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14 THE MORNING- OSEGONIAN, 'WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1902. GHETCO AND -CHETCO HARBOR DEEP WATER AND SHELTERED COVES MAKE LITTLE GOVERNMENT WORK NECESSARY. CHBTCO, Or.. TCov. 1. (Special corre spondence.) The .Government charts made In 1S91 6how that the depth of water all around Chetco Bay is remark ably uniform, ranging: from 25 to SO feet 100 feet from the shore up to 70 feet or more out In the bay. 'With such a. depth of water the largest vessels can enter here, ' and " the bottem, "being sand and shale. Is an excellent ground for anchor age. There Is enough room In the har bor fbr the combined fleet of- all the Pacific ' Coast at once. There are no rocks In the bay and a sailing vessel can come directly in and cast anchor, or weigh 'anchor and sail .out almost any time. There axe two coves near ehore where vessels can be protected from, storms coming in any direction, at, only a nominal-. Government expense. The prevailing . winds are north and south. The north shore of the bay shuts off the winds from the north, and Mackllgn cove, or the ' cove near Bell rock, could be im proved so .as to -afford complete Shelter from south winds. All that Is needed to bring vessels into the bay is patronage. If there were business enough here to make It profitable for steamers to come in, they -would find no fault with the harbor. What Do I Think of Chetco t , The land" about Chetco Earbor, and at the mouth of Chetco River, as the site for a future city, could not be bettered. If man had had the making of it, he would not have been able to Improve it. It must be seen, to be appreciated, but I will attempt a description. The shores of the ocean rise abruptly to a height of from 30 to 50 feet, and then the land slopes back very gently, just enough for good drainage, for from half a mile to two miles to the mountains, which rise to a height of several hundred feet. This sloping bench of land extends up and down the bay and coast for about eight miles, and there Is not a ravine or gulch even, to break the level surface north and south, excepting where Chetco River comes .Into the bay. There is room enough here for a town site of 20 square miles, and the land Is nearly all clear of timber. Is good soil and Is now used as farming land, producing splendid crops of grain or pasture for cattle. I do not believe there Is a more natural townslte on the Pacific Coast, nor a prettier one. A railroad coming along the coast could almost have the ties laid on the natural formation ot the land, so level Is it north and south, and in crossing Chetco River the banks pn each elde are of the same height, and the width only a few hundred feet. Harbor City. At the mouth of Chetco River, where it enters the bay. Is a low, level tract of land of a coupie of hundred acres, which Is not more than 10 feet above the sea level. On this land about 10 years ago was laid out a town site by Coolridgo & McLain, and Thomas Van Pelt, and It was named Harbor. The former name of Chetco for the postofflce was dropped and Harbor substituted. A postofflce called Chetco was then established about two miles south of the mouth of Chetco River, on tho country road, and so there are still two poctofllces here Harbor and Chetco. At Chetcols a store, and nothing else excepting the farming lands. At Harbor are half a dozen houses only, the popu lation being about 0 persons. The resi dents here are attached to the name Chetco, and whenever the two postoffices are consolidated the name Chetco will be retained. It Is an Indian name, but I have not yet met anyone who knows its meaning. S. J. 'Keene has been a resident here for the past 10 years. When he came to Harbor, the population of the surrounding country was just about what it Is now, and consisted of ranchers and dairymen, and there were no. houses at Harbor to speak of. Coolrldge & 3IcLaln bought into the townslte with Thomas Van Peit and .started a sawmill and ttie town had a building boom. There were then a hotel, blacksmith shop, saloon, merchan dise istore, cooper shop and carpenter shop and during the time the sawmill ran business was good and times were lively. At the same time the borax mine on Lone Ranch was being iworked. and quite a riumber of, men were employed, and ves Eels came from San Pranclsco. brinirlng freight and taking away borax.- Later tho. mine was sold to the Pacific Borax Company, of Oakland, Cal., and was closed and has not fllnce been worked. About six years ago the sawmill shut down on account of the death of Thomas Van Pelt, and it has had a very per ceptible effect on the prosperity of the c&iintry here. A ".Revival Has Begun. About a year ago John L. Chllds and company purchased "a tract of land on Chetco Point and laid out the townslte of Cable, and this year put in a steel cable ircm the point across Maclyn. Cove to Grand Island for the purpose of loading vessels. Last month a schooner came up from San Francisco,, anchored under the cable in the cove, and in two days over 150 cords of tanbark were placed on her decks, and the cable was pronounced a success, and another shipment Is to be made soon in the same way. This cove has deep water and Is-sheltered and Is a good harbor. Just east of the land owned by Mr. Chllds is a large tract owned by the millionaire of Eau Claire, Wis., C S. Owens, and from Its southern banks along Chetco Bay Is where Mr. Hume made a selection" of jx wharf loca tion out into the -bay to a depth of water of -SS feet at low tide. The tides rise here on an average 6.3 feet dally. Mr. Owens also purchased of Mr. Hume about 25,000 acres of timber lands, principally redwood. In Del Norte County, and will doubtless make Chetco Harbor the termi nus of a Tallroad from Smith River and the redwood timber. The railroad "woulS be about 14 miles long, and have almost a level haul. Gold and Soapstonc Mines. Mr. Xeene says there has lately been discovered, about 12 miles up Chetco River, a large deposit of soapstone and parties are here now negotiating for Its purchase and will empoy a number of men ill working it. About 30 miles up Chetco River is an extensive. mineral belt, and a rich gold ledge was lately discovered there by Mr. Ben Miller and several claims have been recorded, some of them being located by Grant's Pass people and quite a force of men has been working there during the past six months, and the prospects are for an excellent mine and there are other ledges In the same section. Tan Baric Industry. A variety of oak called "tanbark oak" jrrows in dense forests in many" places along Chetco River and on the mountains up the coast. There Is an active demand for the bark at good prices per ton, and this year a local company, headed by Mr. Chllds, brought down the river about 200 ccrds, and having made a success of .the enterprise it will be conducted on a much larger scale next year. Chetco River is about 200 feet wide just Inside the bar, and is from nine to 14 feet deep for a couple, of miles and then for a distance of about four miles more It has low rapids occaslonaly, but in be tween the water Is deep and moves slowly. One peculiarity of Chetco River Is the almost entire absence s)t large rocks in the bed, but In place of them are im mense deposits of small gravel, and dur ing the Summer the gravel bed is used as a roadway for many miles up the river. Lumbermen say there never was a finer stream for floating logs than the Chetco River. Mr. Chllds cut the tan bark up -the river eight miles and brought It down on nine flat-bottomed boats and piled It In sheds on Chetco Point, whence it was transported by tramway and cable to the vessel In the harbor. The boats were then placed one. behind the other with a rope from the last boat and one from the first one, and one Jibrse drew all the beats up the river walklrigalong On "trie gravel .banks. Mr. S. A. Moore, an old VERY resident here, informed me that he had gone 14 miles upUhe river in a small boat. There never was a better chance for getting In on the ground floor In making an Investment of money than hero In this section. The harbor is a good one, the timber resources are great, the dairy bus iness is just getting fairly started (there being about 350 cows milked here, and one creamery), a water power can be devel oped on Chetco River, and there are for ests of cottowood and fir timber which could be manufactured Into paper -pulp. The borax mines, five mlle from here, are not rv i w i not worked, but by prospecting more I borax can be found, and It is a valuable product of the earth. Tho scenic beauties of the country along the coaiit here, the delightful Summer climate, the fine hunt ing and fishing, and the opportunity for absolutely safe salt-water bathing cannot be surpassed. Right in front of the townslte Is a salt-water pond of about 30 acres, with sandy bottom, about 15 feet deep in the center, quiet as a mill pond, no matter how stormy outside, and during the Summer months much warmer than the outside waters of the bay. Chetco River. There Is said to be a low pass for a railroad or wagon road from the head waters of Chetco River, up Tlncup Creek and down on to the Illinois. River, and thence to Grant's Pass, which would save many miles In distance, be an easy grade and pass through a fine timber and min eral country. There Is aLio said to be a pa3s for a railroad from the Diamond Creek copper district on to the head waters of Wlndchuck River, and thence down to Chetco Harbor. The Valley of the Chetco is narrow, but there are rich bottom lands which aro farmed for 20 miles up the river. There are thousands of acres" of fine timber in the mountains and a great portion Is not yet even sur veyed. There Is one tract alone of 72,000 acres within 10 mllC3 of the harbor. Chetco should be a most attractive place for a Summer resort. There are good camping grounds and all kinds of sport for people who would spend a few weeks by the seashore. There .Is one great drawback to the country at present, but an Increase of population will effect a remedy. I refer to lack of communication by telegraph or telephone. There Is a telephone line to Gold Beach, 43 miles to4he north, and at Smith River, 15 miles to the south, and the people here are extremely desirous that this gap" shall be closed at an early date. Both Chetco and Wlndchuck have an an nual Pall run of salmon and COO were caught here in one day lant week fine, large ones. There should be a fish hatch ery established and an excellent site is said to be on Amni Creek, about 14 miles up Chetco River. A. F. Gardner lives on his farm at the junction of the north fork of Chetco and tne main river. From his house can be seen, only three miles away, the rugged heights of Mount Amni, a massive moun tain of mineralized rock, around whose base Chetco River winds for 50 miles, and where are water-falls and rapids, and by starting at the .junction of Chetco River and the South Fork, a water-power .flume could take out the water and a fall of 00 feet be secured In a few miles and a water power developed. During the low est stage, about 5000 Inches of water flows, but during the Winter and Spring the supply Is practically unlimited for such an enterprise. The mountain lands back from the ocean eight or 10 miles are admirably adapted to the" racing of sheep and goats, and a woolen mill could be located here and receive power from the river. Chetco Valley raises almost anything that will grow outside of a tropical coun try. Peaches, grapes and melons do well, and the vegetables raised cannot be sur passed. Mr. Gardner had one tomato vine at the Del Norte fair which had 63 pounds of fruit, ripe and green. The best hunting and fishing grounds are up Wlnd chuck and Chetco Rivers, and Mr. William Cooley told me he saw DO deer there In one day, and Mr. Van Pelt said he saw 100 deer In a day at Snow Camp, on Pistol River, north of here. Bears are also abundant. Mr. Gardner ha3 lived here 26 years and Is an authority on hunt ing, fishing and timber. , Attractive to Tourists. The Summer tourist should visit Chetco harbor, as it is an attractive place for the visitor; the capitalist will find opportun ities for developing dividend-paying enter prises, and the manufacturer can install lumbering and other mills. A railroad along the coast would quickly settle up the country and make it a most desirable place of residence, and there aro many chances for making money rap Idly In case of such an event. There Is an enterprise which could be started here at once by some furniture manufacturer which would b'e a paying Investment. Let a portable sawmill .be put in on. Chetco River, and let a con tract be let for running the mill and pay ing -as much per thousand for sawing and delivering at the tramway white oak, live oak (or tan bark oak) myrtle or pepper wood, ash and maple lumber. Several million feet could be sawed, and as fast as 50,000 or 100,000 feet had been delivered send a vessel from Portland, bringing In freight and taking away this lumber. I MAP LrE AC&osf a 6b f yr TIMBER TJlfBER " '', v v . 5 s A I i v X A l , l Ik S v. f ' isg? r---- . 11 K j "-. : ( :: CHETCO, Or.. Nov. This map Is intended to show what are the 'future possibilities o the country aldnp the coast when a railroad is built to 02en and capital Is Invested to devclpp It. The line of the Coa:st Railroad Is shown, also a water-power flume, also a proposed Jetty and a deep-water wharf, and a salmon hatchery. am told there- are Ihouaanda of feet of tan bark oak treea which have been cut down and peeled and are already sea soned, which can be had very cheap, the logs ranging from 10 Inches to two feet In diameter, and 12 to 20 feet long. White dak xan be had from 12 to 24 Inches in diameter and from 10 to 24 feet long. The myrtle can be had from 12 to 3G Inches In diameter and from 10 to 40 feet long. The mill could bo located at some suitable place and. the lumber put on flat boats, as It will not float, and brought to the mouth of the river and there hauled about half a mile to the cable tramway. There are persons here who say this en terprise can be made a great success. James A. Cooley owns the only creamery in the valley, which he operates by water power from a large spring up the moun tain side. He Is thinking of forming a stock company among the dairymen here wlth about '70X) capital stock and then ,,tH?wr , cm,tw putting In an additional separator and other machinery and .Improving his plant. The division of the stock will be in pro portion to the number of cows milked and the stockholders will be.: F. H. Blake, 70 shares: James A. Cooley, CO; John White, 60; William A. Chlldo. 50; William Cooley, CHETCO. Or., Nov. 1. This view shows Grand Island, about 1500 feet across Cable tanbark. and to the left b power-houso and shipping point of the Chllds cable tramway. charts say, there is 24 feet of water at low tide. 40; James White, 50, and Lester Lucas, 20 a total of '350 shares. The capacity of the plant will be increased later to accom modate about 00 cows, and this will en courage the Increase of the number of milch cows- In the valley. William Tolman and a party of three men and two women have' returned this week from a successful hunting excur sion about 30 miles up Chetco River In the Red Mountain region. They saw over 75 deer and killed what they wanted. The party visited the beautiful lakes of Red Mountain, seven in- rjumber, and this is the second party of women ever to get in there, and the scenic beauties of the lakes are extolled by all the party, and they regretted they had no cameras with them to take some views. The lakes can be reached only on horseback. Place for Lazy Men. Raleigh Scott lives 12 miles from Chetco River harbcr, on the headwaters of the North Fork of the river, and 'has a well Improved ranch of S5C0 acres, keeps a store and has 2000 sheep, besides cattle and horses. I a.ckcd Mr. Scott how he happened to settle there, and he said: "Well, I lived In Eugene up to 1S72, and found that If J made a living I would have to-work, and Iwas too lazy for that, so I struck out and came down on the coast to look around. As I rode through j the hills here I came across a man lying down on the hllls'.de taking It easy watching hla band of sheep. I asked him If he was making any money, and he replied: "Yes; I've got $1000 in cash." I asked him If he would sell and he said yes. and I bought him out, and I have been, here ever since." There Is a low ridge just north of Mr. Scott's house, very steep and narrow, and on the other eide, I am .informed, ia the head of a branch of Pistol River. A rail- j road could be built up Chetco River and the north fork and with a tunnel through the ridge have an easy grade over to the headwators of Plr-tol River, down which 1 11. couiu ionow 10 tne lootniiis oy tne ocean. It would pass through a fine tim ber country and avoid some expensive roadmaklng along the coast. While this may be true. It Is to be hoped that tho builders of the coast railroad will keop hand, let Oregon do the "grand" and It near the ccean. even though original cost will be an earnest as well as an invitation should be greater, as it would save, by I to her neighboring states to come to Ore having a level haul, the expense of heavy eon In 1905 and dlsnlav their- resources. engines,-and the scenic beauties of the! coast would attract the traveler more than 1 anything else. The coast line of the ocean OF CHETCO AND THE HARBOR. CtsRRY Cowry '8 'ffij State LAe . gttpcsv. rrr- (Tamp s " T I VSLTT - 11 , Thu question may be asked. Are .there any vacant Government lands In Curry j County.' xcs, tnousands of acres, and some of it Is quite valuable, but remote and difficult to reach, a3 there are no wagon roads, and not even trail's in some parts of this county. E. C. P. HALF-MIL-LION FAVORED. By a Xcivspaper That Tliougnt $100, OOO' Was Enough. That sentiment is growing in favor of an appropriation of 1500.000 by the State j of Oregon is indicated by the following editorial from the Salem - Sentinel. That newspaper at first said $100,000 was enough, but now declares Itself for $300,000: That the proposed Lewis and ClaTk Ex position will be wortn many times more than the sum It will cost the people of , Portland and Oregon goes -without saying, i year. In some counties where meetings Portland has already said that she want3 are held frequently, the election of Po the fair of 19C5 to be, a success. She wants mona officers Is not of so much cor.se- $350,000 worth of It, her public-spirited cltl- CABLE COVE, AT CHETCO zens having subscribed that sum to the capital stock of the corporation. They go even farther than this. They ask that the state appropriate S500.000 for the fair, and as Portland pays practically one-third of the taxes of the state this Is equivalent Ing It optional to hold elections annually to the people of Portland saying that the or biennially. Mr. Leedy thinks it can fair Is worth to them more than a half j be carried In the National Grange. Po mllllon dollars. Mr. Corbett, president of ' monas of Clackamas .and Multnomah the board of managers, personally sub scribes $30,000, and says that If the 3tato does not appropriate 5500.000,, the project may as well be dropped. And the Sentinel fopls lnoHnftrt tn nrpf -n-fth Mr. Hnrhptt This paper has up tp this time believed and argued that a state appropriation of $1000) was as much as the people of Oregon could afford to Invest In the fair; but upon wide Inquiry and Investigation and a mature weighing of the pros and cons, from an unbiased viewpoint, the Sentinel is free to admit that the state outside of Portland can well afford to in vest 3333,000 in the enterprise. It will benefit them far more than that. It will prove of inestimable value to Portland and certainly all parts of the state take a pride iri her chief city. . A levy of some thing less than 4 mills, distributed over two years (1.75 per year), will meet the proposed appropriation. From this It will be seen that It would cost the man who Is assessed for $2000 only $3.50 a year for two years. The man who pays taxes on but $1000 will contribute $1.75 a year for two years toward the fair. It is beyond denying that the advertising the proposed exposition would give to Ore gon would be worth many thousands of dollar?. Even the preliminary agitation of the fair ha? already attracted attention to Oregon from every state In the Union, j and as a result many people are seeking nomes among us. The scope of the exposition cannot com pare with that ofthe St. Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition, but it can be made a glittering success. It would bring many strangers to Oregon and to know Oregon is to love her. For the Legislature to fall to provide for assisting the fair would be equivalent to saying to Congress, and to the Legis latures of California. Idaho, Washington, Montana, Nevada, Wyoming, Utah, Colo- orado et al: "Stay away!" On the other "Garland" Stoves and Rnnprcn. Awarded First Prize Tarls. IO00. Buffalo. 1C01. ORe&n xriD CaliFORMA - T TO CHANGE GRANGE LAW HIOVEjIENT TO BE RENEWED STATE SECRETARY MARTIN. BY Would It Make Optional to Elect Po mona Officers for One or Trfo Years., G. B. Leedy, Master of the State Grange, lef yesterda'. for Lanslng( MIch.. where ! he will attend the meeting of the National Grange. He will be absent about a month. Mr. Leedy will onleavor to have the rules regarding election of officers of the Po mona Grange changed so elections may be held either annually or biennially. At present officers have to be elected every quence. Here ,ln Oregon the Pomonas (or Maclyn) Cove; the vessel loading1 Under the vessel, the Government -oV usually meet quarterly, and it Is felt that too much time Is consumed In elections, and that it would be just as well to have thern every two years. Heretofore this change has been defeated, but by mak Counties favor making It optional, The matter -was brought before Evening Star Grange, No. 27, at the last meeting, and Mr. Leedy then said he wou'.d press It upon the attention of the National j Grange. EPWORTII LEAGUE CONVENTION. DeleRates From Portland District Meet at WoodlnTvii Friday. The 12th annual convention of. the Portland District Epworth League will be held In the Woodlawn Methodist Epis copal Church, Woodlawn, Friday evening and Saturday. Friday evening there will be a song service conducted Uy Rev. An drew Monroe, and an address by Rev. J. H. Coleman, D. D. Saturday morning the convention will open with devotional exercises conducted by Rev. W. T. Kerr. Then will follow this programme: . "Literary Work," C. P. Hester; "So cials," Dr. E. E. Cawood; "Choosing Of ficers," Miss Grace R. Harlowe; discus sion; roll-call of chapters: noon Inter mission; devotlonal3, Rev. F. L. Young; reports of officerc; election of officers; re ports of committees; "The Duet of Life," Mark Wolf; exercise by Junior League, Irene Sheldon; "Personal Work," James Bamford. A large attendance of delegates Is ex pected. The Wood lawn. Church is prepar ing to entertain them. Dinner will be furnished Saturday by the church In the basement. T. S. McDanie'.s, district pres ident, will preside. OREGON'S BIG TIMBER. Sticks Bclnff Hewn Bccnuae Too Lnrjrc for Sawmills. The large timbers which are being hewed Into shape on the ground north of Morri son bridge are attracting much attention. Inman, Poulsen & Co. are havlntr them squared for shipment by vessel to Ala-I meda Point, Cal. They are too large to be sawed out at any of the sawmills of Portland. The timbers are yellow fir. There are three sticks 92 feet long. One is 5S Inches at enc end and 63 at the other j These timbers arc all -clear, and will be used for shipping purposes. Death of Mrs. Sophia Mitchell. The funeral of Mrs. Sophia Mitchell, wife of Jacob Mitchell, of Sellwood. was held from the Catholic Church near Mid way, on the Milwauklc road. She was 41 years old. She had been ill for the past eight months, and came to Oregon 14 years ago. first settling at Corvallls, and moved to Sellwood In 1S20. A husband and the following children survive her: George, Frank and Arthur Mitchell, and Miss Rose, the latter belns: a student of 'the Mount Ange! College. Hcclcle.s.i Shooting In Alblna. Complaint Is made of reckless shooting by boys in the suburbs of Alblna. A young woman In Upper Alblna reported to L. P. W. Quimby, Game Warden, yesterday that a young hunter came near shooting her mother. These youngsters carry re volvers and small rifles, and have been blazing away even in the dooryards of suburban residents. The Game Warden says he v111 put a stop to this practice. The j'oungsters are liable to fine for shoot ing In the city limits. Funeral of A. Lester Hnrter. The funeral 6( A. L?ster Harter, the young man who died In St. Vincent's Hos pital, was held Monday, and Lone Fir cemetery was the place of interment. Byron W. and H. C. Harter, brothers, ar rived from Fisher, Or., to find him dead. They had been notified of his serious Ill ness and had started for Portland at once. Mr. Karter has a father and mother liv ing at Fisher. 1 East Side Notes. Otto Kleemann. architect, left last evening for Starbuck, Wash., on business, where he will remain about a month. The steam ro'.ler is kept busy on the newly-graveled streets of1 Stephens Addi tion. East Lincoln street Is now being rolled. J. L. Sperry, recently returned from Nome. Alaska, will leave on a hunting ex pedition In Yamhill County. He will be absent several weeks. The Standard Oil Company has com pleted Its new offices at Its plant on East First and Main streets. It Is a two-story brick. It docs not appear that the com pany contemplates moving very fast.. Work will be stsfrted on the enlargement of the basement room of Centenary Meth odist Church this month. Provisions were made for this work at the close of the last conference year. The basement will be Increased In size, and the floor will i be lowered. It will then be used by thp Sunday school. "The cost of the improve ments will be about $1000. The Hawood Social Club, "of the Penin sula, la preparing a comedy called "The Ulster," which will be given In Artisana Hail, December 12. The cast has been made out, and those who will take part are hard at wcrk. The Montavilla Social Club will, meet tomorrow evening in Aylsworth Hall, on the Base Line road, on which occasion there will be an entertainment. Rev. Frank B. Coulter, of the Portland Chris tian Union, will deliver an address. This meeting was announced through misunder standing for this evening. The Montavilla Board of Trade will again take up the question of annexa tion to Portland at its meeting next Fri day evening. There will be a number of talks for and against annexation. The prospects that the west s'ope of Mount Tabor will probably take action for an nexation the early part of next year have incplred the annexationists of Montavilla with new hope. . ( MR. .CORBETT'S LETTER. Writes to a Salem Paper About Spe cial Session. Salem Journal. Portland, Oct. 29, 1002. Editor Journal: You are well aware that I am as anxious to see the needed legislation passed at the call session and eliminate the matters from the regular session that should be acted upon, on their merits. I cannot but see that the regular ses sion will be drawn Into a muddle that might make it discreditable, and possibly the blame might be laid on those who take an active part. The Lewl3 and Clark directors thought It unwise for them to press this matter and Incur the enmity of the press and the people, and possibly fall at the same time to secure the ap propriation. Wa regard It as an emi nently proper, thing that the recognition of the 100th anniversary of Lewi3 and Clark's expedition to this country should be appropriately celebrated and no one has been asked to give his support to the matter, believing that It was one of state pride. In which all citizens would be equally Interested. I regard It as a patri otic duty to do what I can to commemo rate this Important event. I believe It would do more for advertising Oregon and calling attention to Its great advantages than any other one thing. The small tax that would be entailed upon the people Is a mere bagatelle, compared to the great advantages that would accrue from such a celebration. I do not think It should be considered as a Portland enterprlss, but as a state enterprise. In which we are all equally Interested. Portland, as a city, has never asked any contribution from the state to any extent. It has bonded Itself to the Port of Portland for' hundreds of thou sands of dollars for the purpose of Im proving the navigation to the sea, In which the whole state Is Interested, name ly bringing the shipping and people as near together as possible, thereby lower ing tho freight charges and' Increasing the price of our products for the benefit of the farming community. I understand our Taxpayers' League, of which I am a member, still asks the Gov ernor for an extra session, and I hope It may be called, and these questions dis posed of, and wo will take the chances of an appropriation for the Lewis and Clark Centennial. If It falls, let the re sponsibility fall upon the Legislators, where It would belong. It would simply demonstrate that there is little patriotism and much less public spirit In the State of Oregon than I or the public had sup posed. H. W. CORBETT. COAL COMBINE IS CERTAIN Morn-nn's Denials of Entering Ens land Cannot Withstand Search. NEW YORK, Nov. 4. While denials of J. P. Morgan's London partners respect ing prospective purchase of the coal fields an"d potteries of Staffordshire are con sidered unconvincing In that quarter, it Is evident, cables the London- correspond ent of the Tribune, that a combination of some kind has been formed for controlling the production qf the collieries. If this combination be exclusively British, it Is probable It will be followed by a similar movement In other mining sections. Amalgamations of the British Iron and steel Industry are constantly going in; effect. A British steel trust may bo the final result after numerous smaller amal gamations. Press opinions vary widely as to the result of the colonial conference. Tho Morning Post considers that the confer ence did little more than mark time, whllt! the Dally Telegraph speaks of "a gigantic step forward," In the direction of Impe rial consolidation. The Dally Mall says, the most Important fact and one that In dicates the imminence of some approach ing constitutional revolution is Colonial Secretary Chamberlain's offer on the part of the government favorable to consider representation of the colonics In one or the other of the two houses of the Im perial Parliament. British boot and shoe manufacturers state that the imports of American boots and shoes practically, has ceased, but. at the Shoe and Leather Fair just opened at Islington almcnt every mechanical device for cheapening the production of boot3 and shoes Is of American origin. KNIFE BLADE IN HIS BRAIN Chicajro Msn Has It Removed Vter an Interval of Twenty-two Years. CHICAGO. Nov. 4. After having carried a knife blade an Inch and a quarter In length In his brain for 22 years, P. J. Kent has undergone a successful operation for Its removal. The blade had broken off In the skull, and the point had been all these years Inserted squarely Into the brain. Since the Injury had been received Mr. Kent had suffered from epileptic seiz ures. The physicians who performed the operation say the patient will recover full control of his muscles. Mr. Kent was attacked when 1G years of age by a stranger, who stabbed him on the frontal bone. Shortly after the rnjury had been Inflicted, he was seized with diz ziness and convulsions, and became an In valid. The case attracted much attention In Chicago hospitals, in almost all of which Kent has been a patient. Case No Longer Mystery to Doctors. NEW YORK, Nov. 4. Mystery nb longer surrounds the strange discoloration which has turned black the lower limbs and part of the body of Patrick McGrath. a patient In Bellevue Hospital. He is suf fering from gangrene, caused, the doctors have decided, by a clot In one of the larg est arteries of the body, above the hip, probably the aorta. Nothing can savehis' life, the physicians say, except immediate removal of the clot. One taken every night stimulates the liver, carries off the bile and improves the digestion and appetite. Carter's Little Liver Pills. Don't forget this. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. Tiia Kind You Have Always Bought Bears tho Signature of "ALL WRIGHT-FOR M0RH THAN HALF A CENTURY" vu.iu oil Hn writttvn ?ind ir.i anaHtteS of Opium, bat pratueen no sickness ot the stomach. Ia acuta nervous disorders UU an InTftlnaMe Itomeaj-. Becommended bj best Physicians eTerywhero. WRIGHT'S INDIAN YE0ETASLEPIU. CO., Neir York. eon's Emulsion My is. The essence of nourish ment a predigested food. A condensed fat made palatable and acceptable to the most delicate stomach. The first food a baby receives, mother's milk; is an emulsion. Scott's Emulsion is the milk or cream oi cod liver oil, and contains the elements needed to supply the nourishment that may be lackins: in a mother's milk. If a baby is fat it is comfor table, and happy; a thin, scrawny baby is never quite well, never thoroughly com fortable. Its ordinary food may not , contain the right nourishment. For such a baby Scott's Emulsion is intended. It supplies the needed nourish ment as well as heat and fat; it makes babies comfortable. Why ? Because Scott's Emul sion contains the elements that possess in the highest -degree the principles of nourishment. , Cod liver oil has for years been known as one of the greatest foods in the world. It o stands at the head of the list as containing, in a given quan tity, the most nourishment of any food. But cod liver oil in its raw state is repulsive. Weak stomachs cannot retain it; delicate tastes rebel against it. It was to overcome these objections and still retain the full value of the oil that Scott's Emulsion was introduced. But it does more than offer the full strength of cod liver oil in a palatable form. It combines with the oil other splendid ingredients hypo phosphites of lime and soda and glycerine. The proper and perfect combination of these, found only in Scott's Emulsion, represents a most valuable food-medicine. The mission 'of the oil is to stop waste, supply the loss of -flesh and furnish nourish ment; the hypophosphites feed and sustain the nerve tissues and nerve centers besides stimulating the action of the blood ; the glycerine furnishes bone material and marrow, upon which latter the blood depends. How are these results se cured ? By the easy action and mild progress of Scott's Emul sion through the Body. Being partly digested it does not tax . the stomach ; being perfectly blended it is quickly and easily assimilated, that is, distributed with exact regard for the par ticular need of each part of the body On every package of the genuine Scott's Emulsion there, is a trade mark label of a man with a fish on his back. We will send a sample free to anyone on request. scon & BOWN 409 Pearl Si, New York. Nasal CATARRH In all Its stages. Ely'sCreamBalm' cleanses, soothes and heals the diseased membrane. It cures ca- ' tarrh and drives away cold In the head uulckly. CREAM BALM ia placed Into the nostrils, spreads over the membrane and Is absorbed. Belief Is immediate and a cure follow. It It not drying does not produce sneezing-. Largs Size, 50 cents at Druggists or by mall; Trial Size. 10 cents by mall. ELY BROTHERS. 68 Warren St., Netr York. J H LKGX TAMSY P LLS Tot SO years tne only safe end reliable We- emte it0CKia.tor lor ail troubles. Kaieres Within 3 LOTS. At drnrrta&i. ar hv null 1 ?ct 33. Fres trial oi "Tansy " an4 ! ' Wonum'tfSafs Qnaxd" ftclOci. Addrai - m A