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T7EEKLT OREGON STATESMAN, TUESDAY, 4DECBMBER J4, 1902.
BURGLAR HAS
A CLOSE CALL
Gained an Entrance to Khk's
r Cigar Store and Meets.'
a Surprise '
HIS LIFE SPARED BY OAK CARD
TAHI-E IURGLAR , ENTERS
HQMK OF 1$, Mi LA TORE YES-
. TEKDAY AFTERNOON BUT NO
VALUABLES ARE MISSING.
- (Tram Saturday's Daily.)
t It Is not often that a card table save
Vman's life, but It was Just that arti
cle and nothing else that prevented a
tragedy 'In. this .-city' at 2 o'clock yes
terday morning. ; i-...'' . -
Charles Piilett, the night man In
It. A. Kirk's cigar store, on State gtre
and who sleeps in a room at the ta.cic
' of the card room, was awakened ye3
' terday morning at' j o'clock, by eom
t -one. unknown to hirh, who had effected
an entrance Jnto the back part of the
utaollshment by K prying open the
transom over the door, and he imme
diately took a shot at the Intruder.
The room in which Mr. Pillett sleeps
ia separated from the card room by a
partition about eight feet high, which
i r st. U-veJ with the transom through
MESSAGE TO
HONOLULU
t .
Governor Geer Sends Con
gratulations to Govern-'
or of Hawaii
broken Into, : lie then came down
town and notified the police, about an
hour after the Incident occurred, and
the description given by him tallied
exactly to that given by the others. No
doubt one man Is responsible for all
of the . misdemeanors and : the police
are scouring the city for the miscre
ant -with every3 avenue of woapc well
guarded. '5 '
The city la infested with fhe worst
gang of crooks that has been here for
years, and it is well that extra pre
cautions betaken for. the protection of
the home. The officers, are doing' all
In their power to rid the city of these
unwelcome Intruders, and It is hoped
that they will be successful in round
ing them up at- early date.
OPINIONS OF
TUC DFABTC
Xlll-f 1LU1 JU From Saturday' Dally.)
In response ; to a request , from the
Postal Telegraph -and Cable Company,
ReCent Arrival FrOm CallfOr- GoVernor Geer yesterday sent a-con
gratulatory message to Governor San-
ford B. Dole, of Hawaii, which will be
among the first to be transmitted to
Honolulu on the new Trans-Pacific
cable,' which will be connected in Ilon-
FARMS ARE TOO BJG SHOULD BE j olulju today. The message follows:
WILL BE AMONG THE FIRST TO
BE TRANSMITTED OVER THE
NEW TRANS-PACIFIC CABLE TO
BE CONNECTED AT HONOLULU
TODAY.
nia hxpresses His Views
of Oregon C ".
CUT UP INTO SMALLER TRACTS
TQ ACCOMMODATE AND INDUClp
J'KUSrfcVlI V K BfITLEKS SOM E
SOUND REASONING.
it. W. Bealey, a recent arrival in
Marlon county, b la former home being
In California, and who Is temnorarilv
wh -h tnp burKiar entered. Acroes the J . , A - ii, . ., , ,
top. of the partition which enclose, the JV f? hile in r Salem
sloping rtrnenta occupied by Mr, dy thl w" -yjn expres
,.' Jrt.,;.t . ,J, , !.,.... ,8,on of some of his opinions concern-
'To Presidents Dole. Hawaii:
Accept congratulations of the people
of Oregon upon the establishment ,of
telegraphic communication with your
distant sland Territory. Slay it be
the forerunner of an uninterrupted pa
triotic and commercial community of
interests between your people and those
j of the. parent country.
T. T. GEER.
"Governor of Oregon."
I'l.Mt, ::TF jaid several pie'ees of boards
about thre inches wide andean Inch
thi-k. ilif lKjards beinR about a. . fo
apart... Upon thme buardx. mreijr to
Ket it out of the way. had been laid, a
fff days ago, a .tmall card table turn
ed upside down. The table was imme
diately ovtr the, foot: of the bed, .and
n-ar the transom above mentioned.
The first intimation that J.he sleeper
hud of anyone being 'In his room was
Mhtn .-the Intrudeif, after crawling
through, the transom, stopped a mo
rn nt, resting upon the top of the par
tition, lighted 'a. match and began to
took around to n-e JUHt where tie was.
This 4t wjtk-nd the t uleeper, and he
hoiitni.('Wh Ih there?" The burglar
ntide no reply, and Mr. Pillett reached
under his' pillow and. drawing out a,
'3s-calibre revolver, fired at the boldf
thief. ;
. 'For Gcd.'s sake, don't shoot again,"
ri l the burglar; "I'll get put," and
lie mad a rapid exit through the tran-:
Koiri whore he had entered.
An -'investigation showed that the
bailer, which Mr. Pillett had fired, had
ing this part of Oregon, to a Statesman
reporter. Upon being asked what he
thought of the Willamette valley, and
how. it compared in general to the sec
tion of California' where he had resid'
ed, he replied: t ' i
RELIEVED TOMB GUARD.
CINCINNATI. O.. Dee. 26. Lieuten-
I ants Rice and Ingehart with thirty-six
men of the Third United States In
fantry left Fort Thomas, Ky., today for
Canton, Ohio, where they, will srvj'a
"Taken as a whole, this country Is special guard around M cKlnley's tnb.
all right. But I have at least two I They relieve a detachment of r the
complaints to make. In the' first place I'Fourtee nth Infantry
I can say the Willamette vallev would
be better off If there were five times I l iirmtr nv nrrrMftrn
as many peooli-tiere as 'there are at I u" VCriZlMJEI
present. Thr farms are too big, and
too much land is lying Idle, doing no-
noay any good, and still the farmers
hang on to the big tracts. I have no
ticed that the soil here is very pro
ductlve, and a twe,nty-acre farm, tend
ed as It should I t, would bring the
therefore, is $950,000. showing an ad
vance of nearly 1700.000 since Septem
ber. The rise In price Is due lo a
short crop and an increased;, demand
for essential oils. , . ,
, 'MAKE THEIR OWN WINE.
The Italian families in the Michigan
copper regions make (heir own wines.
It Is customary at this time every year
for the Italians of Calumet, Michigan,
to purchase about' 100 carloads of
grapes,, and It Is no uncommon occur
rence for. one family, to take two or
three carloads. They make a pure and
wholesome wine, and during the winter
their cellars are lined with barrels of
the beverage.. .."".-V -";-; - - - :
NEWS FROM
WEST SIDE
to toe Dallas Sawmill
f Company
BOLD ROBBERY
NUMBER FOUR
Front Window of John Mau-
rers Store Broken and :
j Revolvers Taken
SMASHED GLASS , WITH STONE
AND THEN HELPED THEM
SELVESFIRST TRIED TO OPEN
DOORS WITH JIMMY BUT WAS
FJtlGHTENED BT DOGi
in operatj0n.by the time the Orient
Road Is completed to the Pacific Ocevt.'
"The directors also elected George
Crocker fifth vice-president. JIIs elec
tion as a director of the company u
announced some time ago.
. President Still well was much pleas -i
with tlie Buroefisful efforts of ' hi
Recent Heavy Rains Godsend j company to conclude the contract wim
in mmounj-Ainencan unr, wmcn ne
aid be considered one of the most Im
portant deals for the Orient Road
since the corporation , was financed.
The Mediterranean Line has been ex
tended to include Calcutta and Hong
A GROWING INDUSTRY OF GREAT on M 11 tms line that will by
vitTfp' rrv-. toTT.- i vu'vv lioaays deal enter the pacific Ocean
and complete a. World circuit by a coo -UNCLE
BILLY MILLER MAKES .,i. p .mii .
HEARTS OP WIDOWS THROB
WITH GLADNESS.
EXTRA CARE IS BEING TAKEN IN
PLATING LEAD OF THE S
KEEL.
:
NEW YORK, De.i- 26.-Latefft ad-
thtse big tracts, that are not half
tended, do now. A man. out here on a
twenty-acre rancn , could make ; more
Tiny raising poultry than is made on
seme of the 300-aere fairms I have seen.
"Another thing Is the bad roads. If
ten or fifteen families were distributed
over- these 300-aere farms now; half
worked by one, more 'attention would
gfi' tni'outrh one of the thin boards
iy.im ir ot we paruuon, K,Ven to road-buildlng. and it
n.l -irikins the upturned card, table, WOUId only be a short time until the
hiij.-.touii.ij.Kigmeni tnre. ine iniru-vvUIaineUe valley would have good
,-r w,t lust behlnq the table when theroads. f Many new-comers complain
sh. t fliv.l. and, had.that article not that they cannot secure smalr tracts
Itn.Hi.-Pe. the bullet tvpuld most cer-and orne wl probably go elsewhere
talnly have ound a. .resting place In , to locate- lf they cannot find suitable
hi body. t I trai ts which correspond to their purse".
Kniian. ; tr the building wasmadeji think people will begin to realize this
win a iKwuuf, ontea -aae -useti' m -pry-i tortdltlon before long, and cut up the
intfi open the transom. The axe. was? big farms-" This . Country needs more
left nsde ot the room, near the ptpie, and that's the best way I know
table whirh had so miraculously pre- of to get them. Divide the big farms."
vented .a ' fatality. Mr. Kirk took pps-f ' - ;
ntn of ih ;ixi and is ready to return Will Not Increase Acrsaga.
It .to th owner1 upon demand. A. J. Cone, residing bn the1 south
Mr. l'iHttt, when seen by a reporter side of Howell Prairie, about eight
y-su rl ly, said he was extremely miles east of Salem, was In the city
thankful that thi shot he fired took yesterday and took out several large
rolls of wire which will toe ised in
wiring his hop field. Aked IX he in
tended to put out a new yard in the
"I am not
if feet in th? table Instead of., the man.
anl white hf felt Justified in, doing
what he dlil.. was happy at the out
come. ! -
The police were notified yesterday of
what ha. I taken place, but so far as
f oul, t- ie.irHii last night, nothing
l.;i.l been .acne.l as to the identity of
the' Ixihi. lutdjUiHglar.
, ' " . "
La Fore Residence Ransacked.
whife Mrs. M. La ffne was down
ti'ivri m a shopping, tour, some per
. fi n K iin.-'l .hi entrance to her resi
dence, Xo. 346 High streets and ran
s, i k-,t the house thoroughly but, so
"far as i known, nothing ofany value
v :m t.'iken. -
According to the evidence that the
.hurgl.ir left. it; is considered that h
srnt to the house, and. , finding It wa-s
l,l -cupied. went to the back door,
which operates on slide-rollers. mnl.
taking 'a hammer which hung upon
the outside.-knocked a hole In.a win
dow pajie and reached Inside and shot
the bolt which fastened the door. The
hterior qf the house showed that a
thorough search had been made, bu
tt au drapers ' were pulled out; ! their
cptents t IP'y-IurA-y, and the bed.
Uire evidence of having been search
ed: :
A ladies' hand-bag, 'or purse, con
tiiinlng some money, avSs lying upon
the table, but. In his. rush or excite
ment, the burglar had, evidently over
looked It or the coin It contained.;
A seedy-looking Individual appear
ed at a board Wig house jjext door which
1 conducted byMrs. It. D. Allen, and
was discovered tampering with one of
the basement windows, 1 but whan
ofked what he was doing by the lady
of the house, he promptly replied that
he was "getting some moss - for his
lilies," and It. developed thai? he was
pedjdling "ClUna lilies, j H afso ap
peared at the home of G' G..; Brown,
adjoining that of Mrsj Allen. nd of
fered his bulb for sale.-; It is thought
that he is the same party who enter
ed the La Fore residence, and from the
description" given by. Mrs. Allen and
Mrs. Brown, the officers have hopes
of capturlnfcr their man; .
Dsney's House Entered. .
When W. H. Dancy. superintendent
of the Pacific States Telephone and
Telegraph Company, of this city; went
to his home. No. 347 'Liberty street,
about - 8:30 o'clock last evening. he
was surprised upon entering to find
a man lying stretched upon the divan
in the sitting room. " -' j ":',' j
Mr. Dancy awakened; the fallow and;
emanded an explanation, whereupon
owner a better Income than some of J vices tto the Tribune? fromJJristol, R. I.,
wher the new keel sloop Is being built
to try Issues, with the Constitution and
Columbia for the defense of America's
cup, show that extra care is being tak
en in the plating of the lead keek
Tobin bronze plates have been snugi
fitted to the leads and seeurerrto 1t ty
hundreds of screws. The edges of the
plates butt so snugly that they form
an absolutely smooth surface, it is said.
The work is regarded as the best ever
seen on the keel" of a cup yacht. While
none of the frames have been set up
yet, they are nearly ready and soon
after the stem and stern posts are in
place the frames will be set ud at the
rate of between six and ten a day
Those who are In close toucn wkn
Captain "Nat" Herreshoff say they
neer saw him so confident as now. He
firmly believes that "he has designed a
boat that will beat the Columbia and
the Constitution easily. From the
water line up, it is said, the plans for
the new boat show a Blight "tumble
home," which means that her beam will
be greater at 'the water line than en
deck. '
The new boat has a longer keel than
either the Constitution or the Columbia
and she Is also to be a trifle longer ov
all. Her floor will be flatter nd her
bilges rounder than those of the other
two.
spring, he said he did not.
goisg to get excited because hops are
. . i . t . . fc- i-"- . . mi v.
.it kmjo ji ictr iiti yrur. j x iivy may uc
OOwn to 10 cents next year and I have
h good yard now, and I think it will
be more profitable to take care of that
than run the risk of losing by putting
nut" more."
Mr. Cone says the general health of
the people out that way Is fcpod, an
that he has not heard of a single case
of. typhoid on the prairie this winter.
Dairying More Profitable, j
Out on Howell Prairie, wh-rch Isi con
sidered about as firte a country, as can
be found .-anywhere In : Oregon the
4opIe are healthy, happy and prosper
ous, according to the. -report of W.
Kest'er, who was In from there yster
day. Mr. Kester Is a native of Ontario,
but lived In Dakota before coming to
Oregon, eleven years ago. He says
they did -not get nearly aa. much grain
sown out there this year as 'usual, ow
ing to the dry weather In the fall. A
few fields weres own and these : look
veir. Mr. Kester says the Howell
Prairie people are turning their atten
tion to dairying, and that wheat-rais
ing Is not and never will again be what
it was a 'few years ajro, Jalrvlnsr. he
far more profitable
The fourth burglary, in Salem1 within
twenty-four hours occurred; yesterday
morning sometime after 12 .'o'clock,
when some rneak thief or thieves broke
in the front window of "John Maurera
gun store on Commercial street, and
carried awuy. revolvers to the value of
over $200. ,
Just what time the . robbery took
place is not known, but it was some
1 1 trie tuatU.AAk 19 nVlntr n . 1 Mk.Hnn
es Mr.- Mkurer worked in the store un
til, that hour.
The front door, which was secutely
bolted was first tried by the thieves, a
short "jimmy" about a foot and a half
in length being used to force the door.
The robbers were probably frightened
away from the door by the dog of Mr.
Maurer which la kept in the store at
night. Anyway, they gave up the at
tempt and left , the "Jimmy" fin. the
stairway leading up to the Salvation
Army hall where it was found yester
day. ,
Mr. Maurer had two dozen high
grade revolvers In a pile in the window.
every one pf which was carried off. A
stone, of about the size of one's fist,
was used to -smash the window, the
stone having been found inside the
store, yesterday morning. After the
breaking of the glass the thieves had
ordy to reach 'inside and help them
selves, and this they did to their heart's
Content. Had they got Inside the store.
fhe: proprietor would doubtless have
been a heavy loser, as there was $?TS
m the cash drawer.
i Tae theft was reported to the "police
,ndi Chief Gibson., sent dtscriptlons of
ne .stolen articles to all points In the
A Flourishing Industry.
DALLAS. Dee, 27. (Statesman Fpe- I
fetal Correspondence.) The heavy rains
of the last few days have been of
great advantage to the Johnson Saw-
mill Company, of ; Dallas. The swollen
waters of the Lsr Creole creek have
brought the logs from the mountains;
in groups of from, thousands to hun
dreds of thousands, without the trouble
or operating the flood dams. Thete
mills are now, and have been all win
ter, running full time. Electric lights
are -used both morning and evening.
The output dally Js about 60.000 feet..
and is sold before being sawed, will
large orders unfilled. Most of the lum
ber sawed here gees to Colorado toi
mining Umbers, while the flnishii
stuff, goes to California, or to some of
the Interior: tlmoerless states.
Mr; Johnson is & new "man in Oregon,
having come here from Wisconsin last
EDITORIALS
OF PEOPLE"
" .-' .'"' ''I',. '" '
rm r vsbv, . km rm m n &f wmsm a a a .
the School Teachers Bet-
ter Wages-
' "'.. ' ir..
EXELLENTjTUTORSHIP CREATES
SATISFACTION AND JINTEHEST f
AJ1U.MJ MCI it-' LA K AiSU TEACH- -
SHOW APPKECIATION. , T
Editor Statesman .. ; ;
It is "With satisfaction that we ncte
the increased . interest that- is fwing
Is Juft
learned
la ' . I -
lau. w nen ne purcnased this plant from taken Jn Salrm'a'':Tutlie schools ihU
Thurstin Bros. .The price, as given out. .. ' . .. .
was $40,000. the largest industrial yott n,'t " thc
transaction' ever made In Polk county. t,e't anJ tak but the schools is "ure
MK Johnson intimates that, as soon as to tell you that he has the best, teacher
.r -quirn. a anowieoge or tne pecul- I In an Oregon;'' and that he
- . . v "ui iu a. im.vuu ten. or .
more dally. He has large mllljng; In- br,rev WI -"t
terests In the East. and. as the tlmbr about 11 the very nice .things, they are
has become exhausted, or nearly so, doing in his room. This is certainly
Fl Will hrnhi Vl r e.. li. i u .
w n 1 1 ii . ue-
Ing a thorough millman, and very prac
tical., is considered a great satouisltlon
iu me Dusiness of Ualias
valley yesterday, and evtry4 effort will
-oe mane to capture the thieves.
MOTHtR SEEKINtl SON
YOUNG BOT WAS S.PIRITED AWAY
TO URAGUAY BY HIS
- ' COUSINS.
SUIT BETWEEN CHINESE
UNO LUNG CHUNG SUES GEORGE
SUN TO RECOVER
jDEHT.
(From Saturday's Dally.)
A new suit was filed yesterday In de
partment No. 1 of the State Circuit
Court for Marion county. Both parties!
to the action are Chinamen, the plain
tiff being Ung Lung' Chung and the de
fendant Geo. Sun. a prominent- Chinese
business man of : Salent The plaintiff
alleges that on or about September 17,
1898. he loaned to the defendant the
sum of $140 in gold coin, the defendant
promising to repay the same within
one year from date., with Interest nt
the rate of 8 per. cent per annum. The
defendant, so it is alleged, has paid but
176 upon ". the . amount, and suit ta
brought to recover the balance duet
For further cause of action ihe plain
tiff alleges that he sold nd delivered
to the said George Sun, produce to-tl '
amount of $18.70, and prays the, court
trinka, will prove
than grain raising and wp be vbetter for a decree allowing him to recover
lur ine wnuie aiiey man me raing 01 tf,e sum Of $108.71 and interest due uiw.-
so mucn wheat. The rtskvis not so
great, and the work more pleasant
when It is once learned. '-f -. :
Best Spot on Earth.
While making 4.he rounds yesterday.-! GUARDSMEN SHOOT- 'AT MARKS.
the first account, and $18,70 uson th
second, and for the costs and disburse
ments of the action. John H. McNary
is attorney for the plaintiff.
i . WASHINGTON; Dec. 27. Dr. Her
j,era. First Secretary of the Uruguayan
Legation, called on Secretary Hay to-
uay in regara to tne case or young
Joseph Peston Ames, who, his aunt,
Mrs. Spar hawk, alleges, was deported
from the-tTn!ted States with the assist
ance of the officials" of the Uruguayan'
Legatlorkhere.
ur. Merrera outlined the history of
the e-ase briefly to the Secretary as he
knew it. According to his statement,
the boy' was brought to the Urugnaya
A-ri-Kuiiyj. ru.nc wfKs ago Dy 411s mter
nal cousins, who asked I r Herrera to
take charge' of him, as they did not
wish his father's relatives o get -possession
of the boy. Dr.. ..Herrera did
not care to assume the guardianship of
a young boy. The case, as represented
to him, showed jclearly that the boy'wss
a Uruguayan citizen; having been born
in that country , His couin. further
more, declared that the boy's mother;
on. her deathbed had requested that
her child be reared in Uruguay ; -
Dr. Herrera, Jnrvlew of these facts,.
tdvised the boy's cousins to make an
affidavit to that'effect before a notary
that, their actions might not be chat
lengea; The boy waa taken to New
rY'k, and from there sailed to Uruguay
beveral days later a notice of Mrs.
Snarhl wlr'a onnAlnlmonl na .,,...11..
was presented, but the boy, not being
m bis possession, he was unable to turn
him over to his aunt. .
; DrHerrera Is quite willing to throw
all the light possible on the case. '
a Statesman reporter, ran across sev-
feral farmers from various parts of the
county, and among them was W. P.
t'lafk. who lives out near the Pringle
school house. Mr. Clark has lived out;
there for twenty years, and it Isn't any
wonder he thinks that is the only place
on earth. Not a case of sickness does
he know of In his neighborhood, and
so far as typhoid fever is concerned, he
says the people out his way wYuld no;
know there was such a disease in ex
Hcnce If it were not for seeing It men
tioned in the papers occasionally, i H
claims they have the best water in' the
world put there, anil, according to Mr.
Clark's account, they don't have any
thing or anybody that is not gootL In
the Prfrigle ' neighborhood. Very; little
grain has been sown out there, be says.
but what was put in Is growing nicely.
s
, Hs Raisss Pryit. ' . . . '
S. Flcklin.'-who resides out In the
Fruitland district, was In the city yes-
lhe fellow jumped up and cast a hur- j terday, doing some Saturday shopping.
rled look around and Inquired,, where
he was. When Mr. Dancy tot$ him
ahat' he was Intruding upon his private
property, the fellow put on an ex
pression of surprise and offered an
fpology,. saying that he had been on
a drunk and was ; not responsible fot
his deeds. Mr. Iltancy j believed his
tory and allowed him to go unmolest
ed. - - ... '; i .. f ..; ...
Later on. however, wfeen Mr. Dancy
""ade a detour of the premises, he dis
covered that the back-door had i been-
and gave a few-.notes as to what has
been going on out there for the past
month. Mr. Flcklln has a nice little
home out in. that pretty hamlet and is
giving special attention to raising
fruit. lie has sold over 400 bushels of
choice apples rrom nis orcnard t thl
EUGENE. Or.. . Dec. 26. Companies
A and C. Fourthieglment. O. N. Q.,
yesterday sent their rifle teams to ' the
range and shot for the trophies that
are being contested for by the several
companies of the regimentiiCaptain C.
C. Kauffman. regimental inspector of
rifle practice, was present and superin
tended the shooting. While the weath
er was decidedly unfavorable, about a
dozen men from each company entered
the. contest, and some very good scores
wer made. In the team shooting, five
men to each team, firing five voile,-.
Company, A's team made a score JfT.
while Company C"s team made only CI.
The score of 97 is considered a remark
ably good one .'; under the conditions.
and will be hard to beat '. -:-- '
In the contest for "the Individual
trophy, which is a handsome gold med-
L Private R. E. Morris, of Compsry
A. and Sergeant H. IL Hunter, were.
the highest, and tied on scores of fit
oufr-ot a possible. 25. -
; Four companies of the regiment have
yet-to shoot, and tbey will have to do
their best to beat these scores. Ji. V
CALIFORNIA PROTESTS
j-THfNKS THE NORTH WEST HAS
i BEST OF IT ON COLONIST
J ''' .' BATES. .
SAN FRANCISCO, ' Dc. 27. The
presidents of the varlousbodles of busi
ness men In this city have sent a com
munication to the Southern Pacific and
Santa Fe Railroad Companies, asking
that Immediate steps be ukea to insure
the transportation of industrious people
to this state at as low a rate, as that
allowed tor transportation to the states
of the - Northwest. They state that
through the press tfiey have letrned of
the railroads' offer to give a special
rate of $23 from Chicago and Missouri
River points to the Northwest. ch4
that the privilege has not been granted
to the people wanting to come to this
state. ' : "i '-- ;'-'. ,
i SHORT PEPPERMINT CROP. .
The A- M. Todd Company of Kala
ma zoo. Mtch practically controls the . '.-edibles.'
DECISION ON FLEAS.
A custo-n house decision on fleas has
been . rendered In Switzerland. A
package -marked "trained fleas."
D ALL AS, Or, Iec. (Sjciar to
Oregon Statesman) W. W. Johnson,
of the Johnson Lumber Com party, this
evening dropped dead in his office at
the mil yard, at 5:30 o'clock. Mr.
Johnson was a wealthy business man
of Dallas, late of Wisconsin, and.about
Goat and Sheep Fair.
DALLAS, Or.. Dec. .(Statesman
Special.) The Polk County Mohair As
sociation Is making great preparations
for their fair the 14th and 15th of Jan
uary. 1903. The fair will Include the
exhibition of sheep and poultry. Mr.
Nairn, of Ballston. will have a stall for
tne exhibition of his fine strain of stock
dogs. Every effort wllt.be made to give
satisfaction to all who participate' as
visitors or exhibitors. . "'
Uncle Billy's Munifiesncs. .
DALLAS, Or; Decj 27.-(Statesman
Special.)Hon.i W. CJ Brown, the pio
neer merchant.' at present retired on a
t-ountlful competency. still' continues
to make glad the heartslof th( widows
of Dallas. On jThanksglvingV he. gave
tp all of them clHckeha.for dinnerr and
again on Christmas eve, they alj found
a rack of Oregon's best super&n'e flour
at the kitchen door. Mr. Bron takes
delight in such delicate surprises, not
that the widows of JJallas, arej"' objects
of charity for some f them 'are capital
ists of no small means. baut he does It
for old friendship's sake. belhr u wi.t.
bwer himself, and knowing the erabar- W!r "w.t
rassments under which some of' them
labor. Over sixty widows live in Dal-
a. . . .1 . -
as. ii is saa l De the "Paradise of
widows." v
A Prosperous YoUtids.
DALLAS. Or.. Dec. 27. (Statesman
SpeciaDCbristmas in Dallas was a
great success from a financial point of
view to the business people. The large
stocks of toys, turkeys and Christmas
goods have disappeared, and the tables.
counters and shelves of the ! dealers
look, as If the" sheriff Jiad been it In
charge andsold everything from ''the
least to the greatest. Business" men
say that the: trade has been nhenome
nai. ine trade from, the country, not
withstanding the Inclement weather.
""own exceptionally large, and
money was plentiful. Thi' norm
in the afternoon and services were held
at maify of the churches with programs
appropriate to the occasion In the
evening.
The Polk county Jail Js now iwlthom
an occupant, and quiet reigns SUfr-me
arouna tne court house. The officials
seem to be gorged on turkey.
To Open Large Hardware Store.
DALLAS, Or.. Dec 27. R. Jirnhnon.
of the firm of Jacobson & Co., located
at McMInnville. spent several riavs in
i-ni city during the week, looking ovr
l" neia wun a view of onenlnr im
large, agricultural Implement house at
this place. It Is understood that one
of the large business blocks now belne
vacated by the present occupants Is to
oerniiea up by him. and that a trU-fino
stock of hardware-and farm Imple
ments will, be opened up.
FUEL OIL ADVANCING '
STANDARD COMPANY GAINS CON-
TKOL Or. BEAUMONT" AND '
LOUISIANA OIL FIELDS, j
CHICAGO, III.." Dee. 57. A aneefal
to the Record-Herald from New Or
leans says: The Standard Oil Company
has at last received control of the
Beaumont fields In Texas and the Jen
nings OU region In Louisiana. There
are only a few small companies remain
ing outside and they cut very little
figure. The price of the fuel has been
advanced to $1 per barrel, and the be
lief Is that quotations will ma hlrher
still.
children tKcomeSenthusiaslic abi.utj
their schools especially when the boys '
bAfOme'sogenerally' Interested as .they1,
am .tinV. 'TflM Innr'hur . lAn. .w.,n
miore enthusiastic for, the work in the
schools than usual. They are 'doing
more work this year thin' they hav'.
been able to accomplish 'heretofore; yit
riot a word of t-om plaint Is-heurd; In
fact.' they allf express th4tiselv as
being well pltlased to ikH'more work,
slne they can see ;t hat they are ac
complishing giMHl resultss r Not only
more work ts iW-ins- ,lonc lhl vcur hm
btter work Is being done, and yet the
district iat no additional exicnse. j
.'.Salem has good teachers, and thej.
ought to be kept In the schols: this,
can not be done without paying better
salaries. During the at few months ,
Salem has lost .some of its best teach
ers, who resigned to take better paying
positions. This ought hot to be so, "
.Salem ought to pay its teachers as well
as any place In the state, and It can
pay as well as any place when th'e.peo-""
pie fully realize the Importance of hav
ing the very best schools that can be
hid. The boartjof directors is not to
Otame for loto salariea! utl th mnnov
( thAlp A I a ru.n 1 im a . ... .1 . , w ..
best advantage, and for the best Inter
ests of the schools. The only way to
pay the -teachers good salaries Is to .
furnish more money by voting a htpher
rate of tax for school purposes, and In
no other city In Oregon, are the people,
nore able to do this than In Sah m. I
should feel sorry for Salm If thev
In no better way can Sal.ui
establish a reputlon for prosperity
,!. limn y itcing iiocrai to
I- . I r
1 C1IAS. If. JONES.
December 27. IMf'i. '
TO EXTEND SERVICE;
KANSAS CITY. Dec 2. A contract
for aervic vith th If inw..
reached Geneva. The nearest snalogy can Steamship Un was ratified todi-y
the collector could find was that of Ib th Kim f-t . i '.
fBrt,JUPWW?b be-5tev rUwiV. at a meeting of the dlr-tors
Vihles. The case went from one of the latter eomr.nv . i.i i- ,k. .... ..
fall, which averaged; 59 cents per bush- peppermint andessiential oil cror otjwfflcial to another until it reached head-' TheLjIamburg Line will extend its
TORTURING
DISFIGURING
'"' ";:'. " T ,-- ," . '
Skin, Scalp and Blood
Humours
"'v. I" ' '. .
Speedily Cured by Cutea
Soap, Ointment and Pills
VHien the Best Physicians and
AH Else Fall. i
el., He ha been here eleven, years. ;tne world, havingr 9 per centvoc the
ccrialng to this county from; California, total. This year the crop anproxim-Mn ventilation
Mote fruit and less grain, he says, will ate 190.000 pounds. A. month ,agot It
btingrbetter results to the Willamette was worth $2.Se a pound, but, now-tbe
valley. small farmer. : ; i . j price Is $3. The total value of the crop
QUjirtera at Berne, whence, after much Iservfce-and will Jiave a close trade ar
uivumi.u .mnu avitoerauoo. tne 1 ranrement with th nriA. t- .
conclusion was: reached that the fleas Ktni.n .,. ii....' .... ' .
..-......, v, I . a" I (J tij.
t A U I An aa ' . . . .
I.a.a ... a II tfuaj a II
of stcramers will, it Js
that the fleas'
... line aifiican t roast, and the nrw 'In
ln4a menagerie."
announced, be
Tb Sffonlzlng Itching and buralnj;
of the skin, as In eczema ; the frightful
callng,as to psoriasis ; the loss of hair
and crusting of theicafp, mIo scalled
bead: th facial disfigurement1, as In
pimples and ringworm ; the awful suf
fering of lntaata, and anxiety of worn
out parents, s Jo fnllk crust, tetter and
fait rheum, all demand a remedy of
.almost superhuman virtues to success-
rally" cope with them. That Cutlcari
Sosp. Ointment and nil are tueh
jtUndn proven beyond all doubt No '
statement Is made regarding them that
Is not Justified by the strongest evW
dene. The purity and sweetness, the ,
power-. to afford Immediate relief; tho "
certainty of tneedy and permanent
cure, the absolute safety and great
economy have made them the Standard '
skin cures,, blood purifiers and humour ,
remedies of the civilized world.
Iiathe the aJTectS-d part with liot
water and Cntlcura Soap, to clean tho
so flare of crusts and scales, and soften
th thickened -cuticle. Dry. without
hard rubblnsr, andacolr Cuticura fint
intr. Irritation
animation, and sthe and heal.
anuVEuuy. take the CuMcurallew.TveTit '
nila, to cool and-tfeanse the blood.
This complete treatment, costing but
ne dollar, aijs instant relief, per
miU rest and sleep in the severest
forms of ecreria and other ltchln", "
burning and aca ly humours of the ekiu .
scalp and blood 1 and points to a speely t
permanent and Vconomlcal cure when
all other remedlea and the best phyal-
f
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