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v it f i- S!?!35i zrmi THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, 'APRIL 30, 1900. 5 FISHING A CLOSED RIVER FOUR. DEPUTIES REQUIRED TO 'WATCH THE CLACKAMAS. StUI Fishermen Blade the Vigilance of the Ozncers Frequentlr Sev eral Selsures of Jfets. OREGON Cm. April 29.-FIsh Com missioner Reed's deputies are having their bands full In patrolling the Clackamas River, the united action of fishermen anx. lous to cast their nets Into a closed stream making the work of the officers extreme ly difficult. Deputies Loughery, of Asto ria, and Baldwin, of Lincoln County, pa trol the river above the hatchery, while Deputies McCown and Greenman have the lower part of the river. In the last four days three nets were seized on tne lower river. Some of the fishermen haye their boats taken up the stream 15 or a miles in wagons, then float down the river with drift nets attached. Others with a pair of oars and a pole get their boats over the riffles to a point near the hatch ery, and float down, making a shorter hauL Deputies Greenman and McCown state the fishermen constantly have spies out at nighttime, who. with a system ot flashlights, keep them Informed as to tne whereabouts of the officers. During the past few nights the flashlights were seen by the deputies on several occasions. By the use of this signal system the fisher man Is enabled to cache his catch on the bank, and, when the officer is fortunate enough to make a seizure It is only an empty net which is confiscated. It Is said that the fishermen have no trouble in get ting their salmon to market, as parties are engaged to haul away the contents of the caches at nighttime, using farm wagons for the purpose. The deputies be lieve that they are making the work un profitable for some of the offenders, by the frequent seizure of nets, and the further fact that It Is more or le-e ex pensive for the fishermen to maintain spies and a system of flash signal lights. Work has begun on the road improve ment between the Clackamas hatchery and Logan, a force of men being em ployed in clearing the right of way by taking out the stumps and trees on each side of the traveled wagon track. The work will be pushed until all-the money appropriated is expended. At first the $2600 subscribed by the Logan people will be used on that end of the 12 miles to be Improved, then a like appropriation from the county road fund will be used. It Is expected that work will 'begin soon on that portion of the proposed Improve ment between the Clackamas bridge at Parkplace and the hatchery. Oregon City having guaranteed " a subscription of $2500 and the County Commissioners hav ing appropriated a like amount from the road fund. It Is now expected that the Logan cheese factory win start up one week from to morrow, as It is intended to have every thing In readiness by that time. The milk from 100 cows has been guaranteed as a beginnicg. This will be the first cheese factory In Clackamas County. Gustaf Hoefer. a blacksmith at Cham poeg. claims to share the honor with Mrs. Aplln, of that place, of owning the oldest stoves in Oregon. Hoefer secured his stove from Donald Manson. whose father came to Oregon with the Hudson's Bay Company at a very early date, and later became a pioneer farmer on French Prairie. Five of these stoves were brougnt across the plains on packtralns by Father Blanchctt In 1827. and were pressed Into service at Champoeg and vicinity. Ono that had been In use for many years in the old, saloon there was sold for old Iron a jasar or two ago, but It Is not known what became of the others. 'J. he stoves were made of heavy castlron in England, and were large enough to take In a three-foot stick of wood. Each stove was of the square" box pattern, made out of six pieces, the top and bottom portions being almost an inch In thickness. Mr. Hoefer keeps the stove, now disfigured by a large crack across the middle, in his shop as a historic relic WIFE AD CHILD GONE. BuUcvMe Man Says the Woman Eloped With an ex-Convict. EUGENE, April a. William Van Larr. who lives near Buttcvllle, Marlon County, Is in Eugene in search of his wife. He sa s she left home with an ex- convict named Jack Davis, and took with her his 4-months-old child. He thinks the run away couple are in this vicinity, but the officers have not yet been able to get trace of them. Van Larr says his wife left him 10 days ago, and the couple came in this direction. The public meeting held at the Court house today for the purpose of discussing the. proposition for the erection of a beet pugar factory In Eugene was quite poorly attended. Very little Interest was mani fest, and no definite action was taken. Those present realized the benefits to be derived from such an Industry, but all were agreed that the bonus asked was too great. A letter was read regarding the proposition made to the people of Newberg for the erection of a similar factory. The people .nf. Eugene are asked a cash sub eldy of Kaw&TOora than Is nsked of the people of Newberg. and the farmers pres ent at the meeting did not feel like even attempting to raise any such amount. The farmers who were at the meeting will make inquiry In their respective localities and ascertain what acreage can likely be depended upon, and report at a meeting to be held three weeks hence. In the meantime the promoters of the enterprise will be corresponded with, and If a propo sition like the one made Newberg can be had as a substitute for the original, there Is a general belief that It will be accepted. A meeting of the Lane County Fruit growers' Association was held In Eugene yesterday afternoon. The reports regard ing this season's crop were very dis couraging. When the question of organ ization on a "business basis for handling and marketing the product was proposed, the members present agreed that there would be no mission for such an organiza tion, and voted the proposition down. Then a motion to disband the Lane County Fruitgrowers' Union and go out of busi ness was carried. INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETES. Oregon Association Selects Officers for This Year's Field Sleet. SALEM, April 29. The following officials were yesterday selected to serve at the 1300 field meet of the Intercollegiate Ama teur Athletic Association of Oregon: Referee M. M. Rlngler, Portland T. M. C; A. Clerk of Course George McMillan, Port land. -Scorer of track events President P. L. Campbell, Monmouth Normal School. Scorer of field events Prce-dent W. C. Hawley. Willamette Unlverslt. Judges of field events Clyde Phillips. Corvallls; John Jeffrey. Salem. Judges at finish H. F. Allen. Newberg; C. M. Young, Eugene; Frank Wlllman, Salem. Judge of walking Bert Kerrigan. Measurers H. Van Lcavitt, Newberg; President Frank Strong, Eugene. Inspectors C. G. Murphy, Salem; Late Langley, Forest Grove; D. V. Kuykendall, Eugene. Timekeepers E. R. Bryson. Corvallls: Professor Freltag, Monmouth; L H. Van Winkle. Salem. Last evening the members of the local branch of tho Salvation Army gave a fare weU reception In honor of Captain and Mrs. R. Kuhn. who will leave Tuesday for San Francisco. This evening farewell services were, held at the army hall. The Salvation Anny hju prospered In. Salem under Captain Kuhn's leadership, and he has many warm friends here, outside the army, as well as in. A number of new members were enrolled In the army at the meeting tonight. The F. R. Davis fruit orchard of IS acres, three miles north ot Salem, was yesterday sold at foreclosure sale to Rev. F. M. George, for $SO0. A prominent orchardlst who owns a farm adjoining this tract savs that the Petite prunes on It this year should net $400. A moving-picture presentation of the Passion Play will no given In the First M. E. Church in this city Tuesday even ing. May 1, tho proceeds to go to the local Young Men's Christian Association. DEALING WITH EVILDOERS. Two McDonalds Escape, One Dis charged Cases of Embezzlement. COLFAX. Wasro.. Atri! 29.-In the Su perior Court yesterday morning, James McDonald, charged with burglary, on mo tion of tho Proeccutiiis: Attorney, was ordered discharged from custody. Early In February, Charles, Dan and James Mc Donald, three brother, were arrested on a charge of burglarizing a farmer's gran ary. The night of March 17 Charles, 111 eldest brother, made bis escape from jail. Ho had served two terms In the Peniten tiary, and had once effected his escape from that institution. On the morning of April 24, Dan also escaped. Neither ot the brothers has ever been beard of since es caping. WllHam Clifford, who on Friday the Jury decided was guilty of larceny by embezzlement. In having taken and eold two carloads of barley stored with him, as manager of tho Shawnee warehouse, la now undergoing trial for the embezzlement of eight carloads of wheat in the same way. Clifford is charted altogether with the embezzlement of nearly 1S.O0O bushels of wheat all the embezzled grain haviug been sold to C. W. Tracy & Co.. of Port land. Judge T. II. Brents, of Waila Walla, is the trial judge. Don W. Downs, who almost a year ago was fined $250 for selling liquor without a llccnee and elected to pay his fine by a jail sentence, but who was pardoned by Judge McDonald on promise of future good behavior, was today arrested on a bench warrant end will be brought before Judge McDonald on Monday morning to show cause why ho shot.ld not serve out his original sentence. It bd'ig charged that in December, Downs was guilty of opening a saloon at Guy and engaging in Illicit liquor selling again. Professor EngMrti's Academy, In the south end of the city, caught fire yester day afternoon from sparks from Oodd's sawmill engine. The building and contents were totally destroyed, entailing a loss ot $2500. THE ONEIDA OIL SWINDLE. How a Clatsop County Woman Saved Her Assessment. ASTORIA, April 27.-nJohn Barstow, the Oneida OH Company swindler, who was arrested in San Francisco, had a number of victims in tills vicinity. The latest came to light yesterday. A widow living at Knappton received a circular a few da s ago from Barstow stating that her hus band had purchased a share of stock In the company for 15, and it was now worth $100. An assessment of $5 was due. the circular said, and the woman was notified to send the money on or before April 27. On'that day she came to this city and re mitted the money by wire, but the West ern Union officials at San Francisco could find no such concern as the "Oneida Oil Company," and the money was returned to the sender. A game of baseball was played here this afternoon between the Browns, of Vancouver barracks, and a team from Bat tery M. Third Artillery, stationed at Fort Stevens. The score was M to 12 in favor of the Browns. FDNERAL OF THOMAS KAY. Was Under Mnsonlc Auspices. From Baptist Church. SALEM. April 3. The funeral of the late Thomas Kay. of this city, was con ducted today from the Flrzt Tlnntlat Church, under the aurplces of De Molay Thomas Kay. Commandery, Knights Templar. Rev. Ronald McKlIlop conducted the services at the church, after which the Masonic fra ternity took charge of the remains, giv ing the body burial In Rural cemetery. II. D. Westcrmnn, of Olympla. OLYMPIA. Wash., April 29. H. D. Wcs tcrman. a resident of Olympla since 1SS0. died at the home of his daughter. Mrs. O. Slmeccon, Friday. Mr. Westerman wa aged S years, and a widow and one daughter survive him. The funeral was held today. Funeral of Mr. Hnme. ASTORIA. April 23. The funeral of the late John W. Hume was held from the family residence today, under the auspices of the local lodge of Elks, and the remains were taken to the Old Pioneer cemetery on Clastop Plains for interment. Oregron Notes. New posts are being set in the telephone line between Vale and Ontario. A den ot seven young coyotes was dis covered near Kingston. Linn County, Wednesday. Shanlko has a newspaper, the Leader, but no postofflce yet, and the paper is taken to Grass Valley for mailing. Tho Toledo Creamery is now receiving about 1000 pounds of milk daHy, and will shortly have nearly all It can use. The ministers of Dallas will meet Mon day morning to organize a ministerial as sociation. Rev. Mr. Goodfriend will read a paper on "Good Citizenship." George Mapes is gathering hts cattle near Plush. Lake County, to take them South. He will take about 1200 held. He has wagons arranged like ha racks upon which to haul the calves that are not able to make the trip on foot. The Klamath Falls hand has received new uniforms, which arc- dark green. trimmed with black and gold braid. The band went to Bonanza Tuesday to aulst in the exercises of an installation ot a Rebekah Lodge at that place. The well that is being drilled near Kent station, Sherman.County, is down ITS feet, and they are not making much headway on account of very hard rock. It Is thought they will have to drill from 2j0 to 250 feet before they will strike a suffi cient flow of water. A rumor on our streets is to the effect that Graham has settled the Sprecke's' claims against the railroad and other properties here and will resume ownership and management next Monday, says the Coqullle City Herald fwssmmmw' SBBBBBBK TBvBvBvBvBvSBv ?&kASSsW -V 'BBBBBBBBai iil-if'i -DEf " tii 1 it bbbbbbbbI 77.ia BBBBMA .alV r BBBBBBBBBBI jr'? " TJBSsK ., - - f 4f BBBBBBBBBBl . VBBJMnA'V"i$ BBBBBBBBBBBBV f .bbbWbbbI'bbbbbbbbbbbbbI $50,000 DEBT ILLEGAL. OLYMPIA REPUDIATES THEX AND IS SUSTAINED BY COURT. Were Issued In Excess of theLLes;al Limit of Indebtedness A Baky oa a Doorstep. OLYMPIA, Wash., April 29. A case has been decided in the Superior Court of Thurston County which has tho effect of declaring Illegal some 150,000 worth of warrants tamed by the city. The case Is that of Strahorn vs. Blake, and the ac tion was brought to compel payment of certain city warrants on the general fund. The city, as defendant, set up the claim that these warrants were not a valid claim against tile city, for the reason that they were Issued after the city had exceeded the Mmlt of indebtedness al- ALFONSO (to the Turk) lowed by law. This contention was fully sustained by the court. D. C. Jenkins, son of tho State Secre tary, and clerk in the state department for the paet three years, left yesterday for the northeastern part of Okanogan County, where he will begin publication of the Bolster Drill, a weekly paper. Mr. Jenkins will be succeeded In the State Secretary's office by James Hannigan, ot Whatcom. A 2 months old baby boy was left on tho doorstep of Mr. and Mrs. Robert TrulUnger about 9 o'clock Saturday even ing. There to no clew to the parents. Be side the babe upon tb step was lying a bundle ot Infant's clothing and a bottle ot milk, still warm. Attached to the child's draw was tho following note: "You will not regret taking in this little one. It la a great mystery, but sometimes the Lord sends ohiSdren to those wfto do not de evrve them, and not to those who do. Knowing you to be a Christian. I give my child to you. Do by It as you wish to be done by. His mother Is a very smart girl and comes of a fine family. She Is very musical; has a beautiful olce. Baby has her features. He Is ranall and rather thin, bi't I think he will make a nice baby. He. cannot help but be smart with all be has back of him." Mr. and Mrs. TrulUnger will care for the child at present, but will endeavor to find the parents. At last Olympla la to have a Sunday train, the Northern Pacific having Irsued a special order to that effect. For years it hac been impossible to get In or out of Olynrji'a by any other route than the Port Towneend & Southern, which con nects at Tenino with tho Northern Pa cific train. Tho rather famous divorce case In which Mary C. WHley endeavored to free her self of the matrimonial yoke from her husbarid. Philander L. Willey. was set tled yesterday by Judge Linn giving the plaintiff the decree ot absolute divorce prayed for and custrdy of her minor child. The court ateo awarded Mrs. Wllley a large amount of real estate in Olympla and $S a month for support of the child until she shall reach the age of IS years. Mr. Wllley Is the elder of the brothers conrposlrir the Wllley Navigation Com pany, Mid his been a rteamboat captain on Puget Sound since p'oneer days. CLOSED FOR THE SEASON. Exerelses at the Vancouver AAhletle Clnb Pulpit Declared Vacant. VANCOUVER. Wash.. April 29. Inter esting gymnastic exercises were held at the gymnasium of the Vancouver Ama teur Athletic Club last evening, and were witnessed by about 200 visitors. The ex ercises marked the close ot the regular doss work of the club for the season. The chief features ot the exercises were the Illuminated club swinging ot Professor Rlngler. of the Portland Y. M. C A., and an exciting basket-ball contest between picked teams representing the married men of the club on the one side and the single men on the other. The game re sulted in a victory for the married men by a score ot 14 to 10. Captain Edward Morey made a dive Into the Columbia today from a 60-foot tower erected at the foot of Main street. In the presence ot a large crowd ot spectators. The pulpit of the First Presbyterian Church was officially declared vacant to day by the Rev. Angus McKenzle. by di rection of the Presbytery of Olympla. which dissolved the pastoral relation ex isting between the church and the Rev. Hugh Lament for the past seven years. The Mohairk Railroad. The construction ot the Springfield-Mohawk branch ot the Southern Pacific a distance of It miles Is now progressing satisfactorily, says the Albany Herald. Ths work at first was somewhat delayed, owing to the faHure of Contractor Bays to carry out his contract. The contract was re-let to Archie Mason, of Eastern Oregon. He Is actively engaged now In the work of construction, and local offi cials of the company are of the opinion that It win be finished by July or August of the present year, and wlU (hen be im mediately opened for traffic. The comple- zitr '."k VsValV Bk; i X Hon' of this line will result, in all proba bility. In a connecting link being estab lished from Springfield across to the main line, a distance of one mile, to Hender son. To do this will require the building of an expensive bridge over the Willam ette River. New Washlasrtoa Incorporations. OLYMPIA, April 28. The following articles of Incorporation haVe been filed with the SUte Secretary during the past week: Hlghland-Comstock Mining Company, Spokane, $125,000; Puget Sound Packing Company. Falrhaven. $500,000; Paradise Lake Railroad & Mill Company, Seattle, $10,000; Buffalo Townslte & Power Com pany, Spokane. $50,000; Tammany Gold Mining Company, Seattle, . 000,000; Newton Copper Mining Com. pany, Spokane, $100,000; certificate of increase of the capital stock ot the Rhodes Mining Company. Seattle, to $600, 000; Washington Fir & Timber Company, Tacoma, $5000; Robinson Mill Company, Everett. $30,000; Curtisa Company, Inc, Tacoma, $15,000; certificate of the Increase of the capital stock of the Kemp-Romer "I advise you to be careful." Chicago Record. Copper Company, Spokane, to tl.KM.OCO; Increase ot the capital stock ot the Boun dary Creek Mining & Milling Company, Spokane, to J1.SOO.000: Harper Brick & Pot tery Company, Seattle, $10,000; Angeles Brewing &. Malting Company, Port An geles, $250,000; Snohomish Logging Com pany. Seattle. $M,000; W. C. T. U. Read- jing-Room lc Library Association. Wenat- cnee; uernier Kesort Mining company, Spokane, $2,000,000; Buckhom Gold & Cop per Mining Company, Spokane, $50,00); Hope Congregational Church, of Newport; Great Western Coal Development & Min ing Company. Spokane. $75,000; Washington Cold Storage Company, Seattle, $23,000; Nome Liquor Company, of City of Nome, J1S.0OO; Seattle Central Railway Company, $250,000; the objects of this corporation are to own and equip lines on street railways In the state. Indiana and Fishing; Rtjrhts. TACOMA, April 29. Unlttd States Ind'cn Agent Terry, of Puyallup ConsoUtiatid Agency, was waited upon yesterday by a delegation of Squakln Island Indians in relation to the fishing and tldeland trou bles on that Insular reservation. Whits raenjiave recently seized the greater por tion of their hinds, and the Indians sra greatly wrought up, and Agent Tony be lieves the7 situation Is serious. The white men have bought the tide lands from ths state, and the Indians have no reooura. Chehalls Railway Election. CENTRALIA. Wash.. April 29. The an nual meeting of the stockholders of ths Tacoma. Olympla & Chehalti Valloy Rail, way Company was held In this city last night. The following directors were olcot ed: Calvin Philips. Charles S. Foirg and Samuel Collyer, of Tacoma; C. S. ail christ, of Centralis, and Horace Q. Phil ips, of New York. Calvin Philips was elected president. Samuel Colyer secretary and treasurer, and C B. Focg general counsel. 'Washington Notes. Ellenrburg's municipal electric lighting plant is about to be improved at a cost of a little more than $3000. New Whatcom has $73 80 on hand to entertain President McKlnley when he shall visit the Coast! and that town tho coming Summer. Preparations are making for a big sea son at the watering p'aces of Westport and Cohasset. Gray's Harbor. New sea shore attractions and excursion rates are advertised. The Walla Walla creamery Is using 10, 000 pounds ot milk per ay. and will soon have a branch running at Freewater. One half the milk now consumed comes from Umatilla County. Oregon. J. T. Moylan. representing- an Eastern syndicate, was In Kalama Wednesday clos ing a deal for purchase of timber lands on the Coweeman River. The prices paid run from $1600 to $3500 per quarter sec tion. A gold nugget worth about $1S0 was brought down from the BIgney claim on Williams Creek last Monday, says the Ellensburg Localizer. It was taken out by Thomas Bozarth, and was a very hand some nugget. Louis Schwabacher has sold to Charles J. Broughton all his Interests In the lands, warehouses, wheat and business property located In Columbia County. The censd eratlon Is not made in full In the Instru ments filed, hut It Is reported as being about JSSJXO. A new rule has just been adopted by the Spokane police department by which any Indian found in the city who has not a pass from the Indian agent or is not on romo special business wtll.be promptly ar rested as a vagrant and sent back to the reservation. Friday, the first day this rule was in effect. 11 Ind'ans were jailed. "66 HOURS TO ST. RAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS" Via the Great Northern Railway. Train leaves Portland dally at 6 JO P. M. Connects at St. Paul Union Depot for Chicago. St. Louis and all points east and -south. For tickets, rates, etc. call at City Ticket Office. 122 Third street. GOLD AND COPPER LEDGES ENCOURAGING REPORTS FROM EASTERN OREGON DISTRICTS. General Development In the Prairie City Country Timber Cruisers Ahead of the Railroad. BAKER CITY. April 29. Dr. Lon Cleav er returned yesterday from Prairie City, after an absence of three weeks, and says that the Columbia Southern Railroad has located 30 acres of land for depot purposes at Prairie City. The work was done by Chief Engineer Anderson. A trip was made down the John Day River, and the grade surveyed from Burnt Ranch to Thompson's, 12 ,ml!es above Prairie Cltyl It. only averaged U 'et to the mile for 112 miles, which makes a very desirable grade. The Columbia Southern. Dr. Clea ver says, has promised to extend Its Une from Shanlko Into Prairie City, the dis tance being 135 miles. The present business justifies the extension of the Une, and tho Columbia Southern, he thinks. Is like ly to commence work any time. John C Young, John SturgUl, Frank Bowen and other Baker City people. Dr. Cleaver says, have been prospecting In the neighborhood ot Spanish Gulch the past month, and met with success. A cop per ledge was located last week by Dr. V. Belknap and Professor Pearson, on In dian Creek. The find is eight miles from Prairie City, on the Strawberry Butte Range, and the oro assayed IS per cent copper. This Is considered a good average should the ledge prove to be of any great extent. Dr. Cleaver says that strikes are constantly .being made In the foothills, es pecially in the Quartzburg district, seven miles from Prairie City, and some of them give promise of great richness. The high mountains are not bare yet, but the snow is rapidly melting. Building has yet scarcely begun In Prai rie City, chiefly because of the scarcity of lumber, and the disadvantages occasioned the bad condition of the roads at this season of the year. Only two small mills are there now, and these can scarcely supply the present demand. Four or five business men went in there Monday last to erect stores and are now waiting to commence work on their buildings. Prepa rations are under way to establish moro sawmills, and two more will be built there before long, all to have a goodly capacity. On account of the projected line of the Columbia Southern to Ontario, more then 20 Umber cruisers are In the woods along the proposed extension, making lo cations for syndicates. For about 23 miles there Is a fine body of pine Umber, all of which is easily accessible as soon as the road shall be In operation. The syndi cates are from the East, principally from Wisconsin and Michigan, and are making a wild scramble for the timber. There are several buyers In Prairie City, Dr. Cleaver says, looking for mining prop erties. Farming land is also In much de mand, and purchases are being mado by Intending stockralfers and fruitgrowers from time to time. There Is plenty of vir gin ground, extending for miles on both sides of the John Day Valley, that Is yet open for location. John C. Young. Popu list candidate for Congress from the Sec ond Congressional District. Is one of In most untiring of tho goidhunters in the John, Day country. He Is an ardent ad mirer of the yellow metal, and is con stantly delving after it In the hills. His chances of success are excellent, as he has located some very promising pros pects. There is a very bright outlook this Sum mer for all of the John Day country- Min ing, farming, stockraislns and fruitgrowing-are flourishing, and the country affords unlimited opportunities for any one seek ing to engage in any of these industries. The Isolation of the place from the out side world Is a serious drawback, but sUll people are prosperous and contented. Upper Burnt River. There Is considerable excitement among EHMsMl-BsaBaMf!!iMaWillggF!gWglgH fiVJsJIU4vmT2JiilfB i iaKJlPl V t1 LAfKs in IHKSeSl vx. 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George EUIot, a prominent farmer of Here ford precinct, about three mlle3 from Pine Creek, was in the city today, and says that there are 100 or more prospectors In that section, and many promising quartz and placer claims are being located. In some instances, nuggets ranging In value up to $100 have been found, and the dis trict gives the most promising proof of great richness. Mr. Eljlot gives a ery flattering account of the farming and stock outlook In his section, and says there is no place more prosperous In the North west than tne Upper Burnt River country. Some fine samples of copper ore were brought to this city today from the vicin ity of the Lily White mine, a short dis tance from Medical Springs. 20 miles northeast of Baker City. The claims from which the ore came are owned by Thomas Hoffman, who for fully 20-years has known of the existence of copper In considerable quantity in the Lily White section, but who has devoted most of his labor to mining for gold at the Lily White. Dolly , Varden nd other mines" In that locality J and In tho Sparta district. Mr. Hoffman, being a practical miner, will not be slow In developing his claims. The ore shown from the Lily White section and the exhibits from the coun try between Powder River and Mineral Springs Indicate great wealth In copper, and If the judgment of those who have made ln estigaUons there can be taken as being reliable, then there exists in close proximity to Baker City, the richest cop per fields known anywhere in the Wet. Where a Hobo Is a Curiosity. Lakevlcw Rustler. Some grown-up people In Lakevlcw nev er saw a real, live, full-fledged hobo. Lake view is so far from the railroad that the "Weary Willies" of the genuine species never wander this way. Postmaster Dick Wilcox thought he had one "treed" Tues day night aniTgot a flashlight glimpse ot him. but that was all. The postmaster is looking "after Frank Bunting's stock dur ing the letter's absence. Tuesday night he came to Henry Russlll and asked for a dark lantern. Russlll gave him a bicycle lamp. "What's up. Dick!" Inquired the Rustler man. "Pve got a hobo 'treed' In Bunting's barn and I want to see how he looks; ' replied the P. M. The scribe went along. Dick escribed that he entered the barn in his usual con fident way about 9 o'clock, and that over in the darkest corner there was snor ing from a human being that sounded like a planing mill. Ho struck a match and the snorer awoke with a start and began to go under waijon sheets and hay like a gopher. Dick's match went out and he came for the lantern. But when we reached the place we only found his "nest," which was sUll warm. Mr. Hobo sought another barn. Idaho Notes. The first rural free delivery postal serv ice in Idaho will be established In the Boise Valley about May 13. The route will be 25 miles long, and will supply 201 fam- I Hies. Tho second route will be from Moscow. It Is known that fle surveying parties are now at work In the Lost River coun try, and the most of them are believed to be working for the Burlington. It is known, however, that one or more have been sent out by Mackay Interests. Tho quarantine that had been placed on the Indian settlement at the mouth ot Cayote Gulch, near Lewlston, some weeks ago, has been raised. There were nine cases of smallpox under quarantine, and one of the victims, a weman, died a? a result of going bathing while afflicted with the disease. The Northern Pacific is still working a large force of men on the roadbed be tween Vollmer and the Clearwater and putting in a ballast of a most permanent nature. The ballast consists ot a clay and small rock about the size of an eg;, which, when once set, becomes like con crete. It will take about two months yet to put the grade In first-class condi tion, and the company is not sparing any pains to do everything in good shape. THE RUSH TO CAPE-NOME IT WILL BE INAUGURATED AT SE ATTLE TODAY. Estimates of the Number of Passen gen and the Volume and Value of Freight to Go. , SEATTLE. April 23. The formal rush to the gold fields of Nome will be Inaugurated tomorrow, when the steamer Jeanle, of the Pacific Steam Whaling Company, the first steamer to start on the trip this year. Is scheduled to sail, providing she arrives In the meantime from San Francisco. This vessel will take SO passengers. and 400 tons ot freight from this port, and expects to be one of the first to reach Nome when the obstructing Ice has broken up. For the last several weeks people have been arriving here by the hundreds to get ready to make the northward trip, and have filled all the hotels to such an extent that it has been difficult for tran s'ent travelers to get accommodations. The steamship offices have been crowded with applicants for berths and freight room, and many of the companies have been refusing passengers for several weeks. It Is conservatively stated that there are not more than 20) tickets avail able on all the steamers that are sched uled to leave here In May, and that the frcisht room has all been sold out. This means that those wishing to go to Nome, except thoss who secure the few berths left, must wait until the June sailings, unless they embark on sailing craft, which are leaving this port at the rate of two a day, and have been doing so for tho last week. Twenty-five steamships are scheduled to leave here for Nome In May. two prom ising to get away on the 1st, seven on. tho 10:h, three on the 13th. one on the 17th; two on the 19th, fivf on the 20th, one on tho 24th, two on the 23th, one on the 20th, and one on the 31st. The -vessels to sail on the 20th have booked 1G73 pas sengers, and 4S0O tons of general merchan dise. This will probably be the llveUest day of the year, as several vessels will also leave that day for Skagway. The most conservative estimates of tho traffic to Nome this year, based on actual returns, show that 3S3S persons have al ready engaged pasage for the first sail ings of the 23 steamship-, and that these vessels have already contracted for 25.223 tons of merchandise in their cargoes. Tak ing tho average ot charge of JM per pas senger and $40 a ton for freight, and It Is seen that the steamships will get a total gros revenue during the next month of $1,561,300. The operators of U of the vessels state that they intend to make four trip each to Nome during the sea son, five will make three trips each, and the remaining six one trip each. The net registered tonnage of the steamers to sail next month is 23.632 tons, or a quarter of, the cnUre tonnage departing for Alaska, last year. The value of the freight booked for May sailings, estimated at $100 a ton. which is a conservative figure, will be) $2,522,500. THREE WERE DROWNED. Sailboat Capsized With a Family of Four. SEATTLE. April 29. Mrs. Matt!? Lar son and her two children. Ruth, aged 5. and a 3- ear-old son. were drowned from a sailboat which capsized today two miles off Port Gamble, a mill town 33 miles front here. Lars Larson, husband and father, barely escaped death with them. He was rescued while holding to the boat's mast with one hand and supporting his dead wife's body. The girl's body was not re covered. Larson Is" an engineer in tho Gamble mills. The funding bonds of Boise County have been signed. There are IB bonds of $1003 each, and three ot $100 each. Knabe Pianos. Wiley B. Allen Co. ') I i