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CROOK COUNTY JOUBNA MIFCHE L MONITOR VOL. VII. NO. 17. PRINEVIKLE, OUEGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1901. VOL. V. NO. 1 1 , OCIK1T MKBTISG9. PR1XEVU.LE LOWE, O. 76, A. F. A A . N Meets in Masonic Temple on Saturday be. ture full moon of each month. T. M. Bauiwin, W. M. J. N. WrujAsrsoN, Secretary. flARXATION CHAPTER. SO. . O. E. S. Meets B-.-comt ami fourth Thursday of each month, in Maaonic TVnmle. MRS. T. M. Baldwin, w. M. Davio P. Adamson, Sec, OCHtX'O LOIWK, SO. 46, 1. o. O. P. Mrcta in Odd Fellows' hall everv Sattirtlav even-"is- J. H. iiRKV, N. 1. Chris Cohrs, Secretary. ICS A 1.CIX5K, SO. s. K. of P. Meets in A Odd Fellows" hall every We.ines.1ay even ing. AH brothers in good standing invited to tend. .:. W . Elsins, C. C. H. ticHKL, K. of R. and S. J.CHOOO LOlXiE. SO. 101. A.o. l W. Meets V fn Odd hello ilU'JI' hull .in the .-.Ml.i aii.t fourth Mondays oi each tuurith. VY. Draper, M. W. C. Cohrs, Recorder. OCSEEAM i.orx:i SO. SB, r. of H. Meets r1 O at Odd Fellow s" hall everv Tnesd.iv even. inr. M Mrs. . l ivren, C hief of Honor. Rs. H. P. HtLiVAP, Kec PRISKVII.LK CAMP, SO. 21, WOODMEN of World. Meets at Odd Fellows" hall on the first and third Thurvdav eveiuncs of eacb month. M. A. Btu. Consul Commander. 1. I McCr-loCH, ClerV. JTXIPER tiROVK. SO. 10, WOODMEN" CIR cie. Meets at Odd Fellow-s' hall every Fri day evening. M I. Bklxnap. Worthy Guardian. Miss Mixxtr Crooks. Clerk PROS" !" I. CARDS. H. P. BELKNAP Phjsiciaa and Surgeon Office in the rear of Bel knap A Moore's , isrugs-tore. , Prises-ille Ore row. E.- HYDE, M. D. Physician tad Snrgeoa. Phone No. 2. Residerce, some's Addition. in Sew OBIGOV H. RCSEKBEF.G, M. D. PHTSICIAS AID SURGE3S. Cal's answered promptly, dav or night. Olijoe si a ttr. V. liesner." Rest deuce. KoJby Hotel. rKINKTILLE OKtCOS C PALM R Ittoraej-il-Law ud lotarj Public All business promptly and carefully at tended lo. Colleciious a Specially. Prineville Or(. n M ET BS1NK Itiomej and Conassllor at Lit FriBville Oregas. J. W. HOPKINS Utoraej-al-Lii. FKIVETILLZ . ORIGOK C PALMER D. S, Commissioner. Land Filines. and Final Proofs Given Special Attention. rR13rVIl.l.t - - otceox. ED. N. WHITE DtlLEI IX Vines .. Liquors .. Cigars Main Street FR1SEVILLE OREGON Gary House Bar HENDERSON & POLLARD L IS PRINEVILLE, OREGON. V J. 0. GYRUS' A Tonsorial Parlors MOORE BLOCK FRIN'ETILLIi - - ORr.OOS DEPUTY STOCK IXSPECTOliS Notice is bere'.y given that I have appointed the loliown g named persona lepotv Siock Insp etoret J. P. Cartwritfhi Hay Creek Krnest !-h-rar Cross Keys Harrv Webb T. Achwood K. Soarks MSters A. Morrow Havsta:k V . M. Smith Paulina Rccoe Knox Post T. r-wain B ar Creek J. S. Bonne Kosland Alex MilntObh - Hardin JOE HINKf.E, Stock Inspector of Crook County. You cannot sell your goods Unless jou advertise them j THE JOURNAL j Is the best medium in Hotel Prineville Headquarters for Stockmen Prices Reasonable Terminus of The Hegalator ,THE DALLES, FORTLAAD & ASTOlilA NAVIGATION CO. Steamer, "REGULATOR' and ':ALLFS Pon.and. Passenger PASSENGER SERVICE: rf??"1" in1'""' to psssenirers. and repectfnllT solicit their pat S!I?w. .pT;,i J,,-'" "'. .'uirk Tim. and ti.ir .learner.. thorough repair, and facilities added lor the comfort and ease ol PLEASURE : . c"nn, I" favor of this line as a pleanre route. It Is almost enonrl towy that-lt is down that olumbia." The roolinc bree-ies. in rrend acenerv. th lree,-om from smoke and dual, combine to make It a aw enjoyable trip. Try It. FREIGHT : 3?i ,r5" J" P'Pre1 o handle carefully frelrht of all kinds, with prompt- 3- MC hsTea f-OtumMllOUS warehouse where .hi..n,n,. . - ... .... Ui called for. Wool and wheat shiptnents especially solicited. RATES : "rr"'7 " m3'T to m.le them, t.ar elm is lo end, tlia,tred lo.diT. PurTh.i ..;,: T ". "SL.r:" LIS, cc-rcpondence so,iciied. W. C. ALLAWAY, General General Commission and Forwarding Merchant Z. F. MOODY S.ill and Well-Known Stand A a j a i ru tt Krrc. ue pox The Dalles, Or. Consignments Solicited Prompt attention wili be paid to thoe Prineville & Warm Springs ...STAGE LINE J. E. CAMPBELL, Proprietor. Leaves Prineville at 6 a. m. on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, connecting at Warm Springs with stage for The Dal'es and way points. Leaves Warm Springs at 6 a. m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, connecting at Prineville with stages to Burns, Lakeview, and other points. Through to The Dalles in DAYTIME. Fare. $7.50. Rourd trip, $13.50. Good accommodations at all stations, and comfortable vehicles. Particular attention given to freight and express. Rate, from-The Dalles to Prineville, 2 cents per pound Stage offices at Templeton & Son's, Prineville, and Umatilla House, The Dalles. The Prineville 8c Shaniko STAG-E3 T.ITSTE1... GEO. M. C0RNETT, Manager. leaves Shsniko at P M. every dav. Leaves Prineville at 6 P. M. every day, Carries the U. S. mail, passengers and express. j ' Connects at Prinevil'e with stages for Eastern and Southern Oreg-ou, Northern 'alifornia and interior points. Also for Portland and all Eaa era points. Good acrnmmodatioi s along the road." We have recently pnt on new thorongh- race oaches, and now have the best equipped stage line in Eastern Oregon for the accommodation of the traveling public. All persons wisbins passage must way-bill at offices fore taking passage; ith.-rs will not be re eived. Express must be way-billed at the offices, or Stage Company will not be responsible. The Company will take no risk on money transmitted. Particular attention given to delivering express matter at Prineville and all Southern points in Oregon, and advance charges will be paid by the company. STAGE OFFICE. At Adamson & Winnek Co., in Prinville. Has established its reputation as the MOST COMMODIOUS, CONVENIENT anc WELL-KEPT HOTEL in Crook County. All Stage Lines. Line CITY" daily between The Dalles and , and Freight Service. as the lowest, and alwav. as low as Is ponible .tot to keep in line with our former i-oiicy. end ' Agent, The Dalles, Or. Business at the Old in who favor me with their patronage. and arrives in Prineville at 0 A. M and arrives in Shaniko in 12 honra. makes connection at bbaniko with trains fiEws or lira From All Parts of the New World and the Old. OF INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS Comprehensive Review of the Important far. penings of tSe Pest Week In a Condensed Form. The British met with severe loasea at Murraysburg. Reinforcements will Kitchener at once. be sent to Two hundred mill hands at Florence, Colo., have struck. Fred T. Dubois was elected United States senator from Idaho. The sentencing of Alvord, the em bezzler, has been postponed. ! Colombian rebels were defeated by the government troops ueat Panama. The president bas appointed Vada Moore postmaster at Ironside. Oregon. Fied Alexander, the Negro murderer, was burned at the stake at Leaven worth, Kans. A sawmill for Astoria, with a daily capacity of 200,000 feet, bas been fiuauoed in New York. ! The O. R. & K. Co.'s wharf at Saim was carried away by high water. Loss about $1,000. Two carloads of Portuguese laborers bound for the sugar plantations of Hawaii passed tlinuh Chicago en route for San Francisco. Chicago detectives raised a counter feiter's den. captured J. P. McUarry, tne supposed leader of the band and secure.! three bags of spurious coin. Hear-Admiral George W. Melville, engineer-in-cbief of the United States nary yard, eas that Knglish made warships are not near as stable as those of our own build. The Venesuelan government bas seized two steaineis dying the British flag. The company owning the vessels has an American president and several of the principal stockholders are Americans. Scott Wilke, who served in the lower bouse ol congress two terms, beginning with 1SS6, and who was as sistant controller of currency during Ptesident Cleveland's last term, is dying at bis borne near barry. Pike conntv. 111. Coquard. the man who defied the Paris police, has committed suicide. "K"puTedKb?J!..p.lice tohi' from an upstairs window, warned all to keep away or he would shoot them. Later an arm" officer with a n.t.rh "found fJrqtiarTi nantetbs! iu t with a builet bole through bis chin. : Dewet ia no longer a lion with the j British. Another ocean to-ocean railroad Is ! projected. j Russia turned over the Tien Tain , railroad to Germany. i Admiral Dewey is confined to bis j borne by an attack of the grip. 1 T. M. Patterson was nominated for senator by Colorado lusionists. j The supreme court decided that I Neely must be extradicted to Cuba. Oregon will send three messengers to carry the presidential vote to Washington. Much damage bas been done by snow and landslides and high water in Oregon aud Washington. There is a famine in the province of Shan Si, China, and it is said 5.000,- 000 people are facing starvation. A county auperiutendent at Seattle and a county treasurer at Spokane re fuse to give np their respective office to successors. Ten persons were killed and many were injured as the result of an ex plosion in a hat factoiy at Denton, neat Manchester, England. The ateamet Tillamook, carrying United States mail between Juneau and Dutch Harbor. Alaska, was wrecked on Wood Island reel and is a total loss. A special from Asbcroft. B. C, says that three cases of smallpox are re ported to bave broken out among tbe Indians on the reservation near (juee nelle. The place bas been quaran tined. Word jjst received from Dawson re ports a fire on January 7. Three large bindings were entirely destroyed. But little of the contents were saved. The oriiiiu of the fire ia unknown. Loss $50,000. Tbe most serious aocident that baa resulted from tbe combination of heavy snowfall and hittb winds occurred to day, says a special from Vancouver, B. C. when almost the entire north em end of the new brick drill hall of the Duke of Connaught's rifles col lapsed. The wall was built to 45 feet in height, aud was six feet wide. The scattered bricks represent a loss said to approximate $4,000. Mayor-Elect Hurley. of Salem. Mass., will give his salary of $2,500 to the poor. Chairman Johnson and Secretary Walsh will keep national Democratic headquarters in Chicago open till 1904. An experiment farm will be started 1200 milea from Mauila by the United States Philippine commission for the growth of all sorts of seeds and plants from this country. Lieutenant f el ton Parker, who ac companied the Greeley relief expedi tion, died at Hartford, Conn. Wild deer are. increasing in all parta of Connecticut and they are oc casionally found feeding with domestic animala. The govern nent of Ci.ili, wbioh re cently invited bids for 400 freight cars, has accepted all of American manu facture. ' Butte, Mont., has the highest ex penditure per capita for pnblio school eduoation of any city in the country, via.: $5.67. NEGOTIATIONS. Ministers at Pekin Will Clear Minor Matters. the Way of Washington, Jan. 19. So far as our state department can influence the ne gotiations now about to begin at Pekin it will seek to clear the way of all minor matters and of points upon which there is no disagreement what ever among the allies, before undertaK ing the solution of the more difficult problems involved in the settlement of the questions of indemnities, guaran tees and commercial treaties. It is ful ly expected that the Chinese represen tatives will offer opposition to almost every point, in order to secure more favorable terms, such as an undertak ing to dismantle, instead of destroy, the Chinese forts between Taku and J'ekin; some abatement of the restric tions upon the importation of arms, and a considerable limitation upon the size of the legation guards to be main- , tained in Pekin. j It is said at the state department mat Air. riockhill has signed an inten tion to return to the United States in a short time. He has not retired, but returns voluntarily. China Wants Easier Terms. London, Jan. 19. "Although the United States government and the American papers accuse Sir. Conger of severity toward the Chinese," savs the Pekin correspondent of the Morning Pot, "the Americans had regarded him as inclined to leniency. "The Chinese commissioners handed to the foreign envoys with the signed proctocols a dispatch from Emperor Kwang Hsu, asking a foreign occupa tion instead of destruction of the Taku forts. The emperor's dispatch asked also of the fixing of a definite period for the prohibition of the importation of arms, and requested that the punitive expeditions be stopped, asked for par tictilars as to the amount of land to be retained for the locations, the number of legation guards, the probable c8t of the military operations and the date Mben the foreigners piupose to restore the pnblic offices and records in Pekin the Chinese. The emperor does not ntiua the demand of the powers for .ue punishment of the principal offend ers." j First Sitting of Peace Conference. I Berlin, Jan. 19. An official of the ! German foreign office informed a correspondent ol the press today that the fiist sittin of tbe peace conf. rence in Pekin would be appointed immed iately after the different foreign envoys had convinced themselves that their copies of tbe joint note bad been prop erly signed and sealed by the Chinese plenipotentiaries. A DESPERADO CAUGHT. Officers Located Marvia Kuhns. the Indiana Kubnt. tbe desperado who bas terror ized Northern Indiana for weeks and defied the officers of two states, was captured last night at Greenbill and is now in Lcgansport jail. Kuhns and his brother, who was released from the Colainhtis prison shortly after Jlarivn ea aprxl, were taken after a deperate tight. Before the outlaw was over powered he t-bot two men and was him self shot in the bead, but not seriously. Kuhns and bis bi other and a confed erate stole a team at Plymouth Sunday night and started south. Ex-Sheriff Marshall and Marshal Cheney traced them to La Fayette last evening and by telephoning neighboring towns located them at Greenbill. near Otterbein. At Otterbein the posse surrounded the house and rnsbed in at midnight. Marvin was awake and seized a re volver at his bedside. Before he could fire, Elmer Switzmer shot him in the face and the posse closed in. One man jumped from the second-story window and escaped, but the brothers were overpowered atter a struggle, in which a number of shots were exchanged. Wounded as he was. Marvin partially shook off the attacking party and shot H. V. Volt in the back and Lewis Hawkins in tbe arm. Neither was fatally Injured. Fire at Phoenix. Phoenix, B. C, Jan. 19. Fire to nlebt caused a loss of $30,000. It started in McHean & Co.'s dry goods store, rpread to the Imperial hotel and thence to the buildings of the Phoenix News Company. Giant powder waa used to blow up buildings in the path of tbe flames. McBean & Co. lost on their stock $13,000. The loss on the bniidina' was $3,000: Imperial hotel loss, $10,000; Phoenix News Com pany, $2,000; T. A. Hicks, dry goods store, $1,800. There was partial in surance on some of the buildings and atock. Would Develop Danish Islands. Copenhagen. Jan. 19. The leadera of the syndicate of merchants who are petitioning the government to make tbe investment of Danish capital profitable in tbe Danish West Iudies, declare they have no intention of agitating against the sale of the islands to the United States. Their idea is to de velop the islands in the event of their not being sold. Master of the Geyser. Beaumont. Texas, Jan. 19. The owners of the Lucas oil geyser, which has been shooting oil 50 feet high since lai-t Thursday, bave succeeded in con trolling the well. A valve was placed on the month of the well to lay, f.nd Captain Lucas thinks he now master of the geyser. It is estimated that 150,000 barrels of oil have already flowed from the well. Prospectors and spectators continue to arrive. Explosion Near Russian Arsenal. Shanghai, Jan. 19. An explosion has taken place enHt ot the arsenal at Tien Tsin, occupied by the Russians. This is the second ooourrence of the kind. It is supposed to bave been of malioious origin. Died in the Pulpit. New Orleans, Jan. 19. Rev. Hiram R. Revels, oi this city, died while addressing his congregation from the pulpit. He was formerly United I States senator from Mississippi, and I leading politician of the state. THE FINAL APPEAL BT ROBEPTS He Calls for Five Thousand More Volunteers. AUTHORITIES INCREASE THEIR EFFORTS British Offensive Operations Have Ceased for the Present Martial Law Proclaimed Throujhont Cape Colony. London, Jan. 19. Lord Roberts, who was entertained priavtely at a dinner last evening by United Service Club, the guests includiug tbe Prince of Wales, the Dnke of York, the Duke of Cambridge and some 300 officers bas issued from the war office a stir ring appeal to the country for a prompt response to the call for 5,000 yeomanry, whose past services in South Africa be bigbly commends to the gratitude of the nation. Tbe authorities continue to bold a hopeful view regarding the South Afri can situation, but they seem to recog nize that vigorous measures are neces- ; sary. The proclamation of marital ! law througbont tbe whole of Cape Colony, Lord Kitchener's strong meas- : urea aaginst tbe population of tbe re- 1 pnblica, the placins on reduced rations j of tbe wives of men in the field, and j simlar measures, go to show that theie is heavy work. j British offensive operations have ceased for tbe present. It is supposed Lord Kitchener is collecting bia strength for a final effort to crush or to capture the commandos by a repetition ' of the tactics which caused the sur render of General Cronje ard Genera I Prinz Loo. It ia alleged that the j Boera who are concentrating at Caro lina and Ermole are preparing to de scend into Natal. Tbe casualty list issued yesterday shows that the Boera bave released 297 British who were captured at Helvetia and Belfast. Tbe facts regarding tbe capture at Belfast bave not been al lowed to transpire. It ia asserted that more heavy naval gnna will be landed at the Cape. In formation as to the doing of the in vaders is hard to obtain, bnt it is clear that they are getting very little help from tbe Dutch. Twice they attempted to capture Bark ley East, but both times they were repulsed. For three days tbey occupied Sutherland, but they cleared out on tbe approach of the British. Some scattered nartiea reported operating in different parte. Apparently tbe invaders aban doned the idea of attacking Clan Wil liam on finding tbe town well defend ed. A commando of 1,000 bas been ctive in the Richmond district, but there tbe Boers have secured only 100 Dutch recruits. bile column, marching from New Den mark to Vladlaagte, was attacked by 1,000 Boers, divided mto two forces One force made a determined attempt on the baggage and the other on tbe cavalry constituting the rear snard. The cavalry wa compelled to retire nntil protected by four companies of rides, hidden by a ridge, who were waiting with bayonets. The Boers made a speedy retreat, leaving several dead and wounded f om the heavy British fire. Eventually both attacks were repulsed, tbe Boers losing heavily. Tbe British were not able to pursue tbe Boers, owing to the necessity of pro tecting their baggage. The casualties were one killed and 15 wounded. TO PROTECT WALRUS. The Indians' Food Supply Endangered by Wanton Destruction. Port Townsend, Jan. 19. Reports ot the wanton destruction of walrus have reached the treasury department at Washington. Walrus come from tbe Arctic on the ice flow dnring the early portion of tbe open season to points be tween St. Michael and Cape Nome, and Thousands ot passengers on early steamers plying between those places shoot into bands, killing and wounding many. Captains of whalers bave re ported that thousands of carcasses are seen floating in Bebring sea and the Arctic ocean. Walrus flesh is the main subsistence of Alaska coastwise Indiana, . and their wanton destruction threatens starvation to them. The law relating to fnr-bearing animals does not not apply to walrus, but Assistant Secretary of tbe Treasury Spanldine has issued instructions to Collector of Customs Heustis, at this port, to nrge ' masters of vessels visiting Alaska waters to prevent the killing of walrna by persona on board of their vessels. These instructions are issued with a view of protecting the food supply of tbe Indians, many of whom are said to be almost in a starving oondition. Admiral Casey's Plans. Philadelphia, Jan. 19. Immediately upon being relieved of the command of Lague Island navy yard, Admiial Casey, with his wife aud family, will proceed to San Diego, Cal., where he will meet Admiral Kautz, and assume command of the Pacitio station, with the battleship Iowa as flagship. Alvord Gets Thirteen Years. New York, Jan. 19. Cornelius L. Alvord, Jr., the defaniting note teller of the First Natinal Bunk, was today sentenced to 13 years' imprisonment. The amount of his defalcation was $690,000. To Take Part In the Inauguration. All warships in eastern waters will be ordered to Washington to take part in the inauguration of President Mo Kinley. Canadian Pacific Branch. Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 19. The Canadian Pacitio Railway has begun the construction of a branch line from Abbotsford to Chilliwack. It runs through a fertile farming country, and will subsequently be extended across the mountains in the interior, connect ing with the main line of the railroad near Midway, B. C. Southern Cotton Crop, It ia calculated that the cotton orop of tbe South this season will yield $500,000,000 in cotton and seed and $100,000,000 Worth of oil. HEW OE THIS AND Interesting Events and (jossip of IDAHO. Thurston Hntchina, a well-kown stockman of the state, died at Boise. A movement is on foot at Caldwell, looking to the early closing of stores. Paul Jacot, a resident of St. Joe, has been committed to the Biaokfoot in sane aslyum. John Harley, a pioneer of Idaho City, is dead, aged TO. He came to this state in 1863. Callender is the name of a new post office in Idaho county. Edward W. Taylor is postmaster. A branch telephone line bas been run from Dewey to Swan Falls. This givea tbe Falls a direct line to Boise. S. B. Wright's two-story residence at Bonner's Ferry, on tbe north side of the river, was entirely destroyed by fire. The aggregate valuation of the in struments filed for record at Wallace with the county recorder in 1900 is 12.052.416.73. Henry Ott. well-known pioneer farmer of the Boise valUy, has sold bis ranch of 450 acres. Tbe purchase price was 6,625. Thomas W. Bates, promoter of the Idaho Midland railway, baa returned to New Yoik. He says the road is in tbe best possible condition. Tbe P. & I. N. railway has an nounced its intern ion of extending its road into the Seven Devils country Steel rails have already been pur chased. The connty commissioners of Ada county have selected T. J. Catlin to represent their interests at tbe Na tional Live Stock Association meet, to be held in Salt Lake City. Tbe preliminary steps bave been taken toward organizing a Pioneer As sociation at Lewiston. All who re sided in the state prior to the close of tbe year 1877, are eligible for mem bership. Judge Stewart has rendered a decis ion of considerable importance to Boise. He holds that the city cocincil bas no authority to act as a board of equalization. Therefore increases of valnation of property made by tbe council are illegal and void. Fire at the Bptitr Hill n ine, Wardner district, destroyed a tram- i way which leads to the Stein winder ' mine. In consequence, the latter mine bad to be temporarily shut down. (The fire originated in tbe pumping ' house. Loss is estimated at $2, 000; BonneraTerry7Tost'-IuabIe- liorse while triyng to cross the river. He attempted to drive the team across on the ice, but when nesr the middle of the stream tbe ice gave way ul-der the horses and before they could be drawn out one of tiiem was drowned. WASHINGTON. It is aaid that Hoquiam will hare a basket factory. The Aberdeen Order of Eagles will erect a $3,000 building. Spokane bas accepted plans for a crematory which will cost $4,500. The old Hartford hotel has been torn down and loaded on cars, billed for Jackman, Skagit county. New Wbatcom is endeavorin,: to bave the appropriation for tbe water way project raised from $15,000 to $50,000. Whitman county boasts of tbe youngest court bailiff in the United States in tbe person of Willie, the 11- year-old son of Judge McDonald, of the superior court. Dr. L. R. Markley has betn ap pointed quarantine officer for Be, ling ham Bay. Heretofore vessels hava had to wire to Port Townsend for instruc tions. Measures are being taken to intro duce a bill in tbe legislature to sub mit to a vote of the people an amend ment to the constitution designating Tacoma as the state capital instead of Olympia. The miners working on the Admiral Dewey claim, near Republic,, have killed lonr cougars reoently. The largest measured 8 feet 4 inches from tip to tip and the smallest 7 feet 10 inches. The board of county commissioners for Lewis county has let a oontraot to tbe Northwest Bridge Company !or tbe construction of a 140-foot span bridge across tbe Cbehalis river at Black's Station. The contraot prioe is $1,494. An important strike has been made on the property of the Oro Grande Gold Mining & Milling Company, a few miles from Marcus. Previous as savs gave from $S to $21.65 in gold, silver and copper and the ore from the new vein is expected to go much higher. The executive board of the Thnrston County Bicycle Path Association re ports $1,901 received last year from the sale of bicycle tags aud $456 from other sources. David Jathlev, who has returned to Everett from Dawson, brought home the petrified jaw of a prehistoric mas todon. From point to point the jaw measures 87 inches, and it still con tains two teeth nine inches long. It is thoroughly petrified, weighing 60 ! pounds. Sealand townsite has become the property of J. A. Morehead, who owns a general store at Nahcctta. Sealand was owned by B. A. Seaborg, the can neryman, formerly of Ilwaoo. but now of Fairhaven. The consideration was SfJ.OOO The grading and work with scrapers haa had to be temporarily stopped on tbe Selah and Moxee ditch. The frozen condition of the ground made this necessary. The teams are at work hauling lumber, and the men are building the flume around the aide of the bilL IIEIGHB01G 5TATE5 the Past Week Rrnnrttrl Fmm A 60-year franchise has been granted for an electric railway between Seattle and Tacoma. The line is to be in operation in 18 months. The machinery for the new mill at Hartford ia now on the ground. It will cut 35,000 feet of lumber per day, and the shingle mill in conjunction will have a capacity of 150,000 shingles. Aa the result of eating canned meats and salads at a lodge entertainmet at Ballard, F. S. Stillmau, a drug clerk of that city, is lying in a critical con dition at his home, suffering from pto maine poisoning. Word has been received of tbe death ot Captain William Haines, a pioneer mining man, at Northport. He was a native of North Carolina and had been on tbe coast since the palmy days of Virginia City, Nevada. The Northern Lumber Company's sawmill at Everett, which was burned a few months ago. ia to be rebuilt. New machinery ia on the way from the East, and plans for the building are ready for the contractors. It is announced that tbe logging camps adjoining the Sedro-Wooley townsite on the north, staited up again by a new concern. These camps, two in number, are among the largest in the Northwest, each employing about 150 men. Tbe operations of tbe new firm are expected to be on a acale even more extensive than beretofute. Judge Moore at Seattle has issued a peremptory writ ot mandate to tbe King connty board of commissioners requiring them to call a special elec tion within 40 days to permit tbe resi dents of that part of the reservation lying within King county to vote whether tbey desire to have the reser vation annexed to Pierce county. Natural oil indications have been . discovered near Spangle. The discov ery was made on tbe adjoining ranches of A. D. McMichael and J. B. Butler, and a lease bas been secured on one of. these by capitalists who will prospect for oil and gas. F. K. McCoy, a repre sentative of an oil company in Cali fornia, bas been examining all the fields of tbe Palouse looking for oil Linds for his company, and he has se cured a lease on Mr. McMichael'a farm. OREGON. The organ factory at Dallas is en larging its plant. The Bybee bridge across Rogue -iver is being repaired and is closed to " i-.-"--' " to high vrater."" F. E. Puun, of Eugene, sold 57 bales of 1899 hops to San Francisco bnyets for 8 cents per pound. , . Fred Walters, of the Farm era' Cu torn mill, has purchased tne i,neape mill property at Pendleton . for $5,500. The telephone office at Sumpter ba abolished its telegraph office, and mes sages are now transmitted by telephone to Baker City. A test pit, sunk 15 feet on tbe Ore gon Boy, a recent location in the Ala mo district, is said to have disclosed a ledge with $12 values. Oscar Dilley, of Oakville, ia building dairy bnilding which will be large enough for 50 cows and will have all up-to-date improvements. J. A. Fitzgibbon haa bought the Cook and Miller ledge on Foot's creek. Southern Oregon. This is a ledge in which two feet of $30 rock has been developed. A young man, aged 13 years, tbe adopted son of Thomas Smith, was thrown from a load of railroad ties near Elgin, and received injuries wbioh re sulted in his death. The shaft on the Little Breecbes( claim, in the Bald Mountain district, is down 2S feet, and average assays of $5.40 are reported. No cross cutting will be done nntil the 100-foot level ia reached. ' Farmers living between Lebanon and Sodaville will make an effort to get free rural mall delivery. The route will be about as follows: From Lebanon to Sodaville. thence west about six miles, thence north about six miles, thence east to starting point. George Nawsome, a farmer living near Marquara, waa beld up and robbed in his own doorway. Mr. Newsome answered a knock at tbe front door and was surprised to fiad a revolver in his face on opening the door. He gave up a few dollars he had in his pocket. C. S. Warren, Jr., has purchased from George Day a one-sixth interest in the Crown Point property for $500. The property adjoins the Diadem in the Greeuhorn Mountain distriot, and has been developed by a 40-foot shaft. It is said that average assays from a 3 la-foot ledge are $25.30. while some specimens assayed $104. An important mining deal has jnat been consummated in Eastern Oregon, whereby tne Quebeo and High Ore claims changed hands. The considera tion is placed at about $40,000. A mass meeting of citizens of Gil ham connty was held, at which it was decided to organize a company and build a railroad from Condon to the Columbia. This would greatly benefit the wheat men of that county, as at present all wheat is being hauled in wagons 40 to 60 miles. v A. J. Welch, an old reaient of As toria, is dead, aged 82 years, lie came to the coast during tbe gold ex citement and bas resided at Astoria since 1854. Mr. Welsh waa an Indian war veteran. Mining rsen of Southern Oiegon find in the recent heavy snowfall good cause to rej ice. Reports from differ ent districts are to the effect that there are five to seven feet of snow on the level. This insures a long season for the placers, with plenty of water, aa the ground waa thoroughly soaked be fore the auow came. " , Crook County...