oscar Van
derbilt, and were given all the fruit and
cider they could eat and carry away.
A stop was aiso made at the famous
orchard of Sears & Porter, where they
saw apples being packed for market
NICKEL MINES.
Brown has owned the nickel mine,
and has spent considerable money in
developing the property, and at di
vers times rumors have been spread
abroad that Eastern capitalists were
about to purchase the ore body and
operate it on an extensive scale. At
such intervals the residents of that
section would become more or less
excited, and town lot in Riddle
araold advance a notch or two. There
is almost a mountain of the ore body,
and satisfactory mill tests have shown
that it is rich in nickel metal.
At the present time Mr. Brown
does not seem to be worrying over
the nickel mine, but is spending con
siderable of his wage money earned
at Buffalo Hump in improving his
home town. Itst year he erected a
two story brick building in Riddle,
ud this MM is having a residence
built that will cost several thousand
dollars. Whether or not the party
that now has an option on the Riddle
mine is connected with the nickel
trust is not known.
Kit '11 STRIKE ON MIDDLE FORK.
Mr. Nichols says that Ueorge
inline and others have opened a free
milling gold tiuartz ledge on Middle
1 'reek, a tributary of t'ow Creek, so
rich that they could make wages
grinding up the rock in a hand mor
tar and washing the metal out in a
gold pan. The find is about 12 miles
from Riddle, and in a rich gold-pro
ducing section, where there has been
more or less placer mining for years
past. A lot of the ore has been sent
away for an assay test.
THE '.EVENS I.EIH'.E IS RICH.
.Mr. Nichols said there was no doubt
of the richness of the livens ledge,
near Riddle, but it remains to be as
certained wnetner or not there is
plenty of the pay ore. Work was
started on a crosscut that would have
to be run in 800 feet before it is like-
ly to reach the ledge. A contract
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was let for 40 feet of this tunnel at
foo(. but th men who m
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the work claimed that the rock was
so hard that they lost money on the
job. They averred that it was worth
i $20 per foot to work in the flinty
111 1 al
bedrock. It is now stated
that work
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at a standstill on the property for
some time.
and View the Beauties of
which were just as perfect and
as those on display at the fair,
returned to town in time for
sightly
They
dinner,
and went into session at 1 :30.
Little besides routine business was
done at this last meeting, the election of
ollicers for the coming 'year being the
principal event of the day. K. J. Hen
ant'KS, who was elected president, is
one of the eight charter members, and
with his assuming this office each of
these members will have held the ex
ecutive office of this association.
President. R.J. Hendricks, Salem;
ti rut viivt.iiraiii.lon I " II.,.,.,, 11.. It... .
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second vice-president, A. D Moe, Hood
River; secretary, Albert Toiler, Hills-
boro; treasurer, trances h. Gottshall,
Portland; historian, George H. Himes,
t'ortland.
Place of 11106 meeting, Portland.
BIG TIMBER DEAL.
Interest in Bn iw Kelly Lumber Co.
Sold to Four Prominent East
ern Lumbermen.
FOR BIG CONSIDERATION
No Change in Managers Negotia
tions Have Been Pending for
the Past Three Months.
For a consideration of $2,500,000, a big
deal in timber was consummated Satur
day whereby a half interest was sold in
the holding? of the Booth-Kelly Lumber
Company, of Eugene, to Michael 11
Kelly, of Duluth, Minn. ; John W. Blod
gett, of Urand Rapids, Mich.; CD
Dannaher, of Chicago, 111., and Arthur
Hill, of Saginaw, Mich. Althongh new
blood is in the deal, the management of
the concern will remain as formerly in
the hands of Fred H. Buck, of San Fran
ciaoo; State Senator K. A. Booth, and
Kelly Brothers New spar tracks from
the Southern Pacific railroad will be
built from the company's mills in Lane
county to the timber line, about twenty
utiles distant.
A portion of the 12,500,000 purchase
price has already been paid, and the
balance of the money will be handed
over by 3 o'clock Monday (today.)
It is known that the deal has bean in
progress for at least one month. Three
of the new owners have been at the
Cortland Hotel at intervals during that
lime, ami there were a number of con
ferences with Se nator Booth, but the
bargain was struck Saturday. Senator
Booth was seen last night at Port
land just before he left for the Union
Terminal Depot to board a train for Ku
gene, and on being asked for paiticulars
concerning the sale of his company's
holdings.
In answer to a question Senator R. A. 1
Hootti said : "1 have not parted with
anv of mv stock. Others have though.
I don't wish to state the names of those
who have sold their stock or the price
pud."
The newspaper man went a second
time in search of Mr. Kelly hoping that
gentleman would be in a more com-
munieattve mind after dinner, but Mr.
Kellv was still obdurate.
"Those who have bought the stock
can't talk," said he. "You'd better see
the people who have sold."
From an authoritative source, how- .
ever, it was learned that the Kelly-;
Blodgrtt-Dannaher-Hill syndicate has '
made the purchase as an investment.
and it is stated thev do not propose at
the present to enlarge the capacity of
the companv's four mills about 'i00
000,000 feet per year but an
additional
JO mile spur track will be built on the
Southern Pacific road from the Lane
ounty mills to the growing timber near
streams which are feeders to the Mac
kenzie river, to facilitate the better
handling of logs. The new syndicate
act for themselves and are not working
as agents for foreign capitalists. Thev
.re practical lumbermen who hold valu
able interests in Kastern mills, and they
are looking out for the time when the
scarcity of growing timber in the Middle
West will drive cruisers to work in Ore- :
gon's forests.
The Booth-Kelly Lumber Company is
one of the largest timber concerns in the
Northwest, and its four sawmills are
now working overtime. The estimated
value of the plant is about fo,000,000,
and the Kelly Blgdgett-Dannaher-Hi 11
syndicate owns a controlling interest in
the stock. The principal mill is at
Springfield. The company's holdings in
Lane county consist of about ltl5,000
acres of timber, estim ited to contain
about t,000,000,000 feet. The company
also owns other property valued at lt,
000,000 noted for its valuable soft pine
and grating land
Outcropping? of pure marble have
been found near Lehman Springs, in the
Blue Mountains.
WON WIFE BY HIS LETTERS.
Yoncalla Justice of the Peace, Fred Neiazer.
Marries it Wkcsasia.
From Milwaukee Sentinel, Oct. 9.
On the list of guests at the Fixette
Hotel, ISS Wisconsin street, a signature
in the same handwriting heads the ar
rivals for Oct. 7 and 8. That for Oct. 7
reads "Fred Meinser, Yoncalla, Or."
That for the following day reads "Fred
Meinter and wife, Yoncalla, Or." There
by hangs a tale.
Frederick Meinzer was married to Eli
za Treu, of Milwaukee, bv Juatice Flor-
ian J. Riea at high noon by the city jail
clock yesterday. Frederick Pokriefka,
Jr , and Carl Krueger officiated as wit
n oases. A special dispensation had I teen
obtained by the groom during the morn
ing from Judge Halaey. The couple re
turned to the Hotel Fixette and later
left the city for Oregon.
Meinzer came to Milwaukee Friday
morning. He was acquainted with Miss
Treu onlv through a correspondence
which had started between the two
through the effort of a mutual friend.
Decorating his breast with a O. A. R.
medal shortly before noon yesterday, he
left the hotel, hinting mysteriously as to
the reason of his going. Upon his re
turn an hour later he was accompanied
by a woman. Then it was that Meinser
walked to the desk, seized a pen, and
proudly inscribed "and wife" behind a
fresh signature on the register.
Mr.
Meinzer was formerly a resident
of Wisconsin having servoil in the Nine
teenth Wisconsin hmt.aaa ifwrfim the
UIVU war, He is now a Justice of the
Peace at Yoncalla.
Penalty if Boosevtlt is Not Elected.
Robert Marmlen Sr., has signed writ
ten articles whereby he agre-s that if
President Theodore Roosevelt is not re
elected he is to roll the smallest cheese
that was ever made from North Bend to
kit brewery in Marshfield. This, no
doubt, wouhl be a pleasant siisht for the
P.-.rkeritus, but we feel sure that Marsh
field's brewer will never have to attempt
the task never in a thousand years
Sun.
Carrie Nation Sentenced to Jail.
Carrie Nation has again broken out on
a further crusade in her warfare again6t
the liquor traffic. At Wichita. Kansas,
last week, she was found guilty of the
malicious destruction of property and
fined 150 and sentence.) to 30 days in
jail. Three women with her were
fined from 50 to 150each Judge Ah x
ander in pronouncing senteuce said:
"Bloodshed will follow these crusades if
you people go unpunished." Appeals
were made by each of 1 he defendants.
Pact Strikes It Kkh.
Joaquin Miller, 'poet of the Sierras,"
who is well-known throughout the Pacific
coast, bids fair to become a million ire
through oil. The good news has reached
him within the last few days at his
home at The Heights, back of Oakland,
Cal.
Many years ago Mr. Mi ler bought
ome and in Tth If nr.. ',,.1 i;..i-
and aside from theannual demands from
the tax collector, Mr. Miller heard little
from it. But now comes word that oil
has been struck in and around the land,
and the poet is figuring on a trip to
Texas to see what he has and just how
much he is worth.
A Bay ahe will Saceerd.
" .
reu 1 tms me 101 10 wing: "Jnstin Miller
is tl e champion turkey herder in the!
valley having herded 300 turkeys for
over lhre mnnrh- tatintv th.m
one to two miles and has not lost a
key. In addition to this he is
stn.i vinr
aigeoia uu use ma te excellent pro-
1 gross, considering that he is his own
J teacher. He has lately received anoth-
er " !i uraiie diploma averaging !s per ,
cent. Justin has a little
money m tne
savings bank and will have and well
aeserves to hav.-' a Mibstantial addition
to it when the turkey monev comes in.
for foar
county,
A man who has been digging
years on Lamper creek. Coos
has opened up a coal field second to
none on the coast. T e coal is semi
bituminus of very high grade, cokes
nicely, and compares with the coal of
j British Columbia, hence it will bring in
the market of S.tn Francisco tZM per
ton more than any of the lignites worked
in that county. He claim that he can
land coal in bunkers ready for shipment
at a total cost of 55 cents per ton.
With all sincerity we
say t0 you oar con"
stant purpose is to
npiin
U""UU dispense Pare Drugs
STORE and perfect products,
q p and we asK you to
help us in oar GOOD
QUALITY WORK by giving as
your patronage .
FULLERTON & RICHARDSON
NEAR THE DEPOT, ROSEBURG ORE
DOUCLAS
COUNTY
BANK
List
I HAVE EASTERN CUSTOMERS
AND CAN SELL
COW CREEK WRECK
Pullman Car Broke Loose From
Train and Turns Somersault
Down an Embankment.
THE WORK OF VILLAINS.
Crowbar is Found Where Spikes
Were Pulled From the Ties
No Clue to Perpetrators.
The Portland, San Francisco overland
narrowly escaped a serious wrecking in
the Cow Creek Canyon in the southern
part of this country Friday evening. As
it was, a Pullman sleeper was burled
over an embankment and several
pas-
sengers more or less injured.
The wreck was caused by the Pullman
car Mount St. Helens leaving the track
as it rounded a curve and turning a som
ersault into the bed of the creek, U feet
below. That no on - was seriously in
jured or killed is a miracle, and one for
which all of the passengers wpre thank
ful, as the wreck occured on a bad part
of tlte road and at 9 :30 o'clock in the
evening.
Dr. Ambros C. Froom, of Portland,
was perhaps the most seriously injured
of any of the passengers. At the time
of the wreck he had gone into the
sleeper from the smoking car and had
just started to pi to bed. He had an
I nplT b"h had.jaSt Up
pui mm ui m 11 wnen me car gave a
lurch and turned over.
Dr. Froom was hurled into the air as
the car turned he plunged headfore
most into the berth. As the car turned
over and rested upside diwa, the berth
closed, shutting on Mr. Froom's head
n1 Pialnin him there with his entire
body free. He haaai :ver the edge of the
- .- : - Im mwntii
before he could be rescued from his
plight and it took the united strength of
fonr men to lift the berth so that be
'jj OQt of the
in'tired
and : ruised. thoujh it i- not thought
1 - - .1 - .
o tuai iue wounas are serious, tus rieau
was mashed and tiailr Hnico.! n.l tL.ro
was m cat over jhe rigllt eve He
' bruise1 in ln, ;hfm. w
and was pretty badly shaken up.
1 Willi. r r,K t .k u.- ri-
don Comronv. was aUo injured in the
rwt h, iL, ;
age and the muscles badlv bruised so
that he could not walk from the train to
j y. m , mmtmWm
, , ,, u.r i.
! was bruised about the body when the
car left the track, but not seriously.
The car was badly shattered by the
; tumble it took and caught fire from the
stove in one end. The fire, however,
was extinguished before it had gained
any beadwav. The wrecked car was
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Capital Stock
$5o,ooo
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A C.MAK3TKRS.
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