SAL.HH, or.HGOll, TWS DAY, AtKiL 1, U2.
STEINERS MARKET,
Chickens 8 to c per lb.
pring' chicken Z' to
Eg gs t le cash, t
15c.
THE MARKETS.
The kx-al rrorW-1 quotations yester
day were a follows; -
Wheat-rtJe. , ', j. . t
ft- Nominal fit $1 per rental.
- jly4fie:',l7.&Qf t; clover: $
$7; timothy f tie; wheat. J7.
Klmir 7i rni sic -r si k; 2.69 to
ir barrels , . X -
Mill FeedBran II7.&0; short 118,50.
llMlte-r-r20 to XZlio i r lb (buying;
crmfnery. 27c. . j i ; , ,
KKKl 1 18 -ash. ' 'I I If
'Mk"n 8 to e per lb. '
Spring il-kers-i-12,4 to I5c . '
PorkfJ.ro ic. j '- : :
l'.t't esteers" a4e;row a1; good
fc-lf;r 3c.-- . . i
Mutton Sheet 3Vift3e, im toot.
Vl-at '4c dressed.! 4
Pdato60 to 63! p;r bushel.
Wil- 11 to 13c. i
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Daily
Grain Letter from a
Firm of Brokers.
r-
hicago
" Logan & Bryan's Chicago grain letter
and latest market quotations to Bolton
De Jiuyter & Co. of Portland, sent by
telegraph from Chicago, at the dose of
the market.yesterday afternoon; eaya:
Wheat Wortd shipments were 6,
600.000 -against 8.500,W0 last' year and
amount on passage Increased i 2,256,000
bushels. Visible decreased '1.049,600
against increase 35.000 last year and. Is
-now- 49,OO.liOO against .64,700,000 last
year. Market was weak early. Much
of the pressure causing tit- was on tH
short selling and the covering of this
later helped the reaction. Some frosts
were reported as far south as Okla
homa but they are not considered se
vere', enough to be detrimental. Fears
that cable may not respond to the
weakntas here , tomorrow was also a
steadying factor. . Private advices
"from Oklahoma and Kansas pretty
'generally Indicate julte a large per
' centage of damage to; wheat in those
states by the dry weather during the
winter. The effects of which seem to
h-f coming apparent, i Exports de'mand
small. Telegraphic communication -Is
greatly Interfered with by the late
Storm and ' operations.' were therefore
on a restricted, scale and uninterest
ing. Estimated cars. 85. .
Corn - Visible decreased 57B.0O0
against increase 33.000 Fast year and
Is now 8.80P.oov: -against 22.200,000 last
year. Market here was fairly active
and after some .little weakness early
has ruled Una. The operations of the
Mate party ' are still the absorb
ing, factor,- of Interest. ' Their opera
tions directly and' through brokers
might be takflL to indicate that they
were "sellers ofcdrn but the action of
the 'market eaya the reverse. Cash
petition and the cireulitlve position
of. corn In this market are. both strong
but thw parties who apparently own
the corn, are rank xjn-t-ula tons ;ndt In
playing' for an alvame are not likely
to be fond f too nutf-h company. In
following 4 hem we would rather there
fore buy It on sharp breaks. Iteeelpts
, are apparently working a little larger
bllji otherwise we s'e Hftle cfiange In
tl cash situation. -Estimated cars,
175. .-' "!- ""
.:' lata Visible decrease, 2C7.0OO
against Increase of 23L0e- lat year
and Is now 3. lKM'-oo aalnt it, 156.000
fast year.' The tone of- ttw' market
here was firm and 1 on' the whole
steady. There is nothing of interest
to mte In conditions of supply awl
demand, iteeelpts final I . and white
demand Is moderate tli visible supply
la slowly, decreasing. ; July a4s does
not look very high to us. Estimated
Car. 130. v . . ' . ..
Vrovlslon-PrIee ate without ma
terial change. Thfe was some weak
nceMary on 4h linrw rertplpts of hogs
but fair local buying was sufficient to
feature, the loss In price. The ftMlng
among; piukers ntlnues to b 'bull
ih on th! t'Kpectatioit' of 'decreasing
receipts of ihs tul a better demand.
B GUTHRIE & CO,
Uuyers and Shippers of
mm
Dealers In
j : , (
Hop Griwers'r Supplies
Warehouses at
TURNER. ' ilACLEAT.
PRATUM. DROOKP.
SHAW. - 'SALEM.
SWITZERLAND.
M FUR4. OF -ROYAL" FLOU.R.
J. Gs GRAHAM, '
"i-" r v'.'-:. ": i '' j d-:. . ;- r."vli
8C7 Commercial St. Palem.
'"-'-: ' ; f- -.-. (:;,'; " :''-i-
ThDVaya Rino fits
ban a great deal to do with the way the
lady value it. Kow, It's not much of
a lover who does notiknow; the sixe of
her finger, but- such cs.v do occur, and
we are willing to exchange the ring If
' It doesnt fit. As good value here In
- Engagement and Wedding Rings as
you will find In the city..
Barr's Jewelry Store
Leaders In Low Prices. I
120 State Street.! i Salem, Or.
Receipts, hogs CS,GOO
against 3,000
last year.
Open. IIlb. Low. Ckae.
71'4' . 7r 7H 71
i4 s ' nit! : !
WtMMi-
Msjr ..
July .......
Cora
May
iulf
OsU-
Juy-.".'.1.''.'i
folk
Ms.
tIA r
It 11
9 m
Sr-7
a
v w
1 47
l 46
" 99 '
9 m
S "
,99 '
Juir .... ....
i 7
9 74
9 Kl
k7
July.
HUm-
sr
July .
w
LARGEST Of
THREE YEARS
Collections In the Office of the State
land Board.
FOR THE MONTH AGGREGATED
NEARLY FORTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS THE MONEY -WAS
TURNED OVER TO THE STATE
TREASURER ESTERDAY. V.
In the office
Wf the State Land
Board during the
rhdnth of March Just
closed, S39.8S5.44 Was collected on ac
count of the severab funds In the hands
of the Board. : This is the largest col
let tlon in any one month received by
thert offloe since Hon. M. L. Chamber-r
lin, was elected chief clerk, over
three years ago. This mqney was yea-!
terday transferred to State Treasurer
Chas. S. Moore, I and Is distributed
aritong the several funds as follows-.
Cemmon school fund prlncl- " :
pal,- payments : on certlfl
cates and - cash ?files of
land.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...$24,445 SS
(Ximmon school fund prlncl- ' s
pal, payments on sales o( ,
lamia acquired by deed or
foreclosure.. .. .. ... ..
Common ecoool fund interest
payments on certliicates. i .
Common school fund interest
rents and payments on
sales of Junds acquired! by
deed or foreclosure. . . . . .
University fund principal,
payments on certificates
tnd cash sales of school
land., i j...... .. ,r..v
University fund interest, pay
ments on certificates. ... . ,
6,0 17
4.184 0D
3,819 S3
90 00
27 08
UnlvrtUty fund interest, rents
and paympBtg on sales of
lands acquired ,by deed or
foreclosure. .
366 00
Agricultural College fund
principal, payments on cer
tificates and cash sales of
school land.) I .. 210 90
Akjlculturul .College fund In
terest, payments on cvrtill-
c-ntes. . ...... .. .... ... 3198
Agricultural College fund . in
terest, rents and payments
o, smiles of lands acquired
by deed or foreclosure. v. CO 00
Total
,$39,885 44
BORN.
RABINO. At the family home. N.
469 Winter street, Salem. Oregon,
Friday, March 2S. 1902, to Rev. anl
Mrs. C. A. Rablng. a daughter. .
DIED.
SCHOTT At Ht. Vlnc-nts HoMpitil,
Portland. Oregon, Friday evening,
March 28, -l'ji2. Mrs. Elisabeth
St holt, beloved wife of K. Kchott, of
Sublimity, Oregon, anit mother of
Mrs. J. U Mitchell, Mrs. Hechtem
and .Mrs. J." St-hlenk, of Portland.
aged 67 yea ts. : v . .;
The funeral 'services were held. from
Fiti'ey & Son's , undertaking parlors
In Portland yejiterday, and th re
.nalns will bt brought up nd taken
to; Sublimity todiy, where the funeral
will be. held .tomorrow m,ornlng. '' ln
tf-rmen t will b had .... in the family
bury ing' grouud. at Sublimity, i De
ceased has" many friends. In, this cv.
who mourn hev' del, and who ex
tend sympathy to the bereaved family.
I ! .... J 1 111 ' J .. .. 1 .
MARRIED.
VAN TIRUMP KLEIN.- At the city
city aiatl. H.ilem, Oregon, Saturday.
March 29. 1902,; at 3 'o'clock p.- m.
Miss Jennl Klein . to Mr.. Samuel IL
Van Trump, City Recorder N. J.
Judah. officiating.
For the first time since its arrival
from Malaya in 1893 the giant orchid
in the tropical house at Kew, Garden.
London, w-as in bloom recently.
In casting the Industrial horoscope
for 1902 the American Manufacturer
Bays; "Never before was the demand
fos steel so -strenuous In the United
States as for 1902. Never were So many
vast projects under contemplation- at
one time; each one of .which i!l re
quire from a few hundreds to tens of
thousands of tons to carry them to
completion. As one vast project after
another is comprehended by the public
and managers of great enterprises, new
and 'still greater ones seem to be sax
gestiNt and projected, and all with the
view of achieving still greater economy
of pjrcductlon or operation, Enterprii
begets enterprise. ;and the criss-cross-injr
of the space between the trunk
lines of railway by traction roads, with
their attendant. developments, is work-
;ng on the minds of the populace like
yeast in a. batch of donghu Caution
Is always in order, but everything
points to a year of tremendous energy
on an enlarged scale of operations as
compared with 190L"
PRIMARIES OF.
THE DEMOCRATS
Delegates.; Elected Yesterday to
tbe Ccssty Ccsyentloa
A SMALL VOTE RECORDED IN ALL
THE SALEM .PRECINCTS THE
GIANTS WERE MISSING IN NO. 1
HOPEFUL OF SECURING! SOME
. OF THE OFFICES.
The Democratic primaries were held
In Marion county; yesterday, and the j
unterrlfled" selected their delegates to
the county convention.' The primaries
were not attended as- numerously as
were those of the Republican party, ten
days ago. One prominent Democrat
explained this by saying that many of I
the rnefnbers of the Democratic organ
tzatlon had participated In the Repubr
I lean irlmarles, and therefore remain
ed away now, ' '..''' '--."..'i
The Democrats in attendance were
Ina' cheerful frame of mind, undaunt
t&'by the fact that their numbers ap
peared to be so few, anl they predicted
that In Jon'a they would make a better
showing. - intimating that they 'would
elect several officers and one or two
members on 1 he Legislative ticket.
One of th features of the Democratic
primaries, in Salon No. 1 , in past
years, bus been the attendance in
iMMly of tbe "Giauts of No. 1," and it
was Uie custom of this Democratic or
g.inizatloii um honorable.. If not as old
as the Tammany Society -to ia a set
of ringing resolutions at the close' of the
primaries. -But a. change has come, and
the;"Glants" Were ccjisplcuous by their
absence in No. 1, yesterday, nor did
they send excuses.
The countv convention win te neia on
Ka'turdar AnHi Kth nfwi it i oronoaed
to place ajulj ticket In the field at that
time.
In this
city
mere was no mei
Only on ticket was put up, and each
was elected Without opposition. The
vote was light, and no carriages were
Used to bring In voters. In Salem Xo.
1, fourteen votes .were -cast; in No.. 2,
fifteen Democrats showed up; in No. 3
only eight votes, were recorded, while
In No. 4,. sixteen voted for the slate,
with none against.
- The delegates elected In this city, so
far as reported last night, are:
Salem No.' 1 F. W. Steusloff, Web-
Wster Holmes, John A. Jeffrey, W. S:
V-IoLt, W. M. Kaiser. ,
(Salem No.-2 F. W. Durbin, W. T.
Slater, Henry Pape, Aj D. Palmer, Geo.
1 Rose, J. A. Sell wood. JV P. Robert
son, Louis Lachmund, W. H. Holmes.
Salem No. 3 -Wm. M. Ramsey, J. Tt.
Linn. A. A. Miller, M. P. Baldwin.
Salem No. 4 Georga" Griswold. Mel
Hamilton, L-tfe Cavc-nagh, Wm. Buck
Sr., Howard A. ,Sharp, Hafry Alberts,
R. H. Westacott, Joe Bernardl, T. B.
Wait, James E.:Oodfre-.
South Salem T. "C Davidson. G. II.
Croisan, B, F. Hall, J. W. Manley, A.
D. Pettyjohn, C. L. Davis.
Piwpect T B. Jones, j. Harding,
H .V. Jory, G. S. Downing. '
Gervals H. L. Keter, J. Q. "Johnson,
B, A. Nathman, J. A. Ferschweiler, A.
Dusenoerry,. T, W. Cutsforth. P. H.
Fits Gerald. ".-
nw Are Tosir KMaeys
Dr. nobtis' Spsrssns Pllla enre sli kidney Ills. 5tam
(us ire, aou. sieruus neiueay uuhuhu or . x .
: . : c
THE WORK
BEGINS NOW
Commrncemcnt Exercises
Mescal College
of the
HELD AT METHODIST CHURCH
LAST "EVENING AN INTEREST
ING PROGRAM -RENDERED AND
ENJOYED BY THE LARGE AUDI
ENCE IN ATTENDANCE.
The commencement exercises of, tb
Medical class of the Willamette Uni-
"verslty, at the First M. E. church List i
evening, wye attended by one of the
largest and most interested audiences
that was ever assembled In that ediflce
upon similar .oecwision.
No esM;lal pulhs had been taken In
decoration for the event except ;for a j
few sprays f ivy and a beautiful ar-
iay u moire penteu plants which were
very tastefully arrangtNl upon the ros
trum, wh! hS cwijrled beauty with Us
mmpik-ity
An excellent program had been pre-1
vjously arranged the principal features
or which wre the "Introductory Re
marks" by Dean W. II. Ryrd; the an
nus!' address by Rev. Wm. O. Eliot Jr.:
the ,"tnferrlng of Degjreeaw by Vice j
Pres. W. C. Hawley-i the "Charge to
Class," by Dr. W. H. Saylor. of JPrt-
land, and AHe "Valedictory. by A. E.
Tamlesie, all f which were very ably
composed and delivered and command -
of , ht ,le -P aUnU''
their appreciation by the applause
w men was accorded the speakers:
These features were Interspersed by
choice vocal and. Instrumental selec
tions rendered by yie best local talent,
every selection being accorded a very
naarty ovation and several were
obliged to. respond to a. resistless' en
core. The class of graduates follows:
Medical Class Frank E. Beauhamp,
Walter W. Bruce. Or Land W. Dean.
Janucw, Thomas.' Augustus E. Tami-
esie:- -. '..'.-.'.:-''.-
Nurse Class M Us Uda L. Thomp
son;. Mrs. M. M. Patton.
The Bulletin says that burglars - re
cently broke into a Han Frandco
butcher shop and stole a dog. It was
probably another butcher.
. ;
Falem got along in some way or
other, up to seen years ago, without
hospital. Now she gets along much
better with two.
There Is no question that the surest
and Mnm Influence that can cone into
ths life of man or woman Is that which
Is brought therein by a child. Ladies'
Home Journal.
RECIPROCITY;. ,
FOR CUBANS
O&raaa fayce reports tfcc Mwsnre
To Ue Kcssc
THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
CONGRATULATES CONGRESS ON
, THE FACT THAT AID CAN RE
; GIVEN THE ISLAND.
Without " Injury to Any American In
' dustry ImHvldual' Republicans Will
OpMse the Dill, but Many Demo
crats Are Certain to Support It
Canal Dill Will He Culled Soon.
WASHINGTON. March II. Chair-
man Payne today presented to ue .
House ; the repoit (of . the Ways and I
Means Committee on the Cuban reel-
, proelty bill, which that committee had !
orderyd reported earlier in the day. In j
conclusion, tne report says:
"It Is a happy circumstance that.
without any Injury to our own indus
tries and without the loss of anything
except $7,000,000 of revenue, which we
do not need, waro able to extend this
relief to Cuba and at the same time get i
eci proem traae relations wun ner.
"Aside from the exceptional case that
Cuba presents, the action of the com-
mittee is i entire tweord with the re-
ciprocity doctrine of the Republhvan
Platform, and detlaraiioon of President
McKInley ; and President Roosevelt
It Involves no proposed revision' of the
ttrlCC or Anything net entirely In har
mony with . tho maintenance of the
protective system. i
Chaltrman Iayne gave notice that he
wxuid can up the bin tomorrow., I
Following the action of , the Ways
i v-""""s:c -u"
reciprocity bill. Republican members
I ho oppose, the bill held a conference:
No formal action was taken, but dis
cussion was on the line of continuing
----
ln iae noor w me nouse.
11 expeccea. nowever, mai ine oppo
sltlon will be from members Indlvidu-
aiiy, rather than from a compact and
0Tt:T,:ZT it was declared
that about thirty Republicans would
IS K lZr ier
feel confident thait the bin win pass
There is said to be more than sufllctent
Democratic support if the bill to offset
tbe, Republican defection.
A Wide Range.
Wanhinrtnn TLfurrh 51 - TVi a TTniiu
today began the consideration of th
sundry civil Appropriation bill, eom-
clbee of the. session. Little of the
speech mtiking today was pertinent to
t,sfv J?:
proposed investigation 'of , the Southern
franchise question, and Beii (Colo.),
u wunsfa inei mmiiciui um ueiure me
House.
1 The Canal Bill.
Washington. March 31. Senator
Mi u hell today reported to the Canal
Committer that he had ben led to be
lieve -thsit unices thre ,ls a change of
plyin the Nicaragua! Canal 'bill will be
placed in the Senate calendar as unfin
ished business after the disposal of the
Chinese Exclusion bill.
Oleomargarine Bill. -
Washington. March 31. During the
entire session of the Senate today- the
cieomirgarine bill was under consid-
eracicii inree speeencs were aenver-
ed. two in support of the measure and
cue against lu
GOOD ANNUAL
REPORT MADE
Tbe Salem Hospital and Training
School for hursts.
issues a neat and attractive
PAMPHLET IT IS A VALUAIU-E
INSTITUTION IN THE CAPITAL
CITY A REASONAHLE ENDOW
MENT COULD DE USED.
L . .
The Salem ITosoltal
School for Nursed recently Issued Its
annual rejMrt
1901, making a very
neat and attractive pamphlet, luustrat4
ed with -a fine picture of the building
views -of' the rooms, wards, etc. The
financial statement shows that the to
tal receipts for the, year were IS120.19,
of which 161.19 was for care of pa
tient, and that the total expenditures
were the same, less $654.63. balance on
hand. 12303.67 ,b ing for repairs and
improvements. The number of pa
tients treated during 1901 was 401.
There were only fifteen deaths, one of
these, from tuberculosis of the lungs,
two from- senility and general debility;
the remaining twelve death's the results
of accidents and hopeless ca?s
This institution Is now paying out to
the business men of Salem for main
tenanceto th "butcher and baker and
candle-stick maker" about four hun
dred dollars a month. This does not
Include salaries or repairs and : Im
provements, nor does It include the
fees paid to the physicians of the city,
nor a hundred other benefit, direct
and Indirect, to the business life and
growth of th Capital City. The re
port acknowledges the receipt-of many
donations from the I people of Sal era.
reasonable endowment It .might
be doing sUlt snore extensive
and useful work. ; However, It has
grown to Its present considerable pro
portions ani splendid standing in about
six years. Before that time Salem had
no TuMrpital &t mil. Now she has two.
good iv. A portion of the report' is
devoted to the Training School, for
Norses, maintained In, connection wltbi
the hospital, this being a branch of the
Willamette ; University. The Salem
City Hospital Is a. public , Institution,
Its board of managers, selected front
the different religious denominations
of Salem ssrre wiU out compensation,
If you ovvo Uio Statesiuan.ofllce, and in lend
to pay in wood, jpl case Iiaul the wool now. ;
Wts need it nov We may not need it later.
Staitejmein:' Pub ;fco.
rVjU.'.lv'itHt.lrlblbhVld-lro.'.M.MI
Mormon Btvrtopo PHI m y tr krta m ti
CWrh ua fcn rMUv.jr mm ca la 4 4 km sa.u
f .K awnMiiaa. iimia, oiimii ii c Our( Lost Manhood. Im-
l 'Wk. I poteey, l-ot fewtr, SijhMo
V - J,Vl.V btlity, HBdCh,Unf.tn to tirrj -pcn or f fl Smn( Viricocti.
V v,".-.L Of CoeIPtloAet(it Qulckf of Div trfllfnrKt Otoos SM-
-r . ou(.TnlioMrs Of Crl4 t,k"-;' bm-m. F Jt ' 1 ru,-.i W i h
1 1 "" .,ry fgx.it. grt tHMHUM. cat to M - . " , . 1 kaum Mill, n .!
StlMOii Dm bnuik u4 Mm mlM. Ux. . h ml a iiii immw, to
m mmtj wnmmitmit. VMS Um, CmalM Iw AdSreO BllshOO WOm Oik, Svmo rowlc. QmAt
FOR SALE RY Z. J. RIGGS,
A CORNER Of
Ujr 2s., A. Kip,
MILE teaching in
the
the
eastern dwtrict of
Elkhorn valley, I
bad
jlhe-- pleasure of study
ing one-of the mtwl ni-
terestinir. as well as the most beau-
ti fill little valleys in the Northwest,
that of Elkhorn, lying among Jhe
Cascades in the eastern park of
ifarion county, Oregon.
On a winding road, over
the
L(B.;: 4Wl. tU I
r"1"" "Y.
across the river and up the va
Hey,
you ride in a
strong, well-made
i - -. r. ..
ittle
nacK, . iroro uaies in kiw'I'J
I village of not; mpre than fiftj in
habitants) to Elkhorn. Here
lies
'e i .in: J,
his-
uic ccuc ununu; "M
tone events.
- At ; the present t irae there
is a
ma11 postofliee in a tiny apartment
0f the Sitting room of a sett
er s
leg-eabin, being the first one built
in , that part of the valley, bw the
present' owner who located there
early in the 90's.; A log-cftbm
school house, shingled with shakes,
rests on the ' bank of the river
just
the
j below the falls, and beneath
protecting care . 'of the snowy mbun
I tains.
I Still, with the lofty peak called
Henlinex (about 6,000 feet h gh)
towering above us, clad in freezing
cjarments, and a cold north Mind
coming uovrn iroui ii. vans' moun-
tain, ope can. imagine the tales of
early frontier life .to be lived over
again, and oneself a central. 11 giire
One may; even imagine a pointed
warrior s ugly. lace peering
through the window pane, and his
gleaming eyes, fierce with the ex
ultant glare of a fiend, seem to do
vour j'ou. -
In the early 50 's, when-all of the
J region "was yet unexplored (so
the
miners say), men sent out by the
Hudson Hay Company, followed
iiiu .iuiii; A IX i r. . i iiKi,
H
inria Tim .inv t ;im ri. f ilirt.Thev cathercd un lorn a cliarml
Santiam were once famous trap-
ping grounds ; but when the law
forbade trappiug, the men, seeking
it venge, set tltese mighty forests on
fire, and thousands of acres of most
valuable timber Were burnetl oytr.
The fappers at vFork in the yal
ley laitl out a small town and p
tux 11
ned it as a mining settlement.
FA
copulc of liihlings of rough hewn
lofrs were erected and a huge fire
place made in each. Qne cabin was
on the bank of the Evans creek,
named for the man whose tri gic
Ion,! etill Mimotna iw o ft-ili etneir In
line minus oi i lie oiuesi miners
Just across the creek and against
the cliff, at the mouth of a yawn
ing cavern, the other cabin was
built. A stonewall was erected in
front of the cave to conceal the
opening which was left after Jthe
cabin was built. In the fireplace
a removable back, log was fixed,
which was the only opening to ihe
cave. Jierc provisions were storeo,
and, in case of attack from Indians,
the men could conceal them3elyfs.
As was their custom the trappers
One of, the paragraphs of "the report
contains the following! . .
"The past year has been the rnost
successful one since the establishment
of the hospital. It begins the hew
year In a prosperous condition, with all
dets paid, if not all wants supplied.
More rooms sire being equipped to! re
lieve the crowded conditions of the
wards. Much credit Is due th mem
hers of the staff and the visiting phi-si
clans from Salem And surrounding
town for the excellent reputation tjhey
have built up for the hospital."
-d' a - .. - L
,. A New Psstims for Girls.
Now- that the warm days are neak- at
i hand "Strolling Clubs" will again be
come populas. Last (all this pastil me
was much enjoyed, particularly foylthe
girls of , Baltimore and Boston. And
this was the tfan: A oartr of girls, in
'ftiiftilu, em rskiif tr ten a crt&t'i iilnrifi
seme place, generally i then Tome ol a
friend, as the objective point for their
slrotl. and in the early afternoon wlk-
ed several miles out into the coonitry,
DRUGGIST. SALEM. OREGON.
MARION COUNTY
Klkborn, Oregon.
went , on . tip the river one day to
look after their traps, i They were
to he gono a week or niore. Tom
Evans, the miner-trapcr, was left
in eharg of "tho cabins and the '
trapse srC; nearby. - llev spent hi
liesure Jiours in prospecting alonj;
the creek Far up "the gorge, ntt
distant from where is yet an old
mine, he discovered tire wealth of
the mountains.4 Unexpectedly he
wasarichman. 1
Some uneiplainableeason caus
ed him to dig what ho thought was
a large fortune; and, placing it in f
an old kettle, he hid it under the
ground among the rocks. This done,
he replacexl the snow around the
place, and waited impatiently for.
the return of the rest, --That niirht
while Tom sat before his eheerfuT
fire, dreaming 6f a happy home and
smiling faces, his reverie was brok
en by a whoop which resounded
among the canyon, and a dozen war
like ; Indians hurled ".: themselves
against the heavy door, which, re
sisting their weight, was "splintered
by their tomahawks.
Expecting no mercy where none
would be shown, he stood in the cor
ner, hemmed in by the savage. mur
derers, and used his revolver, which
he drew from his belt, with a good ;
effect. - ' Thick I and fast came the
well-aimed tomahawks, which wvtrt-
ed ko try Jtow near they fouM coiiitr
to hitting him and yet wiks ihut not
quicker and surer than cauie the
crack of Tom V pistol. An Indian,-a
relentless old chief, fell to the tlooj,
and crack a. swond -tottered and'
fell. Tom's hand dropped to his
side, his licad btnit forward, "and ly
(juivering form fell to. the llool-
Kt ained floor. '' ' Witlra.curav on the
retlskins came his last breath.
The next day the "boys"
came'-down, the rnvr. .no eabin
now nothing but blackened logs,
and numerous prints of kiiowkIkk's;
.(
remains and solemnly lowered litem
into a grave. -
j The ohl fireplace was down, but
thc baek wall still remainett, hiding
the opening to the cave. Surpris
ed last night," they saidanl S4ime
talked low and sadly of Toinwhile
the others poured forth angry oaths
against the retlskinsThcfollowing
lay, w;ilh their furt and, provisions
to last until thycouhl reach the
valley, th. disconsolate trappers
filed low3j' tlcyctt tlie trail through
the gorge an:4ercsa th.e mountain.
All that now remains of t,he trap
pers and trapper-mirier is the ruins .;
of the fireplace and the old wall.
Crrimb! big rock has . thrown the
cavern open. ; Still tobe found are
the holes that have bei-n dug by
searchers after Tom's Vealthhl
glittering gold. Still is the story
told by the old pioneers of the
mountains. -Still i flows unheed iii g
the crystal stream that witnesail
Tom i Evans appearance, that
laughed at lus wondrous wealth
and murmured a dirge at his sud
den death. Teachers Monthly.
A light luncheon, prepared by the hos
tess or carried out by the girls, was
served, and the , party walked back
again io the city In time for dlnne
Ladles' Home Journal
FAME'S PATHWAY.
Russell Holllwter, 7 years old, Is the
only living memoer of Henry Ward
Beechers first charge at Lewrenceburg,
Ind. ".'-. '.: : ,
"The Semmes family of New Orleans 1
has presented to the Supreme Court of
Ixulslana a portrait of Thomas J. S-ni-mes,
the eminent Jurist, which will b?
;' ' " - - I
At Boy Kills;
Everett. Tr'ah : Mar .SLOeorg
Desortj nine years old. was killed this
momirig by . -train near Lowell. The
boy; and m younger (. brother while
going to school, stepped from the
track. sod the suction drew the elder
boy under the wheels. , ,.1 , ,
Cecil Rhodes having died, th wbrll
heard for the first time of his. good
traP.
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