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Newspaper Page TextREGOft CITY ; 35th Year. OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1917 Number 37 0 E HOSTS 10 PARTY - i STRIKERS PROTEST APPOINT MENT OF STATE POLICE TO PRESERVE ORDER OTHER MACHINES OPERATING Picket Line Shifts. Unions Hope for Action by Federal Board on Labor Mediation ( . BUS HUH HUH BEBBBllfflfflHlB H H II E. P. Marsh, member of the ffl B U. S. Mediation commission, IS H spoke to a large audience of H , ffl citizens, strikers and strike 11 11 sympathizers at Busch's hall 11 H last night. Mr. .Marsh did H B not talk on the local labor II B trouble. . " ffl B a BUB SUB SUB BBBlfflBBBBffl The Crown-Willamette Paper com pany was host at dinner to a group of Oregon City business men on Sat urday in the large dining room which is maintained as a feature ot the "hotel de Swan," the home pro vided by the mill company for work men at the plant during the strike of the paper mill unions. A fine dinner was sewed to the business men and they later inspect ed the plant and equipment. They were shown the several parts of the "hotel" of which, among other things, they had heard widely vary, ing rumors. The trip to the plant was in the nature of an investiga tion of these rumors. Manager B. T. McBain of the mill . company, made a brief talk to his guests, tell ing them that the strikebreakers would be cared for by the mill com pany just as long ' as they needed protection from striking mill work era. Among those who made up the party were: Rev. E. E. Gilbert, Rev. C. H. Chandler, Drr L A Morris, Judge tJrant B. Dimick, George Han kins, W. A. Huntley, Fred Hogg, M. D. Latourette, Ralph Parker, O, L. Eby, J. E. Morgan, V. Harris George Bannon and A. L. Beatie. A meeting attended by striking paper mill workers at Busch's hall Friday night resulted in the adop tion of a resolution condemning the action of Governor Withycombe in appointing special police, to be paid by the mill companies, to keep order in connection with the paper makers' strike here. Charles P. Howard, secretary of the state board of con ciliation, and Otto Hartwig, presi dent of the State Federation of La bor, spoke at the meeting. The res olution, adopted after the preamble, says: "Resolved, by the citizens in massj meeting assembled, That we hereby vigorously protest the action of the governor as not being in the inter est of good government, that spec ial officers to be just to all must be paid by the state, and the citizens feel that the city has been disgrac ed and we know that the local of ficers are able to control the situ ation without these special officers." The labor unions , feel confident that they will get some satisfaction from the presence in Portland of Secretary of Labor Wilson. A well attended mass -meeting at Busch's hall Monday afternoon was address ed by E. J. Stack, secretary of the State Federation of Labor; C. M. Rynerson, editor of the Labor Press; George Schneider, vice president of the International Brotherhood of Paper Makers, and James Morrison, international representative of the Mechanics' union. While Mr. Mor rison was talking the train carrying Secretary Wilson into Portland is said to have passed through Oregon City. When this fact was mention, ed the audience made a prolonged demonstration. Superintendent James Lovett put two more paper making machines into operation at the Crown-Willamette mills on Monday, according to the company's announcement. This put all the company's news print machines into service. Inasmuch as (Continued on Page 8) FOUR MORE MEN ANSWER CALL TO ARMY SERVICE In accordance with advices re ceived from Adjutant General Wil liams Tuesday morning, County Clerk Iva Harrington has notified the following men to appear before the local exemption board and qual ify for service in the national army: Robert Rosenau, Clackamas; David Humphrey Thomas, Canemah; Gil bert Henry Hanson, Clackamas; Max Adolph Hollmann, Beaver Creek. Four of these men are to replace the four who failed to pass in all requirements at Camp Lewis, after being certified by the local board and ordered into service. Those who failed are: Harry Craw ford Reid, Estacada; Maynard Cole, Milwaukie; Roy JFunk, Oregon City: Frank Thurman Hunter, Sunnyside. CROWN MILLS CADIZ PRATT GIVEN SENTENCE IN PRISON ASSAULT UPON WIFE CALLS FROM JUDGE STERN SCOLD " ING. PRATT IS FIRM "Of all the animals I know about, man is the only one to attack his mate, the female," said Circuit Judge J. U. Campbell Friday . in pronouncing sentence upon Cadiz Pratt, of Paradise Corners, for as sault with a dangerous weapon. Pratt did not flinch when Judge Campbell said: "I consider that you have not been sufficiently disciplined and therefore sentence you to a term of trom six months to 1U years in the state penitentiary." Pratt was indicted by the recent grand jury on a charge of assault ing his wife, Whom he felled with a vicious blow from a heavy iron bar after quarreling with her most of the day. He attempted to prove th.it he acted in self-defense, but his own daughters did not suonort him. "Mrs. Pratt's life hung in the balance for more than a week and she is not yet thoroughly recovered. Pratt interrupted Judge Campbell twice while he was pronouncing sen tence to maintain that he had sever al times been compelled to forcibly keep his wife from doing him bodily injury. CASES AGAINST UNION MEN DELAYED BY COURT The case of S. A. Richards, strik ing paper maker and union official, arrested on a charge of using ob scene language on the street, has been postponed because of the ill ness of City Recorder John W. Loder, who was to have heard the case Saturday. The case of Sam Finucane, charged with assaulting Matthew Rissberger, has been post poned for the same reason. M. Fleming, arrested for carry ing , concealed . weapons by Lee French, late acting chief of police, has filed a plea of former jeopardy in Justice of the Peace Sievers'- court. Fleming was arrested, tried and fined by the municipal court and was soon after arrested on a war rant from the justice court The re sult of the instrument filed Satur day is that the case has been held for hearing on December 1. CHARLES E. NASH SUED BY WOMAN FOR $10,000 Charles E. Nash is asked tn nav to Nellie L. Muirden, of Portland, $10,278 for injuries said to have been sustained by the woman when the JNash automobile ran her down in Portland on November 2 last, on Yamhill street A comrilaint in the case was filed in Judge Camp bell s court here Monday. It charg es Mr. JNash with careless driving, with' jockeying other vehicles for position in the street and with be ing on the wrong side of the street. Nellie Muirden asks $10,000 as dam ages for . a fractured skull, inducing concussion of the brain, and for a long list of other injuries which she says she suffered. The $278 covers the ' costs of medical attention and court. ' HORSE CUTS LEG OFF Animals Bolt from C. G, Evans. One Killed and 1 One Injured A peculiar accident that rnst t.ho life . of a valuable horse owned by C. G. Evans, occurred at CnnrnrH station on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Jtivans was driving three horses hitched to a Blow, when the animals suddenly broke and ran. The plow made struck a front leg of one horse and the animal dropped al most in 1 its tracks with the lee cut off. The horse was shot at once. The other horses continued to run, one of them breaking from the .har ness and cutting itself seriously in going through wire fences and or chards. The other animal alone dragged the dIow over the road fnr more than a mile before it was stop ped. I he horses have several times showed a desire to run, Mr. Evans says, but this is the first time the effort resulted seriously. UNION SERVICE TONIGHT Rev. Mr. Seaman Will Preach. Rev. Gilbert is to Preside Thanksgiving union services for the Protestant churches of Oregon City will be held this evening at the Baptist church, and the Rev. S. W. Seaman, new' pastor of the First Presbyterian church, will preach the sermon. The Rev. E. E. Gilbert, of the Methodist Episcopal church, will - preside at the service. The hour of service has been changed from the morning, as has been cus tomary, to the evening at 7:30. Program for G. A. Ef. Benefit The program prepared by the Woman s Relief corps, to be pre sented at the Star theatre on De cember 4, promises to be a decidedly interesting affair and extensive preparations are being made for the occasion. The program is to be giv en for the benefit of the Grand Army veterans. WOULD 11- SIX INDUSTRIAL CLUBS START AS RESULT OF ACTIVITY OF THIS CAMPAIGN . , CHILDREN WILL BE TRAINED State Specialist Will Cooperate County Superintendent Is Assisted in Plans I With the organization of 100 school industrial clubs as the summit of their ambition, state and county school authorities have started a campaign in Clackamas county with such vigor that in a single day six clubs were started on their way. Before spring the full number will be organized, it is hoped, and will provide a practical way in which the boys and girls of school age can really, help the United States i in the prosecution of its war. On Tuesday six clubs were or ganized in as many schools, follow ing brief meetings held by County School Superintendent J. E. Cal avan, N. C. Maris, field worker from the state superintendents office, and R. J. Werner, county agricultural agent. The clubs started were at Estacada Union, Damascus, Boring, Barton and Stone. It is understood that a specialist will be sen to the county in the late spring and early summer to assist in working school gardens, which are to be a feature of the work undertaking by the in dustrial clubs. The culbs will take up all branches of farm activity, it is said, not in the same manner as was formerly done, but at the re quest of the federal government and as a feature of the regular school work, rather than a side issue. Instruction will be given the children in gardening and livestock raising and every possible piece of ground will be utilized by them. More than the 'usual emphasis will be put upon the rabbits, which are said to be destined to take the place of a large part of the national meat supply. In addition to the culb agricultural projects the girls will devote much attention to home econ omics and will have classes in cook ing, canning and baking. The work is to be undertaken on a much larger scale than was ever attempted in Clackamas county and the results it produces will go a long way toward helping the government in its food emergency. ' DIVORCE SEEKERS FEW Judge Campbell Separates Five Couples by Divorce Decrees Louis Rath Friday filed an ans wer to the divorce suit against him brought by Anna Rath recently. He states that Mrs. Rath is a spiritual ist and that her beliefs have made her a nervous wreck and have given her a violent temper. He asks that the case against him be dismissed, but asks custody of the minor chil dren and full property title in case the suit is prosecuted. Judge Campbell Friday signed a divorce decree separating Rose and Hugh Mulkins and restoring to the former her maiden name, Rose Cal laghan. -A decree signed Friday separates Joseph and Minnie A. Bishell. Monday divorce decrees separat ing Lillian and John Irwin, W. L. and Olive M. Keffer and Anna F. and Fred F. Eby were signed ' and on Tuesday Bertha J. and Albert H. Melhen were divorced. Mrs. Mel- lien gets custody of minor children. Burke Shoots a Auto Recogonizing the number as that of an automobile that had been stolen in Salem Tuesday, Night Pat rolman F. C. Burke Tuesday night shot at a speeding machine on Main street. The shot served no other purpose, however, than to startle those who heard it, and the machine made away as rapidly as possible. SCHOL I A NEW THANKSGIVING ' How like the first Thanksgiving day is this! With our hearts and our storehouses full of the riches, of a free nation we may re turn thanks to the guide of our destinies for liberty and prosperity meanwhile offering a prayer of hope that the peace of His king dom may crown the glory of our lives. Upon us falls the shadow of the third century since the fathers who made our freedom possible approached these shores seeking here to establish the right of all free men. The America they created has perpetuated until today we are sending the progeny of those brave souls back to the land from whence our fathers came. And they go in the cause of liberty for which their forebears brav ed turbulent seas, hardships, privations and the savagery of the new world. Thereby, the first and the present Thanksgiving days are alike. Let us, then, give thanks that the sons are as the fathers were; let us be thankful that the thundering guns of battle are but the chorused spirit of a great nation; let us give thanks that the world the Pilgrim fathers made for us is worthy the blood of democracy's children; let us praise Him for the knowledge that, with heavy storehouses and peaceful hearts, we still hold true to to the ideals of those who made it all possible, and can, with pleas ure in the task, turn to lift heavy burdens from those less fortu nate than we. We are taking back to the old world some of the liberty that came out of the old world to us, and we are thankful for the privilege. it COUNTY AGENT BUYS LIME AT LOW PRICE WILL SUPPLY FARMERS FROM TWO POINTS OF DISTRI BUTION SOON (By R. J. Werner,. County Agent) There has been, and still is, con siderable 'interest shown by the farmers of this county regarding the use of agricultural lime on the acid soils in this part of the state. In considering the need of a particular soil for lime there are five things to take into account, namely: (1) How much acid does your soil contain? (2) What is the best price at which the lime can be se cured? (3) What per cent of calci um carbonate does it contain? (4) What can you afford to pay for lime and get your money back? (5) What crops are you intending to grow on the ground after lime is applied ? The acidity of the soils in differ ent parts of the county varies great ly and there will be variations from field to field in the same locality. The only way in which the need for lime and the amount to be applied can be determined is by making an acidity test. The office of county agricultural agent is now equipped to make such tests free of charge to those desiring them. One carload of lime has been ordered by County Agent Werner for the farmers of eastern Clacka mas. This lime tests 95 per cent and will cost the farmers $6.25 in Estacada. This lime will be used by the men who apply for it as an ex periment to determine how much lime their land needs. The lime agent who says that "this land needs one ton per acre and that land needs 500 pounds per acre," without mak ing a test is just trying to sell his lime and get your money. The land in this county is so irregular that your neighbor might not need any lime while your land might need two tons per acre to sweeten it Two carloads of lime have been ordered for Oregon City but they will not arrive until in the spring. This lime will be laid down in Ore gon City for about $4 per ton net and will be sold to the farmers who apply for it at whatever cost it will be, to this office. A CHRISTMAS GIFT TO COURIER SUBSCRIBERS Here is The Courier's Christ mas present to the people of Clacka mas county, it cannot be duplicated in the United States, to our know ledge, by a paper charging as small a subscription fee as $1.00 a year: With every NEW subscription entered upon the books between Thanksgiving day and Christmas day", The Courier will present a merchandise order with a full cash value of 25 cents on any merchant in Oregon City whose advertise ment appears in The Courier be tween those dates. Think, of it! The price is $1.00! You can take The Courier's mer chandise order into any store repre sented in this paper between . now and Christmas and get 25 cents' worth of merchandise of your own selection. In addition, we will en ter your subscription, free of cost, for one full year to the Oregon Farmer Oregon's foremost farm journal. All for $1,001 Old subscribers may take" advan tage of the same offer by paying one full year in advance on their subscriptions. ELKS HAVE SERVICE Clarence L. Reams to Address Lodge at Memorial Service United States District Attorney C. L. Reams is to deliver the memor ial address before the Oregon City lodge of Elks on next Sunday. The annual memorial service will also be featured by the appearance of the members of the Hartridge Whipp male quartet of Portland, with a substitute for Mr. Whipp, who has gone east. District Attorney Gil bert Hedges is chairman of a com mittee of the lodge in charge of the memorial service, to be held at the lodge rooms on Sunday afternoon. T'S BUDGET IS JUDGE ANDERSON'S LETTER IS STATEMENT COVERING A HIGHER TOTAL BRIDGE PROVIDED IN DRAFT Budget Meeting is December 22, ' Court Believes Estimates Are Toned to Limit BllBlBBBB-BllBlliaillBBB ffl ffl II County Court, ffl ffl Oregon City, Nov. 27, 1917. 1 HI Editor Courier: II H . An examination of the II 11 county expenses, aside from 11 IH roads, state and schools, B B shows that the present esti- B B mates for the county are an ffl ffl increase of $9094.00 over the 11 budget for 1917. This is near- B II ly accounted for in elections. B ffl The appropriation for elections B 11 last year was $1000, the cost 11 11 of holding the special election 11 ffl in June was $4199.00 and the B 11 increased appropriation call- ffl 11 ed for in the present budget 11 11 is necessary to make up the ffl B deficiency and provide for ffl II two elections this year. The B ffl proposed appropriations for B 11 roads is the same as that of B 11 last year. ffl II H. S. ANDERSON, ffl II County Judge, ffl ii a EfflBBBBBBB EBB! EBB El Ell An unofficial draft of the county budget for 1918 has been complet ed by the county court and is to be presented to the taxpayers at the annual budget meeting Bet for De cember 22. The budget provides for the expenditure of less than $10, 000 more than last yeai', although the court has been forced to include several items which were not. con sidered in previous budgets. For instance, the salary of an agricul tural agent, at $1500 a year. This item, incidentally, is now being pro tested by the circulation of petitions by individuals in the county. The budget this year provides for a total expenditure, aside from roads, bridges and schools, of $108,156.50, whereas the total esti mated expenditures of the county for the year will be $562,771.50. Re ceipts estimated from all sources other than direct taxes are $544,998. 69, and there is an estimated balance on hand for the. end of the present year, $10,000. . Features of the budget are the in clusion of an item, the cost not des ignated, for the construction of a new suspension bridge over the Wil lamette at Oregon City, and the erection of a county Infirmary, for which no cost is set. A special high school fund of $36,000, which state law requires the court to raise, on all property not included in high school districts, will be created by taxation. This fund is to pay the tuition of pupils in non-high school districts who attend school in other districts. A permanent road construction program is promised for the coming year by the inclusion in the budget draft of an item of $14,368.00 for hard surfacing. In addition to this sum $28(735.00 has been set aside in the budget draft for expenditure with state aid on road work, prob ably to include considerable hard surface. The largest item in gen eral county expense is for the care of the poor, a total of $14,000. The purchase of an automobile for the school superintendent's office is pro vided for in the budget, although no price has been set. The court believes it has toned down its estimates until little ma terial change will be made in them by the taxpayers at the meeting on December 22. Such items as the suspension bridge fund, county in- (Continued on Page 8) ALVIN 0BST WILL MARRY MISS LAURA ROSENTHAL A wedding that holds consider able interest for Oregon City is to take place at Portland on Sunday when Alvin L. Obst, popular young businessman, is to be married to Miss Laura Rosenthal of Portland. Mrs. M. Rosenthal, mother of th.e bride-to-be, has announced the en gagement of her charming daughter to Mr. Obst. Tho ceremony will be held on Sunday next at the home of Mrs. H. Blatt, 147 North Twenty Third street, Portland. Mr. Obst, the groom, has been in Oregon City for several years and, although a young man, has built up a highly creditable busi ness in the city and county and has a host of friends. He has been prominent in commercial and civic activity and his hobby for athletics has drawn considerable attention, lie is an Elk, a member of the Com mercial club, the Live Wires and other organizations. COUH NGREA5E LIVE WIRES HAVE A MEATLESS DAY PLAN MAIN TRUNK PADDLED FOR GOOD LUCK ON BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY An uneventful meeting was held on Tuesday by the Live Wires of the Commercial club and they devoted an hour to hearing committee re ports and in calling upon members who have special reason for cele brating Thanksgiving M. D. Lat ourette, main trunk of the organiza tion, enjoyed his 36th birthday anni versary Tuesday and when he was called upon for remarks declined to speak. A spectacle ensued with Mr Latourette stretched full length over a club billiard table and several men giving him the required 36 paddles. The club has decided to have one meatless meal each month and the matrons who serve the Tuesday lunches will be asked to prepare some substitute for these days. Bel gian hares were suggested as a fit ting substitute. The plan was adopted upon the suggestion of W. P. Hawley, Jr. The Hawley Pulp & Paper com pany, through its president, report ed the expenditure of approximately $40,000 for the installation of a sprinkler system for fire protection in the mills. A water source will be two large tanks at the top of the bluff, offering a gravity system for flushing the sprinklers. Reports were made by E. E. Bro- die for the Red Cross committee, and the bean committee reported. The Live Wires beans were sold at the Red Cross market yesterday for 13 cents a pound. This will produce revenue for the Red Cross and at the same time pay all expenses of the demonstration project and leave a balance of $11.25 in the fund. The Rev. C. H. L. Chandler reported for the committee that is raising the local fund for an enlisted men's rec reation center. XMAS EDITION SPACE IS IN BIG GENERAL DEMAND Another epoch in the long and successful history"-'of The Courier will be marked by the 1917 Christ mas edition, to be published on Thursday, December 13. In spite of the war the artists are finding- time to prepare the most pleasing line of Christmas advertising features, such as holiday cuts and fancy borders, that have ever been furnished. Of these The Courier will supply itself in accordance with the de mands of advertisers. It therefore behooves those who know the value of Courier space, and especially the pulling power of advertising in Oregon s best weekly at the Christ mas season, to make space reserva tions early. In addition to a large standing circulation The Courier will mail a great many sample copies. The edition is not to be stinted in any way over past years, but the publishers anticipate a space reservation, judging from ap plications already made, that will exceed past records. The Christmas Courier will serve Clackamas county as a guide book to holiday shopping, faithfully rep resenting the progressive marts of trade in the city and county. HBBBBHHfflfflffl HfflSfflfflfflllffll a m 1 TAG DAY SATURDAY ffl B. ffl ffl A feature of the campaign ffl II to raise a fund for soldiers rere ffl ffl will be a tag day, to be held on IS 11 Main street next Saturday, ffl Plans for the event are in Ii ffl charge of a committee led by ffl B Rev. C. H. L. Chandler, of St ffl II .Paul's Episcopal church. 11 II BfflllllESfflfflfflffl II IS ffl ffl ffl ffl ffl ffl ffl WHITTEN FINED $20 Oswego Man, Intoxicated at Meet ing, Arrested by Deputy Frank Whitten, of Oswego, was arrested Monday on a charge of be ing intoxicated in a public place and was fined $20 and costs when he pleaded guilty before Justice of the Peace Sievers. Whitten is said to have attended a debate at Hazelia on Saturday evening in an intoxicat ed condition. When he was shown the door he went to a dance in a nearby community. A warrant for his arrest was sworn to by Deputy Sheriff David E. Long and the ar rest was made by Constable D. E. Frost. Martha Jones Gets Judgment A judgment for $31.10 was awarded to Martha Jones against F. A. Davis, by Justice of the Peace J. N. Sievers on Saturday. The amount was due on wages. A cir cuit court judgment against Emil Alt was entered Saturday in favor of Peter Wilson for $175 and the sale of produce owned by Alt was ordered in satisfaction of the Wilson claim. A jury heard the' case. Marriage licenses were issued here Tuesday to Harold Horner and Mary I. Folsom, of Estacada, and Clifford A. Doane, of Marshfield, and Henrietta Vista Adams, of near Aurora. BATTLE OF COLO AND TALES OF PROSPECTORS' LIFE IN THE FRIGID INTERIOR OF THE GREAT NORTH GOLD IS WHERE YOU FIND IT Some of the Hardships and Uncer tainties the Grubstakers on Yukon .Encounter (M. J. Brown) Men come here for gold Ambition and health; They stick for they can't get away; They dig, drink and die And then go to hell And pay for the last sucker play. I found this on the wall of a des erted mining cabin on the Yukon. It's AlasTtan poetry; a jingle true to the Land of the Unyielding the land where hardships oppress and death seems to win the great North Land where men fight the white death the land of cruelty, harsh ness, rplentlessness the land where men fight to get the best of a coun try that gets the best of them. You have all read the stories of the two who "struck it." I am go ing to tell you about the 98 who did not of the life and hardships of these gold hunters that too many writers do not touch. A man who has lived in ' Alaska since the strike on Bonanza Creek at - Dawson a typical old "sour dough" boy told me that it was his honest judgment that for every dol lar of gold taken out of Alaska a dollar had been brought in, and lat er as I heard of the hundreds and thousands who never struck "pay" I am' inclined to think ' he was not far from correct on his estimate. The most of the dope that comes out of Alaska .is of the by-gone days,-, of big strikes, and the present days of hydraulic and dredging. Here is what the average prospector, be he "cheechako" or "sour dough," has to go up against In his hunt for the yellow stuff. This is the life of the ordinary prospector, of the 98 out of 100 who have little more than a grub stake and a hope when they start -out. So many think that mining in Alaska is done ' in the summer months and you often hear it said the season is so short. This is dead wrong. Mining is done in the winter in the long nights of the north country when the sun is sel dom seen, and when King Winter locks almost every stream in Alas ka, except the Yukon, into solid ice. Here a taking a pair of gold hunt ers down the line: They invariably prospect in pairs two fellows will agree to team it. In msny cases they are grub-staked, that is, some one will agree to put up a certain amount of food supplies to the pair, and if they make a "strike" half of the claims go to the grub-Btaker. This arrangement is now territory law, but it has always been unwritten and enforced law in Alaska. The man who would try to beat a grubstaker would not last long in the northland. The two men have some' locality in view where they just know they will make a strike. Every prospect or has such a place where he knows there is gold. So they pack their grub on their backs and beat it. This is in the summer time, and when dog teams can't mush. Then, too, it is into a new country where there are no dog trails and where dog teams could do little good even in winter. Some men will pack 75 pounds on ' their backs, but 60 pounds is the common load and it is load enough over the roughest country that lies out of doors. So the load must be food in most condensed form and it is usually flour, beans and bacon. After days, perhaps, they reach the prospect. It must be where there is water. A strike of the richest ground where there is no water is worthless. Strikes are in variably along small mountain streams, or in the bed of what was once a stream, with water near by that can be carried down. The first prospect is made at the head of the stream. They dig there and pan. They don't expect to strike anything worth while. It is to determine whether in ages past any gold flukes were washed down this stream bed. If the pans from the hole show "color" then the long, uncertain and terribly hard process of finding the deposits of rich dirt commence. And it is but a guess game. "Gold is where you find it" in Alaska and the guess of a tenderfoot is as good as the experience and wisdom of an old "sour dough." The prospectors simply guess about what place down the stream bed there may be some obstruction on the floor of the bed rock that would have stopped the gold in its centuries of washing and working down the stream. (Continued Next Week)