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Several Orders Made, in Cases
On the Docket Yes
terday
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, MR. AND. MRS. W. G. WESTACOTT
BRING SUIT AGAINST WASinNG
TON LOAN : AND INVESTMENT
ASSOCIATION TO OBTAIN SET
TLEMENT CASES SET TODAY,
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(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.
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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
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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. -
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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 ..