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VOL V.
I'M NEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, DKEG0N2 MAY 30, 1901.
NO.20.
AT BUFFALO.
Oregon's Exhibit One of
the Finest There.
Large Salmon in Jars.
line drains und finer Wood
Coiimilioner Dom-h U
Working Hard.
The following notice of the Ore
gun exhibit at the Pan-Ameican
exposition ut Buffalo in re-printeil
from tlio liuffi 1 1 Express, the lead
i iff morning ucwu e. 0 that
city:
"Great progress in now Ixjing
made on several of the exhibit of
states in the agricultural building.
Oregon' big booth, on t!io north
side of the south a xle, is running a
rice with tho Micld;un looth,
across tho way, for the honor of lc
Ing the rmt state exhibit to be tin-
Uhed in that building. Nearly
ever thing used in connection witli
the Oregon exhibit, to the wood
composing tho booth,' comes from
that Htate. The booth in made of
spruce and fir lumber. Henry K.
Dosch, oi Portland, Or, commit
(doner from that state to the expo
fition, has personal chargo of the
installation of the exhibit. One
minute yesterday ho wan tawing a
piece of wood and tho next he wan
nailing hheaves of wheat to the
boards.
' - ''NVrnne'VrnrM think he was the
boon,' raid one of the workmen .
"On the front wall of tho booth
are bunches of yellow wheat tack
ed to squares of blackened wood.
At one corner is a gigantic bottle,
about 3J feet 'high and nearly a
foot in diameter. ,It contain two
big salmon caught in the Columbia
river. ' " ' '
'Lying in the booth yesterday,
awaiting its turn to be placed in a
conspicuous position, was a bunch
of corn-stalks 17 feet long. "They
think we can't grow corn out in
Oregon,' said Mr. Dosch. 'Just
look at that. And here is clover
GJ feet long. Why, in Oregon we
can grow anything that grows on
iho face of the green earth except
citrus fruits.'
"What's that kind of stuff there?"
asked a bystander, pointing to a
small bundle of grain.
'Spelts, said Mr. Dosch.
'What's spelts?' '
'It's a kind of grain from the old
country that is prcferod there to
wheat for the production of flour,'
said Mr. Dotch. 'Some Oregon
farmers have introduced it from
Germany, arid are Very successful
with it.
'Part of Oregon's wool exhibit is
in place. I'm not bragging when
I say that Oregon has tlio finest
goato' waul in the Uniied State?,'
said Mr. Dosch. 'The humidity of
our climate is the cause.
Joe Iiinklo returned Sundny
from a trip piloting timber cruisers
on the Deschutes". 1
The mining town of Bourne, up
in the .Cracker Creek district, is
enjoying the municipal honors.
having recently been incorporated
by tho County court of Baker counr
ty, This is another town that in
corporation was. forced on by the
recent stato' law prohibiting the
sale ol liquor's '.within a . mile of
mine. Blue Mountain Eagle.
Eastern Oregon Weather.
Endersly, Wasco county, G. W.
FH, g. The past week has been
favorable to nil growing crops,
Hain on the 15th, 10th and 17th
thoroughly wet tho ground and
will bo Hiiflici.mt for fall grain,
Pastures in good condition. Stock
fut Gurdens doing well, Karly
fruit is damaged to some extent,
but apples, prunes and car will
be an enormous crop.
liriggfon, Umutilla countp, Wil
liam McCorkell. Crops of all kinds
are in a very promising condition,
showers during the week. Fruit
trees in bloom and prosjiocts are
for a large crop
Biglow, Sherman county, A. V.
Underwood. Fine rain on Thurs
day wet ground six inches. Plow
ing resumed (or summer fallow.
Volunteer wheat gives promise of a
big yield; also fall grain. Spring
grain doing well. Fruit set well,
line and oak trees heavy in
bloom on foothills aliout Dufur,
Wasco county. Farmers still plant
ing potatoes there and in the south
end of Sheram county. Lots of
weeds on summer fallow land that
was cultivated last summer.
Fossil, Wheeler county, E. M.
Clymer. Weather cloudy, with
some rain on the 15th and 16th.
Crops growing fast. Garden plant
ed. No frost this week. Barome
ter indicates more rain. There
will be a fair crop of fruit if there
are no late frosts.
Bculah, Malheur county, II. A.
Smith. Splendid growing weather
Raining this afternoon, May 17.
Maximum, 93 degrees; minimum,
40 dagrees.
Auburn, Baker county, F. Cole.
Weather warm. Grass growing
fine. Gardens looking well. Small
patches of wheat doing nicely
A Wonderful Gathering.
At the meeting of the Editorial
Association of Lake counties, held
here last Friday, In which C. Oscar
Metzker, of the Chewaucan Post
and R. Ilecnan Stanley of the
Surprise Valley Record were the
leading spirits, it was resolved,
among other things, that tho asso
ciation use its utmost efforts to in
terest capital in tho construction
of an electric railway from Cedar
villo to Paisley via Lakevicw; to
put steamboats on Goose Lake, and
Alliert Lake to run up the
Chewaucan River to Paisley for
commercial purposes as well as
pleasure; and to send a memorial
to Congress asking for the appoint
ment of a "Bugologist" to suppress
ticks especially tho sage tick and
newspaper "tick", The Association
adjourned to meet at Plush next
autumn to take up the cubject of
scab on sheep, and to consider the
advisability of establishing a live
stock journal for suprcssion of cow
stealing. Lukcview Examiner.
Warner Land Cases
Dcpartmant of the Interior,
Washington, 1). C. May 4, 1901.
Register and Receiver, Lakeview
Oregon: You aro hereby advised
that tho papers in the case of J. L.
Morrow et al, vs. State of Oregon
and Warner Valley Stock Company
Lakeview district, have this day
been sent to tho Honorable Secre
tary of the Interior on appeal from
tho decision of this ollico dated
March 2,1901. " Notify all parties
in interest accordingly.
( , ;,. 'Very recpectfully,
BiXGtti II&K3UK, Com.
MINING NOTES.
Spanish Gulch I Quartz
and Placer Mines,
New Town Springs Up.
Vheern Running;; Full Riant.
Blue Bucket 'and Block
Dalxy Good.
Sheriff P. L. Keeton returned
ThurHdiiy from the Spanish Gulch
mining district, where he werit pie
first of the week on business con
nected, with his office, bringing
with him some fine specimens of
placer and quartz gold from the
mines.
He rejKrts that the camp is a
scene of extraordinary bustle and
activity, tbe natural result' of last
year's phenoniinal output. A
town is being started at Anderson's
camp tn Birch creek; where there
will soon ie a store, helel and post
ollice. The jietitloiv for the latter
has Ixen grouted, and Reuben
Fields has been appointed jiostmas-
tcr. The oflice, which is to be
called Baryta, from the mineral of
that name, will be established in
the near future. ;
The miners have faith that where
there is such riches in the placers,
there must be still greater wealth
in the parent ledges, and a greit
deal of development work is living
done on the quaj:f 3 mines in the
'district - . -,;
Kershaw Bros., who have a fine
looking quartz, proposition, have
tunneled 000 feet into the moun
tain. Samples of ore from their
ledge is shown by Mr. Keeton at
his office. It is of a decomposed
nature, breaks readily betweeu the
fingers, and runs as high as five
dollars to the pound. They also
have a rich placer claim.
Keeley & Dulwis, who own the
Blue Bucket, one : of. the richest
quartz mines in the district, have
a one-stamp mill at work testing
ores, which they operate with hy
draulic power.
Geo. Anderson's . Black Daisy
shows up remarkably well in the
110 foot tunnel, and only capital iB
needed to make this, like the other
mines of the camp, a far-famed
producer of wealth. '
Another very promising quartz
mine is tho Red Jacket, owned and
operated by E. M. Andrus and S.
F. Allen. It shows up better and
better with development, and bids
fair'some day to be a grand wealth
produoer, when capital from the
outsido wOrld: is directed in that
direction to develop the vast min
eral resources of Wheeler county,
yet scarcely tapped.
From some of them ledges $8 to
$ 10 a day is extracted with hand
mortar and pestle, and each pays
as it goes for the development work
that is being done on it.
The placers are running in full
blast from early morn till dark.
The Sand Gulch Mining Company,
owned by Dalles capitalists, is
working its claim with tremendous
energy, and bids fair to double its
$10,000 clean-up of last year.
! Fossil Journal.
The secretary Of war will ask
.
congrcss to re-establish conteen
at army posts, in the; interest oil
tempcrance Prohibition does not
wort at army poets, it ,
f Strange Springs.
Sandy Hancock tell, of a spring
he found out in the wildest part of
the Blue mountains, says the Hep-
pner Gazette. It does not come to
the surface, forming a rivulet as
other springs do, but is a hole in
the ground one foot across. The
water is always icy cold and clear
as crystalvand is always in a rush.
The dtyth cannot be measured,
and the' stream being so swift the
measuring poles are forced out of
the liana's and carried on under
ground, never to be seen again;
and so ' with everything dropped
into it; it is gone forever. Stand
ing near this spring we can feel
the earth tremble, and we can hear
a roaring underground like water
falling over a precipice.
Warm Spring Warbllngs. ,
From our RgiUrcurrMwB(lent.
Editor Joibsal. I may be late
this week but I come just the same.
Rain, gardens and weeds have
been doing well lately.
The lawn mower is in use now,
and some feminine hands are learn
ing to manipulate it.
Croquet is the evening sport now
with supt. Kirk as champion and
Dr. Bates a &ood second.
The blacksmith's wife has been
on the sick list, but is convalescent.
Several of the Indians have gone
to Hood river to pick and eat straw
berries, all have to secure passes
The picnic was a success except
for the raiu.-- Soiue-ol theteaebers
went in a buckboard and found
deep fording and wading.
We are badly in need of a tele
phone or a daily mail, mule pack
tain, or carrier pigeons, or some
thing that the outside world lias,
but which tome people always op
pose others conveniences unless it
is cash and ease for them.
J. T. Dizney received a telegram
from trie east tbe other day to go
out and sub-let some star mail route
service, but he has little time he
can call his own.
., Ed. Clark of Boyd is here doing
some plastering in fine shape
which was very badly needed and
will soon be completed.
Miss Myrtle Dizney, of Tendlcton,
is expected here next Saturda) to
spend vacation with her parents,
but would take a summer school
if an opportunity offered.
Mr. Morehouse, of Pendleton,
will arrive here Saturday to re
main a few days taking pictures.
Will II. See, our Post trader,
and his wife are expected home
soon; having spent the past six
months visiting in New Orleans,
New York and the Lake states.
I see the Indian war veterans
are to have a meeting in Portland
soon. Whv is it that some of the
Indians here who were U. S. sold
iers during tho Indian wars and
always loyal to their white broth
ers, are not envited to participate
in these reunions? as they surely
were the best soldiers in these Ind
ian wars and most worthy of recog
nition now. ' Ex-ORNl'HACKEK..
Ralph and Henry Fist and Bab
cock returned Fiday hem their.
hunting trip up the wlfcy. They
! caught one bear, and hadliy disable-
. .... , . . .uuico, mining twmm w-cui-
: ed two of tbeir b6t dogs in their. , . 0 . r,Ln,nv will
big bear trap.
nd Bill Cleaver remained at tht ir
I camp. Prairie City Miner. . i
CEIIEflAL NEWS.
Items of Interest Gath
ered Here and There.
Somo Stolen, Others Not
Culling; From Our Exchanges.
Sews; Notes of the Week.'
Timely Topic, i
Linn conuty has organized a
local beneficiary insurance com
pany of 2500. Each member pays
$1 on the death of a member, and
fifty cent yearly dues.
Hitting the pipe is a new divers
ion in Moro, and if report be true
our Celestial Washee Man is mak
ing more money by selling dope
than from laundrving shirts.
Watch the den. Obgerver. .
Mrs. Lyman J. Gage, wife of the
secretary of the treasury, died at
her residence in Washington at
9:30 o'clock p. m. May 17, after an
illness of nine weeks. Heart
trouble, the result of la grippe
complications, was the immediate
cause of her death.
Duncan Chisholm, of Kent, Slier
man county, yesterday sold his
clip of this season's wool to Mr: "
Smith, of Moses & Co., of San
Francisco, lor 11 cents a pound.
The clip consisted of about 37,000
pounds ol extra clean woo). v Ife .. ..
may be added that 11 centieon 2
sidered the price for the class of
wool marketed at The Dalles.
Chronicle.- . . . . ; .: -
The last legislature fixed a severe
penalty (or the sale of "short
weight" butter. If a pound roll
contains less than 16 ounces, or a
two-pound roll less than 32 ounces,
the seller is liable to a fine of not
less than 123 nor more than $100, ,
or inprisonment in the county jail
not less than 30 days nor more
than six months. "
Several clips of new wool have
been sold here for 11 cents, among
woich are the large clips of Roht.
May fc Son and T. H. McGecr.
This price is as good as has been
paid in The Dalles or elsewhere,
and proves what has all along been
contended, that wool at Shaniku
would bring as good price as any
where else, and that in time Shan
iko would be tbe center oi Eastern
Oregon. Leader.
The Antelope Republican say
Frank spicer, of that country, ha
a pet ewe which sheared last year
eighteen pounds of wool. Shealai
had two lambs within eleven
month?, oi which tho oldest one
sheared twenty pounds and the
other one, a February lamb, sheared
eight pounds and the mother twelve
pounds. The summary is lifty
eight pounds of wool frora one ewe
and hw offspring within one year.
Harry Brenard, who recently re
turned irom a prospecting trip. u;
tbe-John Day river, is torming a
Company to develop the claims
located by him. Mr. Brenard lo
cated one claim on Shoofly creek
and thirteen claims aliout seventyr
five miles further tp the John
Dnv and north ol the bpanisu
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. meet with good fortune i develop-
uig lUfei claim. v asw c.
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