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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1900)
i The thought of founding an associa tion that would preserve the friend ships and Memories of their common trials and dangers among-the men who fought for the Union during the Civil AYar was conceived by the Rev. 'Will iam -J. Rutledge, of Petersburg, 111., who, during the war, was chaplain of the Fourteenth Illinois Infantry. Chap lain Kutledge was the tentmate and intimate friend of Dr. B. 1 Stephenson after the latter joined the Fourteenth Regiment in 1802. To him he suggest ed his idea, and they agreed to work to gether for the purpose of organizing such an association after the close of the war. After peace had been restored both were mustered out and returned to their homes. They kept up a lively cor-l-espondence, however, and in March, 1800, met, by appointment, in Spring field, 111., to consider the draft of a rit ual for the organization which they in tended to found. Dr. Stephenson had prepared such a draft and consulted uiauy former officers of the Union army in reference to it, among them Col. John M. Suyder, Governor Oglesby's secre tary; Dr. James Hamilton, Maj. Rob ert M. Woods, Maj. Robert Allen, Col. Martin Flood, Col. Daniel Grass, Col. Edward Prince, and many others. The ritual was finally adopted and printed fu the office of the Decatur, 111., Tribune, which was owned by L W. Coltrin and Joseph Pry or. Both men, as well as nearly all their employes, had been in the military service during the war. They were all pledged to the utmost secrecy. Capt. John S. Phelps superintended the printing of the rit ual. Maj. B. F. Stephenson was the mov ing spirit of the movement, and de voted himself to his task with great energy and enthusiasm. His friends succeeded in interesting many other -officers and men of the Union army on behalf of the proposed organization, and it was finally formed in Springfield in March, 1860. The first post was founded In De catur, III., through the efforts of Dr. WOMEN WHO SELL PAPERS. Comparatively Few of the Sex in the Business in Chicago. There are not many women in Chi cago who follow the business of selling newspapers on the street, but those who do are not lacking in persistency, says the Chronicle. They have several ad vantages over boys, one being their sex and age, which appeal to buyers of papers; another is a commotion on the street does not divert them from their calling. Their memory of faces is re markable. When a man buys a paper twice of a woman he is looked upon as a regular customer, -and if he does not keep it up from day to day she puts on the look of one who is injured". This" little trick works well. Not a few men will make it a point to defer purchas ing until they reach her street corner. Xot a few men regard the patronizing of such persons as a sort of charity and that makes them like to put themselves out a little to do It.- All these charac teristics of men the woman vender of newspapers understands, and with ev ery -sale there goes with the paper a look and a smile which make the buyer feel in his soul that he is ameliorating the condition of the poor and he comes again. Nearly all women street venders of newspapers in Chicago are consider- WOMAN NKWSPAPF.B DEALER. ably past middle age, and their make up is one of genteel poverty of "1 have seen belter days." Some who sew dur ing the day spend an hour or two in the later afternoon and early evening sell ing papers, because they need the recre ation and air, besides they make a lit tle money out of it, which is a great help to them in meeting expenses. There are a few newspaper sellers who fetch a child with them to the street, which serves as a manufacturer of sympathy. The child may belong to the woman who has it, and it may be borrowed for the occasion. The latter becomes a pretty self-evident fact when the child does not always put in its appearance, and especially so when the child bears no likeness of the woman and they act one toward the other as if there was no bond of relationship exist ing between them. The child's part in the play for sympathy and trade is a conspicuous one. If it is not too large it is carried in the woman's arms while she stands and on her lap while she sits, but in any event it is kept well to the foreground as a childish appeal for patronage. It is a good card, and even men and women who believe it Is all a play cannot always resist the promptings of their sympathy. Such women move from place to place. They are on one street corner to-day, another to-morrow, and somewhere else the next day. They do not work for regu lar customers that is, those who bor row babies for the occasion. J. W. Booth and Capt. M. F. Kauan. of that city. It was organized by Major Stephenson and Captain Phelps on April 0, 1800. The officers were mus tered in by Major Stephenson, who then declared the post duly organized and ready for the transaction of any and all business that might come be fore it. At the regular meeting on April 10, 1800. X. . Burns, Henry Gor man, X. E. Winholtz, W. H. Andrews and W. H. B. Rowe were mustered in as new members of the post. In the meantime Major Stephenson and his comrades worked hard to per fect the constitution, which was finally accepted at a meeting in Springfield, May 9, 1800. It was printed in Spring field, and copies were sent to the Deca tur Post Xo. 1 on May 15, followed shortly after by copies of the revised ritual. According to the constitution the name of the national organization was to be "The Grand Army of the Re public," and precinct, county and State organizations were provided for. Prior io the formal institution of Post Xo. 2 at Springfield a departmental staff had been agreed upon to prosecute the work of organizing posts. ' The first State convention or encamp ment to form the Department of Illi nois was held at Springfield, 111., on July 12, 1800. At that time there were already thirty-nine Grand Army posts in the State of Illinois that had re ceived their charters. The call for the convention was signed by many of the most prominent former army officers In the State. The convention was called There are a few women who are in the trade as a business. They are out early and late, always on hand for the first issue of the "Extra," and they push themselves forward quite as ac tively as the newsboys hustle. Such women do not resort to subterfuge. They do not play for sympathy, nor do they claim any favors because of their sex. They rely upon their push, en ergy and perhaps love of the excite ment. Anyway, they go about it like a merchant who knows his goods have merit and that it is his business to proclaim that fact far and near. There are a few quite old women In the business of selling newspapers on the street, and their age and feebleness oblige them to have a-regular place to sit down. They have regular customers who buy of them out of honest sym pathy because it is their chief if not their only means of support, and rarely ever is change asked when a nickel is given. This class, as a rule, are neat and clean in appearance and express their gratitude with their eyes rather than in words. It may be said that there are no young women in the busi ness of selling newspapers on the streets In Chicago, but there are a num ber of girls ranging in age from 8 to 12 years, and nearly all of them are bold, persistent and always chewing gum. They look untidy and seem to have no ambition to better their condition. BIRDS THAT DO NOT SING. They Far Outnumber the Musicians of the Feathered Family. Singing is applied to birds In the same sense that It Is to human beings the utterance of musical notes. Every per son makes vocal sounds of some kind, but many persons never attempt to sing. So it Is with birds. The eagle screams, the owl hoots, the wild goose bonks, the crow caws, but none of these discordant sounds can be called sing ing. With the poet, the singing of birds means merry, light-hearted joyousness, and most of us are poetic enough to view it in the same way. Birds sing most in the spring and the early sum mer, those happiest seasons of the year, while employed in nest-building and in rearing their young. Many of our most musical singers are silent all the rest of the year; at least they utter only low chirpings. It is natural, therefore, that lovers of birds should regard their sing ing as purely an expression of joy in the returning spring, and in their happy occupations. Outside of what are properly classed as song birds there are many species that never pretend to sing; in fact, these far outnumber the musicians. They in clude the water birds of every kind, both swimmers and waders, all the birds of prey, eagles, hawks, owls and vultures; and all the gallinaceous tribes, compris ing pheasants, partridges, turkeys and chickens. The gobble of the turkey cock, the defiant crow of the "bob white,'' are none of them true singing; yet it is quite probable that all of these sounds are uttered with precisely simi lar motives to those that inspire the sweet warbling of the song-sparrow, the clear whistle of the robins or the thrilling music of the wood-thrush. But naturalists nave set apart a very large group as song birds, and even among these there are many species that never sing at all. Birds are group ed according to their anatomical char acteristics, the structure of their bones, bills, feet and wings. And thus we have the songless song birds, looking at to order by Major Stephenson aud Col. Walter B. Scates, of Chicago, was elect ed president. The Department of Illi nois was formally organized. The first national encampmeut, in which the national organization of the Grand Army of the Republic was per fected, was held at Indianapolis, lud., on Nov. 20, 1800. It was called to order by Commander-in-Chief B. F. Stephen son, and Gen. John M. Palmer was elected permanent president of the convention. The war Governor of In diana, Oliver I. Morton, attended the encampment and was received with great enthusiasm. The second national encampment of the (J rand Army did not take place un til Jan. 15-17, 1808, and was held at Philadelphia. John A. Logan, of Illi nois, was elected commander-in-chief. He was re-elected at the following two national encampmeutsatCincinnati and Washington, D. C. The fifth national encampment was held at Boston and elected A. E. Burnside commander-in-chief. During the first years of its exist ence the growth of the Grand Army of the Republic was comparatively slow, and not until the latter part of the '70s did its marvelous growth really begin. In 1878 the Grand Army comprised but 31,010 members, while at the present time it comprises 7,184 posts, with 2S0, 453 members. The greatest number of members was reached in 1890, when the national organization -eomprised 409.4S9 members in good standing. After this it is expected that the num ber will steadily decrease, owing to the mortality among the veterans. Following is a list showing the num ber of members of the Grand Army during the years from 1S78 to the pres ent time: 1878 1879 . . . 1880 . . . 1881 ... 1882 . . . 1883 . . . 1SS4 ... 1885 . . . 1S80 1887 . . . 1888 . . . 18S9 . . . 31.010 44,752 00,t;34 85,850 134,701 215,440 273.10S 294,787 323,571 355,910 372,:KW 397,974 1S90 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1890 1897 1898 1S99 1900 409,483 407.781 399.880 307,223 309,083 357.039 340,010 319,450 305.003 287,308 280,453 the matter from the standpoint of the classifying naturalist. Philadelphia Times. Starting in the Chicken Business. There is a story told of a shrewd Yankee who began in business without any capital at all. He borrowed a broody hen from one neighbor and a setting of eggs from another. Having set the hen he soon had a fine brood of chicks, but was now in a dilemma as to how he could pay back those eggs. He finally solved the difficulty by keeping the hen until she had laid the required number of eggs, when he re turned both the hen and the eggs, and guessed he had as fine a lot of chick .cs as anybody. And abo it as cheap, too. There are men in western Ne braska who claim a good start from a borrowed cow, but the operation can hardly have been as smooth as this. Exchange. Silencing the Boaster. A certain man was very much given to bragging about grand relations and connections, though be was not al ways quite convincing.' On one occasion he was particularly tiresome, holding forth about "Lady Blank, whom I met yesterday, a con nection of mine through Lord So-and-So and the Earl of Nobody," and so on. A Scotsman present said, quietly: "That reminds me o' a man I knew, who said he was a relation o' the Duke o' Argyll, and explained it this way: 'The duke's piper's sister's wee laddie has a wee doggie that's aln brither to my aunt's wee laddie's doggie." " The boaster was silent about his grand relations for the rest of the even ing. London Tit-Bits. China to Outstrip Japan. When the outside Interference which is now inevitable shall have removed or modified the existing bars to trade China will leave Japan far behind from the industrial standpoint. The Chinese are as remarkable for their commer cial morality as the Japanese are for the opposite; they are more solid, better balanced, take longer views, and are, In short, more merchants and less ped dlers than the same class In Japan, and the natural resources of their immense country are such as Japan cannot hope to compete with, poor as she is in min eral wealth and subject to the most disastrous natural convulsions. Boats to Run in Six Inches of Water. Two distinct curiosities In American shipbuilding have been recently com pleted in San Francisco. They are stem-wheel launches that, when load ed, will draw but six inches of water. They have met all tests so far success fully, and with their light, compact little engines, easily make seven knots an hour in a six-inch water basin. They are to be used in the Amoor river, Liberia, a shallow stream of local commercial importance. Only Three Seminole Bands. Tl.ere are to-day but three bands of Seniinoles le,f t in Florida. So complete ly have these people been disintegrated that no tribal relations now exist be tween them; they have no acknowledg ed chief, and they recognize no man's authority. They number about 600. Next to a nagging wife Is a father who is always reminding his childrei of what they have cost him, and that they ought to pay him back. FALLACIOUS PROFITS. Mistake of a Bookceper in a Yearly Balance Sheet. It Is doubtful If any modern promoter has hit upon a simpler scheme to swell the assets on his balance sheet than that which has been employed by a humble bookkeeper of this city while the century was young.. The year 1801 had been a very pros perous one for the merchants of New York, and all looked forward with in terest to the first mouth of the new year, when they would be able to ascer tain how much better off they were then than at the same time twelve mouths before. Notwithstanding his high expectations, it was with a feeling of grateful surprise that the frugal Scotch bachelor, John Macintosh, re ceived the news from his bookkeeper that he was f 2,000 richer by the trans actions of the year. That was a large sum in those days, and Macintosh thought the increase in his income war ranted a change in his mode of living. Accordingly he engaged more com modious lodgings and invested in many long-desired luxuries. Still he could not make out how he nad succeeded in accumulating such a large surplus. -He ran over the figures again and again to convince himself that they must be right, and every time checked his bookkeeper's totals. Yet the doubt haunted him with a persist ency as truly Scotch as himself. He was about to retire one night In early March, when he took out the bal ance sheet, which he kept handy, and once more endeavored to convince him self of his good fortune. Without wait lug to put on his hat, with balance sheet in hand, he hurried to the lodg ings of his bookkeeper. ' In those days all the good folk of the town retired at the stroke of 9. But Macintosh's pounding succeeded in awakening the blissfully unconscious clerk, who threw up the window and demanded: "Who's there?" "Who's here, you dunderskull?" ex claimed the irate merchant. "Do ye ken what ye've doone? Ye've added the year of our Laird to the credits!" New York Mail and Express. HOW CHINESE ARE ARMED. They Have Great Faith in Lanterns, Which They Carry Kvery where. A large part of the success of Chi nese armies in times past has been due to their ability to strike terror to the hearts of their enemies, so every corps has its regiment of "terror strik ers," dressed in the most preposterous costumes and drilled in outlandish poses, acrobatic feats and facial grim aces. Another peculiar part of a Chinese soldier's equipment Is his lantern. It is not to be supposed that they could see their way by night unless each car ried a light, and in one of the recent attacks on Tien-tsin the Chinese forces advanced, each soldier carrying his lantern. The allies waited until the Chinese were within easy distance and then opened on them with a rapid-fire gun, whereupon the Chinese fled, leav ing their lanterns on the field. Still others of the Chinese forces are armed with their ancient glngals, the first of firearms invented, loaded with powder aud shot aud touched off at the vent with a stick of lighted Incense. These old guns have been In use among the Chinese for upward of 1,500 years. But alongside of these same regi ments are others using almost every known kind of modern arms and drill ed In the tactics of all the great mili tary powers. Over fifteen makes of modern rifles and muskets are known to be in use in the Chinese armies, and great demoralization has frequently occurred by the dealing out of ammu nition for one kind of gun to a regi ment that used another. In the main, however, the Chinese have been apt pupils, and whether trained by Rus sians, Germans, French or English of ficers they have come to use their wea pons with deadly effect. Leslie's Weekly. "She's My Mother.' It was at the close of the Knights Templar festivities in Denver, aud the depot was crowded to its utmost capac ity the platforms were packed with humanity like sardines in a box. It was impossible to move a foot In either direction. Suddenly a through train backed in, and what a scramble and rush there was. It resulted, of course, in a solid wall of humanity. At once a lane began to open up in that almost impregnable wall, and the wonder of those" there was how such a seeming miracle was possible. Looking to his right, the gentleman who related the incident, told me that he saw coming toward him a hand some, rosy-cheeked, full-bearded young fellow, at least 0 feet 2 in height, broad chested and a giant of healthy young manhood. In his arms, held close to his heart, was a thin, gray-headed old woman, In the last stages of the dread monster consumption. As he came along, he kept saying: "She's my mother, boys; she's my mother." Caps were off; laughter stopped. "Stand back, boys; stand back; it Is his mother," passed from lip to lip. That's what opened the lane for this big boy and his mother, as he held her to his breast, where in the years gone by she had held him and nursed him when he was as helpless as she was now. Maybe she's gone by this time, and if she has, I'll wager that she's up there near the gates of pearl, and when that big, young fellow approaches It she'll say: "Lord, please let him in; he's my boy and he didn't forget 'his mother."' Denver Times. Did She? There are certain attractions for which a kind-hearted persou would, perhaps, rather not be responsible. It Is said that some one remarked to Count d'Orsay, concerning his wife: "What a charming, pensive expres sion Lady Harriet has!" "She owes that to me," was the reply. Golf and Profanity. McJigger The lash- time I saw Niblack he spoke of swearing off golf again, but that looks like him going over the links now. Thingumbob Yes. There he is, off wearing again. Philadelphia Press. MINES OF THE NOR I HWEST IRONDALE WORKS SOLD. Pass Into the Hands of Mr. Hill, the Great Northern Kins- Port Townaend, Sept. 10. The an nounced sale of the Irondale iron fur nace to an agent of James J. Hill, which is said to have taken place at San Francisco, September 1, has. caused no little comment here. Whether it means the starting up of the plant again, or whether the property has been purchased merely for the water frontage and other purposes is a ques tion of debate. For the past year negotiations for the sale of the plant have gone for ward. The deal was to have included valuable iron deposits on Texada isl and, B. C, but the owners of the lat ter property, the Pnget Sound Iron Company, which Is composed of the stockholders of the Irondale property, refused to dispose of the island iron, mines, so the fnrnace machinery and a la rye amount of land at and near Iron dale was sold without the iron mines, in British Columbia. On the lands included In the deal, but lying some miles from the fnrnace. at Irondale, are valuable iron deposits' and ore from the mines there vasjsed in connection with Texada ore during, the time the furnace was in operation. The combining of the two ores made ex-j cellent iron, and a large amount of iti was used in the construction of the crusier Charleston, built by the Union: Iron Works. There are other valuable deposits of iron" in Jefferson county, in the Olym pic mountains, bordering on Hood canal, and easv of access to the Iron- rittln works Thptsp irmi dmrinai r.s hnvA been thorouehlv orosoected bv exoeits during the past six years, who were here in the interest of Mr. Hill, and the belief here is that (he works at Irondale will be put in operation again. "The iron works, including machinery, cost $750,000, but t present are not 'worth half that, and to put the furnace in operation again would require an expenditure of $200,000. The hot oven is a wieck, the stack out of date, the air compressor being about all the machinery that could be utilized to ad vantage. It is doubtful if the woiks will be run again as a smelting plant, but the purchase of the property may be with a view of putting in a ship building plant. Dr. H. C. Willison, one of the stockholders, who returned from San Francisco a few days ago, when seen about the sale of the property, said he had not before beard of the deal being closed, but admitted that agents were negotiating for the works. He also said one of the men representing Mr. Hill passed through Seattle, August 24, on his way to San Francisco, and the deal might have been consummated September 1 as reported. Some of the finest water frontage on Port Townsend bay lies at Irondale. It is securely sheltered from all storms, and the water is of a depth of from eight fathoms at the shore to 32 fathoms in the centei of the bay. The place lies about seven miles np the bay from this city. VAN ANDA PROPERTY SOLD. Attorney Bannon Now Has Practical Control of It. Baker City, Or., Sept. 10. Attorney P. J- Bannon, formerly of Portland, now as practical control of the Van Anda property on Olive creek. At the execution sale, held in Canyon City, he bid in the property for $700 in the interest of the judgment creditois. As only four of the six claims constitut ing the Van Anda group were levied upon, the deficit of judgment, amount ing to $400 will have to be met by the sale of the remaining two claims. William Turner, one of the original owners of the Van Anda, has hopes of raising the money necessary to redeem the property before the time of redemp tion expires. It is also understood he will take up the building improve ments, which were some time ago sold as personal property on execution. This mine at one time ranked as a val table property, and this it may be yet. vbout $1,200 worth of development work has been done and about $1,000 has been spent on buildings. The mine is located on Quebec mountain, and is surrounded by a number of other promising properties. DREDGING THE GOLD. Big Operations on the Fraser River in British Columbia. Kamloops, B. C, Sept. 10. The big gold dredge on the Fraser river near Lyttou, B C, has been in operation for the past month aud the owner is more than satisfied with the results attained. The dredge is in operation every hour of the 24, the men working three shifts. Every 24 hours 1,500 cubic yards of gravel is taken from the bottom of the stream and passed over the treating tables. This may not ap pear to be a large amount at first sight, but when it is understood that this means in the neighborhood of 2,000 tons dead weight, and that during the day over 10,000 tons of water are used in the washing process, it will be evi dent to anyone the workings of the dredge is an undertaikng of great mag nitude. Big Sale of Mining; Stock. Portland, Sept. 10. The stock of Che Muick Mining & Milling Com pany, one of the best-known properties in the Bohemia district, was placed on sale at the Oregon Mining Exchange and 123,450 shares were sold during the first call, at 10 cents per share. The Musick is a good producer, nearly $150,000 having been taken from that property. A stamp mill is in operation at the Musick. BIG SUIT IN IDAHO. Valuable Minn Is Wanted by Different Aljcged Owners. Weiser, Idaho, Sept. 10, A suit for partition and seven-sixteenths of the Peacock, Helena and White Monument mines in the Seven Devils, valued at $800,000, has been commenced at Weiser. The remaining nine-sixteenths of the property is nnder bond foi $1,500,000, and the payments on it have been made regularly for some time. It is one of the most important mining suits ever begun in Idaho and some of the most valuable property iu the Seven Devils is involved. ' SPOKANE MAN FEELS RICH. Claims Hi Mine In Jackson County, Or.. Is a Wonder. Spokane, Sept. 10. H. B. Nye, an old Spokane prospector, has come home, bringing with him a sackful of fabulously rich ore that was taken from his claim, the Bill Nye, in Jackson county, Oregon. The ore assays $40, 000 in gold to the ton. In speaking of the rich strike, Mr. Nye said: "The great pay chute is ten inches wide and the native gold is visible all through it. On July 25 I bonded the claim for $600 and by Angust 6 I had taken out $12,000 in gold ore. DIADEM GOLD ORE. Good Showing Made at the Baker City Sampling; Works, Baker City, Or., Sept. 10. Returns from the Baker City sampling works, for the last carload shipment made by the Diadem Gold Mining Company, show a net value of $1,018.94. Tht report gives 6.20 ounces of gold, nine ounces of silver and $115.80 value to the ton. The company's property is located in the Greenhorn district, about five miles from . Robinsville, and the owners are Montana capitalists. The previous shipment ran $130.50 to the ton and netted $800.24. Samples of ore from the copper ledges on Goose creek, near the Dolly Yarden. are on display in Baker City. They show rich deposits of the red metal, and those who have visited there say the district shows a won derful surface indication, and it is the opinion of those who are making the investigation that the district will be a '! reat Plucej of copper whenever cap ital and practical mining are employed. GOLD KEEPS COMING. Klondike Shipments to Seattle Do Not Vail Ott Much. I Seattle, Sept. 10. In ronnd figures $700,000 worth of Klondike gold was ("brought to this city bv the steamer fCity of Seattle from Skagway. Tin shipment included a single consign merit of $539,760 by the Canadian Bank of Commerce of Dawson to the Seattle government assay office. A steel box containing-$43,200 is shipped out by James Brown, who was not, however, a passenger on the vessel. Nearly $20,000 worth of Klondike treasure was received by the steamer Aberdeen from Skagway. The bulk of this wealth was owned by three men, Frank E. Skagerlind, H. Carlson and William Pricharl. CAPACITY OF FIFTY DRILLS. Standard Mine at Wallace Is Putting in a Big Plant. Wallace, Idaho, Sept. 10. The Standard Mining Company is putting in a new air compressor and electric plant at the mine. The foundation is completed and some o f the machinery is on the ground. The new compressor will have a capacity of 50 drills, the present being only of 15 drills. Jn putting it in the company is looking far into the future. The 15-drill com pressor is nearly large enough at pres ent, and the company does not desire to work over 20 drills if they had ever so much power, but to put in such a compressor .would only mean the addi tion of still another new plant a'most before this one would be running, so it was decided while the change was being made to get a machine that would be large enough to do the work for years to come. STEVENS PEAK PROPERTY Bonded fox" 940,000 and Development Work Begins at Once. Wallace, Idaho, Sept. 10. A deal has been made by which William Williams and John W. Perglase, of Milwaukee, undertake to develop the Wonderful group on Stevens peak, se curing a working bond from the own ers for $40,000. This is the group on which 16 feet of galena was struck a few weeks ago, when ground sluicing hunting for the location of the ledg where it crossed a creek. Since the ore has also been found in another lo cation. The group includes three claims, the Wonderful, Oro Fino . and Aguinaldo. Work begins at once in cutting a trail from the Northern Pa cific to the property, and is to be pur sued continuously during the year for which agreement runs. To Develop the White Cross.. Moscow, Idaho, Sept. 10. An offer is said to have been made by a Spokane man to drive 535 feet of tunnel and shaft on the White Cross for a half in terest in the property. He proposed to sink 200 feet. The White Cross is located in the Moscow mountains, six miles from Moscow, and has of late been showing some good surface indica tions. Dr. Withycombe, vice-director of the Cor val lis, Or., agricultural college ex periment station, has departed, for Sac ramento, where he is to act as one of the judges of the fine stock display at the California state fair. Shortly after his return to Oregon he will leave for the East, for a two months' absence, during which he will visit the princi pal stations of the country. Good Dividend for Small Mine. Nelson, B. C, Sept. 10. The Ath basca mine near this place will declare a dividend of $25,000, which is 5 per cent on the new capitalization. Wood promises to be wood in La i Grande, Or., this winter, says the i Journal. The market is begging al i ready, and one man who ought to know estimates, that there are not 80 : cords in all the acres of timber within ! a radius of 10 miles. Large loads are ! now being hauled "from Summerville. Bishop Mine Will Soon Ship Ore. Palonse, Wash., Sept. 10. The Bishop claim, on Jerome creek, about 20 miles from Palouse, will begin to ship soon. A rate of $5 per ton to Ta ! coma or Everett has been secured. Only lack of capital prevented the mine form shipping earlier in the sea son, for there are several hundred tons of ore on the dump. j The Douglas county board of equal- ization reduced the assessment of rail road rolling stock from $608 to $500 a mile. Few material changes were made in the rolls. WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW. Labor Conditions A meeting Business in the East. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: The volume of business does not ma terially enlarge at the East, and there is only moderati improvement at the West and South, but if expectations of greater activity when politics cease to disturb are realized, current operations will be found to have laid a substantial foundation. The most important event of the week in the industrial world was the agreement on the tin plate wage scale with the amalgamated associa tion, granting about 8 per cent advance to 35,000 hands long idle. Prices of grain are little altered, good crop reports coming in freely, but the effect is being neutralized by tlie foreign estimate of a world's., crop be low requirements. Business in iron and steel products steadily increased, and mills are more actively employed. October 1 is men tioned as the probable date of a general resumption. Railroads have lefused to make re ductions in freight rates, which it was hoped would increase exports. Last week's shipments of boots and shoes from Boston were only 70,345 cases, against 71,277 in the previous week, and for the year thus far the de crease, compared with 1899, has amounted to 254,315 cases. Sales of wool at the three chief East ern markets declined to 2,833,000 p unds, against 4,234,700 pounds in the previous week; 9,245,200 last year. In the woolen market there is a rather deceptive appearance of greater activity. Bulk of business in new lines recently put out a substitute for standard goo .Is and a lower price. Failures for the week were 145 in the United States, against 132 last year, and 24 in Canada, against 10 last year. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Seattle Markets. Onions, new, lJic. Lettuce, hot house, $1 per crate. Potatoes, new. $15. Beets, per sack, 85c $1. Turnips, per sack, 75c. Squash 4c. Carrots, per sack, $1.00 Parsnips, per sack, $1.25. Cauliflower, native, 75c. Cucu m bers 10 20c. Cabbage, native and California, 2c per pounds. Tomatoes 40 60". Butter Creamery, 2Gc; Eastern 22c; dairy, 16 19c; ranch, 14c pound. Eggs 25c. Cheese 12c. Poultry 12c; dressed, 14c; spring, 1315c. Hay Puget SouAl timothy, $11.00 12.00; choice Eastern Washington timothy, $16.00. Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $25; feed meal, $25. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $20. Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.50; blended straights, $3.25; California, $3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; gra ham, per barrel, $3.00; whole wheat flour, $3.25; rye flour, $3.804.00. Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $12.00; shorts, per ton, $14.00. Feed Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton; middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal, per ton, $30.00. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef steers, price 7ac; cows, 7c; inuttont 7f4; pork, 8c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 9 11c. Hams Large, 13c; small, '3Hi breakfast bacon, 12c; dry salt sides. 8 i3c. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla. 5656,'e'c; Valley, 57 J2C; Bluestein.OOc per bushel' Flour Best grades, $3.10; graham, $2.50. Oats Choice white, 42c; choice gray, 40c per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $15. 00 15.50; brewing, $17.00 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $13.00 ton; mid dlings, $20; shorts, $15; chop, $15 per ton. Hay Timothy, $1 1 12; clover,$7 7.-50; Oregon wild hay, $6 (it 7 pertou Butter Fancy creamery, 4550c; store, 27 Jjc. Eggs 19c. per dozen. Cheese Oregon full creana, I5c; Young America, 14c; new cbese li&e per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $5.00 4.00 per dozfeu; hens, $4.50; springs, $2.003.00; geese, $6,.0O7.00 per ducks, $3.004.00 per dozen; turkeys, live. 14 16c per pound. J Potatoes 40 50c per sack; sweety, 2214C per pounu. Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, $1; per sack; garlic, 7c per pound; cab bage, 2c per -pound; parsnips, $1; onions, 1 c per pound; carrots, $1. Hops 28c per pound. Wool Valley, 15 16c per pound; Eastern. Oregon, 15 16c; mohair, 25 per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers ami ewes, 3c; dressed mutton, 7 720 per pound; lambs, 6)20. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00; light and feeders, $4.50; dressed,. $5.006.50 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $4.00(34.50;: cows, $8.504.00; dressed beef, 6)2 . 7?e per pound. Veal Large, 6)st7)2c; small, 8 Ss4c per pound. Ban Francisco Market. Wool Spring Nevada, 1 1 I80- per pound; Eastern Oregon, 1014o; Val ley, 16 18c; Northern, 9 10c. Hops 1899 crop, 8213e; new crop, 1900, 10123-ae. Butter Fancy creamery 23c; do seconds, 21 22c; fancy dairy, 20V2C; do seconds, 19c per pound. Eggs Store, 17c; fancy ranch, 22c. Millstuffs Middlings, $17.00 20.00; bran, $12.50 13.50. Hay AV heat $8 12; wheat and oat $8.0010.50; best barley $8.50 alfalfa, $6.00 7.50 per ton; straw, 2 5 3 7 2 c per bale. Potatoes Early Rose, 30 75c; Ore ion Burbanks, 90c$l: river Bur banks, 35 65c; new. Ha 2c. Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia,. $2. 75 3. 25; Mexican limes, $4.00 5.00; California lemons 75c$1.50i do choice $1.752.00 per box. Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.50 2.50 per bunch; pineapples, nom inal; Persian dates, 66'8c per pound.