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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1900. Railroad Company Organized, Stock Taken, Work Begun. WILL TRAVERSE TIMBERED COUNTRY Surveyors Will Be In the Field Mon day to Locate the Line From Hilgrard to Granite. LA GRANDE, Or., Jan. 5. Articles of incorporatien have been filed lor the Hil gard, Granite & Southwestern Railway Company, -with a capital stock of $60,000; place of business, La Grande. The incor porators are: J. M. Church, cashier of the La Grande National bank; Robert Smith, manager of the Grand Ronde Lum ber Company, J. M. Berry, merchant. -ox a meeting of the stockholders, the follow ing officers were oieotea: President, Robert Smith; vice-president, P. S. Stanley; treasurer, J. M. Church; secretary, E. W. Bartlett. All the stock Is .subscribed, and Pres ident Smith has gone to Chicago to close arrangements for the construction of the railway from Hllgard, a point on the O. R. & N., seven miles west of La Grande, to Granite, a central point of the Eastern Oregon mlnlnc district It Is announced by Secretary Bartlett that work on the preliminary survey will begin Monday. The proposed route js about 60 miles In length, and follows the greater part of the way a water route up the Grand Ronde river. The road will connect the important mines of Eastern Oregon with the rich agricultural section of Grand Ronde, and it Is assured that La Grande will be virtually the northern ter minus. Extensive bodies of timber He contig uous to the route. The movement Is hailed with great delight by La Grande people, who have faith in the financial ability ot the Incorporators to carry out the project. It is stated by officials of the company that one-half the capital stock was sud scribtd In Portland. The movement Is re .garded as one of prime importance in tne rapid development of the mineral and ag ricultural resources of Eastern Oregon. SEARCHING FOR A PASS. Object of Northern Pacific Operation on Upper Clearwater. LEWISTON, Idaho, Jan. 5. Engineer Thomas A. Clark, of the Northern Pacific corps, went to Missoula, Mont, yesterday, on instructions from Chief Engineer Mc Henry, at St. Paul. Engineer Clark came in from the mountains and remained only one day in Lewiston before starting out for Missoula. A little more than a month ago, Engin eer Clark, with a. pack train of 20 horses and a force of 17 men, left Lewiston, with the announcement that he was going to Butcher creek. "When he -told this story he simply butchered the truth, for he went directly to the Middle fork of the Clearwater river and began to survey a route toward Lo Lo pass. He started a suney up the Middle fork on the south bank of the stream, and continued for about 25 miles to Locksaw creek, which flows into the Middle fork from the north. From the movements of Mr. Clark and his party, it looks as though the Northern Pacific is yet undecided regarding the proper route through the Bitter Root mountains. The railroad company Is evi dently seeking to avoid the snow as much as possible. When the party of survey ors reached Locksaw creek, if It had been going to Lo Lo pass, it would have kept right on up the Middle fork. But the party turned due north and followed Lock saw crek, after crossing the Middle fork. This creek will lead to Nes Perces pass, o called because Chief Joseph and his band escaped from General O. O. Howard bv a pass then -unknown to General How f rd s scouts, but perfectly familiar to Chief Joseph. It Is said to be a much easer way to get through the Bitter Root mountains than by Lo Lo pass, which was used by Lewis and Clark, and also by Cantaln Mullan. The Northern Pacific is ikw busily engaged in locating the route taken by Chief Joseph, and it Is questlon b c vii ether it has found the pass. Engineer Clark and his party surveyed a Mnp up Locksaw creek for a distance cf 12 miles It Is understood that they did rot encounter a grade that was more than two-tenths, which means that the ascending- scale was not more than two-tenths cf a foot to every hundred feet of dis tance. This Is a remarkable grade to be found along the valley -of a mountain stream. It is now alleged that Engineer C ark was not driven bacK by the snow. but because he could get no feed for his Worses. He said the temperature was jut as mild as that of Lewiston, but aa m.tted that fully two feet nf snow lay on the ground. As there is no snow at Lewiston, there must be some difference in the temperature. Another party of Northern Pacific sur veyors, Tinder George S. Kopp, has been at wc-k along the Snake river between Lpwiston and Rlparla. The Northern Pa cific has practically purchased Its enttro right of way for the 73 miles along the Snake river, except through a few orchards. It has not yet got right of way through VIneland. opposite Lewiston, al though its maps have been filed. Neither has it let the contract for the bridge e-ier Snake river at Lewiston. although its maps show the bridge crossing 1150 tet below the present steel wagon bridge. The O. R. &. N. has purchased a right of way through Vinoland for $15,000. DELEGATES FROM WOODBURX. Lar;re Membership on the Roll and Republicans Are Enthusiastic. WOODBURN, Jan. 5. At a meeting held last night, the Woodburn McKinley Gold Standard Republican Club of this city elected the following delegates to represent lie organization at the biennial meeting of the republican league of Oregon, to be held the first Tuesday In next month: Amos Beach, Captain J. M. Poorman, Lieutenant O. D, Henderson, F. W. Set tlemeier. D. H. Bomhoff, Charles L. Ogle, Albert D. Hall, "William F. Miller, "W. JS. McKee, "W. H. Goulet and "Walter L. Tooze. C C. Case was elected treasurer of the club. The roll shows a membership of 24G, which Indicates a rapid growth of repub lican sentiment In this locality. Republi cans axe active and enthusiastic few Republican Club Organized. COTTAGE GROVE, Jan. 5. A republi can club was organized here last night and clerted the following officers: President, C. J. Howard; vice-president, C H. Burkholder; secretary, James Hem srway, treasurer, Darwin Brislow. Never before In the history of politics has the sentiment of the republican party been so strong here as at the present time, and the organisation will leave nothing undone for the furtherance of the cause. STOLE HAM AXD SOLD IT. Itinerant Piano Tuner Pleaded Guilty and "Went to Jail for 00 Days. HILLSBORO, Or., Jan. 5.-J. E. Robln so.i, an Itineront organ and piano work man and tuner, Sunday last, during- the absence of a local butcher, entered the shop through a side door and stole a ham. vfc ch belonged to A. G. Lucas, of Cor r.ius and sold it to a German, who lives aboat a mile out of town. Robinson was Tsted and tried before Justice -Smith. He pleaded guilty, and attributed the theft t- IntoaJcation. He was sent to Jail for SO days. Robinson was sober when in court, and alleged that the death of his wife and four children within a period or four days, several years ago at Pittsburg, Pa. had caused .his fondness for the flow ing bowl. The county court today designated the Hiiisfcoro Argus end Forest Grave Times as the two county papers to publish the proceedings oC commissioners' court for the year 1900. DAMAGES BY "IVIXG DA31S. Owners Are Held Responsible Con. nery Leased tor the Season. ASTORIA, Jan. 5. Judge McBride hand ed down two decisions in the circuit court this morning that are of more than local Interest. One was an injunction suit to prevent operation of wing dams on the Lewis & Clark river for the purpose of floating logs down to tide water. The other case was to recover damages for in jury done to property by the freshets caused by operating these dams. The court decided that the right to use such dams could not be denied, but that their owners were directly responsible for any Injury caused by them. The old Washington cannery has been leased by George W. Sanborn, formerly of the firm of Elmore, Sanborn & Co., and he will operate it through the coming sea son. It will be equipped with modern ma chinery and be run to its full capacity if fish can be secured. Vancouver's Financial Statement. "VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 5. Follow ing is City Treasurer Scanlon's Teport of the finances of this city for the year 1899: Cash on hand January L 1E99 5 4.350 85 Sale of cemetery lots 0 00 Fines, city Justice office 652 50 Taxes 8,720 23 Liquor licenses 4,320 00 Bicycle licenses 785 00 Dog licenses 126 00 Street sprinkling subscriptions....' 6550 Street assessments 296 50 Miscellaneous fees 294 63 Total ,. 419,681 27 Disbursements General fund $1,027 83 Electric light fund 673 54 Fire department fund... 1,297 46 Street fund 1,114 63 Police fund 1,334 SO Bicycle road fund 707 87 Interest on bonds 4,500 00 Sinking fund, deposited ,;.. 2,500 00 Total ." $13.156 13 Balance on hand January 1, 1900.. 6,525 14 Baker County Stock. BAKER CITY, Jan. 5. Stock Inspector J. H. Parker, in his semiannual report, states there are 49,200 head of sheep in Baker county, free from disease. In the past six months there have been shipped or driven from Baker county 15,000 cattle, 30,000 sheep and 1500 horses. Judge Eakln is holding an adjourned term of circuit court here, to dispose of several equity cases. State Organizer Edyth Weatherred, of Portland, yesterday organized, here Jane Cleaver cabin, Native Daughters of Ore gon. Kced Xot Hold Medical Certificate. OLYMPIA, Jan. 5. In answer to a re quest from Dr. W. Grant Tucktr, sec retary of the state board of health, As sistant Attorney-General Vance has ren dered an opinion to the effect that any person can practice osteopathy in the state without holding a medical certificate, pro vided such practitioner does not affix "M. D." or "M. B." to his name and does not prescribe drugs or medicines. Mr. Vance holds that osteopathy is nothing but a sort of massage treatment Store Burned at Narrows. BURNS, Or., Jan. 5. J. L. Hembrie & Co.'s general merchandise store and con tents, at Narrows, Or., was totally de stroyed by fire on the morning of Decem ber 30. The loss is estimated at $3000; Insurance, $1500. The cause of the fire Is unknown. Oregon Notes. At Rainier, Luther Perry broke a leg by jumping off a train. . Over 100 men are engaged in the hunt for August Fischer, the "lost man" of Lane county. At Eugene 11 hoboes were arrested on the 2d inst Some of them were put to cleaning crosswalks. During 18S9 Beaverton shipped 392 car loads of produce, including 37 cars of on ions and 322 of wood. W. H. Dolman, on hte 70th birthday, presented a Sunday school at St Helena with a library of 54 volumes. Lebanon Is promised a lecture by ex Governor "Bob" Taylor, of Tennessee, when he comes to Oregon in the spring. About 250.000 acres are annually in wheat in Umatilla county, according to the Pen dleton East Oregonlan, and the yield is 5,000,000 bushels or more. The Oregon Poultry Journal, published at Salem, has been Increased in size, and is well gotten out It Is a helpful factor in the state's poultry industry. The Gxangeville creamery, in "Washing ton county, distributes another $1000 in dividends to Its stockholders. This divi dend Is from 4000 pounds of butter. The Drain Watchman has entered its third year. Miss Jones is naturally pleased with her success In a field "where other papers had sickened and died." Hillsboro's rail shipments during 1899 were 1040 carloads. This included 62 cars of flour, 33 of oats, 115 of hay, 71 of bridge timber, 182 of ties, 40 of lumber and 500 of wood. A shipment of large hogs from Albany is reported by the Herald. There were three carloads. Several of the hog-s weigh ed 700 pounds each, and one carload aver aged 500 pounds In weight Action has been commenced at Hllls boro to have the property left by the late August Gentz declared an escheat to the state of Oregon. It embraces a small tract of land and $923 In money. Horsebuyers advertise that they will be at various places In the counties of East ern and Southern Oregon during the pres ent month, with a view to buying ani mals suitable for the cavalry service. A crew of ice-harvesters; working on a pond near La Grande, received a very cold bath, on the 2d. The horse pulling the plow broke through and all hands went into water three or four feet deep. A vandal has been throwing down fences and upsetting gravestones in the Catho lic cemetery at Oregon City. Rev. H. Hillebrand offers $50 reward for Informa tion that will lead to the punishment of the desecnator. The Eugene Register says "nine car loads of bridge timbers have passed through Eugene for Latham, where the Southern Pacific burnatizing plant Is lo cated. Burnatlzing- is a process for pre serving the timbers from decay." Forest Grove is in the throes of an In tensely earnest municipal campaign. The tickets are called respectively "regular" and "progressive." The liquor Issue Is to the front, and the charge is made that the "progressives" would be In favor of licensing saloons, if elected, though the candidates deny the accusation. The Hood River Glacier says six head stones for soldiers' graves were recelveQ there last Saturday. They -were sent by the government freight prepaid, for graves of the following soldiers: Isaac Howe, Idlewllde cemetery; A K. Isenberg, Idle wllde; Claus Hoeck, Pine Grove; B. Hull, Irving; Edwin Gorton, Wyeth; W. C. Kins, Stevenson. From the St Helens Mist: "A. B. Ham mond and his associates are still pur chasing large tracts of timber land along the Una of the proposed railway exten slon from Astoria to Tillamook. It Is stat ed that parties recently desired to erect a mill in that vicinity, but were Informed by Mr. Hammond that nothing looking to the contsruction of the road would be commenced before 1902.' Men In touch with the sheep industry of Umatilla county report that wool growers very generally refuse to make con tracts for the sale of the 1900 clip. The same is true of Morrow county. In Wal lowa county, many growers have entered into contracts at 15 and 16 cents per pound. Unless severe weather comes lat er next spring's clip will be of very fine quality. The sheep have been In the best of condition, and the growth of the wool has been regular, making: a Erood fiber. TELEGRAPttON THEYUKON HARD TO KEEP THE "WIRE Kf WORKING ORDER. Line to Dawson Cost $250,000, gad Receipts of First Two Months "Were 13,000. SKAGWAT, Dec. 28. (Special corre spondence.) The-fir;6t experiment in the far north In winter telegraphy over a modern line is to be watched witn Interest, now that the Arctic winter Is on. Since the advent of the cold season, two weeks ago, the wires between Ogilvle and Daw son have been down the greater part of the time. The first time they went down It was more than a week before they were restored. Whether they were not given slack enough in the summer to allow for construction under the extreme cold, or DEATH OP HON. OCCUPIED PROMINENT POSITION A JUNCTION CITT, Or., Jan. 5. Hon. Robert Clow, who has been ill several weeks with ma lignant cancer of the stomach, died at his home in this city this afternoon, aged 63. The remains will be Interred at Eugene, under the auspices of the grand lodge of Masons. He left a wife, five daughters and "two sons. Robert Clow waa born In Prothohlre, Scotland, July 10, 1837. He emigrated with his par ents to the province of Ontario, Canada, In 1852, removing to Iowa in 1857. He removed to Boise, Idaho, in the early '60s, remaining there until 18C3, when he settled at Dallas, In Polk county, Or. He was a member of the legislature from Polk county in 1872, and Joint senator from Polk and Benton counties in 1880. He was superintendent of the Oregon penitentiary in 1687; was elected railroad commlesloner in 18S0, and re-elected In 1801. For the last flye years he has resided at Junction City, being engaged In the milling and grain business. He was a prominent and active Mason, having served his brethren In most of the subordi nate positions, and as grand master for two terms 1877-78. He has been either chairman or a prominent member of the committee on jurisprudence ever since then. He has been chair man of the committee on torelgn correspondence alnce 1805. Ho was one of the most valuable members of the ancient fraternity, and his los3 will be deeply felt by the grand lodge of Ore gon. In the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite he had attained the 32d degree. what Is the true cause of the trouble. Is not known here. The receipts of the line the first two months of Its operation, October and No vember, were $13,000. One day this month $400 worth of business passed through the Skagway office. Messages of commercial nature come and go not only between the States and Lower Canada, but also Ger many, France, Belgium and even New Zealand. So far as possible, connections In the United States are made with the Postal telegraph system. The line to Dawson cost $250,000. Next season it will be conencted with the out side world by a line to be built north from Quesnelle, and for which an appropria tion of $350,000 has been made by the Do minion government Communication with the outside world will then be reduced to minutes or seconds. Now it requires four or five days' for messages to be carried by steamer to Puget sound after they reach Skagway. A revolution In Dawson market condi tions has been brought about by the tele graph line. Shortages in any particular line of goods, or corners on any commod ity, have been made a thing of the past, and the supply is regulated closely to the demand, especially in articles not com monly looked on aa staples. The announce ment of the arrival of every steamer at Skagway from the Sound or British Co lumbia is wired to Dawson and bulletined, so that merchants can order goods from, the States by the respective boats before they get away from this port. A matter of much convenience to the travelers bound to the interior, and which has never before been enjoyed, is the re ceipt here daily of the news of weather conditions at all points of importance, from Skagway to Dawson, and also at Atlln. The temperature, the condition of the sky, the fall of snow and records of winds or calms are given, and are closely watched and much appreciated by those traveling Jn the region. An effort to have the Dominion telegraph line extended from Dawson to Forty-Mile and on up to Circle City, through Ameri can enterprise, is being made by the cham ber of commerce of Circle City. J. B. Charleson, in charge of Dominion public works, has recommended to his govern ment that the Dawson line be extended to Forty-Mile, at the American boundary, and it is believed the extension will be made in the spring. Late Dawson papers just received say the action of the Canadian government has spurred the Americans, and it Is reasonable to believe that in an other year a cable and a telegraph line will connect every point in Northern Alas ka, as far as .St Michaels and Cape Nome, with the outer world. Corroboration of the story of a big strike on the Koyukuk river Tias been brought to Dawson by Joe McCarty, E. Marion and Chauncy Duffy, who have arrived at Daw son from Circle City. McCarty says there Is a- well-authenticated strike on Myrtle creek, entering the Koyukuk, SO miles above the town of Peavy. Myrtle is 20 miles long. Pay dirt Is said to have also been found on a tributary creek, nine miles long. Last year many went prospecting on the Koyukuk with anything but good luck. FRIENDS SUSPECT FOOT. PLAY. To Be Further Examination Into Death, of Returned Klondikcr. TACOMA Jan. 5. Frank Bassendorff, the returned Klondlker who was found lying in a small pool of water below the bluff near the Headquarters building last Monday morning, was prominent in Gen essee county, New York, and his friends there are not ready to accept the accident theory to account for his death. Local attorneys have been retained to look after the interests of the family and friends. Coroner Hoska does not believe a mur der theory tenable. The report of the physicians who performed the autopsy was that Bassendorffs ribs had been broken in and one of his legs dislocated. The injury to his head wag not enough to cause death, and as no water was found in his lungs, the physicians ana coroner belieVe he could not have been drowned. The coroner says the man appeared to have been drinking, and that reports camo to the effect that he had been about the city lh various saloons, This, though, the coroner cannot confirm. He cannot find that Bassendorff was seen anywhere in Tacoma. The two empty gold sacks, the coroner days, were found in his bundle or blankets and not on his person. Bassendorff had Just returned from Alaska, and his memorandum books in dicate he at one time had $1000, but there was nothing on his person save on empty pocket-book. Q.TOTS THE DEMOCRATS. Hood River Committeeman Resigns Because He Is an Expansionist. Hood River Sun. HOOD RIVER, Jan. 2. J. H. Jack son, Secretary," of the County Central Com mittee for Wasco County, State of Oregon Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your favor of the 1st inst, informing me that there ROBERT CLOW. IN OREGON A LEADING FREEMASON would be a meeting of the Wasco county central committee at the courthouse in The Dalles January 13, 1900, and asking me, as a member of said committee, to attend said meeting. I think it Is well for me, at this time, to tender, and I do hereby ten der, my resignation as a member of said committee, and respectfully request that said resignation be accepted. While I have for many years been in harmony with and a supporter of the grand old democratic party, the time has come when she and I must part company, at least for the time being. I am still a "democrat," as I understand the term to mean, but I am a strong "expansion ist," and believe In holding the Philippine islands. The democratlo party Is pro nouncing against this doctrine everywhere Jn the United States, and, in my opin ion, is departing from its teachings and doctrines of a lifetime, as all territory heretofore acquired by the United States, except Alaska, has been acquired by the democratic party. As to the other hereto fore great question before the people, viz., the silver question, in my opinion that question is dead as a doornail, I have a son in the army of the United States in the Philippine isltnds, and shall support the administration by my vote whether democratic or republican, so long as the war lasts. I am an American first, last and all the time. Feeling, as I do, it would not be right for me to retain con nection with said committee. JOHN LELAND HENDERSON. CLACKAMAS ROAD SUPERVISORS . Tho County Court's New Appoint mentsSmall Fire in Oregon City. OREGON CITY, Jan. 5.-For the past three days numerous candidates for ap pointments to the positions of road super visors of the various districts have swarmed around the courthouse, and Im portuned the members of the board of commissioners for places. As the road taxes In this county ore paid in money, and road Improvements are extensive, the position is a remunerative one. The ap pointments were completed this morning and are as follows, In order of the num ber of the district with the postofflce address of the appointee: W. H. Counsell, Milwaukle; P. T. Davis, Clackamas; A. W, Cooke, Damascus; Hugh Currln, Eagle Creek; John Richey, Logan; John Revenue, Sandy; Adolph Aschoff, Marmot; F. J. Wolkley, Cherry vllle; Henry Johnson, George; J. J. Davis Garfield; W. H. Smith, Park Place; Wal ter Klrchem, Logan; W. H. Mattoon, Viola; A Mautz, Oregon City; R. H. Taber, Oregon City; William Rider. Beav er Creek; D. R, Dlmlck, Canby; Ed Horn schuck, Shubelj Fred Erickson, Mulino; S. Hutcheson, Highland; H. C. Bonney, Redland; Albert F.ngle, Molalla; Abner Cole, Aurora; B. F. Smith, Needy; John Bart, Macksburg; John Shaver, Molalla; J. E. Marquam, Marquam? Albert Crol san. Wllholt; C. D. F. Wilson. Aurora; Riley Hays, Oswego; P. A. Baker, Staf ford; E. L. Baker, Wilsonville; John Lewellen, Sprlngwater; Sam R. Taylor, Marquam; Ed Olds, Oregon City. A fire broke out this morning in the historic building known as the Barlow house, adjoining the Cliff house, and the building was damaged to the extent of $100 before the flames were extinguished. The building Is used as a rooming-house. Notes From Tillamook. TILLAMOOK, Or., Jan. 5. County School Superintendent G. B. Lamb has made an apportionment of the county school funds in the treasurer's hands, $1193 SO, which gave each district $25 40. County Judge G.. W. Sapplngton com mitted Delbert Yebmans to the reform school on the petition of his mother, who Is also his guardian. At a meeting of the voters of this school district, it was voted to levy a 10-mill tax. The amount of rainfall at Tillamook last month was 14.38 inches. Nervous or Sick Headache Cured Instantly with Wright's paragon Headache and Jffeuraigia Cure. Druggists, JOSEPHINE COUNTY MINES OYER 75 HYDRAULIC PLACERS AT WORK IN THAT COUNTY. mineral Locations Have Averaged GO a Month for Six Months Rich, Quartz Locations. GRANT'S PASS, Jan. 5. The outlook for Josephine county never was better thanit is today, and the encouraging fact is that-new properties are constantly be ing developed, and the output of gold Is growing eyery day. Properties are con stantly being sold to investors from old established mining camps, who have mon ey to develop and improve their pur chases. No less than $500,000 was spent the last year In buying and equipping properties in Josephine county, and yet the development is only in its Infancy. Previous to two years ago -our country was essentially a placer or hydraulic gold mining country, and In this respect second on the Pacific coast only to California. Josephine county today produces more gold, silver and copper than any other section in Western Oregon. Today it of fers opportunities for Investment not equaled by any county of like area in the Northwest Right here let me say that no longer can it be said that Southern Oregon has no permanent ledges, for she now has three paying1 mines in the county that are pro ducing $30,00d to $40,000 a month, with magnificent veins of ore that show mill ions In sight. The number of locations for quartz and placer properties in Josephine county for the past six months has averaged 60 a month. There are no less than 75 working hy draulic placers, and many placers that are worked by ground sluicing and by rockers, and at least 100 quartz claims are being developed. A valuable property was bought about a year and a half ago by Senator Jones, of Nevada, his brother, and Harry M. Gorhom, of California. The property was formerly owned by Reuben A. Jones. De velopment on this property has only fair ly begun. The owners have in tunnels, drifts and stope work between 500 and 600 feet of work. They have discovered that as they go down the vein grows - Icher in sulphurlte3. The vein averages between five and six feet in width, and the aver age of free gold runs about $20 to the ton. Ever since the mine started up, early last spring1, the stamps and concentrators have been kept at work. It Js estimated that many thousand dollars' worth of ore is in sight. The company is running about 500 tons of ore a month through the mill. The property has substantial buildings and machinery. The timbering of the mine is done on the square setting, 8x8, the old Virginia City style. In close proximity to Jones' property Is the Ramsey group, owned by R. A. Jones. The Mount Reuben Mining & Mill ing Company, a strong Portland company, located, last summer, three or four claims which are showing exceptionally good values for the limited amount of work done upon them. The Copper Stain, one of the most prom ising mines in the section, is located about two miles from the Gold Bug. It recently, at a depth of 150 feet, on its lowest tun nel, mode a .rich strike, coming Into a vein body of rich ore in which the gold is very rich, mostly free gold. The body of vein measures eight feet from wall to wall. This property is under bond to the Lawrence Mining Company, which is do ing the developing. Two of the oldest and first-developed mines in this section are the John C. Lewis and tho St. Peter's mines. The last-named 13 owned by Salt Lake men. Last fall experts were here to investigate the property. In the same district are located the Lawrence quartz mine, with its Griffin mill, concentrators and fine water-power. This property Is still under development. The owners have done some 400 or 600 feet of work. The AJax is a promising quartz prop erty, and with its two-stamp mill has token out considerable gold. North of Mount Reuben lies Whisky creek and John Mute creek, where placer mining has been carried on for years. Galico district, situated 25 miles north west of Grant's Pass, now has a good wagon road into the district. It was a thriving camp in the '50s. One of the largest and best-paying hydraulic mines In the county is located here. It is owned by Alexandria & Bent, California capital ists. The claim comprises 200 acres. Near this property is the Jesse Cope hydraulic, and the Rocky Gulch Mining Company. Harmon Green, Veatch Bro3., Joseph Sup ple & Bro., and many others, are on the adjoining creeks. On Peavine mountain many quartz prop erties ore being worked, the most Im portant of which Is the Sugar Pine ledge, with 1000 feet of development; the Henry Hutchlns group, Lost Flat, owned by Taylor & Crow; the Chieftain and the Yank ledge. The Eureka mine, on Soldier creek. South Gallce creek district, is owned by Eureka (Cal.) men, who purchased it two years ago. The company opened up a fine property, and many thousands of dollars were taken out The mine has a 30-ton roller mill, concentrators, and a cyanide plant. Fifteen men are employed. The old Channel placer, sold last summer, comprises 500 acres. The owners. John R. Harvey, of Nebraska, and William Hole Thompson and Z. B. Beardsley, of Chicago, have spent $20,000 In equipping the property. The mines of the Siskiyou Mining Company are located In this dis trict, 37 miles from Grant's Pass. Tho ore Is packed on mules 16 miles, then hauled in wagons to the railroad here, whence it Is shipped to San Francisco. An average of two carloads a week were shipped last summer. The ore carries from 15 to 20 per cent copper. New properties were bought and opened up In Althouse and Nucker districts by the Althouse Tunnel Hydraulic .Company, which purchased 500 acres from Hanslth Bros. Good work Is being done. A tun nel 1330 feet long and 7x7 feet has been opened to run off debris. A pay channel over two miles long goes 30 cents to the yard. The company has 3 miles of ditch, and calculates that It has sufficient water to work nine months in the year. James S. Reed, of Deer Lodge. Mont, who is associated with the Larrabee Bros., purchased the Benson property, and Is working two giants. The Illinois & Josephine Gravel Mining Company, a California company, recently purchased the Alex Watts and adiacent properties. WHson & Meredith, of Nebraska, recently bought the Woodcock mine, on Red Dog. Waldo district is one of the oldest and richest placer spots In Josephine county. Two finely equlpned hydraulic nlants have been running for year?. Simmons & Cameron and Wlmmer Bros.' mines are in this district Both properties have been worked for years. Both are produc ers. TJi latest enterprise in the district Is the Josephine dredger. Ground was bought lost summer for SO.OOO. and a dredger erected. The comnanv bousrht what is known as the Sailor diggings. This ground Is verv rich. It is owned by the English-Canadian Company, Ltd., of Lon don. Williams creek district I$ 20 miles south of Grant's Pass. Jack Layton owns a fine water-right and two nlacer, one on Bamboo and the other In Farls gulch. He can work 10 roonthp In the year, and clean up from $15 000 to $30,000. The Toledo Hydratillc Mlnlnsr Company, the principal owners of which are Post master A. B. Croasman and R. L. Dur ham, of Portland. Is working 1P0 acres for the first time this winter. The Orppon Bonanza, from which larere sums have been taken, i controlled by L. B. Cox of Portland. St John Scott of Senttle. are developing the Messemrer nropprtv. . On Jumn-oft Joe creek, Benedict Crowell of Cleveland. O . is enuloplofc a largo placer and putting up a saw mill. The Hommersly Is located at the head of thl3 creek. It has a five-stamp mill. San Francisco capitalists have It under bond. There are a number of mines on Wolf creek. The richest is the one owned by H. D. Sluters. He has uncovered a rich stringer on bedrock. In Grave creek district the most Im portant properties are those of the Victor, Jr., Mining- Company, owned by Mofflt & Smith, of Denver. This was formerly known as the Greenback. From it Brown ing & Hannum took out between $30,000 and $40,000. Since buying It Moffitt & Smith have developed it. and now have 1000 feet of tunneling. Their 10-stamp mill is kept going night and day. They have substantial buildings, an air compressor, and a force of 40 men. This is probably the best-paying property in the county. Next come the Columbia mine, owned by Lewis & Hampton; John C. Lewis' ex tensive placers; the Steam Beer, owned by R. Van Brunt, of New York; Mills & McCroskey, and C. E. Smith and others, of Cripple Creek, Colo. The principal property on Louise creek Is the Granite Hill hydraulic and quartz mine, owned by J. O. Booth and C. O. L. Mangum, from which considerable gold has been taken. ARTHUR CONKLIN. GOLDEN EAGLE DISTRICT. Portland Capitalists Developing: Mines in Malheur County. The Golden Eagle mining district, sit uated about 30 miles south of Baker City, and just over the line of Baker Into Mal heur county, is one of the mo3t promising districts in Eastern Oregon. All the creeks and waterways of the district are rich in placer gold. The most notable of these are Eldorado and Willow creeks and the Mormon basin section. These diggings were easily worked out, however, and many were abandoned. In recent years, placer mining has been carried on only by a few, who were fortunate enough to have sufficient water to enable them to hydraulic. A considerable area of aurifer ous gravel is still to be found In the benches and back channels that could be worked with hydraulics at a profit If suffi cient water could be obtained. Prospect ing for quartz veins and the location of lode claims did not begin until recently. In the past 18 months nearly all the avail able land in the neighborhood of Malheur city has been staked off in mining claims. While there are not many producing quartz mines in the district, a great many are In various stages of development All show good values. The most notable of these is the property owned by the Golden Eagle Mining Company, the prin cipal stockholders of which are Port landers. This company owns two parallel claims, together with a mill site of about three acres. The mine is equipped with all modern machinery necessary for de veloping and working the mine, and prep arations are being made for the erection of a large crushing plant of 200 tons dally capacity. There are on these claims three true mineral veins, running the entire length of the claims. The formation or country rock is of slate similar to that found along the mother lode of Califor nia, but the most notable feature of the mine is the ore body itself. The original locator of this mine took several thousand dollars from the crop pings of these veins before selling to the present owners, who have undertaken a system of development the result of which was the discovery of the ore body In ques tion. This ore body appears to be an immense boss or dyke, highly mineralized and capped with slate. It Is composed of the older crystallne rocks through which run seams of quartz calclte. Spar gold is found mostly In combination with iron and copper sulphurets. Only a small amount is found in a free state. The width of this deposit Is known to be 70 feet, with no walls. Much of the ore will average $30 per ton, with streaks three feet In width which show a value of over $1200 per ton In gold. The development consists of a cross-cut tunnel 140 feet long, and a wing or shaft 150 feet deep. At a depth of 150 feet from the surface the foot wall was encountered. Exploration for the hanging wall -was then begun by drift ing through the ore body. The drift is now In 70 feet, with no wall, and the face of the drift is in rich ore. Fifteen men are employed in and about the mine. FIRST OUTPUT FROM BLUE RIVER. About $3000 In Gold and Concen trates From a Three Days' Run. EUGENE, Or., Jan. 5. The owners of the Lucky Boy mine, In the Blue River district, came to Eugene today with tho result of the first clean-up of the new 10 stamp mill recently started by them. Tho gold represents the work of three days with the mill, and Is estimated to be worth about $1000. This, of course, does not in clude the value of the concentrates, which are supposed to contain about twice as much. Considerable Interest Is taken In this clean-up, as it Is the first real output of the district The work of this small mill Is expected to establish, beyond doubt, the value of the ore In the district, and the practicability of working it If it Is dem onstrated that the ore can yield a good profit In working, It will be the means of attracting large capital and the establish ment of large mining works. The work thus far Is very satisfactory to the own ers of the Lucky Boy. Quotations of Mining: Stocks. SPOKANE, Jan. D. The closing bids for mln lng stocks today were: Blacktall $0 07' Morrison $0 04 Princess Maud .. 7 Butte & Jtsoston. 4 Crystal 3 Palmer Mt. Tun. 20 Deer Trail No. 2 Gold Ledge Insurgent Iron Mask Jim Blaine .... Lone Pine Surp. Little Cariboo... Mountain Lion.. Morning Glory . 11 IQullp is 7 Rambler Cariboo 53 2 Republic 1 OIU KG Reservation .... 11 21 Rossland Giant .. 8M; 17 Sullivan 8 J4 Tom Thumb .... 16 02 Waterloo io 5 lilammoth 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5. The official clos ing quotations for mining stocks today were: Alta $0 04La&y "Wash. Con..$0 02 Andes ijiexican ,u lOlOccidental Con ... 17 Belcher Best & Belcher Bullion Caledonia Challenge Con , 21 Ophlr CO 31 Overman 45Potosi .. u 20 8 3 43 1) Savage Chollar 17 1 Scorpion Confidence 60 Seg. Belcher .. Con. Cal. & Va... 1 45jSIerra Nevada Crown Point lUSIIver Hill 4 Gould & Curry.. Hale ) Norcross. Justice Kentuck Con ... 23!Standard 2 60 30iUnion Con 20 SUtah Con 4 1 1 Yellow Jacket .... 22 NEW YORK. Jan. 5. Mining stocks today closed as followe: Chollar $0 15JOntario $7 50 Crown Point 10 Ophlr 05 Con. Cal. & Va... 1 30 Plymouth 8 Deadwood CO Quicksilver 1 f0 nnnlrt x- tviTTv 1SI An nref Oil 35 2 35 oo 18 Hale & Norcross.. 30 Sierra, Nevada Homestake 65 OO'Stpndard Iron Silver 52IUnlon Con Mexican 251 Yellow Jacket BOSTON. Jan. 5 Closing quotations: Boston & Mont..$2 S3 IParrott (ex-dlv.).$0 42 Butte & Boston. 50 To Set aingnolla Mill Going-. BAKER CITT, Or., Jan. 5. W. L. Vin son, manager of the Magnolia mine, and T. K. Mulr, of Portland, departed this morning from here for the Magnolia. Manager Vinson stated, just previous to his departure, that, on his arrival at the mine, he would set the 20 stamps dropping. The intention of the company Is to put Its new mill into operation, for the initial work of a steady day and night run, the orecrushlng to begin to morrow. Visible Free Gold. COTTAGE GROVE, Jan. 5. R. J, Jen nings, just returned from Bohemia, re ports a very rich strike in the "White. Bear mine. Free gold can be seen In the rock quite easily by the unaided eve. Grnnite Mine Quickly Sold. PENDLETON, Or., Jan. 5. Several days ago Pendleton men were preparing to purchase a controlling interest in the Oakland mining- property of the Granite district, and had the deal about closed The property was owned by Professur C C. Bobbins, of the Spokane business col lege; J. H. Robblns, of the First Bar.k of Sumpter; and W. W. Robbins, of Graaiite, and a very convincing- report had been made on the ground by a well-known, ex pert Spokane men got wind of the deal, bid higher than the price at which the Pen dleton men were to take it, and the mine went to them. The .valuation of the Oak land In the contemplated Pendleton deal was $9000, and that at which the Spokano men took it was $15,000. Men are rushing into Granite and the surrounding country, and ore wading about in the waist-deep snow. Thftt the spring will brinff in a great rush ofi min ers moneyed men is regarded hera as a foregone conclusion. CAUGHT BY THE CURREST. Close Call for Lewis County Man Crossing: tho Covrlitz Rivesr. CHEHALIS. "Wash.. Jon. 5. Tuesday the team of Henry Koher, a resident ot Eastern Lewis county, while fording tho Cowlitz river, near Fulton, 45 miles east of Chehalis, on a return trip from Che halis, was caught by the swift currant, and team and wagon anz load of valuable freight were washed Into deep water, the horses at one time being under water By a powerful effort, Koher succeeded in diving and cutting the tugs of the new harness and freeing the horses from tho wagon, when they swam ashore, the driver hanging to the harness and being hauled out. The people of Fulton, by using can oes, attached ropes to the wagon and hauled It out into shallow water. This is the second accident of this kind that has happened at Fulton thl3 winter. The ford Is ahvay3 dangerous In winter time. The county commissioners have just let a contract to Hopkinson Bros., of Ful ton, to build and operate a good ferry boat at that paint, but the boat will not be ready for use until March 1. LOWELL XOT A CANDIDATE. Sent Letters to That Effect to Mem bers of the Bar. PENDLETON. Or., Jan. 5. Stephen A. Lowell, presiding judge of the sixth Ju dicial district of Oregon, formally an nounces to the members of the bar of tho district. that he will not stand for a re nomination for the position in the coming state election. He made the announcement In the form of a letter written to each member of the bar In Umatilla and Mor row counties, the two counties which com prise the district. In the letter. Judge Lowell states his lack of desire that the office shall come to him again, and goes on to say that the Information is due those of the bar who had signified their inten tion to support him for re-election, and who might desire themselves-to ask their friends to support them for the position. Judge Lowell's Intention to take this stand was hinted at several months ago. Now that he Is out of the race by his voluntary act, many names are being men tioned for the office, but no candidates have fully come out. JYew Year's Larlc Brought Trouble. LAKEVXEW, Or., Jan. 1. While tho boys were ringing- out the old and ring ing In the new year last night, a crowd rigged themselves out In costumes of vari ous kinds, some who were dressed in white looking like ghosts. Out In the dark they met "William Jennings, who has been In poor health for some time, and who was just recovering from a spree, and he be came frightened and took to the desert at a break-neck speed. He did not go far, however, until he fell Into a ditch, break ing one of his legs below the knee In two places. After he fell his cries brought assistance, and he was taken to a phy sician and his le? dressed. "Washln crton Notes. The Oakesdale Sun Is the latest falhirs among "Washington newspapers. Nearly all the merchants of "Walla "Walla have signed an agreement to close their stores at 6 P. M., until May 1. "Humpy," a well-known Indian woman character of the Ellensburg section, was found drowned in the Sinlahekhv not far from Looml3, a few days ago. The Nooksack river is gradually filling up its new channel by which it empties Into the Gulf of Georgia, and resuming: Its former channel to Belllngham bay. A. J. Hicks, who has published the Cow litz Advocate at Castle Rock for the post seven years, has disposed of his Interest In the paper to G. L. Bulond and F. M. Morris. At Spokano, a new bicycle path, two miles long, has just been finished for a total cost of $900. License was paid on 3150 bicycles during- 1SS3 in Spokane, an in crease of 1930 over the previous year. Jack Doyle, the, Prescott saloon-keeper accused of selling liquor without a license, pleaded guilty before Judge Brents ai'd was sentenced to pay a fine of $30 and to serve 60 days in the county Jail. A man with a gun who had been re fused admittance to a disreputable house just outside the city limits of "Walla Walla fired several shot3 into the place Tuesday night. No one was Injured. According- to the annual report of tha clerk of Walla Walla tho city has out standing warrants of the sum of $40,806 3R In the post year, $35.337 37 of warrants were paid, and the cash on hand January 1 was $7656 60. "Bill" Foster, who had been employed on tho farm of Pat Russell, near Walla Walla, is alleged to have robbed a. fellow-workman of $11S Tuesday night, and mounting a. horse he got out of the neigh borhood. Officers are on his trail. C. L. Harris, of Billings. Mont., agrees to furnish water for irrigation purposes at Pasco, if the landowners will give him half their land when the water system shall bo completed. He will not act until 5000 acres of land ace represented, and ho must have a favorable answer before Feb ruary 1, or the deal Is off. Ed Jacobs Is wanted by Snohomish county officials to answer to a charge of obtaining $124 by false pretense. Ha got Joseph WInebuy and Charles Smith to assist him, and both of them havo been arrested. The offense Is alleged to have consisted of selling to a junk dealer In Everett a carload of scrap iron that never existed. Sportsmen In the vicinity of Castlo Rock have complained of poor luck for the past three weeks, says the Cowlitz Advocate. The recent rains caused the lakes and sloughs to spread out over too much ground, and the ducks became too scattered. Even at Silver lake, whero feeding has been kept up persistently, tho ducks did not come in as large numbera as usual. She thinks little of her self, and fails to notice how pale and thin she is grow ing. She worries constantly over the baby that does not thrive, although its food seems abundant. L nourishes and strengthens the nursing mother and sup plies to the baby's food the bone-forming and fat-producing elements which, were lacking. 50c. and Si.oo. all druggists. iTT&BOWNE, Chemists, New Yc4. SCO' M