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
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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 "
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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. "
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