Statesman Journal from Salem, Oregon • Page 3

"OLD CAL" DEAD IS A DECREASE Tired I A L. C. SCOVELL, VETERAN STAGE DEIVEE AND MAIL CABBIES, PASSES LAST MILE POST. GENERAL FUND TN STATE TREASURY HUNDRED THOUSAND i-xiORT IF LAST YEAR Who Gets the Most Out of Life? INot the wealthiest, not the most learned, nor the icTTcr but Ahc man who has good health and works for his living. This truth is" trite, but not trivial Every man should guard his health as hts most valuable posses' sion.

The more so because health is easier to retain than regain. Keep your grip on health by regular exercise, reasonable- care in eating and requisite sleep. Take Beecham's Tills occasionally, to tone the stomach and keep the liver and bowels in good working order. And don't worry. Observe these simple rules and you will agree that the one who He Came to the Pacific Coast in the Fifties and Settled in Benton County Drove the First Stage Out of Portland in 1860.

Difference Is Attributed to Payment of Expenses of Legislative Assembly and Special Appropriations of that Body Semi-Annual Statement. Tor gnianxs ana unnaren. The Kind You Have Ahvayb Bought has borne the signature of Chas. II. Fletcher, and has been made under his personal supervision for over.

30 years. Allow no one to deceive you in this. Counterfeits, Imitations and Just-as-good are but Experiments, and endanger th6 health of Children-Experience against Experiment. TheKind You Have Always Bought DIED. SCOVELL In Salem, Sunday, July 30, 1905, at 11:30 gets the most Ironi lite is p.

of heart failure, L. I i yys mo signature oi The Man Who Uses Scovell, agel 1 0 years, 2 months and 17 days. Nervous you feel languid, tjred, nervous and irritable, your vitality is low your supply of nerve energy and your system running down for lack of power, The organs of the body are working or not at all, and you are not getting the nourishment.needed. This soon impoverishes the blood and instead of throwing off the impurities, distributes it all through the body. This brings disease and misery.

Feed the nerves wjth' Dr. Miles' Nervine, a nerve food, a nerve medicine, that nourishes and strengthens the nerves, and see how quickly you will get strong and vigorous. "My rlfe suffered -with nervotisTtessi previous to a recent attack of typhoid lever, but alter her recovery from the fever, she was much worse, and could hardly control herself being exceed. lngly nervous whit the least excited. She wm very restless at night, and never had a pood night's rest.

She also suffered much from nervous headache. Dr. Miles 'Nervine was recom- mended br a. friend. After the first three doses she had a good night's rest, and at the end of the nrst week's treatment she was wonderfully Improved.

Continued use of Nervine has completed her entire cure." OTTO -KOLB. 1021 Cherry EvansvlUe, Ind. Dr. Mile Nervine sold by your druggist, who will guarantee that the first Dottle will benefit. it fails, he wilt refund your money.

i Miles Medical Elkhart, Ind mm ACT if semi-annual cash statement which has just been issued Dy the state treas-nrer covering the six months period ending June 30, shows a eash balance of $393,311.56 on hand July IT against upon the corresponding date last year. Thia difference ot over occurs in the general fund and is ascribed to the expense of the last session of the legislature and a number of speeial appropriations. There was a to-tal of on hand Januaiy 1, this 3oar, and the receipts for the six months intervening aggregated and the disbursements The cash balance is segregated among the several funds in the treasury as follows: General fund $322,301.97 Common school fund, princi- pal 211,331.31 Common school fund interest 226,935.19 Agricultural college fund, 21,993.40 In Use For Over 3 Years. Sold Everywhere in Boxes. 10 and XSa, tty.

wtw vowk crry. Insura Agricultural college fund, interest University fund, University fund, interest. 5,49.: 6,543.: 2,949.: Watermelons' ITBAKK MHB.EDIT3I, Agent NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. Office 129 Commercial St. Thurston monument fun 120.: principal 1 426.: 133.

to On improved Farm and City Property at lowest rates. THOMAS. K. FORD, i Over Ladd Bush's Bank, Salem, Or. G.A.Waggoner's Book, Stories of Old Oregon, hich is declared by competent judges to be the most in erestiag sketch book that has ever appeared in the west, is now being Bold by subscription, but it has also been placed with G.

W. Pu'tman, druggist, 135 North Commercial street, who will be. pleased to show it to all who desire to see the work Price, in Cloth, $1.50 70 45 39 66 00 .41 41 95 00 .31 .50 ,63 4,411, 19,630. 1.172 5,000. 8,917.

1 1,409. 1. 13,241 1,850 6S8 A. R. Burbank trust fund, principal A.

Burbank trust fund, interest Swamp land fund Tide land fund Five per cent U. S. land sales fund Inheritance tax fund State agricultural college tax fund Oregon soldiers'. home national und Bounty fund Hatchery fund Hatchery fund, Dist. No.

1.. Hatchery fund, Dist. No. 2.. Pure food fund Game protection fund State board Of examiners fund Portage railway operation and maintenance fund Oregon stove foundry Penitentiary betterment fund Sewer fund New Today I l-2c per pound BEST IN THE MARKET A I HARVEY, Corner Court ulid High Phone Main'1981.

stage driver and mail" carrier on a subcontract getween Salem and McMinn-ville. This route he covered for some time, when he was given the mail route between Salem and Macleay and White-aker in the Waldo hills, east of Salem. This he did with his faithful old buckskin colored horse, "Pedro," and a buggy-until a few months ago. Deceased was married in Monmouth about forty-one years ago, Elizabeth Anna Scovell, his sister-indaw, being the bride. To them four children were born and two of these survive him, Mrs.

Lola Gray of Cottage Grove, and Miss Alda Scovell of Salem. Mrs. Minnie Nye of Salem, and A. Davidson of Independence, are stepchildren of the deceased. His wife died about a year ago.

yf'''. The funeral will be conducted at 2:30 today by Rev. W. S. Gordon, pastor o-the ijeslie M.

E. churchy at the Nye residence on South Commercial strfet, and interment, will be in the family lot in Rural cemetery, LOST YESTERDAY STATESMAN route Ked binding. Please Ipave at this office. i .00 30 .58 FOB SALE $300 OR $1,000 WORTH of preferred stock, paying 6 per cent. Address Investment, car of Statesman.

00 95 The above notice conveys the sad intelligence that "Old the veteran stage driver and mail carrier, has pass-etl from this life has eracked the whip over a onr-in-haml on Oregon, roads for the last time. Deceased came to Oregon from Iowa, his native state, in 1853 and located on a ranch in Benton county, near the city of Corvallis. He had been a stage driver in Iowa for several years and shortly after arriving in this state he became acquainted with D. P. Thompson (Dave Thompson) of Oregon City and Portland.

The latter was then arranging for the. establishment of a stage line between Oregon City and Corvallis and in due eourse he secured Mr. Scovell to take charge of the details of operation. The stage line between Oregon City and Corvallis was started in 1854, the service being very irregular, and the route sometimes indirect. The stage ran where business called, and made as good time as was convenient.

As compared with the present, there were practically no wagon roads and in some places the stage was driven through the almost trackless woods. Yet this was an improvement, over previous facilities, and the stage was appreciated by the. early inhabitants of the territory covered by the stage service. In 1860 the government provided for the carrying of mails from Portland to Sacramento, and the contract for this service was secured by a company formed for the purpose. Scovell was one of their first drivers and it was he who drove the first stage out of Portland on the new line.

The stages were of the old-fashioned type, known to the present generation only by the pictures that may be found in pioneer newspapers or early books. The horses were large and powerful, and, according to Scovell, ready to run at the crack of the whip. "You bet everybody stood clear when the stage drove into town in those days," said he some time ago when talking about the events of his more exeiting labors. f'You don't see any such horses nowadays because there is no use for them. The horses were wild.

They had to be held until everything was and when they were turned loose they started off at a gallop. When we came into town on a dead run, the stage horn blowing, everybody turned out to see who had come on the stage. We dashed, up to the stage office and stopped quicker than, an air-brake express. It took mighty fine horses to stand that kind of work and those that couldn't stand it didn't last The stage under this' new system made regular trips and had a time table that was closely followed. The coiri-pany, known as the California Stage Company, had a contract by which it received $90,000 per year from the government, and made, a good profit besides from carrying passengers and 5,000.

6,4 13 14,265 .06 202 44 Total 25Vi ACRES SOUTH Z'. MILES; 6 acres cherries; 5 acres walnuts and apples; balance pasture and timber. Small 4-room house, new. Price $1400. See R.

Rvan Co. HOUSE TO RENT FURNISHED OR unfurnished. No. 3o8 Center street. Inquire J.

A. Baker, Center and Liberty streets. Our had before nor since. But for Scovell 's prompt and i daring action all would have been relieved their money. Had the robbers chosen a.

spot at the. beginning of the ascent the stag could not have escaped, i Scovell related two stories of hard drives made at the request of men who were of no small importance in Oregon affairs at the time. In 1863, as lefore stated, trains ran 6nlyv as far as Lake Labish, five miles north of Salem'. Ben Holladay was the- owner of the road. He had important interests awaiting the action of the legislative assembly that year, and came up to Salem to see that the members of that august body were fully advised upon questions of public moment.

happened that a number of his opponents came up on the same train with Holladay and his friends, and the opposing faction had each a desire to be the first to reach Salem. As soon as the train stopped at Labish both parties alighted and Old Ben sought out Scovell with the request that his party driven to Salem in time to beat the other Scovell undertook the task, and started on the drive with Holladay on the seat beside him. Scovell said: 'Hattaday patted "me "on "the; bafck and told me to put the horses through if every one of them dropped in his tracks. He said we must beat the other fellows, and he would pay for any injury to the horqps. When we got neafly up to Salem he kept urging me on, and said if I beat the other fellows I should have a free.

pass over that railroad long as there should be a rail left of it. My horses came in ahead, and it didd 't kill them, gave me the pass as he agreed, but I never got a chance to use it until the road got down as far as Salem in 1870. After, I had been driving here in Salem about six months' I took a day off and went to Portland. When the conductor came around gave him the pass. He looked at it pretty closely, punched it and gave On the -trip back the.

eonductbr mm FRESH THINGS. WANTED TO LEASE FOR TERM of years, about 600 or 800 acres of land suitable for pasture. Farming land not desired. Some buildings prferreL Must be cheap fyip, Address E. F.

Knster, 689 Commer cial street, Salem. In percales or -Madras shirts, wnite linen collars and cuffs, fancy vests, duck or crash trousers, silk or wool look as well as- when you first-buy them, in color or finish. We do not fade the delicate colors of your negligee shirts or Sa Clearance waists, and your cuffs and collars wil HORSES AND-BUGGIES TO LET Gentle horses. Good -Xew 'buggies. Rubber tires.

Blacksmith shop connected with stable. Shoeing, repairing, re-tiring. All work' at reasonable rates. John Holm, 781 Center street. keep fresh longer from our perfect methods than by any other in Oregon.

Special on family work. 5c per pound. August list. Tuesday SLEM STEAM LAUNDRY Begins 1 COLONEL J. OLMSTED, Proprietor WANTED SEVERAL GOOD RELTA- ble and hustling men to sell the Christy Hoe Safety razor, the inven- tion of R.

J. Christy, whose scalloped edged bread knife is familiar throughout the Canvassers make money. "Address at once, Christy, care Statesman: DOROUS D. OLMSTED, Manager Phone 411 230 Liberty St HOMESEEKERS small freight. The stage left Portland at 6 o'clock in the morning and reached took my pass and.

said that it had ex Salem at 4. o'clock in the afternoon. MEDICAL COLLEGE BUILDING. Sealed proposals will be received at the office of Pugh eggj architects, until 5 o'clock p. Wednesday, August 2, 1903, for the, erection and con- AND INVESTERS Horses were changed at Oregon City, Dutch Town (now Aurora) and Wacon- pired and that he would keep it.

.1 told him: 'No, you don't! That is my! pass, and you give it He would not, and I made for him in a hurry, 1 da, near the present site of Gervais, DURING this great sale, prices in all lines of furniture will be cut to the No-Profit point. Every Sideboard, every Buffet, all Oak Tables either extension, library or parlor Combination. Book Cases, Closets, Morris Chairs, Dressing Tables; Music Cabinets, Iron Beds, Pictures, Golden Oak Chiffoniers in piece of furniture in the store will escape except a few contract articles. The stage left Salem for Eugene at 4 in the afternoon and reached the latfer place at. 3 o'clock next morn Will finl 5 tn Viol in(prls tn in vestigate, the FARM and CITY prop according to plans and specifications prepared by the above named architects, copies of which may be had at their ing.

The fare from Portland to Salem This is one of the best small iarms would have killed that conductors if some of the passengers hadn 't held jrie. He kept the pass and the next time? I saw Ben Holladay I told him I wanted him to keep his promise. He laughed and said he-would, fix, it after the next legislature, but he never did. "That's the kind of man he was." 1 Scovell 's eyes fairly snapped when he was $5, and this included the transpor tation of 130 pounds of baggage. UU1LC.

in the County. You should see the crop A 1 now growing on ine piace. xi is local 1 -T C' 1 1. 1 The Portland-Sacramento stage line was operated by the California com eu 4 miles iiuriu ui oaicui, scuuui, 42 -acres; 25. acres in cultivation; new hnns- barn: 1 acre of fruit: pany until I860, when II.

W. Corbett vsdt DR. JORDAN'S bought the line for $100,000 and con told of that of. his effcient services, andJ People who4 hate patronized our Hrst sales know that we fulfill is offered very cheap, including farm ducted it until he was elected United States senator in 1866. Scovell was a witness to the transfer and saw the implements ana stoat; pars lime, Dai ance to suit.

every pledge. We make no offer that we are not willing to back up. i jcr iuxix sr.toi eu ra, s.r.Sii. i mrm aMtlbuaily adlins mrw vuU am. monev counted out in gold.

He contin Let us show you this: "240 acres, "220 nn. 12 -room house. fat nd iMra loam vowWtutlT to mr maAm ued with the stage until 1870, when'the though the conductor probably obeyed his instructions he may be thankful he did not have his battle to fight alone oh that eventful day thirty-one years Scovell did not like the treatment he received and never, after traveled over the road. asked once how far Waconda was from the present town of Gervais, he replied: "I don't know- VI I tnm mn ibe or nvm. tom large barn, outbuildings, of.

all kinds, northern terminus of the route was Salem. In 1868 the railroad had been The year Just closed has been very satisfactory and wc cannot help feeling somc. nit. miinA v.pritatc nnr.AKt all in crop, miles irom ranroaa, gooa fences. This is one of the best farms completed to Lake Labish, and regular what liberal in beginning our fifth year Salem.

tram service to that point was com i a Polk county; is offered cheap and terms to suit. tini ht Mtm. mm tmiU rTn mttitt HtftlTTTK fTTt9n mryrmi menced. Under the federal law the railroad the4 had the right to carry the This is a good buy: 80 acres, 60 where Gervais is. I have not been to Waconda since I quit, driving Stage i there.

Waconda was about twelve miles; rrtw Son I1hIIiIi.t Wrrls, 1 aeres in cultivation, 5-roora house, barn, r.l all fenced, stock of all 1 ltSi.JWBD.AK A 1051 Market 8U aF. mails, and the stage ran only to Labish. Two years later the train and stage met at Salem, and in 1872 Eugene became the connecting point. kinds goes with the place, consisting nf horss nnws. DOCS.

cniCKcns. wanou, AU remnants of -i 'I Carpets Matting bviggy, binder, mower, rake and other Scovell was not much given to talk farm implements; also crop oi wneai, ing about himself, and but for the stories told by other pioneers few would know anything of his interesting history. It was only by questioning that oats and clover, a aycs oi jiumtwa. This farm is -located six miles from Salem, in the best farming district; part aah Tialanpfi eaSV. linoleum and Wall Paper will fo included; he could be led to tell of his early ex Ttnn't.

nn ront. You can buy this periences, but his reminiscences are cottage very, cheap and on terms that It imn 5 rooms: closets: wood from ft Another incident in Scovell 's life was during one session of the Oregon legislature, when the late II. W. Corbett desired to be conveyed to Salem in hurry-up time. A message had been sent to the metropolis with a request thfU Mr.

Corbett come to Salem immediate ly. The message was delivered late in the evening. Mr. Corbett, then a storekeeper, hunted vp Scovell and inquired whetner the drive to Salem could be made that night. Scovell related thje following concerning the matter: "I told him if he wanted to go to" Salem I would take him there.

It was a dark stormy night, but we started and drove into Salem before the legislature met next morning. Corbett told me during our ride that if I got him through all right he would pay me $io a month extra as long as I drove oh well worth listening to. Long night rides he considered not worth mentioning, though made under important circumstances. In 1856, while driving the house; fine well water; beautiful oak lot 73x150; located nm car lino? 2 blocks from school. MaRe an offer and let us know your terms.

thin -room house: barn: two stage on the Oregon City-Corvallis line, he had a thrilling adventure with He was driving from Jefferson to Salem at night, and had a number acres of land; located on car line; There is a bargain in this property at otfl. nnrt timp. It will be best to investigate this sale early as it is for 1 of passengers, who, as was the custom, carried considerable sums of money. The Take th Imperial Limited fastest train crossing the continent. Through standard sleepers from the coast to St.

Paul, Winnipeg and Montreal. LOWEST RATES to all points east. For full particulars caD on or address F. B. JOHNSON, COYLE, F.

P. A. O. P. Portland.

Ore. Vancouver. B. C. Ticket Office, 112 Third St.

THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL. Maintains unexcelled service from the west to the east and south, making elose connections with trains of all transcontinental lines. Passengers are jriven "iheir choice of routes to Chicago, xramnTiia on1 Orleans If vou are wanting cuy prupm- 1 -i robbers had planned to hold up the Best Bargains to go First. any kind see wnat we nave uu.c. son noil VAI1 ft number of proper- stage at the top of Jackson's hill, the in different locations: smau summit of the range of- hills south of Knlonra monthlv.

the And he it. I drew my salary every pay day with the rest of the bovs, and then I went down to the Salem, on the Jefferson road. From the top of the hill there is a long, steep a 'laro-e exchange list. Houses for rent. Wir erouchen deutsche store, and got my $15 Corbett grade toward Salem.

Just as the horses turned around a eurve. in the road at treated me white, he did, just as he al-way did everybody." After the railroad reached Salem and the stage line between Portland and 111 RNIS the crest of the hill, two masked men sprang into the road on either side of the stage. "Hold up!" was the command, but taking in the situation at a glance, Scovell swung his great whip back, cutting one robber across the RADCLIFfXO. here was discontinued Scovell was given the government contract as mail messenger between the depot and the postoflSce. For awhile he made four trips a day between these two points the first being at 5 a.

m. and the last at 9:30 o. m. Later two extra trips Reliable Apents. face, and the next instant had cracked the lash over his leaders.

Ine four horses clashed-- at -breakback, speed 111 j'U and through these points to the fa' East. Prospective travelers desiring information as to the lowest rates and best routes are invited to correspondence with the following representatives: B. II. Trumbull, CommecjiaJ! Agent," 112 Third street, Portland, J. C.

Lindsey, Traveling Passenger Agent. 142 Third street, Portland, Paul B. Thompson, Passenger Agent, Colman Building, Seattle, Wash. Boom 11, Moores Block, Salem, Oregon. Hefvrenee -Any bank vtr business house in the city of Salem.

I77 Liberty Street, next to Jos. Myers Sons. down that mile of heavy grade and did not stop their gallop until they neared were necessary on account of the "Al bany local" and the job kept Scovell the city. The passengers guessed the cause of the mad race and patiently en quite busy. He held this contract fpr several years and afterwards became sured such a shaking up as they never STATESMAN CLASSIFIED ADS BKLNG tiClCK RESULTS..