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$HE MQJUftNG OKEQONIAN, THUBSDAY MAY 10, 1900.
YEAR OF BIO WORK
Prospective Development in
Cracker Creek District
'many properties to sink deep
"What Is Beincr Done on Some of the
Claims Country Is Tributary
to Snmpter.
SUMPTER, Or., May 9. Cracker Creek
district, -which -will be the scene of great
mining development this year, Is In -what
is generally known as the third mineral
zone of the Eastern Oregon gold belt.
Beginning In the Elkhorn Mountains, and
tearing to the southwest, the zone ex
tends for about 100 miles. The formation
Is true fissure veins In slate or granite,
or contact bet-ween porphyry and slate,
porphyry and granite, or porphyry and
quartzlte. The ores carry a smaller per
cenFof free gold than those In the first
end second zones, but the percentage of
f.ree gold Increases -with depth. A feat,
ure of special Importance In the third
zone Is a mineralised ledge cf enormous
.size; beginning -with the mines on the
northeast slope of the Elkhorn Mountains,
"and continuing for 20 miles. This ledge
has been opened and located for 13 miles.
The main ledge Is from 50 to 200 feet Tride,
TwltV mT1oT narntlel lv?.,j TfPnHtnf? the
H xone to a -width of 20 miles. Upon this
parent ledge are the Baisley-Elkhorn, the
North Pole, the Eureka & Excelsior, the
If. Columbia, the Golconda, the Mammoth,
zne loex ana many omer properties, oojuc
of these are among the best goid-produc-ers
In the Northwest. Beyond the Ibex,
which is located near the summit of the
divide, volcanic eruptions have covered
the surface cropplngs or, this great parent
Jedge, and It is not so visible on the west
ern slope of the Blue Mountains. How
ever, the same formation continues wher--ever
mines are opened, and the ore has the
ame general character- Continuing In a
southwest direction, the Bonanza group.
Don Juan, Phoenix, the mines of Robln
sonyjlle and the Greenhorn Kange, the
Badger and other mines of the Susanville
prove the continuation of this great min
eral zone.
Nearly every property In the district is
Ioing more or less work, but the prin
cipal Interest centers In the plans of the
big companies for deep mining. The work
to be done by the North Pole, the Co
lumbia and G-olconda this year will dem
jonstratc beyond doubt that deep mining
Is not only practicable, but Is necessary
for profit. Before winter sets In, the Co
lumbia and the Golconda will have their
shaft deep into the earth and will be
turning out ore carrying high values. By
that time the Golconda will have 0 stamps
running, and the Columbia may increase
the number of its stamps to 20 to enable
It to handle the enormous amount of ore
which it has blocked out. The reopening
of the Eureka & Excelsior, which is con
fidently expected, would add materially
to the output of the camp.
The Amazon, on Silver Creek, has 800
feet of tunnels and crosscuts. It Is owned
fcy J. G. and J. T. English, and Is sup
posed to be bonded to the Standard Oil
Company for ?10.0W. Development has
not shown a high grade of ore. Hoisting
works will be built and deep work done.
The Climax and Orazaba are owned by
Colonel Grayson, of O. -Uand; Cal., and are
under bond to California capitalists for
$103,000. About S00 feet of tunneling has
been done, and high-grade ore has been
found. It is probable that a shaft will
be Sunk in the Fall.
The Siowfolrd is owned bv the Surnnter
.SnowTrj u Mining Company, of Rossland.
3- . About 100 feet of tunnel work has
een done. The location of the Snowbird
is not favorable to further tunneling, and
sinking will be resorted to.
One tunnel on the Ohio is In 500 feet,
fend another Is being driven on the lower
level. A 10-stamp mill was built on this
property two years ago, but It has not
been operated.
The Golconda group Includes, among
others, the Golconda, the Wide West, the
Charleston, the Telephone and the Cen
tury. The Golconda mill is on the Tele
phone claim. Nearly all the ore treated
In the mill is taken from the Golconda.
but the Wide West is being tapped. It
has good ore, and many mining men pre
dict that it will proe to be one of the
best properties In the Cracker Creek coun
try. Probably 500 or 600 feet of work has
been done on each of the claims, not In
eluding the Golconda.
The Eureka & Excelsior, the oldest mine
In Cracker Creek, has been shut down
for a long time. Several persons have
looked at the mine with the object cf
taking hold of it. The Eureka & Excelsior
Is rated as a $1,000,000 property, but con
siderable work would be required to put
It in shape for regular production. When
running, the Eureka & Excelsior employs
75 men. The ledge has been opened for
1C-00 feet, and at a depth of 600 feet from
the apex it is Zb feet thick, and the pay
chute from 3 to IB feet wide. The Eureka
& Exce'slor is said to have produced SS50.
OOO'In gold in" three years.
The Bunker Hill Is a. promising property.
Jt has been de eloped by 1000 feet "of tun
nels and crosscuts. Hoisting works will
Be built for sinking this Spring.
The shaft In the Mammoth Is down 200
feet. Years ago a five-stamp mill was put
up on this property. The owners of the
Mammoth plan to sink to 500 or 600 feet as
fast as the work can be done, and to
build a 10-stamp mill.
.T,he Cracker Creek country is suscep
tible of great development. It already
has four of the principal mines in East
ern Oregon, three of which are In opera
tion, and Is destined to have many. The
district Is seven miles from Sumpter. and
Is tributary to that city.
Rossland Mines.
C F. Jackson, secretary and treasurer
of the Reddin-Jackson Co., Rcssland. B.
C, Is spending a few days In Portland
with his brother-in-law. Major Dan J.
Moore. Mr. Jackson rays the labor
troubles that distracted the mining inter
ests of his district for over two months
BAVe been amicably settled, and work on
"tho great mines is going ahead. One re
sult of the trouble is a scarcity of machine
miners competent to operate tho scientific
apparatus required to penetrate the in
tensely hard formation of that country
Ho estimates that there Is now room for
at least 1000 of this class of miners; but
tbs ordinary pjek-and-shovel or sledge-Tond-drill
miner Is no good about Rossland
It requires good machinery to break
through the iron cap covering the precious
metal of that country.
Mr. Jackson savs tho r-nct -.-.i
the deep mines about Rossland Is abaut
iuu as great per ton. of ore removed
wax wi me orainary mine about Sump
r Miners have tn cvnir v
use of the machine drills and other appar
atus before they can be of any use. The
thousand of these skilled operators who
left have scattered well, but a few are "be
ing slowly gathered tack again, and new
men capable of doing the work are being
Introduced Into the mines. When Rcss
land has made this substantial addition
to her present laboring strength, her mines
will again assume their old-time activity.
A Million "Would ZTot Bay It.
Several thousand dollars worth of gold
lias just been brought In, from the Lucky
Boy mine. In the Blue River district. L.
Zimmerman, who Is one of the principal
owners In this mine, and who put some
$27,000 into it, before he received a. cent in
return. Is much pleased with the prospects
The 10-stamp mill on the claim has already
turned out about 516.000, and the vein is
growing broader as It goes down, and Is
likely to prove a second Comstock lode.
The mill will be Increased to 50 stamps as
oon as practicable, and Mr. Zimmerman :
says a million dollars could not buy the
claim.
Quotations of Mining: Steclcs.
SPOKANE, May 3. The closing bids for mining-
stocks today were. ,
Blacktall fc) 12slPrIncess Maud..40 03
fctxtte & Boston. 2 iRanibler Cariboo 25
Detr Trail Con. "Republic 93
Eienlnc Star...
S4 (Reservation .... 12
lriRossland Gl&nU. 2
35 (Sullivan 12U
12 Tom Thtimb ... IS
IS (Waterloo 3&
7n (Sonera 3
3 iFlaghin 1
iJsiConJectnre VJ,
Golden Harvest.
Iron Mask
Jim Blaine
Lone Pine Surp.
Mountain Lion..
Morning Glory
Morrison
SAN FRANCISCO. May 9. The offlelal clos
ing Quotations for mining- stock today were.
Alta SO 02jJustlce SO 01
Alpha Con 2Mexican 23
Andes COccldental Con ... 12
Belcher 10Ophlr A
Beet & Belcher.
i I Overman 17
Bullion
Caledonia
Challenge Con ...
Chollax
Confidence
Con. Cal. & Va...
Crown Point ....
Gould & Curry...
Hale & Norcross.,
2Petost 18
39iS&vage IS
lSlSes Belcher 2
16Slerra. Nevada. ... SO
'Sisilrer Hill 15
1 50
10
15
Standard 3 t5
Union Con IS
Utah Con I
Tellow Jacket .... 15
20
NEW TORK. May 0. Mlainff stocks today
closed as follows:
Chollar $0 17Ontario 17 74
Crown Point V.Ophir 45
Con. Cal. & Va... 1-40 Plymouth 10
De&dwood SolQuieksllver 1 60
Gould & Curry... 12 do pref 7 10
Hale & Norcross.. Zo Sierra Nevada ... 27
HomcstaXe 50 OOlStand&rd 3 25
Iron SiHer 60, Union Con 17
Mexican .. 21Tellow Jacket .... 12
BOSTON, May 9. Closing- quotations:
Adventure .J...S0 OfJslOsceola $0 04U
Allouz M. Co... llParrott 40
Atn&L Copper .. S7 IQulncy . 135
Atlantic 22J-Sant& Fe Copper 5
Boston A Mont. 2 03 1 Tamarack. ...... 1 76
Cal. & Hccla... 7 CO iUtah Mining ... 27
Centennial ..... 17 iwinona ......... s
Franklin 13 J Wolverines 33
Hun-boldt 15
Gold Briclc From Bohemia.
A handsome gold brick, weighing about
50 pounds and valued at about $10,009, will
be placed on exhibition in 'JT'oodard,
Clarke & Co.'s window this morning at 9
o'clock, also a very rich specimen of
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MAP SHOWIJfG THE LOOATIOX OF THE PRINCIPAL MIXES AXJ
ore. They both come from the Helena
mine in the Bohemia district, and were
brought in yesterday by some of the
stockholders. The brick is the first sam
ple of gold from the Helena mine which
has arrived here. Other bricks sent to
San Francisco have proved worth from
$1G to $1" per ounce. The brick Is the
result of a 20 days run of the 5-starap
mill at the mine. The vein from which
the gold was taken is from four to six
feet In thickness, and three men supply all
the ore needed to keep the mill running.
About 00 to 70 per cent of the gold Is
saved In the mill. The tailings are banked
up and a concentrator Is to be put in to
handle them, and the remainedr of the
gold will be secured by smelting.
Oregon Xotes.
A move Is on foot to give a celebra
tion in Prlneville July 4, under the aus
pices of the firemen.
Several fine dogs have been poisoned
In Albany recently, and the Albany Rod
& Gun Club has offered a reward of $30
for the conviction of the poisoner.
A cattle-huyer namd Gilchrist has pur
chased 500 head of cattle In Wallowa
County for shipment to Nebraska for
Summer feeding.
Fred Leropke and Coroner Butts, of The
Dalles, found a bee tree Monday on the
ranch of Joe Knebel, on Mill Creek. Mr
Lempkc will have the section of the tree
in which the bees are located cut. so
that It can be brought to his residence.
The Coos Bay Chamber of Commerce
has received a harbor-line map from Cap
tain Harts, giving the newly established
harbor line extending from North Bend
to Bay City mill. The map will coon be
submitted to the Secretary of War for ap
proval. Herbert Boylen. a sheepman, reports
that GOO ewes Increased 116 per cent this
year, the 600 being thoroughbreds, says
the Pendleton East Oregonian. J. E.
Smith had 6000 increase, over 100 per cent,
and Edwards Bros, had In their bands a
105 per cent Increase.
The carts, wagons, tools, etc., used by
John S. Bays, late contractor on the Mo
hawk branch of the Southern Pacific, are
being shipped to Portland by the Colum
bian Implement Company, as It seems It
owned the outfit, says the Eugene Guaru.
The horses were sold by Sheriff Withers
under the attachment. From what we can
learn, those men who attached will get
their money, while the others, the great
majority, will get nothing for their work.
At the adjourned term of County Court
of Coos Count7, Monday; the contract for
the bridge to be built across the North
fork at the Cooper place was let to George
Ridlnger for $3000. The bridge Is to be
a Smith truss, covered and painted, the
woodwork to be entirely of yellow cedar
and the plerp and approaches to be bulit
with cedar piling. The span of the bridge
will be 120 feet, with 200 feet of ap
proaches. It Is to he completed by July
IS, 1500.
The statement going the rounds of the
papers that C. H, Walker Is not the o d
est native eon in Oregon, that honor be
ing accorded to Joseph La. Bonte. of St.
Paul, Marion County, Is misleading, says
the Albany Democrat. Mr. Walker invari
ably claims to he the oldest white native
son. knowing that there were men on the
Indian reservations much o'der than he.
We are Informed Mr. La Bonte is at least
a half-blood, his father being a French
Canadian, his mother an abor.glnal native
daughter.
Nearly all the work on the interior ot
the scouring mill at The Dalles Is finished
and the laborers are at present unload
ing the heavy machinery and putting It in
place. The large boilers are in p ace, as
well as the water tanks, which are ele
vated so as to furnish a gravity system
to the mill. The entire plant will be
first class in every respect, and work of
completing It. so as to begin pperations
at an early date, is being pushed as rap
idly as is porrtble with a large force of
mtn. Wool Is coming In rapidly to the
warehouses.
TO INVESTIGATE DISEASE
IF ETOIAX HORSES ARE EVCORABLE
THEY WILL BE KILLED.
ExaEriEatloa of Complaints Abowt
t&e Umatilla Reservation Set on.
Foot by Congressman Moody.
SAXiEM. May 9. Governor Geer today
received a. letter from Malcolm A. Moody
stating that an Investigation will be made
immediately concerning the contagion, dl-
seases prevailing among Indian horses on
the Umatilla reserve, and that If it Is
determined that the disease is Incurable
an order will be Issued authorizing the
killing of the animals.
This letter was in answer to one written
by the Governor to each member of the
Oregon delegation in Congress asking that
the general Government take action in the
matter. Senator McBride and Represen
tative Tongue each answered, saying that
they would give the matter their atten
tion. The letter from Mr. Moody Is the
first Information regarding any definite
action being taken. Mr. Moody called
upon the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
and was assured that the action men
tioned would be taken at once, the In
vestigation to be prosecuted by the De
partment of Agriculture.
Xo Title to Convey.
The State Land Board today rendered
a decision in the Mlnto Island gravel bar
case, holding that the state has no title
which the Board can convey. In a for
mer contest before the board It was de
cided that the gravel bar Is an accretion
to Mlnto Island, and, therefore, the prop
erty of John Mlnto. After that decision
and in order to prevent any further liti
gation or doubt regarding the title to the
gravel bar, the board quit-claimed all
the right, title and Interest the state had
in the land to Mr. Mlnto. It Is on ac
count of the conveying to Mlnto that the
board now holds that it can entertain no
application for the purchase of the land.
Choral Festival.
The second annual festival of the Wil
lamette Valley Choral Union opened this
evening In the -First Methodist Episcopal
Church in this city, a good sired audience
being present. The programme was as fol
lows. String quartet, op 76, No. 1 In G, The
Hidden String Quartet.
Soprano solo, "Jeanne D'Arc," Miss
Ethel Raymond.
Violin concerto, Leroy I. Gesner.
Contralto solo, Miss Rita Hansen.
Piano sonata, Edward W. Tillson.
Marion Connty Conrt.
The Marion County Court was in ses
sion today for the regular May term.
Among other business transacted, H. L.
Bellarts was granted a six months' li
cense to sell liquor at Buttevllle. An or
der was made renewing the contract by
which Dr. S. R. Jessup Is employed as
County Physician. Under the contract.
Dr. Jessup Is to receive $275 per year for
treating patients at the County Poor
Farm and $1 50 per visit for treating pau
pers, the doctor to furnish his own medi
cines. Adjutant-General Gantenbeln was in
Salem today making arrangements for the
annual encampment of the Oregon Na
tional Guard. He stated before returning
to Portland that it had not been finally
determined that the encampment will be
held at Salem, and that there are many
minor matters to be arranged before an
order announcing the encampment will
be made. The Ealem Chamber of Com
merce will hold a. meeting tomorrow to
consider the concessions that must be
made by the city in order to secure the
encampment here.
Each succeeding day brings more en
couraging reports regarding the outlook
for a. crop of Italian prunes in this vi
cinity. As th prunes grow larger they
show to better advantage on the trees
and growers find that there is more of the
fruit than they have supposed.
In some sections the report remains the
same, that the Italian prune crop is entire
ly ruined. But these are isolated cases,
and In the majority of orchards there will
be from a half to a full crop of Italians.
By a full crop Is not meant that the
trees hang as full of fruit as they would
If no injury had been sustained, but that
with the increased size consequent upon
a decrease in the number of prunes, the
trees will bear as much as would be de
sired. Mr. S. P. Kimball, who has a prune
orchard near Salem, and also one at
Dallas, said today that so far as he can
see. his Italian trees will bear as many
prunes as he could wish.
Capital City Xotes.
$ujxrtntndtflt of Public Instruction J.
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H. Ackerman will go tn Prlneville tomor
row to attend the Crook County Teacher?'
Institute.
State Treasurer Moore today received
$3000 to apply en TJraatlUa County's 1S93
state tax.
OPERA-HOUSE FOR BAKER CITY.
Xew Strnctnre to Be Erected Tki
Season First-Glass Attractions.
BAKER CITY, May 9. The Baker City
Opera-Houee Company was Incorporated
recently, the incorporators being: Albert
Gelser, John Waterman and I. H. Mc
Cord, and the capital stock $17,000. it Is
j the intention to build a fine Opsra-House
to Baker City and to secure for It first-
claas attractions, such as play the bet
j IZTb cfty!
wno nave tne money and energy to make
a success of anything they undertake, and
the pubHc Is looking forward with much
PROSPECTS IX THE CRACKER CREEK DISTRICT NEAR SUMPTER,
pleasure to the completion of the opera
house, work on which will begin at once.
Heretofore the Armory has been the only
available hall In which a production could
be given, and as a result the scnery
necessary to a first-class production could
never be set up. Arrangements will be
made to secure a manager of ability to
take hold of the theater, and to book th
best attractions that come to the coast.
FATAL FALL FROM A TREE.
Man Attacked With Epilepsy While
After Sqnirrel for His Bey.
DUMAS. May 9. C. P. Unruh, a farmer
living on Salt Creek, this county, on Mon
day fell from a. tree and was so badly
Injured that he died yesterday. He was
about 50 years old and left a wife and
several children.
He was subject to occasional fits of ep
ilepsy. He climbed a tree to get a. squir
rel for one of his boys, and was attacked
by the old complaint, and fell. Mr. Un
ruh was a native of Germany, and a man
of sterling qualities.
SOLD 7000 RAXGE HORSES.
British Government Said to Want
Them tor South Africa.
BAKER CITY. May . Edward Blew
ett, of the Oregon Horse & Land Com
pany, with ranches on the Owyhee River,
has just cold 7000 head of horses at an
average price of $1S per head. They are
said to have been bought by Eastern cap
italists to sell to the British Government
for service In South Africa. Another
flmllar deal is pending.
Improving the Stock.
Pendleton East Oregonian.
Joseph Sullivan, the ex-volunteer who
went Into the cattle business upon hit
return from Manila, is in town again
from the range. His cattle are on Upper
McKay Creek, and will go farther Into
the mountains later in the season.
"At the present rate," said Mr. Sulli
van, "Umatilla County cattle will have
been wonderfully Improved in five years.
Nearly all the stockmen are buying thor
oughbred bulls, and the demand for bulls
at the farms where thoroughbred stock
Is raised Is so great that It Is difficult
to buy them now. Recently, some Uma
tilla County stockmen sent an order for
some shorthorn bulls, and received a reply
that they could not be furnished. Tha
breeders had sold 200 thoroughbred bulls
already this year, and on their books are
yet orders for many more."
Washlnsrten Medical Society.
SPOKANE, May 9. The Washington
Medical Society tonight decided to meet
next year at Seattle. The following offi
cers were elected:
President, Dr. Park W. Willis, of Se
attle; first vice-president, Arthur E.
Burns, of Republic; second vice-president.
Dr. A. E. Stunt, of Colfax: secretary, Dr
A. H. Coe, of Spokane: treasurer. Dr. J.
W. Bean, of Ellensburg: censors. Dr. J
B. Eagieson. H. B. Luhn, H. S. Martin.
F. H. Coe. V. O. McKone. of Tacoma.
The Vaneearer Corpse Identified.
VANCOUVER, B. C. May 9. The dead
body found In Stanley Park has been
identified as that of Henry Kerr, a quarry
man, who disappeared several months
ago. Identification was made entirely by
the clothing of the dead man, no flesh re
maining on the head. Kerr had been
in ill health and had frequently threat
ened to commit suicide.
Last of Centralia Riot Cases.
CENTRALIA, Wash., May 9. The case
of the State vs. Charles Greene, the last
of the Centralis, riot cases to be disponed
of, has been settled. Greene was assessed
a small fine and the costs, amounting in
all to $113. About $300 had been raised by
citizens to defray the expenses of these
cases.
OFFICERS OF TWO ORDERS
WASHIJfGTOJf RED MEX AKD FORI
ESTERS IX ANNUAL MEETING.
Cklcf Jesepn, Tkreifk an Interpret
tzr, Makes an Address to Scte
Convention ef. Red Men.
SPOKANE, May 9. The great council
of the Improved Order of Red Men for
this state elected the following officers
today:
Great sachem. John M. Hill, of Walla
Walla; grea,t senior sagamore, W, H. Met
calf, of Vancouver; great junior saga
more, Frank Bucket, of Pomeroy; great
prophet. E. O. Connor, of Spokane; great
chief of records, J. P. Cass, of Tacoma;
great keeper of wampum, John Sieden
baura, of Port Townsend; great represent
ative. I. G. Meek, of Spokane; great trus
tee, M. F. Matthews, of Cosmopolls.
Port Townsend, Falrhaven and Everett
are candidates for next year's meeting,
and a vote on that matter will be taken
tomorrow. During the day. Chief Joseph,
of the Nez Pexces, who has Just returned
from Washington, D. C, visited the lodge
room and addressed the delegates through
an interpreter.
Foresters of America.
The grand court of Foresters of Amer
ica for Washington and Idaho elected
the following officers tonight:
Junior past grand chief ranger, August
Miller, of Spokane; grand chief ranger,
J. W. Cookery, of Walla Walla; grand
sub-chief Tanger, S. K. Bowes, of Aber
deen: grand financial secretary, F.
Sreuckman. of Seattle; grand treasurer,
G. M. Stewart, of Seattle; grand senior
woodward, H. C. Krouse, of Pomeroy;
grand Junior woodward, W. S. Matthews,
of Port Blakeley; grand senior beadle,
J. Lk Smith, of Lewiston; grand junior
beadle, J. Rammelsburg, of Tacoma;
grand trustees, Peter Paulson of Ballard,
Judge J. .C. Harkness of Northport, A,
Morris of Wilkinson.
Seventeen new courts were organized
during the past year. The next annual
meeting will be held at Seattle.
DRAFT HORSES SENT NORTH.
Urine Good Price Bawdy-Houses
and Gamblers Must Pay Fines.
COLFAX. Wash.. May 9. Henry
Churchill, a Willow Creek stockman, to
day shipped a carload of heavy draft
horses to Rossland, B. C. where they will
be sold. Shipments of horses for draft
purposes are being made from this sec
tion all the time, horses flt for heavy
teaming finding ready sale here at prices
ranging from $125 to $175 each.
After full discussion by the City Council
at Its last night's meeting, today tho
Mayor Instructed the police department
that the gamblers and keepers of bawiy
houses must be made to pay the agreed
upon fine monthly. Last year the Council
decided that the city would Inaugurate a
plan of assessing gamblers and bawdy
houses by means of a monthly fine, the
fine to act as a form of licensing. For
several months the plan worked to the
financial benefit of tha city, but since the
first of this year apparently no attempt
has been made to collect these fln.es by
the police, or. If the fines have been paid,
the money has never been turned into the
city treasury.
Extradition Finally Granted.
OLYMPIA, Wash., May 9. Governor
Rogers today granted the requisition for
extradition of Professor Rowland P. Hills,
now In Tacoma, and wanted in Nebraska
on a charge of bigamy. Hills at one time
was a professor of languages in a denomi
national institution in Tacoma, and is a
highly educated man.
A brief history of Professor Hills' mat
rimonial career shows that he was mar
ried while still a student in England. On
attaining his majority he came to Amer
ica, leaving his wife in England. In this
country ho became a quite prominent lec
turer and professor of languages- A few
years ago he married again in Nebraska,
without having procured a divorce from
the first wife, who came to Nebraska acd
commenced proceedings against Hills on
the ground of bigamy.
Two weeks ago Governor Rogers refused
to grant a requisition, on the ground that
the legal formalities were not properly
complied with.
Miner Died of Heart Disease.
GRANT'S PASS. May 9. C. W. Corson,
of the painter firm, of Corson &. Bacher,
was found dead last evening at the dry
diggings about three mils from town.
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Warner's Safe-Cure is a scientific
vegetable preparation for the restor
ing to health of tired-out kidneys and
overworked livers. When these great
organs are in. health there can be no
impure blood, headaches or constipa
tion. Man cannot improve on nature,
hence it is amusing to read of medi
cines which claim to "remove impuri
ties from the blood;" "The kidneys
enrich and vitalize the blood," etc.
The kidneys, liver and 'lungs purify
the blood and they alone. Neither
medicine nor man can do it. War
ner's Safe Cure, by helping nature, is
an aid, an assistant; simply that and
nothing more. The twentieth century
man or woman is a reasoning, sensible
person and seldom, deceived by mis
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Corson owned a small mining prospect,
which he went to work on about a week
ago. Not returning at the appointed time,
Search was made, as he was known J,o
have heart trouble. The body was dis
covered by Dr. Andrews' son, and was
lying faco downward beside his mining
pick. Ho had been dead six days, and was
in bad condition. Coroner W. F. Kra
mer was -notified and at the Inquest the
jury brought in a verdict of death from
heart disease. Deceased was about 53
years old. and had no family. He was
an excellent workman and was well re
spected. Transfer of Land Office Clerks.
VANCOUVER. Wash., May 9. George
A. Jolliffe. chief clerk In the United States
Land Office here, today teceived orders
from Washington, relieving him from
duty here and directing him to report
for duty at the General Land Office in
Washington, D. C.
Frank E. Vaughan. clerk in the United
States Land Office at Kallspell, Mont.,
has been transferred to the Land Offlca
here, to succeed Jolllfie. Vaughan Is ex
pected to arrive here the first of next
week. Jolliffe will leave for Washington
soon after Vaughan'e arrival.
Hon. E. C Bellows, recently appointed
Consul-General- to Yokohama, will leave
for Washington tomorrow to confer, with
the Administration concerning his duUes.
Suanklin Was "Coleman."
FOREST GROVE. Or.. May 9. Ex-City
Clerk J. W. Shanklln. alias J. W. Cole
man, who was acquitted of the charge of
embezzling public money at Fresno, CaL,
Monday, is the man who had spent the
Winter in Forest Grove and Greenville,
and for whom a reward of $200 was offered,
and was arrested near here by John Mc
Namer, the present nominee for Sheriff
on the Republican ticket. Shanklin said
while In jail at HHIshoro that he was in
nocent of the crime, and that he would
return to Greenville in about a month.
Tha warrant which was telegraphed from
Fresno for his arrest contained 21S words,
and cost $19. " "
Company Didn't Oive Henderson.
J. W. Stuchell, president of the Hen-derson-Stuchell
Trading Company, of
Baker City, writes to correct the report
that at the bearing of the embezzlement
charge against George Henderson It wa
shown that the company owed the de
fendant. Mr. Stuchell says that the evi
dence showed that ttiere was a shortage
of $4S45 63 In the business of the company,
instead of a credit of $334 40 In favor ot
Henderson.
Axle Broke and Wrecked a Train.
SALEM, May 9. A southbound freight
train was wrecked on the Southern Pa
cific two miles north of Albany, this af
ternoon. Tha wreck was caused by the
breaking of an axle of a flat-car loaded
with lumber. The wreck delayed the
northbound Oregon express and the Al
bany local was returned from the wreck
to Portland late tonight.
Another Ship for Nome.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 9. The Alaska
Commercial Company has chartered the
steamer San Jose from the Pacific Mall
Company, and will put her in the Nome
trade. The company has sold every berth
on the Dora, Portland, Rainier and St.
Paul for the season, and the rush is still
growing. The San Jose will leave here
for the gold fields June 2.
Grant Connty Prisoners Recaptured.
BAKER CITY. Or., May 9. Sher.nr
Livingstone and posse, of Grant County,
have retaken Xeeton and Wallace, the
prisoners- escaped from the Canyon City
IPI Used Internally and Externally W$.
Refreshing and invigorating when used in the toilet,
or after shaving. As a remedy it controls all pain,
bleeding and inflammation.
CAUTION Witch Hazel is NOT Pond's Ex
tract, and cannot he used for it. Ordinary Witch
Hazel is sold in hulk, diluted, easily turns sour and
generally contains "wood alcohol f 'which is an
irritant externally, and, taken internally, is a deadly
potson.
vmm&
Pond's Extract is sold ONLY in SEALED
bottles, enclosed in buff wrapper, and Is
guaranteed strong and pure.
This fac-simi!e will uide you when
you call for a bottle at the drug store.
POND'S EXTRACT CO.. 76 Fifth Ave.. New York.
VVSTf EXTRACT
PUea, hOTrerer icTere,
jail. The prisoners were lodged In jail
there Monday night. They were arrested
In a cabin near the Greenhorn Mountains,
and were both armed with Winchester
rifles. It is not reported that they made
any resistance.
Look for Better Wool Prices.
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. May 9. Th
wooigrowers of this and adjoining coun
ties have appointed May 15 and June 1 as
sale days at North Yakima. Over 1.000.0CO
pounds of wool is stored here awaiting the
first sale. The growers ' believe that tht
new system will enable them to secure bet
ter prices, and consequently uo business
is being done at the present time In wool,.
Washing-ton Xotes.
Nels W. Anderson, about 30 years old,
swamper at one of the Lake Whatcom
Logging Company's camps, was killed at
about noon Monday by a falling tree.
George & Barker, a prominent Colum
bia River packing firm, with L. D. Pke,
have just completed a cannery at Pojit
Roberts. Their new cannery has n. sea
eon's capacity of 10.000 cases. They are
preparing to drive traps on a number ot
new locations.
The steamer Cottage City has taken on
250 tons of Blue Canyon coal at What
com. The coal goes to Shka, where It
will be stored for the use of the Gov
ernment vessels In those waters. The
Blue Canyon Company will make several
shipments this Summer to Alaska of coal
to be used by the Government.
with a nursing baby has two
lives to support Her flesh,
strength and vitality are
taxed' to the utmost, and
must be malptamedT or both
will surely fail.
'HVkAAtelViL,
will keep, up the mother's
strength and vitality. It also
enriches the baby's nourish
ment, and supplies the ele
ments necessary for proper
growth and development of
bones, teeth and tissue
50c and 5i cc, ah drugsisu
SCOTT & BOWNE, thereuu. Xw York.
The Oregon Mining
Stock Exchange
Auditorium. Chamber of Commerce Bldff ,
P. O. Box 870. Portland, Or.
J. E. Has cl tine, Pres.; David Coodsell,
Treas.; F. J. Hard. Sec.
Directors L. G. Clarke. J. E. Haseltiae.
I F. V Drake. E. A. Clem.
Geo. W. Lloyd.
T. W. NeviU.
Lloyd & Nevill
MINIXG ENGINEERS,
IT S. DEPUTY MINERAL. SURVETORS.
Rooms 533-535 Chamber of Commerce bulldlnff,
Portland. Or.
Telephone Clay 837. P. O. box 1043.
OISTWSNT cnrt Itehintr cr bleeding
aad is a opectae la all itia diseases.
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