!,TS MOKNIXG- OREGONIAK, TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1900.
FORT STEVENS HOSPITAL
BIDS
FOR - THE .SEW'. jaBILDIKG
OPENED YESTERDAY.
Tkc Contract Will Px-obafclr Be
Awarded to J. "W, Surpreaant,
of Astoria.'
ASTORIA. June lLldsTfor buHdlng
s. St-bed, or what Is known as a four
"battery hospital, at the Fort Stevens bar
racks, -were opened In the office of Con
structing Quartermaster Downs at 3
o'clock this afternoon. Bids -were called
for on four classes of the work, namely,
constructing, steam heating, electric wir
ing and plumbing. Those received were
as follows:
C G. Palmberg. Astoria Constructing.
524,535; steam heating, $3780; electric wir
ing. E5; plumbing, 51550.
Ferguson & Huston, Astoria Construct
ing. $23,681; eteam beating. 53775; electric
wiring. 5G03; plumbing, $1200.
J. It Shea, Portland Steam heating,
54453.
L. A. Conn, "Vancouver Constructing,
524,000; steam heating, 53818; electric wir
ing, 5674; plumbing 51720.
Spore & Robinson. Portland Construct
ing. 524,011; eteam heating. 54455; electric
wiring. 5C45; plumbing. 51322.
J. N. Laws, Astoria Steam heating,
53575 S5; plumbing. 5106 75.
W. R. Stokes Co., Portland Construct
ing, 523,500; steam heating, 53500; electric
wiring, $670; plumbing, 51522.
A. Welch, Portland Electric wiring, 5000.
J. W. Surprenant, Astoria Constructing,
523,000; steam beating. 53350; electric wir
ing. 5000; plumbing, 51150.
Mr. Surprenant, of this city, was the
lowest bidder on everything, excepting
klbe wiring, and Captain Downs has rec
ommended to the department that the
whole contract be awarded to him.
The Tun of fish that ias been very poor
for the past few days begins to show
8igns of improvement, and the returns
from all parts of the lower river this
morning would Indicate that a good Juno
run had started.
CHAUTAUQUA ASSOCIATION.
Preparations for the Annual Assem
bly nt Gladstone.
OREGON CITY, June 1L President W.
C. Hawley came down from Salem yester
day evening and attended a meeting of the
board of "directors- of the "Willamette "Val
ley Chautauqua Association, -which lasted
until midnight. Several improvementa
were planned and votea. An. up-to-date
restaurant building Is to be erected in the
park, convenient to the auditorium, that
will be equipped with all modern appli
ances. The racetrack will be placed in bet
ter condition than ever. This also In
cludes the athletic field, as outdoor sports
will he a special feature. Four baseball
teams have already entered the contest for
the 550 trophy, and a number of entries
have been made for the other games. It
was voted last night to put In a lot of new
water closets on the grounds, and intlatory
stops were taken toward lighting the park.
Appropriations were made for these im
provements, and attention was called to
the fact that the talent would cost consid
erably more than last year. A liberal
appropriation was made for fireworks on
the evening of the last day of the as
sembly. The interment of the late John G. Bon
net, of Mllwaukle, took place at Mountain
View cemetery this afternoon. The fu
neral was largely attended by numerous
friends, the Southern Pacific Band escort
ing the body to the grave.
At the adjourned meeting of tho -City
Council tonight the sentiment was against
"noldlng a Fourth of Julyjcelebration- Ox
dlnances establishing sewer district No.
2, on the bluff, and providing for the con
struction of sewers, were read for the
first time.
The Board -of Fire Commissioners to
night elected C. W. Pope chief engineer
-of the fire department, to succeed F. T.
Rogers, whose resignation had been ac
cepted. It -was voted .that "stringent rules
designating "the duties of .chief engineer
be adopted.
John Dully, "who has a contract of sup
plying" the -Crown Paper Company here
wrlth wood, lias closed a deal -to cut
23,W$ -cords of wood for the same firm at
FJorlston, Cal. He will leave "Wednesday
(With a. crew of 40 woodchoppers to begin
work on the contract. F. "Warner, the
late defeated candidate on the Citizens
ticket for County Surveyor, will be Mr.
Duffy's bookkeeper. The Crown Paper
Company erected extensive plants at Flor
iston a few months ago. "W. P. Hawley,
ex-superintendent here, taking a similar
position in the California mills. The wood
So be cut is w hlte fir, pine and tamarack,
and the rates are 51 40 per cord.
During the month Just closed the Logan
cheese factory, which started up a few
weeks ago, has received from the farmers
84,542 pounds of milk, making a total pro
Buct or over 4000 pounds of cheese. Tho
fcapacity of the factory has been increased
to a muohgreater extent Uian-Tvas an
ticipated jjy Its promoters -at tfae.'Tbegin-
Wng pt the season.
"Hon. J. A. Talbert, of Clackamas sta
tion, a newl elected Republican mem
$er of th" Tieix 'Legislature, leaves to
morrow tHK State Fish Commissioner
ffteed to locate a site for the proposed
' Ush hatchery on the TJmpqua River in
Douglas County.
Shirley Buck the late defeated candi
date on the Citizens ticket for County
School Superintendent, has been elected
principal of the Cancmah school, Mrs.
Suck will have charge of the primary
department. Mr. and Mrs. Buck have had
harge of the Canby school for the past
2wo years.
MARIOX COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT.
Criminal nnd Civil Canes Disponed
Of.
SALEM," June 1L Judge George H. Bur
nett convened the Circuit Court in regu
lar June term this morning. No grand
jury was drawn, but District Attorney
Hayden presented Indictments found by
him in accordance with the new law.
Harry Wright pleaded guilty to the
charge of stealing harness from the barn
of aicGM & McDonald, and was sen
tenced to two years In the Penitentiary.
"William Thurman made the same plea
to the charge of robbing the Smith &
Jones store at Jefferson of 516. He was
given the same sentence.
P. D. McCarty, a saloon-keeper at
Gates, was arraigned upon a charge of
selling liquor to a minor. He will plead
tomorrow.
Several cases were settled this after
noon, and it now appears that only two
civil cases remain to be tried. These are
the case of Slmonds & Son vs. "Wright
man, which has been set for trial at 9
o'clock tomorrow morning, and Mrs. Mar
garet Bleler vs. The Oregon Telephone &
Telegraph Company, which will be tried
Thursday, at S A 21.
The Marfon County Jail is empty to
day for the first time in eight months.
County Treasurer Downing today paid
129,300 into the State Treasury to apply on
Marlon County's 1S99 tax. The total tax
was 519,915, and all but 51115 has been
paid.
Constable Minto today received word
that the team recently stolen from Hada
baugh & Francis, of this city, had been
found In Portland and taken In charge.
The thief has not yet been caught, and
there is still some doubt as to his identi
ty. At first. Smith Fauls, of Newberg.
"was charged with the crime, but it soon
developed that he had nothing to do with
it. An ex-convict named Clifford was
next Suspected, but It is now stated that
he Is not the guilty man.
A petition -was today filed in the Gover
nor's office asking for the pardon of
Thomas "Voght, who was received at the
Penitentiary In February, 1S99, on a three
years' sentence. Voght was convicted of
assisting to rob a Portland pawnshop.
Toght was a member of Light Battery A,
organized during the Spanish War. The
petition Is signed by a number of offi
cers and members of the battery.
Amateur burglars are again manifesting
themselves In this city. Night before last
the residence of Charles Watt, on High
street was entered and the burglar at
tempted to search for valuables under the
pillow of a sleeping glrL He awoke her.
and then left hurriedly. Last nignt w.
"W. Zlnn found a burglar In the basement
of his house, which adjoins that of Mr.
"Watt. The thieves secured no booty in
either case.
CADET BATTALION IX CAMP.
Experiences of tlie Ajrrlcnltaral Col
lege Boys.
CORVALLIS. June 1L The encampment
of the cadet battalion ended at 5 o'clock
yesterday afternooon, and the cadets were
all at their studies at the Oregon Agricul
tural College today. The camping experi
ence began Friday afternoon, when the
boys marched to a spring on the Thomas
Cooper farm, three miles west of town,
and pitched tueir tents in true milltary
fasbion. The site of the camp was on a
gentle slope more or less set with oaks
and with convenient open space for drill
purposes. During the stay in camp the
strict rules of military discipline were ob
served. Picket lines were .established,
and those inside were not allowed to pass
outside the line of guards- without a prop
er pass from the commanding officers.
There was a guardhouse, and men for
infractions of discipline were committed
to It. "Visitors who became obnoxious
were promptly seized by the cadets and
given the customary shaking up In a
blanket. The rise from bed in the morn
ings and the going to bed in the evening
as well as all the various duties of the
day, were by bugle call, as It is done in
active military service.
The commandant of the camp was
Major Frank Edwards, a graduate of
Oregon Agricultural College, a veteran of
the Philippine "War, and at present mili
tary instructor and commandant at Ore
gon Agricultural -College.
TOUR OF INSPECTION.
General Mansfield's Trip Alone the
Coast.
ALBANY, June 1L General Mansfield,
TJ. S. engineer in charge of Government
work on the Coast, arrived in Albany this
morning from San Francisco, and was
Joined at noon by Colonel "W. W. Harts,
of Portland, when the two left for Ya
qulna Bay on the noon train. The United
States tug General "Wright Is there "In
waiting for them, and will take them
down the coast on an Inspecting tour, and
thence back up the coast to the mouth of
the Columbia, and finally to Portland.
The trip has nothing in particular to do
with Yaqulna Bay. General Mansfield
stated that the failure to secure an ap
propriation for the bay was due to a fail
ure to show a sufficient commercial Im
portance in the project to justify it on
the part of the Government, something
that must pecede and not follow a big
appropriation of this character.
John Goin, a son of Ed Goln, one of
the proprietors of the Magnolia Mills, of
this city, today fell 15 feet Into an empty
bin, striking on the side of his head,
tearing an car nearly off and -rendering
him unconscious for some time. He is ly
ing In a serious condition.
Commencement atvNerrlfcrg.
NE'WBBRG, Or., June 1L This is com
mencement week in rcewberg. The col
lege exercises .began Saturday, evening
with the annuaVmuslc recital, given by
the- students of Miss Alderson, musical
director of the college. The baccalaureate
services -were Jield yesterday in the
Friends- Church. The sermon -was deliv
ered "by President JCewlla. In the even
ing the annual address was delivered be
fore the Christian Associations of tho col
lege by Professor A. R. Sweetser, of Pa
cific University.
The new president of 'the college has
been secured, In the person of Professor
H.'E. -MoGrew, of Oskaloosa,- Ja. He is
a graduate of Penn College, one of the
leading Friends' educational institutions,
and has had several years experience In
educational work In Iowa. He is expect
ed to arrive here In July.
Starts for the Convention.
SALEM, Or., June 1L Hon. Tilmon
Ford, who Is a delegate to the National
Republican Convention, will go to Port
land tomorrow evening, and Wednesday
morning will start for Philadelphia.
Oregon Xotes.
The run .of salmon at Rogue River is
very light.
A new bank building is going up In Co
qullle City.
Spring wheat in Sherman County is suf
fering for want of rain.
The plant for a large sawmill, nine miles
north of Union, arrived last week.
"W. A. McGowan has purchased an in
terest In the Harney County News.
3Jb,e new general hospital in Sumpter
was opened to the public last Thursday.
The poles for the telephone line from
Engene to Coburg nave all been delivered.
Machinery for -a sash anddoor and fur
niture factory, combined has reached Co
qullle City.
Tho new vessel being built at the Marsh
field shipyard will be launched about the
first of July.
Ralls on the .Mohawk Railroad, in Lane
County, will not probably be laid before
"September 35.
Snow melted very -fast last week In the
mountains in "Wallowa County, causing
the river to rise.
Preliminary work has commenced for
the building of the north jetty at the
mouth of the Coqullle River.
The Coast roads" .are improving rapidly,
and the stages between .Myrtle Point and"
Roseburg are making good time.
George Forty Is gathering sea bird eggs
oft the ocean rocks at Port Orford. One
rock yielded 100 dozen one day last week.
The Lakevlew Rustier will continue pub.
llcation. A -new plant has been ordered
to replace the one recently destroyed
by fire.
Farmers throughout "Wasco County say
there Is need -of rain, as the ground is
getting pretty dry. and Spring crops are
suffering.
The Lincoln County Farmers' Associa
tion will hold, its first annual meeting on
June 29, at 10 o'clock A. M., in the Court
house at Toledo.
While playing near a stove last Monday,
the ll-months-old child of Hiram Gamby.
of Marshfield, pulled over a kettle of boil
ing water, and was scalded to death.
The road from Lakeview to Amadee Is
strung with wagons, going both ways.
Every available team is In use, and then
the goods are not obtained, half as fast as
they are required.
The Union-Companion mine, in the Cor
nucopia district. Union County, which .has
been shut dqwn for some time, has again
resumed operations. The .mine is one of
the best In Eastern Oregon.
Lyon's sawmill, at Coqullle City, has re
duced its working force, pending a re
duction in freight rates on or an increase
in the price of lumber. Shipments are
made -wholly to San Francisco.
Two miles of the portage road above
The 2alles are now completed, and track
laying Is being pushed along as -rapidly
as material can be had. The company
expects to have the road in operation early
nest month.
PUSHING THROUGH ICE
FEARS FOR THE SAFETY OF THE
STEAMER ALPHA. (
Particulars of the Matlay e
Brig: Pitcairn Nome-Bound- Craft
at Unalaska.
SEATTLE, June 1L According to letters
Just received from Behring Sea, the Alpha
sailed on her second voyage from Dutch
Harbor May 5. but the reports of ner hav
ing gotten through the Ice are not be
lieved, for the reason that the schooner
Annie returned to Unalaska May 18, nine
days after the Alpha sailed, with the news
that Ice was met with SCO miles nortn.
It is hardly likely that a clear break could
be found extending as far as Nome. Seri
ous fears of the Alpha's safety are ex
pressed at Unalaska and Dutch Harbor.
The intrepid captain announced that he
would be the first at Nome if he had to
haul his vessel on the. ice. Consequently
those who are still waiting for the ice to
go think there is a likelihood of the vessel
being caught in the icepack, which would
surely occur. It Is claimed. If the captain
tried to push through one of the lanes of
clear water which are always found in the
Behring Sea floes. These, while at times
open as far as the eye can penetrate, Are
continually closing together. In which casa
any vessel that Is unlucky enough to get
caught Is crushed like an eggshell.
The captain of the brig Pitcairn, which
sailed from San Francisco early In "the
year, has been deposed and the first mate
of the vessel substituted. Gleanings of
much trouble aboard the vessel reached
here, but it now appears that the ques
tion finally proved to be a very serious
one. The passengers virtually commanded
the vessel.
The steam schooner Albion reached
Unalaska May 15. "While coming into the
harbor she narrowly escaped destruction
on the rocks. A severe storm carried her
within 100 yards of the bluffs before her
head could be turned to the wind. All
steam was put on. but it took the vessel
three hours to push out past the perilous
bluffs. At one time the passengers and
crew became panic-stricken, and it took
the combined attention of the officers lo
quell the disturbance. Several pistols
were used In cowing the affrighted people.
The schooners Carrie and Annie both
sailed to the northward In an attempt to
get through the Ice, but both failed, and
returned to Unalaska Harbor to await
the break-up. The Dora reached Unalas
ka May 17. The South Portland, the
steamer Kadlak from San Francisco, and
the schooners Francin Alice, E. J. Abler
and Morris, all from this port, have made
port in safety. The steamer Thrasher,
from San Francisco, reached Unalaska
May 17.
SAYS THERE IS NO ICE.
Steamer Rival Brings Ticwm of Gold
Find r.t Brintol Say.
SOUTH BEND. "Wash., June 1L Tho
steamer Rival came ir. this morning from
Bristol Bay or within 21 hours' run of Capt
Nome. Captain Johnson had no Nome
news, except that Behring Sea was clear
of lco already, the eeason being 10 weeks
earlier than usual. He does not think
that any of the steamers now on the
way to Nome tvIH be delayed by Ice.
He reports the discovery of gold In payt-
ing quantities on the headwaters of Un-
ashik River, a tributary -of Bristol Bay.
He was told of the discovery by a mis
sionary there, but the news was suppress
ed by the Alaska Packers' Asssoclation,
which has eight canneries on the bay and
thousands of men engaged for the can
ning season, who would stampede for the
diggings If the discovery was made known.
"While there the Rival towed In 12 ves
sels with men and supplies for the- can
neries. THE FIRE AT FTIAXCES.
About Half of the Town Wa
De-
stroyed.
SOUTH BEND, "Wash., June 1L Accord
ing to further details received concern
ing Saturday's lire at Frances, half of the
town was destrojed. The fire started In
-an old saw mill owned by Henry Newlon,
of Olympia, from a spark from the shingle
mill of ilrfCeever Bros. In an Instant
both mills were In Hames. The pump
house, -with 200 feet of hose, Tvas near the
mills, and 'five minutes after the lire
started the pumphouse burned and the
hose was burned off while In use. Then
was nothing to do then but stand and
watch tho town go to ashes, and save
household goods.
Besides the mill, the house of R, D.
Handy, two houses belonging to "William
Duchevltz and a barn were burned; also
a kiln full of shingles and two carloads
more near by. The lose on the shingles I
alone amounted to Jiwoind the total loss
amounts to over 56000. There was no In
surance. HcKeever Bros, will .prob
ably rebuild their mill, but the saw mill
will not be rebuilt, as it has been Idle
lor several years. No one was Injured Jn
the fire, except Mike McKeevcr, who was
quite severely burned while endeavoring
to reach the pumphouse.
There was little lntere:?t taken in Satur
day's school election, except over the office
of School Clerk. J. T. Myers receiving 127
votes ior that office to -16 for Mrs. C. E.
Foster. O. P. Leonard was chosen School
Director for the three-yoar term, and F.
Stoppelman for the one-year term.
Rev. Ji. T. Knapp. who last year re
signed the management of the Warren
ton. Or., Tribune, to accept a call 'to the
pastorate of the South Bend Baptist
Church, has resigned the pastorate, and
It was accepted yesterday.
GRAND COUNCIL OF MASONS.
Officers
Elected nnd
Installed at
Tncorao.
TACOMA, June 1L Officers elected and
Installed this afternoon by the Grand
Council of Royal and Select Master Ma
ons were as foUows:
J. ,M. Prather, mont Illustrious grand
master. Seattle: William H. Upton, right
illustrious deputy grand master, Walla
Walla; N. S. Peterson, right I. P. C. W.,
Seattle: D. L. Demorest. right L G. treas
urer, Tacoma: Edward H. Hare, right T.
G. recorder. Tacoma: William Pelan, right
I. G. chaplain. Spokane; George R. Cleve
land, right I. G. M. of C Tacoma; W. A.
Acuff. right L G. C. of G.. Spokane; E. C.
Hurray, right I. G. C of C. Colfax: J. Ed
mund Cates. right I. G. steward, Tacoma;
W. H. Tyler, right I. G. sentinel. Seattle.
The council did a large amount of rou
tine business, which occupied all the day,
closing with the installation of officers.
Tonight, after the exemplification of the
excellent master's degree by Seattle Coun
cil, No. 6. there was a banquet at the
Temple Hall.
For three daye Tuesday. Wednesday
and Thursday the Grand Lodge, F. and
A. M., will be In session, closing with the
Installation of officers Thursday. Three
thousand delegates and visitors are ex
pected to be In the city during the session
of the Grand Lodge.
DcJons Case.
(HELLSBORO, June 1L The case against
Dr. H. DeJong. of Cornelius, was today
dismissed on motion of the District At
torney. DeJong was charged with prac
ticing medicine wlthou- a license, and
his case was dismissed as a result of a
promise made by the doctor that he would
leave the state forthwith and not at
tempt again to practice his profession
within ita borders.
The Killinfr of Clnyson.
FOREST GROVE. Or.. June 1L Pro
fessor H. C Atwell, of Pacfic University,
received the following leUer this morning,
concerning the death of Fred. Clayeon.
formerly a student of Pacific University:
"Skagway, Alaska, June 1L My broth
er Fred's body was found June 1 at a
point near Selkirk in the river, with a
bullet hole through his head and chest.
He was taken to Dawson and positively
identified June 5. This means that
O'Brien, one of his assassins, will nang,
which will be little satisfaction, indeed,
""WILLIAM CLAYSON."
Quotations of MLalng: Stocks.
SPOKANE, Jun 11. The closing bids for
mining stocks today were:
Blacktall 50 ISUIMount. Lien 50 Si
Crystal
5
Morn. Glory
3i
Deer Trail Con.
Erenlne Star...
Gold Ledge .....
Golden Han eat.
L X. L .
bone Pine Surp.
55kl
Princess Maud..
Banibler Cariboo
Reservation .....
Rousland. Giant ..
3J
10W
135
-
11
20
H
Sullivan
Tom Thumb ...
SAN FKANCISCO. June 11. The otnclal clos
ing quotations for mining stocks today were:
Alia 50 02
Hale & Norcross 50 24
Alpha Con 4
Justice a
Mexican ......... 10
Occidental Con ... 12
Opblr CO
Overman ......... 1(1
Potosi IS
Sarage 17
Andes 0
Belcher 19:
Best & Belcher... Z5
Bullion 1
Caledonia 1 00
Challenge Con ... 1
Chollar 10
surra 2itxa& .
Confidence
OOiSlUer Hill 30
Con. Cal. & Va... 1 43
Crown Point 8
SUmAard
4 30
Union Con ....
Utah Con .....
Tellow Jacket
20
12
14
Exchequer ...... 1
Gould & Curry... 12
NEW YORK. June 11. Mining stocks today
closed as follows:
Chollar 50 18! Ontario .$7 00
Crown Point -7Ophlr W
Con. CaL & Va... 1 KiPlyxnouth 10
Deadwood EOJQulcksllver x bu
Could & Curry... 10 do pref 7 00
Hale & Not-cross.. 23 filerra -Nevada .... 12
Homestake 55 00 Standard 2 00
Iron SlUcr GojUrJon Con - IT
Mexican 20) Yellow Jacket .... 12
BOSTON, June 11. Closing quotations:
Adventure . $0 031 Humboldt 50 50
Alloccz M. Co... 1 Osceola -5014
AmaL Copper .. 87 i Parrot t 39
Atlantic 21 aulncy 132
Boston & Mont. 3 00 Santa Fe Copper 4Vi
Butte & Boston. 04 (Tamarack 160
Car. & Hecla.... 7 13 Utah Mining ... 24 Vi
Centennial cmtWlnona . ... 2J4
Franklin .12&J Wolverines 33
Held to Answer.
"VANCOUVER, "Wash.. June U. George
H. Eckard wag tried In the Justice Court
today on a warrant sworn out Friday,
charging him with assaulting H. G. Claas
sen -with a gun. and was held to answer in
the Superior Court In 5500 ball.
"Washington G. A. R.
ELLENSBURG. June lL TheState En
campment, G. A. B Department of "Wash
ington and Alaska, convenes here tomor
row. Every train Is bringing In delegates
and the attendance promises to be large.
Coart nt RosebHrg-.
ROSEBURG, Or., June 1L The regular
June term of the Circuit Court convened
this morning. Judge Hamilton presiding.
The docket is short.
San Jnaa Sails.
SEATTLE, June 1L To steamer San
Juan sailed for Nome today carrying ZOO
passengers and 2000 tons of freight.
NORTHWEST DEAD.
Captain Alexander Henderson.
ST. HELENS, Or.. June lL-Captaln
Alexander Henderson died at his home in
Houlton, Saturday, June 9, of tumerous
cancer, aged 66 years. He was born In
Manchester, England, and came to Maine
when he was 12 years of age. At the
age of 11 he commenced the life of a sea
faring man, and .followed this calling un
til the breaking out of the Civil War. in
-which he enlisted in 1S62, and served to
the close of the war. He came to this
part of Oregon about 22 years ago, bring
ing with him his -wife, wnom lie had mar
ried in 1836, and who survives him. He
was buried in the iMasonic cemetery to-
day. The funeral service was conducted
from Gue cbappel.
"Washington Notes.
A scarcity of laborers Is reported at
Gray's Harbor.
Tno Fairhaven Morning Herald has sus
pended publication.
North Yakima is soon to Jbave a fruit
and vegetable cannery.
Watervile has raised the saloon license
from 5300 to 5500 per year.
Tacoma has -adopted plans for ,a new
schoolhouse, to cost -520,000.
Sixty-five men are employed building
the Great Northern railroad bridges in
Spokane.
A big Union Jack has been planted on
the top of Spokane "Mountain, to celebrate
the fall of Pretoria.
Ellensburg has passed an ordinance for
bidding the use of barbed-wire fences
within the city limits.
The Inland Telephone Company will
extend Its lines between Palmer and El
lensburg, work to begin at once.
The .promoters ,of the Pierce County
fruit fair have decided to extend its scope
and invite the entire tate to participate.
The Fairhaven Council will ask What
com County for reimbursement of a por
tion of the money expended In caring for
smallpox patlenu last Spring. The bli's
paid by the city amounted to over 51S00.
Mr. Onffroy has g-'ven Anderson & Hen
son, of Fairhaven, a check Xor an tven
5100,000, being the nnal payment dt.e them
on the three flshtrops which they recently
sold his company. They had pr'viously
received 542,000.
A Sullivan diamond drill will shortly be
placed. In -operation 'at Port Angeles, to
drill for coal oil and gas, by C. "Van Sickle
acting for -a syndicate -of Eastern capital
ists, who promise to expend 510,000 In dem
onstrating the existence of these products
in that vicinity.
Wednesday evening Frank Comrade was
attacked by a large cougar, which was
one of a pack of three, about a mile and a
half out from Snoqualmlo City. The ani
mal tore Mr. Comrade's coat to shreds,
badly scratching him and his horse's side
before thpy could escape.
TO A DEAD NEWSPAPER.
A Journalistic Obltnary on -the Pann
ing of a Manila Contemporary.
Manila Freedom.
When bereavement comes the pen is
-weak. An Ingersoll could alone paint the
virtues of the loved and loving, and we
fain wou"d -have hdm here to perform a
sad duty for us. The Tribune is dead.
In the midst of prosperous life -we gave
Brothers- Donnelly and Key a solemn
pledge -that -we would officiate at the ob
sequies if dread plague should take her
first, and in turn one or the other of fLese
patrons of the Faber pledged to do a like
duty for us. '
The crowning virtue qf the dear Tribune
was her ability to filch from the friar
purgatory fund. During a stormy life of
126 days the maw of the good old dame
absorbed 591S1 29 of the fnar corruption
and boneyard fund. and. of course, it
killed her. The best skill of this Island
was caMed, but it availed not. Repeated
visits were made to the friars for. silver
for resuscitation, for the good men at the
Ticlm disliked to see the till that gave
such evidence of ability to eat up the
"rdot of all evil" hiked off, to purgatory.
But the friars were obdurate, and death
came calmly, even, peacefully.
Grief is great throughout the city. The
Times Is draped In mourning, and the
American hasn't found time in 21 hours to
smile through its tears and we sob. Just
how long the Tribune will Temain In pur
gatory can only be conjectured. Sins In
termingled with her virtues. Donnelly,
however, feels his loss keenly, and it is
said he is raising a conscience fund. Friars
have agreed to pray the old dame out -for
a coniideration. Peace to her ashes."
Electric Car and Farm "Wagon.
CHICAGO, June 11. Two persons wero
seriously and H slightly injured in a col
lision between an electric car and a farm
wagon, containing 14 homeward-bound pic
nickers, at Twenty-flfth street and Secona
- I avenue. '
KLONDIKE GOLD FIELDS
OFFICIAL REPORT OF THEIK EX
TEXT AXD RICHNESS.
Resalts f Canadian Geological Be
, car en High. Predactiea for
Several Years Assared.
R. G. McConnell. of the Geological Sur
vey Department of the Dominion of Can
ada, has prepared a report on the Klon
dike region, which is Intended to form part
of the annual report of the department,
but in order to meet the demand for inf or.
matlon, it is to be printed separately. Tho
report Is based almost entirely on field I
work carried out by him last year.
Some account of the geology and con
ditions in the Klondike gold fields were
given in 1S9S, but the present report may
be regarded as the first result of a sys
tematic and detailed scientific examination
of the district.
"This route," says Mr. McConnell, "by
the Chllkoot or White Pass to Dawson,
which entailed considerable hardship and
some danger in 1S96 and 1S97, Is still fol
lowed, but under very different conditions.
The pack trail of the pioneer across the
White Pass has been replaced by a well-
built and equipped railway, and the ca
noes and small boats on the rivers have
given way to a fleet of steamers. Oha
Journey from Vancouver to Dawson can
now be made In comfort In about & week,
and is well worth taking as a pleasure
trip alone. A telegraph line has been built
by the Canadian Government from Skag
way to Dawson, and, although this re
mains at present separate from the tele
graphing system of the world, work is
already In progress by which it will soon
be connected with this system at Ques
nelle, in British Columbia."
The extent of the Klondike gold fields
Is given by Mr. McConnell. He says:
"They are bounded In a general -way by
the Yukon River on the west, by the
Klondike River on the north, by Flat
Creek, a tributary of the Klondike, and
Dominion Creek, a tributary of Indian
River, on tho east, and by Indian River
on the south. The area Includes between
these boundaries measures about 00 square
miles. The streams flowing through the
area described are all gold-bearing to some
extent, but only a limited number have
proved remunerative. The most important
gold-bearing streams are Bonanza Creek,
with its lamous tributaries, Eldorado
Creek, Bear Creek and Hunker Creek,
flowing Into the Klondike; arid Quartz
Creek and Dominion Creek, with Gold Run
and Sdlphur Creek, two tributaries of the
latter, flowing into Indian River. A good
deal of prospecting has been done outside
the area described, but with the excep
tion of a few claims on Eureka Creek, a
tributary of the Indian River from the
south, no pay gravels have so far been
discovered, although good prospects are
reported from many places."
The gold -production: of the district can
only be given approximately, but the fol
lowing "figures, are' nearly correct:
1S97 5 2,500.000.
1S9S 10,000,000
1SS9 16,000.000
Total , 52S.5CO.000
It Is unlikely that the rapid Increase In
production of the last two years will be
continued, as serious inroads have already
been made .on the rich portions of Eldo
rado and Bonanza Creeks, and to a less
extent on Hunker and Dominion Creeks,
but the amounts remaining, with the long
stretches of medium and low-grade grav
els still untouched on all the creeks, In
sures a high production for a number of
years.
"Gold in paying quantities," says Mr.
McConnell, "occurs in the stream .gravels,
the terrace gravels and the quartz drift,
but so -far has not been found in the old
valley gravels overlying the quartz drift
or in tho grayels designated as river
gravels.
"Gold Is found in tho stream gravels
everywhere, but In productive quantities
only along portions of the valleys. The
richest stretches usually occur about mid
way in the length of the streams. The dis
tribution is, however, irregular, and no
fixed rule can be formulated In regard to
It. The total length if the paying por
tions of the different creeks, including
some Intervening barren parts, aggregates
about 50 miles. It Is impossible to give
even an approximate estimate of the value
of this great stretch of pay grave's, owing
to the Irregularity of the concentration
and the difficulty in obtaining trust
worthy returns from most of the mines.
It may be stated, however, thai; the prod
uct of a "few of the EOO-foot claims on El
dorado and Bonanza Creeks will exceed
51,000,000 each, while a considerable num
ber on tiie same two creeks In fact, tho
majority of he Lower Eldorado claims,
and a few on Hunker Creek will yield
over 5o00,00Q each, and claims running f rbm
$250,000 to 5300.000 are common on all these
creeks, and also on Dominion and Sul
phur Creeks. Assuming 5250,000 as the av
erage, and that three-quarters of the
claims in the .distance given are rich
enough to work, the total value ap
proaches 33,0CO.CIO, a figure which Is well
within -the mark. In this rough estimate.
account has been taken of long
stretches of gravel on all the creeks that
13 too low In grade to -work at present,
but will eventually become payable with
Improved conditions and cheaper methods
of working, nor does it include probanle
further discoveries along the numerous
gulches and small stream of the district,
few of which have so far been carefully
prospected.
"The terrace gravels on the Eldorado,
Bonanza, Hunker and Dominion Creeks in
clude a few rich claims, and a large num
ber that pay fairly wU, but statistics of
production are entirely wanting.
"The extensive deposits of quartz drift
along Bonanza, Hunker, Eldorado and
Quartz Creeks almost rival in importance
the creek gravels themselves. They are
everywhere more or less auriferous, and
are very rich over wide stretches. Tbey
suffer, however, from the scarcity of water
on the hillsides, and the ruinous methoos
the miners are forced to adopt, when op
erating on a small .jscale, prevent auy but
rich claims from being worked."
Bonanza Creek Is the most important of
the gold-bearing creeks of the Klondike
district, and Is the one on whlc l gold in
large quantities was fir3t discovered. It
heads In the Doms Ridge, wltn branches
of Quartz and Hunke- f recks, aad emp
ties into the Klondike River, a mile and a
quarter above Dawson, after a couree in a
north-northwest direction of a little over 17
miles. It has a drainage area of approxi
mately H square mlle. It is a compara
tively small stream, even near Its mouth.
where It measures. In crdinary stages of
the water, about 15 fct.in width by three
or four inches in depth on the bars. It
flows, however, a steady stream, and fur
nishes at least a s'uiceheau of water
throughout the season a aiong the pro
ductive parts of th valley. The principal
tributaries of Boninza Creek are Eldirado
Creek, Adams Creek, Boulder Creek,
Forty-Nine Creek and Sixty-Seven Creek
on the left, and Ctnnack iorks, Home
stake Creek, Gauvln Gulch, Queen Gulch
and Mosquito Creek on the right.
The creek gravels on Bonanza Creek have
been found product .'a Xrom.near Victoria
Gulch down Into the SOs tfclow lower
discovery, a distance of over U miles.
The -values are, however, not uniform,
and stretches occur -which have proved too
barren to work under present conditions.
The richest and most uniform part of the
creek -extends from Victoria Gulch down
stream for about two miles. A number
of claims in this stretch will yield over
5300,000 each, or at the rate of 51000 or
more per running foot, while the product
of one or two claims Is expected to double
this amount. The gold contents of the
gravels diminish on approaching Eldo
rado Forks, but increase again. The ter
race .gravels, except on one or two points,
are usually quite narrow, and are conse
- I quently soon exhausted. They are not so
i productive as tne creeK gravets, put a con
I siderable pupiber of the claims pay good
THERE
IT STANDS
AN OBJECT . '
LESSON
IN THE SCIENCE OF
MEDICINE.
A Household Word in
"wages." or from 58 to 516 per day per
man, and a few yield much higher returns.
They are worked largely by rockers.
The quartz drift or old valley deposits
Is of scarcely less Importance than the
creek gravels themselves. Claims of va
rying richness, often several tiers deep,
have been staked on this deposit wherever -it
occurs, all the -way from McKay Gulch
down to the lower end of the valley. The
most productive part extends from El
dorado Forks down stream to near Boul
der Creek, a distance of about three miles.
Pay gravels are not, however, restricted
to this stretch, as good claims, by which
Is meant claims that yield over 510 per
day per man, are being worked on the
hill below Gauvln Gulch, on Lovett Gulch,
near the mouth of the valley, and at a
number of other points.
Bonanza Creek gold occurs In coarse,
rough and Hattlsh grains In the upper
part of "the creek, and in heavy flakes In
the lower. Nuggets are not plentiful as
a rule, but occur in considerable abund
ance near the mouth of Skookum Gulch,
where they are evidently largely derived
from the hill gravels. The value of the
gold Is variable, but Is usually about '"16 50
per ounce. The gold In the quartz drift Is
lighter in color than the creek goIdl is
of lower grade, and Is more angular, and
Includes a large proportion of nuggets.
The productive portion of Eldorado
Creek extends from the mouth of the val
ley up to near Gay Gulch, a distance of
about 3 miles. The gravels along this
stretch of the valley are of extraordinary
richness, and few breaks have been found
In the continuity of the pay streak. Some
of the claims will yield more than 51.C00,
000 each, or at the rate of 52000 per run
ning foot, while ground running 51000 per
running fopt Is common. The pay grav
els extend practically with varying val
ues, all across the bottom of the valley,
and have a thickness of from three to
four feet. The gold also penetrates the
bedrock to a depth of two feet or more.
The upper part of Eldorado Creek has so
far not proved productive. Terrace grav
els of moderate richness occur along the
valley at Intervals from Gay Gulch down
to the mouth. The quartz drift Is of
less importance along Eldorado Creek
than on Bonanza Creek, but has yielded
good returns from many of the claims on
French Hill. Eldorado gold Is very coarse
and 13 often almost unworn. Nuggets
are more plentiful than on the other
creeks, and are often found In an imper
fectly crystalline condition. The gold Is
lighter In color and of a somewhat lower
grade than that of Bonanza Creek.
Creek claims of varying richness are be
ing worked along Hunker Valley Irom.
claim No. 42 above Discovery, down nearly
to No. GO below, a. distance of about 10
miles, and pay gravels are also reported
from several points lower down. A stretch
of the creek about three-quarters of a mile
In length, about Discovery claim, has
proved extremely rich, and In places Is
stated to yield at the rate of 51000 per
running foot. Terrace gravels, affording
moderate, and in one or two cases high
returns, occur scattered alopg the sides of
the valley from the forks down almost to
the mouth. The quartz drift has not
proved so rich as on Bonanza creek, but
numerous claims yje'ding fair values are
being worked lor some distance above and
below Gold Bottom Creek, and on both
sides of the valley below Last Chance
Creek. Hunker Creek, gold, like that of
most of the other creeks, occurs In coarse,
bulky grains, with occasional nuggets In
the upper part of the vaKey, and In flatter
and smaller grains lower down. In the
rich stretch near Discovery Claim, nug
gets are fairly numerous. The gold rom
about claim No. 43 below, down to No. 5D
belcw, i3 generally superficially darkened
by iron.
The most productive part of Dominion
Creek extends from near the mouth of
Lombard Creek down to a point about half
a mile below lower "Discovery, a distance
of about five and a half miles. The pay
streak is not uniform a'ong this stretch,
and the values, according to the present
workings, are very vanable. In the rich
er portions the go'd contents of the grave's
approximate 530Q per running foot, and in
the poorer parts the returns have not paid
w orklng expenses. A great majority of the
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claims, however, situated along the por
tion of the creek mentioned, promise good
returns if economically worked. A nug
get weighing 8 ounces wras found on
c!am No. 2 below upper Discovery.
Claims are being worked on Sulphur
Creek, at various points from No. 69 above
to 33 below Discovery, a distance of over
10 miles. Claims have also been worked
at a profit In the 403 below, and It la
stated on -good authority that pay gravels
have been obtained1 at No. 75 below. In
creasing the productive part of the creek
to about 15 miles. The gold Is distributed
somewhat Irregularly. The best part of
the creek so far developed extends from
about Green Gulch down to a mile or so
below Discovery,. It is estimated that In
parts of this reach the yield will' amount
to. and in places exceed, 55000 per run
ning foot, or at the rate of a quarter of
a million dollars per claim. Only a few
of the claim's promise this amount, but
good ground has been proven to exist
along the greater part of this stretch, and
but few blanks have so far been found.
These, with Gold Run and Quartz Creeks,
are the most Important creeks, but there
are others, such as Eureka Creek. Austra
lia Creek, and Flat Creek, which have
been prospected and found to carry gold
to some extent.
In concluding Ins report, Mr. McConnell
says:
"The outlying districts have been neg
lected by the old miners since the Klon
dike discoveries were made, and the work
of the many inexperienced men who have
overrun a large part of the country dur
ing the past two seasons has been mostly
wasted. They followed each other In
crowds up and down the main waterways,
but did little effective work. As a mat
ter of fact, less genuine prospecting has
been done since the Klondike discoveries
than in the preceding years, notwithstand
ing the rush. Thousands of streams la
the gold belt stretching for hundreds of
miles from Atlln to the Klondike and far
ther to the north, still remain to be ex
plored, and the work of the prospector
will not be completed for many years."
Idaho Xotes.
L. L. Ormsby positively declines to ba
a candlate for the Republican nomination
for Governor.
Joseph Roach, a Dakota cattle-buyer,
will ship 30 carloads of cattle from Lew is
ton this week.
The City Council of Moscow has passed
an ordinance prohibiting the riding of
wheels on the sidewalks.
Work on the Idaho Midland Is belrg
pushed as rapidly as possible. The con
tractors state that there will be SOOO men
at work on the grade by July L
The Empire State Honing Company, at
Wallace, will build a flume from Pino
Creek to Government Gulch, a distance
of 16 miles, for the purpose of carrying
water to the mines at the latter place.
Cook Held to Answer.
. ARLINGTON, Or., June 11. Justice of
the Peace O. S. Ebl today held L. L. Cook
to answer for the murder of James Col
lins without ball. Sheriff Wilcox took the
prisoner to Condon where he will remain
in jail until Circuit Court convenes the
third Monday in September.
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