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I , i "fim OTJEGOK daily jotthnai. FORTIiAKP SATXJBDAY r EYZriyr 'NOTEMIIEB 22, 1902.- HOW-MeLEMMDUiPsg "cALVl'ni ' ffltlUQ, - Manaaer. ,- ' x. . T v MiRQtJAM GRAND THEATRE ! "?. one Main V W MONDAY and TIESDAY WGHTS:,WiV; &&XfttlwW im'; ! I IV I it - JsT I j. M MM M :JkMJf l-. :.. , - y a;:,. -:t :- .. .. 1 NIGHTS w '. k '7 UWl . ... ,. --" . - . .. T ' " . A Promoter Told Him a False ;: Story, bat It Was His .:'i' "l . Making . . I "- . A group .of vi war sitting In on f the lawyers" office In what Is caljed "lAwyers" Row." lu Baker City: recently, The utJeot under discussion was a trial for horsestealing- of a notorious stock rustler. . "What will the jury do about it, .Jt'Bcle .Pave- inquired one of the law yers. "Witt " they Wilis; in a verdict of ; futltr, do yow think?" Uncle Dave brought, the front legs of his chair down on the floor, he had been leaning back against the wall," gave the floor an emphatic rap with his cane and aid: . "If It wat anybody else they would n't convict tan on that evidence, but It being him, I think the verdict will be guilty. Though the evidence is not con elusive I don't suppose anybody doubts that he took the horse all right . He made a picked brand of It and changed the I C to H O by pioking out the hair to make It look Ilk an old brand." While the rest of the group went over the evidence .and discussed the reliability Of the testimony I vainly grope1 In my mind for the association of that name "Uncle Dave." Suddenly the whole thing flashed upon me. This keen-eyed, gray bearded whlte-iiatred old man who an- , swered to the name of Uncle Dave, mast be Uncle Dave Llttlefleld, of whom I had read as the pioneer of Baker County. ; OLD UNCLE DAVE. 'Taking the first opportunity I said to htm: "Is your name David Llttlefleld?" He turned hie keen gray eyes on me in quisitively and said: "That's the name I Was christened, but I've been Uncle Dave for a good many years past here In 1 taker." My evident interest In the early history of the discovery of gold was the open sesame to the treasures of bis varied experiences. Uncle Dave is as Interesting a character as Kben Holden or David Harum, and quite as original and quaint. He deserves to be discovered by some au thor who wields a pen capable of doing him justice. He Is full of odd conceits storehouse of pioneer anecdote and remi niscence. He is witty, but his wit has a kindly flavor. He does not scruple to tell a good story merely because the joke is on himself. We talked till the lengthened shadows of the trees admonished us that supper time had arrived. In the evening I found my way to his home. He gave me a hearty welcome In which you felt there was no insincerity. His white hair was swept from a high forehead and made him look like a patriarchal Huguenot. When he had gotten his briarwood puff ing he said: HI3 INTERESTING STORY. "Well, to start at the beginning of the story, I came out to California in 1850. My father, who came in '49, sent back not only good reports but a sack of dust and. nuggets, so I went to Califolrila. Fifty-' eight found me in Fraaer- River and in 18S1 my partner.. Henry Griffin, and my self, struck' out for the Oro Flno diggings in Washington Territory. We had gotten .as Jar . aat Portland when we. ran across two other 'tartieads.' William" Stafford and a. W. Bcbriver. They had Just com from Oro Fino and told us there was nothing there. We decided to'aUy -in Portland till we could hear of sots good camp. ' "I waa walking, down he main street one day when I saw a little group, of men gathered around m fellow who stood on a tSrygoodsvbor airthev.edge0f the sWe walk. He seemed to be preaohing or sell ing something, so I walked pver and joine,l the crowd. I listened a few moments and he kept epeakhig'of tM-BIue Bucket mines. I toad never heard Of such a place. He said that the. party of .emigrants that Bteve Meek a brother 'of 'Joe Meek had guided into Oregon In 1845 had. while looking for some lost cattle, picked up some large nugget n one ef the tributa ries of the Malheur, He said they claimed they could, have filled their blue water buckets foil or the stuff if they had known that it waa gold, ' STORIEJB OF'jbNES. "Well, I stood there listening to his talk but not taking much . stock in It till he aid he had been there himself and he could hare made a stake" if the. Indian had not enased. him out. With- that he pulled autosome nuggets and. began pass ing them around for the crowd to inspect. He said he had secured the nuggets there and he wanted tot go beck with a party strong enough to keep the" Indians away. The crowd was composed .mostly of Wb foot farmers and they did not believe that what he showed 'was gold. He asked if there was a miner In the crowd. I, said t was. He asked m to tell- the crowd whether the nuggets were gold or not. I looked at them, hefted them, and said, 'They certainly are, and" a good quality ef gold at that.' . . CHANCE TO GET RICH. "The fellow's name was 'Adams. Griffin and I talked It over. We were going to go somewhere atid we thought here was a chance of getlng lntt. new and rich dlg-gmtai'-Oftt rWtt "frtenuVrw&tf ' Had1 ""peeH miners in California, William Stafford and O. W,. Schrlver, .went In With us and with about 40 or 60 Webfooter we started for the Blue- Bucket mine with Adams as guide. We were well equipped to fight Indians and to .mine. .'.Each of us had one riding horse "and two. packhorses. We took the Barlow wagon road across the Cascade Mountains, crossing the Des chutes River where the 8ve Meek party crossed it in 184i. We kept up the east side of the Dps Chutes and followed up one of Its tributaries to Its headwaters. About thfa time a rumor spread through the company that Adams had never been to the Blue Bucket mines.. We were In a dry and barren country, many of the farmers In our 'company had left their grain standing, thinking that they could afford to. Jet it jro. nnhar.WSSted M they could scoop up pockets full of nuggets. We questioned Adams closely. He maintained that he had been-.tber. . , "Through a young- 4lkW. named Bill Cranston," who Adams had claimed had been ther with him When he had found nuB-eiiv- we -got-s, "-oonfeinlo!V that Adams had not been there. He said Adams had gotten him to tell that' story so they 'could have a strong party with them to go out and hunt for IbeMost dig glngs. ' US ' . ADAMS UNDER FIRfi. ."-V "Well, wa were all pretty mad, at Adams', deception, -especially he farmers, wno naa abandoned their crops to come on such a wild-goose cliase. We gave him a week to And the diggings. After a week' hard traveling through a rough country we were still hunting.. Borne of. the. party wanted to lynch Adams, but a few of us, who were cooler-headed, persuaded. then) to give him a day's jgrace. ..Ha spent t , pretty strenuous day and that night w set a watch on him as he had tried to escape the night before. We had , been working toward the Malheur River coun try and were now near the headwater of Burnt River. The night before, when Adams had tried to escape, most of the party wanted to shoot him at once. "Wa discussed the question till the middle of the forenoon, when we took a vote and decided to try him for hi life. Griffin and 1 and Stafford and Schrlver and son of the others, wanted htm turned loose. The majority, however, was for killing him. A JIJRT SELECTED. ' ; ' . "We selected a Jury, appointed one ol the party to defend him and one to prose cut him, aad then began taking testi mony. The testimony didn;t help' ht reputation any. Young Cranston and the other two fellows from the valley failed to support any of his statements. On the whole . It looked pretty black for, him. The trial lasted ail day and the jury de bated the verdict all night. Well, sir, they brought in the strangest verdict I ever heard of. The dcolslon was that he was guilty. His horse and all his equip ment, including his gun, was to be taken from him. Without any food, firearms or blankets, he was to be escorted out of to get away ana H, srter me lapse ox mai time, he was In range, any one of the party had leave to shoot him. Before he left we had him sign a paper saying he was a liar and had deceived us. "Well, now that the Blue Bucket mines were settled, most of the party wanted to lose no. time getting back to the Willam ette Valley to tend their crops and save them, lit possible. We divided. One party started direct for the valley and the rest of us struck out to And the old emigrant road that we thought must lie north and east from where we were. The night after we separated 1 couldn' 'help thinking of Adams. Nary a gun to kill game with, no chance to defend himself from Indian or varmints. Not a bite to eat. No pros n,t nt ircitlnir nnvthinar. I SDoke to One pf our party, that.. night. an4 ,tpd,m I, wished we could cacne some gruo ior Adams. I hated to think of him starving in death. He told me not to mention it to the rest; but after dark he would go; back and look for Adams. "He pokjeime grub with him and left.. Next rrifernfiWl- wehCtipr nd foufWi 'him tn in., ii. .1.1 ... t . ..'I.. . l. .11. " ! 1ES POPULAR WITH . THE PEOPLE CORDRAY'S THEATRE JOHN F. CORDRAY, Manager. Thanksgiving Week Sunday, Nov. 23 '' i , Special Matinee Thahksgiving Day -feoduced Exactly the Same as it was 300 Times in" New York, lOOTfmes in Boston and 50 Times in Chicago. EDS I mf a vinftTPCPy TIME HERE. IT IS EXHIL- ERAT ING, MUSICAL, SENSA TIONAL AND WHOLE- ? SOME? Usual Matinee Saturday. fS,0?Sc M(1i0c,!KSunlay Sa1" 7 4y ftTATINEES-zSc to any part of house; children 10c PRICES THANKSGIVING MATINEE SAME AS EVENING. Next Week....RUDOLPll AND ADOLPH" Next Week- HEARTS OF OAK ) COMPANION PLAY TO "SHORE ACRES " The Best of Them AIII ' '.'..'..; . . ; , ' . SIR0G ANO RUG&ED AS THE ROCK-BOUND if COAST OF NEW ENGLAND I Pure as the Ocean Breezes! ; Presented by an Excellent Company with Magnificent New Scenery and Startling Electrical Effects DIRECTION OF flRS. JAMES A. HERNE; - ' : . PRICES: Lower Floor, except last 3 rows, $1; last Z rows, 75c. Balcony, first 6 rows, 75c; last 6 rows, SOc. Gallery, 3Sc and 33c. Box and Loges, $7. SO. SEATS MOW SELLING. Carriage at IO.SO o'clock. , MARQUAM GRAND THEATRE. CALVIN HEILIQ, Manager. THANKSGIVING ATTRACTION j i - ilfigvgeiiiznt IZXtimXf&ihtw FfiasonS Actor MR;: STUART R.OBSON '.'.Vjv AND "IS EXCELLENT COnPANY Wednesday night, November 26 and Thursday Matinee, November 27 j ; - SHAKESPEARE'S IMMORTAL COriEDY "Tlift Cbmedy of Errors" Thursday Night (Thanksgiving) November 27, Bronson Howard's Masterpiece Ev n'nj Pri.es-Entlrc lower floor, $1.50. Balcony, first three rows, $1.00. Second lhr.ee rows. 75c. . . Last six rows, jjog, Gallery, 3sq and 2$c. Boxnd LOKesr 4io.oo. .,. .. SpacUl Holiday Matinee Prices Entire lower f loir, $1.00. Bakony, Jtrst three rows, $i. Second three rows, 75c. Last six rows, soc. Gallery, 35 and 35c. Boxes and Loges, $7.50- , NOTE Advance sale of seats wlU open next Monday mornlnz at 10 o'clock, when not more than ten seats will be sold to any one person for any single performance. Carriages at 10:50. file if' OEO. L. BAKER ftanager THE BAKER THEATRE Phones: Columbia 906 Oregon North 1076 v. CONCEDED BY EVERYBODY THE MOST POPULAR PLAYHOUSE IN THE CITY. PLAYING TO STANDING ROOfl ONLY EVERY NI0HT. THANKSGIVING WEEK STARTING SUNDAY MATINEE NOVEMBER 23 -MATINEES SUNDAY AND 5ATURDAY. SPECIAL THANKSQIVINQ MATINEE THURSDAY- Nat C. Goodwin's Greatest Success 1 V ilil 1 N eff ELSIE B8MOND, oooo PRESENTED BY THE INCOMPARABLE, NEILL STOCK COMPANY. f - .'ff "j I i V-' i lfe . . . ' J WILLIAM RNARO. j Staged with the same great care to detail that has marked our previous productions. A New York production at popular prices. The Baker Prices never change. Evening, 15-35-35.500. NOTE Thanksgiving Matinee the same as Saturday and Sunday Matinees, I0-15-25C Week starting Sunday, Nov. 30, Henry Arthur Jones' great play "THE MASQUERADERS," camp. When he grot a chance he tolJ me he had hunted nearly all night. He had finally found Adams, grtven htm the food and arranged to leave grub at every camping' place. Adams would follow us ub and ret AU nroacnaa ins. suojeei ana iouna no on wan vrry Rnxinus 10 sin Adams. W'c sci.t ouL. located AJama ant) brousht him into camp. We 1st him travel with us. "Our party wanted to travel slowly and prospect, but :t was past th- middle of October and the rest of the party was In a hurry to press along. Wo -did not stop the pack train for dinner but always went into camp at 4 o'clock to t'lvo the animals a chance to grate and rest. A -COLOrLJjE- GOLD. "We prospected and got colors on a creek afterwards called China Creek. We crossed the divide after tea v in Burnt River and dropped down hito Fowder River. The Hudson Bay Company named that river Powder River because one of their trappers stream. We crossel Blue Canyon, wtnt over the ridgr anff, after crossing- Elk Creek, went Into cams. We took turns at 'poking and. In tending to the horses. There was four in one mess, t was on duty that weak while Orltftu, being his off week, put in his time prospecting. He dug bole an a bar near camp, but didn't get to bedrock. He told me he thought It was a good prospect and said he would like to stay If the rest of the party were not in such a hurry. Next morning Henry and I got up at daylight and put that hole down to bedrock .. W. . paiuWa the rvel on bedrock and got from 50 cents a dollar a pan,- That settlsd It. We had struck as good as the Blue BurKet diggings. We spent that day In measuring off claims, Ws gave Griffin the discovery claim and one more. The rest of us drew lots for th other claim. We gave Adams one also. Ws sunk holes on our claims, organised a mining. district and got plans under way to divert the waters of Elk Creek Into this gulch and named It Grift. fir' rinifh. AH but Qrlffin SlaftoriJU Schrlver and myself struck out for the valley to winter there. We four decided to stsy by our claims and work them If possible. We rode to Walla Walla, taking our packhorses to get provisions for the winter. We tried to hire a man there to ittt a.few extra packharaea-la. bring supplies. We couldn't get one for love or money. They told us It was mad ness for us to go back. . "We. returned to Walla Walla after a serle of adventures and told our story of the finding of the nuggets. Now this la the history of the finding of gold in Powder River." .' . - MOftE CADETS FOR" ANNAPOLIS. While Secretary Moody has not begm the preparation of his annual report, he has determined on the oharaoter of the vonnmmAndfitlttnii tn . Lm mu'de tor un In- 4 erws-l,i- UmJ. .uumbexr.oj ediamisatDncd. l lino oBlcers, - , ThlsrHr -resardact It Mr." Moodr as the most lHiportant matter confronting tho naval adminlatra.Uon, and It will be treated aa such la the report. He be lieves that an Immediate increase In the commissioned personnel la necessary, but Is not in favor of making appointments to the line from civil life. The only safe policy In his opinion. Is to pursue the slower, but more satisfaon'. rfur" nf 'TSvTng allTine officers educated at the Naval Academy. He will. Uiererore. rec. nmm eml that each Sonatdr and Repre sentatlve be. given the nomination of two midshipmen, instead of one each, as at present, and that the nominations shall jmade hi- eaeh-Spnntnr andby th Renreaentnuve of every congressional dis trict and the delegate in Congress front each territory', every three years. Last year some measure of relief tn the existing conditions of a shortage of line officers was afforded by Congress by pro. vldinK that each Senator should have one nomination, the President Of. the United States should have 15 instead Of 10, and that the nominations should be mads in each case every four years instead ot every six years. L'p to that time Sena tors had not the right-to make nomina lUfe. H,.:vMrl -ir -,.r,a ": adopted- the- number af -ealehlBS at-the Kval Academy will be almost doubled. Tinder the law passed at the last sasslon ; of Congress, the numlwr of cadets Wps was increased to 493. distributed vh four years. The new arrangement . conr,, , templates 971 cadetships diatrlhutM over three years. These figures apply to the Increased representation of th Housa Of Wepr.nlntlve.i elected On last TVjtMiay r rnmimiurn - It js oeiieveu iimi wuh i.liw.-t- cadets there will be enough line offlcers to care for all the ships in commission four years from now. lnoiudlns; those- vn der construction. Washington Times. ; run " . , r. . v. . I. . . 41m. nt th. fl R. & N ChWvgo-Portlsjid Special. " filun Portland to ChtcJtlrr rnprjn. , ihg at o'clock. Inqfllrsolty ticket of Acs, Third and Washlnpan. : , Queen Bes la Indeed Queen of all Cmtsh props. Sold by druggists and cneeiitm ara. . --.-'r: i "; 1". v if -, ' S -' '- t