THE OREGON r DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVEXEN'G, JAXtJARY 15. 1904. ! Sporting Events of SAID AT A JIMMT XoA&SEB OT ST. JC.0T7IS, 4Z&ABXB OBJtXnTH ABO C0KZ8 ' BET GET TOOETKEB ABB SOME , PABDOI4 . BOPB 18 TXB XJ3" -i' i'-" SUIT. "They can all come and go," said Jimmy McAleer, an ha sat In Ban John ion's office In Chicago, - killing time, "but: I . don't think the game will ever see another playerln certain ways like Jack Glasscock. He was distinc tively one of the oddest characters who ever - played around -a. -diamond!" and the. duplicate, of Pebbly Jaok has yet to show. ' "Glasscock .was a great shortstop, a good batter and the meanest player who ever wore the spikes. Me wanted to win so badly that he would do anything to Stop the opposition. Borne of his tricks were lalapalooaas. ; If the umpire was looking the other ; way. He'd throw a handful 'of sand In your eyes. If you slid Into the base It was right Into hla spikes, blocking off the bag like a barb wire fence. ,. When he shoved the ball against you It was -for- business pur poses, and you know all about It But the' tricks he was best in were tricks that were almost Impossible to see. As you turned the base he would wander accidentally, across your path, and you would Instinctively slqw up to avoid a collision. ; The fraction of a second thus lost generally meant k putout At the next station. If you went on ahead he would take Just a pinch at your trousers as you passed., That little nip would throw you off your stride, and unbalance you to such an extent that yom would fall an easy victim to the man at the next stand, who would be waiting with the ball. , ' , " "A great deal of the so-called rowdy Ism and profanity of the old times was really caused by such tricks as these. When a man had been -put out aa 'the result of such a dodge he would natur ally express his opinion both of the of fender and of the umpire who had failed to see the play. Hence the air would be dark blue and the papers the next day would talk about another disgraceful row. ' ' . " """' "Once I saw Glasscock nip Burkett as he passed and slow htm up so that the third baseman nailed him: Imagine the scene! Glasscock and Burkett. shower ing each 'other with choice language, and such language' as those two could devise! Oh, but it was rich, and the poor umpire had as much show to stop them as he hadto fly! "Players used to sharpen their spikes for Fred Pfeffer," said Comiakey, "and tell how they were going to cut him up. yet when the slide was made ana the putout was over and the men had come to the bench we'd ask: "Why didn't you cut him.' and the invariable answer would be: 'Didn't get a chance!" When Pfeffer touched you with the bail he hit you hard, too. ; 1 ' "Yep," said Clarke Griffith, "I saw him black Walter Wltmot's eye with the ball one day, and .Walter was fatrly wild. , He was going to' lay Tor rrea after the game, but didn't catch htm." "For ray part," said Comiskey, "I never feared these spiking fellows. I'd block them off first and take a'chance. It's this way with blocking men: Al though they may want to spike you; they also want to get back to the base, and that's their chief object Hence they don't get enough leeway to make their slide forceful or dangerous. Their Spikes may cut the skin a little, but do no harm." viw tbopkxes abb orrzBJBO. .Mrs. J. Wesley Ladd has offered two srsrf plus as prises for a knockout golf tournament to be held January 23. The usual offering of a cup for golfing con tests had been somewhat overdone, and other prises have succeeded them in the East, but Mrs. Ladd fa the first to Intro duce the new custom here. The trials for the 'Ladd tournament will be held on January 23, February 6. February 20 - And March i. The winner of ' each of these bouts will ' then compete in a knockout competition, which will take place about the first of April. AH those desiring to participate must enter their names before January 23. The Waverly 'golf links will be the seen of a men' handicap tournament tomorrow. MOBMOTSTR BEPEATS BXOXBEAU. (Journal Special Serrlee.) Monmouth, Or., Jan. 15.r The basket ball game between the Btate Normal school and that representing Rlckreall ' resulted in a victory for the Normal lads by a score of 16 to 6. '. Dr. W. Norton Davis. IN A WEEK We treat successfully all private, nervous and chronic diseases, also . blood, stomach, heart, liver.kidney, throat troubles and female com plaints. ; We cure SYphius (with out mercury) to stay cured forever, In thirty to sixty days. We remove Stricture, without operation or pain, in fifteen days. - We cure Gonorrhoea IN a Week. ' The doctors of this institute are all regular graduates, have had many years experience, have been known in , Portland for 15 years, have a reputation to maintain, and will undertake no case unless cer tain a cure can be effected. ' We guarantee a cure In every case we. undertake or charge no fee. Consulta tion free. Letters -confidential. BOOK FOR MEN mailed free In plain wrapper. DII W.: NORTON DAVIS & CO. 145 M Sixth ' Street. Portland, '" Oregon. - ,'V ' . Corner Alder. A I BEE SPORTING GOSSIP " FROM SPOKANE s (Journal Special Service.) Spokane, Jan. 16.- Baseball men con sider the make up of the Paclno National league settled with Butte, Salt Lake and Ogdsn on one side of ; the circuit, Spo kane in the center and' Seattle and either Belllngham or Vancouver at the other end. .. , ' Joe Fitzgerald, the local 'boxer, i has announced that he has been bantered ' a great deal lately about his ' defeat by Burrows. He says that he haa no, ex cuse for his failure In that fight but he is not satisfied that Burrows is the bet ter man and that he would like nothing better than to have another go with him. - - The basketball championship of the T. M. C. A, is still unsettled and the tourna nieMJtOcWewJb,ljotthOftcee,lled team Is, the best has i .. not been ar ranged. Neither of the team seems to be in any particular hurry, as they want their full strength for the contests.' There never was a time in the history of the, 8. A. A. ' C. when there were so many applicants for membership as at the present time. The team has been averaging about 25 new i members at every regular board meeting for the past five months. At the last meeting 26 new men were voted in, and so far this month there have been eight applications. At the present rata it is claimed that the 8. A. A. C will be the athletic club In the Northwest at the time o? moving Into their new building. "j High School to Change Managers. . The Spokane high school athletic asso ciation has concluded to change Its man agement of athletics, and will abolish the office of general manager, which po sition has been the governing power over all athletics except football. A meeting will be called in a few days to make the change, and at the same time the provi sion will be made for track qnd baseball managers, two positions that have here tofore not exUited.' The general manager haa always had control of baseball, hand ball and track affairs, but they will now be managed by separate heads. Edward Doust who Is now general manager, will undoubtedly .bV elected manager of the basketball team, while Fassett, formerly football manager, will assume control of the track men,- LUCAS'CAILS LEAGUE MEETING ' (Journal Special Serrlce.) Spokane, Wash., Jan. 16. President Lucas of the, Paclfle National . league has called the annual meeting of the league directors here on Saturday. There will be but four votes at the opening of the Saturday meeting until two or -three applications have been acted upon. Those . who will be enti tled to vote at the beginning will be John J. MeCVoskey, Salt Lake; Charles H. Lane, Butte;- Clyde Williams, Spo kane; D. E. Dugdale, Seattle. In case of atle vote President Lucas will have the right to cast the deciding vote. This tie vote Is likely to be cast If the plans of the Montana magnates are carried out to make ,the circuit a 60 eent admission for all towns. Williams and Dugdale will fight this proposition. There will be applications for admis sion to the league from Belllngham, Vancouver and Ogden. It Is also prob able, that Great Falls will knock at the door. There Is little chance of Ogden getting in If Belllngham and Vancouver apply. President Williams Is In receipt of a bitter from Pitcher Quick, who asks for a contract with Spokane this season. . , RACING RESULTS (Journal Special Serrioe.) San Francisco, Jan. 16. -Military Man captured the 3-year-old event at Oak land yesterday In a sensational finish, beating Toung Pepper X by a head. Royalty showed great Improvement In form In the last race, easily defeating Frank Woods,, the favorite. A. C. Dean, tratnef of the horse F. W. Brode, .was suspendtd, pending an Investigation re garding that horse, which acted In such an unruly manner as to. cause the belief that, he had been drugged. Summary: Seven furlongs, selling Myrtle H. won, Tonopah second, Pathlence third; time, 1:274. . Six furlongs Military. Man won. Young Pepper second, Mugh McGovern third: time,-1:13. Sevan furlongs, selling Velma Clark won, Olenarvon second, El.Piloto third; time. 1:27. One mile, sellingHeather Honey won, Romatne second, Rosarl ' third; time, 1:40. - Futurity course, selling XJlctma won, Bard' Burns second, Pure Dale third; time, 1:10. One mile and one-fourth, selling Royally won, Frank Woods second. Po sition third; time, 2:06. , . At Asoot Park. .Los Angeles, Jan, 16. Yesterday was ladles'; day at Ascot and some 6,000 of the fair sex attended the races. Sallte Goodwin,' heavily played at 8 to 6, re warded her backers by coming under the wire first in tho last race. Summary: . One mile and 70 yards,1 selling The Goldflnder won, Dupont second, Luna third; time, 1:48. v Three - furlongs, purse Airship won, De Grammont second, Tim Hurst third; time, :37. Seven ' ' furlongs, ' selling Galanthua won. Anvil second, Jlnger third; time, 1:30. One 'mile, handicap Havlland ' won, Dolly Hayman second, Glennevis third; time, 1:42. . Slauson course, purse Bill Curtis won,. Sals second, Dargln -third; time, 1:11. - : .r; ' .Six furlongs,; selling Sallte Goodwin won.-1 Almoner second. Little Margaret third; time; 1:16.. r. M" At Haw Orleans, New Orleans, Jan. 16. Crescent City summary: , L - Six furlongs Lady Lavish won, Julia second. Dusky third; time, 1:13. (- Seven furlongs Versty won, Ethel wheac second, Tioga third; time, 1:28. Six furlongs Scorpio won, Frank Bell second. Clangor third; time, 1:18 3-5. i Handicap, one mile Captain Arnold won. Tribes Hill second, Ethics third; time, 1:40 I-V . - . Three furlongs Friar Tuck won. All Scarlet second, Dan Home third; time, :36 2-5.. ,:,,... , One mile and one-eighth McWilllams won, Lou Woods second, Baronet thirds time, 1:65. ; r,-"..'" r : ; .- Eastern and California races by di rect wires. We- accept commissions by "phone"' -on above races from respon sible parties. We also receive commis sions for all leading sporting events In any part of the world, at Portland Club, 130 Firth street. . .. T oday. INDOOR BASEBALL AT LOCAL Y. M. C. A. 'With the opening Of the new year and the organization of the Association In door Baseball team great enthusiasm has arisen among the membership, and many are ; practicing hard In order1, to make the 'team a good one; Some' difficulty has been experienced ' in selecting ' a strong pitcher, but Captain Paul Thing has been carefully watching ""the try out" in the various practice games, and believes he now has 'located the best man. ' After the Corvallis-All Star game of basketball this evening the baseball team will ' line up as follows against Company E, O., N. G.J . n - CatcherV-Barrell. Pttchers-Pugh and Elerath ShortstopLowengardt and Morrow. First base-rThlng. f iiBecoMJ)fiSS JLigHty.: , Third base Gates. - FieldersMorrow and Backus, a : The following games have been sched uled at the association diamond: 'January 16 Company E. O. N. G. . ,j January IS Company C, O. N. G. .- : January 22 Company H, O. N. G. -January 29 Company B, O. N. G. SPOKANE AMATEURS HOLD ANNUAL MEET (Journal Special Serrlce.) Spokane. Wash. Jan. 15. At the an nual meeting of the Spokane Amateur Athletic association this week President Ware will recommend s change In the directorate of the club that has for Us object the better financing of affairs. The recommendations .. will probably conie up at a special meeting to be called some time during the, year. The changes' suggested by President Ware will reduce the number of directors to four and the president as against 14. as at present Each member of the board will be at the head of a certain com mittee, the members of the committee being picked from the members at large. The house committee will be composed of those Interested In social events, the athletic committee of the athletes, and these will confer with the chairmen Of their respective committees on all mat ters - pertaining to their departments. This will-leave -the-nve-ofncer f-4he club to conduct all the financial af fairs, but the committee of the mem bers will have a good deal to say aa to the management of the club In other details. The question of admitting juvenile &nd lady members of the club was dls cuBsed and postponed until the special meeting as at that time , the members would be in a better position to know what they could do In the new building. A- C. "Ware, the present president, was unanimously reelected president for the ensuing year. ' V ; TAVB AIiZi HUBBUB AT THIS. An artistic piece of photographic work Is on exhibition at Schiller's that causes all persons Interested in the great Amer ican game fef baseball to stop and gase upon it. with delight It is a large pic ture taken in the fourth Inning of the POrtland-Los Angeles game or October 31, when during Portland's half of .the Inning, with three men on bases, Danny I oiiok BBmiy mi to iKit neia, scoring two runs for the locals. Every player Is shown In action, except left fielder Ross of Los Angeles, who is fielding the ball In the far corner of left field. Hollings worth, Francis and Blake are shown be tween the bases, while Shea is in the act of having thrown his bat, away and starting for first . , Doc Newton is on the slab and directly behind him Is Umpire O'ConnelL Thhi was the game that Jake Th lei man pitched so grandly until the eighth In ning, when Los Angeles tied the score by making four runs, after which O'Con nell called the game on account of dark ners. The most noticeable thing about ' the picture Is that every man Is' shown In action. . ' ' " WZMJUkTCTTB SE7SAT8 Y. X. C. A. (Journal gptclal'Serrlce.) Salem. Or.. Jan. 15. The Willamette university team defeated the Salem Y. M. C. A. team in a hotly-contested game of basketball .last evening. The final score was 20 to 8. The teams lined up as follows: , , Y. M. C. A. ' W. U. Rhodes ..I... Forward... ...... Chopler Allen , .Forward,.'., Miller, Hunt Yantla .Center . Pollard Jones .........Guard.:. Matthews Meyers Guard. ...,v.. Whipple . - . - j , Simpson MABEBTBir tlXOTSO XASAOSX. (Journal Special Serriee.) . Spokane, Wash., Jan. 16, B. G. Mash burn of the Washington Agricultural college has been elected 'to the position of manager of athletic for the ensuing year. He is well known In athletic cir cles. hfllnsr ririA nf th tua h1ra th. lege has turned out He Is thoroughly inuiuvii yv mi me ima ana ins neeas or the team. He will also be able to assist in coar-hlna- th eleven. Muhhum i now also baseball manager. s DiTJOZTEB OP M'OQTXB- DEAD. 'While Terry McGovern. the plucky little ex-featherweight champion, has received many a blow In the ring that made him wince, it Is doubtful If he will ever forget the blow caused by the death of his little 2-year-old daughter Lillian, who died despite the combined efforts of several eminent . physicians last week. ' , The little one, which was named after Mrs. Sam Harris, wife of McGovem's manager, was taken sick Suddenly last week. Pneumonia' developed with the result that the child succumbed, j .. FreeSpirits Free Everyone visiting Neuberger's Full Measure House, 108 Sixth street, be tween Washington and Stark, tomorrow, Saturday, will be presented with a sam ple bottle of our celebrated J. R. Stan- Ion Special Reserve Whiskey. A New Man. ' Mr. C J. Fulton, formerly of -B. J. Dempsy of 8pokane, has accepted a po sition as window dresser and ad writer with Samuel Rosenblatt & Co., the reli able clothiers. He comes well recom mended .as an, experienced man. The irew Owl. Saturday, at 2p. m.r H. G. ("Doe") Brown, late of Spokane, throws open the doors of. his new place, corner Fifth and Alder streets, a A lunchr will be served afternoon and evening. The coin display, which Is one of the most com plete In' this Pacific Northwest, Is special feature of this new resort , . . SALEM JfOnCt Salem- aatwcrlben will plea tak retire that Tbe Journal tfnej baa been trans ferred to - B. E.' bavla, . 180 atate atreat, woe will racalra subscription, complaints, pay- KkDIS, tc SUPREME COURT i :0m its action ' . ' -. V ' .Jv (''' ..'.;'.'' ' - - ' .- (Journal Special Service.) . 1 f Salem. , Or.; Jan. 15. The supreme court has about caught up with all the business demanding its. attention at this time, and unless there Is a flood of ap peal litigation coming up soon, the dcks will be entirely, cleared in a short time. There are now 14 cases In the hands ef the court, arguments In which have been submitted, and these will doubtless be decided In a -few weeks. In addi tion to these., cases there are live cases now on the calendar to be argued within the next two weeks, Including those set for- hearing last evening, and there are 12 cases on the bar docket ready to be set for hearing as soon- as the attor neys are" prepared to have the dates for ,!( -heating- fixed.'- ;.ybJ 'lav-aulta' at boriirast" to "the ' state of Washington, where the supreme court had fl cases ready for trial on January 1 as1 soon"as the court could give . them attention. Such a state of affairs will probably not exist In Oregon for a long time, as the court as now organized, works rapidly and is able to dispose of a large amount of business In a very short time. . A few , year ago, , however, things were different For years the Oregon supreme court was from 200 to 250' cases be hind, and It took from two to two - and one-half years for a case to come up for final hearing 'And disposition after the appeal Was taken. This was not speedy justice, but the court could not help the blockade. Efforts were several times made to give relief by legislation - In the Way of a supreme court commis sion to hear cases, but it always failed. Finally the legislature provided for ste nographers for each of the justices and with the aid of these the court soon disposed of the accumulation of busi ness. " Prior to that time many of the decisions were written out by the court in longhand. The pi-esent Justices of the court, Hons. F. A. Moore, R. 8. Bean and C E. Wolverton, are hard workers and proba bly put In more hours' of work every day than do any other like officials on the Paclno coast. In the supreme court last evening the following cases were set for trial dur ing the last week in this month: Tuesday, "January, 26 L. H. McMahan, respondent, vs. Walter Whalen and B. B. Colbath. sheriff, appellant; appeal from Marion county." Wednesday, January 27 J. R. Boyd, respondent, vs. F. I. Dunbar, as secre tary of state, appellant; appeal from Multnomah county. Thursday, January 28 Louis Ringue by Julian Ringue, guardian ad litem, appellant, , vs. Oregon Coal & Naviga tion company, respondent: appeal from Coos county. KOTICI, Th VanecuTer agency of, The Or ton Daily Journal la located at 03 Mala atnat. ionu , I Laadborc. agict. LINSON DISMISSED ON LARCENY CHARGE - (Journal Special Serrlce.) Vancouver, Wash.. Jan. 15. The case of the state of Washington against Mike Llnson came up for trial before the special jury yesterday and a verdict was returned finding Llnson not guilty. The case Of Gens Godel will be disposed of today. , 'Llnson and Godel are the men that were brought back from As toria by Sheriff Biesecker on the charge of having stolen certain blacksmith tools from George McElroy. It is claimed that they stole the tools and sold them to certain second-hand dealers In Portland, but It was hard to get It through a jury's mind why two men will go - several miles- and steal tools that can be disposed of as only old Iron - for not to exceed 34.60, and the jury was the more disposed to believe that Linson was not one of the men on account of the inability of cer tain witnesses to identify him in a posi tive manner. ... . Paw for Sight of Way. The Jury found In the condemnation proceedings of- the county of Clarke against Carl Grannlaunn that the later Is-entitled to 3K2.60 for aright of way for the county road through his prem ises. Carl had Insisted on the right of way being -worth about $600, but would not talk with the county commissioners for any price. Hence the condemnation proceedings. The county road, it is be lieved by every one- familiar with the location, Is not only necessary for the publlo good, but will greatly enhance the value of the owner's premises and it Is also believed he-Is realising a great deal through the condemnation pro ceedings. . Coroner Investigates a Death. The coroner was called suddenly from Vancouver yesterday to Salmon creek, to Investigate . the death of . P. Opper mann, who was found dead at his farm In that district. It was at first believed that Oppermann had been knocked in the head, at least that was the report made to the coroner before he went out. The body had lain several days, but the In quest proved ' that there waa no foul play; but the probability of having dropped dead. The indications showed that heart trouble must have been the cause of his death. Short Items of Interest S.M. Beard and Mrs. .Francis Browne were married last night at the groom's residence In this city. About two doien boys endeavored to honor the bride and groom with what they termed a sere nade in genuine boyish style, and as a result were all arrested and this morn ing had to pay a fine, the fine and costs amounting to 28 each. The children were arrested on ac count of the disturbance of the peace, the particular disturbance having been to lltfi. Sears, who lives near, "and has been quite til for some time. The boys were requested to cease their noise, but refused to do so, and this refusal re sulted In their arrest HOBOES BBBAX X. Aurora, Or., Jan. 15.-r-The postofflce and H. A. Snyder's confectionery store at this place were broken -Into last night, presumably by hoboes,wbo were looking for money, as little or nothing else was taken. Their search for money proved futile, as Mr. Snyder never keeps money In his place of business over night. .Entrance had been gained by prying open a side window. This Is the third time the postofflce has been robbed in two years. , Opens Tomorrow. . The Owl. a new resort. -H. G. "Doo") Brown, proprietor, will be opened tomor row at 2 p. m., at which time lunch will be served. See the coin display, - one of the rarest and largest in thle part of tho United States,, VANCOUVER 4 OREGON CITY . NOTICE. Oregon City subscribers will pleaaa take notice that tba office of Tbe Joornml baa been eatabllahed at tbe Conrler office, Seventb atreer, next to dopet, where anbacrlptlona. com plaint a, payments, etc., will be receJred and at tended to by L. J. Caufleld, Toe Journal Ore gon City agent WATCHMAN DIED OF HEART FAILURE (Journal Special Service.) ' Oregon City, Or., Jan. 15. Sola circle, No. 73 of Oregon City will hold an open meeting and Install their officers for the next term on Friday night. : Mem hers of the order from, Portland will be present, a lunch will be served and a royal good time Is assured. The local Sola circle Is In a very prosperous con dition just at the present time. STew Bet of Offloers. The Knights of Pythias of Falls View lodge of Oregon City Installed their of ficers for the next six months' term at Woodman's hall last evening. The. In stallatlon was conducted by Deputy Grand Chancellor D. C. Mosier of Port Ian.' The-rftrth3wmgt)fll(Wfwerr""tn stalled: Robert Simons, chancellor com- 4nander; Delbert Hart, vice-chancellor commander; J. B. Finley, prelate; J,.C Burton, master of works; H, Peckover, keeper of records and seals; B, M. Doo little, master of finance: W. J. Wilson, master of exchequer; C. E. Brewner, Jr., master at arms; Ward Lee, Inside guard ian; Mark Chapman, outside guardian. After the Installation an 'excellent lunch waa served and dancing and card games were Indulged in. A large crowd' was present, and a most enjoyable time made Of the occasion. ; rt fT;" " County Buys Property , Sheriff John R. Shaver yesterday fin ished the sale of all delinquent prop erty advertised for taxes for the year 10S. The list ' this year was much smaller than usual, but the county was compelled to bid In most of the property advertised. , .,- . ; . Bled of Heart Failure. M. J. Porter of Canemah, night, watch man In .the - woolen mills, was found dead , lii the path leading to his home this morning. He had worked all ntght as night watch, and had gone off duty when the' mills opened up for work this morning; About half an hour later Miss Grace Marshall, who lives, In Cane mah and works in the. office of 'the Ore gon City Enterprise) found his body stiff and cold where he had fallen and died. Coroner Holdman was summoned and held an Inquest' of the body. The ver dict was .that' deceased came to his death from heart failure. He was an old soldier and had been working aa night watchman ip , the mills for about 12 months. Ha. came here from Pennsyl vania and has a divorced wife in that state. His remains will be Interred at thia place tomorrow. . Merchant Tails. M. Michel, one of the prominent mer chants of this city, made : an assign ment for the benefit of his creditors yesterday-afternoon to R.,L.JSabin of Portland. The liabilities of Mr. Michael are ' about 310,000 and his assets will approximate 38.000." The principal cred itor Is M. " Michael, " who formerly oper ated" the store at this place, selling out to the present M. Michael about six months ago. Mr. Michael came over from Raker City yesterday. His debt Is in the' form of a mortgage and will cover, ihe big end of the assets. The other creditors are mainly houses in Portland from Whom Mr. Michael Dougnt hi, good., Hon, C D. Laouterette is the attorney for the assignee ana tot the Mr. M. Michael who holds the mort gage. The stock Is being Inventoried today and. will be closed out at once. Mr. M. Michael will return to St. Paul from which city he came here some months ago. The business has not paid since he has had control of It Lodge Makes .octal Visit. Falls City lodge. No. 60, A. O. V. W.. paid a social visit to Willamette lodge last evening, going up to Willamette on a special car and assisting the Wil lamette lodge In Installing their officers for the present term. The outing was a most enjoyable one, , The following offi cers were installed: Allte Buckles, mas ter workman; William Berdine, foreman; Andrew Fromong; overseer; Bert Ranch, guide. After the i Installation a nice lunch r was served. i CORVALLIS CHICKENS HIGH-TONED BIRDS (Journal Special Beer lea.) Corvallis. Jan. 16. When the Cor vallis express wagon Unloaded its cargo at the local office yesterday a smiling group of townspeople stood about and chatted In an animated fashion, while many a glance was turned towards a number of crates that stood nearby. In these crates were the 10 Buff Orpington chickens belonging to F. L. Miller, and the 14 Buff Leghorns of Gene M. Simp son, which had been to the Seattle poul try show last week. Honors and glory fell to the Corvallis fowls. The 14 chickens belonging to Simpson brought home 14 prises. Among these are three sliver andathree bronse medals. Mr. Miller's Buff Or pingtons secured two" medals of silver and two of bronze, and took two first and two second places and one third and one fourth position. Mr. Miller could have sold two of his birds in Seattle for 350 each and hand some offers were also made to him for some of the Simpson fowls, all of which were refused. Mr. Simpson expects to exhibit all of these fowls In Portland at the big show In February. . Corrallls Personals. Mrs. T. A. Helm entertained the Ladies' Whist club Wednesday after noon. Mrs. W. A. Wells entertained the Af ternoon Reading club Tuesday after noon. A program and lunch were fea tures. Mrs. Ed Andrews Is In Portland for a visit . ' Miss Pauline Kline left Tuesday for Portland for a visit Mr, and Mrs. H. Kauptsch left Sun day for a visit In Portland. . "Are You a Mason TV waa produced at the opera house last night to a large and appreciative audience. Mrs. Hamel of the Hotel Corvallis has returned from a Portland visit. Preparations for Tomorrow. Every aisle, counter, shelf, box and board will be piled mountain high with the most tempting bargains ver shown Jn the United States. As large as the great Merrill Cycler building Is Sixth, near -Washington - atreets the Great Panic Bale has kept It packed all week with earnest clothing -and furnishing goods buyers. We can say candidly that no such chance ever occurred In Portland to secure such great goods at a ' terrific a sacrifice. . Tomorrow will be a clean-up day. Goods will be slaugh tered so low that you'll see ft jam from 9 a. m. to 11 p. m. Mind what we tell you. ' ' 't ,.:t '; .' : : ; ..', ; ; ,t - Takes the burn nut; heals the wound: cures the pain. Dr. Thomas'. Eclsctrlc Oil. tha household remedy, Or" -:' Or ;rr vrr'V: :;: OUT THEY GO l Who could resist such offers, especially when made by this reliable i . house? , Real $15 to $18 for Suits $9.99 Li : r " Iftlt, im, Koka lM)w EXACTLY HALF PRICE OTTB BPtZWDID $ 7.S0 BTJITS AT. .....$3JO 8.50 SUITS AT.... ................ .(4,85 ' 9 .oo surra $4.eo - - 10.TO SUITS AT. ..................... 54)0 . And so on, choice of the entire stock. All kinds to choose from home spuns, cheviots, worsteds, In checks, stripes, etc, : Step out of your way and be convinced. -;v WELGH 221-223 Morrison, Cor. First. PLANS FOR A BETTER WATER SYSTEM MADE (Journal Special SerTice.) The Dalles, Or7, Jan. IS. K. W. Cum mlngs of Seattle, who Is the engineer In charge of The Dalles waterworks Im provement, submitted plans 'and speci fications to the water commissioners, who held a meeting yesterday at the office of the city recorder. The plans and specifications were accepted. , The advertisements for bids for the Im provement of The Dalles city water works system were placed yesterday, the bids to be opened at the office of the city recorder on February 10, 1904. These improvements will cost when completed, about 150,000, and In addi tion to the system already Inaugurated, will make the entire plant valued at $200,000. The work will be completed by June 1, this year, making this one of the beat water systems In the coun try. The water will be piped In a 12 inch pipe to The Dalles for a distance of eight miles. There will be four res ervoirs in use one at the headwaters, one at the Mesplie place and two at The Dalles. r Sled from Blood Poisoning. Joe Robertson of this city received word today of the death of. his brother, William Robertson of Kent, Sherman county. Some time ago Mr. Robertson bruised one of hi feet and at the time AGENTS FOR THE "ROBERTS" $3 HAT. 85-87 THIRD ST.. Bet. STARK and OAK CONTINUATION OF OUR SALE OF Men's Suits FOR m 100 new styles In worsteds and tweeds ragnlax tl60 and $17 Suits specially priced at 910 each. Every garment hand tailored and m bargain at the price. 100 Dozen, Men's All-wool Shirts and Drawers STatnral and Bash colorings, pure wool fabrics; . were considered , cheap at sa.60 per rait sale price, per garment...... ft aw Young Men's XOYI' O'COATS Sixes ,10 to 15 years; regu lar values ti to 8 .-' reduced to $3.50, $5 and $6 uttxh ruiowr O'COATS Sixes 4 to 10 years; regular 13-60 to IS garments sale ., price .-, , ,. $2.50, $3.25, $3.75 BOYS' XJTEB PABTS Sold regularly'at 75a and l a pair du'rli;g 4 Z r . i our sale at , Elegant $7.75 OVERCOATS .,.. ... .,. . . ..... . -i For $6.20 Alpo our famous $30 Overcoats marked down to $16o00 Same, as uptown stores get 25 for. AH the, very newest and most ap proved styles and materials. Coys 14 to 20 Wanted You're In luck If your age is from 1 to 20 years. We are bound to make this a famous boys' store, or. In other words, we'll make a good fellow of ourselves by dressing all who come this week at ..r .: : THE RELIABLE American Clothier little was thought of It, but blood poi soning set In and the leg waa ampu tated. Joseph Robertson left for Kent yesterday to attend the funeral, which will take place tomorrow. William Rob ertson was about 65 years of age, and waa well known here, having lived near here from 1864 to 1901. : Short Hews Items. 'Yesterday F. D.' Robinson died here at his home near Academy Park of pa ralysis. He was 73 years of age. Mrs. Ellen Julian, a woman 7? years old, died at her home here yesterday of pneumonia and was buried today. Chief F. A French of Jackson Engine company has ordered rubber coats and hats for his fire laddies. '. NUMBER OF DEATHS DURING 1903. - The annual report of the health officer, which Is now being prepared for the printer, shows that 1,240 deaths oc curred within the city limits during the past, year, and that 1,465 burial and re moval permits were Issued to the fol lowing undertakers: J. P. Finley & Son, 126; Edward Holman Undertaking com pany, 409; F. S. Dunning. ISO; Dunning k. Campion, 172; H. C. Schroeder, 49; John Garnold, 10; county, 19. - "Strength and vigor come of good food, duly digested. 'Force,' a ready-to-serve wheat and barley food, adds no burden, but sustains, nourishes. Invigor ates." -. Department BOYS' mrSZBWlUSy Siiies s to rrjrn - lr 69o value sia price, per suit 25c.