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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.
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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. For the reformation of the
description of the lands belonging to
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ceased, wherever the aame occurs la
the admlnliuatlon of the estate of
aald Lou Emma Palmer, deceaaed. 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
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