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I'JthNKVILLE, CUOOK COUvTY, OREGON, DECEMHKR 12, 1901.
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TERMS EXPIRE
Ten Lund Oilicers' Times
Will Rim Out
During the Coming Year
Ths 8ularir)s are Good and There
la no Abundance ot Anxious
Applicants.
A WiiHhington dispatch to the
Oregonian says:
During the coming year the
terms ol 10 of the land officors of
Oregon will expire by .limitation,
end successors to these oflicialts
mill have to Iks niimi'd by the pres
ent delegation. Thin item in itself
in quite an important one, and will
call for the bent efforts of the Ore
gon Senators and Representatives
in order that they may agree oii
men In every way suited for those
important positions. It b the pol
icy of the Roosevelt administration
to select the very best men availa
ble for Registers and Receivers of
land of)icin, as well os for other
' places.
The term of Eldon M. Brattain,
Ulster of the Lakcview ollice, ex
pire December 14, 1902, while that
nf his col league, Harry Dailey, will
expire February 8, next. ,
Judging by the coraponsaliens
of the land oilicers of the several
Orcgoii, offi' t-i, for the year 1900,
Oregon City, Ruseburg, Lagrand
mid Tlie Dulles are on a par, the
Register and Receiver at each of
these points earning $3,000 apiece.
This included 1500 salary. At the
l.akeview office, the land oflbials
each earned $1121 for the year, but
the fact that the ollice was burned
May 23, 1900 had a tendency to
keep down the earnings for that
rear. The salaries at Burns for
1900 were $IS13.
In the natural course of events,
the recommendations of Represen
tative Tongue, should they meet
with the approval of the two Sena
tors, would govern in appointments
at Oregon City,' Roseburg and
Lakcview, while the wishes of Rep
resentative Moody at The Dalles,
Lagrand and Rums would be re
spected under similar conditions.
However, viewed in the light of
past experience, there is little hope
that all will be harmony wheu it
coiik'b to filling this Aggregation of
offices. Nevertheless much inter
est will be manifested in the pro
longed light, which will continue
from early in January to late in
December, to see what members,
or combination of members, of the
delegation will bu strongest with
the Administration. There has
already been an intimation as to J
what the result will be, but the
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working of the Oregon delegation '
are strange indeed, and no one can j
foretell the outcome. At all events I
there aro 10 plums hanging high.i
and there will be an abundance of
anxious applicants for each of the
10 places.
Lumber IlarK Wrecked.
The lumber barge Wheeler, which
broke away from the tug Yosburg
off Cape Blanco November 27, and
was supposed to have been lost,
was sighted off Yaqyina bar last!
ednesday with her mainsail ahd
jib set, and signaling for a lug.
There was no tug available and
to Wheeler ami went inW the
breakers whore she was terribly
punished. Her mainmast went by
the board, and after several hours
floundering ,he went on the beach
near the life saving station. One
man wAs swept overboard and Was
drowned, and the three remaining
on board were saved y the life
saving crew, The Wheeler carried
450,000 feet of lumber.
Items from Rosland.
From our regular oorrMMindVnt.
Rube Young has gone to Prino
ville after supplies.
Tbo weather has been very
stormy the last few days.
Thanksgiving was celebrated in
this country by several nice dinners.
Mr. Chits. Craves and wife, from
Odell, Klamath county, was in
Rosland the other day.
Milt Young passed here cn route
for Pilot Butte, where he expect to
remain for the winter.
Mr. D. A. Findlcy is about to
complete his big barn, and he re
ports his Wobfout jugs in fine con'
ditioti.
Miss Lizzie Boaltie has just com
pleted a box house on her home
stead. It looks like she might be
going to take a boarder.
May fid Bros, have moved their
cattle out to Haystack. Mike May-
field returned the other day and
reports everything d ung nicely.
Mr. Z. M. Brown and Mr. Joe
Howard passed here en route for
Silver Lake, Mr. Brown to feed for
the winter, and Mr. Howard to
stock his ranch.
Mr. Jessie Walker has gone to
Shanikoto take the ditch surveyois
to the railroad, they having com
pleted tlir work in this vicinity
for this winter. They say this can
be made a line country.
Died At the home of her par-
onts on Little Deschutes. Miss
Mabel Milhollon, aged 17 years, 8
months and 5 days, She had been
an invalid for over two years, when
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she took to her bed in April, audi
she never left it until she died Nov.
25. She leaves her relatives and a
large circle of friends to mourn her
loss.
Klit h-e gone whire there b no mitfrinj(.
When ll In lrilit nd fair.
Where the Mitele "f 1"V re einirinK,
Tu the hy b'ime nhnve,
Meadow Lahk,
Rosland, Nov. 30, 1901.
Paulina Pointers.
From nur reKuI&r o,irreprndrnt.
A grand time was had at the
Maury dance Thanksgiving eve.
L. D. ClayponFs family has beeti
quite sick during the past week.
J. T. Faulkner is hauling lumber
from Maury mountain this week.
Sam Courtney is over from Izee
looking after business matters this
week. '
Wh.iriff f'nnfftntnn mnJn nnirn fl
purchase while' in this j.art of the!hlin Uud V,U'iu
, j The new owners immediately began
fnnntv r,onnt!tf
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tne new a, u. u. w . nan at i.ee is
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Hearing completion.
It still rains and wo have plenty
of mud. Something very unusual j
at this time of year. ,
Ed Ranilells and Henry Faulk- j
her have been laying the f omnia-1
tion for the new A. U. U. V . tiati on putting up a 20 stamp quartz guson, Koy Gray,
at this place. Roskm!af, ( mill, to be run with steam 'power,! The committees meet again Sat
Mikc Mulvahill, of Mitchell, an- at a 2,000. In company ; urday night to make 'further ir
nounces thut he is a candidate for with Me.LaUghlia and Williams, a! rangcmeilts.
tko nomination as Representative,
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The First One Erected
1 : in Oregon.
On Gold Hill, Jackson Co
Built By Klippol, ilcLaughlln and
Willlama Not a Paying.
Investment.
The story of the first quartz mill
greeted in Southern Oregon is re
called by the passing away of the
pioneer miner, Henry Klippcl, who
is fully entitled to the name of the
father of quartz mining in Oregon,
through his connection with the
industry at Gold Hill lode in I860.
It was in January of 1860 that a
pioneer named Graham, who was
better known by the sobriquet,
"Emigrant," located what proved
to be the astonishingly rich pocket
ledge of Gold Hill. Not being able
to locate the whole ledge himself,
the "Emigrant" took in the propo
sition with him John Long, George
Fish, Thomas Chavcnder and Jas.
Hays, who each staked claims.
They found an abundance of flat
rock on the turface of the ground
whiah was rich in free gold, end
the news of their strike spread over
Jackson county like wild fire on a
western prairie. 1(
Prospectors and miners flocked
to the hill from all quarters of
Southern Oregon and Northern Cal
fornia, ami hundreds of claims
were staked audjusAed out with
no other boundary lines than ropes
stretched along them, Among other
locators was Henry Klippel, who
picked up a pieeo of quartz rock
on his claim wesghing thirteen
ounces, that yielded five ounces in
gold. The quartz was worked with
mortars, and never before or since
was money so plentiful in Jackson
county as during those early days.
The dull old town of Jacksonville
at once assumed metrooolitan airs.
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and was the headquarters for the
miners of the whole section. ' Ho
tels, rc-ilaurants and stores multi
plied, and an era of great prosper
ity was inaugurated. A daily stage
, line was put on the route between
Jacksonville and the new mines
and the busses were crowded with
prospectors und sightseers bound I
for the Eldorado, Gold Hill. The
gold fever seized on the whole coun
try; farms were abandoned for the
mines, and as long as the extaordi
nnry output continued there was
prosperity galore for everyone.
After taking out a large amount
of the precious metal from their
claims, a disagreement arose among I
tbo original locators, and Graham!
sold his interest to Henry Klippel
and John Ross for $5000, while
James Hays disposed of bis for a
like amount to Klippel, John Me-
to develop the claims with vigor.:
Two arastras were erected to reduce,
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the rich rock, and were operated
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;th9 wf,eklv clean-uns for some time 1
nx) ounces of gold was the rule.!
Such was tjie ai.cumliation of ore !
that the nrrastras were not equaL
to tbo Work, so Mr. Klippel resolved :
nuart Mill was purchased in Salt1
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Fruncb'co, and a contract entered
into with the mining company to
tedue'e their Ore at $8 per ton. The
mill arrived in the spring of 1800,
having come by water to Coos Bay
and then by road, via Scottsburg.
Very much difficulty was expe
rienced in hauling the heavy freight
over the rough roads. The freight
bill alone is said to have been
$2000. .
After a short time the mill was
successfully erected and the ma
chinery installed. Dardanelles was
selected as a site for the pioneer
mill, and it began work on a run
of 200 tons of refuse quartz that
had been thrown a'ide as having
been too poor to run through the
arrastra.
The rock yielded f 100 to the ton,
and the prospects were rosy indeed.
The next run, which was unassort
ed rock, however, was a great sur
prise to the owners, for it yielded
only $3 per ton, and the paucity of
the gold was attributed to defective
amalgamation. But the mine was
beginning to peter out, and another
run of six weeks demow'rated that
the location was a pocket ledge.
Two dollars and forty cents per
ton was a result of the last run,
and during August both the mine
and the mill closed down.' Messrs.
Klippel, McLaughlin and Williams
lost about 111,000 on their venture
with the pioneer quartz mill.
The property was afterwards
leased to a pirty of Siikiyou coun
ty miners, who could not make a
go of it, so abandoned it; Then
the mill was moved to the Jewel t
mine, situated on the south side of
Rogue river, owned by the Jewett
Brothers and William Douthitt, of
Jacksonville. At this mine the
clean-up showed the rock to yield
$10 per ton, and in all, $40,000 was
pounded out of the Jewett claim.
After this mine was exhausted
the old quartz mill was successfully
converted into a saivmill, and run
as such for a longtime. Afterwards
it was dismantled and some years
later the engine and boiler were
moved to Parker's sawmill on Big
Butte creek, where good service was
done by them for a number of
years. Ar bland Tidings,
Union Chrlbtinaj Tree.
The following committees have
been appointed to perfect arrange-
meiits for a Union Christmas' tree,
to be given at the Union churchy
General committee Mesdames
W. A. Bell, Ward, Belknap, Win
nek; Misses Emma Ketchum, Mary
Salomon, F rankle Dillon, Ada Vo
tcr, Messrs. R, G. Smith, Wm. Dra-
per.
Committee on music Mis. B. F.
Harper, Misses Maggie Glaze. Grace
Bclknap, Messrs. L. S. Liggett, J.
B. Shipp.
Literary piogram Mesdames W.
A! Bell, Belknap, Ro.-enberg and
Ward.
Finance Misses Maud Vander-
pool, Zella Knightrti, Gertie Shan
and Bern I
'oindextcr. .
Decoration Misses Sadie Marks,!
M.irv Bramblet. Aiidie Foster, i
Maud Dobbs. Eflie Dobbs." Bessie'
Anderson, Frances Miller, Fay!
Hodges, Messrs. Geo. Wright, Chits. '
Christiani, Walt Elliott, Ornhgej
Hodges, Cecil Yancy, Clarence Fer-
Subscribe fur the Joimau
GEtlERAMlEWS.
Items of Interest Oath
efed Here and Thefe
Some Stolen, Others Not
OuIUdks From On Exchange
News Notes of the Week
Timely Topics
The National Livestock Grower's
Association will hold its next con'
ventian in Kansas City. A strong;
effort was made to have Portland
selected as the next place of meet
ing, but itf was not successful,
Saturday night Postmaster 8. &
Train, of Albany, fell down a flight
of stairs at bis home in that city
and was seriously injured. He if
mained unconscious for an hour or
two, and it is thought it will be
several weeks before he can leave
his home.
The northbound California ex
press was derailed at the trestle
200 yards south of the Salem sta
tion on its schedule time Saturday
afternoon. The engine nd the
mail and baggage cars, smoker ami
one day coach left the rails. Fife
man Fish received injuries from
which he died soon after being"
taken to the hospital. Engineer"
William H. White was badly scald
ed, and. died Sunday morning.
None of the passengers or othef
members of the train crew received
any injuries.
The east-bound passenger train
from Portland was derailed abo'it
half way between Celilo and Des
chutes stations on the O. R. Si X.
Saturday. The engineer, Maurice
Cavanaugh.was killed and fireman
Frank Chase . considerably hurt,
and a mail clerk received slight
sprains, but none of the passenger?
were injured. The accident wa
caused by some one placing a large
iron nut on the lower rail at ft
curve, which caused the engine to'
leive the rails. Supposed to ho
the work of tramps.
Following is the prohi Bate tick
et nominated at Portland last Sat
urday. For governor, Rev. A. J.
Hunsaker, of Yamhill county; for
treasurer, T. S. McDaniel, of Mult
nomah; for secretary ol state, X,
N". Davis, of Umatilla; for super
intendent of public instruction, R.
V. Kelsay, of Yamhill for staU
printer, W. W. Lrookt of Mult
nomah; for supreme judge, C. J.
Bright, of Wasco; for attorney
general, T. H. Coynes, of Tilla
mook; for congressman, second dis
trict, F. K. Spaulding, of Wasco.
From 100 to 150 persons were
killed or injured last Thursday
night in a wreck on the Wahtish
railroad. Two heavily loaded pas
senger trains collided head on at
full spied one twile east ol Seneca,
Mich. The wcsi-humid train, com
p.) ed of two Cars loaded with im
migrants and five other coaches,
was smashed und hurried. with aw
ful loss of life arid feaifal injuries -to
a majority of its jiassengt'TN,
The caL-t-Wnid pa: sengir train, the
Ct'iuiiit'iit -.1 Limited, fiiif.'citd ti
scarcely less d.-giS. I hit track tit
the vicinity oi the wreck wasstrowit
wiih dead and d iilg.
The mtil ruins urn wnlatlitlig (III
preeeilenlril ill tliif OtKlnty, tlie ground
twinx llmnmghly, winked Up and lit!
lire eiuull etienms UiLui lilij spring v
fivtlicti bull bejuii.
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