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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
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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.