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I CM) r james Hayes THE STORY OF HOW HE "D1SCOV EKED GOLD HILL, TOLD BY HDISELF. Happened While He was Hunting a One-Eyed Mule Sold His Famous Claim for Only Four Thousand' Dol lars. - ' Tbe sudden death in the "door yard of his home near Corvallis, Thursday morning, brings to mind j his discovery of the famous Gold Hill mine in Jackson county. -The event happened in April, 1859, and Mr Hayes' connection with it, ' has been well known all over Ore gon for many- years. The discoverer was then a young man in his twen ties, having arrived in . Jackson county in the autumn of 1852, by ox-team from Cook county,; Illin v ois. Tjhe story as told by Mr Hayes in an article, published in the Ore gouian, January 7, I901, is as fol lows: "In 1857, in company with Tom Chavner, I went to a place called Fort Yale, on Fraser river, in Bearch of gold, but made a dismal failure of it. The following year we returned from Fraser river and I went to work for Chavner on his ranch, formerly known as the Haw kins place, a distance of a few miles from the present Gold Hill, TAman named Wilson, made Chavner's ranch his stopping-place , at times. Wilson had a - mule which ran with some horses be langiDg to Chavner on the moun tain range above Gold Hill. One morning Wilson being anxious to . catch his mule, asked - me to go ; with him to hunt for the mule, to which I consented, and we started on the Wilson mule mission. It i was a one-eyed mule, the impress of which remains with me to this date. We started -'to themoun tains with me astride Chavner's cream-colored horse " and Wilson following on horseback.. In going down on the side of the mountain towards Rogue river, where it is very steep, my saddle cinch became loosened, precipitat ing me over the horse 'ssjiead, and landing me in a heap. This afford ed Wilson much enjoyment and he . laughed my discomfort into me with a relish. ' When I went to recinch my saddle again, I discovered some thing shining on the ground, and stooping down, picked up a' small piece of brownish rock, which proved to be quartz. This I show ed to Wilson, and fie said," "There Is no gold in that," - But I was far from being satisfied with the reply, and I put the quartz into my po;ktt for further examination Wilson's mule was duly , captured and we raturned to the Cbavner cabin. The following morning "Wilson started for California, and I never saw him afterwards., - This occurrence to my best recollection, was in the latter- part of April, I859. A few days after the ' incid ent, referred to, an old man by the name of Ish came to my cabin to stay all night,. I showed him. the! rock I found .while , in : company with Wilson. Ieh examined . my specimen and Informed ma there was gold in it. He remained ov er night and went . to -1 Jackson ville the next day, and returned to my cabin about two weeks after wards. I told him v on his .first visit that the next t&me he came to my place I would take him . to the spot where I picked up the piece of quartz, and see what we could find there. Ish returned . with a an emigrant whose name I do not recall, and remained with me dur, ing the night. - Early next - morn ing the three of us started for the mountain where 1 bad tound the quartz. Ii was very foggy t mak ing is disagreeable . traveling, but about nine o'clock the fog cleared away, and the mountainside was Jjeautiful and bright. By r this - time -we had reached a point where I could locate my summersault experience with Wilson on Chav ner's . cream-colored horse. I pointed out the place to my friends aad we proceeded to that point, , the emigrant leading the way in our advance about 400 yards but bearing to the right of Gold Hill, We were traveling on foot, and when I reached the point where I had been unhorsed, looking down I saw a rock similar .to the one I had found before, and picked it up This specimen seemed to be half , gold. Ish was so excited over my find that he grabbed it out of my hand for inspection. While Ish was absorbed doubtless figuring out bow many drinks it would be good for, I noticed that the ground all around me "was covered' with like quartz, richly set with gold. I called to the emigrant and he cameijack on the run. By . the time he reached me I had myhand9 full of qrartz. The other parties took In the situation and proceeded to do likewise. This quartz led me on up the mountain side, which I could follow by the specimens which strewed the ground for 200 yard?. This hill is now and has been since that time known as Gold Hill. , "Being a young man, full of vig or I led and the emigrant and Ish followed, uniil I reached a point where I could find no more quartz specimens on the ground. After wandering a few yards up to a point I came to a place where the ground was eligbtly raised in what seemed to be a rock formation of a steel gray color, covered with a mossy growth, I had gone with a pick that morning and I proceeded to apply it with much force on this rocky formation. It sh'aled off easily, and seemed to be literally saturated with gold, that was in wrought in the quartz. By this time Ish and the emigrant were wild with excitement. The three of U3 went into ecstacy, the rock was so interlarded with a stringy leaf like gold as to hold it together. We were monarchs of . the earthl Wb considered what was best to be done in order to hold our find. Ish said he would go to Jacksonville and do the necessary filing. But from my kcowledge of Ish 1 thought he would get on a drunk and would return with all Jacksonville. The emigrant and I held a "council of war," and" I explained to him Ish's fondness for whisky, and it was de cided that I was to accompany Ieh to Jacksonville, and the emigrant was to hold down the gold plant until we returned. - Ish and I got to Jacksonville in due time, and bad the clerk of the court, a Mr Huffman, prepare the "necessary filing papers to hold the same. As the emigrant and I had concluded Ish did get drunk in Jacksonville, and could not return that night. I therefore struck out - alone for Gold Hill, and fo jnd my emigrant friend as I had left him. I took a grub stake from my cabin, on my return, to the emigrant, 1 and there we tented.' By daylight the follow, ing morning there were at least 150 men on the ground, showing conclu sively what a great advertising me dium bad whisky is, Ish having given the whole thing away. Each day and night brought numbers of miners of all conditions to our plant, who were so thick around us that we ciuld do nothing to inves tigate the.extent of the discovery, far about a week. Within three days from the time of my discovery, Gold Hill was swarming with peo ple. Among others was one Bill Ballard, to whom I r gave a small piece of quartz, from which he real ized $120 in gold. A ragged Irish man struck me for a small piece of quartz to show to his partner. It was eimply a lone. Two days af terwards he came back dressed like a prince from head to foot; he wore a $50 suit. He said: "Be jabbers, Jimmie, look at me now! And thin say'if it ain't rich quartz?" ; Within ten days we had - dug a small hole in the mine to a depth of four feet, when we struck a white quartz, , sparkling with gold, the quartz above this being a steel gray or rocky color. " . r fi ' Having no knowledge of mining, I did noWealize the yalue .' of '-.my ! find. Under the. arrangements with Ish and .the emigrant, they were to J be my full .partners. ; Had I been older ia the ways of ' the world,'--. 1 would have resolved myself jnto.a gold trust, and run it alone. ; But being a mere boy, I did just what any other boy would have done un der the same circumstances.; ; ; r:. - "The emigrant ' and I lay - there several nights on the mountain, spreading our blankets over the rich quartz we brad gathered, and sleeping on the same as it on downy feathers. The miners would steal our quartz from under our heads, and work all manner of schemes on us to get hold of the quartz, and that would be the last of it. Ish, supposing he owned the earth, went to Jacksonville to cele brate, and got on a big spreei Ish's credit for whisky had risen from zero to loo cents on the dollar. I he emigrant and I,- 'of course, held down our possession, being on duty day and night, while Ish performed the kingly part. I have been averse to co-partnerships ever since. There is no exaggeration in the statement that thousands of dollars were pick ed up from our pile of - 'quartz by the rush of people. Ish, our part ner, gave two gamblers, known as Jack, Long and Miller, an interest in the mine. He even assumed 5 to act as our general guardian, and dispensed hia blessing to all comers I, too, became generous, and gave Tom Shavner, my old friend, an in terest in the mine. The emigrant kept his interest for some time, and finally solo? one-third of bis interest for $5,ooo. Being ignorant, I was easily imposed on, and sold my in terests to Charles Williams & Co. TO HELP. POOR SENATOR HOAR AND TEST PLEAD FOR EEMOYAL OF DUTY FROM -'- . . - COAL - " '-' Senators Xisten-with Rapt Atten tion to the Arguments of the Venerable Massachusetts Senator Other Tele- J ,. graphic News. Washington, Jan. 6. Soon after the Senate met the 'Vest resolution instructing the committee on finan ce to prepare'and report a bill re moving the duty on anthracite coal was considered. Mr Vest said there is nothing in the resolution that the finance committee can furnish light uponr and therefore he could not Bee the necessity of Mr Aldrich's mo tion, made yesterday, to refer the resolution to the finance committee. "This is no longer a partisan question," ...said he, "but a question of absolute humanity. We are not on a verge of crisis in regard to coal," he said, "but we are actually in it. Women and children have been frozen to death." His only solic'tude was to "find a remedy for this disgraceful and outrageous con dition." Senators stood silent and dumb, he said, either afraid or unwilling to take any action, answering the appeals of the poor, freezing women and children with a party cry, "stand pat." Nothing is to be done he continued, with the sacred ele phant of the Dingley tariff law. The Senator from Massichusetts (Lodge) he declared had endeavored to ad minister a homeopa-thio dose in the shape of a suspension of duty for 9p days, but if medicine is needed at all it,is in large doses. By refer ring the resolution to the committee he said, it would have no chance to pass. - :;'" - .- "Don't we know," he said, "that when we send the resolutions to the finance committee we send it to its execution?". . He then eaid that all he wanted was for every Senator to put himself-on record. He criticised tbe Dingley tariff law, and said there was no more chance today, in his judgment, to reduce a single duty in the Dingley act than for him to carry off the Cipitol building on his shoulders, That was the end of the discussion. . Senator Hoar's speech was devo ted entirely to the question of trusts. and partly to an explanation of his recently introduced trusts bill." He began his address with tbeasumpt- ion that all are agreed as to the ne cessity of legislation, state or nati onal, for the control of the trusts. He said as yet there had only , been apprehensions and a large but not serious injury, except m tbe case of tbe recent coal strrke, on account of trusts. On the contrary the progress of our prosperity had been greiter in .the past few"yearsi than ever before had been- knownj and out workmen, were better off.. .Still there is, he said.actual peril.'and it is none the less real because it in vr l vea only the future and not the present,..;...; ,j J, he Senator then took up the discussion to the effect of ;the : con trol of vast wealth .of individuals, saying' that in such a spstem there was much, to threaten, . republican liberty Mofct '-of the' vast fortunes of the present day.had"r3een accum ulated within 3j years Is there anything to -Tender it unlikely," he asked, "If one of these vast .fortunes .. has grown from a hundred thousand to a hundred million in 3j years, that in tbe hands of the next posessorin anoth er 3o or 50 years tbe hundred mil lion may become a hundred thous ands million or the thousand mil lion a thousand thousand million? for the small sum of $4,ooo. Tbe parties to whom I sold then bunco ed me into ah arbitration, claiming by virtue of the purchase of my In terest of the mine that they were entitled to the gold quartz that I had deposited in Murry. &. Davis' store, in Jacksonville. . They -said there was nothing lit'le about them that we ; would fix it like true men and arbitrate; that I could se lect a manand they would select one, and if those two could not a gree, they could select the third man, who would decide iU They had, however;" taken the precaution to fix it up with the ; third man. And so I lost my $3,6oo on deposit. . , B. F. Dowell advised me to have nothing to do with this arbitration, but, tbe wiles of the robbers made me thick that arbitration was prop er, and eo I lost. Such are some ni the vicissitudes of gold bunting. My discovery was a gold pocket, so-called, by miners, which added to the gold of the world upward of $3no,ooo. Briefly this is the history of the discovery of Gold Hill. . - - Is there anything to stop the accu mulation of these snow balls. Can the same power and business abil ity and capital that controls all the petreleum in tbe country by and by control all the coal? Can it control the railroad and the ocean-carrying tradt? Can it not buy up and hold in one mass the agricultural and the grazing lands of the new and great states and the coal mines and the silver mines and the coppsr mines?" - But great as was the possibilities of the accumulation of great wealth by individuals, he did not find in accumulations the same peril that is found in corporate con trol of such wealth. Mr Hoar then took up the ques tiod of trusts as they now exist, pointing out what he conceived to be their evils, as follows: 1. Destruction of competition. 2. The management of local in dustries by absentees in the inter est of absentee capital. ' , 3. Destruction of local public spirit. V 4. Fraudulent capitalization. 5. Secrecy. . 6. Agreements for the private benefit of the officials. ' 7. The powei to corrupt elections and, in some cases to corrupt -the courts. 3. The want of personal respon sibility to public sentiment. 9. ibe absence of personal lia bility for contracts or wrong-doing. 16. The holding of vast proper ties in mortmain, in the dead hand if we may use the ancient phrase Of the English language. But it has life enough for all purposes of power to serve the will that weilds it. It is dead only to the influence of any nerve.which comes from tbe brain or heart of the peo ple. , Adams, N. Y., Jan. 1. Ivan Grimshaw, a young son of Charles Grimshaw,-of this village,- fell on the floor with a pencil in his mouth Tuesday. The pencil penetrated the back of his mouth and the boy died in a few hours. - . Salern Or., Jan. 6. John Mc Mahan, the most desperate crimin al in the Oregon penitentiary, made ah assault this morning upon Chap el Guard Jay McCormick with in tent to kill tbe guard, McCormick saved his life by beating his assail ant into insensibility, but he ac complished this only after receiv ing several severe blows upon the head with a brick in the hands of the convict. McMahaa is serving a life sen tence for murder committed in Grant county about six years ago. He has given the prison officials at the prison endless trouble and three times he has assaulted guards who had supervision over him.. Recent ly he has persisted in communicat ing with other prisoners by calling to them at a distance. Far this he was shut in a dark c.-ll with straps on his wrists. This morning he kept up a shout ing for several hours and finally McCormick went - to quiet him. Thinking that McMaban was bound he entered tbe cell, when the pris oner sprang upon him and struck him a terrific ;. blow on the head with a brick he had dug out of the wall. : McCormick was stunned by the blow but b.9 clinched with his ad versary and dealt him such blows as he could with a short billyclub. "Feed Chopped ' - Screenings,-wbeat, oat, vetch or .other kinds of grain ground afflve cents per sack' at chopping mill on my farm, - L. L Brooks. Blooded Chickens - I have for sale a few : Plymouth Rock roosters and hens. : These Wrds are among tho best on the Coast, .'-J.B.Irvine,. . Corvallis-, For Sale. . A twelve room house and six acres of land on College Hill. House fitted with modern improvements, three fire places water supply from good windmill and tank located ' on premises. For terms apply to' E E Wilson, Corvallis Oregon, or H T French, Moscow, Idaho. . Contest Notice.. , Department ot the Interior, ' United States Land Office. - Oregon City Oregon, .... . - Nov. 7, 1902. A sufficient contest affidavit having been riled la this office by 6. W. Hicham, contestant, against homestead entry No 1277, made May 11 1900, lor S'A of 8VV and 8 H 8E K, .Section 10 Township 12 8, Kange 7 W, by George H Jackson Contestee, in which it is alleged that Contest ant "knows the. present condition ot same; also that said entrymen has never resided upon or cultivated or improved said claim since making entry or at all and that said alleged ab sence from the said land was not due to his em ployment in the Navy, Army, or Marine Co;ps, of the United States as a private soldier, officer, seaman, oj marine during the war with Spain or during any other war in which the United States may be engaged," said parties are here by notified lo appear, respond and offer evi dence touching said allegation at "10 a m on February 24th, 1, before the Register and Beertver at the Cuited State LaDd Office In OregooCtty, Oregon. The saia contestant having, in a proper affl. davit, tiled on Nov 7, 1902, set forth facts which show that after due diligence personal service oi this notice can not be made, it is hereby or dered and directed that such notice be given by due and proper publication, , - CHAS B. JlOftRES. r' Hagister. ' .: GE0-W.B1BEE, - ' k , Receiver, SURE DEATH TO WOODCHUCKS. Cotnada'a. Departmeat ef Agricultural . Telli How.to Do Away wita tlie Pes4a. In many parts of Canada a good deal of damage is annually done in grain, hay and pasture fields by the common woodelrtick, or groundhog. Not only is a considerable amount of grain or fodder consumed' by these- animals, but much more is tramxiled upon and destroyed.jivhile the open burrows are occasionally responsible for accidents to horses employed in harvesting. Many ways of destroying these-animals have been devised, but ordinary .methods frequently fail, to keep them 'in check. Probably the simplest and most satisfactory method is that of the use cf bisulphide of carbon, an in flammable liquid "which, on exposure to air, volatilizes into a vapor that is -very destructive to animal life. " A bul letin has been issued by the depart-, ment of agriculture, telling how to ap ply the remedy, reports the Toronto Star. One special advantage of carbon bisulphide is that its vapor is more than twice as heavy as air, so that in a woodchuck .burrow it , will follow along the hole until it reaches the bot tom, crowding the air above it to the top. As the animal is likely to be-'in the lower part or the burrow, it is al- most certain to inhale the poisonous vapor and be killed The 'equipment necessary for this sort of woodchuck hunt consists of a bottle of carbon bisulphide, a bundle of old cotton or other cloth, a'pail and a spade. The pail is filled with dirt and set near the hole ready to turivrn; then a piece of cloth is held between thumb and finger saturated with about an ounce -of the liquid, and immediately thrown as far into the burrowvas possibly. The pail of dirt is quickly thrown into tlip hole, and the entrance carefully closed. If there is more than one entrance, all but one should be filled in before the treatment. This method not only kills the old wood chuck, but destroys in a humane man ner the young in the burrow. It has, toof'the additional advantage that the animal is not only killed but is buried, and the hole is filled, so that consider-' able time is thus saved. It should be distinctly understood by everyone who uses carbon bisul phide for any purpose that it is, high ly volatile, inflammable and poisonous, and it is also highly explosive. With any reasonable care in its use, how ever, out of doors, no ill results can follow. . . .. How AjBamlsf Increase. July 29 is the second anniversary of the murder of King Humbert, of Italy, the last of the 12 chiefs of state who were assassinated in the last cen tury. It is a notewarthy sign of the growing tendency to these crimes that, while in the first half of the nineteenth century -Czar Paul was the only vic tim, in the third quarter rulers of Par ma, Montenegro, the United States and Servia were so "removed," and in the last quarter no less than seven thus perished rulers of Turkey, Russia, the United States, France. Persia, Aus tria and Italy. And this, be it ob served, in spite of the fact that the number of states has rHrciniFheri con- sid.eraoly. tnrther, the first year of the present century was marked by the murder of President McKinley, as was ISOTt.by. that of Czar Paul. London Chronicle. - Wood for Sale I Lave 5OO acres of timber land to clear. Will sell wood in stump or give wood for clearing ground, have fir, oak cedar and asn. a miles west ot Uorvalus. P A Kline. i Executor's Sale of Real Propertv Notice Is hereby given that In pursuance of the provisions of the will of John Wiles, de ceased, directing the undersigned executors ol said will to sell at private sale the real estate hereinafter described- said will having been executed by said John Wiles on the 23rd day of April' 1900, and filed and admlttedx to probate in the County Court of . Benton County in the State of Oregon, on the Och day of September, 1902, and recorded on pages 52-33 and M of Book D of records of wills of said xountv. we the said executors will proceed to sell at private sale rrom ana alter MONDAY, THE SECOND DAT OF FEBRUARY - AD, 1903.'' for cash In band at time ofsaid sale the real prop erty belonging to-said estate, . described as fol lows, towit: Notification No 418 surveyed and designated as Lots three, tour, rive and six, the north half of the south west quarter and the south west quar'er of the southwest quarter of section six In township ten south, of range four west, and lots one, two and three and the north east quarter of the southeast quarter of section one, in township ten south of range five west in the district of lands subject to sale at Oregon City, Oregon, containing 325,73 acres of land lh Polk County. Oregon, said land being incorrectly described in the will of said deceas ed as follows towit :jBegiunlug 29.00 chains 8. end 8,23 chains E. from the quarter section corner on the 8. side of S. 86 in T 9 8. R 5 W, Willam ette Meridian, thence E, 80 00 chains, thence 8, 40 .00 chains, thence W. 80,00 thence N, 40.00 chains to the place of beginning containing three hundred and twenty acres of land; ' said executors will also proceed to sell as aforesaid at private sale the following real estate des cribed io said-wxll as follows towit: " That cer tain tract of land which is situated on the east side of the county road leading from Corvallis, to Monmouth, in a northerly direction through the George W Deweese land claim, and west ot the land now owned by Tolbert Norton and R E Gibson, and south of Soap Creek . lyins; in Benton and Polk Counties In the State of Ore gon, said lands being more particularly and ac curately described as follows towit: Beginning at the South west corner of claim sixty four thence running East one hundred and three rods, thence North one hundred and forty rods; thence West one hundred and three rods; thence South one hundred and forty rods to the place of beginning lying and ; being in Section six Township ten South Range four West Willam ette Meridian, and being a part of Notiflca,tion No 1702 and containing 90 acres In , Polk County State of Oregon; also the following describ ed real estate, beginning at v the south east corner ot the G VV Deweese Donation land claim and the S, W. Corner of 0, Culp claim said point of . beginning bslug in Benton County, Oregon, running thence West nineteen chains and seventy one links, thence north . fiftyone chains,- thence East twenty four chains; thence south flity chains to the place of beginning containing 110-- 75 100 acres ot land situated in Benton and Polk Counties in the State of Oregon, said sales of said lands to take place at the office of Walter T, Wiles, said executor, in Corvallis,- -Oregon, and at the farm of Edward F. Wiles, executor, in Benton County, Oregon,' and will be made subject to the confirmation thereof by eaJ County Court of Benton County Oregon, Dated this the twenty-seventh day of Decembe A D 1902. t WALTEE T. WILES, . Executor. EDWARD F. WILES. . Executor, .- . .. . , : y OHXT i HE Cramers Organ Factorv offers a discount of 10 percent on all Orcans snlrl fnr msVi hefnrwm now and Jarmary istj x. A fine lot of piano case and cot tage organs on hand. A guarantee for 10 . years with . each organ. " - Organs also sold on easy terms. Send direct to your manufactory and save the Middle Man's Profit. ur organs are cheaper and bet ter made to stand this climater-than any eastern organ. Have had 14 years' experience in the business, and can guarantee you enough better organ, than you can buy elsewhere, for the money, and pay - freight and expenses of all middle men. . Now you, have a manufactory within your reach, why not patron ize home industry ? - " The manufacturing business is the life ot your state. We have made these organs on the coast for three years, and they meet the approval of the best musi cians and are all giving the best of satisfaction. Our business is increasing rapid ly. Call on or address us for an oagan for a Christmas present. Cramers Organ Factory Corvallis, Oregon. L. G. ALTMAN, M. D Ilomeopathist Office cor 3rd and Monroe sts. Resi dence cor 3rd and Harrison sts. Hours 10 to 12 A. M. 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 P. M. Sundays 9 to 10 A, M, Phone residence 315. DR- W- H- HOLTv ; DR- MAUD HOLT. '"' Osteopathic Physicians Office on South Main St. Consul tation ani examinations free. Office hours: 8:00 to 11:45 a. m 1 to 5:45 p. m. Phone 235. G. R. FARRA, PHYSICIAN, SCBGEON & OBSTETICIAN Residence In front ot court house facing 8rd It. Office hours 8 to9 a. m.1 to a and! to8i CORVALLIS OREGO DR. H. NEWTH, Physician & Surgeon Philomath, Oregon. " E. Holgate ATTORNEY AT LAW ; ' ' . JUSTICE OF THE PEACH Stenography and typewriting done. ; Office in Burnett brick Corvallis, Oreg V. T. ROWLEY M. D, Homeopathic Physician, Surgeon a.nd oculist Office Rooms 1 i Bank Bldg. Residence "on 3rd iet between Jackson & Monroe, Corvallis, Or. - Resident Phone 311 Office hours 10 to 12 a m 2 to 4 and T to 7:30 p ra B. R. Bryson, Attorney-Ab-Law, , -POSTOFFICE BUILDING Abstract of Title Conveyancing 3osepb T). Wilson ' Attorney-At-Law Practice in all tbe courts. "'Notary Public Office in Burnett Brick. - - 7