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. - 3 Oregon (Journal Special 8errice.) Or eon City. Feb. 17. Frank Freeman last night won another scalp to hang - to his puglllstlo belt of victims. Be fore a large crowd of Oregon City and "Portland sports he bested "Kid" Brad ford of Buffalo in three rounds. Free tnana was the aggressor from the start ' and showed up In fine condition. Brad ford is a shifty, clever fighter and Jt was unfortunate that he met with an accident Othewrlse the bout - would have bene longer and the sports would be able to sea Freeman when, he had to work as the colored boy , would have certainly worked him, although It Is the minion of the majority that the Oregon , City lad would hava received the de cision. ' The .armory , was crowded last night with a noisy, good-natured crowd. Many ports were up from Portland to see the go and to see Jock Pay band put the decisions. . ' ":.':.. About 9 o'clock the , crowd began to get Impatient and , there were frequent spasms of applause to entice the men if the preliminary from the dressing ' j-oom. Young : Rahl was the first to appear, followed by bis seconds. Boy lan and Hall. "Kid" Oallager , followed closely and his seconds were Frank Brown and John Albright Ed Richner was also In his corner. Jack Day gave the two boxers some Instructions and ' warned them to break; clean, and they were at It The "Kid"' and Rahl .danced around warily, each looking f or ' an opening. Jtahl thought he saw one and rushed in, meeting Gallager's glov on his chin. There was , considerable clinching and at one point they rolled on the floor. They started In to mix things and the r waa fullirfJJBttM'LwJilM .'' and I passes, whioh did little damage to Oal lager. . Oallager was meeting all the rushes with composure , and knocked Rahl on his back, three times. Rahl was all but out and. staggered around swinging wildly. The gong saved him. Before the seoond round . Rahl asked Jack Pay to announce that he bad sprained his thumb and could light no - more; The decision went W Ganager. Freeman and Bradford got ready at once and were soon in the arena. Brad ford came In first, seconded by Ktd Davis and Tommy Sullivan. . Freeman was seconded by Kid Kranta, Frank Brown and Trainer Richner. Jack Day read the challenges of those who Would fight the winner. They were Kid Krants of Seattle; Kid Davis If New York; Tom my Sullivan of San Francisco; Fred Woet of Kansas City and Jlmmie Reilly -of Portland. Just ' previous, to this Louis Rahl, young Rahl's brother, arose from the audience and sought a match for his brother, at "rough and tumble.' No one accepted, v . " Jack Pay Instructed the boxers and the main event was on. From the start Bradford showed that he could take care of himself although It appeared that he was used to a larger ring. He was clever and doubtful on his feet and sev eral times when Freeman bored In after htm the foxy moke was not there. They tartedJn-to-Jnix4tup, wbearadfordie,! t-tO"-face"-und lniocke-3raner gave Freeman a left nook, freeman closed In and Bradford's left forearm ca me in contact with Freeman's head. which blow It was afterward decided by the : doctor, broke the radius bone in Bradford's left arm. P"ndford knew he was hurt and let Fre ...in do the lead ing. Ha kept out of his way and ducked and dodged Freeman's fierce rushes In a very clever manner. : , . .' Round 2 was the beginning of the end. Freeman did some pretty hard walloping In this round and Bradford took the count He must have been In a trance for Pay counted him out ' Brad ford protested and as Trainer Rechner was willing Pay allowed the bout to go Oil. -J------ ? -i-1- - v.---, ---; -;-v - Round I was all against the Buffalo hoy. He could not defend himself with his broken wing and Freeman gave him a grilling. He took the count three times to seven, eight and nine, respect ively." At the end of a mix-up of body blows and left and1 right hooks from Freeman he was counted out Freeman helped Bradford to stand and it .wa that his arm was broken. Brad- Is a plucky fighter and the acci dent twas unfortunate as it stopped what promised ' to be Freman'a hardest con test After the bout Freeman said: "Bradford Is a clever fighter and would have given me a run for my money but J think I would have got him in about 13 rounds." : : 1 There was about 250 spectators, about . SO coming from Portland. There was rot much' betting. Following is Free man's j record. The - first three bouts were ought la California: Jack Broad, five rounds, draw at Fresno; Kid Lee, three rounds, knock out at Cheswick; pack Gleason. eight rounds, draw, at In and (Journal Special flerTlce.) ' ' Vancouver, Wash., Feb. IT. The reg ular musical and literary entertainment was given at the post .ball last night which was one of the most enjoyable that has been rendered for some time. The program waa excellent . and well rendered, and only one annoying cir cumstance, occurred which will In the future be ' eliminated, namely, ' small children under certain ages. ;. Of course, the children enjoyed them selves much? after their own fashion, and were later Informed, It Is said by the chaplain, 'that they would be dented admittance unless they were able to de rive pleasure out of the entertainment without disturbing other auditors. The following program was rendered: Two step, "Up in ths Cocoanut Tree," fC. F.' Morse; minstrel overture'Gentle men. Be Seated," Chattaway; mandolin aolo, Miss Levin; schottische, "Japanese Picnic," St George; Intermesxo, "The SERIOUS WASHOUTS DELAY ALL TRAINS . .. (Journal Special Service.) ' Ashland, Or., Feb. 17. The storm here' of the last three days was marked by heavy rainfall of 1.4t inches. Slides and washouts Monday brought all trains to a standstill on this division. There was a big slide at Cantara, this side of punsmulr. One hundred and fifty men were at work on It Tuesday. Besides there were three amnll slides In the Bac- CASTOR I A Tor Iafants and Children. - Tha Kind Ycj Have Always Bought Bears tha City and Vicinity SOTICE. The arencr and correspondence wcrk (or Tb Journal ta now being dona by K. w. KiiT. who saa Dia oeaaauartera in tne Pctr Telegriph of Bee. wbeiil news items will be tnltea and eomplalnta and . aobacrlptioBa neeiTad and remedied. Pockagamle; Mount Vernon Kid, 10 rounds, decision, at Everett, Wash. ; Roger Church, .three rounds, knock out Everett, wash.; Mid Slater. 10 rounds, knock out, Spokane; - Tom Davis, 10 rounds, decision, Spokane; Max FOx, five rounds, decision,' Spokane; Kid Swanson, 15 rounds, draw. Rainier, and at Port land, six rounds; Mike ' Kinney, 10 rounds, draw, -Portland; St. Paul Kid, seven rounds, won on foul, Oregon City; Andy King, eight rounds, decision, Ore gon City, In addition to the above Freeman has won from the following: ' George Doug- las. Jack Wallace, Jim Tracer, Kid Mur phy, Kid Murray and Pete Murrow. t Bearing WfU Be Thursday. " ' George C. Brownell - anrjeared vbefore Judge Curry yesterday afternoon and In behalf of Mrs. John Ftinlcan, who pleaded not guilty of the complaint of Mrs. . Anna HowelL Mrs. Anna Howell had filed a complaint against Mrs. John Funican before Judge Curry last Friday charging her with allowing. a cow In her charge - to roam at large' In ' the city. Mrs. Howell alleges that the cow Is do ing damage to. her property and asks the court to enforce the city ordinance that is supposed to cover the case. The city has no pound master and this case will no doubt lead to the' appoint ment of one , The trial of this particu lar case ; will take place .Thursday,, at 10 a. m., before Judge Curry. Oats Into Trouble. TTesterday afternoon Lon T " Bruner started in to clean out a saloon on Main street and Inconsequence is now In close confinement In the ity Jail with a very ore mouth and' nose. Bruner halls from Molalla and when sober Is a very peaceable man; so say his friends, but "in his cups" he is one to be avoided. Bruner was around ' town . yesterday making ."Cyrus Noble" famous when he thought he was not being treated right In the resort, of , Phillip Roos. He made some remonstrance with Henry 'Roos, who was In charge, and who took what he said in good nature considering what was said to him. Bruner became mote Insulting and was inclined to get hostile, With some persuasion Roos got the man. who was Intoxicated, outside where he thought the trouble would end. With the fresh air around him Bruner thought he was the equal of any man In the county and began to take off his coat preparatory to cleaning out the shop. He appealed to several bystanders to hold his coat. - This honor -was fln ally accepted and Bruner started in the building to carry out his pet Idea. What happened when he opened the door Is not quite clear to him even yet. Henry Roos was fixing the door, that Bruner had tried to take with him on leaving the building before, when he saw Bru ners face In the door with a look on It that ' meant nn arnctA in him KAnrv against the opposite , wall with such force that several wanhtubs and bath room fixtures in the plumber shop next door fell oft the wall. When the fog began to clear Bruner was gating on the face of Chief of Police Burns, who is generally around at these meetings to add . his variety to them. Bruner' s nose was bleeding and he wore a diized look as tie was hurried away to ..the strong house by Burns and Patrolman' Ed Shaw. Roos think the would-be bad man has had trouble enough and will not make a charge against him. ; , Tire Election at Bo. 4. . Fire company No. 4 held their annual election last night In the engine house at Ely. A. Fairclough was nominated for fire commissioner. No one was nomi nated for chief so there will be but the three candidates, Ruconlch. Brown and Brownell for the place. The company officers elected were: President, Fred Kerns; secretary, Frank Albright; treas urer. J. Luelling; foreman, Carl Fred ericks; second foreman; George Ever hart . Howard Brownell was there and made a speech that was well received. ' Bobber Gee Wrong Kan. : Peter Kruder of Clarke had a very thrilling experience with a road agent out at his -house night before last Kruder was In his house about ( p. m. when he heard a knock at the door and upon opening It found himself looking Into the bosom of a 4S-callber revolver which evidently had a man attached to It as a voice requested him to "put his mlts up and make no noise." Instead of humoring the highwayman, Kruder In stituted a catch-as-catch-ean proceed About Vancouver STOTICX. The nTr ecenrr of The Or con Dail Journal ts located at 60 lUla street. loba P. Luodberc, agent Gondolier," W. .C: Poell; guitar solo, "Custer's Last Charge." Joseph White; two-step, 'The Cosey Corner," John W. Bratton; boxing, three rounds, . McClure and Howard; waits, "What a Beautiful World This Would Be," Von Tllser; fin ale, "America." - Sentenced to 18 Months. As a result of a general court martial, Private Ed ward - Schaef er, company G, 19th infantry, got IS months' imprison ment and a dishonorable discharge ;. r Private Schaefer was tried on several charges, namely, absence from . drill without Just reasons, for using intoxi cating liquors, and for losing a large quantity of clothing through negligence. The various articles amounted to over $25. It is said that Private Schaefer admitted he waa guilty of this miscon ramenta canyon. The slide at Wallcreek near Siskiyou summit was cleared away by 10 o'clock yesterday but a few hours later 'a 'greater mass of rock and dirt tumbled down burying the track 10 feet for a distance of 100 feet This caused passenger. No. 15 due in San Francisco this morning to return here last night The bridge over Louse creek and approaches was washed out and 90 f?et of track was destroyed at-Merlin, causing a delay of trains 24 hours. . Ap proaches to the bridge over Jackson creek near Central Point was washed out-, In addition to the washouts there have been numerous small slides all along the line between Riddle and Grant Pass. The dispatcher of this di vision marked up no trains last night as he couldn't tell when the line would be opened. , The company is using all the men it" can get to clear the track. Public roads' and bridges in the county are damaged. 'The east approach of Central Point bridge over Bear Creek Is washed away, All the healing halaamlc Virtues of the Norwav cine are concentrated In fir. I Wood's Norway Pine Syrup. Nature's own remedy for coughs aud colds. ings with the' robber and there was a lovely mlx-up. About this time a neigh bor, W. G. Kieinsmith, appeared on. the. scene and both fell on the robber and gave him. a good beating. The robber tore himself away and finding himself clear made all haste In the direction of Springwater." - v ... "QUITE ESTBEB. -- r , y Seored Opera Presented to Jierg Audl- - enoe.XetKlght::!'-H:');vi-S;''- The sacredi opera, "Queen Esther," wa s sung the first time in the opera, house before a large audience last night 1 he mualo was beautiful and the costuming above the ordinary. The audience was generous in-its applause and the efforts of the singers were appreciated. . The cantata will be sung again tonight be fore a good house. The singer have not been rehearsing lpng, and It is sur prising how well they do. The chorus work was. grand, and In the soul-stlr-rlng music of the solemn opera, the voices of 60 trained singers made the opera house tremble. : ,'. , Among so many good singers it would be hard to select the mosc prominent The dancing of the king's maidens de serves special mention. These were the scarf girls, and they were very attrac tive In their Oriental gowns. The per formers In this dance were the . Misses Pope, Cheney, Palton, Pratt, Buchanan, Graves and Bolack. The , king's and queen's pages did exceptionally pretty dancing and the queen's maias receivea a recall. In. the cast all were stars. The opera of "Queen Esther;' is a slow and stately piece and la full of difficul ties, even to an experienced actor.; Pi rectorRoblnson has handled the cast exceedingly well and the hard parts were made easy. - Mrs. Kate Warde Pope made a very aracious aueen. and her rich voice ap peered to advantage. Mr. Harris a the king won for himself laurels last night C. A. Miller makes a good Hainan, and Miss Foster played the difficult part of his wife with ease. Mordecal'a slater, Mrs. R. C. Ganong, and the Prophetess. Mrs. ;KT S.Dresser, deserve more than passing remark, and their voices were excellent in the diffi cult parts.; Mr. Will C. Hoyt always sings , well, and assumed the part of a beggar with a surprising adaptability. The opera will be aung again tonight with the same cast and will be-even bet ter than last night The cast follows: - Esther, the queen, Mrs. Kate . Ward Pope; Ahasuerus, the king. V. Harris; Haman. the premier, C. A. Miner; afr esh. Hainan's wife. Maysle Foster; Mor- decai, the Jew, Dr. Francis Freeman; Mordecal's '.' sister, Mrs. C Ganong; Prophetess, Mrs.- A. S. Presser; high priest E. 8. Bolllner; Hegal, Alfred A. Nelson; Median princess, Grace Mar shall; Persian princess, Mary Mark; scribe, A. A. Nelson; beggar. Will C. Hoyt; Hainan's child, Alice Bollinger; captain king's guards, Chester Chase; king's pages. Bertha Koerner, Sedonla Shaw: queen's pages, Anna Aldredge, 4 Bessle-jAielllng; queen's, maids, Myrtle Buchanan, Edith Cheney, Lizzie Roos, Nellie SwafCord; king's guards, J. M. Mark, Thomas Lovelace, W. M. Shank, T. E. Beard; king's maidens, Laura Pope, Edith Cheney, Edna Palton, Maria Pratt Myrtle Buchanan, Ethel Graves, Almee Bollack; accompanist. Echo Samson; dl rector, Martin E. Robinson; stage dlreo tor, Will E. Hoyt '. V a s i Somooratto Clue. . 1 1 VJ The Pemocratio club now has a roof over its head. The club met last night m Willamette hall and listened to the report of - the committee - on location. The committee has secured a room in the Garde building and they will meet' there next Saturday night They - have been circulating membership petitions and have secured about 1S6 signatures. If the club grows at this rapid rate the opposition will have its hands full In June. The club will be a benefit to the party here and the faithful now have a rallying place to which all Democrats are. invited, and more than that are expected to show up at now and then. Bewa Botes. W. C. Johnson, formerly aa Oregon City attorney, waa In Oregon City yes terday. ! The Journal Is on sale at the Postal Telegraph agency. T. T. Rogers was an Oregon City visitor yesterday. . ' ' Material has arrived to erect a mod em steel water tank for the Southern Pacific here. , , A. KJrsham, Pemocratio committee man from Viola, is in town today. Im Bruner, the man who started in to eat up a saloon yesterday, is being tried today. -...-..'':..' duct, and was so found by the court The decision of the court according to the printed report of the reviewing au thority, has been sustained. . . ' Betnma to Xaw Practice. Frank Vaughn, ex-register of the Van couver land office, has resumed the prac tice of law. Mr. Vaughn has now about completed the fitting up of a fine suite of offices in the Schofleld building. Mr. Vaughn has for many-years been In the employ of the government the last of which has been in the land department "having been appointed register after a long experience, as clerk. Lieutenant R.'C. Taylor, 19th Infantry, In company with' a number of other offi cers from Vancouver barracks, attended the assembly dance last night given in Portland. Bert Lowe, formerly one of Vancouv er's popular residents, but who has been absent for a long time, returned yester day and Is paying a short visit to his mother and friends. BOTTBXBB OBBOOB WASBOTTS. (Journal Special Serric.) Grants Pass, Or., Feb. 17. At a late hour Monday night repairs on the rail road bridge and track at Merlin," nine miles north of this place, were com pleted sufficiently to allow the passage of trains. A continuous downpour of rain for over two days had raised the waters of Jump-off-Joe creek to a rag ing flood. . The railroad bridge was par tially washed out, and a long stretch of track waa submerged. The high wa ter seriously delayed the repair work, as little could be done until the flood receded. The north-bound ' passenger train due here at 10 a. m. waa held all day. at Merlin, while passenger train No. II, north-bound, lay, all day in Grants Pass. . Numerous small slides and washouts have occurred at various points, both. north snd south of this place, and , the 1 saturated condition of the ground Is making tnts a troublous time for the trackmen of the 8. P. Co. All small streams are swollen to their ... . 1 a .1 .1 vi .... . . i uiit'nv ' vninrM ,y nnu r cmikiih . river' lias reached the highest point for this win- ter. ....''.:. SALEM NOTICE. Sn lam anfaaerlbera erill nluaa tak r.ctlce that Tba Journal aKeucy baa beva tram, ferrvd to K. E. 'Darla. IW (tat .atreet, who 111 reclT aupecrlpuona, cooioiaiuu, paj- a-iata, etc. ,...:' - BURGLAR RANSACKS ; . 0..R. & N. OFFICE :- : Joornal Special Service.) J .: , - . Salem, Feb. ' IT.- Sometime 1 during Monday night the office of the O. R. & N. Co. at their wharf on the river front yas entered ; by a burglar who thor oughly; ransacked, everything about the place without, howevert ;flnding, fcny thing of value.'': In order to carry awey a keepsalfeand not leave empty-handed the prowler took a bracket lamp off the wan. .Evidently' armed with a screw driver, he carefully took the bracket and reflector off the wall and carried the entire outfit 'away. There la as yet no trace of the thief, but he Is believed to bh a morphine fiend, who ransacked the place in the 'hope of finding something that he could turn into ' money : with ! which to buy "dope." , It is thought the lamp will show up in some second-hand store within the next few days,' when the thief will be apprehended. . '. Out. and- Zn Again. Jack Kearns,. who . three weeks ago was arrested for creating a disturbance and in a fight seriously injured a police man, waa yesterday released from the city iall, and. last night again received lodgings in the city prison. Purlng the evening be ran up against a well-known-local character In a saloon, and In a fight , which ensued, Kearns waa thoroughly .thrashed. ' As he was re ported to have been the aggressor, he was, taken to the city Jail, where be will bo cared for 'until the charge against him of disturbing the peace Is disposed of-. - , . , City Dads Meet, ' The Salem city council met last night and, among other business, ' passed ; a bicycle ordinance restricting the use of sidewalks by wheelmen excluding them from .the. principal streets, , but giving access to the' business part of the city from all directions. The new ordinance it far rove liberal toward the riders of wheels . than was the one . passed six months ago,, and at the same time Is a far better protection to pedestrians than was the former law, whloh waa, by com mon consent' entirely Ignored by every one and was a dead letter on the stat utes of the city. ' The council also passed an ordinance providing for the refunding of 130,000 in bridge bonds which came due several years ' ago- and have since that time been carried hy the bank of Ladd A Bush. The new bond issue Is for 20 years at 4 per cent Interest and Is in the shape of a popular loan similar- to that floated in this city several years ago and taken up entirely by local people, aa this one no doubt will be. A resolution was Introduced by Coun cilman Bayne of the new Seventh ward instructing the city marshal to enforce the' new bicycle ordinance and every ordinance on the city statute books and pledging the entire support of the coun cil to the officers to the extent of finan cial support in case lawsuits result from their action. This resolution was fought bitterly and at last waa laid on the table. Innocent as the resolution ap peared to be, it seemed that some of the members of the council believed that It was Intended to give the officers the backing desired , : by the Antl-8aloon league In making a war on the saloons and other Institutions fought by the league, ana tor. this reason. It Is said. the resolution was not passed. -' , The Tint Bono. . Marlon county this year has the honor of making the first tax payment to the state-treasury on account of the 1804 tax levy. In former years Benton coun ty has usually made the first payment and this has been the subject of con siderable pride on the part of the resi dents of that county, and Marion, where frequently the assessment rolls did not reach the -sheriff until In some other counties many taxpayers had made their payments, .was behind the first ones In making a settlement This year, how' ever, the rolls reached the sheriff's office sooner than usual, and the collections began at once, with the result that the treasurer waa enabled to make a pay ment yesterday before any other county had been heard from. ' The amount paid to the state treasurer was 120,000. DEMOCRATS OF POLK PLAY WAITING CAME (Jonrnal Special Service.) Dallas, Or . Feb. 17.--Po!k county politics are gradually shaping them selves. The first gun of the campaign was fired at Independence last Saturday evening, when the Young Men s Republi can club of that city gave a banquet to the "main guys" of that party In this county.- ( Quite - a number of prominent politicians . and would-be candidates from this city attended the banquet and did a little personal work for - them' selves as well as the party. The ma jority of the Republican office-seekers have announced themselves In various ways, while the Pemocrats seem to be playing a waiting game, and are letting their opportunity take the Initiative. Polk county politicians are not aspiring for any of the higher offices this year. although the Republicans, no doubt, will send a solid delegation to the district convention Instructed to vote for J. N, Hart for district attorney. Mr. Hart haa served , this . district In that ca paclty during the past four years, and is surely coming. Don't wait for it If ypii We run down and thin and - take cold easily, try SCOTTSEM It will strengthen and fortify your system and keep I , i S S Villi AVrll JJ w waa is understood to be a candidate .for reelection. The Republican aspirants for the sen atorial nomination are many. E. C. Klrkpatrlcktof this city has been men tioned, also J. S. Cooper of Independ ence," and P. L. Keyt of Perrydale are after the nomination. : On the Demo cratic side of the fence' Oscar llayter of . this olty,. H. .L. Fenton, also , from Dallas, and G. W. Myer "of Smithtield are mentioned. sFor Join representative for Lincoln and Polk counties the Pemocrats have no candidates In the field,, while J. R. Cooper of Independ ence, and B. F. Jones, the present in cumbent, are mentioned by the Republi cans. Forj representative from this county no candidates on either side have announced , themselves or been men tioned. -y -'-:;:;'v;'''-;iv,;v':;- '-'fifii: The. Aspirants. ;;;;i;fys.;, .For the Office of countv lude."J., K.' Sibley, the toresent holder of that ' of fice will no doubt be a candidate, while E. F,Coad and George W, McBee-have "been Spoken of by the Republicans. The office of sheriff wijl have a number of aspirants, on the Republican side at least. . M. P. Ellis of this city is a can didate, ; while T. J. Graves of MoCoy, and I. F. Yooum of Falls City would not refuse the nomination If offered them by .the Republicans. For county clerk Ed F. Smith 'of Bethel has "been mentioned as the Republican candidate, while E.-V. Palton, the present efficient county r treasurer; Is the choice ; of a great number of .the Democrats. For assessor-F. E. Myer will no doubt be a candidate to succeed himself, while no men have-developed among the Republi cans. John, Van Orsdell of this city will try ' for the Republican nomination for surveyor, ' while L. Ground of Mon mouth will probably be on the Demo cratic ticket For the office of school superintendent, C L. Starr is .a candi date . to succeed himself, while W. L Reynolds of Pallas- and : Claud P. Simpson of Independence are' mentioned aa ; Pemocratio possibilities. . One com missioner Will be elected this year to succeed, J. B. Teal of Falls City. Mr. TealjwlH probably receive the Republi can nomination.- No candidates have developed on the Pemocratio Bide of the fence. For the office of county treasurer and coroner no possible candidates have so far announced themselves. S; v v vj Polk is a county that can neither be classed as Pemocratio or Republican, and both parties will work for a victory. At pressnt the Republicans seem' to be rustling, but the Pemocrats are work ing on the quiet end the campaign-will develop Into a warm one before the bal lots are counted In June next Oregon Poultry Cant Be Beaten. L V. Lynch of this city has a hen that has broken the record made by the one belonging to J. P. French of Portland, and of which mention was made In last Saturday's Journal. The hen belonging to Mr. French laid an egg ( by 6 inches and weighing S ounces. This egg laid by Mr. Lynch's Black Minorca hen Is 6 M by 8H inches and weighs exaotly 4 ounces. Mr. French's Ply mouth Rock will "have to hurry" If she equals the record made by this blooded fowl. Examining Paper. SchoolSupertntendent Starr Is busily engaged In examining the papers of the applicants for the recent teachers' examination. The number of teachers taking the examination this year was the largeat in the history of Polk county, 180 being examined for state and county papers, of whom only about S per cent were males. THE MORNING MINE BONDED IN THE EAST (Joarnal Special SerTtee.) Sumpter, Or., Feb. 17.The Morning mine, located in the Greenhorns," was bonded last week to Philadelphia end Pittsburg capitalists through George W. Boggs Of Taooma by the Eastern Ore gon Development company, of which Messrs. Marr and Davidson of this city are president and secretary respectively. The exact amount Involved In the trans action Is not definitely known, but it is understood to be somewhere around $250,000, as ft la known that the owners of the property refused an offer of this amount a few months, ago. This prop erty haa attracted a great deal of atten tion during the last year, and la said to be an exceptionally , good mine. Mr. Boggs made a thorough sampling of the mine and waa thoroughly convinced of the excellence of the property, and so advised his associates, and they were not alow in taking hold of the proposi tion. They are understood to be men with unlimited capital behind them, and there la not much doubt but that they will take over the property when the time comes, for the reason that several large and rich ' ore bodies have been opened up by the owners of the prop erty, which thoroughly. - demonstrates the extent of the mine,' Just what the policy of the oew people will be la at this time unknown, but Mr. Boggs will have charge of the property and It Is probable - that many changes will be made, although nothing authoritive has been given out. ' There Is now a five foot Bryan mill on the property, which It is understood will be torn down and a big plant put in. It has been reported that the new owners will Install from 40 to 60 stamps, but It is not known whether this Is true or. not but that new machinery will be Installed and the mine operated on a much larger scale Is admitted. The Morning mine was originally owned by H. H. Ames, T. J. Simmons, Frank Couper and C. Chis holm. While these people have been greatly handicapped by lack of means to properly develop the property, yet they have done remarkably well under the circumstances. They have brought the mine to a stage where Its merits are unquestioned, and where there was no difficulty in getting outside capital to take hold under the right kind of a prop osition. This deal is of Vast Importance to the district, and future operations at the Morning mine will be watched with much interest It is understood that there it a deal on for the sale of the Victor group of claims In the Red Boy district which were relocated the first of the year. by Joe Reed and associates and renamed the Red Roy group. Eastern people are negotiating for the property with a view to developing it The property com prises three claims located about - one and a half miles north of tha Gold Bug, but on a different vein system. Very little development work has been done on the Victor group, but it Is under stood that while the ' veins are small, exceptionally high values have been ob tained. '.' . . '' ; v "' Harry Smith of Baker City, who owns a group of 10 claims In the Greenhorns, passed through the city on his way home from the property yesterday. His claims adjoin the Morning mine, and the sale noted will greatly Increase their value. CUKES the For Sale by WOODARD; ME a i . g EUGENE ,.... ' HOTICE Tha Knrena aeencv ot The Or. (on Dally Journal la at the bookatore of Allen H. Eatou. where auhsrrlntlona to 10 br Bail Of carrier will be received. REMARKABLE CASE IN CIRCUIT COURT , (Journal Special Service.) .' ' Eugene, Or., Feb. 17.A peculiar case which haa occupied tha attention of the circuit court here for some time Is that of John Stewart and A. J. Plckard, prom inent cattle buyers of Eugene, against Joel Pitney and wife of Junction City, wherein the plaintiffs ask for the sum of $313.12 damages, that amount' repre senting the loss lit. the value of 42 head of cattle which the plaintiffs placed in thedeferidant"a. pasture and whlchjthe defendants turned out In the county road after they had been paid for the pastur age. 'The plaintiffs allege that the cat tle lost-In value by reason oftlqss in weight and by shrinkage by reason of said action of the defendants. y ' The case came up at a previous term of court but was non-suited- because one of the plaintiffs. Plckard, waa not present " A new complaint has been filed and the case will come up at the. March term. ' . V :-" The North Fairview Mining company of this city, 'which owns ".several rich mines In the Bohemia district, held its annual meeting yesterday and 'elected the following officers: Directors, A." C Woodcock, Alfred Walker, George Hell- man, lb T. Harris, Herbert' Leigh; presi dent, A. C Woodcock;1 first vice-president Alfred "Walker! second vice-president George Heiiman; secretary, L. T. Harris; treasurer, DarwiU Brlstow; gen eral manager, Herbert Leigh, Willamette On a Bampage. . The Willamette river and Its tributar ies in this vicinity have been on a ram page the past two days, the .result of the heavy rain which fell incessantly for 3v hours previous to ' Monday evening. The rain was warm, melting the snow in the ' mountains, which : had fallen1 to a great depth. In some places 10. feet or more. This brought the river up with a rush. . All day Monday It rose about four Inches every hour, until It reached the 16-foot mark, where It remained stationary for some time and then be gan to slowly recede. ' Tha lowlands were all flooded and in some places fences were washed away, but there are no reports of any serious damage. Farmers had to look well-to their stock, as tha rise was very rapid and unexpected. i , , . . The water was two or three feet lower than the highest point reached last year, when a great deal of damage waat dona. Bewa Botes. The Llewellyn Telephone company has been organised and articles of incorpor ation were filed here today. The prin cipal office and place of business Is at Llewellyn, 10 miles west of Eugene, and the objects of the company are to erect, maintain and control a telephone line from Eugene to Llewellyn and branch lines from that place to Elmlra and ,Crow. The farmera along the line who will be benefited by It will furnish the poles on which to string the wires. It is expected to begin building the line about May 1. Two burglars broke Into A. L. Rovey's general store: at Goshen, a few miles south of Eugene, Saturday night Be fore they could carry anything away. however, they were frightened off by t Roily Rovey, son of the proprietor, who waa sleeping m. the store at the time ine men pnea open uie aoor, With a piece or buggy spring. W. Polders, recently from Portland. on Monday morning opened a . new dry gooas store in tne new Beckwlth brick nere. -- - ----- - Mrs. Nellie Lawson of Portland, state commander of the Ladies of the Mao- caoees. made an official visit to Eugene hive last evening. In the afternoon Mrs. Lawson waa given a reception by the ladles. After the evening meeting an eiaoorate Banquet was served. E. E. McClanaban, formerly with Fred t. Merrill's sporting goods store In roruana, nes just opened a similar store nere, on a smaller scale, in the Chrls- BXA& ZSTATB BOOHZBO. (Journal Special Serviea.l Independence, Or.. Feb. 17. Real es tate has been very active here during the last few weeks. Some excellent sales hava been made. Henderson Mur phy sold 640 acres from his big farm soutn or inaepenaenoe to Krebba Bros. or Balem for the neat sum of ISO.OOO. Thla la the largest single deal made in this part of Polk county this year. It ta understood that the Krebbs Bros, will plant 200 acres or more of this land Into hops. Many acrea of hope will be added to tne yield for the next, year or two. as large acreages are being planted out oy tne Dig growers near here. Harry E. Wagoner sold out his confectionery store, the largest store of the kind in Independence, to Cravens & Moore of this place Mra Ella Irvine bought- a residence or ueorge Kutch, and George Kutch has purchased a nice residence, which he will enlarge and improve, from W. O. Cook.. The C. P. Patterson place, Just south of Independence, consisting of 40 acres, was sold to Mr. and Mra Brldgea a few days ago. . Rents are high, and people are unable to get de sirable residence property for love or money. - --:- Heavy rains hava been falling here. and an unprecedented rapid raise of the Willamette has been coming on during the last two days. The river is up and oovera ail of the bottom land In the county along the Willamette and reaches out of the banks at most places near here. The river is still rising today, and some rain has been falling. The mountains back of here, In the Falls City country; are covered with snow at from 2 to 8 feet In depth. ZBBBPXBBBBOB 'ITEMS. (Journal Special Service.) Independence, Or., Feb. 17. J. - R. Craven of this place has been appointed manager of the R. M. Wade at Co. hard ware store at this place, to succeed A. J. Goodman,- who resigned. A' general merchandise store was opened to the publlo Saturday In the F. A. Douty building, with A, E. Moor as manager. .A new gent's furnishing store, under the firm name of Douty A Irvine was opened here today In the Douty build' lng. v-" t- '.- . ;'- - '"' One of the severest storms of the year prevailed here - Sunday. About two Inches of snow fell during ths morning, and then rain fell throughout the day. L. Damon has returned from Portland, where he had a surgical operation per formed on his nnger. I Most STUBBORN COUGHS CLARKE & CO. and JIfIG MATTERS ARE PROSPEROUS SUetPTEB DISTRICT XB EASTXBB OBEOOB COBTXBTJTES TO SHOW XB CBEASES VAXiVATIOB B2UX1 GOSSIP ABB BXWS BOTES TBOH BLUE KOVBTAXB COTJBTBT, . (Journal Special Service.) ' j . Sumpter, Or., Feb. 17. N; E. Nuzum, vice-president; J. R. Cassln, . secretary and treasurer; E. D. Trenholm and M. C. Dunne, directors of the Alamo Mining company, arrived here Saturday ; from Spokane on their way to the mine. It la probable that a meeting of the director will be held while they are here to ar-' range for some changes and Improve ments to the plant while 'in Sumpter Mr. Cassln made the following statement in regard to property: "I am familiar With the mine and its operations myself, and- Mr. Trenholm has also spenjt some time at the. property during recent months,' but neither Mr. Nusum nor Mr, Dunne are so familiar with the mine, and it is thought best for all of us to make an investigation before taking up new matters. I am not in position to state now Just what will be done. I do not believe In making a big display over; contemplated improvements and then falling to make good. . When our company does anything I am willing to give it to the papers, but until a matter is, absolutely passed upon it Is poor pol icy to make a blow about it If the plana fall to materialise. It hurts. Our new mill Is working like a charm and giving good satisfaction. We are going there to make an Investigation and de termine our future policy, and may de cide upon some matters of change now Under advisement, but it will be time snougirto-pkfrthirwhen a decision Is reached." , . Jack Haslewood returned yesterday from the Brown, Bear placer diggings On Eagle creek owned by himself and Tom Brown. Mr. Haxlewood is very en thusiastic over the proposition, and states that they have enough pay gravel to keep them going for 60 years. He states that they have enough water on the ground to keep a giant running for two months of the year. Their ditches and flumes will be completed by the time the season opens and they expect to make a big clean-up thla year. , , ' Tha Strip from Orant. Several Cable Cove mine owners and operators have been In town this week and. express themselea as very much in favbr of the annexation schema They state that in addition to the advantage already mentioned which will accrue by taking this strip off Grant county, it will save a great deal of trouble in tha way of filing papers of assessment work, locations and other legal doouments. since In instances of this kind various properties in the district have to file in both Grant and Baker counties. The main , properties which are affected in this way are the Overland, Imperial. Red Chief, California, Alpine, Crown Point' Mormon Boy and Esmeralda. From tha fact that they are partly In Grant coun ty ana partly in Baker causes a great deal of trouble in the way mentioned, and - these people are praying . that a change may be brought about, Personal. George W. Pogue of Fargo, N. D., fis cal agent for the Listen, Lake Mining company, who haa been here for some time, looking after : matters connected with his company, left yesterday for hi home. - He waa accompanied by T. H. Tennysonv who is also interested In the property and who haa been spending time in the mine. County Recorder R. W. Henry of Baker City ha been In town for sev eral days calling upon-: his . numerous friends. He asserts, however, that his vlBlt haa nothing to do with politics, re election, re-nomination, or anything of the kind. Mr. , Henry ' is, however, a very capable and popular county officer, and It 1 the impression that he will be a long shot favorite In the next cam paign as well aa at the polls. Mr. Henry says that very little Interest Is being manifested In the, coming election at the county seat, except so far as the office wa uisjvt 4Vk w mo j aa vvtivui aavxa va which position there are plenty of candi dates, The present incumbent Sam White, It Is understood, will be out for renomlnatlon on ' the Democ ratio ticket, as well as William Smith and J. B. Mes slck. ,N. C. Richards of this City and D. C Growley of Baker City are sup poked to be, in the field for nomination on the other side. TEARING DOWN THE CARRIAGE FACTORY Corvallls, Or., Feb. 17. In spit of th storm that has prevailed here for the past week, almost without cessation, - a large force of men haa gone steadily on with the work of rasing the Kramer organ and carriage factory, and more hands are wanted today. Th west half of the structure is now" down, except the ground floor. This section Jremovea a half of the building, leaving the east half and the tower intact Nine days' more work, it is stated, will be required In . removing the remaining part, th machinery, etc. The building In Albany, which is consuming the local plant la. according , to report, rapidly nearlng completion, being a much less preten tious structure than was the Corvallls factory. The Order of Lions in this city had a general good time in its hall last even ing. A good program waa rendered, a banquet served and new members Ini tiated. , The local lodge has about Hi members and is rapidly growing. The rainfall for the, s4 hours ending at 8 o'clock Monday morning, was the heaviest for this section, during a Ilk period of time, for thre years, t The rural free delivery carrier cannot make his route across the Willamette be cause of the high stage of the river; the Dusty carrier could not ret In from that point at all yesterday, and swam hla horse In making the trip this mornlr. Fortunately the rain haa been cold, so that only a portion of th snow ha been brought down frotvt the mountains. Had it been otherwise the, story would be still more dispiriting. OPPOSED TO TBS BISCUIT TBUST, Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 17. The independ ent cracker and biscuit manufacturers of the United States, composed of those who are opposed to tha trust and num bering fully 100, assembled In confer ence today at the Piedmont hotel and will remain In session several daya The purpose of the meeting is to consider plans for getting closer 'together for mutual protection." -, - ,. . , LAUB ; DAVIS PRUO CO. a, -I 1 1 ' i ' r