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r. M. O'Loane Vtyo Spent Ten
Years In North, Has
Enough.
HEARD OF COOS AT YUKON
Interesting Talk by Man Who Under
stands the Wonderful Mining
Country.
Mr. K. M. O'Loane, who Is In
Marshfleld with the Intention of
opening a business enterprise In as
sociation with two outside friends,
Is lately from Fairbanks, Alaska,
where he disposed of his mining In
terests some tlmo ago, and started
for the states. Ho Is a very inter
esting talker and gave the Times
some absorbing tales of the North.
Mr. O'Loane, in speaking about the
manner In which he became Inter
ested in the Coos Bay country, said
he was In Fort Yukon last winter
and saw a magazine with Coos Bay
advertising in It and descriptive
articles as well. Having lived in
the North since 1S98, and endured
hardships and cold, the description
of Coos Bay's oven temperature at
tracted him Immediately and ho com
menced preparations for coming
here. He had at that time. Joined a
stampede from Fairbanks to Fort
Yukon, in which 200 men participat
ed In the dead of winter, a long
dreary trip to the country designated
as the Chandller territory. This
proclaimed gold country, he learned,
did not develop as the discoverers
expected it to up to tho time he loft,
but it may later on, as it takes a
year or more to properly prospect
such a find.
On going to Alaska at first, in
1898, Mr. O'Loane located in Daw
son and was there during the greater
part of tho flourishing times and was
there until other finds drew miners"
away to Nome, Valdez, Fairbanks,
the Copper River country. He final
ly went to Fairbanks, where he was
Interested in mining for several
years, and in the spring of 1900 had
just got well established In business
when the disastrous fire came and
swept his firm clean. This fire
burned two of tho business blocks In
the city and crippled tho business for
a time. On the heels of the fire, be
fore tho recovery was apparent,
came the miners' strike which oc
curred this year in April. Since that
time, business men have found it
hard sledding, as tho miners are
practically all idle and there is no
payroll.
The strike was Induced by two
agitators who came to Fairbanks
and told tho unions the men were
not getting sufficient wages. Their
Pay at that time was $6 per day and
board for ten hours work. The
miners' demanded the same pay for
eight hours work, and met with a
refusal by tho operators. Both sides
are determined and tho majority of
the larger miners have been shut
down indefinitely.
There are some astounding things
In the North which are little known
of In tho states. Mr. O'Loane says
there is one shaft he is familiar with
which is 312 feet in depth and bed
rock has not been struck. The
ground Is frozen every foot of the
long distance to the bottom of this
8haft. It Is quite well understood
that mining In Alaska Is done wholly
by thawing the ground. The plan
which was first used for this pur
Pose making fires and thawing by
that means is obsolete and It Is
now done by those with the larger
mines by steam. This method Is
very costly, and outfits represent an
expenditure of from $5,000 to $10,
000. These Include engines, boilers,
hoists, cables, steam fittings and
other material.
Tho government has shut up
Ambling in Alaska, and Mr. O'LoanoJ
Eays he does not know of a city in
the territory where there is any
Ambling going on. Nome, the one
time free and easy city, Is now a
model place and Is a replica of a
Modern and moral city In the states.
Dance halls were formerly the great
resorts for miners but they have dis
appeared to a great extent and
saloons are the only resorts left for
the reception of surplus money.
His experience has taught him
that tho way to take up mining
there Is to buy a prospect, and
spend a lifetime In searching fo
eiusivo yellow. Most successfuj≠
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... w.u luimory navo mador their
money In that manner. foxoane
was asked who were thorgk opera
tors In FallfcankB and naifed flio fol
lowing: rirry BrothersVwhJ were
successful Dawson. FrjbmT& Law
son, LawAn & Companf, Lawson &
Crawford.lJohn Rona. nnri ntwa
of less no TheBftnes owned by
the companffefc-Jrtfb named employ
from 40 to 50 men the year round
when they are in operation.
The finds run anywhere from nuc-
gets of $10 to $50 in the Blueing
season, to an occasional one of $1.
500 or $1,G00. These, however, are
the exception. Tho "pay dirt" Is
found in the broken bedrock which
is decomposed and the gold is found
in this to a depth of from 2 to 3 feet
and above tho bedrock In the gravel
lrom 2 to G feet, which gives a maxi
mum pay streak of nine feet.
Sinking prospect holes has been
found expensive since the distance
to gravel is sometimes two and three
hundred feet, and the miners now
sink regular working shafts when
prospecting, thus saving themselves
the extra expense of putting down a
new hole when they make a find.
The principal mines in the vicinity
of Fairbanks are on Cleary Creek,
25 miles out, Dome Creek, 18 miles
out, and Eastern Creek, out 10 miles.
At first Cleary Creek led in produc
tion, but Dome Creek is now the
leading producing locality. Shortly
before ho left Fairbanks, the word
came that a wonderful find had been
made In the Kusker Quim country,
on a river of that name, about two
hundred miles from the mouth of
tho Yukon. An Immediate stampede
took place and there were upwards
of 1200 people who left Fairbanks
for the Eldorado. The Kusker Qulm
river Is navigable for ,a distance of
900 miles, and boats have plied its
waters that distance. , Whether or
not tho find was of any' Importance,
Mr. O'Loane did not learn before
leaving.
Some time ago, another rush took
place to Tenderfoot Creek, a loca
tion about a hundred miles from
Fairbanks on navigable water. MrT
O'Loane joined the seekers and tells
of the exorbitant charges which were
levied upon those who went. The
fare for the distance was $50 and
$100 a' ton was charged for trans
porting freight that short distance.
The freight from Seattle to Fair
banks averages about $100 per ton.
It goes in the summer by way of the
Yukon and to tho Tanana river and
up that river to Fairbanks.
Fairbanks is a city of 4,000 popu
lation, and is equipped with modern
conveniences, among them being
electric lights, steam heating plant
which supplies heat to store and of
fice buildings, fine water system, and
in fact, everything which a 20th
century city requires. There are
many three story business and office
buildings in Fairbanks and the stores
handle goods as up-to-date as can be
obtained at that great distance from
the world's markets. The buildings
are frame, and the lumber is sawed
on the ground. The chief timber is
spruce which is seldom larger than
12 to 14 inches and more commonly
8 to 10. The sawmill at Fairbanks
has a capacity of 50,000 feet per day.
Rough lumber sells at $75 per thou
sand and dressed product at $100.
The loggers get $24 per thousand
for the logs which are brought from
further up the Tanana river.
The transportation to a great ex
tent Is controlled by a company which
has 25 steamboats on the Yukon and
which as well, owns the winter stage
route from Valdes to Fairbanks, a
distance of 400 miles. Along this
stage route are road houses, 20 miles
apart for the accommodation of the
traveling public. This company has
the government contract for carry
ing tho mall for a period of four
years.
The matter of wages is one which
is Interesting to people living on the
outside. The cheapest wages p.Ud
during the summer Is 90 cents an
hour, for common labor. This In
cludes miners who do the uu3killed
work. Carpenters draw $1.50 per
hour and work as long as they
choose. Meals of good quality cost
a dollar each and lodging the iamo
price.
The greatness of Alaska, Mr.
O'Loane said, Is comprehended by
few who have not been In tho coun
try. For Instance, tho Tanana river
where It flows Into the Yukon is two
miles wide, and is navigable for a
distance of 700 miles. The Kayukuk
river, further in the Interior, Is nav
igable for 500 miles, and drains a
large extent of territory. The,
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SAYS SIGHT WAS TERRIBLE
Harbormaster Speier and Detective
Trice Will Scnrch for Guilty
Parties.
Portland, Ore., Aug. 28. Three
human bodies in a big vat was the
grewsome find made by William Earl
and Vern Mclntire, two small boys,
while bathing in the Willamette river
on the east shore of Ross Island yes
terday afternoon. The lads were
badly frightened and reported their
discovery to Police Captain Moore.
Captain Moore immediately dis
patched Harbormaster Speier and De
tective John Price with the two boys
to the scene and made investigation.
When they reached the place where
the boys said the bodies were to beJ
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found, they beheld two human skulls
half submerged In a vat.
The Harbormaster and detective
made a careful survey of the camp j
and then conducted a more minute I
Investigation of the vat, in which
they found parts of three human skele-
tons, from which the flesh had been
partially cooked. It was seen that
the place was the rendezvous of medi
cal students, who were cooking the
flesh from tho bodies for the purpose
of preserving the skeletons for scien
tific purposes. As the flesh was
cooked from the bones, it and tho
water in which the bodies were
cooked, were dumped into the Wil
lamette river.
Further investigation revealed the
fact that the plant belonged to J. E.
Jones, a medical student, and Dr. D.
O. Thornton, of the Good Samaritan
Hospital, and that their headquarters
while cleaning skeletons was In a I
nearby houseboat. Under a bed in
the houseboat was found a large box
of human bones.
The doctor and student were
placed under arrest, but on explana
tions made to Captain Moore they
were released from custody.
"That was one of the worst sights
I ever saw," said Harbormaster
Speier this morning. "I told captain I Bert Peterson, first mate of the
Moore that I did not mind seeking J F1yer Tom Goodale and Carl Smith
men on this earth, but I objected to I berg returned this from a month's
going between heaven and hell In trlP ln Curry county, "easy money"
search of them. One of the skulls ln I for the hunter. They report the
the vat had tho flesh partially cooked best tlme of thelr lives and more
off, and there was a tuft of hair on j Game than they wanted,
the back of the head. A bullet hole They were camped most of the
in the forehead showed that the man t,me on Elk rlver- abol,t thirty miles
had died as the result of a gunshot south of Eckley and three miles east
wound. Another of the skulls con
tained several gold teeth.
"If these men are not prosecuted
I will take steps myself to prevent
such things hereafter, if ever any
thing of the sort is again brought to
my attention. The water of the river
should not bo polluted with such
things. It- was a disgrace. The
proper place .for these men to conduct
such things is In the medical college."
Ever notice how a man whose wife
Is away visiting, Is watched.
Kayukuk country is an Old Timers'
camp and had been worked for many
years before the great rush took
place In 1897 and 1898. It is pretty
well exhausted now, but produces
anywhere from $150,000 to $200,
000 per year.
There Is a local narraw gauge
railroad at Fairbanks which runs in
to the mining district for a distance
of 20 miles. This Is owned by east
ern capitalists, who are building an
additional 20 miles this year.
Mr. Q'Loano sayn that the country
has not been made to give up Its
best as yet, but he concluded life
was too short to spend It in such a
desolate place and perhaps never get
in as one should.
Many men who have made good
strikes and taken out fortunes have
not ben satisfied and put their money
Into other prospects, which often
turn out to bo of little value. This
inclination accounts for many of tho
failures which occur In Alaska. The
rule seems to hold good the world
over that when a man Becures a
fortune of respectable size, he wants
more. This Is common in Alaska.
REGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1907.
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. PRESS SERVICE FOR TIMES.
IS RESUMED.
First Messages Over Wire Since
Strike Started Nearly Tlireo
Weeks Ago.
The Times this morning has
tho first Associated Press service
It has had since the telegraph-
er's strike commenced two
weeks ago last Monday. The
local manager of the Western
Union, Mr. Schetter, managed to
get through about a third of the
regular service, and then some-
body with a strike sympathy cut
him out. Mr. Schetter believes
the Times will be getting its
usual service before the week is
out.
TRIP A LONG SERIES
OF MISFORTUNES
Two Miners SufTer Hardships in Ber
ing Sea Rescued by Fishing
Schoo2icr.
San Francisco, Aug. 29. Andrew
Laybeck, of San Francisco and J. H.
Wilson, of Seattle, miners who left
here early In April to prospect for
gold on the Island Unlmak, in the
Bering Sea, were brought back here
til la mnptlln cr r tVio flaVitn rr dnhnnnnti
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Miller, which rescued them from the
I barren island. Their trip was a series
of misfortunes. Severe storms pre
vailed and their camp was blown
away and they were left without food
i or clothing. They were forced to
seek refuge In a dugout which be
longed to a trapper named Rosen
berg, who with his native wife, was
the only Inhabitant of the isalnd.
They shot a few caribou on which
they lived until their signals of dis
tress were seen by the Miller.
K00S ARRIVES SAFELY
AT YAQUINA BAY
Mr. Winchester received two tele
grams from the crew of the Koos
which started for Astoria on Tuesday
night. They laid up at the Umpqua
river on Wednesday and yesterday
arrived at Yaaulna. where they were
obliged to put In on account of fog.
HUNTING PARTY BACK
FROM CURRY COUNTY
Panther Creeping on Their Camp at
Night Frightened Away by
Wog.
of Mt. Butler.
The only sturUlng experience they
had on the trip was tho appearance
of a panther creeping Into their camp
one night. Their dog let out a bark
just In time to spol! a chance for a
shot at the varmint. They report
seeing many of Viem on the trip.
CAPTAIN JOHN ROBERTS
VISITING HIS FRIENDS
His old time friends are enjoying
a short visit with Capb. John Rob
erts who arrived on the schooner
Carmel yesterday. ItJ has been some
years since Capt. Roberts was on
Coos Bay, though he was formerly a
regular visitor when he was ln
charge of tho schooners Emily and
Farralone. He Is now Interested ln
a steam schooner being built at San
Francisco for the coasting trade, and
of which he will bo skipper. Mr.
Roberts goes to Grays Harbor with
the Carmel which has freight for
that port and he will return on the
same vessel to San Franlcsco.
D. L. AVERY GOES TO
LOOK AFTER CROPS
D. L. Avery leaves on tho Break
water for Condon, Ore., near which
for Condon, Oregon, near which
place ho owns a wheat ranch. He
will bo gone about two weeks. The
report comes from that section that
there is an enormous yield this year.
One field by actual measurement
showed an average of 53 bushels per
acre. The average yield per acre
this year for that section Is 25 bush-
els, while the general average here-
tofore has been but 18 per acre.
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F0f!IELLS
Styles Will Take On Great
Changes For Even
ing Duds.
OVERCOATS ALMOST WHITE
If Styles Dictated by Tailors arc Fol
lowed Broadway will Resemble
a Carnival of Roomers.
New York, Aug. 28. Tho latest
wrinkle ln glad raiment Is to be blue
evening clothes. The man who, in
the coming Fall and Winter, expects
to approach anywhere near the "real
thing" will have to array himself
nightly ln a dark blue clawhammer.
At the annual garment and stylo
exhibit, which opened today, two
thirds of the evening suits on exhi
bition are made of blue worsted.
The material is dark and in certain
lights cannot be distinguished from
black.
Other interesting things can be
seen at the exhibition besides the
blue evening clothes. The forms on
which hang tho clothes that New
York ought to wear and probably
won't look much like the wardrobe
of a vaudeville slapstick artist or a
Dutch comedian. The colors range
anywhere from cream brown to Nile
green.
For Instance, there is an overcoat
which the exhibitors prophesy will be
"popular" ln the Fall. Anyone who
appeared on Broadway a year ago
wearing that coat would have been
followed for blocks by a mob anxious
to see what he was advertising. The
material is slightly darker than white
flannel, and has a foot and a half
plaid of three-inch chrome brown
stripes. Then there Is another over
coat, supposed to be English tweed.
The cloth contains a touch of every
color In tho rainbow.
If New York should adopt the
styles set forth, Broadway this winter
will look like a carnival of boomers
for a comic opera costumer. There
is' one consolation, however, ln the
exhibit. Those who were worried
last year over the dictum of the tail
ors' convention that men really must
wear corsets need not worry longer.
Tho sack coat of many colors will bo
cut full, and there will be absolutely
no need for any artificial repression.
There aro other styles coming
back. The man who has kept a pad
dock overcoat In a mothball tomb
for two years can get It out again this
winter. The silt back coat will be
quite the thing. Of course, there will
bo the straight-back coat, but he who
prefers this stylo must have It made
with Caruso pockets. This is not a
gratuitous slap at the great .tenor.
The long, perpendicular silt pockets
which go " all the way through" aro
now designated by "tho trade" (ln this
manner.
Incidentally, If you want a long,
full-back coat with a belt you must
have the sldo seams creased like
razors and the material of which It
is made must vie in splendor with
the multi-colored coat of Joseph.
Sack coats will be cut much shorter
this winter, and (perish the thought)
It is hinted that before long the dear
old coats of your college days, which
ended Just below your belt, will bo
back again. And Raglan shoulders
that Is, the shoulders that were not
shoulders at all are also to return.
Pads must bo thrown away, for coats
this year will be cut Just as wide as
the wearer and no wider.
Nctherland's Consul Drowned.
St. Louis, Aug. 29. The dead
body of a man was taken from the
river and Identified today as B. B.
Haagama, consul for the Netherlands,
Tho body was recognized by his son,
who states his father's death was
probably accidental, as tho consul
was 7G years old and, his son sayB,
sllghlty deranged.
Dairow in Full Charge.
Boise, Aug. 29. It is definitely
announced today that E. F. Richard
son will not appear ln either the
trial of Steve Adams or Pettlbone,
Darrow being In complete charge.
Miss Clara Fleming, who has been
visiting Mrs. T. B. James leaves for
her homo In Portland, on the Break-
water.
No. 9.
NO ARBITRATION
IS CRY OF BOTH
New York, Aug. 27. President
Small declared today that arbitration:
of the telegraphers' strike was at
present out of the question, and add
ed that the strikers were prepared to
remain out two months. He said tho
executive board of the American Fed
eration of Labor would shortly con
sider tho Federation's relation to the
strike. Small asserted that the com
panies conditions were worse thorn
when the striko began, and that hall
of the Western Union force here
failed to report for work Friday,
when double pay was abolished.
Superintendent Brooks, of the
Western Union, said:
"Our company will have nothing
to do with Small or his union.
While we are willing to consider In
dividual cases of tho men who struck
under pressure, the agitators who
engineered this situation will not be
re-employed under any circum
stances." CURIOUS COINCIDENCE
IN NAMES OF TWO MEN
W. E. Warwick this week bought
Lot G, Block 2G,whlch Is situated "on
Second street near Chestnut in the
Clement addition. The lot Is 50x8
and was bought for a home. One
peculiar feature of this instance Is
that it'ls a part of a homestead taken
up years ago by a man by the name
of Warwick, but W. E. does not know
if they are related.
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WORKMAN AT DANIELS
CREEK WAS INJURED
Andrew Johnson, a workman at
the Daniels Creek logging camp, was
brought to Marshfleld on Wednesday
for surgical treatment. Johnson had
his hand crushed while making a.
coupling and tho bones of one finger
were badly broken. Dr. Horsfall
dressed the wounded member and
hopes to save the finger.
RECEIVES BAD CUT
WHILE SWIMMING
Master Stanley Brlggs met with
an injury yesterday which will keep
him confined to tho house for some
time. Ho was swimming with a
party of boys at the S. P. coal bunk
ers, and fell from a log Into . the
water. The placo has been a dump
ing ground fqr broken glass, tin and
other refuse and he received a bad
cut on his heel which required the
services of a surgeon for cleansing
and sewing it up.
CHIEF ENGINEER MAY
REMAIN ON THE BAY
Jas. Bennett, chief engineer for
thoC. A. Smith Co. came in on the
Breakwater. Ho will be here some
time Installing their steam apparatus.
It Is more than probable Mr. Ben
nott will locate here permanently, as
he Informed us his wife gave him a
description of tho kind of house she
wanted. Ho has been with tjio Smltte.
Co. many years.
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
PLANNING BIG DAY
The various labor organizations
aro looking forward to a full day ot
amusements and celebration next
Monday. Tho program was printed
In a recent Issue of tho Times and
since then many now things have
been added to make tho celebration
the attraction the unions aro striving
to havo it. Tho celebration takes
placo In Marshfleld and tho whole
day will be given up to It. It will be
a holiday with most laborors.
CATHOLIC KNIGHTS
AFFAIR POSTPONED
Tho Catholic Knights institution
did not como off this week as
planned, owing to a delay In receiv
ing the charter from tho cam. The
ovont will be pulled off the ccoud
week In September when the Insti
tuting team will coino down from
Portland on tho Breakwater, aceam
panled by prominent Knights of Ore
gon. Mr, F, J. Yamke Is here ln the
Interests of the order and is planning
to havo a big council ready for the
date.
Miss Etta Kosterman, uno of tht
nurses at tho Mercy Hospital, leaves
on tho Breakwater. It Is rumored
that she goes to change her name.
Mr. J. F. Moore, the North Bend
clgarmaker, takes the Breakwater
for Portland on a business trip.
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