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i i INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE AND WEST SIDE. JTTTT, " INDKrKNDKNCK, l'OLK COUNTY, OKEUON, JULY 10, 1902. , NUMBER 32 HE LOST HIS BEARINGS. A 1'oriinT Independence Man Nearly lmU UN l'if' C. J. PUGH RESCUED BY SEARCH PARTY Wandered Awuy l-'rom Vtn pniiloii to Flati, and t'oultl Not Find Way ll.wk. r'niin tlm Kll Clly U-O'l'1'. Falls City was thrown into in tense excitement late Monday afternoon when Kalph Ford came hurrying out from the mountain with the news that C. J. I'ugh had mysteriously disappeared the even inn before in the mountaliiH near the Ilecaley ouhin in seven-eight ami had not lwen seen since. He related the circumstances aa follows: J. U. Ford, hi father, William Ford and CI i Hard J. Pugh started for their claim Hunday morning. At a little before aix in the even ing, after hard day' journey the party reached a point where the trail crosses Moulder creek. From this place to the point where a toot log crosses the SileU river at H. F. lleezley' cabin i a short distance and the trail form one tilde of a trianulo formed on two aide by lloulder creek and the .SileU. The creek How into the river. Upon reaching thi crowing Mr. Pugh suggested that the rent go on to the cabin while be fished lown Boulder creek to it junction with the Bileti and then up the Mileta to the Ueeidey cabin, where lie would join the party for supper, lie accordingly separated from the )arty. The three went on to the cabin, Imilt up a fire in the fire place, pre pared supper and waited. Mr. I'ugh did not arrive and Kalph Ford took a fishing pole and fished l..wn the river to meet him. going clear to the junction of the streams. Not meeting him he de cided that perhaps he had cut across ami was at the cabin. Hut when on hU return nothing was found of the missing man alarm began to be felt and a search was begun. (iolngto lloulder creek the tracks of the missing man were followed lown until at a point near the junction of the streams they led into th water and disappeared. A search did not reveal any place where they begun again. With tlie aid of torches the search was kept up till 11 o'clock, linns were fired repeatedly but no reply came, though Mr. I'ugh curried a heavy toll's revolver. At hist, almost forced to the belief that their com rade, hal met his death in the swift mountain stream tho search ers returned to the cabin, waited for light and come to town for help William and Robert Ford aro old men and Kalph reached town first with the news. At onco a party of four consist ing of 15. F. lleezley, (i. L. Mo Murphy. Manuel Ward and Fred Hi.lman equipped and started for the mountains, hoping to reach IW.ley's cabin that night, and a larger party arranged for an early start the next morning. The drowning theory received credence because tho missing man wore only light rhoes without nails and carried a pack. He might tasily slip and fall on wet rocks : ...... A . . A R. C. J. IhiM. There U no iMier-knowu t liKraeinr lii ili ministerial Held In the Willi.uel.e valley. h... the H-v. Iv.wh, '"Tl,V'- h & I'h 1) imstor ol III- Calvary I're-hvlerUn church, of fhlmlty. Helms bjen ;:C.f hi'v of .he le.l ,K valley churches, I... been moder. lor of the WIILmcile Valley Presbytery, ai.d la at prraeiil slated f erk of thai i had I. i He recently declined a very flattering pastoral appolnt- l?iru .n Ohio. Hew.. educaU-d li,.l a-adf.inlM li(lc.illeea. aliltehlile Normal Hchoo) at Albany, N V. A t tlie oitlhreik i.f I be Civil War heenllted, but was rejee ted oo aVuouiilot physical mrini.l.le,. In IWI be went to MlnufcoU, follow hi i n.fcs'al.,11 of teaching. He w. elected "'VLttanS there, a id later on was elected regeut of aud prolewor or Whemallca i,,datron. my 1.1 the UnlverMty of Mlnnwota. where he remained until 11 when liewint to Dakota, spending two years there. Later be went to Halem. Oregon ..Mug char of .he chu rob thm Eur one vear he was n'rekldeiit of AU.nny college. In 1SM0 be accepted n P ffufTbVtC.ntoFwbyirl... Cure.,. imil. He la now K-rvlmi hla aei-ond year a. pastor of the church here where be Is meeting with much atieoeaa In bulldlim up church that had decline.! during r .-.I year.. He a memoer o he M' lernltv and his ire.ilal. fatherly natuie has won for hliu the uioat Ilearbffrlind recent of the town, whether child or white- haired grandfather. In the river and even the thought of the most sanguine who thought bim only lost were tinctured with lear. On Tuesday morning the second party with Kalph Ford set out. f. V. Dennis, II. H. McSheery, Jesse Heezley, Isaac Hughes, N. A. Kmmitt and Bert Wonderly, with Chester McSheery to bring back the horses from where the trail be comes impassable for them and progress can only be made on foot The theory that Mr. I'ugh was drowned gained many supporters, because from the river forks the Hee.ley cabin was in sight and it was not seen just how he could be lost at that place. The party of seekers who started out Monday night reached Bees ley's cabin and began a search of the stream, the others arriving biter. At about 10:.'50 in the fore noon of Tuesday Roy MoMurphy stepped out of the cabin where several were preparing to start out iinew. As he came out ho was greeted by a half guttural and al most inaudible "Hello!" He looked up. The man they were seeking stood before him. his clothes torn, and his hands torn and bleed ing, and a look in his eves so wdd and strange that Mr McMur phy wits unceitain as to what his intentions were. "Hello! Is that yon? C.mie along here!" ho shouted. I'ugh only looked at him in silence. Fearing that tho man would shoot him Mr. McMurphy awaited an opportunity and sprang forward, grasping, him by 0 shoulder. Wtill the bewildered man made no move nor said anything, and was led into the cabin. There the men gave him whiskey and finally got him to talk enough to tell his story, though ho was not ritrl.t in bis mind. The tale of his adventure is a strango one. Upon leaving bis companions Sunday night he started down Boulder creek. Miscalculating the distance to thejunction he reached . Almost to the Siletz and cut across, striking the Siletz, though still thinking lie was on f tioiUtr ihnu tuisainff the fork en tirely. He then kept on down the river looking for thu 1rk already naxwl. ami every stD taking him further . from h'is friends. Night was hurrying on and he became anxious. Hi shoes hurt him so that he took them ofl and in chmb a Viloff nn nfts lost. Then niifht came down. He tried to make a fire, but with little success, on. I mil dnwn on a rock until light. Karly uext morning he started again, now thoroughly lost, for some five miles he followed down thestreani always in the wrong itiro.-t.inn. Then ho heard what he thought was a stream to his right and started for it thinking it was the Siletz. From there he tore through the brush, over the recks and across mountains ana canyons till at a late hour he had gone 7.S clnar to 8-9. There bv good fortune some strangers were tramping along a trail oounu ior their chiitnt!. They encountered the lost man in the brush, and knew at once that he was lost, and so took him to their cabins for the night. He was able to tell who he was and where he wanted to go and they returned with him to the place where the trail runs down the mountain to Beezley's cabin where he said he knew the way. There they left him. He stayed on the trail but was so wild that when he saw Roy Mc Murphy whom he has known for years no look ol recognition came to his eves and might have gone oil through the mountains again had there bcen no one there. He was unable to walk home and una hrooi'bt in late Tuesday niirlit. The perils of the mountain trips of the holders of claims have nut fvi rl,m l,i..n bo vividly brought into nMpntiiin hb bv this adventure. If lie had not by chance met the men in a fate would in all probabil ity been his which one shudders to think of. Seldom has there been such universal jov in Falls City as there was when Ralph Ford and N. A. Emmitt came in with the news late Tuesday evening that that the lost was found. Mr. Hugh is a man who numbers none among lijs acquaintances but respecters and few but warm friends if any are otherwise and the day of doubt with chancea seeming to . . a.. Ill favor the Idea that ucatn nau claimed him left a strong impres hut on the people of the entire locality. The sympathy for Mr. I'ugh, who could scarcely lie re strained from going to the moun tain herself was universal, a is the satisfaction with which the happy termination of the venture in viewed. Mr. I'ugh when seen by the 1,i;a !kk man, stated that while the mental strain on him wa very i'f.r at iu time flu! ha lose Control of his mental facultie. His ap . 1. , pearance, when lounu ne saia, wis caused by the terrible hardships through which he had passed. TKKltlBLK ACCIDKXT. It.ilph Henry, ot Falls City, Shot In the Face. Wnnl waa brouirht in Wednes day morning by Jim Wright that R ilph Henry, of Falls City, had nearly been killed by the acci dental discharge of a rille. The bullet had entered under the chin, plowing its way up to the nostrils, where it emerged, tearing away me upper lip. Owing to the meager uetaus ana Mr. Wright's anxiety to be back with mt-dical assistance at the quickest possible moment, little can be learned concerning me ter rible accident, though a latat re sult would seem inevitable. A letter Received troui Miss Ann Mann this week by a friend con veys the intelligence that she is still teaching(in the government service) at Unalaska, Alaska, aud notwithstanding the monotony of the winter months has had a splendid time. She states she is in excellent health. Miss Mann is kn ambitious, bright voung lady nnfl the ENTERPRISE wisheB br every measure of success. Something She Needs. l).i..n. Y-iuta hafl tnimemtifi needs. j..Ud.n , , - among the most important, a sexton to take care of the cemetery. This la a subject that is beiuK discuse-ed here by thinking people. The thought that iu few years alter death we are to b forgotten, is to most people a very bitter oue. There is scarcely auv one who does not to Mime exteut share this feeliug. No one relishes the idea that his lowiy bed may be ueglected by those who survive. The local cemetery Is iu a sad utige of dilapidation. The paths aud alley way a are overgrown with brush aud brambles; ou vacaut lots is au unre stricted growth of rank Sctolct bloom aud Ivy, while over many a relative or frieod waves thistle instead of rose. Work iu the cemetery is by many left until the last thing, to be finally neglected eutirely, or only half done. Again, there are those whose dead i.,..,i..r iw.ru u-hii Mre nreveuted bv distance from atteuoing their loved nea graves. I liecusiom orcouverurg Memorial I)y ioto a general cleauini up (lav at t he cemetery should be dis couraged before it gains a stronger hold ii.v. Memorial Dav should be held as saeml as the Sabbuth aud as rigorously observed A good reliable man could, it appears he procured as sexton t a very reason able salary. His first duly would be to give the premises a thorough cleaning, after which it would require ouly a few dava' work each month to keep the ......I i,', ..r.t.ii- ltMaitlf r reculur sularv ,iviii, ....... . -' " during the summer months, ilie sex ton w mid tie entitled to extra "tips" for at tending to leneeu iois. tuuuic-u-tombstones), diusrinsr graves, etc, amount to quite a neat sum l lie idea is to nu uikmus appoint a committee toinvesilgaie aud formulate some plan of organization. As it is an Viou reuows ieiiirri.i , n .....uiur n.l vw:ihli' to lav the matter before the local lodge and its auxiliary, the Ulrele. au wuo cii should attend the meeting and if ..,...,,,,-,ti,,ii l lwrferUeri. a nresideut. secretary, treasurer and it needtul, a board of trustees should be appoints, i .,,., hu,. f hlur.il donations towards his salary have alr- ady been promised provided the plan herein nroi)0ed is iiut into execution and a sexlou pioeured. Interested parties liv.ujf. oi ......... ......1.1 au. Imil hv letters and a IBIll-T W'UIU , v ... .. generous re-ponse would lie almost certain, bftan mi uvo uent ro buried here joiu baud aud purse iu .....iTunuiii. ami demonstrate that they tttll revere the memory of those who sleep in llueua Vista's sunny bill side cemetery. Mr. Coogrove, at the Creamery, Itecelvea Might Wound. Kuudsy morning Mr. Cotigrove, ao employ, at the Independence cream ery, received ttia ball from a 22-caliber rill e In bU hand, making a mlnful though not daugeroua wound. One of the ts.y bad oeea a rat aud II red at It, the bullet glancing and triklng Co grove, who was utandlng reverl feet away. The wounded inun wan driven UiMaiem, placed under the X-ray and the bullet auccewifully removed. He will not be abaeDt from his work longer than a few day. Girl Ixst. r-ixlul fron Heflee. At a late hour lant Tuesday evening tlx teen-year-old girl, who was em ployed a a domwtlio la tbe family of Thomas Kinchin larte to the bouae ofadiHUnt neighbor and not being taraillar with tbe country lost ber way, lecome bewildered and Id Cher per plexity acted in a manner to iuducea gentleman who happened to her wondering in a field, to beleive that she waa tome Insane person who bad come Into the neighborhood. An alarm was given, a posee quickly organized and a careful oearch for the wanderer was begun. A messenger was Kent to tbe house for which tbe girl bad started and it found that she had reached ber destination in a tafe. hat excited condition. Tbe girl's home ii in 8alm. Itallston Crops. Hpeelal from BalUton. Owing to the continued com rains ki..r.lni.lh a-lntsr wheit will not be as good a crop aa last year. On low Wet grOUIHl WJIllB WUCIb Koiu 1 w winter Kiuea. Spring grain, both wheat and oU, are looking tine and will be a good crop. Tbe late rains will greatly benefit tbe late wheal ud oats. There is quite a large average of potatoes planted la this vicinity. Owing to the wet weather the plant- . .. I . L. . . . it.... k.na Mima tit if. ing woa inuis, uub wvy uv ..... v fine shape and larger crop ; Jthan lat tear is expected. - Clover is about tbe usual crop. Quite good deal waa out before the rains and may be damaged some but if the rain stops by re-shockiog some, it will not be hurt much. r,'i. . i .. ... -..1,. wMthor uiomii to have lUCJKWWIU .......... - killed a good deal of tbe young fruit so there will be a much smaller crop than was at first expected. County News. Observer. WHJamesetal to Harry PStrickler 154 acres, t 6 s, r 6 w, $1350. United States to Cbarlea H Barberow 160 acres, t 9 s, r 8 w, patent. M AI Ellis et ux to Emma Hanson, 00 acres, t 7 s, r 4 w, $7988 50. U C Countryman et ux to Caroline Hohnan, lotso and 9, block 13, .hllis add M Dallas. fT2.50. REUibsouetux to Robert Allen, 310.31 acres, 1 10 s, r 4 w, $79S8 50. Martha A Alexander and bd to J H Cramer, 13 4-7 acres, t 8 s, r 4 w, S0. Jfillif Edwards et ux to John Davis, 33.50 acres, 1 6 s, r 6 w, Patience Bentley to B F Gould, lot5 aud 8, block 3, Saling'sadd toBallstou, 1 Elizabeth McBeth to Leoua Hanua and Nola Kov, blck 36 and lots 4, o and 6, b'ock la, Thorp.s Independence Elizabeth McBeth to Joseph Brous, block ; aud lots 4, 5, and 6. block lo, Thorp's Independence, 100. M M EUts, assiguee. to Armoud Guthrie, HK1 acres, t 8 s, r 5 w, S1S00. M I Ellis, assiguee, to Armoud Guthrie, 50 acres, t 8 s, r 5 w, 'ol- Abraham Bekker et ux to Mark lluy ter. tract iu t 7 s, r 5 w, $:2U00. M H Tetherow et ux to tiottmeu Keller and II K Nehrbas, tract in t is, 8 United States to J W Iugalls, 315.51 acres, t7 s, r3 w, patent. Pkohate. Guardianship of Henrietta Robertson au iusane persou petition ot James E. Robertson asking thst he be appointed guardiaa of said estate set for hearing Monday, July 7, at 1 o'clock p. m. Estate of Johannes Emmous, ae ceal will presented; Eliza Emmous uamed as executrix, tiles renunciation and a-ks that J. D. Smith be appointed will duly proven in open court, ana same admitted to probate; J. 1. smith appointed admiuistrator with will aimuxed; bond fixed in the sum ot $10,000; M.M.Ellis, J.J. Wiseman aud V. C. Brown appointed ap- Estate of Joseph Miller, deceased final settlement in said estate changed from July 12. 1902. to August 4, 190:- Guardianship of Johauues Emmous, a persou incapable of transacting busi nessfinal account set for hearing Saturday, July 26, 1!X2.