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Newspaper Page TextBBBSpSjSriugi, '.. " i l.,'1 '! . ",i WIM'-W WlMJl Stela WMWi 'lWfiVi ". -v.. -pw4 &jOP& TheN xYCxJCl r , . v s , t & PORTULND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANTJAHY 18, 1902. VOL. VI. NO. 42. jwHF"" - ' jf ' JSIbbbbbbbh if f . FIRST NATIONAL BANK wTSSSslSt D.slgnat.d D.po.ltary mid Vlimuelitl A cant of th. United States President, H. W. Corbett) cashier, K.O. Wlthlngton assistant cashier, J. W, Newklrk; t.cond aislitantcaihler, W, C. Alvord. Letters of credit Issued, available In Europe and the Eaitern itatet. Bight exchange and tetegraphlctratiifen old on New York, Hoiton. Uhluaxo. Omaha, at. Pul, San Frauultco and thr principal imlnti In the Northmen. Sljcht mid lira, utlli drawn In suins to suit on Loudon, Pari, lleriln, Franktort-on-the-llatn, Hour Kong. , Collection! mad on larorable terms at all accessible polnti. LADD TILTOIM, E.tablUli.d TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. Interest allowed on time deposits. Collections made at all points on favorable terms. Letters of credit issued available in Europe and the Eastern ttatts. Sight exchange and Telegraphic Transfers sold on New York, Washington, Chicago, St. JxjuIs, Denver, Omaha, San Francisco and various points in Ore gon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia. Exchange sold on London, Paris, Berlin, Frankfort and Hong Kong. Portland Trust Company of Oregon IXCOiU'ORATKU Al'ItU,.'. lfB7. 109 THIRD STREET, - PORTLAND, OR. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. A Savings Fund for Everybody. Interest Paid on Savings Deposits. Open a navlngi account by de positing a imall amount with us and we will lend you one of our Home Ravines llanki. Take It with yon and make It a rule to depoilt lomcthlng In It every day, no mailer how small. Full credit (or jotir flritdopoilt will to given you upon your l'ai Hook. Hrlng In your Home Having! Dank at Interval and wo will place lt contents to your credit upon your Tans Hook, as well as inch other amount aa you mar be able to aave. wage, earners and pcrions receiving Income, at Irregular Interval! iliould take advantage of thli plan. It la alio well adapted to teach children hablta of economy and to Impress upon their mtndi tbe value of money. Call at our Hank and full explanations regarding this plan of saving inontr will 1ms cheerfully given to you, or If desired, our reprcicntatlve will call upon you with one of the Home Having! Hank. Do not delay. A PCmMr SAVED IS I1KKJ. I. COHEN, I'reildcnt. THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE With Which Is Amalgamated THE DANK OP BRITISH COLUMBIA Capital Paid Up, $8,000,000 Reserve, $2,000,000 Transacts a Qeneral Banking Business. SAVINGS BANK- Accounts opened for sums of 110 and upwards, and Intereit allowed on minimum monthly balance. Hates on application. 344 WASHINQTON STREET. FIRST NATIONAL BANK Vialla Walla, Washington. (First National Hank in the State.) Transacts a Qeneral Banking Business. CAPITAL 1100,000. BUHl'MIH SlOO.dOO. r.KVI ANKENY, President. A. 11. HKVNOI.DS. Vice President. A. H. HUKFOHD, Cashier. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK. Pendleton. Oregon. Capital, $70,000.00. 'Surplus and Undivided Profits, $00,000.00. RESERVE AGENTS First National Bank. Chicago. 111.; First National Bank, Portland, Oregon; Chemical National Bank, New York, N. V. OFFI0ER8 AND DIRECTOR8 L"vl Ankeny, President; W. F.Matlock, Vice President: O. B. Wade, Cashier; II. O. (iuerensy, Assistant Cashier; J. S. McLeod, W. S. Byers, W. F. Matlock, H. F. Johnson. THE PENDLETON SAVINGS BANK PENDLETON, OREGON. Organized March I, 1880. Capital, $50,000. Surplus, $65,000. Interest allowed on time deposits. Exchange bought and sold on all prin cipal points. Special attention given to collections. W. J. Furnish, President; J. N. Teal, Vice-President; T. J. Morris, Cashier. NEW LIFE TO fow,frLW,iJy0tj.,in,e0oeu,f Anchor Great Combination of Strength and Beauty. 'Taa Tj Tiut BnrD.,, See Our Anchor Clamp You would b. surprised it you knew bow llttl. It would cost you to fix up that old fence. Hetter itnd for some Anchor Clamps and Uprights, and a pair of our pinchers, and make your old wlr. fence fook like a new one. ANCHOR KKNCK looks so nice and la so strong tbat farmtrs sometimes think that It mutt be high priced. It isn't, though. mKr OtusT Bifou Usiko. Cattle, Sheep and FARM, RAILROAD rite for Prleei and Catalogue, Agents Wauted in Kv.ry Town. Willamette Iron and Steel Works. Founders, Machinists and Boiler Makers, PORTLAND, OREGON. DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS OF... Marin and Stationary Engines and Boilers, Saw Mill, Logging and Mining Machinery, Roll Grinding and Corrugating Machinery, Power Transmission Machinery. W V constantly developing Modern Machinery for special purposes, which or up to-date plant enables us to build accurately and economically - CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. . PORTLAND OKEQON.... In 1BBB. These handsome, oxidized steel home savings banks with Yale locks ire loaned free of charge to our savings depositors. A PEmmr sained. H. U NTTOUK, Vice-President DEPARTMENT E. A. WYLD, Manager OLD FENCES1 Clamps and Uprights. Tui Old Fixes. The Ancboe Fcmcb. , Hog Tight, it Nivxa Burs after closing. AND LAWN FENCE. BANKERS Tar The Portland Anchor Fence Co. 74a NlcoUl St., PORTLAND, Oregon. EXTEND THE BOAT? roi nuniA cniiTUCDM ull I" BUILD 100 MILES THI8 YEAR. ' Additional Capital Stock for Or Million Dollars For Bnnchti to Ashwood uA Prlncvlllc Alio Extcrufon of Main Um ............ .L - rrom ananiao 10 neno in aoutnern ur gon Engineers Now in the Field. Portland, Jan. 16. E. B. Lytle, May Enrlght and E. R. Doyoo have fllod artlclea of Incorporation of the Columbia Southern Railway Exten sion Company. The object la to build an extension of tho Columbia Southern Railway from Shanlko to Jsislslslslslslslslslslslslslslslslslslslslslslslslslslsls. mssW ' km.. afBBBBBBT BKL .afBm" t'-flBBBt afaisisisisBBBH?-liiaeaisisisKlisiSM liWA aTBBBBBBaBK iBBBBBHSleBW M- "SZwA BBBBBBI 'idBBKcjBBH 'rrf W'jp$$m ssPBBBBBBM aHlBBBBBW' '-''uW BBBmrBBV, ffiii' BBBBLILILIm .BBBVPsew' 'vlHBK BBBBBBlBBBBBk.MiBBBBBWiSBBk ? 'BBJBMsI BBBBBBBBBBBmBBBBBilBBBk. vi tlStAWKl BBBBBBBBBBBlHP"itaBBBBm - -' : ',9b1 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmjj IBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBiBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBlBW I nBBBBBBBBBBBBHBBBBBBBBBS' E.E. LYTLE. President Lytle, of tho Columbia Southern railroad, which Is about to oxtend its lino 100 miles further south Into contrnl Orogon, wns born In Ponnsylvunla In 1861. Ho learned tho railroad business with tho Pennsylvania rallrond, and camo to Oregon In 1889. Ho wns agent for tho O. R. & N. Co. at Touchot, Hood River nnd Tho Dalles until 1897, when ho took a leading part In organization of tho Columbia Southern rail road company, nnd ho has boon at tho head of that corporation over slnco. Sevonty miles of road nro now under oporatlon, and It Is tho most profltablo lino In Orogon, considering tho mtidnge. . Ilond, a distance of about 100 miles, with branches to Ashwood and Prlno- vlllo. Tho amount of tho capital stock authorized Is 11,000,000. Tho oxtonslon wtll consist of, first, a lino from tho prosont terminus of ' tho Columbia Southern nt Shanlko In a gonoral southerly direction, cross ing Trout Creok nnd Cropked River, to n point on tho Deschutes River, at or near Dcnd postofllco in Crook 1 County; second, a branch up Trout Creek, via tho Orogon King mine, to a point nt or near Ashwood postofllco; third, n branch up tho vnlloy of Crook- 1 ed River to Prlnovlllo. Engineers Now In Field. Tho Incorporators aro officers of tho Columbia Southern Company, Mr. Ly Itlo bolng president. Miss Enrlght secretary, and Mr. Doyoo auditor of tho old corporation. Tho whole pro ' perty will bo practically one lino I from Biggs to Bend. The routo has I been reconnolterod, but tho definite location ha8 not yet been made. This I work Is now In progress, engi neers having been In the Mold for some days. Population of Canada. Ottawa, Out., Jun. 17. Tho popula tion of Cunudu wuh olllciully announced by tho cenHUH department today. It is shown by tho cenntiH of 1001 to bo 5,300,000, an increase of 530,425 for the decade. Tho representation in tho hoiiHO of commons will Ihi reduced from 213 to 210 members. Tho Yukon will 1)0 granted 0:10 member, British Colum bia ono additional member, tho North west Territory two, ami Manitoba three, making an increaro of coven. Onturio will Ioho wix memlwrs and the maritime province four, making a total Iohh of 10 momberu, which, with a gain of coven in the Dominion, will make a net loss of three. Bad Fire In Los Angles. Los AngeleH, Cal., Jun. 17. Tho ReeH & Wirtcliing block was almost totally destroyed' by lire today, together with tho saddlery establishment of Hayden & Lewis and a coffee and splco lioiiMi. The loss is estirnuted at 1160, 000; well insured. President E. E. Lytic says tho Ml lng of these Incorporation articles means the building of the extension at onco. Construction will bo begun as Boon as tho weather In that region Is suitable, and the lino will bo put through to completion this year unless 'soma unexpected obstacle shall bo found. It Is said not to be a difficult "country to build In. Great Resources of Territory. ; For a year or two work has been in progress toward opening the agricul tural, timber and mineral rosourccs bf tho region to bo penctrutod by tho proposed extension of tho Columbia Southern. Irrigation companies havo been In tho field and havo extensive reclamation projects under way. Lumbermen from Wisconsin, Minne sota, Michigan and Iowa havo acquir ed large tracts of pine tlmbor along the Deschutes In Crook County, nnd are ready to erect saw mills tho mln- x. iWWjBflf8L ute thero shall bi transportation for tho product. Three Eastern com panies own 4-1,000 acres covered with yellow pine, all nccesslblo from tho proposed extension. Mining develop ment In tlie vicinity of Ashwood, a new town on Trout Crook, has reach ed a stngo that demands transporta tion facilities. Portland Will Be Benefited. Portland trado field will bo greatly Qxtoittfcd by tho construction of tho proposed oxtonslon. A considerable part of Lako and Klamath Counties which now havo tnolr cotnmorclnl re lations with San Francisco will flnJ It easlor to rench Portland nftor tho road to Ilond shall hnve been com pleted, A wldor oxtent of country will bo drained this way, and Its rap Id development will amount to open ing a now cmplro at our door. Fur ther extensions of this railroad are contemplated, one prong, to go to Lakovlew and unother to Hums. Those may como noxt year. Thon In terior Oregon will be fairly supplied with transportation lines that wtll tend to bind Orogon together rather than tear it in parts. TEN WERE KILLED. Explosion In a Coal Mine Leaves None to Tell the Tale. South McAHstor, I. T., Jan 1C Ten minors lost their lives In tho ex plosion yesterdny evening In mlno No. 9 of the Mllby & Dow Mining Com pany at Dow, I. T. Tho ten men who lost their lives were the only persons in the pit, nnd none wore left to tell tho story. All the bodies woro recovered, and as none was burned, tho conclusion is that death was duo to afterdamp. Tlw explosion did not injure tho shaft, which is a new one, and the fire thai followed was put out before It did much damage The sound of tho ex ploslorrvwus honrd plainly above ground, and rcBcuerB woro at work promptly. Tho explosion occurred at ja depth of 240 feet. Tho condition of the mlno Indicated that tho men might haye made their escape The bodies were found within a compara tively small raldus. Most of tho vie- 'tlms ivero men of families. NEWS 0E THE STATE TEMS OF INTERE8T FROM ALL PART8 OF OREGON. Commercial and Financial Happening of Im portance A Brief Review of the Growth and Improvements of the Many Industries Throughout Our Thriving, Commonwealth Latest Market Report The total imlubteducoH of Albany is 111,731.17. A syndicate Iiiih commenced boring for oil near Valo. Interest in Josephine county mines continues unabated. Tho Concord mine, ono of tho Holiest in Eastern Oregon, has been sold for 1300,000. Tho expenpes for 1001 of Clacknmns countv, not including roads, were near ly $70,000. Articles of incorporation have been filed for the erection and operation of a new sawmill at Astoria. linker City chamber of commercu has adopted resolutions, favoring tho open ing of the Upper Columbia. At the end of the lust quarter there weru 10 mori) convicts in the state pen itentiary than at tlio beginning. Buyers aro offering to contract tho IDOL' hop crop nt 11 cents. This is slightly higher than the first offers for the 1001 crop. Tho fanners of Kastern Oregon are fearful that tho present fair weather will make 11 wheat shortage next year. Miners also would like to see snow. Tho voters of Albany school district have ordered the erection of unother school building in that city to accom modate the Increased number of chil dren. Philomath is to have an opera house. Total tax levy for Josephine county has been fixed nt 32 mills. Hop growers around Salem refuse to soil their crops for less than 12 cents per pound. fcajA' lotWWpapyjjhMlbwMt HTtaMJji for th'eptfrpoiw of boring for oil ""near Monmouth. Tho 1001 assessment roll of tho state shows an Increase in property valua tions of $4,000,000. Pendleton's city council lias dis missed tho chief of joUco and city re corder for corruption. Active operations will Imi commenced at Hakor City in tho near future of the beautifying of the city parks. Tho new Catholic .church at Hills ttoro, with 11 seating capacity of 1,000, has been formally dedicated. Tho Undo Sam Mining and Milling Company, of Illue river, is making ex tensive repairs to its property. Calapooia school district is consider ing means for raising money with which to erect 11 new school building. Tho public schools nnd churches of Coquillu City have been closed 011 ac count fo tho number of cases of small pox in tho city. Tho liadger Mining Company, of Husunvillo, expects to install it reduc tion plant on its property in tho near future. The plant will involve an out lay of $100,000. , Portland Markets. Wheat Walla Wnlla, GDG0c; blue stom, Glc; valley, 59G0c. Darloy Feed, 11717.G0; browing, 117.500)18 per ton. Oats No. 1 whlto, f 101.10; gray, 95cl. Flour Dost grades, $2.7003.30 por barrol; graham, $2,50. Millstuffa Urnn, $17 por ton; mid dllngs, $20; shorts, $18; chops, $17. Hay Timothy, $11012; clover, $7 7.60; Oregon wild hay, $GG per ton. Mutton Lambs, 303'c, gross; dressed, C4c por pound; sheep, weth ers, 3l3lc, gross; dressed, 600'c por pound; owes, 3403,&c, gross; dressed, CGc per pound. Hogs Gross, GVic; dressed, G0G4c por pound. Veal 809c per pound. Hoef Gross, cows, ' 3V6c; stcors, 3,,04c; dressed, 307a per pound. Ilutter Creamery, 26027c por pound; dairy, 18020c; store, 12160 15c. Kggs 2O022c for cold storage; 22026c for Eastern; 28030c for fresh Oregon. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.6003; hens, $3.6004; 809c per pound; springs, 9010c por pound, $2.6003 por dozen; ducks, $G0G for young; geese, $G.6O07.GO per dozen; turkeys, live, 11012tc; dressed, 13014c per pound. Cheose Full cream, twins, 130 13Vic; Young Amerlcn, 14015c. Potatoes Host Rurbanks, 8Gc0$l.lO por cental; ordinary, 70080c. Hops 8010c por pound. Wool Valloy, 11014c; Eastern Or egon, 801216c; mohair, 2121c per pound. GREAT MINING TUNNEL. Alaska Is to Have One ol the Longest In the World. Port Townsend, Jan. 17. Latest ndviees from Dawson wero received today on tho steamer Cottngo City by Charles Herrymnn, who left tho Klon dike capital In tho latter part of Do comber. Derrymnn says there is a stnmpedo on from Dawson to Ilendor son creek, near Stewart river, tho scono of the latest gold strike. Gold wns known to exist on this creek somo timo ago, nnd many claims were lo cated, but later abandoned. Hut ro cent work has shown that tho creok in rich, nnd it is yielding $1.80 to tho pan nnd claims cannot be purchased short of fabulous prices. Herrymnn reports that several thousand men nro on tho creek. Ho says thu gold iwlt extends a distance of 10 miles, nnd owners of claims refttsu to consider propositions to purchase even interests in any of their holdings. 'Preparatory work has been com menced on one of the largest and long est mining tunnels in tho world near Juneau, Alaska. Thu tunnel will bit about 8,000 feet long, and will bo started on the bench south of Juneau and run' into it mountain to tap a large number of claims in thu Silver Dow basin, formerly owned by Charlos D. Lane, who sold them to thu Alaska Ex ploration Company. Thu Treadwell miuu claims will be tapped by un up raise of about 800 feet. A largo mill will be built on thu beach where It can bo operated thu year round. It is ex pected that new veins will bo tapped in running thu tunnel, as tho moun tain through which it is to bo driven is almost solid quartz. Tho 'tunnol and mill will cost in tho neighborhood of $2,000,000, and active work will bo commenced March 1. Hoblwrics nnd holdups nro paid to bo numerous in Dawson. Tho latost rob bery was thu ho'ldlng-up of tho Domin laii.'.ulloon't hv two Miuaka'MMrTwIw! auraOlTluiVTwonlrara arret ed for tho crime. One 6f tlioilr con fessed, implicating thu other. HAS MADE A RECORD. Thomas E. Parker, ol Astoria, Oregon, has Saved 16 People In Last Three Years. Astoria, Jan. 13. Thomas 13. Par ker, night clerk ut tho Parker House, In this city, Is gaining qulto n repu tation as 11 llfo-snvor. During tho past three years ho has been success ful In rescuing sixteen peoplo who had fallen Into tho river. Tho hotol Is located directly on tho writer front, nnd many times during tho daik nights of winter, persons have fallen overboard, olthor from tho wharf or the rallroud trojtle, Mr. Pnrkor has had soveral narrow escnpos from drowning while rescuing others, and has never received any reward for his work. In tho majority of casoa tho ones rescuod oven uogloctod to toll him their names or thank him. DANI8H I8LAND PLANTER8. Say Sugar Trade Will Be Ruined If the Sale Is Not Consummated. St. Thomas, D. W. I., Jan, 11. Tho following cublegram slgnod by n largo number of tho residents of tho Danish West Indies, was sent from the Danish Island of St. Croix to tko Min ister of Finance and thu Rlgsdag at Copenhagen January 3: "Confirming tho memoiiai to his majesty, King Christian, Juno, 1900, thu uudorslguod planters, representing 38,000 acres out of n total of 60,000 acres, and merchants and other rep resentatives of tho Danish Wost In dies assort that If tho American mar ket Is not secured by tho sulo of the Islands, tho Bugar Industry hero will suffer sovoroly and will havo to coase In tho near ftituro, tho prices for sugar now ruling being bolow tho cost of producing that article" Subsequent signatures secured to this message raised tho ratio of rep resentation to nlnotonth of tho total acreage under cultivation. 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