The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-10-12
FROM THE BIG CITY
A LIVELY LETTER FROM OREGON'S
MFTR0"aI IS.
Another Murder Mystery-Land Of Big
Red Apples-Talk of Railroad
Building.


+ Building.
Portland, Oct. S.-Portland has an
other murder mystery, citizen called
from his home at night and few
days later found in the river with
ghastly wounds on his head, valuables
in his pockets showing that robbery
was not the motive of the crime.
About o'clock in the evening of Sept.
18th, Geo. W. Sayres, an old. man 70
years of age, living at Fulton Park,
told his wife he was going for q walk
with Il, friend of his, known as "Bun-
co" Kelly, and that was the last that
was seen of him until Friday last,
when his body was found in the river
below the steel bridge On his head
were six ugly wounds, apparently in
f1icted with a hatchet, while his face
was badly bruised and his right hand
terribly cut, probably while defending
himself. His gold watch and gold
scarf pin were still on his person. His
watch stopped at 1886 about two
hours after he left home. This was
the time the body was thrown into
the river and not necessarily the time
of the murder. The police have ar
rested a sweet scented crowd, Joseph
("Bunco'D Kelly, a notorious sail OF
boarding house man and 'shanghaier''
Bob Garthorne, recently released FROM
Jail after serving term for snug
Cling, George Powers, convict from
San Quentin, Paddy Lynch. q convict
from Salem, Thomas Carroll, con-
vict from Walla Walla, Thomas
Burns. Il dissolute sailor and James
Mehan. sea cook. The first two are
charged with murder and the others
are held as witnesses. Burns says
that last August Kelly offered to pay
him for killing Sayres, but that he
knows nothing about his death. The
police are satisfied they have their
hands on the right gang, but are ut a
loss to prove the murder or to find
reason for it. The present theory is
that it is connected with some snug
Cling operations in some manner.
| The eighteen hour bicycle race ter
minated Saturday night in the expo
sition building and new worlds
record for eighteen hours has been es-
tablished at 355 miles, being nine
miles more than the best previous
record. H. r. Hewitt, of the Portland
Athletic club, is the new champion.
NIillard Lee was only one-quarter of
lap behind and George Staver four
| laps. Harrisburger also beat the rec
ord four miles This race was held
| under the authority Of the l.. A. w.
and the record becomes official Other
championship races will be held this
| fall.
A session of the American POmolog-
ical society will be held in Sacram mcnto
next January, and it is the intention
| of the Oregon Horticultural society to
have an exhibit of apples there. Or
chardists are requested to save their
best apples for this purpose, and If
| this is done there Is no doubt that
Oregon can beat anything shown by
any other state. Certainly If such
| fruit as was exhibited at Milton last
| week to the members of the Oregon
Press association is sent to Sacrn-
| mento there need be no fear of the
| result. The writer was present and
| saw that magnificent display; hastily
gathered as it was. ne never saw finer
apples and grapes i'll his life. He was
istonished to learn that a country that
was once thought fit only for a stock
| range, then to grow wheat, could pro-
duce in abundance fruit that would
put the famous Willamette valley to
| it's best PAGES to keep up with the
procession. If the legislature this
year will give us Il law that will en-
able the horticultural board to do
practical work in exterminating fruit
pests, Oregon will soon lead the world
| in fruit, both as to quality and guam
tity.
The level-headed men of Portland
realize that the future prosperity Of
the city depends upon the growth of
the tributary country and its closer
connection with it. They see that the
bringing of new sections into close
connection with the city by railroads
adds to it's business and develops
| those sections by giving them mar
ket for what they can produce. There
are two projects of this kind now on
| foot. One is to build railroad into
| the Yakima country through the
Klickitat pass, thus giving Central
Washington a direct outlet to Port
/ land. and the other is to construct a
| line to the Nehalem valley by the way
Of the Tualatin. The. Nehalem con-
tains both coal and iron of fine quail
| ity, has unrivaIed timber and is
splendid agricultural region. and its
connection with Portland by q rail
road would develop it and be of great
benefit to Portland. The early COM
pletion of the Cascade locks and
the construction of the boat railway
at Cello, to begin which congress has
made an appropriation, also promise
| to do much for the future of Portland
and for the welfare of the state gem
orally. 1t is by such projects as
these, by the Nicaragua canal and by
utilizing more fully and variedly our
natural resources and the capabilities
of our soil, and by doing ourselves
what we have been accustomed to
pay others living at a distance for
doing for us. that we must look for
return of prosperity. We have all
the materials at hand for working ont
our own salvation. All we have to do
is to use them intelligently aud ind:;s-
triously. Z. I. b.
| HOP INTELLIGENCE.