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Jl Fur Scarfs and Muffs Reduced Our entire stock, with out reserve, comprising all high-grade Mink, Fox, etc., as well as the moderate priced lines. . mmm pScLs . L Stockton SkmS The Cowardly Guard Orlalmil.l When I wan In Colorado away back In the sixties I one morning left Den ver for the aouth. It was the day of rood agents, and I confess I felt aome whnt nervous. I was told by the Wells Fnrgo people that the coach would be guarded by one of their men. Dick Steele, whom they considered worth half B dozen ordinary men. This sat isfied me, for from the time I entered ihe state I had beard of the brave deeds of this same Dick Steele. When we were about to start and Steele was pointed out to me I was surprised. He was a little fellow about flve feet five Inches, and I couldn't &te how he could terrify even a single ofper, and there were often several In Ae parties who robbed coaches. How ever, he had an eye which, like his name, was steel, and a cold looking .steel at that, and I put him down for . one of those men In whom nerve takes the place of muscle. I made the trip out and back with Steele, and there was no occasion for the Wells-Fargo man to show his met tle. When I left Denver for Cheyenne - to take the Union Pacific railroad for the east Steele was again the guard. This time when we were midway on ,our Journey we heard the cry ahead, . "Ilold up your hands!" and the coach ,camo to a stop. A man camo and stood on one side of the coach, holding us all covered with a brace of revolvers, while two others on the other side opened the stage door, threw down the steps and called to us to alight, fcteeie was In the mlddlo seat and neit person , to the open door. We all expected him to suddenly bristle with weapons and kill the two men before they knew what hurt them. Instead of that he .fumbled out with his hands In the air flB nimbly as a young fawn. Seeing that we had no protection from this vaunted hero, we all gojt out and stood In line while the road agents relieved ns of everything about us of any value. Evidently they had never seen Steele before, for they treated him Just like the rest of us. I thought perhaps he might stoop and pull a pall of revolvers from his boots; but, al though he had no especial watching, he did not make the slightest move ment When the robbers were through with us they ordered us back Into the coach and told the driver to move on. As soon .as we were free from the robbers there was a great outburst . against Steele. "You're a pretty guard V ' "Where did you get your reputation Great Holiday Sale Of all Our Ladles' Suits, Sklrrs, Furs, Coals from new en until after th holidays we arc offering bargains In ready-to-wear gooda that Bureau all former afforta to unload a big atock Fur Coats Reduced Ulack Fur Coata, llnad throughout with eklnner'e aatln, MS valuta, reduced to Brown Fur CoaU, llnad throughout with aatln, ragular 128 valua for Black Fur Coat, llnad with high grada aatln, 40 valuaa for Varry Claaay Black Coata, ragular 130 valuaa raducad to ' for bravery?"" "The biggest coward in the coach!" These were aome of the protests that were hurled against the man of much reputation, nia conduct in hearing them convinced every one that he was not only not brave, but unusually cowardly. He did not resent a single one of these Insulting re proaches. Indeed, he did not seem to hear them, keeping his eye out the window looking at the ground we pnssed over and watching for some thing. Presently the road made a turn, and tho coach passed around It and behind a clump of trees. Steele flung open the coach door, Jumped out, unstrapped a Winchester from under the boot and started back, stooping among some bushes so as not to be seen. I am not a brave man, but I am a very curious one. Seized with a desire to see the rest of the story for my self, I alighted and went after the guard. We had gone about half a mile from the spot where wo had been robbed, and a third of this dlstanoe was a depression In the ground. Tak ing position In this depression. I could see all I wanted to see. I nnv Steele dodging along a short distance ahead of me, and about the same distance beyond him were the robbers dividing the swag they had taken from us Then from out n clump of sagebrush I saw a puff of smoke, heard the rrnck of Steele's Winchester, and a robber fell. Before I could have counted five there were another puff and crack, and another robber fell. The third man bad only time to look wildly about him wheu he, too, went down. . Then Steele advanced cautiously. As ho approached one of the robbers rais ed himself on his elbow and was about to fire at Steele when the guard drop- ped hlm, this time for good. Steele went to the place where the bodies lay, gathered up their Bpoll, turned and came slowly back. When he came up to me I remarked to him that he had been very lucky to find the rob bers engaged, and he replied that they usually divided the plunder at once, so that each man could shift for himself without losing his share. I went back with the little man to the coach, which was standing where we had left it, and Steele asked each person to pick out his belongings, which he was not slow In doing. Then followed an apology from every one who had rated the guard for his cowardice. Some of those who had been most abusive looked a bit terror stricken, thinking that they might be called to account. But Steele paid no more attention to the apologies than he had paid to the abuse, merely re marking that a man who blustered up against another man's pun when the muzzle was toward him was a fool. $34 $19 $32 $24 CUMC Jjv SUITS THE HALL OF FAME. A daughter was born recently at Squirrel Island, Maine, to Mrs. J. II. M. Dillon. This is said to be the first baby ever born on the island. After conducting a large grocery business in Belfust, Me., for more than fifty years Frank M. Lancaster of that town, aged ninety-one, has de cided that he deserves a rest King William and Queen Charlotte of Wurttemberg recently made a bal loon ascension with Count von Zeppe lin, an experience said to be unique among members of royal families. King Edward changes his attire about three times a day, and he orders about thirty new suits every year, and at Buckingham palace, Windsor castle and Sandrlngbara be keeps a stock of about 200. Carl Goldmark, the veteran com poser, at the age of seventy-eight has brought out a new opera, "A Winter's Tale," with text from Shakespeare, which Is spoken of as a new departure and has bceu meeting with much suc cess In Europe. General William Booth, commander of the Salvation Army, has Issued a long manifesto eloquently pleading for the equality of women with men and exhorting every member of his army to embrace this view and train his children to this end. Klngdon Gould, son of George J. Gould, Is working in the mines of Guanajuato as a common miner under the Instruction and supervision of Pro fessor Kemp, instructor of geology of Columbia university, where young Gould has been studying mining en gineering. Dr. Tung Wing, former Chinese commissioner of education and now a resident of nartford, is interdicted from returning to China. "He is now a proscribed man, with a bounty of 150,000 taels upon his head," says the Hartford Courant "His last visit was in 1902, when he made some effort to revive the liberal movements which were attended with such success ear lier In his career, but it was an utter failure." German Gleanings. A statue of Llebig is to be erected In Darmstadt where he was born In 1803. In some parts of Germany glass tel ephone poles re-enforced by wire are In use. There are In Germany some 9.000 chemical factories, with nearly 200.000 workers, who receive In wages over $50,000,000 a year. The first electric ferryboat in Ger many has Just been launched at Duis burg. It has twin screws, which are propelled by an accumulating current from two electric motors of fifty horse power capacity. The boat can carry 645 passengers, besides horses, auto mobilea and vehicles. i's'- The Hunters IOrllnal 1 Marrua Hunter u left an orphan whrn he was icvra year -IJ. II bad no brotbera or elstera, o home, do money, no anything. An uncle who wai wrll to do took blm to hla bouae again! hl wuVb wlnhM. and the tor's Ufa there waa one of misery Wlii a ht was aevtuteen the uncle died, aud ttia aunt turned the boy out of the botiM.. He found position aa clerk lo a Imnlnens houae. la ten years be art up for himself III relatives who during this period bad Ignored him now began to nod plfanantly to blm when they met hlin and lorlted blm to their boie. The aunt, who h id made life a burden to blm, reminded blm of the pleasant daya that be had spent under her roof and how nappy It bad made her to bo a mother to blm. Jimt aa Mark waa getting on hla feet In a buKlueaa way a commercial panic raine on. He needed a little a sltance to tide hlin over the crlnla and applied to those of hla relntlvea who were able to help him. He began by telling them tlmt be would like to Lu!k over hla nffnlr with them with a view to getting tlielr advice lie got no further thun tbla. for each and every ono of them pronounced himself Incompetent to advise hlin. This shut the poor fellow off. as they Intended. He' failed. Then hla relatives dropped him again. When the commercial storm was over Mark went to work for a man who was a buclnesa genius. He took a great fancy to his clerk and pro moted him rapidly, finally ma kirn: hl-n second only to himself Then the em ployer died childless and left about all there waa of the business to hla pro tege. Marcus died a multimillionaire. Just before bla death he made a will. In which he directed that the house In which he had passed bis lonely life he never marrled-should be closed by his executor from the day of his death till one week after the funeral, when an auction should take place of every thing It contained. No one was to b admitted to the sale except his rela Uvea. Since be left no direct heirs, most ol the relatives were present at the read Ing of the will, each hoping for a sub stantial remembrance. When they heard this singular provision and learned that the testator had left no legacv to any one of them they natu rally Inferred that he had concluded to remember them by leaving tbclr lega cies In different articles of furniture. But what a singular way! Ten thou sand dollars might be in a hollow cane, while but $1,000 had been placed In a rosewood desk. Yet the cane might be knocked down for a dollar, while the desk might bring $100. Was there eyer such a way devised for distributing millions of money? The will further stated that the amount realized from the sale was to be expended by the executor for a monument to the de ceased. When the day of the sale came around It was astonishing how many relatives Hunter had left behind him. There were Hunters innumerable both by name and in reality. A protest waa made to the executor that many of them were not related to the testa tor and should not be admitted. But he argued that by the terms of the will the sale must take place then and there and there waa no time to exam ine credentials, The crowd were kept waiting while articles were first sold that could not possibly contain anything, such as un covered crockery. On these there were only such bids as would serve to get them out of the way. But when It came to articles in which stacks of bills could be placed the bid ding became furious. As soon as an article was knocked down the buyer wished to get at it but was Informed that he could not have it till after the sale. The bidders had every variety of opinion as to what articles were most likely to contain large amounts, ao that anything wooden or hollow brought excellent prices. A kitchen table with u drawer (locked and no key) brought $100, an upholstered sofa $200. a cane fishing rod $150. A stew pan with a hollow handle large enough to contain a dozen $1,000 bonds brought $275. One of the favorites was a plaster bust of Abraham Lin coln. Such busts are usually hollow, and this would naturally attract an ingenious hide. It brought $655 and was the cause of a protracted quarrel between two different branches of Hunters. Well, the last article was finally knocked down, and buyers were told that they might take away their pur chases. A rush was made for the articles, but few were removed. Sev eral purchasers had brought hammers and with these began to smash their articles. The signal was a crack on the head of Abraham Lincoln's bust which dropped into a couple of dozen pieces. An exclamation of rage went up from the man who had paid the enormous price for It From that mo ment the crash of furniture, the rip ping of upholstery and the smashing of glass and stoneware were mingled with oaths and exclamations of disap pointment Not a single article knock ed down by the auctioneer contained one cent or one cent's worth of prop erty. The next morning the newspapers onnminpeii that the late Marcus Huh- Iter had a few days before his death ) given away his whole property, $4. i (100.000. to Institutions for the poor. The Hunter monument is one or tne handsomest in Sleepy Hollow ceme terr FLORENCE) NORTON. la Uie Circuit Court of the But of Oregon for the County of Polk. UMMONi. Alma, Art Palmer, Plaintiff. VB. Ethel V. Jordon, ' Archatue P. Jor don, Cora Gtayaa Jordon and Lawrence V. Jordon Infanta, by their guardian ArcbeaJua M. Jot don, and Vertl Brown. Roy Brown and Edna Drown Infanta, by their guardian, Eugene Palm er, Defendant Department No I. To, Ethel V. Jordon, Archealua P. Jordon, Cora Glayda Jordon and Law rence V. Jordon Infanta, and their guardian Archealua M. Jordon. la the name of the State of Ore ton: You and each of you, are uereby required to appear and an awur the complaint filed agalnat you in the above entitled ault on or be fore Thursday, the 7th day of Janua ry, I909;that being the last day for your appearance or anawer by you. Aud If you fall ao to appear and an swer the aame for want thereof, the pluintlff will apply to the Court for d decree a;ainat you.and each of you for the relief prayed for In plaintlff'a complaint herein, to-wlt: Kor the reformation of the deacrlp tlon of the land devised by Almon H. Calmer in hla last will to William P. Palmer and Lou Emma Palmer, and the description of aald premlaea In the recorda and proceedinga of the administration of the estate of aald Almon II. Palmer In the County Court of tho state of Oregon for the coun ty of Polk, and reforming the aame to read aa follows: Beginning at the aouth-west corner jf the donation land claim of S. L. Campbell No. 64, Not. No. 2273 in T. 8 S. of R. 5 West of the Willam ette Meridian in Polk county. Ore ion. Thence north 160 rods; thence ast 25 5-19 rods; thence south 14 rods; thence east 74 14-19 rods thence south 146 rods; thence west 100 rods to the place of beginning. Second. For the reformation of the description of the premises belonging to the estate of William P. Palmer, deceased, wherever the same oc curs in the administration of the es tate of said William P. Palmer, de ceased. In the county court of the state of Oregon for the county of Polk, in the record entries thereof and in the administrator's deed to this plaintiff aa purchaser of said premises and reforming the same to read as follows: The south one-third of the follow ing described premises: Beginning at the south-west corner of the do nation land claim of S. L. Campbell No. 64 Not. No. 2273 in T. 8 S. of R. 5 west of the Willamette Meridian in Polk county, Oregon. ' Thence north 160 rods; thence east 25 5-19 rods; thence south 14 rods; thence east 74 14-19 rods; thence south 146 rods; thence west 100 rods to the place of beginning. Third. 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Is the county court of the aUte of Or- oa for the county of Polk, In the record ntrl of aald eourt, e4 la the admlnlatratora' deed to lb la plaintiff of aald premlaea, and re forming the aame to read aa follows: The north one-third of the follow ing described premlaea: Beginning at the aouth-weat cor ner of the donation land claim of 8. L. Campbell No. 64 Not No. K7J. la T. I 8. of R. 6 W. of the Willamette Meridian In Polk county, Oregon Thence north 160 roda; thence eaat 25 6-19 roda; thence south 14 roda; thence eaat 74 14-11 roda; thence south 146 roda; thence weat 100 roda to the place of beginning. And that plaintiff be adjudged and decreed to be the owner in fee sim ple of all aald premlaea. Thta summons la pobllahed for six consecutive weeka In the Indepen dence Enterprise by order of the Hon. Ed F. Coad, Judge of the county court of the state of Oregon for the county of Polk. Which aald order waa made at chambera In the city of Dallas In aald county and late on the 23rd day of November, 1908. The date of the first publica tion of thla aummoua la November 26th,1908. and the date of the laat publication thereof la the 7th day of January, 1909. N. L, BUTLER Attorney for Plaintiff. Notice of Final Account. In the Circuit Court of the aUte of Oregon for Polk county; In the matter of the estate of Robert Wil son, deceased. Notice la hereby given that LMle J. Wilson, executrix of the estate of Robert Wilson, deceased, baa render ed and presented for settlement, and filed In said court, her final account of her administration of aald estate, and that Friday, the 22d day of Jan uary, 1909, at the hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon of aald day, at the County Court rooma of aald Court, in the city of Dallas, Polk county, Ore gon, has been appointed by the Judge of the Court, for the aettlement of said - account, which time and place any person Interested in said estate may appear and file exceptions In writing to aald account and contest the same. LILLIE J. WILSON, Executrix of the estate of Robert Wilson, deceased. B. F. JONES, Attorney 29-33 More people are taking; Foley' Kidney Remedy every year. Iti considered to be the most effective remedy for kidney and bladder trou bles that medical science can devise. Foley's Kidney Remedy corrects Ir regularities, builds up worn out tis sues and restores lost vitality. 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