The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1893-07-07
TnE srArr snoor closed YESTERDAY after.

IHE STATE SHOOT closed yesterday after
noon. The first shoot yesterday was poe
of 81 each, "A entering. Piper broke tel
straight. Meeks and Grant Froman cam
IN ON the rs. A consolation shoot had onl
one Albany man in it, w + Baker. A
there was a prize for every man he got one
silk hat donated by the L + Blain Cloth
ing Co. Fourteen teams entered the team
contest, two in a team, with Sl06 in tn
pool. Pearson md Harritt broke As out O
a possible so, winning the first prize; Tn,
second money went to Martin and Shaddei
and tarlow and Winning. each making 40
Meek and Deyoe came IN for third of tn,
fourth money. Geo Froman and iiper
broke 35. The next tournament will b,
| held in Portland The date set will be be
tween June | and i6. W Story wa.
elected president w ] RELY secretary,
Harry Beel treasurer, all of Portland.
The tenth shoot was won by Ed Drink.
ard a l9-yoar old Young man, of Halsey,
who borrowed n gun, and some one paid
has entrance fee. The Statesman tells about
1t this way: Ed Drinkard, l9-year-old
youth who resides at Halsey. was the sports
man who created so much excitement yes
terday afternoon at the shooting grounds
| and made the crack marksmen feel that they
We're not in it. He belted his suspenders
around him and took about too reef In his
breeches vt the ankle and cody bdgan the
work of cracking the first fifteen discs
thrown for him. Tie did this without n
murmnr and he accomplished the feat of
breakingithe remaining ten as though twas
an every day occurrence. Almost before the
snaoke of the last shot had died away the
beyS of his native town. HalSey. and the
Albany team grabbed him up and should
cred him all over the ground to the pleasure
Of the spectators. He was placed one of the
trap beSes and with the gun in his hand
with which he did the work "a photographer
camera was turned on his form and a shot
taken He was the hero of the hour and
the stecsssful winner of the fine Parker gun
ysined at 800. But his luck did not stay
with nrD long. In q shUotoff for some
other prizes be only broke FIVE of the clay
birds cut Of n possible ten. Il L Winning
of Ashland, g frcman of Albany, and Jesse
OF Halsey, who scored twenty-four out of
the twenty-five IN the match for the Imper-
ial bicycle on Tuesday. were compelled to
shootoff for the wheel. Mr. Winning broke
nine and the other two Eve each. The gen
eral averages were rs follows: Ed Long. of
MeMinnville. first with sec per cent, win
ming the individual championship medal
- i
Paul kinzel tied for the second general
highest average getting the oil painting
valued at $50. B w Harritt of Salem made
the third highest average. Pipes Up Bal
hmore) of Albany and Evans of Portland
tied for fourth genera average. They won
the silver shaving cup. w A Storey of the
Portland team, and the newly-elected Pres
dent made tbs lowest general average.
THE YAQUISA HARBoR. W John
son. the p agent at San Francisco. in the
Journal of Commerce, says: Formerly and
before the letties that are being constructed
by the government were extended TO near
completion, some difficulty arose at times.
causing delays that in the present extension |
of the jetties have been entirely overcome.
The bar proper is not over GOO feet in width |
and but few years since strong tide
coming into the hay would wash the sands |
upon the top of this narrow ledge to a con-
siderable depth, osstructing temporarily |
the channel. But this difficulty has been |
entirely removed, and at present, practi- |
cably there is noybar The jetties extend |
ing out several hundred feet confine the cur |
rent to a comparatively narrow channel, |
thereby increasing Its velocity. 1t Is now |
sufficiently strong TO keep the bar swept en- |
tlreiy clean of sand down to the hard rock. |
and 80 protects the entrance to the harbor |
that during gale the force Of the breakers |
which formerly rolled In from the north
west with great force. Is entirely destroyed |
by the projection Of the north jetty. With |
these most favored conditions, it Is not put |
ting it too strong to say that the entrance |
20 1aquina Harbor Is one of the safest on
tse Pacific coast.
TaE STATE Suoor.-YesterdAy the Al
hany men again did good work at the
stsfs shoOt The fourth match was for
ten single blue rocks, with A entries. |
Oregon" Kinzel, Cayeness and Evans
broke ten straight Grant Froman and
four others divided second prize on 8 |
breaks; Dsyse, d. B. Mon'eith, Jesse
and eight others divided the third prize. |
In the fifth contest, Turner won first
priz.; Hoidridge. eladden, Long and
man in the % hole and, therefore, sole
$2S. 81 in cash Toward the last, when
the shooters began to see how things
were going, there was a strong effort on
the part Of several to score D. Jesse
secured fourth OF the si~th prize, Grant
Froman a fifth OF the sixth prize, Mon
teith and Meek each ninth OF the
eighth prize. The sixth match ~ss for 20
singles. There were IS entries. A
Turner also won first prize in this con-
test ~ith 20 straight. Grant Froman, Of
this eiIy, and Evans scored 10 and di-
vided seeUud prize. d B MonteiIh and
three others divided the fourth prize on
II Deyoe came in for fifth on score
OF 10. The se zenith match was for ten
singles. Thirty-two entries at 81 so
each Martin won frst prize, Victor
Sjeyele; Kinzsl ami Long sscoad. Al
pny men did not figure much in this
% utest.
DsYREssED TMEs-A n King. son Of
IL sos King, of Portland. arrived in Cor
'al tie Sunday night from the Chewaucan
Valley, Southeastern Oregon. He came
Icroes the mountains via the old military
quite and found about eight miles OF
NOV. ten or twelve feet deep, and a
lum Der cf wagons waiting to cross. OF
lie rendition Of affairs in Chewsucan he
seys= Times were never at lower eoo.
Wool is only worth cents per pound
Cattle can be bought at $40 per head all
round, and horses recently sold a. $40
per head. Mutton sheep only bring W
10 fZ.ZO PER UcAuS tnc 10 eci oStue VIZ
best Of wethers." Mr. King has about
1000 acres of land in Chewaucan. On
former trip out there this spring he OF
fered certain firm $3.50 per head for q
band of sheep, and ON the visit from
which he is now returning he Was offered
the same sheep at Sl.5O per head.
A BRIGHT COUNTRY GRL.-In view Of
the fact that an enormous number of insur-
ance agents have been around the following
from the Wolf Creek correspondence IN the
Grants Pass Courier viii be of interest: AZ
one of our young ladies was ON the train
coming from Grants Pass the other evening,
young dude, with his neck and ears cor
settled with standing collar, protesting to
be an insurance agent from Ashland, forced
conversation with her. As the train sped
along and the dude was talking very learned,
thinking our young lady ''greeney, a
long-eared jaekass put in an appearance and
the smart "insurace agent" said, "Ah, deah
miss what animal is that, can you name it?'
| "Yes sir, said the young lady, that is
another insurance agent from Ashland;
don't you recognize him?"
/ $500 REWARD ERED.-The following
is from 5 7 officers of San Francisco: Tn
Southern Pacific company offers reward Of
ipe hundred dollars for the arrest and con,
viction Of the man who shot and as sup
posed, mortally wounded James Bruce, q
brakeman ON passenger train No. 3, at Colo
Run, Placer county, California, about two
NJ, June 28th Several tramps were OF
top Of one Of tho forward cars Of the train
I The brakeman attempted to get him of