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u .. V - , .- . . ' - rilll "" I I 111 IT I Mvwv ' VVUlVl Several Orders Made, in Cases On the Docket Yes terday i , MR. AND. MRS. W. G. WESTACOTT BRING SUIT AGAINST WASinNG TON LOAN : AND INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION TO OBTAIN SET TLEMENT CASES SET TODAY, i - 1 ' (From Saturday's Dally.) . Judge Geo. II. Burnett held a session of-, court in. the first department of the State Circuit Court during which sev erai motions were argued and orders made' In other case on v the docket. wnue etui others were disposed of in definitely. Among the Important cases taken up was that of D. J. Fry vs. A. :. and Mary tVeirnf';r!St0 Tir th "Um 0tlne nitoria damage to the trunk 1123.40, with interest thereon at 8 nerl cent., from September 22, 1896, alleged to be due for drugs and medcinles fur nished, which case,- upon! motion of the plaintiff, was ft to the decision of a referee, and the court appointed John W. Roland j to act as , such and compile and make his report. The court adjourned la e in the after noon until oVtock' this morning, when the docket will be arranged and cases set for the regular October term, Which convenes art 9 o'clock -at m Monday, October 13th. The following are the proceedings of the. court during yes terday's session. Mary J. Shaw, plaintiffi, vs. J. E. Fer ris, defendant; , ejectment; plaintiff's motion for costs and disbursements al lowed and Judgment entered for plain tiff for costs and disbursemwts with out damages. ' 7 -. j Louisa. IS. Combest, plaintiff, vs.' statesman ; Publishing Company, de . fondant; for money; settled per stipu lation. : s O. I. Trotter, plaintiff; vs. Town ?f Stayton, .'defendant; damages; deTen danrt'a motioh'to strike out,, part of u mended eorfipralnt argued. " D. J.Frey, plaintiff, vs. A. G. Rob-erts-and Mary L. Roberts, defendants; for money; - plaintiff's motion to refer cause to -referee allowed and cause re ferred to John W. Roland with direc tions to report findings of fact and con clusions of law on or before December "f, 1902. ... 'I '; ' y , , i Thomas Sims, plaintiff, vs. Annie Stayton,.lefendajTt; ror money; plains tiff's motion, to strike out part of defen dant's answer allowed as to specifica tions 1, 2. t and 4,;and otherwise over ruled. Plaintiff's motion to require de fendant to elect between defenses over ruled. ; Martha Wilson,! plaintiff, .vs. David It. Smith, defendant; "breach of prom ise; defendant's motion to strike out part of arnended complaint sustained except as to specification S, which Is overruled.! t ' Coilins A Brown, plaintiffs, vs. P. J. . Roller, defendant, for money; continu ed to February terru, 4?'3. as per stlpue latlon. . ( ' .p-: ' Collins & Rrovv4i, plaintiffs, vs. F. J. Bolter, et ux.. defendants; continued to February, term, 1903, as per .-' stipula tlon. i 'L ir. MeM.ihan, respondent, vs. Hen ry Snpplngfteld, appellant: for money; ...appeal from Justice of the Peace E. I. ..Morgan's- court; appeal dismissed; motional of defendantsifor Judgment - overruled, i i Mary aJ Ramp, plaintiff, vs. Jos.' B. Karly. defendftnt; for money; default and judgment. Mary AJ Ramp, plaintiff, vs. Jost. R. Early, et ux defendants; for, money; "default and Judgment as to defendant J oR. B. Early. Continued for service as to Polly Early, defendairt. F. Levyj piainUff.' vs. William Short, defe ndant i'. fir money; default -and Judgment.- " EliTiabe-th. Spicknell, plaintiff, vs. Joanna Pugh and W. C. Pigh, defend ants; K recover real property; continu ed to February term, 1903, pending t rora-bni- ,-:.' tn the matter of the petition of Jo seph Etzelet a I, for he location of a county roiid; an apieat rrom Marion county court; motion, of petitioners to dismiss appeal aid appellant's cross niotlon for leaveJo file new undertak ing argued. , , ' The Wcttscott Suit. W. G. Westacoft. Lenta D. Westacott, bis wife, and S. S. Martin and Mary M. Martin, his wife, yesterday began a suit in the State Circuit Court against the Washington National Building. Lan and Investment Association, praylg. for a decree requiring the der tendant to surrender up a certain note for the sum of $1,000 and a mortgage upon a lot 75 by 228 feet, in block 41. of Salem.; and for the sum of $185. money alleged to have been overpaid In InsUkHmerrts to iSald note and mort gage; interest thereon from October 2, -1901. and for $100 damages. ; The plaintiffs allege that, on July 31. 1895, they borrowed from the de' fendant the sum of $1.H0, and gave as security thereon a certain note In 4hat amount anl a mortgage upon the above describe property. The plaintiffs also represent that, during July. 1895, they subscribed to ten shares bf the defen dant corporation's stock at $100 per shnre, which was payable In monthly ioKtallments and bore Interest at 9 per tent. They allege that. In July. 1895, they advanced a payment of $8.50. and, from the S month of August, 1895. to January. 19ir2.' Inclusive, they paid In fiallments of $I.50 per month, aggre gating a lotal of $i;37. and that-tney oerprid the Indebtedness by $185. but the defendant corporation maintains tint thero Is stlll owing $500 -to the as sociation, i : '' ' ' This, case Is ldenttcat to thatr of Ir win, et ux.. vs. The Vfashlmrton Na tional Building. Ian'an Investment Aswlation. which was tried In-, the clrcurt court here -last spring, t"I which resulted in a verdk being ren deretl f'r the plaintiff, Irwin, and egninst the Association, r Carson Adams1 are the attorneys for the plaintlfTs. ONE EXPERIENCE THAT NEWSPAPER REPORTERS FIND : THEMSELVES UP AGAINST OCCASIONALLY. . . -:. There's a new reporter on the grates- v "" bui. come wuwn PW un the first trip out. he m ooiaiy and took a seat be side an old farmer, who, with his wife. waning lor the train, r "Going awayr asked the reporter. Both stared a moment, then looked at one another. "Waiting for the train? again "broke in the news-gatherer. The old lady pulled the sleeve of her lora,. and aa the, reporter hurried out side towitness a dog fight, she was heard to remark: "Say, Eli; don't you hare anything to do with that man ; he'a one of them confidence fellers that oaran jane warned us to beware of wnen we came to the city.f 1 CTiess you're right, Elnora, but I'm 'on to 'im,- said Eli. as he w iped off his chin and took a fresh chew of to bacco." ; 1 . yy. ; v OREGON EXCHANGES Eugene Guard: A pile of trunks was stacked too near the' rails today, and the mail car of the south-bound raln struck, the top trunk, rolling it oft and under the edge, where It broke an inch iron supporting-rod.! without tlo- Jefferson Review: A strap between a brakem.rn and a couple of hobos liv ened things up at the depot at noon, Wednesday, One of the hobos threw a rock through a car window, striking a . traveling man. This fact." however, was not' known to our officers, until after the train reached Albany. In the meantime Marshal Black well had given tho tourists", fifteen minutes to get out of town, and the y "got." The rock pile or the pen is the proper place for degenerates of the above ilk. Jefferson Review; A little daughtei of Mrs. Win. Weddle had her right wrist dislocated, .Monday. ; Dr. Smith rendered the necessary surgical aid, and she is improving rapidly. . ....".U. O. Holt has tendered his resignation as a member of the school board, for the reason -that he is no longer a resi dent of Jefferson, having filed on a homestead. i Medford Mall: Frank Redden was unfortunate last Monday In having his foot run over by a loaded wagon, since which time he h;is been laid up. .. .Ira Klme, of Griffin creek, met with an ac cident, Monday evening, which will put him on the retired list for a time. The team he was driving ran ia way with him. and threw him 'from the wagon, the vehicle running over) him. Five 'ribs were fractured and he was gen erally bruised up.... Ray Hllmah, a youth who; is emplpyed on the Miller, ranch, near Jacksonville, : secured , a team from Cox & Scott's livery stable on Sunday evening to rlve to Jack sonville.' He was accompanied by Misses Effie Anderson and Pearl Mor gan. Just north of the forks of the road, this side of Jacksonville, he drove over a steep ank and upset the ve hicle' naturally the team ran away, smashing the top, tongue and Various other portions of the buggy The young ladies escaped unhurt, but llilman had one of his arms brpken In two places and re-eived a severV gash on the head which required several stitches to close. The team escaped without In jury. .Sunday afternoon, as Geo. King and hi sister. Miss Clara, and Carl Crystal were driving down Tenth street, on their return from an expe dition to the: Butte creek country, one of the horses, without apparent reason, commenced to kick, t Before he could be stopped he was astride of-the tongue, pind. frightening the other horse, both started to run. Mr. King held on to them until, in making a short turn, one of the lines broke, and the wagon, tilt ing up on two wheels, the occupants were thrown out. Beyond a few minor bruises and a general shaking up, they were uninjured, fortunately,' The team broke loose from the wagon and ran on to the C street livery stable, where one of the horses fell. The wagon was smashed up tome. Later. Mr. Crys tal's Injuries are more -severe than were at first thought, aid he has been confined to his bed since Monday. Jefferson Review: , The S. P. freight room at 'this city is atwmt full of baled hops. : Aside from contracted hops, we have heard of no sales of th 1902 crop in this vicinity, "and some of the grow ers say they -confidently expect to re ceive ao cents per pound. S ;. : 1 yA Exchange: A yopng man, addicted to drink, committed suicide in New York a- few days ago; leaving the fol lowing will, which It is presumed cov ered all his property: "I leave to so ciety a ruined charar-ter; 1 leave to my father and mother as much misery as in their feeble state tfiey can bear. 1 leave to my brothers and sisters the memory of a misspent life- I leave to my wife a broken heart, and to my children.' that their ; father filled a drunkard's grave and has gone to a drunkard' hell." ? M Aurora Boreal is: W. Fry has been kept busy of late making: large hand wheels to b fitted on to ! hop balers instead of the ordinary crank and lever attachment. Owing to the great diameter of the wheel from five to seven feet It affords sufficient lever age to effect ' the necessary pressure and at the same time does away with all danger of accident; caused by the crank flying back and i breaking the arms of the ooera torsi . f J . Baker City Iemocrat:-Sparks from a passing engine Saturday evening set fire to the pasture land on the Wisdom farm near WIngville and destroyed fifty acres of valuable, pasture. Two ricks of hay, containing forty-five tons, valued at $8 per ton In the rick, were also burned, as well as quarter of a mile of rail fence. The fire spread to Elliott's ranch adjoining, and burned pastures and fences. ! 1 Raker City Democrat: Mr. IT. S. Me Caflufi). who is promting the new tele graph afH telephone company, as pre viously announced In , the Democrat, states that tho. first work of the com ptny. whm oVganlxed. Iwill be to build a telegraph line between Baker City and tempter, which wiil'orate In connection and harmony with the Western Union. Telephone exchanges will be established ; all r through the county as fast as the lines can be con fctrucled. ' . . Baker City Democratic-Attorney Geo. J Bentley left last night for Salem to n h Siinrrme Court an appli- . vvM-Awt u for t cation In tne Manny ; . i .riifirt of probable cause of a p-, i tK ohlect of releasing How- J I PRESIDEOTS- PRINCIPALS Of Colleges of Western Ore gon and Secondary . Schools ' HELD A MEETING IN PORTLAND z YESTERDAY AND ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS. REGULATING IN TERSCHOLAST1C GAMES AND CONTESTS REPORT. . (From Sunday's Dally.) ' Prof. W. II. McCall, of the Willamette University, returned last night from Portland, where he attended a meet ing, in the parlors of the Imperial Ho tel, yesterday afternoon, of the presi dents of colleges and the principals of secondary schools for the purpose f hearing a report from a committee ap pointed to draw up suggestions in re gard to the interscholastlc athletics. The report of the committee was sub mitted. and the resolutions were taken separately and the report was adopted as a whole, with some amendments at tached. . y - .; : .1."",' ' ? t It was also recommended that cer tain measures be adopted to insure clean athletics and a uniform plan, in all contests. The rules, however, are not to apply to? the football season, but may be laid before the presidents and principals in "time to secure their adoption .for the spring athletics. The action taken at this meeting will, in any event, be placed before the Col lege Presidents' Association of West ern Oregon, When that body meets in conjunction with the State Teachers' Association, in Portland, some time next June. There may be a special session of the. College Presidents' As sociation cf Western Oregon called during the holiday season for the pur Kse of affecting a closer organization in regard to interscholastlc athletics and for adopting regulations based upon the contents of the resolutions presented. . , The report of the committee under discussion yesterday" aftermon and adopted follows: . "Your committee, to which was re ferrcd the. quet;ion of athletl-s among the universities, colleges and Sunday Schools of Western Oregon, beg leave to submit the following report: . r The following resolutions were made and adopfed: "It is the sense of this committee that it Is not advisable at present to ener1 upon any formal organization, but sim ply to arrive at certain definite under standings for the information and guidance of the universities, colleges and secondary schools Interested." "Second The president or principal of such Institutions shall 'certify to the bona fide student standing of all mem bers of teams at least five days before playing bf any contest games. "Third No sehool shall, through any of its officers, or by ony other means, directly or indirectly, by offering any Inducements in any way whatever, try to'influence a student of any school to sever his connection 'with such school. "Fourth No schedule of games shall be finally adopted until submitted to the president or principal of the school concerned, or the. school's instructed delegates for suggestions, r' "Fifth The officers and alternates of cotrtest games shall be submitted to the athletic committee for their approval not less than five days before date of game. : "Sixth In case of protest of any na ture the protesting school shall name an arbitrator, the school protested shall name the same, and the two shall name the third. The decision of this committee shall be final. 5 "J. B. HORNKR. . 'S. R. JOHNSTON. "W. 11. McCALL. "P. L. CAMPBELL, "it. L BATES." Several amendments. Were adopted In addition to the report, among them be ing one defining a "bona fide student," as referred to in the above second rec ommendation, which was in substance that he shall carry at least twelve per iods of recitation work, or its equiva lent, and that he shall have at least a passing grade. There will probably also be some regulations adopted con sistent with the above general rules, but adopted to the local oonditions. Tliose. present atthe, meeting, yes terday, 'were: '- President Campbell, State University; Principal S. R. John son. Portland Academy: President Gatch, Oregon Agricultural College; Professor Horner, O. A. C.; 'Father Quinlan. Columbia UniversMy; Father Dominic, j Mount Angel; Professor .A Winters, Dallas College; Professor J. II. Orcutt, Drain Normal;, President ftoardman. McMlnnvllle; President Ressler, Monmouth: Dean Ferrin. Pa cific University; President McGrew, Newbcrg: Professor W. IL McCall. Willamette University. CASTOR I A ?or Infants and CMldxen. ffca Kind Yea Kzys MntftngU Bears tho . Signaturs of ENGINEERS OF THE WORLD SPECIAL PROMINENCE TO RE AC CORDED TO THEIR WORKS AT : THE WORLD'S FAIR OK 1904. 1 WORLDS FAIR. St. Louis, Oct.; 10. The many great- engineering works of the world and their fast increasing ncmber have prompted the organisers of the World's Fair to give due recog nition to their profession. CoL John A Ocker3on, chief of the Department of Liberal Atts. himself -an esgtneer who has to hlr credit , many great works, has published the folowlng let ter for the information of members of th profession everywhere; "The agi tation in engineering societies as to the propriety of a code of ethics to govern the members of the profession. Is evidence of a ffesire to ennoble the calling of the engineer.. None of the so-called learned ' professions ' Is so Intimately connected -with the mater ial progress o( ,-ut country as Is that of engineering .Yet.ln the face of all this, the profession Is not held ia that high esteem to 'which It ;ts Justly fen titled. This is due. In a great meas ure, to the fact that tha public Is not familiar as It should be with the func tions of the engineer, whose individual ity is more or less. overshadowed by the great corporation wtuch employs him.' , : -. . - ':.!! ,,y. t-t - -"Much can be done at great exposi tions, by bringing the . reneral public Into contactXwith the work, which the engineer has Wrought and which em phaies his science, ingenuity, and skilL Heretofore, engineering work at expositions has been somewhat ob scured by being mixed no with trans portation and . other related : matters which Indeed are closely akin to it. In the comipg exposition at St. Louis, civ'i. military and architectural engin eering pertaining to public works, will be housed together in the Liberal Arts Palace. . "Inthe Interests of the profession, as well as .those of the Exposition. I hope to secure for the several groups de voted to engineering, the best examples of what the engineer has wrought in all parts of the world. ' With the proper co-operation of the engineering profes sion, which should be readily accorded there would be gathered at the coming Exposition the greatest engineering exhibit which the world has ever known. Every engineer can do some thing toward the realization of this much desired result. IS BEING UNIONIZED V WOMANS' UNION LABEL LEAGUE MAY BE ORGANIZED-BREW-i Ell Y MADE UNION. ' (From Sunday's Dally.) The regular weekly meeting of the Salem Clerks Union was held In their' hall Friday evening; The meeting was larKfly attended though nothing of es pecial iniHrtance came up. The event of the evening wa3 an address by T. F. MoMann. in which was sft forth the advisability of. organizing a Woman' Union Label ' league, having for lis object the promotion of the In terests of orgaidztl labor by patronis ing "union .-. houses and purchasing only union made articles. All unions were asked to co-operate In the move ment and the matter will probably be taken up in the near future. A contract was entered, Into Friday, whereby the Capital City Brewing Co., binds Itself to employ none but union men for a priod of-- two years. - The labor unions' feel quite elated over 1 heir success in unionizing the different branches of industry In the Capital City sincV the movement was started last April. A NEW SUIT , One complaint was filed in Depart ment No. 1 of the circuit .court yes terday, in which A. McFarlane Is nam ed as plaintiff, and B. Cornelius, de fendant. Tho action is brought to re cover jiossession of land near Turner, which, plain-tiff alleges, defendant wrongfully holds, and he further asks the1 sum of -$200 damsges and the costs i-xid. disbursements of the suit. The property over which 'the litigation .has begun was recently sold to Cornelius by the divorced wife of the piaihtiff. Mrs. McFarlane, who has since been married to W. D. Claggett. of this city, eccived the property as her shart of the estate when the divorce was grant rd. It is believed -that the pending suit is hinged on the legality of the pro ceeding by which McFarlane and his wife were oivorced, and it is possible that other lands of the same estate may be affected by the outcome of the ac tion begun today. P. H. D;Arcy and G. G. Bingham are attorneys for plpairrtifT. MAY COMPROMISE. , NEW YORK. OcL 11 Today's Cab inet meeting will be concerned with the education bill and the best method of facilitating its passage by suitable amendments, cables the Tribune's Lon don correspondent. Colonial Secretary Chamberlain and other ; Ministers al ready have arrived in London and the invigorating effect of their presence is felt in the Conservative Club, where theldea is scouted that the Govern ment can be defeated on that issue. Stress is laid upon -the fact that the chief defenders of a practical measure for the' relief of church chooIs are Scotch Presbyterians and Unitarians, and th.it the nonconformists can safely foljpw Premier Balfour and Mr. Cham berlain,since they are merely states men interested in educational reform as a national policy. ' OREGON BOY WON. SEATTLE. Wash.. Oct. II. After one of the most bitter contests In the his tory of the Institution. Roland N. Oli ver, of Pendleton.- Or., was last night elected president of the senior class of the University of : Washington, this be ing the highest honor In the gift of the class. Oliver had Ave formidable op ponents, but his popularity won him the. tight. Oliver Is one of the prominent mem bers of the school. being a leading figure in the Sigma Nu Fraternity. He was captain of last season's Indoor base ball team, and a member of the OS rowing crew Oliver entered the institution last year from . the Ohio Wesleyan University, where his fresh man days were done, p , PRESS FEEDERS STRIKE. NEW YORK, Oct. IL A strike of 1.100 press feeders employed in the book and Job printing trade of the city, has Involved 630 pressmen, tnd has. It Is stated, nearly- tied -up the business in a large number of plants. The strike mar prevent many maga zines and periodicals from coming out on time. Some time ago many of the feeders demanded an increase In wages from 112 to $t! a week, and struck to enforce " them. Then It was "decided, after several conferences with the em ployers, , to make a dernan for the ad vance In wages In all the union shops. The employers refused the demand and the strike followed. ? ' THEY ARE GUESTS. LONDON, Oct. 1L The American Generals, CorMn and Young, visit ing England from now until October 18th. when they will sail for home, will not have" eaten a meal they can call their wn.' ;: . - There are I.750.0O0 volumes in the library of the British Museum, and more than thirty-nine miles of shelv ing. . - . ;C. M. I.IYNATT HAS ACCIDENT While Adjusting a Saw in xThe Sawmill Yes x . terday MACHINE WAS ACCIDENTALLY THROWN Irf GEAR AND SEVER ED INDEX FINGER FROM LEFT HAND BARELY" ESCAPED LOS- 1NO HIS WHOLE HAND. (From Sunday's Daily J A serious accident occurred it th saw mill yesterday morning, resulting in the loss of a finger to C M. Mynatt. a young man employed at the milL Mr. Mynatt has been working at the mill for about three years, and is a steady, careful man, and for some time past has been operating one of . the ma chines for making lath. Yesterday morning, while engaged at his machine one of the saws near by became heated and it was found necessary to stop it for a moment to allow it to cool.. The saw was stopped and Mr. . Mynatt went to work with, a wrench to re move It rrom the fastenings, v nue thus engaged one of the mill hands attemiwed to shrow out a piece of board, which struck the -safety lever holding the belt In place. The saw started lnstanUy severing completely and badly mangling the fore. finger of the left hand, and cutting a deep gash in the second and third fingers also. The injured man was at once taken to his home at the corner of Front and Court streets, and Dr. W. 11. Byrd summoned. The wound was cleaned and dressed and the unfortunate man was made, as comfortable as possible. He came to Salem about ten years sko. his former home 'being in Douglas county, nearRoseburg. - - ii j i . . ' I CORN AND SILOS ':" VAST AMOUNT OF MAIZE GROWN IN tmrxjorn l-tJii js. SILAC.K. ' ' (From Sunday's Dany.) The average resident of Oregon loes not realize the amount of corn that Is being raised now In" he Willamette valley. It is cultivated by the farmers of thla section largely for the purpose of putting into silos for winter feed for cows and other live stock. ,Tne past season has been an excellent one for this crop, and there have been stilendid yields. . There is no other .crop to compare with corn in the amount of feed that may be raised on an acre of ground. A few days airo a stranger from an Eastern state, visit ing a Willamette valley farm, asked what the farmer, called the crop In a field near by. He was Informed that It was corn It wtood twelve to fourteen feet high. The stranger said it might easily be mistaken for material for ladders. R. E. Wands, who lives a short distance east of the Asylum, has just finished filling seventeen silos, with his Blizzard ensilage cutter, which pre papres the corn for the silo and hen blows It Into place. AH these seventeen silos do not belong to Mr. Wands. One of them does. The others belong to his neighbors. " t' ' Charley, Yannke has built a new silo, and Mr. Wands filled it for him. .. N. Potter, the nurseryman, also had one built, and It was filled by Mr. Wands. Mr. Bennett, on the T. L. Dvid.on home place, raised a big crop of crn and put up a silo. After Mr. Wands had filled it, he found that he had enough corn left to fill another silo. So he built another, and Mr. Wands went back with his machine and filled that one also, He filled the two, silos at the PenKentlary, putting in about a hun dred tons. The capacity of his machine is about forty tons a day. Mr. Warfds has a silo on his own place that holds about twenty-five tons of silage. lie says. this is enough-for fotur cows for six months. He sells his butter In Salem, at 25 cents a pound the year through. ; LAST NIGHT'SJFIRE ; TURNED OUT TO BR' NOTHING BUT SMOKE SOME DAMAGE. (From Sunday's Dally.) Last night, at Just C o'clock, the fire whistle sounded an alarm and, in less time than It takesto tell It, scores of people were on the street, hurrying to the scene of the supposed eonfiajrra tlon. The engine and hose cart went flying down Commercial street, thor oughly prepapred to cope with any event in the way of fire. But upon ar riving at the top of the hill out south of the "Commercial street bridge there was no flre in sight, and it was at first thought a false alarm had been sound ed. Further inquiry, however, devel oped the fact that he stove-pipe in the back kitchen of the Chns. Weiler house became unjolnted between the ceiling and r oof filling the attlo -with smoke. Two holea were at once cut Into the roof, when It was discovered that there was no fire, though that sec tion of the house would have been ablaze in a few minutes, as the raft ers were beginning to scorch. The house Is at present used as a tene ment. The only damage done was the cutting of holes In the roof, and that is estimated at abotrt five dollars. A COOL RECEPTION SHO.OTING OA LLERY ENCHANT RESS MEETS WltH LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT. : A. rather attractive female drew quite, an audience yesterday afternow by setting up ,hoo4lng gallery over on the comer of State and Commercial streets. The "gallery consisted of a targe piece of black oilcloth about ten feet snuare. which served as a. back ground, and upon It were hung such prizes ss revolvers, ; watches, small clocks, knives and some dozens of oth er harmless and dangerous articles. In the center of the oilcloth hung a Lboard about a foot square, and on iruv were hung little cards about an mva in diameter, held In place by tu.'.-n driven Into the board, each carX rep resenting one of the prize articles be fore mentioned. The targetrlfles were of th sort which oss tdt- lntead of powder, and propelled asmall dart In- steaa Pi t ouuet. i. , The crowd was quite enthusiastic at first, but when several young g?ntle men each paid 25 cents for three shots and failed to pierce one of the little cards, interest began to wane, and even bright smilea and sweet words could not hold the audience; and In just half an hour from the time the "gallery went up, the fair proprietress, wield ing a hammer like a genuine artist, went to work and tore it down, and in )ea time than-it takes to tell IU had the whole establishment packed Qp and was on her way "to Seattle. She thinks Kalem Isa bum town for shooting galleries, and will no doubt give It the cold shoulder in the future. A SPLENDID FAIR WHAT ONE OF THE VISITORS THOUGHT OF THE EX HIBITION. - -r ' C. H. Jones, of this city, returned last evening from Hood River, where he attended the annual fruit exhibi tion, which took place last week, in the interests of the Pacific Homestead. Of the fair, last evening. Mr. Jones had the following t relate: The Hood River Fruit Fair, which closed October Ilth. after a four days' exhibit, was one of the finest fairs of its kind ever held In the Pacific North-' west. Such an array of apples was never seen before in-Oregon, and for quantity, quality and magnificence. It could not Im excelled. The fruit was displayed very artistically and to Kod advantage, and was a mot detlRhtful sight to all who had the good fortune f seeing ib The ohVera of the fair and: fruit-growers In attendence took great "pain In explaining to the visit ors the different kinds of fruits and their mode of culture. Quite a Inrge number of Visitors were present from other parts of the state, and the fair will doubtless accomplish a large amount of good. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Not a single cent added to the adver tising fund of the Greater Salem Club yewterday. This la the necond day vvith out any additions, Ajrain, let It l re memlx'red that valuable time Is iwlng lost. Tho suttacriptlon ouKlit to bo completeil, at once. In fact, they ahould have been completed several wek ago.-v .- . ' '. - - It Is suggested that the reason many men fail to win In the race of life Is that they get started in' the wrong di rection. When a man gets to be a pubtlc nuis ance in Oregon, he Is sent to the Asy lum. They have a mlcellan"ous sort out there, from the worst onea in the violent ward to the harmless old peo ple who had no other place to go. Beer is now a dollar a bottle In South Africa. Which should call for at least a dollar a pound for hops In OreKon.' nine colonels on his staff. " Tell It nrt In Kentucky. The Governor of Georgia his sixty- Koine people-are never satisfied. An exchange reports tha-t an American, woman who yearned for a title and-got-It, now wants a divorce so lhwllyih has come ail the way from Austria to South Dakota to get it. "Now, darling. said a Salem moth er to hr 3-year-ofd daughter, who was jepea-ling her prayer before retiring, "grandma Is going away, and you mutt pray for her safety." "Why. inarwnia," said the little ml) "when did grand ma get a bicycle?"" ! . ' The railroad from Grants Paxs to Crescent 1 to .be built an.l running within eight months. The. Coos Bay line will get t Roseburg next year. Two miles of the Dallas-Falls .City line a ref. graded. Oregon-is going to figure largely In new railroad ..mileage In the next few years, 1 E Applications for the civil service ex aminations preparatory to starting the free city mall dnli very at 1'endleton are being received. The serv Ice will start January 1st. rJ Two unnecessary Normal Schools In Oregon are the result of "I'll scratch your, back1 if you'll scratch mine." Pendleton Tribune. Which ones are they? Is the Normal School at Weston one Of them. " Or are they both located In Southern Oregon? But- Southern Oregon-"Tii growing, and bound to grow. The schools at Ashland and, Ira!n will have plenty of grist for their mills within a few year, though J.hey may n4 ' overburdened-, .with siuoenis non'y ror. ror in matter or that. Is the one at Weston. John I'hilip Sousa, the great band master. Is not;only a "rusher" of the Itorn, but he-knows how to rush things when It come Urw-olng in the dol lars in Oregon cities. - For Instance, last night he and his muicians ap peared before a Portland audience. His special train takes him this morning to Albany, where art afternoon . . per formance will be given, commencing promptly at 2 o'clock; "anl about C o'cbck his train will start for Salm, where this evening his band will play to a packed house, no doubt tgin nlng promptly at S--and when the lant number of the program Is rendered, off goes the noted balon-wlelder towards the Golden State. Grat is Hurmy. n o o This writer thinks W would add a little to the appearance of the Marlon county court house square If those three county rpal-scrapera could l placed In winter quarters somewhere else than on tb-Court street side of that block. o o o , "What lout that ublle drinking fountain that was once'propoaed for th City of Sabtn. Such a. convenience would be very nice. It ought to be es tablished in Jhe vicinity, of the new postoffice building. . . , o o At the recent Washington State fair nd also at-.the Iriterwtale fair, being held at Spokane, that state, this weik. the Oregon Jersey breed sw-pt tl earth In premium awards. The Ore gon animal in this class bow. wearing Washington ribbons are from t lie IicrJ4 of W. . Iadd, I'ortland. and D. II. Looneyt Jefferson. Hurrah for ua th Willamette valley! The rortfahd Oregonlan -tries to be sarcastic In referring to Governor Geer using "executive office" stationery in his private correspondence. Now, real ly, bow rpuch of Oregon stationary have the Oregonlan correspondents used since well, say, the last Legislature Legal Blanks, Statesman Job OCIc, af.t.Ks haa bMn. iruiiHii.'.'K .-r ..