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I STORY OF HEROISM G
CLOSING
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Showing How Crave Men Can
Calmly Meet Death.
WRECK CF THE BIRKENHEAD.
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The W sy T h i.i D ritish V e s s e l W ent
D o w n C f f the C ? o ® c f C o o d H o p e .
M o s t cf t h e C r e w W e r e Lost a n d A l l
the W o m e n a n d C h i l d r e n S a v e d .
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TO EAT
T ender, Juicy, Steaks
R oasts and Stews.
Sausage and Bacon
V isitors to the hospital of the old
All kinds of Fresh
pensioners ¡a Chelsea will perhaps have
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noticed in the colonnade a sim ple .m e
morial tablet, p lan 'd there by order of
the late Queen Victoria to record the
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heroic constancy and discipline of tho
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officers and soldiers who lost their
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lives in the w reck of the tran sp o rt B ir
kenhead off the Cape of (¡oo 1 Hope on
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Feb. ‘JO. 1852. On Jail. 7 in that year, a f t
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er em barking re in fo rc e m e n ts am o u n t
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ing to fifteen officers and 170 men for
Jk
the troops engaged in the Kaffir w ar,
the B irkenhead left Irelan d for the
cape. On board w ere also 100 women
an d children, the w ives and fam ilies
of soldiers.
All w ent well till the
tra n sp o rt reached Sim on’s Tow n, w here
ten officers and eighteen men w ere
FINE WORK DONE CHEAP — PRICES
landed. T he ship continued her course
I on th e evening of Feb. 25. B u t tho
W h ite sh irt • • - 10c Drawers . . 8 to
¡ captain in his anxiety fo r a quick p a s
Soft
- * - tOc W hite Waist» - l o i o
sage u n fo rtu n ate ly k ept so close to the
W hite S k irls - 10 to 50 Underskirts . 15
U ndershirts . . .
8c S to c k in g . . . ji
I shore th a t d u rin g th e n ig h t the ship
H a n d k e rc h ie fs - - 2c Collars
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got am ong the rocks w hich line the
M en's White Vests 10 15c Pants . . . . , j
e v e .1 z V n r r m *
coast. A bout th ree m iles off D anger
C . ' * - - - - 10 20c D usters
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I point a t 2 o’clock in th e m orning of th e
Vowels
- - 20c D or. N apkins . - 20c Dr
2iith, w hile all except those on w atch 3 V he follow ing a rticles 50 c per dor. Pillow Cll
I w ere sleeping peacefully in th e ir ham
S heets, T able c lo th s , N ight Gowns. V om m H
IllO C K S , tilt? ship Struck w ith Jl violent j 3 D raw ers, U nderw ear, Aprons and Corset Coven
shock. T he bulk of the men on board I
Avenue
Forest Grove
w ere young soldiers.
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T he ru sh of w a te r on th e B irkenhead
strik in g w as so g reat th a t m ost of th e
soldiers on th e low er troop dock w ere
drow ned in th e ir ham m ocks. T he re- |
m ainder, w ith all th e officers, appeared \
a!
on deck, m any only p a rtly dressed, and
fell in ns o rderly an d as quietly as on
tile b arrack square. C alling th e officers
round him . L ieu ten an t Colonel Seton
of the Seventy-fourth highlanders, th e
E verybody knows that
senior officer on board. Im pressed on
them th e necessity fo r preserving o r
we keep the best Meats
d er an d silence am ong the men. The
services of th e next senior. C aptain
to be had, but this is to
W right, N inety-first highlanders, w ore
placed a t th e disposal of th e com m and
rem ind you to give us
e r of tlie ship to c a rry out w h atev er 1
orders he m ight consider essential.
a call.
| Sixty m en w ere put on the chain j
pum ps on th e low er a fte r deck and !
told off In th ree reliefs. Sixty more*
j w ere p u t on to th e tackles of th e p ad
FOREST GROVE
dle box boats, and th e rem ain d er w ere
| bro u g h t on to th e poop to ease the
fore p a rt of th e ship, as she w as roll
ing heavily. T he com m ander n ex t o r
dered th e officers’ chargers to be p itch
ed out of tlie gangw ay. The plunging
LAWYER
and terrified horses w ere got up and
^eal
Estate
and
Corpo- OFFICE over
cast over, five of them m anaging to
l sw im ashore. T he c u tte r w as then got m o n Law a Specialty. H i n e s ’ Store
| ready fo r th e w om en and children,
O re g o n
w ho had been collected under tlie poop Forest Grove,
aw ning, and they w ere passed in one
by one. T h ere being room in th e boat
for one or tw o more, tlie order w as
given fo r any tru m p e te r or bugler
boys to lie taken. A young d ru m m er F A S H I O N S T A B L E S
stan d in g n e a r w as told by an officer Pacific Avo.
Forest Grove
to get into tho boat, lmt. d ra w in g him
Meal
Turnouts
self up, exclaim ed th a t he drew m an ’s
! pay nnd w ould stick by ills com rades.
Tlie c u tte r then shoved off in charge
of one of tho ship’s officers, and tho
; women and children w ere safe.
B A R B E R S
No sooner w as she clea r th an th e
en tire how of the vessel broke off a t
HAIR CUTTING A SPECIALTY
th e forem ast, tlie bow sprit going up In
Forest Grove
th e a ir to w ard the foretopm ast. Tlie Postoffice Row
funnel also w ent over the side, c a rry
ing aw ay tlie sta rb o a rd paddle box and
Notice for Publication.
boat nnd cru sh in g th e men on the
U nited States L and Office, P ortland, Oregon,
Apr. 7tb, 2908-
tackles. T he paddle hox bo at capsized
N otice is he re b y g iv en th at in compliance nftb ft*
on lieing low ered, nnd th e large boat
in tlie c en te r of the ship could not be provisions of th e a c t of Congress o f June 3, 1878, »b-
tie d “ An net for th e sa le of tim ber lands in the Safe* *f
got up.
C a lifo rn ia , O regon, N evada and Washington Territory,
Tlie men w ere then ordered on to
as extended to a ll the Public Land States by act «1
the ¡loop, w here they stood calm ly gust 4, 1892, Soren Je p p ese n , of Bacona, County of
aw aitin g th e ir fate.
W ithin a few W a sh in g to n , S tate of O regon, has this day
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m inutes the vessel broke in two, cross this office his sw orn sta te m e n t, N o. 7732, for the puf*
wise, ju s t a b a ft tlie engine room, and chase of East 1 -j of NWV* and Lots 1 and 2 o f S«ctioo30,
the stern began rapidly to fill. In th is in T ow nship No. 3 n o rth , R an g e No. 3 west, and **
extrem ity the com m ander called out, offer proof to show th at th e land sought is mor« v»1®'
“Those w ho can sw im ju m p overboard ble for its tim ber or stone th a n for agricultural f * !
and m ake fo r tlie boats!” b u t th e o f posVs, and to estab lish h is claim to said land beic' J
R e g iste r and R ec e iv e r at P ortland, O r e g o n ,« Tbur* 1
ficers begged the soldiers not to, as the th e 9th day of J u ly , 1908.
boat w ith tlie women and children
H e nam es as w itnesses, Eli H ow ell, of Mountain**
would lie sw am ped. T hey w ere young O regon, John H ow ell, of M ountaindale, 0r*f*
men In the prim e of life, w ith all be C harles C. N elson, of Bacona, O regon, Peter Hoff#13'
fore them , yet no one moved, n o r did of B acona, O regon.
Any a nd a ll persons c laim ing adversely the abo»«-^
any sign o f te rro r o r fe a r escape them .
L ow er am i low er sank th e vessel Into cribed lands are requested to file th e ir claimi 1 “ s<
tho deadly sea. The old tra n sp o rt office on or before said 9th day of J u ly , 1908.
A LG ER N O N S. DRESSER, Ref**
shivered, gave a final plunge and d is
(F irs t Pub. M ay 7)
appeared. carry in g w ith h er the band
of heroes on deck and those w orking
below at th e pumps.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY
Sion of all ages and ran k s they w ere
Forest Grove Time Table
—the colonel nnd the drum m er b<*y, o f
ficers o£ gentle birth and men from the
BOUND.
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w orkshop, th e plow and the mine, b u t No. 7 d e parts 6:^0 a. N O m R ., T a H rriv
e s at Portland 8:®
all anim ated w ith the sam e heroic No. 3 “
5:50 a. m .,
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resolution, fortitude an d e liiv a lry -a s No. 9 ** 1:30 p . m . , "
No. 1
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cool as though they had been on th e ir
SOUTH BOUND.
parad e ground, w ith ns m uch courage No. 2 tv . Portland 7:00 a. m. lv. F o rw t Grove 3:3**-*
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t . o n a.
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ns In action in the field. A few m an No. _ ■ 8 •• ••
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4:10 p . m ., lv.
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aged to cling to th e rigging of the No.
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7:08, *
5:40 p. m ., ar.
No. 10
m ainm ast, p a rt o f w hich rem ained out
»f w ater, w hile others got hold of float
E . C. S im p s o n . A?«a t ,
ing pieces of wood nnd w ere eventually
W. E. C oman , General freight a*
rescued,
b
u
t
of
fourteen
officers
and
W ith th e n am in g of th e c a n d id a tes i seconded Vhe w est w as h eard from, 458 men no few er than nine officers Passenger Agent, Portland.
began th e cheering. M urat H alstead " i thought th e Sew ard yell could not nnd 349 men perished, m any falling
said th a t w hen S ew ard w as nom inated be surpassed," s a i l H alstead , "b u t the prey to th e a ttack s of the sharks,
D R . J . H . K IN O X
an d seconded “ th e sh o u tin g w as ab- | Lincoln boys w ere clearly ahead and. w hich surrounded th e ship in shoals,
solutely fran tic , sh rill an d w ild. Co- 1 feeling th e ir victory as th ere w as a w aiting fo r th e ir victim s. E very wo
V e te rin a ria n
m anches or p a n th e rs never stru ck a lull in th e storm , took deep b reath s all \ m an and child w as saved.
County
Stock Insp.clor
h igher n o te o r gave scream s w ith more around and gavo a scream th a t w as
P erh ap s the grentest com plim ent ever
positively
aw
fu
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and
accom
panied
it
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Infernal Intensity. Looking from th e j
paid to the mem ory of the brave was office at Hancock & Gordon’s
sta g e over the vast am p h ith e a te r, n o th w ith stam p in g th a t m ade every plank the order of the king of P ru ssia for
an
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p
illar
In
th
e
building
quiver."
Barn. Phone Main 33, Ind. ^
ing w as to be seen below b u t thou- |
On th e th ird ballot Lincoln w as n o m -1 the account of the w reck of the B irken
sa n d s o f h a ts —a black, m ighty sw arm
head to be read on three successive
of h ats flying w ith th e velocity of hor lnated. T he shouting w as so d eafen p arades a t the head of every regim ent
—See Special Sale of maslik i
ing
th
a
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th
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cannon
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hich
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n ets over n m ass o f h um an heads. !
in his nrm v and it " a s spoken of In
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charged
on
th
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roof
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f
th
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building
every school in P russia and G erm any, underwear at Hoffman & Allen L*
m ost o f th e m ouths o f w hich w ere
could
not
be
heard
inside.
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Chicago
open."
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The News 61.SO peryearin*4^i
B u t w hen L incoln's nom ination was R ecord-H erald.
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V e g e t a b le s
G ro c e rie s
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W. P. SCHULTZ BI'V
My entire line of Men’s Youths9 and
hoys; Suits
Quong Lee’s
LAUND RY
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S u i t s t o s u it a n d P r i c e s t o s u it
t h e h a r d e s t t o s u it
Enables
We will have on sale for the next. 30 days
i| some o f the greatest, bargains in men’s and
boys’ suits ever offered in Forest, Grove.
Low Prices
h
in
Come in and get our prices before buying
elsewhere. We can suit you in suits.
S a s u n s & Co.
Below is n list of some of
Our Great Bargains
W. H. HOLLIS,
Men’s Suits sold at $0.50 now $5.75
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15.00
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16.50
12.50
All of our $25.00 suits selling at $17.50
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All Boys’ Suits at a Big Reduction
SUIT CASES AND TRUNKS A T SPECIAL PRICES
A lso Odds and Ends in Suits which will be sold a t Prices th at will
Surprise you.
NELSON B. La COURSE
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'■'REST GROVE,
F irst Big Store West o f Postoffice.
JTION.
P a n th e rs
nost ex-
cal cam -
'a id Hen-
ji victo ry
nan who
neeringly
ted w ith
rtl cider,
ecd a s n
y Clay,
reu, the
rv m o i ratio can d id a te, and H arriso n
w ere not clea rly d raw n , but th e a d
v en titio u s c ircu m stan ces o f H a rriso n ’s
e arly life w ere skillfully utilized for
th e a tric a l effects.
Processions m iles
long w ith log cabins, cider b arrels and
coonskln caps on poles stretch e d from
s ta te to state, tile»* clubs w ere a fea
tu re o f the cam paign, nml th e Indian
fig h ter w as fairly su n g into office.
In th e convention of 1800 began the
m odern cu sto m o f ch eerin g and coun
te r cheering. T he S ew ard co n tin g en t
g av e a tatrade th e d ay o f th e conven
tion. W hile they w ere m arching U n -
çyiu su p p o rters tilled _the " ijjwain.
OREGON
HAOÜX â GORDON
Moulton & Bogan
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