THE KORNUCG OREGONIA2C, THONBAY, APRIL 30, 1906.
PHASES OF INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN THE STATE OF OREGON
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PORTLAND TO TUP
IT
Work on Lewiston-Riparia
Grade Is Progressing With
Great Rapidity.
WILL OPEN LAND OF RICHES
Xew Iiine Gives Lcwlpton Water
Grade to the Sea and Adds
Rich Tributary Section to
Portland District.
IKWISTOK. Idaho, April 29. Special.)
Day by day the grading of the Lwis-ton-Itiparla
Railroad la advancing and
every day hammer, sledge and pick aro
shortening the distance be-twecn Lewis
ton and Portland, till next Fall direct
railroad communication between the two
places will be established.
It means much to Lewlston to have a
water grade to the sea. It means much
lo Portland to have tributary to It one of
the richest inland countries in the United
States, a country rich in fruit, grain
nnd all farm products, rich in livestock,
rich In wool, and rich in its mines.
1-ong lias Lewlston dreamed of and
hoped for a water-grade railroad. The
limbing of the Northern Pacltic step
ladder up Kendrlck Hill has become a
nightmare. The annual car shortage at
a time when, the farmers are crying for
rars to sh'P their grain and the annual
blockade on Ivcndrlck Hill have become
unbearable. It Is no wonder that Lewis
ton looks for relief when the Joint road
from Riparla to Lewlston is completed.
With a down-hill pull and with compet
ing railways the farmers feel confident
that a better day is dawning.
Land of Boundless Resources.
With the completion of this road Port
land will nnd open to It a new field for
commerce of all kinds, for the Snake and
Clearwater territory has within It bound
less resources.
Along the Snake Iliver between Lewls
tou and Riparla are the famous Snako
River fruit orchards with their thou
sands of tons of peaches, cherries, apri
cots, pears and berries. Last year when
low water tied up the O. R. & N. Coa
boats tho fruitgrowers sustained a heavy
loss. "With the advent of the railroad
the larger fruit raisers will put up their
own Icehouses, ice the cars in their yards
and have their fruit .shipped in good con
dition, with no Jolting from transferring.
At Olarkston, the Lewlston-Clarkston
Company has under Irrigation 20(0 acres
of land that six years ago was a desert
waste. This land now supports 3000 peo
ple who send fruit to all parts of the
Tnited States. The Lewlston-Clarkston
Company Is purchasing more land and Is
supplanting the irrigation ditch with a
pipe line for the saving of water. When
this is done the Irrigated acreage will be
greatly increased. The company Is also
putting In a mammoth reservoir to sup
lily water for the town use.
The Lewiston-Sweetwater Company has
a large force of men "working on ditches,
laying pipe lines and damming a big nat
ural reservoir, by which this company
expects to reclaim 10.000 acres of arid
land adjoining Lewlston on the nouth.
Small streams will be turned into this
reservoir and the Winter snows of Craig
Mountain will be caught in it and stored
for irrigation during tho Summer. So
far have the contractor proceeded with
their work that the company expects to
put 1000 acres of Irrigated land on the
market this Summer. Next year another
JWO acres will be added, and each year
the irrigated district will be enlarged, till
the sandhills and the sagebrush will be
supplanted by fruits of all varieties.
Another Irrigation Project.
The AVaha Lund & "Water Company
will soon let Its first contract for another
big irrigation project. This company
purchased the famous Twenty-One ranch,
consisting of 2100 acres of land. On this
land Is found many springs and a fine
natural reservoir. I'slng these and other
surrounding streams and W'aha Lake this
company expects to store enough water
for 20.krt acres. A tunnel will be driven
to tap AVaha Itke for tho main supply
The first contract to be let by this com
pany will amount to about jriO.OOO. The
company expects to have Irrigated tracts
on the market next year.
Around close to Lewlston may be found
manv beautiful vineyards, where grapes
of all varieties can be grown, the climate
being peculiarly adapted to all kinds of
grapes.
To the south and southeast are vast
wheatfields. Here lies the Tammany
country. Nez Perces Prairie and Camas
Prairie, with soil rich and productive,
where wheat yields 40 bushels and even
more to the acre This country is also
the greatest livestock producing country
In the Northwest today, and bere stock-
buyers from East nnd "West flock annu
ally. Steers, hogs and horses alike are
shipped in groat quantities.
Home of the Sheep Kin p.
South of Lewlston and along the Snake
Hlver is found tho home of the sheep
king. Here thousands of sheep graze the
year through, and In the valley a mil
lion pounds of wool may often be seen
lying in sacks on the ground waiting for
the up-river steamer. With mutton at
the present high prices, the sheepmen
who havo fed well during the "Winter are
realizing a handsome profit. On account
of the high price of feed, however, few
were able to feed for market, and a ma
jority are relying on this season's wool
clip.
Also to the south and in Asotin County
are vast wheat fields, and the warehouses
along the Upper Snake during the fall
bulge with their mighty burdens of grain,
Better steamboat service is badly needed,
Still further south Is the beautiful Wal
lowa country, once the home of Chief
Joseph and his fellow-tribesmen, the Nez
Perces Indians. This land Is rich In
grasses and the farmers are anxiously
waiting for the O. R. & X. Co. to build
from Huntington down the Snake River
to Lewlston. Railroad men believe this
road Is not far distant.
Along the Salmon River are the open
cattle ranges, and many men have been
made independently rich by the cattle
raised on the wild grass or of this country.
North and cast is the Potlatch country,
the country of grain, beans and prunes.
This is the country that supplies the Lew
lston country with Its beans and dried
prunes, and the farmers are waiting for
even larger fields.
To the east and south are mines. Some
are paying but many others contain hid
den treasures that only await the coming
of transportation facilities. Along the
Snake River is the Eureka, the Yellow
Boy. the Fargo, the Iranaha, the Ohadl.
and the properties of the Electrolytic
Company, many of which "will become
producers with transportation.
In "Wallowa County, on the banks of
the Snake Iliver. the Grand Rondo Ceil
NEW
Cora pa ay has purchased 3609 acres of land
O. R. fc
and has an Immense coal deposit. The
coal is of high grade and once again the
Question of transportation Is all Impor
tant.
Pierce City Booming.
In the Pierce City camp miners arc
working with renewed vigor. Since the
days when this camp was In Its prime
it 1b said J3.000.000 worth of gold, mostly
from the placers, has been taken oat.
One company is putting In a dredge with
a capacity of 1500 yards a day. The camp
is experiencing a boom.
On Crooked Rlx-er. tho Hogan Company
is working an immense dyke of low-grade
ore. It is quarried out and handled with
a .10-stamp mill at a handsome profit. In
tho Buffalo Hump camp Is the famous
Jumbo mine, which bids fair to return
big profits to the investors. In Dixie
camp. In Klk City camp, and numerous
mining camps, are promising mining proj-
ertles. Aside from the quartz mines, the
mountains are dotted -with the placer
miner and the big hydraulic streams are
t;arlng away thousands of yards of dirt
every day in search of the golden nugget.
To add to the promising prospect of the
Lewlston country the Northern Pacific Is
building a road E miles long from Cul
desac to GrangevUle. cutting through the
Nez Perces and Camas Prairies. Contrac
tors have started work on this road,
which will bring down tons of grain to
Lewlston, from when? It will take the
water-grade to the sea.
The Iewlston & Southeastern Electric
Railway Company lias let Its first con
tract and graders are at work. This com
pany will build an electric road 109 miles
long to GrangevUle. passing through dis
tricts that are soon to be Irrigated. Sur
veyors are rushing work to keep ahead of
tho contractors. The road will probably
be put Into operation when track Is laid
as far as Waha. after which the further
construction work will be continued.
This company will build an Immense
power plant on the Salmon River, to fur
nish power for the road. A tunnel will
be driven through the mountain at Horse
shoe Bend, to bring the water to the
power plant. Tho company -will also sell
power to the mines in the Salmon River
country, and to the towns along the
road.
Light for Palo use Country.
The Iewiston-Clarkston Company last
Fall completed a new power plant, and
is now lighting the towns of Genessee and
Moscow, and before long the line wfll be
extended to other towns In the Palousc
country. This company will enlarge Its
Asotin plant In the near future, and Is
also preparing to build a large power
plant on the Grand Ronde River to fur
nish power for mining purposes. Sur
veyors are working ou the Grand Ronde
site.
Tho Open-River Association expects to
put two boats on the Snake River to ply
between Cclllo and Lewlston, and local
people are taking up the proposition of
building a boat for tho Upper Snake.
These, with the O. R. & N. boats that are
now operating, will give tho Snake River
a large commercial fleet.
Lewlston lias had a wonderful develop
ment within the last year In the building
line. "Within the last three months build
ings valued at JSsVi.OOO have been com
pleted, all modern brick structures. They
represent a total frontage of 833 feet. The
most costly building was the Idaho Trust
Company block on Fifth nnd Main, cost
ing ya.000.
This Is the country with which Port
land will soon be brought Into close com
munication, and these are some of the
products It offers for market.
BUVS UNION" SUBURBAN LINE
Central Railway of Oregon Will
Complete the Construction.
LA GRANDE. Or April 29. (Special
Correspondence.) Toe Central Railway
of Oregon closed the purchase of the
Union Street and Suburban Railway,
which connects the town of Union with
the O. R. & N. at Union Station, from
James H. Hutchinson. The new road
has now seven miles of grade finished,
and it is expected to have the grade
complete to Covo next -week. Sur
veyors are at work at Red Pepper Lane
and are headed toward La Grande.
Another surveying- crew has started
from Union up Catherine Creek for
Medical Springs and graders will begin
on this part of the road within the next
two weeks.
By the 10th of May It Is expected to
have grading in progress on all sections
of the road. In a few days officials of
the company will confer with citizens
here In regard to terminals and right
of way.
Lu Grande's New Tabernacle.
LA GRANDE. Or.. April 23. (Special
Correspondence.) An Invoice of 52000
worth of glass for the new Tabernacle
Is expected to arrive this week. This
represents the whole amount to be ex
pended for doors, windows and other
plain and ornate glass for the struc
ture. The building when complete will
represent a cost of fully $50,000. "Work
has commenced on leveling- and grading
the surrounding lots and work on the
interior finishing will be commenced at
once.
British Generals as Cooks..
From London Tld-Bits.
It has been said of General Sir Red
vers Buller that he Is such an excel
lent cook that he would have little
difficulty in obtaining a first-class
chefs position In a "West End hotel. In
his younger days, oefore he reached his
high military rank, his brother officers
used to say that Redvera Buller could
make an appetizing dinner out of old
saddles when rations were short on a
campaign. Another distinguished sol
dier who shares with General Buller a
wonderful skill In the gastronomic art
la Major Geoeral Baaen-PowelL
BOAT TOWING BART.K OF CKMKNT FOR
Building and Business Activity
Increasing.
NEW THEATER COMPLETED
People Turn Out In Gala Attire to
Greet First Performance.
Chamber or Commerce
Xow Active.
ABERDEEN. "Wash.. April 29. The
opening of the new Aberdeen theater was
the feature of the past week In Aber
deen. The audience was as brilliant as
the first night of grand opera In a large
city. The people of Aberdeen have jecn
something besides lumber and mills and
have come mostly from cities of the East
and therefore are generally up to the
times on an occasion of this kind. Aber
deen also has- been so long without a
good playhouse, and this one Is so far In
advance of what.they have been expect
ing, that about everybody took the op
portunity to show their appreciation of
the event by putting on good clothes and
happy faces. The playhouse excited the
admiration of Blanche Walsh and her
company of actors and they played with
a gusto and finish which excited the ad
miration of their auditors.
The theater Is a paragon of perfection
In that It possesses all the advantage of
the most modern amusement place. Th
beanie architect who drew the plans had
the bencnt of experience In maklnr his
drawings, and with plenty of moner to
i-prnd the stockholders succeeded In car
rylng out his Ideas In a most satisfactory
manner, i nc tneater is provided with all
recent equipment for presenting the best
plays and the decorations and furnish
ings of thhe house arc in line with every
thing that goes to make up a first-class
amusement house. The opening of the
theater drew people from all the sur
rounding towns and the audiences filled
every seat and overflowed to the extra
teats placed In the aisles.
Chamber of Commerce Wakes Up
Another big feature of the past week
was the rejuvenation of the Chamber of
Commerce, an organization that lias not
been overtaxing Itself for some time In
doing things that will be of benefit to the
city However, it has made up the past
weeek for all Its shortcomings hercto-
ABERDEEN THRIV NO
LV ''vT34 tthm
GRADING CAMr ON USTVISTOX-RirARIA RAILROAD.
fore. It has not only succeeded In get
ting the Council to push the long-delayed
Montesano road proposition, but It has
Increased tho membership of Itself to
more than double. It has raised a large
amount for the suffering people of San
Francisco, rushed forward the location
of the proposed courthouse, when It shall
have been voted from Montesano to Ho
quiam. and has started many enterprising
schemes ahead. In fact, the chamber
promises to be from now on a great and
Important factor In building up Aberdeen
and likewise Gray's Harbor.
Mayor Llndstrom. who Is also the presi
dent of the Llndstrom Shipbuilding Com
pany, expects that the conflagration In
San Francisco will seriously affect his
half dozen contracts for building steam
schooners. The work was likely to have
kept a large force of men busy through
out the summer, but Inasmuch as tho
men who were stockholders in the several
companies that had made the contracts
are heavy losers by the appalling calam
ity there will be no money to go on with
the vessels. Should the contracts be
abandoned It will be a serious blow to
the shipbuilding interests of Gray's Har
bor. Work on Montesano Line Survey.
The surveyors who have been at work
planning a line from Montesano to . this
dty axe now directly within the city's
limits, and it is understood will remain
in this vicinity for a week. Nothing de
finite has yet come to light as to the com
pany back of the enterprise, but It Is be
lieved some one is In touch with the plans;
for a great deal of property on the south
side of the river has changed haads the
past week, and a big offer has been made
for the Book ranch, which Is right in
line with the route which the surveyors
are working on. The surveyors will re
main in this vkJaUy far seme time,
BuUdteg eperatteaa tfereacheut the city
contteue active. aad w aearly every see
ties there -are many aew bouses aader
O. R. A X. B RID OK ACROSS ClTKA RWATKR
way, while business blocks are added to
and enlargement of mills and factories
are everywhere noticeable. The Oray s
Harbor country. In fact, appears to be In
the hcydey of Its prosperity. Thb year,
from present Indications, will be the ban
ner one In the matter of new buildings.
Eugene France, a pioneer resident of
the harbor. Is seriously 111 at his home
In this city from Inflammatory rheuma
tism. Mr. France has amassed a fortune
in tho timber business and Is rated up
In the hundred of thousands. He Is as
well known In Portland as he Is on Gray's
Harbor and the Sound country.
Much alarm has been felt here among
those having relatives and friends In San
Francisco, and especially as no word has
reached the city In regard to their where
abonts. THE BACHELOR GIRL.
A Prose Poem Honoring an Exalted
Personage.
Baltimore Herald.
Of all free beings who waft, wing, wob
ble, fin or mince along on little feet, to
say nothing of the forest denizens who
swing themselves from limb to limb, the
moat gladsome and the one with the larg
est range of destiny, swing of Influence,
freedom and power Is the bachelor girl.
"When Luna. Is spinning her silver web
In the treetops of the mountain or touch
ing the crests of the waves with a soft
glow the bachelor girl, walking In wood
land ways or along the white sands of
the beach. Is beyond the assault of the
sentiments which make her younger sis
ter listen with palpitating heart to the
foolish things whispered In her ears by
the soft swain at her side. She Is the
sort of girl that men like, because she
knows their ways and knows them. They
do not feel that the tragedy of the spider
and the fly Is being enacted when they
wander with her In sylvan paths or shoot
out with her In a canoe upon the rip
pling lake or climb with her the moun
tain altitudes. She Is safe. She is sensl
ol. She Is secure In her own conscious
Independence and reliance. She has no
fond mamma looking after her future:
fhe works for her living or Is living on
the gelt gotten together for her by a
working papa.
Relieved of the pursuing Idea of matri
mony, she gives herself to the reading
of newspapers. Algeclras Is to her a name
and a place. She knows the latest things
In balloon ascensions. She can discuss
Intelligently the policy of Emperor Will
lam and Is Axed In her convictions on
the subject of race suicide. Her Easter
bonnet Is not a fine frenzy of despair,
but a compromise with fashion to make
it becoming to her face and figure. Her
gown Is grace Itself, while from the tip
of her gloved fingers to the top of her
coiffure there Is an Indescribable touch
of Independence, intelligence and self-reliance
that give her the air of a finished
product. She does not suggest, as do her
sentimental sisters, the need of a man
to make her complete.
While her sisters are voted designing,
stupid or a bore the bachelor girl has
the men at her heels who want to breathe
an atmosphere free of breach of promise
suits brought on through an undesigned
entanglement of their verbal expressions
of admiration In vows of fealty and affec
tion. She gets more automobile rides and
theater parties than a half dozen of the
fishnet style of girls, and never has to
even remotely suggest the need of any of
these things to further her happiness.
The bachelor girl has bad a number of
seasons to her credit, and scores of men
have frantically besought her to walk
with them the long road that has no
turning. Finally, when she has had
enough of personal freedom and been de
veloped to the point of efficiently holding
her own In the domestic relation, she
marrie. She nods at the fellow whom
she electa to be her husband' and he
straightway keels. The bachelor girl Is
a great American product. She Is the
pride of the Nation. She Is the material
from which Is fashioned the best sort
of wives and mothers.
A Robe With 7C8 Elk Teeth.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Miss Nannie Howling Crane, the daugh
ter of a former head ef the Cheyenne.
recently sold her 'arty robe" to some
curio collectors for The gown was
old and moth-eaten, bee its value con
sisted in Its decorations, 7X elk teeth. Ax
yean go by the number ef elk teeth is
becoming smaller. Almost aay genuine
tooth will sell for . while the choice
varieties sell for as high ax Sfl each.
The too Briee Is asaally aid for a tooth
that Is uk-bIbx- zreea with are. As ellc
ef the m2 sex vredaeea only two good
teeth, aad the robe, thereere, reprMeated
SM elk.
RIVER. .
WASHINGTON SUGAR BEETS
INDUSTRY RECEIVES NEW 151
PETUS AROUND FAIRFIELD.
Building or Inland Electric Road
Opens Up New Country Fully
7000 Acres to Be Seeded.
FAIRFIELD. Wash.. April 29. The
sugar beet industry In this section and
all along- tho new line of the Inland
Electric Road Is growing rapidly. The
beet acreage has Increased from a few
acres In 1SS7, 1S88 and 18S9 to nearly
5.no. The owner of the big Corbln
sugar factory near Wavcrly has bee
able to secure about 25.000 tons of
beets annuhlly. or about half the ca
pacity of the plant
Last rail he had about decided to
move tho plant to Spokane, unless he
could secure tho desired amount of
beets to run the full season. He said
last November: "Unless we obtain
more beets at "Waverly we may remove
the factory to the lands recently ac
quired In the Spokane valley. "We have
not yet determined this question, prin
cipally because we have been promised
a larger acreage of beets and conse
quently an increased product."
After this statement by Mr. Corbin
the beetralsers began to realize that
something must be done or the factory
would go to Spokane. The business
men of this section also began to
realize the fact and began to get busy
to see that a larger acreage was
planted this season.
Meetings were held among: the far
mers and a Kreater acreage promised
than ever before. It Is now thought
that not less than 7,000 acres will be
planted tuls season.
The new beet territory contiguous to
the sugar beet factory which Is being
opened up by the advent of the new
electric road will furnish Its own 1m
petus. Many farmers, being enthuslas
tic over the higher price of JS per ton
to be paid, will plant a large acreage of
bets who heretofore have raised only
wheat.
. D. Thayer, one bf the largest and
most successful raisers of sugar beets.
proposes to Irrigate a tract of land
this season for the purpose of ascer
taining whether such would be a pay
Ing investment. In case the irrigation
pays he will build a reservoir sufflcl
cntly large to Irrigate from 40 to 80
acres of land. The outcome, or Mr.
Thayer's experiment will be watched
with a great deal of Interest.
up to the present time but Sa.Za per
ton has been paid for beets and the
growers claim they have made more
money than In raising wheat by Ja
Der acre. Now that Mr. Corbin has
agreed to pay JS per ton there Is great
rejoicing all along the line of the clec
trie road, as the growers at that price
sec big money for themselves in the
business.
Tho beets are cared for by an army
of Japanese laborers, who keep down
the weeds.
Kins or Spain's Little Joke:.
From an Exchange.
One day not long ago the young King
of Spain handed the Duko Dp Santo
Mauro, one of his ministers, a petition
which his Majesty said referred to the
eight-hour working day. The Duke's
dislike of petitions Is well known. "It
Is my desire that you attend to It
Immediately." said the King, seeing
the minister was inclined to raise dif
ficulty about attending to an Informal
petition. Finding that the King- was
very much In earnest, the petition was
unwillingly unrolled. Muoh to the
amusement of all present, the docu
ment was found to be In the young
King's handwriting. It begged In
piteous terms for a little more leisure
from national duties ana suggested
that he should not be asked to worK
more than eight hours a day and that
he might have his Sundays off.
Cotton May Again Be King.
Gllson Wlllets In Leslie's Weekly.
When we say cotton Is king, what
do we mean? Cotton was onceKlng o
It is so no longer. Wheat
U now enthroned. Though the cotton
cron for last year was 13,654.329 bales
(Cotton exchange figures), the wheat
crop of the year exceeded the cotton
rmn in value bv more than llJ3.OOe.000.
But wise men say that King Wheat is
a pretender temporarily crownea ana
that rattan will soon again resume
rltrhtful Dlace as king of the crops
The world aepends upon this country
for clothes. Clothes mean prlnclpally
cotton. It Is natural, then, since this
-ountry Is the principal grower ot cot
mn that our most valuable agrlcul
.rnnrt should be cotton. Of
cotton we have practically a monopoly.
Stop the Evil at the Source.
Wall Street JournaL
-President Roosevelt regards the enor
mous fortunes obtained by a few mea
in our days ax a menace to the country.
He suggests legislation to limit such
fortunes. Instead of setting bounds to
the rewards of genius and enterprise,
Tnirht It not be better as an initial meas
ere of relief to repeal some of the laws
ot taxation and corporate privilege by
which It has feeea possible to amass these
rotfvwaJ fortanea at the expeoso ot the
great body of the people? If there wax
perfect equality Bder the law there
weald stfil be great lneqaalitles in coadi
Hkm feeeaase of the inequalities ef brala.
which are decreed by nature. Bat there
wawld be bo sack Immeaee fertxses
. have bees created ax a result ef special
printexes.
LL HNE FAITH
IN GOOSE GREEK
Confidence of Oregon Miners
Is Unshaken by Reports
of Experts.
VERY RICH IN MANY METALS
Continue to Pour Money Into Prop
erties In a Much-XcRlccted But
Promising: Section of the
Great Copper Belt.
BAKER CITY. Or.. April Z. (Special.)
It Is always the native who docs things.
Tho native does the prospecting and tne
development work and then outside capi
tal comes along and picks up tho mine.
It was a native who named Goose Creek.
tho region of promise, wealth and possi
bilities, and so far the native Is still
owner of Gooso Creek. Goose Creek is
tho most alluring section In the great
copper belt. From the high Eagle range
on one side It slopes down to the bed
of the rushing creek and then rises
abruptly on the other side. It Is on the
slope that the rich mineral outcroppings
aro found.
Goose Creek is a staked plain, all kinds
of stakes in all kinds of positions hold
ing the inevitable tin can with the loca
tion notice inside. The north slope of the
Goose Creek section Is staked from the
middle of the bed of the stream to the
top of tho lime dyke, and then over to
tho top of the Eagle Range.
This region of promise is something
like the middle boy in a large family of
children, the distinction going to tho eld
est and the youngest. So It is with Goose
Creek, which Is neither. the one end nor
the other end of the copper belt, but Is
about the center. The claim hunter with
his tin can locates a prospect on Goose
Creek and designates it a copper claim.
but it ho Is acquainted with tho section
at all he knows that It may develop into
anything from gold to asbestos. For
Goose Creek is rich In gold, copper. Iron
and asbestos. Its outcroppings are by far
richer than anything yet discovered on
the belt, but being rather Inaccessible.
Goose Creek has remained the section of
wonder and promise, very little develop
ment work having been done.
Inspired by Bad Champagne.
The native cares no more for the opin
ion ot experts than he does for the gilt
ter of fool's gold. Experts have visited
the copper belt. They have come all the
way from Paris and they have looked at
the surface, drank bad champagne and
made lengthy reports in which they said
the copper belt was a secondary forma
tlon. The native paid no more attention
to these reports than he did to the brand
of the champagne. He accepted them
both as a matter of course and went
ahead with his work.
"No sulphides." said the experts; "noth
ing but a fire rock copper.'
"Is that so." said the native and he
wont to work developing mines where
the experts said there could be no mines.
and today tne inatana mine nas nan
million tons of sulphide ore on its dumps
ready for the smelter. This ore will go
from SI to t In gold and from 6 to 8
per cent copper. And the natives who
own this mine have sunk almost half
million dollars in developing what ex
perts said was a secondary formation.
It was a native. C. C. Cox. who lo
cated a copper claim on Goose Creek,
run a tunnel and struck valuable gold
and copper ore and finally wound up in
an asbestos deposit. There Is no limit to
what a native will do. This same man
on Goose Creek Just the other day picked
up as fine a sample of boronite copper
ore as ever graced a cabinet. The sam
pie Is perfect, going fully oo per cent
copper. But the vein or seam from which
this broken piece of boronite came has
not been located. Goose Creek has some
valuable mines carrying both gold and
copper in paying quantities, but they are
undeveloped.
Found Only Fool's Gold.
Two prospectors of the expert stamp
wandered Into the Goose Creek country"
few years ago and began looking for
gold mine. They found one with the gold
sticking on the outside ot the rock, which
wasn't quartz either. They prospected
around their find for a ahort time and
discovered that they had a mountain of
it. It was too good to bo true. They
filled a couple of sacks with the quartz
containing the bright specks and lugged
It for about forty miles to the stage line
and brought It to Baker for an assay.
The chemist assayed It for gold, as he
was Instructed to do. but could not find
trace. The two prospectors were dumb
founded. They asked to know what the
rock did contain. "Iron, answered the
chemist, and the prospectors shook the
dust of Goose Creek from their feet for
ever, tho only remembrance of them left
behind being the tin can3 they nailed to
posts up on the side of the mountain
But the native had a greater respect for
Iron. "When It was announced deflnltely
that the Eagle Valley Railroad would be
built this year there was a rush for thl
TELLS BY
THEIR SLEEP
"I can tell by my little
ones sleep when a cold is
coming on" said a mother
when speaking of the advance
symptoms of colds in children.
" They toss about, are rest
less, their breathing is heavy
and there are symptoms of
night sweats. The next morn
ing I start with Scott's Emul
sion. The chances are that
in a day or two they are all
over it Their rest is again
peaceful and the breathing
normal.
Here's a suggestion for
all mothers. Scott's Emul
sion always has been almost
magical in its action when
used as the ounce of preven
tion. Nothing seems to over
come child weakness quite so
effectively and quickly as
Scott's IxsTMIsMOn.
SO0TT Jk ltTOi 4erM4- at Xew Serfc.
iron mountain. The smelters will want
this iron ore for flux, and that Is its
only value.
According to the reconstruction of
geologists of this section, there Is no
place for Goose Creek, and Baker City
is near the peak of a mountain that felt
away to tho John Day on the east. The
native never stops to consider that Gooso
Creek shouldn t be where it is. but goes
ahead and develops his claims In the
hopes that when the railroad is built and
smelters are erected he will have enough
ore on the dump to make his mine a
rich one.
When the Michigan copper belt was
first discovered the believers in old
theories stoutly maintained that copper
could not be found in such formation.
But it was found. Goose Creek shows
that there Is plenty of rich copper and
gold ore in the belt. And why shouldn't
copper be found in paying quantities?
There are mountains of native copper ore
which will go from 4 to 10 per cent.
This ore Is near the surface, can be quar
ried In many places the same as stone.
nd is free milling and concenrates at a
good percentage.
But Tlicy Know Mines.
While the native may not know much
about the reconstruction of this section
of the country, he does claim to
know a mine when he sees it and just
now there are about twenty natives sink
ing their money in Goose Creek mlns.
which If developed would be sufficient to
swamp Wall street. Tho native is as
obstinate as a mule and tho fact that
Goose Creek shouldn't be on the map ac
cording to the geologists, he goes right
ahead.
There Is one native who is sinking a
shaft In a porphyry dyke on the other
side of the granite contact, and whilo
he Isn't finding much copper he Is cer
tainly finding enough water to supply the
t'nltcd States army. But he thinks there
can be no true copper mine without
plenty of water and he is persevering.
Goose Creek Is beyond doubt tne rich
est in prospects of any portion of the en
tire belt. It shows up well In copper
and gold, in addition to known deposits
of asbestos, although the latter have not
been developed to ascertain their extent.
And If that boronite scam can be found,
although It may not be more than two
feet wide, it will be rich enough to pay
for the development work on the entire
section. This is tho only section on the
belt where boronite has been found, and
It is an ore which is rare except in Mon
tana and Chiles Boronite ore is never
found in a secondary formation.
This Spring is witnessing something, ot
rush to Goose Creek, as it Is about the
only unclaimed section on tne Deit. xo
the native Goose crccK is me rcgiuu
tho rainbows, where the fabled pot of
gold Is hidden and discarding the moral
of the old fables he Is going after the
end of the rainbow.
FRUIT IS LOOKING WELL
FIIOST 11D SOME NEEDED PRUN
ING IX THE VALIiEY.
Caterpillars Are the First est to
Appear Spraying: Begun
for Codling 3Ioth.
SALEM. Or.. April 30.-(SpcciaI.) With.
the exception of early peaches and. In a
few localities, cherries, the uregon rruit
Industry promises a bumper crop. Prune
trees are heavily laden and after the
usual thinning-out process which nature
provides, there will be as many prunes
as the trees should hold. There will be
good crop of late peaches, principally
Mulrs, but In this part ot the valley tha
frost took practically an tne urawwras.
Just at present orchardlsta are giving
their attention to the destruction of cater
pillars, which have appeared upon tha
trees in as largo numbers as last year
and which would do considerable damaga
unless destroyed. The pests are attacking
apple, pear and cherry trees chiefly, but
are also found on prune trees. They
work at first in bunches on the ends of
limbs and If prompt action be taken by
the orchardlsta the part or the branch,
on which the caterpillars are working
can be cut off and the worms killed or
burned. Later the pests will crawl to an
narts of the trees and can be Killed only
by spraying. Most of the fruit growers
cut off the mrestea umDs. jeii. to pur
sue their work unmolested, the cater
pillars would strip a tree ot nearly all
Its foliage.
Snraving of apple and pear trees for
codling-moth will soon begin, and has been
commenced In a few or tne most ad
vanced orchards. The spray used Is
either a" Paris green or arsenate of lead
solution. This will not only keep worms
out of many of the apples, but will lessen
the Injury that will be done by such of
the caterpillars as escape destruction by
the pruning method.
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