Wednesday, November 28, 1 00
THE SUMPTER MINER
HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
Sam Bunch Beat into Insensi
bility Saturday Afternoon.
Saturday afternoon about 5 o'clock,
Sam Bunch was held up and robbed by
two men on horseback out near the ceme
tery. He is a teamster and was hauling
a load of wood to town.
The robbers went at -the job In the reg
ulation highwayman style. They made
him get down from his seat and, while one
covered him with a gun, the other went
through his clothes. They secured only
$4.50, which fact seemed to enrage them
and they beat him into Insensibility with
a loaded whip, declaring the while that
the next time they held him up, if he
diJn't have more money they would kill
him.
Bunch says tint he lay on the ground
unconscious for some hours. When he
recovered his senses, he drove to town
and had his wounds dressed. His head
was badly bruised and cut, which would
seem to make his story quite probable.
Marshal Austin was in Baker City at
the time. Monday he talked with Bunch
and since then has been making some ef
fort to apprehend the highwaymen. It is
stated that a slight clue to their identity
has been obtained.
FIRE DEPARTMENT AFFAIRS.
More Equipment Ordered Bill Thurs
day Evening.
At a meeting of the lire department
Monday evening there was ordered for
ue of the men one dozen additional rub
ber coats, eight pair high top rubber boots,
six helmets and one chief's white helmet.
The verbal resignation of John Wagner
through Chief Jewett, as second assist
ant chief and foreman of hose cart No. i,
was accepted and Walter Cronlu elected
to till the position vacated.
Authority was vested in chief Jewett to
hereafter appoint various officers in the
department as he should see fit.
A committee was appointed to see what
a light wagon could be secured for to carry
surplus hose and be otherwise used by the
department at tires.
It was announced that the ladles of
Sumpter would furnish a supper, to be
served in the hall off the auditorium in
Ellis opera house, Thursday evening,
when the Firemen's dance will be given.
The entire proceeds will go to the fire
department.
A large number of citizens have paid
many times the established price for
tickets to this ball. THE MINBK en
deavored to get this list for publication,
but Assistant Chief Lelbenstein, who has
it in charge, refused to permit a copy to
be made, usurping both judicial and ex
ecutive prerogatives.
FIRST BILLIARD TABLE.
Town Grew Up Around It Over in
Southern Oregon.
The first billiard table that was Intro
duced into southern Oregon is there yet.
It forms one of the attractions of the little
town of Kerby, and around it are clustered
many tales. The table was never in
tended for Kerby. As a matter of fact, it
was there before Kerby was. First came
tile table, then a saloon was built around
it, then came Kerby.
It was back in the early '60s, when the
roads were as rough as the manners of the
men in that unsettled and but partly civil
ized country. The chief industry Mas
milling and many a camp boomed and pe
tered as in the early days of California.
Althouse was on the boom and saloons
anJ dunce halls were nourishing. Each
proprietor of these gilded dens sat up
nights thinking how to beat his neighbor
in attractions to allure the precious dust
from the pans of the prospectors.
At length one enterprising fellow con
ceived the scheme of importing a billiard
table from San Francisco. It was an easy
matter, he argued, to get the table to
Crescent City by water, but how to get
the machine over the divide I He sought
old Martinez, the best packer in southern
Oregon. Martinez had a mule, Anita, the
pride of his life. Anything that Anita
could't pack could not find its way into
southern Oregon.
So said Martinez and he readilv made a
contract to fetch the table over the divide
as far as Sailor's Diggings at Wato Well.
The sight of the queer looking package
, staggered the packer, but he reflected that
it would not stagger Anita, and, if not, all
would be well. So lie ripped out a string
of Spanish oaths to help the thing along,
then he got his men and 60 odd mules in
line, for lie was the director of a great
pack train.
He loaded upa miscellaneous lot of stuff
on his mules and then it came Anita's turn.
Now Anita had never seen a billiard table,
but was wise enough to know that it was
going to be no snap to lug that thing
across the mountains. FJght men ele
vated the table, but when they let It drop
the wise old mule had sidestepped. Hut
Martinez rigged up a block and tackle and
hauled the table Into the air. Then Anita
was backad under the table and the rest
was easy.
For three days the pack worked to a
charm. At night the table was removed
and In the morning reloaded. On the
third evening the train stopped at Rattle
snake bend, about a mile from Waldo.
The pack stampeded all except Anita.
Martinez knew that Anita would keep
right on to Waldo and he left her to her
own resources, while he joined his men in
the rounuup of the runaways.
Anita was not to be found when, two
hours later, the train arrived at Waldo.
They found her next morning eight
miles away from Waldo. She had slept
with her load; she had carried her last
burden; she was quite dead.
Martinez's anguish knew no hounds.
He cursed himself; he cursed the mule,
then apologized to the memory of Anita
and went over to Althouse creek to curse
the man who had employed him. He de
manded recompense for Anita. The man
demanded his table. There were not
strong men enough in the country to carry
the table over to Althouse and nobody
wanted to buy it.
When Martinez recovered from his
grief his business head got into motion
again. He buried Anita and then set up
the table as a monument to the faithful
animal's memory. It was not long before
a shanty was run up over the table, and
! It required only a few days more to get
enough whisky to dignify the shanty with
the name of saloon. Far and wide Mar
tinez spread the news that there was to
be an opening on Saturday night In honor
of the only billiard table In southern Ore
gon. And what an opaulng was there! There
were music and dancing, and singing and
drinking, and a "punching of the ivories."
The other saloons hi Hie neighborhood
had to close down for the night. The
table became the "proper thing" in the
diggings, and there was a Hue of play
ers every night waiting for a chance to
get a cue. At length a saloon man took
the table and shanty off Martinez's hands
and gave lessons in billiards. San Fran
cisco Call.
A fine selection of goods suitable tor
Christmas presents will be here in a fe.v
djys, including the follewing: Fine
French china ornaments and usclut arti
cles, solid sterling silver table ware, nov
elties, Rogers Brothers knlve, forks,
spoons, etc; also a full line of watches and
jewelry. F. C. Biodie, Opera House
building.
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